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October 22, 1971

The Hockey News October 22, 1971

NEW YORK&mdash;The Metropolitan Junior Hockey Association has expanded to nine teams for the start of the new hockey season. The league has welcomed the Suffolk Ducks, who will play their home games at the Long Island Arena in Commack, to the Eastern Division.Returning in the East will be last year&rsquo;s division champion Brooklyn Stars, the Long Island Athletic Club Flyers, Oyster Bay Gulls, and New Hyde Park Arrows.The Western Division will remain intact with the perennial league champion New York Green Leafs, West New York Victorias, Essex Comets, and White Plains Plainsmen slugging it out for top honors.The MJHA enjoyed its best season ever last year. The Green Leafs made it five championships in as many years, outlasting the tough Brooklyn Stars in seven games for the Art Keegan Memorial Trophy. Two games went into sudden death overtime, while two others were decided by one goal.The Leafs should be just as tough this year, even though Ken Mullen, the league&rsquo;s leading scorer for the past two years, has gone on to play for Northeastern University. Joe DeSimone, Edgar Alejandro, and Billy Condon should pick up the slack.Three Brooklyn players&mdash;Joe De Virgilio, Frank Anzalone, and Bob Yaciuk&mdash;made news when they signed to play for St. Catharines in the major Ontario Hockey Association. The trio joins two other MJHA veterans in Canada&mdash;Chris Ahrens, formerly of New Hyde Park, who plays for Kitchener, and Max Hansen, another former Brooklyn standout who also skates for St. Catharines.The regular season opens Oct. 10 with New Hyde Park meeting Essex and will run until the first week in March. Playoff competition for the Keegan Trophy will follow. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

Suffolk Set As New York Loop Expands

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-1114/2789812-1-eng-US/f0003-112.jpg"></div>To illustrate just how much of a turnover there has been in National Hockey League team captains, here&rsquo;s a breakdown showing the men who held the posts in January, 1970 and those who are the ice leaders today: &#9632;

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NHL TEAM CAPTAINS

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01684/2789974-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Two of the Blues&rsquo; defensive stalwarts are JIM ROBERTS, left, and BOB PLAGER, shown sporting some new facial foliage since last season. Roberts is starting fifth year with the expansion club. (Hockey News Photo by Stephen Newman)</figcaption></div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Jim Roberts, the first man picked by the St. Louis Blues in the expansion draft your years ago, has begun his term of duty as the Blues&rsquo; third captain in the line of succession.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve loaded a little more on me,&rdquo; grinned Roberts, a hardworking player who plays defense and on the forward line and is the team&rsquo;s longstanding penaltykiller.Al Arbour was the Blues&rsquo; captain for the first three years of their existence until he became coach at the beginning of last season. Red Berenson, now with the Detroit Red Wings, succeeded Arbour, and Roberts assumes the job in his fifth year with the team.&ldquo;My job is to try to have a good game every game and set the example,&rdquo; Roberts said. &ldquo;The real job is on the ice whether you&rsquo;re wearing a &ldquo;C&rdquo; on your uniform or not.&rdquo;Roberts says, &ldquo;The captain has to be the guy who tries to help lead the team. Al and Red did a good job, and I hope I can follow them.&rdquo;Roberts would appear to be an excellent man for the job. He has the respect of his teammates, and his hustling play has always been an example of extra effort. He is an alert and intense competitor who won&rsquo;t let his teammates or the game officials fall into the doldrums. Former general manager Scotty Bowman, now in Montreal, considered Roberts for the captain&rsquo;s job a year ago but then selected the more quiet and sensitive Berenson, considered by the fans to be the team leader. Bowman wanted to make sure, at least, that the Red Baron would be the team scoring leader.Roberts&rsquo; appointment finally came in the series of events that followed Bowman&rsquo;s turbulent break with the team this spring, while teams other than the Blues were battling for the Stanley Cup. The Blues had made the cup finals the three previous years.Sidney Salomon Jr., president of the Blues, told Jimmy that he was being considered for captain. Then, when Sid Abel was hired as coach, the Blues staged an elaborate combination of a news conference and fan-club meeting to announce Abel&rsquo;s appointment and several other appointments. All of the Blues&rsquo; players were also invited to the affair, and Roberts, informed when he arrived that he was to be the new captain, suddenly found himself sitting on the dais with the dignitaries.Roberts&rsquo; appointment was made public by Abel as his &ldquo;first official act,&rdquo; but the selection has already been made. Abel said before training camp that he would have considered having no captain, as is the current practice with the Boston Bruins, but he agrees that Roberts is a good choice.Roberts is enthusiastic about the new season, and his enthusiasm will undoubtedly rub off on his fellow players.&ldquo;I think we have a good man running the team in Sid Abel,&rdquo; Roberts said. &ldquo;With Sid and Lynn Patrick we have two men who have been through the wars as both general managers and coaches&mdash;two real experienced guys.&rdquo;Roberts is playing this year without his good friend and penalty-killing partner, Billy McCreary, now the coach of the Blues&rsquo; farm club at Denver.&ldquo;Billy&rsquo;s value to us just couldn&rsquo;t be measured,&rdquo; Roberts said. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s pretty clever and he knows hockey, so I think we&rsquo;ll see him do a good job at Denver. I played under him when he was a player-coach at Omaha, and I think he will be a coach in the National Hockey League.&rdquo;Roberts says he&rsquo;s &ldquo;looking for a good year&rdquo; for the Blues, because &ldquo;we&rsquo;ve added a lot of youth and have lots of power at every position.&rdquo;Roberts admits that the Chicago Black Hawks, who finished 20 points ahead of the Blues in the Western Division last season, are &ldquo;pretty much the same.&rdquo;&ldquo;But,&rdquo; he says with a grin and without mentioning any names, &ldquo;some of the players that have been beating us are getting older.&rdquo;Roberts doesn&rsquo;t share the concern of some persons about the Blues&rsquo; goaltending without Glenn Hall.&ldquo;I think Ernie Wakely has proved himself over the last two years and will do the job,&rdquo; Roberts says. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a mature goalie, and you can put any load on him you want.&rdquo;As so, it seems, any load can be put on Capt. Roberts. &#9632;

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Roberts Ideal Team Leader For Blues

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Jack Kent Cooke, owner of the local Kings hockey club, has certainly had his pleasant memories in sports as owner of Los Angeles and Springfield hockey teams, part owner of the Washington Redskins football club, complete boss of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team and former owner of the Los Angeles Wolves of the now defunct National Soccer League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01263/2791109-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="268" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry McNabb</figcaption></div>The Springfield Kings have given him his greatest satisfaction in sports, since they finished fourth in a special playoff after beating Quebec Aces and went on to win the AHL Calder Cup as champions. It marked his first championship in any sport, as he liked to explain.&ldquo;Of course, when I owned the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team,&rdquo; Cooke explained, &ldquo;we won the International League pennant six times but when it came to the Little World Series and my chance to win everything, we struck out six straight times!&rdquo; We might add in those baseball days his Toronto ball club came to Pynchon Park many times to play the old Springfield Cubs.He continued, &ldquo;In Los Angeles, the Lakers reached the NBA finals five times. And in those five years they extended the famed Boston Celtics to a seventh and deciding game each time, only to lose out in the end.&rdquo;&ldquo;You have no idea what a Springfield win meant to me,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;Those grand guys fumbled and stumbled to a fourth place finish. All of a sudden, they decided they knew what they wanted and put it all together to win that Calder Cup trophy as AHL champions,&rdquo; commented Cooke.He pointed out that the Kings proved something he was trying to put across last season, that you can do anything you desire if you make up your mind to do it. &ldquo;Sometimes, I wonder if the Los Angeles players listen to me,&rdquo; he mused. &ldquo;My pride in the Springfield Kings is intense,&rdquo; he stated. &ldquo;I mean that quite sincerely in 23 years in sports, no team has ever given me more satisfaction.As the AHL season opened, the Kings certainly got off on the right foot as they walloped the highly touted Nova Scotia Voyageurs 6-3 with Wayne Rivers emerging as the scoring hero with a hat trick.Rivers was among the early arrivals from the parent club and he appears to be intent on having a good season judging by his start. The Kings were bolstered just before their AHL opener as Larry Regan carried out his final cuts from his NHL team.Among those assigned to Springfield were center Bill Orban and hard-hitting defensemen Larry McNabb and Bill Mikkelson, who both lost out to ex-Springfield star Jean Potvin in the battle for the final defense berth with Los Angeles. Orban, a high scorer, will add affensive punch to the club.Coach Gary Dineen, youngest man to ever run a club as coach and general manager in Springfield history, has shown good poise and ability to work with his players.Perhaps one of the brighter spots with the club is rookie Bob Vroman, who played at Johnstown in the Eastern-League. He is American-born former college graduate who will be backup goaler to Billy Smith. &#9632;

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Cooke Reassures Pride In Title-Winning AHL Club

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01496/2792159-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">DUNC WILSONHe&rsquo;ll Be No. 1 This Campaign</figcaption></div><h2>CANUCKS&rsquo; HOPES REST ON GOALING</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02371/2792152-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="549" height="1542"></div><h2>HAPPY &lsquo;BIG M&rsquo; BONUS FOR HABS&mdash;Page 13</h2>BOBBY CLARKE PHILLY LEADER AT ONLY AGE 22&mdash;Page 6SABRES OPEN WITH 6 NEW FACES IN NHL&mdash;Page 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03162/2792145-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="561" height="1302"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEONHe&rsquo;s The Leader Of Maple Leafs</figcaption></div>BIG TURNOVER IN NHL CAPTAINS&mdash;Page 3 &#9632;

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MAPLE LEAFS FLY WITHOUT KEON—PAGE 17

NEW YORK&mdash;Two of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s seasoned performers&mdash;Ron Stewart and Reg Fleming&mdash;passed from the big league scene this past week in final player cutdowns before the NHL opener.Stewart, who is 39 and a 19-year veteran of the NHL wars, was sent to the Providence Reds of the American League by the parent New York Rangers as general-manager and coach Emile Francis looked for ways and means to trim his overstocked roster. Rookie defenseman Andre Dupont also accompanied Stewart to the AHL club.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02633/2789656-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="537" height="884"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON STEWART&hellip;Sent To AHL</figcaption></div>At almost the same time, the Buffalo Sabres put the skids to Reg Fleming&rsquo;s major league career by shipping the aggressive 35-year-old defenseman-forward out to the Cincinnati Swords in the AHL. Fleming didn&rsquo;t go alone. Paul Andrea and Tom Miller were also assigned to the Swords. The Sabres also moved out rookie defenseman Larry Mavety sending him to Salt Lake of the Western League.In other late hour moves, Philadelphia sent Lew Morrison, Dan Schock and goaler Don McLeod to their Richmond Robins&rsquo; club in the AHL. Minnesota shipped goaler Gilles Gilbert to Cleveland, Vancouver optioned rookie goaler Ed Dyck to Seattle and put Charlie Hodge on waivers with the hope of sending him to Rochester; Pittsburgh sold 19-year veteran Dean Prentice to Minnesota for cash and a player to be named later; Boston Bruins dropped Garry Peters, defenseman Bob Stewart and goaler netminder Danny Bouchard down to their AHL Braves&rsquo; club in the AHL; and Toronto dispatched rookie defenseman John Grisdale, Brian Marchinko and Errol Thompson to Tulsa of the CHL. &#9632;

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Stewart, Fleming Among NHL Vets To Get ‘Axe’

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01667/2789625-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="542" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK EGERS&hellip;Plays Impresses</figcaption></div>NEW YORK&mdash;With the Rangers poised to open the season, having played all but one of their pre-season contests, Emile Francis, the general manager-coach went on record as saying that 110 points should win the NHL East.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it will take 120 points to win this year. Make it something like 110,&rdquo; commented Francis on the eve of the opener.A progress report on New York would show them with six wins, three losses and two tie in preseason to win the unofficial &lsquo;grapefruit&rsquo; championship of the NHL. They had the edge over the Bruins, taking three of the first four contests between the teams.The Cat had indicated earlier he may not cut anyone of his six man defense squad but deceded to spent young Andre Dupont out to Providence rather than have him sit on the bench in New York. Francis seems set on keeping, for the present at least, Jack Egers, Pierre Jarry and certainly Bobby Rousseau. All of these men came to camp with question marks before their names, but they have slowly erased them.Rousseau, acting like a quarterback on the Ranger power play, has lent class and skill to the New York club. He, Rod Gilbert and Ab DeMarco make a skilled point play trio. DeMarco is almost always on the net with his slap shots. Gilbert is a known quantity and a very successful one and Rousseau, eschewing the slap shot, has passed off and handled the puck with a plomb while stationed at the blueline.&ldquo;Our French players are doing alright,&rdquo; commented Jean Ratelle. Jarry and Gilbert were pre-season leaders in goals and Rousseau was the top point man.&rdquo;Add to this list, the impressive play of Egers, who frankly disappointed last season after suffering a brain cncussion in November and the reason for Francis&rsquo; optimism is easy to see. Egers got off two really accurate slap shots from his left wing post in New York&rsquo;s 4-1 win over Boston on October 4. He seems to be handling the puck better, is passing quicker and hitting the open man, something he did not always do last year. Jack has now adjusted to the rule limiting the curvature of the stick to one half inch. This was dranged prior to the 1970-71 season. Before that it had been a one inch limit and Egers&rsquo; weapon looked like a lacrosse hook.This added depth has to make New York potent throughout the long 78 game season. Injuries should not affect the Rangers too much, since they seem to have more solid NHL players than any other team.In addition to the above good news, Billy Fairbairn, on a beautiful assist from Walter Tkaczuk scored his second pre-season goal in the MSG game. This should give Fairbairn, now in his third NHL campaign a shot in the arm, confidence wise. Nicknamed &ldquo;Dog&rdquo; by his teammates for hs never stop dogging of the puck in the corners, Billy suffered an attack of mononucleosis early last season and never really recovered. He dropped off in goals from 23 to 7.&ldquo;Earbairn is right back to where he was and this reinstates the Bulldog line of 1969-70,&rdquo; grinned Francis. &ldquo;However, I haven&rsquo;t really set any of my lines for sure.&rdquo;This last was said to keep the boys moving and with the depth and extra players around Gotham, it will have that effect.Right now the team is free of injuries. Francis was miffed when he was asked about a quote from Ken Dryden, the Montreal goalie who said that New York didn&rsquo;t have any shooters whom he feared.&ldquo;When Jacques Plante was traded to New York he said something about Bernie Geoffrion being washed up and Gilles Tremblay shooting off his wrong foot. We opened the season in Montreal and got bombed, mainly because the Canadien players were fired up by Jake. I think I&rsquo;ll show that to our boys and see what happens, as I recall, we finished ahead of Montreal last year and didn&rsquo;t get a crack at them in the playoffs. Time will tell about Dryden,&rdquo; shot back Francis.BLUE CHIPS: Vic Hadfield played against Boston despite a six stitch cut on his lip. It was the Captain&rsquo;s 31st birthday&hellip;Brad Park and Phil Esposito almost started a wing ding after &ldquo;Big Daddy&rdquo; Espo went after Park who had decked Garnet &ldquo;Ace&rdquo; Bailey of the Bruins. Park says Esposito is not a fighter&hellip;Pierre Jarry and Bob Stewart, the rookie Boston defenseman, who has since gone to the minor, tangled twice in the MSG game. Jarry claims he knocked him out with a solid body check back when both were in the Central Hockey League&hellip;Bruce MacGregor, who with Peter Stemkowski have to rate a one of Francis&rsquo; penalty killing pairs, scored twice against Boston to break the pre-season ice&hellip;Boston pre-season drew 16,711 with Detroit drawing over 15,000&hellip;Not had&hellip;Fans got their money&rsquo;s worth in both games, although six Bruin players were out with minor injuries&hellip; &#9632;

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Young Rangers Flying As Francis Predicts 110 Points To Win East

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01669/2789743-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="266" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEON Toronto</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02551/2789736-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="260" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body">VIC HADFIELD New York</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03370/2789729-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="250" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">ORLAND KURTENBACH Vancouver</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04220/2789722-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="254" height="397"><figcaption class="caption-body">FLOYD SMITH Buffalo</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05133/2789715-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="260" height="399"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM ROBERTS St. Louis</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0691/2789708-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="257" height="398"><figcaption class="caption-body">CAROL VADNAIS California</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0763/2789701-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="253" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED HARRIS Minnesota</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0842/2789694-1-eng-US/f0003-082.jpg" title="f0003-08" width="243" height="400"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB PULFORD Los Angeles</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0929/2789687-1-eng-US/f0003-092.jpg" title="f0003-09" width="266" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED VAN IMPE Philadelphia</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Turnover In NHL Captains Continues

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-12" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-1212/2789781-1-eng-US/f0003-122.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALEX DELVECCHIO&hellip;Dean Of NHL Captains</figcaption></div>MONTREAL&mdash;Henri Richard has finally come of age.The man who, through most of his hockey life, has been thought of as &ldquo;Rocket Richard&rsquo;s kid brother&rdquo; is now the elder statesman of the Canadiens team as well as new team captain succeeding the retired Jean Beliveau.Both in age and point of service, Henri is senior man on the squad. He&rsquo;s 35, two years older than Frank Mahovlich and three ahead of J.C. Tremblay his closest competitors calender-wise. And, beginning his 16th straight season with Habs, he&rsquo;s way ahead in the long-service department. The &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; was named alternate captain along with Tremblay and Terry Harper.Richard is the sole survivor of the mighty Canadiens teams that rolled to five consecutive Stanley Cups through the late 1950&rsquo;s. He was the team rookie in 1955-56 when Toe Blake took over as coach of the Habs from the late Dick Irvin, and started the record-smashing run on Lord Stanley&rsquo;s hardware. Jacques Plante and Donnie Marshall were also on that squad and they&rsquo;re still around with other teams. But, only the &ldquo;Pocket Rocket&rdquo; remains with Canadiens.One of the &ldquo;Mighty Mites&rdquo; of hockey, Richard stands only 5&rsquo;7&rdquo; and seldom weighs more than 160-lbs. He has been able to play a full season only twice in his long career and, coincidentally, he did it two seasons in a row. Last season he came close, playing 75 of the 78 regular season games.Though he says: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a good scorer. I pass too much, instead of shooting,&rdquo; Henri belongs to the 300-goal club of hockey. He has 316 goals to his credit going into the present campaign.The recent appointment of Richard as Canadiens&rsquo; new leader was the fourth new name to appear this season as team captains. Vic Hadfield took over the job from the traded Bob Nevin at New York; Carol Vadnais was selected to replace Ted Hampson, who was traded in the middle of last year; Jim Roberts was chosen by the St. Louis Blues to replace Red Berenson, who was traded after he had taken over the captaincy from Al Arbour, now retired.The turnover in NHL captains continues to be enormous and it appears there is actually little security in wearing the coveted &lsquo;C&rsquo; on a big league uniform any longer. In the past, a player only yielded the title upon retirement as in the case of Beliveau.But NHL captains have been coming and going like the weather since January of 1970. Being captain doesn&rsquo;t guarantee a player steady employment with his club either it seems. Bob Woytowich, Lou Angotti, Claude Larose, Berenson, Nevin and Hampson were all traded off while acting as ice leaders of their respective NHL teams.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-1022/2789774-1-eng-US/f0003-102.jpg" title="f0003-10" width="1156" height="1320"><figcaption class="caption-body">HENRI RICHARD&hellip;Canadiens&rsquo; Elder Statesman</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Four New Leaders Named This Year; Richard Succeeds Beliveau With Habs

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-137/2789843-1-eng-US/f0003-132.jpg" title="f0003-13" width="371" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES PLANTE</figcaption></div>Since 1955 I have been working to find a mask that could combine: protection, good visibility and lightness. I was never completely satisfied until I found the &ldquo;FUTURAMIC&rdquo; model last year&hellip;with the stream lines to deflect pucks easier.I am now offering you this same &ldquo;FUTURAMIC&rdquo; mask that I, and many of the best goalies in the world use.I have so much confidence in them, that I will replace each one that might break under normal use. Furthermore, an insurance company has insured each mask for ONE MILLION dollars, against bodily damages. No company would have done so, if they didn&rsquo;t have faith in my mask.You should find them in your local sport stores: If not, write me at: 1259 Didace street, Magog, P.Q., Canda and I will gladly send you some literature. The masks sell from $12.00 to $22.50 in Canada. (Two dollars more in the United States and Europe).FIBROSPORT INC. JACQUES PLANTE PRESIDENT &#9632;

