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March 5, 1971

The Hockey News March 5, 1971

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT &mdash;Some day, hockey people have been saying for years, Gordie Howe is going to slow down.Well, sad to say, the unwinding is in the process in this, Howe&rsquo;s 25th year in the National Hockey League.Actually it began last season when that left wrist started paining him so much that he started turning into a one-handed hockey player.It was some decline &mdash; sure he dropped out of the top five in scoring for the first time in 21 phenomenal years. But he still triggered 31 goals, set up 40 more, helped the Red Wings to a third place finish and made the first All-Star team.And he dropped to ninth place in scoring.This season the hurts have multiplied and on top of that, the Wings have been in an almost constant state of turmoil, a situation that makes an already long season much, much longer.First there was the adjusting to a new coach after the years of Sid Abel&rsquo;s soft shoe approach. There was the adjustment of a new position for the game&rsquo;s premier right wing &mdash; he was switched to defense in training camp and played creditably.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01795/3031970-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="260" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>Howe did it despite the pain in his left wrist from springtime surgery which was supposed to correct his arthritic condition and remove bone chips.Always a fast healer in the past &mdash; the durable westerner missed only two games the last nine seasons, just 20 games in 21 years &hellip; that&rsquo;s 20 out of 1,486 games!But the wrist isn&rsquo;t healing quickly. Then other players were injured, the club fell into a dismal slump, the players were unhappy with some of coach Ned Harkness&rsquo; methods and it was obvious that eventually there would be a showdown between Harkness and then general manager Sid Abel.Howe always has held himself back from front office affairs. Even when close friend Bill Gadsy was fired as coach just two games into last season, Howe didn&rsquo;t blast the management.As if the wrist, the slump and the turmoil weren&rsquo;t enough this season, Howe suffered rib injuries when he fell on the toe of Philadelphia Flyer defenseman Joe Watson&rsquo;s skate just after scoring his second goal of the game, his 10th of the season and it was in his 19th game.That knocked Howe out of action for a month and he wasn&rsquo;t fully recovered when he returned.And no sooner did he return than the front office situation blew up with Abel resigning, Harkness moving up to GM and immediately dealing players including Howe&rsquo;s linemate of the last few years, Frank Mahovlich.With Mahovlich and Delvecchio, Howe broke the single season goals record of his old Production Line, combining for 114 goals in 1968-69, a record that likely will be erased this season by Boston&rsquo;s Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman.Since Mahovlich left, Howe and Delvecchio have had several new linemates. Delvecchio was moved to the left side and Garry Unger tried at center before he was dealt.Rookie Guy Charron played with Howe and Delvecchio several games and now Tom Webster is being converted to right wing and working on the big line &mdash; he netted two goals in his first start with them.And Howe assisted on three goals in that game, a 4-0 whitewash of the Los Angeles Kings.Coach Doug Barkley showed a new wrinkle in the game, one designed to make it a little easier on Howe and Delvecchio the rest of the season &mdash; he spotted speedster Rene LeClerc first in Delvecchio&rsquo;s slot spot and then on Howe&rsquo;s wing to give them a little rest.That worked too with LeClerc picking up a goal and an assist while subbing for Delvecchio.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been a long season and they&rsquo;re tired,&rdquo; Barkley said in revealing he will excuse Howe and Delvecchio from most practices for the remainder of the season. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t need practice &hellip; they wrote the book on how to play hockey.&ldquo;And when they do get a breather, they come right back &mdash; look at Gordie with those three assists.&rdquo;After the previous game, a 5-3 defeat in Vancouver, Barkley fined 11 players $100 each for what he termed the poorest performance he had seen either as a player or a coach. While Howe didn&rsquo;t have a good game in that one, Barkley said he wasn&rsquo;t one of those fined &mdash; &ldquo;Gordie still gives 100 percent effort.&rdquo;Howe still has one year remaining on his two-year, $100,000 a year contract and when he signed it last fall he said it would be his last. He will be 44 when it expires and added: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m pushing my luck right now as far as injuries are concerned.&rdquo;By most standards, Howe is having a fine season &mdash; as of Feb. 17 he had 19 goals and 21 assists and ranked fourth in scoring among the Red Wings.But that&rsquo;s the lowest he&rsquo;s been practically since he was a teenager. He ranked 33rd in league scoring and that&rsquo;s the first time out of the top 10 since he was a kid &hellip; and remember he just dropped out of the top five last season for the first time in two decades.The winding down is visible now.RED WING NOTES: Rookie goalie Jim Rutherford celebrated his 22nd birthday three days early with his first NHL shutout and the Red Wings&rsquo; first of the season. Rutherford couldn&rsquo;t have been happier &mdash; his parents were in from Beeton, Ont., and saw the game with his wife.That wasn&rsquo;t a case of measles Guy Charron had &hellip; it was chicken pox, apparently contracted from his sister&rsquo;s children.Mickey Redmond, key man in the Frank Mahovlich deal, has had trouble recovering from the pulled ankle ligaments he suffered in the final minute of his first Red Wing game on Jan. 14 when Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Bob Woytowich fell on him.Redmond appeared in just two games in one month &hellip; and assisted on three goals.Coach Doug Barkley has been extremely pleased with the play of Red Berenson and defenseman Arnie Brown, two of the newer Red Wings. Mike Robitaille, who came along with Brown from New York, is working the right point on the power play &mdash; &ldquo;he&rsquo;s got a good shot, keeps it low and puts it on the net,&rdquo; Barkley said.The Howe-Howe-Howe Line debuted in a March of Dimes benefit game at Olympia &mdash; Gordie played with sons Marty, 17, and Mark 15. Mark is leading scorer for Olympia Agencies in the Southern Ontario Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; League with 101 points. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Howe In Final Stage Of Great NHL Career

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03649/3032366-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg"></div>21 YEARS IN NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PLAY<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04589/3032359-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="623" height="741"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALLAN STANLEY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05483/3032352-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="236" height="307"><figcaption class="caption-body">PUNCHI MLACH Special adviser to Beehive</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06413/3032345-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="247" height="303"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARV EDWARDS Former Goaler Toronto Leafs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07383/3032338-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="251" height="307"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON LUCE Center Detroit Red Wings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08360/3032331-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="243" height="313"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY DESJARDINS Goalkeeper Chicago Black Hawks</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09343/3032324-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="251" height="311"><figcaption class="caption-body">TIM HORTON Defenseman New York Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10321/3032317-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="251" height="301"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN MISZUK Ex-defenseman with Philadelphia</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11294/3032310-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="667" height="445"></div>ALLAN STANLEY&rsquo;S BEEHIVE HOCKEY CAMPFOR BOYS AGE 7 TO 17FENELON FALLS, ONT.SUMMER:FENELON FALLSONTARIO. CANADATelephone (705) 738-2343WINTER: (Nov. 1 &mdash; June 1)3000 Dufferin St., Ste. 904 TORONTO 19, ONT. CANADATelephone (416) 782-0909 &#9632;

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A WONDERFUL SUMMER VACATION PLUS THESE GREAT PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY COACHES

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01810/3031728-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="287" height="356"></div><h2>The Pressures Of Prominence</h2>MIKE WALTON IS ONLY 26 years of age. He is small, but skilled on skates and with a hockey stick. He turned pro in the 1965 season and scored 40 goals for Tulsa in the minors. He made the majors in the 1967 season and scored 30 goals for Toronto the next year, his first full campaign. He scored 22 goals the next season and 21 last year. But his bosses considered him temperamental and hard to handle and were unhappy with him. He had married into the Maple Leaf family, which seemed to compound the pressures on him to produce in Toronto.Early this season, the expression is his eyes hidden behind extravagant sunglasses, he said, &ldquo;I can remember when I was told Stafford Smythe had said I was a bum. For a long time after I deserved to be with Leafs, I was held back. It was crazy. After I made them, I slipped into a slump and Punch Imlach got down on me so bad I quit the team and asked to be traded but I was talked into returning. Last year, Imlach was gone but no matter what I did, I kept hearing I was a lousy defensive player or bad on the road. Nothing I do ever seems to satisfy them.&rdquo;He was being played irregularly early this season and in December he quit the team again. Leafs suspended him, but after Walton&rsquo;s lawyer Alan Eagleson appealed to the league, NHL president Clarence Campbell arranged an examination by a psychiatrist who said that the situation in Toronto had made Mike sick and unable to play properly, but that in another environment his condition should improve and he should be able to resume the practice of his profession. Campbell ordered Leafs to reinstate Walton, resume paying his $40,000 salary and seek to arrange a trade for him.Walton waited impatiently while Leafs, under pressure from Eagleson and threats of law suits, entertained bids for him. It was not until early this month that they finally traded him to Philadelphia, which promptly dealt him to Boston. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s like being set free,&rdquo; he said as he returned to uniform, a new uniform. Suddenly, he was with the defending champions of the league, a powerhouse which can afford to break him back into action gradually. However, this also puts him under new pressure for his team will be deemed a disappointment if it doesn&rsquo;t sweep all laurels.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02720/3031721-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="538" height="817"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE WALTON&hellip;Out Of The Doghouse</figcaption></div>&ldquo;All I can do is my best,&rdquo; he sighed. &ldquo;For me, it&rsquo;s like starting all over again. I can only hope it goes better this time.&rdquo;A handsome boy, he has seemed lonely and depressed for a long time. They claim he practically used to sneak into rinks to practice during his layoff. Conversation would stop all around him while he was studied as though he was something strange. &ldquo;I used to think I was a pretty good hockey player,&rdquo; he said one day. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;m not sure of myself any more. I can&rsquo;t understand what&rsquo;s going on.&rdquo;<h2>One Who Knows How It Feels</h2>WHILE HE WAS WITH TORONTO, Frank Mahovlich broke down mentally in 1964 and again in 1967. One of the most highly-touted prospects in hockey history, he broke in with Leafs in 1957, scored 20 goals and was voted rookie of the year. When he failed to improve his scoring appreciably the next two seasons, he was deemed a disappointment. In his fourth season, he made a spectacular run at the record of 50 goals in one season, but when he fell two short while Bernie Geoffrion of Montreal was tying it he was again regarded with disappointment.And when he could not return to that form, disappointment in him deepened. He scored 33 goals, 36, 26, 23, 32 and, incredibly, was regarded as a failure who had been far eclipsed by Bobby Hull. Twice, he sank into deep depressions and had to be hospitalized to preserve his health. Twice he battled back, but he recalls how people came to regard him as strange. &ldquo;They were afraid to talk to me, to ask me questions, as though I could not endure it,&rdquo; he sighed one evening. He scored only 18 goals his 11th season with Leafs and 19 his 12th. Injuries troubled him and he missed many games.Late in his last season in Toronto, he was traded with Garry Unger, Pete Stemkowski and Carl Brewer to Detroit for Paul Henderson. Norm Ullman and Floyd Smith. The next season, he scored 49 goals for Wings. Last season, he shot 38 and Unger scored 42. Brewer bolstered the defense. Manager Sid Abel said it was the best deal he ever made and Leafs were considered to have been slickered. But time is the only true evaluator in a deal. Abel has resigned. Brewer has retired. Now Stemkowski, Unger and Mahovlich have been traded. And the brilliant all-around performer Ullman is Leafs&rsquo; best player and Henderson is enjoying his best NHL season ever, both of whom have been the sparkplugs of their resurgence, while Wings have been passed.When Mahovlich was traded from Toronto to Detroit, he said he was relieved to be out of Canada, where everyone knows and talks and writes hockey and the players are in the spotlight all the time. &ldquo;In Detroit, I can live a more normal life. In Detroit, I can relax,&rdquo; he said. Now he has been traded from Detroit, back to Canada, to Montreal, where hockey interest is unrelenting. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll just have to see how it goes,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;My health has been excellent.&rdquo;He shakes his head, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what went wrong in Detroit, he admits. &ldquo;The guys disliked the new coach, Ned Harkness. The manager, Sid Abel, disliked him and felt he wasn&rsquo;t getting enough authority from the owner, Bruce Norris. Rumors of changes followed us for a long time. By the time changes came, morale was shot. Abel resigned. Harkness was made manager. A lot of players were traded. I guess they thought I was part of their trouble. They got rid of me. Maybe they know what they&rsquo;re doing. Maybe not. Maybe the move will be good for me, maybe not.&rdquo; He lowered his head like a man bent by the burdens he bore. They say the greatest pressure is the pressure you put on yourself. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Injuries continue to hamper the Kings, who are now in a real dog fight for a playoff position in the hot Eastern Division of the American Hockey League. Despite the setbacks, the team continues to battle on.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0566/3033324-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="525" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROCKY FARR Loaned By Sabres</figcaption></div>Hard shooting winger Jimmy Stanfield will be out of action at least three weeks and perhaps more with a shoulder separation suffered in action here. Already short of able-bodied wingers, the loss of Stanfield makes it that much tougher for coach John Wilson.Bruce Landon is still the hard luck guy with the team. The sensational goal-tender of last season has been hurt or ill almost all of the season. During one stretch, the Kings had to go with no spare goaler.Landon, who suffered two shoulder separations already this season, is now out of action with a bladder condition. Roger Cote, the handyman on the club at defense and forward, would have had to don goalie pads if regular netminder Bill Smith was hurt when Landon took ill.The burden has fallen on the solid shoulders of the 20-year-old Smith, who has to be the sensation of this season in the AHL.The Kings brass tried to relieve the condition when they grabbed Rocky Farr on loan from Denver of the Western League as backup man for Smith in goal. Farr played for a very short period with Cleveland in 1967 and 1968 and last season he played on a regular basis with the Spurs and had a 4.07 goals allowed average.Farr, who is 23 years old. fits right in nicely with the local team&rsquo;s development age requirements. He can fill the bill now that Landon is ill and give young Smith a badly needed rest in goal.Big hulking Brian Murphy is making his late season rush as he did last season in scoring. The big guy can play center or wing, but prefers the center ice spot where he can work better. Big Murph. 6-3 and over 200, is a rough checker and shows plenty of aggressive play. Last season, he was the most improved player at season&rsquo;s end. &#9632;

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Farr Moves In To Ease Goaling

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01537/3034906-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="240" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">24 YEARS BIGGER BETTER</figcaption></div>Vol. 24 &mdash; No. 22 MONTREAL, MARCH 5, 1971 Price: 35&cent;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02409/3034899-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1205" height="1324"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL ESPOSITO Bruins&rsquo;Ace Center In Select Company</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03182/3034892-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="1152" height="1663"><figcaption class="caption-body">GILLES VILLEMURE Hockey News Photos by Stephen Newman</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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The Hockey News

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01729/3031348-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="498" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROSAIRE PAIEMENT A Four-Goal Game</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER&mdash;Stan Mikita. Dave Balon and Rosaire Paiement have one thing in common this National Hockey League season.Stop saying Rosaire who? Paiement is the name. Remember it. He&rsquo;s going to be around for a long time.On Tuesday. Feb. 9. Paiement, or &lsquo;Rosie&rsquo; to his Vancouver Canucks teammates, joined Mikita and Balon as the only men who have scored four goals in a single game this season. To prove it was no fluke. Paiement went out one week later and scored three times &mdash; including the game winner &mdash; to upset Boston 5-4.And for the Canucks. Paiement&rsquo;s emergence as a major scoring threat couldn&rsquo;t have come at a better time. First of all, his outburst came at the expense of the Buffalo Sabres and if you don&rsquo;t know about the rivalry between the NHL&rsquo;s two expansion teams, you&rsquo;re just not trying.Secondly, Paiement&rsquo;s burst ended a famine that had seen the Canucks go winless before their home fans since Dec. 15.Why the big rivalry with Buffalo?There are several reasons. Punch Imlach was at one time a part owner of the Western Hockey League Canucks and one of the leading candidates to take over as their NHL general manager before shuffling off to Buffalo to become the Sabres coach and general manager.Then there were the June draft meetings in Montreal when Punch won every lottery going, including the right to grab talented Gil Perreault in the amateur draft.None of that mattered much when the Canucks were cruising along in fourth-place and the Sabres were last. Then, however, the Sabres came on and the Canucks slumped. Buffalo moved ahead of Vancouver in the standings and when the Sabres whipped the Canucks 6-1 at the Pacific Coliseum Jan. 31. Imlach rubbed a little salt in the wounds by dubbing them the NHL&rsquo;s 4F team &mdash; fumbling, frustrated futile and folding.Thus though the game wasn&rsquo;t likely to determine anything more important than sixth or seventh place, the return match Feb. 9 became something like hockey&rsquo;s version of the Showdown at the OK Corral.And in that showdown Paiement emerged as the top gun. whistling four shots past Buffalo&rsquo;s Roger Crozier in a 6-3 win and convincing the hometown fans the Canucks really can win without injured centre and Captain Orland Kurtenbach.This flurry of scoring increased Paiement&rsquo;s goal production for the season to 16 and he made it 17 in a 5-3 decision over Detroit Red Wings in the club&rsquo;s next game, making it two wins in&rsquo;a row for Vancouver for the first time since mid-December.The win over Detroit moved the Canucks out of the eastern division cellar, but two days later they were back in as both Buffalo and Detroit recorded wins while Vancouver was dropping a 3-1 decision to the Black Hawks in Chicago. &#9632;

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NHL Teams

Canucks Hit Back As Paiement Becomes Hottest NHL Scorer

KANSAS CITY&mdash;Hockey fans here sat in on a history-making event the night of Feb. 21.They saw a goalkeeper score a goal for the first time in professional hockey history.The unprecedented feat was turned in by a rookie netminder by the name of Michel Plasse, who scored an unassisted goal by shooting the puck the length of the ice into the unguarded Oklahoma City goal with the goaler out for an extra attacker.There was only 44 seconds left to play when Plasse batted the puck down the. ice and it slithered into the open Oke City net.Hockey filberts have argued long and loud over the topic of when a goal was last scored by a professional hockey goalkeeper. The answer was simple. Never, until young Plasse did it in an Central Hockey League game, which Kansas City won 3-1.The closest a goaler has come to scoring in modern NHL times was when Ed Giacomin of the Rangers hit the goal-post two years ago in a similar situation with the opposing net unguarded.NHL goalers have often been credited with assists &mdash; but none has ever scored a goal. &#9632;

CHL Coaler Scores Unprecented Goal

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01734/3031403-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"></div>LOS ANGELES &mdash;Backing the forthcoming Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier heavyweight championship boxing match with the largest guarantee ever provided for a single sporting event has projected one of the National Hockey League owners back into the spotlight, stamped as the most powerful promoter in the history of professional sports.Not that Jack Kent Cooke ever slips into the shadows, but the fabulous $5,000,000 sum he has assured the two fighters has reawakened international interest in this unusual man, who has been the subject of many newspaper and magazine articles over the years, but never more than now.The 1968 HOCKEY NEWS &ldquo;Executive of the Year&rdquo; owns not only the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL, but the L.A. Lakers of the National Basketball Association. He also has one-fourth ownership of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League with an option to purchase controlling interest currently the subject of a court dispute following the death of majority stockholder George Preston Marshall.Simply because he is the first man to own all of two and part of a third major league sports franchise he stands as the most influential man in athletic history. He has a say in the destinies of three leagues. Because he is a forceful personality, he exercises the right to that say.Additionally, Cooke owns his own arena, the fabulous three-year-old Forum in the Inglewood suburb of Los Angeles. He has his backers, such as banks and other massive financial institutions, but he more than most men operates independantly.He is the clear-cut commander of the Kings, Lakers and Forum. He confers regularly with E. Bennett Williams, president of the Redskins and one of Cooke&rsquo;s closest friends, and it was Cooke who sought the employment of and arranged the hiring of George Allen, another close friend, as the new Washington coach, at an incredible contract worth more than $1,000,000 for seven seasons.Cooke has a partner in the AliFrazier promotion &mdash; Jerry Perenchio. Additionally, such as Andy Williams, Sergio Mendes, retired General Motors attorney Thomas Evans and Madison Square Garden are in for perhaps 40 per cent of the deal. But it is Cooke who has the largest stake, who stands to profit the most and without whom this group could not have landed the plum.A few groups or corporations have owned more than one major league sports franchise and operated arenas in the past, but no single individual ever has controlled so many athletic enterprises as the Canadian-born Cooke. Few ever owned as many as two major league teams before, as now does Charlie Finley, who presides over the baseball Athletics and hockey Seals in Oakland.Cooke&rsquo;s Lakers are one of the few profitable properties in pro basketball, averaging more than 13,000 fans per game. Hockey has not yet caught fire in sunny Southern California, but the Kings are above a 9,000 per-game average now which is not bad for a loser.Otherwise, Cooke has had mostly winners as evidenced by figures provided by publicist Dick White for the Forum. In three full years, more than six million persons &mdash; 6,243,328 &mdash; have patronized the place. In 1970, a record 2,209,069 paid to view 228 performances there.The Lakers drew 721,869 for 50 dates, the Kings 356,921 for 40 dates. Only in L.A. is boxing booming and six ring shows lured 79,967. Additionally, three closed-circuit ring shows drew 24,781.The Forum still holds the indoor TV ring record. And in 1969, eight &ldquo;live&rdquo; shows drew more than 100,000.There have been tennis, track, exhibition basketball, rodeos, ice shows and circuses packing them in here. No where do rock concerts do better. Some 26 concerts in 1970 drew 358,427 and 10 were 18,000 plus sellouts. Elvis Presley drew 37,255 to two shows in one day.The single-performance record of 22,598 for a Watch Tower gathering in 1969 was approached by a 20,700 turnout for the same group last year.When Cooke paid $5,250,000 for the Lakers in 1965, some said he had been slickered, but Cooke said, &ldquo;I am not as much, concerned with what a property is worth, but only what it is worth to me.&rdquo; It is now worth twice that he said. This purchase paved the way for him to land the $2,000,000 expansion hockey franchise in L.A. To help him get it, he promised to build his own building. Few thought he would, but he did, at a cost of $16,250,000. Today it is the single most successful sports building in the world.Most felt that guaranteeing Ali and Frazier a quarter-million-dollars apiece was unreasonable, but the demand for closed-circuit seats at prices ranging up to $25 apiece is sufficient to indicate the project may gross two to four times the guarantee. &ldquo;Money is of no consequence in itself, it is only a tool,&rdquo; Cooke says. &ldquo;I use it. It does not use me.&rdquo;Cooke has daring and is willing to gamble. In sports, he has had a loser only in soccer. He was not alone there. His Kings have lost money, but the prospects for profits with them eventually are high. An extravagant personality, commanding, confident and eternally optimistic, he is controversial and hardly beloved by all, but as a showman he is super and as a prompter he ranks as the most prodigous in sports history.The Dynamic Owner Of The LA. Kings Looms As The Major Figure In The Bankrolling Of The Fabulous $30,000,000 Clay-Frazier Title Fight. He Also Masterminds Professional Hockey, Basketball And Soccer Teams and Runs A Fabulous Hockey Forum. It&rsquo;s All Part Of The Many Good Reasons Why They Call Jack Kent Cooke:<h2>THE SUPER SHOWMAN</h2>Here&rsquo;s Jack Cooke and boxing partner Jerry Perenchio flanking the controversial heavyweight Cassius Clay during negotiations for their history-making world title bout March 8 in New York. &#9632;

