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February 19, 1971

The Hockey News February 19, 1971

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>OSHAWA &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0443/2942217-1-eng-US/f0031-042.jpg" title="f0031-04" width="255" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry O&rsquo;Reilly</figcaption></div>Oshawa Generals picked up five of a possible six points and suddenly became contenders for one of the final playoff positions in the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A League.Since the start of the season Oshawa and Niagara Falls Flyers have been bringing up the rear in the 10-team circuit and it only seemed to be a matter of time before both were mathematically eliminated from the eight playoff spots.However the Generals came to life in the last eight days, playing London to a 4-4 tie, then handing the cellar-dwelling Flyers back-to-buck decisive losses. 7-1 in the Falls and 9-3 on their home ice.The five points boosted the Generals to within four points of the playoff cutoff point and at least gave them hope of entering the post-season games.Barring an immediate change in fortunes the Flyers seem destined to finish last for the second successive year.They pulled a major upset with a 6-3 home victory over the leading Peterborough Petes but promptly lost 4-0 in Peterborough and were blanked again three nights later 60 in Ottawa.Ottawa is coached and managed by Bill Long who was tutored in the hockey business both in Barrie and Niagara Falls by Fiver owner Hap Emms.The Generals&rsquo; upsurge has been led by the line of Al Avery, Don Seiling and Terry O&rsquo;Reilly which collected a total of 14 scoring points in a recent 9-3 romp over the Fivers. Avery scored the hat trick. O&rsquo;Reilly netted two and Seiling one to account for six of the nine goals.Before the 62-game-a-team schedule is finished there could be quite a scramble between Hamilton, London, Kitchener and Oshawa for which team will be among the missing when the playoffs open the first week of April.Of those clubs the greatest improvement has been shown by Hamilton Red Wings under the direction of new coach Billy Harris.Harris, a former National Hockey Leaguer with Toronto and Detroit led the Wings to six wins in seven starts after Hamilton had suffered seven straight defeats under interim coach and owner Nick Durbano.Since then they were blasted 10-2 by St. Catharines and 7-1 by Peterborough but defeated Niagara Falls 7-5 and played to an impressive 33 tie with Montreal Canadiens in the Forum.Although they have played more games than the other teams in the first division Peterborough shows no signs of relinquishing the grip on the lead they have held since the first week of October.The Petes have had spectacular goaltending from both regular John Garrett who will gradutate at the end of this season and rookie Paul Elford.The 17-year-old Elford has played only six games, allowed just five goals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0535/2942210-1-eng-US/f0031-052.jpg" title="f0031-05" width="505" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE GARDNER &hellip; Chip Off Old Block</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Oshawa Generals Bounce Back In Playoff Hunt

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVol. 24 &mdash; No. 20 MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 19. 1971 Price: 35&cent;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01521/2942369-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="240" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">24 YEARS BIGGER BETTER</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02394/2942362-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1213" height="1474"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON Blues&rsquo; Untouchable Traded To Detroit</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03174/2942355-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="559" height="836"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0457/2942348-1-eng-US/cover-042.jpg" title="Cover-04" width="1758" height="1404"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL Scores 544th Goal Of NHL Career (Hockey News Photos by Richard Pellegrini)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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The Hockey News

DETROIT&mdash;The late Terry Sawchuck was inducted into the Red Wing Hall of Fame in ceremonies prior to the Red Wing-New York Ranger game of Feb. 4 at Olympia.Considered by many the greatest goalkeeper in the game&rsquo;s history, Sawchuck&rsquo;s 20-season National Hockey League career was ended last year in an off-season accident.Sawchuck played 13 of his seasons with the Red Wings and had his most spectacular season in 1951-52 when he led the Wings to the regular season title with a 1.90 goals against average and 12 shutouts for the Vezina Trophy and then had the most phenomental Stanley Cup series ever for a goalkeeper.Sawchuck allowed just five goals as the Wings swept to the Cup in the minimum of eight games he had four shutouts and an incredible 0.62 goals against average against Toronto and Montreal.Sawchuck was the unanimous choice of the Red Wing Hall of Fame Selection Committee which included former teammate Ted Lindsay, now president of the Red Wing Old Timers Association. Sawchuck&rsquo;s eldest son, Gerry, 15, accepted a memorial plaque for the family at the ceremony.BERRY &#9632;

Red Wings Induct Sawchuk Into Club’s Hull Of Fame

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ST. LOUIS&mdash;In recent years, the National Hockey League had built up an imposing list of so-called &lsquo;untouchables&rsquo; &mdash; players who would not be traded for the obvious reasons.Into this category were three players who were shocked out of their senses this past week when they discovered that in reality, they were expendable after all.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03548/2939168-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="274" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Scotty Bowman</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01704/2939161-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="531" height="524"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02664/2939154-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="531" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARRY UNGER</figcaption></div>Enter Bernie Parent, the pride of Philadelphia and the player the Flyers always resisted when ever trade talks cropped up. What happens? Parent was swapped to Toronto in a three-way deal that ultimately landed Mike Walton in a Boston uniform.The latest two NHL &lsquo;untouchables&rsquo; to go are Red Berenson, the highly popular captain of the St. Louis Blues, who appeared to be as solid as the Salomon millions, and mod center Garry Unger, the bristling young scoring star of the Detroit Red Wings.This week neither the Blues nor the Wings showed any compulsion over the status of the two stars &mdash; they tossed the two of them into a two-for-two trade that sent Berenson and Tim Ecclestone to Detroit in exchange for Unger and Wayne Connolly.The trade was made primarily because the Blues had grown disenchanted with Berenson as a scorer and the Wings were itching to dump Unger, who had become unpopular with the club&rsquo;s front office this season and wasn&rsquo;t producing like he did last year when he fired 42 tallies.The Blues wanted Unger in the worst way and it appeared the Wings were only too happy to give him up despite his youth and potential. The Wings also demanded that Ecclestone be included in the deal and the rangy youngster could turn out to be the &lsquo;sleeper&rsquo; in the surprising swap.The parting of Berenson followed by only a few hours a change in the Blues&rsquo; coaching command. It simply reverted back to general manager Scotty Bowman, who gave it all up to concentrate on improving the club&rsquo;s playing personnel while allowing veteran defenseman Al Arbour to coach from the bench.Arbour asked out when the Blues started slipping maintaining that he could help the team more if he was back playing. The Blues higher echelon agreed and Bowman went back behind the bench &mdash; although he insists the move is only an interim one. Speculation is that he&rsquo;ll finish out the season and turn it all back to Arbour.The trading of Berenson had to be even more startling than the Flyers allowing Parent to go to Toronto. The venerable redhead had become a legend in St. Louis, where loyal Blues&rsquo; fans worshipped at his feet in view of the fact he led the expansion team to the Stanley Cup finals three straight years and became the only modern hockey player to score six goals in one game.But Red&rsquo;s production fell off and so did his popularity with the Blues&rsquo; brass. Berenson himself said he was traded because he was too involved in NHL Players&rsquo; Association activities. He is the president and he maintained that the Blues frowned on his extra carricular efforts on the part of the NHLPA. The Blues have denied this claim, however.At any rate, things really hummed around the NHL the last 10 days. It was a week in which the untouchables lost their meaning in big time hockey. &#9632;

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NHL Untouchables Traded Off; Bowman Back To Coach Blues

MINNESOTA&mdash;The Minnesota North Stars have reluctantly washed their hands of Tommy Williams.The veteran center has been dropped from the regular roster and general manager Wren Blair said he would be traded as soon as possible.Blair said the decision to drop Williams stemmed from the player&rsquo;s insubordination towards North Stars&rsquo; coach Jack Gordon.Williams, 30, has been plagued by injuries and the tragic death of his wife during the hockey season. &#9632;

Stars Put Williams On Block

<div class="byline">BY CLANCY LORANGER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01707/2939230-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div>VANCOUVERVancouver&rsquo;s appearance on the National Hockey League scene this season for the first time has added a new dimension to a popular Canadian tradition, Hockey Night in Canada.Except for veteran broadcaster Jack Dennett, a regular on the Toronto television hockey cast, the crew that handles the network TV games out of Vancouver is all new.It&rsquo;s not new in experience, though. The four Vancouverbased regulars &mdash; Jim Robson, Ted Reynolds, Bill Good, Jr. and Babe Pratt &mdash; are all well-known to West Coast sports audiences and honed their professional skills long before they got the call to the NHL.Robson, 35, the play-by-play man, who has been called the &ldquo;freshest new voice on the Canadian airwaves,&rdquo; has been a Vancouver radio sports man since 1956.Over the next 14 years, before he switched from CKWX to CKNW to handle the radio play-by-play for the Canucks, Robson called the action in baseball, football and hockey as well as handling a daily sports news report.Robson has always had the respect of his fellow media men because he always &ldquo;does his homework.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s so conscientious that he&rsquo;s usually on the scene three hours before a game, and there&rsquo;s not the slightest danger that he&rsquo;ll ever miss a bus or a plane.Reynolds, Vancouver&rsquo;s answer to Ward Cornell, is 45 and is best known for his sports news report on CBC television and his coverage of numerous international events.Starting in radio with CFJC in Kamloops, Reynolds moved to Victoria and was there for 11 years before he switched to Vancouver. He has done baseball, rugby, soccer, football and lacrosse play-by-play, besides hockey, as well as commentary on swimming, skiing, diving, golf, track and field and channel swimming.Good. 25, son of a famous father who earned his broadcasting spurs on the Prairies before moving West, acquired a solid background of his own by working in smaller British Columbia centres, as both Robson and Reynolds did.Bill, Jr., who does interviews on the national telecast as well as the color on occasion, started as an office boy with the CBC in Vancouver, then apprenticed in Prince Rupert and Victoria before becoming the night sports man on CBC television in Vancouver.Pratt, of course, needs no introduction to Canadian hockey fans. The former all-star NHL defenceman, a member of the Hall of Fame, brings a lot of color and a vast knowledge of the game to the job which Bob Goldham does in Toronto.Now an assistant to the VicePresident-Bud Poile-with the Canucks, Pratt learned about TV commentary by doing a between-periods stint on the CBS Sunday NHL telecasts which are picked up in Vancouver from KVOS in neighboring Bellingham.The consensus of West Coast audiences seems to be: if television had a rookie-of-the-year award, Vancouver would have four candidates.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02587/2939223-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="2398" height="1010"><figcaption class="caption-body">While veteran broadcaster JACK DENNETT gets his point across to color man BABE PRATT, seated in center, other members of the Vancouver television team appear to be taking it all in good spirits. From the left, they are play-by-play man JIM ROBSON, and interviewers BILL GOOD Jr., and TED REYNOLDS. Outside of Dennett, who works out of Toronto, all are well known to Vancouver sports fans (Hockey News Photo by Bill Cunningham)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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New Vancouver Crew Refreshing Addition To HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01769/2939282-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="354" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02720/2939275-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="268" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Jennings</figcaption></div>&#9679;REG LEACH, Boston&rsquo;s first amateur draft pick last June picked up an assist in his first NHL game and scored in his fifth game after being called up to replace the injured John McKenzie &hellip; Buffalo&rsquo;s Gil Perreault has been drawing raves as the finest young rookie in the NHL this season but Detroit has a rookie by the name of Tom Webster who is right up with Perreault in the scoring race&hellip; Danny Grant has already reached his third straight 20-goals or better season with Minnesota North Stars. He scored 34 as Calder Memorial Trophy winner in 1968-69, collected 29 last season and had 22 after 50 games this season &hellip; Veteran center Garry Peters, one of the toughest checkers on the Philadelphia Flyers, has come into his share of offensive glory of late. He scored three goals in three games, two of them shorthanded. He had gone 40 games without a goal&hellip; The North Stars brought their American Hockey League affiliate Cleveland Barons into Minnesota for a game against the U.S. Nationals &hellip; Bill Jennings, president of the New York Rangers and last year&rsquo;s HOCKEY NEWS Executive of the Year, has a solution for the problem of a team playing Saturday night, travelling and then playing in the CBS televised game on Sunday afternoon. Bill would have the team play the Saturday game in the afternoon &hellip; The Philadelphia Flyers continue to hold a whammy over the New York Rangers. Their 5-2 victory recently was the Flyers&rsquo; 10th without a loss since early 1969. During that time they have won twice and tied eight times. It probably is a case of the Hangers being psyched out, the way the Fivers used to be against St. Louis &hellip; Adirondack-Sherwood, manufacturer of famous Sherwood hockey sticks, is sponsoring a new weekly TV show &ldquo;National Hockey League Action.&rdquo; The half-hour program in color may be seen in 36 major U.S. cities&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03622/2939268-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="262" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dan Lodboa</figcaption></div>&#9679;DETROIT RED WINGS have given a scouting job to Larry Jeffrey, whose hockey career was ended at 29 by a knee injury &hellip; Danny Lodboa, outstanding player with Cornell last year who was drafted by Chicago is currently performing for Dallas of the Central League and is leading the league in goals with 25 &hellip; One of the things that held up Canadiens getting rid of Fran Huck was his salary. His stipend in the minors was a reported $18,500, with a substantial increase if he made the NHL &hellip; If you haven&rsquo;t already done so and you are an extra-keen sports fan, be sure to place your order for some of those terrific sports records put out by Fleetwood. See order form onpage 23 &hellip; New York feels that they have the best penalty-killing tandems in the NHL in the Glen Sather-Ron Stewart and Pete Stemkowski-Bob Nevin duos &hellip; Vic Hadfield of the Rangers represented hockey on the Don Rickles television show the other night &hellip; Fans find it hard to believe that a powerful club like Chicago was held to one shot on goal in one period of a recent game against Boston&hellip; Certain New York fans annoyed that defenseman Arnie Brown traded away for Detroit&rsquo;s Bruce MacGregor&hellip;Detroit&rsquo;s Ron Harris didn&rsquo;t have far to look for a cop when a car clob bered him from behind while he was enroute to practice recently. It was a cop in an unmarked police car that hit him. Harris suffered a whip injury that caused him to miss several Red Wing games &hellip; The St. Louis chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of American recently awarded its John E. Wray Award for achievement in sports other than professional baseball to Scotty Bowman, general manager of the St. Louis Blues. Bowman was honored for coaching the Blues to three straight appearances in the Stanley Cup finals &hellip; Gordie Howe will play on the same forward line with sons Marty and Mark in a benefit hockey game for the March of Dimes on February 17 at Detroit. It will be the Red Wings against the Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Wings &hellip; Never in NHL history has a team had the first four players atop the individual scoring list at the end of a season. Boston Bruins are making an all-out effort to set this record and have had their players holding down the top four positions almost all season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04534/2939261-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="259" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Bedard</figcaption></div>&#9679;THERE WERE recurring reports that fan ressentment was the only thing that was keeping the St. Louis Blues from trading away their captain and top scorer Red Berenson. Well Berenson has been shifted to Detroit and it remains to be seen what the reaction will be among the Blues&rsquo; loyal supporters, who have to rank among the best in the NHL &hellip; The Lester Patrick Dinner, to be held March 9 in New York, will have an added side feature when Junior All-American selections from across the United States will be honored &hellip; The U.S. National team boasts no less than 14 homebreds and full-time residents of Minnesota on their player roster&hellip; If Gordie and Colleen Howe decide to allow their two sons. Mark and Marty, to play with the Montreal Junior Canadiens next season, it will be mainly because of the team&rsquo;s coach. Roger Bedard. Apparently both Howes are impressed with the discipline and well run manner of the team and the way Bedard handles young players &hellip; Montreal coach Al MacNeil denies there is any rift between himself and &lsquo;bad man&rsquo; John Ferguson. If Fergv was mad at the coach he may have taken it out on Vancouver and California since he banged in two goals in each game to snap a long scoring slump &hellip; Bud Poile has denied the club is thinking of dumping Hal Laycoe as coach. &ldquo;We have had our differences of opinion. But that&rsquo;s a healthy situation,&rdquo; says Poile. It would appear the fading Canucks have given up on Charlie Hodge, who has been relegated to No. 3 goalkeeper with the likelihood he&rsquo;ll move from the NHL scene again. &#9632;

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Columnists

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 McKenziePresident and PublisherCharlie HalpinEditorial DirectorYearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point. N.Y Second class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327Printed in CanadaVol. 24 MONTREAL, FEBRUARY 19, 1971 No. 20<h2>Let&rsquo;s Quit Worrying Over Pittsburgh</h2>I am sick and tired of reading week after week in the Fan Forum about Pittsburgh and its poor attendance. Obviously the people who are so concerned about it haven&rsquo;t noticed that Pittsburgh attendance is up 60% over last year.Hockey interest is high in Pittsburgh and hockey fans are turning out game after game to back their Pittsburgh Pens.So I would like to tell all the hockey fans in the U.S. and Canada to stop worrying about the Pittsburgh franchise and their attendance. You see, the team will remain in Pittsburgh and you are worrying about an attendance problem that doesn&rsquo;t exist!JIM MAZUREK Pittsburgh, Pa.<h2>Bruins Should Use Garnet Bailey More</h2>In a recent issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, it was stated that Toronto then would not give up Mike Walton for one player. The player that was mentioned was Garnet &ldquo;Ace&rdquo; Bailey of the Boston Bruins.The Bruins should not even consider trading Bailey, but on the contrary they should give him more ice time. He had a fantastic training camp, but now he is used sparingly. Bailey has a lot of talent, but it is just going to waste. If the Bruins trade him off, they will lose a potential &ldquo;superstar.&rdquo;MARY LOU TASHA Saugus, Mass.<h2>What About Bucyk For Lady Byng?</h2>I am getting a bit tired of writers pushing Jean Ratelle for the Lady Byng Trophy, I suggest these people check the record of John Bucyk of the Bruins. He has more points and fewer penalty minutes than Ratelie and deserves the award more.We hope some day Miami will have an NHL franchise. We really love hockey.MRS&rsquo; MARSHALL LYTLE, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.<h2>Not Even Wet &lsquo;News&rsquo; Could Dismay Reader</h2>Please add my name to your subscription lists. I have been a hockey fan for the past five to six years, and find your publication far superior to any other media that deals with hockey.Our entry in the Eastern Hockey League is continuing to draw fans at better than 5,000 par game, and all of your papers are gone before game time.Last week. I got to the arena after all THE HOCKEY&rsquo; NEWS &mdash; had been sold, and as I was leaving, some fan had spilled Coke on their paper and had left it in their seat. I took the paper home, dried it out with my wife&rsquo;s hair dryer and enjoyed reading the weeks events.DEXTER GREENE, Charlotte, N.C.<h2>Flyers Traded Away NHL Playoff Hopes</h2>If the Philadelphia Flyers don&rsquo;t make it again to the NHL playoffs they will be able to look back on their recent trading of goaler Bernie Parent to Toronto as the reason.What ever prompted the Flyers to let a player like Parent go? I&rsquo;m a Flyer fan and certainly not convinced the team did the right thing in disposing of Parent. We didn&rsquo;t even get a proven scorer for him.WALTER SHEFFLER, Philadelphia, Pa. &#9632;

Fan Forum

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01721/2939337-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>We&rsquo;re always on hand for all the action. Haven&rsquo;t missed a minute this season. Most of the players know we have a great feeling for the game. We&rsquo;re fast becoming the most popular stick in hockey.Look for us on the ice &hellip; with your favorite pro. He&rsquo;s probably carrying a stick that says Sher-Wood on the handle. More pros use Sher-Wood with every game.You might say they like the way we stick with them.<h2>SHER-WOOD&reg;</h2>&copy;1971 &mdash; Adirondack-Sherwood, Dolgeville, New York 13329 &bull; Adirondack-Sherwood, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada &#9632;

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SHER-WOOD goes to every game

