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October 30, 1970

The Hockey News October 30, 1970

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY&mdash;The Hershey Bears had a streak going after two games&mdash;a losing one.Coach Frank Mathers&rsquo; charges dropped a 5-4 opening season game at Springfield on a penalty shot, then fell 3-1 to Rochester the following night at home before the brilliant goaltending of rookie Serge Aubry. Actually, it was another one goal defeat since the Americans&rsquo; last tally came on an open net.The setback at Springfield, however, was one that irked Mathers, who felt referee Brent Castleman&rsquo;s penalty shot call was&mdash;no pun intended&mdash;uncalled for.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05133/2665940-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="250" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Beaule</figcaption></div>Against the Kings, veteran goalie Andre Gill was in the nets, while rookie Dan Bouchard got the nod against Rochester.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to play both goalies to see who will win the starting job,&rdquo; said Mathers.Hershey went to the post in both matches without winger Stan Gilbertson who was holding out for more money. Mathers expected to sign Gilbertson soon because &ldquo;we&rsquo;re not that far apart.&rdquo;In the interim. Mathers made two player cuts, farming rookie center Hugh Harvey to Oklahoma City, and returning defenseman Alain Beaule to Dayton of the International League.&ldquo;I was disappointed in Beaule,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;1 really felt he could make the club this year. He came in looking good. His weight was down, but he couldn&rsquo;t cut it with us.&rdquo;Hershey at the moment has a sound looking defense in Bob Barber, Ralph Keller. Mike Mahoney, and newcomers Darryl Edestrand and Nick Beverly.For the first two games Hershey&rsquo;s line combinations were Mike Nykoluk centering for Michel Harvey and Ted Snell; Gil Gilbert the pivotman for Bobby Leiter and rookie Frank Spring, and Ross Webley centering Larry McKillop and J-Guy Gratton. Art Quoquochi and Bud Debrody were playing spare forward roles.Chuck Hamilton, who broke a leb in Baltimore during the exhibition season, isn&rsquo;t expected to return much before the first of the year.With 22 players on hand, including goalies Gill, Bouchard and Joe Junkin, Hershey is expected to release two more skaters soon. Junkin, sidelined with a detached retina, may be permitted to return to play by Oct. 24, Mathers said.It&rsquo;s evident Hershey is in need of scoring power on the left side with Mathers converting Leiter from center to a left wing position.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll probably make some line changes in the early games until we can find the combinations that will click,&rdquo; said Mathers.He hopes he &ldquo;finds&rdquo; the right combinations soon before his outfit extends the &ldquo;streak&rdquo; to more setbacks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01415/2665933-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="557" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY BOUCHARD&hellip;Eyeing Net Role</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06110/2665926-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="1166" height="1035"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN GILBERTSON&hellip;Contract Troubles</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01717/2665020-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="291" height="370"></div><h2>Defensemen On The Offense</h2>SUDDENLY, HOCKEY&rsquo;S GLAMOUR GUYS are not all forwards. Many are defensemen, swift and talented youngsters who have altered the shape of the position. No one is bigger in Boston, where the Stanley Cup resides these days, than Bobby Orr. No one is bigger in the big town, New York, than Brad Park. Bobby Hull still is the hero in Chicago, but the prod to the pennant last season came from a rookie rearguard, Keith Magnuson. If Charley Finley is going to gain the attention of sports fans in Oakland, his best bet is a defenseman, Carol Vadnais.These are four of the finest defensemen in the game. Carl Brewer&rsquo;s second retirement and Al Arbour&rsquo;s first have thinned out the depth of established talent among defensemen in the major leagues. In recent years, Leo Boivin has been the last of the old body-checking defensemen. Arbour was the last of the stylists who specialized in keeping the puck out of his net and out of his zone. The new stars are scored on more often, but score more often, too. There is no way you can concentrate on both defense and offense. Something has to give somewhere. If you&rsquo;re going to carry the puck up and shoot it, you&rsquo;re not always going to be in position to defend against a foe&rsquo;s rush.Orr is responsible for the change. Before he came along, scouts and coaches considered a defenseman&rsquo;s defensive ability first. Now they want to know how well he can skate, how good he can handle the puck, how hard he can shoot. If he plays some defense, too, that&rsquo;s a bonus. The goalies are struggling and scoring is up, but Orr is the hero of hockey. He scored 33 goals and totalled 120 points last season. He was the first defenseman to lead the NHL in scoring.Has he been, he was asked, a bad influence on other young defensemen. He smiled wistfully. &ldquo;I hope not,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve heard that, though. Kids are imitating me. The thing is, you don&rsquo;t do what you do as a model for others, you do it because it works best for you. I&rsquo;m a skater and a puck-handler. I&rsquo;ve been self-conscious about handling the puck too much, but I&rsquo;ve been told I have to do it because it&rsquo;s best for the team. I could have been a forward, I suppose.&rdquo;He is more effective offensively as a defenseman than a forward. He has the whole ice to work with. He is not locked down a lane as a winger. It has been tried, but it is almost impossible to assign a defensive specialist to shadow him without wrecking the defensive setup. Foes try roughing him up, but he fights back. He drew 125 minutes in penalties last season, more than any other player in the top 50 in scoring.He has one asset others do not have. He has Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, John McKenzie, John Bucyk, Fred Stanfield, Derek Sanderson and others to take his passes and convert them into scores. But he also boosts their point totals. Boston has more firepower than any team in hockey and Orr lights the fuses. He&rsquo;s also quick enough to cover up on defense. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m working on my defense all the time,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to be known as a one-way player.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02632/2665013-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="562" height="881"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ORR&hellip;One In A Million</figcaption></div><h2>Others Produce Points, Too</h2>VADNAIS SCORED 24 GOALS and totalled 44 points for Oakland last season, the second best figures for defensemen in the circuit. He also had 212 minutes in penalties, which topped defensemen, forwards, goalkeepers and parking-lot pickpockets. Carol is from Montreal and prepped in the Canadiens&rsquo; system, but he is radical about more things than the way he plays in defense. &ldquo;I am just as happy in Oakland. It don&rsquo;t like snow,&rdquo; he points out.He has played a lot of wing. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care where I play, just so I play,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I have to make the most of what I have. I can play rough and I can light if I have to, but I am not a big bruiser, I have to move the puck and shoot it. I have the good shot. I have to do what I can do. It is not because of Orr, though he is not a bad model. I can&rsquo;t do what Orr can do. But who can?&rdquo;Park had 11 goals and 26 assists last season for Rangers. Next to Orr&rsquo;s totals these figures seem insignificant, but they&rsquo;re good ones for defensemen. Aside from Orr and Vadnais, only Chicago&rsquo;s Pat Stapleton produced more points. And Park missed 14 games. He was injured going into the stretch and his loss crippled the Rangers and almost cost New York a playoff berth.&ldquo;It was tough sitting out. I love to play. Everything was going great,&rdquo; Brad mourned. &ldquo;The forwards kid our defensemen about our scoring. Arnie Brown and Jim Neilsen score a lot of goals, too. But that&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s expected of you these days. And if you can do it, you do it. I still consider defense the main part of my game. But a good offense is the best defense. Isn&rsquo;t that what they say? If you&rsquo;re moving the puck out of your end and if you&rsquo;ve got it in the other team&rsquo;s zone, you won&rsquo;t be scored on. The thing is, you can&rsquo;t make mistakes.&rdquo;Park is 22. Orr is 22. Vadnais is an old man, just turned 25. Magnuson, 23, is the Saskatoon sizzler who jumped right from college to the majors, leaping from Denver University to Chicago&rsquo;s Black Hawks. He had 24 assists, but he didn&rsquo;t have a goal last season. He did get a goal, along with eight more assists, in the playoffs. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sort of a throwback,&rdquo; he smiles. &ldquo;I think defense first. I&rsquo;m no big shooter. I do feel good about making a good pass which winds up in the net. I was a young, inexperienced rookie. I was a bit tense, playing it cautious. I suspect I&rsquo;ll score more as I loosen up and learn. But you can&rsquo;t compare everyone to Orr. He&rsquo;s one in a million.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>SYRACUSE&mdash;If there&rsquo;s one thing certain in the Eastern Hockey League this year, it&rsquo;s that Phil Watson will field a representative team for the Syracuse Blazers.The new skipper, a veteran of National Hockey League coaching experience, has been hurt by the loss of some of the club&rsquo;s outstanding operatives from last season. That team finished in fourth place to earn a playoff berth and showed promise of rising this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0425/2666751-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="262" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Claude Hardy</figcaption></div>But Watson won&rsquo;t have many of the standouts from that club barring some last minute changes of heart. Stalwarts like Ray Adduono, the top pointmaker; Ed Skyhar and Lee Inglis are all lost, but Watson has utilized his many contacts to bring in some promising new personnel.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure where we&rsquo;ll finish this year,&rdquo; says Watson, &ldquo;but I know we&rsquo;re going to be in every game we play.&rdquo;There have been occasions in past years when the Blazers were routed by telephone number scores, but Watson vows that won&rsquo;t happen in his regime. For one thing he has strengthened the defensive corps, one of the club&rsquo;s weakest links in the past. Newcomers Richard Cloutier and Claude Houde, both of whom could be club policemen, should provide ample protection for the Blazers goalie. Watson also was angling for some other rearguards whom the Boston Bruins had-intimated they would send his way.Up on the front line, center Brian Elwell evidently had recovered fully from the knee surgery he underwent last spring. He was the club&rsquo;s No. 2 scorer behind Adduono and he was impressive at the Sorel camp.Another top operative apparently will center another line. He&rsquo;s Norm Pepin who played for Dayton several years ago but performed for Victoriaville in the Quebec Senior League the last couple of seasons.Three wingers also have received praise from Watson. Claude Cardin, who had two years in the Central League, might be the meal ticket to replace Adduono. Mike Morton has done well despite his small stature. Last year as Pepin&rsquo;s mate, he scored 147 points on 55 goals and 92 assists.A third winger, Paul Lessard, is a questionable asset. He&rsquo;s performed well here but New Haven claims some rights to him. Watson is trying to retain the lad who played for the Blazers two years ago.In any event, Watson intends to continue bringing in personnel until he lands the men he feels will offer Clinton and New Haven all the competition they can handle.SALEM: Goalie Jim Letcher delighted with defensive tandems of Jack Chipchase and Ken Rodgers and Wayne Mosdell and rookie Ray Schultz. Colin Kilburn is shooting for a 300-goal season for his Rebels. Both Letcher and Jim Jago bothered by groin injuries. Claude Piche told Clinton he&rsquo;d go home rather than play with Comets, so Rebels may get him back.CLINTON: Bob Lacey, on loan to Salem last season, looks as if he will stick here. Goalie Ted Tucker returned from Montreal camp. Only missing men are Ian Anderson, Joe Robertson and Jake Rathwell but coach Pat Kelly has such newcomers as Dennis Patterson from Cleveland, Bill Butson, Ron Frith and Steve Price in his quest for another EHL crown.GREENSBORO: Dom Di Berardino hopes to stick with Gens this year after being on loan to Johnstown last year to strengthen a knee injury. Jan Popiel worked out with Tulsa and a half dozen others drilled with Dallas. Gens hope to get Ricky Morris who was here three years ago. Biggest losses were Bob Sicinski, Moe L&rsquo;Abbe and Bill Young.JERSEY: Jamie Kennedy was tossed out of an exhibition game to indicate the officials will be tougher this year. Devil players happier this year due to stability of new management. Bobby Brown bothered by aching knee. Wayne Kitchen figures New Haven as No. 1 due to Clinton&rsquo;s loss of key forwards. Devils hope to get off to fast start due to advantageous schedule.,JACKSONVILLE: Billy Glashan&rsquo;s knee injury had coach Jack Bownass worried. In his six year EHL career, Glashan averaged 30 goals a season. Winger Jerry Paquette and defenseman John Rotwell have been impressive. Toronto assigned No. 1 draft choice, goalie Ron Lowe, to Rockets. Gilles LeClerc expected to center a key line. Rockets also got goaler Claude Hardy from Rochester of AHL.NASHVILLE: Norm Ryder has joined Dixie Flyers after sitting out last year due to problems at Johnstown. Coach Lloyd Hinchberger is cracking whip this season to keep personnel sharp. He had original roster of 35 men at Port Colborne camp but sliced team quickly. Defenseman Paul McWilliams could be sleeper of season.JOHNSTOWN: GM John Mitchell has cautioned goalie Jim Coombs to cut down on his penalties this year. Jets rejected request of Chris Finnerty for a tryout. Bob Vroman may be backup goalie to Coombs. Dick Loe drilled with Quebec earlier. Wayne Hoganson is sticking with telephone job in Yukon. Scott Buchan will miss whole season due to military service.NEW HAVEN: Ex-Blade, Ron Rohmer, a local disc jockey here, helped Don Perry in preseason drills. New York Rangers sent Pierre Brindamour to Blades. He scored 25 goals with Montreal&rsquo;s junior Canadiens last season. Perry said the oly reason he traded Jonn Brophy, his longtime friend, to Long Island was because of a need to carry juniors. Winger Kevin Morrison may play some defense this year.CHARLOTTE: Fred Creighton was upset over the overweight condition of some of his minions and worked club extra hard to reduce the poundage. Gould has been moved to center John Gould has been moved to center from his wing slot. Tim McCormick&rsquo;s knee surgery will keep him sidelined until after the first of the year. Allie Sutherland bothered by knee injury. Creighton trying to land centerman such as Ron Willy of Jacksonville or Reg Kent of Johnstown. Neil Clark suspended for breaking training.SYRACUSE: Goalie Wally Dennault came from Hershey for a shot at a job here. Brian Elwell, Paul Lessard and Norm Pepin impressive in scoring department. Coach Phil Watson&rsquo;s connections are paying off for Blazers with much talent coming here.LONG ISLAND: Evidently Wayne Maxner will stick with Montreal Voyageurs to dent hopes of return to Ducks. Coach Ed Stankiewiz believes goalie Wayne Doll will improve since the club&rsquo;s defense has improved and the team is more conscious of back checking. Stanky impressed with newcomers Steve DeGurse and Larry Tomchick. All road games will be on radio.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0524/2666744-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="556" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLAUDE CARDIN&hellip;New Blazer Addition</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Watson Instills New Life In Syracuse; Kilburn Sets 300-Goal Year For Salem

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01478/2667117-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUMP LAST TO RESIST FACE MASK&mdash;PAGE 6</figcaption></div>&mdash;PAGE 13Rookie Maloney&rsquo;s Roundabout Way To Black Hawks&mdash;PAGE 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02355/2667110-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="553" height="1143"><figcaption class="caption-body">CROZIER&rsquo;S GOALING SOOTHES TROUBLED SABRES&mdash;PAGE 2</figcaption></div>Look Who&rsquo;s Leading The NHL&rsquo;s Scoring Race&mdash;PAGE 14HARD-NOSED BOB KELLY MAKES THE FLYERS&mdash;PAGE 28 &#9632;

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BRUINS ALREADY FLASH CUP FORM

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;Punch Imlach wasn&rsquo;t a boy on a man&rsquo;s errand when he traded the Sabres&rsquo; No. 1 pick, rightwinger Tom Webster, to the Detroit Red Wings for goalie Roger Crozier at the National Hockey League&rsquo;s draft meeting last June.&ldquo;I want a major league goaltender&hellip;a guy with major league credentials who has proved he can do the job up here&hellip;and Crozier is that man,&rdquo; Imlach said at the time. &ldquo;For us to win, we must get superior goaltending.&rdquo;Crozier was the difference when the Sabres, something less than sensational during the preseason games, opened the regular schedule with a 2-1 triumph in Pittsburgh.For the Sabres, who won one, lost two and tied two with the Penguins in exhibition games, it was VICTORY, first rattle and roll when it counted.&ldquo;Any time we get the kind of goalkeeping Roger gave us in Pittsburgh, we&rsquo;ve got a chance, no matter who we&rsquo;re playing,&rdquo; Imlach said.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s face it. We&rsquo;re an expansion team, and it will take us time to come together. Goaltending can turn around a lot of games for us. Crozier was just great. A big save lifts any club, and his big saves lifted us.&rdquo;Meanwhile, the Sabres resigned themselves to go without both Don Marshall and Phil Goyette as both veterans announced they were retiring from the NHL. Their decision was obviously a blow to the Sabres.Marshall and Goyette, off-season business partners, lingered at their Montreal homes when the season opened, after originally reporting to training camp.Neither signed, and therefore were not on the payroll. Imlach hadn&rsquo;t gotten around to suspending them. However, he figured to suspend both, eventually.The Sabres started the season shorthanded through injuries, and figured to stay that way through the early weeks of the schedule.Skip Krake, Al Hamilton and Cliff Schmautz were ailing. Krake. a center, had a broken index finger in his left hand; Hamilton, a defenseman, was hobbling with a broken bone in his left foot, and Schmautz was suffering with a swollen knee and pulled groin muscles.ALONG THE BOARDS&mdash;The season-ticket sale passed the 5,000 mark, and a sellout throng of 10,391 for the home opener with Montreal was a certainty&hellip;Bob Hewitson, the Sabres&rsquo; box office boss, figured the season ticket total would hit 7,-000 before Christmas&hellip;The Sabres dealt center Howie Menard to the Oakland Seals, who optioned the fiery little veteran to their Providence affiliate in the American League&hellip;Imlach was looking to make a deal for at least one defenseman and a couple of wingmen.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01640/2664585-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="549" height="1169"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON MARSHALL</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02611/2664578-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="558" height="1166"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL GOYETTE</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sabres Soothed By Crozier’s Net Play; Club Jolted As Marshall, Goyette Quit

OAKLAND&mdash;Has the long simmering unrest between general manager Frank Selke Jr., and the California Seals resulted in their parting of the ways?That appears to be the case with the likelihood Joe Crozier will step into Selke&rsquo;s shoes once new owner Charles O. Finley makes it official.Selke has not been at ease during his tenure with the Seals and has repeatedly been reported moving out over front office unrest and ownership problems. &#9632;

Crozier To Replace Seike As Seals’ General Manager?

