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November 6, 1970

The Hockey News November 6, 1970

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;The first week or two or even the first month of a hockey season is not enough to form solid conclusions and by the time this reaches print matters could have deteriorated, but the early play of the Los Angeles Kings indicates that they are a vastly improved bunch which will not threaten last season&rsquo;s negative records, but instead may threaten everyone in the Western Division outside of Chicago and St. Louis for third place or at least a playoff berth.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01634/3671999-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="266" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gord Labossiere</figcaption></div>Even before the season began, owner Jack Kent Cooke was praising the new and impressive spirit on the team, seemingly stimulated by Bob Pulford, the best veteran who yet has landed in L.A. Dumped by Toronto after 14 years as a Leaf, it would have been understandable if Pulford had joined the Kings in a discouraged frame of mind, but, while he denies he is &ldquo;the leader,&rdquo; the examples he sets with his quiet confidence and spirited two-way play has led to his being named captain.One of many reasons the Kings were suspect this season is that most of their players have been tried and found wanting before by various NHL teams and many might have resented being sent into the cellar to join a struggling club in a town with little hockey enthusiasm and atmosphere. Yet it was the forechecking and back-checking of the forwards, the hitting of the defensemen such as Gilles Marotte and Paul Curtis and the hustle and second effort of the forwards such as Larry Mickey, Mike Byers and Bob Berry that in the first few games suggested this might turn out to be a fair hockey team.Notable among the rejects off to a fast start has been Gordon Labossiere. He tried to make other King teams and was cut in the past and it was discouraging to note that in their rebuilding the club had turned back to him yet another time. But Labossiere played extremely well at center in the first few games and in one game, the third game, scored two goals within 20 seconds. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not my record.&rdquo; he smiled later.&ldquo;In the minors once, I scored&rsquo; two in 11 seconds.&rdquo;The fact is, Labossiere always has scored in the minors. He has scored 20 or more goals nine times in his career, 30 or more five times, 40 once, but nerver in the majors. He scored 30 last season when he was All Star center in the American League, but only 13 in 1967-68, his last full season in the National League. He was the Kings&rsquo; No. 1 pick in the expansion draft and when manager Larry Regan demoted him the last time it seemed it would be the last time. However, as coach now, Larry has returned to him.&ldquo;It would have been easy to lose hope of ever returning to the NHL, certainly of ever being back in Los Angeles,&rdquo; Labossiere admits, &ldquo;but Regan spoke to me last season and told me I would get a brand new chance and while I might have been kidding myself that it was at best a slim hope, an athlete lives on hope, he&rsquo;s always hoping to do better, to move up in class. I always gave my best in the minors and always felt I could play in the majors.&rdquo;Actually, the 6-foot, 185-pound center often played well for the Kings, but he lacked speed and didn&rsquo;t score goals and was demoted. Now, the team seems more interested in all-around performance than in flashiness, and at 30, a center who digs for the puck, makes plays and plays defense can prove a great asset even if he is not, as he admits he is not, a great skater. With more help from stronger teammates, Gordon may also get some of the goals in the NHL he&rsquo;s always gotten in the AHL, where his lack of swiftness was not such a handicap. He can shoot, but needs opportunities.&ldquo;I think there&rsquo;s a lot of players on this team who are going to surprise a lot of people this season and I hope to be one of them,&rdquo; concluded Labossiere. &ldquo;I think this team is going to surprise a lot of people. It&rsquo;s physically stronger and more aggressive than any previous King team and the spirit is very hopeful. I don&rsquo;t think this team will quit on a game or on the season if it falls behind.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had 16 or 18 good hockey players before, but we&rsquo;ve never had a solid team,&rdquo; observes Cooke. &ldquo;Led by Larry Regan off the ice and Bob Pulford on the ice, this group is pulling together and the players seem to have a desire and a spirit to prove themselves as part of a winning team, a cohesive unit, which if enormously promising.&rdquo; Adds Regan, &ldquo;We have talented players who just needed the right situation to assert themselves and I think this will prove to be it for many of them.&rdquo;KINGS THINGS: The spirit in training camp was so high, the battling for places so intense that Bob Berry got into it with Bill Flett in a practice, stuck his stick in Flett&rsquo;s mouth and caused a 50-stitch rearrangement with which Billy opened the campaign. One who seemed less spirited than last season, sophomore Butch Goring, proved to have touches of mononucleosis and hepatitis which may sideline him several weeks, but the case was not considered sufficiently severe to have infected the team.The world&rsquo;s busiest man, Cooke, this summer undertook the chairmanship of a million-dollar campaign to finance a new western regional headquarters for Little League Baseball at San Bernardino and welcomes support. Baseball is one sport in which he now does not have a team, so he&rsquo;s taken on the future of 350,000 youngsters on teams in 1,400 leagues in 13 western states as his pet project. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Labossiere Leader Of Kings’ Rebounding Rejects

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01948/3671483-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>TOP 25 SCORERS</h2>(INCLUDING GAMES OF SUN. OCT. 25)Key: GP&mdash;Games Played: G&mdash;Goals; A&mdash;Assists; PTS&mdash;Points; PPG&mdash;Power Play Goals; SHG&mdash;Shorthanded Goals: WG&mdash;Winning Goals; TG&mdash;Tieing Goals.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02813/3671476-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1799" height="1127"></div><h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03636/3671469-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="881" height="976"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04427/3671462-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="895" height="1943"></div><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1855/3671455-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="888" height="3100"></div><h2>NHL SCOREBOARD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1949/3671448-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="793" height="152"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05313/3671441-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="246" height="242"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06257/3671434-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="265" height="209"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07223/3671427-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="295" height="152"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08195/3671420-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="226" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09160/3671413-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="230" height="254"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10147/3671406-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="287" height="195"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11135/3671399-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="230" height="226"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-12116/3671392-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="275" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-13104/3671385-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="256" height="235"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1497/3671378-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="248" height="234"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1590/3671371-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="237" height="234"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1680/3671364-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="255" height="234"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1766/3671357-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="218" height="261"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2046/3671350-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="846" height="865"></div> &#9632;

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NHL PLAYERS SCORING PENALTY RECORDS

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01987/3671109-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="299" height="370"></div><h2>The Return Of A Renegade&hellip;</h2>IT WOULD BE CHARITABLE, but dishonest to say he looked as he used to look. It wasn&rsquo;t just the helmet he now wears, but the way he played that was noticably different about Ted Green as he began his comeback for the Boston Bruins. On a team which plays in turmoil Teddy stayed out of trouble in his first few games back in the big time. A belligerent, forceful performer in the past, he played a conservative, cautious game on his return. He did not hit anyone and he was not hit by anyone. He used his stick only on the puck and he got rid of the puck as soon as he got it without ever rushing it up ice.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s not the same Teddy Green,&rdquo; sighed Gilles Marotte, a former teammate and a former foe of Ted&rsquo;s, who faced him in one of his first games of this new season.His skull caved in and his life nearly lost after a stick-fight with Wayne Maki last fall, Green lost most of his ability to move and speak at first, but, after surviving several operations, had returned almost to normal by the beginning of this season, but still has a long way to go to recover his former All Star form.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m aware of this,&rdquo; he said, towelling himself off from a shower after a recent game. &ldquo;I was hurt during the exhibition season last year. Add it up, and I really have been away from the game for 18 months. If I had not been hurt and I had simply been away from the sport for such a long time, I&rsquo;d be rusty. As it is, I not only do not have my legs back at full strength, but am holding back a little.&rdquo;Smiling wistfully, he admitted, &ldquo;I lack confidence. It&rsquo;s not that I&rsquo;m afraid because if I was, I wouldn&rsquo;t be here at all. But I&rsquo;ve been through a lot and I haven&rsquo;t been back very long and I really don&rsquo;t have the feel of it yet. To do your best, you have to let it all out. I&rsquo;m like a rookie and I haven&rsquo;t loosened up yet.&rdquo;He has a plate in his head, which is protected by a helmet, but Charley Burns has played a lot of good years of hockey with a plate in his head, wearing a helmet, although Charley always felt this caused major leaguers to be cautious about using him and kept him in the minors most of his career.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02887/3671102-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="581" height="874"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED GREEN&hellip;Hasn&rsquo;t Loosened Up Yet</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The doctors say I can play. I feel I can play. I don&rsquo;t think I have any more chance of being hurt than any other player,&rdquo; says Ted. &ldquo;There is always that chance in this game, but I have recovered and I am sound and I am perfectly prepared to take my chances. It&rsquo;s just that I haven&rsquo;t unwound yet.&rdquo;Teddy isn&rsquo;t the most naturally talented player ever to come into this league, but he made himself a star by taking advantage of the skills he did possess and applying them aggressively, intimidating foes. He lived by the sword and nearly died by it. He says, &ldquo;My game is an aggressive game and I think you&rsquo;ll see me going at it more and more enthusiastically game after game. I&rsquo;ve also learned how to play this game, however, and that stands me in good stead right now. I don&rsquo;t want to make mistakes by doing things I&rsquo;m not yet ready to do.&rdquo;<h2>A Free Pass For A Few Games</h2>HE ADMITS FOES HAVE taken it easy on him so far. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s only natural,&rdquo; he smiles wistfully. &ldquo;No one wants to take advantage of me, no one wants to hurt me, so they&rsquo;ve mostly steered clear of me so far and have not been taking runs at me. I also haven&rsquo;t invited any trouble. However, it was my decision to play this game so there is no way I could ask any favors that are not given anyone else and I&rsquo;m sure the guys will soon realize this and begin to treat me like they treat everyone else. My own teammates tested me in practice harder than my foes have so far. But there are some young kids in this league who never heard of me who are bound to come at me any time now.&rdquo;&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not fair to ask too much of him,&rdquo; commented John McKenzie, Green&rsquo;s tough teammate. &ldquo;This man has made a remarkable comeback just to be playing in the NHL so soon after such a severe injury. Few thought he&rsquo;d ever be back, and here he is, and he&rsquo;s playing amazingly well under the circumstances. If he continues to progress the next few months as he has the last few months, he&rsquo;ll be as good as ever before the season is over. He&rsquo;s an amazing man. He has a lot of guts. And he&rsquo;s a great hockey player. He was before and he will be again. I don&rsquo;t think he should be rushed, pushed into doing things before he&rsquo;s ready.&rdquo;Coach Tom Johnson said, &ldquo;Just give him time. Don&rsquo;t draw conclusions too fast. It&rsquo;s unbelievable how fast he&rsquo;s come back and I think he&rsquo;ll get all the way back eventually if people don&rsquo;t ask too much of him too soon. He&rsquo;s not hurting us right now, the way he is.&rdquo; Asked what would happen if the Bruin bosses came to feel Teddy was hurting the team&rsquo;s chances, Johnson said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure it won&rsquo;t come to that. If it did, I&rsquo;m sure Teddy would act on his own.&rdquo; Clearly, it would be difficult for the Bruins to drop their valiant star.Johnson said, &ldquo;If we lost Teddy again, it would hurt us a great deal. Just because we won one Stanley Cup without him, doesn&rsquo;t mean we could win another without him. This is a tough league and we need all the good players we can put in uniform to top it, and Teddy is one of the best. We only tied for first last season and lost it on the statistics. With him, we would have won the pennant going away last season. With him, we can win the pennant this season.&rdquo; Green, an open and honest man, said, &ldquo;If I didn&rsquo;t feel I could contribute to my team, I wouldn&rsquo;t be here.&rdquo;A long-time rival, Larry Cahan said, &ldquo;When I saw him for the first time since his injury, just the other day, I was surprised he could even speak clearly. He&rsquo;s licking his problems and he&rsquo;s going to cause us all problems before long.&rdquo; Green said, &ldquo;I had eight operations. My wife went through hell. She suffered more than I did. I didn&rsquo;t even know what was happening part of the time. Pat at first said she didn&rsquo;t care if I ever played again. But when I told her I was going to, she accepted it. She probably worries. I think everyone who cares about me is more worried than I am right now. I&rsquo;m not worried. After what I&rsquo;ve been through, who could worry about this? I&rsquo;ll make it. The hardest part of my fight is past.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER&mdash;There were four Alladins and at least one of the 40 thieves on hand for the Rochester Americans&rsquo; Thousand and One Night, which turned out to be a very, very happy tale.The date was Sunday, Oct. 18, and the Amerks were playing the 1,001st regular season game since becoming a member of the AHL in the fall of 1956.Rochester embarked on its second thousand with a 4-0 romp over the Hershey Bears in a game which the much over-worked phrase &ldquo;put it all together&rdquo; aptly described.The Amerks outshot the Bears by a 43-22 margin and excelled in every department. Serge Aubry picked up his first AHL shutout and the third regular season whitewash in his 107th professional game.The Alladins who made the lamp shine behind Hershey goalie Dan Bouchard were Duke Harris, Ron Ward, Don Blackburn and Bob Cook.And Bouchard, a 19-year-old Boston Bruin chattel, was the thief. Rochester very easily might have reached double figures in the goal-getting had it not been for the calm, cool youngster.For their first 1,000 games, the Americans won 481, lost 424 and tied 95. They had 326 wins, 127 defeats and 46 ties here on home ice, and picked up 155 victories, 297 setbacks and 49 ties on the road.ICICLES&mdash;The Oct. 18 win was Rochester&rsquo;s third in five AHL games this season. A year ago, it took the Amerks until their 10th game to win three&hellip;With 22 home dates the same for Rochester and the NHL Buffalo Sabres just up the Thruway, former Boston coach Harry Sinden, who now lives here, is going to pick carefully, but plans to see the Amerks play quite often. &#9632;

Amerks Turn 1,001st Tilt Into Victory

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01910/3670809-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="510" height="594"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM WEBSTER&hellip;Three-Goal Start</figcaption></div>DETROIT&mdash;On offense the Red Wings have been very offensive this season&mdash;the adjective offensive, that is&hellip;like repugnant or obnoxious.It was a surprise to general manager Sid Abel, to coach Ned Harkness and to the Red Wing fans because this is a team with seven returning 20-or-plus goal scorers and another top candidate in rookie Tom Webster.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02833/3670802-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="278" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>The Red Wings reached bottom in the second period of a 2-1 loss to the Chicago Black Hawks. They had just two shots on goal, one by defenseman Dale Rolfe and the other by Alex Delvecchio. And Detroit had one. full power play and part of another in the period.The two shots were the lowest in a season and a half for a Detroit team and left the fans as frustrated as the team with considerable booing from the paying customers.For the game the Wings managed only 18 shots and in their first six games, Detroit was outshot four times&hellip;and lost four times.They also flew full in the face of a hockey cliche that the team that scores first usually wins. The Red Wings collected the first goal in all six games.There are several factors responsible for the breakdown of the offense but primarily they revolved around the knee injury to Frank Mahovlich midway in the season&rsquo;s second game and the rib injury to defenseman Ron Harris late in the opening game.Add the most gruelling early schedule of any team in the league and that equals a 2-4 won-lost record when the smoke finally cleared and the club got a chance to catch its breath.Not even the return of Gordie Howe to right wing lit a fire under the offense and that was ironic. A lot of folks laughed when Harkness put Howe on defense in training camp but hockey&rsquo;s all-time scoring king popped a pair of goals and set up three more in the three games he played on defense.When he returned to right wing in an effort to generate some scoring he went 0-for-3.Harkness still wants to get Howe back on defense, feeling he quarterbacks the play better than anyone else. But the Wings numerous injuries dictated an emergency callup of defenseman Gerry Hart from Fort Worth and when Hart was brought up, Howe was listed as a forward.So, to keep Hart up, Howe had to stay up front.Meanwhile Harris and Mahovlich were taking treatments and Abel and Harkness delayed any decisions on personnel changes until they return and start playing some games.Another factor in the &ldquo;things aren&rsquo;t as bad as they look&rdquo; attitude is that Garry Unger, the club&rsquo;s top scorer with 42 goals last season, is just now coming into his own after missing the entire exhibition season with a back injury and then he injured his elbow in the season&rsquo;s second game.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve also gone through the toughest part of our schedule,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;From now on we have a favorable schedule.&rdquo;Abel was happy that Toronto was getting off badly, too, and the Maple Leafs generally had played lesser teams than Detroit which ran into a Boston-Montreal-Chicago stretch plus two against bigger and better Minnesota.The only team Detroit played in the six-game span that might be called a patsy was Oakland and the Seals not only were in that one most of the night but they also injured two players, Harris and Dale Rolfe.It became obvious through the early schedule that Detroit is, at best, the fourth best team in the East Division in talent. Montreal&rsquo;s infusion of new blood&mdash;all seemingly six-footers or bigger&mdash;is awesome and Boston&rsquo;s Stanley Cup champions are even better with Ted Green back. New York also has an abundance of talent.It also was obvious in the early schedule that the Wings will have to do something about their power play&mdash;it produced only three goals in 30 chances compared to Montreal&rsquo;s seven in 27.Early bright spots for the Wings were goalie Roy Edwards and rookie forwards Webster and Jim Shires.After a shaky start in his first two games, Edwards was back to his 1969-70 form and Webster scored three goals in six games. He&rsquo;s the youngster the Red Wings traded Roger Crozier to Buffalo to acquire after Punch Imlach picked Webster from Boston in the draft.Shires is one of the handful of fine collegians from the University of Denver&mdash;Keith Magnuson&hellip;Cliff Koroll. While not a big scorer in two previous pro seasons. Shires has good size and was impressive in training camp. &#9632;

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Howe Moved Back To Attack But Wings’ Offense Stalled