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MILLION DOLLAR MASK

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01731/2789895-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="517" height="524"></div>&bull; TUCSON, ARIZONA has made a bid to President Bob Breitbard of the San Diego Gulls to transfer the Gulls&rsquo; franchise to the desert city. Mayor James Corbett of Tucson said he would like Breitbard to entertain the possibility of the Gulls moving entirely to Tucson or at least having them play some of their games in the city&rsquo;s new Community Center&hellip;Breitbard has been having his troubles with the City of San Diego in recent years&hellip;Henri Richard, oldest member of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, was elected captain of the Habs. This news caused no surprise as it would have been almost impossible toname any other player to the post&hellip;The grey-thatched Richard stated: &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t have much to say. I said enough last year&rdquo;&hellip;Johnny Bower will soon be installed in the American Hockey League Hall of Fame located in Providence&hellip;Two NHL officials hailing from Guelph, Ont., recently resigned their posts to work in the Ontario Hockey Association this season. Veteran NHL linesman George Ashley and referee Ken Bodendistel will both act as referees and linesmen in the OHA&hellip;Montreal&rsquo;s Frank Mahovlich says he has never looked forward to the start of an NHL season as much as he has this one. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s my first complete season here and I&rsquo;m keyed up more than I ever was at Toronto and Detroit,&rdquo; the Big M informed&hellip;Larry Brown, Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; new defenseman, is expected to play a major role in the Flyers&rsquo; success this term&hellip;Many astute NHL observers think Canadiens will finish the regular season ahead of the favored Boston Bruins&hellip;Hockey Night in Canada executive producer Ralph Mellanby has lined up some outstanding between periods features for Canadian hockey fans following the games out of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver this season. One of these features will be when your hockey players from all over Canada ask their favorite NHL stars questions pertaining to the playing of the different positions&hellip;Danny Gallivan, the English voice of the Montreal Canadiens, starts his 20th season behind the &ldquo;mike&rdquo; for the Canadiens. Canadiens won 11 Stanley Cups during that period.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02682/2789888-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="271" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Bower</figcaption></div>&bull; PITTSBURGH PENGUINS won their first home opener in five years when they edged Philadelphia, 3-2. Each season the Pens play the first game of the new season at home but this year marked their first victory&hellip;California&rsquo;s Wayne Carleton is off to a fast start with the California Golden Seals. The lanky winger scored 22 goals with the Boston Bruins last season and wasn&rsquo;t even protected. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d thought they&rsquo;d at least have traded me,&rdquo; Carleton told friends after the Seals acquired his services&hellip;New York Rangers will have a pretty fair idea of how they&rsquo;ll shape up this season after the first 11 days of the season. During that time they meet in succession: Montreal, Boston twice, Toronto, Montreal and Chicago&hellip;If you think Bobby Hull looks a little differently this season it&rsquo;s because he&rsquo;s had a hair transplant&hellip;Jack Riley, executive with Pittsburgh Penguins, also does the color for Sam Nover on the Penguins&rsquo; telecasts&hellip;Rawlings Sporting Goods Company of St. Louis has added Keith Magnuson, Chicago&rsquo;s All Star defenseman, as a member of their hockey advisory staff&hellip;Walter Bush, Jr., president of the Northstar Financial Corp., parent company of the Metropolitan Sports Center and the Minnesota North Stars hockey team, principal tenant of the building, recently announced that Bob Reid has been named manager of the Met Sports Center. Reid did an outstanding job as Bush&rsquo;s assistant and administrative director of the North Stars for the last five years&hellip;Doctors have advised Canadiens that Serge Savard&rsquo;s broken leg is now as good as new and he will be back in the lineup soon. He started scrimmaging with the club last week&hellip;For the first time Detroit Red Wings broadcasted all of their pre-season exhibition games&hellip;The Wings again will televise 25 of their 39 road games&hellip;The Phoenix Roadrunners are fast becoming one of the best franchises in the Western Hockey League. The Roadrunners games this season will be aired over KXIV, with Al McCoy, winner of Arizona&rsquo;s outstanding broadcaster award of 1970, doing the play-by-play. The club will also televise six games in color from San Diego&hellip;It was money (isn&rsquo;t it most times) that caused Philadelphia defenseman Joe Watson to come out of retirement after less than 10 days.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03584/2789881-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="269" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Carleton</figcaption></div>&bull; ED GIACOMIN has been sensational in New York games to date. The tandem of Giacomin and Gilles Villemure gives the Rangers the best netminding in hockey&hellip;L. A. Kings are interested in dealing with Vancouver for the veteran Charlie Hodge. The 38-year-old Hodge isn&rsquo;t expected to be with Vancouver this season. He&rsquo;ll probably be with Rochester of the American League. Hodge wants a nocut contract but General Manager Bud Poile of Vancouver is not in agreement&hellip;Brad Park, Rangers&rsquo; baby-faced defenseman, is far and away the best bodychecker among today&rsquo;s rearguards. It&rsquo;s a treat to watch the way hegets down low and throws opposing players over his shoulder. His best hit in the NHL was last season was when he flattened John Ferguson in the Forum. &ldquo;1 got a complete flip in the air before he landed.&rdquo;&hellip;Park is also recognized as one of best rushing and playmaking defenseman in the business&hellip;Murph Chamberlain, hardrock forward with Montreal Canadiens during the 1940&rsquo;s, is reported to be seriously ill in an Oshawa hospital&hellip;Guy Lafleur, Montreal&rsquo;s highlytouted rookie forward, gave a good account of himself in the club&rsquo;s opener against New York&hellip;Ron Norrish, Minnesota North Stars&rsquo; No. 1 draft pick, left training camp without being offered a contract. He had some scheduling problems. It appears he had set his marriage date for October 9, the same day Minnesota opened the NHL championship schedule in Detroit. The Stars finally gave Norrish a contract and sent him to Cleveland of the AHL for seasoning&hellip;Howie Young, the much-travelled defenseman, has decided driving a truck in Chicago is more appealing than playing hockey in San Diego. He has not reported to the club this year after they bought his contract from Vancouver and he has been suspended&hellip;Ron Cantara, the former Detroit publicist who quit to return to college, has popped up as the color man on the Boston Bruins&rsquo; radio broadcasting team with announcer Bob Wilson&hellip;At the suggestion of their insurance company, the Detroit Red Wings installed a 12-foot high glass at each end of their rink to protect fans in the end &lsquo;shooting galleries&rsquo; where it seemed at least a fan was hit every game&hellip;Olympic Stadium general manager Lincoln Cavalieri said the Wings&rsquo; season ticket total is down somewhat this year because of the club&rsquo;s disastrous season last year but that income is up. The Wings sold more downstairs tickets, which cost more, despite losing some balcony subscribers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04511/2789874-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="270" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brad Park</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.U.S. Office: 16 Maple Street, Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979Kenneth William McKenzie President and PublisherCharlie Halpin Editorial DirectorYearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.Postpage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979. Send address changes to 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Suite 212, Montr&eacute;al, 107, P.Q.Second class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327Printed in CanadaVol. 25 MONTREAL, OCTOBER 22, 1971 No.3 &#9632;

The Hockey News OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<h2>Hockey Helmet Trend Encouraged By Fan</h2>As a seasoned hockey observer, I would like to comment on the increasing trend among NHL players to wear helmets.Initially, I was dead set against the idea because I felt that as a hockey fan I was deprived on the instant identification I enjoyed. However, I soon discovered that it really made very little difference to a player&rsquo;s individuality on the ice.What&rsquo;s more, if the players all wore helmets there would be less chance that the fans would be robbed of seeing them perform by a needless head injury.CHARLIE MILLS, Vancouver, B.C.<h2>Star Team Omission Termed Injustice</h2>How can you pick Red Kelly over Bobby Orr and Jacques Plante over Terry Sawchuk on your 25-year All Star team?To ignore Sawchuk, who owned the most career shutouts of any NHL goalkeeper, and who led Detroit and Toronto to countless Stanley Cup triumphs, is, in my opinion, an injustice.To omit Orr&rsquo;s name from the defense selections baffles me. Kelly was an excellent hockey player to be sure, but much of his career was played at the forward position. I agree that Harvey merits a berth on the team, but only behind Orr.Orr, incidently, is the only defenseman to win an NHL scoring title!ROSS MYERSON, Springfield, Mass.<h2>A Trophy Suggested For Junior A Loop</h2>This past summer, the hockey world was saddened by the tragic death of Jim Mahon, the fine young player with the Peterborough Pates of the OHA junior league.I feel it would be most appropriate if the OHA executives could see fit to name a trophy in his honor and present it annually to the rookie who scores the most goals.D. PHILPOTT, Toronto, Ont.<h2>American Fans Know Their Hockey, Too!</h2>I frequently read criticism which annoys me from Canadian fans who suggest that their counterparts in American cities know little about the game of hockey and, as such, can&rsquo;t appreciate the finer points of the game.Hockey, both amateur and professional, has deep and varied roots in the States and I would match the hockey acumen of some of my friends against the most avid and knowledgeable Canadian fan. There are enough hockey fans in the U.S. to support a total of 32 professional teams, which should say something important in itself.SID SMILIE Cleveland, O.<h2>A Ranger Fan Wants To Write Other Fans</h2>I am a devout hockey fan. I subscribe to the Rangers&rsquo; games and I am interested in corre-spondence with other hockey fans around the NHL. If anyone is interested please contact me.KEVIN GOODCHILD, 573 W. 192nd St., New York, N.Y. 10040 &#9632;

Fan Forum

<div class="byline">By Charlie Halpin</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01760/2790005-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>NHL Troubleshooter</h2>&bull; Heading off trouble before it starts is the way former FBI agent Frank Torpey best expresses his role with the National Hockey League.And who is Frank Torpey?For the uninformed, Torpey is the security director of the NHL. His job primarily is to keep big league hockey players from unwittingly falling into the hands of undesirables&mdash;bookmakers, loan sharks, the quick-buck businessman, and anyone else intent on exploiting the ice stars.Torpey does his sleuthing out of the NHL&rsquo;s New York office and has a working partner in the person of Irwin Blehm, a one-time Royal Canadian Mounted Police inspector. Both men believe the best approach to averting trouble is to go to the source&mdash;the players. They both recently wound up a two-week tour of NHL training camps that enabled them to personally spell out the rules of the game&mdash;how to recognize trouble.Hockey has managed to escape the black scandal headlines in recent years and there has not been a blot on its good name since the famed Don Gallinger&mdash;Billy Taylor betting episode of the 1930&rsquo;s that led to the expulsion of both players from the game for life for allegedly betting on big league hockey games.Torpey admits the modern day athlete is mature enough to stay away from the undesirable elements that tend to gnaw at personalities in the sports world. He and his deputy have spent considerable time in the past season advising the hockey players how not to become involved with sinister bookmakers, who infiltrated college basketball at one time.<h2>League Is Clean</h2>&bull; Torpey believes every NHL player is potentially a soft touch for phony business enterprises and endorsements. &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t guarantee them that a business will be profitable for them,&rdquo; says Torpey, &ldquo;but we can advise them if the person or persons they are dealing with are undesirable and it would be to their advantage to drop them and save a buck.&rdquo;The NHL&rsquo;s top sleuth said that while the league is clean, there have been incidents that could have led to trouble if they hadn&rsquo;t been &ldquo;nipped in the bud.&rdquo; Torpey and Blehm move around the country as much as they can, visit NHL rinks, teams and players from time to time if they deem it necessary, but one thing they don&rsquo;t do - and Torpey wished to emphasize this point&mdash;they do not spy on the players. Much of their work is done with management.The day of the outspoken hockey performer could be at an end if Torpey has his way. &ldquo;A player can talk hockey, discuss what has happened in a game or in the dressing room, but he shouldn&rsquo;t speculate and try to predict what will happen. Nor should he talk about the team&rsquo;s personal problems, injuries or the morale of the team. In our opinion that&rsquo;s detrimental to hockey and frankly it is not the business of the public.&rdquo;<h2>No Drug Problem</h2>&bull; Torpey said he and his office are ever alert for drug abuse in the NHL but happily, he says, it hasn&rsquo;t reared its ugly head yet. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s always a danger where young people are involved and while it hasn&rsquo;t hit hockey to any real extent, there&rsquo;s always a danger that it will,&rdquo; added Torpey.While it&rsquo;s Torpey&rsquo;s job to check out bad business deals, fraternization with underworld characters, among other things, he is obsessed with the NHL rules governing gambling. He thinks they&rsquo;re not binding enough. He wants the league to push legislation that would prohibit players from betting through bookmakers on any sporting event. &ldquo;Right now they are forbidden merely to bet on hockey games,&rdquo; said Torpey. &ldquo;To me that&rsquo;s not enough. The league should go all the way and ban all sports betting. It&rsquo;s the best way to head off trouble.&rdquo;Hockey moguls hope they don&rsquo;t have to call on Torpey to get them out of trouble but if they do they know they are in good hands because like all top FBI agents, Frank Torpey can often spot trouble before it starts. &#9632;

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INSIDE HOCKEY

<div class="byline">&#x2014;CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Fred Shero really has been impressed with Bobby Clarke. &ldquo;Quite honestly,&rdquo; said Fred, &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t realize Bobby was as good as he is&rdquo;&hellip;Bill Lesuk, who had a whale of a rookie season a year ago, was the Flyers&rsquo; top goal scorer during training camp with six. He also was playing well defensively&hellip;Goaltender Doug Favell was exceedingly sharp in training camp, allowing only about a goal per game in the total time he saw action. Bruce Gamble is the backup&hellip;The Flyers&rsquo; defense was excellent during the eight pre-season games, allowing only 12 goals&hellip;The Flyer Fan Club &ldquo;Welcome Dinner&rdquo;, which salutes members and management of this year&rsquo;s team, is scheduled for Oct. 25. The club annually has more than 1,000 members. &#9632;

Lesuk Tops Camp Scorers

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;It was a joke, really, when the Flyer Fan Club presented its comical going-away present to Bobby Clarke at the tail end of last season.They gave the hustling young center a &ldquo;Superman&rdquo; Tshirt, with president Lou Damia&rsquo;s humorous comment that, &ldquo;To us, Bobby, you&rsquo;re the superman of the Flyers. Wear it in good health.&rdquo;The T-shirt is tucked away in a drawer somewhere, but the connotations of the presentation are indeed reality. Clarke, while not exactly a superman, has become the team leader around whom the Flyers&rsquo; future is built.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02619/2790036-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="282" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Clarke</figcaption></div>You can have strength offensively and defensively, but every team needs a player who can come up with the big play or the big goal which turns around the close games. It is something too many teams only wish they had.After two outstanding years in the NHL, Bobby has become the team leader even though only 22. And the Flyers have to be a much better hockey team, now because of it.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just trying to do my job,&rdquo; is how Clarke shrugs off glowing compliments about his maturity on the ice. &ldquo;This is a team game, you know, and we&rsquo;re all working together to win. Nobody can do it alone.&rdquo;Clarke&rsquo;s arrival at this plateau was never more obvious than when the Flyers closed out their exhibition season with an impressive 2-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. Bobby stole the puck and made some beautiful moves while beating goalie Ken Dryden for the winning goal in the third period.True, it was only a pre-season game but it served as a continuation of the type of thing he was doing with regularity near the end of last season.That&rsquo;s when former coach Vic Stasiuk had Bobby doing everything on the ice except playing goal. He was on a regular line but also killing penalties and operating on the power play.New coach Fred Shero, however, is following a more sensible approach. He&rsquo;s not using Bobby killing penalties, which means he should be even better when out on the ice.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to waste Clarke&rsquo;s talent killing penalties,&rdquo; remarked Shero. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to skate his regular shift and play as much as possible on the power play. Anybody can kill penalties.&rdquo;From the beginning of training camp, Clarke wasn&rsquo;t his old self. He has come to camp bothered by ailing teeth which should have been extracted during the summer. Hence, he spent the first week of camp in a hospital in Philadelphia, resulting in a loss of weight.Once he rejoined his teammates, Bobby got back in the groove as the Flyers put the finishing touches to their best pre-season record (6-1-1) in history.It would be one thing if the Flyers were winning with so&mdash;so efforts, but the club has played consistently well. And team hustle was evident. The team seemed quite prepared for the season opener in Pittsburgh and a three-game West Coast tour before the home opener against the Los Angeles Kings Oct. 21.Shero felt his team still needed work, particularly his defensemen whom he wants to be more offensive minded and much quicker passing or carrying the puck out of their own end. He has maintained that this is the area where the Flyers could best improve.Shero feels his team has the personnel, both offensively and defensively. It feels it has enough muscle, capable goaltending in Doug Favell and Bruce Gamble, good balance. And sensible coaching.And, maybe most important, it finally has a team leader! &#9632;

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Young Bobby Clarke A tready Team Leader At Tender Age Of 22

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;According to Allan Malamud of the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, the following conversation took place in the Victoria training camp of the Los Angeles Kings:Manager-coach Larry Regan: &ldquo;Would you trade Whitey Widing for Bobby Hull today?&rdquo; Owner Jack Kent Cooke: &ldquo;Yes.&rdquo; Regan: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sorry to hear that. Because I wou1dn&rsquo;t. I mean it. Widing is going to be unreal. You can check Hull. You may not be able to check Widing this year. If ever we&rsquo;re going to have a true super star, here he is.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01712/2790098-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="257" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Flett</figcaption></div>As the Kings have had their ups and downs, the ever-optimistic Mr. Cooke has become more and more of a realist about his hockey team, but Mr. Regan, despite valiant efforts, hasn&rsquo;t made much progress in that direction.Nevertheless, Widing has enormous potential, if not of Bobby Hull dimensions. Of course he has a lot of years on Bobby. His future is in front of Juha Markku Widing, The Flying Finn, and his immediate past isn&rsquo;t bad. In his first full season in the majors last season, he scored 25 goals, assisted on 40 others and led the team with 60 points. He also anchored the team&rsquo;s best line, which totalled. 77 goals, and was voted MVP of the club by the writers.Other members of the &ldquo;Bee Line&rdquo; were Bob Berry, who scored 25 goals, and Mike Byers, who scored 27. Widing is 24 years of age, Byers 25 and Berry 28. None has reached his prime yet.Ross Lonsberry, 24, scored 20 goals in his rookie year and 25 last season.All told, the Kings scored 239 goals last season, most ever by an expansion team. Their defense, which was dreadful, may be upgraded this season, but the chances are good most of their winning will have to come on offense. They could fall back, but the youth of their top scorers indicates they probably will progress. And they have veterans who could step up last season&rsquo;s scoring pace.Bill Flett, still only 28, scored 40 goals his first two seasons with the Kings, but only 14 and 13 the last two seasons. He was troubled by injuries some and improved his all-around play, but he has the heaviest shot on the team and a good chance to score back to his former form. Traditionally a slow-starter, he broke his nose late in the pre-season period this time.Eddie Joyal, now 31, scored 23 and 33 goals his first two seasons with the Kings, tailed off to 18 and 20 the last two seasons, during which he often did not play a great deal. Flett&rsquo;s best buddy, the swift Joyal could regain his best form, too. He gets away his shots the fastest on the team. If not traded, they may hold the key to the club&rsquo;s chances.Ralph Backstrom, 34, has frequently been a 20-goal scorer in his long career in the majors, scored 14 in only 32 games with Kings last season and showed signs of still being a consistent threat. Bob Pulford, 35, usually scored 15 to 20 goals a season in his long career, had 17 with L.A. last year despite missing many games with injuries, and figures for 20 this season.Doug Robinson had 15 last season, but has been sent back to the minors. Some of the other forwards such as Lucien Grenier and Real Lemieux were spotted mainly on specialty units and didn&rsquo;t score up to par at all. A newcomer who could help is winger Al McDonough, up from the minors with high scoring potential. Robinson departed the parent Kings for Seattle along with goaler Jack Norris, defensemen Larry Cahan and Matt Ravlich Two other aspiring rear guards, Bill Mikkelson and Larry McNabb along with center Bill Orban, went back to Springfield Kings of the AHL in the final club cuts.The Kings don&rsquo;t get much scoring help from their defense, although Gilles Marotte sets up a lot of goals. However, they have the attackers up front to spearhead a continuing rise back toward the top. Unless the defense is upgraded unexpectedly, the offense can&rsquo;t afford to slip back.If Widing is a super star, it won&rsquo;t hurt.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02640/2790091-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="552" height="862"><figcaption class="caption-body">JUHA WIDING&hellip;Has Great Potential</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Kings Pinning Hopes On ‘Flying Finn’