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HOCKEY OR BOXING — COOKE PACKS SPORTS PUNCH

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01794/3031455-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="352" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken McKenzie</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02747/3031448-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="259" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andre Boudrias</figcaption></div>&#9679; VANCOUVER &mdash; National League hockey is sold in this city. Through smart promotion and an interesting crowd-pleasing club the Vancouver Canucks in less than one season have developed into one of the outstanding franchises in the NHL &hellip; Almost every home game is sold out and by season&rsquo;s end there will be 27 sellouts recorded. The Pacific Coliseum, home of the Canucks is one of the finest arenas in the NHL. The best features of the other NHL arenas were adopted when this attractive and highly-practical building was erected &hellip; There have been as many as 1,000 people turned away from a game and when Detroit made their first appearance of the season here a pair of $6.50 tickets were scalped for $105 &hellip; The Coliseum seats 15,569 and there isn&rsquo;t a bad seat in the house &hellip; The first year Canucks will have a tough time making the Stanley Cup playoffs but they&rsquo;ve played some entertaining hockey right from the season&rsquo;s opener &hellip; Incidentally, the Canucks have yet to record a shutout this season but on the other hand have not been shut out themselves &hellip; Andre Boudrias, smallest player in the NHL, is the favorite of the Vancouver fans. He has played terrific hockey for the Canucks this season &hellip; Bud Poile, vice-president and general manager of the Canucks, did a first-class job at the draft sessions last June and he&rsquo;s determined to build the Canucks into a National League contender within three years. Bud has selected an exceptionally fine staff to work with him. The Vancouver Canucks right now are a well organized and major league operation &hellip; Greg Douglas is in his third year as public relations director of the Canucks and rates as one of the better PR men in hockey. He was with the Western League Canucks the last two years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03649/3031441-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="259" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Stackhouse</figcaption></div>&#9679; CALIFORNIA &mdash; Denis DeJordy and the Los Angeles Kings played one of their best games of the season on downing Detroit, 5-2, in the evening following the earthquake. Rene Leclerc of the Wings spoiled DeJordy&rsquo;s shutout bid with less than seven minutes to go in the game but he was at his sharpest throughout. At that time Denis had a record of five wins, three ties and a loss in the nine latest games &hellip; Larry Regan has done a fine job with the Kings this season and while time may run out on them before they can climb into a playoff berth they are certainly a greatly improved team from last year &hellip; Ralph Backstrom, a recent addition to the Kings from Montreal, is already a popular player with the fans. He is also playing on the point on the powerplay which is a first for him &hellip; The California Golden Seals had a bad game against the same Detroit Red Wings and lost 5-2 in a Sunday afternoon tilt at the Oakland Coliseum during our trip through California &hellip; General Manager-Coach Fred Glover said it was one of the worst games of the season by his charges &hellip; The Seals can look so good for two periods and then fall apart in the third &hellip; Ron Stackhouse is the brightest spot in the Seals&rsquo; lineup right now. The big rookie defenseman is rated one of the finest young rearguards in the NHL today &hellip; Several of the older Seals have been a big disappointment&hellip;Frank Sanchez, publicity and promotions director of the Seals, is an enthusiastic young man with plenty of promotional ideas. He has toiled tirelessly this season in an effort to lure customers through the turnstiles &hellip; Ron McGrath, ex-hockey writer in the Los Angeles area, is now public relations director of the ultra-swank San Luis Bay Inn on the Central California Coast.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04555/3031434-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="291" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Goldsworthy</figcaption></div>&#9679; MINNESOTA - The North Stars squeaked past Pittsburgh, 5-4, on a Sunday afternoon here after blowing a 2-1 lead to Philadelphia the previous night in the final seconds to end up with a tie. The Met Sports Center fans were fearful the same thing would happen again against Pittsburgh &hellip; The Stars have had the opposition take away sure wins in the closing minutes several times this season &hellip; The race for the third and fourth playoff positions is so keen in the Western Division that each game from now until the end of the regular schedule is like a suddendeath playoff tussle &hellip; The game attracted 15,042 which brought the home total for 28 games to 402,870 for a 14,317 average &hellip; Hottest scoring unit for the Stars is the one composed of Jude Drouin, Bill Goldsworthy and Danny Grant&hellip; Goldsworthy scored his 13th goal in 13 games against the Penguins &hellip; General Manager Wren Blair of Minnesota acquired the International Hockey League franchise in Saginaw, Mich., for the 1972-73 season. The IHL plans to add some additional cities within the next two or three years &hellip; Jude Drouin&rsquo;s 33 assists is tops among NHL rookies &hellip; Minnesota has the poorest home record among the 14 NHL clubs &hellip; There are 45,000 registered players in the State of Minnesota and the famous Minnesota State High School Tournament will be played on March 11, 12 and 13&hellip; Jack Riley, GM of the Pittsburgh Penguins, figures his team&rsquo;s new forward line of Syl Apps Jr., Jean Pronovost and Greg Polis will be around for a long time &hellip; Jim Forney does a first-class job airing the Penguins home and away games over radio station KDKA, Pittsburgh, the world&rsquo;s first radio station &hellip; Toronto Maple Leafs would like to make a trade with Minnesota for Marshall Johnston. The Leafs would use him as a relief player and penalty-killer. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.Kenneth William McKenziePresident and PublisherCharlie HalpinEditorial DirectorYearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries. &ldquo;Authorized as second class mail and postpage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. Postmaster: Send .3579 to PO Box 11, Rouses Point, N.Y., 12979.&rdquo;Second class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1.327 Printed in CanadaVol. 24 MONTREAL, MARCH 5, 1971 No. 22<h2>Expansion Teams Should Protect More Players</h2>It is my opinion that NHL team parity cannot be achieved in a reasonable period of time under the present league rules. I propose that for the next three years the original six teams of the West Division be allowed to protect two additional players in the draft and the Buffalo and Vancouver teams be permitted this right for the next four years.Under this system a player who ranks 14th or lower in importance to a strong team may be made available to a weaker team where his contributions could be significant to his new team.This procedure of course would have been more beneficial if it was applied after the first year of expansion in all cases. It should, however, be applied in the case of all future NHL expansion teams.ARTHUR RABIN, Cherry Hill, N.J.<h2>Leafs Still 4th Best Despite &lsquo;Propaganda&rsquo;</h2>Thank goodness the majority of hockey fans are not subjected to the propaganda that the people of Toronto are, regarding the Maple Leafs.I am tired of hearing comments from the Leafs top brass and hearing the same from all the various news media. We keep hearing that the Leafs fine rookie Billy MacMillan is the best in the league, while on the other side of the border Punch Imlach is grinning from ear to ear, every time Perreault hits the ice to play a game.We are told they have the two best goalies in either league but their G/A averages prove otherwise. Keon and Ullman we are informed are the two best centers in the league. The capabilities of both these fine players are well known around the league but where were they when the All Stars were selected?Will the people who are making these outrageous statements please tell me why the Leafs are in fourth place in the standings and are only playing .500 hockey. Now that they have told us of the things they have the best of, they are now telling us of the lousy and incompetent referees we have every time the Leafs lose a game.It used to be great propaganda at one time to tell us that the Boston Bruins haven&rsquo;t won a game at the Gardens in so many years or games. I haven&rsquo;t heard anyone mention the last time the Leafs won a game in Boston Gardens.Let&rsquo;s face it gentlemen the Leafs are the fourth best in the East Division at the present moment and league statistics prove they do not have the best goalies, centers or rookie in the league. They are not even second best.DERMOT DOYLE, Scarboro, Ont.<h2>Big M&rsquo;s Tactics Boil Black Hawks&rsquo; Fans</h2>Frank Mahovlich must be taking lessons from John Ferguson. The Big M took a cross rink dash and high-sticked Pat Stapleton when Stapleton was arguing with brother Pete. Later in the same game, the Big M was being held by Cliff Koroll while Angotti and Cournoyer wrestled on the ice.The Big M saw Koroll release one hand and turn his head to look elswhere, at this point Frank hit Koroll with the best right hand punch ever seen in the Stadium.Late in the game Jerry Korab hit the Big M with bodycheck, entirely after the whistle. Frank was very displeased till, he looked up and saw Korab. Obviously with Korab staring at him. Frank discreetly skated away. Hawks&rsquo; fans were enraged at the antics of the Big M.MICHAEL CAIN, Melrose Park, Ill &#9632;

Fan Forum

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01741/3031510-1-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 Adirondack-Sherwood, Inc., Sherbrooke, Quebec. Canada &#9632;

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SHER-WOOD goes to every game

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01825/3031541-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="267" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Esposito</figcaption></div>BOSTON &mdash;Instead of the &lsquo;Big Bad Bruins&rsquo; they are polishing up a new moniker for the defending Stanley Cup champions. In the very near future, they will be known as the &lsquo;Boston Record Wreckers&rsquo;.Among the numerous marks due to be erased are a pair currently held by Montreal dealing with the number of wins for a season and the number of total points.The Canadians hold the record at 46 victories set two years ago that also permitted them to establish a point total of 103.With 23 games remaining the Bruins needed only seven more victories to replace the Canadiens and with 87 points were just 17 points shy of a new high.Projections indicate that the Bruins should wind up with 55 victories and 115 to 120 points on the year.On an individual basis, of course, the focus is on Phil Esposito and his challenge to his own record of 126 points. The big Bruin center has been averaging close to two points a game for the season and with 109 already in his pocket it seems only a disaster could keep him from beating himself.And combining with Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman, this Nitro Line figures to explode as the highest scoring line in history.Two years ago Gordie Howe. Frank Mahovlich and Alex Delvecchio combined for an unprecedented 114 goals. The Esposito-Hodge-Cashman trio passed the 100 mark with 23 games remaining.At the same time this combination will wipe out the record for most points in a season. That mark is 263 held by Espo, Hodge and the retired Ron Murphy. Now with Cashman on the line they have accounted for 253 points.Early in March the B&rsquo;s should wipe out their own NHL record of 29 home victories. The Bruins have 26 wins on home ice this year and since they have lost only two of 30 at the Garden it&rsquo;s safe to assume they will not deviate far from that path in their nine remaining home engagements.Another mark being eyed by the wrecking crew is that of least defeats. Detroit set the record at 13 during the 1950-51, 70 game schedule and the Bruins lost only eight of the first 55 games they played.After they snapped their Maple Leaf Garden jinx by beating Toronto 5-1 for their second victory in 28 games in their personal snakepit they aren&rsquo;t expected to lose very often from here to the playoffs.And finally there is the matter of goals scored. The B&rsquo;s also hold that record at 303 in the 1968-69 season. The Bruins have averaged close to five goals a game thus far and if they maintain that pace they&rsquo;ll put that record out of sight.So call them the &lsquo;Big Bad Bruins&rsquo; if you want to but anyway you cut it the figures add up to the fact that the &lsquo;Boston Record Wreckers&rsquo; must be hailed as one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s all time powerhouse squads.ICE CHIPS: Johnny McKenzie is expected to be able to take his regular turn at right wing after surgery for a shoulder separation &hellip; Coach Tom Johnson planned to spot him in a couple of games and then turn him loose for full duty with Johnny Bucyk and Fred Stanfield as well as returning him to his spot on the power play&hellip; With a nine-point lead on second place New York, the Bruins are not relaxing &hellip; Johnson called an informal practice for three of the players who didn&rsquo;t skate much in the game at Toronto and they were joined by nine regulars including Bobby Orr&hellip;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re cocky and we&rsquo;re loose,&rdquo; admitted Johnson. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re not too cocky and we&rsquo;re not too loose&rdquo; &hellip; Main incentive not only is to keep that edge on New York but to keep ahead of West Division leader Chicago by at least seven points to insure the Prince of Wales Trophy.<h2>NHL HOCKEY CARDS</h2>1970-71 lit Series $4 95, 2nd Series $4.95 Beth $8.951969-70 1st series-$4.95, 2nd series-$4.95 Both series $8.95Single cards for both years 4c each THE TRADING CARD COMPANYP.O. BOX 174Dearborn, Michigan, 48121 &#9632;

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Runaway Bruins Becoming NHL’s Record Wreckers

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02671/3031572-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="746" height="831"></div><h2>BACKHAND SHOTS</h2>Backhand shots are usually quick opportunity moves; shots from a teammate&rsquo;s pass or a loose puck pick up. You won&rsquo;t get power or accuracy, but perhaps a score against a surprised goalie.To backhand a shot you must;1. Have the puck on the heel of the stick.2. Keep your weight over the front leg.3. Scoop the puck to get it off the ice.Follow-through is important. The stick blade should point at the target when you&rsquo;ve made the shot. &#9632;

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Hockey for Kids

BOSTONFabulous Phil Esposito has the opportunity of becoming only the second man in National Hockey League history to score more than 50 goals in one season.Esposito, the Bruins record-breaking center, notched his 50 th goal of the season on his 29th birthday Feb. 20 against the Los Angeles Kings.That goal put him in select company, joining Maurice (Rocket) Richard. Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion. both former members of the Montreal Canadiens. and Chicago&rsquo;s Bobby Hull as 50-goal scorers.Only Hull has managed to score more than 50 in one season and he currently holds the record for most goals in a season with 58. &#9632;

Espo loins NHL’s Select 50 Scorers

LAVAL COLLEGE SPORTS CENTER &#9679; 5 SEPARATE SESSIONS &mdash; ONE WEEK EACHJULY 25-31 &#9679; AUG 1-7 &#9679; AUG 8-14 &#9679; AUG 15-21 &#9679; AUG 22-28Last year the Henri Richard Hockey School moved to larger premises in order to meet the great demand for space at the school. But even with the spacious quarters at the Laval Sports Center we had to turn down many boys. We feel that classes must not be too large &mdash; if they are too large, both teaching and learning are impossible. This year, in order to accomodate more students, the school will run for 5 weeks instead of 3.For their sessions on and off the ice the boys are assigned to groups. This year the groups will each have a full-time counsellor, a college student hired by the school, who will supervise the group off the ice, and be available at all times for any boy who might have a problem. All teaching sessions will be handled by the pros.Make sure of your spot by writing early. Hoping to see you at my school this summer.Henri Richard<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01770/3031690-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="855" height="646"><figcaption class="caption-body">A view of the training rink</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02675/3031683-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="861" height="649"><figcaption class="caption-body">Supervised swimming pool</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03509/3031676-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="417" height="536"><figcaption class="caption-body">YVAN COURNOYER Montreal CanadiensReturning for his 4th year as an instructor. Already this season Yvan&rsquo;s quickness and hard shot have accounted for 21 goals in 28 games.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04370/3031669-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="427" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROGATIEN VACHON Montreal Canadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05263/3031662-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="415" height="530"><figcaption class="caption-body">J.C. TREMBLAY Montreal CanadiensCanadiens&rsquo; steady veteran defenseman was just named to the 2nd All Star team. J.C.&rsquo;s accurate passes set up goals.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-06197/3031655-1-eng-US/f0007-062.jpg" title="f0007-06" width="416" height="536"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAROL VADNAIS California Golden Seals</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-07150/3031648-1-eng-US/f0007-072.jpg" title="f0007-07" width="418" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOCELYN GUEVREMONT Junior Canadiens</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-08120/3031641-1-eng-US/f0007-082.jpg" title="f0007-08" width="1729" height="1254"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s Henri Richard with a group of happy youngsters who attended last year&rsquo;s summer hockey school sessions.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0990/3031634-1-eng-US/f0007-092.jpg" title="f0007-09" width="415" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY LALONDE Junior Canadiens O.H.A. Leading Scorer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-1070/3031627-1-eng-US/f0007-102.jpg" title="f0007-10" width="411" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUY CHARRON Detroit Red Wings</figcaption></div>For Information and BrochuresWriteHENRI RICHARD HOCKEY SCHOOLP.O. BOX 657, MONTREAL 101, P.Q. CANADA &#9632;

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HENRI RICHARD HOCKEY SCHOOL

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS &mdash;Garry Unger has become an instant favorite of the hockey fans in St. Louis.The first time he stepped on to the ice at the St. Louis Arena in a Blues&rsquo; uniform he received a hearty cheer, and the flashy, young center has been skating and playing hard in an attempt to be worthy of his new adulation.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01787/3031759-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="569" height="788"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran defenseman CARL BREWER is the newest member of the St. Louis Blues. The West Division team talked him out of retirement, traded two players to Detroit for his rights, and he will report to St. Louis to play out the rest of the season and 1971-72 as well.</figcaption></div>When Unger joined the Blues, he had to be good. He was replacing Red Berenson, the Blues&rsquo; captain and perennial high scorer who had led them out of the darkness of the early days of expansion to three straight appearances in the Stanley Cup finals. Although veteran Wayne Connelly and exciting, young Tim Ecclestone were also involved in the trade between St. Louis and Detroit, Unger and Berenson were the symbolic figures in the transaction, which marked the dawning of a new day for the Blues.The Red Baron held a special place in the hearts of the St. Louis fans, and Unger acknowledges that he readily felt the pressure attached to the job of replacing the traded favorite. Unger did not duck the challenge, though, and eagerly took over the No. 7 worn by Berenson.&ldquo;The first game in St. Louis I didn&rsquo;t know what to expect,&rdquo; Unger said. &ldquo;Berenson is a great hockey player, and I didn&rsquo;t know whether I would be booed or cheered. I felt a lot of pressure.&rdquo;Unger didn&rsquo;t have to wait long for the fans&rsquo; reaction. The Blues received their usual standing ovation as they came on to the ice for the game, and, when Unger&rsquo;s head of blond hair bobbed into view as he took his first step on to the ice surface, the fans let out a terrific cheer. Unger also received prolonged cheers when he came off the bench for his first shift, when he touched the puck for the first time and when he finished his first shift.&ldquo;That really made me feel wanted,&rdquo; Unger said after the game. &ldquo;The fans can make or break a team, and St. Louis is a terrific hockey town.&rdquo;The handsome athlete was mobbed by fans on his way out of the Arena with girls squealing, &ldquo;Oooh, there&rsquo;s Garry Unger!&rdquo; He patiently signed autographs for about 20 minutes and thanked those who welcomed him to St. Louis.In the next game Unger scored his first point as a member of the Blues by passing to George Morrison at the crease on a St. Louis power play with Boston&rsquo;s Derek Sanderson in the penalty box. The fans went wild, and the crowd that flocked to Unger after the game was larger than after the previous game.He scored his first goal in the following game, just one week after the big trade was made. Unger had positioned himself in front of the New York Rangers&rsquo; crease as Bill Sutherland centered the puck on a St. Louis power play. Unger jammed the puck past Gilles Villemure and received a tumultuous ovation from the St. Louis crowd of 18,670.&ldquo;I think I&rsquo;m getting used to playing with the guys,&rdquo; Unger said. &ldquo;St. Louis is different, but the game is still the same &mdash; skate, shoot, up and down the ice.&rdquo;St. Louis coach-general manager Scotty Bowman, who arranged the trade with Detroit&rsquo;s Ned Harkness, called Unger &ldquo;my kind of hockey player.&rdquo;&ldquo;He works hard &mdash; that&rsquo;s what I like,&rdquo; Bowman said. &ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t look around for anything: he knows the shortest distance to the net is a straight line.&rdquo;Unger says, &ldquo;Scotty tells me he&rsquo;s not worried about counting points and making comparisons in the trade. He&rsquo;s building for the future.&rdquo;Even though Unger has been an immediate hit in St. Louis, Bowman indicated how far into the future he was looking when he revealed his stock answer to those who have written him letters to complain about the trade: &ldquo;This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter. I will reply to it on Jan. 1, 1985.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Unger Immediate Hit Despite New Pressure