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01914/3670847-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL (Hockey News Photos by Stephen Newman)</figcaption></div>CHICAGO&mdash;When President Clarence S. Campbell and William M. Jennings, the Governor of the New York Rangers set up the original National Hockey League expansion prior to the 1967-68 season, they were careful to place all six of the new teams in the same division.&ldquo;We planned for as equal competition as possible for the newcomers,&rdquo; recalls Campbell. &ldquo;That is how it worked out with a tremendous scramble amongst the clubs. Philadelphia finally emerged as the pennant winner, but the spread from top to bottom was very close.&rdquo;Since then, the St. Louis Blues have emerged as the premier team of the West Division. They won the playoffs in 1967-68 and then finished first and captured playoff honors in the West ever since. Nonetheless, the West has certain problems. Philadelphia, Minnesota and St. Louis are very solid, with a splendid hockey atmosphere and almost capacity attendance at every game. The other three Western clubs of 1969-70, Los Angeles, California and Pittsburgh all have been beset with various problems, most of them concerning attendance<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02780/3670840-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1186" height="1614"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN MIKITA</figcaption></div>California, in the red by $4.5 million was purchased by Charles 0. Finley of the Oakland Baseball Athletics. The Pittsburgh Penguins have been in financial trouble to the tune of $3.5 million and only recently were the subject of special scrutiny at a National Hockey League Board of Governors meeting. It is reliably reported that the NHL guaranteed certain payments in the Pittsburgh situation, should the need arise. Last season the league deposited $75,000 in an Oakland bank to handle contingencies in the Seals&rsquo; emergencies.Los Angeles, which should be the payroll town of the West Coast, has remained in the 7,000 to 8,000 categories as an average for crowds. Obviously, the town can do better and undoubtedly will when the Kings come alive on the ice.With this situation in mind, the NHL added Buffalo and Vancouver but carefully placed them in the East Division for 1970-71. They then switched the Chicago Black Hawks to the West in a move as momentous as the switch of the Cleveland Browns, Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Colts from the National Football League to the American Football League.&ldquo;This makes sense geographically,&rdquo; emphasized Campbell. &ldquo;And the West Division can be proud of the Hawks and Bobby Hull.&rdquo;The last was the key to the situation. As well as a balanced schedule which was instituted in 1968-69, the West now had a bonafide old line club and the Babe Ruth of the shinny sport.Even if Bobby Orr of the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins has stolen some of Hull&rsquo;s thunder in the last couple of years, Robert Marvin still is the number one goal scorer in the NHL. And the fans like to see that red light go on.&ldquo;The Hull name is magic and without a doubt it sells tickets,&rdquo; says Jack Kent Cooke of the Los Angeles Kings. &ldquo;Having him in the West is a ten strike for our Division.&rdquo;Amazingly, the St. Louis Blues and owner Sidney Salomon Jr. were happy to welcome the Hawks and Hull into the West, despite the fact that the switch appears to have ended the reign of the Blues as Expansion Division kingpins.&ldquo;It is for the betterment of hockey and I am all for it,&rdquo; emphasizes Salomon. &ldquo;Anyway, we want to win the Stanley Cup for our fans and that means we have to beat an Eastern team or two to do it.&rdquo;Another change which made the switch of the Hawks to the West more palatable was the announced crossover of divisions in the second round of the playoffs this spring. This means that an East winner of the first round and West winner of the same initial round will clash with the extra home game and the choice of opponents going to the teams finishing highest in their division. This also guarantees the two best teams in the Stanley Cup finals as the winners of the semi finals will meet for the Cup.Parity is the name of the game between the divisions, and this will only be accomplished by the inclusion of Chicago and the upgrading of the West to at least the level attained by St. Louis. The Blues must be rated as at least equal to Toronto, so this gives the West two clubs better than or equal to three teams in the East, Toronto, Buffalo and Vancouver. This is progress.Hull, for his part will become a standard bearer around which the West can hang their dreams. He, or perhaps Stan Mikita figure to win the West scoring title, if Red Berenson of the Blues doesn&rsquo;t sneak in there. They certainly will be well represented overall in the NHL point parade and the obvious disparity of strength as in previous years will be less noticeable. Outside of Berenson, Phil Goyette, then with St. Louis and the scoring stars of the Minnesota North Stars, the West has generally lacked offensive punch.&ldquo;Now our division has Hull, Mikita and all those Hawks whose idea in life is always to score even if Coach Billy Reay did make them into a defensive team last season. They probably will open up and give the fans an offensive treat when they get a bit ahead and can afford to play it more relaxedly later this season,&rdquo; says Keith Allen, the Philadelphia General Manager.The Chicago blitz may even open up the other West clubs a bit. Philadelphia stole the first West pennant with a goalie tandem playing superbly in Doug Favell and Bernie Parent, but then foundered without a decent goal maker. St. Louis developed a superb defense and eked out enough attack built around Berenson to do the job. Only Minnesota has played hell bent for election hockey. They have failed because of a weak defense.&ldquo;End to end hockey is what made the game so popular and it is the reason the Montreal Canadiens have epitomized the NHL in recent seasons. The Bruins are an offensive team, which combined with animal brutality have made them a popular attraction. Now the West will have something along these lines in Hull,&rdquo; says Scotty Bowman, the General Manager of the Blues and the man who made the Blues.&ldquo;We are not conceding the pennant to Chicago or anyone,&rdquo; notes Bowman. &ldquo;Hockey games are won on the ice, not on paper and the Blues intend to defend their championship.&rdquo;With Minnesota on the rise and Pittsburgh coming off the euphoria of their first Stanley Cup playoff ever, the West is in its best-ever shape. Only Oakland and Los Angeles really need to make an upwards move and Charles O. Finley figures to keep things humming with his newly minted California Golden Seals.All of this will help, but in the end, the big plus for the West is Robert Marvin Hull and his NHL total of 510 goals. When Hull zeroes in on Maurice Richard&rsquo;s 544 goal total, which is the runnerup mark to Gordie Howe, all of the West will follow with interest as their man makes his big move. Perhaps the goal will come in a West Division rink and this also will pay off in image, stature etc. for the fledgling division.<div class="sidebar">Hockey News Special &#9632;</div>

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ARE THE BLACK HAWKS AND BOBBY HULL THE SAVIOURS OF THE NHL’S WEST DIVISION?

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01966/3670899-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="352" height="426"></div>&bull; BOSTON&mdash;SOME OF the most knowledgeable hockey fans to be found in the United States are located here in the home of the Stanley Cup champions&hellip;This is also the toughest city in the NHL for a stranger to buy a ticket to see the Bruins play&hellip;At one time Montreal and Toronto used to have this reputation but not any longer&hellip;In fact they could sell out the venerable old Boston Garden twice for most of the games. Capacity for Bruins&rsquo; games right now is 14,888, an increase from the 13,909 which was the sell-out figure for years&hellip;The Bruins also boast the most extensive radio and television coverage of any NHL team. All home and away games are broadcast in their entirety over the powerful WBZ 14-station network&hellip;and the Chicago game here recently was also combined with American Services Radio, formerly Armed Forces Radio, to send the game over 400 stations throughout the world. The game was heard in such countries as Vietnam, Japan, Iceland, Finland and most of Western Europe&hellip;Fred Cusick is the very able announcer of the Bruins&rsquo; games over the radio network and he is ably assisted this season by Cal Gardner, the former New York, Toronto and Boston player. Cal resides in Toronto and commutes to all the Boston games at home and on the road. The personable Gardner has succeeded Johnny Peirson, another former Boston player, who has moved over to the TV network and is the color man and between periods&rsquo; interviewer for Don Earle. The Bruins will telecast a total of 60 games over WSBK, Channel 38 this season&hellip;Peirson is extremely adept as an interviewer and rates with the best to be found anywhere&hellip;It&rsquo;s also nice to see the Bruins using their former star performers in this capacity&hellip;Without a doubt, the toughest player pound for pound in the NHL, is Boston&rsquo;s Johnny McKenzie. He flattened Chicago defenseman Keith Magnuson with one of the hardest checks we&rsquo;ve seen thrown in the league since the days of Bill Ezinicki.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02922/3670892-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="257" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">John McKenzie</figcaption></div>&bull; THE MASSACHUSETTS PHYSICIAN, a publication by and for the profession, has come out strongly in favor of making it mandatory for all hockey players to wear helmets&hellip;&ldquo;The psycho-logical implications of wearing headgear in the National Hockey League should be removed by a league-wide rule requiring headgear,&rdquo; the editorial states. &ldquo;We as physicians should exert our influence forcibly and immediately to effect this new ruling before many talented young athletes are killed or maimed by an unreasonable atmosphere which is, in part, beyond their control. Sports medicine is a growing field. Hockey is a rapidly growing sport. Let&rsquo;s help both by attacking this easily solved problem head-on before more hockey players&rsquo; skulls are cracked in a lemming-like rush into the frozen sea&rdquo;&hellip;The article makes a lot of sense and its contents should be weighed carefully by the hockey world&hellip;Bobby Orr is irked more than somewhat because a lady politician running for the U.S. Congress from this area distributed free schedules of the Bruins games with a photograph of herself and Bobby prominently displayed on the back of the schedule&hellip;&ldquo;I have absolutely no political association with the lady,&rdquo; the 22-year-old defenseman stated&hellip;Bruce Novak and Lloyd Cohen, a couple of dyed-in-the-wool Bruins fans, think their favorites will repeat as Stanley Cup champs again this season with only Chicago giving them any trouble at all&hellip;Wayne Cashman is one of the most improved members of the Bruins this year. In fact you&rsquo;d hardly recognize him as the same athlete who performed for the Bruins a year ago&hellip;Besides being one of the best pointgetters, in NHL annals, Phil Esposito is rated an outstanding after-dinner speaker and barring Bobby Hull, no one does a radio or TV commercial better than the tall Boston center&hellip;Ken Ullyot is in the market for a coach for his Fort Wayne Komets of the International League&hellip;Despite his club&rsquo;s slow start, General Manager Bud Poile of the Vancouver Canucks, still thinks his team will end in fourth place in the NHL East.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03817/3670885-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="257" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Ullyot</figcaption></div>&bull; IT WAS &ldquo;Panty Hose Night&rdquo; recently at Portland&rsquo;s Memorial Coliseum. The first 2,000 women to enter the building received a free pair of panty hose, courtesy of the Portland Hockey Club&hellip;Fort Worth Wings of the Central Hockey League drew 10,500 for their first two home games, and the biggest crowd of the young season was at Oklahoma City to see the Blazers open the season against Omaha. The game drew a crowd of 7,204&hellip;Philadelphia Flyers have instituted a new ticket policy, keeping 2,000 tickets available for every home game. They go on sale at the Spectrum an hour and a half before the contest. This way fans are assured they won&rsquo;t be shut out by season ticket holders. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to try it for half a season and see how it works out,&rdquo; reported energetic Joe Scott, the new Philadelphia president&hellip;After Doug Favell, Flyers&rsquo; goalie, was credited with an assist on Andre Lacroix&rsquo; second goal of the game in a recent 4-2 Flyers win over Toronto, the humorous goaltender remarked: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting closer to my objective. I had one assist my first year in the NHL. So I need only 198 points to reach 200&hellip;Herb Ralby has retired from the Boston Globe after more than 30 years, and is working full time as Director of Publicity for the Boston Bruins&hellip;Tommy McCarthy is in his 37th year as press box custodian at the Boston Garden&hellip;Vancouver Canucks expect to play before 90 percent capacity during their first year in the NHL&hellip;The opening night crowd at St. Louis Arena was 18,362 and was the largest crowd ever to see a hockey game in that city&hellip;It was made possible by about 2,000 new seats hanging from the Arena rafters and broke the former record set against Boston in the Stanley Cup finals last Spring&hellip;THE HOCKEY NEWS is now available on the major newsstands in Sweden&hellip;St. Louis Blues are having trouble finding a replacement for Phil Goyette on the power play. They&rsquo;ve been experimenting with several players&hellip;Coach Jackie Gordon of the North Stars is determined to cut down on the number of goals scored against the team this season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04715/3670878-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="254" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Gordon</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.Kenneth William 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, NOVEMBER 6, 1970 No. 5 &#9632;

The Hockey News OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<h2>St. Louis Fans No. 1 Tribute From Writer</h2>I strongly object to the publication of a letter from Mr. Wade Ford, of Houston, Texas in your Fan Forum of Oct. 23. His comments, on the behavior of the St. Louis fans regarding littering of the ice each time a Blues&rsquo; goal is scored, is an insult, to say the least. He adds that the Blues seem to welcome these outbursts with appreciation, and that through the stupidity of the fans and the Blues themselves both the visiting teams and the Blues play with a higher risk of injury. I don&rsquo;t know where Mr. Ford is getting his information, but 1 suggest he should either look for a new source or give up hockey.The St. Louis fans are the envy of every NHL team and we have been complimented many times on our conduct at the beautiful St. Louis Arena. I would like to quote a small portion of an article written by Joe Falls, sports editor, Detroit Free Press &ldquo;The Blues&rsquo; fans rate No. 1. What sets the St. Louis fans apart from all the others is that they look upon their hockey rink as their very own and would no more think of defacing it or marring it that they would their own homes. I&rsquo;ve seen a lot of crowds at a lot of sports events in a lot of places in our country, but I&rsquo;ve never seen the sort of fans the St. Louis Blues have at their hockey games. I&rsquo;m impressed and I&rsquo;m envious.&rdquo;Mr. Falls saw it here in St. Louis and is certainly more qualified to comment than this &ldquo;avid fan&rdquo; deep in the heart of Texas.BILLIE CANTERBURY, St. Louis. Mo.<h2>Blues&rsquo; Fans Learned Restraint Over Years</h2>I must vigorously take exception to the letter in your Fan Forum of the October 23 issue concerning the St. Louis Blues&rsquo; fans.Either Mr. Ford is listening to another team&rsquo;s broadcast or he has mistakenly accepted the applause he hears as debris being thrown on the ice. Granted, the first two years the Blues were in the NHL this might have been a problem, but one must remember that our fans, like the Blues themselves, were in their infancy and as infants will do, acted as copycats. I believe this speaks for itself.I have been a season ticket holder of the Blues for the past three years, and I have yet to see the kind of matter Mr. Ford describes thrown on the ice. In fact, for the past two years Blues&rsquo; fans have been outstanding in their restraint toward littering the ice.May I add, that 13 other cities in the NHL can certainly take a lesson from the Blues&rsquo; fans.ROBERT RICH. St. Louis, Mo.<h2>Blues&rsquo; Fans Heeded No Littering Request</h2>I just received by mail mv Oct. 23 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS and after reading the Fan Forum I am red hot. Here is my answer to Mr. Wade Ford of Houston, Tex., regarding St. Louis hockey fans.Being a season ticket holder since the inception of the Blues, I think I can honestly give a true opinion of a St. Louis fan.Our first year we did litter the ice, but never eggs. As we entered our second year, the St. Louis management asked the fans not to throw things. Being the best fans in the NHL, we stopped littering.The St. Louis arena seats 17,776 fans and is sold out for every game. Not a fan throws anything. If this gentleman could see a televised game he would see what I have said to be true.DONALD HOUSE., St. Louis, Mo.Editor&rsquo;s note: We would like to add to the list of St. Louis fans&rsquo; protestors the name of Mark Allan Flauter of Florissant, Mo. The Fan Forum appreciates the interest shown by the Blues&rsquo; fans in replying to Mr. Ford&rsquo;s charges. This is what the Fan Forum is all about. &#9632;

Fan Forum

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div>&bull; THE NEW season is going to play havoc with the record book judging by the amount of milestones that are about to occur among the National Hockey League&rsquo;s veteran performers.For example, two of the elder statesmen of the Detroit Red Wings&mdash;AlexDelvecchio and Gordie Howe&mdash;are both on the verge of achieving another plateau in their sterling big league careers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01998/3670978-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="263" height="444"></div>Delvecchio came out of the October 25 weekend action with a lifetime mark of 399 goals&mdash;needing only one more to join such exalted NHL scoring company as Howe, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau and Bobby Hull as the only players in history to attain the 400-goal mark.And the incomparable Howe was at the 998 level in assists requiring two more to become the first ever to hit the coveted 1,000 plateau.Boston&rsquo;s Phil Esposito has zeroed in on the 500-point level and needed only four to accomplish the feat after piling up 13 points in the Bruins&rsquo; first six games.That&rsquo;s the way it&rsquo;s going to be for the next few weeks with new standards springing up almost anywhere.&bull; BLIT THE big interest in career achievements has always been among the NHL&rsquo;s top sharpshooters&mdash;the men who have lingered in the game to score goals in abundance and climb above the 300 mark in their tenure in the big time.The NHL&rsquo;s all-time top 27 scorers have undergone a considerable change in recent years and will be altered even more before the 197071 season reaches its climax.Howe himself is a walking record book and every time he pulls on a pair of skates for an NHL game he invariably sets some sort of a record. But the one the legion of Howe followers cherish most is his personal goal-getting record which has now reached up to 766.If seems almost incredible that Howe is flirting with hockey&rsquo;s 800-goal mark at his advanced hockey age of 42. But the Great One has been achieving the unexpected ever since he came on the big league scene 24 years ago.With Howe under contract to play two more years with the Red Wings it seems almost assured he will make it to 800 between now and the conclusion of the 1971-72 campaign. The odds are he&rsquo;ll probably hang up his skates with a total of 816 or thereabouts.Bobby Hull of the Hawks continues to make the most advances among the all-time scorers. The Chicago Jef has scored 513 career goals through the team&rsquo;s first eight games of this season putting him 31 in arrears of the retired Maurice Richard. The Rocket went out with a high of 544 and his hold on the No 2 spot appears destined to vanish possibly before the current schedule reaches the halfway turn.Jean Beliveau is another big leaguer aiming for a new niche in the all-time race. Big Jean started the present season with 482 goals and has scored twice this year to reduce his magic number to 16 to become the NHL&rsquo;s fourth 500-goal man.Delvecchio and teammate Frank Mahovlich are hot in pursuit of new marks. Delvecchio, as we have already mentioned has inched to within one goal of the 400 mark. The Big M on the other hand now needs nine to join the 400-goal scorers after getting his first of the new season last week. He also will displace the retired Bernard Geoffrion as hockey&rsquo;s No. 6 scorer when he connects three more times. The Boomer left with 393.There are endless other milestones looming for the NHL stars and much of their success has been escalated by the expanding of the league twice since 1967. With more teams playing more games and the talented slightly water downed, it appears the NHL may be ready to spring its first 60-goal scorer on the paying patrons who keep up a ceaseless demand for more scoring.Bobby Hull has long been touted as the NHL&rsquo;s first 60-goal man and while the Hawks&rsquo; Jet star once smoked 58 pucks past league net-minders, he didn&rsquo;t make it then and could conceivably not ever make if.It may remain for someone else to blaze the trail. Last season it could have been young Garry Unger. The mod skater blinked the light 42 times. Big Frank Mahovlich scored 48 one season and 49 another and is believed capable of doing it but the Detroit veteran may not feel quite that ambitious any longer at age 32.Hockey observers feel that a player like Yvan Cournoyer could do it, too. The peppery little Montreal winger has already scored nine times this season and appears to be off and running on his best year ever. Deployed on every club power play, he is accorded extra ice time and may end the 1970-71 season with a barrel full of goals.He might even jet to 60 ahead of Hull. &#9632;

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Milestone Year For NHL Sharpshooters