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01746/2790136-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="280" height="364"></div><h2>Nobody Asked Jimmy Cannon, But:</h2>DESPITE EXPANSION, HOCKEY REMAINS the fastest team game and one that hits higher peaks of excitement than any other. One first-year expansion team, Buffalo, did as well or better than five other teams last season, so there&rsquo;s no need to put down the newcomers.A few things are missing. While games are faster than ever, we miss those end-to-end rushes by the super skaters and stick-handlers. And with twice as many goalers being two-platooned, we don&rsquo;t seem to see as many standouts making spectacular saves in the nets. And we miss the old booming bodychecks.Today&rsquo;s Boston Bruins would have been hard to handle for the greatest of yesterday&rsquo;s clubs, but might have been outscored. As brilliant as Bobby Orr is, the most exciting player we ever saw remains Rocket Richard, scoring with foes draped on him, fire brimming in his eyes.Phil Esposito should have been MVP last year, not Bobby Orr. Most years now Orr will be tops, but when a man scores 76 goals and assists on 76 others in 78 games, he may have had the greatest simgle season ever and it should have been recongnized as such. What more could a man do?They can and should continue to recognize the top points man, but they should name it the Gordie Howe Award, and they should add a Rocket Richard Award for the top goal-scorer in the NHL every year. If it makes a player selfish, he shouldn&rsquo;t be in the league. Many assists are cheap. Goals remain the biggest thing in the game and the best at getting them should be honored annually.They can continue the Vezina Trophy, but there should be a Terry Sawchuk award for the individual goal tender with the best fielding average in the NHL each season. Defense is a team game, but the individual goalkeeper who stops the highest percentage of shots merits recognition. Like a top-ten goal-scoring list, a top-ten goal tending fielding-average list should be promoted in the press weekly.Also, bring back overtimes. They were dropped because of travel troubles that no longer exist. The players may not want them, but the fans deserve them. Knowing they may have to face one additional period of suddendeath play would prevent players from coasting at the conclusion of deadlocks. And some of those unsatisfying 81 ties of last season would have been settled. How many times a year can a guy kiss his sister? Only soccer also holds the door open for non-results. Suddendeath is enormously exciting. And if you can settle a game in the last minute of regulation play, why not in the first minute of overtime play?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02658/2790129-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="766" height="877"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL ESPOSITO&hellip;Deserved MVP Award</figcaption></div>With expansion, those new fans in those cities new to hockey were fortunate to see Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau and Glenn Hall before they retired and Terry Sawchuk before he died. The last few years, Doug Harvey and Jacques Plante were or are active, while Bobby Hull is still going. In no other sport were so many all-time stars still active. At their peaks, Howe was the best player and Sawchuk the best goaler we ever saw.We&rsquo;re all for the athletes, but why do they demand the right to renegotiate long-term contracts after big seasons? However, hockey players are just now reaching the salary levels of those in other sports. They deserve all they can get. But we have to wonder where it will end. If a young player gets $100,000 in his third or fourth season, what will he get in his tenth or eleventh?<h2>Hockey Players Seem To Last</h2>HOCKEY PLAYERS LAST LONGER at the top than those in any other sport. Skating must be easier on the legs than running. And no athletes get crippled up as football players do.Every coach who is hired should be given a three-year no-cut contract. And every firing should be subject to review by an impartial panel. Dignity must be restored to the profession. When even winners get fired, watch out, anything soon will go.Vancouver already is as good a hockey town as there is in the country. St. Louis was the most surprising, but now Buffalo makes it a match. Los Angeles has been disappointing but in a few more years good season seats will be hard to come by. This is a great sports town, but there is more competition here for the sports dollar than in any other town, including New York. Boxing isn&rsquo;t as big in a big town as it is in L.A. and there is far more college football here. It will take one good season, not necessarily a pennant winner, to put the sport over in southern California.We still think the northern California NHL entry would have make it big in San Francisco, even in the barn-like Cow Palace, but Charles O. Finley insists he 11 make it in Oakland, though we&rsquo;re beginning to wonder. A longshot possibility for a new NHL franchise being promoted secretly would be a combined Portland-Seattle operation. It would be called the Northwest Nomads or something like that. Divide the home schedule and televise the alternate home games back to the other citv. Economically, it would work.The NHL made a great move when it altered its playoffs so the first place finisher meets the fourth and the second the third. The pennant winner merits the softer touch and there should be no more suspicion that a team is trying to finish fourth instead of third. This doesn&rsquo;t quite make up for putting Chicago in the expansion division and erasing a pennant race among equals, but it is something.Why don&rsquo;t hockey teams schedule lady figure-skaters to entertain Ians between periods? This sport doesn&rsquo;t lack much, but a little lovely never spoiled anything. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;For a hockey season which had opened with such great expectations, it was an early autumn of disillusionment for the Minnesota North Stars.The North Stars, who had reported to their Winnipeg training camp still accepting congratulations for their magnificent effort against Montreal in the Stanley Cup semi-finals last spring, encountered one snag after another consisting of injuries, illness and exhibition game losses.Their problems were climaxed when center Dennis Hextali, acquired from California over the summer in a trade for Joey Johnston and Walt McKechnie, had to undergo surgery for the removal of a cartilage in his knee on Oct. 4.Hextall, who had been counted upon for a regular job with the Minnesota club, will be out at least until the middle of November.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03542/2790167-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="265" height="373"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dennis Hextall</figcaption></div>Fortunately, the North Stars are reasonably well stocked at center ice. They have Jude Drouin and Ted Hampson for their first two lines and will be a capable replacement until Hextall&rsquo;s return.Hextall did not have the knee problem last season with California, when he led the Seals in scoring with 52 points and was second in the NHL in penalty minutes with 217. He got it, ironically, while running in the sand near San Francisco last summer to get into shape for camp.There were other nagging injuries for the North Stars. Doug Mohns came up with first a pulled groin and then a painfully sore back. Bob Nevin was bothered by a bruised knee. A number of players came down with the flu during the exhibition season.&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t the most satisfying of training camps,&rdquo; admitted Jack Gordon, the Minnesota coach. &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t dig up anything from the junior draft for immediate help, and there were several areas of disappointment.&rdquo;The North Stars went winless in their first eight exhibition games, although they did manage five ties before they stopped Chicago 2-1. Defensively the Stars did quite well.The goal-scoring broke down however, with only 21 goals in 10 games. Overall the team finished up 1-4-5.With the NHL opener at hand Gordon made some major decisions. He reunited his big line of Drouin, Bill Goldsworthy and Danny Grant, put J.P. Parise on a line with Hampson and Nevin and moved Mohns back to defense.Gordon had preferred to keep only two goalies this season, sending young Gilles Gilbert down to Cleveland. If Gump Worsley did not hold up in camp, then Gilbert would be kept as No. 2 behind Cesare Maniago. But all three of them played so well in the exhibitions that the Minnesota coach really had no choice but to keep them.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s obvious that goaltending will not be one of our problems,&rdquo; said Gordon. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re very fortunate in that respect.&rdquo;Through the camp and exhibition season, general manager Wren Blair was busy trying to shore up the club. He suspended young center Terry Caffery when Caffery, unhappy with being assigned to Cleveland of the AHL, left camp. He got right winger Craig Cameron on waivers from St. Louis, just beating the waiver deadline on Cameron.Montreal, in fact, had announced the acquisition of Cameron in a trade with the Blues before the Minnesota wire of claim finally arrived at the NHL&rsquo;s Central Registry. It had been sent 57 minutes prior to the deadline.Blair, who was also seeking some help at left wing, where the North Stars are thinnest, was scanning the waiver lists closely, and finally picked up 20-year NHL veteran Dean Prentice from Pittsburgh in a straight cash deal.The North Stars themselves, as disappointed as anyone over their slow start, did not appear to be unduly alarmed. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry about us,&rdquo; said Worsley. &ldquo;The talent is here. When we open the league schedule, we&rsquo;ll be ready.&rdquo;NORTH STAR NOTES: A busload of Minnesota fans traveled the 500 miles one-way from Minneapolis to Winnipeg to watch an exhibition game, a 2-2 tie with Vancouver&hellip;Three Minnesota exhibition games were carried by WCCO Radio with Al Shaver at the mike. The station, in addition, carried a solid day of interviews with North Star personnel and their wives just before the season opened&hellip;Winger Billy Heindl, after an impressive start with Minnesota in early camp scrimmages, was sent to Cleveland&mdash;along with Gordon Labossiere. &#9632;

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Surgery To Hextall, Poor Exhibition Run Dampen Stars’ Start

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;The number of new faces on the Buffalo Sabres wasn&rsquo;t determined when the club left its training site at St. Catharines, Ont., to make final pre-season preparations at home, but as many as six changes were expected before the opener.After three weeks in St. Catharines, and nine pre-season games which included only one defeat, Punch Imlach, the Buffalo general manager and coach, finally finished playing games with names. He started cutting bodies instead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01725/2790205-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="268" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny Lawson</figcaption></div>First to go was veteran left wing Reg Fleming, who came to the club last season in its expansion year from Philadelphia. Fleming, now 35 and a 10-year big league performer, was considered expendable by Imlach in view of the influx of youth at left wing. He had been a valuable pawn in the summer draft manipulating by Punch and ironically two of the players the Sabres obtained by using Fleming&rsquo;s name in the draft, were responsible for his demise as a National Leaguer. They were Rod Zaine and Danny Lawson.Fleming was one of three forwards Imlach shuttled to Cincinnati Swords of the AHL. Paul Andrea and Tom Miller were the others.Imlach eased the question of deciding on his blueliners by sending Larry Mavety to Salt Lake of the WHL subject to recall.Roger Crozier will be the No. 1 goaltender again, with Dave Dryden as the No. 2 man. Joe Daley, rated ahead of Dryden a year ago, is with the Detroit Red Wings this time around.The new defensemen are Mike Robitaille, obtained from Detroit along with center Don Luce for Daley, and Ray McKay, the No. 1 pick in the intra-league draft.The new left wingers are Richard Martin, the No. 1 amateur draft from the Montreal Junior Canadiens, Zaine and Lawson. Zaine was acquired from Pittsburgh in the draft, and Lawson, a right-hand shot, from Minnesota.Luce was making a strong bid for a job, and was afforded an extra chance when Phil Goyette was sidelined with a fractured knuckle in the little finger of his right hand.Another veteran, Dick Duff, was battling for continued employment, and Skip Krake was Luce&rsquo;s main opposition.Imlach was convinced the Sabres wouldn&rsquo;t miss the veteran Don Marshall, acquired by Toronto in the draft, and defenseman Jean-Guy Talbot, who retired.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be twice the hockey club we were a year ago, and we fooled a lot of people then,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Well, we&rsquo;ll fool a lot more this time, you can bet on that.&rdquo;Imlach, along with several others, was still making a pass at California&rsquo;s Carol Vadnais, but hardly expected to land the big defenseman. At least four clubs were bidding for him, and some would be able to put together more attractive packages for the down-trodden California club.&ldquo;A guy like Vadnais, an established major league defenseman, would make us a cinch to get into the playoffs,&rdquo; said Imlach. &ldquo;The way it is, we&rsquo;ll have to work that much harder.&ldquo;I figure we have to beat out Toronto and that&rsquo;s the club we&rsquo;re taking dead aim on.&rdquo;<h2>MEET THE ROOKIES</h2>The St. Louis Blues picked Gene Carr as their top amateur draft pick off his excellent season last year with the Flin Flon Bombers of the Western Canada Hockey League. Carr, a strapping center, played 62 games with Flin Flon, scoring only 36 times but racking up 69 assists for 104 points to rank as the ninth highest point man in the league. The Blues have thrown Carr into a starting role this season and they are certain the blond skater will justify his selection as the fourth best amateur player in Canada.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02668/2790198-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1167" height="1467"><figcaption class="caption-body">GENE CARR&hellip;St. Louis Blues</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sabres Open With 6 New Faces After Kid Stars Oust Fleming

BUFFALO&mdash;The first sports event in the new Memorial Auditorium was also to be the first home exhibition in history for the young Buffalo Sabres.Punch Imlach&rsquo;s Sabres tied the Detroit Red Wings 2-2 Oct. 6 before a capacity crowd in the newly-expanded Aud, taking the ice just hours after the construction workers finished.The game was the last in the Sabres&rsquo; 10-game exhibition schedule, and was followed by the Sunday, October 10 league home opener against the Pittsburgh Penguins.The auditorium now seats nearly 15,200 for hockey this year, 4,800 more than 1970-71, Buffalo&rsquo;s initial season. The roof was raised and 4,800 balcony seats added during the off-season. A strike in the building trades over the summer slowed down the remodeling job, so the opening night crowd had to put up with some inconveniences, including 200 temporary seats. But the ice and the teams were there for the long-awaited first game in the new Aud. &#9632;

Sabres’ New Look Rink To Seat 15,200 Fans

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;Punch Imlach will carry two goalies, five defensemen and 12 forwards in the 19-man complement permitted by the NHL this season&hellip;Roger Crozier, in perfect health again after midsummer surgery to remove his gall bladder and appendix, enjoyed a superb training camp. Last winter, recurrent pancreatitis, and pulled groin and muscle ailments, sidelined him for extended periods&hellip;The Sabres attracted three sellout crowds in excess of 3,400 to the Garden City Arena for pre-season games with Philadelphia, California and Pittsburgh&hellip;Fred Atkins, longtime pro wrestler, handled the Sabres&rsquo; physical training program, and Imlach says he did a first-rate job. &ldquo;I hope Fred can arrange to be back with us again next year,&rdquo; said Imlach. &#9632;

Crozier Superb After Surgery

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO&mdash;We&rsquo;ve all heard about the guy who lies down on the job: lazy, apathetic, uninspired. But what about the guy who lies down because of his job: you know, utter fatigue.Well, shake hands with Gary Edward Smith. Mr. Smith spent most of the summer thinking about playing another season in goal for the California Golden Seals. He also was very sick for most of the summer.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01744/2790308-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="257" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Smith</figcaption></div>Doctors are convinced the two were related.&ldquo;I thought I was dying around early July,&rdquo; said Smith, who now is the new man in the nets for the Black Hawks. &ldquo;I went into an Oakland hospital with the shakes, dizzy spells, and head and chest pains. I figured &lsquo;this is it.&rsquo; &ldquo;Physicians who observed Smith diagnosed his ailment as hyper-tension or, if you will, &ldquo;puckitis.&rdquo; The medics figure Smith had a gnawing fear of returning to atone for the Golden Seals&rsquo; not-too-golden defense.Smith, you see, played more minutes last year than any other National Hockey League goalie (3,975). In all, he appeared in 71 games.Smith said he planned to attend the Seals&rsquo; training camp, although he figured there was really no way he could continue to play hockey considering the shape he was insick, real sick.On Sept. 9, however, a new bit of medicine appeared for Smith. It was a trade to the Balck Hawks.&ldquo;I still don&rsquo;t feel really good,&rdquo; Smith said just as the regular season was about to commence. &ldquo;I lost a lot of weight, and I feel weak. But I&rsquo;m glad to be with the Black Hawks. I&rsquo;ve never seen so many good hockey players.&rdquo;Smith&rsquo;s experiences with the Seals convinced him that tending the nets for an NHL team nowadays is a two-man chore. He said he&rsquo;d be content to play in about 25 games with the Hawks this campaign and let Tony Esposito (whom Smith tabs &ldquo;a terrific goalie&rdquo;) do most of the work.&ldquo;I really was whipped after last year,&rdquo; the 6-foot-4 Smith stated, &ldquo;At Christmas I had played 31 of 33 games and had a goals-against mark of 2.96. But after that I got tired and wound up with 3.86.&rdquo;Not long after the trade, the Seals appealed the swap. They claimed Gerry Desjardins (whom they obtained from the Hawks) was not healty.This, naturally, created added anxiety for Smith, who feared Clarence Campbell might negate the deal and send Smith back to the land of green-and-gold skates.Smith, who broke his left ring finger in an Sept. 26 exhibition game and was sidelined briefly, impressed coach Billy Reay.&ldquo;And I consider Smith our property,&rdquo; added Reay strongly.The Hawks meanwhile struggled through a very unimpressive exhibition schedule, during which they won just one of their first eight outings. Included in the setbacks were a 7-3 loss to the Dallas farm club, and a 10-2 whomping by Montreal, and a 20 setback on home ice to Toronto. That was the first shutout suffered by the Chicagoans since March, 1970&mdash;a scoreless tie against Boston.But hardly anyone seemed worried. As of one week before the season&rsquo;s opener in St. Louis, Reay had 23 players in camp although five&mdash;Eric Nesterenko, Lou Angotti, Danny Maloney, Gilles Meloche and Darryl Maggs&mdash;were exempt from waivers should the Hawks brass wish to assign them to the minors.HAWKEY TALK: Pat Stapleton, who went into the hockey rink business over the summer, started his first building in suburban Downers Grove&hellip;Hawks&rsquo; corps of eligible bachelors decreased by one as Danny O&rsquo;Shea announced marriage plans&hellip;Keith Magnuson joined hockey advisory staff of Rawlings Sporting Goods&hellip;In an exhibition game at Minnesota, Magnuson drew a game misconduct under the new NHL rule which stipulates such a penalty for a third man to enter a brawl&hellip;WGN&mdash;TV and popular Jim West will telecast all Hawk away games live again this season; WMAQ radio and equally popular Lloyd Pettit will broadcast home contests. &#9632;

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Hawks’ Smith Glad About Transfer After Uneasy Summer Of Tension

MONTREAL&mdash;Four hockey players have been forced into a temporary retirement as the result of Clarence Campbell&rsquo;s edict over the disputed Chicago-California trade involving goalkeepers Gerry Desjardins and Gary Smith.NHL President Campbell informed both clubs that the affair will be brought before an arbitration board for a decision and until such time all four principals in the swap must remain benched.The originial deal saw Smith leave the California Seals for the Black Hawks in exchange for Desjardins, left wing Gerry Pinder and minor leaguer Kerry Bond.The Seals have been screaming foul since the trade was completed on the grounds Desjardins is unfit to play and requires another operation in order to put his broken arm in playing shape. It could mean a four-month layoff and California owner Charles O. Finley wants the whole deal voided.Since Desjardins has been rendered ineffective by the arm injury, the Seals have been desperate for an NHL netminder and have brought in no less than three&mdash;Marv Edwards, Ray Martynuik and now Lyle Carter&mdash;on trial. The club has only one netminder of its own and he&rsquo;s a rookie&mdash;Gary Kurt. &#9632;

NHL Will Arbitrate In Trade

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;Lyle Carter, goalkeeper, traded to California in exchange for Randy Rota, forward. Rota recalled from Baltimore of AHL and assigned to Nova Scotia of AHL. Ray Martynuik, goalkeeper, recalled from Baltimore of AHL and sent to California in exchange for Tony Featherstone, forward. Feather stone assigned to Nova Scotia. Mike Laughton, forward, secured from California and assigned to Nova Scotia. Kerry Ketter and Larry Robinson, defensemen, Chuck Arnason and Chuck Lefley, forwards, assigned to Nova Scotia.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Bill Orban, forward, Bill Mikkelson and Larry McNabb, defensemen, assigned to Springfield of AHL. jack Norris, goalkeeper. Matt Ravlich and Larry Cahan, defensemen, and Doug Robinson, forward, sent to Seattle of WHL.MINNESOTA&mdash;Gilles Gilbert, goalkeeper, assigned to Cleveland of AHL. Dennis Hextall, forward, placed on injury list indefinitely to undergo knee surgery.VANCOUVER&mdash;Ed Dyck, goalkeeper, sent to Seattle of WHL.PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Dan Schock, forward, and Don McLeod, goalkeeper sent to &iexcl;Richmond of AHL.TORONTO&mdash;Marv Edwards, goalkeeper, recalled from Phoenix of WHL and sent to California on loan. John Grisdale, and Errol Thompson, defensemen, and Brian Marchinko, forward, assigned to Tulsa of CHL. Bob Burns and Mike Healey, defensemen, sent to Greensboro of WHL. Gavin Kirk, forward, sent to Phoenix, Dave Keon, forward, placed on injury list for two weeks.BUFFALO&mdash;Reg Fleming, Paul Andrea and Tom Miller, forwards, assigned to Cincinnati of AHL. Larry Mavety, defenseman, sent to Salt Lake of WHL.DETROIT&mdash;Richard Duffett and Ron Marlow goalkeepers, Lee Carpenter, Doug Hinton, Charlie Shaw, Kevin Morrison, Barry Salovarra and Gordie Redden, defensemen, Brian Watts, John Fisher, Al Genovy, Ross Perkins, Bobby Guindon and Irv Spencer, forwards, assigned placed on injury list indefinitely to undergo knee surgery.NEW YORK&mdash;Ron Stewart, forward, and Andre Dupont, defenseman, assigned to Providence of AHL.PITTSBURGH&mdash;Dean Prentice, forward, sold to Minnesota for undisclosed amount of cash.BOSTON&mdash;Garry Peters, forward, Bob Stewart, defenseman, and Danny Bouchard, goalkeeper, assigned to Boston Braves of AHL. Stewart recalled as emergency replacement for injured Ted Green.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>HERSHEY&mdash;Jim Pearson, defenseman, Jim Boyd and Connie Forey, forwards, sent to Fort Wayne of IHL. Gary Swain, forward, returned to Pittsburgh for reassignment. Hugh Harvey, forward, assigned to Oklahoma City of CHL.BOSTON&mdash;Alain Caron, forward, sent to Oklahoma City of CHL.CINCINNATI&mdash;Gerry Ouellette, forward, informed club he was retiring to coach in native new Brunswick. Robert Richer, forward, signed to pro contract.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>SEATTLE&mdash;Dave Gilmour, forward, assigned by Vancouver, failed to report.SAN DIEGO&mdash;Billy McNeill, forward, failed to report to training camp. Howie Young, defenseman, placed on suspended list for failing to report.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>SYRACUSE&mdash;Pierre Sigman, goalkeeper, and Mike Morton, forward, returned by Detroit. Jackie Smith and Guy Allain, defensemen, retired.NEW HAVEN&mdash;Jim Ivison, defenseman, Elson Evoy and Tom Thomsen, forwards, returned by New York.JOHNSTOWN&mdash;Guy Delparte, forward, returned by Montreal. Len Cunning, defenseman, returned by Hershey of AHL. Aurel Beaudin, and Al Cameron, forwards, retired.CHARLOTTE&mdash;Gaye Cooley, goalkeeper, secured from Des Moines of IHL for cash and player to be named later. Gregg Pilling, forward, not returning after accepting coaching job in Switzerland.ROANOKE&mdash;Doug Kerslake, forward, Tom Stachniak, defenseman, and Roger Kosar, goalkeeper, secured from Philadelphia.LONG ISLAND&mdash;Guy DeNoncourt, goalkeeper, returned by New York. Jean Nicol, deTenseman, returned by Buffalo. Wayne Maxner, forward, not returning to take up coaching job in Maritimes. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;The names are Dune Wilson and George Gardner and between them they probably hold the key to the Vancouver Canucks&rsquo; future in their hands.It is to those two general manager Bud Poile and coach Hal Laycoe have tossed the assignment of tending goal in the Vancouver Canucks&rsquo; second season in the National Hockey League.Whether the Canucks challenge for the East Division&rsquo;s fourth playoff spot or scramble to stay out of its basement could well hinge on how well those two perform their duties.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01734/2790363-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="273" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dunc Wilson</figcaption></div>Both Wilson and Gardner proved last season they are capable of playing goal as well as anyone in the trade. That is, if you examined only selected performances.What neither has proved&mdash;yet&mdash;is that they can produce a consistently high standard of performance over a full season. Thus, for many reasons, this could be the make or break year for both men.Veteran Charlie Hodge, who appeared in nearly every key game for the Canucks last season, has reached an impasse with Poile. Charlie, now 38, wants nocut, no-trade clauses appended to his contract.So far Poile has refused to oblige which means that Hodge will either be forced into retirement or traded, possibly to the Los Angeles Kings who have expressed interest in acquiring his services.With Hodge out of the picture, that throws the load squarely on Wilson and Gardner.For Gardner, whose 29th birthday coincided with the Canucks&rsquo; league opener against Toronto, this is his second chance to establish himself as an NHL goaltender. For Wilson, though he played in 35 games last season, this will be his first real opportunity.Gardner came up through the Boston Bruins&rsquo; minor organization, but was acquired early in his career by the Detroit Red Wings. At one time the Wings were so high on his potential they protected George and left the late Terry Sawchuk open in the intraleague draft.That&rsquo;s how Sawchuk wound up in Toronto in the 1964-65 season.So what happened to Gardner&rsquo;s budding career?&ldquo;Looking back, I guess it&rsquo;s my own fault,&rdquo; Gardner says today. &ldquo;I never really did anything that bad, but I used to have a pretty good temper and I was never shy about saying what was on my mind. In this game when you get a reputation as a trouble maker it&rsquo;s hard to live down whether you deserve it or not. It&rsquo;s taken me years of never stepping out of line.&rdquo;For Wilson, last season was even more frustrating. A bad season, too, if you look only at his 4.28 goals against-average and let it go at that.The thing to remember, though, is that while Hodge was starting most of the games the Canucks thought they had a chance to win, Wilson was starting most of those where the club had only two chances&mdash;slim and none.Wilson, for instance, played all three games against the Bruins in Boston, two against the Black Hawks in Chicago, two against the Rangers in New York.That&rsquo;s a confidence-searing experience for a young goaltender playing his first season in the NHL.Poile, who keeps insisting Wilson will one day be one of the league&rsquo;s super stars, knows that better than anyone.&ldquo;You can write off last season for Dune,&rdquo; he insists. &ldquo;That was my fault, not his. We went with three goaltenders and we should only have kept two. As a result, nobody really got a fair shake.&rdquo;This year the slate has been wiped clean and for Gardner and Wilson it&rsquo;s their big opportunity. &#9632;

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Canucks’ Hopes Rest On Goaling Team