<div class="byline">BY WAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;It has been obvious for some time now that the Minnesota North Stars are not going to start their National Hockey League season off at full stride.The North Stars, for a variety of reasons, will require a period of time to shake the bugs out of their roster and establish what will become a permanent lineup.This is not a surprising development, either to general manager Wren Blair or the new coach, Jack Gordon. They rather expected a slow start under normal conditions, and then their hunch was assured when two veteran centermen, Tommy Williams and Murray Oliver, became unavailable.Williams was nursing an ailing back well into October, and Oliver did not sign his contract by opening day, which plunged him into arbitration and off the Minnesota eligibility list.The North Stars naturally couldn&rsquo;t count on Williams but they did get a breather when Oliver relented and signed his contract almost at the same time as the club announced that their summer defense acquisition, Ted Harris, would be the new North Stars&rsquo; captain replacing the traded Claude Larose.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03510/2664640-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="277" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Harris</figcaption></div>The Stars are still really functioning in sort of a semi-training camp, with several extra men on the roster. Blair and Gordon wanted to do it this way early in the season, to give the coach further opportunity to look at some candidates who did not have a particularly impressive camp.&ldquo;Having the large squad may slow us down for the moment,&rdquo; explained Blair, &ldquo;but I wanted to let Jack have every chance for a good look at these men. Sometimes a man has a bad camp, and he&rsquo;s down in the minors before he ever really hits his stride.&rdquo;Gordon, who was watching some of the Minnesota men in camp for the first time, agreed completely with this tactic. Thus the North Stars had a traveling squad of 22 players when they left the Twin Cities on Oct. 9 for their NHL opener the next night at Philadelphia. Only 18 of them could dress, and so goalie Gilles Gilbert, forward Buster Harvey and defensemen Leo Boivin and Lou Nanne sat it out.Another reason why the North Stars won&rsquo;t burn up the league at the outset is that they are breaking in a number of young players. Harvey will see his share of action, along with rookie defenseman Fred Barrett, second-year pro Dick Redmond, 21-year-old center Jude Drouin and young forwards such as Danny Seguin, Walt McKechnie and Danny-Lawson.The Stars are also trying to absorb Gordon&rsquo;s style of play, which really doesn&rsquo;t differ too much from what Blair was trying to emphasize last year except that there is more new personnel to learn it. Gordon is determined to cut down the goals-against, and he has been harping from the opening day of camp on the responsibilities of not only the defensemen but also the forwards in accomplishing it.Minnesota had never lost its season opener previously, but neither Blair nor Gordon were moaning too loudly after the 2-1 setback Oct. 10 at Philadelphia. It could have been a lot worse.The North Stars had a shaky first period, falling behind 2-6. Then Ted Harris, retaliating from a high stick, flattened Gary Dornhoefer at mid-ice and it snapped the Stars into some alert, aggressive play for the next two periods.One source of hope was the strong play of the checking line composed of Charlie Burns, Seguin and Danny O&rsquo;Shea. Gordon wants a line devoted primarily to checking, and this one may remain intact for awhile. Drouin also played well at center, although it is no secret that Bill Goldsworthy and J.P. Parise are more effective with the free-wheeling Williams at center.Look for the North Stars, after feeling their way around for a bit, to start taking shape in November and showing a marked improvement in all areas.That&rsquo;s the kind of hockey that Gordon coaches, and nobody is going to panic if things don&rsquo;t break right at the start. It was interesting to study The Hockey News poll, where Minnesota received 12 votes for third place in the West. The North Stars will probably get there, although their assault on the position may be a lengthy one.NORTH STAR NOTES:&mdash;Parise scored Minnesota&rsquo;s first goal of the season, at 1:38 of the second period at Philadelphia. The puck, weirdly enough, glanced in off the ribs of goalie Doug Favell, who had skated far out to cut down the shot and then fell down just as Parise fired&hellip;The first piece of contact that young defenseman Barrett ever made in the NHL, an elbow to the shoulder of Philadelphia&rsquo;s Joe Watson, drew a quick penalty from referee Wally Harris. &ldquo;He must have been watching me closely,&rdquo; declared Barrett&hellip;Blair is trying to find a spot this season for goalie Ken Broderick, who split last season with Minnesota and Iowa of the CHL. Cleveland, the new Minnesota farm, already has Fern Rivard and Gary Kurt in the nets&hellip;New man on the North Star scene is Dick Rose, assistant trainer to Stan Waylett. 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North Stars Get Oliver In Fold But Squad ‘Bulky’

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div>MONTREAL&mdash;Every season, it seems, defensemen score more. It&rsquo;s part of the changing pattern of the game. Bobby Orr went all the way with it last season as he scored 33 goals, assisted on 87 others and wound up with 120 points to become the first defenseman ever to lead the NHL in scoring.Carol Vadnais of Oakland had 24 goals and Arnie Brown of New York 15 to rank second and third among defensemen in goals scored. Doug Harvey, who was considered a splendid offensive defenseman in his best days with Montreal, never scored as many as 10 goals in a season in his career, though he did score as many as 50 points in one campaign.As a guide-line to go on as this season develops, here&rsquo;s the top dozen point-producers from among defensemen in the NHL last season:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01642/2664727-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="565" height="487"></div>Goal-scoring is not so rare for defensemen in the minors, though it is in the majors. Larry Caban in 1966 scored 14 and in 1967 18 goals in the Western League, the latter standing as the record until 1969 when John Hanna rammed in 25 goals. Neither ever scored many in the majors, however.Here&rsquo;s the way the top-scoring NHL defensemen have produced goals in recent years. We&rsquo;ll &ldquo;X&rdquo; those seasons in which the players were not in the majors or were up for a limited time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02524/2664720-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="576" height="373"></div>Boston&rsquo;s Teddy Green scored 43 and 46 points the last two seasons before being injured and out all of last season or he no doubt would have added to the increased scoring from defensemen.Chicago&rsquo;s Stapleton has been one of the most consistent point-producers among defensemen in the NHL and entered this season with 214 points for his seven seasons in the majors. Tops among active players was Horton, long of Toronto, now of New York, 464 points, including 110 goals, for his 18-year career. However, Orr has 211 points, including 78 goals, in just four years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03351/2664713-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="548" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">CARL BREWER&hellip;Better Playmaker</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04210/2664706-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="550" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRAD PARK&hellip;Good Scorer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05128/2664699-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="552" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">ARNIE BROWN&hellip;Scored 15 Goals</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0687/2664692-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="554" height="546"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT STAPLETON&hellip;No. 3 Man</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0760/2664685-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="538" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES LAPERRIERE&hellip;Piled Up Assists</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0840/2664678-1-eng-US/f0003-082.jpg" title="f0003-08" width="1748" height="1648"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ORR</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0927/2664671-1-eng-US/f0003-092.jpg" title="f0003-09" width="1170" height="1991"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAROL VADNAIS&hellip;Shot 24 Goals</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Orr Upgraded Scoring Defensemen

MONTREAL&mdash;Would you believe there is a record Bobby Orr has not attained in the NHL?Orr surpassed his own mark for goals and Pat Stapleton&rsquo;s record for points (50) by a defenseman in one season last year. He has a long way to go to surpass Red Kelly&rsquo;s career record 823 points, although many of these were scored when Red was playing up front, not on defense. More immediately, Bobby can shoot for most goals by a defenseman in one game. Do you know how many this is, and who holds it?<h2>Record Orr Doesn&rsquo;t Have</h2>The most goals ever scored by a defenseman in one game in the NHL is four, set by Sprague Cleghorn of Montreal in 1922 and equalled by Johnny McKinnon of Pittsburgh and Hap Day of Toronto in the same game in 1929. Cleghorn&rsquo;s team topped Hamilton, 10-6, while McKinnon&rsquo;s club topped Day&rsquo;s team, 10-5. &#9632;

One Record Still Eludes Bobby Orr

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01704/2664803-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="358" height="427"></div>&bull; NEW YORK&mdash;HOCKEY INTEREST has never been higher than it is in this city right now and the zealous hockey followers who&rsquo;ve been rooting for a New York Stanley Cup team since 1940 think that this might be the season that the Rangers capture the coveted old pewter&hellip;Emile Francis, the Go-Go General Manger-Coach of the Rangers, has assembled the best balanced aggregation seen in a long time. In fact, Dennis Ball, first aide to Francis and chief of the Rangers farm system told us the Rangers are so deep in player strength right now that they had to sit out four players for the opener here against Buffalo. No one around can remember when this happened before&hellip;There are probably more first-rate players in the Rangers&rsquo; organization right now than at any time in history&hellip;Rangers had little trouble downing Buffalo, in their first game of the new season before the home fans, pumping no less than 47 shots at the beleagured Roger Crozier, with the Sabres having but 15 shots at Ed Giacomin&hellip;The last time Crozier faced the Rangers he wore a Detroit uniform and had 65 shots against him during a Sunday afternoon game that many hockey people would like to forget&hellip;Brad Park and Walt Tkaczuk signed their Ranger contracts the day prior to the home opener. These two talented sophomores caused the Rangers more contract troubles than any players in the club&rsquo;s 45 years of NHL membership&hellip;Francis promised after the game that these holdout problems wouldn&rsquo;t happen again&hellip;&ldquo;As long as I&rsquo;m associated with this club it will never happen again that players will practice with the team that are unsigned&rdquo;, stated the fiery hockey executive&hellip;The Buffalo road uniforms look very similar to the blue jerseys worn by the St. Louis Blues&hellip;Syl Apps Jr. played a strong game and hustled all the way and the Rangers would appear to have a prime rookie candidate in the son of the former Toronto star&hellip;Apps Jr. appears a little more rugged than his father and he handed out a stiff check to Reggie Fleming, who was booed throughout the game by New York fans after knocking Dave Balon into the boards from behind and rendering him unconscious for a short time&hellip;Rangers, like California&rsquo;s Golden Seals, show the players&rsquo; names on the back of their jerseys&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02655/2664796-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="251" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emile Francis</figcaption></div>&bull; LLOYD BLINCO will be inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame at the seventh annual awards dinner next month. Blinco is being honored for his long association with hockey at Hershey as a player, coach, general manager and now president. The popular Blinco has been associated with hockey in Chocolate Town, U.S.A, for nearly 40 years&hellip;Charlie Finley has officially re-named his Oakland Seals the California Golden Seals. The new colors will be California gold and Kelly green&hellip;Bob Hope is a well-known sports buff: avoid golfer who sponsors his own major tournament, baseball (Cleveland Indians), football (Los Angeles Rams) and they say he is currently looking at the fancially troubled Pittsburgh Penguins&hellip;Punch Imlach says that when the goals start going in on Jacques Plante in the Toronto nets his allergy will become worse&hellip;Ned Harkness, Detroit&rsquo;s first-year coach, has forbidden any of his players to smoke in his presence&hellip;The NHL is said to have screened over 150 candidates before appointing former FBI man Frank Torpey to head its security division. The league is also reported to have set aside $100,000 to protect itself from any gambling scandal&hellip;Dangerous Dan Maloney, Chicago&rsquo;s rookie left winger, looks like a terrific find. Playing on a line with Pit Martin and Gerry Pinder he&rsquo;s been one of the Hawks&rsquo; brightest lights in early season contests&hellip;NHL referees are now wearing orange bands on both arms to distinguish them from the two linesmen&hellip;We were the first between-periods guest of the season on the Rangers&rsquo; new Cable TV network. Bob Wolff, veteran U.S. sports announcer is doing the games and all of the Ranger home games this season will be seen over Cable TV&hellip;In the first NHL game played at Buffalo, players on the two teams, Montreal Canadiens and the Buffalo Sabres, were lined up at the bluelines. The crowd of 10,331 stirred restlessly as they awaited the official face-off when Seymour Knox, the Buffalo president, would drop the puck to start NHL hockey in that city. They waited patiently until Seymour announced: &ldquo;We need a puck&rdquo;. One was quickly found and presented to the Buffalo owner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03559/2664789-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="253" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lloyd Blinco</figcaption></div>&bull; PUNCH IMLACH hasn&rsquo;t appeared overly concerned about the recent retirements of Don Marshall and Phil Goyette from his Buffalo club&hellip;Claude Provost is another longtime NHL&rsquo;er to retire from the game. Provost was all set to serve as assistant playing coach of the Montreal Voyageurs of the AHL this year but he had a change of heart at the last minute and failed to show for the Voyageurs&rsquo; home opener. Claude apparently like the idea of being assistant to General ManagerCoach Ron Caron but the playing part he eschewed&hellip;This could be the year of the 60-plus scorer in the NHL. With two new expansion teams and more games added to the schedule, top marksmen like Bobby Hull, Garry Unger, Phil Esposito, Frank Mahovlich etc. might be able to pass the milestone&hellip;The baffling ailment that hospitalized Mike Pelyk of the Toronto Maple Leafs was a virus. He lost 17 pounds in less than a week&hellip;Jim McKenny&rsquo;s dislocated elbow suffered a setback recently and he&rsquo;s not expected to rejoin the Leafs for awhile&hellip;Ab McDonald, tall St. Luis winger, has been bothered by back trouble since the Blues broke camp. He&rsquo;s been in traction for over a week&hellip;Red Berenson is the new captain of the St. Louis Blues succeeding Al Arbour, now the coach&hellip;Bronco Horvath, former NHL scoring whiz, is coaching Cape Breton Metros in the Maritime junior league&hellip;Billy Taylor, who had his life-time NHL suspension lifted last August, is now coaching the Owen Sound Crescents of the Ontario Hockey Association Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; series&hellip;Larry Pleau has been playing well for Canadiens since taking over the retired John Ferguson&rsquo;s position&hellip;Ron McGrath, former Los Angeles hockey writer, is now director of publicity for the lush San Luis Bay Inn at Avila Beach, California.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04487/2664782-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="250" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Pleau</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded 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 McKenzie 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.YSecond class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327Printed in CanadaVol. 24 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 30, 1970 No. 4 &#9632;

The Hockey News

<h2>Young First To Make Full Length Movie</h2>I just finished watching a full length movie on TV. It was entitled &ldquo;None But the Brave&rdquo;, made in 1965 and Howie Young played Pvt. Waller all through the movie.My copy of the October 9, 1970 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS states on page 3 that Derek Sanderson is the first NHL player to make a full length movie.I don&rsquo;t blame the author of this article for not including his name, but I will include mine.MRS. ILENE MELDRUM. Detroit, Mich.<h2>New Color Skates Add To Big Time Hockey</h2>Whoever came up with the innovation of using colored skates in National Hockey games should be commended. I think the idea has extreme merit particularly for television.I watched the Toronto Maple Leafs strutting in their blue and white boots in a recent game and had the opportunity to see the St. Louis Blues with theirs. I thought both added something to the spectacle of the game. Besides what&rsquo;s wrong with a little more color to hockey? I think the NHL sweater colors are among the best in professional sports anyway.JIM LEVEN, Jefferson City, Mo.<h2>Old Leafs&rsquo; Teams Bring Back Memories</h2>This summer my family and I visited Toronto and were graciously permitted to enter Maple Leaf Gardens. As we viewed the historic arena, I tried to explain to my wife and daughter the strange feeling of homecoming that swept over me, though none of us had been there before.In 1933, when I was in high school, and we no longer had the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets of the International League to cheer on, I was lucky enough to tune in CFRB. Those bleak winters of the thirties were intensely brightened by the broadcasts of the Leaf game, &ldquo;coast to coast&rdquo;.Now as I stood in the dim light, looking at the vast empty tiers, I felt I was being transported bodily back to 1933. The Gardens was new, and there was Foster Hewitt chattering away in the &ldquo;gondala&rdquo;, and skaters whirled by on the ice: Happy Day and Clancy; Primeau, Jackson, and Charles Conacher, Red Horner, Bill Thoms&hellip;I have never forgotten their names. What a grand gang of heroes to enthrall a 16-year-old hockey fan!Since those days I have become a Pittsburgh Hornet and Penguin fan, but the team I never saw play&mdash;the Maple Leafs of the midthirties&mdash;ranks supreme among my hockey memories.THOMAS FEREZAN, McKees Rocks, Pa. &#9632;

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SHERWOOD JUNIOR PRO HOCKEY STICKS

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div>&bull; HAVE YOU noticed how many more goaltenders this season are wearing face masks than LAST YEAR?There&rsquo;s a noticeable upward trend in the use of the face protictors this season and many hockey men feel that last spring&rsquo;s near tragic injury to Jacques Plante in the Stanley Cup playoffs gave existing NHL netminders second thoughts about braving the hard rubber this season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01731/2664913-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="258" height="439"></div>Plante, the innovator of the mask, was struck squarely on the face mask, shattering it and sending the then St. Louis goaler to hospital. For a time it was feared that Plante&rsquo;s playing career had been terminated. He did not return to the playoffs, in fact he had to watch the rest of the series from his hospital bed by way of television.Many goalkeepers got the message then and there it seems. This season Ed Giacomin, the &lsquo;Iron Horse&rsquo; of the Rangers who has disdained a face mask since his entry into the NHL in 1965, has relented and gone to the mask this season. Les Binkley, another stalwart of the net who didn&rsquo;t mind putting his face boldly in front of some of those 100 mile-per-hour shots generated by the NHL&rsquo;s super shooters like Bobby Hull, has also had a change of heart. He, too, has started wearing the mask.During the summer off-season, Toronto&rsquo;s Bruce Gamble announced that he would commence wearing the mask with the start of the 1970-71 schedule and he has kept his word. Last season, both Roger Crozier and Roy Edwards sought escape behind the protectors in the ever continuing hunt for more protection by NHL netminders.&bull; WITH THE conversion of Giacomin and Binkley to the mask, that leaves one venerable major league netminder without a protector. Who is he? Gump Worsley, who else?The Gumper has repeatedly resisted the mask despite pleas from several of his coaches. Toe Blake left the decision up to Worsley but the Canadiens&rsquo; brass always felt that Worsley should have started wearing a mask long ago. But Gump stood his ground and today in his 20th season as a goaler in organized hockey, he stands alone without one.Worsley has maintained &lsquo;in the face of criticism that all goalers should wear the masks against injury, that the protector came too late for him.&ldquo;I dare say I would have worn one if I had been younger when it came out but I&rsquo;m too settled in my goaling ways now to make the change. I have nothing against the mask, really, it&rsquo;s just that a goaler today starts out in this game wearing one and when he eventually hits the National League, he is adjusted to it. Me, I could never get accustomed to it for a lot of reasons,&rdquo; said the Gumper.When Plante first sprung the innovation on the hockey scene back in 1962 with the Canadiens, he didn&rsquo;t know it then but he started a trend that has caught on all over the sport. Today a coach will look twice at a netminder who steps out on the ice without a mask.Plante predicted the day he first put the mask on that everyone would one day wear a face protector. With stick manufacturers altering the design of the hockey stick to escalate the shooting of a puck, it was inevitable, according to Plante that they would have to find something to offer the goalkeepers more protection or else they would quickly run out of the puck stoppers.Plante, himself, is trying out a new type mask this season that he claims will revolutionize the protector even more. &ldquo;The new mask is a beauty,&rdquo; echoed Plante. &ldquo;See those ridges. They can deflect any kind of a shot. We even had it tested with a cannon and it is real fool proof.&rdquo;Other NHL netminders have been impressed with the new mask. All of the Buffalo Sabres&rsquo; netminders, including Crozier, Dave Dryden, Rocky Farr, Joe Daley and several farmhands, all had face fittings of Plante&rsquo;s model at $150 per mask. Rogatien Vachon, who went to the mask at the outset of last season when things started to get hairy playing goal for the Canadiens, is wearing a Plante creation.Jacques, a persuasive 41-year-old, doesn&rsquo;t figure to convert Worsley to the face mask because, as he puts it, &ldquo;you have to want to wear a protector to get the full benefit from it.&rdquo;Trying to get the Gumper to put on a mask at this stage of the game is like asking Bobby Hull to switch back to the straight blade.There&rsquo;s no way it&rsquo;ll happen. &#9632;

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INSIDE HOCKEY

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Nobody knows how much talent Gary Sabourin really has&mdash;including Sabby himself.He&rsquo;s proved that he can score in the national Hockey League, and his goal totals have been rising each year. The St. Louis Blues count on him for a solid performance, while realizing that he probably has yet to reach his potential.For Sabourin the name of the game is improvement, and he says, &ldquo;When the time comes that I think I&rsquo;ve stopped improving, I&rsquo;ll be very disappointed.&rdquo;Sabourin is already a good hockey player who could stay in the NHL for years to come at his present level of ability. But the flashes of brilliance of a really great hockey player shine through his day-to-day play, and these are the moments which excite St. Louis fans.Sabourin was an expansion baby, a player who was New York&rsquo;s minor-league property and received his chance in the NHL with the birth of the Blues. In those first days of his majorleague career he was accused of roaming from his right wing, and, as Sabby once remarked, &ldquo;When you do that, a lot of things can happen, and they&rsquo;re usually bad.&rdquo;But he learned the responsibilities of his position more accurately and then set out on another quest&mdash;a major-league shot.He&rsquo;s worked hard on his shot the last two seasons, and goalies will tell you it&rsquo;s the kind of hard shot that &ldquo;at one time only Bobby Hull had.&rdquo; But now Sabourin and others have it, and it&rsquo;s a terror.Sabourin&rsquo;s shots haven&rsquo;t always been on goal, but he&rsquo;s worked on that, too, and his aim this year appears to be much improved. If this trend continues, he&rsquo;s going to reach that &ldquo;disappointment&rdquo; of having nothing to improve much sooner than expected.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m told that the best years of an athlete&rsquo;s life are between 28 and 32,&rdquo; Sabourin said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m 26 now, and let&rsquo;s just hope that I can continue getting better.&rdquo;Sabourin&rsquo;s goal production was 13 that first year in the league, nearly doubled to 25 the following year and up to 28 last year. Sabourin considers 20 a healthy number for the season, but the Blues need more from him and would like 1970-71 to be his first 30-goal season.&ldquo;I just want the team to do well,&rdquo; Sabourin said. &ldquo;If we win, the goals will come.&rdquo;&ldquo;I hope I can be a better playmaker this year,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;I think I can handle the puck with more poise and experience. When you have experience, you hang on to the puck to make the play and you know what you&rsquo;re going to do before you do it.&rdquo;When Sabourin talks about the Blues doing well, he is fully aware of the threat posed by the carpetbagging Chicago. Black Hawks, now in the Western Division.&ldquo;The Hawks worry me quite a bit,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They were first in the Eastern Division last season, and we have to be concerned. What we have to do is split our six games with them and do better against the rest of the league.&rdquo;&ldquo;I hope we have the type of team we had our first year&mdash;a better defensive club,&rdquo; Sabourin said. &ldquo;Our success has always depended on hard work, and we just have to continue.&rdquo;Such kind words for defensive hockey are not usually the sentiments of a 28-goal man but they reflect the thinking of new St. Louis coach Al Arbour, 17 years a pro defenseman, and Scotty Bowman, the man who nursed the Blues into success and is now general manager.&ldquo;The style of the Blues&rsquo; play this season under Al is going to be the same as Scotty has been teaching us,&rdquo; Sabourin said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re two different men, and they get their point across differently. But you can bet that we&rsquo;re not going to have three men caught down ice: we&rsquo;re going to have one man dropping back.&rdquo;If the Blues are to win their battle in the Western Division this season, Sabourin will have to be a big part of the attack. Three times in the Stanley Cup finals during three years in the NHL is a record that Sabourin would like to extend.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to disappoint our fans,&rdquo; Sabourin said. &ldquo;They deserve nothing but a winner.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02595/2664944-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="526" height="1500"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARY SABOURIN&hellip;Still Improving</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Blues’ Sabourin Not At NHL Peak Yet