<div class="byline">BY PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL&mdash;In his last junior year, Rejean Houle scored more goals and more points than Gilbert Perreault. Now the Montreal rookie is still struggling to make the grade while his former linemate has become a shining star at Buffalo.&ldquo;Gilbert is big and strong and he would be great with any team,&rdquo; says Houle who credits Perreault is playmaking for his own 53 goals in 54 games with the Junior Habs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02711/3031790-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="269" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rejean Houle</figcaption></div>&ldquo;With a weaker team a rookie has a better chance to make it right away and I don&rsquo;t know if that&rsquo;s a good thing. Sometimes a guy knows he has a job even if he doesn&rsquo;t work. With Montreal you&rsquo;ve got opposition to make the team and you&rsquo;ve got to deserve it.&rdquo;Thus Houle, 21-year-old son of a Noranda miner, isn&rsquo;t disappointed with his low graduation to a regular NHL berth which came closer after fine performances in Canadiens&rsquo; five-game win streak.The diminutive right-winger earned star rating in a 3-0 win over New York and then was named first star for his two way effort in the Habs&rsquo; 7-1 rout of Chicago.Besides being assigned to check Bobby Hull and doing a good job of it, Houle scored the first two goals of the game.&ldquo;You get used to scoring goals just like you get used to playing,&rdquo; said Houle who got his chance while Yvan Cournoyer nursed a sore shoulder and Coach Al MacNeil started using four forward lines. &ldquo;In Junior I had the scoring touch and when the chances came I didn&rsquo;t miss. I hope these two goals start something for me.&rdquo;When Houle came up from junior ranks and was Montreal&rsquo;s first 1969 draft choice &mdash; the last year of the French-Canadian preference rule &mdash; his jump to the NHL was heralded almost as much as that of Perreault last June. However he wasn&rsquo;t ready mentally and a contract argument before training camp didn&rsquo;t help his cause.He learned quickly that the NHL is a lot tougher than junior and nothing comes easily.&ldquo;Some players used to say junior is rougher than pro,&rdquo; recalls Rejean. &ldquo;Maybe rougher because the juniors, some guys who can&rsquo;t really skate, are always running at you. In the NHL you have to take the body or get knocked off the puck. It&rsquo;s the timing of the pros that makes the difference.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Becoming Regular Slow But Houle Working At It

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>ST. LOUIS &mdash; Carl Brewer, defenseman, secured from Detroit of NHL in return for Iwo players &mdash; one member of present Blues and a minor leaguer &mdash; to be named at end of season. Bill Plager, defenseman. placed on disabled list with broken heel. Ab McDonald, forward, placed on disabled list after back surgery.LOS ANGELES &mdash; Bob Pulford, forward, returned to active roster after six weeks on disabled list.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Dan Schock, forward, recalled from Quebec of AHL.MINNESOTA &mdash; Tom Polanic, defenseman returned to Cleveland of AHL.NEW YORK &mdash; Peter MeDuffe, goalkeeper, returned to Omaha of CHL.DETROIT &mdash; Gerry Gray, goalkeeper, returned to Fort Worth of CHL. Roy Edwards, goalkeeper, returned to active roster from disabled list.BUFFALO &mdash; Terry Ball, defenseman. recalled from Salt Lake of WHL as replacement for Al Hamilton, defenseman. who was injured. Rocky Farr, goalkeeper, assigned to Springfield of AHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL &mdash; Craig Patrick and Kevin Ahearne, forwards. from U.S. National Hockey Team, given five-game pro tryouts.HERSHEY &mdash; Frank Spring, forward, placed on disabled list after undergoing knee surgery.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>TULSA &mdash; Murray Heatley, forward, from Univ, of Wisconsin. given eight-game pro tryout.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>TOLEDO &mdash; Bob Roselle and Roy Atcheynum. forwards, secured from Dayton of IHL. Ivan Prediger, defenseman. Randy Prior and Howie Heggedal, forwards, placed on waivers.FLINT &mdash; Wayne Ego. forward. sent to Des Moines of IHL on loan.FORT WAYNE &mdash; Randy Gates, forward, placed on voluntary retired list.DES MOINES &mdash; Bob Regis, Danny Belisle and Dick Cloutier, forwards, dropped. Jack Criel, defenseman. placed on 21-day disabled list.MUSKEGON &mdash; Jack Brewer, forward, released. Bob Pate, forward, and Don Grierson, defenseman. sent to Port Huron in exchange for Bob Howard, forward.PORT HURON &mdash; Luc Simard, Brian Wilson, forwards, and Ron Lapointe, defenseman. dropped. Dave Padzerski, forward, returned to active roster. Neil Clairmont, forward, released.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>GREENSBORO &mdash; Lorne Rombaugh, forward, secured from Long Island of EHL on loan. Bert DeHate, forward, placed on waivers. Chick Chalmers, forward, picked up from Toledo of IHL on waivers. Don Carter, forward, returned to active roster from retired list. Doug Carpenter, forward, placed on 21-dav disabled list.JACKSONVILLE &mdash; Jack Bownass, player-coach, replaced by Jackie Leclair, who will be bench coach. Pierre Farmer, defenseman. placed on disabled list with shoulder separation.JOHNSTOWN &mdash; Allan Cameron, forward, placed on inactive list to make room for Dave Birch, forward.NEW HAVEN &mdash; Mike Horn by, forward, returned to active roster after being signed froir Dartmouth Steel Kings of Maritime League.NASHVILLE &mdash; Lloyd Hinchberger, coach, placed 01 disabled list with broken bone in wrist. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK &mdash;Jack Sutphin, the son of Al Sutphin, the former owner of the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League stood up and intoned,&rdquo; To you Gilles, I present the 1969-70 Hap Holmes Trophy as the best goaler ip the American Hockey League.&rdquo;Gilles Villemure, the recipient of the award at a session of the N.Y. Hockey Writer&rsquo;s Assn, leaned in the preferred microphone and with the same aplomb as if picking off a long shot, commented, &ldquo;I hope I can win the Vezina Trophy this season.&rdquo;This remark typifies the red haired stocky, five eight 180 pound netminder from Three Rivers, Quebec. He has just completed two straight seasons in which he won the AHL most valuable player award and now, after winning the minor circuit&rsquo;s goaltender&rsquo;s award was aiming at the big trophy in the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01804/3031845-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="265" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Viiiemure</figcaption></div>Villemure&rsquo;s record is sparkling. He has played the last six in a row, coming up four-two under difficult circumstances. It was his 1-0 shutout of the Detroit Red Wings which righted the Rangers from a minor slump in early February.&ldquo;We needed that win over Detroit because we were having a bit of trouble. Villemure stopped the slide and reversed the process and then won the next game, also. I turned to Gilles with complete confidence when Eddie Giacomin came down with a case of flu, although part of his six in a row starts were before Eddie&rsquo;s sickness,&rdquo; reveals Emile Francis, the Rangers General ManagerCoach.Giacomin, the NHL East&rsquo;s All Star number one goalie stands at 16-8-6, compared to Villemure&rsquo;s 18-5-4. Gilles nailed down the number two spot in the mid season poll.&ldquo;I think Villemure is the rookie of the year,&rdquo; says Francis. &ldquo;I know all about Gil Perrault of the Buffalo Sabres, but Perrault does not have the pressure on him that Villemure does. We are contending and Gilles has done a fantastic job.&rdquo;As we went to press, Gilles showed 27 games played and 59 goals against for a 2.18 goals against average. He has four shut-outs, the same as Giacomin.Last season, Tony Esposito of the Chicago Black Hawks, carried away the Calder Memorial Trophy with a record breaking 15 shutouts. In the process he copped the Vezina Trophy, although this really is a team award. If Villemure and Giacomin combine to win it, it will be a complete team effort. The Rangers led in the Vezina race at the midway mark, but right now have slipped back into a tie with Chicago.&ldquo;For a short period we were getting sloppy in allowing the odd shorthanded goal, but this has been corrected. It will be most important in the stretch drive, when the checking gets closer and many games are decided by one goal. I am very satisfied with our defense. Larry Brown and Tim Horton are doing fine. No one could complain about Rod Seiling or Jimmy Neilson or Brad Park. And we have numbers six and seven waiting in the wings in Omaha in Ab DeMarco and Andre Dupont. If we win the Vezina, both Eddie and Gilles will deserve credit, bu it still is a great TEAM trophy,&rdquo; noted Francis.Most experts are amazed at the coolness of Villemure, who, even though 30 years old, is a rookie, with a previous history of not quite making it. He has shown the savvy and confidence of a ten year man.Another Ranger having a big season is Rod Gilbert, the oft cheered, occasionally booed, right winger. Gilbert, now has 22 goals and is aiming for a thirty goal season. If he makes it, it will be the first time in his career he has attained this mark. Rod leads the team in tying goals with a whopping ten and has scored against every team except St. Louis.BLUE CHIPS: Dave Balon equalled his total of last season with a goal against St. Louis during a 2-1 win at MSG on February 14. The verdict reversed a 2-1 loss the nite before in the Mound City &hellip; In two straight home games, the Rangers were saved by officials&rsquo; decisions. Bryan Lewis ruled that Bill Goldsworthy of Minnesota had kicked in the tying goal in New York&rsquo;s 4-3 win over the North Stars on February 10. On February 14 Referee Wally Harris ruled no goal when Billy McCreary of the Blues kicked home the puck at 14:40 of the third period with N.Y. leading 2-0. Since the Blues later scored one goal, this turned out to be the difference. &#9632;

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Rangers Discover Villemure For Real In Rookie Season

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Attend The CANADIAN PROFESSIONAL HOCKEY SCHOOLS

LENOX SCHOOL, LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS4 1-Week Sessions &mdash; June 27-July 24<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02726/3032001-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="379" height="427"></div>Featured Coach will be JACK RILEY (Director) the famous Army hockey coach & coach of the 1960 Gold Medal U.S. Olympic Hockey team and assisted by outstanding college coaches such as BILL McCORMICK, Williams College and RON RYAN, Colgate.Maximum &ldquo;Ice Time&rdquo; (at least 3 hours per day) will be given to each student by limiting the enrollment at this spacious new rink that is available for our&rsquo;exclusive use. The curriculum will feature a well-balanced mixture of group lectures, small group instruction and practice sessions, drills, shooting! movies, chalk talks and games which will create a sound learning progression to sharpen your skills. Room and board and all instruction plus an All American hockey jersey will be furnished for each boy that attends. If a boy wants the best instruction to improve his individual techniques and a better understanding of the principles of offense and defense, then this is the camp for him.For particulars write or call: Col. Howard Bannister &#9679; Lila NewmanALL AMERICAN SPORTS Inc.501 Fifth Ave. New York, N, Y. 10017- (212) 661-2790 &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03607/3032039-1-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 &mdash; 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 25&copy; FOR HANDLING<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04509/3032032-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="1219" height="907"></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/f0012-01775/3032217-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>TOP 20 SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 21)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02666/3032210-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1794" height="883"><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><h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03528/3032203-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="881" height="1947"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04380/3032196-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="876" height="1227"></div><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05286/3032189-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="867" height="276"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2220/3032182-1-eng-US/f0012-222.jpg" title="f0012-22" width="897" height="3479"></div><h2>NHL SCOREBOARD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06237/3032175-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="773" height="125"></div>(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 21)<h2>Looking At NHL Goalers</h2>THE TOP 15 NETMINDERS(Including Games of Sun. Feb. 21)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07208/3032168-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="875" height="536"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08181/3032161-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="276" height="265"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09150/3032154-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="294" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10135/3032147-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="318" height="177"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11125/3032140-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="256" height="267"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-12108/3032133-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="259" height="271"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1397/3032126-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="310" height="218"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1490/3032119-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="248" height="255"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1584/3032112-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="301" height="256"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1675/3032105-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="265" height="244"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1761/3032098-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="284" height="195"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1850/3032091-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="267" height="244"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1944/3032084-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="262" height="263"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2039/3032077-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="285" height="262"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2131/3032070-1-eng-US/f0012-212.jpg" title="f0012-21" width="245" height="285"></div> &#9632;

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NHL PLAYERS SCORING PENALTY RECORDS

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;There is no finer tribute that can be paid a professional athlete than to say that he is a clutch player, who comes through under pressure, who does his best when it counts the most. Not all do, by any means. Few do. Many choke in trying times or avoid responsibilities. Good ones, too.Doug Robinson has been a clutch player for the L.A. Kings this season. In their first 50 games, he scored 14 goals, but this is deceiving. He missed some games, was a part-timer in others, probably has had two-thirds the playing time of a regular. And many of his goals have been big ones.He scored the winner with 3:32 remaining to defeat Toronto, 3-2, in the 10th game. He scored the winning and insurance goals in a rout of Montreal in the 30th game. He scored the last two goals, the last one with 4:11 to play, in a 3-3 tie with Minnesota in the 34th game.He scored the winning goal in a 4-2 upset in Chicago in the 36th game. He scored late in a 5-5 tie in Philadelphia next out. He scored the tying goal with 3:41 to play in a 3-3 tie in Detroit in the 47th game.He has fallen off by going four games without a goal at this writing and had only two in the last 12 games and for a player with as little built-in prestige, this is dangerous.Others of Robinson&rsquo;s goals have come against the top clubs. He scored a couple against Chicago, a couple against Boston, for example. He seems to respond to challenges. &ldquo;I seem to do better the harder I&rsquo;m bearing down,&rdquo; he says.Doug is a big man, 6-2 and 200 pounds, and awkward. He is not a fast skater, though he says Jie&rsquo;s faster than he looks. Despite his size, he&rsquo;s not a big hitter. He feels these things have handicapped his efforts to establish himself as a major leaguer.&ldquo;People expect a lot of me and I don&rsquo;t look good in action,&rdquo; he sighs. &ldquo;My style is awkward and I&rsquo;m not colorful. I&rsquo;m just a worker, but I think managers and coaches have gone more on impressions than what I actually accomplish on ice.&rdquo;Four times he has scored 30 or more goals in seasons in the minors. However, in 40 games one season with Chicago, he scored only two goals; in 72 games two seasons with Chicago, he scored only eight goals, and in 68 games in two prior seasons with L.A., he scored only 11 goals. He kept getting sent down.Last season, he scored 45 goals and assisted on 41 others at Springfield in the AHL, but he seemed stuck in the minors. &ldquo;I had little hope of getting another chance,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;L.A. didn&rsquo;t protect me, but, despite new expansion, neither the new teams nor any of the old teams picked me up in the drafts. You never quite give up hope, but I was disappointed.&ldquo;In camp, I was just waiting to be assigned to Springfield again. Maybe this relaxed me. I found I was going good. I figure. &lsquo;What the hell, I might as well go for it.&rsquo; I worked hard. Larry Regan, who drafted me for the Kings in the original expansion draft, had taken over as coach and he encouraged me. I made the team. For awhile, I was sitting a lot, but I&rsquo;ve been playing regularly lately and for the first time, I think, doing in the NHL what I&rsquo;ve always been capable of doing.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02705/3032248-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="529" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG ROBINSON &hellip; Scores The Big Ones</figcaption></div>Robinson scored seven goals in one eight-game stretch his season. Additionally, although awkward, he has made some good plays. And his defense has been adequate. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m more of an opportunist than a stylist,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I can handle the stick pretty good. I&rsquo;m not quick, but I have a good shot and I&rsquo;m always looking to make a good pass. I don&rsquo;t knock people around, but I skate my wing and try to stay with my man. I try to do an honest job.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Robinson Does It In Clutch For Kings

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;It was the most sustained streak of hot scoring that Minnesota&rsquo;s hockey fans had ever witnessed.Bill Goldsworthy, who came off the All Star game break with a meager total of six goals in 43 games, scored 13 goals in his next 13 games.The big right winger opened his string Jan. 21 with a goal against St. Louis and then added goals in his next five games, equalling a Minnesota record established two years ago by Danny Grant.After being stopped by Detroit on Feb. 3, Goldsworthy produced seven goals in his next six games.He had another one that was nullified by referee Bryan Lewis, at 17:54 of the third period at New York. Lewis contended that Goldsworthy kicked the puck in, but Goldsworthy claimed he was being cross-checked into the crease at the time by New York defenseman Jim Neilson and the game movies backed him up.Goldsworthy, whose 36 goals led all West Division players last season, didn&rsquo;t make the All Stargame this year. He stayed home during the three-day break, pondering his futile season.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got two chances to make something out of this year,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Slim and none.&rdquo;Then a couple of changes were enacted, which appear to have had a profound effect upon him.After suffering a concussion when he collided with teammate J.P. Parise in a game against Buffalo on Jan. 16, Goldsworthy was outfitted with a helmet for the first time in his career.Coach Jack Gordon also shook up his forward combinations, and put Goldsworthy on a line with Grant and Jude Drouin.Goldie reacted to his new linemates like a starving man in a steak house.Suddenly the old fire was back. He was skating again, picking up those loose pucks and driving them at the net. For the first time since early in the season, Goldsworthy followed each of his goals with the &ldquo;Goldie Shuffle,&rdquo; an impromptu little dance with fist extended that delighted Minnesota fans for four seasons.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01765/3032279-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="266" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jude Drouin</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Goldsworthy Breaks Out Credits New Linemates

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO &mdash;Bobby Hull had every right to call in sick on Valentine&rsquo;s Day, but he had too much heart.The Golden Jet of the Black Hawks was struggling with a week-long hip bruise. It was painful and restricting, but still Hull went to work. And not only did he put in his time, but he became the second leading scorer in National Hockey League history by notching the 545th and 546th goals of his career to key Chicago&rsquo;s 3 to 1 triumph over the Vancouver Canucks.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s just a super athlete,&rdquo; admired Coach Billy Reay. &ldquo;He can play with hurts that others can&rsquo;t. He&rsquo;s a super specimen, and a genuine superstar.&rdquo;The team physician for the Black Hawks, Dr. Myron Tremaine, offered a similar view of Hull&rsquo;s motivation. &ldquo;After Bobby hurt himself,&rdquo; the doctor said, &ldquo;I suggested that perhaps he sit out a game or two just to be on the safe side. But he&rsquo;s a tough one to hold own &mdash; he&rsquo;s got a mind of his won.&rdquo;&ldquo;I guess I&rsquo;m just a little bit restless,&rdquo; Hull smiled. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t like sitting around. Actually, just at the time I got hurt, I felt I was starting to come around. I was moving fairly well, and the shot was on.&rdquo;Even though Hull thought he was first &ldquo;coming around,&rdquo; his season was hardly a disaster. His historic pair of goals against the Canucks brought his output to 36 in 57 games. Included were nine game-winning goals. And the pace was just one game off his 1968-69 schedule when he notched a record 58. Which brought up another point.Last season, Hull didn&rsquo;t join the Hawks until mid-November because of a contract impasse with management. When he did return, the team was attempting to cut down on its 1968-69 goal yield, a problem which helped the Hawks finish sixth and last despite Hull&rsquo;s 58-goal artillery.&ldquo;Between the contract trouble and the new style,&rdquo; Hull said, &ldquo;I guess I pouted a little bit. But about the first of the year last season, I started to realize what Billy (Reay) said was right. You don&rsquo;t have to roam all over the ice like I was in order to get goals. If you play good positional hockey, if you play more of a disciplined defensive game, the scoring opportunities will come.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really a lot easier if you concentrate on checking your man and staying on your wing. Billy maintained that if you&rsquo;re in position defensively, you&rsquo;re automatically in good position to go the other way offensively. But it took me a little while to realize &mdash; I guess I&rsquo;ve got a hard head.&rdquo;Reay attributes the Hawks&rsquo; tighter mode of the last 1&frac12; seasons to better execution rather than a total new style.&ldquo;And don&rsquo;t forget,&rdquo; the coach added, &ldquo;that when Bobby returned he made the statement himself that he thought perhaps we should contribute a little more to the team&rsquo;s total effort than just scoring. He worked harder at it, the whole team worked harder. And we also added people like Tony Esposito, Bill White and Keith Magnuson. That was a big difference.&rdquo;Hull was humble after passing Montreal&rsquo;s retired Maurice (Rocket) Richard in the all-time scoring derby.&ldquo;When I was growing up, Richard was the idol of Canada,&rdquo; Hull recalled. &ldquo;And Gordie Howe, too. Now just to be mentioned in the same breath with them is a thrill.&rdquo;HAWK-EY TALK: When Hull was asked if he thought he could catch the still active Howe in the scoring race, he replied: &ldquo;What&rsquo;s he got, 782 goals? I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ll live that long,&rdquo; &hellip; WMAQ, the radio station which airs Hawk home games, sponsored a &ldquo;We Love The Hawks&rdquo; contest, and fans responded with more than 5,000 posters which lined Chicago Stadium&rsquo;s entire outer lobby walls on Valentines night &hellip; Consecutive defeats to Toronto and Pittsburgh marked the first time this season that the Hawks had lost two games in a row. &#9632;

