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November 5, 1971

The Hockey News November 5, 1971

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01513/2884929-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>TOM REID</b></p><p><b>Penalty Shot Goal Rare For Rearguard</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey Newt Photos by Robert Shaven)</span></figcaption></div><h2>NORTH STAR JOINS SELECT COMPANY&mdash;Page 5</h2><p><b>TURNABOUT PUTS PENS ON HEELS OF HAWKS&mdash;Page 13</b></p><p><b>BLUES, WINGS RIVALRY SIMMERS&mdash;Page 8</b></p><p><b>HAWKS&rsquo; GOALER EXPECTS TO BE TRADED AGAIN&mdash;Page 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02386/2884922-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="595" height="1422"></div><p><b>GERRY MEEHAN:</b></p><p><b>New Leader Of Sabres&mdash;Page 2</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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IN THIS ISSUE

ESPO, ORR LEAD BRUINS’ SURGE—Page 15

<p>SALT LAKE CITY&mdash;</p><p>Roger Bellerive couldn&rsquo;t get to Salt Lake City fast enough. Then, he almost didn&rsquo;t make it in time.</p><p>The 27-year-old left wing was sold to the Golden Eagles by the Portland Buckaroos, left immediately to join his new club, had his flight delayed by fog and didn&rsquo;t arrive until three hours before the Eagles played their second game.</p><p>The 5-9, 160 pound speedster didn&rsquo;t waste any time, once he arrived. He broke Billy Inglis loose for the opening goal and scored the second himself on the way to a 4-1 upset of the Phoenix Roadrunners.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02107/2884159-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="263" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Roger Bellerive</b></figcaption></div><p>Bellerive had scored 27 goals in the 1968-69 season and 30 over the next two.</p><p>&ldquo;Even sixteen goals last season wasn&rsquo;t bad,&rdquo; mused Salt Lake coach Al Rollins. &ldquo;When they used him. it was on a checking line. Then Ken Campbell was his center and he wouldn&rsquo;t give the puck to his own mother. &ldquo;</p><p>Bellerive&rsquo;s best season was under Hal Laycoe and he fell immediately into the bad graces of Gord Fashoway, who has been the Buckaroos&rsquo; bench boss the last two seasons.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why, but Fashoway just didn&rsquo;t like me,&rdquo; said Bellerive. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just glad to be away from him and I think we&rsquo;ve got a real good hockey club here.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a lot better team than the last two years here. From what I&rsquo;ve seen, Rollins has the guys working together. It seems to be a well-coached club.&rdquo;</p><p>Rollins is in his first year at the Eagles&rsquo; helm after winning four Western International Hockey League championships in five years at Spokane.</p><p>Bellerive&rsquo;s arrival allowed Rollins to move Bob Jones back to center and gives the Eagles what appears to be three well balanced lines.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bellerive Sparks Salt Lake In Upset Win