<div class="byline">BY BYRON YAKE</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;When Red Kelly gets excited, well, he gets excited.His blue eyes light up, his feet go a dancing, his teeth click with oohs and aahs. It&rsquo;s the Kelly version of a &ldquo;trip&rdquo;.The Penguin coach doesn&rsquo;t need narcotics. Give him the likes of a Syl Apps &mdash; junior in this case.Apps was acquired by the Pens from the New York Rangers. In exchange, Pittsburgh gave up leftwinger Glen Sather, a favorite in the Steel City.Sather is a blond, mischevious sort of guy on the ice. He likes to verbalize with the opposition. Often they take punches at him and Sather is not one to back down.. The result is a fan&rsquo;s delight.&ldquo;Glen is a classy guy, said Kelly and &ldquo;he added a lot to our club. But I needed somebody to get that puck down the middle. I think I got one.&rdquo;Enter Apps, son of Syl Apps Sr., the owner of a brick company in Canada, a member of parliament from Kingston, and a former Toronto star hockey player now a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.The Penguins were playing Toronto at the Civic Arena. Apps had joined the club after the trade after a fast trip from Omaha where he was getting some playing time on the Rangers&rsquo; farm club.Kelly thought he&rsquo;d try Apps the first game on a line with rookie Greg Polis, 22. who has become the leading goal scorer on the club, along with 25-Year-old Jean Pronovost.It didn&rsquo;t take long to see that the &ldquo;infant&rdquo; line was a find.Play was in the Toronto end. Pronovost had the puck, was checked and the 23-vear-old Apps retrieved it. zipped around the net and passed it to Polis 10 feet in front. Goal.&ldquo;He (Apps) just came around that goal and didn&rsquo;t hesitate,&rdquo; said Kelly. &ldquo;That is something that is born in somebody. It comes from breeding.&rdquo;Repeat. Syl Apps Jr. is the son of Syl Apps Sr., Hockey Hall of Famer.Second period. The score is 1-0. Pronovost has the puck again, this time at the Leafs&rsquo; blueline. He&rsquo;s checked. Seemingly out of nowhere comes Apps down the middle &mdash; all alone.He&rsquo;s moving in on 42-vear-old goalie Jacques Plante now. The crowd of over 9,000 is on its feet.Apps uses a head fake. He uses a body fake and some other body contortions. Then he shoots. Plante is completely fooled. The disc slides softly by him.&ldquo;I used to use that move in practice against Giacomin (the Rangers goalie) and I figured if I can get Eddie with it, I can get Jacques,&rdquo; said Apps.Toronto got a goal later, but Pronovost scored an empty net goal with just seven seconds left to give the Pens the icing and all three on the young, new Penguin line a goal for the night.Kelly was literally dancing up and down.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the best trade I ever made &mdash; even though it was my first one as general manager,&rdquo; he said.Apps comes to the Penguins with the credentials of a good one.He spent a year at Princeton and played on a freshman team which he said was bad.That and the cost of education at the Ivy League school caused him to switch to Queen&rsquo;s University at Kingston. Ont. where he spent two years. He still has several hours to go for his degree.His father told him he &ldquo;had to have a 75 per cent average to play hockey.&rdquo;&ldquo;I slipped to a 69 my last year in high school but he said we&rsquo;ll let it go this time.&rdquo;Apps was glad about the trade for the most part.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy for the opportunity to play. But the thing about a trade is that the first thing you think about is losing your friends &mdash; you&rsquo;re a little sentimental.&ldquo;But I think things will be all right here.&rdquo;If he doesn&rsquo;t think so, there&rsquo;s a certain coach &mdash; general manager with fire red hair who does.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01798/2939368-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="553" height="583"><figcaption class="caption-body">SYL APPS JR &hellip;Like Father Like Son</figcaption></div>PEN SCRIBBLINGS&mdash; The Penguins are making good use of Bryan Watson while he is sidelined with a broken leg. Watson has been on an early morning radio show to talk about hockey, appeared on a television talk show with Kelly&rsquo;s wife and Dean Prentice&rsquo;s wife and has begun a banquet circuit tour. &#9632;

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Kelly Ecstatic Over Apps Debut

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02651/2939399-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="977" height="614"></div><h2>THE STICK CHECK</h2>Lifting a puck carrier&rsquo;s stick is the best way to check him and gain possession. Just a quick flip does it. The referee will only allow you a second or two to do it, though.If you lift and twist your opponent&rsquo;s stick - it won&rsquo;t do you much good. Two reasons;Your stick will be tied up, too.You might get a holding penalty.Hook checking (stick blade pointed down) is illegal and can be easily seen by an official. Two minutes in the penalty box won&rsquo;t help your team. &#9632;

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Hockey for Kids

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03501/2939444-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="249" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Favell</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;By now Bernie Parent is tending goal for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the &ldquo;jury&rdquo; is still debating whether the Flyers came out on the long or short end.Time will tell, of course, but there is no doubt in the minds of many that Parent ranks as one of the best young goaltenders in the game today.&ldquo; I can&rsquo;t see how they could&rsquo;ve done it,&rdquo; said a Flyer veteran, who requested anonymity. &ldquo;Bernie&rsquo;s been the most consistent player this team has had in its history.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not putting the knock on Doug Favell (whom the club kept). He&rsquo;s a damn good goalie, too, but I think he&rsquo;ll tell you himself that he&rsquo;s just not the steady type of goaltender like Parent. Sure, Dougie is sensational at times, but other times he&rsquo;s not so hot. Bernie also has some bad games, but they were few and far between.&rdquo;Parent&rsquo;s trade to the Maple Leafs was the biggest and most startling deal in Flyers&rsquo; history and surprised almost everyone. This is because the club had everyone conned into thinking of Parent as an &ldquo;untouchable&rdquo;.Yet this apparently all changed when the Flyers decided that they would be better off by trading away either Parent or Favell in order to perk up their wing positions, where goal-scoring deficiencies have existed for a long time.It certainly wasn&rsquo;t an easy decision,&rdquo; remarked GM Keith Allen, with a long face when announcing the transaction. &ldquo;We did it only after a lot of soulsearching. We decided we weren&rsquo;t going any place with two fine young goalies, so we came to the conclusion that we&rsquo;d be better off by trading one of them away. &lsquo;Which one?&rsquo; was the question. So the Flyers swapped Parent because he&rsquo;d bring more. They peddled their 25-year-old netminder to Toronto for goalie Bruce Gamble, center Mike Walton and the Lefas&rsquo; first-round choice in next June&rsquo;s amateur draft. Toronto also received the Flyers&rsquo; second-round choice.Immediately the flyers turned around and traded Walton to the Boston Bruins in return for rookie Rick MacLeish and forward Danny Schock, a pair of left wings. Schock had come to the Flyers two weeks previous for &ldquo;a player to be named later&rdquo; and had been getting into playing shape in Quebec at the time.Allen admitted that trading away Parent, who had a 2.00 goals-against average in 145 games in four NHL campaigns prior to this season, was tough on everyone concerned.&ldquo;In this job, you&rsquo;ve got to do a lot of things you don&rsquo;t like to do,&rdquo; said Allen. &ldquo;And telling Parent he was being sent elsewhere was one of the toughest things I&rsquo;ve ever had to do. But all our scouts felt it just had to be done.&ldquo;Ever since we first came into the league, Bernie and Doug have given us tremendous goaltending. Yet we were still struggling. We&rsquo;ve decided this was the time to make a break and we feel these trades will enable us to do it.&rdquo;MacLeish, 20, was the fourth amateur taken by the Bruins last season behind Gil Perreault, Dale Tallon and Reg Leach. He is a tough-nosed wing who should score his share of goals. He had been playing in Oklahoma City because of the Bruins&rsquo; surplus of veterans in that position.Gamble, 32, was sharing the goaltending with the veteran Jacques Plante this season. He had been the Lefas&rsquo; first-string goalie in 1967-68 and 68-69.&ldquo;We really believe Favell, who&rsquo;ll probably play 75 per cent of our games, and Gamble will keep our goaltending in pretty good shape,&rdquo; said Allen. &ldquo;As far as MacLeish goes, we think he&rsquo;ll become a star for us.&rdquo;&ldquo;What really clinched the deal was getting Toronto&rsquo;s first amateur draft pick next summer. We should be able to come up with a damn good hockey player who can make our team next year.&ldquo;This means we&rsquo;ll have two first-round draft picks for next year, so we should be able to come up with some pretty good kids. These are our future.&rdquo;The Flyers, who had expressed an interest in acquiring Walton for four years, apparently didn&rsquo;t even own him five minutes before they sent him off to Boston. Mike, naturally, was extremely pleased to be joining his longtime pal Bobby Orr.Walton had been suspended by Toronto for failing to report to training camp this season. Then just awhile back, an NHL-appointed psychiatrist announced that his mental health would be jeopardized if he continued playing for the Leafs. Apparently it stems from a deep hatred for the front office, since he is married into the Smythe family.For Parent, news of the trade brought tears to his eyes. He was absolutely shocked, especially since he had just purchased a new home in South Jersey.The first thing Bernie aims to do, however, is join up with his boyhood idol Plante and help the Leafs rake in the victories. Now he&rsquo;ll let the Flyers worry about themselves.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01749/2939437-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="875" height="870"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02659/2939430-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1439" height="877"><figcaption class="caption-body">The man who took the recent Toronto-Philadelphia-Boston swap the hardest appeared to be Flyers&rsquo; goaler BERNIE PARENT. At left, the popular netminder isn&rsquo;t hiding his emotions as he listens to club president ED SNIDER, tell him how it was that the Flyers traded him to Toronto. At right, Bernie is still in a state of shock at club conference with Snider, left, and director of player personnel MARCEL PELLETIER, center, also on hand. Parent was naturally upset by the trade. He had just purchased a new home in the Philadelphia area. (Hockey News Photos by Elwood P. Smith)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Parent, Philadelphia Fans In Shock After Big Trade

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01784/2939482-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="275" height="367"></div><h2>Plagers Unique In Hockey</h2>IN DOING THE BOOK &ldquo;Mr. Clutch&rdquo; with basketball&rsquo;s Jerry West, we counted back to determine the exact number of times his nose has been broken, which has been legend in his league. It came to eight. Willis Reed broke Jerry&rsquo;s beak three times, which should have given him permanent position, but Reed preferred to lift the MVP trophy from him instead. Recently, Jerry got his nose broken for the ninth time. Surely the all-time athletic record, we assumed. Not so, said Bob Plager the other night. Brother Barclay has had his nose broken ten times, Bob reported. We checked with Barclay. &ldquo;Ten times on the button,&rdquo; Barclay confirmed. &ldquo;On the nose, I mean.&rdquo;The Plagers are unique. All three of them came out of Ontario to land on the St. Louis Blues&rsquo; defense line. Barclay, 29, and Bobby, 27, established themselves as regulars through the last three or four seasons, while Billy, 25, has been up and down between the majors and minors the last two or three years, though he was up this year after a stretch at Kansas City.There have been a lot of two-brother teams in the major leagues of one sport or another, but to the best of our knowledge there never have been three brothers playing on one team at the same time. And they&rsquo;re all alike. They play the same position, defense. They play it rough. They fight a lot, mostly with others. And they get hurt a lot. The stories they tell tear your heart out.&ldquo;I feel real good right now,&rdquo; Bob was saying. &ldquo;Except for the arthritis in my hands. On cold mornings, I can&rsquo;t turn my car keys. It scares me some. Oh, I was out 17 days this season with a back problem. Before that I was out eight days with torn ligaments in my left knee. I&rsquo;ve been pretty lucky. I did break both shoulders once. I had to start wearing a brace. Some of the bones in my shoulder are still broken They&rsquo;re apart. Here, want to feel?&rdquo; We chose not to.It&rsquo;s a rough game, of course. And the Plagers play it rough. They have been a big part of the tough defensive style which has stood St. Louis in such good stead as they have dominated the original expansion teams. Fans who boo them and foes who fight them will be happy to hear they are humans, who get hurt, too. Bob Plager missed part of the 1967-68 season with rib, hand and knee injuries and part of the past season with his injured shoulders.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02694/2939475-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="564" height="877"><figcaption class="caption-body">BARCLAY PLAGER &hellip; Made Medical History</figcaption></div>&ldquo; When I was in Baltimore I was coming back from an ankle injury and I let them freeze it so I could play, but afterwards I swore I&rsquo;d never let them do it again. It scared me. You can&rsquo;t feel anything, it&rsquo;d be easy to reinjure yourself, and you wouldn&rsquo;t know it if you did. But then I let them freeze my shoulders. I got scared again, I swear I&rsquo;ll never let them freeze an injury again. When it&rsquo;s healed, I&rsquo;ll play,&rdquo; Bobs swears.West said the worst thing he ever felt was when they stuck needles in his broken noses. Barclay Plager agrees. &ldquo;Oh man, it&rsquo;s the most painful thing you can imagine. My last two came only three games apart. They stick these needles into all sorts of places on your nose to deaden it so they can take a hammer and whack it back into place, but they never do get it dead enough and you can feel that hammer in your brain for a month afterwards.&rdquo; For those of you who cannot imagine it, the feeling is similar to when a dentist takes a mallet and whacks a cap into place on a tooth. It feels like a sledge hammer is striking you. Only this is on the nose.On reflection, however, Barclay suggests this was not the worst he s ever felt, alter all. &ldquo;The worst was when I had three chest ribs pulled apart against Boston last year. I didn&rsquo;t know what had happened and I thought I&rsquo;d had a heart attack.&rdquo; Barclay recalls with a shudder. &ldquo;I hit a guy and twisted away and suddenly I felt this terrific pain in my chest and I couldn&rsquo;t breathe. I felt a lot of things. They were all the symptoms of a heart attack, which some others thought, too. When they found out what it was, they said they&rsquo;d never seen anything like it. Not three ribs like that. I&rsquo;m in medical history in that hospital,&rdquo; he notes proudly.<h2>Seven Concussions Enough</h2>IN VANCOUVER THIS YEAR, little brother Billy got sliced in the head with a skate. He was knocked down and got right up, but when he saw he was bleeding, he went down again. &ldquo;When I saw the blood pouring from the kid&rsquo;s head, I knew he was all right,&rdquo; Bobby said later. &ldquo;It was really sawdust he was losing, not blood. And, hey, no Plager is hurt when he gets hit on the head.&rdquo; Which is not precisely true, since Billy has had seven skull concussions and now wears a helmet. He also tore ligaments in his right knee a few seasons back.These lads are the delight of their loved ones, who keep expecting them to be brought home in baskets. Billy says, &ldquo;They call our dad &ldquo;Squirrel&rdquo; because they think he raised three nuts. Dad never let us come crying to him. If we had something going with each other or with other kids we had to settle it ourselves&rdquo; Bob adds, &ldquo;We settled our differences in fights. We didn&rsquo;t have boxing gloves, so we&rsquo;d wrap towels around our hands, then pull woolen socks over our fists and go to it in the backyard. Whoever won was right.&rdquo;The Plagers beat each other, but have lost to few others. They&rsquo;ve set league records for penalties, but also are effective hockey players. Bob is the joker and the swinger of the trio, the only one who doesn&rsquo;t have a wife worrying about him. He&rsquo;s beginning co worry about himself. &ldquo;I feel my arthritis and think about all my injuries and wonder what I&rsquo;m gonna be like at 30 or 35,&rdquo; he said. And then he went out on the ice and crashed into someone. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY DAN PROUDFOOT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01763/2939513-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="234" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Gamble</figcaption></div>TORONTO&mdash;After eight weeks in Toronto Maple Leaf cold storage. Mike Walton discovered himself free to fly again when he was traded twice in one evening. Jan. 31.Walton. 26, was traded to Philadelphia Flyers from Toronto, but hardly had a chance to picture himself in Flyers&rsquo; orange, black and white before he learned they had moved him on to Boston Bruins.&ldquo;It was quite a thing,&rdquo; Walton said at a Toronto press conference the day after the trade, before he rushed to Boston. &ldquo;I went from fourth place to third place to first place in about half an hour.&ldquo;I am very happy that it is Boston. When Schmidt (Milt, Bruins general manager) called, it ended a very suspenseful evening because I didn&rsquo;t know where I was going.&rdquo;Leafs gave Walton, goaltender Bruce Gamble, and their first draft choice for 1971 to Philadelphia for Flyers&rsquo; second choice and goaltender Bernie Parent, whom Jim Gregory, general manager of the Leafs, calls &ldquo;the best young goaltender in hockey.&rdquo;Flyers swapped Walton for Rick MacLeish. the fourth-highest junior drafted in 1970, who Bruins had assigned to Oklahoma City, and Dan Schock, a 22-year-old who scored 20 goals with Salt Lake last season.Walton owns speed and moves that make hockey spectating a pleasure, but he was never able to please Leaf management over long periods of time. Because he&rsquo;s so effective.when he&rsquo;s flying, any mistake and any reduction in speed glares as unforgivable.His past in Toronto sounds like a bad marriage: he once left the team when George Imlach assigned him to bench polishing chores. He complained last year, when John McLellan, Imlach&rsquo;s replacement, didn&rsquo;t give him enough ice time. This season, he played his last game as a Leaf Dec. 2.The team subsequently suspended him, but only until his lawyer. Alan Eagleson, appealed to Clarence Campbell, president of the National Hockey League. It became known Walton was suffering from &ldquo;a depressive illness.&rdquo;When a report by a psychiatrist commissioned by Campbell confirmed Walton&rsquo;s illness, the league ordered the suspension lifted. Leafs also were ordered to pay Walton according to his regular rate (a play-me-or-trade-me negotiation last fall led to a contract worth up to $40,000), just as though he was suffering from a broken leg.The key to the events that followed was a paragraph of the psychiatrist&rsquo;s report which said Walton had to have &ldquo;geographic relocation&rdquo; if he was to continue playing hockey in good health.The pressures of playing in Toronto, and for team president Stafford Smythe, to whom he&rsquo;s related by marriage, were too much.Leafs thus found themselves in the position of having to trade Walton. Gregory was cautious, naturally, knowing Walton&rsquo;s potential as well as his impressive past scoring record with Leafs, so he talked with several teams several times without concluding anv trade.Eagleson quickly grew impatient, claiming Leafs were delaying for no good reason and with no consideration of Walton&rsquo;s health. Eagleson insisted that if Walton wasn&rsquo;t traded, it would destroy his mind. Eagleson threatened action and imposed A February trade deadline.Meantime, Walton visited his psychiatrist and remained out of reach of reporters. At one press conference, revealing a portion of the psychiatrist&rsquo;s report, he read a prepared statement but answered only those questions Eagleson permitted.Then came the happy 31st, and his second conference in the eight weeks. &ldquo;My doctor, the psychiatrist I&rsquo;ve seen every week,&rdquo; said Walton, &ldquo;told me it might take a fair bit of time for me to regain complete health, and if I have any problems. I&rsquo;ll be in contact with him. I feel much better already. A big load is off my mind. I just want to play hockey and help the Bruins.&rdquo;Gamble, the 32-year-old goaltender, was unhappy leaving Toronto, but he looked forward to Philadelphia.&ldquo;I have no grudge against him,&rdquo; said Gamble. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t say what it was between us, because I guess we didn&rsquo;t speak more than a couple of hello&rsquo;s in the five years I was here.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Feeling Better Already, Walton Not Too Unhappy In Leaving Maple Leafs

<div class="byline">BY JOHN PORTER</div>OAKLAND&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02695/2939544-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="231" height="350"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Croteau</figcaption></div>The California Golden Seals were revitalized. Injured players were returning to the lineup, a gung-ho spirit pervaded the club and a third playoff spot was quite feasible.Expectations were realized in a game against Minnesota (Jan. 27) when left wing Gary Croteau crowned a 6-2 win over the North Stars with his first National Hockey League that trick.It was also the first hat trick of the season for the Seals.Croteau is getting plenty of ice time on Dennis Hextall&rsquo;s line this season. With Los Angeles two years ago and Detroit last season, the six-foot native of Sudbury, Ont., was used sparingly.&ldquo;Croteau gives you that extra effort,&rdquo; Seals Coach Fred Glover said early in the season. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had our eye on him and Hextall for some time.&rdquo;Perhaps that extra effort was a little too much two years ago as far as Glover was concerned. Gary scored three goals and two assists for the Kings, who knocked the Seals out of the playoffs in the first round.&ldquo;Oh that&rsquo;s all forgotten, now,&rdquo; Croteau said of his part as the spoiler. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just happy to be playing regularly.&rdquo;At the beginning of this season, Croteau scored five times in seven games. He was playing sharply around the net and hustling on defense as well.Then problems hurt him. An old knee injury he suffered at St. Lawrence University and a recent shoulder sprain were bugging him. Still, he wasn&rsquo;t making excuses to anybody.&ldquo;After you go five or six games without a goal, you start worrying about it. I try to be calm, but I can&rsquo;t help get a little edgy,&rdquo; he admitted.His early success abandoned him. Thirty-two games went by and Gary had but two goals. &ldquo;You keep thinking about a slump and press too hard,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to relax, instead.&rdquo;When a player hits a slump, everybody is an expert on what&rsquo;s being done incorrectly. Croteau wisely listened to only two people&mdash;his coach and veteran Gerry Ehman.talked to me and told me to relax out there when I have the puck. He always was offering me some encouragement.&ldquo;Then Gerry pulled me aside and we practiced some shots,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;He said I was taking too long, hesitating before shooting. We worked on getting a good snap on my wrists.&rdquo;Against the North Stars there was no hesitation for Croteau. &#9632;

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Cast Off By Two NHL Clubs, Croteau Clicks With Seals

AT MONTREALFirst Session &mdash; Aug. 1-7Second Session &mdash; Aug. 8-14<h2>BILINGUAL HOCKEY INSTRUCTION</h2>Each student will receive individual and group instruction and a typical &ldquo;on-ice&rdquo; session would cover:&#9679; SHOOTINGScore power through effective shooting.&#9679; FORWARDSThe art of deflections.&#9679; DEFENCEDemonstration of how to turn and skate attackers in &ldquo;no score&rdquo; zone.&#9679; SKATINGSquad relays on pylons, covering power skating, strong starts and fast stops with puck.&#9679; SCRIMMAGEComplete squads pitted against each other with emphasis on positional play.&#9679; SAFETYEach session will be limited to 2 squads of 20 players per squad.All trainees must have complete hockey equipment, uniforms, skates, stick, pad, cup, etc.HOCKEY HELMETS ARE MANDATORYADDRESS ALL ENQUIRIES TO:Rousseau-Lemaire Summer Hockey School,725 31st Avenue, Suite 104, Lachine, Que. - Canada<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03558/2939648-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="254" height="295"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ROUSSEAU Minnesota North Stars</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04433/2939641-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="248" height="293"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUY LAPOINTE Montreal Canadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05330/2939634-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="254" height="291"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE BOUCHARD Montreal Canadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06257/2939627-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="250" height="297"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES LEMAIRE Montreal Canadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07186/2939620-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="261" height="288"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL COLLINS Detroit Red Wings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08142/2939613-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="258" height="291"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK BOUCHARD American Hockey Coach</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rousseau-Lemaire Summer Hockey School