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01683/2664982-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">RAWLINGS!</figcaption></div>&hellip;now offering a complete line of pro-grade hockey equipment for 1971.We&rsquo;ve taken all our experience in making protective gear for professional football and applied it to hockey. The result is a complete line of professional grade hockey equipment&hellip;youth to pro. Everything from helmets to stockings designed to protect the player&hellip;without getting in his way. For a closer look, contact your Rawlings representative or send for free catalog. Write to Hockey Catalog, Dept. M, Box 7384, St. Louis, Mo. 63177.&ldquo;THE MARK OF A PRO&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02617/2664975-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1617" height="1228"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, 2300 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63166 &bull; A subsidiary of A-T-0 Inc.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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look who just threw their hat in the rink…

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;It wasn&rsquo;t so much the score of the New York Rangers&rsquo; opening contest of the 1970-71 National Hockey League season, but the lineup. Among the missing in the 3-1 October 10 loss to St. Louis were Brad Park and Walter Tkaczuk, the club&rsquo;s All Star defenseman and leading scorer respectively of the 1969-70 season.The reason&mdash;failure to reach contract terms with Emile Francis, the Rangers&rsquo; general manager-coach. Park and Tkaczuk, along with center Jean Ratelle and winger Vic Hadfield had staged the celebrated holdout which broke up in a hassle as to who would arbitrate the dispute. Pro Sports, Inc., a New York-based firm represented the four athletes, but was only partially in the picture after Francis suggested that either Clarence Campbell or Alan Eagleson serve as arbiters.Ratelle signed after scoring four goals in a losing pre season contest at the Boston Garden and Hadfield inked his contract the day before the opener without Park and Tkaczuk, the Rangers did not look as organized as they should. The boys finally signed and were back in Broadway Blue, but the question must be raised as to whether this will have any effect on their relations with Francis. Park reportedly signed for $32,000 and Tkaczuk for $23,000.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03520/2665051-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="251" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Walt Tkaczuk</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I have the highest respect for Emile Francis,&rdquo; says Park. &ldquo;Business is business. Mr. Francis has been wonderful to me, taught me an awful lot and given me the opportunity to play in the NHL. Now that this is over, it will all be forgotten.Francis expresses similar sentiments and he knows that Park and Tkaczuk are the shining stars in his development program which retooled a veteran team into one with an average age of around 24 years.One of Emile&rsquo;s biggest plusses is the simple fact that his players swear by him. They appreciate his coaching techniques and the fantastic 18-hour day he works. They know he will fight for them. As a general manager, however, he has to sign them and this has led to the hassle which kept the two young men out of the lineup.On the positive side has been the work of right wing Bobby Nevin, who once again seems to be the Nevin of yore. At 32, Nevvy seemingly had something to prove after falling off to 18 goals a year ago.&ldquo;I got hurt on opening night in Boston and never felt right until February,&rdquo; says Bob. &ldquo;Maybe things will go better from the start this year.&rdquo;Nevin, who has drawn a few boos in Madison Square Garden, was a revelation in pre season. He, along with Syl Apps Jr. were the high points of the camp. Apps and Don Luce both made the squad and when Tkaczuk signs will fight for the third center spot.Ratelle, despite his contract difficulties, notched the big four goals in Boston and showed he was a professional all the way, by attempting to take up the slack caused by Tkaczuk&rsquo;s absence in St. Louis. He scored a goal which appeared to tie the score at 2-2 with 5:14 left, but was ruled offside.&ldquo;When Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert are flying New York is almost impossible to beat,&rdquo; says a rival NHL general manager, who shall go nameless.With Gilbert seemingly very serious this season and Ratelle in good form, the problem of Tkaczuk may not be as serious in the early going if these two get off winging. Gilbert, for his part, has been backchecking and working his head off and the line of Ratelle, Gilbert and rookie Jack Egers may just be a real good one.Other early developments saw goalie Ed Giacomin wear a mask for the first time in his career. Ed had previously worn one in practice and in exhibitions, but the game in St. Louis marked his debut as a member of the masked marvels.&ldquo;I like it and don&rsquo;t think it cuts down on my visibility. I have been lucky not to be cut so far and maybe I should wear it and stay that way. It is not the shot you see that you fear, it is the deflections and screens shots,&rdquo; remarked Ed.Francis said, &ldquo;Eddie is number one in my book, with or without a mask.&rdquo;BLUE CHIPS: Ranger Fan Club planning initial trip of the year to Montreal on Saturday November 21&hellip;Larry Brown hit hard in opening contest and is valued highly for his defense&hellip;Rumors of a big trade which would put Robert Marvin Hull in a New York uniform still refuse to die&hellip;Almost 13,000 season tickets were sold before the start of the season&hellip; &#9632;

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Rangers At Ease As Park, Tkaczuk Return To Fold

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02646/2665113-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRAD SELWOOD&hellip;Toronto Maple Leafs</figcaption></div>Although he has enjoyed two full seasons as a professional, young Brad Selwood is one of several new rookies with the Toronto Maple Leafs this season. The 22-year-old defenseman was the sensation of the Western Hockey League last year where he won the rookie award with the Vancouver Canucks. A hard-hitting individual who likes to move the puck, Selwood spent the 1968-69 campaign with Tulsa of the CHL before moving up to Vancouver last season. His two-year pro totals are 16 goals, 56 assists, 72 points and a whopping 211 penalty minutes. He stands 6&rsquo;1&rdquo; and weighs in at 186. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

TORONTO&mdash;One reason for optimism concerning the 1970-71 Toronto Maple Leafs has been the belief that the injury jinx which plagued them all last season can&rsquo;t possibly return.Turns out it can, after all.Four regulars were missing when Leafs opened their new National Hockey League schedule by absorbing an embarrassing 53 defeat at the hands of Vancouver&rsquo;s brand new Canucks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01698/2665082-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="268" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim McKenny</figcaption></div>It was expected a dislocated elbow would keep defenseman Jim McKenny out of the lineup for the first month of the capaign. He is considered Leafs best rearguard, a consistent scorer who got 11 goals and 33 assists last winter, and one fellow who can bedepended upon to hustle the puck out of his own zone.Rookie Larry McIntyre, whose work at training camp and in the exhibition games had earned him a first-string defense job, was out with a wrenched back.Guy Trottier, the 55-goal American Leaguer Leafs got from Rangers in the Tim Horton trade, had a bruised arm, so analysts were forced to wait a while to find out if his magical scoring touch could be transferred to the majors.And Brit Selby, one of Leafs&rsquo; few established wingers, had been sent home to let a groin injury mend.Clearly, Leafs were starting right in where they&rsquo;d left off a year ago when, on the average, they were minus three starting players for each and every scheduled match&mdash;roughly 250 man games missed over the entire schedule.Ricky Ley, Jim Dorey and Mike Walton were others who were there for the opener but were just recovering from injuries.It was going to be a while, therefore, before anybody could form a reliable impression of what the rebuilding Leafs are really going to be like this term.When coach Johnny McLellan and general manager Jim Gregory trimmed their roster to regulation size, it included six rookies and three other newcomers.Jacques Plante, of course, was one of the goalies. He and holdover Bruce Gamble were to share that assignment.Brad Selwood, in addition to McIntyre, earned a spot on defense with returning Brian Glennie, Ley, Dorey, Mike Pelyk and McKenny.Freshman forwards McLellan and Gregory kept were Darryl Sittler, Billy MacMillan, Brian Marchinko and Bob Liddington.Sittler was Leafs&rsquo; first choice in the 1970 draft of 1970 junior graduates, having scored 42 goals and 48 assists at London, Ont., last year.MacMillan, originally a Leaf junior, played a few pro games in the Central League last spring after Canada&rsquo;s national amateur team went out of business.Marchinko and Liddington were with Tulsa&rsquo;s Central League club, as was defenseman McIntyre. Selwood was rookie of the year in the Western League as a member of Vancouver&rsquo;s championship team.Other new faces: Trottier and Gary Monahan, who was obtained from Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Bob Pulford.McLellan has decided upon his forward line combinations.Norm Ullman is at center between Paul Henderson and Ron Ellis.Dave Keon will be the pivot for a pair of newcomers, MacMillan and Monahan. MacMillan obviously will be replaced by Trottier when he&rsquo;s ready.And Jim Harrison has been switched to right wing so he can work on a unit with Mike Walton at centre and Liddington on left wing.Sittler and Marchinko were the spare forwards to start out.Losing to Vancouver on their first attempt obviously was a severe setback to Leafs. They were at a disadvantage, of course, because of their injuries but that still didn&rsquo;t account for the way their defense got disorganized in the face of Canucks&rsquo; determined forechecking.Clearly, the extent to which those blueline greenhorns can mature will determine how far the Leafs can rise this season.&ldquo;A lot of us have something to prove this season,&rdquo; Mike Walton pointed out. &ldquo;We had a poor year, let&rsquo;s face it, but we&rsquo;re a much better club than a lot of people realize and it&rsquo;s up to us to provide the evidence.&rdquo;&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re bound to improve,&rdquo; said Paul Henderson. &ldquo;We were chopped down by injuries last season and I feel our young defense has to get better and better to the point where it&rsquo;s a big asset.&rdquo;&ldquo;I agree that we&rsquo;ve got to be better on defense and I think it&rsquo;s inevitable that we will,&rdquo; said coach McLellan.&ldquo;I think a lot of teams would like to trade defences with us and get hold of all those good young players.&ldquo;The other area where we&rsquo;ve got to strengthen is on the wings. We have good centres. That&rsquo;s our best feature. It&rsquo;s on the wings where we&rsquo;ve been lacking.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I moved Harrison to the wing. He&rsquo;s a guy we want to get on the ice a lot and it wouldn&rsquo;t be possible if he was our fourth centre.&ldquo;We think Monahan will help us a lot, too. Trottier, too, we hope. And we think Ellis and Henderson are proven factors. Selby, as well.&rdquo;Notice an omission? Sure, George Armstrong. The 40-year-old Chief didn&rsquo;t participate in many of the exhibition games and indications were that he had decided not to return, after all. &#9632;

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Young Maple Leafs Haunted By Return Of Injury Jinx

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO&mdash;The opening chapter in pro hockey for Dan Maloney of the Black Hawks was an interesting one.It all began last June, when Chicago made the brawny left wing its first choice in the draft of Canada&rsquo;s top amateurs. He had excellent credentials&mdash;size (6 feet, 1-inch, nearly 200 pounds), scoring knack (31 goals and 35 assists for the London Knights) and apparently plenty of fight (232 penalty minutes in 54 games).In mid-September, Maloney reported to the talentladen Hawks&rsquo; training camp in Chicago Stadium. But, when the first squad cuts came a week later, he was en route to the St. Catharines, Ont., outpost of the Dallas Hawks, Chicago&rsquo;s Central League farm team.&ldquo;We were just a bit disappointed in the way he performed during that first week,&rdquo; said Chicago Coach Billy Reay. &ldquo;We thought he could do a little better.&rdquo;So, it looked as though Maloney would spend the season&mdash;or at least the start of it&mdash;in the minors, hardly anything to be ashamed of for a 20-year-old lad fresh out of the amateur ranks.Maloney began to click, and meanwhile the Chicagoans were having some health problems. Two veteran right wings were ailing. Jim Pappin was battling a slow-healing case of Bells palsy (facial paralysis) which he contracted during the summer; Eric Nesterenko was troubled by a skin rash.Gerry Pinder, a right handed shot who starred last season at left wing for the Hawks, was shifted to his proper side. Thus a vacancy developed on the port side, where Bobby and Dennis Hull were the only proven wings.Next episode: On Oct. 3, the Hawks flew into Toronto for the first of a back-to-back weekend series against the Leafs which would complete their exhibition schedule.Maloney was off in nearby St. Catharines playing in a Dallas intra-squad game. When he returned to headquarters, a call from Reay awaited. The message: come to Toronto tonight and play for the Hawks against the Leafs.&ldquo;I was very surprised,&rdquo; admitted Maloney. He responded with a goal which helped the Chicagoans whip Toronto, 5-3.Maloney returned to the Dallas camp, but was called up to the Chicago varsity two days later.&ldquo;He played fairly well in Toronto,&rdquo; Reay said. &ldquo;We thought he was worth another look.&rdquo;Indeed he was. Maloney opened the season for the Hawks at left wing with Pinder and center Pit Martin. And he keyed the winning goal en route to the Hawks&rsquo; 51 victory against Oakland.Midway in the first period, Maloney was forechecking deep. Ron Stackhouse, Oakland defenseman, had the puck behind his cage when Maloney blasted the disc loose with a jarring check. The puck squirted to Martin in the corner, and he quickly passed to Nesterenko for the score to put Chicago ahead, 2 to 1.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very happy to be up here and playing,&rdquo; Maloney said. &ldquo;I just hope to stay and make a contribution. This is a tremendous organization and the spirit is terrific. Every-body&rsquo;s been helpful, especially Gerry and Pit. It helps to skate with players of their ability.&rdquo;Needless to say, although Maloney took a roundabout route, it appears he landed where he belongs.HAWK EY TALK: Tony Esposito, Vezina trophy winner last season as a Hawks rookie, signed a three-year contract and reported he was &ldquo;quite satisfied.&rdquo;&hellip;George Vass, who covers the Black Hawks for the Chicago Daily News, has written a team history entitled &ldquo;The Chicago Black Hawks Story.&rdquo; It was recently published by Follett&rsquo;s&hellip;Stan Mikita, who suffers chronic back problems, incurred a severe stiff neck and was sidelined for the start of season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01717/2665175-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="534" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAN MALONEY&hellip;Gets Second Look</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02629/2665168-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1762" height="1083"><figcaption class="caption-body">The busy young executive with the phone on the job is no stranger to Chicago hockey fans of course. He&rsquo;s sophomore defenseman KEITH MAGNUSON, who is fast becoming one of the city&rsquo;s most popular per ormers. A college graduate, Magnuson also has an eye for business as well as hockey.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hof Rookie Maloney Takes Roundabout Route To Hawks

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Al Beaule, defenseman, reassigned from Her-shey of AHL to Phoenix of WHL. Danny Bouchard, goal-keeper, reassigned from Oklahoma City to Hershey of AHL.DETROIT&mdash;Gerry Hart, defenseman, assigned to Fort Worth of CHL and later recalled along with Jim Shires, forward, from Fort Worth as injury replacements. Don Bruner and Ron Marlow, goalkeepers, Gordon Redden, defenseman. Yvon Lambert, and Brian Watts, forwards, assigned to Port Huron of IHL. Doug Volmar, forward, sent to Springfield of AHL on loan. Rick McCann, forward, assigned to Baltimore of AHL.TORONTO&mdash;Frank Hughes, forward, returned to Phoenix of WHL. Murray McLachlan and Ray Reeson, goalkeepers, Ken Desjardine, Randy Murray, defensemen, Rene Robert, Doug Brindley, Ted Hargreaves, forwards, assigned to Tulsa of CHL.BUFFALO&mdash;Rocky Farr, goalkeeper, sent to Salt Lake City of WHL. Chris Evans, defenseman, sent to Kansas City of CHL on loan. Phil Goyette and Don Marshall, forwards, announced retirement. Howie Menard, forward, sold to Oakland of NHL.VANCOUVER&mdash;Barry Wilkins defenseman, and Murray Hall, forward, assigned to Rochester of AHL.OAKLAND&mdash;Howie Menard, Brian Cadle, Randy Rota, Pete Laframboise and Hilliard Graves, forwards, assigned to Providence of AHL.ST. LOUIS&mdash;Robbie Irons and Gary Edwards, goalkeepers, Larry Hornung, Dick Proceviat, Claude Moreau and Jack Taggart, defensemen, Kurt Bennett, Ron Climie, Gordon Brooks, Mike Lowe, Tom Earl, Bob Birdsell, Norm Dennis, Ron Buchanan and Terry Gray, forwards, assigned to Kansas City of CHL.CHICAGO&mdash;Oscar Gaudet, forward, reassigned from Dallas of CHL to Portland of WHL.NEW YORK&mdash;Sheldon Kannegiesser, defenseman, reassigned from Seattle of WHL to Omaha of CHL.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Gary Dimeen, forward, assigned to Denver of WHL.PITTSBURGH&mdash;Buddy Blom and Paul Hoganson, goalkeepers, Robin Burns, Rick Kessell, Galen Head and Connie Forey, forwards, assigned to Amarillo of CHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Claude Provost, player-coach, announced retirement from hockey. Greg Boddy, defenseman, rejoined club after returning home.ROCHESTER&mdash;Ron Lowe and Claude Hardy, goalkeepers, assigned to Jacksonville of EHL.CLEVELAND&mdash;Dennis Patterson, forward, assigned to Clinton of EHL. Marshall Johnston and Tom Polanic, defenseman, refused to sign contracts and were sent home suspended.HERSHEY&mdash;Hugh Harvey, forward, assigned to Oklahoma City of CHL.PROVIDENCE&mdash;Bob Kelly, forward, released.BALTIMORE&mdash;Billy Yeo, goalkeeper, and Jim Whittaker, defenseman, assigned to Syracuse of EHL. Peter Christian, forward, sent to Jacksonville of EHL. Brian Smith, forward, released. Andy Brown, goalkeeper and Jimmy Bartlett, forward, suspended for failing to sign contracts. Paul Cates, defenseman. sent to Phoenix of WHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PHOENIX&mdash;Guy Dufour, forward, secured from Quebec of AHL. Jim Paterson, forward. sold to Salt Lake City of WHL. Stan Fuller, defenseman, and Greg Pilling, forward, both re leased.SAN DIEGO&mdash;Gordon Sinclair, defenseman, released. Dennis Huculak, defenseman, quit club over contract and re-turned to his Edmonton home.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>KANSAS CITY&mdash;Floyd Thomson, forward, signed to professional contract after tryout.OMAHA&mdash;Morris Stefaniw, forward, purchased from Phoenix of WHL.OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;Brian Bradley, forward, secured from Dallas of CHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>FORT WAYNE&mdash;Bill McLeod, defenseman, and Bob Clyne, forward, secured from Flint of IHL. Rick Barefoot, defenseman, secured from Dayton of IHL. Serge Boudreault, Ray Brunel, Trevor Fahey and Mery Dubchak, and Butch McLean, defensemen, all announced they were retiring from hockey.TOLEDO&mdash;Al Cecile, goalkeeper, and Owen Freeman, forward, released.DAYTON&mdash;Cliff Bristow, forward, placed on disabled list after injuring knee.FLINT&mdash;Jack Turner, defenseman, returned by Portland of WHL. Gilles Meloche, goalkeeper, secured on loan from Chicago of NHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>GREENSBORO&mdash;Dom DiBerardino, forward, returned to club from Johnstown of NHL. Jan Popiel, forward, returned by Tulsa of CHL.JOHNSTOWN&mdash;Scott Buchan and Wayne Hoganson, forwards, did not report to training camp. Dick Loe, forward, returned by Quebec of AHL.NEW HAVEN&mdash;Pierre Brind&rsquo;Amour, forward, secured from New York of NHL on loan.NASHVILLE&mdash;Norm Ryder, forward, rejoined team after being retired last season. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY BYRON YAKE</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;The Pittsburgh Penguins went into their first game of the season&mdash;against the new Buffalo Sabres&mdash;insolvent, but alive and well, thank you.&ldquo;The club needs capital and that&rsquo;s no secret,&rdquo; said Bruce Whittaker, executive vice president of the club.&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s ill-founded guessing that the club will move. There will be an outright sale of the club or new major capital.&rdquo;The Penguins&rsquo; financial woes will continue until the club is sold, but it is not affecting the day to day operations.Mellon Bank is suing the club for $3.6 million but the Penguins are being sponsored in part by another bank on their radio and television broadcasts this season.The club&rsquo;s nine owners, including majority owner Donald Parsons, a Detroit banker, were named in the suit.&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t understand why they had to resort to this measure,&rdquo; said Whittaker. &ldquo;But if they want to communicate with us in court, that&rsquo;s where we&rsquo;ll communicate with them.&rdquo;&ldquo;I think we all got raises this year,&rdquo; said one player.The Penguins brought 21 players back to Pittsburgh from their Brantford, Ont. training site, including two rookies, John Stewart and Greg Polis.Polis, the club&rsquo;s first draft choice, and Stewart, the second, should both make the team.Lowell MacDonald, a wing, also made the team after coming off a one-year retirement.The Penguins likely had empathy, if not sympathy, with the Sabres in their first meeting.Buffalo is a new team as is Vancouver. Both are in the East Division and neither figure to make the playoffs against their experienced rivals.Four years ago, the Penguins were starting anew.There is a problem when playing such teams. Usually they are loose, usually they have everything to gain, nothing to lose. Their reputation is yet to be built. It can&rsquo;t decline since they really have none.Not so with the Penguins. They have now, in a way, made it. 1 hey have tasted success after their second place finish in the West Division last season. And now expectations for the club by the club itself and the public, is greater.This may add to the worries of Coach Red Kelly, who has enough to worry about with the Penguins&rsquo; financial troubles and the loss of center Michel Briere.Kelly was reminded that he hasn&rsquo;t sounded too optimistic about the club thus far.&ldquo;No, I think we&rsquo;ll come along,&rdquo; he said, but not with finality.&ldquo;Chicago is now in the league and they have to be rated tops. But we concede them nothing. Last year we outplayed them a country mile, but when they had a chance they just put the puck in the nets.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01708/2665206-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="548" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body">LOWELL MacDONALD&hellip;Making Comeback</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Penquins Insolvent But Alive