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON&mdash;Phil Esposito, that old &lsquo;garbage man&rsquo; from Sault Ste. Marie, is at it again. Not only is he continuing to make his Chicago detractors eat their words, but he is eating a few of his own.The most prolific pointgetter in the National Hockey League the past two years with a total of 225 for the Bruins, Espo once again was leading the league after four games with five goals and the same number of assists.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02773/3671009-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="271" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tom Johnson</figcaption></div>This was interesting from two facets. First it put a sizeable dent in Phil&rsquo;s training camp observation that the reduction in the curvature of the sticks to a half inch would bring a commensurate reduction in scoring through the league this season.Then it moved him to within seven points of another NHL plateau of 500 career points.Now, 500 career points is hardly uncommon in the NHL. Forty one players already have accomplished this feat. But breaking it down into a per-game average, Esposito now ranks with Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull, Jean Beliveau and Gordie Howe as the only players who have registered better than a point a game.Now in his eighth NHL season, Esposito&rsquo;s leading 10 points gave him a total of 493 in 463 games and a per game average of 1.065.Mikita is tops with 1.108, then Hull with 1.095. So Esposito isn&rsquo;t doing badly for the man who was supposed to pick up Hull&rsquo;s left-overs.And in his 228 games for the Bruins he has been averaging 1.394 points per contest.Of course, the overall firepower of the Bruins was a source of great jubilance for Boston&rsquo;s rabid fans who are expecting the Stanley Cup to remain in Bruins hands this year.The team total of 25 goals came off 7-3, 8-5, 5-1 and 5-3 victories over Detroit, Los Angeles, California and Vancouver, respectively. This was 10 more goals than they scored in the first four games a year ago.And the opener with Detroit was the only game played on home ice.But there was a sobering influence in the quiet reference to the goals against column by new coach Tom Johnson.The Bruins yield of 12 goals compared with four in the same number of games last year.As a coach Johnson likes the goals scored by the Bruins as much as the most enthusiastic fan. But as an old defenseman he has just as much dislike for the goals scored against.&ldquo;As a coach I can&rsquo;t be completely defensive minded,&rsquo;&rsquo; admits Johnson. &ldquo;But a team has got to be able to win the 1-0 game as well as the high scoring games.&rdquo;As a result he was not completely enthralled with the 8-5 victory at Los Angeles.&ldquo;But we tightened up the defense against California and played the same for two periods at Vancouver. Then we got sloppy again.&rdquo;Of course, the fact that they enjoyed a 5-1 lead going into that final period against the Canucks had something to do with the sloppiness.But Johnson is stressing the point that there never is any time in a hockey game for relaxation let alone sloppy play.A string of six straight games at home starting with Chicago on Oct. 22, should remedy this situation to Johnson&rsquo;s satisfaction.In the first two starts, the Bruins tied the Hawks 3-3 and repelled the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 to maintain their record of being the only underfeated team in the NHL through games of Sunday, Oct. 25. &#9632;

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Curved Stick Reduction Fails To Deter Esposito

<div class="byline">&#x2014;MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;Scuttlebutt around Madison Square Garden indicates that General Manager Emile Francis substantially won his fight with holdouts Brad Park, Walter Tkaczuk, Vic Hadfield and Jean Ratelle.Ratelle signed first, followed by Hadfield. Both played in the season&rsquo;s opening game, but Park and Tkaczuk missed this initial contest.National Hockey League President Clarence S. Campbell was the arbitrator in all four cases and most observers believe the figures set by Campbell were the ones which were written into the 1970-71 standard NHL agreements the boys signed.&ldquo;I am very happy with my contract or I wouldn&rsquo;t have signed,&rdquo; said Park. &ldquo;Now I just want to play hockey.&rdquo;Pro Sports Inc., which represented the four Ranger players also represented Oakland&rsquo;s Carol Vadnais and Harry Howell. They dealt for Murray Oliver of Minnesota, but general manager Wren Blair of the North Stars refused to talk with them.Whether Pro Sports will be retained in the future by the four Rangers is a moot point. It is estimated that they received fifteen percent of the increment from last season&rsquo;s salary as their piece of the action.Francis had been tipped off that some of his men were dealing through an agent. In order to smoke out these players his initial offering was extremely low to every player on his roster. This brought the recalcitrants out into the open and the battle was joined.Estimates indicated Park and Tkaczuk were at about $30,000 with Ratelle substantially higher. Hadfield&rsquo;s stipend was hard to figure, although it is known Francis thinks highly of Vic. &#9632;

Insiders Say Cat Won Battle With Ranger Holdouts

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;The blackboard in the Rangers&rsquo; dressing room had nine names chalked on it. They were Villemure, Robitaille, Park, Larry Brown, Krulicki, Irvine, Luce, Tkaczuk and Stewart. Practice New Hyde Park Skateland tomorrow 10:00 AM.Since New York had just come off the three game sweep of Buffalo, Toronto and Montreal, with Eddie Giacomin recording 3-0 and 1-0 shutout wins and Gilles Villemure playing superbly in a 6-2 win at Toronto on October 17, the regulars were being given a day off by Emile Francis, the general manager-coach.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01903/3671047-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="276" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Giacomin</figcaption></div>All except Brad Park and Walter Tkaczuk, who probably were still considered a little short of work, because of their holdout which extended through the first game of the season.&ldquo;They may have been short of work, but you would never know it by their performance,&rdquo; chortled Francis. &ldquo;Obviously their contract problems have been forgotten.&rdquo;The team&rsquo;s regular netminder, Eddie Giacomin, now has allowed only three goals in three games, all coming in the opening night 3-1 loss to St. Louis, in which Giac&rsquo;s teammates did a certain amount of standing around. Eddie&rsquo;s goals against average is 0.66, as one of the three was an empty net tally.He is wearing a mask for the first time in regular games, but still is not satisfied with it.&ldquo;I tried Plante&rsquo;s new fangled creating for awhile, but I don&rsquo;t like it,&rdquo; revealed Eddie. &ldquo;Emile is going to check out a fellow in Boston and we will try his. The one I am wearing is still not adequate as far as I am concerned.&rdquo;Eddie&rsquo;s mask may not be adequate to his way to thinking, but his netminding certainly was. Stopping Buffalo and Gilles Perreault may be relatively easy, but the Canadien triumph was a classic for an early season contest.&ldquo;Those are the games we used to lose,&rdquo; laughed a happy Rod Gilbert. &ldquo;I think we showed them who was boss and Eddie did a job for us in goal.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02762/3671040-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1161" height="1110"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED GIACOMIN&hellip;Testing Mask Under Fire (Hockey News Photo by Richard Pellegrini)</figcaption></div>Gilbert, for his part, has lived up to training camp predictions that his off season of a year ago was over. He has three goals in four games, including a clutch pair in Toronto. It was his first period marker which slowed the Maple Leafs opening rush and kept New York in the game before the Blueshirts could regroup.Tkaczuk, pronounced Kachook, this season was a one man show over the October 17-18 weekend. He demolished Toronto with two goals on Saturday and then potted the only goal in the epic clash with Montreal on Sunday. Walter rapped home his own rebound to ice the Canuck encounter. It was the first loss of the season for Montreal and May have helped establish New York&rsquo;s superiority over the team which the Broadway boys edged for the last playoff spot in 196970. And it gave Walt two game winning goals in the young season.In truth, Walter is one of the strongest on the blades in the National Hockey League. He tries to skate through the defense and either leave the puck for his wingmen or pass off to one of them as they fly in from the side. This is his third season and the second in which he is playing with Dave Balon and Billy Fairbairn. Walt hooked up with Balon in February of 1969 and added Fairbairn early last season when Bob Nevin was hurt.Last season Walter racked up 27 goals and 50 assists in finishing fifth in the point parade. Despite missing the first game, big number eighteen now has three goals in three games and just might look forward to about 35 for the season.Park also has played as if never away from the fold. In a blazing three goal second period burst in Toronto, it was his long slap shot 15 seconds after Tkaczuk&rsquo;s goal, which really took Toronto&rsquo;s goalie, Jacques Plante, to the cleaners.&ldquo;I am very happy with my contract and just want to play hockey now,&rdquo; says Brad who is completely recovered from his ankle and knee injuries of last Spring. &#9632;

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Ed Giacomin Still Not Happy With Mask Despite Shutouts

<div class="byline">BY BYRON YAKE</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;After four games, a few observations can safely be made about the Pittsburgh Penguins.&mdash;Goals may be what the Pens are shooting for but not what they&rsquo;re making.&mdash;It&rsquo;s whats up front that counts but so far the Pens don&rsquo;t have much to count.&mdash;A goalie can be superb as can a defense, but there&rsquo;s more to hockey than just stopping goals&mdash;somebody has to make them.&mdash;The season is not lost yet.In four games, the Penguins have scored just four goals, one by a defenseman, Dunc McCallum, two by Wally Boyer and one by Dean Prentice.For seven consecutive periods, the Pens were held scoreless by Bernie Parent of the Flyers and Roger Crozier of Buffalo.The Pens did not play Boston, New York and Montreal in those four games.They lost to Buffalo and Minnesota and tied the Sabres and Flyers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03743/3671140-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="248" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>It&rsquo;s not been a problem of not getting enough shots, rather a problem of getting enough shots in the net.In three of the four games, the Penguins have outgunned the opposition. Only against Minnesota were they outshot. And in that game, the Stars were behind 2-0 before they struck back with four goals to win 4-2.Coach Red Kelly sees center as his major problem and to give that position a lift Andy Bathgate, an able veteran whose legs are questionable, joined the team after an unexplained two week absence the last week of training and the first week of the season.Kelly plans to use Bathgate to beef up his power play and Bathgate should be an asset in that department because of his excellent puck handling.What has to bother the Penguin coach is the lack of scoring by his wings even though he has been getting excellent goaltending from Les Binkley who is wearing a mask for the first time.Trying to find a combination that may click, Kelly has sidelined Glen Sather, Val Fonteyne, Keith McCreary and rookie Greg Polis for a game and also defenseman Bob Blackburn.John Stewart, the Pens&rsquo; second draft choice, switched to center, was returned to the Amarillo team, for more experience.PEN SCRIBBLINGS: Tracy Pratt, a former Penguin, and Glen Sather came to blows a couple times in the two meetings between Buffalo and the Pens. What a difference a year makes. &#9632;

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Scoring Futility Pins Pens Down In Early Action

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Terry Clancy, forward, assigned to Phoenix of WHL. George Armstrong, forward, announced his retirement.OAKLAND&mdash;Gerry Odrowski, defenseman. recalled from San Diego of WHL and sold outright to Phoenix of WHL. Dick Mattiussi, defenseman. recalled from Providence of AHL.MONTREAL&mdash;Bobby Sheehan, forward, assigned to Montreal Voyageurs of AHL. Terry Gray, forward, secured from St. Louis of NHL on loan to become assistant playing coach of Voyageurs. Claude Provost, forward, announced his retirement.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Howie Hughes, forward, recalled from Springfield of AHL and reassigned to Denver of WHL. Gary Dineen, forward, assigned to Springfield of AHL.VANCOUVER&mdash;Duke Harris, forward, assigned to Rochester of AHL. John Arbour, defenseman, off suspended list after signing contract.BUFFALO&mdash;Bill Sutherland, forward, picked up from Philadelphia on waivers and sold to St. Louis of NHL.PITTSBURGH&mdash;John Stewart, forward, assigned to Amarillo of CHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Lyle Carter, goalkeeper, and Bob Munro, forward, assigned to Muskegon of IHL. Wayne Maxner, forward, returned to Long Island of EHL. Murray Flegel, defenseman. loaned to Kansas City of CHL.BALTIMORE&mdash;Andy Brown, goalkeeper, and Jim Bartlett, forward, removed from suspended list after signing contracts. George Swarbrick, forward, secured from Philadelphia of NHL on loan. Wayne Rivers, forward, secured on loan from New York of NHL. Gilles Boisvert, goalkeeper, activated from retired list to fill emergency role and later returned to list.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>DENVER&mdash;Kent Byrnes, forward, assigned to Port Huron of IHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>GREENSBORO&mdash;John Murray, defenseman, returned to team from St. Mary&rsquo;s University, Halifax. Ricky Morris, forward, and Roger Wilson, defenseman, returned by Dallas of CHL. Bill Cameron, forward, returned from Nashville of EHL.NASHVILLE&mdash;Al Cecile, goalkeeper, rejoined team after release by Toledo of IHL.NEW JERSEY&mdash;Larry Young, defenseman, secured from Salt Lake of WHL.JACKSONVILLE&mdash;Bobby Brown, forward, secured from Omaha of CHL. Bobby Thompson, forward, added to roster.CHARLOTTE&mdash;Cal Booth, forward, and Blaire Rydman, defenseman, secured from Tulsa of CHL.SYRACUSE&mdash;Wayne Newell, Brian McDowell and Jules Marenger, forwards, sent to Salem of EHL on loan.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>FORT WAYNE&mdash;Al Quintilian, forward, Bill McLeod, Steve Ross and Rich Barefoot, defenseman, released. Mike Jakubo and Roger Crone, forwards, assigned by Detroit of NHL.DAYTON&mdash;Gordie Kopp, goalkeeper, released.MUSKEGON&mdash;Randy McArthur, James Fuller and John Powell, forwards, released. Ken Kelly, forward, picked up after being waved by Providence of AHL.PORT HURON&mdash;Bob Brinkworth, forward, rein stated as amateur and signed as free agent. Bill Owcker, for ward, and Mike Nowakowski, defenseman. released. &#9632;

Movements of Players

TORONTO&mdash;Not surprisingly, trade rumors quickly cropped up around the struggling Toronto Maple Leafs. The guessing is that they are prepared to give up an established National Hockey League forward in exchange for a stable, experienced defenseman.Leafs&rsquo; early matches indicated they&rsquo;re going to have trouble with their green rearguard, especially now that a shoulder injury is going to keep Jim McKenny out of the lineup for at least the first month of the season.Boston Bruins and Chicago Black Hawks were the clubs said to be negotiating with Leafs. They also have discussed the acquisition of Ed Van Impe from Philadelphia Flyers.Meanwhile, 40-year-old George Armstrong, the Leafs&rsquo; ice captain, has decided for the fourth time that he is retiring from hockey. GM Jim Gregory had not signed the Chief&rsquo;s retirement papers which raised speculation that Gregory was leaving the door open for Army to return at a later date.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01955/3671195-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="534" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE ARMSTRONG&hellip;Quits For 4th Time</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Leafs Eye Defenseman In Trade

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO&mdash;Bill MacMillan enjoys the distinction of, being one of the few Prince Edward Islanders ever to make it in the National Hockey League. He has caught on with Toronto Maple Leafs this season and scored a goal in their home opener, a 7-3 victory over St. Louis Blues.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02842/3671226-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="280" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill MacMillan</figcaption></div>Leafs did not take him very seriously when he turned up at training camp in September. He&rsquo;s been a good prospect at one time, but hadn&rsquo;t played much hockey recently. He was with Canada&rsquo;s National team but missed the 1968 Olympics because of a broken wrist. Last winter, of course, Nats folded after Canada withdrew from international hockey competition, and MacMillan&rsquo;s only action after early January was a 3-game trial with Tulsa Oilers in the Central League.During that audition, he got a goal and six assists, prompting Leafs to invite him to their 197071 training sessions.MacMillan has become a rightwinger with center Dave Keon.At one time, MacMillan turned his back on professional hockey after playing in the Leaf organization at St. Michael&rsquo;s College.&ldquo;I just decided to complete my education first,&rdquo; he explained. He returned to Charlottetown and studied there.Father Dave Bauer used a St. Mike&rsquo;s foundation when he built the first national team in 1963, but didn&rsquo;t consider MacMillan a prospect at the time. He was known as a rough, tough player and the feeling was he wouldn&rsquo;t be able to adapt to the milder international game.But in the fall of 1965, he showed up at Nats&rsquo; Winnipeg training a base as a volunteer. He made the lineup and completed his schooling in the Manitoba city while playing for Canada at the 1966 world championships in Yugoslavia and in 1967 at Vienna.&ldquo;We had really a good team at Vienna,&rdquo; MacMillan says. &ldquo;And we came close to winning it, too. We lost to Russia on a questionable goal that might have been offside. The score was 2-1.&ldquo;That was the year we had Carl Brewer and Jack Bownass on defense. A real good team.&rdquo;MacMillan was back with Nats for the 1967-68 season, but broke his wrist and wasn&rsquo;t available for the Olympic series.&ldquo;I thought that was an outstanding team, too,&rdquo; MacMillan says, &ldquo;with Danny O&rsquo;Shea, Fran Huck and Gary Dineen at center.&rdquo;Jim Gregory, now Leafs&rsquo; general manager, had been an assistant to Father Bauer in his St. Mike&rsquo;s days and knew all about MacMillan.&ldquo;I figured the only chance he had of making it in the NHL was if he could regain the toughness he&rsquo;d had as a junior,&rdquo; Gregory said.&ldquo;He&rsquo;d given it up to play international hockey and I wasn&rsquo;t sure he could get it back.&rdquo;Gregory continued: &ldquo;His other problem is confidence. He lacks it. That&rsquo;s why it&rsquo;s good to put him on the line with Keon and Gary Monahan. Keon helps a player&rsquo;s confidence bacause he gives him so many good passes and saves so many bad situations. A guy can make a mistake and get away with it, when he&rsquo;s skating with Keon.&rdquo;Leafs happened to be shallow in wingers, especially with George Armstrong heading for retirement, and newcomer Guy Trottier getting hurt. That left an opening for MacMillan.&ldquo;International hockey teaches you the importance of staying in position,&rdquo; says MacMillan, &ldquo;and if you do that in the NHL, you can&rsquo;t get in much trouble.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a great goal-scorer. I&rsquo;m more of a checker. But that&rsquo;s the approach Leafs are going to use. We&rsquo;ll try to do a sound defensive job and hope to capitalize on the opportunities this creates for us.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s about what happened when MacMillan knocked in his first big-league goal. He was in the right spot at the right time.He is Leafs&rsquo; oldest rookie at 27. &#9632;

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New Leaf MacMillan Fooled Club Brass