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;Coach Doug Barkley named Al Smith his No. 1 goalie and Joe Daley the No. 2 man and then, in a change of plans, said he&rsquo;d carry only two instead of three netminders.General manager Ned Harkness was trying to maneuver Andy Brown, drafted from Baltimore last summer, to the Red Wing farm system without stopping at Baltimore.The Wings paid Baltimore $30,000 for Brown and, according to the rules, if they decide to send him back to the minors, they&rsquo;d have to give Baltimore a chance to claim him for $20,000&hellip;thus costing Detroit $10,000 to look at him.Harkness and Barkley liked what they saw of Brown&mdash;&ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s a very valuable player and has great talent,&rdquo; Harkness said&mdash;and he wanted to keep him. Harkness started talks with Baltimore in an effort to make a deal and have Baltimore waive on Brown.&ldquo;If they don&rsquo;t, he&rsquo;ll stay right here in our building and eat hot dogs,&rdquo; Harkness said firmly. &#9632;

Wings Trying To Get Brown Back To AHL

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;Coach Doug Barkley laid it on the line to Serge Lajeunesse.&ldquo;I told him he had two games to make the club,&rdquo; Barkley said.The good-looking 21-year-old defenseman from Montreal, product of the 1970 Memorial Cup champion Junior Canadiens and Detroit&rsquo;s first round choice in the 1970 draft, responded as Barkley hoped he would.&ldquo;I was quite pleased with him,&rdquo; Barkley said after the two test games. &ldquo;But he&rsquo;s got to keep playing like that.&rdquo;Lajeunesse&rsquo;s efforts against New York and California earned him the fifth spot on the Detroit Red Wing defense after it appeared for a time that Lajeunesse would labor in the American League with the Tidewater (Va.) Wings.&ldquo;Serge came into camp and felt he had the club cinched,&rdquo; Barkley said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not good to have a young kid thinking like that.&rdquo;So Lajeunesse was assigned to the Tidewater unit for five days and he began to work his way back.The road was hastened by Gerry Hart&rsquo;s misfortune. The blocky blond defenseman&rsquo;s shoulder, separated late last season, didn&rsquo;t heal completely and surgery was ordered in camp.Hart will be lost for 12 weeks and that opened up the defense race again with veterans Larry Johnston, Bob Wall and Dick Paradise fighting it out with Lajeunesse.Wall, originally a Detroit farm system product who went west in the expansion draft, was reacquired from St. Louis in the offseason along with Ab McDonald, another ex-Wing, in payment for Carl Brewer who has made a successful career of retiring from one team to another.So, as the Wings headed into the season, the defense stacked up with Gary Bergman, Ron Harris, Arnie Brown, native Detroiter Jim Niekamp and Lajeunesse.There was a possibility Wall would be held in reserve while the Wings saw how Harris responded to regular duty. The tough weightlifter underwent offseason knee surgery.Barkley said he intends to dress just five defensemen this season and while he&rsquo;ll have 12 forwards available, he said he will go with just three regular lines.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the way the players want it, too,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They were complaining they weren&rsquo;t getting enough ice time.&rdquo;Barkley put together lines of Guy Charron-Marcel Dionne-Leon Rochefort, Alex Delvecchio-Red Berenson-Tom Webster and Nick Libett-Mickey Redmond-Tim Ecclestone.That meant position switches for both Delvecchio, a center through most of his 20 previous NHL seasons, and Redmond, normally a right wing.Delvecchio has been successful, however, during his occasional terms at left wing and he seems to get off a sneaky fast shot from the left boards that he doesn&rsquo;t use when in the slot.One Detroit paper carried a story late in camp that Delvecchio was dissatisfied because he wasn&rsquo;t playing regularly and quoted him as saying that he would retire if he was traded.The story incensed both Barkley and Delvecchio who&rsquo;d just played golf together the day before the story appeared.&ldquo;Sure he&rsquo;d quit if we traded him,&rdquo; Barkley said. &ldquo;But we aren&rsquo;t going to trade him and there&rsquo;s never been any intention or mention of it.&rdquo;Barkley said he had a lot of players to look at in camp and that Delvecchio, who always is the first one off the ice at the end of a practice or the first to sit on the bench if there&rsquo;s an unusual play stoppage, realized that.To prove that Delvecchio very much fits in the Wing plans, he was used on his regular line and on the power play plus an occasional penalty-killing stint in the final exhibition weekend and he popped home a goal. The paper that carried the Delvecchio piece seemed to be trying to make amends&mdash;it credited Delvecchio with two goals in the game instead of the one he scored.That was the only wave in an otherwise all-work training camp, somewhat of a change from 1970&rsquo;s camp when hair length and hair cuts got nearly as much coverage as the experiment of moving Gordie Howe to defense.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01712/2790394-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="543" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">SERGE LAJEUNESSE&hellip;Passed The Test</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Injury Reopens Door To Serge Lajeunesse; Delvecchio Incensed By Dissatisfaction Talk

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01702/2790456-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"></div>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 12)<h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02655/2790449-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1108" height="342"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Fri, Oct. 8Toronto 3 at Vancouver 2Los Angeles 4 at Vancouver 4Sat, Oct. 9New York 4 at Montreal 4Minnesota 4 at Detroit 2Chicago 4 at St. Louis 2Philadelphia 2 at Pittsburgh 3Sun, Oct. 10Toronto 3 at California 3New York 4 at Boston 1Detroit 1 at Chicago 2Pittsburgh 1 at Buffalo 2Los Angeles 4 at Vancouver 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues, Oct. 12Buffalo at St. LouisPhiladelphia at VancouverWed, Oct. 13Detroit at TorontoBoston at New YorkSt. Louis at ChicagoPhiladelphia at CaliforniaPittsburgh at Los AngelesThur, Oct. 14Montreal at MinnesotaBuffalo at BostonFri, Oct. 15Vancouver at CaliforniaSat, Oct. 16Buffalo at MontrealNew York at TorontoDetroit at St. LouisPittsburgh at VancouverChicago at MinnesotaPhiladelphia at Los AngelesSun, Oct. 17Montreal at New YorkToronto at BostonSt. Louis at DetroitMinnesota at BuffaloLos Angeles at ChicagoPittsburgh at CaliforniaTues, Oct. 19Vancouver at St. LouisWed, Oct. 20Montreal at CaliforniaBuffalo at TorontoChicago at New YorkDetroit at BostonVancouver at MinnesotaLos Angeles at PittsburghThur, Oct 21Chicago at BuffaloLos Angeles at PhiladelphiaFri, Oct. 22Montreal at VancouverToronto at DetroitBoston at California &#9632;

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NHL SCOREBOARD

<div class="byline">&#x2014;SMITH</div>MONTREAL&mdash;Jean Beliveau was back at center ice in the Forum when Canadiens opened their season against New York Rangers, October 9, but his purpose was different from other years.Rather than trying to win the draw, Beliveau was on hand to receive sweater No. 4, the jersey he wore with such distinction in an 18-year career with the Habs.Like Beliveau, the sweater is to be considered permanently retired from the hockey wars.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04558/2790487-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="255" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div>Also honored on the occasion was Aurel Joliat, the &ldquo;Little Giant&rdquo; of hockey, who wore No. 4 for Canadiens for 16 years through the twenties and thirties. Joliat, a linemate of the famed Howie Morenz, was one of the all-time greats of the game&rsquo;s earlier days. He was the third Canadiens player to be admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame. The others were goalie Georges Vezina and Morenz.Making the presentation of the No. 4 jersey to Beliveau was Hector &ldquo;Toe&rdquo; Blake, the man generally considered to be the greatest coach in hockey history. Blake, recently selected by THE HOCKEY NEWS as top coach of the last 25 years, led Habs to eight Stanley Cups in his 13-year tenure behind the bench, all with Beliveau at center ice.Gerard Dandurand, son of former Canadiens owner Leo Dandurand, presented Joliat with his no. 4 sweater.HAB-BITS: Rejean Houle and Marc Tardif are the Damon and Pythias of hockey. They&rsquo;re so close that when Tardif catches a cold, Houle sneezes. They&rsquo;ve been sidekicks for years, or since they played on a line together for the Thetford Mines Canadiens. The centre on that line was Gilbert Perreault. Houle is the spokesman for the pair. &ldquo;My great, good friend Marc Tardif is not a big talker,&rdquo; says Houle. &ldquo;Some people think he&rsquo;s sad and gloomy, but he&rsquo;s not. He just don&rsquo;t say much. But, he&rsquo;s a fine guy and a fine player.&rdquo;&hellip;J. C. Tremblay&rsquo;s sore shoulder and Peter Mahovlich&rsquo;s gimpy knee conspired to cut down their efficiency in penalty-killing during the exhibition swing. With this talented pair below par, Habs&rsquo; penalty-killing effectiveness fell off sharply&hellip;Among the new faces with Canadiens this season is that of Physiotherapist Bob Williams. The 30-year-old native of Northfield, Mass., replaced Yvon Belanger who left to set up practice in Vancouver. Williams has a Bachelor&rsquo;s Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Connecticut, and a Master&rsquo;s in Health Education from Indiana U. He&rsquo;s an exfan of the Boston Bruins. &#9632;

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Beliveau, Joliat Honored Habs Retire Famed No. 4

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL&mdash;They say he&rsquo;s working on a one-year contract worth $85,000, and the figure may or may not be true.What is true, however, is that Frank Mahovlich is happy as a member of the Montreal Canadiens, and a happy Mahovlich is bound to be a big plus-factor for his club.&ldquo;I like it here,&rdquo; says the Big &lsquo;M&rsquo;. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a good city with a good atmosphere for hockey and a darned good hockey team.&rdquo;Mahovlich, who averaged better than a point a game after coming to Habs via the trade route last January, should be one of the biggest guns on the team, this season, if he can stay clear of injuries. He might even score 50 goals, something he hasn&rsquo;t managed in 14 previous NHL campaigns; though he came very close on two occasions. The first was during his early days with Toronto Maple Leafs when he fired 48 in 70 games. He topped that total in &lsquo;68-69 when he scored 49 in 76 outings with Detroit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03609/2790518-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="250" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>Frank started the season at left wing on a line with rookie sensation Guy Lafleur and the diminutive but deadly Yvan Cournoyer. They could wind up among the highest scoring trios in the league. They were the hot shooters of the early exhibition games, until Mahovlich aggravated a back injury and was forced to ease up. Frank is hardly what you&rsquo;d call old at 33, but he&rsquo;s been around long enough to have accumulated the usual complement of injuries. They can slow a man, but with the &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; the key to his performance has not been injuries, but attitude.&ldquo;Everything is relative,&rdquo; says Frank. &ldquo;If the spirit on a club is good, the players have good attitudes. And, vice-versa. There&rsquo;s a good spirit on Canadiens.&rdquo;Mahovlich, ironically enough, is a man who brings out the amateur psychiatrist in people. Everyone analyzes him; everyone has a theory as to what makes him tick. The irony is that Frank hardly seems the type who lends himself to such things. He&rsquo;s not an easy man to get to know. He&rsquo;s, essentially, a very private person. Yet, any number of people claim to know why he does this, or doesn&rsquo;t do that. Writers know. Teammates know. Opponents know. Management knows. Only Mahovlich says nothing; but goes his way, sometimes looking like the world&rsquo;s greatest hockey player, other times like the most ordinary.For years he was considered to be something of a pacifist on the ice, a man who rarely used his size or his fists to advantage. That was when he played for Toronto, but one night, against Canadiens, he showed he could handle himself with the best. He took on Ted Harris and they punched their way to a draw in one of the best scraps that hockey ever produced.&ldquo;Imagine that Mahovlich!&rdquo; said an incredulous Punch Imlach after the game. &ldquo;Imagine him gettin&rsquo; mad enough about anything to fight!&rdquo;It was just another theory, of course. Frank can and will handle himself very well if he&rsquo;s provoked. But, he&rsquo;s paid to score goals, not to start fights. He should do very well for Habs in this, his first full season with the team. And, vice-versa. &#9632;

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Happy ‘Big M’ Seen Plus For Canadiens

<h2>In The East</h2>Last season 30 goals and an equal number of assists provided Paul Henderson of the Toronto Maple Leafs with his finest year in eight NHL campaigns. If the opening weekend of the 1971-72 season is any indication, he may even top that this year.Henderson&rsquo;s fine play in the Leafs&rsquo; two opening games on the West Coast enabled Toronto to emerge with three out of a possible four points. One of the fastest skaters in the league, Henderson scored once in a 4-3 Leafs&rsquo; trimph over Vancouver then added two more in Oakland to enable the team to gain a 3-3 draw with the Golden Seals.A rarity in hockey&mdash;a right hand shot playing left wing&mdash;Henderson has two of the finest linemates in the game in center Norm Ullman and right wing Ron Ellis.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01700/2790580-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="526" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAUL HENDERSON&hellip;Toronto Maple Leafs</figcaption></div><h2>In The West</h2>If your a steady unspectacular type of player like center Chico Maki of the Chicago Black Hawks and you play with such super stars as Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, your chances for the limelight are likely to be few and far between.That&rsquo;s why so many hockey fans were gratified when Maki, a Hawk mainstay for the past nine seasons, grabbed the spotlight from his more illustrious teammates this past week in the Chicago Stadium scoring both goals in a 2-1 Hawk victory over the Detroit Red Wings.Maki, who tallied 22 goals and added another 26 assists last season for the Hawks, opened the scoring in the first period, then fired the winner with only 3:02 remaining in the game. In Chicago&rsquo;s season debut in St. Louis, he assisted on one of Bobby Hull&rsquo;s two scores.Maki has been the regular center for Bobby Hull since Phil Esposito was dealt to Boston in 1967.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02591/2790573-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="545" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHICO MAKI&hellip;Chicago Black Hawks</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Player’s of the week

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON&mdash;As the Bruins start their pursuit of the 1971-72 Stanley Cup this week in home-and-home games with New York one of the few people in Beantown totally unconcerned about the scoring leadership is Phil Esposito.Espo&rsquo;s only thought is on winning.It would be simple to say that because he already holds the National Hockey League single season scoring record and last year compiled a fantastic 76 goals, Esposito can afford not to think about scoring.But that is hardly the case.Ever since the start of training camp Phil has been pestered by queries on the possibility of pushing that figure up to the century mark. And he steadfastly has side-stepped the issue with the comment that &ldquo;anything is possible.&rdquo;But with the bell now ringing for keeps, Esposito insists he has no personal goals for this coming season.&ldquo;I never have set goals for myself in the past and I&rsquo;m not going to start now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll just be trying to go out and help the team. If I get three goals and we don&rsquo;t win what good is it to me?&ldquo;The only time it will do me any good is when I&rsquo;m old and my grandchildren can look in the record book and see all the goals I scored. It&rsquo;s winning that puts money in my pockets, not goal scoring.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t expect another year like last year. If I get 40 goals and 100 points this year I&rsquo;ll say that&rsquo;s a pretty good year&mdash;provided we win.&rdquo;Winning hardly was a characteristic of the Bruins&rsquo; pre-season activity as they finished below the .500 mark in 10 games and were outshot in the majority of these contests.But pesky injuries can be cited as the primary reason for this lack of efficiency.Esposito, for example, missed seven of those games. Ken Hodge, Fred Stanfield, Johnny Bucyk, Derek Sanderson, Ted Green and Don Marcotte were on the bench at other times and Bobby Orr didn&rsquo;t clock his customary time in most of the games.But with everything now for real Coach Tom Johnson was expecting a great change in attitude.&ldquo;Even with the injuries,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;we have no excuses for our play in those pre-season games. We missed our regulars to be sure but we always had enough big league players on the ice to win games.&ldquo;We just didn&rsquo;t play well. I&rsquo;m not alarmed by the poor record but everyone has to start bearing down now.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a matter of attitude as much as anything else and that should correct itself now that the season is starting.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen it work so many times,&rdquo; he went on,&rdquo; that clubs gave great training camps then tail off and the reverse happens just as often.&rdquo;One individual Johnson certainly isn&rsquo;t concerned about is Johnny McKenzie.As the training season drew to an end, McKenzie was playing with all his old fire and spark and his five goals in the two games with Montreal in Boston in mid-summer heat were a revelation.&lsquo;Pie&rsquo; picked up the B&rsquo;s for a 3-3 tie and a 5-3 victory and also convinced him he was ready for the opening gong.&ldquo;Picking up a few goals made me really feel good,&rdquo; he said. I was starting to get a little scared. I wasn&rsquo;t going well in training camp and I was starting to ask myself if the pins could still move.&ldquo;I guess they can,&rdquo; he said with an impish smile. &ldquo;It just takes a little longer to get in shape when you get to be my age. I used to feel I&rsquo;d be ready in three or four days.&ldquo;This year it took a while longer for the legs to get moving.&rdquo; &#9632;

Winning Name Of The Game This Season Says Espo

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1399/2790702-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="434" height="285"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1486/2790695-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="474" height="282"></div><h2>Fri, Oct. 8 TORONTO 3 at VANCOUVER 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02607/2790688-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="578" height="559"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 4 at CALIFORNIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03511/2790681-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="578" height="787"></div><h2>Sat, Oct. 9 NEW YORK 4 at MONTREAL 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04396/2790674-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="581" height="710"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 4 at DETROIT 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05299/2790667-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="577" height="609"></div><h2>CHICAGO 4 at ST. LOUIS 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06247/2790660-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="577" height="556"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 2 at PITTSBURGH 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07221/2790653-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="582" height="585"></div><h2>Sun, Oct. 10 NEW YORK 4 AT BOSTON 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08197/2790646-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="574" height="548"></div><h2>DETROIT 1 AT CHICAGO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09183/2790639-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="580" height="452"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 1 AT BUFFALO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10160/2790632-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="584" height="480"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 4 AT VANCOUVER 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11140/2790625-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="577" height="578"></div><h2>TORONTO 3 AT CALIFORNIA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-12113/2790618-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="577" height="606"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01675/2790611-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="1743" height="1099"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ranger goaler Ed Giacomin blocks shot in start of NHL hockey action. (Hockey News Photo by Stephen Newman)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League SUMMARIES

C-Captain.A-Alternate Captain.<h2>MONTREAL</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Ken DrydenPhil MyreRogatien Vachon<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Terry HarperJacques LaperriereGuy LapointePierre BouchardJ.C Tremblay<h3>CENTER</h3>Henri RichardPete MohovlichGuy LafleurLarry Ploau<h3>R. WING</h3>Yvan CournoyerRejean HouleClaude LarosePhil Roberto<h3>L. WING</h3>Jocques LemaireMarc TardifFrank Mohovlich<h3>INJURED</h3>Serge Savard<h2>CHICAGO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Tony EspositoGilles Meloche<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Pat StapletonBill WhiteKeith MagnusonDoug JarrettRick FoleyJerry KorabPaul Shmyr<h3>CENTER</h3>Stan MikitaPit MartinBryan CampbellLou AngottiDanny O&rsquo;Shea<h3>R. WING</h3>Cliff KorollChico MakiEric NesterenkoJim PappinDarryl Maggs<h3>L. WING</h3>Bobby HullDennis HullDanny Moloney<h3>INJURED</h3>Gary Smith<h2>BOSTON</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Gerry CheeversEd Johnston<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Don AwreyTed GroenBobby OrrDallas SmithRick SmithBob Stewart<h3>CENTER</h3>Phil EspositoFred StanfieldDerek SandersonIvan BoldirevGarry Peters<h3>R. WING</h3>Wayne CashmanJohn McKenzieEd WestfallReg LeachKen Hodge<h3>L. WING</h3>John BucykGarnet BaileyDon MarcotteMike Wcdton<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Ernie WakelyJim McLeodPete McDuffe<h3>DEFENSE</h3>John ArbourCarl BrewerNoel PicardBob PlagerBarclay PlagerJimRoberts<h3>CENTER</h3>Garry UngerChris BordeleauTerry CrispGene Carr<h3>R. WING</h3>Gary SabourinFrank St. MarseilleBill Sutherland<h3>L. WING</h3>Jim LorentzGeorge MorrisonBrit SelbyMike ParizeauJim Shires<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>DETROIT</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Al SmithJoe DaleyAndy Brown<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Gary BergmanArnie BrownSerge LajeunesseRon HarrisJim NiekampBob Wall<h3>CENTER</h3>Alex DelvecchioRed BerensonGuy CharronMarcel DionneAl Kariander<h3>R. WING</h3>Tim EcclestoneMickey RedmondTom WebsterLeon RochefortBill CollinsDoug Volmar<h3>L. WING</h3>Brian ConacherNick LibettAb McDonald<h3>INJURED</h3>Gerry Hart<h2>CALIFORNIA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Marv EdwardsRay MartynuikGary Kurt<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Bert MarshallMarshall JohnstonDick RedmondRon StackhouseCarol Vadnais<h3>CENTER</h3>Wayne CarletonJoe HardyJoey JohnsotnWalt McKennieBobby Sheehan<h3>R. WING</h3>Norm FergusonDon O&rsquo;DonoghueTommy Williams<h3>L. WING</h3>Gary CroteauStan GilbertsonErnie HickeGerry PinderGary Jarrett<h3>INJURED</h3>Gerry Desjardi<h2>TOROHTO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Jacques PlanteBernie Parent<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Bob BaunMike PelykRicky LeyJim McKennyBrad SeiwoodBrian GlennieJim Dorey<h3>CENTER</h3>Norm UllmanDave KeonJim HarrissonDarryl Sittier<h3>R. WING</h3>Ron EllisBrian SpencerGuy Trottier<h3>L. WING</h3>Paul HendersonDenis DupereBilly MacMillanDon Marshall<h3>INJURED</h3>Dave Keon C<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Doug FavellBruce Gamble<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Barry AshbeeLarry BrownWayne HillmanLarry HaleBrent HughesEd Van ImpeJoe Watson<h3>CENTER</h3>Bobby ClarkeSerge BernierAndre LacroixJimmy JohnsonLarry Wright<h3>R. WING</h3>Gary DornhoeferLarry MickeyPierre PlanteLew MorrisonSimon Nolet<h3>L. WING</h3>Jean-Guy GendronBob KellyBill LesukRick MacLeish<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>NEW YORK</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Ed GiacominGilles Villemure<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Brad ParkJim NeilsonRod SeilingDale RolfeAb DeMarco<h3>CENTER</h3>Jean RateliePete StemkowskiWalt Tkaczuk<h3>R. WING</h3>Rod GilbertJack EgersBill FairbairnBobby RousseauPierre JarryBruce MacGregor<h3>L. WING</h3>Dave BalonVic HadfieldTed IrvineGlen Sather<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Les BinkleyRoy Edwards<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Tim HortonDarryl EdestrandDave BurrowsSheldon KannegiesserBryan WatsonBob WoytowichJoe Noris<h3>CENTER</h3>Syl AppsRon SchockBobby LeiterRene RobertBryan HextailWally Boyer<h3>R. WING</h3>Nick HarbarukBill HickeJean PronovostKen Schinkel<h3>L. WING</h3>Keith McCrearyVai FonteyneGreg PolisBrian McKenzie<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>BUFFALO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Roger CrozierDave Dryden<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Al HamiltonDoug BarrieMike Robitaillelarry MavetyTracy PrattRay McKayKen MurrayJim Watson<h3>CENTER</h3>Gilbert PerreaultSkip KrakeDon Luce<h3>R. WING</h3>Ron AndersonSteve AtkinsonKevin O&rsquo;SheaEddie ShackRoyd Smith<h3>L. WING</h3>Danny LawsonLarry KeenanGerry MeehanRichard MartinDick DuffRod Zaine<h3>INJURED</h3>Phil Goyette<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Denis DeJordyGary EdwardsBruce Landon<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Paul CurtisLarry HillmanDale HogansonHarry HowellGilles Marotte<h3>CENTER</h3>Ralph BackstromButch GoringBob PulfordJuha Widing<h3>R. WING</h3>Mike ByersBill RettLucien GrenierAl McDonough<h3>L. WING</h3>Ed JoyalBob BerryRoss LonsberryReal Lemieux<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>VANCOUVER</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>George GardnerDune Wilson<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Dale TallonPat QuinnJocelyn GuevremontBarry Wilkins<h3>CENTER</h3>Orland KurtenbachAndre BoudriasBobby LalondeDanny JohnsonFred SpeckRon Ward<h3>R. WING</h3>Rosaire PaimentMurray HallBobby Schmautz<h3>L. WING</h3>Wayne MakiPoul PopielMike CorriganTed TaylorDanny Seguin<h3>INJURED</h3>Gary Doak<h2>MINNESOTA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Cesare ManiagoLorne Worsley<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Ted HarrisFred BarrettTom ReidBarry GibbsDennis O&rsquo;BrienDoug Mohns<h3>CENTER</h3>Jude DrouinTed HampsonMurray Oliver<h3>R. WING</h3>Bill GoldsworthyBuster HarveyLou NanneBob NevinCraig Cameron<h3>INJURED</h3>Dennis HextaliCharlie Burns &#9632;