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01769/2882717-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="276" height="356"></div><h2><b><i>Coaching No Security</i></b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>W</span>HEN THE PHILADELPHIA</b> franchise was formed, Bud Poile was named manager. He named Keith Allen his coach and gave Vic Stasiuk a coaching job in the organization. Later Poile was fired, Allen made manager and Stasiuk the coach. After last season Stasiuk was fired and Fred Shero brought in as coach.</p><p>In Los Angeles, Hal Laycoe was hired to replace Red Kelly as coach two seasons back, but was fired only a third of the way into the season. Poile bounced into Vancouver to put together the new franchise there and hired Laycoe as his new coach although they had not addressed one another amicably for years.</p><p>A couple of weeks before the present season began, California owner, Charles Finley, was telling me how he regretted saddling coach Freddie Gover with such a terrible team, how he considered Glover a gentleman, and how he would not think of judging him as a coach until he had been given better players. Three games after the season began, Glover was fired and Stasiuk hired to replace him.</p><p>Visiting in Los Angeles the other night, Stasiuk was congratulated on his new job in Oakland. He grinned and said, &ldquo;The only man happier than me is Hal Laycoe,&rdquo; It was a good line, though the old gypsy goaltender, Marcel Pelletier, claims credit for it. Philadelphia management has been shewd enough to detect the shrewdness that lurks under Marcel&rsquo;s laughing front and has given him a position of responsibility with the organization. Among other things, he writes speeches for the coaches.</p><p>Stasiuk&rsquo;s reference was to rumors that he would replace Laycoe in Vancouver. Poile admires Stasiuk and if he was going to make a change, Vic might have been the man. One hopes he does not make a change. One hopes reason returns to sports in the matter of the coaching profession. We are repeating ourself, but the degrading of the coaching profession is something that distresses us deeply.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02679/2882710-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="540" height="872"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRED SHERO&hellip;Waited For A Chance</b></figcaption></div><p>It is bad enough when losers are fired before they have had time to turn out winners. When winners, such as Al MacNeil in Montreal, are fired it is madness. It is all sports, not just hockey. If Los Angeles does not already regret the loss of George Allen, it does not deserve a winner. And the quick-on-the-trigger owners who fire a Jerry Williams in Philadelphia after three games, a Freddie Glover in Oakland after three games and a Dolph Schayes in Buffalo after one game should be accountable to someone. Garry Young, the new manager, takes full responsibility for the Glover firing in Oakland, but Finley had to approve it.</p><p>The coaches seem to take this thing better than we do. Some say they do not consider themselves employed by California, say, or Philadelphia, but by their sport. As in business, they sometimes are shifted from store to store, from town to town. They play musical chairs. The coach in St. Louis becomes the coach in Montreal. The coach in Detroit becomes the coach in St. Louis. Disruptive turmoil results, but this is the nature of the beast.</p><h2><b><i>Shero Felt Jilted</i></b></h2><p><b>IN LOS ANGELES,</b> Stasiuk, scouting, saw Larry Regan&rsquo;s Kings outplay Shero&rsquo;s Flyers, but lose, 1-0, thanks to the acrobatic goaltending of Dougie Favell. When Favell is at his best, he is the best. He laughed afterwards, &ldquo;I kept shoving my face in front of the puck, but it kept bouncing off my shoulders and the goalposts.&rdquo; But he is another who conceals shrewdness under a laughing exterior.</p><p>The only goal came early in the third period when Jim Johnson broke in, deked a defenseman and the goaltender and shot the puck between the goaler&rsquo;s legs. Later, he admitted, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t recall another game in my career when I scored the only goal of a 1-0 game.&rdquo; Asked if he wished he&rsquo;d saved it for a home crowd, Jim said, &ldquo;No. It&rsquo;s better on the road. The home crowd expects you to score more than one.&rdquo;</p><p>It was enough this night for Shero, the veteran minor league coach who won pennants the last two seasons down below and confessed he had decided to retired after last season. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d given up hope of getting a major league job,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Teams usually hire coaches out of their organization and I was in the New York organization where Emile Francis may coach forever. I had a good enough record to get a chance up top, but hadn&rsquo;t gotten it, so I was going to look for something more stable, in school or junior hockey, maybe.</p><p>&ldquo;It seemed like every season I had to move my family into a new town and take over a new team. I wasn&rsquo;t getting fired, but franchises were folding or being transferred and I was leading a damned difficult life. I was thrilled when Philadelphia offered me an NHL job. I figure I have to get fired sooner or later, but I&rsquo;ll be able to accept it as long as I&rsquo;ve satisfied myself.&rdquo;</p><p>He is worried about one thing. He and his family have moved into a home previously owned by Stasiuk, and by Poile before him. In the short time the Sheros have been there, a porch roof and upstairs roof have collapsed and the basement has flooded. When Red Kelly was coaching in Los Angeles, his home was robbed, his bowling alley burned down and his tobacco crop went bad. Someone doesn&rsquo;t like coaches.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p>Nobody has to remind Rick Foley that he&rsquo;s got a double dose of pressure in these, his early days as a member of the Flyers.</p><p>After all, veteran center Andre Lacroix&mdash;for whom he was traded by the Chicago Black Hawks in an even-up swap&mdash;was one of the most popular Flyers in their brief history.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01463/2883641-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="554" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RICK FOLEY&hellip;Surprised By Trade</b></figcaption></div><p>It is only natural because Lacroix scored goals more consistently than any other Flyers&mdash;24, 22 and 20 the past three seasons&mdash;and, in fact, is the team&rsquo;s all-time scoring leader with 170 total points.</p><p>Foley can&rsquo;t ever hope to match that, since he&rsquo;s a rugged defenseman, and goal-scoring and playmaking just aren&rsquo;t his bag. His forte is playing aggressively, keeping the opposition honest and perhaps being the type of offensive backliner the Flyers insist they&rsquo;ve desperately needed.</p><p>Still, there is bound to be some resentment about Lacroix&rsquo; departure but Foley, 26, as is Andre, says he won&rsquo;t let it seriously bother him.</p><p>&ldquo;I probably will feel that extra pressure,&rdquo; he admitted. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ve been up against this sort of thing before. Really, I don&rsquo;t think there can be any more pressure on me than there was when I played in the Stanley Cup playoffs for Chicago last season.</p><p>&ldquo;As far as the trade goes, I don&rsquo;t think anybody&rsquo;s really secure on a hockey team. The aim (of management is to strengthen the club, and trades happen all the time. You&rsquo;ve got to expect it.</p><p>&ldquo;Now that I&rsquo;m part of the Philadelphia organization. I&rsquo;m just going to do the best job I can. I&rsquo;m going to continue to play the game the way I know how, and not worry about what people (in the stands) are saying.&rdquo;</p><p>Foley, who towers 6-4 and weighs 225, says he was quite surprised at the swap for a player with Lacroix&rsquo; impressive credentials. After all, Rick&rsquo;s NHL experience is nominal and, in fact, he was sent down to Dallas (CHL) by the Black Hawks only the week before.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always looked at it this way: it&rsquo;s not where you play, it&rsquo;s how you do the job,&rdquo; explained Rick. &ldquo;Philly feels that I can do a job for them, and that&rsquo;s what I&rsquo;m anxious to do.&rdquo;</p><p>The acquisition of another defenseman by the Flyers made it obvious that still one more trade was bound to occur. Veteran Joe Watson, hasn&rsquo;t been playing too much lately, so it appears he&rsquo;ll be part of package deal in an effort to land a consistent scorer.</p><p>Lacroix must&rsquo;ve known he was headed to another team because he hadn&rsquo;t played in the Flyers&rsquo; first three games. Evidently, new coach Fred Shero felt Andre&rsquo;s size (5-10 and 170) was a drawback to the tough physical game he hopes to install as a permanent part of team&rsquo;s game plan.</p><p>&ldquo;Andre was naturally shocked,&rdquo; said GM Keith Allen. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t feel half as bad, however, when he had time to realize that he was going to a fine team like the Black Hawks. Why, this just might turn out to be the best break of his career.&rdquo;</p><p>Allen explained that the Flyers are in good shape at center with Bobby Clarke, Serge Bernier, Jimmy Johnson and rookie Larry Wright, therefore felt it was a move that could be made at this time.</p><p>In Foley, the Flyers have last year&rsquo;s Western Hockey League penalty leader. He had accumulated 306 penalty minutes, but also contributed offensively with 17 goals and 54 assists for the league champion Portland Buckaroos.</p><p>Late last season Rick was called up by the Black Hawks and played in one regular-season and four playoff games.</p><p>&ldquo;We really think he fits the bill for the type of offensive defenseman we&rsquo;ve been looking for,&rdquo; said Allen, quite hopefully.</p><p>Now, if the fans at the Spectrum will only give him half a chance.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Foley Admits He’s Under Pressure But He’ll Go All Out For Flyers