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO&mdash;Talented Bryan Campbell was somewhat in the background when he came to the Chicago Black Hawks last February in a six-player deal with the Los Angeles Kings.The Hawks, at the time, were fighting for a spot in the playoffs and had just lost their top defenseman, Pat Stapleton, through a serious leg injury.General manager Tommy Ivan swung a deal for Bill White, an experienced rearguard, plus Goalie Gerry Desjardins and Campbell for Gilles Marotte, Denis DeJordy and Jim Stanfield. On the basis of the way White and Desjardins performed for the Hawks, it was an excellent transaction.Now, the swap is beginning to verge on robbery, because Campbell is no longer in the background. He is currently a valuable member in the Hawks&rsquo; cast as a productive center.&ldquo;I had an injury when I came to Hawks,&rdquo; Campbell recalls &ldquo;and that slowed me up. I really wasn&rsquo;t in shape. And Billy told me that he didn&rsquo;t plan to break up any of the lines that were working well at that point. He told me just to be ready.&rdquo;Campbell showed flashes, but he was used sparsely. His regular season log for the Hawks included only one goal and one assist in 14 games. At Los Angeles, he notched four goals and four assists in 31 contests. Not overly impressive.But Reay maintained: &ldquo;We know Bryan has major league talent.&rdquo;&ldquo;I was hoping the Hawks would protect me at the June draft,&rdquo; Campbell said. &ldquo;When they did, 1 figured there was a spot for me if I worked hard. It was up to me.&rdquo;Campbell came to training camp in good shape and has been a hard worker. During the early part of the season, Reay put Campbell at center for Right Wing Chico Maki and Left Wing Bobby Hull. Perhaps not coincidentally, Hull had an excellent start.&ldquo;Bryan&rsquo;s a good one,&rsquo;&rsquo; remarked Robert. &ldquo;He centered for Chico and me at the end of the playoffs against Boston and did a good job When the season was over, Chico and I told him &lsquo;come back next season and let&rsquo;s do it again.&rsquo; &ldquo;The 26-year-old Campbell has fit in well. The Hawks opened training with two excellent but smaller centers&mdash;Stan Mikita and Pit Martin. Now Campbell and Rookie Larry Romanchyck have added some muscle to the pivot.&ldquo;It certainly helps to have Chico and Bobby on a line with me,&rdquo; Campbell stated. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re a great help. I realize my main job is to work to get the puck to Bobby. I feel in good shape, and I hope I can keep playing regularly. I have to skate a lot to feel just right.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01976/3671281-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="565" height="795"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRYAN CAMPBELL&hellip;Gets His Chance</figcaption></div>&ldquo;But the atmosphere with the Hawks makes you work. It&rsquo;s a winning atmosphere, and everybody is working hard,&rdquo;Campbell started as Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; property, but was drafted by New York in 1966. They Kings expansion draft. He spent four full seasons in the minors, then was sent to Springfield for two stints after he came to the N.H.L.Now, he apparently has found a home.HAWK-EY TALK: Stan Mikita missed the first four Hawks&rsquo; regular season games with an acute stiff neck. It emerged after he took a routine cortisone shot for his chronic back problems&hellip;Hawks won three and tied one in their first five regular season games, a switch from last season&rsquo;s miserable 0-5&hellip;Pat Stapleton ended a brief one-day holdout by signing a three-year contract after the Hawks&rsquo; opener&hellip;Gerry Desjardins started his first game in goal and looked good in downing the Red Wings at Detroit, 2 to 1&hellip;Rookie Dan Maloney scored his first two major league goals in Chicago&rsquo;s 8 to 2 victory over Vancouver&hellip;Doug Mohns is out for at least two weeks with an injury to right wrist. &#9632;

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Campbell Puts New Muscle Into Hawks’ Pivot Ronks

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;After an early-season look at his new teammates, the Minnesota North Stars, Ted Harris was prompted to draw some comparisons with his colleagues of another time, the Montreal Canadiens.The big defenseman, obtained by Minnesota last June, carries an additional responsibility with the North Stars now that coach Jack Gordon has recently appointed him team captain.Harris glanced down at the big &ldquo;C&rdquo; on his uniform, the first one he has ever worn in the National Hockey League after six seasons at Montreal, and reviewed the performance of the North Stars through the early going.&ldquo;From what I&rsquo;ve seen so far, he said, this is a good hockey team. One of the reasons is that it plays as a team. Nobody is hogging the puck, and everybody seems to be working for the other guy.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the greatest strength the Canadiens had during their good years&hellip;their ability to play together.&rdquo;Harris competed on four Stanley Cup championship teams at Montreal, but the memories of last season were not happy ones and despite the fact he had bought a home in suburban Montreal only two years ago, the trade neither surprised nor embittered him.&ldquo;We missed the playoffs for the first time in over 20 years,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You had to figure on some changes after that. We just didn&rsquo;t have the same snap, or spirit, or the desire to play together last season, that&rsquo;s all. And a lot of injuries.&rdquo;Gordon has been using Harris as the anchorman of a fluctuating Minnesota defense. The Stars opened the season with seven defensemen, and before the fifth game Harris had already been paired with Fred Barrett, Dick Redmond and Lou Nanne.They all performed remarkably well, however, along with holdover blueliners Tom Reid and Barry Gibbs. Through the first four games, the North Stars had given up only eight goals. Two of them came on fluke shots, one from the blue line that jumped over Cesare Maniago&rsquo;s stick at Detroit and another a soft flipper from the red line by Dale Rolfe of the Red Wings that Gump Worsley allowed in.That was the primary reason why general manager Wren Blair obtained Harris in the first place&mdash;to cut down the goals-against&mdash;and to date has done his job well.&ldquo;I like what I see of the Minnesota club,&rdquo; Ted declared. &ldquo;One night we played a terrific game and lost, at home, 3-2 to Detroit. They scored in the last four minutes.&ldquo;Well, we were all pretty down after that one, but we had to fly out that night to play at Detroit the next night. We walked into their building and took a 2-1 game away from them, and that showed me a lot about this club.&rdquo;Last week Harris came into Montreal with the North Stars to face his old Canadien teammates for the first time. He was very close with several of them. Did he have any special thoughts about playing against them?&ldquo;Somebody once said that on the ice you have no friends,&rdquo; Teddy replied. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d have to agree with that.&rdquo;One lost investment to Harris as the result of the trade was the $130 he spent late last season for a flock of 5x6 pictures in a Montreal uniform. The kids were always writing to him for his picture.&ldquo;The kids in Montreal idolize the Canadiens,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;We used to come home from a road trip to a stack of letters three inches deep.&rdquo;Harris, at 34, still has a lot of hockey left in him. He is happy with Minnesota, his family is with him in a home not far from Metropolitan Sports Center, and he was particularly honored to be named captain in his first season with the team.It may have been one of the best moves Gordon ever made. &#9632;

Harris Lauds Stars For ‘Togetherness’

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;Roger Crozier and Joe Daley were giving the Buffalo Sabres the superior goaltending they need to remain competitive, and Punch Imlach was hopeful the offense would improve in a hurry.While winning one, losing three and tying one in the first five games, the Sabres allowed only 12 goals, and scored only 4.The team went 174 minutes and four seconds between goals at one point, with identical 3-0 shutouts dealt by the New York Rangers and the Montreal Canadians included.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01943/3671319-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="245" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Meehan</figcaption></div>Crozier was nothing short of sensational as he played all of the first four games, and the first period of the fifth. He averaged slightly over 50 shots per game, and was relieved by Daley for the second and third periods of a 1-1 tie with Pittsburgh.It was the fourth game in five nights for the Sabres, and Crozier was tired. &ldquo;He asked me to put in Daley after the first period, and it was a reasonable request in view of the work he&rsquo;d been getting,&rdquo; said Imlach, the Sabres&rsquo; general manager and coach.&ldquo;Daley came in and did a fine job. We haven&rsquo;t been supporting Roger as well as I would like, and it was natural he would tire.&rdquo;When Imlach brought the freshman Sabres out of their Peterborough, Ont., training base, he was more concerned with the defense than the offense.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s great&hellip;almost unbelievable that we would only allow 12 goals in our first five games,&rdquo; Imlach said.&ldquo;And, remember, three of the games were on the road.&ldquo;Our defense is still concerning me, but I must say I&rsquo;m highly pleased with the goals-against record to this point.&rdquo;However, the club&rsquo;s lack of scoring fire has Imlach more than mildly concerned.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll get more goals when all our people are healthy, but four goals in five games&hellip;we should score more than that by accident.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re giving the puck away in hoth ends, and that hurts. And we&rsquo;re going with three kids up front, Gilbert Perreault, Randy Wyrozub and Butch Deadmarsh.&ldquo;When these kids get some experience, we&rsquo;ll score some goals and win some games.&rdquo;ALONG THE BOARDS&mdash;Construction work in Memorial Auditorium continues, and the building will be one of the best in the NHL when all the work has been completed&hellip;Gerry Meehan scored the first Sabre goal in Buffalo in the 1-1 tie with Pittsburgh. It was Meehan&rsquo;s first NHL goal in 57 games. He was with Toronto and Philadelphia earlier.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02822/3671312-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="497" height="542"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOE DALEY&hellip;Solid Reliefer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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But Offense Concerns Imlach

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL&mdash;No matter what he does, Jean Claude Tremblay can&rsquo;t stay even with Montreal&rsquo;s fickle fans.One night they&rsquo;re chering him&mdash;like recently when he earned three assists and deserved another in Canadiens&rsquo; 6-2 rout of the Black Hawks. The next night, the customers were on his back&mdash;like in the late stages of Montreal&rsquo;s 3-1 loss to Minnesota as though the whole defeat was the fault of the veteran defenseman.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02784/3671545-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="255" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">J.C. Tremblay</figcaption></div>It&rsquo;s nothing new for J.C. to have trouble with the fans. He can&rsquo;t forget one game two years ago when his father was at the game and the customers jeered him all the way. That was the night he took the puck in his own zone, then stickhandled up the middle to score a pictureplay goal, then waved his stick in disdain for the cash customers.&ldquo;The crowd got on me for a couple of years and last season the whole team had a tough time in the Forum, especially when we didn&rsquo;t win easily against the new teams,&rdquo; says Tremblay.&ldquo;This season I have made up my mind to just play my game and not let the fans bother me. If I make a mistake I&rsquo;ll just try to do something to make up for it. The fans have a right to expect that.&rdquo;Actually the fans delight in Tremblay&rsquo;s game when the 31-year-old rearguard is up to par. While J.C. never has claimed to be a hitter as a lean defenseman of 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; and 175 pounds, he has shown more aggressiveness this season. At the same time he hasn&rsquo;t lost any of his smooth skating or deft stick-handling or that patented move of shifting one way and going the other against oncoming forwards.Until the loss to the North Stars, Tremblay played well in all five games and appeared on the way to the same All-Star rating he enjoyed four years ago.&ldquo;It feels good to get started like this both for myself and for the team. I&rsquo;m going well with Guy Lapointe. That kid will win the Calder Trophy if he keeps playing like that.&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s easier on defense when the forwards are coming back and you have somebody to take the puck. We got a good spirit on the team and I think we will do alright.&rdquo;Tremblay came to camp for his 11th NHL season with a new attitude, somewhat the result of a meeting with Sam Pollock just a few weeks after Canadiens missed the playoffs last spring. The general manager asked him in no uncertain terms whether he wanted to play for the team or not.The defenseman&rsquo;s affirmative reply, spiced with determination, decided the issue that Ted Harris, three years older, would be the rearguard traded in the Habs&rsquo; youth program of rebuilding.&ldquo;The club wanted to know just how I felt about the situation in Montreal and whether I would be any good for the team spirit,&rdquo; J.C. recalled.&ldquo;I was fed up about a lot of things last year, complained a lot and management didn&rsquo;t like my attitude. It wasn&rsquo;t a good season for me on the ice, either. I started off okay but then I got hurt and missed 17 games and wasn&rsquo;t being used when I came back.One thing that may have made the team decide to keep me was that I played pretty well the last 11 games after we lost Serge Savard.&rdquo;Tremblay recalled that somehow a rumor got started he wanted to be traded from Canadiens and management wasn&rsquo;t happy with that when he was summoned by Pollock. He indicated some of his problems may have been due to his job as the Habs&rsquo; representative to the NHL Players&rsquo; Association.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve given that up to somebody else. This year I just want to think hockey and play my game.&rdquo; &#9632;

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New Attitude Helps J. C. To Fast Start

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03693/3671576-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg"></div>(INCLUDING GAMES OF SUN. OCT. 25) &#9632;

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Looking At NHL Goalers

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04616/3671614-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg"></div>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 27)<h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05505/3671607-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="1109" height="329"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Oct 20California 1 at Vancouver 2Wed. Oct. 21Minnesota 3 at Montreal 1Toronto 2 at New York 3Pittsburgh 2 at Los Angeles 4St. Louis 2 at California 2Thurs. Oct. 22Chicago 3 at Boston 3Buffalo 2 at Philadelphia 4Fri. Oct. 23Detroit 3 at Buffalo 4St. Louis 1 at Vancouver 1Pittsburgh 3 at California 1Sat. Oct. 24Philadelphia 1 at Montreal 3Chicago 1 at Toronto 0St. Louis 1 at Los Angeles 3Sun. Oct. 25Montreal 3 at Detroit 3California 2 at New York 2Philadelphia 3 at Boston 4Chicago 4 at Buffalo 0Pittsburgh 1 at Vancouver 1<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 27Buffalo at VancouverWed. Oct. 28Montreal at TorontoDetroit at New YorkChicago at MinnesotaLos Angeles at PittsburghCalifornia at St. LouisThurs. Oct. 29Boston at DetroitLos Angeles at PhiladelphiaFri. Oct. 30Buffalo at CaliforniaSat. Oct. 31Vancouver at MontrealMinnesota at TorontoNew York at BostonChicago at PittsburghLos Angeles at St. LouisSun. Nov. 1Toronto at DetroitChicago at New YorkMinnesota at BostonBuffalo at Los AngelesPittsburgh at PhiladelphiaWed. Nov. 4Montreal at MinnesotaToronto at Los AngelesNew York at CaliforniaDetroit at ChicagoVancouver at PittsburghThurs. Nov. 5St. Louis at BostonPhiladelphia at DetroitVancouver at BuffaloFri. Nov. 6Toronto at California &#9632;

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THE NHL SCENE

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;Late in the first period Wayne Maki took a pass and burst down left wing. Ted Green moved quickly to his right, met Maki at the boards and blocked him out of the play.It was a routine thing, carried out with no show of animosity by either player.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01920/3671514-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="268" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Maki</figcaption></div>This was Oct. 18, a Sunday afternoon at Vancouver&rsquo;s Pacific Coliseum where a standing room crowd of nearly 17,000 had come to cheer for the expansion Vancouver Canucks and get their first look at the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins.But just below the surface was another drama. This was the first time since that tragic night in Ottawa some 13 months earlier that Ted Green and Wayne Maki had appeared on the same sheet of ice.Everyone remembers their last, grisly meeting, that ill-fated night that erupted into a stickswinging duel that almost cost Green his career and his life.It was an exhibition game between Boston and the St. Louis Blues and Maki, then a member of the Blues, had clashed with the Boston defenseman beside the Bruin goal.Sticks swung and suddenly Green crumpled to the ice. It took two brain operations to save his life, months more for the par-alysis to leave his left arm and leg.Now Green, wearing a heavy, leather helmet, is bidding for a comeback, trying to resume his role as leader of the muscular Bruins.It&rsquo;s a long, difficult road and Green is the first to admit he still has a long way to travel. Physically, time and a rigorous six-month training program have repaired the damage.&ldquo;Now it&rsquo;s just a matter of regaining my confidence he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m still hot back, but I&rsquo;m getting there. I think I&rsquo;ll be ready by Christmas.&rdquo;But he claims he didn&rsquo;t even give any thought to his first meeting with Maki.&ldquo;It never even entered my head,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s over. It was over a long time ago.&rdquo;But if it has been a terrible experience for Green, it has been only marginally less so for Maki. Like Green, he, too, is trying to forge a new career and put the terrible Ottawa incident behind him. Even now, he finds it too painful to discuss.It was the Green episode that caused St. Louis to leave Maki available to Vancouver in last June&rsquo;s expansion draft.&ldquo;He needed to make a fresh start somewhere else,&rdquo; says Blues general manager Scotty Bowman.He&rsquo;s doing it well, despite some hardships. If Green carries no antagonism, it seems a few other players do. It has sometimes appeared that Maki has been checked with special fervor. Not once has he invited trouble, but when he&rsquo;s had to, he&rsquo;s dropped his stick and fought.Most important of all to the struggling, first-year Canucks, he&rsquo;s producing where it counts most&mdash;on the scoreboard.After six games&mdash;they produced five losses and only one victory&mdash;he emerged as the Canucks&rsquo; leading scorer with two goals and five assists.Coach Hal Laycoe has had him playing left wing on a line with center Orland Kurtenbach and right winger Murray Hall. Together, the three have formed the Canucks&rsquo; most effective line.Kurtenbach, who appears destined for his biggest NHL season, had three goals and two assists. In addition, he was centering the power play and killing penalties.Hall, whose chances of making the club were rated only fair during training camp, has responded with three goals and three assists and after a slow start, is emerging as one of the Canucks&rsquo; more effective forwards.Oddly, the Canucks have done better than expected in the scoring department. They have yet to be shut out and except for an 8-2 loss in Chicago, they&rsquo;ve had their share of territorial play.Their biggest problems have been defensively, the area that looked strongest during training camp. &#9632;

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First Maki-Green Confrontation Without ‘Incident’

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street. Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U. S. and CanadaST. LOUIS&mdash;Christian Bordeleau likes everything about his new team: the coach, the owners, the fans and the players with whom he plans to win the Western Division title.Bor de le au&rsquo;s first accomplishment in the National Hockey League was to fulfill a boyhood dream by playing for the Montreal Canadiens. But the Canadiens weren&rsquo;t quite as en th us ia st ic about him as he was about them.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01931/3671645-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="263" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Christian Bordeleau</figcaption></div>Bordeleau was sleeping late one morning last May when a friend roused him out of bed with a telephone call to tell him he had been sold to the St. Louis Blues.&ldquo;I was very happy about it,&rdquo; Bordeleau said. &ldquo;I never got a chance to prove myself in Montreal.&rdquo;&ldquo;Of course, when we French kids were growing up in Quebec, we dreamed of playing for the Canadiens, just as English kids in Ontario were dreaming of playing for the Maple Leafs,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t think the kids today have that same desire; they look at 14 teams in the league.&rdquo;&ldquo;I&rsquo;m glad I had the chance to play for Montreal, and I did play on a Stanley Cup winner,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but everything has gone so well in St. Louis that I&rsquo;m very happy to be with the Blues.&rdquo;Bordeleau has been an instant success in St. Louis. He scored two goals as the Blues beat the New York Rangers on opening night. The two goals equalled his total in 48 games last season with Montreal and Bordeleau added three assists in the Blues&rsquo; second game to become the NHL scoring leader after the first weekend of the season.&ldquo;The fans in St. Louis are just terrific,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;They cheer you for everything you do. If I can please them, I&rsquo;ll be the happiest guy.&rdquo;Bordeleau realizes that pleasing the St. Louis fans this year will be more difficult for the Blues. The fans have become accustomed to having their team in the Stanley Cup finals, but that proud record has been threatened by the penstroke of realign-ment.&ldquo;The Chicago Black Hawks have some guys who are really tough,&rdquo; Bordeleau said. &ldquo;But our team has a good defensive style. We play tight hockey, and we&rsquo;re going to beat Chicago.&rdquo;The speedy little center echoes the sentiments of his fellow players in praising the team&rsquo;s new coach, Al Arbour.&ldquo;Al is a terrific guy,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s so cool behind the bench; he&rsquo;s not jumping around and we gives the guys confidence. It&rsquo;s good when you can play and be part of a team and know that someone has confidence in you.&ldquo;Al knows more about hockey than all of us on the team,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d be willing to try anything he wants.&rdquo;Bordeleau says he has been made to feel comfortable in St. Louis by the Blues&rsquo; management all the way up to the club&rsquo;s president. Sidney Salomon Jr, and executive vice president, Sid Salomon III.&ldquo;The owners are great; they treat you like humans,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really unbelievable. They do everything to make you happy and they do all the little things that you don&rsquo;t expect them to do.&rdquo;The 23-year-old Bordeleau could have a long career in St. Louis. He is a good defensive forward and penalty-killer and shows promise of being a superscorer. He also adds speed to a team that can still be embarrassed by a really fast team.Bordeleau was captain of the junior Canadiens before starting his pro career three years ago at age 20. He spent two seasons in Houston before joining the parent Montreal team at the end of the second season. He spent all of last season with the Canadiens but was injured about two-thirds of the way through the season and did not return to action. The injury was a shoulder separation, which was been corrected by surgery.Bordeleau and the Blues&rsquo; captain, Red Berenson, filled the same position at different times: fourth-string center for Montreal. Seven years before Bordeleau arrived on the scene Berenson found himself behind Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard and Ralph Backstrom. Three Stanley Cup winners later Bordeleau came to the Habs and found the same three incumbents ahead of him.&ldquo;Red really is a powerful hockey player,&rdquo; Bordeleau said. &ldquo;He can check and he can score&mdash;he&rsquo;s one of the best centers in the game. He really has it.&rdquo;With Berenson and Bordeleau centering the Blues&rsquo; top scoring lines, the Blues may have enough punch for their season-long battle with Chicago. &#9632;