NHL Team Rosters

PITTSBURGH&mdash;Pittsburgh general managercoach Red Kelly indicated early in the Pens&rsquo; training camp period that if the team was to make a significant improvement on their sixth place finish of last season the club&rsquo;s newcomers would have to play an important role.And while the Penguins managed only a split of their two opening weekend games&mdash;a 3-2 triumph over their cross-state rivals from Philadelphia, and a 2-1 loss to Buffalo&mdash;the Pittsburgh rookies were highly visible in both contests.Defenseman Darryl Edestrand, who toiled for Hershey of the American League last season, notched the winner against the Flyers, a goal that enabled the Steel City team to snap a jinx that has plagued the club since its inception in 1967.It was the first time Pittsburgh has won its opening game.In Buffalo the following night against the Sabres, Joe Noris, another rookie rearguard, scored the Pens&rsquo; lone goal. Rod Zaine, whom the Sabres had acquired from Pittsburgh during the past intra-league draft, scored the winner for Buffalo against his old teammates.Noris, 20, a graduate of the Toronto Marlboros of the OHA, was one of the more pleasant surprises for Kelly at the club&rsquo;s training camp at Brantford, Ont.It was expected that Noris would at least start the season at Hershey to gain pro seasoning, but he won himself a spot on the roster of the big club with a fine display in the exhibition games. A native of Denver, Col., Noris becomes only the second American-born player to play for the Pens. Charlie Burns, now with Minnesota, was the first.PEN POINTERS: The club alleviated its problem of a surplus of left wingers by dealing 19-year NHL veteran Dean Prentice to the North Stars for an undisclosed amount of cash and a player to be named later&hellip;The Pen ownership is happy with the results of their season ticket drive which topped the projected 4,000 mark.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03353/2790795-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="526" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">DEAN PRENTICE&hellip;Sold To Minnesota</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rookies Edestrand, Noris Connect in Surprising Start For Penguins

<h2>EAST</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04282/2790833-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="579" height="275"></div><h2>WEST</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05212/2790826-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="580" height="275"></div>(Final exhibition standings include games with NHL teams only)<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Fri, Sept. 17Philadelphia 5, St. Louis 1Pittsburgh 3, California 2Boston 5, New York 3Sat, Sept. 18Detroit 2, St. Louis 0Montreal 7. Boston 4Philadelphia 2, Buffalo 2Toronto 4, Minnesota 4Sun, Sept. 19Detroit 3, St. Louis 0Buffalo 6, Californio 2Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 4Toronto 3, Minnesota 1Pittsburgh 3, New York 1Mon, Sept. 20Montreal 2, Boston 1Tues, Sept. 21Pittsburgh 4, California 2Vancouver 3, Los Angeles 1Philadelphia 9, Buffalo 1Wed, Sept. 22Philadelphia 4, California 1Chicago 4, Toronto 4Buffalo 2, Pittsburgh 2New York 6, Boston 3Los Angeles 3, Vancouver 3Thurs, Sept. 23St. Louis 4, California 1Montreal 10, Chicago 2Detroit 6, Boston 3Fri, Sept. 24St. Louis 4, New York 3Toronto 3, Philadelphia 2Vancouver 3, Minnesota 1Sat, Sept. 25St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 0Buffalo 4, California 2Montreal 2, Toronto 2Vancouver 2, Minnesota 1Boston 4, Detroit 3Sun, Sept. 26New York 6, St. Louis 5Montreal 1, Chicago 1Vancouver 2, Minnesota 2Boston 1, California 1Pittsburgh 5, Rochester (AHL) 2Mon, Sept. 27New York 4, Detroit 0Pittsburgh 2, Cleveland (AHL) 2Tues, Sept. 28Montreal 5, Toronto 3Minnesota 3, Vancouver 3Wed, Sept. 29Californio 5, Detroit 4New York 3, Montreal 3Chicago 2, Los Angeles 5Buffalo 4, Pittsburgh 4Thurs, Sept. 30Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 1Buffalo 6, Pittsburgh 2Chicago 5, Vancouver 4Minnesota 1, Toronto 1Fri, Oct. 1Montreal 3, Boston 3Sat, Oct. 2St. Louis 3, Toronto 1Boston 5, Montreal 3Vancouver 8, Los Angeles 4Chicago 2, Minnesota 2Pittsburgh 2, Buffalo 2New York 3, Detroit 1Philadelphia 4, Hershey (AHL) 2Sun, Oct. 3Detroit 5, California 2Philadelphia 2, Montreal 1Toronto 2, Chicago 0Buffalo 5, Cincinnati (AHL) 4Mon, Oct. 4New York 4, Boston 1Tues, Oct. 5California 4, Los Angeles 0Toronto 7, Vancouver 3Minnesota 2, Chicago 1Philadelphia 5 Richmond (AHL) 4Wed, Oct. 6St. louis 4, Minnesota 3Detroit 2, Buffalo 2Pittsburgh 5, Hershey (AHL) 2Thus, Oct. 7New York 5, Boston 3 &#9632;

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Exhibition Scoreboard

<div class="byline">BY JOHN PORTER</div>OAKLAND&mdash;&ldquo;A good goaltender is like a 20-game winner in baseball,&rdquo; says the only man who owns major league franchises in both sports.The man&rsquo;s baseball team had a 20-game winner in Vida Blue. In fact, Jim &lsquo;Catfish&rsquo; Hunter also won 20 for the Oakland Athletics.But Charlie Finley&rsquo;s California Golden Seals aren&rsquo;t blessed right now with anyone approaching the value of the 20-game winner. They&rsquo;re not even close.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01521/2790764-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="267" height="432"></div>The Seals dealt away goalie Gary Smith two days before the opening of training camp to wrap up a whirlwind summer of trading that replaced many of the club&rsquo;s veterans.In return for 6-4 Smitty, Chicago gave up goalie Gerry Desjardins, winger Gerry Pinder and minor leaguer Kerry Bond.Desjardins was the key for Finley. The owner figured he was not weakening his goaltending despite a broken arm that cut Gerry&rsquo;s last season short.When Desjardins complained of soreness in his arm on camp&rsquo;s opening day, it was discovered the break had not healed properly. Finley petitioned NHL Pres. Clarence Campbell to revoke the deal because &ldquo;I did not get a sound hockey player.&rdquo;Whether Campbell rules Finley is the victim of a &ldquo;buyer beware&rdquo; situation or the Black Hawks must make an additional concession to the Seals, it looks like Gary Smith has a new home in Chicago.Still unanswered though is the plight of Desjardins and the Seals. The goalie needs an operation, involving refracturing the arm and inserting a plate. Four months would be an optimistic estimate for the day he could begin working out. A broken finger further complicates his problems.So where does all of that leave the team that lost 53 games last season and gave up 320 goals?Last place would be a safe guess.The Seals have Gary Kurt as their No. 1. He was also No. 1 in the entire American Hockey League last year, but the jump to the NHL brings new pressure.Just ask Smith. He said he was sick much of the summer and a Chicago doctor told him the illness was caused by anxiety over returning to Oakland. Now that&rsquo;s not much to gladden Kurt&rsquo;s spirits.&ldquo;If we would have had the goaltending,&rdquo; coach Fred Glover complained after his team had lost its eighth exhibition game, &ldquo;we would have won three-frouths of those games.&ldquo;Kurt is inexperienced and has a lot of pressure. He could be good, but he needs someone in front of him.&rdquo;The Seals lost Bob Sneddon and Chris Worthy, both who have limited NHL goalie experience, in the reverse draft, so all the team had to bolster Kurt were a handful of game but unprepared amateurs.Finley said he offered Montreal $150,000 for Phil Myre, but the Canadiens, at first interested, cooled off on the idea. Instead, they traded Ray Martyniuk to the Seals for Tony Featherstone, and Toronto sent up veteran Marv Edwards from Phoenix for a looksee.The Seals&rsquo; poor showing in the exhibitions can be attributed partly to the youth and inexperience of playing with each other on the revamped team. But a game with Detroit underscores the big problem:The Goldens Ones are leading 2-0 after the first period in Port Huron, Mich., on Oct. 3, but lose the game 5-2 when the Red Wings rip in five second-period goals.&ldquo;We need an NHL goalie,&rdquo; laments the Seals&rsquo; organization from top to bottom.There is little sympathy for the hurting team. It&rsquo;s going to cost Finley a lot before anyone lets him have a good goaltender. You know, the one like a 20-game winner in baseball.SEALS SHOTS: Finley&rsquo;s first public revelation of the petition to Campbell was accompanied by a threat not to open the NHL season without nullification of the Smith trade or just compensation&hellip;His stand eased somewhat a week later and the Seals were to open with a seven-game &lsquo;homestand&hellip;The Seals weren&rsquo;t great at home last season, but they were decent with a 17-21-1 record&hellip;Pinder led exhibition scoring with four goals despite problems with a swollen ankle&hellip;The surprise player to make the Seals&rsquo; roster was Craig Patrick, whose family name is hockey institution&hellip;Garry Young, the team&rsquo;s general manager, placed 20 youngsters with the Columbus Seals and &ldquo;three or four of them are going to be good ones for us soon &ldquo;&hellip;In addition, Young placed 11 pros throughout the minors, most of them with Baltimore.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02447/2790757-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="546" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARV EDWARDS&hellip;Loaned By Leafs</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Finley Laments Coaling Deal, Desjardins Out For 4 Months

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0017-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01436/2790885-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Leafs got a big goal from young DARRYL SITTLER, left, shown being congratulated by teammate JIM HARRISON, on their first road trip of the new season. Sittler&rsquo;s goal was the winner to defeat Vancouver Canucks, 3-2. (Hockey News Photo by Robert Shaver)</figcaption></div>TORONTO&mdash;If anybody had informed Toronto Maple Leaf coach John McLellan that he faced starting the 1971-72 National Hockey League season without the services of star center and captain Dave Keon, no one would have blamed him for feeling the team would get off to a poor start.However, while Keon sat back home in Toronto, out of action for an indefinite period with a cartilage problem in his left knee, the Leafs surprised everyone by taking three out of a possible four points in their two weekend openers on the West Coast.The Leafs, fourth place finishers last season in the East Division, met the Vancouver Canucks Friday night and came away with a 3-2 victory. They then moved south to Oakland where they battled the Golden. Seals to a 3-3 standoff Sunday evening.Keon, whose 38 goals and 38 assists last season were a major factor in the team&rsquo;s rise to a playoff berth, was injured in a team practice at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver as they drilled for the opener against the Canucks. He apparently twisted his knee severely when switching from a backward skating drill to a forward direction.The injured joint stiffened immediately and Keon was ordered back to Toronto were the club medical staff could make an intensive assessment of the damage.In the Friday night contest against the Canucks, the Leafs took the lead twice before finally winning on a goal by sophomore left winger Darryl Sittler. Bernie Parent, who is expected to carry the major load in the Toronto nets this season, was brilliant against Vancouver, particularly in the first two periods&rsquo; when the Canucks outshot the Leafs 17-12.Against the Seals, Leafs jumped into early lead then had to hold on for a tie when California newcomer Wayne Carleton scored two third period power play markers.The developments on the injury front were not all gloomy, however, as the opening action saw the return to play of 23-year-old defenseman Jim Dorey who had missed a good portion of the exhibition schedule with pulled muscles in his back.LEAFLETS: The Toronto management waited until the last moment until making a decision of freshman defenseman John Grisdale who had been by far the most impressive rookie in camp. The Michigan Tech grad took everyone by surprise with his fine play in the exhibition schedule and came within a whisker on earning himself a spot with the Leafs&rsquo; blueline corps. In the final analysis, the Leafs brass felt he would develop faster playing regularly for the team&rsquo;s Tulsa affiliate in the CHL&hellip;Except for the absence of Keon, the Leafs are perhaps the only NHL team to open the season with the same forward line combinations as last year&hellip;Leafs are showing amazing consistency in their play. They finished exhibition play in fourth spot, same position as their regular season finish of last year. They had four wins, two losses and four ties&hellip;Club president Stafford Smythe was admitted to hospital in Toronto with what was diagnosed as a bleeding ulcer. Surgery was required.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02387/2790878-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="498" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM DOREY&hellip;Back In Action</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03318/2790871-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="501" height="563"><figcaption class="caption-body">BERNIE PARENT&hellip;Stymied Canucks</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04250/2790864-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="505" height="649"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE KEON&hellip;Out Indefinitely</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Maple Leafs Get Away To Flying Start Despite Sidelining Of Keon With Injury

<h2>HOW THEY STAND AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 11)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05150/2790961-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="577" height="161"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06124/2790954-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="579" height="283"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed, Oct. 6Cleveland 2 at Nova Scotia 5Fri, Oct. 8Cleveland 3 at Boston 3Rochester 3 at Cincinnati 6Nova Scotia 2 at Springfield 6Richmond 1 at Tidewater 3Sat, Oct. 9Tidewater 0 at Baltimore 3Richmond 2 at Hershey 4Cleveland 2 at Springfield 3Sun, Oct. 10Hershey 3 at Providence 1Nova Scotia at Rochester (postponed)<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Mon, Oct. 11Tidewater at CincinnatiTues, Oct. 12Springfield at BaltimoreHershey at BostonProvidence at RichmondWed, Oct. 13Cincinnati at ClevelandThur, Oct. 14Tidewater at Nova ScotiaFri, Oct. 15Cleveland at CincinnatiTidewater at ProvidenceBaltimore at RochesterSat, Oct. 16Richmond at BostonRochester at ClevelandProvidence at HersheyTidewater at SpringfieldSun, Oct. 17Hershey at CincinnatiBaltimore at Nova ScotiaRichmond at ProvidenceCleveland at RochesterMon, Oct. 18Tidewater at BostonTues, Oct. 19Baltimore at Nova ScotiaWed, Oct. 20Rochester at RichmondThur, Oct. 21Rochester at Tidewater 1Fri, Oct. 22Baltimore at ClevelandCincinnati at ProvidenceBoston at RochesterHershey at Springfield &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB BROWN</div>CLEVELAND&mdash;The Cleveland Barons 1971-72 &ldquo;Mod Squad&rdquo; edition may lack some of the dash that made last year&rsquo;s club here so popular, but the current group on hand will have two things up on their predecessor. The new Barons are more experienced, for one, and will hit more often, more consistently.The reason for the change results from a more mature forward line and a full season of Roger Cote and Wayne Muloin. Cote joined the Barons from Springfield at the end of last season while Muloin spent last year in the National League playing at California and Minnesota.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03258/2790999-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="264" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Cote</figcaption></div>Up front, Mike Chernoff, Grant Erickson, Billy Heindl and Barrie Meissner are back and better. The quartet scored 97 goals among them a year ago, and now, at an average age of 25 and a season of American Hockey League action under their belts, they are expected to increase that output this year.Then, 27-goal scorer Norm Beaudin is back. Dennis Giannini, who banged in 28 goals as a member of the Quebec Aces last year is here, too. Add, Gordie Labossiere and Terry Caffery, 19 and 13 goals respectively in the NHL in 1970-71, and the Cleveland offense becomes even more impressive.The Barons are solid in goal with Gilles Gilbert and Fern Rivard to handle the netminding. Gilbert was sent to Cleveland just before the NHL opener after Minnesota coach Jackie Gordon decided he was going with two goalers&mdash;Cesare Maniago and Lorne Worsley&mdash;rather than carry three as he did all last season. Gilbert will be the No. 1 recall in the event of injuries to either Maniago or Worsley.Meanwhile, the Barons tied the Boston Braves 3-3 in their first AHL league action with Labossiere, Cote and rookie Richard Leduc scoring the goals.New Coach John Muckier is making no predictions yet except to say the Barons will be a contender. There are many unknowns about the AHL Western Division this year. Cineinnati and Tidewater are new but could surprise Baltimore and Hershey will be experienced and Richmond promises to have speed to burn. Still, the Barons, on paper at least, appear to have as good a shot at the title that has eluded them for 10 years, as anyone.BLUELINERS: Wayne Muloin has been appointed captain of the Barons. Norm Beaudin, Billy Heindl and Grant Erickson are alternates&hellip;The newly formed Northeastern Ohio College hockey League began play this month. Kent State, Akron University, Case-Western Reserve and Cleveland State are the members. A number of the league&rsquo;s games will be played at the Arena&hellip;The Barons will have a regular season network for the first time in many years. Stations in Akron, Canton, Youngstown and Elyria-Lorain will carry Barons action&hellip;Barons Coach John Muckier and wife Audrey are the parents of a new baby girl, Tracy. The Mucklers have three other children.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04203/2790992-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="572" height="1516"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE MULOIN&hellip;New Barons&rsquo; Captain</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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New Barons To Pack Experience, Hitting

<h2>ARENA DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY</h2>The City of Hamilton, Ontario invites proposals for the construction and operation in the city of a new sports arena. This facility should be suitable for amateur and professional hockey and other attractions. It would be the major facility in the metropolitan area and large enough to serve a local population of 500,000 and a regional population of 1,000,000 in the Niagara Peninsula and south-western Ontario. This is the centre of Canada&rsquo;s fifth largest metropolitan area and has Canada&rsquo;s most successful professional football team and so the city offers a rare opportunity for this type of sports facility, particularly for professional hockey. Proposals should be sent to J.R. Jones, Secretary, Board of Control, City Hall, Hamilton, on or before 11:00 o&rsquo;clock a.m., Monday, November 22nd, 1971. The city is not obliged to accept one or any of these proposals. &#9632;

CITY OF HAMILTON

<div class="byline">BY GREG FARLEY</div>BOSTON&mdash;A torrid rivalry is shaping up between the Braves and their Rhode Island opponents, the Providence Reds. The two teams met several times during the exhibition season and a definite absence of hand-shaking was evident.The incentive may have been provided by exRed Billy Speer, who was involved in a donnybrosk with several Providence players in their very first pre-season engagement.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01442/2790923-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="271" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Barry Merrell</figcaption></div>The Reds were pressing behind the Braves&rsquo; net when Speer dropped his gloves and started swinging at no one in particular. Bill wound up in the penalty box with a bloody nose, but as he glared at the Reds&rsquo; bench from the sidelines you could sense that a return bout was in order.&ldquo;Billygoat&rdquo; performed more like a lamb in the teams&rsquo; next encounter, purposely avoiding any trouble. The cagey vet spent the next few contests concentrating on his defensive play, but it&rsquo;s a certainty Bill hadn&rsquo;t forgotten what happened.Added to the Speer incident is the fact that all Reds-Braves preseason tilts were close, low-scoring contests, which usually result in short tempers.The rivals&rsquo; initial regular season match is set for Sunday, October 31, at Providence and, despite the four-week gap between this and their last previous meeting, look for them to go at it hammer and tong.Providence&rsquo;s first visit to Boston Garden takes place Tuesday, November 9. Tickets for that one will undoubtedly be scarce if the Reds and Braves should renew their pre-season antics at the Rhode Island Auditorium.Coach Bep Guidolin, meanwhile, is pleased with the early season play of some of his youngsters, among them Ron Jones, Barry Merrell, Terry O&rsquo;Reilly and Steve Stirling.Jones, the highly-rated defensive prospect out of Edmonton, was the apple of Guidolin&rsquo;s eye in pre-season play.&ldquo;Ron has really come along fast,&rdquo; Bep pointed out, &ldquo;you can see day-to-day progress with him. For a kid, he&rsquo;s got all sorts of poise.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s always cool out there, and doesn&rsquo;t panic. He still has things to learn, but I&rsquo;m not a bit worried. He&rsquo;s got a great future in front of him.&rdquo;Merrell was involved in a bad automobile accident near Madison, Wisconsin en route to Boston from his Winnipeg home. Though his car was a total wreck, Barry luckily escaped with minor lacerations about the face.&ldquo;I was darn lucky alright,&rdquo; confessed the durable pivot, &ldquo;I could have come out of it in much worse shape. I&rsquo;ve been waiting a long time to make it up from the IHL, and that accident could have seriously affected my career.&ldquo;I guess I was born under a lucky star.&rdquo;Not surprisingly, Barry was suited up for the Braves&rsquo; next game. Guidolin is very impressed with his play so far.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s quite a jump from the IHL to the AHL, but Barry has done alright for himself. He&rsquo;s a real gutsy kid.&rdquo;Of O&rsquo;Reilly and Stirling, the coach pointed out that &ldquo;both have all the tools to make it big, and they should with the proper teaching. It&rsquo;s going to be especially tough for Steve, who has to make the adjustment from college to pro. But he&rsquo;ll do it.&rdquo;BRAVES BRIEFS: Guidolin will give each player equal ice time for the first few games, until he settles on permanent lines and defensive pairings&hellip;The coach, while hoping to do well in his first AHL campaign, is evermindful that the Braves&rsquo; purpose is to help the Bruins. &ldquo;Our job here is to get the best out of each player, and have them ready in case a Bruin injury should occur,&rdquo; he explained&hellip;Braves tied Cleveland 3-3 in their AHL opener before 9,046 fans. The Bruins sent goaler Danny Bouchard, defenseman Bob Stewart and center Garry Peters down to the Braves just before the first AHL game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02353/2790916-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="500" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL SPEER&hellip;Came Up Swinging</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Boston-Providence Rivalry Seen Building Up