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01685/2665251-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>TOP 25 SCORERS</h2><h3>INDIVIDUAL SCORING LEADERS (Including games of Sun. Oct. 18)</h3><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02590/2665244-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="582" height="2795"></div><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03463/2665237-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="587" height="2628"></div> &#9632;

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NHL SCORING GOALING PENALTY RECORDS

(Standings on Tues. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04342/2665303-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="309" height="2292"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05254/2665296-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="276" height="2314"></div><h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06207/2665289-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="1102" height="329"></div><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07182/2665282-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="1096" height="323"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon. Oct. 12Vancouver 1 at St. Louis 4Tues. Oct. 13Detroit 3 at Montreal 4Wed. Oct. 14St. Louis 3 at Toronto 7Buffalo 0 at New York 3Boston 8 at Los Angeles 5Vancouver 2 at Chicago 8Thurs. Oct. 15Montreal 3 at Buffalo 0Chicago 2 at Detroit 1Vancouver 4 at Philadelphia 5Pittsburgh 2 at Minnesota 4Fri. Oct. 16Boston 5 at California 1Sat. Oct. 17Chicago 2 at Montreal 6New York 6 at Toronto 2Detroit 3 at Minnesota 2Buffalo 1 at St. Louis 4Philadelphia 0 at Pittsburgh 0California 1 at Los Angeles 6Sun. Oct. 18Montreal 0 at New York 1Toronto 2 at Philadelphia 4Boston 5 at Vancouver 3Minnesota 2 at Detroit 1Pittsburgh 1 at Buffalo 1St. Louis 2 at Chicago 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Oct. 20Oakland at VancouverWed. Oct. 21Minnesota at MontrealToronto at New YorkPittsburgh at Los AngelesSt. Louis at OaklandThurs. Oct. 22Chicago at BostonBuffalo at PhiladelphiaFri. Oct. 23Detroit at BuffaloSt. Louis at VancouverPittsburgh at OaklandSat. Oct. 24Philadelphia at MontrealChicago at TorontoNew York at MinnesotaSt. Louis at Los AngelesSun. Oct. 25Montreal at DetroitOakland at New YorkPhiladelphia at BostonChicago at BuffaloPittsburgh at Vancouver (Afternoon)Tues. Oct. 27Buffalo at VancouverWed. Oct. 28Montreal at TorontoDetroit at New YorkChicago at MinnesotaLos Angeles at PittsburghOakland at St. LouisThurs. Oct. 29Boston at DetroitLos Angeles at PhiladelphiaFri. Oct. 30Buffalo at Oakland &#9632;

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THE NHL SCENE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08159/2665334-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg"></div>(INCLUDING GAMES OF SUN. OCT. 18) &#9632;

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Looking At NHL Goalers

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON&mdash;For several long seconds on the night of Oct. 11 time stood still and hearts virtually stopped beating in Boston Garden.It was midway through the second period of the opening hockey game of the season for the Bruins and Bobby Orr lay motionless on the ice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01675/2665372-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="243" height="376"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Green</figcaption></div>Just a moment before he had been weaving through the Detroit Red Wings with the puck. Then he collided with Frank Mahovlich and two million dollars worth of talent was represented by separate bundles of flesh.Not so strangely the 14,888 ticket holders were interested in only one bundle and when it finally stirred to life and skated off the ice the crowd figured everything was all right.That assumption was 99 per cent correct, Orr had suffered a charley horse in his right leg but after sitting out the rest of the game probably would be back in action for the next game.And there were many other things that sent them home happy that night. The Bruins won the game 7-3. Teddy Green passed his first really competitive test and the Bruins had not lost the touch that made them the champions of all hockey a year ago.Now they knew first hand that all the things they had been reading for the previous month were not exaggerated.Playing his first regularly schedule game since the 1969 playoffs, the helmeted Green was called on for a couple of extra shifts after Orr was hurt and forced to additional duty when the other defensemen picked up penalties.Only Green was critical of his work.Right now,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;I lack some confidence carrying the puck. Not because of the injury but because I&rsquo;m not yet in skating shape.&ldquo;Oh I&rsquo;m in good physical condition but not good enough to play my best hockey at this level just yet. I still need five or six games under my belt to be ready. But it will come quicker now.&rdquo;Another satisfying item was the work of the Wayne Cashman-Phil Esposito-Ken Hodge combination.A year ago the Bruins used a number of different wings with Esposito for a fair amount of success but hardly received the slick cohesion of the previous season.Esposito held up his own end with 99 points but Hodge slipped to 54 and Cashman, bouncing from line to line and wing to wing contributed only nine goals and 35 points.Against the Red Wings, however, this unit picked up a total of six points. Each scored a goal, Hodge had two assists and Cashman chipped in another.Although he is playing the off wing, Cashman always has played his best hockey when teamed with Esposito and now Hodge is starting the season healthy. Last year he was just back from an appendectomy and never regained his 1968-69 form.&ldquo;I feel better now,&rdquo; says Hodge, &ldquo;and I think our line will really do a job when our passing sharpens up. A few games should take care of that.&rdquo;Further satisfaction was generated by the play of Wayne Carleton. The big wing was acquired by the Bruins from Toronto in mid-season last year and has trouble fitting into the B&rsquo;s lineup.His progress in training camp promped a shift to center when Derek Sanderson held out. When Turk finally signed prior to the opening game, he was not in shape to play and Carleton did a creditable job between Eddie Westfall and &lsquo;Ace&rsquo; Bailey, scoring a goal and using his size and weight effectively.Then there were the two goals by Don Marcotte with the Bruins shorthanded in the third period.Finally there was the fact that the Bruins had two points in the standings.They had beaten Detroit 6-5 in one exhibition game and tied the Red Wings 3-3. But this was for real and the prospect of keeping the Stanley Cup crown in Boston is even brighter than a week ago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02629/2665365-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="554" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE CASHMAN&hellip;Flying On Wing</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Bruins Flash Cup Form As Green Passes ‘Test’

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL&mdash;There&rsquo;s a lot of talk about the youngsters giving the Canadiens a lift this new season and no doubt the kids like Guy Lapointe, Pete Mahovlich, Marc Tardif, Larry Pleau, Pierre Bouchard and Guy Charron have had a hand in Montreal&rsquo;s early success of four wins in five starts.But the scoring standout is a young veteran&mdash;Yvan Cournoyer who, it&rsquo;s hard to believe, has reached the hockey-ripe age of 27 and has launched his seventh season in the NHL. It seems like only yesterday that Toe Blake, the old master, was sparing him for power-plays and goading him about back-checking.Cournoyer has come out of the gate with a rush to score six goals, a pair in three straight games against Detroit, Buffalo and Chicago.Shortly after the start of training camp, Yvan was asked if he planned to do anything differently this season.&ldquo;Well I am going to shoot like everything,&rdquo; said the stocky little forward who seldom talks in superlatives about anything.He might have added he was going to skate &ldquo;like everything&rdquo; too, judging by the way he was been busting in on right wing with his left hand shot. Nearly all of his goals have come on the quick shot that labelled Cournoyer as a future star in junior ranks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03584/2665403-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="258" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yvan Cournoyer</figcaption></div>But there&rsquo;s one difference from last season.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve changed my stick back to the straight blade I played with two years ago,&rdquo; explains Yvan who earned 43 goals and 44 assists in 1968-69.Last year he was dissatisfied with 27 goals and 36 assists from a curved stick.Still he hasn&rsquo;t set any special target for goals this season.&ldquo;Of course I want to score more than last year. But the main thing is to win and I want to finish first.&rdquo;The young veteran was bitter about Canadiens missing the playoffs last season and came to camp in the best shape ever. Then he was disappointed when he suffered a pulled groin the first day he was on the ice.&ldquo;I did a lot of running for three weeks before coming to camp so I would be in condition,&rdquo; says Yvan. &ldquo;So it was disappointing when I got hurt right away.&rdquo;He missed the Habs&rsquo; first three exhibition games before facing the Black Hawks at Halifax. From there he carried on to score four goals and three assists as the Montreal pre-season scoring leader.Another bright spot of the five-foot-seven forward&rsquo;s play this campaign has been aggressiveness which he showed in a hardhitting effort against Detroit. He wound up bouncing off some of the heavier Red Wings.Is it true that he took boxing lessons during the summer?&ldquo;Yes, but just to get in shape and to improve my timing,&rdquo; says Cournoyer with a wink.While Cournoyer has been scoring the goals&mdash;four of his six coming on power-plays&mdash;he has been getting a lot of help from the Canadiens&rsquo; elegant captain Jean Beliveau.At 39, the big center expectedly has slowed down a little but so far he has been stick-handling and carrying the puck as well as ever.Another bright note is that the Canadiens came through their first five games without serious injury while Serge Savard has been given the green light to start scrimmaging with his teammates. The versatile defenseman could soon return to action after a long period of recuperation from the serious leg injury he suffered last March. &#9632;

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Kids Lift Canadiens But Cournoyer Looms As Early ‘Hot Shot’

<h2>In The East</h2>In case you haven&rsquo;t noticed, the NHL&rsquo;s top scorer after the first two weeks of play is none other than Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins.Espo had a tremendous week highlighting the early National Hockey League race by turning in the first four-goal performance of the new season. In addition he ran his season record to 11 points in four games indicating he&rsquo;s off and flying in his efforts to regain the NHL scoring crown he lost to Bobby Orr last season. Orr has five points after two weeks.Espo&rsquo;s four-goal blast came against the L.A. KingsTHE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Esposito 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/f0014-02564/2665472-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="550" height="633"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL ESPOSITO&hellip;Boston Bruins</figcaption></div><h2>In The West</h2>Entrusting Red Berenson with the ice leadership may have been a stroke of genius on the part of St. Louis.The veteran center ice star, who was recently named team captain, turned in a sizzling week in the NHL&rsquo;s West Division scoring in three of the Blues&rsquo; four games while racking up a total of six scoring points&mdash;five of them goals.Berenson achieved two two-goal games while the Blues were rolling up decisions of 4-1 over Vancouver and 4-1 against Buffalo. He even scored twice while the Blues were absorbing a 7-3 lacing at the hands of the Toronto Leafs.Berenson has six goals and one assist for the season, a good start towards leading the West scorers.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Berenson as the West 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/f0014-03430/2665465-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="542" height="642"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON&hellip;St. Louis Blues</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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STARS OF THE WEEK

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaDETROIT&mdash;Ned Harkness&rsquo; introduction to the National Hockey League was somewhat of a rude one.Harkness had his team nicely tuned, utilizing the final exhibition-less week to polish his swarming offense. Sure, Garry Unger was behind because of that Labor Day diving board accident that forced him to miss the entire exhibition schedule.But the Red Wings&rsquo; mod center is as wiry as a whippet and he scrimmaged during that final week after his haircut passed inspection&mdash;general manager Sid Abel ordered him to get it cut before he could scrimmage.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01673/2665434-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="280" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Harris</figcaption></div>Unger&rsquo;s delayed start was the only cloud, though. There was good competition for jobs and Harkness waited until three days before the opener before settling on Bob Falkenberg over Gerry Hart as the sixth defenseman.Then the Wings opened with a 5-3 victory over Charlie Finley&rsquo;s gaudily dressed and shod Seals&mdash;&ldquo;We look like a circus.&rdquo; grumbled one Oaklander of the Seals&rsquo; new kelly green, California gold and wedding white uniforms and skate boots.All was not well in that opening victory, though. Defenseman Dale Rolfe took a shot between the shin pad and ankle protector from Carol Vadnais and defenseman Ron Harris got jabbed with a stick in the chest during a scrap with Ernie Hicke with just 4:05 to play.The abundantly-muscled Harris, a weight-lifting devotee, was in such severe pain in the dressing room they put the oxygen mask on him and sent him to the hospital.So, with a victory under the belt but two top defensemen hurt, the Wings flew immediately to Boston. Just as they pulled up at their usual hotel the manager came out and said there was no room in the inn, that they&rsquo;d been switched to another hotel.Counting the hour time change from Detroit, the players didn&rsquo;t bed down until 4 a.m. and then had to meet the Stanley Cup champions who had rested at home Saturday night.Meeting the Bruins with a full complement is a difficult enough assignment but meeting them short-handed on their opening night, after they&rsquo;d won the Stanley Cup and even splashed a new coat of paint around the old Boston Garden was impossible.Somehow the Wings scored the first goal but even then it was obvious Boston was superior and the Bruins finally skated to a 7-3 victory which took a further toll of the Wings.Frank Mahovlich, who enjoyed one of his finest training camps, scoring 10 goals in seven games, went out in the second period with pulled knee ligaments after colliding with Bobby Orr, a meeting that also cost Frank two penalty minutes for kneeing.Unger, still not 100 percent because of his back injury and missing most of camp, crashed into the net and banged his elbow. Then John McKenzie caught him along the boards with his head down, dumped him hard and nicked him on the ear.Unger was rubber-legged and had to be helped off the ice.Bob Baun came out secondbest in fights first with Ken Hodge and then Wayne Carleton, the latter cutting the squatty Detroit defenseman for seven stitches over his left eye.Baun missed most of a period because of penalties and getting stitched and that plus the absence of Harris and Rolfe, meant 42-year-old rookie defenseman Gordie Howe saw a lot of ice time. Only the goalkeepers were on the ice longer than Howe.And one of them&mdash;the Wings&rsquo; Roy Edwards&mdash;was limping after Orr crashed into him and wrapped him around the goalpost. Edwards finally had to hold the puck against the net to get play stopped so he could get treatment&hellip;and he got a delay of game penalty.While the Bruins ran roughshod over the Wings, Detroit did little to defend itself and that disturbed Harkness considerably.Harkness admitted the Bruins have some very large players but answered &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve got some guys who aren&rsquo;t small either and they pulled up along the boards.&rdquo;The coach was disturbed too over the light way some of the players took the shellacking.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll never resign myself to losing if we play 109 games. These guys figure they&rsquo;re going to lose a certain number of games. Sure you&rsquo;re going to lose some but you should go down fighting,&rdquo; Harkness said.It was a testing start for the man whose Cornell University team won 29 straight games without a loss while streaking to the Ivy League, Eastern College Athletic Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association championships last year.And then the Wings moved up to Montreal to face the Canadiens who still were thinking of Detroit&rsquo;s 9-5 debacle defeat in New York the final day of last season, a game which helped edge the Canadiens to fifth place&hellip;and ahead was Chicago, the team that erased the Wings in four straight Stanley Cup quarterfinal games. In all, the Wings started out with six games in nine nights in four cities.Despite superb goaltending by Roy Edwards, a return to his 1969-70 form, the Red Wings were clipped, 4-3, in Montreal. Actually, if it hadn&rsquo;t been for Edwards, the new-look Canadiens would have run them right-out of the rink. &#9632;

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Harkness Gets Lumps Early As Injuries Hit