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Newcomer Bordeleau Instant Hit With Blues

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02785/3671683-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="539" height="613"><figcaption class="caption-body">YVAN COURNOYER&hellip;Montreal Canadiens</figcaption></div><h2>In The East</h2>At his present pace, little Yvan Cournoyer and not Bobby Hull, could ultimately end up as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s first 60-goal scorer.The speedy right winger of the Montreal Canadiens has sizzled through the club&rsquo;s first eight games scoring nine times, a momentum that could easily carry him past his personal NHL high of 43 goals.One of the fastest breaking skaters from the blueline to the goal, Cournoyer is enjoying his finest start of his seven-year career and holds the distinction of leading the NHL in goals scored after the first three weeks. He tallied three this past week.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Cournoyer 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/f0014-03597/3671676-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="540" height="586"><figcaption class="caption-body">TONY ESPOSITO&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks</figcaption></div><h2>In The West</h2>Don&rsquo;t bet that Tony Esposito won&rsquo;t duplicate his amazing goalkeeping performance of last season when he registered a new modern record of 15 shutouts. This past week he made a good start in that direction by picking up two of them&mdash;back to back.The chubby Chicago netminder, who won the Vezina Trophy and was the NHL&rsquo;s All-Star goaler in 1969-70 for leading the Hawks from last to first place in the East, came up with another superb goaling jobAfter stopping the Bruins without a goal in the final 12 minutes of play in their 3-3 tie, Espo went on to blank Toronto Leafs 1-0 on Saturday night and turned back Buffalo 4-0 24 hours later. It represented a scoreless string of 132 minutes and 12 seconds.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Tony Esposito as the West Division player whom we think belongs among the NHL&rsquo;s top Stars Of The Week. &#9632;

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STARS OF THE WEEK

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01900/3671875-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="439" height="292"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02756/3671868-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="478" height="280"></div><h2>Tues. Oct. 20 CALIFORNIA 1 at VANCOUVER 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03603/3671861-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="572" height="507"></div><h2>Wed. Oct. 21 MINNESOTA 3 AT MONTREAL 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04464/3671854-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="571" height="498"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 AT NEW YORK 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05344/3671847-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="574" height="549"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 2 AT LOS ANGELES 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06286/3671840-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="577" height="592"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 2 AT CALIFORNIA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07251/3671833-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="573" height="496"></div><h2>Thurs. Oct. 22 CHICAGO 3 at BOSTON 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08226/3671826-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="576" height="595"></div><h2>BUFFALO 2 at PHILADELPHIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09209/3671819-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="571" height="251"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10186/3671812-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="577" height="400"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 23 DETROIT 3 at BUFFALO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11165/3671805-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="576" height="599"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 1 at VANCOUVER 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-12137/3671798-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="574" height="426"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 3 at CALIFORNIA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-13123/3671791-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="577" height="495"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 24 PHILADELPHIA 1 at MONTREAL 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-14109/3671784-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="576" height="474"></div><h2>CHICAGO 1 at TORONTO 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1593/3671777-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="573" height="372"></div><h2>NEW YORK 4 at MINNESOTA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1686/3671770-1-eng-US/f0015-162.jpg" title="f0015-16" width="572" height="81"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1781/3671763-1-eng-US/f0015-172.jpg" title="f0015-17" width="576" height="528"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 1 at LOS ANGELES 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1872/3671756-1-eng-US/f0015-182.jpg" title="f0015-18" width="578" height="502"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 25 MONTREAL 3 at DETROIT 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1963/3671749-1-eng-US/f0015-192.jpg" title="f0015-19" width="578" height="500"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-2051/3671742-1-eng-US/f0015-202.jpg" title="f0015-20" width="576" height="158"></div><h2>CALIFORNIA 2 at NEW YORK 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-2139/3671735-1-eng-US/f0015-212.jpg" title="f0015-21" width="573" height="525"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 3 at BOSTON 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-2228/3671728-1-eng-US/f0015-222.jpg" title="f0015-22" width="575" height="700"></div><h2>CHICAGO 4 at BUFFALO 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-2319/3671721-1-eng-US/f0015-232.jpg" title="f0015-23" width="577" height="597"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 1 at VANCOUVER 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-2417/3671714-1-eng-US/f0015-242.jpg" title="f0015-24" width="582" height="475"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League SUMMARIES

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NHL Team Rasters

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01738/3671937-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="552" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG FAVELL&hellip;Playing His Best</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;When Doug Favell first reported to the Flyers&rsquo; training camp this season, he came in as a longhair.&ldquo;How come?&rdquo; he was asked.&ldquo;Last year I wasn&rsquo;t playing much because I think Vic (Stasiuk) didn&rsquo;t see me down the end of the bench,&rdquo; quipped Doug. &ldquo;Now with my hair long, he won&rsquo;t be able to miss my hair net and curlers.&rdquo;It was Favell&rsquo;s humorous way of mentioning that he didn&rsquo;t appreciate being a bench-warmer, especially since he felt he deserved to play much more.Finally, about midway through the campaign when Stasiuk was using him more, Doug suffered a severed Achilles tendon when he backed into a skate in the dressing room. He wound up missing the final six weeks of the season.&ldquo;I think Vic didn&rsquo;t use me regularly a year ago because he never saw me play at my best,&rdquo; said Doug. &ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t around when I had that good season three years ago. Then two years ago the only time he saw me was when I played two weeks for him with the Quebec Aces and I admit I was terrible. So he stuck with Bernie (Parent).&rdquo;Stasiuk admits this had much to do with his use of Parent.&ldquo;I think it was my fault that Doug didn&rsquo;t play more than he did because it seemed to me Bernie was our top guy,&rdquo; explained Vic. &ldquo;You always want to go with your best, and that&rsquo;s why I leaned toward Parent.&rdquo;This has changed somewhat this year following an outstanding training camp by both 25-year-old goalies. Consequently, Stasiuk started the season doing what GM Keith Allen did when the Flyers won the Western Division championship three years ago. He began alternating his goaltenders, game by game.It has paid off handsomely because, together, they helped the Flyers get off to their fastest start in history. They were tied for first place with Chicago and St. Louis nearly two weeks into the schedule.Both goalies were playing well, even though Favell had three victories in three starting assignments and Parent had a shutout&mdash;but oddly, no victories&mdash;in his first two starts. Favell had beaten Minnesota, Vancouver and Toronto, while Parent lost to Montreal 2-1 and battled the Penguins to a scoreless tie in Pittsburgh.Favell&rsquo;s total of three victories was only one shy of his record last year, and matched his seasonal win total of two years ago.&ldquo;I think Doug&rsquo;s playing the best he&rsquo;s ever played,&rdquo; commented veteran defenseman Larry Hillman. &ldquo;I hadn&rsquo;t seen too much of him that first year, but I don&rsquo;t think he could&rsquo;ve been playing much better than he is now.&ldquo;This is a big thing. You get two goaltenders playing well and you don&rsquo;t need a lot of goals to win. I know a lot of people said Philly needs that one big scorer (acquired in a trade), but maybe we can do it just by playing heads-up defense.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hot Favell Wins More he Time

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02632/3671968-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM RUTHERFORD&hellip;Detroit Red Wings</figcaption></div>Jim Rutherford is a young man who knows what he wants out of life and went out and got it. A rookie with the Detroit Red Wings, it has always been his ambition to make it all the way to the big time. He did it this year as the backup man to regular netminder Roy Edwards and the Wings are delighted with his play. Last season he won his pro spurs with Fort Worth of the CHL posting a 2.68 average in 34 games. Jim is an acrobatic goaler who stands only 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; and weighs 150. He has been in the Detroit organization since his early junior days with Hamilton Red Wings. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">&#x2026;By MAKI</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02547/3672030-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="695" height="1081"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;What Do You Think Of The Pace I Set Out There?&rdquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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ICE QUIPS…

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div>MEDICINE HAT&mdash;One of Canada&rsquo;s finest hockey arenas exists in one of its smallest cities.Medicine Hat, a community with only 26,000 residents in southern Alberta, is proud owner of a spanking new $15. million Arena Convention Centre. It&rsquo;s home of the new Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada Junior League.Men behind the project include Joe Fisher, Rod Carry, George Maser and Glen Chapman. The old arena, built in 1932, was destroyed by fire in March, 1969.The new complex seats 3,500, has multi-colored seats of red, yellow, blue and orange&mdash;and comes equipped with pretty usherettes in white mini-skirts and black and gold sweaters.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03444/3672061-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="501" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Jones</figcaption></div>The Tigers&rsquo; game program is a 60-page production, which shows the team has great backing from the city&rsquo;s businessmen.ICE CHIPS: Winnipeg Jets&rsquo; hardest shooter is Dave Hrechkosky, a 6-foot, 200-pounder. He was the center of a dispute between Jets and Estevan Bruins; he wanted to play in Winnipeg but Estevan had him on their protected list and wouldn&rsquo;t give him up.Rookie Edmonton Oil King defenseman Keith Mackie is the tallest player in hockey. He stands 6-feet-6. And he&rsquo;s only 17&hellip;Brandon&rsquo;s stocky new defenseman Dwayne Pentland is the best prospect to come out of British Columbia since Gene Carr, the leader of the Flin Flon Bombers.Westerners say Ron Jones, Edmonton&rsquo;s rugged defensive ace, is certain to be a first-round NHL draft choice next June&hellip;Swift Current coach Mike Shabaga made two good buys when he purchased the contracts of Larry Giroux and Alvin Wawro. The two defensemen carried Weyburn Red Wings all the way to the Memorial Cup final last year.Estevan Bruins have more experience than any other WCHL club&hellip;Winnipeg Jets are a green team, but they have prize defensive rookies in Mike Legge, Larry Bolonchuk and Al Simmons&hellip;Biggest problem being faced by the Regina Pats is lack of size. They&rsquo;re hoping to make up for it in speed, but encounter trouble against large-sized clubs such as Winnipeg and Edmonton.Despite being a new entry, Medicine Hat Tigers have plenty of experience on defense with Ernie Heinneman (obtained from Calgary), Doug Frith (from Saskatoon) and Dale Garringer (Flin Flon)&hellip;Frank Currie, Toronto Maple Leaf scout, says Medicine Hat will be near the top of the Western division by Christmas. And Edmonton Oil King owner Bill Hunter says the Tigers already appear to be stronger than at least two other teams in their division.Former Winnipeg Jets defensive star Jim Hargreaves is rated one of the best young blueline prospects in the NHL. With Dale Tallon, he gives Vancouver Canucks a pair of 20-year-old defensemen&hellip;Another ex-Jet, Doug Smith, is now with Denver Spurs of the WHL.Medicine Hat goalie Jerry McFarland is a protege of former Canadian Nationals netminder Seth Martin&hellip;It turns out the Edmonton Oil Kings paid Swift Current Broncos only $2,000 for the contract of right-winger Don Kozak, the highest-scoring right-winger in the league.Saskatoon defensemen Bill Hajt, Jerome Engele and Lawrence Sacharuk have 12 years combined experience in junior hockey&hellip;Flin Flon Bombers are suffering from a lack of goal scoring. It&rsquo;s a distinct change from the recent past, when Bob Clarke and Reg Leach were filling opposing nets. &#9632;

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Medicine Hat’s New Arena Boost To WCHL Tigers

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallacebwg, Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaHERSHEY&mdash;Even though the Hershey Bears were off to their slowest start in seven years, coach-general manager Frank Mathers was not too concerned.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a long road ahead,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;and it&rsquo;s going to take time to get things organized. We have several young players who have to adjust to the league and it&rsquo;s a matter of finding the right line combinations.&rdquo;Hershey dropped its first two starts against Spriingfield (5-4) and Rochester (3-1), something which hadn&rsquo;t occured in seven years.But on Oct. 17 before 4,698 fans at the Sports Arena, the Bears snapped their losing ways, taking Providence, 5-4.And the guy who led the charge was winger Stan Gilbertson, who only a few days earlier had agreed to contract terms. He must have received a good deal, because the rangy skater popped in a pair and helped set up Ross Webley&rsquo;s game winning shot in the final period.&ldquo;Defensively,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;I feel we have a sound unit. It&rsquo;s a matter of getting goals.&rdquo;Actually the opposition, which scored ten goals in the first three games, got only a half-dozen with the Bears at full strength. One marker&mdash;the game deciding one at Springfield on Oct. 9 was a penalty shot, while Rochester&rsquo;s final tally on Oct. 10 came in an open net. Two other goals were power play markers.Mathers has five good-sized players on defense in Darryl Edestrand (5-11, 180), Nick Beverley (6-2, 185), Mike Mahoney (6-0, 190), Ralph Keller (5-10, 188) and Bob Barber (5-10, 170).Though Barber is the smallest of the group, the little guy can hit with the force of a tough linebacker.&ldquo;If Barber only had a few more inches in height and a bit more weight, there&rsquo;s no way they could keep him out of the National League,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;He can hit with the best and he&rsquo;s afraid of no one.&rdquo;The goalie situation still is a question mark as Mathers has alternated veteran Andre Gill and rookie Dan Bouchard in the first three games. And still in the wings is Joe Junkin, who was given permission by physicians to return to the ice Oct. 24. He has been sidelined with a detached retina of the eye suffered last summer at hockey school.Hershey&rsquo;s best line in the early going was a veteran one of center Mike Nykoluk and wingers Michel Harvey and Ted Snell. The trio scored three of the team&rsquo;s first five goals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01646/3672092-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="534" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB BARBER&hellip;Hits With Force</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Mathers Not Concerned Over Bears’ Slow Start

<h2>Sun. Oct. 18 BALTIMORE 1 AT QUEBEC 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1467/3672207-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="616" height="625"></div><h2>SPRINGFIELD 0 AT PROVIDENCE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03390/3672200-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="576" height="536"></div><h2>HERSHEY 0 AT ROCHESTER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04288/3672193-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="580" height="552"></div><h2>Tues. Oct. 20 CLEVELAND 1 AT MONTREAL 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05218/3672186-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="579" height="578"></div><h2>Wed. Oct. 21 SPRINGFIELD 1 at BALTIMORE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06179/3672179-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="576" height="576"></div><h2>MONTREAL 4 at PROVIDENCE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-07154/3672172-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="575" height="649"></div><h2>Thurs. Oct. 22 HERSHEY 3 at QUEBEC 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-08129/3672165-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="575" height="659"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 23 HERSHEY 1 at MONTREAL 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-09110/3672158-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="571" height="347"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1564/3672151-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="546" height="64"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 5 at SPRINGFIELD 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1097/3672144-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="580" height="669"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 24 MONTREAL 6 AT HERSHEY 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1193/3672137-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="577" height="661"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 25 MONTREAL 6 AT QUEBEC 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1285/3672130-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="575" height="590"></div><h2>BALTIMORE 4 AT ROCHESTER 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1373/3672123-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="578" height="446"></div> &#9632;

f0018-14

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE&mdash;Less than two weeks into the new American Hockey League season, the Baltimore Clippers have already broken from the starting gate in better fashion than at anytime previously.Now General Manager and Coach Terry Reardon is honing his paring knife on a bulky new, squad of twenty-three skaters.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04338/3672266-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="249" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Swarbrick</figcaption></div>After winning their first three starts, the locals dropped a 5-1 game in Quebec which prompted a number of skeptics to wag their heads with an &ldquo;I told you so&rdquo; shake. However, the start had to be considered extremely auspicious, especially since two of the three victories were garnered in foreign rinks.Meanwhile, good news kept pouring in as Emile Francis, GM and coach of the New York Rangers sent sturdy right winger Wayne Rivers to Baltimore on loan, and the next day, Keith Allen, the Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; GM dispatched the burly George Swarbrick. He played for the Clippers last season before the Pittsburgh Penguins swapped him to Philadelphia for Terry Ball.Since AHL clubs can only dress 16 forwards and two goalies, this leaves Reardon with five extras. Andy Brown, the recalcitrant netminder and last of the holdouts signed on the day Swarbrick and Rivers checked in, so Gilles Boisvert, the veteran goalie &ldquo;retired&rdquo; again after having come out of retirement last week to back up Bob Whidden on the three game road swing through Canada.While Whidden and Brown will stand between the pipes, their defense comprises team captain Larry Johnston and Kent Douglas, along with sophomore Jim Niekamp, rookie Kerry Ketter and Cliper veteran Wally Chevrier.On offense, Reardon is blessed with 15 forwards including holdovers Ed MacQueen, Jim Bartlett, Willie Marshall, Jean-Marie Cossette, Bob Riyard, Rod Zaine and Swarbrick from last year&rsquo;s team. Detroit has sent such worthies as Fred Speck, Dave Ferguson, Rick McCann and Dufour, Tony Goegan and J.P. Mallette, and now, Rivers from the Rangers.More than 8,000 were in the stands when the Clippers returned from their first road swing as a special Kids Night promotion had the youngsters coming in for a rash of prizes. But, unlike recent years when their interest seemed to focus on the &ldquo;giveaways,&rdquo; this time the yelling was reserved for the players who have generated a lot of excitement so far among Baltimore&rsquo;s enthusiastic hockey followers.<h2>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Fri. Oct. 23)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05276/3672259-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="574" height="232"></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 28)EAST DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01618/3672252-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="567" height="167"></div>WEST DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02510/3672245-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="573" height="165"></div>(Affiliations: 1. Montreal. 2. Detroit. 3. Boston 7. Los Angeles. 9. Oakland. 10. Philadelphia. 11. Minnesota. 13. Vancouver).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 20Cleveland 1 at Montreal 3Wed. Oct. 21Springfield 1 at Baltimore 4Montreal 4 at Providence 2Thurs. Oct. 22Hershey 3 at Quebec 2Fri. Oct. 23Hershey 1 at Montreal 1Cleveland 3 at Springfield 5Sat. Oct. 24Quebec 1 at Baltimore 7Montreal 6 at Hershey 3Providence 4 at Springfield 3Sun. Oct. 25Cleveland 3 at Providence 4Montreal 6 at Quebec 2Baltimore 4 at Hershey 1<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct. 28Cleveland at Hershey Thur. Oct. 29Springfield at Quebec Fri. Oct. 30Cleveland at BaltimoreSpringfield at MontrealQuebec at ProvidenceSat. Oct. 31Rochester at ClevelandBaltimore at HersheyMontreal at SpringfieldSun. Nov. 1Montreal at ProvidenceHershey at RochesterThurs. Nov. 5Hershey at QuebecFri. Nov. 6Providence at ClevelandBaltimore at MontrealQuebec at Rochester<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including games of Sun. Oct. 18)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03398/3672238-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="574" height="604"></div> &#9632;