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE&mdash;Defending their American Hockey League Western Division title will hardly be a simple task for General-Manager Coach Terry Reardon and his Baltimore Clippers, but it may prove not to be any more difficult than his task of paring the squad for the season&rsquo;s opener here against the new Tidewater Wings.During the three-week, preseason training camp at Hershey, Reardon had no less than 34 aspirants seeking positions for the upcoming campaign. As the Clipper skipper remarked, the quantity has been there. Now, I have to see about the quality.&rdquo;Individual battles have been dominant right on down the line as the newest edition of the Clippers took shape. Most of the crowding concerned the defense with no less than 10 backliners fighting for five spots.Returning from last year&rsquo;s division winners are Kent Douglas, Wally Chevrier and Pete Ford. Montreal added veterans Jean Gauthier. Murray Flegel, and Bart Crashley, while the California Golden Seals, with whom the Clips are working this winter, shipped in Dick Mattiussi, Terry Murray and Ted McAneeley. And big rookie Blaine Rydman also added his considerable weight to the battle.At left wing veteran Baltimore owned forwards Jim Bartlett, Jean-Marie Cossette and Tony Goegan were being pressed for jobs by Howie Menard and Dunc Rousseau. The latter was purchased by Baltimore from Springfield during the summer drafts while California sent Menard. Randy Rota was eliminated as a candidate when he was traded to Nova Scotta Voyageurs for goalie Lyle Carter by the parent California Golden Seals.Bob Rivard and J.P. Mallette represented the Clippers holdover centers, while California dispatched the veteran Joe Szura, fifth top scorer in the AHL last year and promising Pete Laframboise, and Reardon bought big Brian Murphy from Springfield to help full the pivot gap weakened by the loss of league leading scorer Fred Speck to Vancouver and the retirement of ageless Willie Marshall.On the right side, Marc Dufour, second leading league scorer and first team All Star plus the acquisition of the veteran, colorful Red Armstrong appeared to shore up the starboard side with Hilliard Graves and rookie Hartland Monahan from the Montreal Juniors joining in the scrap.Operating in goal during the pre-season games were holdover Bob Whidden, off-travelled Al Johnstone, rookie Ken Lockett whom scout Aldo Guidolin spotted while performing for the University of Guelph, and sophomore Ray Martynuik All four goalies displayed good efforts in the Clips exhibitions with Hershey in which the Baltimores won three and thied one. Martynuik was later recalled by Montreal Canadiens and sent to California in a deal for Tony Featherstone.CLIPPER CLIPS&mdash;J.P. Mal lette, Tony Goegan and Jean-Marie Cossette all became proud papas of baby boys within a three week span in late August and early September&hellip;Amateur defenseman Blaine Rydman enjoyed a good camp and drew a number of raves from the partisan Clipper fans for his aggressive play throughout the preseason training&hellip;Ed Chadwick of the California Seals has been working closely with Reardon and Guidolin on the shifting of players&hellip;Marc Dufour suffered a small crack in his foot during the third game of the Hershey exhibition series and will miss the opening three week of the regular campaign&hellip;Ron Weber will again be back at the mike, but the new Clipper radio outlet will be WFBR for all 76 games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01419/2791054-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="557" height="1377"><figcaption class="caption-body">RANDY ROTA&hellip;Lost To Vees</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Final Makeup Of Clippers Tough Decision

Here are the probable starting rosters for the 11 American League teams. Affiliations are: Cleveland with Minnesota; Hershey with Pittsburgh; Nova Scotia with Montreal; Boston Braves with Boston Bruins; Springfield with L.A.; Baltimore with California; Rochester with Vancouver; Richmond with Philadelphia; Tidewater with Detroit; Cincinnati with Buffalo; and Providence with New York.<h2>PROVIDENCE</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Rich CharronMarcel PailleGeorge Surmay<h3>Defensemen</h3>Mike McMahonAndre DupontNick PolanoBob AshRay ClearwaterRandy LeggeRick Newell<h3>Forwards</h3>Ron StewartWilf MartinJim PatersonBilly KnibbsMorris StefaniwDon BlackburnBrian PerryAlton WhiteGuy DufourSteve AndrascikRon GarwasiukBobby LeducBert WilsonBob KellyGary MacMillanGuy Dufour<h2>CLEVELAND</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Gilles GilbertFern Rivard<h3>Defensemen</h3>Gary GeldartRoger CoteDennis PattersonWayne MuloinRon WilsonBob Paradise<h3>Forwards</h3>Richard LeducGrant EricksonGord Labossi&egrave;reNorm BeaudinDennis GianniniTerry CafferyBarrie MeissnerTerry HolbrookBill HeindlMike Chernoff<h2>ROCHESTER</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Serge AubryLynn Zimmerman<h3>Defensemen</h3>Ken BlockBob BlackburnDoug DunvilleDon CherryBob MalcolmTim SteevesJohn SchellaGreff Boddy<h3>Forwards</h3>Jim WisteRichard LemieuxDoug BrindleyBobby WaltonKeke MortsonEd HatoumDuke HarrisBrent TaylorDon WestbrookeJohn CunniffDanny SeguinJack StanfieldBarry WilcoxJohn GouldRalph Stewart<h2>HERSHEY</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Andre GillPaul HogansonCam Newton<h3>Defensemen</h3>Yvon LabreJean-Guy LagaceLarry BignellRalph KellerMike MahoneyButch Barber<h3>Forwards</h3>Mike NykolukGil GilbertTed SnellJean GrattonChuck HamiltonSteve CardwellJohn StewartGerry MetheRobin BurnsBob BirdsellRon SnellBob Fitchner<h2>BALTIMORE</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Bob WhiddenAl JohnstoneKen Lockett<h3>Defensemen</h3>Kent DouglasWally ChevrierPete FordJean GauthierMurray FlegelBart CrashleyDick MattiussiTerry MurrayTed McAneeleyBlaine Rydman<h3>Forwards</h3>Jim BartlettJean CossetteTony GoeganHowie MenardDunc RousseauBob RivardJ.P. MalletteJoe SzuraPete LaframboiseBrian MurphyMarc DufourRed ArmstrongHilliard GreavesHartland Monahan<h2>TIDEWATER</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Bob SneddonJohn Voss<h3>Defensemen</h3>Larry JohnstonBob FalkenbergAl McLeodBob ParadiseBob Wall<h3>Forwards</h3>Doug VolmarRenald LeclercDick SentesTom MartinBilly DeaRick McCannTom GilmoreRon WaltersCraig ReichmuthDave FergusonBob Dillabough<h2>SPRINGFIELD</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Billy SmithBob Vroman<h3>Defensemen</h3>Noel PriceLarry McNabbBill MikkelsonWayne LachanceNeil KomadoskiBrian GibbonsJack Kell<h3>Forwards</h3>Ed HoekstraJohn HealeyWayne CherneckiCamille LapierreWayne RiversMike BolandWayne SchultzBill OrbanPhil HoeneJim StanfieldBob PoffenrothNorm ParkAl RycroftBrian Carlin<h2>RICHMOND</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Bob TaylorMichel Belhumeur<h3>Defensemen</h3>Bill BrossartRalph MacSweynRoger PelletierJim MairGary CunninghamGlen Irwin<h3>Forwards</h3>Rene DroletAndre GaudetteBob CurrierTom TrevelyanFrank SpringDick SarrazinBob HurlburtDon SaleskiDave SchultzHank NowakLew MorrisonDan SchockBill ClementKeith Wright<h2>BOSTON</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Danny BouchardRoss Brooks<h3>Defensemen</h3>Ray FortinNick BeverleyBill SpeerRon JonesPaul HurleyBob Stewart<h3>Forward</h3>Garry PetersTerry O&rsquo;ReillyBarry MerrellSteve StirlingRoss WebleyArt QuoquochiDoug RobertsMike HyndmanFred O&rsquo;DonnellDon TannahillRay BrownleeRon BoehmNeal Murphy<h2>NOVA SCOTIA</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Michel DeguiseWayne ThomasMichel Plasse<h3>Defensemen</h3>Murray AndersonKerry KetterBob MurdochBob MurrayMichel PoirierLarry RobinsonTerry French<h3>Forwards</h3>Mike LaughtonChuck ArnasonReynald ComeauDarrell KnibbsChuck LefleyYvon LambertTony FeatherstoneGermain GagnonBernie BlanchetteRon BusniukMurray WilsonLynn PowisDon GriersonRoss ButlerRandy Rota<h2>CINCINNATI</h2><h3>Goalkeepers</h3>Ray ReesonRocky Farr<h3>Defensemen</h3>Steve CuddieTerry BallChris EvansBilly OrrFran&ccedil;ois LacombeKen Murray<h3>Forwards</h3>Reg FlemingTom MillerButch DeadmarshCraig RamseyJim NicholsDoug RomboughHugh HarrisRick DudleyMike KeelerPaul Andrea &#9632;

American League Starting Lineups

<h2>Wed, Oct. 6 CLEVELAND 2 at NOVA SCOTIA 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02189/2791182-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="587" height="563"></div><h2>Fri, Oct. 8 NOVA SCOTIA 2 at SPRINGFIELD 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03157/2791175-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="585" height="656"></div><h2>RICHMOND 1 at TIDEWATER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04120/2791168-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="581" height="506"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 3 AT CINCINNATI 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0561/2791161-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="591" height="733"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 3 AT BOSTON 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0645/2791154-1-eng-US/f0020-062.jpg" title="f0020-06" width="582" height="561"></div><h2>Sat, Oct. 9 CLEVELAND 2 at SPRINGFIELD 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0738/2791147-1-eng-US/f0020-072.jpg" title="f0020-07" width="578" height="384"></div><h2>TIDEWATER 0 at BALTIMORE 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0831/2791140-1-eng-US/f0020-082.jpg" title="f0020-08" width="583" height="437"></div> &#9632;

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American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01127/2791213-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="487" height="575"><figcaption class="caption-body">TONY FEATHERSTONE&hellip;Newcomer With Muscle</figcaption></div>HALIFAX&mdash;The complexities of running a professional hockey team are many and varied and not all are foreign to Allister MacNeil, in whom Montreal Canadiens have entrusted some of their most prized young kids.MacNeil knows the route&hellip;he&rsquo;s travelled it with teams like the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens, Rochester Americans, Houston Apollos and the Montreal Voyageurs and he&rsquo;s also known the life of the big leaguer with Toronto, Montreal, Chicago and New York. He&rsquo;s sipped from a magnum of champagne, Stanley Cup vintage, after leading Montreal to the title in the 1971 spring classic. When it was all over he wasn&rsquo;t in the National Hockey League but instead assigned to guide the development of Nova Scotia&rsquo;s first professional team since the turn of the century. To many perhaps that would represent a backward step but there is nothing negative in the MacNeil makeup.MacNeil is quick to concede that the Nova Scotia Voyageurs must be interesting and competitive to fire the fans&rsquo; imagination but he&rsquo;s certain he hasn&rsquo;t been shortchanged in either area. &ldquo;Look,&rdquo; he was saying in his Forum office following a work-out last week, &ldquo;When I accepted this job it was only after I checked over the player possibilities and realized that we drafted and dealt for some of the best rookies in the country. Nobody came out of the June meetings in better shape and naturally the Voyageurs have first call on all players who don&rsquo;t make the big club&rdquo;.The Vees opened their AHL schedule on a winning note by defeating Cleveland 5-2 before taking it on the chin 6-2 in their initial road start at Springfield. Chuck Arnason, Kerry Ketter, Ross Butler, Murray Wilson and Chuck Lefley, all young Canadiens&rsquo; hopefuls of the future, accounted for the scoring, which obviously pleased Mac Neil.MacNeil&rsquo;s affection for physical type players was recognized when he acquired robust winger Tony Featherstone from the California Golden Seals during the last week of training. Featherstone is expected to supply muscle, as well as goals off the Vees&rsquo;right flank. &#9632;

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MacNeil Adjusting To New Role As Player Developer

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0021-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0293/2791244-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB BLACKBURN&hellip;Valuable Blueline Addition.</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER&mdash;Defense, expected to be a real trouble spot for the Rochester Americans this season, has received a big boost from two unexpected sources.Vancouver, which seemed to be turning a deaf ear toward the Amerks every time they cried for help the past three dismal seasons, finally did something to help&hellip;and it was a good move.Bob Blackburn, the American Hockey League&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman in 1968-69&mdash;his last previous appearance in the league&mdash;was purchased by the Canucks from the Pittsburgh Penguins and immediately assigned to Rochester.The graying blueliner is 33 years old and played six AHL seasons with Providence (from the middle of 1959-60 through the middle of 1965-66). After a year and a half with Vancouver, then of the Western League, Bob moved to Buffalo and was with the Bisons is 1967-68 and &lsquo;68-69.Although playing only 58 games and earning just 18 scoring points, he was a first team All Star and winner of the league&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman award. The Bisons won the Western Division title with a 41-18-15 record that season, and his defensive play (especially his blocking of shots) had a lot to do with Buffalo&rsquo;s fine year.Blackburn spent the past two seasons with Pittsburgh of the National League and last year scored four goals, assisted on five and was given 54 penalty minutes.The other surprising plus factor has been the comeback by Doug Dunville. In and out of trouble with the club all last season for his office behavior, he finally was sent home under suspension for the final 10 days of the season.His hockey career, which has been stormy in previous seasons, too, seemed to be at an end, although Doug was only 25 years old at the time.But he&rsquo;s been treading the straight-and-narrow since last spring&rsquo;s suspension, arrived for training camp in top shape and was the Amerks&rsquo; best rearguard during the pre-season games.Many believe Dunville could be an All Star in the American League and could be a National Leaguer if he would stay on an even keel. Thus far he&rsquo;s on the right course. &#9632;

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Amerks’ Defense Problems Eased With Arrival Of Dob Blackburn

SAN DIEGO&mdash;Howie Young, the unpredict able defenseman who played for the Phoenix Roadrunners on loan from the Vancouver Canucks last season and was drafted by the San Diego Gulls last summer, has been suspend ed.He failed to report and when he declined manager-coach Max McNab&rsquo;s invitation by telephone, he was suspended.Billy McNeill, two-time WHL most valuable player, also didn&rsquo;t report to the Gulls&rsquo; training camp at Trail, B.C. but McNab said he never heard from the veteran center although McNeill had told a teammate he wasn&rsquo;t reporting.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01144/2791275-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="258" height="496"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy McNeill</figcaption></div>McNeill is president of the WHL Players Association.Young&rsquo;s absence leaves McNab with a hole to fill on defense.Ken Broderick, former Phoenix-Minnesota-Iowa goalie who was back in the amateur ranks last season, and Gary Simmons, who saw limited action with the Gulls last season, are candidates to back up All Star goaltender Jack McCartan. McNab has been leaning toward Broderick.The Gulls are strong up front with two solid lines. Center Gerry Goyer, right winger Bob Courcy and left winger Al Nicholson were one-two-three in the WHL scoring race for much of last season.Brian McDonald, who scored 63 goals for Denver and Salt Lake City the past two seasons before being drafted by the Gulls, has pared from 210 to 203 and has been fitted with two high-scoring wingers, Len Ronson (51 goals two seasons ago) and George Swarbrick (former WHL rookie-of-the-year). Swarbrick triggered a pair of goals in the Gulls&rsquo; second pre-season game.Bruce Cowick, a big, hard-skating left winger, has been the talk of the Gulls&rsquo; pre-season and appears well able to fill one of the club&rsquo;s two rookie requirements.He is big, 6-1 and 220 pounds, young, 20, is a strong skater and tough. He piled up 197 penalty minutes at Victoria in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League last season.Cowick also scored 31 goals and 44 assists for 75 points and made the league&rsquo;s all-star team. He had been a second team selection the year before.&ldquo;He certainly shows promise in every way,&rdquo; said McNab about his discovery. Cowick scored a goal in each of the Gulls&rsquo; first two pre-season games.McNab has centers Sandy Fitzpatrick, Jim Schraefel and wingers Cowick, Earl Heiskala and Willie O&rsquo;Ree and Gerry Wright from Calgary&rsquo;s junior club, as third line candidates.The Gulls are awaiting word from Philadelphia on further assignments from the Flyers.San Diego opens its season in Phoenix on Friday night, October 15, and plays its home opener the following night, Saturday, October 16, against the Denver Spurs at the Sports Arena.GULL NOTES: Ron Hopkinson scored a goal for the Gulls against Phoenix in a Friday night games. Then scored against the Gulls on a Saturday night while playing for the Trail Smokeaters&hellip;injuries had shorted the Gulls on defense and they borroWed, Hopkinson from Trail for the Friday game. &#9632;

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Vet McNeill Stays Away From Camp

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>DENVER&mdash;&ldquo;We have a lot of youth on the club this year&hellip;some exciting new players,&rdquo; said the Denver Spurs&rsquo; manager-coach Bill McCreary.The Spurs also have many faces familiar to Western Hockey League fans.Of the first 10 players signed to Denver contracts, nine have played in the WHL before, seven with the Spurs.The group includes the only original Spur, goaltender Jacques Caron.The Spurs appear strong on defense, again, with Jim Graham, Bob McCord, Ray Larose and Roger Lafreniere joined by Gordon Kannegiesser who played for Seattle last season.Graham suffered a concussion near the end of last season when struck above the temple while attempting to block a slap shot by Phoenix Roadrunners&rsquo; Harry Shaw.&ldquo;Graham&rsquo;s having a good camp and hitting hard,&rdquo; said McCreary of the big (6-1 and 190 pounds) 26-year-old rearguard.Kannegiesser, left wing Gary Veneruzzo and center Ron Buchanan are the newcomers.Veneruzzo scored 27 goals for Seattle last season and during a lull helped Kansas City out in the Central League with two goals in two games.Buchanan, 6-3 and 170, scored 23 goals and set up .33 more for Kansas City last season.Another right wing candidate is Don Borgeson, 26, who scored 50 goals and 45 assists for Nashville in the Eastern League last season.Joining Claude Larose (25 goals for Denver last season) at left wing are Jerry DeMarco from Michigan State; Brian Glenwright who played for Montreal in the American and Kansas City in the Central League last season; and Bob Roselle, up from Day ton and Toledo of the International circuit.Others assigned to the Spurs include centers Milan Marcetta, a WHL veteran, and Brian Lavender, with Montreal of the American League last season; defenseman Dave Pulkkinen, with Dayton and Toledo in the IHL; and goaltenders Grant Cole from the University of Toronto and Bob Johnson, who was with Fort Wayne of the IHL in 1970-71.Signed to date were defensemen Graham, Larose, Lafreniere, Kannegiesser and McCord; centers Marcetta and Buchanan; left wing Laforge; right wing Venneruzzo and goaltender Caron.McCreary has expressed his satisfaction with the performance of the players at camp from the outset. &ldquo;McCord is a real asset to the defense, and we&rsquo;re delighted to have him back. Until a charley horse kept Marcetta out of the lineup, he was skating as fast as anyone in camp. We&rsquo;ll have a good, young hustling club for the Denver fans,&rdquo; said McCreary.<h2>WHERE THEY HAY WESTERN LEAGUE</h2><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Thur, Oct. 14Denver at Solt LakeFri, Oct. 15Son Diego at PhoenixPortland at SeattleSat, Oct. 16Phoenix at Salt LakeDenver at San DiegoSeattle at PortlandSun, Oct. 17Soh lake at PhoenixSon Diego at SeattleWed, Oct 20Phoenix at DenverSeattle at Salt LakeSon Diego at PortlandThur, Oct. 21Portland at PhoenixFri, Oct. 22Seattle at DenverPortland at Son Diego<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0287/2791327-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="536" height="584"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON BUCHANAN&hellip;New To WHL</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0374/2791320-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="530" height="578"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARY VENERUZZO&hellip;An Old Face Back</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0459/2791313-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="532" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB McCORD&hellip;Veteran Returns</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0551/2791306-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="528" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES CARON&hellip;The Original Spur</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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McCreary Says Spurs Exciting, Young Team

SEATTLE&mdash;The Western Hockey League and the Professional Hockey Players&rsquo; Association, Western Division, have reached an agreement on a two-year contract.The announcement was made jointly by WHL president Bill MacFarland, the players&rsquo; association president Billy McNeil and players&rsquo; counsel Curt Leichner.The contract provides for pension and insurance benefits, travel expenses, allowance for training camp expenditures, relocation costs, meal money, new arbitration procedures, indemnity for injury and playoff compensation.The management of each team has agreed to pay $900 per player the first year and $950 the second year towards purchasing a completely paid medical plan.Meal money while on the road has been increased from $10 to $11 daily the first year and $11.50 the secondAny player, induced by a team to move, then waived or traded, will have his out of pocket expenses reimbursed and the club will take over the responsibility of any lease he has signed.The playoff pool has been increased by $15,000 Now the winner of the first series collects $1,000 per player, the loser $500. The winner of the final series gets $1,000 per player and the loser $750.Each player must received a contract in the mail by Aug. 15 and if he has not negotiated a satisfactory contract by the end of the first week of training camp, he can submit to arbitration.If the league president and the players&rsquo; counsel cannot reach agreement, a third party, agreed on by both the player&rsquo;s counsel and the president, will hand down a binding decision.If a player, because of injury, is unable to take on off-season employment, he collects $100 per week, if single, beginning one week after his team&rsquo;s last game. The figure is $150 if he is married, plus $15 for each child, with a maximum of $200. The injured player collects the compensation until he is able to work or until training camp commences.If the disability continues through training camp. the player will continue to collect until training camp is concluded. When the season starts he will be automatically entitled to his previous year&rsquo;s contract until he is released by a doctor to begin conditioning for a period equal in length to the duration of the training camp before he can be waived or traded. &#9632;