‘Super Athlete’ Bobby Hull Super Despite Hurts

<h2>In The East</h2>Jim Neilson&rsquo;s defensive value to the New York Rangers has never been questioned but as a scorer, he didn&rsquo;t really rate. After all last season, he only scored three times.But this season the new Neilson is scoring and the Rangers are reaping the rewards. Neilson banged in two weekend goals for the New Yorkers and they are the kind every team loves to get &mdash; both were game winners.Neilson now has seven for the season and could easily surpass his career high of 10 set two years ago if he maintains his present pace through the club&rsquo;s final 19 games.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Neilson 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/f0014-01763/3032606-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="503" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM NEILSON &hellip; New York Rangers</figcaption></div><h2>In The West</h2>The Los Angeles kings are an improved hockey club over last year&rsquo;s pathetic tail-enders and much of their success can be attributed to the many new faces on the team. Among them is Mike Byers, who produced a three-goal week.Byers, who reached the Kings by way of a trade from Philadelphia after last season, has been one of the pleasant surprises for the L.A. club. He has pumped home 16 goals, including several key markers, and this past week he never scored a bigger goal in his life when he tallied the game winner to upset Boston 5-4. It was his second of the game and brought the roof down in the fashionable L.A. Forum while more than 16,000 fans looked on.THE HOCKEY NEWS has selected Byers 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/f0014-02651/3032599-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="510" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE BYERS &hellip; Los Angeles Kings</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA &mdash;Vic Stasiuk won&rsquo;t like to read this but it might be best if he took his vacation this year before the Flyers&rsquo; final game of the regular season.There&rsquo;s really nothing wrong with Vic&rsquo;s coaching but there definitely is something wrong with the way he reacts to pressure.And that&rsquo;s precisely what the Flyers &mdash; and Vic in particular &mdash; are battling once again as they strive to make the Stanley Cup playoffs.Why a vacation during the season? Well, Stasiuk has a tendency of overcoaching. Proof of it is the way he has constantly juggled around his lines the past few weeks, in an attempt to come up with consistent goal-producing combinations.This would be fine, in a sense, because sometimes he comes up with them. However, almost as soon as he does, those lines are broken up again with the aim of shifting guys around in order to perk up other lines which are not scoring.It&rsquo;s a mad cycle, one that Stasiuk can completely avoid by sticking completely behind the men who had been playing together for most of the season &mdash; barring injuries &mdash; and keeping them together.This is not Vic&rsquo;s nature, however. He feels a coach has got to operate his team like a checker board, making moves just for the sake of making moves.&ldquo;I sure feel like I&rsquo;m on a checkerboard,&rdquo; says one veteran forward, demanding anonymity. &ldquo;One day you&rsquo;re playing with certain guys and the next game you&rsquo;re playing with others. It&rsquo;s not a good situation.&ldquo;Apparently Vic doesn&rsquo;t understand the logic of keeping the same players together. They get used to each other&rsquo;s moves and this pays off in goals over the long run. I&rsquo;m not saying he shouldn&rsquo;t make line changes once in awhile, but to do it so often is stupid. Maybe he&rsquo;s just stubbornt hat his way is best. All I know is that a lot of guys on this team feel he&rsquo;s wrong, but we can&rsquo;t come out and say so or we&rsquo;ll be in his doghouse.&rdquo;One of Stasiuk&rsquo;s other bad bits of coaching concerns Rick Mac-Leish, the 20-year-old left wing whom the Flyers acquired from the Boston Bruins in the threeway trade with Toronto for goalie Bernie Parent a month ago.MacLeish was gaining valuable experience on the Bruins&rsquo; farm club in Oklahoma City but, as soon as the Flyers got him, they had him playing regularly in the NHL. Rick has not been playing badly, but his presence meant that one of the other left wings was out of a regular job. And this was definitely undeserved because none deserved a demotion to the bench.There&rsquo;s no doubt MacLeish is going to be an asset to the Flyers in the long run, but it appears senseless to put him on the ice that much just to prove an immediate return in the controversial trade of Parent.One year ago the Flyers were in second place behind St. Louis in the West Division with six games and two weeks remaining in the schedule when they folded up. &#9632;

Overcoaching May Put Flyers Back In Heartbreak Alley

SUITE 4, LAKEHOME BLDG.HALIBURTON, ONTARIO. CANADA&ldquo;Located On Beautiful Koshlong Lake. Haliburton. Ont.&rdquo;AnnouncingLook at our line-up of more than 30 Professional Hockey Instructors!The largest N.H.L. coaching staff of any hockey camp in the world, which includes N.H.L. players, coaches and executives.We are proud to present our 1971 star-studded line up.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01577/3032885-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="275" height="276"><figcaption class="caption-body">WREN BLAIR General Manager MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02500/3032878-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="275" height="277"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM GREGORY General Manager TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03399/3032871-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="272" height="273"><figcaption class="caption-body">EMILE FRANCIS General Manager & Coach NEW YORK RANGERS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04313/3032864-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="274" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY McLELLAN Coach TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05238/3032857-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="272" height="275"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERALD BLAIR Camp Director</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06191/3032850-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="273" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT FLANNERY Chief Hockey Instructor</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07176/3032843-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="273" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT KELLY Ass&rsquo;t Camp Director</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08160/3032836-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="271" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK GORDON Coach MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09138/3032829-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="272" height="275"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al MacNEIL Coach MONTREAL CANADIENS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-10117/3032822-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="269" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">GUMP WORSLEY Goaltender MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-11103/3032815-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="270" height="272"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK EGERS Left Wing NEW YORK RANGERS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1287/3032808-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="274" height="275"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOEY JOHNSTON Center Prospect MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1376/3032801-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="274" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED OUIMET Goaltender St. LOUIS BLUES</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1470/3032794-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="270" height="273"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM WEBSTER Right Wing DETROIT RED WINGS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1561/3032787-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="274" height="273"><figcaption class="caption-body">BERNIE PARENT Goaltender TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1658/3032780-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="276" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIT SELBY Left wing ST. LOUIS SLUES</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1751/3032773-1-eng-US/f0016-172.jpg" title="f0016-17" width="272" height="273"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON ELLIS Right Wing TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1845/3032766-1-eng-US/f0016-182.jpg" title="f0016-18" width="271" height="271"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM DOREY Defense TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1941/3032759-1-eng-US/f0016-192.jpg" title="f0016-19" width="270" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY BOWER Scout TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2041/3032752-1-eng-US/f0016-202.jpg" title="f0016-20" width="269" height="275"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK REDMOND Defense Prospect MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2138/3032745-1-eng-US/f0016-212.jpg" title="f0016-21" width="270" height="270"><figcaption class="caption-body">WALT McKECHNIE Center MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2236/3032738-1-eng-US/f0016-222.jpg" title="f0016-22" width="271" height="271"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARRY UNGER Center ST LOUIS BLUES</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2334/3032731-1-eng-US/f0016-232.jpg" title="f0016-23" width="272" height="272"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL GOLDSWORTHY Right Wing MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2432/3032724-1-eng-US/f0016-242.jpg" title="f0016-24" width="270" height="272"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE ROBITAILLE Defense DETROIT RED WINGS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2528/3032717-1-eng-US/f0016-252.jpg" title="f0016-25" width="270" height="272"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON STACKHOUSE Defense CALIFORNIA SEALS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2626/3032710-1-eng-US/f0016-262.jpg" title="f0016-26" width="271" height="269"><figcaption class="caption-body">DARRYL SITTLER Center TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2721/3032703-1-eng-US/f0016-272.jpg" title="f0016-27" width="271" height="272"><figcaption class="caption-body">NICK BEVERLEY Defense Prospect BOSTON BRUINS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2819/3032696-1-eng-US/f0016-282.jpg" title="f0016-28" width="272" height="270"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL MYRE Goaltender MONTREAL CANADIENS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-2912/3032689-1-eng-US/f0016-292.jpg" title="f0016-29" width="270" height="274"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRYAN WATSON Defense PITTSBURGH PENGUINS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-3012/3032682-1-eng-US/f0016-302.jpg" title="f0016-30" width="271" height="271"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROY EDWARDS Goaltender DETROIT RED WINGS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-3112/3032675-1-eng-US/f0016-312.jpg" title="f0016-31" width="270" height="271"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE DRYDEN Goaltender BUFFALO SABRES</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-328/3032668-1-eng-US/f0016-322.jpg" title="f0016-32" width="270" height="271"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRED BARRETT Defense MINNESOTA NORTH STARS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-338/3032661-1-eng-US/f0016-332.jpg" title="f0016-33" width="274" height="269"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIAN GLENNIE Defense TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS</figcaption></div><h2>Write For Your Brochure Now</h2>&#9679; A high prestige Hockey Program plus a boy&rsquo;s full camp life. &#9679; Top Flight N.H.L. instructors. &#9679; Hockey every day in the splendid new Haliburton Arena. &#9679; Boys live in beautiful cabins surrounded by swaying birch trees. &#9679; 1,500 ft. of golden sand beach like Hawaii for beautiful holiday swimming. &#9679; Water skiing and water ski instruction. &#9679; Play golf on two different courses. &#9679; Organized camp tournaments in shuffleboard, horseshoes and golf. &#9679; Touch Football, Soccer and Lacrosse on our beautiful new sports field. &#9679; Canoe instruction and canoe trips. &#9679; Cook-outs, camp fire, sing-songs. &#9679; Go Kart rides on supervised Go-Kart track. &#9679; All meals diet supervised by expert chefs. &#9679; Movies and rec hall games.<h2>NOW OPERATING FOR TEN WEEKS</h2>&ldquo;A Boy&rsquo;s Dream Holiday Come True&rdquo; June 26 through Sept 4, 1971 FOR MORE INFORMATION BROCHURES AND PRICES WRITE &ldquo;Haliburton Hockey Haven&rdquo; BOYS&rsquo; CAMP SUITE 4 &mdash; LAKEHOME BLDG., HALIBURTON. 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<div class="byline">BY BYRON YAKE</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;For a time, Red Kelly thought, his Penguins forgot the time.&ldquo;Our guys must not have realized the game started at 1:30 instead of 2:30,&rdquo; said a disgusted Kelly after the Pens lost a crucial game to Minnesota.The victory by the North Stars gave the Pens and Minnesota an identical record, tying them for third place in the West Division. Breathing hard behind both of them, just one point back, was Philadelphia.For a time, it looked like the Pens forgot the time.The North Stars slammed in four goals in the first period, just like the Pens had done to Chicago in Pittsburgh the day before in their 5-4 victory over the Black Hawks.The Stars bombarded usually reliable Les Binkley and Kelly yanked him before the period ended.&ldquo;Binkley wasn&rsquo;t stopping any pucks,&rdquo; he said.Bink was playing back-to back games too. He was in the nets against the Black Hawks and the veteran goaltender had to be wondering why he was called upon in that kind of tedious situation. But Kelly likely had good reasons. He usually does.The Pens have been playing perhaps their best hockey ever over a prolonged period.Against Philadelphia the game before the Black Hawks came to town, they scored four goals in the first period, then hung on to take a 5-3 victory over the Flyers. It was that game which put the Pens in a tie with the Flyers for third place.But Kelly wasn&rsquo;t completely happy about the way things went in that game although he said he was &ldquo;tickled pink about the victory.&rdquo;Pacing behind the Pens bench like a loose tiger, Kelly was the picture of a coach whose team is losing, not winning like they were this night.What caused it all was that the Pens looked flat in the latter part of the second period and all of the third period after they had built up a 4-1 lead.The Flyers came back with two goals and had a chance for more, but didn&rsquo;t capitalize on the breaks the Pens seemed to hand them.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m much more worried when we have a lead,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;To blow a lead like that is&hellip;&rdquo;Is Kelly really the pessimist he is sounding like?&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not pessimistic,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m optimistic. But I&rsquo;ve been around too many games. I know goals don&rsquo;t come easy. So when you get them, you don&rsquo;t let them get back in the game.&rdquo;The Killer Instinct, maybe?&ldquo;Yea, that&rsquo;s it. It&rsquo;s like a fight. You get him down or you get him in a corner and knock him out, finish it.&ldquo;How many times have you seen a groggy fighter come back to win? I guess it&rsquo;s the same in every sport,&rdquo; he said.PEN SCRIBBLINGS &mdash; Kelly wasn&rsquo;t surprised by the shakeup on the Blues club. &ldquo;I said in training camp they weren&rsquo;t as strong this year. Their power play has been having trouble.&rdquo; Kelly also sees the West Division race as one that will go right down to the wire. &ldquo;The games we play with Philadelphia and Minnesota are going to mean the most.&rdquo; The Pens still have two games left with the Flyers &hellip; Defenseman Yvon Labre scored his first National Hockey League goal against the Black Hawks, and it proved to be the winning goal. Not only that, the rookie had the audacity to mix it up with veteran Stan Mikita after he felt the Hawks supercenter was giving him a bad time. Did a pretty good job of making himself known that day before a crowd of over 10,000 on a snowy afternoon in Pittsburgh.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04283/3032916-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="530" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED KELLY&hellip;Still Optimistic</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Coach Kelly Not Totally Happy

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02434/3032954-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01489/3032961-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="215" height="207"></div>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 22)<h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03359/3032947-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="1092" height="342"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Feb. 16Boston 4 at Vancouver 5California 1 at St. Louis 5Wed. Feb. 17New York 0 at Montreal 3Pittsburgh 3 at Toronto 4Buffalo 1 at Chicago 5Philadelphia 4 at Los Angeles 0California 2 at Minnesota 3Thurs. Feb. 18Minnesota 3 at Detroit 5Pittsburgh 6 at Buffalo 6Fri. Feb. 19Boston 5 at California 0Philadelphia 3 at Vancouver 2Sat. Feb. 20Chicago 1 at Montreal 7St. Louis 1 at Toronto 3New York 2 at Pittsburgh 0Boston 4 at Los Angeles 5Buffalo 5 at Detroit 6Philadelphia 3 at California 5Sun. Feb. 21Toronto 4 at Minnesota 1Detroit 1 at New York 4St. Louis 3 at Buffalo 1Los Angeles 5 at Chicago 7<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Feb. 22Montreal at VancouverTues. Feb. 23Boston at BuffaloWed. Feb. 24Montreal at CaliforniaPhiladelphia at New YorkSt. Louis at PittsburghLos Angeles at MinnesotaThurs. Feb. 25Montreal at Los AngelesMinnesota at TorontoVancouver at BostonSt. Louis at DetroitBuffalo at PhiladelphiaFri. Feb. 26Chicago at CaliforniaSat. Feb. 27St. Louis at MontrealBuffalo at TorontoNew York at PittsburghDetroit at MinnesotaVancouver at PhiladelphiaChicago at Los AngelesSun. Feb. 28Toronto at Boston (afternoon)Vancouver at New YorkPittsburgh at DetroitMinnesota at BuffaloLos Angeles at California (afternoon)Tues. March 2Boston at MinnesotaWed. March 3Montreal at PittsburghVancouver at TorontoCalifornia at New YorkBuffalo at Los AngelesChicago at St. LouisThurs. March 4Vancouver at MontrealCalifornia at BostonDetroit at PhiladelphiaFri. March 5Toronto at St. LouisChicago at BuffaloTV GAME of the WEEKSun. Feb. 28Toronto at Boston, 2 p.m. &#9632;

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THE NHL SCENE

Experience counts &hellip; former U.S. Olympic stars Billy and Roger Christian, assisted 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/f0017-05234/3033013-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="264" height="333"><figcaption class="caption-body">Louis Nanne</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06199/3033006-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="269" height="329"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Christian</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07176/3032999-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="271" height="335"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rogor Christian</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08144/3032992-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="275" height="340"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Goldsworthy</figcaption></div>See You, Local Dealer or Write for LiteratureCHRISTIAN BROS., INC.Warroad, Minn. 56763(218)386-1111 &#9632;

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Hockey Sticks by Hockey Players

<div class="byline">BY JOHN PORTER</div>OAKLAND&mdash;The meteoric success of Norm Ferguson burned out and there were few who held hope for the former star of the Seals ever achieving the height of his rookie season.Two seasons ago Fergy was instrumental in putting the Seals into the playoffs. His goal-scoring duel with Minnesota&rsquo;s Danny Grant (each finished with 34) was well publicized in the Bay Area and fans were looking forward to his return next season.Call it the sophomore jinx or those second-year blues, Fergy had plenty of trouble last year. He tailed off from a 54-point season to one of just 20, including a mere 11 goals.This season there was a feeling Norm would snap out of the scoring doldrums, but he barely got a chance to refind his touch. In the fourth game, down at Los Angeles, he was smacked into the boards and suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out of action 21 games.Tony Featherstone replaced Fergy at right wing on Dennis Hextall&rsquo;s line and scored three times in one week, but then failed to tally after that. When Ferguson was ready to start playing again his spot was still open.His first game back, a 6-1 loss to Vancouver, he scored the Seals&rsquo; lone goal. &ldquo;I still feel sore and I&rsquo;m not back in shape yet, but it&rsquo;s great to be playing again,&rdquo; he said.Fergy&rsquo;s coach had a simple explanation for the 25-year-old Sydney, Nova Scotia native&rsquo;s problems last year.&ldquo;The other teams were catching on to his basic move and playing his body,&rdquo; said Fred Glover. &ldquo;He&rsquo;d come down the boards and beat one man, then instead of passing off he&rsquo;d try to beat the second man.&ldquo;With his size (5-8, 160), Fergy was being taken into the boards by the defensemen. It became very frustrating for him and the more he tried to offset it the worse it got.&rdquo;Now it appears Ferguson is diversifying his attack. He has 10 goals in a 30-game period&rsquo; and is breaking loose again. &ldquo;I really feel good now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I just wish the team were doing better.&rdquo;&ldquo;Fergy scored a goal against Buffalo on three good moves,&rdquo; recalls Glover, &ldquo;then got another one against Montreal that came when he passed off to Hextall and took the return pass.&ldquo;The indications are that he is shaking that thing. Of course, It took a while coming back from that injury, but the way he&rsquo;s been moving around the net looks like he&rsquo;s working into his old form and I think you can start looking for better things from him now.&rdquo;And more scoring is just what the Golden Seals need.SEALS SHOTS: Fergy&rsquo;s last two goals came while playing left wing for injured Gary Croteau &hellip; He only played three games on the portside before Croteau returned to the lineup &hellip; Then Fergy got a chance to play center in practice when Don O&rsquo;Donoghue&rsquo;s old knee injury flared up &hellip; The Seals are a .500 team at home, but on th&lt; road the wins are few indeed&hellip;A last-place finish won&rsquo;t help the Seals much in the draft since Montreal owns California&rsquo;s No. 1 pick from a previous trade. &#9632;

New Style Helps Ferguson Comeback

<h2>WCHA CONFERENCE</h2>(standings on Mon. Feb. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01473/3033124-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="577" height="253"></div><h2>ECAC CONFERENCE</h2>(Standings on Thurs. Feb. 18)<h3>DIVISION I</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02408/3033117-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="582" height="467"></div><h3>DIVISION II</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03333/3033110-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="587" height="748"></div><h2>ONTARIO-QUEBEC COLLEGE</h2>(Standings On Wed. Feb. 17)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04287/3033103-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="576" height="179"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05240/3033096-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="581" height="180"></div><h2>OTTAWA-ST-LAW CONFERENCE</h2>(Standings on Fri. Feb. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06192/3033089-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="579" height="208"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-07167/3033082-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="579" height="259"></div><h2>MARITIME CONFERENCE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Feb. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-08151/3033075-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="579" height="293"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-09128/3033068-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="580" height="233"></div> &#9632;