f0019-04

Rich Get Richer As Clippers Acquire Swarbrick, Rivers

MONTREAL&mdash;The Montreal Voyageurs landed a new assistant playing coach when the club managed to pry veteran Terry Gray away from the St. Louis Blues.Gray, a 32-year-old right wing who has spent 12 years in professional hockey, is just the man the Voyageurs have been seeking for the job, earlier rejected by Claude Provost of the Canadiens. Provost first accepted the playing-coach role with The Vees then decided against it and retired instead.Gray was secured from the Blues on loan for this season but is is apparent a deal will be worked out for his services between St. Louis and Montreal. The fast-skating winger, who is actually a Montreal native, registered 30 points in 22 games last season with Kansas City to win a shot with St. Louis. But he didn&rsquo;t find the range with the Blues scoring only twice in the last 28 games. Gray opened this season with Kansas City again before the deal to bring him here was announced.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06214/3672297-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="256" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Gray</figcaption></div>Gray, who played with the old Montreal Royals back in 1956-57, has always been a prolific minor league scorer. He once shot 40 goals for Hull-Ottawa and has a total of 261 career goals going into the current season. He will become assistant to general-manager and coach Ron Caron with the Voyageurs.Meanwhile, the Vees secured Bobby Sheehan, who was sent down by the parent Canadiens last week, and sent four players out to other clubs. Goaler Lyle Carter went to Muskegon of the IHL along with forward Bob Munro. Winger Wayne Maxner was returned to Long Island of the EHL and defenseman Murray Flegel went to Kansas City on loan. &#9632;

f0019-06

Voyageurs Land Gray As Player And Coach To Replace Provost

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01466/3672342-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="552" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON O&rsquo;DONOGHUE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02344/3672335-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="544" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON GARWASIUK</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03284/3672328-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="544" height="555"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB LEDUC</figcaption></div>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Larry Wilson spent 13 years playing for the Buffalo Bisons. He also wore the uniform of the Chicago Black Hawks. He&rsquo;s hockey, morning, noon and night and he promises to instill this &ldquo;take hockey to bed with you&rdquo; attitude into his players here in the camp of the Rhode Island Reds.For those people who use that time-worn saying &ldquo;be a gracious loser&rdquo;, it would be well to stay away from Wilson.&ldquo;I hate to lose,&rdquo; Larry says over and over. &ldquo;I hate it. I know we can&rsquo;t win every game but losing&mdash;I hate it.&rdquo;Wilson came to the Reds after two sensational seasons with the Dayton Gems of the International Hockey League. The Gems won the league title once and playoff crown twice, accomplishments of which Larry is justly proud.With the Reds, his team is laden with young players&mdash;Chris Oddleifson, Pete Laframboise, Neil Nicholson, Don O&rsquo;Donoghue, Ron Garwasiuk, Barry Boughner, Ted McAneeley, Terry Murray, Alton White, Gary MacMillan, Brian Cadle and Randy Rota.A stickler for hard training and observance of training rules, Wilson is aware he is surrounded by kids. &ldquo;Sure they are young,&rdquo; Larry points out, &ldquo;but we all had to get started. They can skate and if they work hard, we should win our share.&rdquo;While Wilson has more than his share of young players, he also has some older players in Marcel Paille, Ross Brooks, Bobby Leduc, Ray Clearwater, Bert Fizzell, Adam Keller, Nick Polano, Joe Szura, and Howie Menard.The thing Wilson hopes for is a happy blending of his vets and the &ldquo;Kiddie Korps.&rdquo;After three games, two players stand out like shining beacons for the Reds. Leduc, who scored 32 goals last season, and Rota who was one of the last players pared from the National Hockey League roster of the California Seals. Rota, short and rugged with a great shot, potted three goals in his first three games as a pro after moving up from the amateur ranks. Leduc, a left winger like Rota, scored four goals in his first three tilts.And what about the attendance in Providence for the 1970-71 season? Unless the Reds hit an extremely bad run of losses, things should be good in this 45th consecutive season of pro hockey here. More season tickets have been sold than ever before.There could be one important factor looming for the Reds&rsquo; management in the battle for ticket sales at the time-honored Sunday night games in old R.I. Auditorium. Thirty-seven miles from the Rhode Island rink is Boston Garden where Bobby Orr and his Stanley Cup playmates, the Boston Bruins, play their games. This season the Bruins have 14 Sunday night games on TV when the Reds are playing at home and the reception of Channel 38 in the Hub booms into Rhody loud and clear.&ldquo;It could be a big factor,&rdquo; says owner George Sage of the Reds. &ldquo;We know the Bruins have a great hold on the New England public. But our main weapon is to have a winning team. Then I&rsquo;m sure our attendance will hold up. &#9632;

f0020-01

Reds Going With 13 ‘Kids’

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04198/3672397-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="785" height="1063"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NOV. 13 ISSUE</h2><h3>Across</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.4&mdash;One of the Penguins answers to this.7&mdash;The. (Fr.)8&mdash;Brother of the Big M9&mdash;An NHL left winger.11&mdash;Initials of ex-AHL forward Labadie.12&mdash;Native Province of 19 down (abbr.)15&mdash;Initials of an NHL referee.16&mdash;Period of time.18&mdash;Al Arbour was born in this month.20&mdash;No. (Fr.)21&mdash;Initials of a Rochester forward.23&mdash;Girl&rsquo;s name.24&mdash;One of the Sabres.27&mdash;Ex-Wing Pavelich answers to this.29&mdash;Initials of one of the Hawks.30&mdash;Myre recorded his first one Oct. 15.31&mdash;A Providence forward.<h3>Down</h3>1&mdash;Led NHL in goal scoring in &lsquo;64-&rsquo;65.2&mdash;An NHL defenseman.3&mdash;Goaltenders must have good ones.4&mdash;Initials of an NHL right winger.5&mdash;First name of former Ranger Heller.6&mdash;Compass point.8&mdash;Esposito registered 27 in last season&rsquo;s playoffs.10&mdash;20th and 1st letters of the alphabet.13&mdash;A New York farmhand.14&mdash;A former NHL rookie award winner.17&mdash;Initials of one of the Bruins.19&mdash;One of the Philadelphia Flyers.22&mdash;A Seattle defenseman.25&mdash;Same as ten down.26&mdash;Initials of one of the Habs.28&mdash;Golf ball stand.29&mdash;Initials of an NHL center.30&mdash;Detroit&rsquo;s general manager.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;KOROLL.5&mdash;C.J.7&mdash;E.E.8&mdash;HA.9&mdash;ROCHESTER.12&mdash;K.H.13&mdash;HER.14&mdash;ERE.14&mdash;EVE.17&mdash;NET.18&mdash;E.T.19&mdash;B.I.20&mdash;ART.21&mdash;ADD.23&mdash;R.S.23&mdash;HAMILTON.29&mdash;HEAD32&mdash;J.L30&mdash;USE.33&mdash;R.R.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;KURTENBACH.2&mdash;ROCKET3&mdash;LEE.4&mdash;LES.S&mdash;CHEEVERS6&mdash;JARRETT.10&mdash;H.H.11&mdash;THE.15&mdash;REID20&mdash;ARBOUR22&mdash;DIME.24&mdash;OLD.26&mdash;A.H.L28&mdash;N.S.27&mdash;IAN.31&mdash;E.l. &#9632;

f0020-04

HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01309/3672428-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="510" height="906"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM POLANIC&hellip;Agrees To Terms</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND&mdash;Marshall Johnston and Tom Polanic, two defensemen who had been under suspension for failure to sign contracts this season, came to terms with Barons&rsquo; General Manager, John Muckier and rejoined the team.Johnston played with the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League last year. Polanic was with the Iowa Stars of the Central League.The addition of Johnston and Polanic boosts the Barons&rsquo; defense to five. Veteran Bill Needham and youngsters Dennis O&rsquo;Brien and Gary Geldart are the other Cleveland backliners. &#9632;

f0021-01

Barons Sign Holdout Duo

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The Springfield Kings lost one competent player but gained another in the short span of one week.Howie Hughes has been reassigned to Denver of the Western League for the season. Los Angeles brass do not want to disrupt the Springfield team and want to keep the Kings a cohesive unit. Hughes figures to be the first winger called up to the NHL Kings when an emergency arises.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02217/3672459-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="259" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Dineen</figcaption></div>Howie spent most of the season on the injured list last season. His knee was hurt to the extent that he had to have major surgery. In two seasons with Los Angeles, Hughes tallied 25 goals and 28 assists for 53 points.Springfield has to be helped with the arrival of Gary Dineen. The Montreal native played four seasons of amateur hockey with the top National Canadian team. The 27-year-old shoots left handed and now weighs 175 pounds.Dineen has been shifting around a lot in his pro career. He was drafted pro by Minnesota North Stars who had him with their Memphis club in the Central League before Los Angeles got him.He was on loan with the Kings last winter from the North Stars, but a knee injury put him on the sidelines. He, too, had to undergo surgery to correct the condition. He is reported now better than ever.Gary was considered a &ldquo;steal&rdquo; when the Kings grabbed him in the draft for $7,500 last spring off a &ldquo;special NHL list.&rdquo; Apparently, Johnny Wilson remembered he was a player with a lot of ability. The bargain price for a top notch pro was a good move all the way around.His presence will help to build up the center slot for the Kings where the ranks have been a little thin all season. He should be a big asset to the Kings. Gary had a minor wrist injury in training camp which has just about cleared up. &#9632;

f0021-02

Kings Bolstered As L.A. Options Dineen

SEATTLE&mdash;The funniest story to come out of Western Hockey League training camps is told by Dan Meyer, Salt Lake Golden Eagles energetic owner-president.The Eagles played their last exhibition game at Drumheller, Alberta, against the Drumheller Miners, augmented by San Diego Gulls&rsquo; Jack Evans and exChicago star Red Hay. It was a benefit to raise funds in aid of former RCMP Bill Cutts, Evans&rsquo; brother-in-law, who was once extremely active in the city&rsquo;s youth hockey and baseball programs, now crippled by multiple sclerosis.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02254/3672521-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="273" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dan Meyer</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Late in the first period, we had a man advantage.&rdquo; Meyer said. &ldquo;Our power play had the Miners bottled up and the pressure was on. Suddenly, a fan leaned over the boards and put a small pig on the ice. About 40 pounds worth of squealing, frightened pork. Of course the referee stopped play and our momentum was broken.&rdquo;Between periods, the pig was auctioned to add a little more to the kitty.&ldquo;I was the high bidder at $85,&rdquo; Meyer continued, warming up to his story. &ldquo;I offered the pig to Mrs. Cutts. She couldn&rsquo;t accept because she had no place to keep it. Then I asked her if she would accept the money if I gave it back to the committee to auction again. She agreed.&ldquo;I started the bidding at $25 to get things rolling. Would you believe it? Nobody outbid me. So I bought my own pig again. And that was only the beginning!&ldquo;In the second period,&rdquo; he went on, &ldquo;we had another power play going and two bantam roosters flew out into the arena. One landed on the ice, decided he didn&rsquo;t like cold feet, and took off again. The referee stopped play again until they were caught and another power play was interrupted.&ldquo;Later on in the second period,&rdquo; Meyer continued, &ldquo;it happened again. This time someone put a large turkey on the ice. I couldn&rsquo;t believe my eyes! He must have been bigger than the pig. The referee stopped play again. There went another power play.&ldquo;By the time, I was wondering what surprises the third period held for us. But that was the end of the &lsquo;livestock show.&rsquo; What a night!&rdquo;Meyer, however, had nothing but praise for the Drumheller people. He described them as warm, friendly and very enthusiastic about hockey. They supported the benefit&mdash;arranged by the Eagles broadcaster Jim Fisher&mdash;a Drumheller native&mdash;the the hilt and jammed the 3,000-plus-seat arena to the rafters, About 500 were turned away at the door.Next time you see Dynamic Dan, ask him about his $110 pig. &#9632;

f0022-02

Barnyard Buddies Stymie Eagles Meyer Good Naturedly Pays Up

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div>SEATTLE&mdash;The kid&rsquo;s name is George Surmay.He&rsquo;s 23 years of age, and he&rsquo;s a product of Winnipeg.Omaha hockey fans remember him from last season when he played 13 games in the nets and posted a goals-against average of 2.48 against Central Hockey League opponents.And fans of the Seattle Totems already were cheering him after just three games of the current Western Hockey League season with pretty good reason.He allowed Salt Lake City just one goal in a Totem victory. Then he allowed Denver just one goal in a Totem victory. And he capped it all by allowing the Portland Buckaroos, a first-place club in seven of the last 10 seasons, exactly no goals in still another Totem victory.Add &lsquo;em up and you&rsquo;ll come up with three straight Seattle victories to open the 1970-71 season&mdash;and a 0.67 goals-against average for George Surmay in the process.It wasn&rsquo;t all Surmay, of course, especially against Portland. He was forced to make only 15 saves to chalk up his first Western League shutout. And his teammates were playing with so much drive that the Totems outshot the proud Buckaroos by a staggering 15 to 1 margin in the middle period.In the new tieup of the Totems with the New York Rangers, there was promise of a strong hockey team for Larry Popein, taking over as a skipper in the Western Hockey League for the first time.The early returns&mdash;three straight victories&mdash;indicate that the Rangers weren&rsquo;t kidding in promising help.Popein appears to have a sweet, sweet combination of experience and youth.There are, to be sure, veterans among the holdovers&mdash;goalie Don Head at 37, winger Chuck Holmes at 36, and a collection of 35-year-olds in defensemen John Hanna and Don Ward, center Art Stratton and winger Tommy McVie.So much for the boys who have been around and know the ropes.Seattle has started the &lsquo;70-&rsquo;71 season with nine newcomers&mdash;exactly half of the 18-man roster&mdash;and there&rsquo;s a pattern.Every one of &lsquo;em is between 23 and 28 years of age&mdash;young enough for enthusiasm and hopes for the majors but old enough to have been around a bit.You start with Surmay, at 23, in the nets.New on defense are Bob Ash from Buffalo&mdash;at age 27. Gordon Kannegiesser from Kansas City&mdash;at age 25. And Randy Legge from Buffalo&mdash;at age 24.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01336/3672490-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="557" height="894"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE SURMAY&hellip;Rookie Impresses</figcaption></div>Newcomers up front are Bob Jones (25) from Buffalo, Gary Veneruzzo (27) from Kansas City, Bill Knibbs (28) from Buffalo, Dick Mortenson (22) from Cleveland and Ron Boehm (27) from Omaha. Boehm, Knibbs and Veneruzzo each scored twice in the first three games.As the long, long season develops, there&rsquo;ll be severe tests.All of those first three victories were captured to the cheers of Seattle&rsquo;s home-ice fans. The road could be tougher.But there&rsquo;s at least the suspicion that the Totems, under hard-driving Popein, might be putting together quite a hockey club.The Portland Buckaroos, preseason favorites, should be believers&mdash;at least for one game. &#9632;

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Surmay Hottest Hew Totem With Seattle Flying High

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>PHOENIX&mdash;Aut Erickson has been concerned about his defense since he took over the Phoenix Roadrunners&rsquo; coaching job in early September but vowed to quit thinking out loud about it.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hurting their confidence.&rdquo; he said of returnees Sandy Hucul, Jim Murray and Harry Shaw and newcomers Paul Cates and Al Beaule.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01316/3672573-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="264" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Odrowski</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Besides, I&rsquo;m pleased with the defense as a whole. When you get a shut out in your last game, what else can you be?&rdquo;The Roadrunners blanked the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles 5-0 as Mary Edwards posted the Western Hockey League&rsquo;s first shutout of the season. Seattle&rsquo;s rookie George Surmay matched it at Portland two nights later.&ldquo;They did what I asked them to do,&rdquo; added Erickson. They stayed up and moved the puck out of their own end a lot quicker.&rdquo;Noting that Edwards faced machine-gun rapid shooting at times, he said: &ldquo;Sure, there were lapses, but any team can do that.&rdquo;To bolster his defense, Erickson bought veteran Gerry Odrowski from Oakland. Odrowski had to miss the Runners&rsquo; first four games while his inter-league red tape was cleared up.Odrowski had started the season with San Diego, in fact had a goal and two assists for an early tie for the lead in the WHL scoring race. He was recalled by Oakland for the sale to Phoenix, thus the red tape delay.Erickson and Odrowski, both 32, had been teammates with the Oakland Seals in 1967-68. Erickson has been seeking Odrowski&rsquo;s services since his appointment as coach.Meanwhile Goaltender Jack McCartan and defenseman Dennis Huculak, both early season holdouts, have a sense of the dramatic.McCartan, in his debut in the San Diego&rsquo;s fourth game, made 25 saves and almost recorded a shutout. The Gulls stopped Salt Lake City 6-1 and only Denis Kassian&rsquo;s first period breakaway kept him from posting a goose egg.Huculak, who carried his salary demands as far as his Edmonton, Alberta, home, was signed after the loss of Odrowski.The Gulls&rsquo; play, earning a 2-1-1 early season mark, pleased Coach Max McNab, especially the new balance.The new right wingers, Bob Courcy who played for Seattle last season and Alain &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron, who played for the Montreal Voyageurs, were tied for the team goal scoring lead with four apiece. They were one back of the Western Hockey League leaders, Art Jones of Portland (nothing new) and Kerry Bond of Denver.Between them, Courcy and Caron have accounted for 53 per cent of the Gulls&rsquo; attack.Last season, the rightwingers only scored 65 of the team&rsquo;s 263 goals&mdash;just under 25 per cent.&ldquo;With Courcy and Caron joining Willie O&rsquo;Ree on the right side, we have a much more balanced attack,&rdquo; says McNab. &ldquo;People are going to have to play us more honest or get hurt.&rdquo;GULL GOSSIP&hellip; All eight San Diego games in Phoenix this season will be telecast back to San Diego in color with Ron Oakes doing a simulcast play-by-play&hellip;The Gulls attendance, after two games, is down 7,600 or 29 per cent.<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02249/3672566-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="572" height="293"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 20Denver 4 at Seattle 4Wed. Oct. 21San Diego 4 at Phoenix 3Seattle 2 at Portland 4Thun. Oct. 22Portland 6 at Salt Lake 5Fri. Oct. 23Salt Lake 7 at Denver 7Phoenix 1 at San Diego 1Sat. Oct. 24Portland 3 at Denver 1Salt Lake 3 at Phoenix 0San Diego 2 at Seattle 5Sun. Oct. 25San Diego 6 at Seattle 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 27Seattle at PhoenixWed. Oct. 28Seattle at DenverPhoenix at PortlandFri. Oct. 30San Diego at Salt LakePhoenix at SeattleSat. Oct. 31Denver at San DiegoSun. Nov. 1Denver at San DiegoPhoenix at PortlandSalt Lake at SeattleWed. Nov. 4Salt Lake at DenverPhoenix at PortlandFri. Nov. 6Seattle at Denver<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-03191/3672559-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="573" height="374"></div>(Including games of Sun. Oct. 18)<h3>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1433/3672552-1-eng-US/f0023-142.jpg" title="f0023-14" width="571" height="283"></div> &#9632;