Playoff Pool Raised $15,000 As WHL, Players Sign Patt

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>PHOENIX&mdash;&ldquo;It looks as if we might have ourselves a good second line.&rdquo; observed coach Aut Erickson the day after Gavin Kirk joined the Phoenix Roadrunners.Kirk, 20, born in London, England, spent three weeks in the Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; camp before being assigned to the Roadrunners.The 5-10, 175-pound center scored 39 goals and 68 assists in 62 games with the Toronto Marlboros in Junior A competition last season and was the Leafs&rsquo; third draft choice. He also piled up 101 minutes in penalties, attesting to his aggressiveness.&ldquo;Oh, he&rsquo;s aggressive, all right,&rdquo; said Erickson, who had scouted Kirk during a week at the Toronto camp. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s one thing I like about him. He goes into the corners and gets the puck.&rdquo;John Gofton was installed on Kirk&rsquo;s left side and Wayne Hicks on the right. They clicked for four goals in their first scrimage, Hicks firing three and Kirk one, with Gofton assisting on all four.Kirk and Bob Liddington fill the Runners&rsquo; rookie requirement.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01125/2791382-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="291" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gavin Kirk</figcaption></div>Liddington has switched from the left to the right side on a line with Larry Lund and Andre Hinse. Lund scored the hat trick in four minutes and 26 seconds, then set Hinse up for another goal in one preseason game.Hinse was still overcoming a pulled groin when he joined the Runners, assigned from the Leafs who had traded center Doug Brindley to Vancouver for him.There were reports in one Vancouver paper that Hinse chose to be a career minor leaguer instead of playing in the National League, that he had a love affair with the Phoenix sunshine.An earlier report accused Hinse, the Western Hockey League&rsquo;s All Star left winger last season and one of its most gutty competitors, of not putting out.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t believe they ever wanted me,&rdquo; said Hinse. &ldquo;The day after I got to camp, I heard a story was in the Montreal papers that I was being traded to the Canadiens to go to the Voyageurs. Then I heard I was being traded to Oakland. It seems every trade that came up. I was in it.&rdquo;Weeks before training camp opened, the Seattle Totems, who have a working agreement with the Canucks, were anticipating having Hinse patrolling left wing for them.&ldquo;I think I could have made the Vancouver club.&rdquo; said Hinse. &ldquo;but I pulled a groin the third day there and they sure don&rsquo;t wait for you.&rdquo;The revelation in the Vancouver paper that Hinse would rather play in the minors was labelled, the &ldquo;inside story&rdquo; behind the trade. The story was so far inside that it had a couple of &ldquo;original&rdquo; facts.The writer reported that the Runners had sued the Leafs for not living up to their commitments in player supply as stated in the terms of the sale of the WHL franchise by Toronto to the Phoenix owners.The suit, for $100,000, was filed over two years ago. was dropped long ago, and relations between the Roadrunners and the Leafs have been amicable ever since Jim Gregory was appointed general manager of the Leafs.&ldquo;The cruncher&rdquo; in the Toronto-Phoenix relationship came, reported the Vancouver writer, when Hinse was drafted from Toronto and away from the Runners by the Canucks last summer.Hinse wasn&rsquo;t drafted. There was no need. He had been Vancouver property since the summer of 1970.The little left winger was traded to the Canucks for Ted McCaskill and Pat Hannigan. Bob Whitlow, president and general manager of the Roadrunners, in announcing the trade, said the Roadrunners retained Hinse&rsquo;s minor league rights.But Whitlow neglected to get it in writing. Less than two months later. Whitlow was voted out as the club president and was asked to resign as general manager. &#9632;

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Runners See Rookie Kirk Solidifying Second Line; Hinse Says ‘Not Wanted’

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0023-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0289/2791413-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK NORRIS&hellip;Assigned By L.A. Kings</figcaption></div>SEATTLE&mdash;General manager Murray Costello and coach Chuck Holmes have achieved one objective in restoring harmony to the Seattle Totems.The other is to build a bigger, stronger, more aggressive hockey club. The Totems were easily pushed around last season and missed the Western Hockey League playoffs for the first time in five years.The Totems appear strong in goal and on defense but seriously weak down the middle.Goaltender Jack Norris was assigned from Los Angeles. Ed Dvck, rookie goalie from the Calgary Centennials, came from Vancouver. The two make veteran Don Head&rsquo;s position precarious.Los Angeles also sent defensemen Matt Ravlich and Larry Cahan to join WHL All Star John Hanna and veteran Don Ward, tough Hal Willis from the Eastern League and hard-shooting amateur, Tom Schiller, a schoolteacher from Windsor, Ont.Doug Robinson, from L.A., and Bob Cook, assigned from Vancouver after 48 goals in two seasons at Rochester, flank veteran Art Stratton on the only solid line.Al Rycroft, one of Dyck&rsquo;s teammates at Calgary last season, centers Jack Michie and Howie Hughes while Jack Mortenson has been pivoting Randy Miller and Tommy McVie.The Totems also have David Poile, son of Vancouver general manager Bud Poile, Ed Kea and Jack Wells. Dave Gilmour, who played at Rochester last season and was assigned to Seattle by Vancouver along with Wells, did not report. &#9632;

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NHL Cuts Bolster Totems But Weak Middle Problem

<div class="byline">BY HARRY GAGE</div>FORT WORTH&mdash;Big Bob Lemieux faces his first full season as coach of the Fort Worth Wings cautiously, but optimistically.&ldquo;I am high on the defense. We&rsquo;re going to play positional hockey all this year. Randy Manery and Joe Zanussi could be thrown back to right defense should the need arise.&rdquo;Lemieux will have a young crew, but he will also have superb goaltending with Gerry Gray, a capable understudy to Don &lsquo;Smoky&rsquo; McLeod last year, and possibly Michigan State graduate Richard Duffett who was with Port Huron last year, as backup. Lemieux also likes Ron Marlow, who has shown well in exhibitions.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01135/2791458-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="255" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Irv Spencer</figcaption></div>Defense corps wheelhorses will be two Central Hockey League veterans, Lee Carpenter and Doug Hinton with extremely fine prospect Charlie Shaw, up from Toronto of the Ontario Hockey Association, a potential star.Al McLeod from Michigan Tech and a couple of rookies out of the International Hockey League, Gordie Redden and Barry Salovaara, could make the Wings wall one of the most formidable in the league. Both Redden and Salovaara are partial to rough, hard-hitting action.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0287/2791451-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="534" height="918"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROSS PERKINS&hellip;Key To Offense</figcaption></div>Ross Perkins definitely will be the key to Lemieux&rsquo; offense. The veteran center-iceman was the first of five Fort Worth holdout Wings to sign this year and promptly displayed mid-season form his first time in action.Perkins scored 23 goals for Fort Worth last season and according to Lemieux was &ldquo;happy with his contract&hellip;and has a great attitude.&rdquo;Perkins played all four games last spring in the Wings&rsquo; first round playoffs with Dallas, scoring one goal and posting three assists. It must be recorded that Perkins&rsquo; failure to produce more punch, was a telling force in the Wings&rsquo; early demise in the Adams Cup competition.Perkins is 25 and was a member of the Wings&rsquo; first squad in their first season in Fort Worth. He broke into professional ice hockey with San Diego and in February, 1967 moved to the CHL.Lemieux has described Perkins and right winger Manery as his &ldquo;most impressive players in preseason camp.&rdquo;Perkins with Manery and Brian Watts at left wing are his No. 1 line. The No. 2 line likely will have John Fisher at center, Zanussi at right and Nelson Debenedet at left.Debenedet is 6-1, Italian born and a bright prospect. He suffered a muscle injury late in training and Lemieux is keeping his fingers crossed that surgery won&rsquo;t be needed.Already veteran center Irv Spencer has been lost for several weeks to knee surgery for a torn cartilage. Lemieux had considered Spencer his first choice for team captain. Spencer is 34 and surgery of this nature could keep him on the shelf all season.With Spencer out, Lemieux will have Allen Genovy at center with Doug McCutcheon and Bob Guindon at wings for his third line. &ldquo;Admittedly, there isn&rsquo;t much experience here, so I might just use these guys for a checkling line,&rdquo; the Wings coach said.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0362/2791444-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="1149" height="1168"><figcaption class="caption-body">BARRY SALOVAARA&hellip;New Wing To Lend Muscle</figcaption></div><h2>WHERE THEY PLAY</h2><h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Fri, Oct. 15Dallas at Fort WorthOmaha at TulsaSat, Oct. 16Kansas City at TulsaOmaha at Oklahoma CitySun, Oct. 17Omaha at Oklahoma CityThur, Oct. 21Omaha at Fort WorthFri, Oct. 22Dallas at TulsaKansas City at Oklahoma City &#9632;

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Lemieux lcing Young Team At Fort Worth With Tough Defense

GRAND FALLS&mdash;Gerry (Red) Ouellette, a Grand Falls native who toiled with the Omaha Knights of the Central Hockey League during the 1970-71 season, announced his retirement from a 12-year professional hockey career here Friday, Sept. 10.The 32-year-old forward, who placed third in the CHL&rsquo;s scoring derby last season with 23 goals and league-leading 58 assists, was the property of the AHL&rsquo;s expansionist Cincinnati Swords at the time of his retirement.During his professional hockey tenure, Ouellette had a career total of 297 goals and 449 assists.The red-haired father of two played 34 games with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League during the 1960-61 season scoring four goals and notching five assists before he was sidelined with appendicitis. He never made it back to the big time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0448/2791489-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="285" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Ouellette</figcaption></div>Four days after his announced retirement, Ouellette was inked to a contract by a number of Campbellton, N.B. interests which included the Campbellton Tigers Hockey Club, the Maritime senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; defending champions, whom Ouellette will coach for the next two seasons under the terms of the pact. He is also trying to regain his amateur standing so as to become a player-coach.Other parties involved in the employment of Ouellette are the City of Campbellton, Campbellton Legion War Memorial Co. Ltd., the Memorial Gardens Minor Hockey Association Co. Ltd. and the Campbellton Little League Baseball Association.Ouellette&rsquo;s duties will include direction and instruction of all phases of the Memorial Gardens Minor Hockey Association program and in the summer will be in charge of minor baseball in Campbellton. In the off season, he&rsquo;ll work on projects with the City of Campbellton&rsquo;s parks and recreational committee and community service committee. &#9632;

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Ex-CHL Star Gerry Ouellette Retires To Coach In Native New Brunswick

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0025-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01113/2791541-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg"></div><h2>LOOK WHAT WE&rsquo;VE GOT FOR YOU AND YOU CAN BUY THEM ALL THROUGH THE HOCKEY NEWS NOW!</h2>&bull; BUTTONS&bull; KEY CHAINS&bull; PENNANTS&bull; WIN PINS&bull; MINI KITS&bull; MUGSIf you are a collector of hockey novelties, then here is a chance of a lifetime to get some of the items you may have overlooked or possibly weren&rsquo;t available to you before now.The prices are right and the items bring out a fan&rsquo;s flair for color and loyalty to his NHL team. Fan clubs, too, will find our new novelties&rsquo; idea beneficial in their year-to-year operations.Add new color and life to your club by utilizing our novelty purchasing plan.All kids love novelties and particularly hockey items. Why not put together an order and surprise them when the mailman delivers your package to your front door.Be young and gay. Wear your favorite NHL team button while doing your thing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0352/2791534-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="524" height="615"></div>TEAM BUTTONS&mdash;Large 6&Prime; size, authentic bright colors. Available for all 14 NHL teams&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$1.00WIN PINS&mdash;A more conservative 3 1/2&Prime; club button. Bright colors for all NHL teams&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$0.50DIVISION PIN PACKS&mdash;You can have the whole NHL division in packs. Specify East or West. Seven bright colored pins to a card&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$1.50GIANT BUTTON&mdash;Here&rsquo;s a large 6&Prime; size team button complete with stand on back. Available in all 14 team colors&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$1.25KEY CHAINS&mdash;Attractively designed to carry your keys around for the house or car. Pick your favorite club. Available for all NHL clubs&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$1.00KEY CHAIN & BUTTON&mdash;You can have a key chain and a 2 1/4&Prime; club button both in bright NHL colors for all 14 teams&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$0.75RABBIT&rsquo;S FOOT&mdash;Gaily assorted colored rabbit&rsquo;s foot dangling from a 2 1/4&Prime; club button and available for all 14 NHL teams as a good luck charm&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$0.50CLUB PENNANTS&mdash;Decorate your room, bar, clubhouse or bedroom with these attractive NHL team pennants. Kids love to hang them up. All 14 clubs available&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$1.00HOCKEY KITS&mdash;Mini NHL hockey sets designed for all ages. Includes goaler, nets, players, puck and miniature sticks. Fun for all to play. Get your favorite team set&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$1.50THERMO MUGS&mdash;Keep your favorite drink or beverage hot or cold in these gaily decked mugs with the crests of the NHL and all 14 teams on them. Great for the kids&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;$2.00<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0273/2791527-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="1809" height="1455"></div>FOR POSTAGE AND HANDLING PLEASE ADD 25c FOR ORDERS UNDER $2.00 AND 50c FOR ORDERS OVER $2.00<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0442/2791520-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="1188" height="979"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY FANS

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY&mdash;Though the Hershey Bears failed to score a win in their first four exhibition games against the Baltimore Clippers, coach Frank Mathers wasn&rsquo;t too concerned as he continued to &ldquo;experiment&rdquo; with the squad, stacked with some 20 new hands.After the first two weeks, Mathers dropped ten skaters, including goalie Bob Galloway; defensemen Len Cunning, Bob Heaney and Larry Gibbons, along with forwards Ron Fairbrother, Michel Letourneau, Bob Miller, Ken Tucker, Ed Patenaude, Paul Kett and Doug Kacarevich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01121/2791572-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="264" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cam Newton</figcaption></div>In the interim, the Pittsburgh Penguins, new parent National League club of the Bears, shipped in 15 players, including rookie goalies Paul Hoganson and Cam Newton. Then the Bears cut four more.Defenseman Jim Pearson, center Jim Boyd and left wing Connie Forey were assigned to Fort Wayne of the International League. Center Gary Swain, who played with Pearson, Boyd and Forey in Amarillo of the Central League last season, was also cut, for assignment by the parent Penguins&rsquo; organization.Also cut by Hershey was center Hugh Harvey, who was assigned to Oklahoma City of the CHL.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to use the exhibition games to determine who will stick with us,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;They are very important to the players and we have to play as many as possible to give them all a chance.&rdquo;The Clippers, defending American League champions and who appear to again have a strong outfit, outscored Hershey, 17-8, in the four matches. They won three by scores of 5-1, 2-1 and 62, while gaining a 4-4 standoff in another.Through the early drills Mathers has been switching lines around in an effort to locate strong combinations. He&rsquo;s also used holdovers Mike Nykoluk, Gil Gilbert, Chuck Hamilton, Ted Snell and Jean-Guy Gratton with the newcomers.&ldquo;We know what the fellows who played with us last year can do,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;I think once we put the pieces together we&rsquo;ll have a good team.&rdquo;Pittsburgh plans to send in at least three more players, probably a goalie, a defenseman and a forward. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s a chance we might pick-uup two forwards, but we&rsquo;ll have to wait and see.&rdquo;Mathers believes the club will have a solid defense and good goaltending, but it&rsquo;s the firepower up front that has concerned him to a degree.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to come up with the right line combinations so we can start scoring goals,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But with all the juggling we&rsquo;ve been doing, it&rsquo;s difficult to get the club settled down at this point.&rdquo;Hershey played one of its best exhibition games against the Philadelphia Flyers bowing 4-2. &#9632;

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Unconcerned Bears Falter In Camp Play

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>GREENSBORO&mdash;The talent-laden Greensboro Generals appear to be the team to beat in the Southern Division race of the Eastern Hockey League even though Charlotte still rates as the favorite.Coach Ron Spong has a wealth of talent at his disposal&mdash;both returnees from last year&rsquo;s Gens team and also the nucleus of the defunct Nashville franchise. As if that wasn&rsquo;t enough the Toronto organization also is supplying the young talent that is compulsory for EHL clubs to carry?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0274/2791610-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="263" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gaye Cooley</figcaption></div>It&rsquo;s likely that the Gens will be sending out a lot of good players on loan to other EHL teams, most likely Northern squads, so there won&rsquo;t be too much of a chance of a loaned player hurting the Gens.The vets include such All-Stars as Stu Roberts and Don Burgess, and ex-Nashville players Wally Sprange and Don Borgeson. The Gens also have Ron Hindson, the Canadian college player of the year last season who previously had played at Nashville. No less that nine regulars are back from last year&rsquo;s divisional runnerup squad.The only men not back are Barry Salovaara who is with Tidewater of the American League and Roger Wilson who is with Dallas of the Central League. Their loss means Spong has to strengthen the Gens at the defensive slots and one of the Toronto prospects may help in this regard.He&rsquo;s Bob Burns, a 190-pound defenseman who has been in the Canadian Air Force for two seasons, and Mike Healey, a 6-4, 225-pound defenseman up from junior ranks.Spong is delighted with the club&rsquo;s connection with Toronto for he said, &ldquo;the affiliation is a great asset. In addition to the fine young players they are sending is, their scouts have told us we are welcome to utilize their records on every junior player in Canada.&rdquo;Spong&rsquo;s plans call for nine veterans, five rookies and a backup goalie on the roster with the number of men at each position still undetermined. There&rsquo;s a chance that Bob Smith, heretofore the backup goalie, may not get the job this year since Toronto has a young goalie they might like used in that post. Smith then would confine his efforts to travelling secretary and trainer.Burgess and Roberts turned down pro offers, Burgess nixing a Buffalo bid and Roberts a Cleveland offer.SYRACUSE: Blazers lost Claude Houde, last year&rsquo;s crowdpleasing defenseman, to Omaha. Two other defensemen, Jackie Smith and Guy Allen, retired. Coach Rex Ingram will have Mike Pepin, Jim Whittaker and Pete Prevost on hand but the defense will need the new coach&rsquo;s prompt attention. Pierre Sigman slated to be goalie with trainer Ralph Mitchell as the backup man. Eddie Skyhar and Les Calder make left wing strong. Doug Ferguson due back from Detroit&rsquo;s camp and returnee centers Ray Adduono and Brian Elwell plus right wingers Mike Morton and Paul Larose give strength up front.LONG ISLAND: WBAB-FM in Babylon, L.I. will carry all 37 road games of the Ducks. New bus has been equipped with 16 bunks. Coach Ed Stankiewicz spent summer in Waterloo, Ont. Ducks have become farm club of New York entry in World Hockey Association. Owner Al Baron still trying to get dates in the new Nassau Coliseum despite objections to their presence as a minor league team.JERSEY: Coach Jim (Red) Hay stressed physical conditioning at the club&rsquo;s workouts here. He had most of last year&rsquo;s returnees plus some newcomers from other clubs.NEW HAVEN: Blades got Jim Ivison, a 20-year-old defenseman, plus junior forwards Elson Evoy and Tom Thomsen from the New York Rangers.CLINTON: Eleven new faces, including nine out of junior ranks, aspired for spots on the team along with most of last year&rsquo;s squad. Comets hope to get additional help from Minnesota and Cleveland. Coach Pat Kelly is not making any predictions on the race until he sees what type of players he has.JOHNSTON: Only missing men this year are left winger Aurel Beaudin and center Alan Cameron, who have retired. Left wingers Guy Delparte and Bob Warner went to Montreal camp but were expected back as was goalie Jim Coombs. Coach Eddie Kachur, Galen Head and Dick Roberge give club strength on right. Gary Somerton has replaced Lou Klashinsky as the Jets&rsquo; trainer. Club held contests for a new Jets theme song. The returnees include defensemen Jim Trewin, Len Cunning and Gary Wood; centers Gene Peacosh and Reg Kent and left winger Dave Birch.CHARLOTTE: Fred Creighton secured goalie Gaye Cooley from Des Moines. Cash and a player to be name later were the terms. The Checkers expect to lose both of last year&rsquo;s netminders&mdash;John Voss to Tidewater and Gordie McRae to Tulsa. John Van Horlick drilled with Portland, Hal Willis with Seattle. Gregg Pilling will coach a team in Switzerland. Young goalies Gary Bromley and Dale Henwood are battling for backup goalie spot.ROANOKE: Colin Kilburn infuriated over AHL bringing Baltimore-Tidewater game to Roanoke without contacting him though it&rsquo;s in the Rebels&rsquo; territory area. Rebels high on newcomer Doug Kerslake, a farmee from the Philly Flyers.GREENSBORO: Gens and Roanoke Valley will combine to play Czechoslovakian national team Jan. 5 here. Gens&rsquo; player development affiliation with Toronto replaces previous link with Chicago. Spong in 12th season as Gens&rsquo; coach.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0358/2791603-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="1170" height="1887"><figcaption class="caption-body">STU ROBERTS&hellip;Rejected Sabres&rsquo; Bid</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Generals New Threat In South After Inking NHL Affiliation

<h2>OCTOBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01105/2791676-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="595" height="1866"></div><h2>NOVEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0274/2791669-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="608" height="3049"></div><h2>DECEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0353/2791662-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="598" height="2955"></div><h2>JANUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0448/2791655-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="594" height="3225"></div><h2>FEBRUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0537/2791648-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="674" height="2829"></div><h2>MARCH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0631/2791641-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="580" height="770"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN HOCKEY LEAGUE 1971-72 Schedule