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COLLEGE RACES

<div class="byline">BY NORM MACKIE</div>NEW YORK&mdash;This year&rsquo;s Lester Patrick Awards&rsquo; dinner &mdash; which will honor Rangers&rsquo; President William Jennings &mdash; is set for March 9 in New York. Of interest to amateur fans is the makeup of the 1970-71 Junior All America squad. Seven boys were chosen by the selection committee, headed by Norman MacLean. Other chairmen in this difficult process were J. Lawrence Cain, Detroit; Paul Humphrey, Toledo; Ron Woodey, Minneapolis; Tom Mumford, Los Angeles and John Oliver, Scituate, Mass.The team consists of goalie Jim Warden of the Pasadena Maple Leafs, defenseman Richie Bowman of the Nahoba, Mass. Flyers, defenseman Pat O&rsquo;Neil of Detroit Myr Metal, forwards Bruce Meehan of Minneapolis Stephens, Don Rogers of the Dayton Junior Gems, Mark Howe of the Detroit Junior Red Wings and Joe DeVirgilio of the Brooklyn Stars.Howe, who plays with his older brother Marty, on the Junior Wings, is only 15. He has scored over 100 points this season. Maybe Mark can make the NHL Wings eventually.The boys all are interested in the NHL which is one of the prerequisites for selection.Once again this season, the AHAUS is sponsoring the following tournaments, intermediate open, senior U.S., junior, midget, senior open, intermediate U.S., juvenile and bantam. Our next column will have sites and dates. This year&rsquo;s Junior Development Committee was chaired by Donald M. Clark with Cain, Oliver and Dan. T. Corns assisting.For the 1970-71 season, the following guide may be used to determine eligibility. A junior is a player born on or after January 1, 1951. A juvenile is a boy born on or after January 1, 1952. A midget must be born on or after January 1, 1954 with a bantam born on or after January 1, 1956. Pee wees fall under the January 1, 1958 deadline with squirts being listed on or before January 1, 1960.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-10109/3033155-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="265" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mark Howe</figcaption></div>We thought it might be nice to salute the various league governing bodies this week. The Michigan Amateur Hockey Assn, has James Kokowicz of Livonia as it president. Vice-Presidents include Robert Schlitts, Charles Autore and Charles Miles with William Gill being the secretarytreasurer and Carl Schwarz the managing director.The Mid-America Amateur Hockey Association has the ever ebullient Paul Humphrey as the president-registrar and manager. Colin Lister is the first vice-president with Len Barcalow serving as the second vice president.The Minnesota Amateur Hockey Association has Harry Dornseif as its president. Ron Woodey, Henry Royer, Al Alm, Fred Brown and Gene Fredrichs are vice presidents with the ever present Donald M. Clark, the secretary-treasurer.Missouri has its own amateur hockey association, the cause of which has been greatly advanced by the St. Louis Blues. Sol J. Kohrs is the president with Frederick Canfield the secretarytreasurer.The vibrant New England Amateur Hockey Association is based in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Roger Pruneau is the president with Norman Bureau and Robert Hamilton the vice presidents. Bureau handles the seniors and Hamilton the youth groups. Beatrice Lambert is the secretary as the distaff side shows its colors. Hugh Findlay is the treasurer with Eileen Rooney being the senior secretary and Paul Surette the youth secretary.The North Dakota Amateur Hockey Association lists I. F. LeFleur Jr. as nominal head as both the secretary and treasurer. He works like a trojan in Crazy Horse country. Out in the great Northwest, the Pacific Northwest Amateur Hockey Association has Leo Chandler as president and Ernest Adby as registrar.The Wisconsin Amateur Hockey Association is run by President Florian Kuklinski with Secretary Joseph Leszcynski doing yoeman work also.ICE CHIPS: The Marquette Iron Rangers are continuing to make a shambles of the race in the United States Hockey League. Brian Lunney is the top netminder in the USHL and Gerry Sullivan is the best scorer. Both play for the Rangers &hellip; Sault Canadians have released Don Grosso as coach, but kept him on as a player &hellip; Top scorers in the Mid America Hockey League are Rick Dahlgren ol Louisville and Bobby Moore of Indianapolis &hellip; The MAHL consists of franchises in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Cincinnati, Louisville, Dayton and Lima &hellip; A belated salute to center Paul Coppo of the Green Bay Bobcats. Earlier in the year he became the highest scorer in Green Bay history scoring his 517th point, which surpassed the 516 recorded by John Mayasich. Coppo is in his eleventh season with the USHL Bobcats. &#9632;

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Mark Howe Amons Honored All Americans

<div class="byline">By John Gilbert</div>The recent NCAA ruling banning all Tier One Junior A hockey players from playing at NCAA colleges means that the college powers will have to lean towards lesser developed Canadians or American prospects.In most of the Western U.S. colleges, attention seems to be focusing on the Minnesota high school players.Denver University, one of the chief recruiters of Canadians in the West, sought and landed two Minnesota freshmen in Tom Peluso and Bob Krieger last summer. Both have fit in and are playing regularly for the Pioneers, in fact Peluso is Denver&rsquo;s third best scorer.Rob Palmer, another Denver freshman, is from Detroit.Because of his success in Minnesota, and the success of Peluso and Krieger as freshmen, coach Murray Armstrong is taking a more extensive look at Minnesota schoolboys this season.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re looking for defensemen primarily,&rdquo; Armstrong said during a recent recruiting stop in Minnesota. &ldquo;Most of our forwards are back, but we&rsquo;re in need of a couple defensemen.&rdquo;Wisconsin coach Bob Johnson, while spurring a young state prep program in his own state, is also looking at some top Minnesotans.&ldquo;We lose John Jagger and Dan Gilchrist,&rdquo; Johnson said, &ldquo;so we need a couple of defensemen.&rdquo; Johnson watched Bob Young and Bob Lundeen particularly; Young is a defenseman for state Catholic champ St. Paul Hill, while Lundeen is the top defenseman for public champ Minneapolis Southwest.Those two are just two of many blue chip prospects. It seems that the state&rsquo;s schoolboy hockey is responding to the demands of more top colleges with its best year ever in the number of high caliber senior performers.North Dakota, Notre Dame, Harvard, Princeton, Colorado College and several other major colleges have joined Minnesota and Minnesota-Duluth in the fight for the top prospects playing in Minnesota.The rich high school program in Minnesota has already produced such college stars as Bob Collyard, Colorado College All-American; Phil Hoene, UMD&rsquo;s star center; Dean Blais, Mike Antonovich, Wally Olds and the rest of Minnesota&rsquo;s home-grown roster; Earl Anderson and Mike Baumgartner at North Dakota; Notre Dame&rsquo;s defensive corps of Bill Green, Ric Schafer, Bill Nyrop and Steve Curry plus goalie Dick Tomassoni and forward Kevin Hoene; plus others here and there. &#9632;

WESTERN WAY

<div class="byline">BY TOM BURKE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01319/3033210-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harvard captain JOE CAVANAGH adjusts his hockey jersey during Crimson&rsquo;s 10-4 overpowering of Boston College in Beanpot Tournament. Cavanagh, winding up his brilliant college career with Harvard, had two goals and three assists in BC rout. (Hockey News Photo by George Rizer)</figcaption></div>BOSTON&mdash;Ryan O&rsquo;Neal might have been a pretty good Oliver Barrett III. but he&rsquo;d have a much tougher time playing Joe Cavanagh.To take on the role of the 197071 Harvard ice captain, the star of &ldquo;Love Story&rdquo; once again would become Mr. Preppie and an All-Ivy hockey jock. But there&rsquo;s a lot more to Joe Cavanagh than these externals.When he winds up his Watson Rink career, this March. Joe will be the second leading scorer in Harvard hockey history. He will also be the leading stitch-gatherer and tooth-loser, because the way he plays hockey, he might as well have a bullseye as a number nine on his sweater.The Harvard hockey team without Cavanagh would be like the Cannonball Express without a locomotive. You name it and he&rsquo;s done it. Kill penalties, play up front and on the points on power plays, take a regular shift at defense everything. He just kills you with clean, rugged hockey. He led the Harvard scoring with 12 goals and 22 assists though 13 games.Though Joe has taken 29 stitches and had a shoulder dislocated this year, he still doesn&rsquo;t think the enemy is taking runs at him. In three years, he&rsquo;s had some 60 stitches, numerous lost choppers, and more aches and pains than Dillon Field house can hold. But the Cranston. R.I. native doesn&rsquo;t care to talk about his medical history.&ldquo;Everybody mentions my injuries. but I wish they&rsquo;d talk about my scoring or something instead.&rdquo; he smiled. &ldquo;Seriously. 1 don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve been banged around as much this year as I have the past two. I was cut badly twice by skates, but they hot were accidents.&ldquo;I just haven&rsquo;t been so puckconscious this year.&rdquo; he relates.&ldquo;Cooney&rsquo;s (Harvard coach Cooney Weiland) been after me for three years to stress positional play rather than chasing the puck. Also, my linemates Dan DeMichele and Steve Owen have been working together with me better than ever.&rdquo;&ldquo;He is less impetuous.&rdquo; said Weiland, the Crimson mentor who will retire after this season. &ldquo;Young players have a tendency just to watch the puck and not to look out for the other players whomight be going for it. If you keep your eyes on the puck you have a big disadvantage.&rdquo;Cavanagh and his linemates all netted two goals apiece in Harvard&rsquo;s 10-4 win over Boston College in the Beanpot. With apologies to Owen and DeMichele, Joe would make high-scoring wings out of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. However, the three have been together nearly throughout their varsity careers, and their Beanpot showing against BC enabled Joe to grab top spot among lifetime tournement scorers with 17 points in three varsity years. He still has one game to go.Joe would like nothing better than to close out his college career with a Beanpot win and a trip to the NCAA&rsquo;s in Syracuse. The Crimson most likely won&rsquo;t win the regular-season EC AC crown but will be an important factor in the playoffs.&ldquo;Seems like most of the time we&rsquo;ve been that inch or two away.&rdquo; he declares. &ldquo;But we know what we&rsquo;re capable of and any team that beats us the rest of the way will know it&rsquo;s been in a hockey game.&rdquo;Cavanagh, a two-time AllAmerica, lets his actions speak for him. Disbelievers are no more humerous than unicorns.<h2>COLLEGE HOCKEY SCENE &#9632;</h2>

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Harvard, Cavanagh Aim At NCAA Hockey Berth

<div class="byline">By Tom Burke</div>As expected. Boston University and Harvard will meet in the finals of the Boston Hardens Beanpot Tournament. The Terriers routed Northeastern 12-2 and the Crimson followed suit with a 10-4 dumping of Boston College in the first round February 8. Attendance was 11.449. surprisingly small for the annual extravaganza on Causeway St. but the February 22 final was sold out wit bin a few days.BU and Harvard each have won five Beanpot titles since the Tourney began in 1952. Boston College has won eight while the Huskies are still looking for their first crown.The Terriers took a quick TO lead in the first period and coasted home as they tested NU goalie Dan Eberly 50 times. Sophomore Steve Dolloff turned the hat trick and senior Wayne (lowing chipped in with a pair of goals for BU. which took over undisputed possession of first place in EC AC Division One.Harvard had a tussle for two periods with a scrappy BC sextet, but they fired three goals in the first lour minutes of the third period to ice the win. BC had taken tin early 2-0 lead and trailed 4-3 after two frames. The Crimson senior line of Joe Cavanagh. Dan DeMichele, and Steve Owen did most of the damage as each tallied twice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02235/3033241-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="266" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leon Abbott</figcaption></div>An informal poll among players and coaches of the EC AC shows that BU is still regarded as the best team in the loop. The Terriers ran their record to 19-1-1 after the Beanpot with an 8-3 trouncing of powerful New Hampshire. Spohomore rearguard Rick-Jordan tallied a pair of goals to lead an impressive BU effort.New Hampshire, still right in that playoff picture with a 10-5 record, received a 4,-save game from soph goalie Bob Smith. Earlier in the week he registered his first shutout. 5-0 over Northeastern. The Cats also absorbed a 7-2 loss at Penn in which senior wing John Gray. Division One&rsquo;s third leading scorer. was lost for the year with a knee injury. Guy Smith moved up to his spot from the thin backline crew in the BU game alongside Mike McShane and Tern Blewett.Harvard didn&rsquo;t fare so well in their Beanpot follow-up. losing 3-2 at Brown. The Bruins came from deficits of 1-0 and 2-1. with Mike Powers netting the winner with 2:30 remaining.&ldquo;Give Brown a lot of credit&rdquo;, said a dejected Cooney Weiland. &ldquo;They were a different team from the one we beat earlier in the year, and they wanted this win more than we did.&rdquo;Bang Bang went the double-barrelled North Country weekend shotgun, and thump-bump went RPI. down to their first Div. I defeat of the season and then some. A surprising 8-1 loss at Clarkson and a 6-3 defeat at St. Lawrence dropped the Engineers to 6-2-2 in the loop.Well, assessed coach Leon Abbott disconsolately. &ldquo;Clarkson was really sharp and our goaltending wasn&rsquo;t what it should have been. The score is a little misleading because they got two goals in the last minute, but give Clarkson lull credit for the game. At St. Lawrence we just weren&rsquo;t ready and they were sky-high for us.&rdquo;A total of 29 penalties were tooted in the game with St. Lawrence, which had lost 3-2 to Dartmouth earlier in the week. Eight of the goals came on power plays.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s too early to tell how these losses will affect the team&rsquo;s attitude.&rdquo; commented Abbott. &ldquo;Our next games are with BU and Providence, but we may need a few to see if we can bounce back.&rdquo;That Dartmouth team is playing some great hockey, but some of it has come against too-worthy toes, namely Cornell. The Indians dropped a close 5-2 decision at Ithaca, then tested Big Red goalie Brian Cropper 47 times in a rematch a week later in Hanover. Cornell needed a pair of short handed goals to pave the way to a 4-1 win. Mike Turner scored with 3:01 remaining to give Grant Standbrooks Indians a 3-2 win over St. Lawrence. Dartmouth&rsquo;s 4-11 Divisional record is deceiving indeed.Boston College received a hat trick from Ed Kenty in downing Colgate 9-4 in Hamilton. It was the big sophomore&rsquo;s fourth hat of the season. Vin Shanley and Don Callow had two goals each and Scott Godfrey added six assists, one short of the team record.5 ale was involved in a pair of road-game shutouts, blanked 8-0 by Cornell at Ithaca and blanking Princeton 7-0 at Princeton. The Kevin Pettit-Brian McCutcheon-Dave Westner line accounted for five Cornell goals in the first tilt. Greg Rivet netted a hat trick and John Cole and Mark Fitzsimons split the goaling chores for the Elis in their win over the Tigers.Here&rsquo;s an early prediction: home ice for the playoff first round will go to BU Cornell. Harvard, and Clarkson, not necessarily in that order. The bottom tour will be chosen from New Hampshire. Brown. Providence. Pennsylvania. and RPI. Penn and RPI have been the biggest surprises of ail. while not too many figured Brown would be in the running either.Only Clarkson and Boston College have been in every EC AC post-season playoff tourney since 1960. The Eagles will miss out for the first time this year. St. Lawrence has qualified every year but one in the past nine, but they won&rsquo;t be around this post-season either. &#9632;

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DOWN EAST

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER&mdash;Three seasons ago, Ron Ward was selected as the minor league player of the year by THE HOCKEY NEWS for his play with Tulsa in the Central League.Ward scored 31 goals and had a leagueleading 54 assists to win the league&rsquo;s scoring title with 85 points.Two seasons ago, Ward was voted the American Hockey League&rsquo;s rookie of the year after scoring 35 goals and assisting on 41 others for the Rochester Americans.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0658/3033355-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="253" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Ward</figcaption></div>But just as the 5-10, 180-pound center had skyrocketed to fame, so did he plummet into oblivion last season. He stayed with Toronto for 18 games and managed exactly one assist. He played 22 games for Tulsa and had seven goals and 17 assists. Then he moved to Phoenix of the Western League for 22 games and had seven goals and nine assists.The now 26-year-old Ward was taken by Vancouver from Toronto in last June&rsquo;s expansion draft, and the 1970-71 campaign appeared no better than last year for him.Sent to Rochester shortly before the start of the season, Ron had contract difficulties and finally returned to his Cornwall, Ont., home while-the Amerks were beginning their schedule.He agreed to terms in a parking lot in Hershey, Pa., after Rochester&rsquo;s second game and played the following night in the home opener.But Ward couldn&rsquo;t get going. Finally then coach Dick Gamble put Ron on defense, and he played his best hockey there. As recently as Jan. 8, Ward&rsquo;s sheet showed just three goals and five assists for the entire season.He returned to center on Jan. 14 in Quebec City and since then has poured in 10 goals and five assists. And he was forced back to defense for two games in the interim because of injuries to teammates. &#9632;

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Ward Hot In Comeback Kick, Nets 10 Goats For Amerks

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0844/3033400-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="244" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED GIACOMIN</figcaption></div>JULY 12 AUG. 27ST. MARYS, ONTARIO, CANADA&#9679; Learn the finer points of hockey from New York Ranger star Walter Tkaczuk, Vancouver Canuck Danny Seguin and 6 other instructors, who are there IN PERSON every day.&#9679; Guest instructors Ed Giacomin and Vic Hadfield of the New York Rangers.&#9679; Power Skating Lessons taught by a pro skater&#9679; Full line of skates and hockey equipment, properly fitted by an expert, on sale at the school.&#9679; One and two week sessions, boarding students and low family rates.FOR FREE BROCHURE ABOUT ONE OF THE BEST HOCKEY SCHOOLS ANYWHERE WRITE.WALTER TKACZUK HOCKEY SCHOOL104 BIRCHCLIFF AVE.KITCHENER, ONT., CANADA.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0750/3033407-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="239" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">WALTER TKACZUK</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0938/3033393-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="244" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY SEGUIN</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1034/3033386-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="251" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">VIC HADFIELD</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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LEARN FROM THE PROS THE WALTER TKACZUK HOCKEY SCHOOL

1. The blade is tough, stringy rock elm carefully hand-shaped and hand-sanded. Then it&rsquo;s wrapped with fiberglass tape and dipped in superhard resin for extra strength.2. Curved blades hold the puck better and shoot it faster. Most players use custom-designed curves.3. An additional laminate of northern white ash between the blade and shaft adds greater strength and resilience at the &ldquo;stress point.&rdquo;4. Light, rugged northern white ash has an uncanny ability to flex and snap back to its original shape.5. This is the most respected name in hockey. Sticks bearing this name have scored more goals than any other stick in the world. There is no finer hockey stick made&mdash;anywhere.NORTHLANDProduct of Larson Industries. Inc.Le Center. Minnesota 56057 &#9632;