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01780/2939582-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="270" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glen Sather</figcaption></div>NEW YORK &mdash;The eight game slump of the New York Rangers which had placed them six points back of the Boston Bruins in the battle for the lead in the National Hockey League East, triggered a five man trade with the Detroit Red Wings.After weeks of negotiations with Detroit general manager Ned Harkness and Farm System Director Jimmy Skinner, the Rangers and Wings got together on a package which sent defensemen Arnie Brown and Mike Robitaille to Detroit along with Tom Miller,, a forward on the Omaha Knights, the Rangers farm team in the Central League. In exchange, the Wings returned defenseman Larry Brown to the Rangers and also sent along forward Bruce MacGregor.Since New York gave up two defensemen to the Wings, cutting their complement to four, it was of paramount importance that they reclaim Larry Brown, the slender 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 182 pounder, whom general manager Emile Francis had shipped to Detroit for center Pete Stemkowski back in November.&ldquo;Larry Brown is a solid defensive defenseman,&rdquo; said Francis.Those close to the scene believe Francis felt Larry Brown would play more defense than had Arnie Brown. Arnie, 29. scored 15 goals last season, second only to Bobby Orr. He hurt his knee in the stretch and reinjured it in the playoffs, requiring off season surgery. So far, this season he had tallied three times, but had been trapped up ice on innumerable occasions while going on the attack. If his knee comes around full value, he can be a great asset to the Detroit club in the future. Brownie was popular in New York, having come to the Rangers in the famous Andy Bathgate trade of February 1964. From the point that this trade was made the Rangers gradually improved to their present contending position. Arnie gave good service to New York, scoring ten goals in 1968-69.Robitaille, 23, was just beginning to get ice time. Perhaps Francis was show casing him in the last few games. Against Philadelphia in a losing 5-2 effort on January 30, Mike made three nice passes, which didn&rsquo;t show in the summary and scored his first NHL goal. He took a regular shift against Los Angeles during a 2-2 tie at Madison Square Garden on January 31, pairing with Brad Park. Tim Horton worked with Brown and Rod Seiling was paired with Jim Neilson.An analysis of the New York defense, shows Park, Neilson and Seiling to be very solid, with Seiling the surprise star of the season. Larry Brown and Horton will work together to handle the other spot.Meanwhile, the Hangers snow a continuance of their almost unbelievable ability to win at home and a continuance of their inability to handle the Philadelphia Flyers, a relatively light scoring expansion team.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02674/2939575-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1152" height="867"><figcaption class="caption-body">ARNIE BROWN &hellip; Slowed By Knee Trouble</figcaption></div>In three games, the Quaker City skaters have vanquished the Rangers twice, both times in the City of Brotherly Love. The other match was a tie 3-3, with New York rallying desperately for the stand off in the third period. Last season the teams played an almost incredible six ties. Previous to that, the last game of the 1968-69 season ended in a tie. Simple arithmetic shows that Philadelphia has either beaten or tied New York in ten straight games.&ldquo;Something always seems to happen,&rdquo; says Francis. &ldquo;We give them a couple of quick goals and then have to play catch up hockey.&rdquo;Against the Flyers in a 5-2 loss on January 30, Gilles Villemure failed to clear an early shot by Bob Kelly. So did Brad Park and a second or so later Cliff Schmautz flipped the puck over Villemure and the Flyers were off and winging at 1:43 of the first period. New York was again trying to catch up.This combined with a 2-2 tie with Los Angeles on January 31, left the Rangers six points behind the Bruins in the big battle for the lead in the NHL East.In another move aimed at augmenting their forces for the tough Bruin battles. New York traded center Syl Apps, who had been playing with Omaha of the Central League to Pittsburgh for winger Glen Sather, a former Boston Bruin. Sather, 27, played two seasons with Boston before being let go in the summer draft.&ldquo;He won&rsquo;t get you many goals,&rdquo; says John McKenzie, the Bruin wingman currently out of action with a shoulder separation, &ldquo;but give him the puck and he knows what to do with it. Also, he is real tough when things get rough, real tough. I was sorry when we let him go, because it is always nice to see Glen on your side.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Ranger Tailspin Reason For Flurry Of Trading

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01771/2939686-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="267" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Walton</figcaption></div>BOSTON &mdash;In many quarters of the National Hockey League last week the most common and somewhat bitter remark was that old saw about the rich getting richer.It was quickly prompted by a long awaited and freely predicted trade that brought Mike Walton from Toronto to Boston after a paper stop in Philadelphia for Dan Schock and rookie Rick MacLeish when the Flyers sent goalie Bernie Parent to the Maple Leafs as payment for Walton and the Leafs&rsquo; top draft choice this year.The 26-year-old Walton had been sitting things out in Toronto since Dec. 26 because of a &ldquo;depressive illness&rdquo; presumably brought on by pressure of the Toronto front office since Mike&rsquo;s father-in-law is Stafford Smythe and Walton was being paid a reported $40,000 salary.Now the transition to Boston supposedly will provide an instant cure and Walton will regain that talent that gave the Maple Leafs 30, 22 and 21 goals in each of his last three years.Even Bostonians were a bit incredulous when the trade was announced.Forgetting Walton&rsquo;s mental problems he is listed as a center and the Bruins already have the three best centers in the NHL &mdash; Phil Esposito, Fred Stanfield and Derek Sanderson.And while Johnny McKenzie still is recuperating from, shoulder surgery, coach Tom Johnson has just moved rookie Reg Leach into that spot over Don Marcotte.And when McKenzie returns the Bruins will have a squad of 13 forwards, five defensemen and two goalies.The fans were asking, &ldquo;Where are they going to play Walton?&rdquo;And why did the highest scoring team in hockey give up a pair of promising youngsters for more scoring?In answer to the first, coach Tom Johnson flatly admitted he had no immediate spot for the newcomer.&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s a nice problem to solve,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;For the time being we&rsquo;ll probably spot Mike. He hasn&rsquo;t played since Dec. 26 and has played only 23 games all year. He&rsquo;s about seven or 10 pounds overweight right now and will have to get back into condition.&ldquo;By that time we&rsquo;ll be able to plan more positively on how to get the most from his ability.&ldquo;Walton is a good hockey player and any team can always use a good hockey player.A guess is that Walton, a left hand shot, eventually will find his way to a left wing spot, although he also has served time as a right wing.As for relinquishing Schock and MacLeish, General Manager Milt Schmidt has a ready and logical answer.&ldquo;This trade gives us depth,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If we had an injury we&rsquo;d have to go to Oklahoma City for help. Now we have a proven National Hockey League player.&ldquo;He can play all three forward positions and while we did give up a couple of promising youngsters, I wouldn&rsquo;t call Walton ready for a rocking chair at 26.&ldquo;We made the trade to play him,&rdquo; said Milt, &ldquo;not sit him on the bench. We don&rsquo;t expect him to be an instant whiz. First we have to see what his physical condition is.&ldquo;But,&rdquo; he added, &ldquo;there is no way that we regard him as a gamble.&rdquo;And Walton himself is completely happy with the move to Boston. Where he will be a teammate of Bobby Orr with whom he runs a successful summer camp in the off season.&ldquo;My wife and I had hoped we might get to Boston.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s where we wanted to go but we had put it out of our mind. When we got the news I could hardly believe it. I&rsquo;m thankful to Toronto and Philadelphia for making the deal.&rdquo;And now all that remains is to see if Schmidt, who engineeered the steal of Esposito, Stanfield and Ken Hodge from Chicago, has added to his reputation as a Fagin by adding Walton to the list.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02707/2939679-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1694" height="1173"><figcaption class="caption-body">Super defenseman BOBBY ORR, right, of the Bruins accepts THE HOCKEY NEWS award as player-of-the-year for 1969-70 in the NHL from teammate PHIL ESPOSITO, who won the honor the previous year, during presentation ceremonies at the Boston Garden recently. TV Announcer DON EARLE of Boston&rsquo;s WSBK Channel 38, looks on approvingly at left. (Hockey News Photo by Al Ruelle)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Overweight Walton Slated For Spot Duty With B’s

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03592/2939724-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg"></div>FEATURING Gordie Howe&rsquo;s 25 years in Hockey84 PAGES COMPLETE WITH STORY AND PHOTOS OF GORDIE HOWE&rsquo;S 25 YEARS WITH THE DETROIT RED WINGS.ALSO - BIOGRAPHIES AND PHOTOS OF CURRENT MEMBERS OF THE RED WINGS.BONUS FEATURE&hellip;DOUBLE-PAGE COLOR PULL-OUT POSTER OF GORDIE HOWE.USE THE COUPON (right) TO ORDER BY MAIL.$1.50 EACH PLUS 25c FOR HANDLING<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04501/2939717-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="1222" height="914"></div> &#9632;

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The 1970-71 Detroit Red Wings Yearbook

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01750/2939895-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>TOP 20 SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 7)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02649/2939888-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1781" height="884"><figcaption class="caption-body">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.</figcaption></div><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03514/2939881-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="889" height="1926"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04372/2939874-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="876" height="1333"></div><h2>NHL SCOREBOARD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05279/2939867-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="770" height="135"></div>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 7)<h2>Looking At NHL Goalers</h2>THE TOP 15 NETMINDERS(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06231/2939860-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="865" height="536"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2129/2939853-1-eng-US/f0012-212.jpg" title="f0012-21" width="882" height="3422"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07203/2939846-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="276" height="265"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08178/2939839-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="294" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09147/2939832-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="318" height="177"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10132/2939825-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="256" height="267"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11122/2939818-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="259" height="271"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-12105/2939811-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="310" height="218"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1394/2939804-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="248" height="255"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1487/2939797-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="301" height="256"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1581/2939790-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="265" height="244"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1672/2939783-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="284" height="195"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1758/2939776-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="267" height="244"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1848/2939769-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="262" height="263"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1942/2939762-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="285" height="262"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2037/2939755-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="245" height="285"></div> &#9632;

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NHL PLAYERS SCORING PENALTY RECORDS

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT &mdash;When Doug Barkley hollers &ldquo;Frenchy!,&rdquo; only one Red Wing jumps over the boards despite thefact that Detroit, founded 270 years ago by the Frenchman Antoine Cadillac, again is building a sizeable French population.The Red Wings have four Frenchspeaking players in their lineup now &mdash; Serge Lajeunesse. Guv Charron, Ron Harris and Rene LeClerc &mdash; and LeClerc is &ldquo;Frenchv&rdquo; to the Red Wing coach.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been with me a long time and he knows who I mean when I say &lsquo;Frenchy, get out there!,&rdquo; Barkley said.Actually, Barkley has been LeClerc&rsquo;s coach less than a full season but as former general manager Sid Abel&rsquo;s special aide and scout, Barkley followed LeClerc&rsquo;s career from the time he turned professional with the Red Wings three seasons ago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01738/2939926-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="249" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rene LeClerc</figcaption></div>They&rsquo;ve been a difficult three years but after a burst of four goals in three games, LeClerc is hopeful he&rsquo;s on the upswing.Blessed with excellent speed and not a bad shot, LeClerc caught Detroit fans&rsquo; fancy when he was called up from Fort Worth in 1968-69, his rookie pro season. However, as was so often the case then, he drew only spot duty and consequently scored just two goals in 43 games.The Wings still envisioned a bright future for LeClerc but then he began losing weight for still unexplained reasons.&ldquo;I weighed 178 pounds and went down to 160 &mdash; what I am now,&rdquo; LeClerc said. &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t keep anything on my stomach. The doctors never did tell me what it was.&rdquo;LeClerc looked like a breathing cadaver and still is too skinny for his 5-foot-ll frame.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to go on an exercise program this summer and work with weights to build myself up,&rdquo; LeClerc said. &ldquo;I think I can stay in this league but you&rsquo;ve got to have some weight to go into those corners and fight.&ldquo;I could play at this weight in the minors but I don&rsquo;t want to play there. I&rsquo;m going to stay here.&rdquo; LeClerc said, getting more emphatic.He&rsquo;s fighting a tough battle. The Red Wings have more righthanded shooters than they know what to do with even with the shift of Gordie Howe back to defense. Tom Webster, Wayne Connelly, Mickey Redmon, Bill Collins and LeClerc are the right wingers on the club.Consequently, LeClerc hasn&rsquo;t seen regular duty despite that scoring burst.&ldquo;He likes to play a lot but he tires himself out,&rdquo; Barkley said. &ldquo;He does better when he goes in short shifts &mdash; he stays in position. I don&rsquo;t think he&rsquo;s strong enough now to play 60 minutes.&rdquo;Barkley admitted though that he used LeClerc on a regular line, on the power play and to kill penalties at Fort Worth and LeClerc had 25 points in 15 games before he was called to Detroit.When he did get called up he spent most of the time on the bench. The ankle injury to Redmond and an injury to Connelly finally gave LeClerc his chance &hellip; plus a desire to get more speed in the lineup.Right or wrong, that always has been a cliche about French players &mdash; that they&rsquo;re just a shade short of supersonic. It may be cliche but the Wings&rsquo; two French forwards, LeClerc and Charron, are exceptionnallv swift.RED WING NOTES: Club captain Alex Delvecchio, who went the first 33 games last season without scoring a goal, has been in another slump &hellip; as of Feb. 1 Delvecchio was O-for-22.When coach Doug Barkley returned Gordie Howe to defense to help get the puck moving out of the defensive zone, he put Delvecchio with Garry Unger and Tom Webster &hellip; but the line didn&rsquo;t mesh.Howe scored two goals and assisted on two in his first three games back on defense. &#9632;

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LeClerc Battles Weight, Bulky Red Wings’ Bester To Stick In Big League

FOR BOYS 8 THRU 18&mdash;FOUR MID-SUMMER SESSIONSJuly 26-Aug 4, Aug 4-15, Aug 15-24, Aug 25-Sept. 3BOARDING & DAY STUDENTSFEATURING PROFESSIONAL INSTRUCTION BY<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02685/2940037-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="243" height="343"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB CLARKE Center Philadelphia Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03635/2940030-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="245" height="344"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL DINEEN Left Wing Denver Spurs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04583/2940023-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="247" height="351"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK HUGHES Right Wing Phoenix Roadrunners</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05479/2940016-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="235" height="343"><figcaption class="caption-body">CESARE MANIAGO Goalkeeper Minnesota North Stars</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06409/2940009-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="248" height="340"><figcaption class="caption-body">JERRY MELNYK Scout Philadelphis Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07379/2940002-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="244" height="351"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY HALE Defenseman Philadelphia Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08356/2939995-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="237" height="343"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY LUND Center IPhoenix Roadrunners</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09339/2939988-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="238" height="350"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE MAKI Left Wing Vancouver Canucks</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10317/2939981-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="241" height="356"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM SERVISS Defense Dallas Black Hawks</figcaption></div>&#8902;Two sessions daily plus lectures&#8902;Adult supervised dorm&#8902;Organized softball & touch ball games&#8902;Stanley Cup playoff movies&#8902;Instructional & educational movies&#8902;Swimming at beautiful Lake OkanaganFor Application, Brochure Write:OKANAGAN HOCKEY SCHOOLBOX 201. PENTICTON, B.C., CANADA &#9632;

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SEVENTH ANNUAL OKANAGAN HOCKEY SCHOOL

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GLEN SATHER

<h2>In The East</h2>John Ferguson hadn&rsquo;t exactly been setting the NHL on fire as a goal scorer &mdash; at least until this past week when he scored more times in three games than he had been able to compile in 33 previous outings.The &lsquo;bad man&rsquo; left winger broke out in a real scoring rash in Montreal&rsquo;s three NHL starts counting five times including one game winning goal and the ironic part of Fergy&rsquo;s scoring prowess was the fact all his goals were counted away from home.With Montreal on an extended road trip &mdash; Vancouver, California and Los Angeles &mdash; Ferguson suddenly rediscovered his scoring touch. He popped two each against Vancouver and California and added another in the Los Angeles game.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Ferguson as the East Division player whom we think belongs among the NHL&rsquo;s Stars Of The Week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04356/2940333-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="542" height="656"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN FERGUSON &hellip;Montreal Canadiens</figcaption></div><h2>In The West</h2>The problem with the West Division of the National Hockey League last week was there was just too much Hull all around. Between them, Bobby and brother Dennis rapped in a total of 10 goals &mdash; five each.But it was a more significant week for the Golden Jet as he stepped up to equal two long-standing individual scoring marks held by the great Maurice Richard. Bobby tallied his 544th career goal as he led the Hawks to a 1-0 decision over Pittsburgh. The previous night he popped in three for his 26th career hat trick to again tie an old Richardian record.The brilliant left winger of the Hawks needs only one more goal to become hockey&rsquo;s No. 2 all time scorer with 545.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Bobby Hull as the West Division player whom we think belongs among the NHL&rsquo;s Stars Of The Week.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05266/2940326-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="553" height="655"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL &hellip;Chicago Black Hawks</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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⋆⋆STARS OF THE WEEK⋆⋆

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;True to his prediction, Gordon Labossiere greeted the frigid Minnesota weather with a flourish.In his first home game with the North Stars after he was obtained in a trade, Labossiere delighted the fans at Metropolitan Sports Center with three goals in a 7-1 victory over California.It was the first hat trick in the National Hockey League for the 31-year-old center, who was Los Angeles&rsquo; first skating pick in the 1967 expansion draft.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04303/2940364-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="258" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gord Labossiere</figcaption></div>He had been Los Angeles property ever since, although he had spent a season and a half with Springfield of the American Hockey League.The sigh of relief which accompanied Labossiere&rsquo;s departure from Los Angeles to join the North Stats was not intended as a critical gesture toward the management of the Kings.It&rsquo;s just that Labossiere, a native of St. Boniface. Man., is a cold-weather man, and he was pleased to be acquired by an organization headquartered in a wintry climate.On the day that the trade was announced, it was 18 below zero in Minnesota.It was 7 below outside the Met when Labossiere got his hat trick for the North Stars.Labossiere became a North Star in a sudden series of moves which had him on the rosters of three teams in one day.He was informed by the Kings late one morning that he had been traded to Montreal, along with defenseman Ray Fortin, for Ralph Backstrom.&ldquo;I came home from practice&rdquo; Labossiere said, &ldquo;and told mv wife, who is from Quebec City. She said &lsquo;Great&rsquo;, and started packing.&ldquo;A couple of hours later I found out I was going to Minnesota. She said. &lsquo;That&rsquo;s great, too&rsquo; and continued her packing.&rdquo;The second portion of the Labossiere trade was completed when Wren Blair heard that Montreal had gotten him. Pursuing a hunch that he might be available, Blair quered the Canadians management and got him the same day in exchange for Rey Comeau of Cleveland and some cash.&ldquo;I had nothing against the Los Angeles management,&rdquo; Labossiere said. &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s very difficult to play hockey there. The weather is so mild it&rsquo;s like training camp the year around. You have to look at the calendar to realize that winter had come. &#9632;

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Cold Weather Climate Turns New Star Hot

NEW YORK&mdash;A new television series called &ldquo;National Hockey League Action&rdquo; premiered the weekend of January 16 in 36 U.S. cities running from Boston to Honolulu, it was announced by Don V. Ruck, vice president of the NHL.The syndicated package is being produced and sold for the National Hockey League film arm by Javelin Sports of New York City in conjunction with Interstate Broadcast Network of Detroit. National sponsors of the new hockey series are Adirondack Industries and Kohner Brothers, Inc.The half-hour show, in color, features highlights of the best games played each week in the East and West Divisions of the NHL, plus special features on such NHL stars as Bobby Orr. Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull. Phil Esposito and others, and explanations of hockey rules and penalties.Marv Albert, well-known hockey broadcaster, narrates the series which will run for 13 weeks and will be seen at different times in each market. The NHL station lineup covers more than 50% of the U.S.According to Ruck, Hockey is just beginning to reach its potential as the next big sport on television. Our new series will give the viewers a unique look at bigtime hockey that can not often be captured on a regular broadcast. We plan to use an abundance of slow motion, super-slow and isolation in this special look at hockey. We know the halfhour series will emphasize the speed, power and grace of NHL hockey, thus bringing a new dimension to the sport.&rdquo; &#9632;

NHL’s New TV Action Series Launched In 36 U.S. Cities

WORCESTER ARENA&mdash;WORCESTER, MASS.Two-Two Week SessionsJuly 26 to August 7 &mdash; August 9 to August 21(Limited registration each session)&ldquo;Learn from the Pros&rdquo;CHARLIE HODGE&mdash;Vancouver CanucksGARY DOAK&mdash;Vancouver CanucksJACK RILEY&mdash;U.S. Military AcademyLARRY PLEAU&mdash;Montreal CanadiensLEO LEGER&mdash;Laurent College Montreal, CanadaOutstanding FeaturesDormitory Boarding at Worcester Tec.24 Hr. Dormitory SupervisionTwo Ice Sessions Daily (3 Hr. Total)Evening Class Room LecturesExhibition GamesTrophy AwardsInsurance CoverageFOR INFORMATION WRITE TORichard &ldquo;Doc&rdquo; Connors P.O. Box 171 Melrose 76, Mass.Founder and Director of EASTERN HOCKEY SCHOOLLeo Leger, St. Laurent College, St. Laurent, Quebec, Canada Ass&rsquo;t Director and Canadian Representative of Eastern Hockey School &#9632;

