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November 20, 1970

The Hockey News November 20, 1970

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01686/2669213-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div>(INCLUDING GAMES OF SUN. NOV. 8)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02591/2669206-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1817" height="1038"></div>Key: GP&mdash;Games Played; G&mdash;Goals; A&mdash;Assists; PTS&mdash;Points; PIM&mdash;Penalties In Minutes; PPG&mdash;Power Play Goals; SHG&mdash;Shorthanded Goals; WG&mdash;Winning Goals; TG&mdash;Tieing Goals.<h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03464/2669199-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="917" height="3006"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04343/2669192-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="825" height="1073"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05255/2669185-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="322" height="3487"></div><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06208/2669178-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="911" height="3127"></div><h2>NHL SCOREBOARD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07183/2669171-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="800" height="183"></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

TOP 23 SCORERS

PHOENIX&mdash;&ldquo;If Larry Lund had skated as a kid,&rdquo; said Phoenix Roadrunners&rsquo; coach Aut Erickson, &ldquo;he&rsquo;d be a six or eight year Na-tional Hockey League veteran.&ldquo;He can handle the puck with the best, has a good shot and is plenty tough. He didn&rsquo;t skate until he was about 14 years old and that&rsquo;s the only thing that&rsquo;s holding him back.&rdquo;Lund&rsquo;s line, fondly dubbed the Go Go Line by Phoenix fans, is the only thing that&rsquo;s holding the Roadrunners up. They&rsquo;ve scored 13 of the team&rsquo;s 24 goals in the first nine games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0349/2670251-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="246" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Lund</figcaption></div>The 30-year-old center is fifth in the WHL scoring with four goals and nine assists, despite having played fewer games than the other leaders. His rightwinger, Andy Hinse, is tied for sixth with 12 points and his six goals are tops on the Phoenix club.Rightwinger Frankie Hughes went scoreless through the first six games but as Erickson pointed out: &ldquo;His goals will come&mdash;he&rsquo;s working too hard for them not to.&rdquo;Then the 21-year-old speedster bagged three in two nights.If the rest of the Roadrunner forward lines can get untracked, the Go Gos will continue to climb. As it is, they&rsquo;re get-ting all the attention and facing everyone&rsquo;s checking line.Erickson&rsquo;s concern for his defense has switched to his forward lines which he thought would be the club&rsquo;s strong point.Don Caley has been given so much support that he&rsquo;s leading the league with a 1.91 goals against average. Portland&rsquo;s Jim McLeod is second with a 2.50 mark.Adding to Erickson&rsquo;s front line troubles is the loss of left winger Bob Charlebois for a couple of weeks with a shoulder dislocation and strain. &#9632;

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Late Starting Lund Coming On Fast For Runners

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01102/2670213-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="534" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB COURCY&hellip;Sets Sizzling Pace</figcaption></div>SAN DIEGO&mdash;No wonder Gerry Goyer has begun wearing a belmet. He&rsquo;s been bounced around so much in the past year.The 6-1, 196-pound center was put on waivers last season by the Portland Buck-aroos and claimed by the Vancouver Canucks. It was the find of the year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0266/2670220-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="236" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Goyer</figcaption></div>Goyer scored 25 goals and 50 assists in 60 games as Vancouver ran away with the Western Hockey League pennant. In the playoffs, he stepped up his pace with 21 points in 11 games, tying teammate Murray Hall for playoff scoring leadership as the Canucks wrapped up the Lester Patrick Cup.Just before the current season opened, the 34-year-old veteran was purchased by the San Diego Gulls to add a little size and strength down the middle.He&rsquo;s added more than that. His line is the top scoring trio in the WHL.Rightwinger Bob Courcy leads the league in goals with 13 and points with 19 in 12 games. Goyer is third with three goals and 12 assists for 15 points with their leftwinger Al Nicholson holding fourth spot with 2-12&mdash;14.Only Portland&rsquo;s Art Jones, who set a WHL point scoring record last season, breaks the monopoly. He is second, three points behind Courcy, with a goal for each of his 10 games and six assists.Coach Max McNab liked the unit in training camp and the trio has been stepping up the pace ever since. Courcy scored four goals and three assists in the last four games.McNab bought another veteran center, Billy McNeill, from Salt Lake City and the Vancouver hotelkeeper has fired four goals in 10 days.Bob Champoux was released as McNab cut down to two goaltenders: last year&rsquo;s WHL all-star, Jack McCartan, and rookie Gary Simmons. &#9632;

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Goyer Psychs Gulls’ Hot Line

<h2>Tues. Oct. 27 KANSAS CITY 1 at FORT WORTH 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0264/2670473-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="586" height="378"></div><h2>Wed. Oct. 28 OMAHA 3 at OKLAHOMA CITY 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0342/2670466-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="587" height="499"></div><h2>Thurs. Oct. 29 KANSAS CITY 3 at FORT WORTH 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0431/2670459-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="587" height="548"></div><h2>Oct. 30 OKLAHOMA CITY 4 at TULSA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0525/2670452-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="589" height="628"></div><h2>FORT WORTH 4 at AMARILLO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0621/2670445-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="588" height="545"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 31 DALLAS 1 at FORTH WORTH 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0718/2670438-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="594" height="553"></div><h2>OKLAHOMA CITY 3 at OMAHA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0815/2670431-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="586" height="557"></div><h2>KANSAS CITY 3 at AMARILLO 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0913/2670424-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="589" height="523"></div><h2>Sun. Nov. 1 TULSA 5 at OMAHA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1012/2670417-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="585" height="691"></div> &#9632;

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CHL Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01479/2670909-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Hockey News Photo by Stephen Newman)</figcaption></div>RED WINGS CAUGHT UP IN TRADES&mdash;Page 3BLACK HAWKS STILL NO. 1 IN THE WEST&mdash;Page 14HODGE MAKING NEW LOOK WIN ALL STAR VOTES&mdash;Page 10Stick Ban No Problem For N.Y.&rsquo;sVIC HADFIELD and ROD GILBERT&mdash;Page 7 &#9632;

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RANGERS’ CHARGE AIMED AT TOP

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;Baseball is not exactly his game, but Jack Gordon, the pleasant and capable coach of the Minnesota North Stars, is encountering a problem familiar to the managers of America&rsquo;s national pastime these days.Like the baseball men who must pick a starting pitcher each day, Gordon selects his goalie from a more or less flexible rotation.The North Stars are loaded with good goaltenders this year, and the competition between Cesare Maniago, Gump Worsley and young Gilles Gilbert is keeping them all sharp.In their first eight games, while compiling a 5-3 record, the North Stars allowed only a total of 15 goals. That&rsquo;s under two per game, a vast improvement over the 3.65 mark which plagued the team last season.Maniago and Worsley were figured to provide Minnesota with some experienced goal work before the season began, but Gilbert has come along in such a spectacular fashion that he is pushing them both.In his first two starts, Gilbert stopped 46 shots at Montreal while the North Stars were winning 3-1 and then he held the Chicago Black Hawks to just one goal out of 34 shots in a 2-1 Minnesota victory.&ldquo;The kid has been just fantastic,&rdquo; observed Gordon, who is not much for cliches. &ldquo;He had a hot hand in training camp, and kept it up once we went into the league schedule.&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t seen many better goaltending exhibitions then he gave us in Montreal, and I doubt if anyone else in the Forum that night had either.&rdquo;Worsley played well enough in his first two games despite losing, 2-1 to Philadelphia and 3-2 to Detroit. Then the Gump came up with his best effort recently at Toronto, anchoring a 3-1 Minnesota victory.Maniago got off to a winning start, beating Pittsburgh 4-2 and Detroit 2-1 before running into a pair of explosive clubs, New York and Boston.The Rangers threw 46 shots at him to defeat the North Stars 4-1 and Boston bombarded him with 59. Maniago was manificent in Boston Garden under the severe pressure, but the Bruins took home a 5-0 decision.With such strong work from their goalie corps, the North Stars really have no choice but to keep all three on their active roster for the time being.It&rsquo;s not anything new, of course. St. Louis did it last season with good results, alternating Jacques Plante, Glenn Hall and Ernie Wakely. The only difference is that Scotty Bowman generally sent the goaltender he planned to use the next night in a day ahead on a back-to-back home and road situation, while the North Stars have been traveling as a unit.Maniago was asked if he had passed along much advice to Gilbert, the 21-year-old French-Canadian the North Stars had picked from the London Knights in the 1969 amateur draft.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s not much I can tell him about basic techniques,&rdquo; Maniago replied. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s solid. Before the Black Hawks came in to play us the first time, he did ask about Bobby Hull and how to stop him.Cesare&rsquo;s reply: &ldquo;Brace yourself and hope he misses the net.&rdquo;To date, Gordon has adapted no set rotation for his goalies.None have worked two games in succession, but Worsley missed two weeks of competition before he performed so well in Toronto.&ldquo;I try to study the statistics and see how Maniago and Worsley have done against various teams in the past,&rdquo; Gordon said. &ldquo;This has been helpful, but sometimes you have to throw that out the window.&rdquo;Gordon and general manager Wren Blair had anticipated, before the season began, that Gilbert would eventually wind up with Minnesota&rsquo;s American Hockey League development team at Cleveland.But the way he has been going, the Barons are going to have to wait&hellip;and it may be quite a while before they ever see him again, if ever.NORTH STAR NOTES: Boston&rsquo;s 59 shots at Maniago on Nov. 1 established a Minnesota record for that department by the opposition. The previous mark was 56, by New York in a 5-2 win on Nov. 19, 1967&hellip;Defenseman Tom Reid collapsed in the dressing room after the game at Toronto, complaining of severe stomach pains and dizziness. He missed the next night at Boston, then returned home for a thorough physical examination. He may have an ulcer&hellip;Barry Gibbs, a former Boston player, was involved in an incident behind the net with Johnny McKenzie of the Bruins, resulting in a 10-stitch stick wound on McKenzie&rsquo;s forehead&hellip;Center Tommy Williams returned to the Minnesota line-up on Oct. 31 for the first time since he suffered a sprained back in camp Sept. 22&hellip;Two young North Stars recently celebrated their birthdays. Danny Grant became 25 and Jude Drouin, 22&hellip; &#9632;

Gordon Borrows Leaf From Baseball Book Rotating Goalers Like Starting Pitchers

OAKLAND&mdash;It has taken the California Golden Seals a few weeks to put it all together but there are increasing signs that the Bay Area club has started to fulfill some of the expectations the club brass had hoped for.Only recently Seals&rsquo; general manager Frank Selke maintained that the club was starting to come on and he expected them to do a turnabout. It seems the Seals took him to heart this past week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01641/2668543-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="550" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">TONY FEATHERSTONE</figcaption></div>Using home ice as a momentum, the Seals rolled up three victories in succession, the longest winning skein the club has experienced this season.The Seals started with a 6-1 shellacking of the Buffalo Sabres and followed it up with a 3-1 upset of the Rangers and an 8-4 pasting of the Toronto Leafs.It all added up to three much needed wins for the new look Seals and no doubt will renew Charles 0. Finley&rsquo;s confidence in his harassed hirelings.The Seals received some offensive help from a new source and it was heartening to coach Fred Glover. He had come to expect it from Ted Hampson, Carol Vadnais, Bill Hicke and Earl Ingarfield, but not from rookie Tony Featherstone.The strapping winger turned in a two-goal week and helped set up a game winning goal in another contest as the Seals turned on their East Division rivals with a vengeance. Featherstone is among the club&rsquo;s prize rookie crop that has been prospering down on the farm.The Seals may have arrived in one week and so has Tony Featherstone. &#9632;

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Hot Rookie Helps Seals To Untrack

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;Hockey has its own Law of Gravity: when a team goes down, trade talks come up.That&rsquo;s what happened to the struggling Red Wings and popular center-left wing Pete Stemkowski was dispatched to the Rangers for Larry Brown and Don Luce. Veteran defenseman Bob Baun was placed on waivers and claimed by Buffalo Sabres.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01643/2668588-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="555" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN-GUY TALBOT</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02525/2668581-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="550" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY KEENAN</figcaption></div>The object was to strengthen the Red Wings defensively and they needed it badly. A sieve held water better than the Red Wings prevented pucks from nestling in their net.You&rsquo;ve got to go way, way down to find the Red Wings in the defensive standings, way, way down. When the deal was made only the Buffalo Sabres had a worse defensive record.And it wasn&rsquo;t all the fault of the blueline boys or the goalkeeping of Roy Edwards. The forwards contributed&hellip;or failed to&hellip;mightily.Coach Ned Harkness has been stressing &ldquo;a 60-minute effort&rdquo; but seldom have the Wings put it all together. They did against Boston, dealing the Bruins their first defeat of the season, 5-3.Then, next time out of the gate, they played terribly in blowing a game 5-4 to Toronto. Three times they had the lead, once by two goals, and failed to hang on.Even the Big Line of Frank Mahovlich, Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe was at fault with the Leafs picking off Mahovlich and Howe passes and converting them into Dave Keon goals.Harkness wouldn&rsquo;t criticize his top unit, however.&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t expect Gordie and Alex to do everything. The other players, especially the younger players, have got to play and carry some of the load.&rdquo;Harkness singled out 22-year-old center Garry Unger in particular and warned &ldquo;he&rsquo;s got to get in gear. I think he&rsquo;s got great talent but we can&rsquo;t keep waiting for it.&rdquo;The doghouse isn&rsquo;t a new address for Unger, a young free spirit.A year ago in training camp then coach Bill Gadsby was on him for lackadaisical play. Early in the season Unger was benched during a game in Los Angeles.The previous season Unger got off to a great start and faded in the second half and general manager Sid Abel, then also coaching the team, said Unger had been given too much publicity.Unger led the club with 42 goals last season but was Detroit&rsquo;s most disappointing player when it was erased four straight by Chicago in the playoffs. He had only one assist.Then, on the eve of training camp, he injured his back in a diving board accident at a suburban Detroit motel pool. He missed all the exhibition games and understandably had a slow start despite scoring Detroit&rsquo;s first goal in the opening game.When Unger got nine shots on goal against Boston, skated hard and stayed on the puck, management and Unger agreed his &ldquo;training camp&rdquo; was over and he was ready to play. Then he played badly in the next start against Toronto.&ldquo;That was an awfully big game for us&hellip;number one game,&rdquo; Harkness said. &ldquo;We win that and we&rsquo;re off and running. We can&rsquo;t keep up this win one, lose one.&rdquo;Actually, the Wings haven&rsquo;t even been doing that. It&rsquo;s been more win one, lose two.RED WING NOTES: Larry Brown was notified of the deal in Boston three hours before the Rangers were to meet the Bruins.He sat it out, got back to his Long Island apartment at 3 a.m., spent four restless hours in bed and got up for an early flight to Detroit.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03352/2668574-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1168" height="1481"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran defenseman BOB BAUN was considered expendable by the Wings when the club ran into early season difficulties. The long-time NHL rearguard was put on waivers, claimed by Buffalo and swapped to St. Louis. (Hockey News Photo by Stephen Newman)</figcaption></div>Brown saw extensive service that night and confessed afterward &ldquo;my knees were shaking.&rdquo;The deal shocked Luce and Brown, both third year pros who were brought up in the Ranger system, but Stemkowski wasn&rsquo;t completely surprised.&ldquo;They&rsquo;d been talking about trades and you figure on one hand who the untouchables are and on the other the players no one wants. That leaves who they&rsquo;ll trade.&rdquo;Stemkowski figured he was at the top of the list. He balked two days before agreeing to go to New York, primilarily because &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like the big city.&rdquo; But the fact the Rangers can win it all this season helped change his mind.Stemkowski was very popular with his teammates and the people around Olympia and was the dressing room humorist.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t want to trade Stemmer,&rdquo; general manager Sid Abel said. &ldquo;He did everything we wanted and scored more goals than I thought he would. But to get something you&rsquo;ve got to give something.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Wings’ Early Slump Farted Club To Look For Help In Trades

BUFFALO&mdash;The Buffalo Sabres wasted little time turning defensive acquisition Bob Baun into a lucrative trade that brought them two needed veterans&mdash;Jean-Guy Talbot and Larry Keenan.Manager-coach Punch Imlach put in a bid for his old Toronto defense stalwart when the Detroit Red Wings asked waivers on Baun. Imlach possibly beat the Leafs to the punch by claiming Baun.Many believed Baun was destined for the Sabres but Imlach had other ideas. He cooked up a trade with St. Louis Blues who parted with Talbot, a defenseman, and Keenan, an injury-prone left winger, in exchange for Baun.Imlach saw a chance to get two bodies instead of one and went for the proposition. Talbot, who can do double duty as a defender and a penalty killer, will likely see plenty of action with the defensively harrassed Sabres. Keenan, who scored only 10 goals last season with St. Louis, has never quite lived up to his potential with the Blues mostly because of injuries.Imlach moved the veteran into the left wing slot on his No. 1 line which is centered by the club&rsquo;s sensational young rookie, Gilbert Perreault. &#9632;