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Phoenix Bolsters Defense With Odrowski; Gulls Ink Huculak To Clean Up Holdouts

<h2>Wed. Oct. 14 PORTLAND 5 AT PHOENIX 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-04155/3672667-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="576" height="605"></div><h2>Thur. Oct. 15 PORTLAND 3 AT SAN DIEGO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-05130/3672660-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="582" height="456"></div><h2>DENVER 2 at SALT LAKE 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-06116/3672653-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="574" height="405"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 16 SALT LAKE 0 AT PHOENIX 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-07102/3672646-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="570" height="451"></div><h2>DENVER 1 AT SEATTLE 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0887/3672639-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="572" height="83"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0973/3672632-1-eng-US/f0023-092.jpg" title="f0023-09" width="578" height="526"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 17 SALT LAKE 1 AT SAN DIEGO 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1062/3672625-1-eng-US/f0023-102.jpg" title="f0023-10" width="575" height="622"></div><h2>DENVER 3 AT PORTLAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1149/3672618-1-eng-US/f0023-112.jpg" title="f0023-11" width="576" height="551"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 18 PORTLAND 0 AT SEATTLE 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1240/3672611-1-eng-US/f0023-122.jpg" title="f0023-12" width="578" height="404"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1335/3672604-1-eng-US/f0023-132.jpg" title="f0023-13" width="580" height="154"></div> &#9632;

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Western League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY BOB LINDLEY</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaKANSAS CITY&mdash;For the past three seasons the Blues have gone into battle with more experience than any of their league rivals, but have enjoyed only moderate success.Now the swing is toward youth, and both coach Camille Henry and general manager Fred Hucul are excited about the chances of building a strong contender.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01324/3672712-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="261" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Moe L&rsquo;Abbe</figcaption></div>Eight first-year men dot the Kansas City lineup, and between them they accounted for five of the Blues&rsquo; first six goals in the initial two games.&ldquo;We know we&rsquo;d be solid on defense, in goal and down the middle at center,&rdquo; Hucul said, &ldquo;because we&rsquo;ve got experienced players in those positions. But four of our six starting wingers are rookies and we were a little concerned in that area.&rdquo;Well, fret no more, Fred, because the newcomers apparently are going to hold up their own end.Curt Bennett, graduate of Brown University, got a pair of goals and an assist in the first two games, in which the Blues gained an even split.Ron Climie, another rookie, had a goal and an assist, and Mike Lowe, out of Loyola of Montreal, chipped in with a counter.Four college grads are in the lineup, and all have played well.Jack Taggert is out of Denver and Tom Earl comes from Colgate.Claude Moreau, a tough little defenseman, and Gordon Brooks are also first-year men, and Bob Birdsell is a second-year man who saw service at Salt Lake City last season.The Blues also have a sprinkling of veteran talent headed by Ron Buchanan, who had 26 goals, 48 assists last year.FORT WORTH: Tom Gilmore, graduate of Denver U. set the pace for the Wings with three goals and a pair of assists in first two Fort Worth tilts. Veteran Ron Walters, 23 goals last year, tallied in each contest as he aims for 30-goal target set for him by coach Doug Barkley. Goalies Gerry Gray and Don McLeod destined to alternate in Wings net. Both are veterans. Rugged defenseman Gerry Hart was called to Detroit on morning of season opener to fill in for injury-riddled Red Wings rearguard. Center Allan Genovy due to hit ice again after being sidelined more than a month with kidney injury suffered in training camp. Wings drew total of 10,500 for first two home appearances, best start ever.OMAHA: The Knights, led by veteran Jerry Ouellette with seven points in two games, played spoilers in two home openers by rallying in the final periods for 5-4 win over Wings at Fort Worth and 7-5 victory over Blazers at Oklahoma City. Ouellette, 31-year-old pro, had two goals and five assists. Rookie Mike Murphy, and veterans Pierre Jarry and Tom Miller each scored a pair of goals in the two contests. Knights duplicating feat of last season when they were terrors on the road at season&rsquo;s outset, winning five of six away games. By scoring 12 goals in first two games, Knights may not be as weak offensively as GM Jake Milford predicted before season opened.AMARILLO: Rookie goalie Cam Newton got a rough welcome to the Central Hockey League as Amarillo dropped its home opener 5-3 to the Kansas City Blues. Newton held the Blues scoreless through the first period, but succumbed to a blistering attack in the second when the Blues peppered him vith 23 shots and scored four goals. Blues totaled 45 shots for the game. Wranglers playing first five games at home.OKLAHOMA CITY: Blazers attracted 7,204 fans to home opener, but dropped 7-5 decision to Omaha, allowing four goals in final period. Play of second year pro Bill Klatt encouraging with two goals in first tilt. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s improving all the time.&rdquo; General Manager Bill Levins said. Klatt suffered broken collarbone last season. Addition of veteran Dick Cherry should help young defense. Blazers looking for big production out of Don Tannan-hill, who was off to flying start last year before auto accident sidelined him after 27 games in which he scored 10 goals and 12 assists. Brian Bradley, who enjoyed great success with Blazers&rsquo; championship team three seasons age, back with club after trade with Chicago. &ldquo;Best penalty killer in the league,&rdquo; Levins called him. Rookies Ron Plumb and Bob Stewart two blueliners with great promise.DALLAS: Rookies Milt Black and Moe L&rsquo;Abbe each scored a pair of goals in Dallas&rsquo; first two games, L&rsquo;Abbe getting both of his in the Hawks&rsquo; 4-2 opening night win over the Tulsa Oilers in Tulsa. Tough Dallas defense allowed Oilers only 18 shots at rookie goaler Jim Shaw, who started both contests. Hawks still waiting for forward J.P. Bordeleau to fully heal from groin injury. The second year pro, who scored 14 goals for the Hawks last season, has been slow healing.TULSA: A couple of veteran forwards have set the early scoring page for the Oilers, Rene Robert, who toiled at Tulsa two seasons ago, made a successful return this season with a pair of goals in the Oilers&rsquo; 4-2 opening night loss to Dallas and a solo tally in a 4-1 win over Kansas City the following night. Brian Spencer, who scored 13 at Tulsa last year, notched two counters in the victory over KC. Dennis Dupere, a 33-goal sniper at Omaha last season, chipped in with three assists in the first two games, Oilers drew just under 5,000 fans to their home opener.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02253/3672705-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="547" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">CURT BENNETT&hellip;Brown Ace Stars</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0961/3672698-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="624" height="369"></div>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 27)<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 21Kansas City 1 at Oklahoma City 2Fri. Oct. 23Tulsa 3 at Amarillo 6Omaha 1 at Fort Worth 3Sat. Oct. 24Dallas 3 at Amarillo 1Fort Worth 1 at Oklahoma City 0Omaha 6 at Tulsa 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 27Kansas City at Fort WorthWed. Oct. 28Omaha at Oklahoma CityThurs. Oct. 29Kansas City at Fort WorthFri. Oct. 30Fort Worth at AmarilloOklahoma City at TulsaSat. Oct. 31Kansas City at AmarilloDallas at Fort WorthOklahoma City at OmahaSun. Nov. 1Tulsa at OmahaWed. Nov. 4Dallas at Oklahoma CityFri. Nov. 6Amarillo at TulsaFort Worth at DallasKansas City at Omaha &#9632;

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KC Blues Swing To Youth

<h2>Thurs. Oct. 15 OMAHA 5 at FORT WORTH 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-03176/3672778-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="585" height="704"></div><h2>KANSAS CITY 5 at AMARILLO 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-04131/3672771-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="581" height="772"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 16 DALLAS 4 at TULSA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-05100/3672764-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="585" height="563"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 17 DALLAS 3 AT FORT WORTH 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0685/3672757-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="584" height="684"></div><h2>KANSAS CITY 1 at TULSA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0771/3672750-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="588" height="564"></div><h2>OMAHA 7 at OKLAHOMA CITY 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0866/3672743-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="581" height="883"></div> &#9632;

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CHL Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02195/3672840-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="795" height="717"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT KELLY&hellip;Clinton&rsquo;s Playing Coach</figcaption></div><h2>NEW HAVEN</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Dave Hainsworth<h3>Defensemen</h3>Kevin MorrisonNorm SchmitzVic MagdaBobby PetersGordon Smith<h3>Forwards</h3>Nels TremblayPaul SinclairDwight WintersDoc WalkerNorm GuimondElgin McCannBilly SmithPierre Brind&rsquo;AmourPierre Leblanc<h2>GREENSBORO</h2><h3>Goalkeeper</h3>Ernie Miller<h3>Defensemen</h3>Ted LanyonBarry SalovaaraJohn MurrayBill CameronRoger Wilson<h3>Forwards</h3>Ken PaquetRon AndersonDoug CarpenterDon BurgessBob MullinsJohn CowleyLarry BazyloSandy KurcebaDom DiBerardinoJeff Nicholson<h2>SALEM</h2><h3>Goalkeeper</h3>Stu RobertsJim Letcher<h3>Defensemen</h3>Brian McDowellJules MarengerKen RodgersJack ChipchaseRay Schultz<h3>Forwards</h3>Wayne NewellJim JagoPaul GrillsJim LoretteDon RozichWayne MosdellPete ShearerMerv HaneyAugust GeorgeJerry LaCasseBill Chipchase<h2>SYRACUSE</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Bill YeoPierre Sigmand<h3>Defensemen</h3>Claude HoudeJackie SmithDick CloutierMike PepinClaude Cardin<h3>Forwards</h3>Bob LamoureuxNorm PepinPaul LessardMike MortonBrian ElwellPaul LaroseChuck CharlongDoug FergusonAndre BouchardJim Whittake<h2>LONG ISLAND</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Wayne DollGuy Denoncourt<h3>Defensemen</h3>John BrophyJim BlainLarry TomchickLars Hansen<h3>Forwards</h3>Russ McClenaghanFraser RiceButch MorrisJean NicolPete ChristianDavid BirchHerman KarpGordon BradleyLes Calder<h2>CHARLOTTE</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>John VossGordon McCrea<h3>Defensemen</h3>Bob ShupeJohn Van HorlickBlaire RydmanMike Keeler.Garry Mills<h3>Forwards</h3>Hal WillisErnie DydaJohn GouldJack McCrearyBob MowatWayne SchaabCal BoothJohn MorrisonBarry BurnettWarren HarrisonFrank GolembroskyAllie Sutherland<h2>JACKSONVILLE</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Ron LoweLeo Brett<h3>Defensemen</h3>Brian CrowderJean TherrienWayne Decker<h3>Forwards</h3>Bobby ThompsonWayne BellDale MacLeishGilles LeclercGerald PaquetteBilly GlashanRoger BamburakKen TurlikLuc SimardJim KnotmanBobby BrownDennis Romanesky<h2>CLINTON</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Ted TuckerVai Birisenko<h3>Defensemen</h3>Len SpeckPete PrevostPat KellyBob Malcolm<h3>Forwards</h3>Borden SmithBill BannermanDon DavidsonJack KaneDave ArmstrongTom MitchellDon HerrimanClaude PicheMoe St. JacquesDennis PattersonBill ButsonBob Lacev<h2>JERSEY</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Gilles BanvilleBrian Caley<h3>Defensemen</h3>Guy ParentEddie KeaRon McPhersonRon LegaultLarry YoungJacques Lapierre<h3>Forwards.</h3>Claude ChartreGordie StrattonEric CameronJamie KennedyWayne KitchenDavid LeeBill ChristodalBob MenardBobby BrownDennis Plant<h2>JOHNSTOWN</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Jim CoombsBob Vroman<h3>Defensemen</h3>Blake BallLen CunningJim TrewinDennis HendersoiBrian Kozak<h3>Forwards</h3>Rick LoeDick RobergeGene PeacoshBob WarnerAl CameronPaul McKibbinReg KentArmand PiponAurel Beaudin<h2>NASHVILLE</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Ken FensonAl CecileSteve McDonald<h3>Defensemen</h3>Kevin SmithPaul EvoyGeorge ForgieDick WalterbeekJim Mclnally<h3>Forwards</h3>Don BorgesonWally SprangeBrian HardingPaul McWilliamsGeorge StandingKen MillerKarl HaggertyWarren BrownPat O&rsquo;BanyonNorm RyderDave Brown &#9632;

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Eastern League Starting Teams

<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 27)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-03131/3672878-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="578" height="242"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0499/3672871-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="572" height="166"></div>(Affiliations: 2, Detroit, 4 New York, 5 Chicago 6, Toronto 10, Philadelphia, 11 Minnesota, x-independent).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 20New Hoven 7 at Syracuse 4Nashville 0 at Charlotte 3Wed. Oct. 21New Jersey 2 at New Haven 4Greensboro 3 at Salem 2Fri. Oct. 23Syracuse 1 at Long Island 4New Hoven 6 at New Jersey 6Clinton 1 at Johnstown 3Jacksonville 1 at Charlotte 2Greensboro 2 at Nashville 2Sot. Oct. 24New Jersey 5 at Long Island 5New Haven 2 at Johnstown 3Syracuse 2 at Clinton 1Sun. Oct. 25.Clinton 1 at New Haven 5Long Island 1 at New Jersey 5Jacksonville 6 at Nashville 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. 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 JohnstownGeensboro at CharlotteNashville vs Jacksonville (at St. Petersburg)Sat. Oct. 31New Jersey at ClintonNew Haven at Long IslandSyracuse at JohnstownCharlotte at GreensboroSalem at NashvilleSun. Nov. 1Long Island at SyracuseClinton at New HavenCharlotte at SalemJacksonville at GreensboroTues. Nov. 3New Haven at CharlotteWed. Nov. 4Jacksonville at SalemNew Haven at GreensboroFri. Nov. 6Johnstown at ClintonNew Jersey at Long IslandSalem at GreensboroNashville at CharlotteNew Haven at Jacksonville &#9632;

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Looking At EHL Race

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>CLINTON&mdash;If there is one spot the Clinton Comets won&rsquo;t be weak this year, it will be on the front line in their Eastern Hockey League action.Pat Kelly, skipper of the Comets, was thrust in the unusual position of having to let go some of his returning operatives because of the junior rule in the league. That regulation specifies that at least five players must be kept who fall into that category.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01271/3672809-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="265" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Stratton</figcaption></div>Kelly found himself loaded with ten veterans from last year. Three of them&mdash;Kelly, Len Speck and Pete Prevost&mdash;are defensemen and Kelly said he intended to add one junior defensemen whether it was Bob Malcolm or one of the others.But up front the problem was embarrassing even though the team was figured to be weaker with the departure of Jake Rath-well and Joe Robertson. But any other EHL coach would be happy to have the likes of Jack Kane, Bill Bannerman, Don Davidson, Don Herriman, Dave Armstrong, Borden Smith and Tom Mitchell from whom to choose his front lines. Then Claude Piche and Bob Lacey, both with EHL experience, also were available.There wasn&rsquo;t going to be many tears shed by any other EHL team over Kelly&rsquo;s dilemma. The clubs were just waiting to get the overflow from the Clinton roster. It&rsquo;s likely that some of the departees will go out on loan so that the Comets can recall them should an emergency arise. Last year they had a problem when Smith was hurt but they were able to lure Davidson out of retirement to fill the spot. Don got the bug so much after Clinton took the EHL title that he decided to come back from the outset of the current campaign.LONG ISLAND: Ducks still trying to land Pierre Farmer who played at Providence last year. Guy Denoncourt giving Wayne Doll a battle for goalie&rsquo;s job. Ducks dropped Steve DeGurse because of his salary demands after he had made the team. Ed Stankiewicz looking for some defensive help to solidify his club.GREENSBORO: Ricky Mor ris may come to Gens from Dallas. Gens have biggest team in Ron Spong&rsquo;s 11 seasons as coach Club drilled at Charlotte while home ice was being refurbished. Rookie center John Cowley is son of former Boston Bruin Bill Cowley. Loss of Moe L&rsquo;Abbe, Jan Popiel, Tom Foxcroft and Bob Sicinski hasn&rsquo;t hurt attack. Club not as fast as some of. past teams.NEW HAVEN: Don Perry said there would be bonuses for all players if they finish first or second. Club doesn&rsquo;t have player over 28. Club&rsquo;s strength is at defense and at right wing. Mike Hornby, top scorer last two years, won&rsquo;t play here this year even though he was cut by Providence. Doc Walker bothered by back injury. Bobby Peters played two games with Quebec before returning. Dwight Winters is Norm Schmitz&rsquo; brother-in-law.SALEM: Jack Chipchase&rsquo;s return to Rebels delayed when Rochester failed to act on his amateur reinstatement. Jim Jago recovered from groin injury to start season. Colin Kilburn was still hopeful of getting back Claude Piche from Clinton.JOHNSTOWN: Dick Roberge&rsquo;s late goal enabled Jets to tie at Jersey in opener. Blake Ball and Dick Loe had quite a battle in pre-season camp but Roberge attributed it to an edginess for strange competition. Leo had four teeth loosened by flying puck. Defenseman Jim Trewin a recent bridegroom.NASHVILLE: Goalie Al Cecile rejoined club after being dropped by Toledo. Club logged 3,500 miles before coming home here on Oct. 21. No. 1 line has vets Wally Sprange and Don Borgeson with newcomer Pat O&rsquo;Banyon. Flyers were trying to get Bill Yeo and Doug Ferguson from Syracuse.JERSEY: Devils upset that Bobby Brown&rsquo;s knee injury hasn&rsquo;t responded to treatment. Fan club gave team a welcome party. Gordie Stratton&rsquo;s 398th goal came on penalty shot against Johnstown. Defenseman Larry Young acquired from Salt Lake City. Club&rsquo;s bad start of last season didn&rsquo;t reoccur as Devils tied first two frays.JACKSONVILLE: Rockets strengthened by addition of center Bobby Brown from Omaha and Bobby Thompson who scored 90 points with North Bay Trappers last year and also had 144 penalty minutes. Ken Turlik is in much better shape than last season to boost hopes of coach Red Bownass.CHARLOTTE: John Gould and Ernie Dyda scoring well for Checkers. Club had final exhibition game with New Haven in which 21 players received $30 fines. Fred Creighton was upset that many of his men came to camp overweight but his rigorous drills sliced some of that poundage, Cal Booth and Blaine Ryd-man came from Tulsa roster.SYRACUSE: Blazers sent Wayne Newell, Brian McDowell and Jules Marenger on loan to Salem. Phil Watson hopes to lure Ray Adduono and Ed Skyhard back from college. Dave Ferguson of last year&rsquo;s squad is with Baltimore. Only five men from last year are on roster. Record crowd of 5,400 saw Blazers win opener. Jackie Smith couldn&rsquo;t play at start of season due to Jacksonville protest on his status. &#9632;

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Talent-Rich Clinton Has Problem—Who To Cut?