TWELFTH ANNUAL EASTERN HOCKEY SCHOOL

MONTREAL&mdash;National Hockey League milestones, which a few years ago seemed as incredible as man walking on the moon, are being turned into almost seasonal occurrences by some of the league&rsquo;s heavy shooters.Phil Esposito of Boston Bruins last week became the first player to score more than 100 points in two different seasons. Bobby Hull of Chicago Black Hawks tied former Montreal Canadien great. Maurice Richard, as runner-up to Gordie Howe of Detroit in alltime goal-scoring. Hull also equalled the Rocket&rsquo;s record of 26 regular-season three-goal games. Bobby Orr of Boston, the only defenseman ever to win the scoring title, moved to within 14 points of his second straight 100-or-more-point season.Two team streaks, which were closing in on records, however, were stopped. Boston&rsquo;s home winning streak was snapped at 19 when Minnesota North Stars tied Bruins 4-4. The record of 22 consecutive home wins was set by the 1929-30 Boston Bruins. Chicago Black Hawks handed New York Rangers their first loss of the season at home last week. Rangers had gone 26 straight games at home without a loss, including the last two regular season games of 1969-70. The record is 28, set by Montreal Canadiens from March 13, 1943, to Nov. 2. 1944.Until two seasons ago. when Esposito won the scoring title with 49 goals, 77 assists and 126 points, no player had cracked the 100-point barrier. That season Bobby Hull and Howe also passed the 100-point mark. Last season, Orr won the title with 120 points, an amazing feat when one considers no defenseman had gained more than 59 points in a season before Orr began his assault on the records.Esposito now has 101 points, including a league-leading 46 goals. Orr is second with 86 points. He leads in assists with 62. Ken Hodge of Boston is third with 75 points, two more than teammate John Bucvk. Bobby Hull is fifth with 69 points, including 34 goals, second high in the League. Hull&rsquo;s career total is 544 in 934 games. Richard retired after the 1959-60 season with the same number of goals in 978 regular-season games. Howe is the all-time leader with 781 goals in 1,666 games. When the Rocket retired, he was the only player who had scored 500 regular-season goals. Soon, captain Jean Beliveau of Canadiens should join the other three. He now has 497 goals in 1,099 games. &#9632;

Hull’s 544th Goal, Hat Trick Tie Rocket’s Marks

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01472/2940467-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY CRISP &hellip; Hangs In With Blues (Hockey News Photo by Richard Pallagrini)</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Terry Crisp is a member of a player&rsquo;s group that is gradually becoming smaller and smaller and smaller and inevitably will disappear.He has the distinction of being one of the few NHL players that is still with the team that picked him in the league&rsquo;s original expansion draft on June 6, 1967. He was chosen by the St. Louis Blues on that day and he still wears the sweater with the bluenote on it today.&ldquo;I just keep hanging around,&rdquo; Crisp laughs. &ldquo;Let&rsquo;s see, the Blues only have three others taken in the draft. The originals have really been whittled down to the bone, haven&rsquo;t we?&rdquo;The other three original Blues still on the St. Louis roster are Glenn Hall, Jim Roberts and Noel Picard, all of whom have represented the team in the All Star game. Crisp hasn&rsquo;t had any All Star honors but he&rsquo;s proven to the Blues that he&rsquo;s a valuable man.Terry has played on so many different lines that he can&rsquo;t remember all of his linemates. He&rsquo;s played at center and at left wing, and, when a new third or fourth line is created. Terry may very well be on it.&ldquo;When you&rsquo;re given a chance,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;you just have to go out and plug away. I&rsquo;m happy that two extra men are allowed on the roster now, otherwise I might be somewhere else.&rdquo;Somewhere else can sometimes be the minor leagues, and Crisp has put in stints at Kansas City and Buffalo since he has been with the Blues.General Manager &mdash; Coach Scotty Bowman once said, &ldquo;Every time I&rsquo;ve been tempted to send him to Kansas City and bring up a better scorer or a faster skater, I&rsquo;ve had to ask myself if we wouldn&rsquo;t be losing more than we were gaining. He&rsquo;s such a hard worker that he&rsquo;s a very important part of any line.&rdquo;The St. Louis fans have always been enthused by the sight of Crisp with the puck. They see his sandy-haired head rapidly bobbing and weaving in his own distinctive way as his relatively short legs churn beneath him.Crisp shrugs off his crowd pleasing skating with the remark, &ldquo;If you&rsquo;re not a smooth skater, you have to skate hard.&rdquo;&ldquo;I guess you could say I&rsquo;m a fringe player,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had to work twice as hard as a lot of guys to get this far. It was a real break for me when the Blues drafted me. I&rsquo;d like to think and hope that I can stay around.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Crisp One Of Lust Originals Blues Grubbed In Expansion

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO&mdash;The National Hockey League rivalry between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadians is ancient and spirited, but not so much so that there&rsquo;s no room for added ardor.Perhaps this newest chapter began as last season ended, when the Canadiens and Hawks met in back-to-back games during that final weekend. Montreal was battling for a playoff berth, and Chicago was striving to cap a miracle sort of a season by finishing first just one vear after it finished last.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01477/2940498-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="274" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Angotti</figcaption></div>The Hawks won both games, finished atop the East Division, and the Candiens were out of the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since the 1947-48 season. The finale was particularly humiliating for the proud Habitants &mdash; a 10 to 2 defeat in Chicago Stadium in what was their final outing of the campaign.During the exhibition games this fall, the teams clashed three times. All games were rough, all games were emotional, all games were won by the Candiens.Montreal won the first regular season joust easily, 6 to 2, at home but lost in Chicago five weeks later, 5 to 3. Again, both games brandished a tinge of drama.Then came the next meeting &mdash; Jan. 31, in Chicago. The Hawks won, 4 to 1, but read on.Midway in the second period, Montreal&rsquo;s John Ferguson was skating in close quarters with Chicago&rsquo;s top cop, Keith Magnuson, when Ferguson&rsquo;s lifted stick inflicted a ten-stitch wound atop the nose and between the eyes of Magnuson.&ldquo;I certainly didn&rsquo;t mean it,&rdquo; said Fergie.&ldquo;No hard feelings.&rdquo; said Magnuson. &ldquo;He even apologized.&rdquo;All may have been peaceful on the surface there, but more followed.Lou Angotti of the Hawks and Yvan Cournoyer of Montreal bumped near mid-ice dropped gloves, and started battling. It didn&rsquo;t amount to much more than a wrestling match, but temners continued.Cliff Koroll and Montreal&rsquo;s Frank Mahovlich were restraining each other as bystanders, when, just as the wrestling ended, Mahovlich uncorked a wicked right-hand punch which decked the surprised Koroll.&ldquo;I said to let go and he said to let go, and I thought it would end at that,&rdquo; Mahovlich said later. &ldquo;But he wouldn&rsquo;t let go of my jersey, so I hit him.&rdquo;&ldquo;If anything was said. I don&rsquo;t remember,&rdquo; said Koroll, who was dazed and missed the third period while under the doctor&rsquo;s eye in the Hawk medical room. &ldquo;I put my head down and went over to get my gloves. I thought it was over. Then he hit me.&rdquo;Koroll tried to retaliate, but was restrained. He finished out the period, part of it in the penalty box.&ldquo;I remember Friday (Referee Bill) telling me to stay away from Mahovlich,&rdquo; Koroll said. &ldquo;But a lot of the rest is pretty foggy. I didn&rsquo;t really start to remember everything until the middle of the third period. Until then, I didn&rsquo;t remember being on the ice later when they scored a goal,&rsquo; and I didn&rsquo;t remember getting a slashing penalty later in the second period.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hawks-Canadiens Add New Spice To Rivalry

HERE&rsquo;S YOUR CHANCE THIS SUMMER! Instruction from hockey stars Dave Keon, Billy Harris, Bruce Gamble, Rick Ley, Keith McCreary, Al Smith, Ron Schock, Tom Webster, Bob Wall, Bill MacMillan, Bill Heindl, Ken Stephanson, Ab DeMarco, Mike Murohv and others.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02385/2940543-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="731" height="1209"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEON</figcaption></div>All schools will be staffed by experienced Harris &mdash; Keon instructors and the hockey program employed will be the same at all locations. Intensive instruction in the fundamentals (shooting, passing, checking, stickhandling, goaltending, offensive and defensive team play) will be the prime objective of the Harris &hellip; Keon staff. Power skating, is an integral part of the hockey program at each school.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03285/2940536-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="613" height="1235"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY HARRIS</figcaption></div>ATTEND ONE OR MORE OF THE WEEKLY HOCKEY SESSIONS AT A BILLY HARRIS &mdash; DAVE KEON HOCKEY SCHOOL AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:Toronto, Ontario, Lambton Park Arena, Day School, June 28 - July 17 (3 weekly sessions).Toronto, Ontario, Doublerink Arenas, Day School, July 19 - September 4 (7 weekly sessions).St. Catharines, Ontario, Ridley College, Boarding School, June 28 - August 14 (7 weekly sessions).Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton Forum, Day School, August 2 - September 4. (5 weekly sessions).North Bay, Ontario, North Boy Memorial Arena, Day School, August 23 - September 4 (2 weekly sessions).Winnipeg, Manitoba, St. Johns Ravenscourt, Boys School, Day and Boarding School, Apr. 12 - Apr 17(1 weekly session).July 25 - September 4 (6 weekly sessions).St. John&rsquo;s, Nfld., Day and Boarding, school May 5 - May 9. (1 weekly sessions)Worcester, Mass, Worcester Arena, Day School, April 12-14(1 weekly session) Augc 30 - Sept 4 (1 weekly session).Hartford, Conn., Hartford Arena, Day School, April 19-24 (1 weekly session) August 30 - September 4 (1 Weekly session).Columbus, Ohio, St. John&rsquo;s Arena, Day School, June 14-26, (1-2 week session).Utica, New York, Utica Memorial Auditorium, Day School, August 16 - 28 (2 weekly sessions).Make sure there is room for you. Fill in the coupon at right and mail it today to receive complete information on how to improve your hockey skills this summer. Indicate in the space provided the school at which you are interested in attending.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04223/2940529-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="1037" height="871"></div> &#9632;

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LEARN TO PLAY HOCKEY AT A BILLY HARRIS — DAVE KEON HOCKEY SCHOOL

<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04276/2940609-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="573" height="374"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05230/2940602-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="581" height="232"></div><h2>MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06182/2940595-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="589" height="230"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-07157/2940588-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="581" height="232"></div><h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Jan. 25)<h3>NORTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-08142/2940581-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="577" height="168"></div><h3>SOUTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-09121/2940574-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="575" height="167"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>ST. LOUIS &mdash; Al Arbour, bench coach, relinquished coaching reins to Scotty Bowman and returned to active roster as defenseman. Red Berenson and Tim Ecclestone, forwards, traded to Detroit in exchange for Garry Unger and Wayne Connolly, forwards.DETROIT &mdash; Bruce MacGregor forward; Larry Brown, defenseman, traded to New York in exchange for Arnie Brown, and Mike Robitaille, defensemen, and Tom Miller, forward, with Omaha of CHL. Gerry Gray, goalkeeper, recalled from Fort Worth of CHL to act as standby with Roy Edwards, goalkeeper, ordered to rest by club doctors.CALIFORNIA &mdash; Harry Howell, defenseman, sold outright to Los Angeles of NHL.MINNESOTA &mdash; Tommy Williams, forward, removed from active roster pending trade to another club after disagreement with team.VANCOUVER &mdash; Howie Young, defenseman, returned to Phoenix of WHL.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Earl Heiskala, forward, sent to San Diego of WHL on loan for season. George Swarbrick forward, recalled from Baltimoreof AHL and assigned to Hersheyof AHL on loan.MONTREAL &mdash; Bobby Sheehan, forward, recalled from Montreal Voyagdurs of AHL.CHICAGO &mdash; Lou Angotti, forward, placed on disabled list for three weeks with fractured ankle.PITTSBURGH &mdash; Terry Ball, defenseman, recalled from Amarillo of CHL and sold to Buffalo of NHL in exchange for Jean-Guy Lagace, defenseman. who was performing with Salt Lake of WHL. Lagace then optioned to Amarillo. Ball assigned to Salt Lake<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>DENVER &mdash; Bill Dineen, forward, removed from active roster.PHOENIX &mdash; Ross Brooks, goalkeeper, removed from active roster.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>SALEM &mdash; Bob Lacey, forward, placed on disabled list for season with ankle injury.JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Jack Bownass, coach, returned to active roster as emergency replacement. Jim Pritchard, defenseman. released.CLINTON &mdash; Don Herriman, forward, placed on disabled list with leg iniury.JOHNSTOWN &mdash; Dave Birch, forward, claimed on waivers from Long Island of EHL.NEW JERSEY &mdash; Wayne Kitchen, defenseman. placed on disabled list with leg injury. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><h4>Perreault Could Set Two NHL Marks But &hellip;</h4>BUFFALO&mdash;The records within his grasp won&rsquo;t affect Gilbert Perreault&rsquo;s outlook.&ldquo;If I break the records, fine &hellip; and if I don&rsquo;t, well, that&rsquo;s fine too,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;The main thing is, the team is winning.&rdquo;At 20, the Sabres&rsquo; brilliant center-man is on the verge of super-star status in the National Hockey League.In 49 games, he has recorded 26 goals and 17 assists for 43 points and is within easy striking distance of the rookie records for goals and total points.The record for most goals by a rookie is 34, shared by Danny Grant of Minnesota; California&rsquo;s Norm Ferguson and Nels Stewart of the 1925-26 Montreal Maroons.Grant holds the total points record of 65, 34 goals and 31 assists, established two years ago.I know about the records, Perreault says in the halting English which has improved measureably since he joined the Sabres in training camp last September.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think about the records, though. Maybe if I did think about them, I might not play as well. Anyway, they really aren&rsquo;t that important.&rdquo;Perreault, shy and withdrawn when he reported, was concerned about his language barrier. He carries on conversations with only a few problems now, and turns to French only when a phrase or word escapes him.&ldquo;See, now you are in trouble,&rdquo; he laughts when the listener doesn&rsquo;t understand. &ldquo;You should take lessons in French.&rdquo;Perreault is outgoing now, and highly popular with his less-publicized teammates. His nickname is &ldquo;Tom&rdquo;, since he is a Tom Jones fan and occasionally breaks out in song in the fashion of the Welsh singer.In addition to his scoring power, Perreault has the speed and skating style to captivate the most sophisticated of hockey audiences. He was the individual star of the All Star game in Boston, and has scored nine goals in seven games since the All Star break.His three-goal performance at Oakland was the first by a Sabre, and he dove into the net to retrieve the puck after his third goal.Why the sudden scoring surge?&ldquo;Sometimes the pucks go in, and sometimes they don&rsquo;t,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;But I think the experience I am getting is the main thing. You need experience to play well regularly in this league.&rdquo;With 29 games remaining. Perreault is certain to rewrite the rookie record.&ldquo;This kid will rewrite the whole book before he&rsquo;s through, you can bet on that,&rdquo; says Punch imlach, the Sabres&rsquo; general manager and coach.&ldquo;I said it in training camp, and I&rsquo;ll say it again. I&rsquo;ve been in this league for a few years, and I&rsquo;ve never seen anybody with his speed. Or anybody with his variety of shifts.&ldquo;Hockey teams are built around kids like this. I&rsquo;ve always considered myself lucky, but I never realized how lucky I was the day I got this boy.&rdquo; &#9632;

Rookie Doesn’t Think About Records

<div class="byline">By Tom Burke</div>Following Boston University&rsquo;s 5-1 loss To Cornell, the members of KPIs hockey team were free to tackle exams with undivided attention, knowing that their 7-0-1 record in Division One gave KPI undisputed possession of the top slot One of the big reasons they had gotten there in the first place, according to coach Leon Abbott, was their wholesale academic success prior to the beginning of the season.&ldquo;Personnel has always been a problem for us here academically. especially in the sophomore class.&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;We were fortunate that all 14 of our sophomores got through and were eligible at the beginning. I don&rsquo;t know if that&rsquo;s ever happened before.One of the finest, and therefore most difficult, technical schools in the nation. KPI has sidelined more than a few pucksters over the years because they couldn&rsquo;t handle slide rule as well&rsquo;as they could a Northland Pro.The only blot on KPI&rsquo;s record is a 3-3 tie with Clarkson. Abbott sees the Golden Knights as his toughest opponent the rest of the way.Pennsylvania, in quest of her first playoff berth ever, bounced Providence 4-2 to even the Division record at 5-5. John Marks is back in goal after a spell with injuries, and has made a big difference according to coach Jim Salfi.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01301/2940695-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="258" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Grant Standbrook</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Our sophomores are coming around, he said. We&rsquo;re shooting well but making some goalies look awfully good. We outshot Providence 40-2, and our third line won the game for us. Paul Morrison got two goals and Ken Mulvaney, another sophomore, did a good job filling in for Tom Davis on the first line.&rdquo;If anybody is more frustrated than Dartmouth&rsquo;s Grant StandbrooK. his name must be Sisyphus. The Indians lost 6-4 to Yale Jan. 30 up in Hanover after leading 4-3 in the third frame. The final Eli goal was on an empty net. so the loss was the fifth one-goal decision against Dartmouth this season. A week earlier Penn nipped them in overtime 6-5.The Yale loss made Dartmouth 5-9 overall, not bad considering the closeness of the games and the injury situation. Dana Johnson. Steve Arndt. Dave Kirkland. Mike Turner, and Ken Davidson all have missed games. Kirkland may be out for the season with a broken wrist. Goalie Pete Proulx gained his first shutout, an 11-0 thumping of Northeastern. Backchecking was so tight that NU got only 13 shots on net.Boston University bounced back from the Cornell loss in tine style, whomping Prividence 7-1 and edging St. Lawrence 6-3 to run their overall record to 15-1-1, and 9-1-1 in Div. I. Dan Brady took over in the goal for both games. Soph defenseman Bob Brown had a goal and four assists against the Friars. Bob Grvp and Wayne Gowing each tallied twice against the Larries.St. Lawrence&rsquo;s playoff stock took a slide in their January 29-30 Boston weekend. The Larries dropped a 7-4 game to Boston College on Friday followed by the 6-3 game at B.U. the next night. That made the veteran club 3-8 in Divisional play.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re still not out of the playoffs, but we ve got a long road to hoe now. said George Menard grimly.Brian Hind was the only SLU player to score more than once in the Hub, tallying a goal each night. Those three overtime losses and two other one-goal defeats seem mighty costly in retrospect to the Larries, who have missed the post-season playoffs but once in the past nine years.Colgate is having its injury problems. &ldquo;We started off the season well but we&rsquo;re just running out of players,&rdquo; commented Ron Ryan. &ldquo;If this keeps up we won&rsquo;t be able to beat the Little Sisters of the Poor.&rdquo;Seven losses and no wins in January dropped the Red Raiders&rsquo; record to 510. Only seven forwards skated in a 6-3 loss to Northeastern. Second-leading goal scorer Ron Carrigan was lost indefinitely with a broken wrist. Rob Wood and Bill Finnegan have missed action, while defenseman John Coseo is playing hurt. In an 8-2 loss to Cornell, goalie Geoff McMullen had 72 saves.The Big Red upped its conference mark to 8-2 in the Colgate win and with a surprising overtime decision, 3-2 at Princeton. The Tigers nearly caught their mighty foes napping. Defenseman Jim Higgs scored a goal at Colgate, his eighth in as many games to break the Cornell mark held jointly by John Hughes and Larrv Fullan. Each had scored at least one goal in seven consecutive games.Boston fol lege and tale are moving. The Eagels outshot Clarkson 37-27 but were frustrated by goalie Bruce 1 Bullock and lost 3-1. Three nights later they exploded for i five goals in the second period to bounce St. Lawrence 7-4.Big sophomore center Ed Kenty returned to action following a shoulder injury. He scored the only goal against 1 Clarkson and added a pair against the SLU, as did soph Bob Reardon. The win made BC 7-11 on the season.Dick Gagliardi&rsquo;s tale sextet won but one game Detore exams. &ldquo;Our chief difficulty was that we couldn&rsquo;t put the puck into the net,&rdquo; related Dick.Greg Rivet must have heard him. because the junior winger notched a hat trick in the team&rsquo;s 6-4 win at Dartmouth. Two of his goals were unassisted, and he had an assist too. Coupled with a win against Army in New Haven a few nights earlier, it boasted Yale&rsquo;s Div. One mark to 3-9.In Division Two, Bowdoin lost to AIC 6-4 in Springfield. It was the first regular-season conference loss in 36 games for Sid Watson&rsquo;s Polar Bears from Brunswick, Me. Last year they want undefeated through the regular schedule and lost to Vermont in the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02221/2940688-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="251" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Reardon</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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DOWN EAST

<div class="byline">BY JOHN GILBERT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03184/2940726-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">COLLEGE HOCKEY SCENE Boston University&rsquo;s STEVE STIRLING watches from ice level as St. Louis University skater takes puck in college ice action. Stirling is BU&rsquo;s No. 3 scorer with 34 points in 17 games. (Hockey News Photo by Richard Pellegrini)</figcaption></div>MINNEAPOLIS &mdash;Balanced scoring seems to be the key in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association this season.Partially because George Morrison decided to pass up his senior year at Denver and forego a try at his third straight scoring title for a regular spot with the St. Louis Blues, the WCHA scoring race has not been threatened with a runaway.Morrison didn&rsquo;t win easily last year, but several hot-shooting scorers made it close until the finish. This season, however, seems to be the year that defense and tight checking stops all the scorers.After 13 WCHA games, Michigan Tech&rsquo;s freshman Mike Usitalo&mdash;Tech&rsquo;s only U.S. player &mdash; slipped into the scoring lead with 14 goals and seven assists for 21 points.Walt Ledingham, Minnesota-Duluth&rsquo;s sophomore winger, saw his 10-10-20 ledger slip to second as he was blanked by Tech. Ledingham has played 14 games but has been shut out in four straight games.Gilles Gagnon, a junior at Michigan State, moved into contention with 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points, but several top scoring threats of a year ago have had trouble getting untracked this season.Bob Collyard, a two-time AllAmerican at Colorado College, battled Morrison to the wire last year, as did Mike Antonovich at Minnesota and Murray Keogan at UMD.Keogan has been out for a month with a bad shoulder dislocation or he might be leading. He had five goals and three assists in five games.Antonovich and Collyard have been having trouble getting pucks in the nets. Collyard is still in position, since Colorado has played only nine games to 14 for some teams. Collyard has three goals and 12 assists, and apparently found the range in some non conference CC games. He got five goals and three assists in four non-league games with Air Force and Notre DameMichigan lech&rsquo;s alternating goalies, Bob Lee and Morris Trewin, continue to set a hot pace, with both under the 2.5 goals-allowed mark. Tech has scored 70 goals and given up only 34 in 13 games.For the whole season, Tech is 17-2-1, having scored 110 and given up 61. &#9632;