Sabres Got Blues’ Duo Using Baun

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01705/2668664-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="371" height="444"></div>&bull; MINNESOTA NORTH STARS announced that veteran defenseman Leo Boivin would retire as a player immediately and take up a new vocation as a scout for the club. Boivin is among only 20 players to play 1,000 or more games in the NHL. The 38-year-old defenseman played all that time but never managed to play with a Stanley Cup champion&hellip;General Manager Scotty Bowman of the St. Louis Blues has become a father for the first time. His wife, Sue, gave birth to an eightpound baby daughter named Alicia Jean&hellip;Detroit Red Wings lead all NHL clubs in one department&hellip;and that&rsquo;s contact lenses. Three members of the team wear contacts while playing and all three are newcomers to the Wings this season. They&rsquo;re Tom Webster and the two recent additions from New York, Don Luce and Larry Brown&hellip;Wings will miss Peter Stemkowski in more ways than one. He was the guy who did all the nicknaming and chalked up the day&rsquo;s &ldquo;three stars&rdquo; on the dressing room blackboard after each practice&hellip;The Rangers were ecstatic in obtaining Stemkowski in the trade for Larry Brown. They feel that he will supply the muscle they lost when Orland Kurtenbach went to Vancouver. Stemkowski scored 46 goals during his two seasons with Detroit. He had 25 last year and 21 the year previous&hellip;One of the smallest goalies in hockey is Gilles Villemure, Rangers&rsquo; back-up goalie to Ed Giacomin. Possessor of a most impressive record in minor pro ranks, Villemure has looked very good in the games he&rsquo;s played with New York this season and the spunky netminder says he&rsquo;s in the NHL to stay this time&hellip;What&rsquo;s it like to come back from an injury that has almost killed you and step out on the ice again? All the doubts and fears are explored fully as the current issue of Sport magazine focuses on &ldquo;The Return of Terrible Teddy Green&rdquo;&hellip;Minnesota&rsquo;s Gump Worsley is down to 178 pounds, his lightest in years&hellip;For the first time in its history the Western Hockey League is without an entry from Canada. The six-team circuit, all U.S.-based, is composed of San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Denver.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02656/2668657-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="266" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leo Boivin</figcaption></div>&bull; NOEL PICARD of the St. Louis Blues was embarrassed recently when the sat on the Boston Bruins bench by mistake&hellip;New York fans are on Captain Bob Nevin. He is being booed constantly by the fans and the target of much verbal abuse&hellip;Rangers suffered a tough blow when Bill Fairbairn was sent home from California with a mild case of mononucleosis. The standout sophomore will be lost to the team for a minimum of three weeks&hellip;Jeff Jennings, former roommate of Keith Magnuson at the University of Denver, pointed out to us during our recent visit to New York that five members of Denver&rsquo;s 1967-68 championship club are now performing in the National Hockey League. Never before have five members from any one college team made it into major professional ranks in any sport, be it baseball, football, basketball or whatever. The five Denver grads in the NHL right now are Magnuson and Cliff Koroll with Chicago, George Morrison with St. Louis, Jim Wiste with Vancouver and Jim Shires with Detroit. This is indeed quite a remarkable record, and is a further indication of how college graduates will be in the NHL forefront in the years to come&hellip;Bill Beagan, former NHL official, is doing a first-rate job as Commissioner of the International Hockey League. This is his second year at the post and he&rsquo;s come a long way since he took over the job a year ago October. Only 32 penalty shots have been called in the NHL since 1963. There were three last season and one so far this year. This is one of hockey&rsquo;s most exciting features and it&rsquo;s too bad the fans aren&rsquo;t treated to more of these spine-tingling moments when a player is awarded a free shot on goal and pits his skill against the opposing goalkeeper&hellip;University of Notre Dame will enter competition with teams from the highly rated Western Collegiate Hockey Association this season, after two years of playing against smaller schools. Coach Lefty Smith after two winning years is optimistic about his charges&rsquo; chances, but the formidable list of opponents, including NCAA finalists Michigan Tech and Wisconsin, will severly test the Irish.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03560/2668650-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="262" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Noel Picard</figcaption></div>&bull; MISS BABS Desina of St. Louis took vigorous exception to Mr. Wade Ford&rsquo;s letter to the Fan Forum concerning the behavior of the St. Louis Blues fans. She writes: &ldquo;Doesn&rsquo;t Mr. Ford know that St. Louis is first with Blues, shoes and booze&mdash;but not boos!&rdquo;&hellip;Amie Brown is coming into his own as a defenseman with the Rangers&hellip;Dan Kelly will be back as play-by-play announcer for the CBS games this season&hellip;Bill Mazer will not be back and there&rsquo;s a good chance that Boston&rsquo;s Johnny Peirson may replace him as the color man to work with Kelly&hellip;Swedish hockey leaders hope that Canada will soon be back competing in the World Championships. The Swedes would like to see open world championships take place, where the best teams from each country, whether they&rsquo;re called or amateurs, compete against each other. This has to come about soon&hellip;Bo Melander, hockey writer for Stockholm&rsquo;s Dagens Nyhater, is one of Europe&rsquo;s leading hockey authorites&hellip;Lefty Wilson, Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; trainer, celebrated his 51st birthday recently. Lefty has been with the Red Wings organization for 26 years&hellip;Winger Fred (Buster) Harvey and defenseman Fred Barrett, both 20-year-old products of the 1970 junior draft, continue to play well for Minnesota. They appear to be a pair of finds for the Stars&hellip;Guy Trottier, Toronto&rsquo;s new right winger, is the oldest rookie in the NHL this season. You seldom find 28-year-old rookies in any pro league&hellip;Coach Jack Gordon of the North Stars is emphasizing a lot of fundamentals in practices with his team&hellip;Bill Levins, General Manager of the Oklahoma City Blazers, has once again come up with one of the best programs to be found anywhere in hockey.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04488/2668643-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="262" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Arnie Brown</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.Kenneth William McKenzie President and PublisherCharlie Halpin Editorial DirectorYearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point. N.YSecond class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327 Printed in CanadaVol. 24 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 20, 1970 No. 7 &#9632;

The Hockey News

<h2>Wonderful Bruin Fans Don&rsquo;t Take Back Seat</h2>The wonderful fans of Boston Bruins don&rsquo;t have to take a back seat to anyone. They have their team, they never put up signs that signify vulgarity, and what&rsquo;s more, they don&rsquo;t go waving rubber chickens at an opponent when entering the penalty box.Add it all up, and you&rsquo;ll see the Bruins have the best fans in the NHL. Remember, they even supported the Bruins with capacity houses during the eight straight years they never made the playoffs.ROGER NAPLES, Revere, Mass.<h2>Wayne Maki Deserves Leadership Credit</h2>Wayne Maki deserves much credit for his fine leadership at Vancouver after that unforgettable incident in Ottawa last year.I would like to quote a former great baseball player when he said: &ldquo;Nice guys can finish first.&rdquo; This is my feeling about Wayne Maki, and I am sure he will be near the top at the end of the season. I would also like to see Ted Green return to being the great player he was before that incident happened.AL MacDONALD, Duluth, Minn.<h2>Black Hawks Saviours? it Just Isn&rsquo;t So</h2>Hogwash! Norman MacLean&rsquo;s article in the Nov. 6 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS concerning the Black Hawks being the &lsquo;saviours&rsquo; of the NHL&rsquo;s West Division is just too much!Last season in the NHL there were four spots open in the West Division for Stanley Cup playoffs. Now there are only three. Chicago an automatic &lsquo;in&rsquo;, and every hockey fan in North America knows it. Why not be honest and admit to the fact that the real reason Chicago was switched to the West was to insure that Bobby Hull got into the Cup playoffs? The Hawks finished a dismal last in 1968-69, and hockey fans the world over were bemoaning the fact that one of the greatest players the game has ever known could not even be seen in Cup action. To remedy the situation for the future, the NHL moguls switched the Hawks to the West, thereby insuring hockey fans that Hull, Stan Mikita and company would be in the playoffs for all-time. Even if the entire Hawk team came down with the mumps simultaneously, the team would still be assured of at least a fourth-place finish in the final standings.This year Philadelphia Flyers are playing their greatest hockey since their inception, but do they have a remote chance of being number one in their division? Absolutely not. Flyers have defeated Chicago once in 16 NHL games, and I cannot see a miracle happening the foreseeable future that would suddenly make them superior to the Hawks. The logical addition to the West division (instead of Chicago) would have been Vancouver Canucks. You cannot get any further west without falling into the Pacific Ocean. This would have maintained interest in the West Division alive and would have hypoed attendance. Now West Division fans must have the same feeling that I have. As the Black Hawks run away and hide from the rest of the division it is not going to encourage fans to rush out and buy tickets.FRANK McDERMOTT, Trenton, N.J. &#9632;

Fan Forum

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01658/2668743-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>The members of the Adirondack-Sherwood Professional Advisory Staff enjoy an occasional meeting. It gives them a chance to performance-test our sticks, compare notes, and make suggestions. They&rsquo;re always on the lookout for ways to improve Sherwood hockey sticks. Many of the top pros belong to our Advisory Staff. Their professional opinions and recommendations help us produce sticks that live up to the pace and stress of professional hockey. Their advice helps Sherwood make the best stick on ice&hellip;pro to peewee.Our advisors meet all season long.ADIRONDACK-SHERWOOD, INC. Dolgeville, N.Y. 13329 &#9632;

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Board Meeting

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01732/2668788-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="959" height="1187"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02596/2668781-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="956" height="1182"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03449/2668774-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="955" height="1190"><figcaption class="caption-body">The New York Rangers are wearing the latest in hockey toggery this season&mdash;sweaters with their names on the back. Here&rsquo;s ARNIE BROWN, left, BRAD PARK, in center, and JEAN RATELLE, at right, showing Hockey News Photos by Harry Klaff off the new look in jerseys during early season action at New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden. (Hockey News Photos by Harry Klaff)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Names On Baeks New Broadway Twist

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;It&rsquo;s a bit ironic that the Vancouver Canucks&rsquo; leading scorer after their first 11 NHL games should turn out to be Murray Hall, a wiry, balding veteran of the minor leagues.It&rsquo;s ironic because while Vancouver fans have been generously appreciative of nearly all the first-year Canucks, that appreciation often hasn&rsquo;t extended far enough to include Hall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04323/2668826-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="267" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Arbour</figcaption></div>He was every boo-bird&rsquo;s favorite target Oct. 25 as the Canucks skated to a 1-1 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins, a team that makes up for its lack of scoring punch with ferocious checking.But what Vancouver fans that day didn&rsquo;t know and what coach Hal Laycoe didn&rsquo;t reveal until much later is that Hall went into the Pittsburgh game with a neck still painfully sore from a crunching body-check administered a few days earlier by California&rsquo;s Wayne Muloin.Hall really shouldn&rsquo;t have played at all and if he was the kind of player fans that day were suggesting, he wouldn&rsquo;t have.However, Laycoe was reluctant to break up his highest scoring line so Hall went out there to play right wing with center Orland Kurtenbach and left winger Wayne Maki.He didn&rsquo;t play well and the fans quickly and noisily made him aware of it. Later, even general manager Bud Poile was grumbling.&ldquo;Our wingers have to get more involved,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;particularly on the right side.&rdquo;He didn&rsquo;t mention Hall by name, but it was obvious the native of Kirkland Lake, Ont., was one of the players he had in mind.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05271/2668819-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="567" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY HALL&hellip;New Muscle Showing</figcaption></div>Hll did his talking on the ice. In the Canucks&rsquo; next game he contributed two assists in a 7-2 rout of the Buffalo Sabres. His next start produced a goal and assist in 6-3 loss to the Canadiens in Montreal.That left him with a total of 11 points&mdash;four goals, seven assists&mdash;and a one point lead over Andre Boudrias, Maki and Kurtenbach in the Canucks&rsquo; scoring derby. It also left him only one point short of his total previous NHL production. Before coming to Vancouver Hall played 55 games with Chicago, Detroit and Minnesota and managed only a scant 12 points.Hall has always been able to skate and shoot well enough to play in the NHL, but at six feet and 170 pounds, he wasn&rsquo;t physically strong enough. A tall, lean guy is at a distinct disadvantage in the heavy going.Last summer, he set out to correct that defect. He enrolled in the Lloyd Pervical body-building program and reported to the Canucks&rsquo; Calgary training camp wearing 10 pounds of new muscle.Hall will be 30 on the 24th of this month, which means this is likely to be his last chance to make it in the majors. Despite occasionally invoking the displeasure of the home fans, he&rsquo;s making the most of it. And as he grows more accustomed to the faster, tougher pace of the NHL, he&rsquo;s playing better all the time.When the Canucks launched their maiden NHL season, their biggest weakness appeared to be a lack of scoring power. But in the early stages, that hasn&rsquo;t been a major problem.After three weeks of play, the Canucks, with 30 goals, were being outscored by only three rivals, Boston, Chicago and Detroit. And they had yet to be shut out.Key defensive blunders, particularly on the road, were coach Laycoe&rsquo;s major concern.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not that we&rsquo;re not playing well,&rdquo; he complained after the club&rsquo;s fourth straight road setback. &ldquo;In every road game except that 8-2 loss to Chicago we&rsquo;ve played well enough to win&hellip;most of the time. But it seems somewhere along the line we have a letdown and surrender two or three goals in a hurry.&rdquo;CANUCK CAPERS: Canucks will be in the league a long time before they score a more satisfying win than that 7-2 romp over Buffalo&hellip;That one was cause for celebration from the executive suite to the locker room&hellip;&rdquo;I guess we showed them who made the best draft choices,&rdquo; smiled a happy Mike Corrigan&hellip;&ldquo;If we can finish ahead of Buffalo and Toronto I&rsquo;ll consider this season an outstanding success,&rdquo; said president Tom Scallen&hellip;After 11 games, the Canucks were doing even better than that&hellip;They were ahead of Toronto, Buffalo and Detroit and holding down fourth place in the tough eastern division&hellip;Veteran defense-men Marc Reaume and Darryl Sly have been waived though the NHL&hellip;Defenseman John Arbour has been recalled by the parent club. Another veteran, winger Bob Dillabough, has been assigned to Rochester. &#9632;

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Hall Turns Jeers To Cheers As Canucks’ Vet Roars Back

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;&ldquo;I had a lot of trouble in training camp,&rdquo; said Vic Hadfield, the New York Rangers&rsquo; vice president in charge of practical jokes.The six foot, 185 pound hard rock was not talking about his prolonged holdout which was only terminated with arbitration just prior to opening day.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01684/2668864-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="262" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Vic Hadfield</figcaption></div>&ldquo;When the National Hockey League changed the ruling covering the curvature of the stick from one inch to onehalf inch this year, I didn&rsquo;t think it would bother me, but it sure did. In camp, I found when I received a pass with the new half inch blade, the puck bounced away from me. I had to learn to cup the blade at an angle. Also, my contract problems did not help my concentration of the curved stick problem,&rdquo; revealed the 30-year-old Oakville, Ont., native.Many NHL observers thought the new rule would see the demise of Hadfield as a star perfoemer. He had been a journeyman roughneck, until Bobby Hull suggested he switch to the banana blade, late in the 1966-67 season, and presto, a star was born. It was Hadfield&rsquo;s booming slap shots from certer ice which, along with the Hull freres equally potent blasts, caused the NHL Governors to pass the goalie protecting legislation.When Hadfield, along with Brad Park, Walter Tkaczuk and Jean Ratelle held out this past summer, most thought he had the weakest case of all.Nowc one month into the 1970-71 season, Vic is leading the Rangers with six goals, is getting more shots on the net than ever, has vastly improved puck control, and has served as a key man, playing both with his long time buddies, Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert and with the checking line of Syl Apps and Bobby Nevin.&ldquo;I guess I might even be able to play the puck on my back hand now,&rdquo; laughed the jubiliant Ranger after New York had trounced Chicago 5-2 on November l.j<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02618/2668857-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1785" height="1180"><figcaption class="caption-body">WILLIAM JENNINGS, left, president of the New York Rangers, accepts THE HOCKEY NEWS award as NHL executive of the year from publisher KEN McKENZIE, during representation ceremonies recently at New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden. Jennings was instrumental in league&rsquo;s two expansion programs since 1967.</figcaption></div>the other member of the New York adherents to the curved stick, Hot Rod Gilbert, is also off and winging down the right boards. Rodri four goals and three assists, but it is not the statistics, but the way in which he had played, which had gladdened the hearts of Ranger fans.He got two assists in the Chicago win and it was his back handed flip to Ratelle which was the play of the night.&ldquo;I got a real kick out of that pass,&rdquo; noted Rod. &ldquo;Last season with the curved stick I don&rsquo;t know if I could have made it. I had to change and I think it has helped my play.&rdquo;Gilbert also has responded to the challenge of his only really poor season in Ranger flannels. His 1969-70 production was far below the level which Rod in capable and he is showing that last year was just one of those things.&ldquo;Gilbert has played verywell, especially on defense, &ldquo;says General Manager-Coach Emile Francis. &ldquo;He is a complete hockey player so far this season.&rdquo;The Rangers bounced back after losing to Boston 6-0 in an October 31 showdown in the Boston Garden. They showed this was just one of those things.&ldquo;I would rather lose a laugher like this than a 2-1 squeaker,&rdquo; commented Francis.The defense continues excellent and Gilles Villemure, the backup goalie is being trusted with bigger and better assignments. After Ed Giacomin was defensed in Boston, Villemure got the Chicago assignment the next night. The sulky driving crew cut 30-year-old pulled it off for his third straight win. He is undefeated at 3-0 and probably will get at least one of the two starts in the Rangers&rsquo; West Coast jaunt to Oakland and Los Angeles. This, the frist of five coast trips, will be history when this hits the street.&ldquo;It is essential we do well on the Coast this year,&rdquo; emphasizes Francis. &ldquo;Last year, we lost a game after the buzzer in Los Angeles and this almost cost us the playoffs.&rdquo;BLUE CHIPS: William M. Jennings, the Rangers&rsquo; president was presented with THE HOCKEY NEWS award as 196970 Executive of the Year by Ken McKenzie, publisher of hockey&rsquo;s bible&hellip;Vic Hadfield got 7 shots versus Chicago on 11/1 and 6 against Detroit on 10/28, easily the best on the team&hellip;Hadfield is playing on the power play, skating on the checking line and taking a regular turn&hellip;Ted Irvine notched his maiden NHL regular season goal versus Chicago and played his best evergame with N.Y&hellip;. Opposition has only three power play goals in 38 attempts while New York has nine goals in 39 shots at a short handed opponent&hellip;New York (Walt Tkaczuk) has scored once while short and saw Eddie Westfall of the Bruins do likewise to them on October 31&hellip;The Bues sent Mike Robitaille a defenseman, and forward Jim Krulichi back to Omaha of the CHL to cutdown the roster. &#9632;

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Hadfield, Gilbert Lead Ranger Charge