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p>Trouble begets trouble&hellip;there isn&rsquo;t any doubt about it.</p><p>When he led the Buffalo Sabres out of their St. Catharines, Ont., training base, Punch Imlach didn&rsquo;t have to be told he hadn&rsquo;t plugged his defensive leaks.</p><p>The second-year Sabres would require strong defensive efforts to be a contender, something lacking a year ago when they managed to finish fifth in the formidable East Division.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01690/2882317-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="269" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tracy Pratt</b></figcaption></div><p>The Sabres&rsquo; manager-coach worked overtime with defensemen in camp, and conducted a series of speed drills to help them move the puck faster.</p><p>In the opener against Pittsburgh, the Sabres got away to a fast start and hung on for a 2-1 decision. Then came a three-game trip to St. Louis, Boston and Montreal&hellip;and the moment of truth.</p><p>In a three-game losing streak on the road, the Sabres gave up 19 goals while scoring six. A 3-2 loss at home to the Minnesota North Stars stretched the losing streak to four.</p><p>To make matters worse, the Sabres went into the game with the North Stars with two defensemen hurt.</p><p>The injuries both came in a 9-3 loss in Montreal, where the Sabres&rsquo; defense was less than a myth.</p><p>Tracy Pratt suffered a broken leg and Mike Robitaille sustained a shoulder injury. Pratt is gone for six to eight weeks, and Robitaille is expected to be out for at least two.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re struggling&hellip;we simply don&rsquo;t have the finesse you need to win in the National Hockey League,&rdquo; said Imlach.</p><p>&ldquo;I guess it&rsquo;s obvious where our problems are. I knew we might have some trouble&hellip;but I didn&rsquo;t expect this much.&rdquo;</p><p>Robitaille and Ray McKay, drafted from the Chicago Black Hawks, are the newcomers to the Buffalo defense this season. The holdovers are Pratt, Al Hamilton, Doug Barrie and Jim Watson.</p><p>Imlach wasn&rsquo;t berating anybody publicly, but he had the long-distance wires burning looking for replacements.</p><p>The Sabres gave up two goals in five games while the opposition was shorthanded, and that had Imlach&rsquo;s ulcer jumping.</p><p>&ldquo;A new club can&rsquo;t do that sort of thing and expext to get anywhere,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We simply have to tighten up all around.</p><p>&ldquo;Our forwards haven&rsquo;t been melting the ice coming back to help out. Maybe there has been too much pressure on the defense,&rdquo; he added.</p><p>Imlach appointed a new leader to replace Floyd Smith, the Sabres&rsquo; captain, who asked to be relieved of the responsibility because he has not been dressing for every game.</p><p>The new Sabres&rsquo; captain is center Gerry Meehan, one of the club&rsquo;s best players in the disappointing first five games of the schedule. New alternates are Gil Perreault, and Al Hamilton, who join Phil Goyette in the slot.</p><p><b>ALONG THE BOARDS&mdash;</b> Imlach recalled defenseman Chris Evans from the Cincinnati Swords, the Sabres&rsquo; American League affiliate. The Sabre&rsquo;s boss planned several other changes, and was also set to reshuffle his lines&hellip;A year ago, the Sabres won five and lost one to Minnesota. &ldquo;I guess we aren&rsquo;t their &lsquo;cousins&rsquo; any more,&rdquo; said Jack Gordon, the Minnesota coach. &ldquo;At least, we got off to a good start this time&rdquo;&hellip;The remodeling job at Memorial Auditorium will be complete when the escalators and the private dining and drinking clubs are installed.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02650/2882310-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1173" height="1477"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY MEEHAN&hellip;He&rsquo;ll Lead The Sabres.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Robert Shaver)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Injuries Compound Imlach’s Defensive Woes

<p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Detroit Red Wings have gained an ominuous reputation as hockey traders in recent years and the big question confronting the Motor City squad is, did they make another of those &lsquo;bad deals&rsquo;?</p><p>It would appear the Wings may just have gotten the better of the California Seals when they let promising right winger Tom Webster go to the downtrodden West coast club in exchange for big offensive defenseman Ron Stackhouse.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01692/2882355-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="519" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RON STACKHOUSE</b></figcaption></div><p>The deal was suspect when you stop to consider that the youthful Stackhouse scored eight goals and had 24 assists as a rushing defenseman last season in his first NHL campaign as compared to Webster&rsquo;s productive freshman year of 30 goals and 37 assists, top production on the Red Wings.</p><p>Webster was the player the Wings manoeuvered out of the clutches of the Boston Bruins with the help of Punch Imlach and the Buffalo Sabres last year. He was secured with one aim&mdash;to become the heir apparent to Gordie Howe&rsquo;s right win spot. Howe&rsquo;s retired now and Webster has gone to the Seals.</p><p>But getting back to Stackhouse, the rangy youngster erased some of the doubts that the Wings were taken on the trade by scoring one and setting up two goals in his first start in a Detroit uniform.</p><p>If it&rsquo;s an indication of things to come maybe Detroit fans will forget all about those bum deals the Wings made and lost the likes of Frank Mahovlich, Bruce MacGregor, Pete Stemkowski, Bob Baun, Norm Ullman, Paul Henderson, Garry Unger, etc. in the process.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02573/2882348-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="519" height="882"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOM WEBSTER</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Who Got The Better Of The Deal? Seals Swap Stackhouse For Webster

<div class="byline">BY JOHN PORTER</div><p>OAKLAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>t 1 o&rsquo;clock Fred Glover was told. The press was officially informed two hours later. Most of the team found out when they showed up about 7 p.m. for a game against Vancouver at the Arena.</p><p>After three seasons and three games at the helm of the California Golden Seals Fred Glover was sacked. He was starting the. second half of a two-year contract.</p><p>General manager Garry Young told the press he made the move &ldquo;for the betterment of the club.&rdquo; There was no other public explanation for the switch which resulted in ex-Philadelphia coach Vic Stasiuk taking over the Seals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03382/2882393-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="250" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Glover</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;I want you to know,&rdquo; Young told newsmen, &ldquo;that the decision to make the change is mine. I recommended it to our owner and he accepted my recommendation.&rdquo;</p><p>Owner Charlie Finley was in Chicago, trying to resolve the Gary Smith trade with the Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>Glover, who doubled as the team&rsquo;s general manager last year, said Young did not tell him why he was being bounced from the organization. A day before training camp, Fred was offered an executive assistant position if he would relinquish the coaching job. He declined. There was no offer of another job this time.</p><p>Clearing up some unfinished paper work was the only immediate plan Glover had after the firing.</p><p>He came to the Seals in the second year of expansion from the Cleveland Barons. In his first year, (1968-69), Oakland finished second in the West and Glover was named coach of the year by HOCKEY NEWS. Next season the Seals slipped to fourth and last year it was the cellar. The record under Glover: 71-129-40.</p><p>Stasiuk, who was glad &ldquo;to be dealt back in&rdquo; after getting the heave-ho from Philly, appeared to have taken over the team at a favorable time. The Seals had been outshooting all comers, but inexperienced goaltending was crippling the team.</p><p>Against the Canucks, the Seals were up 4-0 after 11 1/2 minutes and Vancouver wasn&rsquo;t pressuring rookie goalie Gary Kurt.</p><p>There are still 60 minutes of action in hockey. Vancouver wound up with 21 shots on goal and nine goals for a 9-6 win.</p><p>Stasiuk, undaunted, said it&rsquo;ll take the team at least a week to convert to his style of play. His task may be made easier because two days later the Smith trade was settled.</p><p>Gerry Desjardins was returned to the Black Hawks and California acquired goalie Gilles Meloche and defenseman Paul Shmyr.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04227/2882386-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1168" height="781"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Both dub owner CHARLES O. FINLEY, right, and general manager GARRY YOUNG were in accord when the California Seals dumped Fred Glover as coach. Both felt change would benefit rebuilding plans for club.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0003-03