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Hot Coalers In WCHA Harness Ton Storers

<div class="byline">BY TOM BURKE</div>POTSDAM&mdash;You can tell it&rsquo;s February. People around the ECAC are popping the annual question:&ldquo;By the way, how&rsquo;s Clarkson doing?&rdquo;This is the month of truth as the teams of Division One claw away at one another for the top four spots in the loop.The regular names invariably crop up. Cornell, BU, Harvard, BC, New Hampshire, St. Lawrence RPI. Brown. Most of them usually figure in post-season plans, and most are close enough to several mass media outlets to keep college fans posted on their progress.Not so for the Golden Knights. Under Lenny Ceglarski. they seem to stay pretty well concealed in their little arena near the Raquette River for the first part of the college hockey year.Then come the playoff drive and down they swoop from Postdam. N.Y. into the Easternmost reaches of the ECAC, with stops in Boston. Providence. New Hampshire. Invariably. the Techers come away leaving a favorable impression &mdash; and with a playoff berth sewed up as well.This season follows the pattern. &ldquo;Well, in some respects our season is just beginning,&rdquo; said Ceglarski the day before the Knights nipped Boston College 31 in BC&rsquo;s McHugh Forum running their record to 18-2-1.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve played a lot of games, but in this month we have ten straight ECAC games against some good opposition. So we&rsquo;ve got a ways to go yet.&rdquo;Still, the guy&rsquo;s got to have something going already with that kind of a record. With a good deal of talent left over from his NCAA runner-up squad of last spring. Ceglarski has figured among the title contenders-right from the beginning.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been kind of a funny season.&rdquo; commented Lenny &ldquo;The past few games we&rsquo;ve been playing better defensive hockey than ever. We have three defensemen who played regularly back with us this year, and Bruce Bullock our goalie has to be as good as anyone in college hockey.&rdquo;Bullock, an All-America last season, has a good chance of repeating this time. He covers that cage like a hungry hydra, and with hitters like Fred Erickson and Keith MacLean clearing the zone, he&rsquo;s been able to keep his average hovering around the 2.0 mark.Junior Steve Warr provides the offensive punch from the indigo stripe, and he&rsquo;s got plenty of upfront help from Jerry Kemp, Alf Maki, and John Halme, though the latter has been slowed by knee woes.Yes, it&rsquo;s a typical season for the Golden Knights. Balance, experience, enthusiasm, size, aggressiveness &mdash; and a winning record. Though games with Cornwell, BU. New Hampshire. RPI and a few other other heavies are still in the offing, don&rsquo;t expect a significant slip from that 18-2-1 slate.That just doesn&rsquo;t happen to Clarkson. Which is why everybody wants to know, and with good reason, &ldquo;How is Clarkson doing, anyway?&rdquo; &#9632;

High Powered Clarkson Awaits Final ECAC Showdown

<div class="byline">By John Gilbert</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04141/2940757-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="249" height="493"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bernard Gagnon</figcaption></div>Denver inched ahead of the logjam in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association&rsquo;s battle for second place, tripping Colorado College 5-3 and 5-4 to stand 8-6.Minnesota-Duluth, North Dakota. Michigan State and Wisconsin all remained at the .500 mark to allow Denver to slip ahead. Michigan Tech, leading the WCHAwith a 12-1 mark, was idle in conference play for the weekend, but scored an impressive 5-4 decision over the United States Nationals.The Tech victory came only two days after the Nationals had humiliated the Oklahoma City Blazers &mdash; Boston&rsquo;s Central League pro farm club &mdash; in a 7-2 romp in Minneapolis. Gary Grosbv, a freshman from the OHA, scored in his seventh straight game while Tech goalie Bob Lee&rsquo;s four goals allowed were all on power plays.Denver, playing at home in the first game of the CC series, got goals from Vic Venaskv, Brian Morenz, Ed Hays, Dannv Helm and Bob Krieger in the 5-3 victory. Denver led 4-1 but Colorado College rallied as All-American Bob Collvard scored twice to cut it to 4-3. Krieger then cinched it.The second night, the teams switched to Colorado Springs, CC&rsquo;s home, where Denver trailed 4-3. Hays scored to tie it at 12:00 and Tom Peluso won it with a goal at 13:04. Collvard also got a goal in that game, and Venasky got two for Denver that night.Denver took a day off, then hammered first-year St. Louis University 9-2 to start a hectic week. Denver had to play St. Louis the next night too, then go to Notre Dame for the weekend, stopping off in Minneapolis to face the U.S. Nationals on their return trip Sunday.Phil Hoene&rsquo;s line got it all together for UMD, but the Bulldogs couldn&rsquo;t handle last-place Michigan the second night. Hoene scored twice and his winger, freshman Pat Boutette, once during a 2:36 span that broke a 5-5 tie and gave UMD an 8-5 victory at Ann Arbor,. Mich. The-next night, Michigan tripped UMD 4-3 on Rick Mallette&rsquo;s winning goal. Bernie Gagnon, who had two in the first game, added another for Michigan.North Dakota romped to an easy 4-1 victory at Minnesota, and also could have pulled ahead of the pack with Denver, but Minnesota&rsquo;s junior goalie find, Dennis Erickson, recorded the first shutout in the WCHA all season and the Gophers claimed a 6-0 triumph.Jim Cahoon scored twice in the 4-1 victory for the Sioux, tying him with his wingers Greg Cameron and Bob&rsquo;Duncan with nine conference goals on Dakota&rsquo;s most productive line. Minnesota&rsquo;s All American defenseman Wally Olds still paces the Gopher goal-scoring with seven goals, adding one in the 6-0 win.Michigan State stopped independent Notre Dame 6-3 and 6-4 Mark Calder had five goals in the two games. Notre Dame enters the WCHA next season as the 10th team.Wisconsin stayed at the .500 mark, playing out of the conference hut catching the U.S. Nationals on the rebound from Tech. The Nationals romped 7-1, but No. 1 Badger goalie John Anderson gave up only one goal in the period he played. &#9632;

f0020-04

WESTERN WAY

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0470/2940857-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="478" height="541"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK STANFIELD</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER&mdash;Mild-mannered Jack Stanfield suddenly shed his Clark Kent-type garb and turned into a very belligerent Superman-type here Jan. 10.All the frustrations of the 1970-71 American Hockey League season came out at once in as good a fistic session as has been seen here in many a moon.Stanfield couldn&rsquo;t have chosen a more formidable opponent. He took on Larry Johnston of Baltimore, a defenseman noted for his fistic prowess and with a history of classic scraps to his credit.But let&rsquo;s go back to the beginning. Stanfield is a 28- year-old left wing and a member of the hockey Stanfields. Brother Fred, of course, is a Boston Bruin, while another brother, Jim, is with Springfield. And there are more brothers playing in Canada.He played briefly in Rochester&rsquo;s opening game this season, then watched most of the time from the various press boxes or the bench or sometimes didn&rsquo;t even make the road trips. Not until early January was he even sure of dressing for a game.It all boiled over early in the third period here Jan. 10.Stanfield had collected only 19 minutes in penalties all season here in 1969-70 and totaled just 18 the year before with San Diego of the Western League. And he had eight minutes going into the Jan. 10 game.He and Johnston tangled in a flurry of fists. Things seemed to be calmed down when Larry decided Amerk Jim Wiste needed a little attention, too. Instead of letting it all end there, Stanfield wanted an immediate rematch and Johnston obliged.And he earned himself two five-minute major penalties and a game misconduct, worth another 10 minutes. So in one flurry, he bettered his total penalty minutes of either of the last two seasons. &#9632;

f0021-04

‘Nice Guy’ Stanfield Blows Top

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><h4>Cunniff Shoots First Pro Hat Trick</h4><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0562/2940888-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="256" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Cunniff</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE &mdash;Every hockey buff in the world knows that the hottest team on ice these days has to be the Boston Bruins. It seems they can do no wrong.Right now. the Baltimore Clippers, who are leading the western division of the American Hockey League, have a &ldquo;hot Boston&rdquo; of their own. Naturally, he&rsquo;s not a whole team, but it appeared as though he was in a recent game with the Cleveland Barons, when his first three-goal hat trick as a pro, helped Terry Reardon&rsquo;s Raiders win a mighty big game.Baltimore&rsquo;s &ldquo;Boston&rdquo; is John Cunniff. He got the nickname of &ldquo;Boston&rdquo; simply by being a native of that city where he was born twenty-six vears ago on July 9, 1944.For the first time in Baltimore&rsquo;s nine year hockey history of AHL play, the organization has two American born products. Besides Cunniff, defenseman Jim Niekamp hails from the Detroit area.Christened John Paul, the Clipper winger is the middle of three boys Bob, 30 and Ted, 24. Their father Robert is a New England longshoreman, and the family was hit hard this past summer when Mrs. Cunnin succumbed suddenly from a heart attack. However, she lived long enough to preside over John&rsquo;s marriage about seven years ago and the subsequent arrival of sons Chris, 5 and David (born this past October 9) and daughters, Patricia, 4 and Paula, 2.At Don Bosco High, a technical school from which John graduated in &rsquo;63, the 175 pound, 5-9 athlete was a football halfback in his junior and senior terms, and did not learn to skate until he was almost 14.&ldquo;I might have made out O.K. in football,&rdquo; the personable, unsmiling and self-effacing Irish youngster admitted,&rdquo; but I really got to like playing hockey better, and then when I got a scholarship from Boston College for hockey&mdash;that was that. No more football.&rdquo;Cunniff graduated from BC in 1967 with a business management degree. During his four years there, John played a full winter of college hockey against such first class schools like Harvard, Boston U., Northeastern, Michigan Tech, Denver and the like. During the summer, Cunniff skated in a three or four summer leagues in Lynn, Mass.&ldquo;I got hurt in my senior year at Boston,&rdquo; Cunniff reminded, &ldquo;and only played twelve games. I was grounded with a separated shoulder.&rdquo;&ldquo;The Bruins had me on their negotiation list,&rdquo; he continued, &ldquo;but later dropped me and I was picked up by the Detroit Red Wings. However, I didn&rsquo;t sign with them right away and played two years with the United States Nationals Olympic team. Doug Volmar, Larry Pleau, Bob Paradise, Lou Nanne and Jack Dale were among my teammates.&rdquo;Cunniff turned pro with the Red Wings at Fort Worth finishing the last eight games of the 1967-68 campaign. After a full winter there in 1968-69, Detroit promoted him to the Cleveland Barons last year where he clicked for 26 goals, 17 assists and 43 points in 63 outings.When Reardon arranged a deal with the Red Wings this year Cunniff transferred his AHL uniform to the Clippers. Unlike too many of today&rsquo;s hockey youngsters, he still keeps his hair cut short. &#9632;

f0021-05

American-Born Ice Star Shines

OKLAHOMA CITY FAIRGROUNDS ARENA3 - SEPARATE SESSIONS - ONE WEEK EACH JULY 12TH THROUGH JULY 30TH&#9679;Age limit 7 to 19&#9679;3 hours ice time and plenty of public skating&#9679;Supervised swimming pool for students&#9679;Physical fitness instruction by Phys. Ed. Instructor&#9679;Blackboard instruction and hockey films&#9679;Crests and trophies given to students&#9679;All meals carefully prepared by Dietician&#9679;Accident Insurance coverage&#9679;Free admission to baseball games and auto races&#9679;Day rates available&ldquo;OPEN TO BEGINNERS&rdquo; WITH SPECIAL CLASSESENROLL NOW LIMITED REGISTRATIONFOR INFORMATION AND BROCHURES WRITE &mdash; NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY SCHOOL, 1708 N. VERMONT, OKLA. CITY, OKLA. 73107, PHONE A.C. 405-942-6708<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-179/2941010-1-eng-US/f0021-172.jpg" title="f0021-17" width="713" height="271"><figcaption class="caption-body">FAIRGROUNDS ARENA</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0654/2941003-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="249" height="322"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM WEBSTER Detroit Rod Wings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0746/2940996-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="253" height="324"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY DAVISON Program Director</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0840/2940989-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="254" height="330"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY SINDEN Consultant-To Pres.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0934/2940982-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="252" height="333"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRASER GLEESON President-Gen. Mgr.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1031/2940975-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="250" height="331"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK CHERRY Program Consultant</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1125/2940968-1-eng-US/f0021-112.jpg" title="f0021-11" width="251" height="321"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY CHEEVERS Public Relations Dir.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1216/2940961-1-eng-US/f0021-122.jpg" title="f0021-12" width="249" height="327"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIAN BRADLEY Asst. Chief Instructor</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1314/2940954-1-eng-US/f0021-132.jpg" title="f0021-13" width="225" height="325"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARRY YOUNG Chief Boston Scout</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1412/2940947-1-eng-US/f0021-142.jpg" title="f0021-14" width="248" height="304"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROSS LONSBERRY Asst. To Gon. Mgr.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1511/2940940-1-eng-US/f0021-152.jpg" title="f0021-15" width="249" height="302"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG FAVELL Philadelphia Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1610/2940933-1-eng-US/f0021-162.jpg" title="f0021-16" width="255" height="251"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAL SWENSON Toronto Prospect</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-188/2940926-1-eng-US/f0021-182.jpg" title="f0021-18" width="260" height="321"><figcaption class="caption-body">STEVE ATKINSON Buffalo Sabres</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-198/2940919-1-eng-US/f0021-192.jpg" title="f0021-19" width="260" height="333"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON TANNAHIU Boston Prospect</figcaption></div>CHANCE OF A LIFETIME FOR AMERICAN BOYS TO BE SEEN AND SCOUTED &#9632;

f0021-17

NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY SCHOOL

<h2>Looking At AHL Race</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 8)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01163/2940826-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="571" height="170"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02121/2940819-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="565" height="172"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Affiliations. 1-Montreal; 2-Detroit; 3-Boston. 7-Los Angeles,- 9-Californio; 10-Philodelphia; 11-Minnesota. 13-Voncouver).</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon. Feb. 1Quebec 1 at Montreal 1Web. Feb. 3Quebec 4 at Montreal 2Thurs. Feb. 4Springfield 2 at Quebec 5Fri. Feb. 5Hershey 2 at Baltimore 4Providence 4 at Rochester 1Sat. Feb. 6Rochester 2 at Cleveland 3Hershey 5 at Quebec 2Baltimore 4 at Springfield 7Sun. Feb. 7Baltimore 5 at Providence 3Springfield 3 at Rochester 1<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Feb. 8Hershey vs Montreal (at Halifax)Wed. Feb. 10Quebec at ClevelandHershey vs Montreal (at Halifax)Rochester at ProvidenceFri. Feb. 12Cleveland at MontrealQuebec at SpringfieldSat. Feb. 13Rochester at BaltimoreHershey at ClevelandMontreal at SpringfieldSun. Feb. 14Montreal at ClevelandSpringfield at ProvidenceQuebec at RochesterTues., Feb. 16Montreal at BaltimoreWed. Feb. 17Montreal at HersheyFri. Feb 19Quebec at BaltimoreSpringfield at MontrealCleveland at Providence<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Jan. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0382/2940812-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="584" height="582"></div><h2>American League Summaries</h2><h2>Thurs. Jan. 28 ROCHESTER 2 at QUEBEC 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Quebec, Moir (Giannini, Brossart)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:022&mdash;Rochester, Mortson (Block)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:163&mdash;Quebec, Gaudette (Clement, Brossart)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:384&mdash;Quebec, Saleski (Drolet, MacSweyn)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:10Penalties: Wells 1:25, Brossart 9:40, Hargreaves 15:00, Peletier 18:26.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Rochester, Blackbarn (Mortson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:006&mdash;Quebec, Currier&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:44Penalties: Clement 7:34; Dunville 11:57.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Clement 13:19, Cook 14:33.Saves: Aubry (Rochester) 38, Belhumeur (Quebec) 33.<h2>Fri. Jan. 29 BALTIMORE 2 at MONTREAL 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No Score.Penalties: Busniuk 5:17, Dufour 12:22, Rivers 13:52, Brown (served by Cossette) 15:48.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;BALTIMORE: McCann (Goegan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:35Penalties: Fortin 46, Comeau 9:20, Brown (served by Cossette) 13.54.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Montreal: Blanchette (Murdoch, Gagnon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:583&mdash;Montreal: Gagnon (Blanchette)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:014&mdash;Montreal: French (Murdoch, Sheehon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:405&mdash;Montreal: Lefley (Murdoch, Gagnon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:046&mdash;BALTIMORE; Douglas (Niekomp, Dufour)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.00Penalties: Johnston 6:21; Fortin 14:40, Busniuk, Cunniff, Montreal bench (served by Poirier) 16:54.Saves: Brown (Baltimore) 24, Dryden (Montreal) 23.Attendance: 1,046.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 0 at CLEVELAND 12</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Meissner. (Erickson, Johnston)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:022&mdash;Cleveland, Whitlock (Williams, Polanic)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:50Penalties: Gibbons 3:15, Mikkelson 5:50, Heoney 9:48; Polanic 16:21; Redmond 17:58; J. Johnston 18:55, Dineen 18:55<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Cleveland, Meissner (M. Johnston, Erickson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:414&mdash;Cleveland, Erickson (Meissner, McKencnie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:515&mdash;Cleveland, Gofton (Redmond, Whitlock)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:186&mdash;Cleveland, McKenchnie (Cnernoff, Erickson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:217&mdash;Cleveland, McKechnie (Beoudin, Cherboff)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:05Penalties: Redmond 11:49; Potvin 11:59; Westbrooke 19:45, J. Johnston 19:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Cleveland, Chernoff (Polanic, McKechnie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:179&mdash;Cleveland, Gofton (Whitlock)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:0710&mdash;Cleveland, Gofton (Whitlock, Williams)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:4511&mdash;Cleveland, Redmond (J. Johnston)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:3712&mdash;Cleveland, McKechnie&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:02Penalties: NoneSaves. Rivard (Cleveland) 22. Landon (Springfield) 33.<h2>Sat. Jan. 30 MONTREAL 2 at HERSHEY 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Hershey, Snell (Gilbert)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4582&mdash;Montreal, Blanchette (Murdoch, Sheehan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:20Penalties: Boddy, 6:35; Berber, 14:23.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Hershey, Webley (Beverley, Grotton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:22Penalties: Comeau, 8:20, Bouchard, 13:24; Gauthier, 4:13, Boddy, 14:40.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Montreal, Gagnon (Sheehan)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:47Penalties: Leiter, 9:38; Fortin, 19:01.Saves: Bouchard (Hershey): 29; Thomas (Montreal): 48 Attendance: 7,706<h2>PROVIDENCE 3 at CLEVELAND 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, M. Johnston (McKechnie, Redmond)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:252&mdash;Cleveland. J. Johnston&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:34Penalties: Meissner, 2.04; Polono, 6:56; Erickson, 9:21; Lofromboise, 19:06<h3>SECONO PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Providence, Dufour&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:504&mdash;Providence, Dufour (Szura)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:405&mdash;Providence, MacMillan (Roto, Oddleifson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:bl6&mdash;Cleveland. Redmond&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:24Penalties: Polanic, 2:08, Polanic, Oddleifson, 9:31; McKechnie, 14:22; Nicholson, 17:20.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Cleveland, Chernoff (McKechnie, M Johnston)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:078&mdash;Cleveland, Meissner (J. Johnson, Erickson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:589&mdash;Cleveland, Chernoff (M. Johnston, McKechnie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:2510&mdash;Cleveland, Meissner (J. Johnston, Encksoni&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:22Penalties: Chernoff, 0:32; MacMillan, 4:20; Polanic (misconduct) 5:58, Polanic, 18:56Saves Rivard (Cleveland): 36; Poille (Providence): 33<h2>ROCHESTER 2 at BALTIMORE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Baltimore, Riven (Niekomp, Speck)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:082&mdash;Rochester, Stewort (Hargreaves)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:473&mdash;Baltimore, Cunniff (Marshall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:46Penalties: Gilmour, 2:35; Johnston, 9:34, Johnston, 12:41, Wells. 12.41; Goegon, 18:23<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Baltimore, Dufour (Rivers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:295&mdash;Rochester, Blockburn&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:52Penalties: Dunville, 8:25, Mortson, Niekomp, 9:28; Block. 17:26; Speck. 19:42.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties; None.Saves: Aubry (Rochester): 29; Brown (Baltimore): 34<h2>QUEBEC 1 at SPRINGFIELD 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties &mdash; Schultz (minor and major), Potvin (minor and major) 1:58, Schultz 9:32, 15:27, Polano 15:27, Clement 16:16, Gibbons 18:25.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Dineen (McMahon, Polano)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:452&mdash;Springfield, Volmor (Murphy, McMahon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:543&mdash;Quebec, Mair&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:59Penalties &mdash; None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Springfield, Dineen&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:57Penalties &mdash; Dineen, Clement 0:33, 7:31, Schultz, Cote 14:26Saves: Belhumeur (Quebec) 27, Smith (Springfield) 29<h2>Sun. Jan. 31 CLEVELAND 1 at BALTIMORE 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, Chernoff (Redmond, McKechnie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:12Penalties &mdash; Brown 0:22, Johnston 4:51, Whitlock 10:11, Schultz 19:53.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Baltimore, Cunniff (Marshall, Dufour)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:013&mdash;Baltimore, Cunniff (Dufour, Marshall)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:37Penalties &mdash; Douglas 7:21, Ketter, Beoudin 8:47, Needham 13:40. Ketter 16:12.<h2>SPRINGFIELD 3 at PROVIDENCE 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Lachance&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:052&mdash;Providence, MacMillan (Clearwater, Keller)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:10Penalties &mdash; Holbrook, Polono 0:37, Lachance 7:55, Smith, Garwasiuk (major) 19:56.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Springfiel d, Dineen (Byrnes, Hoesktra)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:394&mdash;Providence, Le due (Dufour, Szura)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:495&mdash;Providence. Dufour (Oddleifson, Garwasiuk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:55Penalties &mdash; Polano (major) Kelly (major) 1:09, Leeuc 12:14, Garwasiuk (minor on d miscon duct) 19:36.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Springfiel d, Lachance (Hoekstra, Volmar)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:177&mdash;Providence, Le due (Oddleifson, Polano)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:078&mdash;Providence, White (Ledue, Szura)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:599&mdash;Providence. White (Szura, Murray)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:34Penalties &mdash; Polono 15:14.Saves Smith (Springfield) 36; Sneddon Providence 26<h2>HERSHEY 4 at ROCHESTER 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties &mdash; Speer 2:47, Stanfield 8:33.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Rochester, Word (Block, Harris)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:39Penalties &mdash; Spring 2:24, Spring 17:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Rochester, Horris (Blackburn)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:443&mdash;Hershey, Spring (Gilbertson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:544&mdash;Hershey, Leiter (Grotton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:425&mdash;Rochester, Ward (Cook, Walton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:206&mdash;Rochester, Walton (Blackburn, Mortson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:08Penalties &mdash; Dunville 11:12.Saves: Aubry (Rochester) 35, Gill (Hershey) 35. &#9632;