NEW YORK&mdash;In a deal made from strength, the defense rich New York Rangers, trader 23-year-old Larry Brown to the Detroit Red Wings for 27-year-old Peter Stemkowski.Brown, a positional type of defenseman, will get a regular turn on the Wing blue line, whereas Stemkowski, who plays both center and left wing, gives New York added depth, scoring and muscle.&ldquo;Any time you can add a player of Stemkowski&rsquo;s ability without hurting yourself, you have to make the trade,&rdquo; said Emile Francis, the Rangers Govemal manager.Stemkowski scored 25 goals and added 24 assists for 49 points with the Wings last season, after hitting for 21 goals and 31 assists in 1968-69. He hits and at 6 foot even and 200 pounds, adds some very much needed muscle to the Rangers.Whether Peter, a former Toronto Maple Leaf who was part of the big Frank Mahovlich&mdash;Norm Ullman deal of March 1968, can displace Syl Apps as the center on the third or checking trio, is a question. Francis usually follows the policy of asking a new player to make the team. However, Peter&rsquo;s credentials are solid and Apps would appear to have a fight on his hands.Syl, the young 23-year-old former Princeton University center, helped New York greatly against Chicago on November 1. In the first period of the 5-2 win, Apps drew a penalty from Referee Ron Wicks for dragging Hull to the ice, but became the winner in the embroglio when Robert Marvin lost his temper and slashed back at Syl. Hull cut Apps, drew five minutes for this infraction and Apps got only two for his original minor. Both men drew additional major penalties for fighting.In a corollary to the Brown&mdash;Stemkowski deal, New York sent center Don Luce, a curly haired 22-year-old Omaha Central League graduate to the Wings in return for Steve Andrascik, a 22-year-old Fort Worth wingman. Andrascik will report to Omaha in the Central League. Luce, obviously, the fourth center, even before the advent of Stemkowski, may get a chance for more ice with Detroit.Another plus in the Stemkowski deal is his ability as a penalty killer. Ron Stewart has had regulars such as Ratelie and Tkaczuk as his regular time killing partners. This works out alright for awhile, but can hurt over the course of a long schedule. With the Stemmer around, it should not be necessary anymore. &#9632;

Stemmer Big Catch For ‘Cat’

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01718/2668926-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="301" height="364"></div><h2>An Old Pro Comes Back</h2>HE MOVED EFFORTLESSLY and with grace, as he always has, and he handled the puck on the end of his stick cleverly, and made smart passes and shot hard. Andy Bathgate always was one of the most beautiful of hockey players, a stylist, someone who stands out from the herd, and while he is not now at the age of 38 with Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Penguins what he once was in his 20&rsquo;s with New York Rangers, he still has skill, and it remains a pleasure watching him perform.He may not remain in the National Hockey League now. He is as much an individualist off the ice as he is on it and he is the odd one who would rather play regularly in the minors than part-time in the majors. His coach, Red Kelly, was saying before the game that, &ldquo;He worked hard in camp. I&rsquo;m sure he wants to be here.&rdquo; But Bathgate was saying afterwards, &ldquo;I only want to stay if I&rsquo;m a regular.&rdquo;He was dressing in sharp duds to depart. His handsome, seamed face betrayed his years, but he said, &ldquo;I feel fine. My legs are all right. They&rsquo;re not what they used to be, but they&rsquo;re all right. I don&rsquo;t expect to play full-time anymore. But I have to play a lot. I have to break a sweat and keep sweating to be loose and effective. If I sit around, I tighten up and when I go out there I&rsquo;m no good. Red is using me just on the power play for the most part. I&rsquo;m a good point man. But I have to do more. I still have a little time left in hockey if I&rsquo;m used.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02633/2668919-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="568" height="884"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY BATHGATE&hellip;Have To Play A Lot</figcaption></div>He was asked about reports that he&rsquo;d rather be in the Western League than in the National League. He smiled and said, &ldquo;You said it, I didn&rsquo;t, but I can&rsquo;t exactly deny it. The thing is, I have no control over it. Pittsburgh holds my contract, they&rsquo;ve come up short-handed, and if they need me here, this is where I have to be. They have ten games to decide. That&rsquo;s our agreement. I did work hard in camp. That&rsquo;s where I was, so that&rsquo;s where I worked. It&rsquo;s not in me to dog it. I&rsquo;m not trying to play myself off this team. It&rsquo;s just that I want to play a lot for the team I&rsquo;m with. And that might be more likely to be the Western League than the National League. What I&rsquo;d like is be assigned to Phoenix.&rdquo;He came out of Winnipeg to play a dozen seasons in New York, then a year or so in Toronto, a year in Detroit and the first year of expansion in Pittsburgh before dropping down to Vancouver two years ago. Rangers were terrible when he was with them, but he was great. He did his best with a bad team and he never got the credit he deserved because his team was bad. In the 1962-63 season, he set the modern major league record which still stands of scoring goals in 10 consecutive games, a remarkable performance. He usually scored in the high 20&rsquo;s, had seasons of 30, 35 and 40 goals. He led the NHL in assists with 56 one season and 58 another. He led in total points once with 84 and had other seasons of 81 and 88 points. He entered this season with 334 NHL goals in 993 games and if the time he has been putting in does nothing more for him, it carried him past the milestone of 1,000 games played in the majors.But the stats do not accurately describe a player like Bathgate, who had to be seen to be appreciated. I recall a play he made one night in old Madison Square Garden against Montreal when he broke in alone on a single defense man and the goaltender, was ridden off to the right by the defender. Just when he seemed to have been steered away he pivoted into a swift and complete circle which took him to the open side of the startled defender. From the left side he whipped the puck past a shocked Jacques Plante. I work with words but I do not think this does justice in describing a smooth and seemingly effortless move which was just magnificent and has lingered in my mind for many years. He made passes which were perfect. He made plays others would not have seen as possible.<h2>Can He Lift The Pens?</h2>IN LOS ANGELES early this season, traces of the old style lingered, but it was an illusion. He no longer can do what he once could do. Not up here, not up top. He can on memory alone do more in the Western League than most minor leaguers ever dreamed of doing. He scored 37 goals two seasons ago and 40 last season, and totalled 73 and 108 points in the two campaigns. He was second in scoring only to the ageless Art Jones in the west last season. And now after Michel Briere was nearly fatally injured and the Penguins came up short on punch, Red Kelly called him back to Pittsburgh in a desperate effort to add new life with an old hand.There was just a moment, too, in the L.A. game, when he got the puck ten feet from Denis DeJordy and struck quick, wristing it over the King netminder, which reminded you of the way it used to be. Not many remember how it used to be. Not long after his goal, a brawl broke out and Ross Lonsberry was exchanging punches with him. Ross doesn&rsquo;t know the 6-foot, 185-pound Bathgate is one of the great punchers in hockey history. He may know it now, though Andy can&rsquo;t turn it on the way he used to and this one went to no decision. What is he doing, here, now, 18 years after he turned pro, fighting with a young stud? What is he doing going back to the minors.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s Vancouver, before it made the majors this year, or maybe Phoenix&mdash;good, big cities in a fast league that&rsquo;s a lot better than people in this league realize, Bathgate said later. &ldquo;I love the game or I wouldn&rsquo;t be hanging around. I don&rsquo;t want to just hang around. In my place, I can still produce. I don&rsquo;t want to be moved around like a kid. My family is still in Toronto. I don&rsquo;t want to be apart from them. When they tell me where I&rsquo;ll be the rest of this season that&rsquo;s where I&rsquo;ll have my family. Id like to stay on the ice a little while longer. I&rsquo;ve found it hard to leave it.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;George Morrison has cracked a tough lineup.The rookie from the University of Denver has successfully made the big jump from college hockey to the National Hockey League and he&rsquo;s turned the trick with the West Division titlists, the St. Louis Blues.The tide of events is still sweeping pretty fast for the 21-year-old Morrison, but he is a level-headed young man who is neither immobilized by his awe of the big league nor on the other hand is he lofty with pride because he has made it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03521/2668957-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="253" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Morrison</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s one thing to make it and another thing to stay,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve just got to work hard to stay in the NHL.&rdquo;&ldquo;Everything&rsquo;s new to me, and I&rsquo;m just getting used to some of the other teams,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I had always hoped to be a pro, and now I know I have to produce.&rdquo;Morrison benefitted from good coaching at Denver, where Murray Armstrong is making a habit of developing players for the NHL. And the rookie is happy that his first coach in pro ranks is Al Arbour, a hockey-wise veteran who was a captain and team leader of the Blues before being named coach this season.&ldquo;Al treats us so good, and he never gets riled,&rdquo; Morrison said. &ldquo;Al&rsquo;s a smart coach.&rdquo;Morrison said he was pretty nervous in his first pro game, an exhibition contest against Toronto.&ldquo;Al pulled me off the ice, sat me down on the bench and just started talking to me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He calmed me down right then and there.&rdquo;Morrison led the Blues in goals during the exhibition season with seven. When the regular season started, he set up the Blues&rsquo; first goal in the first 20 seconds of the first period of the first game. On the Blues&rsquo; first time down the ice Morrison grabbed the puck on the goalline on the right side of the goal and centered it perfectly to Christian Bordeleau, who slid it past a surprised Ed Giacomin as the Blues beat the New York Rangers in the opening game. Ironically, the play followed a faceoff in which Bordeleau lost the puck to Syl Apps Jr., another fine rookie who could prove to be a competitor with Morrison in the months to come for the Calder Cup as rookie of the year.Morrison also had a stroke of bad luck in that first game as he took a hard check from Larry Brown and suffered an ankle injury as he fell. The prize rookie missed three games but was back as soon as possible, and his first NHL goal gave the Blues a 2-2 tie with Oakland and a one-point lead over Chicago and Philadelphia in the Western Division. His second goal was a game-winner and also came against the Seals in another game on St. Louis ice.&ldquo;The St. Louis fans are just beautiful,&rdquo; Morrison said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen anything like it&mdash;the way they can really get you up. If you&rsquo;re going to play hockey, St. Louis is the place to play.&rdquo;Morrison has been a left wing since he was 16 and developed much of his raw talent while at Denver.&ldquo;Murray Armstrong is a fantastic coach,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He sticks to the basics and he makes sure his players have everything 100 per cent down pat. He was gearing me to be a pro and told me, &lsquo;Keep working, you&rsquo;ll make it.&ldquo;We had some great guys at Denver,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Keith Magnuson and Cliff Koroll were my roommates.&rdquo;Morrison led the Western College Hockey Association the past two years in scoring. He had 26 goals and 13 assists two years ago as Denver had a record of 26-6 and won the NCAA championship. Last season he had 18 goals and 19 assists in 22 games.&ldquo;We could have won the championship last year, too, but we lost to Wisconsin in the WHCA semifinals,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We would have liked to have a shot at Cornell, the eventual winner.&rdquo;Those college days are behind him, though, and Morrison is now a big-leaguer. Left behind him also is the helmet he forced to wear in college. Morrison says the cumbersome helmet &ldquo;bothered&rdquo; him, and St. Louis fans enjoy seeing the reddish-blond-haired youngster dart up and down the ice.&ldquo;So far I couldn&rsquo;t be happier,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The guys treat me like I&rsquo;ve been here five or six years. I don&rsquo;t know how rookies on other teams get treated, but with the Blues it&rsquo;s like a big family.&ldquo;Everybody has been willing to help me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Bill McCreary tells me about the right wings I&rsquo;ll be facing; Red Berenson tells me what not to do wrong; and Jimmy Roberts tells me some things to watch. For me the dressing room is sometimes like a big classroom before a game.&ldquo;On the bench Al tells me things on the spur of the moment,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I go out and try them, and they always work.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m real happy with the Blues,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Now I have to make them happy with me.&rdquo; &#9632;

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College Coaching Helped Morrison Make Jump To NHL

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01699/2668988-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="553" height="585"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUY TROTTIER&hellip;Success Late Coming</figcaption></div>TORONTO&mdash;As a rookie in the NHL, Guy Trottier of Toronto Maple Leafs has two big strikes against him. He is 29, which is rather late in life to be starting out in sports, and he&rsquo;s unusually small, by NHL standards, at 5-foot-6 and 161 pounds.Then he complicated his problems by ripping a shoulder muscle in a preseason exhibition game. That meant coach Johnny McLellan was taking a large gamble when he included Trottier on the roster with which he was going to face the 1970-71 NHL campaign. He had no way of knowing whether the newcomer would be good enough to help out.All fears were laid to rest when Trottier finally was ready to play hockey on a full-time basis. In his first four games as a regular, he got three goals, including the winner in a 5-4 victory on the road against Detroit Red Wings.That was the most important goal, to that point, for the struggling Toronto club. A victory away from home against an East Division rival such as Detroit rates as a tremendous step forward.&ldquo;Age, of course, doesn&rsquo;t mean much,&rdquo; said McLellan. &ldquo;And as far as that goes, 28 isn&rsquo;t old the way things are going in the NHL now. A 28-year-old can have a whole career ahead of him.&rdquo;As for his size, Trottier makes up for his smallness by being tricky. He&rsquo;s hard to handle in the goal area and he has a sharp instinct for scoring. And his shot is quick, accurate and hard.&ldquo;The goal in Detroit was typical. He just had an instant and the puck was in the nets before anybody knew what was happening.&rdquo;Trottier&rsquo;s knack for scoring had been demonstated convincingly long before. In the International League, where he played at Dayton and Port Huron, he once had a 71-goal year. The season before last, he shot 45 for Buffalo Bisons in the American League. Last winter, it was up to 55.He belonged to New York Rangers and Leafs arranged to get him as part of the payment they received for veteran defenseman Tim Horton. The deal was made in February, but part of the agreement was that Trottier would complete the season with Buffalo.&ldquo;My scoring totals have been the result of good linemates, Trottier says. &ldquo;At Buffalo last year, I had Bob Blackburn and Terry Crisp, a couple of hard-working guys, with me and they made it easy for me. Now, with Leafs, I have Mike Walton and Jim Harrison and I think we&rsquo;re going to be able to work together very well.&rdquo;Trottier might have thought he was on his way to New York when Rangers signed him to a professional contract. But he was in for a big disappointment. Apart from two games during the 1968-69 season, he didn&rsquo;t get to play any NHL matches at all.&ldquo;I must admit I had begun to wonder if I&rsquo;d ever get a chance in the NHL,&rdquo; Trottier says. &ldquo;The New York organization was loaded with big, strong right wingers, both with the NHL club and in the farm system. I couldn&rsquo;t see them bothering with me. So I&rsquo;d just about given up hope.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Trottier’s Lona-Awaited ‘Debut’ Smash