C-Captain.A-Alternate Captain.<h2>MONTREAL</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Rogatien VachonPhil Myre<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Jacques LaperrierePierre BouchardTerry HarperJ.C. TremblayGuy Lapointe<h3>CENTERS</h3>Jean Beliveau CHenri Richard AJacques LemaireBobby Sheehan<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Bill CollinsYvan CournoyerClaude LaroseMickey RedmondRejean Houle<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Pete MohovlichMarc TardifLarry PleauGuy Charron<h3>INJURED</h3>Serge Savard<h2>BOSTON</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Gerry CheeversEd Johnston<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Don AwreyTed GreenBobby OrrDallas SmithRick SmithBill Speer<h3>CENTERS</h3>Phil Esposito ADerek SandersonFred Stanfield<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Wayne CashmanKen HodgeJohn McKenzieReg LeachEd Westfall A<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Garnet BaileyJohn Bucyk AWayne CarletonDon Marcotte<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>DETROIT</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Roy EdwardsJim Rutherford<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Bob BaunGarry Bergman AGordie HoweGerry HartDale Rolfe<h3>CENTERS</h3>Alex Delvecchio CAlKarlanderJim ShiresPete Stemkowski<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Wayne ConnollyBruce MacGregor ATom Webster<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Billy DeaLarry JeffreyNick LibettHank Monteith<h3>INJURED</h3>Ron HarrisFrank MohovlichGarry Unger<h2>TORONTO</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Bruce GambleJacques Plante<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Jim DoreyBrian GlennieRick LeyMike PelykBrad Seiwood<h3>CENTERS</h3>Jim HarrisonDave Keon CDarryl SittierNorm UllmanMike Walton<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>A Terry ClancyRon Ellis ABob LiddingtonBrian MarchinkoL&T WINGSPaul HendersonBilly MacMillanGarry Monahan<h3>INJURED</h3>Larry McIntyreJim McKennyGuy TrottierBrit Selby<h2>NEW YORK</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Ed GiacominGilles Villemure<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Amie BrownLarry BrownMike RobitailleTim HortonJim Neilson ABrad ParkRod Seiling<h3>CENTERS</h3>Syl AppsDon LuceJean RatelieWalt Tkaczuk<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Jack EgersBill FairbairnRod Gilbert ABob Nevin CRon Stewart<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Dave BalonVic HadfieldTed IrvineJim Krulicki<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>BUFFALO</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Roger CrozierJoe DaleyDave Dryden<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Paul TerbencheJean-Guy LagaceMike McMahonTracy PrattDoug BarrieJim Watson<h3>CENTERS</h3>Howie MenardGil PerreaultBrian PerryBilly Inglis<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Ron AndersonKevin O&rsquo;SheaFloyd SmithSteve Atkinson<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Reg FlemingHap MyersGerry MeehanRandy WyrozubBrian McDonaldButch Deadmarsh<h3>INJURED</h3>Al HamiltonCliff SchmautzSkip Krake<h2>VANCOUVER</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>George GardnerCharlie HodgeDune Wilson<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Howie YoungGary Doak AJim HargreavesDale TallonPat QuinnMarc ReaumeDarryl Sly<h3>CENTERS</h3>Ray Cullen ABob DillaboughOrland Kurtenbach CLen LundeDanny Johnson<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Duke HarrisRosaire PaiementGarth RizzutoMurray Hall<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Andre BoudriasMike CorriganWayne MakiPaul Popiel<h3>INJURED</h3>Ed HatoumJim Wiste<h2>CHICACO</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Gerry DesjardinsTony Esposito<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Daug Jarrett AKeith MagnusonRoy McKayPaul ShmyrDennis KearnsBill WhitePat Stapleton C<h3>CENTERS</h3>Lou AngottiBryan CampbellPit MartinStan Mikita ALarry Romanchyck<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Cliff KorollChico MakiEric Nesterenko ADan Maloney<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Dennis HullBobby HullGerry Pinder<h3>INJURED</h3>Jim PappinDoug Mohns<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Glenn HallErnie Wakely<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Noel PicardBarclay PlagerBill PlagerBob PlagerJim Roberts AJean-Guy Talbot ABob Wall<h3>CENTERS</h3>Red Berenson CChris BordeleouTerry CrispJim LorentzFrank St. Marseille<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Craig CameronTim EcclestoneGary Sabourin<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Larry KeenanBill McCrearyAb McDonaldGeorge Morrison<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>OAKLAND</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Gary SmithBob Sneddon<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Harry HowellWayne MuloinDoug Roberts ARon StackhouseCarol Vadnois<h3>CENTERS</h3>Ted Hampson CJoe HardyDennis HextallEarl Ingarfield AMike Laughton<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Gerry EhmanTony FeatherstoneNorm FergusonBill Hicke A<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Gary CroteauErnie HickeGary Jarrett<h3>INJURED</h3>Bert Marshall<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Doug FavellBernie Parent<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Barry AshbeeLarry HaleLarry Hillman AWayne HillmanBrent HughesEd Van Impe CJoe Watson<h3>CENTERS</h3>Bobby ClarkeSerge BernierJimmy JohnsonAndre LacroixGarry Peters<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Gary DornhoeferEarl HeiskalaLew MorrisonSimon NoletGeorge Swarbrick<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Jean-Guy Gendron ABill LesukBill SutherlandBob Kelly<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Les BinkleyAl Smith<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Bob BlackburnDuane Rupp AJim MorrisonDune McCallumBryan WatsonBob Woytowich A<h3>CENTERS</h3>Wally BoyerBryan HextallJohn StewartRon Schock<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Andy BathgateNick HarbarukLowell MacDonaldJean PronovostKen Schinkel A<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Vai FonteyneKeith McCreary AGreg PolisDean PrenticeGlen Sather<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>LOS ANCELES</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Denis DeJordyJack Norris<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Larry CahanPaul Curtisuale HogansonGilles Marotte A.Noel Price AMatt Ravlich<h3>CENTERS</h3>Butch GoringEddie JoyalGord LabossiereJuha WidingBob Pulford A<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Mike ByersBill RettLucien GrenierLarry Mickey<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Dick DuffBob BerryRoss LonsberryEddie ShackDoug Robinson<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>MINNESOTA</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Cesaire ManiagoLome WorsleyGil Gilbert<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Fred BarrettLeo Boivin ABarry GibbsDick RedmondTom ReidTed Harris CLou Nanne<h3>CENTERS</h3>Charlie BurnsJude DrouinWalt McKechnieMurray Oliver ADanny O&rsquo;Shea<h3>RIGHT WINGS</h3>Bill GoldsworthyBuster HarveyDanny LawsonBobby RousseauDanny Seguin<h3>LEFT WINGS</h3>Bob BarlowJohn GoftonDanny GrantJ.P. Parise A<h3>INJURED</h3>Tom Williams &#9632;

NHL Team Rosters

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01648/2665695-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="434" height="281"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02583/2665688-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="474" height="285"></div><h2>Mon. Oct. 12 VANCOUVER 1 at ST. LOUIS 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03494/2665681-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="576" height="629"></div><h2>Tues. Oct. 13 DETROIT 3 at MONTREAL 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04381/2665674-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="580" height="700"></div><h2>Wed. Oct. 14 ST. LOUIS 3 at TORONTO 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05284/2665667-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="576" height="820"></div><h2>BUFFALO 0 at NEW YORK 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06233/2665660-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="571" height="496"></div><h2>BOSTON 8 at LOS ANGELES 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07207/2665653-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="572" height="905"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 2 at CHICAGO 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08185/2665646-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="575" height="765"></div><h2>Thurs. Oct. 15 MONTREAL 3 AT BUFFALO 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09170/2665639-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="578" height="431"></div><h2>CHICAGO 2 AT DETROIT 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10147/2665632-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="573" height="460"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 4 AT PHILADELPHIA 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11128/2665625-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="581" height="870"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 2 AT MINNESOTA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-12103/2665618-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="572" height="636"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 16 BOSTON 5 at OAKLAND 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1390/2665611-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="579" height="578"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 17 CHICAGO 2 at MONTREAL 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1477/2665604-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="582" height="710"></div><h2>NEW YORK 6 at TORONTO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1562/2665597-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="575" height="647"></div><h2>DETROIT 3 AT MINNESOTA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1658/2665590-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="570" height="520"></div><h2>BUFFALO 1 AT ST. LOUIS 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1755/2665583-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="580" height="548"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 0 at PITTSBURGH 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1846/2665576-1-eng-US/f0015-182.jpg" title="f0015-18" width="577" height="345"></div><h2>OAKLAND 1 at LOS ANGELES 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1939/2665569-1-eng-US/f0015-192.jpg" title="f0015-19" width="577" height="641"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 18 MONTREAL 0 at NEW YORK 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-2031/2665562-1-eng-US/f0015-202.jpg" title="f0015-20" width="580" height="465"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 at PHILADELPHIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-2126/2665555-1-eng-US/f0015-212.jpg" title="f0015-21" width="575" height="586"></div><h2>BOSTON 5 at VANCOUVER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03333/2665548-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="578" height="759"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 2 at DETROIT 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04264/2665541-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="575" height="411"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 1 at BUFFALO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05195/2665534-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="571" height="501"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 2 at CHICAGO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06157/2665527-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="583" height="536"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League SUMMARIES

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;Big league hockey returned to Canada&rsquo;s west coast after an absence of 44 years Oct. 9 and the people of Vancouver, who have long been clamoring for an NHL franchise, quickly put their money where their mouth had been.A total of 15,062 turned out to view the Canucks&rsquo; gala re-entry into the big time and despite a 3-1 loss to the vastly improved Los Angeles Kings, 15,542 showed up for the club&rsquo;s second game two days later.This one was against the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Canucks rewarded their fans with a 5-3 decision over last season&rsquo;s East Division tail-enders.Los Angeles had a clear edge in play in the opener. Nevertheless, Vancouver could actually have started its first NHL campaign with two straight victories.The Canucks hit two goal posts in a scoreless first period and two more in the second as they dropped behind 2-0.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t really say we deserved to win,&rdquo; coach Hal Laycoe conceded later, &ldquo;but if one of those first period shots had hit the net instead of the post it would have given us a tremendous lift&hellip;then, who knows what might have happened?&rdquo;There could be no question about which team deserved to win the second game. Canucks outshot their long-established Toronto rivals 35-19 and built up a 5-0 lead before letting down in the final 10 minutes of the third period.It was an entirely satisfactory beginning for a team that is being almost unanimously picked to finish last in the eastern division.And it was an even more encouraging beginning when you consider the Canucks started the season without three forwards who figured to play prominent roles in their major league debut.Left winger Jim Wiste, drafted from the Chicago Black Hawks, suffered a partially torn knee ligament early in training camp and won&rsquo;t be available until late October.Ed (Sock) Hatoum, a swiftskating, hard-shooting right winger drafted from the Detroit Red Wings, is out until late November or early December after a severe shoulder separation suffered less than a week before the opener.Hatoum had figured to play on the Canucks&rsquo; first line with centre Orland Kurtenbach and left winger Wayne Maki.&ldquo;He was just starting to play really well,&rdquo; Laycoe said sadly.There is nothing physically wrong with the Canucks&rsquo; third missing forward, but the ruptured contract negotiations between left winger Ted Taylor and general manager Bud Poile could be as damaging as any injury.Taylor stalked out of camp a week before the opener after rejecting what Poile insisted was his final offer. Taylor scored 36 goals for the Canucks&rsquo; Western League champions of last season and played his position with the kind of toughness that convinced Laycoe he would be an outstanding National Leaguer.Rugged defenseman John Arbour, another holdover from last season&rsquo;s WHL champions, was also a holdout as the new season opened. He. too. left camp a week before the opener.The burly young man from Niagara Falls. Ont., had a good training camp and could yet have a bright NHL future, but defense is one position where the expansion Canucks are deep in talent.So deep in fact, that Laycoe still had eight defensemen around when he took the club on its first road trip hours after the Toronto win.Catching the plane to St. Louis were defenders Gary Doak, Pat Quinn, Darryl Sly, Marc Reaume, Howie Young, Barry Wilkins, Dale Tallon and Jim Hargreaves. Actually, the total should be nine. Danish-horn Poul Popiel has played defense most of his career, but Laycoe moved him up to left wing on a line with Andre Boudrias and Rosaire Paiement after Taylor&rsquo;s defection.CANUCK CAPERS: Sly, Popiel and forward Len Lunde signed only hours before the opener against Los Angeles&hellip;If they hadn&rsquo;t, Laycoe wouldn&rsquo;t have been able to ice a full team&hellip;Young and Hargreaves, the Canucks&rsquo; second amateur draft choice, didn&rsquo;t sign until hours before the Toronto game&hellip;Vancouver is still employing three goaltenders&hellip;George Gardner drew the opening night assignment against Los Angeles, vet eran Charlie Hodge was in the nets against Toronto, while Dune Wilson drew the first road game assignment against St. Louis&hellip;All three played well during training camp, particularly Gardner&hellip;Vancouver&rsquo;s return to major league hockey was watched by an estimated 5 milion Canadian television hockey viewers&hellip;It was the city&rsquo;s first big league game since 1926 when the Vancouver Maroons were part of the old Pacific Coast Hockey League&hellip;A Vancouver team, then known as the Millionaires, won the Stanley Cup in 1915&hellip;On hand for the return to Stanley Cup competition were NHL president Clarence Campbell, vice-president Don Ruck, Bill Wirtz, chairman of the board of governors, Minnesota governor Walter Bush Jr. and former Philadelphia Flyers president Bill Putnam, an old friend of Poile&rsquo;s.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01494/2665764-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="539" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">HOWIE YOUNG&hellip;Back In NHL</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02422/2665757-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="543" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM WISTE&hellip;Torn Knee Ligaments</figcaption></div><h2>ICE QUIPS&hellip;&hellip;By MAKI</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07144/2665750-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="1209" height="1501"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;&hellip;About Your Skates, Piffle!&rdquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Canucks’ NHL Debut Box Office Smash Despite Losses

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;The Los Angeles Kings opened their fourth season with 24 players on their roster, requiring them to cut at least four more before long. Of these, only two men had played with the team throughout its brief history Eddie Joyal and Bill Flett. This represensents a tremendous turnover from the expansion squad which originally was formed, although Gordon Labossiere was on the first roster and he and Doug Robinson have been available to the team and have served with it from time to time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01409/2665795-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="248" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Cahan</figcaption></div>Only Joyal, Flett, Lonsberry, Larry Cahan and Red Hoganson remain with the team that opened last season and Hoganson spent part of last season in the minors. There is not a goalie and Cahan is the only defenseman who has been with the team all of last season and the season before that and none of the rear group goes back to the team&rsquo;s first campaign in Los Angeles, when it finished second, only one point shy of a pennant.There were some worrisome aspects to the roster which manager and coach Larry Regan took to the ice for the opener in Vancouver, although the Kings did beat Vancouver, 3-1. Judging by Vancouver&rsquo;s roster, it is a good guess this is not a very good NHL team, so too much should not be made of the Kings&rsquo; triumph, but it did equal the road victory total for the Kings all of last season and it did come over a fired-up team coached by ex-Kings&rsquo; coach Hal Laycoe, which did bounce back to beat Toronto two nights later.Here is the Kings&rsquo; roster:Goalies&mdash;Denis DeJordy and Jack Norris.Defensemen&mdash;Larry Cahan, Dale Hoganson, Gilles Marotte, Matt Ravlich, Noel Price, and Paul Curtis.Left Wings&mdash;Bob Berry, Ross Lonsberry, Eddie Shack, Dick Duff, Doug Robinson.Right Wings&mdash;Bill Flett, Larry Mickey, Lucien Grenier, Mike Byers.Centers&mdash;Eddie Joyal, Bob Pulford, Juha Widing, Bob Goring, Gordon Labossiere.Labossiere, Robinson, Price and Norris all were All Stars in the American League last season, but all have failed in previous NHL opportunities. Labossiere and Robinson have had several shots at making the Kings in the past, but they had good training camps and the Kings turned back to them.Shack, Duff, Goring, Curtis and Gary Dineen did not dress and sat out the opener.Ray Fortin, and Dineen were the first to be cut. Fortin went to Springfield and Dineen to Denver. Shack remains unsigned and continues more of a hindrance than a help. Regan has been saying Duff with help a lot, but said the veteran seemed &ldquo;dead tired&rdquo; after the pre-season period. He described Goring as &ldquo;underweight,&rdquo; but if Butch can&rsquo;t duplicate the promise shown in his first season last season when he was one of the few impressive Kings, the club will be in trouble. Ditto if Curtis cannot provide the defensive strength for which he was drafted.Still, Regan feels he has most of his players in shape and fired up to come back from last season&rsquo;s horrors and he says he considers it a reasonably sound NHL roster. It is especially deep in pivots, but Pulford can play left wing, too, and Joyal did in the opener. Pulford set up two of the first three goals. Lonsberry, last season&rsquo;s MVP, scored the first, and Berry, the surprise of preseason, the last two.Berry, obtained from Montreal, played for the Canadian National team, but the &ldquo;B&rdquo; team, not the &ldquo;A&rdquo; team. He scored 24 and 18 goals the last two seasons in the American League and three in six exhibition games this season as the Kings won three, tied two and lost one of their limited pre-season slate. He is one of the many new faces from whom Regan hopes for an improved Los Angeles ice entry. &#9632;

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Fate Of Rejuvenated Kings Rests With 19 Newcomers

<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div>OAKLAND&mdash;The Oakland Seals, Charles O. Finley&rsquo;s skate-shod disaster area, opened their home season with new hopes, new team colors and a new name&mdash;The California Golden Seals&mdash;but nothing was changed really after they skated out against the Boston Bruins on exceedingly road&mdash;weary legs.They were actually still the same old Seals losing 5-1 for their third loss in succession.The only bright part of it all was the Seals sold out the Coliseum marking the third time in three years the team had attracted more than 12,050.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02360/2665826-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="255" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carol Vadnais</figcaption></div>The club&rsquo;s start in regular season play, however, did little to improve the playing image the Seals have been working on for the last few years.Oakland went 6-3-0 in exhibition play and it looked as though coach Freddie Glover had solved a few problems.But, when they dropped the puck for real, the only guy who was there was Carol Vadnais, the handsome Montrealer with the hard shot and the fast fists. Newcomer Dennis Hextall made a good contribution, too, but Bad Vad seems destined for greatess in a Seal uniform.Hextall got two goals, Vadnais two assists in a 5-3 season opening loss to Detroit. Vad also took on fiesty Bobby Baun, the former Seal captain who now wears the &ldquo;cop&rdquo; label in Detroit.The following night, the Seals were clouted 5-1 by Chicago, and the Seals gave little defensive help to rookie goalkeeper Bob Sneddon.Vadnais scored the Seals&rsquo; only goal against the Black Hawks.The Seals helped the great get greater, too.Gordie Howe, playing defense for the first time in his 24-year Red Wing career, scored his 764th career goal and picked up an assist. Bobby Hull, seeking to become the second-greatest goalscorer in the history of the NHL, scored one and assisted on two others for Chicago.Despite the repression into the old ways, Glover is satisfied that the Seals can snap out of it.Starting with the Bruins, the Seals entered a period where they had a chance to make up some lost ground.After Boston, a single home game, the Seals were to visit Los Angeles and Vancouver, return home for a game against the West Division champion Blues, and then Pittsburgh.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a few problems,&rdquo; Glover admitted, &ldquo;but nothing that can&rsquo;t be settled. It&rsquo;s a little too early to be hitting the panic button. We&rsquo;ve just got to play our game. We&rsquo;ve got to work hard, always giving everything because we don&rsquo;t have the kind of club that can float. We proved in the past that was the only way we could win. We&rsquo;ll do it again.&rdquo;The big advantage this season, too, is that the Seals can dip into valuable player resources in Prov idence should the current members of the roster fail to deliver. &#9632;

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New Name, Colors But Seals Still Same Old Team On Ice

OAKLAND&mdash;New owner Charles 0. Finley of the Seals has informed the National Hockey League he wants his Oakland team to be known henceforth as the California Golden Seals.Finley&rsquo;s new image has also spread to the ice where the Seals now wear Kelly Green and Fort Knox Blue jerseys with their names on the back of the sweaters. &#9632;

Finley Says Call Them—California Golden Seals

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 20) EAST DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02328/2665895-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="573" height="172"></div>WEST DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03235/2665888-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="568" height="168"></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. 16Baltimore 5 at Montreal 3Cleveland 6 at Quebec 1Sat. Oct. 17Providence 4 at Hershey 5Rochester 3 at Springfield 6Sun. Oct. 18Cleveland 5 at Montreal 3Springfield 0 at Providence 4Baltimore 1 at Quebec 5Hershey 0 at Rochester 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 20Cleveland vs Montreal (at Halifax)Wed. Oct. 21Springfield at BaltimoreMontreal at ProvidenceThurs. Oct. 22Hershey at QuebecFri. Oct. 23Hershey at MontrealCleveland at SpringfieldSat Oct 24Quebec at BaltimoreMontreal at HersheyProvidence at SpringfieldSun. Oct. 25Cleveland at ProvidenceMontreal at QuebecBaltimore at RochesterWed Oct. 28Cleveland at HersheyThurs. Oct. 29Springfield at QuebecFri. Oct 30Cleveland at BaltimoreSpringfield at MontrealQuebec at Providence<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(including games of Sun. Oct. 11)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04185/2665881-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="572" height="283"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<h2>Fri. Oct. 16 BALTIMORE 5 at MONTREAL 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0796/2665999-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="580" height="638"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 6 at QUEBEC 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0882/2665992-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="576" height="588"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 17 PROVIDENCE 4 at HERSHEY 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0972/2665985-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="578" height="641"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 3 at SPRINGFIELD 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1064/2665978-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="575" height="612"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 18 CELEVELAND 5 vs MONTREAL 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1159/2665971-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="579" height="588"></div> &#9632;

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American League Summaries

MONTREAL&mdash;Claude Provost, the man Montreal Canadiens usually assigned to cover such high-scoring adversaries as Bobby Hull and Frank Mahovlich, has retired from hockey.Provost, slowed down in recent seasons and hampered by a nagging leg injury, had been sent to the Canadiens American Hockey League farm club, the Montreal Voyageurs, as assistant playing-coach. However, Provost failed to show up for the team&rsquo;s opener against Baltimore Clippers and announced his retirement shortly afterwards.It was expected that a major reason for Provost&rsquo;s decision was the fact that he was offered two gigantic pay cuts by the parent Canadiens. &#9632;

