Looking At The Races

Howe Return Smash But Wings Still Sag

DETROIT— If other members of the Detroit Red Wings could play up to half of Gordie Howe’s standards, the club might be able to make a move out of sixth place in the National Hockey League’s Eastern Division. Howe recently returned to the Detroit lineup after a long layoff with a rib injury and he certainly did his part to get the club moving again. It worked once, but fell through 24 hours later. The 42-year-old veteran right winger, generally acknowledged as the greatest player ever in in the NHL, scored a pair of goals in his fourth game back after the rib injury and that ignited the club to a 7-4 triumph over the New York Rangers Dec. 26. The following night, playing with a plastic pad around his ribs, Howe scored once…

Popein Hoping Newcomer Perry Will Escalate Totem Scoring

SEATTLE— Chuck Holmes and John Hanna are scoring at their usual pace. That’s what worries Seattle Totems’ coach Larry Popein. Holmes and Hanna are battling for the team scoring lead although Holmes is a defensive for ward and penalty killing specialist and Hanna a defenseman. Hanna had seven goals and 18 assists for 25 points. Holmes, hobbled with a pulled groin lately, nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points. Popein is looking for some scoring help from the club’s newest addition. Brian Perry, assigned from the Buffalo Sabres. Perry had a high of 31 goals for Providence in the American Hockey League in 1967-68, then played the 1967-68 season for Oakland, scoring 10 goals and 21 assists. He split last season between Providence, where he scored 10 goals and 17 assists in 34 games, and…

NHL Team Rosters

MONTREAL GOALKEEPERS Rogatien Vachon Phil Myre DEFENSEMEN Pierre Bouchard Terry Harper A J.C. Tremblay Guy Lapointe Serge Savard CENTERS Jacques Lemaire Henri Richard A Ralph Bockstrom Jean Beliveau C RIGHT WINGS Bill Collins Mickey Redmond Rejean Houle Leon Rochefort Yvan Cournoyer LEFT WINGS Pete Mahovlich John Ferguson Marc Tardif INJURED Claude Larose Larry Pleau Jacques Laperriere BOSTON GOALKEEPERS Gerry Cheevers Ed Johnston DEFENSEMEN Don Awrey Ted Green A Bobby Orr Dallas Smith Rick Smith CENTERS Phil Esposito A Derek Sanderson Fred Stanfield RIGHT WINGS Wayne Cashman Ken Hodge John McKenzie Ed Westfall A LEFT WINGS Garnet Bailey John Bucyk A Wayne Carleton Don Marcotte Dan Schock INJURED None DETROIT GOALKEEPERS Jim Rutherford Don McLeod DEFENSEMEN Ron Harris Gary Bergman A Gerry Hart Dale Rolfe Serge Lajeunesse CENTERS Alex Delvecchio C Rene Leclerc Garry Unger Don Luce RIGHT WINGS Wayne Connelly Tom Webster Hank Monteith Gordie Howe A LEFT WINGS Billy Dea Bruce MacGregor A Frank Mahovlich Nick Libett INJURED Larry Brown Roy Edwards TORONTO GOALKEEPERS Bruce Gamble Jacques Plante DEFENSEMEN Jim Dorey Brian Glennie Rick Ley Bob Baun Jim McKenny Mike Pelyk CENTERS Dave Keon C Darryl Sittier Norm Ullman A Mike Walton A RIGHT WINGS Ron Ellis A Guy Trottier Billy MacMillan George Armstrong LEFT WINGS Garry Monahan Jim Harrison Brian Spencer Doug Brindley Paul Henderson INJURED Brad Selwooa NEWYORK GOALKEEPERS Ed Giacomin Gilles Villemure DEFENSEMEN Arnie Brown A Tim Horton Jim Neilson A Brad Park Rod Seiling CENTERS Syl Apps Pete Stemkowski Jean Ratelie Walt Tkaczuk RIGHT WINGS Rod Gilbert A Bob Nevin C Ron Stewart Jim Krulic ki Bill Fairbair Jack Egers LEFT…