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Bob Baun, defenseman, placed on waivers, claimed by Buffalo of NHL. Don Luce, forward, secured from New York in trade for Steve Andrascik, forward, who moved from Fort Worth to Omaha in exchange. Hank Monteith, forward, assigned to Fort Worth.BUFFALO&mdash;Bob Baun, defenseman, traded to St. Louis of NHL in return for Jean-Guy Tal-bot, defenseman, and Larry Keenan, forward. Francois Lacombe, defenseman, recalled from Salt Lake of WHL and returned. Steve Atkinson, forward, claimed on waivers from St. Louis. Paul Andrea, forward, claimed on waivers from California of NHL. Paul Terbenche, and Jean-Guy Lagace, defensemen. Butch Deadmarsh, forward, assigned to Salt Lake of WHL.VANCOUVER&mdash;Jim Hargreaves, defenseman, and Bob Dillabough, forward, assigned to Rochester of AHL. John Arbour, defenseman, signed to contract and placed on active roster.MINNESOTA&mdash;Leo Boivin, defenseman, announced retirement. Dick Redmond, defense-man, assigned to Cleveland of AHL.NEW YORK&mdash;Mike Robitaille, defenseman, and Jim Krulicki forward, returned to Omaha of CHL.PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Brent Hughes, defensman, sent to Quebec of AHL. George Swarbrick, forward, recalled from Baltimore of AHL as emergency replacement for Gary Dornhoefer, forward, who went on injury list. Swarbrick later returned to Baltimore.MONTREAL&mdash;Wayne Boddy, defenseman, and Fran Huck, forwards, recalled from Montreal Voyageurs of AHL. Boddy later returned to Vees. Serge Savard, defenseman, placed on active roster off disabled list.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Butch Goring, forward, assigned to Springfield of AHL.PITTSBURGH&mdash;Rod Zaine, forward, returned by Baltimore of AHL and placed on active roster.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>ROCHESTER - Bob Malcolm, defenseman, dropped from roster. Billy Orr, defenseman, added to roster. Barry Watson, forward, assigned to Salt Lake of WHL.SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Brian Murphy, forward, signed as free agent after release by Toronto of NHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PORTLAND&mdash;Gerry Sillers, Laurie Yaworski and Brian Dickie, forwards, removed from roster. John Barber, defenseman, added toroster.SALT LAKE&mdash;Bob Heaney and Dav Woodley, defensemen, removed from roster.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>AMARILLO&mdash;Bob Toothill, forward, secured from Salt Lake of WHL.TULSA&mdash;Jean Payette, forward, secured from Phoenix of WHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>PORT HURON&mdash;Dave Padzerski, defenseman, placed on active roster. Steve DeGurse, forward, and Dave Pulkkinen, defenseman, released. Ron Marlow, goalkeeper, returned to roster as backup netminder.FLINT&mdash;Ron Racette, forward, released.FORT WAYNE&mdash;Don Deeks, forward, sent to Nashville of EHL on loan. Rich Pagnutti, defenseman, secured from Salt Lake of WHL.TOLEDO&mdash;Guy Allen, defenseman, sent to Syracuse of EHL. Moe Morissette, forward, picked up on waivers from Des Moines. Jim Sanko, forward, returned to team from retired list.MUSKEGON&mdash;Bruce Werre, forward, sent to Green By of USHL. Bobby Guindon, forward. assigned to Long Island of EHL.DES MOINES&mdash;Bert Fizzell, forward, secured from Providence of AHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>NEW HAVEN&mdash;Vic Magda, defenseman, and Ray Woit, forward, sent to Long Island of EHL on loan.GREENSBORO&mdash;Larry Ba-zylo, forward and Bill Cameron, defenseman, released. Brian Randall, forward, signed from St. Thomas Juniors of Southern OHA.JACKSONVILLE&mdash;Alan Young, defenseman, secured from Tulsa of CHL.SYRACUSE&mdash;Lobo Sarkas, forward, released. Bill McLeod, defenseman, rejoined team.NASHVILLE&mdash;Ralph Buchanan, forward, signed as free agent. Warren Brown, forward, re-leased.LONG ISLAND&mdash;Dan Creighton, defenseman, rejoined team. Fraser Rice, forward, and Larry Tomchick, defenseman, released. Wayne Maxner, forward, rejoined team from Montreal of AHL.CLINTON&mdash;Dick Scammel, forward, placed on disabled list. Billy Butson, forward, released. Len Speck, defenseman, announced retirement.JOHNSTOWN&mdash;Galen Head, forward, returned by Amarillo of CHL. Brian Kozak, forward, released. Guy Delparte, forward, added to roster.CHARLOTTE&mdash;Blaine Rydman, defenseman, placed on disabled list. Jack McCreary, for-ward, and Gary Mills, defenseman, sent to New Jersey of EHL.NEW JERSEY&mdash;Wayne Kitchen, player-coach, placed on disabled list. Dennis Plant and Brian Caley, forwards, released. Claude Chartre, forward, secured from Quebec of AHL. Gary Gresdal, forward, rejoined team. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON&mdash;Combine good health with a happy frame of mind and 200 pounds of floating power and you have one of the most efficient right wings in the National Hockey League.That&rsquo;s what Ken Hodge, a handsome, 26-year-old adonis who lists his birthplace as Birmingh a m, Eng., is today for the Bruins.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01718/2669043-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="260" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Hodge</figcaption></div>With three goals and 12 assists, Hodge has been one of the most productive point getters on the Bruins through the first nine games.That couldn&rsquo;t be said last year at this time of the young man who was part of the trade that also brought Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield to Boston four seasons ago.Big things has been expected of Hodge after he registered 45 goals and 45 assists the previous season for the best effort of his career.He was several strides slower and playing several cuts below the standard required of a man of his natural talent.There was an excuse, however, Hodge was hit with acute appendicitis in training camp and had returned to the ice less than two weeks following an operation.He&rsquo;d pick up as the season progressed.Hodge did pick up but not quite as expected and finished the season with only 25 goals and 29 assists.His blast off this year has been expained by the fact that Hodge has been healthy right from the opening day of camp.But according to the likeable big right wing, that is only part of the answer to his early season play.&ldquo;Naturally I feel much better now than I did a year ago,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I was dragging some than because of that operation but also I wasn&rsquo;t right mentally.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s any secret that Harry Sinden and I had our differences. We disagreed on many things.&ldquo;That also had an effect on my play and I lost some of my confidence.&ldquo;Tom Johnson has restored that confidence this year and has been giving me the extra work I need to get sharp.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m still not satisfied with the way I am skating. I&rsquo;ve got to work harder myself but I&rsquo;m healthy now and I&rsquo;m really pushing.&rdquo;Another item cited by Hodge for his improvement is the play of Wayne Cashman on left wing with Phil Esposito.&ldquo;Cash has been playing super hockey,&rdquo; says Hodge. &ldquo;There never was any question of Espo&rsquo;s ability to play center but I guess everyone wondered if Cash could play as well as he did a year ago and if I could come back to what I was the previous year.&ldquo;I think we both have proved now that we can.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s important to play for a coach you like and respect and I really want to play for Johnson. I have my confidence back and my mental attitude has greatly improved over last year.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s also important to be playing on a good line and we have a real good line working together all the time,&rdquo; he continues.&ldquo;The asset of our line is its size. No one can push us off the puck in the comers. It&rsquo;s not a finesse line. We have to bowl people over to get to the puck.&ldquo;We know that and we are all doing it.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I don&rsquo;t see how we can miss keeping the Stanley Cup this year.&ldquo;You have to have 18 players working together to have a team in this league and we&rsquo;ve got it.&rdquo;And a happy Hodge is making the Bruins&rsquo; front office even happier.ICE CHIPS:&mdash;Back-to-back shutouts over the Rangers and Minnesota last week elated the Bruins&hellip;Eddie Johnston blanked the Rangers 6-0 and Gerry Cheevers was in the nets for the 5-0 whitewash of the North Stars&hellip;It proved the Bruins could play tight defense and not take anything away from their offense&hellip;The two victories at home ran their string to 29 straight games without a loss in the Garden, 22 during regular season play&hellip;Strangely Esposito failed to get a goal in ether game sp a total of 13 shots&hellip;&lsquo;B&rdquo;, said the big center philosophically, &ldquo;some time I&rsquo;ll take only three shots and all of them will go in.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hodge’s Productive ‘New Look’ May Influence All Star Voters

<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02630/2669102-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="585" height="376"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 3Three Rivers 9, Verdun 5St. Jerome 4, Sorel 0Quebec 5, Rosemount 2Thurs. Nov. 5Cornwall 2, Verdun 1Drummondville 6, Sherbrooke 5Fri. Nov. 6Quebec 5, Three Rivers 1Rosemount 4, Sherbrooke 3Verdun 6, St. Jerome 4Sun. Nov. 8St. Jerome 3, Quebec 0Three Rivers 9, Sherbrooke 2Drummondville 5, Verdun 4Rosemount 4, Cornwall 2Shawinigan 4, Sorel 2<h2>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standingson Wed. Nov. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03529/2669095-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="582" height="200"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Fri. Oct. 23)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04409/2669088-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="581" height="303"></div><h2>BOSTON JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings On Mon. Oct. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05310/2669081-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="575" height="163"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06241/2669074-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="576" height="229"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;Punch Imlach was at his controversial best when he took the Buffalo Sabres into Vancouver on their first tour of the West Coast.In a show of support for his long-time friend and business associate, Joe Crozier, Imlach turned down pre-game re-quests for interviews from the Vancouver press, radio and TV corps.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01709/2669140-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="259" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch Imlach</figcaption></div>With tongue in cheek out to here, Imlach brushed off one writer who met the Sabres at the airport, and two others waiting at the hotel. The radio and TV sportscasters got the same treatment.&ldquo;Joe Crozier is still waiting to get his money from the Vancouver hockey club, so why should I get them a lot of publicity?&rdquo;, Imlach asked, &ldquo;It doesn&rsquo;t make sense. Crozier is my friend and has been treated shabbily out here.&rdquo;The full-length harpoons heaved at Imlach before the game in the papers and on the air provided the Canucks with one of their biggest window sales of the season, and a near-capacity throng of 15,068 watched the Sabres absorb a 7-2 lacing.One Vancouver sports editor wired Clarence Campbell, the NHL president, and Seymour H. Knox III, the Sabres&rsquo; president, protesting Imlach&rsquo;s failure to grant interviews.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02656/2669133-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1774" height="1438"><figcaption class="caption-body">The happy young lady receiving all the attention from Buffalo rookies GILBERT PERREAULT, left, and RANDY WYROZUB is SUZY HUNT, daughter of the Sabres&rsquo; assistant general manager Fred Hunt. Miss Hunt stopped for autographs while the NHL club was participating in a practice drill.</figcaption></div>Imlach was still chuckling about that when the club departed for Oakland, and smiled broadly when shown a headline in a Vancouver paper after the game.&ldquo;TAKE THAT, PUNCH IMLACH&rdquo;, screamed the banner line.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to believe a newspaper as good as that one would use such a provincial headline,&rdquo; said Imlach, something of a parttime journalist himself.&rdquo; I&rsquo;d expect something like that in the Podunk Express, but not in a big-city newspaper.&rdquo;Imlach&rsquo;s reaction was a knowing smile when shown a postgame remark attributed to Tom Scallen, the Canucks&rsquo; president, which read, &ldquo;Punch who?&rdquo;In his syndicated column distributed by a Toronto newspaper, Imlach clearly questioned &lsquo;Scallen&rsquo;s veracity. Before the Canucks hired Bud Poile to succeed Crozier as general manager and coach, Scallen told a Toronto TV audience he had talked to Imlach about the job, and would talk to him again.&ldquo;Mr. Scallen not only didn&rsquo;t talk to me again, but didn&rsquo;t talk to me at all about the job, which makes again an impossibility,&rdquo; Imlach said. &ldquo;I guess that takes care of him. Incidentally, at the time, I was already signed to go to Buffalo, anyway.&rdquo;In a parting crack at the Vancouver media, Imlach said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been quoted out there as saying we drafted better than the Canucks.&ldquo;To the best of my knowledge, I never made such a remark. What I did say, was that Buffalo would be the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup, and I stand on that statement. I&rsquo;m afraid the Vancouver media is something less than 100 per cent in fulfilling its repertorial responsibilities.&rdquo;The loss in Vancouver bothered Imlach, but his tilt with the writers, broadcasters and Scallen took something out of the sting. &#9632;

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Punth Unpopular With Vancouverites

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL&mdash;Serge Savard has returned to the Canadiens from the broken leg the versatile defenseman suffered last March and his presence alone should relieve some of the pressure for Coach Claude Ruel.It&rsquo;s not that the Habs have been doing badly with their new look team. After 13 games they had won eight and tied one for a share of second place in the East Division. The younger players like Guy Lapointe, Pierre Bouchard, Larry Pleau and Rejean Houle have been impressive while Claude Larose and Jacques Lemaire both snapped out of scoring slumps.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01676/2669244-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="254" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Serge Savard</figcaption></div>The pressure could be caused by memories of last year&rsquo;s nonplayoff finish and the crop of injuries that have hit the Canadiens since the start of the new season.The sudden loss of John Ferguson and Ralph Backstrom through retirements was followed by injuries to such stalwarts as Yvan Cournoyer, Jacques Laperriere, Henri Richard and now Pleau. Coumoyer, who was off to a great start with 10 goals, was sidelined three weeks with a fractured foot. Laperriere suffered a neck injury that put him on the shelf for at least a fortnight while Richard came out of a win over Vancouver with a badly pulled groin. Pleau is lost indefinitely after undergoing surgery for strained knee ligaments.Thus when the Habs had invaded Minnesota&rsquo;s Met Center to seek revenge for a 3-1 loss at Montreal, Ruel apparently felt like he was in a pressure cooker. It came to a point that, after the North Stars got two third period goals to narrow the gap to 4-3, the coach did something unprecedented in hockey history.As soon as the puck was dropped for a faceoff outside the Montreal blueline and the North Stars had six attackers after the tying goal, Ruel turned his back on the action and left the bench.Players on the Montreal bench were startled when the coach turned away. Later, those who had been on the ice for the last 10 seconds, couldn&rsquo;t believe it.&ldquo;With 10 seconds left, I couldn&rsquo;t have made any more line changes,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;Maybe I was a little nervous. And anyway I had seen enough.&rdquo;The move didn&rsquo;t sit too well with the Canadiens and Ruel admitted next day that he made a mistake in leaving the bench. At the same time he excused his action somewhat by pointing to the pressure of beating the North Stars and to the rash of injuries which had made him unseasy.Thus the return of Savard for a home game against Buffalo and the Canadiens&rsquo; first extended road trip to Boston, California, St. Louis and Buffalo&mdash;should give the coach a lift.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know how much Serge will play for awhile but it&rsquo;s great to have him back,&rdquo; says Ruel of the 24-year-old who can work at three positions, defense, penaltykiller or left wing.Last time Canadiens won the Stanley Cup, Savard captured the Conn Smythe Trophy as the outstaning performer in the 1969 playoffs. Last spring he wasn&rsquo;t with them for the closing games of the schedule and the Habs missed the playoffs for the first time in 22 years.The 200-pound player with great speed for his size suffered a broken leg after he crashed into the goal-post at the Forum March 11 in a game against New York. The leg was broken in several places and there were fears for his future in hockey.&ldquo;Yes, there was a time when I was afraid I wouldn&rsquo;t play again,&rdquo; said Savard. &ldquo;My leg was broken in three big places, besides the chips, and I got scared after the doctor took off the cast for the first time in June. The break was moving inside and it wasn&rsquo;t until August that I was encouraged.&rdquo;Savard got the green light to start skating shortly after the start of training camp after working hard at various conditioning exercises. He worked harder on the ice each day and joined the team for scrimmages the last week of October.Before being injured last season, Savard was close to All Star status in only his third year of NHL competition. In 61 games he scored 12 goals and earned 19 assists. &#9632;

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Savard’s Return Will Ease Habs Problems

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02630/2669289-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg"></div><h2>THE TOP 10 NETMINDERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 8)<h2>COMPLETE GOALING RECORDS FOR ALL TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03585/2669282-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="1200" height="183"></div>Hall and Wakely shared shutout Nov. 5 at Boston.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04534/2669275-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="1218" height="1552"></div> &#9632;

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Looking At NHL Coolers

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05440/2669327-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg"></div>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 10)<h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06374/2669320-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="1104" height="348"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 4Montreal 4 at Minnesota 3Toronto 2 at Los Angeles 3New York 1 at California 3Detroit 2 at Chicago 4Vancouver 3 at Pittsburgh 8Thurs. Nov. 5St. Louis 2 at Boston 0Philadelphia 1 at Detroit 3Vancouver 4 at Buffalo 1Fri. Nov. 6Toronto 4 at California 8Sat. Nov. 7Buffalo 2 at Montreal 11Toronto 2 at Vancouver 3New York 6 at Los Angeles 2Boston 2 at Pittsburgh 2Chicago 1 at Philadelphia 1St. Louis 1 at Minnesota 1Sun. Nov. 8Montreal 1 at Boston 6Pittsburgh 3 at Detroit 3Philadelphia 3 at Buffalo 1Minnesota 3 at Chicago 3<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 10Vancouver at BostonLos Angeles at PittsburghWed. Nov. 11Montreal at CaliforniaVancouver at TorontoPittsburgh at New YorkPhiladelphia at ChicagoLos Angeles at MinnesotaThurs. Nov. 12Detroit at St. LouisFri. Nov. 13California at BuffaloSat. Nov. 14Montreal at St. LouisBoston at TorontoNew York at ChicagoVancouver at MinnesotaCalifornia at PittsburghSun. Nov. 15Montreal at BuffaloToronto at New YorkCalifornia at BostonDetroit at Los AngelesVancouver at ChicagoSt. Louis at PhiladelphiaTues. Nov. 17California at MontrealDetroit at VancouverMinnesota at St. LouisWed. Nov. 18Buffalo at TorontoNew York at Los AngelesBoston at MinnesotaThurs. Nov. 19Toronto at MontrealCalifornia at PhiladelphiaSt. Louis at PittsburghFri. Nov. 20Los Angeles at Vancouver &#9632;

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THE NHL SCENE

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</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 CanadaCHICAGO&mdash;In mid-October, the Chicago Black Hawks departed on a six-game road trip&hellip;their longest of the 1970-71 National Hockey League season. It was to encompass games in six cities&mdash;Boston, Toronto, Buffalo, Minne-sota, Pittsburgh and New York.At the time the Hawks were tied for first place in the Western Division with three victories and a tie in five games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01674/2669358-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="270" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Angotti</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I just hope, &ldquo;said Coach Billy Reay, &ldquo;that we can do as well on the road&hellip;at least break even.&rdquo;The Hawks did even better. They notched three victories and a tie during their two-week journey, and actually improved their position in the standings upon returning home. When it was over, they were one point ahead of Philadelphia and St. Louis.The November schedule included nine games in Chicago Stadium and but three on the road. A much better schedule. Or was it?&ldquo;Too many home games in one stretch isn&rsquo;t the best thing either,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;The best schedule is the balanced schedule, but of course that&rsquo;s not always possible.&rdquo;&ldquo;The long road trips are very tiring,&rdquo; mentioned veteran Stan Mikita, &ldquo;but we normally come in and out of town to practice while we&rsquo;re away from the Stadium. That&rsquo;s better than being out on the road for two straight weeks without coming home at all.&rdquo;Though the Hawks position was hardly faulty after the first 11 games, eight of which were on foreign ice, the team had not really jelled. The same situation prevailed last season, only to a much greater degree. Last winter, a bad start made for a long struggling comeback. This year, Reay&rsquo;s men were on top despite not hitting their full stride.For one thing, the big guns&mdash;Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita&mdash;were not producing up to par.Hull, skating well and getting the shots, was not scoring. He registered three goals in the first three games, then went six games without a marker.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t recall going that long without a goal since the first time I led the league (1959-60),&rdquo; said No. 9. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been getting a lot of shots, but I&rsquo;m getting adjusted to the new stick, but the end of the blade gives way just a bit when I shoot, sending the puck off target.&rdquo;The NHL rulesmakers shaved a half-inch off the legal blade curve this season and Hull remarked that &ldquo;I have to get used to having less pocket in the stick blade to cradle the puck with. A lot of my shots have been going off the mark.&rdquo;Mikita, meanwhile, was still rounding into top shape after a training camp bout with a severe stiff neck and his chronic back problems.&ldquo;I look for them to get rolling soon now,&rdquo; Reay said, referring to Mikita and Hull.On the plus side, two of the most consistent performers during the early going were two of the least publicized. Veterans Eric Nesterenko and Lou Angotti were excellent on penalty-killing chores, and were taking occasional turns with the regular forward lines.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been two of our best players,&rdquo; Reay said.Ironically, both athletes had in the recent past been left unprotected by the Hawks during the summer draft meetings. Angotti, in fact, was left up for grabs last June, but fortunately for the Hawks, nobody grabbed him.HAWK-EY TALK: Jim Pappin, sidelined with a mild facial paralysis during the early part of the season, reported improvement and hoped to don skates again soon. Pappin scored 28 goals for the Hawks last season&hellip;During the colorful road trip, rookie Dan Maloney further distinguished himself with his fists. &ldquo;Unlike many youngsters,&rdquo; Reay noticed, &ldquo;Maloney does not wait around. When there&rsquo;s trouble, he goes right to it&hellip;&rdquo; After beating Pittsburgh 5 to 3 on Oct. 31, Gerry Desjardins remained undefeated as a Hawks&rsquo; goalie. He won all four starts last year, and was 3-0 this campaign. &#9632;

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Black Hawks Survive Long Road Trek In Good Shape