Provost Rejects Voyageurs’ Role

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE&mdash;Two strong additions to the Baltimore Clippers&rsquo; offense had GM and Coach Terry Reardon wreathed in smiles recently as the local skaters made heroes of themselves by breaking from the starting gate with a pair of wins in as many outings.As a matter of record, Sunday, October 11 proved a red letter day in Baltimore sports. The Orioles rallied to beat the Cincy Reds in the second game of the World Series. Johnny Unitas led the Colts to the last minute win in Houston in the pro grid wards, and that night the Clips handled the Reds in Providence, 3-1 which gave the local sports TV and radio announcers the opportunity of reporting a &ldquo;sweep&rdquo; for Baltimore teams.As for player personnel. Reardon welcomed the addition of Rod Zaine from Pittsburgh and Fred Speck from Detroit. Both are clever, strong skating centers and come off good seasons last winter as Zaine collected 42 points with last year&rsquo;s Clipper machine, while Speck&rsquo;s 76 points in Fort Worth placed the 23-year-old, rusty-haired pivot in fourth place the Central League&rsquo;s point derby.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01392/2666061-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="265" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Speck</figcaption></div>Zine couldn&rsquo;t quite cut the mustard with the Penguins. Purchased from Baltimore this summer for $30,000, the 24-year-old Armenian native of Ottawa admitted himself,&rdquo; I had a good first week, but then seemed to tail off. I don&rsquo;t know what happeed, but I seemed to tire too rapidly, and I just didn&rsquo;t play well enough to make the club.&rdquo;He comes back to Baltimore only because Reardon insisted on his monor league rights for one year, if he didn&rsquo;t make it in the biggies. However, most knowledgeable hockey buffs beleive it won&rsquo;t be too long before the personable and highly articulate center makes it back to the big time.Speck joined the squad on the eve of the home opener in Baltimore, and helped materially in the 5-3 victory. Baz Bastien, the Red Wings assistant GM. flew in for a look see at some of his chattels i.e. Jim Niekamp, Larry Johnston, John Cunniff, Kerry Ketter, Dave Ferguson and Speck&mdash;and liked what he saw. Ferguson scored two goals to provide the winning margin, while Niekamp&rsquo;s lamplighter after only 27seconds of play, was the first goal scored in the 1970-71 AHL campaign. He beat Mike Nykoluk of Hershey by five minutes.CLIPPER CAPERS: Jim Bartlett and Andy Brown were suspended following their failure to sign contracts&hellip;Defenseman Jim Whittaker and goalie Bill Yeo were returned to Syracuse of the Eastern League while Peter Christian, 19-year-old Minnesotan, was assigned to the Long Island Ducks of the same circuit&hellip;Veteran Brian Smith, who runs a stable of thoroughbred horses at the area &ldquo;flats&rdquo;, almost made the club after shedding 30 pounds, but when Detroit sent Speck here and Pittsburgh returned Zaine, Smitty&rsquo;s hopes faded<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02340/2666054-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="1743" height="1324"><figcaption class="caption-body">The AHL took another giant step forward this season when linesmen were given a visual survey and screening examination. It was a first for the league and was introduced to improve the brand of officiating in the circuit. Shown at the Hershey Sports Arena, where the eye examination took place, are standing Gordon FRANK UDVARI, Eastern supervisor of NHL officials, JACK BUTTERFIELD, AHL President, and DR. A.I. GARNER, who supervised the event. Shown taking the exam is DON FOREJN, asst, to Dr. Garner.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Clippers Make Smashing Bow In AHL

PROVIDENCE&mdash;Howie Menard, a veteran center, has jorined the Rhode Island Reds from the Oakland Seals of the National Hockey League.He has played in the National League with Detroit, Los Angeles and the Seals and joins the Reds at a time when added strength at center ice is sorely needed. Drafted by Buffalo Sbres from the seals he was repurchased by Oakland and later shipped off to the Reds.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03276/2666092-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="263" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Howie Menard</figcaption></div>Back in 1962-63, Menard began his pro career with Pittsburgh of the American Hockey League. In addition to that team and his NHL affilliations, Howie has worn the uniform of teams in Cincinnati, Memphis, and Springfield.Born in Timmins, Ont. April 28, 1942, Menard shoots right, stands 5-8 and weighs 160 pounds.RED NOTES: Brian Cadle, a 22-year-old center, has also joined the Reds. He has been recuperating from a groin injury&hellip;Dick Meissner, veteran right wing, is in Miriam Hospital, Providence, recovering after surgery on his right knee. Dick will be out of action about six weeks&hellip;Bob &ldquo;Battleship&rdquo; Kelly, whose fighting ability won him a legion of friends in Rhode Island, has been cut as the Reds&rsquo; squad got down near the allowed limit. &#9632;

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Reds’ Offense Given Boost As Oakland Options Menard

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The new Kings seem to be a mixture of veterans and newcomers who might get the job done for the club this season. In fact, with so much NHL expansion, many of the AHL teams are a bit weaker this season. But the Kings seem to have a sound team.Latest arrivals include Ray Fortin, who played with the St. Louis Blues last season. He is sure to help Springfield on defense and his experience and savvy will be valuable for the team. He was also named alternate captain. Fortin was traded to Los Angeles by the Blues for Bob Wall.Returning from the Western League was Brian &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Gibbons, another valuable defenseman. He was assigned here in the Larry Johnston trade last season and was a surprise addition to the defense. Gibbons made plenty of improvement in his play here last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01237/2666130-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="257" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Fortin</figcaption></div>But the big bonus for the Kings is the acquisition of Doug Volmar, a player who scored 90 goals the last two years.Volmar came here from the Detroit Red Wings. He played in the Central League at Fort Worth last season where he hit for 30 goals in 67 games. He is on loan here for the season and is a valuable addition in the scoring department. Two years ago he triggered 60 goals for Columbus of the IHL.The Kings are not without their problems. They were hit a couple of key injuries which will not do the club any good. Hustling winger Randy Miller suffered a broken hand in one of the final exhibition games of the season and was expected to be out for a month.Jimmy Stanfield, a leading scorer last season in the Kings&rsquo; big drive in the final weeks of the season, has been bothered with bruised ribs which have taken time to heal. Additional tests and x-rays were taken and he still is not seeing any action.Besides that, regular goal-tender Bruce Landon suffered a dislocated shoulder in the first game of the season against Hershey. The injured member was put back into place but he remained sidelined.Fans have taken to the new look of the Kings. As long as they continue to produce attractive hockey, the customers are appreciative. Coach John Wilson from the beginning has been very keen on some of the fine young talent his club received from the parent Los Angeles Kings. It is to early to tell. Meanwhile, the Kings are as strong as any AHL team right now.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02167/2666123-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="476" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG VOLMAR&hellip;Sent By Detroit</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Scoring Ace Volmar ‘Bonus’

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div>SOLUTION IN NOV. 6 ISSUE<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04104/2666192-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="809" height="1075"></div><h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured player.5&mdash;3rd and 10th letters of the alphabet.7&mdash;Initials of one of the San Diego Gulls.8&mdash;An exclamation denoting surprise.9&mdash;Vancouver farm club in AHL.12&mdash;Initials of an NHL forward.13&mdash;Pronoun.14&mdash;Before16&mdash;Girl&rsquo;s name.17&mdash;Goaltenders protect this.18&mdash;Initials of a Canuck holdout.19&mdash;Son of an NHL coach.20&mdash;NHL referee answers to this.21&mdash;Statisticians do this.23&mdash;One of the Penguins25&mdash;An injured Buffalo defenseman.29&mdash;A WHL goaltender30&mdash;To employ32&mdash;Initials of one of the Canadiens33&mdash;New member of the North Stars.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;An NHL Captain.2&mdash;Wore No. 9 for Montreal.3&mdash;First name of ex-defenseman Fogolin.4&mdash;An NHL goaltender answers to this.5&mdash;Registered 4 shutouts last season.6&mdash;A Chicago defenseman.10&mdash;Initials of an NHL veteran.11&mdash;Article.15&mdash;One of the North Stars.20&mdash;An NHL coach.22&mdash;Ten cents.24&mdash;Chicago recently left this division.26&mdash;Minor pro league.27&mdash;First name of NHL referee in chief.28&mdash;A Canadian Province, (init.)31&mdash;Initials of one of the Seals.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;GREEN4&mdash;M.A6&mdash;ORBAN8&mdash;OLIVER10&mdash;R.G.11&mdash;FAN.12&mdash;TO.13&mdash;F.B.I.14&mdash;PIT15&mdash;ONT.16&mdash;INK.17&mdash;E.J.19&mdash;NO.21&mdash;MIKITA24&mdash;SKI25&mdash;E.N.26&mdash;KEN.28&mdash;D.D.29&mdash;ROBERTS<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;GEOFFRION2&mdash;EZINICKI3&mdash;NOEL4&mdash;MARTIN5&mdash;ANGOTTI7&mdash;R.R.9&mdash;LAB.14&mdash;POPEIN18&mdash;J.T.20&mdash;OSLO21&mdash;MIKE22&mdash;KENT23&mdash;ANDY27&mdash;E.R. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

CLEVELAND&mdash;For the Cleveland Barons, October 30 is an important date. That&rsquo;s the day the Barons wind up an early-season seven-game road trip that traditionally takes its toll on Cleveland clubs.New Barons&rsquo; General Manager John Muckier remains unshaken, however, when reminded of how local clubs more often than not have collapsed on their annual early season trek.Muckier contends that the age-old muttering of &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t win consistently on the road&rdquo; is pure rock salt. &ldquo;A good club can win anywhere,&rdquo; Muckier said with conviction. &ldquo;If we can&rsquo;t win away from home, we don&rsquo;t deserve to win any titles.&rdquo;There is little question that this year&rsquo;s edition of the blue and white has its sights set on the top. The young club&mdash;dubbed the Mod Squad by one wag, quickly captured the fancy of Cleveland fans by beating Montreal 4-3 in the season opener. When they return home, the Barons will have met the Voyageurs twice and Quebec, Springfield, Providence, Hershey, and Baltimore each once.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a pretty good tour of the American Hockey League,&rdquo; Muckier added &ldquo;We should know how we stack up by the end of October.&rdquo;The Barons&rsquo; roster is a mixture of returnees from last year, graduates of the Iowa club in the Central League last year and a few Minnesota veterans.Popular Rey Comeau is back and slapped two goals home in the opener. In the split of two pre-season games with Minnesota, Comeau was in on five of the six goals scored.&ldquo;I like that guy more every day,&rdquo; Coach Parker MacDonald said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s really consistent out there and gives it all he has every time.&rdquo;Comeau, Joey Johnston. Billy Orban and young Ron Williams give the Barons strength down the middle they lacked last season.In goal Gary Kurt, last year&rsquo;s second half sensation is back along with Fern Rivard who played at Iowa and Minnesota last year. The imminent arrival of Gilles Gilbert, the North Stars pre-season standout, will give MacDonald a pleasant problem&mdash;three very capable goalkeepers.On defense, the Barons have had a manpower shortage, but Wayne Schultz was moved back from his normal left wing position working with Dennis O&rsquo;Brien, Gary Geldart and veteran Bill Needham. Marshall Johnston and Tom Polanic refused to sign contracts and were sent home suspended. If the North Stars send help here&mdash;and it&rsquo;s more than an even bet they will&mdash;the Barons will have the over-all balance Muckler and MacDonald want.The Barons have opened their 35th American Hockey League season. It could well be one to remember.Baron notes: Bill Needham has begun his 11th season in a Barons&rsquo; uniform and 7th as Captain&hellip;Barons&rsquo; radio voice is nationally known Bob Neal who has returned for his second season&hellip;New public address announcer at Barons&rsquo; games is Roger Simm, WEWS TV newsman&hellip;Barons&rsquo; opening night crowd of over 5,200 was largest in recent memory&hellip;Left winger Grant Erickson, who scored 31 goals at Iowa last year, will miss the first month of the campaign with a cracked bone in his right foot. &#9632;

Cleveland Mod Squad Faces Test

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER&mdash;With the money situation the way it is, getting a much-needed loan isn&rsquo;t all that easy these days.The Rochester Americans, however, were able to borrow enough to make them a contender in the Western Division of the American Hockey League this season. Better make that&hellip;the Vancouver Canucks were able to borrow enough to make the Amerks contenders.It was Bud Poile, busy general manager of both the new NHL Canucks and the Americans, who somehow got the New York Rangers to send left wing Don Blackburn to Rochester on loan for the season.The 32-year-old Blackburn performed so capably for the champion Buffalo Bisons last season that he was voted to the second All Star team. He scored 27 goals and assisted on 41 others in 68 regular season games, then added five goals and seven assists in 13 games en route to the Calder Cup championship.This is his second tour of duty in Rochester. After scoring 36 goals and adding 42 assists in 72 games for the Quebec Aces in 1965-66, Blackie was drafted by Toronto from Montreal in June of &lsquo;66. The Maple Leafs sent him here and he had 20 goals and 37 assists.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03136/2666161-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="269" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Blackburn</figcaption></div>Poile, then general manager of the Philadelphia Flyers, took Blackburn from Toronto in the National League&rsquo;s expansion draft of 1967. He stayed the &lsquo;67-68 campaign with the Flyers (9 goals and 20 assists), and played for both Baltimore (6-13-19 in 12 games) and Philly (7-9-16 in 48) during 1968-69 before going into the Ranger organization in June of 1969 as part of a deal involving Reg Fleming and Leon Rochefort.&ldquo;Of course I&rsquo;d rather be in the National League&hellip;and I&rsquo;m trying to play my way back there&hellip;but I like it in Rochester and hope we can have the same kind of success here that we did last year in Buffalo,&rdquo; Blackburn says.If Don can continue his early season play (two goals and an assists in the first three games in addition to all-around good performances and a lot of ice time), the Amerks just may do that. &#9632;

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Blackburn Starts Second Ice Tour With Americans

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div>HALIFAX&mdash;Montreal Voyageurs, who play 14 American Hockey League games out of the Halifax Forum in the 1970-71 season, could hold the key to the future of the 43-year-old structure and its adjacent properties.As the Vees go, so may go the building.A firm of engineering consultants has just completed an overall study of the present Forum facilities and submitted a long range plan which, if accepted, could result in a modern, multimillion dollar sports complex on the present site in the city&rsquo;s north end, or possibly in some other location of the burgeoning Halifax metro area.The introduction of professional hockey, even on a limited basis this season, has created tremendous enthusiasm among the 250,000 inhabitants of the provincial capital and the cross harbour neighbors in Dartmouth.An estimated 8,200 fans turned out for the last of six pre-season games, a windup between Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins that contrained all the essentials. The teams became caught up in the spirit of the overflow crowd and produced 60 minutes of NHL calibre hockey at its zenith. They applauded the incredible skills of Boston&rsquo;s Mr. Wonderful, Bobby Orr and could only concede that he was flesh and blood when he engaged in fast and furious fisticuffs with Montreal rookie Greg Boddy. This was Orr&rsquo;s first Nova Scotia appearance and when it was over, he needed the assistance of five gendarmes to escape from an admiring mob through a back entrance. Otherwise, he might still be barricaded in the Bruin room. The game was only settled in the last 25 seconds of. play when Phil Esposito fired his second goal into an empty Montreal net and the Bruins prevailed, 5-3 in what could best be described as a classic. At least 2,000 persons failed to get in because of fire regulations.It took a great deal of persuasion on the part of Forum Commission chairman R.A. (Tiny) Titus and his associates to woo the Voyageurs and the American League to Halifax. They had to overcome many obstacles, including geography, but now they&rsquo;ve succeeded, they don&rsquo;t intend to let the league get away.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01103/2666247-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="288" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Parker MacDonald</figcaption></div>Halifax hopes for an escalation of Voyageur home dates in 1971-72 and ultimately a full blown franchise in the forseeable future. If this requires a modern new building, or extensive renovations to the present structure, it will be done. Voyageurs have already sold over 3,000 season tickets for for their 14 dates, which represents better than 507 capacity of the building. In compliance with league regulations, the Commission has already spent over $50,000 in refurbishing the Forum with modern new dressing rooms, plexi-glass enclosed playing surface, complete realignment of canteen facilities and improved working media accommodations.Everything has been placed in readiness for what General Manager Sam Pollock and his American League counterpart, Ron Caron, promise will be a &lsquo;young, exciting Voyageur team&rsquo;. Caron, who will get coaching assistance from veteran Claude Provost, sums up by saying, &ldquo;Because we&rsquo;re young, we&rsquo;ll make mistakes early, but I&rsquo;m confident we have the material to become a real contender in the American Hockey League, a team that both Halifax and Montreal fans will be proud of.&rsquo;&rsquo;FOOTNOTES: A bumper Cape Breton delegation was on hand in Halifax to provide a warm welcome home for Cleveland coach Parker MacDonald, a Sydney native. Also with the Barons is Moncton&rsquo;s Gary Geldart, a defence draft choice of Minnesota North Stars in June. Other familiar AHL faces to be seen include Dartmouth&rsquo;s Hilliard Graves, with Providence Reds, Glace Bay native Ed MacQueen, with Baltimore Clippers, and Clipper skipper Terry Reardon, who once coached Sydney Millionaires; Neil Nicholson of Saint John, Paul (Jigger) Andrea of North Sydney and Amherst native Alton White are all with Providence. Voyageurs have local flavor with left winger Wayne Maxner of Halifax, goaltender Lyle Carter of Brookfield, and former St. F.X. University star Michel Poirier. Halifax Atlantics coach Phil Dalgleish intimated he would appeal a $250 fine imposed for alleged &lsquo;tampering with Maritime Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; League players on competing clubs&rsquo;. Charlottetown Islanders lost defenseman Ron Smith who quit their camp with a case of homesickness. &#9632;

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Voyageurs Escalate Pro Hockey Interest As Halifax Eyes Modern Snorts Complex

PROVIDENCE&mdash;Curt Bennett and Jim Fullerton, big hockey names at Brown University in the recent past, have joined the professional hockey ranks.Fullerton, who coached 15 years at Brown and won numerous honors, becomes the Eastern United States scout for the Oakland Seals of the National Hockey League.One of the finest judges of young hockey talent in the business today, Fullerton said he was starting his duties with the Seals at once and &ldquo;I am mighty happy to be back in hockey, especially in the big leagues.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0272/2666278-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="269" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Fullerton</figcaption></div>Bennett, an All-American center at Brown last season, signed with the St. Louis Blues who assigned him to the Kansas City team for the 1970-71 season. St. Louis holds the major league rights to Bennett. Until recently, the Reds held the minor league rights to Curt for one year. However, the Reds and St. Louis completed a deal which gives St. Louis full rights to the 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 195-pound youngster from Cranston.In return, the Reds will receive an undisclosed amount of cash and a player to be assigned to Providence later by St. Louis. The deal was completed after talks involving Dave Creighton, general manager of the Reds and G.M. Scotty Bowman, of St. Louis.During his time at Brown, Fullerton had a record of 179166-9 and nine consecutive winning seasons. His 1964-65 team won the Ivy League crown and was fourth in the NCAA tournament while producing All Americans in Wayne Small, Bob Gaudreau and last year Bennett became the third to be developed by Jim. He was named coach of the year in 1965 and is currently on the committee planning the 1971 Pan-American Games and the 1972 Winter Olympics.Bennett, son of former goalie Harvey Bennett, finished as Brown&rsquo;s No. 4 all time scorer with totals of 50-80-135. He had 63 points last season and once set an Ivy record with seven assists in one game. That was on February 17, 1968 against Penn. &#9632;

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Ex-Brown Coach, Ice Star Join Professional Ranks

COLORADO SPRINGS&mdash;Twenty-six skaters including 15 returning lettermen, have begun working out at Honnen Ice Rink in preparation for the 197071 Colorado College hockey season, which the Tigers will open Nov. 13 with the University of Denver in the Denver Arena.The 26 took to the ice after 10 days of pre-skating workouts that included running and weightlifting under direction of head hockey coach John Matchefts.Matchefts has 15 forwards, enough for five lines; eight defensemen, and three goalies. Nine forwards, four defensemen and two goalies are lettermen.The forwards are seniors Bob Collyard, John Logergren, Cliff Purpur, Casey Ryan, Dale Yutsyk; juniors Bill Baldrica, Wayne Horb, Jerry O&rsquo;Connor; sophomores Mike Bertsch, Guy Hildebrand, Gary Osborne; and freshmen Dean Magnus, Doug Palazzari, Bryan Pye and Steve Sertich. Magnus is from Winnipeg, Manitoba; Palazzari from Eveleth, Minn.; Pye from Kapuskasing, Ontario; and Sertich from Virginia, Minn.The defensemen are seniors Jim Ahlbrecht, Rob Jacobi, Bob Langin; junior Mike Mallinger; sophomores Al Hendrickson, Gordie Sutherland, Bob Winograd; and freshman Bruce Gallus.The goaltenders are juniors Doug Bellamy and Doug Schum and freshman Gerry Carmichael, from Lethbridge, Alberta. &#9632;

