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March 5, 1971
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AMERICAN LEAGUE
Looking At AHL Race AMERICAN LEAGUE (Including Games on Sun. Feb. 14) (Standings on Wed. Feb. 24) EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Tues. Feb. 16 Montreal 1 at Baltimore 3 Wed. Feb. 17 Montreal 3 at Hershey 1 Fri. Feb. 19 Quebec 0 at Baltimore 2 Springfield 1 at Montreal 2 Cleveland 6 at Providence 2 Sat. Feb. 20 Baltimore 4 at Cleveland 2 Quebec 1 at Hershey 1 Rochester 4 at Springfield 2 Sun. Feb. 21 Springfield 0 at Baltimore 14 Rochester 1 at Cleveland 2 Hershey 3 at Providence 4 Montreal 1 at Quebec 1 GAMES TO COME Wed. Feb. 24 Springfield at Hershey Thurs. Feb 25 Hershey at Baltimore Fri. Feb. 26 Cleveland at Montreal Providence at Quebec Baltimore at Rochester Sat Feb. 27 Montreal at Baltimore Rochester at Hershey Providence at Springfield Sun. Feb. 28 Montreal at Providence Cleveland at Quebec Hershey at Rochester Tues. March 2 Providence at Baltimore Wed. March 3 Hershey at Quebec Fri. March 5 Hershey at Montreal Providence at Rochester Cleveland at Springfield LEADING SCORERS (Including Games on Sun. Feb.…
THE NHL SCENE
(Standings on Mon. Feb. 22) EAST DIVISION WEST DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Tues. Feb. 16 Boston 4 at Vancouver 5 California 1 at St. Louis 5 Wed. Feb. 17 New York 0 at Montreal 3 Pittsburgh 3 at Toronto 4 Buffalo 1 at Chicago 5 Philadelphia 4 at Los Angeles 0 California 2 at Minnesota 3 Thurs. Feb. 18 Minnesota 3 at Detroit 5 Pittsburgh 6 at Buffalo 6 Fri. Feb. 19 Boston 5 at California 0 Philadelphia 3 at Vancouver 2 Sat. Feb. 20 Chicago 1 at Montreal 7 St. Louis 1 at Toronto 3 New York 2 at Pittsburgh 0 Boston 4 at Los Angeles 5 Buffalo 5 at Detroit 6 Philadelphia 3 at California 5 Sun. Feb. 21 Toronto 4 at Minnesota 1 Detroit 1 at New York 4 St. Louis 3 at Buffalo 1 Los Angeles 5 at Chicago 7 GAMES TO COME Mon. Feb. 22 Montreal at Vancouver Tues. Feb. 23 Boston at Buffalo Wed. Feb. 24 Montreal at California Philadelphia at New York St.…
HOCKEY CROSSWORD
ACROSS 1—Pictured player. 3—First name of one of the Blues. 5—Initials of last seasons Norris trophy winner. 6—A Portland forward. 9—Wears No. 6 for Boston. 11—12th and 19th letters of the alphabet. 12—To make mistakes. 13—Pit Martin recently injured one. 14—Girl’s name. 15—Initials of a former Red Wing. 17—Same as 12 across. 18—A former NHL center. 22—This former Leaf now resides in Newfoundland 25—Same as 15 across. 26—One of the Rangers answers to this. 28—A high scoring NHL center. 30—Before. DOWN 1—A former New York forward. 2—1965-66 top rookie. 3—Neither. 4—A Los Angeles left winger. 5—6 across once played for this NHL team (abbr.). 7—Initials of one of the San Diego Gulls. 8—Wears No. 10 for Minnesota. 10—Pictured player recently passed this former players goal total, (init.). 13—Initials of one of the Leafs. 17—5th and 25th letters of the alphabet. 19—Initials of an NHL captain. 20—An NHL official answers to this. 21—Initials of an NHL defenseman. 23—Period of time. 24—Initials of one of…
Hockey Ad Lib
The Pressures Of Prominence 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, “I can remember when I was told Stafford Smythe had said…
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