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Other Leagues

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0022-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01180/2941041-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s an artist&rsquo;s conception of what the new $13,000,000 Civic Center in Providence will look like when the Reds move into their new rink by 1972-73.</figcaption></div>PROVIDENCE&mdash;To the hundreds of hockey players who have played for the R.I. Reds, the news that the City of Providence will have a new 11,000 seat hockey Arena for the 1972-73 American Hockey Leauge season must bring back some fond memories of the old ice house at 1111 North Main St., the current home of the Reds.On January 12, the citizens of Providence voted overwhelmingly to approve a bond issue making, available all the funds needed to build the new $13,000,000 Civic Center in the downtown area of Providence.Ground breaking ceremonies were held recently and work is now underway on the project which is expected to bring new life and vitality to the business district of Providence, which is New England&rsquo;s second largest city behind Boston.The old R.I. Auditorium, known to many as The Ice House and &ldquo;The Pit&rdquo; has been in use for 45 years and the Reds have had a team in pro hockey that long.Some of the greats of the past have worn Providence uniforms. Many of them will be invited to be on hand the day the new building is dedicated.Meanwhile, it was Sunday, January 24 and it seemed like the Reds had won the Calder Cup instead of a regular season 5-2 victory over the Cleveland Barons.But this was something special. After all the Reds had just finished one of the longest nonwinning droughts in the 45 year history of the club.In fact, it was back on Sunday, December 4 when the Reds edged the Barons, 6-5. At that point, the Reds had a very fine 9-2-2 home slate.The small Providence rink, long a graveyard for visiting teams, became just that for the Reds. Five losses in a row came at the hands of Hershey, Quebec, Springfield, Hershey and Montreal in that order.A 4-4 deadlock with the Rochester Americans on Friday, January 8 halted the skid momentarily. Two days later another 4-4 tie was recorded against the Springfield Kings but losses to Baltimore and Rochester followed. &#9632;

f0022-01

Reds Of The Future To Play Hotkey In Style

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02120/2941072-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="256" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kent Byrnes</figcaption></div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The Springfield Kings are always in the news. Often they hit the headlines when the parent Kings make a deal. Latest developments in Los Angeles have again directly affected the local club.It all began when L.A. manager-coach Larry Regan sent center Gordon Labos-siere to the Canadiens for another center Ralph Back-strom, a 33-year-old veteran who should help Los Angeles. In addition, reliable defenseman Ray Fortin of the Springfield team was also included in the deal to the Canadiens. They promptly sent him to their Voyageurs&rsquo; AHL club, which does not help Springfield in the least.The Canadiens in turn traded Labossiere to the Minnesota North Stars in exchange for Rey Comeau, a fine player from the North Stars&rsquo; Cleveland AHL affiliate. Indirectly, this also hurt the big Kings since Lab will help the North Stars in their quest for a playoff spot. Los Angeles is their biggest rival for a position. Comeau also ended up with the Voyageurs.Completing the transaction, the Canadiens were to deliver to Springfield a &ldquo;player to be named later&rdquo; in trading terms.The player turned out to be 23 year old Kent Byrnes from the Voyageurs, who is a wingman. He has been a part time player with Montreal and has played in only 23 games since the start of the season. He managed three goals and nine assists during that time with the Voyageurs. The club is desperately short of wingers and can only hope Burnes will help the situation by playing regularly.Meanwhile, Ed Hoekstra is the player who gets the least publicity with Springfield. He just goes unnoticed by the fans and press. But the 33 year old veteran is valuable to the club. Despite his age, he does everything, killing penalties, works the power play and gets those badly needed faceoffs.He is so important Coach John Wilson also named him to be one of the alternate captains. One can wonder sometimes how Eddie makes it through a game, he does so many jobs and puts in so much ice time.Not a fast skater by any means, Hoekstra came here this season from the Denver Spurs in a trade for Jim Peters. Ed was just not satisfied being so far away from his family in St. Catharines, Ontario.Last winter Ed stayed out of hockey since he did not want to be away from his family. He sat out the season at home. Then Springfield coach Jim Anderson tried to get him for the Kings without success. Hoekstra has a tremendous record. In several seasons with Cleveland and Quebec in the AHL. he scored 105 goals and 201 assists. He gives the Springfield team the type of valuable centerman who can shoot, score and do a variety of jobs. In 1967, he played with the Philadelphia Flyers and potted 15 goals, 21 assists for 36 points.Eddie&rsquo;s great AHL years came with the Quebec Aces when he hit for 20, 24 and 28 goal seasons. In 1959, his first year in the AHL with Cleveland, he scored 20 goals. Two years ago with Denver, he tallied a total of 69 points with 20 goals and 49 assists.His record is tremendous when it is considered he does so many extra jobs in addition to taking his regular turn on the ice. &#9632;

f0022-02

AHL Kinas ‘Losers’Ln Trade

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02120/2941110-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="255" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gil Gilbert</figcaption></div>The return of veteran center Gil Gilbert to the lineup coupled with reorganization of the forward lines lit an Appolo 14-like blastoff to the Hershey Bears who had been floundering of late in the American League&rsquo;s Western Division cellar.Gilbert, who had been shelved for a long spell with a knee injury, broke into the lineup on Jan. 20 and in a five game span his line of Michel Harvey and Ted Snell combined for 19 points. The trio hit for 10 goals and 11 assists.In the interim, general manager-coach Frank Mathers put center Bob Leiter with wingers Ross Webley and Jean Gratton. As a unit in four games the line also racked up 21 points on nine goals and 12 assists.Rookie Dan Bouchard took over the goaltending duties and with the &ldquo;new look&rdquo; lineup Hershey began winning, whipping Springfield twice, Rochester once and tieing Montreal.In the short span the club showed 23 goals for and only nine against.Prior to the changes, Hershey had lost four straight overall and had won only one of its last 11 home starts.The Bears other forward line is composed of center Mike Nykoluk and wingers Stan Gilbertson and Frank Spring. In the unbeaten four game streak, the line contributed seven points on three goals and four assists.Meanwhile, Hershey obtained on loan winger George Swarbrick from the Philadelphia Flyers. The 20-year-old forward had been with the Baltimore Clippers.As yet he hadn&rsquo;t appeared in the Hershey lineup, but Mathers said he &ldquo;should be able to fit in okay when we need him.&rdquo;At present Mathers has 22 skaters, though one, center Chuck Hamilton, is still recovering from a broken leg suffered in a pre-season exhibition game.Mathers said he&rsquo;s still in quest of another &ldquo;high scoring forward.&rdquo;He said he may try &ldquo;to place&rdquo; (farm out) a couple of the extra hands or &ldquo;swing a deal&rdquo; for the type of scorer he has in mind.The Bears closed a nine game home stand in January with a 3-4-2 mark for eight of a possible 18 points after coming off a losing standard (0-2-2) in December.When the Bears return from their current six game road stand they have only a dozen games remaining at the Sports Arena, where the club&rsquo;s been unable to meet with much success this season.However, last year the club turned in a brilliant finish in the stretch drive, going unbeaten in its last 11 home starts to close second in the Western Division.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01159/2941103-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="550" height="684"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE SWARBRICK &hellip; Loaned To Hershey</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0023-02

Gilbert Return Lights Spark Under Bears

<div class="byline">BY BOB BROWN</div>CLEVELAND&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0394/2941141-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="265" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Kurt</figcaption></div>The Cleveland Barons, a hockey club just beginning to put it all together, came battling back against Baltimore&rsquo;s 10 point lead on a six-game road swing to move back into a challenging position for first place.Coach Parker MacDonald&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mod Squad&rdquo; won four of six during a crucial road trip just concluded and one of the four victories was an 8-3 pasting of the Clippers in Baltimore.A big factor in the Barons&rsquo; resurrgence was the goaltending of young Gary Kurt. Kurt, the third year pro who sparkled in the Cleveland net during the latter stages last season, played five of the six games allowing just 11 goals in that stretch. Kurt had one shutout to his credit too, a 60 whitewashing of Quebec as the Barons increased their road record to a very fine 12-10-1. The Cleveland skaters, have totalled more points on the road than on home ice where their play to date has been less than consistent.However, General Manager John Muckier believes the young Barons are just beginning to come together. Muckier all season long, has maintained that the Cleveland skaters would improve after the first of January and it appears his prophesy was on target.Cleveland now is involved in a part of its schedule where eight of 11 games are on home ice. The Barons are within striking distance of first place Baltimore and can gain ground on the veteran Clippers in the next, two weeks.While Cleveland is enjoying that home ice advantage, though, Baltimore aso is playing six of 10 games at home including two face-offs with the Barons. The Clippers are at Cleveland once in the period ending February 21 st.While Kurt&rsquo;s goals allowed average dropped to a nifty 2.61, the Barons offense clicked for 26 goals in the six game tour. Center Joey Johnston contributed 13 points on three goals and 10 assists to take over the club&rsquo;s scoring leadership and newcomer McKechnie scored at better than a point a game clip. &#9632;

f0023-03

Kurt Sharp As Barons Roar Back

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>PORTLAND&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0464/2941224-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="262" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Jones</figcaption></div>The Western Hockey League was in a turmoil. The Portland Buckaroos were still on top by 12 points but they had lost three games in a row.Portland was rife with rumors. One San Diego paper reported a team meeting to discuss defenseman Rick Foley missing two practices and one curfew in a week plus his penalty record, although there was nothing in the Portland Press.Foley took 14 penalties in three games.No matter what went on in private, the Buckaroos performed in public. A total of 32,650 fans saw them rebound for a three-game win streak in three days.A crowd of 11,709 at Seattle watched the Buckaroos erupt for three goals in a 35-second span to overcome a Totems&rsquo; lead for a 7-5 victory as Norm Johnson&rsquo;s line skated like rookies.Johnson, 38, scored two goals. So did Andy Hebenton, the amazing 41-year-old who is approaching his 1,600th game in pro hockey. They left it up to the rookie of the line, Bill Saunders, 33, to fire the hat trick.The next night at San Diego, 13,622 sat in while the Buckaroos&rsquo; Jim McLeod scored his fifth shutout of the season, 4-0, and the Connie Madigan-led Buckaroos defense limited the Gulls to 15 shots inside the blueline and 16 outside.Then, the Buckaroos were forced by fog to overfly Portland, land in Seatlle and bus back home a couple of hours before meeting the second place Phoenix Roadrunners.That and a smaller turnout of 7,319 (the Buckaroos seem least appreciated at home) failed to spoil Art Jones&rsquo; birthday party.Jones, entering his 37th year, scored his second hat trick of the season and the Buckaroos ran their unbeaten streak in Portland&rsquo;s Glass Palace against the Roadrunners to 20. The streak dates back to Feb. 28, 1968, when the WHL had overtime games.The Bucks are tough on their 85 x 185 foot ice surface (everywhere else in the WHL the ice measures 85 x 200) with only two losses this season in 20 games. They were to Denver and San Diego.Jones now has 26 goals 38 assists and 64 points, just one behind San Diego&rsquo;s Bob Courcy as the Portland center pursues his third consecutive scoring title.As for Foley, he is on an 18 game consecutive penalty-getting string, accumulating 111 minutes in that span and 153 minutes on the season.ICE SHAVINGS: Jones&rsquo; other uses for his stick, which required 12 stitches in San Diego center and former teammate Gerry Goyer&rsquo;s chin prompted San Diego manager-coach Max McNab to remark: &ldquo;He likes to go for the head, doesn&rsquo;t he? If Jones isn&rsquo;t careful, he&rsquo;s going to seriously injure someone.&rdquo; On the relationship between Jones and Goyer, McNab added: &ldquo;You could say they don&rsquo;t exchange Christmas cards.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0551/2941217-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="539" height="584"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY HEBENTON &hellip;Iron Man Rolls On</figcaption></div> &#9632;

f0024-04

Aroused Buckaroos Too Draw Around WHL

DENVER&mdash;The Denver Spurs most valuable player award this year could go to a woman.The financially troubled Spurs were on the brink of folding late last month. A Western Hockey League meeting was called in San Francisco at which Spurs&rsquo; president Bennett King planned to throw in the towel.Then the team&rsquo;s secretary Billye Tellinger said she wouldn&rsquo;t allow it. She resigned her job so she could go to work for the club for free.&ldquo;I think this silly town needs this dumb team,&rdquo; says Mrs. Tellinger, who can become extremely emotional when discussing her Spurs.Together with Dan Polsby, A Denver attorney who is the penalty timekeeper and the Spurs&rsquo; No 1 fan, she began soliciting donations.She telephoned Jerry Phipps, owner of a construction company who with his brother Allan, an attorney, owns the Denver Broncos of the National Football league and the Denver of baseball&rsquo;s American Association.Jerry donated $5,000 and when Allan heard, he kicked in with another five grand. Donations began flowing in and in a couple of days went over the $50,000 mark-enough to operate until the end of February.Manager-coach Rudy Pilous voluntarily went on half salary for the remainder of the season.The players donated the next game without salary. So did the off-duty Denver policemen who provide the security force as well as the usherettes, the goal judges, timekeepers. Just about anyone.The game was a sellout, a record 8,811.The Spurs didn&rsquo;t disappoint. They climbed all over the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles 8-1 to start a three-game 72-hour win streak. They downed the Eagles 4-2 the following night at Salt Lake and went into Seattle for a 6-0 shutout, Wayne Rutledge&rsquo;s second of the season and the Spurs&rsquo; third.The Spurs, outscoring the opposition 18-3 in their weekend blowout, were 7-3-1 for the past month, had regained fourth place and were only three points out ol second, two out of third.Their next game, scheduled for the 4,300 seat Denver University arena, was expected to be another sellout.&ldquo;If we get neonle in the habit of sellout games, I think it&rsquo;s going to be a lot of fun,&rdquo; said Billye. &ldquo;The fans have finally gotten emotionally involved. You don&rsquo;t know what you have until you&rsquo;re going to lose it. The same thing happened to the Broncos a couple of years ago.&rdquo; &#9632;

Huge Save-the-Spurs Movement Pays Dividend — On And Off fee

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE</h3>(Standing on Tues. Feb. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01170/2941186-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="563" height="233"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Affiliations: 2-Detroit. 4-New York. 5-Chicago 6-Toronto. 7-Los Angeles. 14 Buffalo.)</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Feb. 3Denver 2 at Portland 11Thurs. Feb. 4Salt Lake 5 at San Diego 5Denver 4 At Seattle 4Fri. Feb. 5San Diego 2 at Denver 2Salt lake 8 at Phoenix 6Sat. Feb. 6San Diego 6 at Salt Lake 4Seattle 3 at Portland 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Feb. 9Portland at SeattleWed. Feb. 10Denver at San DiegoSalt Lake at PortlandFri. Feb. 12Denver at San DiegoSalt Lake at SeattleSat. Feb. 13San Diego at Salt LakeSeattle at PortlandSun. Feb. 14Phoenix at Salt LakePortland at SeattleTues. Feb. 16Seattle at PhoenixWed. Feb. 17Seattle at Solt LakeSan Diego at PortlandThurs. Feb. 18Seattle at DenverFri. Feb. 19Phoenix at Denver<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Jan. 3)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02118/2941179-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="572" height="333"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0383/2941172-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="573" height="329"></div><h2>Western League Summaries</h2><h2>Tues. Jan. 19 SEATTLE 5 at PHOENIX 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Veneruzzo (Legge, Jones)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:202&mdash;Phoenix, Charlebois (McCaskill, Wilcox)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:19Penalties: Jones 0:25, Hughes, Ward 0:35; Murray 4:07 Hicks, Schmautz 9:12, Paradise 10:59.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Seattle, Michie (Holmes, Paradise)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:474&mdash;Seattle, Schmautz&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:185&mdash;Phoenix, Hughes (Lund, Acomb)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:50Penalties: Show 6:19, Hucul 7:57; Schmautz 13:33.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Seattle, Schmautz (Honna, Jones)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:267&mdash;Seattle, Krnbbs&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:36Penalties: McCaskill 8:12.Saves: Brooks (Phoenix) 20, Head (Seattle) 31.<h2>Wed. Jan. 20 DENVER 4 at SALT LAKE 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Miller (Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:302&mdash;Denver, Hughes (Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:44Penalties: Rothwell 2:09; Graham 6:06; Robertson 12 37; Bradley 14:39, 18:26.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Denver, Peters (Martin, Bond)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:204&mdash;Salt Lake, Ellett (Mazur, Kassian)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:59Penalties: Lagace 7:05; Mavety 7:26; Cuddie 10:50; Lagace 12:19.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Salt Lake, Kuntz&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:566&mdash;Denver, Mavety (Marcetto)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:45Penalties: Bond, McDonald 8:26; Larose 10:34.Saves: Charron (Salt Lake) 32, Rutledge (Denver) 27.Attendance: 4.124<h2>Thurs. Jan. 21 SEATTLE 4 at PHOENIX 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Veneruzzo (Jones, Hanno)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:092&mdash;Phoenix, Barlow (Murray, Paterson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:413&mdash;Phoenix, Young (Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:35Penalties: Young 5:36; Boehm, Wilcox 8:00; Holmes<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Phoenix, Wilcox (Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:505&mdash;Phoenix, Hicks (Paterson, Barlow)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:086&mdash;Phoenix, Odrowski (Lund, Hinse)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:507&mdash;Pheonix, Hicks (Paterson, Barlow)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:008&mdash;Seattle, Stratton (Michie, Hanna)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:249&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Knibbs, Michie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:00Penalties: Paroidise 13:42.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>10&mdash;Phoenix, Hicks (Hucul, Barlow)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:2111&mdash;Seattle, Jones (Knibbs)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14.16Penalties: Wilcox 2:36; Jones 8:08; Paradise 8 54, Perry 10:42; Murray 13:05; Stratton 17:33.Saves: Edwards (Phoenix) 15, Head-Surmoy (Seattle)30Attendance: 5,114<h2>Fri. Jan. 22 PORTLAND 2 at DENVER 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Hughes (Laforge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:452&mdash;Portland, Bellerive (Pearson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:55Penalties: Campbell, Bradley 10:43, Foley 17:24.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Denver, Hughes (McCord, Mavety)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:204&mdash;Denver, Martin&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8.125&mdash;Denver, Bond (Peters, Larose)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:56Penalties: Jones 1:54; Foley 4:18; Bradley 5:03; Pearson, Laforge 16:25.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Denver, Marcetto (Graham, Sentes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:427&mdash;Portland, Jones (Leach)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:54Penalties: Foley 1:42, Foley 11:25Saves: Caron (Denver) 23; Kelly (Portland) 39.Attendance: 4,286<h2>SAN DIEGO 3 at SALT LAKE 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Son Diego, Nicholson (Courcy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:252&mdash;Salt lake, Kassian (Lagace, McDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:223&mdash;Salt Lake, McDonald (Fielder, Lacombe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:23Penalties: Evons 2:06, Cardiff 5:33, Lagace 10:58.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;San Diego, Courcy (Nicholson, Goyer)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:585&mdash;Salt Lake, Robertson (Hodgson, McDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:426&mdash;Salt Lake, Mazur (Ellett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:16Penalties: Spencer, Kassian, 2:27, San Diego Bench 13:39, Evans, Rothwell 5:29, Kutnz 9:06, Robertson, 14:30, Cuddie 17:01, O&rsquo;Ree 18:09.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;San Diego, Courcy (Nicholson, Goyer)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:478&mdash;Salt Lake, Kassian (Fielder, Cuddie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:53Penalties: Rathwell 4:18.Saves: Charron (Salt Lake) 24, McCartan (Son Diego) 35.Attendance: 7,118.<h2>Sat. Jan. 23 PORTLAND 0 at SALT LAKE 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Salt Lake, Kuntz (Robertson, Lagoce)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:082&mdash;Salt Lake, McDonald (Fielder, Myers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:56Penalties: Ellett 1:02, Van Impe 3:03, Donaldson 5:08, Kassian 5:26, Lacombe 13:30, Foley 16.05, 18:53, Pearson 19:59<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Salt Lake, McDonald (Fielder, Lacombe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:474&mdash;Salt Lake, Deadmorsh (Lagoce, McNabb)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:54Penalties: McKay 3:40. Fielder 8:28, Lagoce 10:35, Kassian 14:25.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Salt Lake, Robertson (Kuntz, Rathwell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:026&mdash;Salt Lake, Robertson (McNabb, Rathwell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:077&mdash;Salt Lake, Robertson (Kuntz, Rathwell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:35Penalties: Foley 8:11, Madigan 9:56, Portland Bench 12:36, McKoy, 14:33, Deadmarsh 14:33, Campbell Lacombe 15:51.Saves: Charron (Salt Lake) 20, McLeod (Portland) 31.Attendance: 7,521.<h2>DENVER 4 at PHOENIX 7</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Bradley (Laforge, H. Hughes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:392&mdash;Phoenix, Wilcox (Shaw)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:303&mdash;Phoenix, Lund (F. Hughes, Hinse)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:35Penalties: Larose, lund 0:42, Graham 2:25, McCaskill. Bond 6:44, McCaskill, 11:40, Young 19:04.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Denver, Bond (Peters, Martin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:105&mdash;Denver, Bradley (Laforge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:28Penalties: Peters, Young 1:52, Bond 15:15.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Phoenix, Hinse (F. Hughes, Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:107&mdash;Phoenix, Shaw (Hinse, Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:148&mdash;Phoenix, Paterson (Hicks, Young)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:519&mdash;Phoenix, Hinse (Murray, F. Hughes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:1110&mdash;Phoenix, McCaskill (Dillabough, Charlebois)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:1411&mdash;Denver, Mavety (Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:03Penalties: Wilcox 1:34, Young 12:20.Saves: Edwards (Phoenix) 21. Rutledge (Denver) 24.Attendance: 11,528.<h2>SAND DIEGO 2 at SEATTLE 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Son Diego, Courcy (Miszuk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:352&mdash;Son Diego, Miszuk (Ronson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:413&mdash;Seattle, Perry (Holmes, Michie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:53Penalties: Jones 2:02 Paradise 5:07, McNeill (minor and misconduct) 18:18.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Cardiff 18.18.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Seattle, Schmautz&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:22Penalties: Fitzpatrick, Legge 3:11, Perry 5:39, Evans 7:39Saves: McCartan (San Diego) 19, Head (Seattle) 23. &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>SALT LAKE CITY&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01139/2941279-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="256" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption></div>The Salt Lake Golden Eagles have elected to go with youth but without one of te oldest player in the Westerns Hockey League, Guyle Fielder. 40, they don&rsquo;t go anywhere.Fielder has played more WHL games than anyone (1,260), scored more points (1686) and more assists (1,302).The 5-9, 165-pound center who was born in Potlach, Idaho, but raised across the border in Alberta, missed seven games recently with a knee inury.During his absence, the Eagles won two and lost five.His leftwinger. Dennis Kassian, score two goals and one assist. His rightwinger, Brian McDonald, scored one goal and two assists.In Golden Guyle&rsquo;s first game back, Kassian scored a hat trick. In Fielder&rsquo;s second game back, McDonald scored a hat trick.In his first six gqmes back. Fielder scored one goal and 10 assists. Kassian had five goals and three assists. McDonald&rsquo;s contribution was seven goals and two assists.WHISTLE STOPS:&mdash;One of the favorites in the Salt Palace is rookie Butch Deadmarsh who has piled up 60 minutes in penalties in 36 games. The Eagle fans almost tore the roof off when he scored his first pro goal and a couple of nights later, he notched No. 2 as a pro&hellip;The Eagles lost tough little defenseman, 5-8, 175-pound Jean Guv Lagace, 26, in a Buffalo deal to Pittsburgh but gained 5-9, 165-pound Terry Ball. &#9632;