Young, Finley Agreed Coaching Change Was Needed

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01754/2882438-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="518" height="518"></div><p><b>&bull; TORONTO&mdash;</b> WHAT WERE the odds that Buffalo would have come back here a year later and duplicated last year&rsquo;s big upset by defeating the Leafs, 7-2, the same score and by an even wider edge in play&hellip;It was Buffalo&rsquo;s night all the way&hellip;The game was so one-sided that during the closing minutes when Toronto&rsquo;s Paul Henderson was getting ready to take a penalty shot, Punch Imlach turned his back on the play and started to sign auto-graphs&hellip;Bobby Sheehan, the former Montreal Canadien out of the Boston area, has been the most consistent player on the California Golden Seals to date. Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin saw the first two periods of the Montreal-Canucks game played in Vancouver. When he left the&rsquo; game the Canadiens were ahead, 4-0&hellip;He presented the two captains, Orland Kurtenbach of Vancouver and Henri Richard of Montreal, with a set of cuff links each and both teams with miniature hockey sticks autographed by Russia&rsquo;s National Team&hellip;Ken Delvecchio, son of Alex Delvecchio, veteran captain of the Detroit Red Wings, is a candidate for the hockey team at Lake Superior State College in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich&hellip;Jim Harrison, Toronto&rsquo;s aggressive center, dropped 13 pounds during the summer. Now at 187 he has stamina and more speed and is playing the best hockey of his career&hellip;Harrison and his Leaf teammate Darryl Sittler finished off the summer with a two-week fishing trip into the wilds of northern British Columbia, where Harrison&rsquo;s brother is a guide&hellip;Don Gallinger, who could not be located when his suspension was lifted last year, visited friends here recently&hellip;Dave Keon, Leafs&rsquo; dynamic little captain, got back into action. Sidelined with a knee injury for the past four weeks, Keon stands an excellent chance to finish this season with the most goals scored by a member of the Maple Leafs. He ended last season with 269. The record is held by the retired George Armstrong with 296. Judging by past performances Keon should score the 28 goals to pass Armstrong&rsquo;s mark with ease&hellip;Buffalo&rsquo;s Phil Goyette has been playing with a broken finger. He wears a rebuilt cast on his hand which enables him to handle a stick much easier&hellip;New York Rangers&rsquo; forward unit of Jean Ratelle, Vic Hadfield and Rod Gilbert have been together for five years now. They are the highest scoring line in the team&rsquo;s history&hellip;The sympathy of the hockey world goes out to the family of Baz O&rsquo;Meara, the long-time hockey writer and former sports columnist of the Montreal Star, who passed away this week. &lsquo;Baz&rsquo;, as he was affectionately known to sports buffs everywhere, covered the NHL scene for nearly a half century.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02705/2882431-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="275" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Keon</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&bull; BOB KENT</b> is the manager of the 17 million dollar coliseum which is presently being built in Atlanta and which should open in about a year from now. The whole building is centered on hockey and the chances appear pretty certain that Atlanta will have a National Hockey League franchise the next time the NHL expands&hellip;When asked if NHL hockey will prove popular in the Deep South, Kent answers: &ldquo;The NHL will make &lsquo;em go ape in Atlanta,&rdquo; Kent said. He expects an average attendance of 8,000 the first year and complete sellouts later. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s really important that hockey isn&rsquo;t a grassroots sport in the South. It possesses all the ingredients that Southerners enjoy in sports,&rdquo; he added&hellip;Dale Rolfe picked up the nickname of &ldquo;Goat&rdquo; when he played with Los Angeles Kings. It stuck with him in Detroit. He&rsquo;s telling pals that he&rsquo;s trying to shake it in New York&hellip;Montreal&rsquo;s General Manager Sam Pollock has confirmed that he&rsquo;ll trade one of his goalies, Phil Myre or Rogatien Vachon, as soon as he discovers what he needs most in exchange&hellip;Gil Perreault is playing some fine hockey for Buffalo but he&rsquo;s still tiring too much as a result of reporting 25 pounds overweight to the Sabres&rsquo; training camp. His slowed down start may be costly to him in points production&hellip;Richard Martin, Buffalo&rsquo;s rookie left winger, gets better with each game. He has all the right moves to eventually become one of the NHL&rsquo;s super stars&hellip;Sympathy also goes out to Bob Breidbard, president of the San Diego Gulls, and his family, in the recent death of his father at the age of 95&hellip;Dallas Black Hawks of the CHL will broadcast live 15 road games this season over WFAA. Frank Filesi, the Hawks&rsquo; promotions and publicity director, will be the announcer. This is the first time in the five-year Dallas history that a package has been set for airing on radio&hellip;Dave Hodge of Toronto&rsquo;s CFRB has been named by Hockey Night in Canada to succeed Ward Cornell on the teleclasts&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03607/2882424-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="260" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Richard Martin</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<p>Founded October 1st, 1947</p><p><b>Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.</b></p><p><b>U.S. Office: 16 Maple Street, Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979</b></p><p><b>Kenneth William McKenzie</b><br>President and Publisher</p><p><b>Charlie Halpin</b><br>Editorial Director</p><p><b>Yearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A. and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>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.</p><p>Second class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327</p><p><b>Printed in Canada</b></p><p><b>Vol. 25 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 5, 1971 No. 5</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<h2><b>Young&rsquo;s Hard Work Will Better Seals</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>t goes without saying that the past few years have been difficult ones indeed for fans of the California Golden Seals. However, recognizing the immense reconstruction job that is required, I would like to extend my compliments to the team&rsquo;s new general manager Garry Young.</p><p>It may still be a little early to tell, but indications are that alert drafting and trading by Young have brought together a much improved team to the Bay area. Players like Wayne Carleton, Gerry Pinder and Bobby Sheehan are all quality performers, and, what is more important, players who give the fans an honest night&rsquo;s work every time out.</p><p>Young has been praised as one of the hardest-working executives in the NHL. I am sure that with this type of dedication and together with support from owner Charles Finley, that it won&rsquo;t be Jong before the Seals will see better days.</p><p><b>BOB MAPLES</b><br><b>Oakland, California</b></p><h2><b>NHL Must Maintain Its Reserve Clause</b></h2><p>I would like to make my voice heard in support of the stand taken by the National Hockey League over the issue of the proposed Sports Competition Bill presently under discussion by the Canadian government.</p><p>The crux of the entire matter is, of course, the reserve clause as it applies to the contracts of NHL hockey players. I agree with the position taken by President Clarence Campbell completely. The NHL would deteriorate badly if the clause was outlawed.</p><p>Big league hockey is in a state of flux as it is with 14 teams to keep track of and a bewildering amount of trades and retirements to complicate matters. If the reserve clause was dropped the result would surely be an even greater movement of players from team to team.</p><p>I think that a large part of the NHL success and acceptance over the past two decades or so has been its stability, coupled with the continuity of the games stars as permanent fixtures in their respective league cities. Ban the reserve clause and any hope of maintaining even a modicum of this stability would be lost.</p><p><b>CLIVE PORTER</b><br><b>Ottawa, Ont.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Fan Forum