Colorado Collegians Work Out

7UP<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE (Standings on Tues. Oct. 20)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0351/2666340-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="577" height="341"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 14Portland 5 at Phoenix 3Thurs. Oct. 15Denver 2 at Salt Lake 1Portland 3 at San Diego 1Fri. Oct. 16Salt Lake 0 at Phoenix 5Denver 1 at Seattle 5Sat Oct. 17Salt Lake 1 at Son Diego 6Denver 3 at Portland 3Sun. Oct. 18Portland 0 at Seattle 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 20Denver at SeattleWed. Oct. 21Son Diego at PhoenixSeattle at PortlandThurs. Oct. 22Portland at Salt LakeFri. Oct. 23Salt Lake at DenverPhoenix at San DiegoSat. Oct. 24Portland at DenverSalt Lake at PhoenixSan Diego at SeattleSun. Oct. 25San Diego at SeattleTues. Oct. 27Seattle at PhoenixWed. Oct. 28Seattle at DenverPhoenix at PortlandFri. Oct. 30Son Diego at Salt LakePhoenix at Seattle<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 11)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0437/2666333-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="573" height="324"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>PHOENIX&mdash;Frank Hughes ended his holdout the day before the Phoenix Roadrunners were scheduled to open the Western Hockey League season and the Runners boasted the strongest front lines in their three-year history.Hughes, 21, scored 26 goals as a rookie last season, working the first year of a two-year contract. He wanted the contract torn up and a new one written.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t tear up his contract,&rdquo; said coach Aut Erickson. &ldquo;That&rsquo;d open the door for half a dozen others to ask the same thing.&rdquo;What Erickson offered instead was a chance for Hughes to exceed his salary demands by picking up half a dozen bonuses.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01120/2666378-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="258" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy Dufour</figcaption></div>Hughes left the club and thought it over for three days.The Go Go Line accounted for 91 goals last season and is back together with Hughes skating the right side, Larry Lund (33) at center and Andy Hinse (31) at left wing.Milan Marcetta, with wingers Ted McCaskill and Pat Hannigan from Vancouver, have been tagged the &ldquo;Century Line.&rdquo; All are aged 34. Erickson anticipates they will match their total age in goals.Marcetta fired 34 last season, Hannigan 28 and McCaskill 24.Guy Dufour joined the club from the Quebec Aces hours before a pre-season game with Amarillo, scored two goals, added a pair of assists and was immediately signed to a contract. That completed the &ldquo;French Line&rdquo; with Jean Payette, who played for St. Francis Xavier University last season, and Bob Charlebois, who scored 24 goals for Phoenix.Jim Paterson was sold to Salt Lake City. Defensemen Stan Fuller and rightwinger Greg Pilling were released.Paul Cates arrived along with Dufour from the Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; organization and Alain Beaule from the Boston Bruins on a five-game pro trial.Cates impressed Erickson in his first workout and he will either be paired with Harry Shaw or Beaule. Sandy Hucul and Jim Murray are the starting defensemen.Erickson has high hopes for Beaule who shared the International Hockey League&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman award two years ago while skating for the Dayton Gems.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0264/2666371-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="550" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK HUGHES&hellip;Accepts Terms</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Runners’ Go Go Line Set To Swing Again As Hughes Returns

<div class="byline">MCCONNELL</div>SAN DIEGO&mdash;Jack McCartan became the highest paid goaltender in the Western Hockey League, ending his holdout after the San Diego Gulls were one game into the Western Hockey League season. Now, all coach Max McNab has to do is pick two goaltenders from among Bob Champoux, Gary Simmons and McCartan.Champoux shut out the Denver Spurs almost singlehandly for the first 30 minutes as the Gulls took a 3-3 tie against the Spurs and the next day Simmons, a rookie, fought down a case of stage fright to help the Gulls stop the Spurs, 5-4.No terms were announced as McCartan, the WHL&rsquo;s Al Star netminder, signed for his third season with the Gulls but it is known that he was offered the highest salary of any goalie in the league.&ldquo;Offensively,&rdquo; said McNab, &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re better balanced than ever. We can expect some scoring from any of three lines we put out there.&rdquo;Five goals were provided by newcomers Alain &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron and Bob Courcy. Caron was drafted from the Montreal organization and Courcy played for Seattle last season.&rdquo;The Boomer has seen less ice time than almost any other forward and he&rsquo;s got three goals,&rdquo; said McNab. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s got that instinct. You can&rsquo;t teach that.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0529/2666409-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="273" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack McCartan</figcaption></div>Dennis Huculak, 27, went home to Edmonton, Alberta, not satisfied with the contract offered by the Gulls. When Gord Sinclair, 38, was released, the Gulls were left with six rearguards.&rdquo;Although we gave up eight goals in two games,&rdquo; said McNab, &ldquo;I thought our defense showed a lot of encouraging signs.&ldquo;That combination of John Miszuk and Al LeBrun is going to be awfully strong. All we need is just one more solid combination to go with it.&rdquo;To provide that combination, McNab has Jim Eagle, Gerry Odrowski, Jim Cardiff and assistant coach Jack Evans. &#9632;

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McCartan Becomes Highest Paid Coaler

<h2>Fri. Oct. 9 SAN DIEGO 3 at DENVER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0623/2666461-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="579" height="527"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 10 SAN DIEGO 5 at DENVER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0723/2666454-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="575" height="691"></div><h2>SALT LAKE 1 at SEATTLE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0820/2666447-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="574" height="549"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 11 SALT LAKE 3 at PORTLAND 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0917/2666440-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="579" height="607"></div> &#9632;

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Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div>PORTLAND&mdash;Late in the summer it appeared that the era of the Portland Hockey League might be at an end.And that&rsquo;s just what the Western Hockey League has been for a decade, at least during regular seasons.The Buckaroos, in their first 10 years in the circuit, finished first seven times and second three times&mdash;which didn&rsquo;t exactly spread joy among fans of other cities.But there were so many rumblings this summer about huge deposits of powerful hockey players due in San Diego and Seattle and Denver and Salt Lake City and Phoenix.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01101/2666499-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="250" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Johnson</figcaption></div>Besides, the Bucks were having some problems.For one thing, first All Star defenseman Dennis Kearns was gone. John Barber came as a replacement and promptly required a back operation that would sideline him for a month or two of the regular campaign.Also gone was 40-goal right winger Cliff Schmautz. Replacements were rumored. But by the time training camp started, none was in sight.There were other problems. For the first time, centers Art Jones and Norm Johnson were battling out contract disputes in big newspaper headlines, with such time-worn statements as &ldquo;Pay Me or Trade Me.&rdquo;Coach Gordon Fashoway and big defenseman Rick Foley got into it&mdash;in the newspapers. The problem was Foley&rsquo;s weight. Fashoway would not let Foley report to camp until the scales dipped to 215. And Foley missed part of the camp getting down to that figure.But one by one the problems solved themselves&mdash;or were solved. Jones and Johnson signed. Big Rick&rsquo;s weight dropped.First All Star Oscar Gaudet&mdash;he won the honors with Dallas in the Central League last season&mdash;was brought in as a replacement for Schmautz.Suddenly the picture changed.And if someone does beat out the Buckaroos this season, they&rsquo;re going to have to work at it.The Buckaroos boast a blend of experience and youth, of skills and muscle.To start with there are Jones and Johnson&mdash;with 26-goal Kenny Campbell backing &lsquo;em&mdash;at center.Name a better pair on one team outside the National League.Jones last season scored 127 points, highest total in Western League history, to win his third straight WHL point crown.Johnson was third in the league with 96 points&mdash;highest total of his career.The wingers, besides the high scoring Gaudet, include 39-goal Bill Saunders, first All Star Andy Hebenton, defensive genius Rich Van Impe, hard-checking Larry Leach, 26-goal Mel Pearson and young Roger Bellerive, who hopes, to return to his 27-goal form of &lsquo;&euro;9.So much for scoring. The Buckaroos have it.Goaltending? They wouldn&rsquo;t Lrade Jimmy McLeod, the best goalie in the playoff&rsquo;s, or Dave Kelly, best road netminder in the league last season, for any pair in the Western League.Muscle? Try Foley. 6-4 and 215 or so. plus Jerry Korab, 6-2 and 220 and confident as a second-year pro, for size.Foley picked up 227 minutes in penalties, an all-time Portland record, last season. Korab drew just 169 minutes&mdash;but then he was hurt the last two weeks of the season.If there&rsquo;s a Buckaroo weakness, it&rsquo;s lack of experience on defense with only Mike Donaldson and Connie Madigan, really veterans.This will put a tremendous load on Madigan, who was first All Star for a record four straight seasons. But Connie&rsquo;s shoulders are broad enough to handle it especially now that he doesn&rsquo;t have to fight everyone in the league by himself.Korab and Foley are taking care of that.First place for the eighth time in 11 years? It&rsquo;ll take a good hockey club to beat out the Buckaroos.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0265/2666492-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="542" height="921"><figcaption class="caption-body">RICK FOLEY&hellip;Wins Battle Of Bulge</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Buckaroos Smooth It All Out

<h2>PORTLAND</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Jimmy McLeodDave Kelly<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Mike DonaldsonConnie MadiganJerry KorabRick FoleyBarry Cummins<h3>FORWARDS</h3>Art JonesAndy HebentonNorm JohnsonRoger BelleriveKen CampbellDick Van ImpeLarry LeachBill SaundersMel PearsonKen SillersBrian DickieLaurie YaworskiOscar Gaudet<h2>SAN DIEGO</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Jack McCartanBob ChampouxGary Simmons<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>John MiszukAl LebrunIrv SpencerJim CardiffGerry OdrowskiJim EagleJack Evans<h3>FORWARDS</h3>Alain CaronBob CourcyLen RonsonAl NicholsonAlex FaulknerCraig ReichmuthJohn MacMillanEd EhrenverthGerry GoyerWarren HynesSandy FitzpatrickWillie O&rsquo;ReeJim SchraefelFred Hilts<h2>SEATTLE</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Don HeadGeorge SurmayRuss Gillow<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Bob AshDon WardJohn HannaRandy LeggeGordon Kannegeisser<h3>FORWARDS</h3>Jack MichieArt StrattonBob SchmautzChuck HolmesTommy McVieJack DaleGary VeneruzzoBob JonesBilly KnibbsRon BoehmDick Mortenson<h2>DENVER</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Wayne RutledgeJacques Caron<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Dave AmadioJim GrahamRay LaroseBob McCordLarry Mavety<h3>FORWARDS</h3>Wilf MartinClaude LaforgeEd HoekstraDick SentesKerry BondJohn RodgerLynn PowisDoug SmithBrian HarperLyle BradleyRoger Lafreniere<h2>SALT LAKE</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Rocky FarrDon Wallis<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Jim HayBob HeaneyRick PagnuttiLarry McNabbDave WoodleyFrank LacombeSteve Cuddie<h3>FORWARDS</h3>Jack RothwellJoe RobertsonWayne HicksGuyle FielderRoger DeJordyMurray KuntzBilly McNeillTed HodgsonRollie WilcoxBob EllettGerry MazurJim MagnussonBruce CarmichaelJim Paterson<h2>PHOENIX</h2><h3>GOALKEEPERS</h3>Marv EdwardsDon Caley<h3>DEFENSEMEN</h3>Sandy HuculJim MurrayHarry ShawAl BeaulePaul Cates<h3>FORWARDS</h3>Pat HanniganTed McCaskillLarry LundDoug AcombBob CharleboisJean PayetteMilan MarcettaFrank HughesAndre HinseSandy SnowDennis SchickGuy Dufour &#9632;

Western League Starting Teams

SAN DIEGO&mdash;If the exhibition schedule is any criterion then the San Diego Gulls are a team that will have to be reckoned with this season in the Western Hockey League.The Gulls rolled up an impressive 4-1-2 record during the WHL&rsquo;s pre-season action, the best of the six clubs to give them the unofficial &lsquo;Grapefruit&rsquo; circuit championship.In contrast to the Gulls&rsquo; fine training camp performance, the highly favored Portland Buckaroos came out of the camp grind with an inauspicious 2-3 log, including a 4-2 loss to Spokane Jets of the Western International Hockey League, last year&rsquo;s Canadian national senior hockey champions. The Jets also spilled Portland 4-2.<h2>EXHIBITION STANDINGS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0348/2666554-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="569" height="222"></div><h2>SCORES OF GAMES</h2>Son Diego 3, Denver 2San Diego 4, Portland 2Son Diego 1, Seattle 1Salt Lake 7, San Diego 4Son Diego 6, Salt Lake 3San Diego 2. Denver 2San Diego 7, Trail 0Phoenix 9, Amarillo 3Phoenix 5. Borrie 1Phoenix 3, Amorillo 3Seattie 5, Salt lake 4Salt Lake 6, Seattle 3Portland 4, Salt Lake 2Denver 8, Salt Lake 2Spokane 2, Salt Lake 1Salt Lake 4, Nelson 1Salt Lake 7, Drumheller 3Nelson 6, Denver 4Denver 5. Trail 2Denver 6, Nelson 4Denver 4, Calgary 1Portland 4, Seattle 3Spokane 4, Portland 2Seattle 5, Portland 4 &#9632;

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San Diego Tops WHL In Pre-Season Play

SEATTLE&mdash;Commenting on the overall picture this year WHL President Eugene Kinasewich noted that the league appears to have more balance than last season, a situation that should produce some great hockey.&ldquo;So far, so good,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Every team seems improved as a result of concerted efforts to bolster their rosters. Based on pre-season matches, the finish line could be congested.&rdquo; &#9632;

Kinasewich Predicts Tight Race For WHL

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 21)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0620/2666609-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="577" height="345"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thurs. Oct. 15Kansas City 5 at Amarillo 3Omaha 5 at Fort Worth 4Fri. Oct. 16Dallas 4 at Tulsa 2Sat. Oct. 17Dallas 3 at Fort Worth 5Kansas City 1 at Tulsa 4Omaha 5 at Oklahoma City 7<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct 21Kansas City at Okla. CityFri. Oct 23Tulsa at AmarilloOmaha at Fort WorthSat. Oct. 24Dallas at AmarilloFort Worth at Okla CityOmaha at TulsaTues. Oct. 27Kansas City at Fort WorthWed. Oct. 28Omaha at Okla. CityThurs. Oct. 29Kansas City at Fort WorthFri. Oct. 30Fort Worth at AmarilloOkla. City at Tulsa &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB LINDLEY</div>DALLAS&mdash;Coach Bobby Kromm will work with a lot of rookies this season&mdash;10 of 19 on the Dallas squad are first-year pros&mdash;and in somewhat of a surprise move, the fiery Black Hawk boss has named one of them as his No. 1 goaltender.&ldquo;Jim Shaw played some with Portland last year,&rdquo; Kromm explained, &ldquo;and then went back to get more credits at the University of Saskatchewan.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s one of those players who doesn&rsquo;t look so good in practice, but when the game starts, he&rsquo;s solid.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01111/2666668-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="262" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Shaw</figcaption></div>Shaw&rsquo;s designation as the starting netminder relegates veteran Kenny Brown to backup status.The Hawks suffered a lastminute blow when the parent Chicago Black Hawks lifted veteran Oscar Gaudet off the Dallas roster and shipped him to Portland of the WHL.&ldquo;We wanted to keep Oscar,&rdquo; Kromm said, &ldquo;and we tried our best to, but that&rsquo;s not our decision, that&rsquo;s for management to say.&rdquo;Two other Dallas mainstays, Brian Bradley and Rick Morris, also were cut from the squad to make room for young talent.&ldquo;I think we have a few holes to plug,&rdquo; Kromm said, &ldquo;but I think we&rsquo;ll be right in the middle of it. This is going to be a challenging league all season.&rdquo;The Hawks won the CHL crown two seasons back, but fell on hard times last year when injuries butchered the defense and no help came from Chicago.This season Kromm hopes to carry a 20-man roster.&ldquo;We need to have depth this year,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;so we don&rsquo;t get caught short like we did last season.&rdquo;FORT WORTH: Wings&rsquo; coach Doug Barkley turned to his veterans for leadership by naming Ron Walters as team captain and Gerry Hart and Rene LeClerc as assistant captains. Walters, a center, scored 23 goals last year and is in his third pro season. Hart, an aggressive defenseman wh sat out 226 penalty minutes last year, is the &ldquo;old man&rdquo; on the Wings&rsquo; rearguard, and LeClerc is beginning his third pro campaign.OMAHA: Knights&rsquo; General Manager Jake Milford put Pierre Jarry on the hot seat by predicting that the talented right winger would score 40 goals this season. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s playing so much better than he did last year,&rdquo; Milford said, &ldquo;and he scored 28 for us last season.&rdquo; Milford said the Knights should have a strong defensive club with the return of muscular toughies Dick Paradise and Andre Dupont, and the addition of Sheldon Kannegiesser to the roster. Milford was high on rookie defender Rick Newell, who played last season for the Canadian Nationals. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a hitter,&rdquo; Jake said. The Omaha GM also is expecting big things from Morris Stefaniw, purchased from the Phoenix Roadrunners.TULSA: Coach Marcel Pronovost worked a minor miracle last season when he took a rookie-dominated Tulsa team to within two points of first place in the tightest Central League race ever. And this season there&rsquo;s more to work with, experiencewise, and a renewed optimism after a fine 7-1-2 pre-season campaign. The heart of the Oiler defense returns with Randy Murray, Ken Murray and Willie Terry back in Oiler garb and popular Gordie Nelson due to return from an injury in late November. The Oilers have veteran Ray Reeson in goal and experience up front with Doug Brindley, Ted Hargreaves, Ernie Moser and Gary Brown.AMARILLO: Wrangler brass went for youth in general this season when they tabbed 20-year-old Cam Newton to be the No. 1 goaltender ahead of such veteran performers as Buddy Blom and Paul Hoganson. The Wranglers also have a sprinkling of fuzzy-cheeked skaters up and down the roster with the team&rsquo;s average age at 21.5 years. Youngest are 19-year-olds Brian Vescio and Bob Fitchner. Defensemen Larry Bignell and Jim Pearson are 20, as are forwards Clarence Lomheim and Steve Cardwell. The old man of the squad is veteran defenseman Terry Ball, 26, starting his eighth pro campaign. Robin Burns, acquired from Montreal, and Larry Billows are also vet campaigners. Other rookies include Galen Head, Rusty Patenaude, and Connie Forey.OKLAHOMA CITY: Talk around the Central League prior to the opening faceoff was that Oklahoma City&rsquo;s Blazers are back. Seems that General manager Bill Levins and coach Murray Davison have molded a big, tough, talented machine out of the best of last-year&rsquo;s crew and a handful of promising rookies. John Adams is back as the No. 1 goalie, which spells trouble for CHL foes right off the bat. John was superb last season but was deserted by a lackluster defense&mdash;which, by the way, has been all but replaced. Ron Plumb, a sharp skater and deft puck-handler, is one of the newcomers on the blueline corps, as is Bob Stewart. Paul Hurley is the lone vet. On the forward lines, Gregg Sheppard, Don Tannahill, Ivan Boldirev, Bill Klatt, Nels Jacobson and Jim Adair are back again, joined by Rick MacLeish and Fred O&rsquo;Donnell. The Blazers also re-acquired Brian Bradley from Dallas. Bradley played for the Blazers for three seasons prior to his stint at Dallas.KANSAS CITY: The Blues will show off a rookie line this season, but beyond that one fresh forward unit, the Kansas City roster is dotted heavily with veteran talent and it looks like the Blues will make a honest shot at vacating the CHL cellar they tumbled into last year. Two vet goalies anchor the team, Robbie Irons and Gary Edwards. Experience on defense include Larry Hornung, Dick Proceviat, Chris Evans and Bart Crashley. The rookie blueliners are Claude Moreau (Junior Canadiens) and Jack Taggart (Denver U.). The all-rookie line is comprised of Kurt Bennett (Brown U.), and Ron Climie and Gordon Brooks (both from Hamilton of the OHA). Norm Dennis, Ron Roberts, Ron Buchanan and Terry Gray give the Blues plenty of experience up front while Mike Lowe, Floyd Thomson, Tom Earl and Bob Birdsell are highly regarded rookies. Coach Camille Henry is pleased with the club&rsquo;s pre-season record (8-2-2) and the attitude.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0263/2666661-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="567" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE JARRY&hellip;He Must Produce</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0341/2666654-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="566" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body">OSCAR GAUDET&hellip;Shifted To WHL</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0430/2666647-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="570" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAM NEWTON&hellip;Wins Net Job</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0524/2666640-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="566" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE LOWE&hellip;Lands With Blues</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Kromm Coes With Rookie As No. 1 Coaler