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Eagles Distover Golden Gayle Hasn’t Lost Touch

PORTLAND &mdash;Phoenix Roadrunners&rsquo; defenseman Harry Shaw was served papers here in a $25,000 assault and battery suit.A Portland hockey fan charges Shaw struck him at a Jan. 10 game in Portland, causing brain concussion and damage.Shaw was in the Roadrunners team box when the post-game incident took place. Fans were milling around the box and exchanging words with the players. &#9632;

Phoenix Rearguard Faces Assault Suit

SAN DIEGO &mdash;The San Diego Gulls announced the acquistion of leftwinger Earl Heiskala from the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League.Heiskala, 6-0, 190, played 3&frac12; seasons in the Western Hockey League for the Seattle Totems and led the league in penalties with 157 minutes in 1967-68. He played in 41 games for Philly this year with two goals, one assist and 72 minutes in penalties.&ldquo;He is the big strong forward we think can help us,&rdquo; said Gulls&rsquo; coach Max McNab. &#9632;

Gulls Secure Eurl Heiskala

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01146/2941365-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="569" height="278"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Affiliations: 2-Detroit; 3-Boston, 4 New York; 5-Chicago, 6 Toronto; 8-Pittsburgh. 12 St-Louis)</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Feb. 2Fort Worth 4 at Amarillo 2Tulsa 2 at Dallas 4Omaha 2 at Oklahoma City 4Wed. Feb. 3Amarillo 2 at Kansas City 4Fri.Feb.5Tulsa 9 at Dallas 3Fort Worth 8 at Oklahoma City 3Omaha 4 at Kansas City 7Sat. Feb. 6Amarillo 2 at Dallas 3Fort Worth 4 at Omaha 6Tulsa 3 at Oklahoma City 4Sun. Feb. 7Oklahoma City 6 at Amarillo 3Fort Worth 2 at Kansas City 4Tulsa 2 at Omaha 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Feb. 9Omaha at DallasWed. Feb. 10Omoho at Fort WorthKansas City at Oklahoma CityFri.Feb. 12Konsa City at AmarilloDallas at TulsaFort Worth at Oklahoma CitySat. Feb. 13Amarillo at Kansas CityFort Worth at DallasOklahoma City at TulsoSun. Feb. 14Amarillo at OmahaDallas at Oklahoma CityTulsa at Fort WorthTues. Feb. 16Omaha at AmarilloDallas ot Fort WorthFri. Feb. 19Amarillo at Oklahoma CityKansas City at DallasOmoho at Tulso<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Jan. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0299/2941358-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="584" height="723"></div><h2>CHL Summaries</h2><h2>Sat. Jan. 16 OMAHA 6 at KANSAS CITY 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Gratton Hogaboam&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:352&mdash;Omaha, Androscik Apps&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:04Penalties: Evans 1:11, Omaha Bench 2 44, Wilson (major), C Bennett (major) 9:40<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Kansas City. Buchanan Croshley, Thomson&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:004&mdash;Omaha, DeMarco Ouellette, Jarry&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:355&mdash;Kansas City, C Bennett W. Bennett, Flegel&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:25Penalties: Hornung 7:29.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Omaha, Kannegiesser&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:497&mdash;Omaha, Androscik Wilson, Lefley&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:228&mdash;Omaha, Ouellette&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:06Penalties: Dupont 7:32, Hornung 11:00.Shots on goal; Omaha 35, Kansas City 21.ATTENDANCE: 4.614<h2>DALLAS 1 at OKLAHOMA CITY 8</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Flatt Boldirev. Cherry&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:52Penalties: Adair 1:00, Stewart 8:47<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Oklahoma City, BradleyKlatt, Boldirey&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:033&mdash;Dallas, Young Serviss, Long&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:384&mdash;Oklahoma City, MacLeish O&rsquo;Donnell. Adan&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:545&mdash;Oklahoma City&rsquo; Tannehill Sheppard. Hurley&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:376&mdash;Oklahoma City, MacLeish Adair, O&rsquo;Donnell&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:54Penalties: Harvey 8:55. Kearns 17:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Oklahoma City, MacLeish Boldirev, Klatt&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:268&mdash;Oklahoma City, Klatt Boldirev. Stewart&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:279&mdash;Oklahoma City, Klatt Boldirev, Brownlee&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:13Penalties: Kearns 2:21, O&rsquo;Donnell 8.01 Black 10:04.Shots on goals by: Oklahoma City 30, Dallas 26.ATTENDANCE: 6,26ce, 6,260<h2>Tues. Jan 19 OMAHA 1 at OKLAHOMA CITY 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Leach (Tannehill, Stewart)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:042&mdash;Omaha, Jarry (Ouellette, Lefley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:25Penalties: Newell 0:51.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Bradley, Dupont 3:43, MacLeish 7:04<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties. MacLeish 3:35Shots on goal by: Oklahoma City 29, Omaha 42Attendance: 2,695.<h2>Thurs. Jan. 21 OMAHA 5 at AMARILLO 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha. Lefley 13:162&mdash;Amarillo, Lomheim (Burns. Pafenaude) 15:263&mdash;Omaha, Gratton (Apps) 17:55Penalties: Miller (minor and major) 5:11. Bignell (major! 5:11, Heaney 8:21, Gratton 13:46<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Amarillo, Kessell (Cordwell, Simpson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:335&mdash;Amarillo, Kessell (Ball, Stewart)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5.426&mdash;Amarillo, Simpson&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:47Penalties; Dupont 5:05, Gratton 8:25, Lefley (major)Cardwell (major) 9:34. Stewart 14:54, Newell 17:50.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Omaha, Androscik (Apps. Gratton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:558&mdash;Amarillo, Kessell (Ball, Cardwell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:479&mdash;Omaha, Stefaniw (Ouellette)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:3110&mdash;Omaha, Dupont (Stefaniw, Miller)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:59Penalties: Dupont, 6:41, DeMarco, Swain, 9:00, Fitchner 16:27, Burns 18:29Shots on goals: Omaha 49, Amarillo 28.Attendance: 1.590.<h2>Fri. Jan. 22 OMAHA 2 at DALLAS 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Miller (Parizeou, Dupont)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:512&mdash;Dallas, Coffrey (Kearns, Lodboa)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:15Penalties: Stefaniw 3:51, Leblanc, Wilson 4:59, Dupont 14:54, Archambault 19:23<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Dallas, Maggs (Leblanc. Kearns)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:124&mdash;Omaha, Miller (Leblanc, Jarry)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:48Penalties: Dussiaume 18:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Dallas, Leblanc (Young, Long)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:106&mdash;Dallas. Lodboa (L&rsquo;Abbe. Coffrey)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:02Penalties: Morks, Coalter 3:32, Dupont 15:41.Saves, Bell (Omaha 26, Show (Dallas) 18Attendance: 3.068.<h2>TULSA 6 at KANSAS CITY 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa, Popiel (Brindley, K. Murray)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:542&mdash;Kansas City, Dennis (Marsh, Glenwright)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:193&mdash;Tulsa, Swenson (Dupere, O&rsquo;Flaherty)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:19Penalties: Flegel 139, K. Murray 4:55, Pronovost6:55<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Kansas City, W Bennett (Evans, C. Bennett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:375&mdash;Kansas City, W Bennett (C. Bennett, Lowe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:486&mdash;Kansas City, Glenwright (Buchanan, Earl)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:037&mdash;Kansas City, C. Bennett (Lowe, Dennis)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:398&mdash;Tulso, Moser (Robert, Hargreaves,&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18.50Penalties; Proceviof 17:15.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Kansas City, Evans (Buchanan, W. Bennett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:1610&mdash;Tulsa, Swenson (Dupere, O&rsquo;Floherty)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:4311&mdash;Tulsa, Payette (Robert)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:3512&mdash;Tulsa, Popiel (Brindley&rsquo; 15:59Penalties: K. Murray 1:08, Desjardins 17.40.Shots on goal: Tulsa 40, Kansas City 33.Attendance: 3.842. &#9632;

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OMAHA &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0378/2941396-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="297" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Dea</figcaption></div>Those harbingers of doom who have been preparing to administer last rites to the Central Hockey League better take another look at the patient&rsquo;s chart.Reports of the CHL&rsquo;s demise are just a little premature, if attendance lately can be used as a guide.Take Omaha, for instance. The Knights played to three consecutive overflow crowds the weekend of Jan. 27-30 and led two other clubs over the 100,000 mark for home attendance.Both Oklahoma City and Fort Worth also passed the six-figure mark, both set single game attendance records and Fort Wort huns un a new CHL mark when 10,107 fans paid their way into a Jan. 30 game at that city&rsquo;s spacious Convention Center, the Wings&rsquo; temporary home when the stock show evicts them from Will Rogers Coliseum. Oklahoma City&rsquo;s record crowd was 9,038.And although Tulsa&rsquo;s turnstiles have not been turning at a record pace, the Oilers have twice set home attendance marks, drawing 6,300 for one game against arch rival Oklahoma City and eclipsing that with 6,400 in a return match against the Blazers.Dallas also broke an all-time attendance mark when 7,800 fans were crammed into the Hawks&rsquo; 7,500-seat Fair Park Coliseum.Omaha, thanks to the patient work of general manager Jake Milford, who aimed much of his promotion at youngsters during the leaner years, is well on its way to a second consecutive banner season at the gate.Fort Worth, too, should surpass all previous attendance figures despite an unattractive schedule that includes few weekend dates.As Jim Bishop, righthand man to Detroit Red Wing owner Bruce Norris, said recently: &ldquo;We really don&rsquo;t expect to make a profit out of our Central League team. But at the present pace, we will come close to breaking even or suffering a loss we can live with.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way you can place a price tag on the development of young talent. The NHL needs a place for young players to play, and the CHL serves that need.&rdquo;FORT WORTH: Wings acquired 37-year-old veteran Billy Dea from parent Detroit and cagey left winger became instant hit with fans by scoring three goals in first two games, all of them unassisted. Tom Martin on hot streak, scoring eight goals and nine assists in nine-game stretch to grab team scoring lead with 51 through 47 games. He had 20 goals. Alan Karlander became first Wing to record hat trick, doing it in span of 2:19 of middle period in game against Dallas on Jan. 30. Karlander had 18 goals in 23 games with FW. Wings won nine of 10 in one span under new coach Bob Lemieux.DALLAS: Rookie Dan Lodboa, a defenseman during his college career at Cornell, scored his 28th goal in Dallas&rsquo; 47th game to extend CHL lead in that department. Terry Caffery, slick center iceman, came off injury and sparked Hawks with brilliant playmaking. &ldquo;Best he&rsquo;s ever played for us,&rdquo; said coach Bobby Kromm. Bill Young climbed into second place on Dallas scoring list with 12 goals and 39 total points. Defenseman Darrell Maggs had nine goals and 20 assists, high up on the list of CHL blueliners. Don Gordon (20) and Ron Dussiaume (18) having fine Seasons.OKLAHOMA CITY: Blazers finally broke seven-game nonwinning streak and won first game in eight previous meetings with league-leading Omaha. Gregg Sheppard and Bill Klatt continue to pace Blazer attack. Veteran defenseman-center Dick Cherry back on ice after being sidelined with minor injury. Brian Bradley (16 goals) and Don Tannahill (17) en route to 20-plus seasons. Rookie Fred O&rsquo;Donnell finding range after slow start and had 13 goals in 47 games.AMARILLO: Veteran Terry Ball, apparently disturbed over being snubbed by parent Pittsburgh Penguins when NHL club needed emergency help on defense, informed club officials he was hanging up skates. Penguins then traded him off and acquired Jean Paul Lagace, who was to be assigned to Amarillo. Lagace wore Wrangler jersey two years ago. Rick Kessell, who scored 10 goals in 13-game stretch after being returned to Amarillo from duty in Pittsburgh, led club with 44 points (21 goals) in 37 games.TULSA: Gritty defenseman Gordie Nelson donned football helmet complete with face guard to protect broken jaw and jumped back into action as Oilers struggle to win CHL playoff berth. Scoring leader Cal Swenson in mild slump got Denis Dupere picking up slack. Rookies Jan Popeil and Jerry O&rsquo;Flaherty continue to impress. Dupere, who scored 33 goals at Omaha last season, and Rene Robert joined Swenson in elite 20-goal club.KANSAS CITY: Blue goalie Gary Edwards chalked up second shutout of season when he blanked Tulsa 1-0 on Jan. 31. Blues said fast hello and goodbye to veteran Gary Veneruzzo, who showed up for a couple of games before returning to AHL. Fred Hilts also had brief stay with Kaycee, suiting up for two games and then heading west for San Diego. Gary Marsh, who came to Kaycee from Phoenix., was injured in second Blues&rsquo; appearance. Promising rookie Curt Bennett also sidelined with ailment, hampering already weak offense. Tom Earl, 14 goals, and Ron Buchanan, 14 goals, head up KC attack, but Wendell Bennett, on loan from Omaha, most impressive.OMAHA: Knights&rsquo; wealth of talent being pilfered through trades by parent New York Rangers. First to go was center Syl Apps Jr., lost to Pittsburgh. Then it was big Tom Miller, swapped to Detroit. Miller had 18 goals and 29 assists in 44 games and was second leading scorer on club before trade. Big defenseman Andre Dupont, rookie-of-year last season, grabbed goal-scoring lead among CHL defensemen with 15th against Oklahoma City. Blue liner Ab DeMarco was next with 13. Pierre Jarrv broke out of slump with 25th and 26th goals of season. Rookie Mike Murphy had 17 and veteran Mike Parizeau notched 20th. &#9632;

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Three Clubs Ex teed 100,000 As Box Offites Boom In CHL

JULY 12 &mdash; AUG. 27 St. Marys, Ontario,&rsquo;Canada<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0458/2941434-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="247" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">WALT TKACZUK</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0550/2941427-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="258" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY SEGUIN</figcaption></div>&#9679;New York Ranger star Walter Tkaczuk and Danny Seguin of Vancouver Canucks along with 6 other instructors, are there IN PERSON every day.&#9679;Power skating instructions by skating professional.&#9679;One and two week sessions, boarding students and low family plan rates.&#9679;Full line skates and hockey equipment on sale at the school.&#9679;Learn from the pros.FOR A FREE BROCHURE, WRITE:WALTER TKACZUK HOCKEY SCHOOL,104 Birchcliff Ave., Kitchener, Ontario Canada. &#9632;

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THE WALTER TKACZUK HOCKEY SCHOOL