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div><p>TWIN CITIES&mdash;</p><p>When the edit and splice the filmed highlights of Minnesota&rsquo;s 1971-72 National Hockey League season, there simply has to be room for an incident that took place on the night of Oct. 14 at Metropolitan Sports Center.</p><p>That was the night of the penalty - shot mismatch: Minnesota defenseman Tom Reid against Montreal goalie Ken Dryden. Reid, who had scored but four goals through his NHL career, had never undertaken a penalty shot in his career, at any level. Dryden led Montreal to the Stanley Cup championship last spring, winning the Conn Smyth Trophy along the way.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01706/2882517-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="252" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Reid</b></figcaption></div><p>To the astonishment and delight of the standing-room crowd attending Minnesota&rsquo;s home opener, Reid skated slowly in on Dryden and rifled the puck through the goalie&rsquo;s legs. The game finished 1-1.</p><p>Dryden had made 39 saves that night, many of them brilliant ones, but he confessed an attempt to over-strategize Reid on the penalty shot. &ldquo;I thought he would go for one of the corners,&rdquo; the big goalie said. &ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve ever seen him shoot a puck, so I really didn&rsquo;t have much to go on.&rdquo;</p><p>It was the first penalty-shot goal scored by a defenseman in the NHL since Leo Boivin, then playing with Boston, beat Montreal&rsquo;s Charlie Hodge on Jan. 4, 1964. Since then there have been 33 penalty shots in the NHL, 12 resulting in goals.</p><p>&ldquo;I was so nervous I didn&rsquo;t even want to take the shot,&rdquo; said Reid, who had been pulled down from behind on a breakaway by Montreal&rsquo;s Guy Lapointe, a call which the Canadiens disputed. &ldquo;I tried to tell the referee (Bruce Hood) I hurt my ankle in the fall, but he told me to get out there and take the shot. I didn&rsquo;t try anything fancy, I just skated in and let it go right at the middle of the net.&rdquo;</p><p>Reid has taken a good deal of ribbing from his teammates, and the Minnesota fans as well, about the penalty shot goal. Although he has never been much of a scoring threat, he carries the puck quite well. The North Stars call him &ldquo;Tommy Orr&rdquo;.</p><p>To get into the meat of this story, however, the point to be stressed is that Reid has become a superb defensive hockey player. Coach Jack Gordon considers the 25-year-old native of Fort Erie one of his best defensemen. Reid is a lefthanded shot, but he can play either the left or right side equally well. He seems to have no preference.</p><p>Through the greater portion of last season, Reid played left defense on a combination with Barry Gibbs. When Fred Barrett suffered his broken leg Feb. 27, Doug Mohns was moved back to left defense and Reid, switched over to the right side, became his partner.</p><p>The Minnesota management was rather uncertain where to employ Mohns during training camp, at left wing or on defense. It was Mohns&rsquo; lavish praise of Reid, and frequent references to how much he enjoyed pairing with him, that helped influence the decision to put him back on the blueline.</p><p>Reid was acquired by the North Stars in February of 1969, as part of a package deal with Chicago. General Manager Wren Blair of the North Stars sent center Andre Boudrias and defenseman Mike McMahon to the Black Hawks for Reid and Bill Orban. It was a good deal for Minnesota. Blair knew the North Stars needed help at defense more than anything else, and Reid has given that to them. He has, in addition, a long NHL career ahead of him.</p><p><b>NORTH STAR NOTES:</b> The North Stars reinforced their Cleveland farm club in the AHL by sending down goalie Gilles Gilbert, defenseman Fred Barrett and right winger Buster Harvey, all of whom spent last season with Minnesota. Blair and Gordon wanted them to get more competitive ice time, however, and they couldn&rsquo;t get that with the North Stars this season&hellip;North Stars were sharp in their first three games&mdash;a 4-2 win at Detroit, a 1-1 home tie with Montreal and a 3-2 home loss to Chicago&hellip;Dean Prentice, 39-year-old left winger obtained in a cash deal with Pittsburgh, scored his first Minnesota goal with a beautiful exhibition of stick-handling, pulling goalie Tony Esposito out of the net for the shot&hellip;Bob Nevin is nearing the 500-point NHL career mark&hellip;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Reid’s Penalty-Shot Goal Puts North Star In Select Company

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02623/2882548-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="932" height="775"></div><h2><b>DON&rsquo;T CHARGE: SQUEEZE</b></h2><p>Squeezing a puck-carrying opponent into the boards is the best way to stop him. Remember, squeeze him, don&rsquo;t charge.</p><p>First, if you squeeze you&rsquo;ve adjusted your skating speed to your opponent&rsquo;s and are sure to stop him. If you charge, you&rsquo;re liable to get a penalty or stand a good chance of missing him altogether!</p><p>Squeezing allows you to tie a puck-carrier up with stick, arms and legs, keeping it legal all the time. Remember, though, if you act like an octopus with your arms and legs, you could be charged with holding!</p><p>The puck carrier is your responsibility; it&rsquo;s your job to stop him. Even if you don&rsquo;t take the puck away from him you&rsquo;ve broken up an attack, thrown the opposition off balance.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey for Kids