<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 20)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0256/2666713-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="566" height="241"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0335/2666706-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="567" height="248"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Oct. 13Nashville 1 at Syracuse 4Wed. Oct. 14Syracuse 2 at New Haven 5Long Island 4 at New Jersey 4Thurs. Oct. 15Charlotte 4 at Salem 5Fri. Oct. 16New Haven 3 at Clinton 3Syracuse 0 at Long Island 4Johnstown 3 at New Jersey 3Greensboro 3 at Charlotte 3Salem 5 at Jacksonville 4Sat. Oct. 17Nashville 3 at Clinton 7Johnstown 4 at Long Island 1Salem 0 at Charlotte 4Greensboro 4 at Jacksonville 5Sun. Oct. 18Long Island 2 at New Haven 3Jacksonville 2 at Salem 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Oct. 20New Haven at SyracuseNashville at CharlotteWed. Oct. 21New Jersey at New HavenGreensboro at SalemFri. Oct. 23Syracuse at Long IslandNew Haven at New JerseyClinton at JohnstownJacksonville at CharlotteGreensboro at NashvilleSat. Oct. 24Syracuse at ClintonNew Jersey at Long IslandNew Haven at JohnstownSun. Oct. 25Clinton at New HavenLong Island at New JerseyJacksonville at NashvilleTues. Oct. 27Salem at CharlotteJacksonville at NashvilleWed. Oct. 28New Jersey at SyracuseJohnstown at New HavenThurs. Oct. 29New Haven at SyracuseClinton at Long IslandNashville at SalemJacksonville at GreensboroFri. Oct. 30New Haven at ClintonSyracuse at New JerseyLong Island at JohnstownGreensboro at CharlotteNashville at Jacksonville (At St. Petersburg)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0196/2666699-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="527" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOMINIC DIBERARDINO</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

KINGSTON&mdash;A hockey statistical record book developed by a Canadian newspaperman is being used throughout North America by team and league statiscians as well as hockey enthusiasts.The creator of Hockey-Stax, J.W. (Bill) Fitsell, of the Kingston Whig-Standard, credits THE HOCKEY NEWS with the first year sales success of the 100-page book in 1969-70.Designed to provide running totals for team standings and player scoring records, the book shows at a glance what players are effective against certain teams both on home and away ice.Fitsell, now part-time curator of The International Hockey Hall of Fame, said amateur college and professional teams are using Hockey-Stax. &#9632;

Hockey Stax Handy Book

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 21)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01104/2666806-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="585" height="317"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Fri. Oct. 16Toledo 2 at Flint 3Des Moines 4 at Muskegon 4Sat. Oct. 17Dayton 5 at Port Huron 5Des Moines 3 at Fort Wayne 6Flint 1 at Muskegon 5Sun. Oct. 18Muskegon 2 at Port Huron 4Fort Wayne 0 at Flint 3Toledo 2 at Dayton 7<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Oct. 21Flint at DaytonPort Huron at ToledoMuskegon at Fort WayneFri. Oct. 23Dayton at Flint,Port Huron at Des MoinesFort Wayne at ToledoSat. Oct. 24Port Huron at Des MoinesToledo at MuskegonFlint at Fort WayneSun. Oct. 25Muskegon at FlintFort Wayne at DaytonToledo at Port HuronWed Oct. 28Port Huron at DaytonFri. Oct. 30Des Moines at ToledoDayton at Flint &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>FORT WAYNE&mdash;Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Komets appeared to have suffered more from retirements than any other club in the International Hockey League as the season got under way.No less than four players from last year&rsquo;s squad were missing, with no expectation that they might change their minds. The list was topped by Ray Brunel, their top scorer of last season and Merv Dubchak, the all-time leading goal scorer in the IHL.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0257/2666858-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="264" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Brunel</figcaption></div>Brunel, who was still in his home city of Winnipeg, was the big offensive gun of the Komets last season. He was not only a great playmaker at center but he sent the puck into the net 33 times and had 55 assists for a total of 88 points, good for eighth place in the league.Dubchak, who had played seven years for the Komets, announced that he was retiring to continue his job with Fort Wayne City Utilities. He left the game as the championisin single season goal scorer with 72, which he achieved in the season of 1965-66, when the Komets captured the Turner Cup. He had two other seasons of 52 goals and one of 43. He missed numerous games in the last three seasons because of sickness and injury. Last year he was out of 17 games but scored 32 goals. His lifetime record in the IHL shows 623 points on 368 goals and 255 assists.Other retiring Komets were Trevor Fahey and defenseman Butch McLean. Fahey, who came to the Komets from Des Moines in a trade, was their second best scorer, finishing with 25 goals and 33 assists for 58 points.With the four retirements, the Komets were left going into the season with the smallest number of returning veterans of any club in the league.TOLEDO&mdash;The Hornets and Flint staged a wholesale brawl in a pre-season exhibition that saw 20 minutes of fighting, 41 players involved and nine ejected&hellip;Bob Johnson of Detroit and Michigan State University was doing a standout job as goaltender behind Glenn Ramsay&hellip;Spare goalie Al Cecile and ex-Bowling Green State winger Owen Freeman were cut&hellip;Impressive in early games were rookie center Bert DeHate and veteran Hal White from Jacksonville of the Eastern League.DAYTON&mdash;The Gems were expecting to lose four veterans to the American League: Don Westbrooke, Duncan Rousseau, Gary MacMillan and Al Beaule&hellip;Cliff Bristow, who was attempting a comeback, was eliminated for the season when he tore a cartilage in his knee&hellip;The Gems were beaten by Toledo, 5-2, in their first pre-season exhibition&hellip;A casualty of the Gems&rsquo; training camp was General Manager Lefty McFadden, who was struck in the cheek by an errant puck and required seven stitches.FLINT&mdash;All-Star defenseman Jack Turner, secured from Columbus in the draft, was delayed by 20 inches of snow in Flin Flon, Man&hellip;. Standing out in early Generals&rsquo; games were the scoring of Randy Prior and the goal-tending of rookie Gilles Meloche from the Chicago Black Hawks, who had to beat out either Bob Perami or Mickey Walsh.MUSKEGON&mdash;The Mohawks started with 11 rookies on their roster. They were awaiting word from Montreal on the status of Bob Munro and Darrel Knibbs&hellip;Five American natives were trying to make the team: Goalie Bill Bergland, Kevin Ahearn, Bruce Werre and the Muskegon boys, Fred Schef-fler and Charles Carey&hellip;Moe Manthan, who coached Columbus and was drafted by the Mohawks, had not reported for the start.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0341/2666851-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="554" height="1180"><figcaption class="caption-body">MERV DUBCHAK</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>SOUTHERN OHA JUNIOR</h3>(Standings on Thurs. Oct. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0426/2666844-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="574" height="243"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0522/2666837-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="579" height="384"></div> &#9632;

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Retirements Cripple Komets; Goal Champ Dubchak Retires

<h2>ONTARIO MAJOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0188/2666924-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="578" height="367"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon. Oct. 12London 2 at Peterborough 8Toronto 2 at Oahawa 2Tues. Oct. 13Montreal 3 at St. Catharines 6Niagara Falls 3 at Hamilton 6Thurs. Oct. 15Oshawa 0 at Peterborough 6Fri. Oct. 16Montreal 6 at Niagara Falls 8Kitchener 5 at Ottawa 3Sun. Oct. 18Niagara Foils 2 at St. Catharines 6.Toronto 5 at London 3Peterborough 4 at Oshawa 3Kitchener 8 at Montreal 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Oct. 20St. Catharines at HamiltonOttawa at OshawaThurs. Oct. 22Niagara Falls at PeterboroughFri. Oct. 23St Catharines at KitchenerMontreal at TorontoPeterborough at Niagara FallsOshawa at LondonSun. Oct. 25Ottawa at OshawaHamilton at TorontoKitchener at LondonPeterborough at St. CatharinesNiagara Falls at MontrealTues. Oct. 27Oshawa at HamiltonSt. Catharines at Niagara FallsThurs. Oct. 29Kitchener at Peterborough<h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Thurs. Oct. 15)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0258/2666917-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="571" height="198"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0337/2666910-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="569" height="197"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0432/2666903-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="571" height="367"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Oct. 13Shawinigan 1 at Verdun 5Cornwall 4 at St. Jerome 5Thurs. Oct. 15Shawinigan 4 at Cornwall 3Sherbroke 4 at Drummondville 3St. Jerome 3 at Sorel 5Fri. Oct. 16Three Rivers 5 at Shawingan 3Cornwall 5 at Rosemont 14Sorel 2 at Sherbrooke 3Quebec 10 at Verdun 6Sun. Oct. 18Sherbrooke 9 at St. Jerome 4Verdun 4 at Sorel 3Quebec 4 at Cornwall 3Drummondville 4 at Shawinigan 6Three Rivers 6 at Rosemont 4<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Oct 11)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0524/2666896-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="574" height="382"></div><h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Thurs. Oct. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0619/2666889-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="567" height="302"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>PETERBOROUGH&mdash;When writers and broadcasters in the 10 Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A cities were polled a week before the 1970-71 schedule opened, Montreal Canadiens, St. Catharines Black Hawks and Toronto Marlboros were selected as the teams most liekly to occupy the first three positions.The Canadiens have won the Memorial Cup the last two seasons while producing players such as Rejean Houle, Marc Tardif and the top draft choice last spring (by Buffalo Sabres) Gil Perreault.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0716/2666955-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="246" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Dionne</figcaption></div>St. Catharines had Marcel Dionne back for his final season after the native of Drummondville, Quebec won the 1969-70 scoring championship with 132 points.As for the Marlboros?Well they always came up with a contender.Niagara Falls, Kitchener, London and Oshawa were grouped near the bottom with only two of those four to make the playoffs.Somewhere in the middle were Ottawa, Peterborough and Hamilton.However, so far Peterborough in particular has not looked like a fourth or fifth place team.The Petes started the schedule with a 6-5 decision over St. Catharines, then followed up by beating Ottawa 5-1, London 4-3 and 8-2.Being under-rated is nothing new for the Petes and their coach Roger Nielsen.Last year many felt that they would be fortunate to catch a playoff position but they finished a solid second, nine points below the pennant-winning Canadiens.The season before they were third after again being lightly regarded by the so-called experts.After two weeks of the 1970-71 schedule Peterborough was the only team with a perfect record of four straight wins&mdash;but this year there is a difference.The Petes have often been accused of playing dull but winning hockey.This season they are concentrating more on offence and have averaged better than five goals a game.Possibly as a result the crowds in Peterborough have been larger than the last two years.The Canadiens managed just a tie (4-4 with Ottawa) and a win (4-3 over Oshawa) in their first two games while St. Catharines dropped their opening road games 6-5 in Peterborough and 43 in Ottawa.The Hawks came back to win twice at home 5-3 over Kitchener and 7-6 against Hamilton when Dionne scored twice in the last three minutes.Hamilton, under new coach Doug McKay have, if anything, been even more surprising than Peterborough.Backed by a solid defense headed by Jim Schoenfeld who was acquired last year in one of the curious deals with London, the Wings edged Oshawa 4-3 and Kitchener 3-1 before losing for the first time to St. Catharines.McKay has a hustling team which could make things interesting for the rest of the league and seem virtually certain of making the playoffs after missing last season.Oshawa, which edged Hamilton out of the 1969-70 playoffs in a psot-schedule game to break a points tie, is under new coach Eddie Reigle and, like the Falls, the Generals have some rebuilding to do. &#9632;

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Peterborough Looms As An Early Surprise

GUELPH&mdash;Hockey may be a Canadian game but the initial scoring statistics in the new Southern Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League have a distinctively American look.Eight of the top 14 pointgetters are American citizens, playing with the Detroit Junior Red Wings, including the leader, Pat Donnelly.Donnelly has eight goals and five assists for 13 points and a three point edge on teammate Gary Kardos, who is second with three goals and seven assists for 10 points.John Vaudry of St. Thomas Elgins is third with nine points on a goal and eight assists. Gordie Howe&rsquo;s two sons, Mark and Marty, both with Detroit, are in the top 10.Detroit&rsquo;s Jim Lanzi has given up only seven goals in three games for a goals against average of 2.34. Chatham Maroons&rsquo; Tom Fancy has the lowest goalkeeping average, two even, but has only played one game.Henry Hunting of Brantford Majors leads the penalty parade with 51 minutes, followed by Marty Howe with 38 minutes. &#9632;

Detroiters Monopolize OHA Race

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div>EDMONTON&mdash;NHL President Clarence Campbell has hinted that junior hockey in Canada could have a new controlling body by 1973.Speaking in Edmonton, the city where grew up, he admitted that the bundle of still-unresolved problems between Eastern and Western junior operators and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association could lead to such a move.It would mean a completely new administration for junior hockey, replacing the CAHA. An agreement between the NHL and CAHA, under which the CAHA has responsibility for administering junior hockey, expires in June, 1972.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0816/2667017-1-eng-US/f0027-082.jpg" title="f0027-08" width="245" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body">Clarence Campbell</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t like some aspects of the current administration. Nobody trusts anybody,&rdquo; Campbell said. He said a new administration would be far more efficient and the NHL would be willing to pay for its establishment.The NHL president also told Bb (Edmonton Journal) Briscoe that pro hockey has been happy with the calibre of players being developed since the draft system replaced pro sponsorship in 1967.Meanwhile, the hottest race in the history of the Western Canada League&rsquo;s Eastern division is shaping up. Estevan Bruins, last year&rsquo;s second-place finishers who fell flat in the playoffs, have improved.The defending champion, Flin Flon, has slipped while runner-up Winnipeg is about the same. Add new strength from the Regina Pats, who jumped to the WCHL this year from the Saskatchewan Junior League, and you have the makings of a stiff four-team race.In the Western division, Edmonton&rsquo;s rookie-laden Oil Kings wasted little time flexing their muscles. The Oil Kings pumped 101 shots at Winnipeg goalie Frank Turnbull in a two-game series, scored 15 goals, and easily won both games.Despite the shelling, Turnbull appears a strong candidate for rookie-of-the-year laurels. He is small but has great reflexes.Another top candidate is young Edmonton defenseman Tom Bladon, the top blueliner in his division in the early schedule.ICE CHIPS: Edmonton&rsquo;s purchase of 40-goal scorer Don Kozak from Swift Current is paying off. In his first game Kozak was woefully weak at backchecking, but has steadily improved. Meanwhile he has been scoring goals at a pace destined to beat his mark of last year.The success of Minnesota native Henry Boucha prompted Winnipeg Jets to take a close look at other U.S. prospects. Three of the best on Jets&rsquo; protected list are left-winger Mike Sheehan. defenseman Tim Anderson and center Butch Williams. Sheehan, 19, stands 6-foot-4. Anderson is a hitting defenseman from St. Paul. Williams a fast-skating Duluth youngster whose older brother Tom plays for Minnesota North Stars.Edmonton forward Dan Spring set a new WCHL goal-scoring record with six in one game. They came the day before his birthday. Last year Spring left the Oil Kings without notice and transferred to the OHA Oshawa Generals. After several months he quietly stole his way back to Edmonton, where he promptly began to score at a goal-a-game clip. However he slumped badly in the playoffs, but this year the Oil King general manager Bill Hunter and coach Harvey Roy found the key, playing him at center rather than on the wing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0915/2667010-1-eng-US/f0027-092.jpg" title="f0027-09" width="532" height="626"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY SPRING&hellip;A Birthday Present</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;It hasn&rsquo;t taken Bob Kelly long to establish himself as a favorite at the Spectrum.The rookie left wing found himself the fans&rsquo; choice in the Flyers&rsquo; opening pair of games, being impressive with his aggressive style of play.Kelly, who was the Flyers&rsquo; pick in the third round of the amateur draft last June, lived up to the rave notices which had floated down from training camp in Quebec City. He had come to camp as just another body, but soon proved that he was something special.&ldquo;Sure he makes mistakes,&rdquo; said Flyers&rsquo; general manager Keith Allen. &ldquo;But that&rsquo;s because of his limited experience as a pro. I&rsquo;m sure, in time, he&rsquo;ll make fewer mistakes. Nevertheless, we&rsquo;ve been pleased with what he has shown us so far.&rdquo;On opening night against the Minnesota North Stars, Kelly made key assists on first&mdash;period goals by Gary Dornhoefer and Bobby Clarke&mdash;his linemates&mdash;and the Flyers hung on to register a 2-1 victory.The following evening, against the Montreal Canadiens, Kelly again held his own in a 2-1 defeat in a contest which was scoreless until the final period. He got the loudest round of applause when he went after Terry Harper with fists flying when he felt Harper had dirty-played him.Kelly, however, had little to say about his big weekend, except to note that he would&rsquo;ve preferred being part of back-to-back victories.&ldquo;I just do the best I can when I&rsquo;m out on the ice,&rdquo; said Bob. &ldquo;I try to play my game. I realize it&rsquo;s a big jump from Oshawa (his junior team) to the National League, and I just hope I can stay up here.&rdquo;What won the 19-year-old husky blond a Flyers&rsquo; uniform was what Coach Vic Stasiuk calls fearlessness.&ldquo;Kelly showed us in camp that he&rsquo;s not afraid to hit and that&rsquo;s what we need around here,&rdquo; said Vic. &ldquo;This kid is fearless and we said we were going to give him every opportunity to show it.&rdquo;Bob had been impressive the first week of camp and then played well as a member of the Quebec Aces against the Montreal Voyageurs, prelim to the Flyers-Canadiens exhibition at the Forum in late September. The next day he surprisingly suited up as a Flyer and wound up on the 23-man roster starting the season.That Montreal exhibition game was enough for a few of his teammates to be impressed by his play. Goalie Bernie Parent, in fact, said the kid reminds him of Canadiens&rsquo; newly retired policeman John Ferguson.&ldquo;He reminds me a lot of Fergie because he skates, skates, skates all the time,&rdquo; remarked Parent. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s always so full of pep and he works all the time. Another thing, he is big enough (at a solid 191 pounds) to make trouble for the opposition.&rdquo;Larry Hillman, the Flyers&rsquo; veteran defenseman, says he also saw excellent qualities in the raw rookie.&ldquo;You&rsquo;d figure, being green like he is, he&rsquo;d be in trouble the first time he wore an NHL uniform,&rdquo; said Larry. &ldquo;You see, other players know this and so they go gunning for him. It hasn&rsquo;t happened that way at all. Bob has handled himself well, and I think he&rsquo;s going to be a good one.&rdquo;The Flyers in general have been impressed with Kelly&rsquo;s aggressiveness and it even prompted one of them to nickname him &ldquo;Mad Dog.&rdquo;&ldquo;Yeah, that&rsquo;s what they&rsquo;ve started calling me,&rdquo; groaned Bob. &ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;ll just have to live with it.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01177/2667048-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="534" height="746"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB KELLY&hellip;Hard-nosed Kid</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">&#x2014;CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Bobby Clarke now stands alone as the consecutive game leader of the Flyers.The sophomore center has bypassed veteran defenseman Larry Hillman. The duo had been the only members of the club to play in all 76 games a year ago. It was the first season for each as Flyers.Hillman&rsquo;s streak ended when he sat out the Flyers&rsquo; 2-1 loss to Montreal at the Spectrum the second game of the season. It was created by the seven defensemen carried by the team for the season opening.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02162/2667079-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="272" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Clarke</figcaption></div>The Flyers&rsquo; 15-game consecutive streak of home sellouts also ended on the opening weekend. A crowd of 14,303&mdash;some 300 below the sellout figure&mdash;watched the opening victory over Minnesota. &#9632;

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