<h2>In The West</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02565/2669396-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="555" height="637"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN PRONOVOST Pittsburgh Penguins</figcaption></div>The Pittsburgh Penguins have been coming on strong in recent games and the fact that Jean Pronovost has started to score augers well for the Pens&rsquo; offense.Pronovost turned in a sterling performance scoring three tims as Pittsburgh moved through an unbeaten week with a win and a pair of ties.The hard-skating Penguin winger scored the leadoff goal as the Pens bombarded Vancouver 8-3. The goal really gave the Pittsburgh shooters the momentum they needed. But the big performance for Pronovost was on the weekend when he scored twice, getting the tieing goal with 2:03 to play as the Pens deadlocked Detroit 3-3.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Pronovost as the West Division player whom we think belongs among the NHL&rsquo;s top Stars Of The Week.<h2>In The East</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03431/2669389-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="552" height="648"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUY LAPOINTE&hellip;Montreal Canadiens</figcaption></div>It isn&rsquo;t very often a rookie defenseman can turn in the kind of week young Guy Lapointe of the Montreal Canadiens enjoyed in the NHL&mdash;unless your name is Bobby Orr.Lapointe flashed some of Orr&rsquo;s offensive brilliance in the Canadiens&rsquo; three games last week by rifling home three goals and assisting on two others for a five-point week. The hard-nosed rearguard has become a prolific performer on the Montreal power play with his booming slap shot.It was just such a play that enabled Lapointe to set up the winning goal by Mickey Redmond in the Habs&rsquo; 4-3 win over Minnesota. In the 11-2 cakewalk over Buffalo, Lapointe hit for two goals giving him a whopping (for a rearguard) five for the season.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Lapointe as the East 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="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Pity poor Lew Morrison. Now he&rsquo;s even getting ribbed about being a worse scorer than Flyer goalies Bernie Parent and Doug Favel.It&rsquo;s true, really, because Morrison has a great big goose-egg beside his name in the overall scoring, while Parentd Favell have already registered an assist.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01649/2669427-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="256" height="516"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lew Morrison</figcaption></div>The fact is, though, that Lew has been doing such an outstanding job lately playing defensive hockey that it has more than made up for his lack of offensive contribution.&ldquo;Our line is a checking line, so we don&rsquo;t really get that many chances to score,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;Also, I&rsquo;ve been doing a lot of penalty killing and the objective there is to keep the other team from putting the puck in the net, not to put it in yourself.&ldquo;Still, I do wish some of my shots would turn on the (red) light, they don&rsquo;t give bonuses for checking, only for scoring points.&rdquo;Morrison is one of the people responsible forthe Flyers&rsquo; swift getaway in the NHL&rsquo;s West Division race because of his defensive play, particularly on the penalty-killing team. His aggressiveness of late resembles his tremendous start as a rookie last season, especially his hustle and gung-ho style while forechecking.&ldquo;1 guess we (Garry Peters and he) must be doing a pretty good job because we&rsquo;re getting a lot of ice time during the other team&rsquo;s power play,&rdquo; said Lew. &ldquo;I would say, too, that we&rsquo;ve been playing lot better lately.&ldquo;This is a big thing, you know, when the other play doesn&rsquo;t score on its power play. It has sort of a demoralizing effect, especially when you stop them two or three times in a row. I know, because that&rsquo;s how we feel when we don&rsquo;t score with a man advantage.Morrison is a new partner-in-crime with Peters because for the past two seasons Garry&rsquo;s sidekick was Dick Cherry, now in the Boston Bruins&rsquo; organization as a player-coach in Oklahoma City. This might tell why they&rsquo;re improving with every game.In addition to the Peters-Morrison combo, the Flyers&rsquo; other tandem is Bobby Clarke working with Bill Lesuk and they. too. have had a respectable record after the first 10 games.The penalty-killing effort, plus the respectable showing of the power-play unit, tells why the Flyers were only one point behind the Chicago Black Hawks, and tied for second with the St. Louis Blues.Despite his contribution on the defensive side, Morrison just wishes he&rsquo;d start stockpiling a few points which would assure him his offensive game isn&rsquo;t second fiddle to a pair of goaltenders.&ldquo;Really, I&rsquo;d like to do some scoring, but I&rsquo;m happy with the wav things are going and I&rsquo;ve been happy with my plus and minus record, which is what really counts.&rdquo; concluded Lew.&ldquo;Besides, I guess I&rsquo;d really prefer being recognized as a good checker than a so-so scorer.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Morrison Paying Off On Defensive Play In New Flyer Role

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01495/2669605-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="444" height="294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02423/2669598-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="488" height="293"></div><h2>Wed. Nov. 4 MONTREAL 4 at MINNESOTA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03334/2669591-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="593" height="679"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 at LOS ANGELES 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04265/2669584-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="585" height="537"></div><h2>NEW YORK 1 at CALIFORNIA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05196/2669577-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="580" height="466"></div><h2>DETROIT 2 at CHICAGO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06158/2669570-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="588" height="600"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 3 at PITTSBURGH 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07145/2669563-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="589" height="930"></div><h2>Thurs. Nov. 5 ST. LOUIS 2 at BOSTON 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08132/2669556-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="577" height="401"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 1 at DETROIT 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09112/2669549-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="585" height="484"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 4 at BUFFALO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1094/2669542-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="588" height="505"></div><h2>Fri. Nov. 6 TORONTO 4 at CALIFORNIA 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1181/2669535-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="590" height="741"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 7 BUFFALO 2 at MONTREAL 11</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1266/2669528-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="591" height="962"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 at VANCOUVER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1356/2669521-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="587" height="609"></div><h2>NEW YORK 6 at LOS ANGELES 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1451/2669514-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="590" height="628"></div><h2>BOSTON 2 at PITTSBURGH 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1545/2669507-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="589" height="430"></div><h2>CHICAGO 1 at PHILADELPHIA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1643/2669500-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="583" height="440"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS 1 at MINNESOTA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1738/2669493-1-eng-US/f0016-172.jpg" title="f0016-17" width="587" height="380"></div><h2>SUN. NOV. 8 MINNESOTA 3 at CHICAGO 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1835/2669486-1-eng-US/f0016-182.jpg" title="f0016-18" width="592" height="534"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 3 at BUFFALO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1932/2669479-1-eng-US/f0016-192.jpg" title="f0016-19" width="583" height="515"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 3 at DETROIT 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2031/2669472-1-eng-US/f0016-202.jpg" title="f0016-20" width="586" height="584"></div><h2>MONTREAL 1 at BOSTON 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2129/2669465-1-eng-US/f0016-212.jpg" title="f0016-21" width="586" height="728"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2229/2669458-1-eng-US/f0016-222.jpg" title="f0016-22" width="518" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY GRANT&hellip;Four Goal Week</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League SUMMARIES

<h2>MONTREAL</h2>GOALKEEPERSRogatien VachonPhil MyreDEFENSEMENPierre BouchardTerry Harper AJ.C. TremblayGuy LapointeSerge SavardCENTERSJean Beliveau CJacques LemaireFran HuckChuck LefleyRIGHT WINGSBill CollinsClaude LaroseMickey RedmondRejean HouleLeon RochefortLEFT WINGSPete MahovlichPhil RobertoGuy CharronINJUREDMarc TardifLarry PleauHenri Richard AYuan CournoyerJacques Laperriere<h2>CHICAGO</h2>GOALKEEPERSGerry DesjardinsTony EspositoDffENSEMENDaug Jarrett AKeith MagnusonRay McKayPaul ShmyrBill WhitePat Stapleton CCENTERSLou AngottiBryan CampbellPit MartinStan Mikita ALarry RomanchyckRIGHT WINGSCliff KorollChico MakiEric Nesterenko ADan MaloneyLEFT WINGSDennis HullBobby HullGerry PinderINJUREDJim PappinDoug Mohns<h2>BOSTON</h2>GOALKEEPERSGerry CheeversEd JohnstonDEFENSEMENDon AwreyTed GreenBobby OrrDallas SmithRick SmithBill SpeerCENTERSPhil Esposito ADerek SandersonFred StanfieldRIGHT WINGSWayne CashmanKen HodgeJohn McKenzieEd Westfall ALEFT WINGSGarnet BaileyJohn Bucyk AWayne CarletonDon MarcotteINJUREDNone<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>GOALKEEPERSGlenn HallErnie WakelyDEFENSEMENNoel PicardBarclay PlagerBill PlagerBob PlagerJim Roberts Adob BaunBob WallCENTERSRed Berenson CChris BordeleauTerry CrispJim LorentzFrank St. MarseilleRIGHT WINGSCraig CameronTim EcclestoneGary SabourinLEFT WINGSAb McDonaldBill McCrearyBill SutherlandGeorge MorrisonINJUREDNone<h2>DETROIT</h2>GOALKEEPERSRoy EdwardsJim RutherfordDEFENSEMENGarry Bergman ABob FalkenbergGerry HartDale RolfeLorry BrownRon HarrisCENTERSAlex Delvecchio CAl KarianderJim ShiresGarry UngerDon LuceRIGHT WINGSWayne ConnellyBruce MacGregor ATom WebsterGordie HowuLEFT WINGSBilly DeaFrank MahovlichNick LibettHank MonteithINJUREDNone<h2>CALIFORNIA</h2>GOALKEEPERSGary SmithBob SneddonDEFENSEMENHarry HowellWayne MuloinDoug Roberts ARon StackhouseCarol VadnaisDick MattiussiCENTERSTed Hampson CJoe HardyDennis HextallEarl Ingarfield AMike LaughtonRIGHT WINGSGerry EhmanTony FeatherstoneBill Hicke ALEFT WINGSGary CroteauErnie HickeGory JarrettINJUREDBert MarshallNorm Ferguson<h2>TORONTO</h2>GOALKEEPERSBruce GambleJacques PlanteDEFENSEMENJim DoreyBrian GlennieRick LeyMike PelykBrad SeiwoodCENTERSJim HarrisonDave Keon CDarryl SittierNorm UllmanMike WaltonRIGHT WINGSRon Ellis ABob LiddingtonBrian MarchinkoGuy TrottierBrit SelbyLEFT WINGSPaul HendersonBilly MacMillanGarry MonahanINJUREDLarry McIntyreJim McKenny<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>GOALKEEPERSDoug FavellBernie ParentDEFENSEMENBarry AshbeeLarry HaleLarry Hillman AWayne HillmanEd Van Impe CJoe WatsonCENTERSBobby ClarkeSerge BernierAndre LacroixGarry PetersRIGHT WINGSGary DomhoeferEarl Heiskala<h2>NEW YORK</h2>GOALKEEPERSEd GiacominGilles VillemureDEFENSEMENAmie Brownlim HortonJim Neilson ABrod ParkRod SeilingCENTERSSyl AppsPete StemkowskiJean RatelleWalt TkaczukRIGHT WINGSJack EgersBill FairbairnRod Gilbert ABob Nevin CRon StewartLEFT WINGSDave BalonVic HadfieldTed IrvineINJUREDNone<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>GOALKEEPERSLes BinkleyAl SmithDEFENSEMENBob BlackburnDuane Rupp AJim MorrisonDune McCallumBryan WatsonBob Woytowich ACENTERSWally BoyerBryan HextallJohn StewartRon SchockRIGHT WINGSAndy BathgateNick HarbarukJean PronovostKen Schinkel ALEFT WINGSVal FonteyneKeith McCreary AGreg PolisDean PrenticeGlen SatherINJUREDLowell MacDonaldLew MorrisonSimon NoletLEFT WINGSJean-Guy Gendron ABill LesukBob KellyINJUREDNone.<h2>BUFFALO</h2>GOALKEEPERSRoger CrozierJoe DaleyDave DrydenDEFENSEMENReg FlemingAl HamiltonJean-Guy TalbotMike McMahonTracy Pratt ADoug BarrieJim WatsonCENTERSGilbertPerreaultBrian PerryBilly InglisSkip KrakeRIGHT WINGSRon AndersonKevin O&rsquo;SheaFloyd Smith C.Paul AndreaSteve AtkinsonLEFT WINGSLarry KeenanHap MyersSherry MeehanRandy WyrozubBrian McDonaldCliff SchmautzINJUREDNone<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>GOALKEEPERSDenis DeJordyJack NorrisDEFENSEMENLarry CahanPaul CurtisGilles Marotte A.Noel Price AMatt RavltchDole HoqansonCENTERSBob Pulford CEddie JoyalGord LabossiereJuha WidingRIGHT WINGSMike ByersBill Rettluden GrenierLarry MickeyLEFT WINGSDick DuffBob BerryRoss LonsberryEddie ShackDoug RobinsonINJUREDNone<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>GOALKEEPERSGeorge GardnerCharlie HodgeDune WilsonDffENSEMENHowie YoungGary Doak ABarry WilkinsDale TallonPat OuinnCENTERSRay Cullen AJi.n WisteOrland Kurtenbach CLen LundeDanny JohnsonRIGHT WINGSRosaire PaiementGarth RizzutoMurray HallFT WINGSAndre BoudriasMike CorriganWayne MakiPoul PopielINJUREDEd Hatoum<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>GOALKEEPERSCesare ManiagoLome WorsleyGilles GilbertDEFENSEMENFred BarrettBarry Gibbs ATom ReidTed Harris CLou NanneCENTERSturn WilliainsCharlie Bums AJude DrouinWalt McKechnieMurray OliverDanny O&rsquo;SheaRIGHT WINGSBill GoldsworthyBuster HarveyDanny LawsonBobby RousseauDanny SeguinLEFT WINGSBob BarlowJohn GoftonDanny GrantJ.P. Parise AINJUREDNone. &#9632;

NHL Team Rosters

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01410/2669660-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB KELLY&hellip;Philadelphia Flyers</figcaption></div>Young Bob Kelly was one of those rare hockey gems who comes along and surprises in training camp just when you are not expecting it. Kelly, the Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; No. 2 amateur draft choice this year, had an exciting camp and won a berth with the NHL team. The 20-year-old hardnosed winger performed with Oshawa Generals last season scoring 21 goals and 52 points, which attracted Philadelphia to him. He stands 5&rsquo;10&rdquo; and weighs in at 190 and doesn&rsquo;t mind throwing himself at oncoming attackers. That&rsquo;s what won him a big league job. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY BYRON YAKE</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;It&rsquo;s not fair to compare a rookie with the likes of a Gordie Howe, but there are things about Greg Polis which reminds Coach Red Kelly of the Detroit great.Polis had just scored his first National Hockey League goal&mdash;in a game against Los Angeles.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02361/2669691-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="237" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Greg Polis</figcaption></div>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s from open air country and he&rsquo;s done it all like Gordie has,&rdquo; Kelly said.&ldquo;When Howe came up to the NHL he was the kind of guy who had sharpened skates, and things like that. Greg reminds me of him in that way.&rdquo;Polis was the Penguins&rsquo; first draft choice.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got good potential. That&rsquo;s why he&rsquo;s here,&rdquo; said Kelly.Polis likes many things, but fresh air and sleep may rate tops.&ldquo;As soon as we got back to Vancouver,&rdquo; said Kelly,&rdquo; he got out of the bus and took a deep breath. He&rsquo;s always talking about fresh water and air.&rdquo;Polis, built like a fullback, drove a bus for the Estevan Junior team. When the Penguins are on trips, he likes to recall his experiences like going through red lights, or just missing an accident when a bridge was once washed out.As Howe sharpened skates for his junior league team on a sewing machine so&mdash;Kelly recalled&mdash;Polis did the same thing&mdash;well almost&mdash;to earn pin money when he was a youngster.&ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s even a flourishing pianist,&rdquo; said Kelly. &ldquo;And he&rsquo;s pilote a small plane.&rdquo;Polis doesn&rsquo;t remember when he started skating but he credits a black Labrador dog for helping him learn hockey.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t have anybody else to play with, so I used to take the dog out on the ice with me,&rdquo; recalled the 20-year-old Polis.&ldquo;He&rsquo;d stick the puck between his legs and run with after I&rsquo;d shoot it, then bring it back.&ldquo;One time we were playing an older team and he was used to watching the game from the boards. He jumped out on the ice and went for the puck. We had to stop the game for a while.&rdquo;Polis&rsquo; first goal robbed Ken Schinkel of a hat trick, but Schinkel wasn&rsquo;t moaning. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t complain when you get two goals,&rdquo; he said.His shot hit the goal post and Polis swept it in.&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t have had it much easier,&rdquo; said Polis. &ldquo;I almost fumbled it. I was charging out and I was so excited my stick went over the top. I must have swiped at it about six times before I finally got it in.&rdquo;By the way, the Penguins won that game, 5-3, scoring four goals in the first period. &#9632;

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Kelly Rates rookie Polis High In Big League Hockey Potential

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRAOSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallacoburt, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRAOSBY, LTD. Arnold Street. Walleceburt, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01416/2669722-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="542" height="587"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDRE GILL&hellip;He&rsquo;s No 1 Again</figcaption></div>HERSHEY&mdash;Veteran goalie Andre Gill has the Hershey Bears on the prowl again as the stubby Frenchmen from Sorel, Que., closed out the month of October in brilliant fashion.Getting the call from coach Frank Mathers five times last month, the 27-year-old Gill posted a winning 3-1-1 mark.However, in his last two appearances, Oct. 28 against Cleveland, and Oct. 31 against the Baltimore Clippers, Gill stole the spotlight in pacing the Bears out of the Western Division cellar and into second place.In a hard-fought game against the young, aggressive Cleveland team, Gil turned in 40 saves, including three breakaway efforts by Barons, skaters for a 2-1 win. Then three nights later, he kicked out 38 Baltimore shots, backstopping his teammates to a 4-1 win over the Western Division leaders.Baltimore&rsquo;s loss marked the first time this season coach-general manager Terry Reardon&rsquo;s experienced-laden outfit had dropped two games in a row.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t remember Gill ever being any sharper than he was in the games against Cleveland and Baltimore,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;He was fantastic against Cleveland. They should have beaten us that night, but Gill was the difference.&rdquo;Through the early going Gill had been sharing the nets with 19-year-old rookie Dan Bouchard. However, it appears Gill has won the job or will at least remain between the pipes until he falters or tires.In 300 minutes of play, Gill allowed only 12 goals, while turning in 169 saves.The Bears, led in the scoring department by the line of center Mike Nykoluk and wingers, Ted Snell and Michel Harvey, closed out Oct. with a 4-4-1 record, showing 23 goals for and 27 against.Nykoluk&rsquo;s line ended the month with 29 points on eight goals and 20 assists. Nykoluk was the team&rsquo;s top pointman with 11, two goals and 9 assists, and was only four points shy of attaining the 800-point mark in his 15-year AHL career. &#9632;