<div class="byline">By Charlie Halpin</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01783/2882579-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b><i>The Big Turnover</i></b></h2><p>&bull; This is the year in the National Hockey League of the big turnover.</p><p>The toll in big league hockey retirements this season has virtually staggered the NHL and if there is any significance attached to the mass exodus of ice stars, it is only that such events usually occur in cycles. Apparently the league was simply caught up in an era when everyone seemed to get old together.</p><p>The transformation in the NHL rosters since last season closed has been incredible. A survey of the 14 NHL clubs revealed that no less than 20 players have dropped from the major league scene due to retirements.</p><p>Veteran right winger George Armstrong this past week became No. 20 when he announced he was leaving the active ranks of hockey on his &lsquo;fifth&rsquo; retirement. The Leafs have declared that Army will continue to be employed by the club in a scouting capacity. Unlike goaler John Bower, who quit last year to become a bird dog for the Leafs, Armstrong will concentrate on scouting teams who are scheduled to come into Toronto in advance of their appearance. He will provide Coach John McLellan with valuable data on the many new players cavorting in the NHL.</p><p>This has been an unbelievable year for the loss of super stars in the NHL. It almost seemed like they were all departing at the same time. Jean Beliveau, John Ferguson, Gordie Howe, Andy Bathgate, Glenn Hall, Leo Boivin, Earl Ingarfield and now Armstrong. All were great hockey names in the past two decades of the NHL and replacing so many top stars in one swoop may become an enormous task for the league.</p><h2><b><i>Fergy Says No</i></b></h2><p>&bull; Some have remained in executive positions, like Beliveau and Howe. Others have gone on to become scouts like Boivin, Armstrong and Bower. Others are trying their skills at coaching. Ingarfield is one and a report this past week making the rounds had Ferguson being considered for the coaching job of the Los Angeles Kings.</p><p>The hard-nosed former Montreal left winger said he was both flattered and pleased that his name should crop up for an NHL coaching post, but unfortunately he had to decline the offer.</p><p>Ferguson has had a small sample of the home life that inevitably follows retirement and he doesn&rsquo;t seem to be any hurry to return to the long plane rides and hotel living that go hand-in-hand with coaching and playing.</p><p>Besides he is too involved in harness racing and public relations roles to probably even think of hockey these days.</p><p>It seems almost unreal that the NHL should be functioning without a Howe or a Beliveau or a Hall. They&rsquo;ve been around for as long as anyone can remember. Beliveau has become the Canadiens&rsquo; new ambassador of good will and Quebecers are loud in their praise of the former center ice star, who went on to become of one of the league&rsquo;s four 500-goal scorers.</p><p>There is hardly a week passes that Big Jean isn&rsquo;t appearing somewhere or other and the rabid Canadiens&rsquo; followers throughout Quebec turn out in large numbers at his every appearance.</p><h2><b><i>Howe TV Man</i></b></h2><p>&bull; Howe has lapsed into the plush life of a hockey executive and reportedly gained six pounds the first month he was off skates. He has also become a TV television analyst, which will help keep his great name before the hockey public.</p><p>Hockey experts believe the new crop of youngsters that is moving into the NHL this season will be one of the finest on record.</p><p>They are quick to point out that rookies like Guy Lafleur, Marcel Dionne, Richard Martin, Jocelyn Guevremont, Gene Garr, Peter McDuffe, Pierre Jarry, Larry Wright, Pierre Plante among others, don&rsquo;t come in bunches like they did this year.</p><p>The NHL is bracing itself for an exciting rookie race for the Calder Trophy and if you add such eligibles as Ken Dryden and Reg Leach, it could be a memorable year for the NHL.</p><p>Granted it is going to take some doing to replace the likes of Beliveau, Howe, Hall, Ferguson and all the rest, and the league isn&rsquo;t going to accomplish it in one or even two or three years. But at least the talent is there.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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INSIDE HOCKEY

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>n all, it took thirty-seven days. Countem, 37 days. Maybe next year, when Ron Andrews releases another splendid edition of the National Hockey League Guide, he will add an appropriate entry:</p><p>&mdash;Longest amount of time before satisfaction reached, trade, two clubs, Sept. 9 to Oct. 16, 1971, Chicago Black Hawks&mdash;the California Golden Seals.</p><p>The net result of this brouhaha&mdash;and it was just that&mdash;brought Goalie Gerry Desjardins back to the Black Hawks after he had been traded along with Gerry Pinder and Kerry Bond for Goalie Gary Smith on Sept. 9. It all seemed so simple then, but by Sept. 20, Seals&rsquo; Owner Charles O. Finley requested League President Clarence Campbell to negate the deal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02639/2882617-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="258" height="352"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry Desiardins</b></figcaption></div><p>Then, just before Campbell was prepared to deliver a verdict on Oct. 7 at midnight, the Black Hawks requested arbitration and wrested the decision from Campbell&rsquo;s hands.</p><p>There&rsquo;s more, on Oct. 17, the Hawks announced they had reacquired Desjardins for Paul Shmyr, a rugged young defenseman, and Gilles Meloche, a youthful goalie. It was a settlement between the two clubs, not a result of arbitration.</p><p>&ldquo;We could have gone to arbitration,&rdquo; said Chicago GM Tommy Ivan, &ldquo;but after each club chose its arbitrator, each of the arbitrators couldn&rsquo;t decide on the third. And we couldn&rsquo;t see letting the situation drag on any longer. So the settlement was made. It was a separate deal.&rdquo;</p><p>The text of Finley&rsquo;s complaint was that he didn&rsquo;t get what he dealt for&mdash;a healthy Desjardins.</p><p>But at no time did Charlie O. or Campbell accuse the Chicago club of misrepresentation in the issue. That would have been hard, because Desjardins&rsquo; broken left foream of March 14 was heard &lsquo;round the hockey world.</p><p>&ldquo;I have no doubt that had we continued on and gone to arbitration, we would have won and the deal would have stood.&rdquo; said club president Bill Wintz. &ldquo;But the problems remained&hellip;the Seals would have needed a goalie. So we helped them out. We could afford to obtain an asset and inventory it (Desjardins). The Seals couldn&rsquo;t.&rdquo;</p><p>So Meloche, a pro for only a month, was offered along with Shmyr.</p><p>&ldquo;I feel like I&rsquo;ve been born all over again,&rdquo; said Shmyr, who had not been playing for the Hawks and was unhappy about it. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll miss the guys but I&rsquo;m glad to get out of here.&rdquo;</p><p>Meloche, didn&rsquo;t seem as immediately delighted, but he, too, realized that the transaction would mean an opportunity to play.</p><p>Desjardins, meanwhile, seemed alternately confused, happy impatient, and hopeful.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to be back with a winning hockey team,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I just hope I can get the arm straightened away and start playing again.&rdquo;</p><p>As soon as Desjardins returned to the Windy City, he was off to the doctor&rsquo;s office for extensive exams. It was presumed that he would require an operation on the problematic left forearm and the most pessimistic guess was that he would be ready to go in three months.</p><p>At that time, he would likely find himself as the Hawks&rsquo; No. 3 goalie behind Tony Esposito and Smith.</p><p>&ldquo;As long as there are three of us around, I&rsquo;ll be considred trade bait,&rdquo; Desjardins said. &ldquo;I know that. But first I want to get healthy again.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been convinced by all the doctors I&rsquo;ve seen that what I need is an operation,&rdquo; Desjardins continued. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;ll wait and see.&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile Desjardins called the month of sitting around and waiting for a decision &ldquo;one of the worst experiences I&rsquo;ve ever had.&rdquo;</p><p>When right, he remains an extremely capable netminder, and this leads many hockey savants to belive that the Hawks made off like bandits, while at the same time maintaining a posture of &ldquo;good guy&rdquo; in helping Finley out. Nobody else would, apparently, without bringing up the name of one Carol Vadnais, the Seals&rsquo; best body.</p><p>Early in the hassle, Campbell seemed to place the onus clearly on the Seals for not having Desjardins submit to an exam right before the trade. If they had, Campbell said, &ldquo;the California club would have never made the deal, and the Chicago club instead would have been the shocked party over the worsening condition of Desjardins&rsquo; forearm.&rdquo;</p><p>Why, then, didn&rsquo;t Campbell throw out Finley&rsquo;s complaint pronto? Chances are, because being the good president he is, he was concerned about the poor state of the California franchise. And Wirtz, as chairman of the board of governors, professed equal concern. In other words the Seals&rsquo; problem was a league problem.</p><p>Similarly, Wirtz said his club took the matter out of Campbell&rsquo;s hands &ldquo;to relieve the president of a difficult (and unprecedented) decision.&rdquo;</p><p>If it all sounds confusing, that&rsquo;s only because it was. Mr. Campbell put it best when he said, &ldquo;there really is no guilty party.&rdquo;</p><p>Case closed. Take it away, Ron Andrews.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01442/2882610-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="1788" height="1758"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Who owns the stick? That question might be asked here by both GARRY UNGER of St. Louis, left, and Toronto&rsquo;s BOB BAUN as the two players skate along clutching the same stick during a recent NHL game played in St. Louis.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Richard Pellegrini)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Desjardins Expects To Be Traded Again Once Surgery Over