COMMACK&mdash;Three local prospects are aspiring for spots on the Long Island Ducks roster this year, and there&rsquo;s a chance that their efforts may not be in vain although U.S. hockey players aren&rsquo;t very abundant in the Eastern Hockey League.Coach Ed Stankiewicz is looking at the talents of Mike Malstead, 5-10 center from Hicksville, L.L; Joe Muskin, a right wing from Massapequa, and Jeff Kleinman, a goalie from Queens.Naturally if any of the threesome can make the club, owner Al Baron figures the Ducks may pick up a following from their area. Malstead looks like the best of the lot. The last two years he was an All-Star center in the Metropolitan League, last year notching 45 goals along with 31 assists. He is the captain of the Nassau Community College team.Muskin is at camp for the third time. He is a New Haven University student. He played junior A hockey three years and was high scorer and captain of his club. He was sixth in Met League pointmaking last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0728/2791707-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="282" height="488"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy DeNoncourt</figcaption></div>The goalie, Kleinman, has had two tryouts in the Ontario Hockey Association with the Niagara Flyers and the Kingston Aces. He&rsquo;s six feet and 170 pounds and has the size and agility to do the job.In addition to the newcomers, Stankiewicz also had many returnees though he has some missing personnel too. Those who have departed include Blain Rydman, last year&rsquo;s surprise hit, who has been returned to Charlotte but who the Ducks hope they can regain; Norm Guimond, who has been returned to New Haven; Wayne Maxner, last year&rsquo;s top goal scorer who is coaching in Canada, Paul Sinclair and Nels Tremblay.But Guy DeNoncourt returned from the New York Rangers camp and Jean Nicol from the Buffalo Sabres camp. Other returnees are Butch Morris John Brophy, Jim Blain, and Lorne Rombaugh. Also on hand will be forwards Warren Brown, Alain Langlais, Charles Kelner, Serge Gelinas, Bob Tunstead, Roger Cowan, Lee Parker, Billy Morris and Chris Ouellette and defensemen Reg Krezanski and Phil Persia.Stankiewicz is looking for help from both pro clubs and International League teams, and his Ducks should be one of those teams with many changes during the early part of the season. Another goalie candidate is Billy White, and the Ducks skipper is still meditating how to break down his squad for the year. It&rsquo;s not likely he will carry two goalies though there is the possibility. &#9632;

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Three New Yorkers Among Long Island Candidates

DAYTON&mdash;The Dayton Gems are looking ahead optimistically to the International Hockey League&rsquo;s 27th season after the parent Boston Bruins deposited nine top amateur hockey players in their laps.Gems&rsquo; General Manager Lefty McFadden said the move by the Bruins was a definite shot in the arm for the Gems&rsquo; chances this season in the forthcoming IHL race. The Gems start the new season on the road as part of the league&rsquo;s multiple opening day schedule on Oct. 15. Dayton plays in Des Moines, Fort Wayne is at Muskegon, Toledo starts in Port Huron and the new Columbus Golden Seals are in Flint.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0199/2791745-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="244" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Bannatyne</figcaption></div>Dayton&rsquo;s home opener is only Oct. 23 against Columbus but McFadden and coach Gerry Moore figure to have the Gems flying by that date. Among the players dispatched to Dayton by Boston were goaler Andy Fortin, defensemen Corky Hall and Leslie Farkas, left wingers Ken Tarnow, Maurice Brunel, David Forbes and Neil Murphy, right winger Roger Letourneau and center Dave Bonter, who was the 24nd draft choice of the Boston Bruins this year. Bonter scored 28 goals and had 22 assists for 50 points in 66 games with Estevan of the Western Canada Hockey League last season. A rugged youngster, he also compiled 103 penalty minutes.McFadden said the Gems went to training camp with a total of 31 players, 15 of them veterans from last year, which also was a bonus for the Dayton club.Among the returning Gems are goalers Mike Dumas, Pat Rupp, defensemen Lorne Weighill, Gordie Malinoski, Dave Simpson and Jim Bannatyne; left wingers Sid Garant, John Brenneman, right wingers Clem Tremblay, Jim Benzelock, Chick Balon and Mike Sauter; centers Jack Borotsik, Reg Bechtold and Billy Staub. Simpson returns from a year of pro hockey with Amarillo of the CHL while Bannatyne was picked up from Muskegon in the June draft.Two of the Gems. Dumas and Weighill, are returning from pro training camps. Dumas drilled with Dallas of the CHL and Weighill was with Providence of the AHL.McFadden and Moore spent 10 days touring the pro big league camps and reported the rookie crop appears to be better than in any other year.Other newcomers with Dayton include Brian Law from Flin Flon of the WCHL, Barry Field, Fred Meredith, Dan Tremblay, Doug Bentley, Larry Giroux, James Wilton, a college star from Brandon, Manitoba, and goaler Bill Woytowich from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., The Gems had hoped to land Bruce Cowick, one of the top prospects in Western junior hockey last season, but the six-foot-three winger appears to have made the grade with San Diego of the WHL.Moore has to replace Barry Merrell, Herb Howdle and Bob Borgeson from last year&rsquo;s team. All three have moved up into pro hockey, Merrell with Boston Braves and the other two with Oklahoma City of the CHL.Meanwhile, general manager Jerry DeLise and Coach Moose Lallo are confident the Muskegon club will be a contender. The Hawks have nine returnees including goaler Bruce Mullett, defensemen Lynn Margarit, Danny Sharpe and John Migneault and forwards Bryan Mc-Lay, Gary Ford, Bob Tombari, Bob Smith and Jack Brewer.The Hawks have lost goaler Lyle Carter to California Golden Seals, forward Darryl Knibbs to the Nova Scotia Voyageurs and top scoring Hugh Harris, who was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres.Newcomers to the Mohawks include goalers John Resch, John Anderson and Terry Delmonte, defensemen Ed Sidebottom, the No. 45 draft choice of the NHL Canadiens who starred with Estevan Bruins last season, big Allan Globensky, a towering rearguard with the Montreal Junior Canadiens last year, Louis Frigon, the college scoring ace from New Hampshire, and forwards Alex Campbell and Pete Sullivan, who was chosen 95th by the Canadiens after a season with Oshawa Generals. All eight players were secured by DeLise during his prolonged visit to the Montreal training camp.Other new Mohawk hopefuls include Joe Cecchini, Iain Douglas, Steve Robinson, John Padzamsky, Roy Harvey, Steve Jesse and John Dykstra. Both Jesse and Dykstra are products of the Greater Muskegon junior hockey program and DeLise is delighted to have them at training camp.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0246/2791738-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="1158" height="1327"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALLAN GLOBENSKY&hellip;Rookie Rearguard With Muskegon</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Dayton Cems Get Lift As Bruins Send Hein

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0028-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0324/2791783-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARC BOILEAU&hellip;Plenty Of New Faces</figcaption></div>FORT WAYNE&mdash;The final decision on which players would make up the new edition of the Fort Wayne Komets rested with coach Marc Boileau and it appeared his task wasn&rsquo;t an easy one.The Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League, who have a working affiliation with the IHL Komets, sent in a half dozen late cuts from the Hershey Bears to complicate matters for Boileau, but he wasn&rsquo;t complaining in the least.All it meant was that Boileau, starting his second year as playing-coach of the Komets, could be more selective in his final picks before the club&rsquo;s IHL opener Oct. 15 at Muskegon.Boileau opened training camp at the Memorial Coliseum with 29 players, 19 of them new faces and 10 veterans returning from last year when the Komets ended in fifth place losing more games than they won.The Penguins earlier optioned forwards Paul Kett, Doug Kacarevich, Michel Letourneau and Edgar Patenaude and defenseman Bernie MacNeil, who was actually a member of the Komets last year. All five were cut from Hershey. Then the Bears sent along defenseman Jim Pearson and forwards Connie Forey and Jim Boyd from among their final cuts. All eight players had been at Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Brantford, Ont., training camp.Boileau has two returning goalkeepers, Jim Keough and Robbie Irons, four defensemen in Terry Thomson, Cal Purinton, Terry Pembroke and Rick Pagnutti as well as two attackers right wing Ron Ullyot and center Mike Jakubo.Other newcomers with the Komets are right wings Carl Ahlsten, Yvan Fournier; centers Corky DeGraauw, Gary Mahon, Peter Marvschak and John Hutton; left wings Michel Briere, Gilbert Smith and Bob Miller; and defensemen Ghislain Boisvert, Bob Burgess, Rod Collins, Jacques Lapierre, David McFadden and Jean-Guy Rene The Komets appeared to have no problems defensively with Keough and Irons, and the likes of Pearson, Pagnutti, Purinton, and Thomson for blueline duty.Both Forey and Patenaude were certain to figure in Boileau&rsquo;s offensive plans since both performed with the professional Amarillo Wranglers, now defunct, of the Central League last season. They scored a total of 30 goals between them in 1970-71.One of Boileau&rsquo;s big jobs will be to replace veteran Bob Baird, who has retired after scoring 25 goals for the Komets last season.But it all added up to a pretty good crop of youngsters as far as Boileau was concerned and it appeared he would ice a much stronger club than last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0416/2791776-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="534" height="667"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDGAR PATENAUDE&hellip;Sent By Pens</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fort Wayne Tests 19 Newcomers At Camp

The NEWARK BREWERS will bring the exciting sport of hockey to Newark starting with their October 31 home opener vs. HARTFORD HUSKIES.The Brewers will play a 24-game home schedule at the beautiful new Ironbound Arena, a new pro facility seating 3,800, located at the Wilson Avenue exit of Route 1-9 in Newark, N.J.All home games will begin at 5:1 5 p.m. For information call 201-344-8139 &#9632;

SEMI-PRO HOCKEY COMES TO NEWARK

<h2>OCTOBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0175/2791904-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="544" height="1088"></div><h2>NOVEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0250/2791897-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="556" height="1876"></div><h2>DECEMBER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0326/2791890-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="548" height="1870"></div><h2>JANUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0420/2791883-1-eng-US/f0029-042.jpg" title="f0029-04" width="545" height="2062"></div><h2>FEBRUARY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0519/2791876-1-eng-US/f0029-052.jpg" title="f0029-05" width="553" height="1673"></div><h2>MARCH</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0610/2791869-1-eng-US/f0029-062.jpg" title="f0029-06" width="541" height="1094"></div><h2>Starting Times Of Games</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-078/2791862-1-eng-US/f0029-072.jpg" title="f0029-07" width="1106" height="1031"></div> &#9632;

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INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE 1971-72 Schedule

<h2>ONTARIO MAJOR JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Mon, Oct. 11)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0196/2791949-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="579" height="377"></div><h2>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Sat, Oct. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0251/2791942-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="582" height="317"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0328/2791935-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="580" height="380"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div>WINNIPEG&mdash;Winnipeg&rsquo;s Bob Thomson predicts he will score 50 goals this winter, which would be quite an accomplishment considering he managed only 18 last year. If he makes it he will tie the club record set last year by Wayne Chernecki.Thomson says the huge NHL salaries have made him decide to concentrate on a hockey career. He also spent the summer in the nickel mines at Thompson, Man., which further convinced the 19-year-old that hockey is a far easier way to make a living.This is his draft year, and Thomson says he&rsquo;s trying to become more aggressive so the pro scouts will notice. He dabbled in karate during the summer. &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s not the kind of stuff you need in hockey,&rdquo; he realizes. &ldquo;I can give an account of myself without it.&rdquo;Patrons to the Edmonton Oil Kings&rsquo; annual faceoff breakfast, which kicks off the Western Canada Junior League season in Edmonton, came to hear guest speaker Rudy Pilous, who is acknowledged as one of the best dinner speakers in sports.Instead, they were subjected to Edmonton Oil Kings&rsquo; owner Bill Hunter rambling on about the new World Hockey Association, a newly-organized league which hopes to rival the NHL.Hunter is one of three WCHL owners who will get franchises in the WHA, providing they meet certain commitments. The others: Scotty Munro of the Calgary Centennials and Winnipeg Jets&rsquo; owner Ben Hatskin.Getting back to the Edmonton breakfast, when Pilous was finally given an opportunity to speak there were five minutes left before the audience had to report to work. Thus they caught only a small sample of the humor that has made Pilous a memorable hockey figure. He is currently manager and coach of the WCHL Brandon Wheat Kings.ICE CHIPS: Judging from pre-season scores, Edmonton and Calgary will dominate the WCHL&rsquo;s West division while the East will be a see-saw&hellip;New Westminster coach Ernie (Punch) McLean is sporting a black eye-patch, a memento of an airplane mishap last spring that almost cost him his life.Winnipeg Jets are high on 19-year-old rookie Mike Ford. A defenceman, he boasts a blazing slap shot. &#9632;

Big NHL Salaries Lure For Winnipeg Jets’ Star

SYDNEY&mdash;The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association has ordered the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior clubs not to &lsquo;tamper&rsquo; with members of the Maritime champion Charlottetown Islanders.Charlottetown club officials said three of their players&mdash;Tom Steeves, Bob McGuigan and Kevin Devine&mdash;had been approched by OHA teams: Steeves by Montreal Canadiens, Devine by Toronto Marlboros and McGuigan by St. Catharines.Steve MacDonald, secretary: manager of the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association appealed to the CAHA to take action against the Ontario league teams. &#9632;

OHA Clubs Told Stop Tampering

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>NIAGARA FALLS&mdash;London Knights, Oshawa Generals and Niagara Falls Flyers who finished eighth, ninth and 10th in the 10-team Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A schedule last season, have pro vided the big surprises in the early games of the 1971-72 schedule.The Flyers, last the past two years, opened their 63-game season with a convincing 5-0 win over Montreal Canadiens who won the Memorial Cup in 1969 and 1970 and have always been strong contenders for the Ontario and Canadian championships.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0180/2792035-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="261" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bunny Larocque</figcaption></div>Team captain Don Lever led the Flyers to their win with two goals and it would appear that owner Hap Emms and his son and coach Paul Emms will pro vide their fans with many interesting evenings.Emms had considered moving the Flyers to Sudbury because of lack of attendance in Niagara Falls but if they can maintain their winning habit the fans should return.Oshawa has also had several miserable seasons since the departure of Bobby Orr to the National Hockey League in 1966 but under new coach Gus Bodnar who last year was manager-coach of Salt Lake in the Western Hockey League, they upset highly-rated Ottawa 67s by scores of 7-2 and 9-5.The Generals got four goals from rookie Bill Lochead, their No. 1 midget draft choice.London also got away on the right foot with former National League star Bronco Horvath replacing Bep Guidolin as coach.The Knights defeated St. Catharines Black Hawks 5-2 in their opening game in St. Catharines.PETERBOROUGH: The Petes finished first in 1970-71 but were eliminated in the first round by Toronto Marlboros. Coach Roger Neilson who always gets great mileage out of his players again seems to have a contender after the Petes defeated St. Catharines 6-4 and Hamilton 6-1. The Petes have few individual stars but play sound, positional hockey.ST. CATHARINES: The loss of their three top scorers from last season&mdash;Marcel Dionne, Brian McKenzie and Clyde Simon&mdash;plus goaltender George Hulme left several big gaps in the Hawk lineup. Returning players, centre Bob MacMillan and defenseman Paul Shakes, will form the basis of the St. Catharines rebuilding plan but they are suspect in goal and lack overall scoring punch as evidenced by losses to Peterborough, Ottawa and London in their first three games.OTTAWA: Bill Long had a five-year plan when the 67s were granted a franchise in 1967. This is the fifth year and on paper Ottawa should finish first or second. They are extremely strong in goal&mdash;All Star Bunny Larocque&mdash;and on defense&mdash;All Star Denis Potvin&mdash;and have good scoring punch. Their two defeats to Oshawa however must have left Long wondering what went wrong.,MONTREAL: Like St. Catharines the Junior Canadiens were hard hit by the age limit losing 71-goal scorer Richard Martin, small but aggressive Bobby Lalonde and All Star defenceman Jocelyn Guevremont. Coach Roger Bedard will probably make several lineup changes before the season is much older. Holdover defenseman Ian Turnbull was elected new captain of the Canadiens this season.TORONTO: The Marlboros have tremendous scoring power, setting a league record of 353 goals last season but finished fifth because of poor defensive work and goaltending which alloWed, 304 goals. They face a similar situation this year. Top scorers such as Dave Gardner, Steve Shutt, Paulin Bordeleau and Bill Harris are back but the defense despite the acquisition of Marty Howe, son of Detroit great Gordie Howe, has not improved a great deal.KITCHENER: The Rangers, again coached by former Boston and New York star Ron Murphy may be the dark horse of the league. Experienced goaltender Glen Seperich is back with a husky defense headed by Rick Chartraw of Erie, Pa., the most sought-after United States junior in history. Bill Barber with 46 goals last season, Jerry Byers with 41 and Tom Cassidy with 42 give them a potent attack.HAMILTON: Harry Neale, a partner with Dave Keon and Billy Harris in the nation-wide string of hockey schools, is making his debut as a Junior A coach and it could be a rough season. Forward Jerry Andreatta was obtained from St. Catharines in a trade for defenseman Mike Boyle but the Red Wings will have to struggle to make the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0256/2792028-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="550" height="830"><figcaption class="caption-body">IAN TURNBULL&hellip;Hobs&rsquo; New Captain</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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London, Niagara, Oshawa Roll In Openers

<h2>Mark Howe Faces Surgery</h2>DETROIT&mdash;Mark Howe of the Junior Red Wings, who injured his leg in the final minutes of the Southern Ontario Hockey League championship game against Guelph last spring, was unable to make it back this fall without an operation as a summer of rest was not enough to cure what now appears to be a torn cartilage.Mark will be operated on in early October and is expected to be ready to play in late November, missing between 25 and 30 games of the 56-game regular season schedule.<h2>N.B. Juniors Expand</h2>MONCTON&mdash;An Oct. 29 opening date and an expanded schedule were decided on here Sept. 12 at the annual meeting of the New Brunswick Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Hockey League.Last year, when there were four teams in the league instead of this year&rsquo;s five, the teams played 30 games&mdash;each team meeting each other team 10 times. During the 1971-72 season each team will again play each other team 10 times calling for a 40-game schedule.Riverview Reds are the new team in the league, which also embraces the defending champion Moncton Beavers, Sussex Royals, Fredericton Chevies and Saint John Schooners.Like last year, Saint John and Moncton will play most of their home games on Sunday, Sussex on Friday and Fredericton on Tuesday. Riverview, just outside Moncton, prefers Thursdays for home games, but League President Sonny MacDonald of Saint John says it will probably be possible to schedule some Sunday home games for all teams<h2>Junior Habs In Windsor</h2>WINDSOR&mdash;The Montreal Junior Canadiens of the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; major League and the Windsor Spitfires, the newest entry in the Southern Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s Junior division, will play a special benefit hockey game at the Windsor Arena, Saturday, November 13 at 8:00 p.m.Proceeds from the game will be turned over to the United Fund, which annually conducts a fund raising campaign to support 25 social, health and welfare agencies in the Greater Windsor area. &#9632;

AMATEUR SCENE

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0341/2792090-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="830" height="1110"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN OCTOBER 29 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Recently retired forward.9&mdash;An NHL center.10&mdash;Native Province of 27 across.11&mdash;5th and 12th letters of the alphabet.12&mdash;A former AHL for ward.13&mdash;By way of.14&mdash;Hotel.16&mdash;First name of an NHL coach17&mdash;An NHL city, (abbr.)19&mdash;Preposition.20&mdash;An NHL coach answers to this.22&mdash;Nickname of 1 across.23&mdash;A Philadelphia defenseman.27&mdash;Initials of one of the Leafs.28&mdash;A Minnesota center, (init.)29&mdash;One of the Pittsburgh Penguins.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.2&mdash;25 down plays for this team, (abbr.)3&mdash;Ray Cullen was born in this city.4&mdash;22nd and 25th letters of the alphabet.5&mdash;15th and 12th letters of the alphabet.6&mdash;No team wants to start like this.7&mdash;Many fans see NHL games this way.8&mdash;An NHL city.15&mdash;Number of Stanley Cup goals scored by Lemaire last season.18&mdash;Note high,21&mdash;First name of one of the Habs.22&mdash;Retired Canadien answers to this.24&mdash;An NHL defensman.25&mdash;First name of one of the Rangers.26&mdash;Morning.28&mdash;Initials of ex-Seal Laughton.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;GAMBLE.5&mdash;TIM7&mdash;KEON10&mdash;L.C.11&mdash;FRED13&mdash;HOOK14&mdash;FAN15&mdash;T.E.16&mdash;TEN.17&mdash;11119&mdash;ONE20&mdash;R.E.21&mdash;N.G.22&mdash;LUMLEY26&mdash;RICHARD27&mdash;L.A.28&mdash;S.D.30&mdash;MARTIN<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;geoffrion2&mdash;McKENZIE3&mdash;LEO4&mdash;PILOTE6&mdash;McKENNEY8&mdash;ED.9&mdash;N.H.12&mdash;R.A.16&mdash;T.H18&mdash;INGRAM20&mdash;REDS22&mdash;L.C.23&mdash;U.H.24&mdash;MAKI25&mdash;L.R.29&mdash;DM. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>CINCINNATI&mdash;Punch Imlach and Joe Crozier staged a show which included everything but dancing bears and a trapeze act, and Phil Goyette made a sentimental return to Cincinnati when organized hockey came back to the Ohio Valley metropolis for the first time in 16 years.Imlach&rsquo;s Buffalo Sabres took a 5-4 decision from the Cincinnati Swords, their new American League affiliate, but hardly spoiled the occasion for 8,780 in the Cincinnati Gardens, including 5,621 paid at the Cancer Fund affair.Crozier, doubling as stage manager and general managercoach of the Swords, and Imlach put on a superb show to keep the final arithmetic respectable.The Swords&rsquo; Rod Zaine scored with a penalty shot for something called &ldquo;illegal substitution&rdquo; by Referee John McCauley, and both benches emptied in the closing minutes after Cinci&rsquo;s Tom Miller and the Sabres&rsquo; Tracy Pratt exchanged a few harmless words and even less harmless blows.Imlach used Eddie Shack to kill penalties, something The Entertainer hasn&rsquo;t been asked to do in the recent history of the sport. Punch also used five defensemen at the same time, and juggled his forward lines endlessly.It was a good show, and the customers were grateful and enthusiastic. Hockey has never been a success here, but seems to have a good chance of catching on this time.Crozier, one of the most successful operators in American League annals, will have a strong club. The Sabres are operating the club under the AHL franchise they acquired when they bought the Buffalo Bisons from the Pastor brothers. Ruby, Sam and Al.Goyette played in Cincinnati in the 1954-55 season after being graduated from the Montreal Junior Canadiens. He won the scoring title in the old International Hockey League. &#9632;

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