ANATOMY OF A SCORING CHAMPION

<h2>Looking At AHL Race</h2><h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Including Games on Sun. Feb. 14)(Standings on Wed. Feb. 24)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01180/3033293-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="571" height="138"></div><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02130/3033286-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="579" height="130"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Affiliations. 1-Montreal, 2-Detroit, 3-Boston; 7-Los Angeles; 9-Califomia; 10-Philadelphia; 11-Minnesota; 13-Vancouver).</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Feb. 16Montreal 1 at Baltimore 3Wed. Feb. 17Montreal 3 at Hershey 1Fri. Feb. 19Quebec 0 at Baltimore 2Springfield 1 at Montreal 2Cleveland 6 at Providence 2Sat. Feb. 20Baltimore 4 at Cleveland 2Quebec 1 at Hershey 1Rochester 4 at Springfield 2Sun. Feb. 21Springfield 0 at Baltimore 14Rochester 1 at Cleveland 2Hershey 3 at Providence 4Montreal 1 at Quebec 1<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Feb. 24Springfield at HersheyThurs. Feb 25Hershey at BaltimoreFri. Feb. 26Cleveland at MontrealProvidence at QuebecBaltimore at RochesterSat Feb. 27Montreal at BaltimoreRochester at HersheyProvidence at SpringfieldSun. Feb. 28Montreal at ProvidenceCleveland at QuebecHershey at RochesterTues. March 2Providence at BaltimoreWed. March 3Hershey at QuebecFri. March 5Hershey at MontrealProvidence at RochesterCleveland at Springfield<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games on Sun. Feb. 14)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0389/3033279-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="577" height="482"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0474/3033272-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="573" height="454"></div><h2>American League Summaries</h2><h2>Wed. Feb. 10</h2><h2>ROCHESTER 1 at PROVIDENCE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Providence, White (Szura, Rota)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:29Penalties: White 4:07; Dunville 7:28, 10:54, Polano 17:38<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Providence, Garwasiuk (Oddleifson, Speer)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:46Penalties: Sly, Cook, Polano, Garwasiuk 11:15; Keller 12:33; Armstrong (major) 14:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Rochester, Word (Taylor, Black)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:124&mdash;Providence, Leduc (Sneddon. Polano)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:03Penalties: Speer 0:22; Dufour 9:10; Blackburn 13 35; Oddleifson 18:13.Saves: Aubry (Rochester) 32; Sneddon (Providence) 36.<h2>Fri. Feb. 12</h2><h2>QUEBEC 1 at SPRINGFIELD 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Hoekstra&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:12Penalties: Saleski 7:48; Smith (served by Mikkelson) 7:48; Schultz, Volmar 11:08.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Quebec, MacSweyn&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:53Penalties: Potvin 11:56.Saves: Belhumeur (Quebec) 39; Smith (Springfield) 31<h2>CLEVELAND 2 at MONTREAL 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal. Horn. (Blanchette, Gagnon)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:252&mdash;Cleveland, Beaudin&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:033&mdash;Cleveland, McKechnie (Charnoff, Beaudin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:30Penalties: Polanic 2:18; M. Johnston 4:15; Paridise 8:36; Ahearn 15:88.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Montreal, Harris (Gagnon, Gray)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:00Penalties; Busniuk, J. Johnston 2:27; Boddy 6:40; J. Johnston 10:10; Blanchette 11:13; Erick son 12:34; Bobby 17:27.No scoring.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>Penalty: Hyndman 4:36.Shots on goal: Montreal 37; Cleveland 45.Attendance: 3,703.<h2>Sat. Feb. 13</h2><h2>ROCHESTER 2 at BALTIMORE 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Baltimore. Rivers (Dufour. Speck)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:33Penalties: Chevrier 11:19, Wells 13:26, Niekamp 13:26. Johnson 14:21, Ferguson 19:26.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Rochester, Stewart (Horn)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:393&mdash;Rochester, Taylor (Cook, Walton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:27Penalties: Harris 5:22, Cossette 5:22, Johnston 7:08.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Baltimore, Rivers (Bartlett, Speck)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:165&mdash;Baltimore, Bartlett (Speck, Rivers)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:236&mdash;Baltimore. Rivard&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:30Penalties: Hargreaves 1:29, 13:24.Saves: Aubry (Rochester) 35, Brown (Baltimore) 30<h2>HERSHEY 5 at CLEVELAND 8</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland, McKechnie (Beaudin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:532&mdash;Hershey, Keller (Gratton, Leiter)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:08Penalties: J. Johnston 2:17, Polanic 8:17, Barber 14:03.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Cleveland, Chernoff (McKechnie, M. Johnston)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:284&mdash;Cleveland, Quoquochi (Beverley, McKillop)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:225&mdash;Cleveland, Gilbert (Gratton, Keller)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:206&mdash;Cleveland, J. Johnston (Redmond. Meissner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:387&mdash;Cleveland, McKechnie (Gofton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:568&mdash;Cleveland, M. Johnston (Beaudin, McKechnie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:189&mdash;Hershey, Leiter (Mahoney)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:4510&mdash;Cleveland, Chernoff (Beaudin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:30Penalties: Meissner 1:55, Barber 1:55, J. Johnston, Beverley 11:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>11&mdash;cleveland, J. Johnston (Meissner, M. Johnston)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:1112&mdash;Cleveland, J. Johnston (M Johnston)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:1413&mdash;Hershey, Quoquochi (Harvey, Gilbert)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:44Penalties: Edestrand 6:04, Needham 16:49.<h2>MONTREAL 7 at SPRINGFIELD 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Springfield, Hoekstra (Byrnes, McDonough)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:572&mdash;Montreal, Gray (Harris, Ahearn)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:13Penalty: Boland 18:49.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Montreal, Harris (Ahearn, Gray)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:484&mdash;Montreal, Busniuk (Lavender, Poirier)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:485&mdash;Montreal, Gagnon (Murdoch)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:116&mdash;Springifeld, Volmar (McMahon, Mikkelson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:12Penalty: Ahearn, 6:21<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Springfield, Volmar (Dineer, Mikkelson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:568&mdash;Montreal, Poirier&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:279&mdash;Montreal, Gagnon (Blanchette. Comeau)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:2410&mdash;Springfield, Mikkelson (Lachance. Dineen)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:5811&mdash;Montreal, Gagnon&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:26Penalties: Murdoch, 1:50, Potvin, 9:53.<h2>SUN. FEB. 14</h2><h2>QUEBEC 2 at ROCHESTER 2</h2>1&mdash;Quebec, Currier FIRST PERIOD (Schultz)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:182&mdash;Quebec, Giannini Clement, Sarrazin&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:143&mdash;Rochester, Stewart Hargreaves, Word&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:18Penalties; Hargreaves 8:57. Schultz 10:59, Brossart 16:08.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Rochester. Ward (Block, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:31Penalties: Trevelyan, Hargreaves 3:50, Schultz, Zimmerman 6:14 Hargreaves 13:12 Brassort 18:24<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: None.<h2>Tues. Feb. 16</h2><h2>MONTREAL 1 at BALTIMORE 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Montreal, Lavender (Fortin, Patrick)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;010:23Penalties: Ferguson, 2:12, Paradise 14:31.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Baltimore, Cunniff (Marshall, Dufour)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;02:38Penalties: Lavender 4:02, Niekamp 7:24.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Baltimore, McCann (Ferguson, Johnston)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:284&mdash;Baltimore, Cossette (Douglas, Speck)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:39Penalties: Harris 6:17, Ketter (major) 20:00.Shots on goal Montreal: 26: Baltimore: 38. &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB BROWN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0022-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01198/3033469-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cleveland owner NICK MILETI reads inscription on plaque honoring new Barons&rsquo; Hall Of Famer EDDIE OLSON, right front, during recent Hall ceremonies at Cleveland. Behind Mileti, from left are MOE ROBERTS, EARL MILLER, chairman of Hall&rsquo;s selection committee, DON MOLL, Barons&rsquo; Booster Club president, and BOBBY CARSE, partially hidden by Olson. Both Roberts and Carse, former Barons&rsquo; stars, were inducted along with Olson.</figcaption></div><h4>Last Second Win Could Spark Drive To Top</h4>CLEVELAND &mdash;The hustling Cleveland Barons&rsquo; &ldquo;Mod Squad&rsquo; has used many tricks to win over hometown fans but none so dramatic as their last second win over Rochester in a recent faceoff at the Arena.A crowd of 8,479 was on hand, largest regular season turnout at a Barons&rsquo; game in many years, to witness the impossible. Cleveland had thrown everything but the Zamboni at Rochester goalie Lynn Zimmerman for fifty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds yet the score was deadlocked at 2-2. Then, it happened.Center Joey Johnston won the draw on a faceoff from Amerk Ralph Stewart and sent the puck screeching toward the Rochester goal. In its flight, the puck struck an Amerk player and fell at the goalmouth. Alert Barrie Meissner flipped it into the corner with one second remaining on the clock and the Arena went bananas. For owner Nick Mileti and his faithfuls, the miracle had come.Cleveland boss Parker MacDonald believes the win could be even bigger than anyone realizes. &ldquo;It could well be the one that gets us to the top,&rdquo; the likeable Barons&rsquo; coach commented &ldquo;Sometimes a game like that will turn a club op and it could well happen to us.&rdquo; Mac Donald is convinced the Barons can overtake first place Baltimore even though the Clevelanders were five games behind. The Barons have the most potent offense and the stingiest defense. And, they have four cracks at the Clippers coming up, three of which are in Cleveland.The Barons have been hot on the Clippers&rsquo; heels all season long but have been unable to catch up. According to MacDonald though, the Barons&rsquo; time has come.The Barons&rsquo; average attendance through twenty-two home dates was 5,302 &mdash; a considerable increase over past years.The Barons&rsquo; 12-0 shutout of Springfield, January 29, equalled the AHL record for largest margin in a shutout. The Barons won on shutouts by 12-0 margins in 1954 and 1958. Hershey tied the feat in 1962.The Barons&rsquo; win over Rochester February 6 was their 24th of the season topping by one the total number of victories the Cleveland icers recorded for the entire 1969-70 campaign.Both Cleveland goaltenders. Fern Rivard and Gary Kurt, have very respectable goals-allowed averages. Both netminders are under three goals allowed per game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02135/3033462-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="535" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">FERN RIVARD Low Goaling Average</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Barons Still Eyeing Clippers

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY&mdash;It was only a couple of weeks ago that veteran center Bobby Leiter was projected as a possible All Star candidate. At the time, the word was passed to the news media to keep an eye on the clever stickhandling Hershey pivotman.By now the out-of-town scribes and sportscasters must have seen that the one-time Boston Bruins&rsquo; skater has the necessary credentials for selection to one of the American League&rsquo;s first two dream teams.In a recent six-game road swing, the 29-year-old Winnipeg product connected for six goals, pacing the club to a 3-3 mark for the journey through the circuit&rsquo;s hinterlands.However, what&rsquo;s more important is Leither&rsquo;s play through the past ten games with his new wingmen rookie Ross Webley and Jean Gratton has lifted the Bears out of the Western Division cellar and returned them to the role of a playoff contender.Through the ten-game span, Leither&rsquo;s line drilled in 17 goals and picked up 21 assists for 38 points, a 3.8 point average per game. The club showed a winning mark of 6-3-1 in the stretch lor 13 of a possible 20 points.And center Gil Gilbert&rsquo;s line of Michel Harvey and Ted Snell has been having a ball at the expense of opponent goaltenders since it was formed Jan. 16. In the interim, the trio skated as a unit for a dozen games, racking up 39 points on 16 goals and 23 assists.There&rsquo;s no question Leiter&rsquo;s efforts have been an inspiration to the Bears. His prolific scoring spurt has carried him to the No. 3 scoring spot on the club with 42 points at the 49-game mark when he showed 21 goals and a like number of assists.Still leading the club&rsquo;s point parade is Harvey with 46 (21-25), while three points off is Mike (Big Bear) Nykoluk with 43 (934). Nykoluk is on the verge of replacing Harry Pidhirny, former Springfield star, as the league&rsquo;s fourth highest all-time scorer. Nykoluk has a career total of 828 points, just two shy of eclipsing Pidhirny&rsquo;s standard of 829.The Bears lost the services of rookie winger Frank Spring for &ldquo;at least a month&rdquo; when he underwent knee surgery tor a cartilage condition. He was hurt in a game against the Quebec Aces.George Swarbrick, who recently joined the Bears on loan from the Philadelphia Flyers, has done a good job of filling in for Spring on the Nykoluk-Stan Gilbertson line. In five games, Swarbrick garnered five points, including a pair of goals. &#9632;

Bears Tout High Scoring Leiter For ‘Star’ Honors

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div>PROVIDENCE &mdash;Bob &ldquo;Battleship&rdquo; Kelly, the left winger of the R.I. Reds known for his fistic prowess on ice, may be on the verge of moving into the professional boxing ranks.Kelly, a 185 pounder with a solid right hand, met with Providence light heavyweight Denny McNamee recently and talked about the fight game.On Monday, February 1 when McNamee, a Viet Nam veteran went after his 12th successive pro victory, he had Kelly in his corner.&ldquo;I am interested in finding out all I can about the fight business,&rdquo; Kelly told members of the press, radio and TV. &ldquo;I love hockey but I certainly welcome a chance of finding out something about another sport.&rdquo;B.A. Dario, millionaire owner of the Lincoln Downs Race Track in Rhode Island and owner of McNamee&rsquo;s contract, has shown an interest in Kelly. Dario and his organization is heading towards returning Providence to the boxing status it enjoyed years ago when the late Rocky Marciano was having his fights at R.I. Auditorium.Kelly is 24 and stands 6-2. He has never lost a fight in the American League and was a battling forward in the International League before moving up.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02136/3033524-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="567" height="510"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB KELLY May Become Boxer</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Reds’ ‘Battleship’ Kelly Eyeing The Ring

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0023-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01176/3033555-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">American-born JOHN CUNNIFF of the Baltimore Clippers has been on a hot scoring spree of late. He produced back-to-back hat tricks in two wins over Cleveland and Hershey.</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE -John Cunniff scored a first for the Baltimore Clippers this season when he connected for back-to-back three goal &ldquo;Hat Trick&rsquo;&rsquo; performances.The 26-year-old South Boston. Mass, native, a former All American college star at Boston College, delivered three goals against the Cleveland Barons, Jan. 31 to pace his team to a 4-1 victory.Then on b&rsquo;eb. 5 against the Hershey Bears, the sharpshooting winger hammered in three more as the Clippers dropped Hershey, 4-2, before some 7,500 fans at the Civic Arena here.Cunniff equaled an American League record held by many players. However he was the first this season to accomplish the feat in the eight-dub circuit. &#9632;

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Clipper Gets 2nd Hat Trick

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 22)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01188/3033600-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="576" height="181"><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>Tues. Feb. 16Seattle 2 at Phoenix 5Wed. Feb. 17Seattle 3 at Salt Lake 8San Diego 2 ot Portland 2Thun, Feb. 18Seattle 3 at Denver 5Fri. Feb. 19Phoenix 0 at Denver 3Sat. Feb. 20Denver 2 at Phoenix 3San Diego 4 at Seattle 3Sun. Feb. 21San Diego 3 at Portland 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Feb. 22Portland at SeattleTues. Feb 23Son Diego at CenverWed Feb. 24Phoenix at Son DiegoThurs Feb. 25Phoenix at SeattleFri. Feb. 26Seattle of Solt LakeSat. Feb. 27Denver at Solt lakePortland at Son DiegoSun. Feb.28Portland at San DiegoPhoenix at SeattleWed. March 3Phoenix at Denver (at Denver univ.)Salt Lake at PortlondThur. March 4Denver at San DiegoFri. March 5Salt Lake at Seattle<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Feb 4)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02133/3033593-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="581" height="451"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0395/3033586-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="579" height="308"></div><h2>Western League Summaries</h2><h2>Sat. Jan. 30</h2><h2>DENVER 4 at SALT LAKE 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Bradley (Hughes, McCord)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:352&mdash;Denver, Grahom (Bond)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:373&mdash;Denver, Hughes (McCord, Laforge)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:014&mdash;Salt Lake, Deadmarsh (Lacombe, Kossian)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:16Penalties: Hodgson 1:10, Lacombe 10:14. Hodgson, Ellett 16:08.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Solt Loke, Rothwell (Kuntz, Robertson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:276&mdash;Denver, Bond (Marcetto, Hughes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:23Penalties: LAGACE 7:12. Miller. 13:17, Rothwell 16:29<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties: Robertson, Peters 14:57, Lorose, Rothwell (double minors) 19:51.Saves: Farr (Salt Lake)37. Rutledge (Denver) 21Attendance: 9,887<h2>PORTLAND 4 at SAN DIEGO 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Portland, Hebenton (Johnson, founders)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:10Penalties: Foley 0:46, Cardiff 8:35. McKoy 13:28, Evons 16:38.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Portland, Gaudet (Foley, Campbell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:46Penalties: Foley 15:33, Compbell 18:50.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Portland, Jones (Compbell, Gaudet)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:044&mdash;Portland, Pearson (Bellerive, McKay)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:41Penalties: Madigan 9:49.Saves: McCorton (Son Diego) 27, McLeod (Portland) 31.Attendance: 13,662.<h2>Sun.Jan 31</h2><h2>PHOENIX 3 at PORTLAND 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Phornix. Hinse (Lund, Hughes)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:58Penalti4s: Foley (misconduct) 9:41, McKay 11:51. Shaw 15:44, Odrowski 17:24<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Portlond, Jones 2:223&mdash;Portlond, Compbell (Leoch, Donaldson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:534&mdash;Portlond, Hebenton (Madigon, Donaldson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:195&mdash;Portland, Jones (Compbell, McKay)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:25Penalties: Campbell 9:24. Lund (minor and major)10:52, Edwards (misconduct and game misconduct)11:53.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Portland, Jones (Donaldson, Campbell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:407&mdash;Phoenix, Hughes (Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:058&mdash;Phoenix, Hinse (Hughes, Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:25Penalties: Lund, Madigan 13:03, Leoch 17:35.Saves: Kelly iPortlond) 17, Edwards &mdash; Coley (Phoenix) 19.Attendance 7,319<h2>DENVER 6 at SEATTLE 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Denver, Laforge (Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:00Penalties: Sentes 10:17, Graham 14:14<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Denver Miller (Peters, Martin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:583&mdash;Denver, Miller&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:484&mdash;Denver, Brcley (Sentes, MeCrd)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:28Penalties: Lorose 6:55. Groham 14:34.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Denver, Movety (Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:096&mdash;Denver, Bond (Morcetta, Martin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:54Penalties: Movety 0:52, Ward 14:50.Saves: Rutleged (Denver) 26, Head, Surmoy (Seattle) 21.<h2>Wed. Feb. 3</h2><h2>DENVER 2 at PORTLAND 11</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;&mdash;Portlond, Johnson (Saunders, Hebenton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:142&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Saunders, McKoy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:083&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Johnson, Hebenton)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:334&mdash;Portland, Campbell (Gaudet, Jones)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:055&mdash;Portland, Johnson (Saunders)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:60Penalties: Larose 2:38, Graham 11:39, Pearson 14:23.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Portland, Foley (Leach)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:057&mdash;Portland, Pearson (Foley, Bellerive)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:538&mdash;Portland, Foley (Pearson, Leoch)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:049&mdash;Portland, Bellerive (Pearson, Leach)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:47Penalties: Foley 19:35.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>10&mdash;Denver, Peters (Martin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:20II&mdash;&mdash;Portlond, Campbell (Gaudet, Jones)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:4012&mdash;Portland, Gaudet (Jones, Foley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:3813 &mdash; Denver, laforge (Pcwis, Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:18Penalties: McKoy 10.30.Saves: McLeod (Portlond) 126, Caron (Denver) 34.<h2>Thurs. Feb. 4</h2><h2>SALT LAKE 5 at SAN DIEGO 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;San Diego, Goyer (Courcy, Nicholson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:592&mdash;San Diego, Caron (Nicholson, Goyer)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:133&mdash;Son Diego, Fitzpatrick (Spencer, Miszuk)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:50Penalties: Lacombe 5:52.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Son Diego, O&rsquo;Ree (Cordiff)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:575&mdash;Solt loke, Mazur (Ellett, Terbenche)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:52Penalties: MacDonald, Courcy 9:54, Miszuk 16:28.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;San Diego, Caron (Fitzpatrick)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:407&mdash;Salt loke, Kuntz (Rothwell, Robertson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:318&mdash;Salt Lake, Fielder (Kossian, McDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:469&mdash;Solt Lake, Mazur (Ellett, Deadmarsh)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:4310&mdash;Salt Lake, Fielder (McDonald)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:58Penalties: Evons 4:06, Myers 9 46, Hodgson 11:41, Saves: Charron (Salt lokei 34, McCorfan (Son Diego)<h2>DENVER 4 at SEATTLE 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Seattle, Michie (Honna, Schmautz)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:152&mdash;Seattle. Schmautz (Jones, Paradise&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:123&mdash;Denver, Loforge (LaFreniere, McCord)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17 074&mdash;Dever, Movety (Martin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:285&mdash;Denver. MAVETY (Martin, Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:51Penalties: Graham, Schmautz 3:10, 5:29, Mavety 6:46, McCord 10:08, Mavety 14:25.No scoring<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>Penalties; Loforge 1:12, Michie 6:07, Laforge 13:19, Grahom, Schmautz 17:49, Lafreniere 19:56.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Seattle, Holmes (Veneruzzo, Michie)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:227&mdash;Seattle, Schmautz&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:438&mdash;Denver Hughes (Bradley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:02Penalties: McCord 3:02, Ward 7:50, Denver bench (served by Bond)16:38, Strotton 19:18Saves: Rutledge (Denver) 30, Head (Seattle) 15<h2>Fri. Feb. 5</h2><h2>SALT LAKE 8 at PHOENIX 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Solt Lake, Robertson (Lacombe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:332&mdash;Phoenix, Hicks (Paterson, Barlow)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:383&mdash;Salt Lake, Ellett (Terrebenche)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:48Penalties: Hodgson 0:57, McDonald 1:37, Dillabough 4.05, Terbenche 8:12, Hodgson. 9:04, 14:59, McCaskill 18:04<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Solt Lake, Deadmarsh (Hodgson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:265&mdash;Salt Loke, McDonald (Terbenche Fielder)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:236&mdash;Phoenix, Murray (Huculm Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:107&mdash;Salt Loke, Terbenche (Boll, Lassian)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:578&mdash;Phoenix, Hicks&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:239&mdash;Salt Lake, MAZUR (Hodgson, Ellett)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:56Penalties: None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>10&mdash;Phoenix, McCaskill (Odrowski)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:1611&mdash;Phoenix, Murray (Wilcox, Dillabough)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:2112&mdash;Solt lake, Ellett (Mazur, Terbenche)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:1013&mdash;Phoenix, Hinse (Young, Lund)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:0414&mdash;Salt Loke, Ellett (Hodgson, Mazur)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19.14Penalties; Young 3:21, Fielder 8:50, Cuddie 15:51.Saves. Coley (Phoen.x) 21. Charron (Solt Lake) 18Attendance: 10,379 &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>PORTLAND&mdash;Art Jones, captain of the Port land Buckaroos, was named by the Oregon sports writers and sportscasters as the state&rsquo;s outstanding professional athlete of 1970.The award is in recognition of his Western Hockey League record of 127 points last season.What can Jones do for an encore this year?How about winning his fourth consecutive points title? It&rsquo;s only been done once before. Guyle Fielder took four in a row, his string being cut in 1960-61 by Jones. Only Fielder and Jones have won as many as three in a row. Only Fielder, with nine, has won more than Jones, four.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0474/3033631-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="256" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Jones</figcaption></div>Jones has been on a hot streak the past month, overcoming a slight slump, earlier in the season, brought on by a badly bruised foot.The helmeted &ldquo;Red Baron&rdquo; knocked San Diego&rsquo;s Bob Courcy off the top rung after a 16 week reign and a week later had widened the gap to 11 points over Courcy and San Diego center Gerry Goyer, tied for second. Jones had 34 goals and 80 points, Courcy 40 goals and 71 points and Goyer a league leading 50 assists and 71 points.Jones&rsquo; career has been a WHL enigma.In addition to his four scoring titles, he is a virtual certainty to pass his coach, Gord Fashoway, as the WHL&rsquo;s all-time goal scoring leader. The record is 485 and Jones started the season with 443. Through the last 10 seasons, Jones had never scored less than 25 goals or 73 points.Yet, he was named the league&rsquo;s most valuable player only once and has been the first all-star center only twice.Bud Poile, now general manager of the Vancouver Canucks, thought he had the solution when he said: &ldquo;During the game, you don&rsquo;t even notice him. Then you look at the scoresheet and he&rsquo;s the guy who beat you.&rdquo;Murray Costello, executive director of the Seattle Totems, once came to the conclusion: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve finally figured it out. Jones had the greatest anticipation I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo;Jones celebrated his 36th birthday, Jan. 31, whith a hat trick against Phoenix, and has no plans for retirement.&ldquo;I signed a multi-year contract this season,&rdquo; said Jones, &ldquo;and I haven&rsquo;t given retirement a thought. I&rsquo;m looking forward to many more years as an active player.&rdquo;When he does retire, he&rsquo;d like to stay in hockey.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d even like to give coaching a try. Who knows if I would be any good at it.?&rdquo;Hal Laycoe, the Vancouver coach who was behind the Portland bench for so many years, often said that Jones wouldn&rsquo;t be as successful as a coach as he had been.&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll never be able to look down the bench,&rdquo; said Laycoe, &ldquo;and say, &lsquo;Art, get in there.&rsquo;&rdquo; &#9632;

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Wily Art Jones Makes Move To Record 4th Points Title