<div class="byline">&#x2014;SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>If Guy Lapointe weren&rsquo;t playing hockey, he&rsquo;d be pounding a beat.</p><p>The husky, 6&rsquo; 185-lb., Hab sophomore had ambitions of joining the Montreal Police Department, and probably would&rsquo;ve had he not moved quickly along the road to success in hockey.</p><p>Guy starred for the Junior Canadiens before turning pro in 1968; then did stints with Houston and the Montreal Voyageurs before graduating to the NHL Canadiens on a fulltime basis last season. In that, his rookie year, he unveiled a hard shot to fire 15 goals, and wound up with a total of 44 points while playing the full 78 games. He also racked up 107 minutes in penalties and showed that he wasn&rsquo;t adverse to being a policeman on ice, when the occasion demanded it.</p><p>A lefthand shot, Guy normally plays the left side on defense but can handle the other side if necessary. He also operates well on the point during power plays, and. in fact, got a fair number of scoring points that way last season.</p><p>This year, Scotty Bowman has been experimenting with him up front on the penalty-killing unit; and, to quote a phrase, he hasn&rsquo;t looked out of place.</p><p>Then, in one of the latest moves aimed at putting some checking strength into the Habs, Bowman began spotting Lapointe on a fourth line whose job was to, hopefully, protect the leads that the team scorers pro vided.</p><p>It could all add up to an interesting and productive season for Lapointe, who doesn&rsquo;t seem to mind where he plays as long as he plays.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Lapointe Versatile For Habs

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>It seems as though Scotty Bowman and the Montreal Canadiens are going to take a little time to get to know each other really well.</p><p>Actually, Scotty has the edge in the acquaintanceship. He&rsquo;s studied the team more than they&rsquo;ve studied him, apparently. His first conclusion, as the season began, was that Habs were inclined to give up too many goals. He asked them to cut down on that by checking. Their answer was to give up 16 goals&mdash;12 of them in two meetings with N.Y. Rangers&mdash;while winning one and tieing two of the first four games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01734/2882655-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="277" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>J.C. Tremblay</b></figcaption></div><p>Bowman decided most of the Habs didn&rsquo;t know him that well, after all, because to know Scotty is to realize that he means what he says. To make sure Habs got the message the second time, Bowman instituted some sweeping line changes during the recent safari to the West Coast. Among them were: A switch of jobs between Henri Richard and Guy Lafleur; a switch of positions between Jacques Lemaire and Pete Mahovlich; the formation of a new checking line, with defenseman Guy Lapointe joining Larry Pleau and Claude Larose up front.</p><p>Richard, off to his best start in years, is expected to fit in well with Frank Mahovlich and Yvan Cournoyer. Henri still flies on skates despite advancing years, and can feed breakaway artists like Cournoyer with speed and accuracy. Lafleur may go better between Damon and Pythias, otherwise known as Rejean Houle and Marc Tardif. Lemaire at centre, again, may or may not work out and has to be regarded in the light of an interesting experiment.</p><p>As for the team&rsquo;s defense in the early going, Bowman can hardly be happy with it.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not trying to turn Canadiens into a defensive, kitty-bar-the-door club,&rdquo; he has said. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not Canadiens&rsquo; style. But, I want the goals-against kept down. I&rsquo;d like to see them held to 195 for the season. Last year, the team had 216 goals scored against it and I think that&rsquo;s too much.</p><p>To hit his figure of 195 goals-against in 78 games, Habs would be able to allow only 2.5 goals per game as an average&mdash;or five every two games, if you like. Last year they allowed an average of almost 2.8 per game. They started this season giving up four goals per game.</p><p>Oddly enough, Habs have been getting their best performances from veterans up front, and kids, or at least the younger element, on and back of the blueline. Richard, now the &ldquo;Old Man&rdquo; of the squad in everything but desire, has been flying. So have Cournoyer and Frank Mahovlich. Larose has been moving better than he usually does. Pete Mahovlich wasn&rsquo;t scoring in the early going, but was working like a trojan. On defense, the standouts&mdash;beyond J.C. Tremblay who started fast&mdash;were young Pierre Bouchard and Lapointe.</p><p>Ken Dryden, though badly over-worked, has been generally very good. There were 147 shots flung at Habs in their first four games. Dryden faced 130 of those shots. He allowed 12 goals. Roggie Vachon replaced him in the third period of an 8-4 rout by Rangers and allowed four on 17 shots. It was Roggie&rsquo;s first start in goal since last March, and he went in cold in what was already a lost cause.</p><p><b>HAB-BITS:</b> After their West Coast trip, Habs play four of their next five games in the Montreal Forum. Visitors, however, include Boston and Chicago, so the home ice advantage could go pffttt&hellip;The St. Louis Blues visit Montreal on Nov. 3, marking the first time Scotty Bowman faces his old club across the ice&hellip;Rejean Houle, 22 years old October 25, is Canadiens&rsquo; MVP (Most Voluble Player)&hellip;As this edition of HOCKEY NEWS went to press, Jacques Laperriere had not scored a goal in regular season play since April 1, 1970. That night, he collected a goal and three assists against the Boston Bruins. Injuries wrecked his per-formance for much of last season. His friend, Terry Harper, scored his last goal January 23rd, 1971, versus Detroit. Toe Blake used to claim that most of Harper&rsquo;s shots from the point were deflected away from the net instead of into it by errant forwards. Maybe they still are.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02651/2882648-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="546" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HENRI RICHARD&hellip;Ice Leader Flying</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Bowman Shakes Up Lines As Habs Fail To Check