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Gill’s Net Play Lifts Bears

<h2>Thurs. Nov. 5 HERSHEY 0 at QUEBEC 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02329/2669795-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="583" height="425"></div><h2>Fri. Nov. 6 PROVIDENCE 5 at CLEVELAND 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03236/2669788-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="585" height="794"></div><h2>BALTIMORE 5 at MONTREAL 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04186/2669781-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="598" height="719"></div><h2>QUEBEC 5 at ROCHESTER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05134/2669774-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="588" height="702"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 7 BALTIMORE 7 at CLEVELAND 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06111/2669767-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="586" height="800"></div><h2>PROVIDENCE 2 at HERSHEY 9</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0797/2669760-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="588" height="804"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 2 at SPRINGFIELD 10</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0883/2669753-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="588" height="863"></div> &#9632;

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American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY BOB BROWN</div>CLEVELAND&mdash;There&rsquo;s no place like home. Ask the Cleveland Barons. They have an air of invincibility about them on Arena ice. In fact they haven&rsquo;t lost at home in 16 games.The Barons returned home after an eighteen day road swing that took them to every American Hockey League city except Rochester and treated their home fans to a 4-0 Halloween Night pasting of the Americans in Cleveland.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01393/2669826-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="264" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fern Rivard</figcaption></div>In the process, though, four Barons left the ice with assorted injuries, the most serious to versatile forward-defenseman Wayne Schultz who suffered a fractured shoulder and won&rsquo;t return until mid-January. Popular center Rey Comeau and veteran Bill Needham suffered charley horses, and Billy Orban banged his knee into the pipe and sustained a severe bruise and stretched ligaments. The four joined forward Barrie Meissner who had hurt a knee in the Barons&rsquo; win at Baltimore the night before.It was enough to make the heartiest of souls discouraged. Not so, though, with Baron&rsquo;s Coach Parker MacDonald and General Manager John Muckier. Their young club had recovered its sense of victory after four straight losses and had moved to within a sweep check of the first place Baltimore Clippers.One of the main reasons, of course, for Cleveland confidence stems from the blue and white&rsquo;s success on home ice. The Barons won their first two starts at the Cleveland Arena this year and tied Providence 5-5 extending their two season home unbeaten string to 16 games. The schedule during the first half of this campaign has the Barons at home only fifteen times which means that during the second half and the drive down stretch the Barons will enjoy a the home ice advantage.Another factor to encourage the Cleveland camp is the steady work of goalkeepers Fem Rivard and Gary Kurt. The two allowed just 22 goals in the first nine games, an average of 2.3 lamplighters per face-off. Rivard has spent more time between the pipes than Kurt but both have played well.The final reason for optimism is the Barons&rsquo; consistency of performance. &ldquo;We played well enough to win two of the four games we lost.&rdquo; Muckier said. &ldquo;No one is intimidating us, either.&rdquo;If the Barons can stay close early&mdash;they play ten of their first fourteen games away&mdash;MacDonald and Muckier believe they have a shot at the top spot.Despite their current aches and pains, there is something this year for Barons&rsquo; fans to smile about. It looks like they have a winner.BARON NOTES: The Barons, in their first two starts at home, averaged over 4,700 fans per game&mdash;a substantial increase over a season ago&hellip;The Barons&rsquo; home sweaters again display the players&rsquo; names across the back, a feature that has become increasingly popular with fans&hellip;Barons&rsquo; owner Nick Mileti, who also owns the new Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association, had the distinction recently of having teams lose on both coasts on the same night. While the Cavaliers dropped a decision at Portland, the Barons were losing to Montreal at Halifax&hellip;The Barons Hockey Hall of Fame Night will be held, Saturday night, February 6, when Rochester provides the opposition. This will be the third annual date for the festivities. &#9632;

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Injury-riddled Barons Extend Home Ice Run To 16 Games

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 10)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02341/2669878-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="572" height="175"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03277/2669871-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="571" height="169"></div>(Affiliations: 1. Montreal. 2. Detroit. 3. Boston. 7. Los Angeles. 9. California. 10. Philadelphia. 11. Minnesota. 13. Van couver.)<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Thurs. Nov. 5Hershey 0 at Quebec 3Fri. Nov. 6Providence 5 at Cleveland 5Baltimore 5 at Montreal 4Uuebec 5 at Rochester 4Sat. Nov. 7Baltimore 7 at Cleveland 4Providence 2 at Hershev 9Rochester 2 at Soringfield 10Sun. Nov. 8Hershey 3 at Providence 5Montreal 1 at Quebec 3Springfield 1 at Rochester 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 10Springfield at BaltimoreRochester at ProvidenceWed. Nov. 11Montreal at HersheyCleveland at SpringfieldThurs. Nov. 12Cleveland at QuebecFri. Nov. 13Montreal at BaltimoreProvidence at RochesterSat. Nov. 14Baltimore at HersheyQuebec at SpringfieldSun. Nov. 15Baltimore at ProvidenceSpringfield at QuebecCleveland at RochesterTues. Nov. 17Springfield vs Montreal (at Halifax)Wed. Nov. 18Quebec at HersheyThurs. Nov. 19Springfield vs Montreal (at Halifax)Fri. Nov. 20Quebec at Cleveland<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04237/2669864-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="584" height="481"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05197/2669857-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="584" height="482"></div> &#9632;

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Looking At AHL Race

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The Springfield Kings are hoping to return all their &ldquo;walking wounded&rdquo; as well as those other players who are out of shape to get rolling in the tough American Hockey League race. Last season, the Kings had little trouble with injuries, but not so this year.Randy Miller has been working extra hard in drills at the Coliseum trying to get back into condition. The veteran foward broke his hand toward the end of the exhibition season and has seen little service since. Randy, who is close to 30, is needed for his hustle and spark.Last winter was Randy&rsquo;s best in the pros in a long time. Miller, who pumped in 21 goals and helped the club immensely during the season, is known for his hustle, sparkle and hard skating all the time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01238/2669909-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="557" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUTCH GORING&hellip;Launches Comeback</figcaption></div>Goaler Bruce London is also putting in a lot of hard practice getting back into form. He will try to recover his job after being on the sidelines with a badly dislocated shoulder. Landon had a great rookie season in goal here last winter.Rated a sure fire NHL prospect, Landon has been given stiff competition by amateur Bill Smith in goal. Landon, on the other hand, will be a top backstop for the Kings once he is back on the beam. He has been putting in a lot of time getting sharp.Brian Murphy, a former King is back. But he returned out of shape. Traded to Toronto by Los Angeles, big Murph had some strained relations with the Canadian club and has returned here after being given his release. The big, 6-3, 23-year-older will help the team once he gets into condition.Murph was the most rapidly improving player last season. He could always skate, check and work hard. But last winter, he developed skill around the net and was putting in more than his share of shots on goal. He will also give the team a sorely needed hard checker.Rugged Ray Fortin was sidelined with a damaged right knee when a freak boarding accident put him out of action. The little guy, who can mix it up with the best of them, played with the St. Louis Blues last season. He gives the team plenty of experience and savvy.Butch Goring, a surprise in Los Angeles last winter, was sent back here with a touch of hepatitis and mononucleosis. Goring, a hard-nosed center who can score, skate and check, will have to be on a special diet as well as taking a very slow training program to regain his ice hockey touch.Goring will give the Kings a solid, experienced center man once he is back on his feet. Until that time, it seems the team will have to be carried along by a group of young kids who are eager but have a lot to learn about professional hockey. &#9632;

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Kings Hoping To Get All Hands Back

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER&mdash;By the time December rolls around, the Rochester Americans should be on top or pretty close to it in the Western Division of the American Hockey League if they&rsquo;re going to make any serious challenge this season.November is the key month on the Amerks&rsquo; schedule. They play only three road games&mdash;in Springfield, Providence and Hershey&mdash;while having eight home dates (against Springfield and Cleveland twice each, and Hershey, Quebec, Providence and Montreal once).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02168/2669954-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="268" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Dillabough</figcaption></div>Coach Dick Gamble hasn&rsquo;t a set club yet. Players still are trickling in from Vancouver, with more expected.Latest arrivals were rookie defenseman Jim Hargreaves and Bob Dillabough, a much-traveled journeyman with plenty of NHL experience. Dillabough has played with Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh and Oakland in the National League, and Baltimore, Hershey and Pittsburgh in the American League.The optioning of young Hargreaves was expected. While Vancouver had nine rearguards on its roster, the Amerks played with only two against Baltimore here on Oct. 25.Rambunctious Red Armstrong moved back from right wing and Ron Ward from center to give Gamble a second defensive pair for that night.There was a good chance the Americans would receive further defense help from the Canucks since waivers had been cleared through the NHL on both veteran Marc Reaume and Darryl Sly. It was expected that Sly would end up in Rochester with Reaume possibly getting a Western League assignment.<h2>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03137/2669947-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="581" height="205"></div>(Leading Scorers)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04105/2669940-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="581" height="385"></div> &#9632;

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Home Stand May Decide Amerks’ Fate

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0546/2669985-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="789" height="1058"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NOV. 27 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.3&mdash;Everyone reading this paper is one.5&mdash;5th and 15th letters of the alphabet.7&mdash;Scored 25 goals for St. Louis last year.12&mdash;A veteran left winger.13&mdash;Body of water.14&mdash;Ex-Ranger Heller answers to this.15&mdash;Black gold.16&mdash;New Rochelle. (init.)17&mdash;New Guinea, (init.)18&mdash;Distress signal.20&mdash;Initials of a former Toronto forward.22&mdash;Number worn by Doug Mohns.23&mdash;Initials of one of the North Stars.24&mdash;An NHL captain.26&mdash;20th and 14th letters of the alphabet.27&mdash;Every team would like to take a point here.29&mdash;Initials of an NHL captain.30&mdash;One of the Oakland Seals.31&mdash;Initials of WHL forward Ellett.32&mdash;Leaf training camp holdout.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;California captain.2&mdash;First name of recently aquired Canadien.3&mdash;Former nickname of Detroit.4&mdash;Initials of one of the Leafs.6&mdash;Pictured player hails from this Province.8&mdash;A former Boston forward.9&mdash;Detroit and New York made one Oct. 31.10&mdash;1st and 9th letters of the alphabet.11&mdash;Finished 3rd in the East last season.19&mdash;Coached Boston last year.21&mdash;Almost every player can expect this.25&mdash;A Vancouver defenseman.27&mdash;First name of one of the Canucks.28&mdash;Initials of one of the Kings.31&mdash;A Minnesota farmhand.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;MANIAGO7&mdash;CARON.9&mdash;NEIL12&mdash;ROD.13&mdash;TALBOT.14&mdash;ARE.16&mdash;DEA.17&mdash;ANN.19&mdash;LE.20&mdash;USA.22&mdash;VANIMPE.27&mdash;MIKITA.28&mdash;L.L30&mdash;E.N.31&mdash;B.E.32&mdash;UKE33&mdash;RYE.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&ndash;MONTREAL2&mdash;NEILSON.3&mdash;A.C.4&mdash;G.A.5&mdash;ORR.8&mdash;OO10&mdash;EA.11&mdash;LB.14&mdash;ADD UP.15&mdash;R.E.18&mdash;NEVIN.21&mdash;SELBY.23&mdash;A.K.24&mdash;NICK.25&mdash;IT.26&mdash;MAX.27&mdash;MEL.29&mdash;LEE. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE&mdash;A chink in the Clipper hockey armor developed recently when the Baltimore club contrived to lose two in a row and center-winger Rod Zaine left the organization.Having won six of their first seven and stimulated a great deal of hockey excitement around the Baltimore area, General Manager-Coach Terry Reardon&rsquo;s minions all at once came up short much to the dismay of the local worship pers. They took a 3-1 beating from the upstart Cleveland Barons here and then dropped a 4-1 decision in Hershey the following night.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01104/2670016-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="262" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Zaine</figcaption></div>It was in Hershey, when Reardon decided to use veteran Jean-Marie Cossette at left wing instead of Zaine. Being four men over the playing limit, the Clipper skipper has been having to juggle his skaters so that no one sits around too long and comes up rusty.Of course, injuries always solve some of these problems. And, in Baltimore&rsquo;s case Tony Goegan, hustling portsider purchased this summer from Providence, severely sprained hisankle when he came in contact with an errant penny which had been tossed on the ice by one of the youngsters among the crowd of 8,500 on hand for the Springfield fuss a few weeks ago.With Goegan hobbled and unable to lace up his skates, center Rick McCann followed him into trainer Gump Embro&rsquo;s first aid room with a badly sprained ankle. Finally, goalie Andy Brown, who had opened the campaign with two sparkling one-goal per game efforts, pulled a muscle in his back while working out briefly on the morning of the Cleveland contest.Still, this didn&rsquo;t solve the Zaine problem. The popular and personable Ottawan was among five centers on Reardon&rsquo;s squad&mdash;Fred Speck, McCann, J.P. Mallette, and Willie Marshall, were the others&mdash;and consequently was being used mostly on power plays and penalty killing.Rod wanted more work, and when Reardon benched him in Hershey, that brought about the pique and the cub then sent him back to the Penguins, who promptly put him to work.CLIPPER CLIPS:&hellip;After three big home wins, the loss to Cleveland reminded many fans of last winter&rsquo;s inept outfit&hellip;However, Reardon praised Cleveland&rsquo;s club and admitted, &ldquo;They really hustled all night long and took the play completely away from us.&rdquo; The Clippers lost right wing George Swarbrick for a time when the Philadelphia Flyers, who own his contract, recalled him to replace the injured Gary Dornhoefer. &#9632;

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Clippers Dip After Reusing AHL Start

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div>HALIFAX&mdash;Last time I looked, Fred (Buster) Harvey, Wren Blair&rsquo;s first junior draft choice at last June&rsquo;s clambake in Montreal, had scored two goals and picked up one assist on behalf of the Minnesota North Stars.But the season is really in its infancy and I suspect Harvey will score many more, maybe get into the running for rookie of the year honors and is certainly destined for stardom at some time in the North Stars&rsquo; future.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0273/2670047-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="256" height="364"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Harvey</figcaption></div>Irony, isn&rsquo;t it?The North Star State winding up with another guy who may turn out to be one of the greatest exports of what is so often referred to, with some rancor hereabouts, as Canada&rsquo;s frozen north country. Below freezing temperatures and generally unfavorable weather conditions invariably originate in Canada, if you believe the words and wisdom of our media friends to the south, north, east and west of the great divide. And so it would make interesting reading to record that Buster Harvey came into the world wearing earmuffs, swathed in an Eskimo blanket and kept warm by smouldering embers in an igloo while medical attention was being secured via dog sled from Frobisher Bay.But the facts differ slightly!Frederick Harvey, Jr. was born in Fredericton, a pleasant city of 65,000 which serves as provincial capital, and relatively free of the devastations of winter. Oh sure, it perhaps gets a little colder at times, a little warmer in summer, but all in all, quite a nice place to come from. Generally the climate isn&rsquo;t much different from that which Harvey and fellow townsman Danny Grant appear to be enjoying in the great state of Minnesota.Buster is the only child of Fred Harvey, Sr., an RCMP official not in the mold of Alan Ladd or Preston Foster, or even Nelson Eddy. Now Mother Margaret Harvey might possibly have been a secret admirer of Alan and Preston, and might even have caught Fred Sr. crooning like Nelson on occasion, but it could hardly compare with the kind of enthusiasm she has for her 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 195 lb. offspring. Especially on Halloween night in Toronto when Buster beat Jacques Plante for the first goal and then set up Charlie Burns with the clincher in a 3-1 North Star victory. That was more treat than trick in Fredericton.The North Stars may not be very big outside of Minnesota and environs, but they&rsquo;re very big in New Brunswick. People in that province had scarcely recovered their composure from Grant&rsquo;s winning the Calder Cup two years ago when they suddenly had another hero to worship. Harvey wound up in Minnesota via Hamilton Red Wings of the OHA, after serving junior hitches in Halifax and Fredericton.He bears a striking physical resemblence to his own personal hero, Detroit&rsquo;s incomparable number nine, Gordie Howe.In fact when I first spotted the kid three years ago, he played for a junior team out of Frederiction against Halifax in Maritime Memorial Cup playoffs. Fredericton had some sort of working arrangement with Detroit, permissible in those times, and fittingly enough the bruising youngster on right wing was wearing a hand-me-down Detroit sweater with the numeral nine. For a moment, I thought they had rolled back the clock 20 years and this youngster wasn&rsquo;t really from Fredericton at all, but from a place called Floral, Sask. Same build, style, facial appearance and expression, not to mention the kind of combative spirit the good ones seem to have in the corners.I would have enjoyed the first meeting of the 1970-71 season between the North Stars and Red Wings. What happened when Harvey and Howe collided in the corner for the first time? Did the Fredericton kid get the traditional rookie welcome to the league on the crook of an elbow? Or did the big guy take a look, a double take and withdraw be-cause it might have been Mark or Marty (his sons)?Fredericton has produced some great ones over the years, competitive guys like Billy MacIntyre, Rolly and Bun Mc-Lenahan, Willie O&rsquo;Ree and the great Manny MacIntyre, who with Herbie and Ossie Carnegie formed hockey&rsquo;s only all-colored line. &#9632;

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Maritimer Harvey Clicks With North Stars