FOR BOYS 8 THRU 18&mdash;FOUR MID-SUMMER SESSIONSJuly26-Aug4, 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/f0024-0559/3033718-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="246" height="347"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB CLARKE Center Philadelphio Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0649/3033711-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="236" height="339"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY LUND Center I Phoenix Roadrunners</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0741/3033704-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="245" height="352"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL DINEEN Left Wing Denver Spurs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0837/3033697-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="242" height="347"><figcaption class="caption-body">CESARE MANIAGO Goalkeeper Minnesota North Stars</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0932/3033690-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="250" height="349"><figcaption class="caption-body">JERRY MELNYK Scout Philadelphis Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1028/3033683-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="242" height="354"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY HALE Defenseman Philadelphia Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1127/3033676-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg" title="f0024-11" width="244" height="358"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE MAKI Left Wing Vancouver Canucks</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1222/3033669-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="247" height="347"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK HUGHES Right Wing Phoenix Roodrunners</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1314/3033662-1-eng-US/f0024-132.jpg" title="f0024-13" width="240" height="357"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM SERVISS Defense Dallas Block 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

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0025-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01155/3033763-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg"></div>SALT LAKE CITY &mdash;San Diego has its Gullnicks who make more noise per square inch of hockey fan in the Madhouse on Mission Bay than anywhere else in hockey.Phoenix has its banner-hanging zealots.Portland&rsquo;s highly - partisan Buckaroo followers have for years been accused of calling the penalties from the stands &mdash; the referee finally blowing his whistle only a formality.Seattle spectators have been accused of sitting on their hands although former Phoenix Roadrunner coach Alf Pike opened the eyes of television viewers in Seattle by putting it a little more graphically during an interview.Denver has similar cold silence but in the past it has been due largely to a surplus of empty seats.Salt Lake City has the Red Bell Roto-Rooters &mdash; the wildest section of fans in the whole of hockey.A crowd of some 150 young business types and students decided last fall that the new sport in town &mdash; hockey &mdash; was the &ldquo;in&rdquo; thing.Their favorite tavern, where the group came together, quickly became the site at least once a week of a cheering practice. It made the Red Bell the liveliest spot in town.One unsuspecting tavern visitor inquired one night of all the organized noise and when told, jokingly mouthed support for his hometown team, the San Diego Gulls. He was immediately hoisted overhead and passed. kicking and screaming, up and down the bar.All members of the group were already mod in fashion but for hockey viewing they adopted outright &ldquo;hippie&rdquo; attire &mdash; some including long-haired wigs in their &ldquo;hockey costume.&rdquo; Many carry hockey sticks.One Red Bell Roto-Rooter, the proud owner of a well-trimmed beard, dons his shoulder length wig, a reclaimed hat, long motheaten coat and with his hockey stick, resembles a misplaced shepherd.The pseudo-hippies sit in the topmost rows of the center section, just below the press box &mdash; their outbursts playing havoc with radio broadcasters. It&rsquo;s a long hike up.A delegation of three asked for and was granted a meeting with the Golden Eagles&rsquo; executive.Besides the many popular brands of brew available at the refreshment stands, several carried their own concoctions. One &ldquo;rooter&rdquo; transported his favorite libation in a two-gallon gas can.Waying their sticks over their left shoulders to opposite the right shoulder, they imitate the i roar of an Eagle&rsquo;s wings &mdash; Wwwwhhiiiiirrrrr &mdash; then swinging their sticks high overhead, they break into a loud: &ldquo;E-A-G-L-E-S.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02102/3033756-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="542" height="880"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0374/3033749-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="552" height="886"><figcaption class="caption-body">You haven&rsquo;t seen anything until you&rsquo;ve watched the Red Bell Roto Rooters in action at Salt Lake City games. The staunch hippiestyled ice partisans raise a vocal storm at all Eagles&rsquo; home games, resorting to musical instruments and overhead swinging hockey sticks as part of their team cheers.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Salt Lake’s ‘Roto-Rooters’ Hockey’s Wildest Clan

SEATTLE &mdash;The shakeup shook the Seattle Totems out of their slump.The Totems added center Jim Wiste and winger Ed Hatoum from the Vancouver Canucks, sending their leading scorer Bob Schmautz to the National Hockey League club. Then they picked up rookie goaltender Ray Martyniuk from Kansas City of the Central Hockey League.The winless streak came to a halt at seven games with a victory over Salt Lake City, then the Totems snapped the league leading Portland Buckaroos&rsquo; win streak at eight games.Wiste scored four goals and seven points in his first four games. Hatoum added two goals and five points. &#9632;

New Faces End Seattle Slump

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, Mi ke Murphy and others.All schools wil 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-Keon staff. Power skating, is an integral part of the hockey program at each school.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 (7weekly 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 session).Worcester, Mass, Worcester Arena, Day School, April 12 - 14 (1 weekly session) Aug.- 30 - Sept 4 (1 weekly session).Hartford, Conn., Hartford Arena, Day School, April 19 - 24 (1 weekly session) August 30 - September 4 (I 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 sum Ter. Indicate in the space provided the school at which you are interested in attending.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0456/3033832-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="724" height="1198"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0550/3033825-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="658" height="1221"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY HARRIS</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0638/3033818-1-eng-US/f0025-062.jpg" title="f0025-06" width="1037" height="872"></div> &#9632;

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

<h2>Looking At CHL Race</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 23)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01162/3033870-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="573" height="202"><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. 16Omaha 3 at Amarillo 3Dallas 2 at Fort Worth 3Fri. Feb. 19Amarillo 4 at Oklahoma City 6Kansas City 2 at Dallas 4Omaha 8 at Tulsa 5Sat. Feb. 20Dallas 1 at Kansas City 2Fort Worth 6 at Tulsa 3Oklahoma City 3 at Omaha 8Sun. Feb. 21Dallas 3 at Omaha 6Oklahoma City 1 at Kansas City 8<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Feb. 23Amarillo at Fort WorthKansas City at TulsaWed. Feb. 24Amarillo at Oklahoma CityFri. Feb. 26Tulsa at AmarilloOklahomo City at DallasOmaha at Kansas CitySat. Feb. 27Tulsa at AmarilloOklahoma City at Fort WorthKansas City at OmahaSun. Feb. 28Dallas at OklahomaCity Tulsa at Kansas CityTues. March 2Amarillo at TulsaKansas City at Fort WorthWed. March 3Kansas City at DollasFort Worth at Oklahoma CityThurs. March 4Fort Worth at OmahaFri. March 5Dallas at AmcrilloOmaha at Tulsa<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02114/3033863-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="574" height="426"></div><h2>CHL Summaries</h2><h2>Fri. Jan. 29</h2><h2>DALLAS 9 at KANSAS CITY 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Dallas, Caffery (Kearns, Archambault)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;8:10Penalties: Wall 7:05; Long 17:46; Glenwright 17:54.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Dallas, Archambault (Black)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:123&mdash;Dallas, Young (Romanchych, Leblanc)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:404&mdash;Kansas City, Buchanan (Brooks, Hornung)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:035&mdash;Kansas City, Dennis (Proceviat, Glenwright)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:316&mdash;Dallas, Leblanc (Romanchych, Maggs)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:007&mdash;Dallas, Dussiaume (Caffery, Lodboa)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;19:35Penalties: Evans 3:50; Maggs 9:02; Long (minor and misconduct) 19:47.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>8&mdash;Dallas, Leblanc (L&rsquo;Abbe, Maggs)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;1:529&mdash;Kansas City, Climie (Lowe)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:0210&mdash;Dallas, Caffery&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:1911&mdash;Dallas, Lodboa (Caffery, Maggs)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:5912&mdash;Kansas City, Brooks (Thomson, Evans)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;13:2713&mdash;Kansas City, Dennis (Proceviat, Glenwright)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:0714&mdash;Dallas, Romanchych (Young, Hudson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;17:15Penalties: Thomson 4:12; Marks 7:22; Brooks 9:37; Burrows 12:39.Shots on goal by: Dalias 30, Kansas City 30.Attendance: 3.445.<h2>Sat. Jan. 30</h2><h2>DALLAS 3 at FORT WORTH 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Fort Worth, Dea&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;0:56Penalties: Black (major), Hinton (major) 4:36; Carpenter 8:14: Long 13:59: Carpenter 16:45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Dallas, Gordon (Hudson, Romanchych)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7:203&mdash;Fort Worth, Karlander (Martin, Dea)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:404&mdash;Fort Worth, Karlander (Martin, Dea)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:395&mdash;Fort Worth, Karlander (Martin)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;14:59Penalties: Dussiaume (major and misconduct), Manery (minor and major) 6:16; Maggs 9:01; Hudson (mojor), Falkenberg (double major) 15:14.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Dallas, Lodboa (Coffery, Marks)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:057&mdash;Dallas, Archambault (Caffery, Long)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;12:46Penalties; Kearns 2:15; Falkenberg 15:04; Dussiaume 17:09.Shots on goal by: Dallas 23, Fort Worth 17.Attendance: 10,107.<h2>AMARILLO 3 at TULSA 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Amarillo, Swain&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:322&mdash;Tulsa, Dupere (R. Murray, O&rsquo;Flaherty)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;7.01Penalties: R. Murray 3:14; Robert 8:91.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Amarillo, Stewart (Birdsell)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;3:414&mdash;Tulsa, Brindley (Nelson)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;9:235&mdash;Tulsa, Thompson (Swenson, Dupere)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;10:466&mdash;Tulsa, Desjardins (Swenson, Dupere)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;15:13Penalties: Cardwell 6:12.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Tulsa, Popiel (Brindley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;5:118&mdash;Tulsa, Liddington (Brindley)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;6:299&mdash;Amarillo, Cardwell (Bignell, Fitchner)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;18:26Penalties: R. Murray 16:08.Shots on goals by: Amarillo 24, Tulsa 36. Attendance: 2,817.<h2>OKLAHOMA CITY 1 at OMAHA 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Dupont (Gratton, Miller)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:512&mdash;Omaha, Murphy (Stefaniw)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:153&mdash;Omaha, DeMarco (Ouellette, Kannegiesser)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;11:454&mdash;Oklahoma City, O&rsquo;Donnell (Hurley, Tannahill)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:01Penalties: Boldirev 0:57; Kannegiesser 6:48; Dupont. Plumb 10:45; Coalter 14:20; Boldirev (minor and major) 14 20.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Omaha, Stefoniw (Ouellette, Murphy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;2:376&mdash;Omaha, Miller (Gratton, DeMarco)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;16:29Penalties: Lefley 4:26; Dupont 11:29; Bradley 15:00; Wilson 17:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Omaha, Parizeau (Jarry, Murphy)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;4:28Penalties: Lefley 0:11; Harvey 3:21; Andrascik 18:24.Saves: Adams, (Oklahoma City) 24, McDuffe (Omaha) 30.Attendance: 6,003. &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB LINDLEY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0390/3033901-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="253" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Randy Manery</figcaption></div>FORT WORTH &mdash;Since the Fort Worth Wings were flounderring around fifth place when Doug Barkley was promoted from the coaching post at Fort Worth to the head job at Detroit, he can hardly take credit for any success the Wings enjoy this season.But if the Wings make the playoffs, and all indications point to the fact that they will. Barkley may have played a major part through a move he made concerning defenseman Randy Manery.Manery. who enjoyed great success as a rookie blueliner the previous season, was not playing well at all during the early going, so Barkley switched him to a right wing post &ldquo;to take some of the pressure off him and give him his confidence back.&rdquo;It was supposed to last for 10 or so games. It looks like Manery may never play defense again.And if the Wings make the playoffs, Manery must reap a lion&rsquo;s share of the credit.In 41 games following his conversion to right wing, Manery scored 16 goals and added 18 assists. but more important he became one of the club&rsquo;s finest backcheckers. played on the point on power plays and filled in on defense when needed.He scored the winning goal in five games and became only the second player in Fort Worth history to score four goals in a single game when he turned the trick Feb. 10 against the league leading Omaha Knights.In his last 16 games he had notched 12 goals, and his 37 total points ranked him fourth on the Wings&rsquo; scoring list.&ldquo;Manery has just been great,&rdquo; coach Bob Lemieux said, &ldquo;and I definitely believe he can play in the NHL. He has done everything I&rsquo;ve asked him to do, and he&rsquo;s done it well and without complaining.TULSA: Oilers cling to hopes of winning playoff berth despite rash of crippling injuries. Only two Oilers had played in all of club&rsquo;s first 54 games, center Cal Swenson and defenseman Ken Desjardine. Latest ambulance cases were center Jean Payette and rookie Jan Popiel. Popiel was Oiler candidate for CHL&rsquo;s top rookie award with 21 goals, 20 assists. Oilers giving eight-game tryout to Wisconsin U. student Murray Heat ley. who scored three-goal hat trick in first pro contest Feb. 13 against arch rival Oklahoma City.DALLAS: Dan Lodboa strengthened his case for rookie-of-year honors with his second hat trick and 34 goals through Dallas&rsquo; 54 games, five more than runner-up Pierre Jarry of Omaha. Hawks lost services of rugged Bill Young (13 goals, 26 assists) with bruised shoulder, but announced that J.P. Bordeleau, who underwent hernia operation two months ago, would be returning to action. J.P. had nine goals in 16 games before being sidelined.OMAHA: Pierre Jarry following in footsteps of former Knight Jack Egers as he rolls toward the CHL scoring championship. Pierre had 29 goals. 36 assists through 53 games for 65 points and a six-point lead over nearest competitors. Last year Egers won scoring title. Mike Parizeau in CHL runner-up spot with 26 goals and 59 points, finest pro season for the left winger.KANSAS CITY: Veteran Norm Dennis leading Blues scoring parade, with 47 points through 51 games. 15 of them goals. Ron Buchanan and rookie Tom Earl tied with 16 goals each in that department. Earl in prolonged slump after sparking of fense through first half of season.OKLAHOMA CITY: Veteran defenseman Dick Cherry set a club record when he chalked up his 52nd point, surpassing previous mark set by Barry Wilkens. Gregg Sheppard and Bill Klatt tied in race for team scoring lead, each with 59 points through 54 games. Klatt had 26 goals, Sheppard 18. Blazers released goalie Merlin Jenner and acquired Ace Bailey and veteran goalie Ross Brooks to help them in stretch drive.AMARILLO: Rick Kessell. Steve Cardwell and Robin Burns represent last place Wranglers on Central League top 20 scoring list. Kessell notched 24th goal to lead club by wide margin in that department. Carwell and Burns each had 14 goals but Steve had 26 assists. Burns 23. &#9632;

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Manery Conversion Aiding Wings

<blockquote class="pullQuote">&ldquo;In The Heart Of The Beautiful Canadian Rockies&rdquo;</blockquote>&#9679;10 NHL instructors&#9679;3 hours ice time per day&#9679;Adult supervised dormitories&#9679;5 ten day sessions&#9679;Swimming, soccer, touch football and other sportsFOR INFORMATION AND BROCHURESwrite;Glen Sather Holiday Hockey School Box 1076 Banff, Alberta<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0467/3033946-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="266" height="289"><figcaption class="caption-body">DIRECTOR Glen Sather New York Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0557/3033939-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="271" height="303"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENNIS HEXTALL California Seals</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0644/3033932-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="255" height="285"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROSS LONSBERRY Los Angeles Kings</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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GLEN SATHER

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 23)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01146/3034026-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="582" height="179"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02111/3034019-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="569" height="158"></div>(Affiliations: 2-Detroit; 4-New York; 5-Chicago; 6 Toronto; 10-Philadelphia.- 11-Minnesota.- x-independent).<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Feb. 16New Jersey 3 at Syracuse 7Salem 7 at Jacksonville 4Nashville 4 at Long Island 7Wed. Feb. 17Nashville 1 at New Haven 12Johnstown 4 at Long Island 6Charlotte 5 at Greensboro 3Thun. Feb. 18Chorlotte 2 at Salem 3Jacksonville 3 at Greensboro 13Fri. Feb. 19Long Island 2 at Clinton 3Nashville 4 at New Jersey 5Salem 0 at Charlotte 10Johnstown at Syracuse (game forfeited to Syracuse)Sat. Feb. 20New Jersey 2 at Clinton 7Nashville 4 ot Long Island 10Syracuse 3 at Johnstown 4Sun. Feb. 21New Jersey 2 at New Haven 7Clinton 3 at Long Island 8Nashville 4 at Johnstown 3Jacksonville 2 at Salem 4Greensboro 1 at Charlotte 8<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Feb. 23Johnstown at SyracuseJacksonville at GreensboroNashville at ChorlotteWed. Feb. 24Johnstown at New HovenLong Island at New JerseyJacksonville at GreensboroFri. Feb. 26Syrocuse at ClintonJohnstown at Long IslandGreensboro at New JerseySalem at ChorlotteSat. Feb. 27Long Island at ClintonGreensboro at JohnstownNashville at JacksonvilleSun. Feb. 28Syrocuse at New HovenNew Jersey at Long IslandClinton at JohnstownNashville at SolemCharlotte at JacksonvilleTues. March 2Salem ot ChorlotteGreensboro at JacksonvilleWed. March 3Johnstown at SyracuseNew Jersey at ClintonLong sland ot New HavenCharlotte ot Salem<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><h3>Northern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0383/3034012-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="581" height="277"></div><h3>Southern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0477/3034005-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="575" height="302"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><h3>Northern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0563/3033998-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="577" height="224"></div><h3>Southern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0655/3033991-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="577" height="227"></div><h2>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</h2>(Standing on Wed. Feb. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0748/3033984-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="577" height="192"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0845/3033977-1-eng-US/f0027-082.jpg" title="f0027-08" width="580" height="655"></div> &#9632;

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Other Leagues

EASTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>GREENSBORO&mdash;Chances of the Greensboro Generals catching the Charlotte Checkers in the Southern Division race of the Eastern Hockey League are almost remote, so the Gens are shoring up their club for the playoffs.Ron Spong won&rsquo;t surrender the southern crown, which he has won three straight years, until his Gens are mathematica11v eliminated. But his hopes went down the drain with an unsuccessful northern jaunt which saw the team lose two and tie one.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0944/3034064-1-eng-US/f0027-092.jpg" title="f0027-09" width="263" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Bownass</figcaption></div>So Spong tried to figure out ways to be stronger for the postseason play when regular season tecords mean nothing except the odd home game advantage in all series. He took Don Carter, the club&rsquo;s former captain and scoring star, to the North in the hope he would get his reinstatement papers from the CAHA during the jaunt.The papers came through after Carter was waved through the Western Hockey League making him eligible for the Generals.Spong believes Carter, despite dropping out of hockey last year with a heart condition while at Denver could help his Gens especially since doctors have given him permission to play. A healthy Carter could give the Gens a big boost.At the same time. Spong also is happv to have the services of Lome Rombaugh on loan from Long Island. To put him on the roster, the Gens had to place Bert DeHate on waivers. Then Chick Chalmers was secured from the IHL to aid the offense.Spong also has impressed on his dub that it must hit hard no matter who the opposition. His defenseman. Roger Wilson, savs that&rsquo;s the key to the club&rsquo;s future success.JACKSONVILLE: Jack &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Bownass fired as coach and replaced for rest of vear bv Jackie Leclair who quit as EHL official. Billy Glashan broke nose at St. Pete in game with Salem. Ron Lowe had 72 saves against Greensboro. Club&rsquo;s attendance has dipped but new owner Bob Sabourin hopeful of resurgence next season.Pierre Farmer suffered shoulder separation.JERSEY: Dave Lee cleared 100-point mark as leader of Northern scoring race. Coach Jim Hay&rsquo;s first goal was a 35-foot slap shot. Ron Legault&rsquo;s 40-footer nipped New Haven. Devils won third road game at Johnstown. First shutout loss of vear came at Long Island.LONG ISLAND: Guy DeNoncourt&rsquo;s third shutout against Jersey marked most blankings bv Duck goaltender since Andre Daoust&rsquo;s trio in 1964-65. Season finale with Clinton may determine fourth playoff spot in north. Ed Stankiewicz&rsquo; contract renewed for another vear. MartyDesmarais scored goal in first game back after two year absence. Butch Morris and Wayne Maxner battling for club scoring lead.JOHNSTOWN: Alan Cameron placed on inactive list to make room for Dave Birch. Blake Ball challenged Long Island fans but there were no takers. Reg Kent is now No. 3 in all-time Jet goals, passing Bill Ives and trailing only Dick Roberge and Don Hall. Aurel Beaudin got bloody nose from Mike Rouleau while watching mates fight with Charlotte. Kent posted hat trick against Charlotte. Season&rsquo;s biggest crowd of 4.152 saw Syracuse game.CHARLOTTE: Allie Sutherland&rsquo;s hat trick helped Checkers celebrate return from north with rout of Nashville. Mike Keeler bothered by knee injury. Mike Rouleau&rsquo; hat trick helped topple Long Island. Fred Creighton benched center John Rodger in a game for loafing. John Van Horlick&rsquo;s latest scuffle was with Dennis Desrosiers of Clinton and both were ejected.SALEM: Rebels plan to play at least nine home games next year at Roanoke. Club has chance to make first profit this year in four vears of operation. Jim Jago back after sitting out three weeks with injury. Colin Kilburn unhappy about early date to name playoff roster. Jim Letcher&rsquo;s first shutout came against Jacksonville as Rebels won 12th against Rockets. Kilburn&rsquo;s coat ripped and team needed police escort after game at Nashville.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1041/3034057-1-eng-US/f0027-102.jpg" title="f0027-10" width="563" height="503"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON CARTER &hellip; Makes Comeback</figcaption></div>NEW HAVEN: Blades brought back the retired Mike Hornby, the club&rsquo;s leading scorer the last two seasons. Club had 24-1-4 home record at last count. When Jersey fan punched Billy Smith from behind, coach Don Perrv swung at spectator who ranaway. George Guilbault named assistant director of pro sales for Sherwood Stick Co. of Quebec.NASHVILLE: Site of club&rsquo;s playoff dates up in air with latest choices among West Palm Beach. Fla.. Jackson. Miss., or Hampton Roads. If team gets to finals, games will be at Charlotte. Center Barry Watson acquired from Western League. Coach Lloyd Hinchberger broke bone in wrist to end short return to active duty. Don Labelle voted club&rsquo;s MVP for season.&rsquo;SYRACUSE: Phil Watson inserted Tom Anderson into game with Jersey which was beyond redemption. Club has exceeded team record for points in one vear. Bill Charles infuriated over treatment at Johnstown and kept Blazers off ice 90 minutes between second and third periods until some semblance of protection was available.CLINTON: Club&rsquo;s inability to win close games has hurt as thev&rsquo;ve lost more one goalers than any EHL team in addition to tieing nine others. Comet officials have introduced a get-tough policy against fans who shower visiting players with debris. Dick Cloutier went to Des Moines after being dropped. &#9632;