FORT WAYNE&mdash;Randy Gates will be lost to the Fort Wayne Komets for the rest of the season after X-rays showed he was suffering from a broken neck.Gates, who attended the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; training camp at Port Huron this season, apparently sustained the injury three weeks ago in training and was only aware of it when he was having recurring headaches. X-rays revealed fractures in two vertebrae. &#9632;

Kornets’ Randy Gates Suffers Broken Neck

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>FLINT&mdash;Frank Gallagher, general manager of the Flint Generals in the International Hockey League, was a happy man as he announced that the Gens&rsquo; season ticket sales had reached 1,800. It looked like another successful financial year for the latest addition to the IHL.Flint was an expansion team last season. It was built on a youth program, which even extended to the coach, Ken Hodge, at 23 reputed to be the youngest pilot in organized hockey. The Generals were an exciting team but they failed to make the playoffs in the eightteam league, despite a strong finish.But they were a financial success. General Manager Gallagher estimated that he needed 90,000 paying customers to break even the first year. The Generals drew 123,351, behind only Fort Wayne and Dayton, both with seating capacities considerably larger than the new IMA arena in Flint.The strike of the United Automobile Workers was expected to have some effect at the box office but the early season ticket sales had already guaranteed about 64,000 spectators, more than halfway toward last season&rsquo;s total.With financial success practically assured, the next ambition for Gallagher and his crew was to make the playoffs. They had almost the same personnel as last year, with a year&rsquo;s experience in the IHL to help. This included goalkeeper Bob Perani, who was the Gens&rsquo; inspiration in their closing drive last season. Only three clubs had better defensive records last season but the Gens had the worst offensive record in the league.Greatest loss from last season appeared to be Wally Kozak, a young winger who was their best scorer. He was drafted by Toledo but had already announced his intentions of leaving hockey for other pursuits. New acquisitions who should help are Jack Turner, All Star defenseman drafted from Columbus and center Pete Mara, secured in a trade with Des Moines for Bob Regis.Rookie goalkeeper Gilles Meloche looked good in early games and Coach Hodge had the problem of deciding between him and Mickey Walsh as the backup man for Perani. Meloche went a long way toward clinching the job when he scored the league&rsquo;s first shutout of the season, blanking Fort Wayne, 3-0.FORT WAYNE: The Komets opened impressively with a 6-3 victory over Des Moines, then were blanked at Flint, 3-0. On top of retirements by Ray Brunel, Merv Dubchak, Serge Boud-reault and Trevor Fahey, the K&rsquo;s lost Randy Gates with a broken neck&hellip;Nine different players scored goals in the 6-3 game with Des Moines&hellip;Opening night attendance was 5,656&hellip;Late releases were to defensemen Bill McLeod, Steve Ross and Rick Barefoot.DAYTON: Two defensemen, Lome Weighill and Gordon Malinoski. were out of early games with injuries&hellip;Release of Gordie Kopp left Mike Dumas and Pat Rupp the Gems&rsquo; goalies&hellip;Only eight of last year&rsquo;s 16 who finished the season were on hand for the opener&hellip;Al Beaule opened the season with Phoenix of the Western League&hellip;Rookie Jack Borotsik was expected to replace Larry Wilson at center.TOLEDO: Jim Sanko, diminutive center of the Hornets the past four seasons, when he scored nearly 100 goals, retired from hockey&hellip;The Hornets were left with three centers, Chick Chalmers, Stan Maxwell and rookie Bert DeHate.MUSKEGON: The Mohawks secured goalie Lyle Carter, who has played with Cleveland and Montreal, to team with Bruce Mullett&hellip;Late releases were given center Randy McArthur, right wing James Fuller and left wing John Powell&hellip;Moe Mantha, drafted from Columbus, had not reported.PORT HURON: Bob Brinkworth, a center who played last season for Baltimore in the American League, was signed after being reinstated&hellip;Don Bruner, Brian Watts and Yvon Lambert were left with the Flags by the Detroit Red Wings&hellip;Kent Byrnes reported from Denver of the Western League&hellip;Left wing Billy Owcher and defenseman Mike Nowakowski were dropped.DES MOINES: Oak Leaf general manager Terry Slater feels his team is shaping up well. He says, &ldquo;The thing that bothers me is that the veterans aren&rsquo;t being pushed enough because we don&rsquo;t have that many rookies in camp this year&rdquo;&hellip;With Tim Tabor, Gay Cooley and Pat Lange being used in goal, it appeared that Coach Bob Perreault was not planning to go into the nets&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0778/3672975-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="272" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Meloche</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01275/3672968-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="582" height="263"></div>(Affixations: 1 Montreal 2, Detroit 3, Boston. 5. Chicago. 8. Pittsburgh, x-independent).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct 21Port Huron 4 at Dayton 1Flint 3 at Dayton 1Port Huron 4 at Toledo 9Muskegon 3 at Fort Wayne 5Fri. Oct 23Dayton 2 at Flint 5Port Huron 3 at Des Moines 4Fort Wayne 2 at Toledo 6Sat. Oct. 24Port Huron 3 at Des Moines 6Toledo 2 at Muskegon 6Flint 2 at Fort Wayne 6Sun. Oct. 25Muskegon 2 at Flint 5Fort Wayne 3 at Dayton 5Toledo 1 at. Port Huron 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct. 28Port Huron at DaytonFri. Oct 30Des Moines at ToledoDayton at FlintSat. Oct. 31Des Moines at Port HuronFlint at ToledoFtrt Wayne at MuskegonSun. Nov. 1Muskegon at DaytonToledo at Flint FortWayne at MuskegonTues. Nov. 3Dayton at Des MoinesThurs. Nov. 5Dayton at Des MoinesFri. Nov. 6Port Huron at FlintDes Moines at MuskegonToledo at Fort Wayne<h3>MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02221/3672961-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="574" height="239"></div><h2>NEW YORK METRO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Fri. Oct. 16)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-03184/3672954-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="571" height="172"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-04141/3672947-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="587" height="174"></div><h2>NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Fri. Oct. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-05112/3672940-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="575" height="240"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0689/3672933-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="574" height="337"></div> &#9632;

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Flint Makes Impressive Bow, Headed For Big Year At Gate

PORT HURON&mdash;Two games don&rsquo;t make a season but already Port Huron coach Ted Garvin has discovered what he knew about his club in training camp&mdash;it was going to be difficult choosing the makeup of this year&rsquo;s squad.The Flags after two IHL starts have made their coach look good on his early-season prediction. They tied Dayton 4-4 before a record 2,860 in their opener and then toppled Muskegon 6-2.The balance Garvin spoke of was evident in the first two games. Eight different players scored the Flags&rsquo; 10 goals and all but two of 15 players who have seen action in two games have scored points. Both those players were defensemen, understandably.Dave Gorman, who led the team in scoring a year ago with 35 goals and 45 assists, is off to another fine start, leading the team with four points on two goals and two assists. Young center, Yvon Lambert is the other two-goal man. The 20-year-old Detroit Red Wing chattel continues to impress with his all-around play.Garvin also hopes to work Ken Knapton into the lineup. Garvin says, &ldquo;Ken doesn&rsquo;t like sitting out, but I&rsquo;ve told him it&rsquo;s a 72-game schedule.&rdquo;Reggie Bechtold and newcomer Bob Brinkworth split duty in the first two games and each scored a goal. Brinkworth missed the Muskegon game because of a slightly pulled leg muscle.So far, Garvin has stayed with three regular lines. Lambert has centered Bill LeCaine on left wing and Len Fontaine on the right side. Marty Reynolds has Steve Sutherland on left wing and Bechtold or Brinkworth on the right. Ken Gratton centers Gorman on the left and rookie Brian Watts on the right.Each line has impressed in the opening two games and the play of defenseman Bob Howard, Bob McCammon, Jake Hendrickson, Gord Redden and Dave Pulkkinen has drawn praise from Garvin for its steadiness.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0869/3673013-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="246" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Brinkworth</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0963/3673006-1-eng-US/f0026-092.jpg" title="f0026-09" width="557" height="515"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE GORMAN&hellip;Flying Already</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Garvin’s Predicted Balance Shows In Early Flag Starts

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>HAMILTON&mdash;Former Detroit Red Wing player Doug McKay set some kind of a coaching record with Hamilton Red Wings when he was hired, retired, re-hired and fired all within the space of about six weeks.McKay was originally acquired by the new Hamilton owner Nick Durbano to replace Eddie Bush, now coaching Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League.Less than a week before the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League opened he resigned claiming that Durbano was interfering with his coaching duties.The two got together, apparently reached an amicable agreement and the Wings won the first two games of the schedule, then lost a tight 7-6 decision to St. Catharines Black Hawks when Marcel Dionne scored two goals in the last three minutes.The following day Durbano fired the Hamilton stockbroker and, according to McKay, &ldquo;blamed me for the defeat after first blaming our goaltender Mike Veissor.&rdquo;This time the parting wasn&rsquo;t on the most friendly of terms.McKay claimed that Durbano tried to influence him on the players to be dressed for each game and also alleged that he hadn&rsquo;t been paid by the club since the season started.He also stated that Durbano, who is the father of rugged Toronto Marlboros&rsquo; defenseman Steve Durbano, was a frustrated coach but doesn&rsquo;t have the courage to go behind the bench.Despite the bickering the Wings defeated Niagara Falls Flyers 6-3 in their next game and Durbano hired Pat Flannery as his new coach.Flannery had previously coached three different teams in the Toronto Metro Junior B league, two of them owned by Durbano, so the pair are no strangers.So far the early disappointment in the 10-team Junior A League has been the performance of Montreal Canadiens, Memorial Cup champions the last two seasons.In their first five games the Canadiens won only once (4-3 over Oshawa) and tied once (4-4 with Ottawa) while losing three.Their most surprising defeat was in their home opener when lightly-regarded Kitchener Rangers trounced Roger Bedard&rsquo;s club 8-4.In the last few years visiting teams taking points out of the Montreal Forum is as rare as Derek Sanderson going through an entire season without being booed in New York.Although not as strong, overall, as last year, the Canadiens have the nucleus of a good hockey team including last year&rsquo;s All Star defenseman Jocelyn Guevremont and speedy forwards Richard Martin and Robert La&mdash;londe.After almost three weeks of the schedule Montreal found itself in the unaccustomed position of eighth place but no team in the league has been lulled into any false sense of security.There is absolutely no doubt that they will come alive before Christmas.Peterborough continued getting great goaltending from John Garrett and ran its unbeaten streak to five games with a 6-0 win over Oshawa at home and a 4-4 tie with the Generals in Oshawa.Toronto Marlboros were also unbeaten after three weeks but had played only two games.Unofficial statistics showed that defending scoring champion Dionne was the early leader in points with 19 in his first six games on 10 goals and nine assists.The St. Catharines star scored 100 points in his rookie season, led the league last year with 132 points and is in line to establish a Junior A points record this year.Brian Cullen, St. Catharines&rsquo; captain when the team was then known as the Teepees and won the Memorial Cup in 1953-54. has a career record of 359 points and the individual season record of 161 points. Dionne, barring injury, may break both marks in this his final year of junior hockey.He scored his 250th career point in regular season games as the Hawks defeated Niagara Falls 6-2, scoring a natural hat trick (three successive goals) and adding an assist in the third period.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01259/3673114-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="554" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body">John GARRETT&hellip;Petes&rsquo; Goaler Hot</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>ONTARIO MAJOR LEAGUE (Standings on Tues. Oct. 27)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02205/3673107-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="569" height="363"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 20St. Catharines 3 at Hamilton 4 Ottawa 7 at Oshawa 2Thurs. Oct. 22Niagara Falls 2 at Peterborough 8Fri. Oct. 23St. Catharines 9 at Kitchener 4Montreal 4 at Toronto 3Peterborough 3 at Niagara Falls 0Oshawa 6 at London 6Sun. Oct. 25Ottawa 5 at Oshawa 4Hamilton 3 at Toronto 6Kitchener 2 at London 4Peterborough 4 at St. Catharines 2Niagara Falls 3 at Montreal 6<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE (Standings On Tues. Oct. 27)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-03151/3673100-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="577" height="366"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Thur*. Oct. 22Quebec 8 at Sherbrooke 2Three Rivers 7 at Drummondville 5Cornwall 6 at Sorel 2Fri. Oct. 23Cornwall 0 at Quebec 8Verdun 3 at Shawinigan 9Sherbrooke 6 at Rosemount 4Sun. Oct. 25Quebec 4 at Three Rivers 3Cornwall 7 at Verdun 6Sorel 6 at Drummondville 7St. Jerome 4 at Sherbrooke 7Rosemount 0 at Shawinigan 5<h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 21)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-04118/3673093-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="571" height="200"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0593/3673086-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="575" height="204"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR (Standings on Mon. Oct. 19)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0674/3673079-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="572" height="203"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0765/3673072-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="577" height="278"></div><h2>B.C. JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 19)<h3>COASTAL DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0861/3673065-1-eng-US/f0027-082.jpg" title="f0027-08" width="569" height="166"></div><h3>INTERIOR DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0960/3673058-1-eng-US/f0027-092.jpg" title="f0027-09" width="577" height="170"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1056/3673051-1-eng-US/f0027-102.jpg" title="f0027-10" width="576" height="199"></div><h3>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE (Standings on Mon. Oct. 26)</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1148/3673044-1-eng-US/f0027-112.jpg" title="f0027-11" width="585" height="303"></div> &#9632;

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Pat Flannery In, McKay Out In Hamilton Coaching Comedy; Dionne Fyes Scoring Records

<div class="byline">BY SPENCE CONLEY</div>OAKLAND&mdash;Charles 0. Finley has renamed his Oakland-based National Hockey League franchise. Instead of the Oakland Seals, the club henceforth will be known as the California Golden Seals, a glittering new label for a club which has seen far more than its share of gloom in the four years since its birth.Gloom seems to have permanent office space with the Seals, particularly now as the club struggles through its worst season-opening ever.By Oct. 19, the Seals had lost their first four, given up a whopping 22 goals and scored just six, and three of those were by one guy, newcomer centerman Dennis Hextall.And a broken shoulder had taken right wing Norm Ferguson out of service for at least two months.Executive vice president Bill Torrey says the reasons for the Seals unpleasant state of affairs are threefold&mdash;poor goaltending, bad team attitude and very bad early scheduling.While nobody in the Seal front office is going to say so, the haggling over contracts which sent Bill Hicke, Gary Smith, Carol Vadnais, and Harry Howell into arbitration, has had an effect on the team morale.Certainly something seems to be bugging Smith; the big goalkeeper has made little contribution to the club&rsquo;s success and a major contribution to its failure, says Torrey. &bdquo;&ldquo;Looking back over our start,&rdquo; says Torrey, &ldquo;we can see where we might have had some points, or better, yet, SHOULD have had points.&ldquo;It started right in Detroit in the first game. We were in that game pretty good, but Smitty&rsquo;s goaltending hurt us. If Smitty had done the kind of job we know he can do, then we&rsquo;d have gotten one point there and maybe two.&rdquo;The Seals were beaten, 5-3, and lost 6-1 to Chicago in the next one.&ldquo;We decided to try Bob Sneddon in goal against the Hawks. He had been playing pretty well and we felt he could do the job. He did the job, but the rest of the team didn&rsquo;t. They just died. Sure, he was nervous and we got behind pretty quickly. But we only had 14 shots on the Chicago goal all night and that&rsquo;s not much help.&rdquo; Torrey said.Then, after more than a month of floating around the East, the Seals came home. Their league opener was a 12,089 sellout, but the Boston Bruins turned what was billed as &ldquo;Finley&rsquo;s Follies&rdquo; into a Bruins picnic, 5-1.&ldquo;Smitty gave up a quick goal,&rdquo; explained Torrey. &ldquo;And we were in a hole right at the start. Then we played good hockey. Cheevers (goalie Gerry) was the guy who beat us, though. He made several great stops.The following night, the Seals made their first trip into Los Angeles and just as in the past, the L.A. jinx killed them.Nobody played well and the Kings walked away with a 6-1 victory. Smith had started, but was playing so badly. he was replaced at 5:40 of the final period by Sneddon.&ldquo;The biggest problem is goaltending,&rdquo; restarted Torrey. &ldquo;Our defense hasn&rsquo;t played that badly. In fact, I&rsquo;d say that Wayne Muloin, and Ron Stackhouse have done a pretty good job on the defense. Gary Croteau and Dennis Hextall have done well among the forwards.&rdquo;Disturbed by the unproductive play of his forwards, Coach Fred Glover began to make some wholesale lineup changes. Not only did he want a better effort, but he had to make at least one change to make up for the loss of Ferguson.The switching was made a little easier by the fact that the club has been carrying a two-man taxi squad&mdash;wing Paul Andrea and defenseman Dick Mattiussi.The ultimate result of the switching was that Bill Hicke and Gary Jarrett hit the bench.Bill and his brother, Ernie, had been playing with center Ted Hampson, but Hampson was switched to center for Andrea and Gerry Ehman. Ernie Hicke joined center Joe Hardy and Earl Ingarfield, who had been switched over from center. Tony Featherstone stepped into Ferguson&rsquo;s wing with Hextall and Croteau.There were no changes in the defense which features Carol Vadnais with rookie Ron Stackhouse, and veteran Harry Howell with Wayne Muloin. Mattiussi and Doug Roberts play as spares.Smith and Sneddon are the goalkeepers.SEAL NOTES: The Seal&rsquo; 12,089 sellout of their home opener against Boston was only the third sellout in three years plus of NHL play in Oakland&hellip;Finley has thrown lavish spreads for both the press and the Bay Area&rsquo;s barbers recently, trying to build good public and community relations, but all he&rsquo;s done is make his players more conscious of where the money they didn&rsquo;t get on their contracts is going&hellip;The Oakland Tribune, main supporter of the Seals all along, refuses to call the club the California Golden Seals, referring to the club simply as the Oakland Seals in a gesture of civic contempt for Finley&rsquo;s name change. Early on in his ownership, Finley called his team the &ldquo;Bay Area Seals.&rdquo; The change was done, he says, in order to let the regional resident know the team belongs to them, not just Oaklanders&hellip;The gimmick may be working&hellip;season ticket sales are over 2,000 for the first time, an increase of almost 75 percent over previous NHL seasons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01205/3673145-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg" title="C4-01" width="253" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dennis Hextall</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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