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0821/2670106-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="565" height="322"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0918/2670099-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="562" height="319"></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 11)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0530/2670092-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="575" height="235"></div>Affiliations: 2 Detroit.4.New York. 5. Chicago. 6.Toronto. 9. Los Angeles. 14. Buffalo).<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 4Salt lake 4 at Denver 3Phoenix 5 at Portland 7Fri. Nov. 6Seattle 1 at Denver 3Sat. Nov. 7Phoenix 1 at Denver 3Seattle 3 at Son Diego 1Salt Lake 2 at Portland 4Sun. Nov. 8Seattle 4 at Son Diego 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Nov. 11Portland at DenverSan Diego at Salt LakeThurs. Nov. 12Portland at PhoenixFri. Nov. 13San Diego at DenverPhoenix at Salt LakeSat. Nov. 14Portland at Salt LakeSan Diego at PhoenixDenver at SeattleSun. Nov. 15Denver at PortlandSan Diego at SeattleWed. Nov. 18Phoenix at Salt LakeDenver at SeattleFri. Nov. 20Denver at Salt LakePhoenix at SeattleSan Diego at Portland<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0624/2670085-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="584" height="403"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0724/2670078-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="581" height="203"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY JOHN WHITE</div>SALT LAKE CITY&mdash;If ever a Western Hockey League team appeared to be out of it early, it was the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles in the first couple of weeks of the current season.The Eagles, under new Coach Gus Bodnar, played six games and they lost six games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01121/2670158-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="265" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rocky Farr</figcaption></div>In those six clashes, they scored only 11 goals&mdash;an average of less than two a contest&mdash;while opponents were pouring in 25 against them.And what could have proved the real crusher came in the sixth game of that season-opening string.With their largest crowd of the season&mdash;more than 9,000 screaming fans&mdash;on hand, the Eagles led the Portland Buckaroos, 5-4, with less than four minutes to play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0265/2670151-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="543" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN-GUY LAGACE&hellip;He Came To Play</figcaption></div>Would you believe that Portland tied the score and then won it in the final 30 seconds on a goal by Larry Leach.You can&rsquo;t sink much lower than blowing one like that. And the loss could have affected the club. Like another cellar finish ahead?Well, the loss did affect the club. The guys got mad&mdash;and started to play hockey.The Eagles moved into Denver and battled to a 7-7 tie on foreign ice. They flew south to Phoenix, and Rocky Farr posted his first shutout of the season as Salt Lake City won, 3-0.The Eagles returned home to whip Phoenix a second straight time, 4-2. And then Salt Lake City poured it on San Diego&rsquo;s powerful Gulls, 5-1.Suddenly that last-place club was on a four-game unbeaten string. It was snipped in a heartbreaker, 5-4, in Seattle.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0352/2670144-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="548" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUTCH DEADMARSH&hellip;Young Blood</figcaption></div>Salt Lake City suddenly started getting help, too.Defenseman Paul Terbenche, who played for Portland last season before being drafted by Buffalo, arrived and put on a Golden Eagle uniform.Defenseman Jean-Guy Lagace came to play. As a rookie two years ago, Lagace drew 110 minutes in penalties with Pittsburgh in the National League and Amarillo in the Central League. Last year he drew 138 minutes with Baltimore in the American League.And he wasted no time with Salt Lake City, being whistled for 17 minutes in his first three games.The Golden Eagles also added winger Butch Deadmarsh and winger Barry Watson, who picked up 60 points in 70 games with the Rochester Americans last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0438/2670137-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="549" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAUL TERBENCHE&hellip;Returns To WHL</figcaption></div>It still might take a few weeks&mdash;or even months&mdash;for the Golden Eagles to develop as a unit. Salt Lake&rsquo;s players haven&rsquo;t been together as long as those of Portland or San Diego.But it appeared that there would be no more soft touches when the Eagles took the ice.Meanwhile, if there was anything mildly shocking about the first 11 games of the Salt Lake Eagles this season, it was in the scoring columns.Leading the team in scoring&mdash;ahead of Golden Guyle Fielder&mdash;was big blueliner Larry McNabb.He picked up 10 points on a goal and nine assists in his first 11 clashes of the campaign.No one ever accused McNabb of not being tough.But his team&rsquo;s leading scorer?Come on, Larry! &#9632;

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Battered Salt Lake Eagles Rebound With New Faces To Fly In WHL Race

SEATTLE&mdash;Goalkeepers in the Western Hockey League will likely split from the Players Association, form their own union and hire a lawyer to negotiate their contracts next year.Their performance in 23 games to date indicates they may have some food for thought on the subject.Goals against are down. Last year the goalies let in 163 compared to 146 this year&hellip;down 17.Shutouts are up. This season four shutouts have been scored in the first 23 games&hellip;a year ago there was one, George Gardner (Vancouver) blanking Seattle 4-0 in the 16th game of the season.In the current campaign, the shutouts began earlier. Marv Edwards (Phoenix) started it in the 8th game against Salt Lake 5-0 on Oct. 16. Two days later Seattle rookie George Surmay muzzled the big guns from Portland 3-0 in his third pro game&hellip;12th game of the season.On Oct. 24 Salt Lake&rsquo;s Rocky Farr joined the elite circle by answering the shutout by Phoenix with one of his own (3-0) in the 20th game. And on Oct. 27 Don Caley drew abreast of his teammate Marv Edwards by zonking Seattle 6-0 in the league&rsquo;s 23rd game. &#9632;

Net Stars Tough Lot

<h2>Tues. Oct. 27 SEATTLE 0 AT PHOENIX 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0439/2670317-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="579" height="571"></div><h2>Wed. Oct. 28 PORTLAND 6 AT SAN DIEGO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0527/2670310-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="586" height="829"></div><h2>SEATTLE 1 AT DENVER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0622/2670303-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="579" height="520"></div><h2>PHOENIX 2 AT SALT LAKE 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0719/2670296-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="587" height="605"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 30 SAN DIEGO 1 AT SALT LAKE 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0816/2670289-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="587" height="637"></div><h2>PHOENIX 4 AT SEATTLE 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0913/2670282-1-eng-US/f0023-092.jpg" title="f0023-09" width="579" height="805"></div> &#9632;

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WHL Summaries

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS IMadein Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Walloceburt, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street, Wallacebwf, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<h2>HOW THEY STANO</h2><h3>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1112/2670355-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg" title="f0024-11" width="583" height="319"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 4Dallas 4 at Oklahoma City 4Fri. Nov. 6Amarillo 2 at Tulsa 4Fort Worth 2 at Dallas 5Kansas City 1 at Omaha 5Sat. Nov. 7Amarillo 1 at Fort Worth 2Omaha 2 at Kansas City 4Tulsa 4 at Oklahoma City 5Sun. Nov. 8Oklahoma City 2 at Fort Worth 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 10Omaha at TulsaWed. Nov. 11Omaha at DallasTulsa at Fort WorthOklahoma City at Kansas CityFri. Nov. 13Omaha at AmarilloOklahoma City at Fort WorthKansas City at TulsaSat. Nov. 14Omaha at AmarilloOklahoma City at DallasTulsa at Kansas CitySun. Nov. 15Amarillo at OmahaDallas at TulsaFort Worth at Oklahoma CityTues. Nov. 17Tulsa at DallasWed. Nov. 18Amarillo at Kansas CityFri. Nov. 20Oklahoma City at AmarilloForth Worth at DallasKansas City at Omaha<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-129/2670348-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="583" height="555"></div> &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB LINDLEY</div>FORT WORTH&mdash;The old saying is, &ldquo;Live by the sword and die by the sword.&rdquo;In Fort Worth the philosophy is, &ldquo;Live by the sword and you&rsquo;d better be darned sure you know how to use it expertly.&rdquo;Wings&rsquo; coach Doug Barkley wanted an aggressive team. He got one. Through eight games Fort Worth led the CHL in penalty minutes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01112/2670386-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="260" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Edwards</figcaption></div>But aggressiveness often has a way of backfiring in the form of power play goals against, and no one has learned that lesson better than Barkley and the Wings.In their first three games they were nicked for five power goals on their first 10 penalties, three of them by Omaha in the season opener won 5-4 by the Knights.Then the Wings embarked on a phenomenal streak in their next five games, and although records are not kept in that category, their performance certainly deserves some kind of recognition.After Omaha banged home a powerplay goal on Oct. 23, the Wings successfully killed 26 consecutive penalties, a string that was still intact at this writing.Credit starts, naturally, in goal where veterans Don McLeod and Gerry Gray have been towers of strength, combining for a 2:0 goals-against average through their first eight outings and holding opponents to a single goal in five of those contests.Then there&rsquo;s the penalty-killing combo of Ross Perkins and John Fisher, possibly the best in the league in that department.Both are center icemen, but Barkley shifts Fisher, a rookie, to a wing position when the club is shorthanded and between them they have driven enemy skaters to distraction with their checking and puck-hawking.&ldquo;Ross and John haven&rsquo;t done a heck of a lot offensively,&rdquo; Barkley said (each has one goal), &ldquo;but their work as penalty killers is invaluable &ldquo;KANSAS CITY: Blues dealt crippling blow when veteran goalie Gary Edwards suffered severe shoulder injury in Oct. 31 game at Amarillo. He was replaced by rookie Michel Plasse, who staved off Wranglers to save 3-3 tie. Edwards, who notched first shutout of season only two nights earlier in 3-0 win at Fort Worth, will be lost indefinitely. Blues still have Robbie Irons in addition to Plasse. Rookie Curt Bennett and veteran Ron Buchanan lead scoring with three goals each in first six games. All-rookie line of Bennett, Gord Brooks and Ron Climie emerge as leaders of Blues&rsquo; offense.DALLAS: Hawks coach Bobby Kromm satisfied with play of goalies Ken Brown and Jim Shaw, but disturbed over lack of hustle on part of defense. Kromm still believes, however, that time will show rookies Darrall Maggs and John Marks to be talented blueliners. Veteran Don Gordon, three goals in four games, early scoring leader as Hawks find enemy nets somewhat elusive in early going. J.P. Bordeleau, injured during training camp (groin), got into one game and suffered chest injury that sidelined him again.OMAHA: Knights became first team to win home opener after four other clubs had dropped curtain raiser before home folks, but in second appearance Omaha stung 5-3 by Tulsa Oilers. Pierre Jarry shares CHL goal-scoring lead with five tallies through first seven games. Veteran Mike Parizeau had four while Tom Miller and Bert Wilson each had three. Knights won five of six road games at outset, equalling fast start they got last year when they finished as CHL champs. Veteran Jerry Ouellette among league point leaders with 12 through seven games, 10 of them assists. Knights secured right winger Steve Andrascik from Fort Worth following Detroit-New York trade and added defenseman Mike Robitaille and forward Jim Krulicki from the Rangers to give team big boost.OKLAHOMA CITY: Reg Leach living up to expectations as prime NHL prospect by notching five points in first four games with Blazers. Collegian Bill Klatt, in second pro season, led club with four goals in five games, followed by veterans Gregg Sheppard (3) and Don Tannahill (3). Vet defenseman Dick Cherry added five assists to lead in that department.AMARILLO: Wranglers still getting great goaltending out of rookie Cam Newton, but hurt by penalties and power play goals and too many enemy shots on net. Newton, in four games, stopped 167 shots, an average of 42 per game, and allowed 14 goals, seven of them power goals. Rick Kessell led Wrangler goal scoring with three in five games, followed by rookies Clare Lomheim (2) and Rusty Patenaude (2). Veteran Bob Toothill added to roster.TULSA: Oilers add veteran center Jean Payette to roster. Payette, starting fifth pro cam-paign. was with Tulsa&rsquo;s CHL championship team of 1967-68 when he scored 19 goals and added 31 assists. Randy Murray playing with hand in cast and Dennis Schick and Errol Thompson just coming off injury list. Rookie Murray McLachlan getting good shot at winning No. 1 goalie job, playing in four of first six games. &#9632;

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Barkley Lauds Wings’ Defensive Play

<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 10)NORTHERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0197/2670553-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="583" height="243"></div><h2>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0257/2670546-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="588" height="206"></div>(Affiliations: 2. Detroit. 4. New York 5. Chicago 6. Toronto. 10. Philadelphia 11. Minnesota, x-indepen-dant).<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 3New Haven 3 at Charlotte 3Wed. Nov. 4Jacksonville 5 at Salem 7New Haven 3 at Greensboro 4Fri. Nov. 6Johnstown 5 at Clinton 3New Jersey 2 at Long Island 7Salem 2 at Greensboro 7Nashville 2 at Charlotte 3New Haven 2 at Jacksonville 3Sat. Nov. 7Long Island 1 at Clinton 4New Jersey 3 at Johnstown 3Charlotte 2 at Salem 4Jacksonville 6 at Greensboro 7New Haven 4 at Nashville 7Sun. Nov. 8Syracuse 5 at New Jersey 6Clinton 3 at Johnstown 0New Hoven 3 at Salem 6Nashville 3 at Greensboro 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 10Clinton at SyracuseLong Island at CharlotteNashville at JacksonvilleWed. Nov. 11Johnstown at New HovenLong Island at GreensboroThurs. Nov. 12New Haven at SyracuseLong Island at SalemJacksonville at GreensboroFri. Nov. 13New Hoven at ClintonSyracuse at New JerseyLong Island at JohnstownGreensboro at CharlotteSat. Nov. 14Syracuse at ClintonNew Haven at Long IslandNew Jersey at JohnstownGreensboro at NashvilleSun. Nov. 15Syracuse at New HavenClinton at New JerseySalem at GreensboroCharlotte at Nashville<h2>NEW YORK METRO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Wed., Oct. 28)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0336/2670539-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="579" height="175"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0426/2670532-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="578" height="174"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0525/2670525-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="576" height="308"></div><h2>NEW YORK COLLEGE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 27)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0615/2670518-1-eng-US/f0025-062.jpg" title="f0025-06" width="580" height="271"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0715/2670511-1-eng-US/f0025-072.jpg" title="f0025-07" width="584" height="317"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0812/2670504-1-eng-US/f0025-082.jpg" title="f0025-08" width="580" height="340"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>NEW HAVEN&mdash;If the New Haven Blades are going to achieve their goal of winning the Eastern Hockey League crown this season, their defense will play a large role in attaining the objective.The Blades to a man are confident of such an eventuality and their optimism has been accelerated due to the slow start of the defending champion Clinton team. The Blades have been kayoed from the playoffs by Clinton in recent years, but Don Perry and his charges believe this is the year of the Blades.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0910/2670591-1-eng-US/f0025-092.jpg" title="f0025-09" width="262" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Peters</figcaption></div>The defensive foursome of Bobby Peters, Gordon Smith, Norm Schmitz and Kevin Morrison comprise Perry&rsquo;s rearguard. The first three served together, year ago as defensemen, but Morrison, formerly a forward, asked to be switched to the backline since he figured his future lay there.No matter which duo has been on the ice this season, it has proven a pain in the neck to the opposition. They have broken up passes and checked their opponents heavily across the rinks.Their great play has become so contagious that even the other team members are hitting hard. Perry claims his defense is &ldquo;the best in the league&rdquo; even though he admits not having seen all of the Southern Division clubs in action.A fifth defenseman, Vic Magda, never had a chance of breaking into this lineup even though he was a promising junior. So Perry sent him to Long Island.Of the foursome, Morrison is considered the leader. Peters has added weight to his frame this season and is using it handily for board checking. Schmitz avoids penalties since he realizes a shorthanded team is at a disadvantage. He is great at keeping the puck away from the enemy. The red-headed Smith also has shown great improvement this year. With goalie Dave Hainsworth exhorting his defensemen, the Blades have proven tough for the offensive lines of the enemy.JACKSONVILLE: Dale MacLeish bothered by eye infection. Gerald Paquette on disabled list with leg injury. Billy Glashan aggravated his back. Norm Bean moved from defense to. left wing. Alan Young, a defenseman from Tulsa, due to join team. Rookie center Bobby Thompson&rsquo;s scoring has delighted coach Red Bownass.GREENSBORO: Ron Spong unhappy with club&rsquo;s schedule here, claiming the building gave preference in dates to johnny-come-lately tenants. Brian Randall, a junior left winger out of St. Thomas, joined team. Rookie Jeff Nicholson also has been effective at the outset of the campaign.LONG ISLAND: Ducks lost chance to get Pierre Farmer when he was claimed by Boston just before the expiration of his reinstatement period. Guy De-Noncourt held Syracuse scoreless for 117 minutes and 15 seconds. Ducks added defenseman Dan Creighton and dropped winger Fraser Rice and defenseman Larry Tomchick. Two goals by Butch Morris helped beat Clinton. Goalie Wayne Doll made club trainer and reserve goalie.CLINTON: To get down to the player limit, Pat Kelly placed Dick Scammel on injured list, dropped Billy Butson and sent Bob Lacey and Claude Piche to Salem. Comets lost three straight for first time in five years and were under .500 mark in first two weeks of season for first time since 1961-62. Unless he does an about-face, Len Speck will sit out the season as a retiree.JOHNSTOWN: Much stronger Jets hope to be even better with reinstatement of Galen Head who for two years was a leading pointmaker here. Jets last EHL team to lose a game. Largest home opening crowd in 10 years saw Jets beat Clinton. Blake Ball has been impressive in penalty killing and assisting on goals. Rookie Brian Kozak dropped to make room for winger Guy Delparte.CHARLOTTE: Checkers rookies have been impressive as has been goalie John Voss. Blaine Rydman placed on disabled list to make room for newly acquired Mike Rouleau. Checkers defensemen steering clear of penalties. Voss had scoreless streak of 161 minutes and 24 seconds. In two games Checkers took 111 shots but scored just 5 goals.JERSEY: Coach Wayne Kitchen on disabled list with shoulder injury. Dennis Plant and Brian Caley dropped. Gary Gresdal rejoined team. Rookie Larry O&rsquo;Connor, just over an appendectomy, has made club&rsquo;s defense. Jim Langlois is doing lots of hitting from his defensive slot. Claude Chartre had hat trick against Syracuse. Club started better and was a month ahead of last year&rsquo;s pace.SYRACUSE: Chuck Charlong&rsquo;s dislocated wrist will sideline him for many weeks. Rod Frith dropped as was Hungarian Lobo Sarkas. Defenseman Bill MacLeod had rejoined team. Brian Elwell&rsquo;s goal nipped Clinton. Tom Anderson will serve as backup goalie. Coach Phil Watson has been working hard on club&rsquo;s power play. Watson also moved Jim Whittaker to wing from defense.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-107/2670584-1-eng-US/f0025-102.jpg" title="f0025-10" width="548" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">GALEN HEAD&hellip;Rejoins Jets</figcaption></div>NASHVILLE: Goal by Don Borgeson with 15 seconds left tied Jacksonville after coach Lloyd Hinchberger pulled his goalie. Junior Ralph Buchanan acquired from Kitchener and Warren Brown released. Brian Harding had a record of six fights in six games. Defenseman Jim McInally had some double vision problems. Winger Doug Abel acquired from Flint.SALEM: Injured left knee to Jack Chipchase and neck and shoulder mishaps to Andre Bouchard sidelined both Rebels for three weeks. Brian McDowell had to undergo dental work. There is some question as to whether Bob Lacey and Claude Piche are the outright property of Rebels or are on loan from Clinton. Coach Colin Kilburn upset over shutout loss at home. &#9632;