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Spong Bolsters Gens For Playoffs; Leclair Named New Rockets’ Coach

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Thun Feb. 25)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01136/3034102-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="581" height="207"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Affiliations: 1. Montreal 2. Detroit 3. foston 5. Chicago 8. Pittsburgh 9 California, x-independent).</figcaption></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Feb. 16Flint 1 at Des Moines 3Wed. Feb. 17Flint 3 at Des Moines 7Port Huron 5 at Toledo 4Muskegon 2 at Fort Wayne 2Thurs. Feb. 18Fort Wayne 3 at Dayton 5Fri. Feb. 19Doyton 2 at Flint 6Des Moines 2 at Muskegon 5Sat Feb. 20Toledo 3 at Muskegon 5Dayton 2 at Fort Wayne 1Des Moines 5 at Port Huron 8Sun. Feb. 21Toledo 2 at Fort Wayne 4Des Moines 5 at Flint 3Muskegon 4 at Port Huron 0<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Thurs. Feb. 25Flint at DaytonFri. Feb. 26Toledo at Des MoinesPort Huron at FlintFort Wayne at MuskegonSat. Feb. 27loledo at Des MoinesFort Wayne at Port HuronDoyton at MuskegonSun. Feb. 28Toledo at FlintPert Huron of DoytonMuskegon at Fort Wayne<h2>IHL Point Race</h2><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun Feb. 14)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0442/3034095-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="572" height="558"></div> &#9632;

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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>FORT WAYNE&mdash;Expansion talk pops up every season in the International Hockey League. Recent rumors have indicated the league will be increased by the return of Columbus and Indianapolis and the addition of Madison. Wis. Nothing definite, however, has been heard with regard to any of these in recent week.The latest city to be mentioned as a coming addition to the IHL is Sagina. Mich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0533/3034133-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="247" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wren Blair</figcaption></div>It has been revealed that Wren Blair, general manager of the Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League has obtained a conditional commitment to operate an IHL, franchise in that city. The operation could not be started before the season of 1972-73, however, since the Saginaw Civic Center, seating 6,500 for hockey, will not be completed for another year.It was announced that the negotiations for Blair and his group to own and operate the new club have continued for four months. Blair is said to have outbid three other groups in getting approval from the city of Saginaw to operate the franchise in the new civic center.Commissioner Bill Beagan of the IHL said, &ldquo;Several people have contacted us in regard to a franchise in Saginaw, but we are not prepared to make a statement at this time.&rdquo;Blair said, through the North Stars, that his venture was simply an extension of his current business interests in the United States and Canada. He said his new role would have no effect on his position with the North Stars. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll just have to work a few more hours each dav.&rdquo; he said.Blair said plans call for the Saginaw franchise to serve partly as a development team for Minnesota &mdash; owned players who have not turned professional. Walter Bush, Jr., North Stars&rsquo; president, called the move a &ldquo;good one for everyone &mdash; the North Stars, Blair and Saginaw.&rdquo;DAYTON: The Gems were playing short-handed, with Billy Staub and Sid Garant out with injuries for at least two weeks&hellip; They were disappointed in hopes of getting Don Westbrooke, Dune Rousseau and Dave Simpson back before the deadline &hellip; Roy &ldquo;Chief&rdquo; Atchevnum was cut to get within the player limit &hellip; The Gems were 5-4-1 over Muskegon for the season &hellip; They were scheduled to play 12 of the last 21 games on the road.FORT WAYNE: Harold Van Orman, Jr., one of the original founders of the Komets, sold his interest to his partners, Ramon Perry, Ken Ullyot and Colin Lister, Selling price was reported &ldquo;in six figures&rdquo; &hellip; The K&rsquo;s reached the player limit when Randy Gates decided to sit out the rest of the season to give his injured neck a chance to heal&hellip; Coach Marc Boileau received a bad cut over his eye in a game at Port Huron &hellip; Defenseman Terry Thomson hit a scoring streak, with five goals in nine games.FLINT: Wayne Ego&rsquo;s departure for Des Moines left the Generals with only four players who started here last year&rsquo; &mdash; Ron Ringler, Gary Gilbert, Jim Young and Bill Horton &hellip; Dave Gorman had a hat trick, netting all three shots in the second period against Toledo &hellip; The Generals already had more points than they finished with last season &hellip; Wayne Zuk, secured from Toledo, had seven goals and eight assists in his first 11 games with the Gens.MUSKEGON: Lyle Carter had two consecutive shutouts, equalling an IHL record, and five for the season &hellip; The Mohawks cut Jack Brewer to get down to the player limit&hellip; Bob Munro&rsquo;s hat trick against Dayton was the first for the Hawks this season &hellip; Carter had a scoreless streak of 121 minutes and two seconds broken by John Brenneman of Dayton.PORT HURON: Goalie Ron Marlow was called up by Fort Worth and Jim Young came in to fill in &hellip; The Flags had four men anong the league&rsquo;s 12 top scorers &mdash; Len Fontaine, Marty Reynolds, Steve Sutherland and Bob Brinkworth &hellip; Neil Clairmont and Ron Lapointe were dropped to get down to 16 players.TOLEDO: The Hornets were busiest of all IHL clubs at cutdown time. They lopped off Ivan Prediger, Howie Heggedal and Randy Prior and took on Geoff Powis from Des Moines, Keith Tomasson from Flint and Roy Atcheynum from Dayton &hellip; They bought Bob Roselle, who had been on loan from Dayton &hellip; Powis gave the Hornets a tie with Fort Wayne with a goal in his first game.DES MOINES: The Oak Leafs tried to keep Powis after waivers had been asked, but he was grabbed up by Toledo &hellip; They got Wayne Ego from Flint on loan and released Dan Belisle, Bob Regis and Dick Cloutier Jack Criel was placed on the injured list. &#9632;

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Blair Behind Saginaw Entry

HOCKEY CAMPFeaturing First Class NHL Instructors<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0626/3034206-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="278" height="370"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON Ellis Star Winger Toronto Maple Leah</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1017/3034199-1-eng-US/f0028-102.jpg" title="f0028-10" width="353" height="379"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM WATSON Pegged Defenseman Buffalo Sabres</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0723/3034192-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="297" height="364"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETER MAHOVLICH Left Winger Montreal Conadiens</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0820/3034185-1-eng-US/f0028-082.jpg" title="f0028-08" width="292" height="378"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAUL HENDERSON Left Winger Toronto Maple Leafs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0917/3034178-1-eng-US/f0028-092.jpg" title="f0028-09" width="344" height="369"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROD SEILING Defenseman New York Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1111/3034171-1-eng-US/f0028-112.jpg" title="f0028-11" width="349" height="362"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM LORENTZ Classy Center St. Louis Bluet</figcaption></div>&#9679;Three Hours Ice Time Daily&#9679;Supervised Recreation Facilities&#9679;Complete Camping ProgramBoating &#9679; Water skiing &#9679; Horseback Riding &#9679; Fishing &#9679; Golf &#9679; Shuffleboard &#9679; SwimmingEIGHT WEEKLY SESSIONSJULY 4 - AUGUST 29Small On-The-lce Sessions Limited Enrolment Be Sure To Apply EarlyASSISTANT INSTRUCTORSKen Murray &mdash; Toiontc Maple Leafs/Tulsa OilersDon Liesemer &mdash; Montreal VoyageursDoug Brindley &mdash; Tulsa OilersRon Ingram &mdash; former New York RangersPat Tims &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/f0028-1210/3034164-1-eng-US/f0028-122.jpg" title="f0028-12" width="935" height="517"></div> &#9632;

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SUNDRIDGE

<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Thurs. Feb. 18)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01105/3034251-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="579" height="154"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0280/3034244-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="578" height="149"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0352/3034237-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="579" height="667"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE

CALGARY&mdash;Edmonton Oil King centre Dan Spring picked up 10 points in two games and, in doing so, became the fourth player in the Western Canada Hockey League to reach the century plateau this season.Spring has 100 points, on 36 goals and 64 assists.The circuit&rsquo;s top-point-getter, Orest Kindrachuk of Saskatoon Blades, had seven points in three games to bring his seasonal total to 114 on 39 goals and a leagueleading 75 assists.Chuck Arnason of Flin Flon Bombers remains in second place with 110 and Lorne Henning of Estevan Bruins is third, two points back of Arnason.Saskatoon left-winger Laurie Yaworski leads the League in goals with 56, four more that Arnason and five more than Henning.Medicine Hat Tigers&rsquo; Stan Weir continues as the league&rsquo;s highest scoring rookie with 87 points.In the goaltending department, Calgary Centennials&rsquo; Ed Dyck is the leader with a 2.37 goals against average. Grant Green of Estevan leads in shutouts with five, one more than Dyck and Kevan Migneault of Saskatoon.Captain Glen Irwin of Estevan is the league&rsquo;s bad man with 232 minutes in penalties, while Bob McKinstry of Flin Flon is second with 206. Calgary&rsquo;s Len Frig, at 175, follows. &#9632;

Edmonton Ate Hits Century Mark

<h2>NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE</h2>standings on Mon. Fob. IS)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0440/3034327-1-eng-US/f0029-042.jpg" title="f0029-04" width="576" height="177"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0536/3034320-1-eng-US/f0029-052.jpg" title="f0029-05" width="572" height="278"></div><h2>NEW YORK COLLEGE LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 9)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0626/3034313-1-eng-US/f0029-062.jpg" title="f0029-06" width="571" height="205"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0720/3034306-1-eng-US/f0029-072.jpg" title="f0029-07" width="574" height="229"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

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;St. 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

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<h2>NEW YORK METRO LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Fri. Feb. 12)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01129/3034539-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="576" height="130"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0284/3034532-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="576" height="126"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0360/3034525-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="577" height="561"></div><h2>MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0448/3034518-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="577" height="184"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0543/3034511-1-eng-US/f0030-052.jpg" title="f0030-05" width="577" height="286"></div><h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Fri. Feb. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0634/3034504-1-eng-US/f0030-062.jpg" title="f0030-06" width="577" height="229"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0725/3034497-1-eng-US/f0030-072.jpg" title="f0030-07" width="576" height="587"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 22)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0820/3034490-1-eng-US/f0030-082.jpg" title="f0030-08" width="580" height="279"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0917/3034483-1-eng-US/f0030-092.jpg" title="f0030-09" width="578" height="281"></div><h2>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-1014/3034476-1-eng-US/f0030-102.jpg" title="f0030-10" width="575" height="180"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-1111/3034469-1-eng-US/f0030-112.jpg" title="f0030-11" width="577" height="279"></div><h2>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-1210/3034462-1-eng-US/f0030-122.jpg" title="f0030-12" width="572" height="157"></div><h2>BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 8)<h3>OKANAGAN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-139/3034455-1-eng-US/f0030-132.jpg" title="f0030-13" width="571" height="128"></div><h3>COAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-148/3034448-1-eng-US/f0030-142.jpg" title="f0030-14" width="574" height="130"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-158/3034441-1-eng-US/f0030-152.jpg" title="f0030-15" width="577" height="540"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Tues. Feb. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-165/3034434-1-eng-US/f0030-162.jpg" title="f0030-16" width="572" height="160"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-175/3034427-1-eng-US/f0030-172.jpg" title="f0030-17" width="578" height="461"></div><h2>ALBERTA JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Feb. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-184/3034420-1-eng-US/f0030-182.jpg" title="f0030-18" width="576" height="183"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-194/3034413-1-eng-US/f0030-192.jpg" title="f0030-19" width="578" height="362"></div> &#9632;

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Looking At The Races

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div>HALIFAX&mdash;Dowell&rsquo;s Law on hooliganism in the Maritime Junior A Hockey League came in for some clarification and modification just before playoffs opened, and only after strenuous objections to the law from teams, and private disagrement from officials of the MAHA, the ultimate authority in appeal cases.The Dowell law was enacted in mid January by Judge Hanson Dowell of Middleton, MJHL prexy and a past president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. After winking at a long series of team brawls in the first ten weeks of the schedule, Judge Dowell took a firm stand last month in which he handcuffed league coaches and held them solely responsible for on ice misconduct by their players.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-204/3034570-1-eng-US/f0030-202.jpg" title="f0030-20" width="262" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Gagne</figcaption></div>Until it was modified, the Dowell law caused some confusion and considerable embarrassment, but it did serve to cut down drastically on major and misconduct penalties. Players and coaches were terrified into placing greater emphasis on fundamental procedures and referees were copping out by assessing double minor, instead of major sentences for sporadic fighting. The arbiters explained rather lamely that they were unsure of the interpretation. The coaches argument was that while they could be held responsible for the conduct of players on the bench, they could not, nor should they be held accountable for the emotions of players on ice. This was acceptable in the end to Judge Dowell who amended the rule to read that third parties into a fight, or those leaving their benches to take part, would, along with the coaches, be assessed game misconduct penalties.EASTERN FOOTNOTES: Halifax Atlantics backed into second place on the final night of the schedule when Cape Breton Metros lost a 7-5 decision to Charlottetown and finished one point back of the capital city crew. After watching Forbes Kennedy&rsquo;s rejuvenated A&rsquo;s nip Islanders 3-2 earlier, long time NHL referee and current Vancouver scout Vern Buffey called the calibre of play superior to the Tier One Quebec Juinor &ldquo;A&rdquo; League and not far removed from OHA competition. Over 4,000 turned out to watch Bob Boucher&rsquo;s St. Mary&rsquo;s Huskies defeat Atlantics 4-2 in an exhibition game billed as a &lsquo;showdown&rsquo; between the Maritime Intercollegiate and Maritime Junior circuits. Ex-Greensboro goaler Chuck Goddard back in the Huskies&rsquo; lineup following a knee injury. Former pros Ron Naud and Pierre Gagne going well for the league leading Dalhousie Tigers. Gander Flyers of the Newfoundland Senior League have appointed Jack Faulkner as player-coach, succeeding Ted Sydlowski, who was released. Jack and brother Alex, playercoach of St. John&rsquo;s Capitals, tied for the individual scoring lead. Gander getting great mileage from one time Halifax junior star Paul MacWilliams. Campbellton&rsquo;s Arnold Maisy named Mr. Minor Hockey for 1970 and presented with the Ken Adams Memorial Trophy.Suggestions of an amalgamation of the three team Maritime and four team New Brunswick Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; leagues in 1971-72 have not received enthusiastic endorsation from Monction owner Daryl Crawford who envisions a stronger, five team New Brunswick circuit next season.Hockey&rsquo;s Flying Fathers will be in Moncton March 9th to meet a team of former senior stars for the Moncton Kiwanis House For The Mentally Retarded. Gordie Howe&rsquo;s younger and long retired brother Vic will suit up to face the religious skaters.Keep in mind the name Clarence Creelman, a super star in the bantam division of the Halifax Minor Hockey Association. Last week he scored 22 goals in three games and not even Phil Esposito can lay claim to that kind of production. &#9632;

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Maritime Junior Squads Set To Square Off In Play downs

OKLAHOMA CITY FAIRGROUNDS ARENA3 - SEPARATE SESSIONS - ONE WEEK EACH JULY 12TH THROUGH JULY 30TH&bull; Age limit 7 to 19&bull; 3 hours ice time and plenty of public skating&bull; Supervised swimming pool for students&bull; Physical fitness instruction by Phys. Ed. Instructor&bull; Blackboard instruction and hockey films&bull; Crests and trophies given to students&bull; All meals carefully prepared by Dietician&bull; Accident Insurance coverage&bull; Free admission to baseball games and auto races&bull; Day rates available<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-213/3034692-1-eng-US/f0030-212.jpg" title="f0030-21" width="249" height="322"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM WEBSTER Detroit Red Wings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-29/3034685-1-eng-US/f0030-292.jpg" title="f0030-29" width="248" height="304"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROSS LONSBERRY Asst. To Gen. Mgr.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-30/3034678-1-eng-US/f0030-302.jpg" title="f0030-30" width="249" height="302"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG FAVELL Philadelphia Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-31/3034671-1-eng-US/f0030-312.jpg" title="f0030-31" width="254" height="245"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAL SWENSON Toronto Prospect</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-32/3034664-1-eng-US/f0030-322.jpg" title="f0030-32" width="713" height="271"><figcaption class="caption-body">FAIRGROUNDS ARENA</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-222/3034657-1-eng-US/f0030-222.jpg" title="f0030-22" width="253" height="324"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY DAVISON Program Director</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-232/3034650-1-eng-US/f0030-232.jpg" title="f0030-23" width="254" height="330"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY SINDEN Consultant-To Pros.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-24/3034643-1-eng-US/f0030-242.jpg" title="f0030-24" width="252" height="333"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRASER GLEESON President-Gen. Mgr.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-25/3034636-1-eng-US/f0030-252.jpg" title="f0030-25" width="250" height="331"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK CHERRY Program Consultant</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-26/3034629-1-eng-US/f0030-262.jpg" title="f0030-26" width="251" height="321"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY CHEEVERS Public Relations Dir.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-27/3034622-1-eng-US/f0030-272.jpg" title="f0030-27" width="249" height="327"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRIAN BRADLEY Asst. Chief Instructor</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-28/3034615-1-eng-US/f0030-282.jpg" title="f0030-28" width="225" height="325"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARRY YOUNG Chief Boston Scout</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-33/3034608-1-eng-US/f0030-332.jpg" title="f0030-33" width="260" height="321"><figcaption class="caption-body">STEVE ATKINSON Buffalo Sabres</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-34/3034601-1-eng-US/f0030-342.jpg" title="f0030-34" width="260" height="333"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON TANNAHILL Boston Prospect</figcaption></div>&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, 6708CHANCE OF A LIFETIME FOR AMERICAN BOYS TO BE SEEN AND SCOUTED &#9632;

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NORTH AMERICAN HOCKEY SCHOOL

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>ST. CATHARINES&mdash;Peterborough Petes and Ottawa 67s are still staging a two-team battle for first place in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A League with Montreal Canadiens and St. Catharines Black Hawks still within shooting distance.However winning the pennant this year could be a mixed blessing for the successful club.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0370/3034723-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="277" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Steve Shutt</figcaption></div>According to the first round arrangement the first place team will meet the fifth place team in the quarter-finals.Barring a lengthy win streak or the collapse of one of the top four clubs Toronto Marlboros will finish in fifth place.And the Marlboros, according to many Junior A observers, could cause more than their share of problems when the playoffs open the first week of April.The Marlboros have been the enigma of the Major Junior A League this season.On any given night they are capable of defeating any of the other nine teams and beating them decisively.However on other occasions their play has been shoddy to put it mildly.The Marlboro problems have been almost exclusively defensive.Although solidly entrenched in fifth place with not much hope of rising higher or fear of dropping lower they have scored more goals than any other club in the league but only Hamilton and Niagara Falls have poorer goals against records.In the space of 24 hours on home ice they gave up a 5-2 second period lead over St. Catharines Black Hawks and eventually lost 8-5 then bounced back the following night to trounce Hamilton Red Wings 8-2.The power of the Marlboro attack is evidenced by the fact that five players will probably reach the 40 goals or more mark in the 62-game schedule.Steve Shutt and rookie Dave Gardner are already well over 40 goals while Billy Harris, Steve Vickers and Gavin Kirk are closing in rapidly on that plateau.Gardner, the son of former National Hockey League star Cal &lsquo;Gardner is the points leader in the Junior A circuit and at 18 years of age could become the first rookie to win the individual scoring championship.However on defense and in the nets it&rsquo;s a different story.Already shaky at the blueline the Marlboros were further weakened by the loss of Steve Durbano with a 10-game suspension which will not end until early March.While Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal and St. Catharines scramble to decide the top four positions and the Marlboros are virtually isolated in fifth, Hamilton, London, Kitchener and Oshawa are trying to decide which of the four will be amond the missing when playoff time arrives. &#9632;

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Howe In Final Stage Of Great NHL Career

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