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 8)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01131/2941521-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="581" height="237"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0299/2941514-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="577" height="201"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Affiliations: 2-Detroit, 4-New York. 5-Chicago. 6-To ronto. I O-Philadelphia. Il-Minnesota, x-independent)</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon. Feb. 1Salem 3 at Long Island 8Tues. Feb. 2Charlotte 1 at Syracuse 1Nahsville 9 at Jacksonville 3Web. Feb. 3Charlotte 2 at New Haven 4Greensboro at Nashville (cancelled)Thurs. Feb. 4Johnstown 1 at long Island 2Charlotte 4 at New Jersey 4Jacksonville at Greensboro (postponed)Fri. Feb. 5Charlotte 4 at Clinton 2New Haven 2 at New Jersey 3Greensboro 6 at Jacksonville 1Salem 4 at Nashville 5Johnstown at Syracuse (postponed)Sat. Feb. 6Greensboro 3 at Nashville 2New Jersey 3 at Clinton 4Charlotte 8 at Long Island 5Syracuse 4 at Johnstown 6Salem 4 at Jacksonville 5Sun. Feb. 7Clinton 1 at New Haven 2New Jersey 0 at Long Island 6Charlotte 5 at Johsntown 7Salem 0 at Greensboro 6Jacksonville 7 at Nashville 11<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Feb. 8Jacksonville at SalemTues. Feb. 9Nashville at CharlotteWed. Feb. 10Clinton at Syracuse GGreensboro at New HavenNew Jersey at JohnstownThurs. Feb. 11Greensboro at SyracuseFri. Feb. 12Greensboro at ClintonJohnstown at Long IslandSyracuse at New JerseyCharlotte at SalemNashville at Jacksonville<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0374/2941507-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="580" height="276"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0468/2941500-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="580" height="284"></div><h2>NEW YORK METRO LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Jan. 27)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0554/2941493-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="572" height="172"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0646/2941486-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="571" height="170"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0740/2941479-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="575" height="259"></div><h2>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0837/2941472-1-eng-US/f0027-082.jpg" title="f0027-08" width="581" height="199"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0936/2941465-1-eng-US/f0027-092.jpg" title="f0027-09" width="586" height="332"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>NEW YORK&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1034/2941552-1-eng-US/f0027-102.jpg" title="f0027-10" width="259" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kevin Morrison</figcaption></div>If the plans at the latest Eastern Hockey League meeting materalize, there will be new team next season in St. Petersburg, Fla, and also one in Cape Cod. Mass, the following year.The Cape Cod team will join the Northern Division to expand that side to seven teams, and St. Petersburg will join the southern division whose total is questionable these days to the shaky status of Nashville and Jacksonville.Cape Cod would operate in the Mid-Cape area at a site to be determined later. The general manager of the new team is slated to be Johnny Crawford, a former Boston Bruins star. The Hynanis Port, Mass, group won&rsquo;t be ready until the 1972-73 campaign because it doesn&rsquo;t have a building as yet.St. Petersburg, however, is ready. It has a building where the Jacksonville Rockets have played some of their games last year and this season. An option was given to Walter Brock, a Tampa native who lives in Durham, N.C. where he operates the Raleigh-Durham Triangles base ball team of the Carolina league.Brock has until May 1 to decide whether he&rsquo;ll utilize the option he has been granted. The league insists that Brock and his backers produce the $30,000 necessary to get the franchise. That figures $20,000 for membership and $10,000 for oprations.Brock is concerned as to whether he can get suitable dates at the building here and also acquiring a source of players. He says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m now working on the dates and I&rsquo;m sure St. Petersburg can be an excellent city.Jacksonville is enthusiastic about the possibility of a nearby state rival. Bob Sabourin, head of the club, said, &ldquo;it would give us a rival close to us. It would also reduce travel expenses.&rdquo;Sabourin is still trying to rase money to operate his Rockets next year but he is confident he can do so. It&rsquo;s not so sure that Nashville will do likewise although the Dixie Flyers will complete this season. Owner Mark Parrish will wait until the season is over to evaluate his future actions.SALEM: Bob Lacey lost for season with ankle injury. Colin Kilburn blamed 12-hour bus ride for bad showing at Syracuse. Ray Woit suffered three-stitch eye cut from stick. Marcel Pelletier of Phillv Flyers, visited here and promised Rebels some future help. Kilburn feels early season purchase of Norm Bean from Jacksonville has paid dividends in club&rsquo;s defense.SYRACUSE: Blazers playing four games in Coliseum here due to unavailability of W&rsquo;ar Memorial. Club clowned its way to 129 win over Flying Fathers. Ray Adduono in scoring slump. A collection of $1,070 for George Guilbault was made among Blazers fans. Detroit GM Ned Harkness watched game with New Haven and indicated Red Wings and Blazers might work together Mike Pepin back on defense and Jim Whittaker on disabled list.NEW HAVEN: Mayor Bart Guida and others participated in night for George Guilbault in which more than $12,000 in gifts and money were presented to the Blade who recently lost his eye. Pierre Brind&rsquo;amour regained his shotting eye after a slump and is contender for northern scoring laurel. Blades one of top financial successes in league. Kevin Morrison was approaching 300 penalty minutes at last count.JACKSONVILLE: Coach Red Bownass at 40 made playing debut with Rockets but club was trounced by Charlotjte. Jim Pritchard dropped when Pierre Farmer and Ron Roberts came off injury list. Ron Low had 50 saves against Checkers. Club handicaped by availability of only two full lines due to injuries. Bownass upset by hot and cold play of his Rockets. Bob Sabourin still trying to raise capital for next season.CHARLOTTE: Checkers broke league record with 18 straight wins. Checkers did well despite having stretch of 14 games in 17 days and 10 games in 11 days with 8 on the road. John Gould had hat trick in first period against Jacksonville and John Rodger had another in same game. John Voss lost four shutouts in dying portions of games. He has six and could have had a dozen this season.CLINTON: Pat Kelly and players were honored at Rotary luncheon. Team entertained by Fan Cub. Don Herry-man sidelined with leg injury. Comets dismal road record starts&mdash;hurts chances. Len Speck&rsquo;s first goal of season was a 60-footer Dennis Desrosiers is club&rsquo;s champion sleeper on bus trips. Wren Blair threatened reprisals at contract time next year if personnel doesn&rsquo;t shape up.JOHNSTOWN: Dave Birch claimed on waivers. He played earlier this year for Long Island. Biggest crowd of season (3,350) saw Jets beat Long Island. GM John Mitchell heartened by club&rsquo;s recent road successes. Jets not too happy about recent brawl at Syracuse. Dick Roberge is doing well in road games and is No. 2 in scoring on club, topped only by Gene Peacosh.NASHVILLE: Dixie Flyers lost 12th straight to Charlotte without win. Wally Sprange has passed Ted McCaskill as No. 2 all-time club scorer. Only Wayne Clairmont is in front. George Standing&rsquo;s hat trick helped beat Jersey, Sprange holding southern scoring lead. Club had big crowds on boy scout and girl scout nights.JERSEY: Some fans disenchanted by replacement of Wayne Kitchen as coach with Jim &ldquo;Red Eye&rdquo; Hay&hellip;Kitchen has been placed on disabled list while he ponders whether to continue as a player with club&hellip;Hav may in future but would rather be bench skipper&hellip;Devils had 13-game string without a win to crimp chances of gaining playoff berth. Dave Lee still northern scoring leader.LONG ISLAND: Gordon Bradley may get second shot with Ducks. Ed Stankiewicz talking deals with IHL teams Guy DeNoncourt blanked Clinton. &#9632;

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St. Petersburg Likely New Entry; EHL Pours Out Heart For Guilbault

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Wed. Feb. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01121/2941583-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="587" height="268"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Affiliations 1-Montreal; 2-Detioit; 3-Boston; 5-Chicago. 8-Pittsbuigh, 9-Californio; x-independent).</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Feb. 2Port Huron 4 at Des Moines 3Wed. Feb. 3Muskegon 1 at Toledo 0Flint 3 at Dayton 5Thurs. Feb. 4Port Huron 3 at Des Moines 8Fri. Feb. 5Dayton 2 at Flint 5Fort Wayne 4 at Toledo 1Sat. Feb. 6Flint 1 at Toledo 2Fort Wayne 1 at Port Huron 3Dayton 0 at Muskegon 5Sun. Feb. 7Toledo 5 at Flint 7Des Moines 5 at Port Huron 3Muskegon 2 at Dayton 3<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Feb. 10Des Mojnes at DaytonFri. Feb. 12Dayton at Port HuronFort Wayne at ToledoMuskegon at Des MoinesSat. Feb. 13Fort Wayne at Port HuronDayton at ToledoMuskegon at Des MoinesSun. Feb. 14Fort Wayne at FlintPort Huron at DaytonTues. Feb. 16Flint at Des MoinesWed. Feb. 17Flint at Des MoinesPort Huron at Tole doMuskegon at Fort WayneThurs. Feb. 18Fort Wayne at DaytonFri. Feb. 19Dayton at FlintDes Moines at Muskegon &#9632;

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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

MUSKEGON &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0267/2941614-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="274" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Darrell Knibbs</figcaption></div>It looks like it&rsquo;s going to be a dog fight right down to the wire before the International Hockey League championship is decided.The Muskegon Mohawks and Dayton Gems were waging a battle for the top spot and neither club did much to alter the situation in last week&rsquo;s games.The Mohawks currently hold down first place with 63 points, six ahead of the Gems. However, the Gems had the advantage of two games in hand in the schedule up to Sunday, Feb. 7.The Mohawks, who have a whopping 201 goals for and only 151 against, won two games by shutouts and lost the third game by a close 3-2 count.Dayton, meanwhile split four games last week.The Mohawks shaded Toledo 1-0 and then blanked the Gems 5-0 in Muskegon. The Mohawks had a great opportunity to pull out in front of the Gems the next night in Dayton but lost 3-2.Apart from that victory, the Gems managed a 5-3 home ice triumph against Flint. But they lost 5-2 to Flint at Flint and then were blanked by the Mohawks.Des Moines and Flint aren&rsquo;t that far off the pace either. Des Moines is third with 55 points, one ahead of Flint.Goalie Lyle Carter, who saw action in a few games with the Montreal Voyageurs of the American Hockey League last season, returned to action and had his league-leading goals-against average down in the 2.50 area.He had been out 10 days with a broken thumb.Defenseman aim Banna-tyne, who got a brief call up to the Voyageurs last season when the AHL team was plagued with injuries to the defense, is getting ready to resume playing with the Mohawks.Bannatyne had his appendix removed Jan. 19 and started skating Feb. 3.IHL NOTES: Flint goalie Bob Perani got his first point in two seasons when he was credited with an assist recently. Gilles Meloche, the other Flint goaltender, has two assists this season &hellip; Marc Boileau has a strong hold on first place among the Fort Wayne Komets&rsquo; scorers. As of Feb. 2, Boileau had 14 goals and 25 assists for 39 points, four ahead of Mike Jakubo &hellip; Because of building conflicts, the Komets had to take to the road for five games before returning to home ice for a game Feb. 17 with the Mohawks. Fort Wayne then faces a weekend home series Feb. 20-21. The Komets meet Dayton Feb. 20 and then take on Toledo Feb. 21 &hellip; Wayne Zuk has scored at least one point in every game since coming to the Generals from Toledo. &#9632;

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Mohawks, Gems Still Battling At The Top

Experience counts &hellip; former U.S. Olympic stars Billy and Roger Christian, a&rsquo;ssisted by NHL players, know the technique of producing hockey sticks with proper balance, feel and durability. It&rsquo;s a great stick &hellip; Use it!<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0342/2941666-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="273" height="335"><figcaption class="caption-body">Louis Nanne</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0431/2941659-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="270" height="330"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Christian</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0524/2941652-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="269" height="330"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Christian</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0619/2941645-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="278" height="341"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Goldsworthy</figcaption></div>See Your Local Dealer or Write for LiteratureCHRISTIAN BROS., INC.Warroad,Minn. 56763(218)386-1111 &#9632;

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Hockey Sticks by Hockey Players

Featuring First Class NHL Instructors<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0716/2941739-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="280" height="369"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON ELLIS Star Winger Toronto Maple Leafs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0814/2941732-1-eng-US/f0028-082.jpg" title="f0028-08" width="297" height="361"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETER MAHOVLICH Left Winger Montreal Canadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0911/2941725-1-eng-US/f0028-092.jpg" title="f0028-09" width="293" height="377"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAUL HENDERSON Left Winger Toronto Maple Leafs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1012/2941718-1-eng-US/f0028-102.jpg" title="f0028-10" width="346" height="368"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROD SEILING Defense man New York Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-118/2941711-1-eng-US/f0028-112.jpg" title="f0028-11" width="338" height="386"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM WATSON Rugged Defenseman Buffalo Sabres</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-127/2941704-1-eng-US/f0028-122.jpg" title="f0028-12" width="358" height="369"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM LORENTZ Classy Center St Louis Blue;</figcaption></div>&#9679;Three Hours Ice Time Daily&#9679;Supervised Recreation Facilities&#9679;Complete Camping Program&#9679;Boating &#9679; Water skiing &#9679; Horseback Riding &#9679; Fishing &#9679; Golf &#9679; Shuffleboard &#9679; SwimmingEIGHT WEEKLY SESSIONSJULY 4-AUGUST 29Small On-The-Ice Sessions Limited Enrolment Be Sure To Apply Early<h2>ASSISTANT INSTRUCTORS</h2>Ken Murray &mdash; Toiontc Maple Leafs/Tulso OilersDon Liesemer &mdash; Montreal VoyageursDoug Brindley &mdash; Tulsa OilersRon Ingram &mdash; former New York RangersPat Ti ms &mdash; Toronto MarlborosSheldon Kannegiesser &mdash; Omaha KnightsJohn Dolby &mdash; Long Island Ducks<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-135/2941697-1-eng-US/f0028-132.jpg" title="f0028-13" width="949" height="486"></div> &#9632;

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SUNDRIDGE HOCKEY CAMP

<h2>WCHA CONFERENCE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0191/2941819-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="590" height="333"></div><h2>ECAC CONFERENCE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 1)<h3>DIVISION I</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0266/2941812-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="584" height="606"></div><h3>DIVISION II</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0341/2941805-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="579" height="978"></div><h2>NEW YORK COLLEGE LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Jan. 26)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0432/2941798-1-eng-US/f0029-042.jpg" title="f0029-04" width="579" height="269"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0530/2941791-1-eng-US/f0029-052.jpg" title="f0029-05" width="584" height="301"></div><h2>MINNESOTA COLLEGE LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Thurs. Jan. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0620/2941784-1-eng-US/f0029-062.jpg" title="f0029-06" width="579" height="298"></div><h2>FINGER LAKES COLLEGE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0715/2941777-1-eng-US/f0029-072.jpg" title="f0029-07" width="578" height="266"></div><h2>IVY LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Jan. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0812/2941770-1-eng-US/f0029-082.jpg" title="f0029-08" width="582" height="265"></div> &#9632;

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COLLEGE RACES

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div>LOS ANGELES &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0911/2941850-1-eng-US/f0029-092.jpg" title="f0029-09" width="263" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Backstrom</figcaption></div>Ralph Backstrom has only one regret.He wishes he was 21 years old again instead of 33 and starting his National Hockey League career all over again.&ldquo;I feel great in this entirely new environment and it&rsquo;s wonderful to play a lot,&rdquo; said the veteran center the newest member of the Los Angeles Kings.&ldquo;This is like a different part of the world.&rdquo;Backstrom, who joined the Kings last week after a trade with the Canadiens, had just scored two goals that help beat his former team-mates 6-3 in Jack Kent Cooke&rsquo;s Fabulous Forum.Backstrom was a little confused at first but he didn&rsquo;t take long to get into the game.&ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t look the guvs in the face, I didn&rsquo;t know whether I&rsquo;d laugh or cry.&rdquo; Backstrom said while standing in his Kings&rsquo; uniform &mdash; No. 9 and all &mdash; after having worn a Montreal uniform for 12&frac12; NHL seasons.&ldquo;I guess I was a little buckshy. facing those guys, but I played against Jean (Beliveau) so many times in practice at Montreal.&ldquo;I took a little rap from Marc Tardif and that woke me up. But one time, on a line change, I caught myself skating to the Montreal bench.&rdquo;.Backstrom&rsquo;s two goals were key ones and they gave him a mark of three goals and two assists in his first six games with L.A.Backstrom took advantage of a tripping penalty to defenseman Terry Harper to score his first goal and give the Kings a 5-2 lead.The pint-sized center then cut in from the right side and deked goalie Rogatien Vachon for the Kings final goal.Bob Berry, another ex-Canadien who has been one of the Kings better producers this year, had a great night against Montreal in the same game with a goal and three assists.KINGS THINGS: The Kings three goals in a 47-second span against the Canadiens Feb. 6 set a club record &hellip; Bob Berry. L.A.&rsquo;s candidate for rookie of the year, and Juha Widing were pacing the Kings in the hopes of gaining a West Division playoff berth. Widing had 17 goals and 27 assists after the Kings 51st game and Berry was close on his heals in second place in team scoring &hellip; Bill Flett has equalled his point total for all of last season at 32 &hellip; with 41 points in the standings, based on 15 victories and if ties in 51 games, the Kings surpassed their total of 38 for all of last season &hellip; The Kings home schedule in February took on the look of an all star lineup &hellip; After the Montreal game, Detroit visited the Kings Feb. 10, Boston plays here Feb. 20, Montreal again Feb. 25 and Chicago Feb. 27. &#9632;

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Trade To Kings Providing Hockey Lift For Backstrom

LAVAL COLLEGE SPORTS CENTER 5 SEPARATE SESSIONSJuly 25-31 Aug. 1-7 Aug. 8-14 Aug. 15-21 Aug. 22-28<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-108/2941909-1-eng-US/f0029-102.jpg" title="f0029-10" width="405" height="504"><figcaption class="caption-body">YVAN COURNOYER Montreal Canadians</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-117/2941902-1-eng-US/f0029-112.jpg" title="f0029-11" width="408" height="523"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAROL VADNAIS California Golden Seals</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-126/2941895-1-eng-US/f0029-122.jpg" title="f0029-12" width="1079" height="827"><figcaption class="caption-body">HEAD INSTRUCTOR HENRI RICHARD</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-133/2941888-1-eng-US/f0029-132.jpg" title="f0029-13" width="418" height="510"><figcaption class="caption-body">J.C. TREMBLAY Montreal Canadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-142/2941881-1-eng-US/f0029-142.jpg" title="f0029-14" width="446" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGATIEN VACHON Montreal Canadiens</figcaption></div>FOR INFORMATION WRITE:HENRI RICHARD Hockey School Inc., P.O. Box 657, Montreal 101, P.O. &#9632;

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HENRI RICHARD HOCKEY SCHOOL

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 2)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01114/2941996-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="585" height="200"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0269/2941989-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="581" height="202"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0345/2941982-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="590" height="664"></div><h2>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0433/2941975-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="583" height="201"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0532/2941968-1-eng-US/f0030-052.jpg" title="f0030-05" width="589" height="437"></div><h2>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Thurs. Feb. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0624/2941961-1-eng-US/f0030-062.jpg" title="f0030-06" width="583" height="232"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0717/2941954-1-eng-US/f0030-072.jpg" title="f0030-07" width="590" height="288"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Thurs. Feb. 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0813/2941947-1-eng-US/f0030-082.jpg" title="f0030-08" width="583" height="204"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0911/2941940-1-eng-US/f0030-092.jpg" title="f0030-09" width="585" height="435"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div>EDMONTON &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-1010/2942027-1-eng-US/f0030-102.jpg" title="f0030-10" width="278" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Greg Boddy</figcaption></div>To outsiders, hockey sometimes appears as the least scientific of the major sports. Football teams spend a full week between games viewing films and mapping strategy. In baseball, pitchers continually study batters in search of weaknesses and smart managers win pennants by evaluating the percentages on the hit-and-run, squeeze play and assorted other manoeuvres.Even basketball has its myriad of zones and presses.In contrast, hockey players seem to be in a state of continual freelancing as they whirl back and forth down the ice. The reasons are two-fold. Hockey is so fast that its players have little time to meditate over their next move. Then too, there is that schedule. With an average of three games a week, football-like preparations are impossible.Despite this, hockey is far more scientific than most people realize. An example is the statistician that most good teams carry. Such a man is Merv McDonald, a young Edmonton insurance man who keeps statistics for the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Canada League in his spare time.McDonald records almost everything &hellip; number of faceoffs each player wins and loses; shots aimed at the net; shots that actually reach the net; shots charged against a player (the player who had the last chance to stop the opponent from shooting is usually charged); hits (bodychecks), and, the important &ldquo;plus-minus&rdquo; record which discloses which players were on the ice when either team scores.One of the more revealing statistics is the number of times a player loses the puck in either his own or the other team&rsquo;s zone (these zones extend from the blueline in; McDonald doesn&rsquo;t bother to chart pucks lost between the bluelines since they are rarely as important to the outcome of the game.)&ldquo;Lost pucks are called turnovers, and they&rsquo;re the single most important cause of a team losing,&rdquo; says McDonald. In a recent loss to Calgary, McDonald discovered that the Oil Kings lost the puck 32 times in their own end.&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re guilty of more than 15 or 16 turnovers in your own zone, you&rsquo;re going to have a couple of cheap goals scored on you,&rdquo; he adds. &ldquo;Very few goals are scored from outside the blueline. Usually they result from a team stealing or losing the puck in its own end.&rdquo;Two years ago, McDonald&rsquo;s records showed that Oil King defense man Greg Boddy. now a pro with Montreal Voyageurs of the AHL, was continually losing the puck in his end, and it was costing valuable goals. The Oil Kings decided to watch Boddy closely in future games, and they discovered that he was making the same move every time.&ldquo;He would pick up the puck in the corner and start to circle around the net, but then stop and come back.&rdquo; says McDonald. &ldquo;Other teams eventually caught on and simply sent a forward in after him.&rdquo; Boddy quickly corrected his mistakes and is now an excellent pro defenceman.The Oil King management also looks closely at each player&rsquo;s &ldquo;plus-minus&rdquo; record. The player with the best record is rookie defenceman Tom Bladon (his &ldquo;plus&rdquo; total is much higher than his &ldquo;minus&rdquo;, which means he has been on the ice for far more Oil King goals than opposition tallies).&ldquo;This shows he&rsquo;s got an excellent pro future,&rdquo; says McDonald, recalling that another defenceman, Bobby Orr, also has. an outstanding plus-minus ratio. &ldquo;Bladon isn&rsquo;t on the ice for as many of his team&rsquo;s goals as Orr, but he&rsquo;s also on for a lot fewer enemy goals than Orr.McDonald keeps a special plus-minus column for goals scored when the Oil Kings have the man advantage or are playing shorthanded. He has found that Edmonton is scoring bn about 20 per cent of its power play chances whereas the opposition is scoring only 14 per cent of the time.McDonald is also kept busy recording such things as &ldquo;important goals&rdquo; (the first goal of a game, tying and winning goals are considered important), goalie averages, plus the normal scoring and penalty summaries. He handles the chore at all Oil King home games and 15-20 per cent of away contests.After each game he gives his stat sheets to the coaching staff, which interprets them.Glaring mistakes are worked on in the next practice. &#9632;

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WCHL Adopts Scientific Approach

SASKATOON&mdash;Orest Kindrachuk of Saskatoon Blades has become the first WCHL player this season to break the 100-point barrier in individual scoring&hellip;Regina Pats are easily the league&rsquo;s best overtime club. Although overall, Pats have won less than half their games, they have scored nine wins in their 12 overtime contests and two of the other three were ties.The WCHL goalie with the best winning percentage is young Sam Clegg of Saskatoon. He has appeared in only three games but has won them all&hellip;Stan Weir of Medicine Hat is fashioning a reputation as the top rookie find of the season. He is eighth among WCHL scorers and no other first-year man can boast of so high a ranking.The story in the goaltending department presents a familiar picture with Calgary Centennials&rsquo; Ed Dyck leading with a 2.30 average and Estevan&rsquo;s Grant Green setting the pace for shutouts with five. Green&rsquo;s average, 2.73, is good for second spot, while Kevan Migneault is the runner-up in shutouts with four.Glen Irwin of Estevan is the league&rsquo;s badman with 184 minutes in penalties, while Bob McKinstry of Flin Flon is second (176) and Calgary&rsquo;s Len Friff is third (167). &#9632;

Saskatoon Star First To Crack 100 Points

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