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Crack Defense Crew Makes Blades Choice As Clinton Falters

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01105/2670664-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="584" height="271"></div>(Affiliations: 1. Montreal. 2. Detroit. 3. Boston, 5. Chicago, 8. Pittsburgh, 9. California x-independent.)<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 3Dayton 1 at Des Moines 10Thurs. Nov. 5Dayton 5 at Des Moines 2Fri. Nov. 6Port Huron 3 at Flint 3Des Moines 0 at Muskegon 6Toledo 1 at Fort Wayne 3Sat. Nov. 7Flint 1 at Dayton 2Port Huron 2 at Muskegon 4Des Moines 2 at Fort Wayne 1Sun. Nov. 8Toledo 5 at Dayton 5Fort Wayne 1 at Fling 6Muskegon 2 at Port Huron 9Fort Wayne 1 at Flint 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 10Fort Wayne at Des MoinesWed. Nov. 11Fort Wayne at Des MoinesFri. Nov. 13Flint at Port HuronMuskegon at ToledoDes Moines at Fort WayneSat. Nov. 14Dayton at ToledoDes Moines at MuskegonPort Huron at Fort WayneSun. Nov. 15Toledo at Port HuronDes Moines at FlintMuskegon at DaytonWed. Nov. 18Port Huron at ToledoFri. Nov. 20Flint at ToledoDayton at Des MoinesFort Wayne at Muskegon<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0258/2670657-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="582" height="567"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0342/2670650-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="577" height="390"></div><h2>MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0427/2670643-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="578" height="243"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0523/2670636-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="581" height="210"></div><h2>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0615/2670629-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="579" height="232"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0713/2670622-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="576" height="304"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>DAYTON&mdash;Fans of the Dayton Gems are looking for a new star at Hara Arena, with the likes of Guy Trottier, Don Westbrooke and Duncan Rousseau departed for higher leagues. They think they have found one in young Clem Tremblay.They are calling him the &ldquo;Mighty Mite&rdquo;, because he stands only 5&rsquo;5&rdquo; and weighs 155 pounds, according to the Gems&rsquo; official program. Some think that may be stretching it a bit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0812/2670695-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="257" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Clem Tremblay.</figcaption></div>Tremblay&rsquo;s size and his scoring ability remind the fans of Trottier, now in the big league with Toronto, who stands 5&rsquo;7&rdquo; and weighs 165, and also of little Steve Gabor, back in the days of Troy in the IHL, who was also 5&rsquo;7&rdquo; but weighed only 145.Tremblay has been a big scorer in the early games (six goals in the first six) but he has also been an exciting player, one of the speediest the Gems have ever had. He loves to skate to the point that he often roams a bit too much.&ldquo;Sometimes Gerry (Coach Gerry Moore) keeps telling me, &lsquo;Keep your wing, keep your wing&rsquo;,&rdquo; admits Tremblay.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really happy here&rdquo;, says the little speedster. &ldquo;In fact, I should have come here a few years ago when Lefty McFadden asked me. But I was young and it was the first time I&rsquo;d been away from home.&rdquo; He was referring to the wild goose chase the Gems made through Canada in pursuit of him after seeing Clem skate in training camp.Tremblay had a good season two years ago at Oklahoma City but the pros did not want him, presumably because of his lack of size. So he went to Victoriaville in the Quebec Senior League last season and scored 49 goals, 45 assists for 94 points.Coach Moore of the Gems was using Tremblay on a line with rookies Glenn Siddall and Jack Borotsik. He was switching his lines in an effort to get more scoring power. Lorne Rombough and Reggie Bechtold, acquired in trades, were working with veteran Barry Merrell. A new arrival was Brian Vescio, property of Pittsburgh in the National League, who reported from Amarillo in the CHL.FORT WAYNE:&mdash;The Komets made a remarkable comeback on their road trip when they were blanked by Muskegon, 7-0 and reversed it the next night in Port Huron, trimming the Flags, 6-2&hellip;Rookie Bill Woodyatt had his first chance in goal, relieving Jim Keough in the third period at Muskegon&hellip;Don Deeks, rookie center from the University of Michigan, was loaned to Nashville of the Eastern League&hellip;Eric Sutcliffe was topping the Komets in scoring.TOLEDO:&mdash;Hal White&rsquo;s seventh goal of the season equalled his total in 33 games last season&hellip;When Flint beat the Hornets, 4-2, it was their first victory in Sports Arena, including five games last season and an exhibition early in October&hellip;Defenseman Guy Allen was sold to Syracuse of the Eastern League&hellip;Moe Morissette, dropped by Des Moines, helped the Hornets beat his old mates with a goal in a 3-1 victory.FLINT:&mdash;The Generals&rsquo; two straight victories over Toledo boosted their lead to six points&hellip;Flint goalies Gilles Meloche and Bob Perani had two of the three best IHL averages, 2.33 and 2.75. Mike Dumas of Dayton was in between with 2.60&hellip;Corky Agar&rsquo;s four goals in two games enabled the Gens to get a tie with Dayton and win at Toledo&hellip;Left wing Doug Abel was sent on loan to Nashville of the Eastern League&hellip;The Generals surpassed the listed seating capacity of 4,021 seven times in the last 14 games, including, 10 last season.MUSKEGON:&mdash;Bruce Mullett had the league&rsquo;s second shutout with a 7-0 blanking of Fort Wayne&hellip;The Mohawks exploded for four goals within a space of 2:49&hellip;Two rookies were cut, winger Bruce Werre going to Green Bay of the United States League and winger Bob Guindon to Long Island of the Eastern League&hellip;Lynn Margarit engaged in two fights in the first period with Komet Eric Sutcliffe&hellip;Hugh Harris was back in the Mohawk lineup.PORT HURON:&mdash;Coach Ted Garvin, who had threatened fines for the Flags, decided to go with line changes instead. Biggest change saw defensemen Bob McCammon and Bob Howard moved up to the front line&hellip;Goalie Ron Marlow was sidelined with an injured leg muscle&hellip;Defenseman Choo Choo Bouchard was secured from Dayton in exchange for right wing Reggie Bechtold.DES MOINES:&mdash;Two players secured in a trade with Port Huron, Danny Belisle and Geoff Powis, helped beat the Flags two games. Belisle had a hat trick&hellip;The Oak Leafs won their first two home games for the first time in four years and the second time ever. &#9632;

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Dayton Discovers New ‘Gem; Flint Generals Roll Along

<h2>ONTARIO MAJOR JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0189/2670754-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="580" height="370"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 3Kitchener 5 at Niagara Falls 7Toronto 2 at Hamilton 7Thurs. Nov. 5London 1 at Peterborough 6Fri. Nov. 6Hamilton 6 at Niagara Falls 7London 5 at Ottawa 4Montreal 8 at Kitchener 4Sat. Nov. 7St. Catharines 6 at Oshawa 3Sun. Nov. 8Toronto 9 at Montreal 8Peterborough 1 at Ottawa 3Oshawa 1 at St. Catharines 8 Hamilton 1 at London 4<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standing on Fri. Nov. 6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0259/2670747-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="584" height="313"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Tues. Oct. 27)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0338/2670740-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="587" height="464"></div><h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 3)EASTERN DIVISION<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0433/2670733-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="581" height="210"></div><h2>WESTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0525/2670726-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="581" height="205"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>PETERBOROUGH&mdash;There were a few doubters when Peterborough Petes completed the first couple of weeks of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A schedule without a defeat.However even those who believed the Petes were playing over their heads are now convinced that they are &ldquo;for real.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0620/2670785-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="252" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Neilson</figcaption></div>The Petes, coached by Roger Neilson, finished the first month of the season without a loss.The only mark on their otherwise unblemished record was a 44 tie in Oshawa when the Generals scored with less than a minute to play.In October the Petes defeated second place St. Catharines Black Hawks twice, London and Niagara Falls twice, Ottawa, Kitchener, Toronto Marlboros and Oshawa once.Perhaps their most impressive display was in Maple Leaf Gardens.Toronto Marlboros, two nights earlier, had demolished St. Catharines 9-5 but the Petes scored four times in the first 12 minutes, then coasted to an overwhelming 9-2 victoryA physical education teacher at a Peterborough high school, Neilson has always been a stickler for basic hockey fundamentals and good conditioning.He has not always been blessed with outstanding players but invariably comes up with contenders.Based on their play in October, he could finally have a winner under his command.Goaltender John Garrett has been credited with much of the Peterborough success and without question he has made the difference between defeat and victory in at least four games.However the Peterborough offense has also played a large part in giving the club a remarkably fine start.Usually defensive-minded the Petes have scored more goals than any other team in the 10-club circuit and have also the best goals-against average.That&rsquo;s a combination difficult to beat.Craig Ramsay has been the offensive leader, including three goals in the win over the Marlboros but Danny Gloor, Jim Mahon and Doug Gilbson have given him plenty of assistance.Defensively Rick Cunningham has played superb hockey and should go high in the National Hockey League draft of juniors next June.While the Petes were disposing of all opposition, Oshawa Generals finally earned their first two wins, an upset 4-3 victory in Ottawa and a crushing 9-2 victory over last place Niagara Falls Flyers.Peter Sullivan scored three of the Generals&rsquo; goals against the Flyers and missed a possible fourth on a penalty shot.After a dismal start Montreal Canadiens appear to have hit their stride with three straight wins over Toronto, Niagara Falls and Hamilton.The Canadiens have won the Canadian junior championship the last two years and while they don&rsquo;t have an individual standout such as Gil Perreault, Marc Tardif or Rejean Houle, a balanced attach makes them strong contenders again this season.Kitchener Rangers have the most misleading record in the group with three wins, six defeats and a tie.However because of various ice shows and other activities at Memorial Arena they played only three of 10 games at home in October and are certain to improve their status in the next few weeks. &#9632;

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Petes End Month Unbeaten

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div>EDMONTON&mdash;This is the year of the rookie in the Western Canada League.Many of last season&rsquo;s established stars have graduated to the pros, including Reg Leach, Ray Martynuik and Murray Anderson of Flin Flon, Jim Hargreaves and Chris Oddliefson of Winnipeg, Jim Schraefel and Ted McAneeley of Edmonton, Greg Polis of Estevan and Randy Rota of Calgary.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0717/2670816-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="249" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Randy Wyrozub</figcaption></div>As a result some teams have more than 50 per cent rookies in their lineups. Winnipeg Jets have 10 new faces, Edmonton Oil Kings nine.Some of the rookies have done unexpectedly well. The best new talent is in goal, where Henry Durkin of Swift Current, Steve McFarland of Medicine Hat and Frank Turnbull of Winnipeg have sizzled.Durkin, only 17, obviously benefitted from training he received in Trail, B.C. from former Canadian Nationals goalie Seth Martin. At the moment he is No. 1 candidate for Rookie-of-the-Year.Turnbull, who is also 17 and weighs only 140 pounds, hasn&rsquo;t played as many games as Durkin because Winnipeg has another capable netminder in Mike Schneider. But when he has played he has shone, often stopping over 50 shots in a game. McFarland, meanwhile, was Medicine Hat&rsquo;s top new find.On defense, the top rookies have been Tom Bladon of Edmonton and Dwayne Pentland of Brandon.Edmonton coach Harvey Roy says it is a toss-up between Bladon and forward John Rogers as to who is Oil Kings&rsquo; best rookie. Both are graduates of the Edmonton Maple Leafs of the Alberta Jr. League, Oil Kings&rsquo; No. 1 farm club.ICE CHIPS: The first hat trick ever scored by a Medicine Hat Tiger came from over-age leftwinger Brian Carlin, whom Tigers obtained from Calgary.Randy Wyrozub, who played for Edmonton Oil Kings last year, has made one of the most meteoric rises in recent hockey memory. Two years ago he was an 18-year-old playing in a tier two junior league at Ponoka, Alberta. Last year he caught on with Edmonton as a rookie and this year did the same with the NHL Buffalo Sabres. Phil Goyette&rsquo;s retirement and an injury to Skip Krake allowed him to make the club in the first play, but his play has kept him there, at least for the present. Coach Punch Imlach compares him to Dave Keon (&ldquo;both are of slight stature&rdquo;), but Wyrozub is a more accurate shooter and could therefore score more goals.Medicine Hat defenseman Ernie Heinemann was a recent victim of a serious eye injury. WCHL president Ron Butlin says that if Heinemann&rsquo;s hockey career is finished, the league will pay for his entire university education. The WCHL has a trust fund set up for such emergencies. &#9632;

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WCHL Player Turnover Shows More Than Half Are Rookies

ST. CATHARINES&mdash;Frank Milne, rookie coach with St. Catharines Black Hawks was suspended for four games by the Ontario Hockey Association following a recent brawl in Maple Leaf Gardens.Late in the second period all players on the ice became involved in a fight and all but two St. Catharines players left the bench to join the fracas.Milne said that he tried to keep the players off the ice but was unable to do so when the Hawks discovered the Marlboros had 10 players as opposed to six from St. Catharines in the fight.The reason for the additional Toronto players was that they were involved in a line change when the battle broke out. &#9632;

Milne Gets 4-Game Ban

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;After beating St. Louis to end the first home stand of the season, Larry Regan of the Los Angeles Kings was emotionally high. This ended a string of 15 consecutive defeats at the hands of the Blues, the dominant team through the first three seasons of the West Division, and was the improved Kings&rsquo; first conquest of a strong team this new season.&ldquo;In terms of building confidence in ourselves and inspiring fan interest, this has to be the most important victory in our time here,&rdquo; the manager and coach commented. Not always realistic in his observations and predictions in the past, Regan seems more subdued since becoming coach and admitted, &ldquo;I know three or four victories early don&rsquo;t insure a successful season. We still have a long way to go.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0147/2670878-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="261" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Regan</figcaption></div>&ldquo;But I do feel, that since expansion began, the team that got over the first hump, that got rolling and got a little momentum going, usually has gone on to have a good season and I think we have accomplished at least that much now. The fellows know they can win and they know they can beat a good team. Most of our players are new and did not share in our last-place finish or bad habits of last year, but at least they know now they don&rsquo;t have to inherit a losing tradition.&rdquo;Regan called a press conference to say something he&rsquo;s been wanting to say publicly. He said, &ldquo;Our owner, Jack Kent Cooke, gave me a job when no one else would. He gave me a rare opportunity. I don&rsquo;t mean to sound corny, but I was brought up without a father and in my lifetime, no man ever has done more for me.&ldquo;He is a most misunderstood man. He is a perfectionist and very demanding. But he has had unusual success in his lifetime and he knows how to achieve high goals. Everyone doesn&rsquo;t get to stay in his organization. I am not assured of being here forever. But to know him is to respect him. Many people fail to get to know him and so lose respect for him. Many dislike him because they fear him. But few really know him.&ldquo;All right, so we&rsquo;ve been a laughing stock. No one has suffered more than Mr. Cooke, myself and the others in our organization as we went into a tailspin. But we are headed back up now and it is important that the public knows we are a solid, determined organization. We work together and we will produce a winner together. We are building pride in our organization.&rdquo;Regan suggested that the next big hurdle he faced was to take his new team to some road success, which recent Kings&rsquo; teams have not had. As he took his club on tour, they promptly lost three in a row in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and St. Louis, teams which the Kings must be able to beat, sometimes even in their towns, if they are to finish above .500, as the members of the organization feels the Kings can.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be discouraged,&rdquo; Larry smiled wistfully. &ldquo;We played some bad hockey and some good hockey. Tougher trips are ahead, but we&rsquo;ve got the equipment to win our share on the road. St. Louis isn&rsquo;t the same team. I haven&rsquo;t seen anything in the teams we have to beat out to scare me.&rdquo;Regan is not surprised to find coaching a difficult way of life Managing made him sick last season and he concedes coaching is more demanding physically, but he is tough and insists he&rsquo;ll hold up. He now is smoking four packs of cigarettes a day and sometimes seems drawn and tense, unable even to enjoy victories as he worries about the next game. He is on the spot and knows it, but he has rebuilt this team impressively and it has a chance to do well enough to surprise everyone and he knows that, to, and he is hopeful about it.KINGS THINGS: One of his problems is that he has been unable to improve the Kings&rsquo; poor power-play performance of recent seasons. Through nine games, the Kings were averaging one goal every 20 minutes at equal strength with their foes and one goal every 21 minutes with a man advantage, so actually were less effective on power plays than on regular plays.Eddie Shack, who still may be traded, saw his first action in the season&rsquo;s seventh game and scored his first goal in the ninth game. It came in only his fourth shift of the game, was an exceptional effort and was the game-winner against Buffalo. Such spectacular moments keep alive the enthusiasm of Shack fans.Rejuvenated Gordon Labossiere tied the club record by scoring points in six straight games&hellip;New backup goaler Jack Norris got into action, losing in St. Louis and winning at home from Buffalo without establishing his NHL ability.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0246/2670871-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="566" height="596"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDDIE SHACK First Game Winner</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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