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>Games between the St. Louis Blues and Detroit Red Wings have taken on new meaning.</p><p>In addition to two points in the standings, the games between the two clubs now also have the appearances of grudge matches. The new emotion lies deep in the souls of men like Sid Abel and Red Berenson and Carl Brewer and Tim Ecclestone and Garry Unger&rsquo; and Ab McDonald.</p><p>Those men have been stung by trades and feuds and the hard facts of life in professional hockey. Their comings and goings have worn a path between Detroit and St. Louis.</p><p>Abel couldn&rsquo;t be happy with Ned Harkness in Detroit and was given a new lease on his career in St. Louis. Brewer left the Red Wings in a huff and went to Europe before he was lured back to the National Hockey League by the Blues. Berenson and Ecclestone were established favorites in St. Louis when they were shocked and embittered by the big trade that sent them to Detroit. McDonald was trying to play in St. Louis with an aching back and believed he wasn&rsquo;t receiving enough understanding when he was shipped to Detroit. Unger was a folk hero with Detroit fans but irritated Harkness and is now much happier in St. Louis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03560/2882748-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="289" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wayne Connelly</b></figcaption></div><p>Add to the list Wayne Connelly and Jim Shires, unwanted in Detroit and now in St. Louis, and there is a wellspring of strong emotions that will not shortly subside. And the chain of events has most certainly added a new dimension to the competition between the two teams.</p><p>Before the first St. Louis-Detroit game this season Abel said of his old team, &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll be gunning for me. There&rsquo;s nothing that would tickle me more than to beat them. I just hope we have a few guys who feel the same way.&rdquo;</p><p>Fans jammed the St. Louis Arena in another standing-room-only crowd to see the Blues crush the Red Wings and they were not disappointed. But the St. Louis fans are not fickle and once again they were gracious in greeting players who formerly wore the bluenote on their chests. Berenson received the biggest ovation of any player on either team as the players came on to the ice at the beginning of the game. Ecclestone was kept busy at signing autographs during the pregame warmup, and two groups of teen-aged girls had signs saying: &ldquo;Welcome Home, Timmy&rdquo; and &ldquo;Remember Us? Well, We Still Love You, Tim.&rdquo;</p><p>Connelly started the scoring for the Blues, and the game became a rout with the final score 9-2 in favor of St. Louis. Unger scored his first goal of the season. Brewer had four assists. The Blues outshot the Wings, 51-16.</p><p>The Blues would have been able to savor the victory for some time, if they had not been scheduled to board a plane for Detroit right after the game. The same two teams played the next night at the Olympia, and this time the Wings vindicated themselves on home ice with a 5-3 win.</p><p>The next DetroitrSt. Louis game is Nov. 16 in St. Louis. Feelings on the two teams will simmer until that time, when they will be given another opportunity for expression.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Blues-Red Wings’ Rivalry Simmering After Many Trades

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>U</span>nfortunately for the Vancouver Canucks their most pleasant surprises of the early NHL season have all been concentrated in one area&mdash;defense.</p><p>Now this isn&rsquo;t necessarily a bad thing and with some clubs it would cause dancing in the street, but in Vancouver the joy has been somewhat restrained.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01748/2882786-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="271" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John Schella</b></figcaption></div><p>The Canucks&rsquo; major problems are on the wings, not defense. What general manager Bud Poile and coach Hal Laycoe would most like to see is a generally improved defensive performance from all their wingers and specifically a left winger to fit in with center Andre Boudrias and right winger Rosie Paiement.</p><p>So far, Laycoe has tried four different wingers in that spot in five games and still hasn&rsquo;t found the answer.</p><p>Poul Popiel got the nod in the opening game, Mike Corrigan was switched there from center for game two and Danny Johnson got the call in games three and four. Finally Laycoe turned to point-sized rookie centre Bobby Lalonde in game five.</p><p>That game, a 2-1 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins, indicated wee Bobby will be a scoring threat from that position. Still to be answered is whether he can handle the defensive responsibilities the position demands.</p><p>In the event he can&rsquo;t come up with a satisfactory solution, Poile is left with two options. He can bring up a left winger from the Canucks&rsquo; American League farm club in Rochester or go to the trading mart.</p><p>The latter alternative seems more logical, because for the first time in their two-year history, the Canucks have a surplus of desirable talent at one position.</p><p>Even without Gary Doak&mdash;out with a broken bone in his instep&mdash;the Vancouver defense has been impressive. Pat Quinn, Dale Tallon, Dennis Kearns, Jocelyn Guevre-mont, Barry Wilkins and John Schella have all demonstrated they belong in the NHL.</p><p>To management, the biggest surprise has been Schella. Left unprotected in the June draft and rated a long shot to make the club in training camp, Schella has simply gone out and changed a lot of minds.</p><p>He&rsquo;s been rugged, aggressive and teamed with Wilkins, forms half of the Canucks best penalty killing defense pair.</p><p>When Doak is ready to play again, Poile will have more defense talent than he can use. A trade for a left winger would be a logical step.</p><p>&ldquo;That is if you can find a club willing to deal one,&rdquo; he amends. &ldquo;There seems to be a real shortage of them this year.&rdquo;</p><p><b>CANUCKS&rsquo; CAPERS:</b> Jim Hargreaves is skating again after successful ankle surgery, leaving the Canucks with even more talent on defense&hellip;Hargreaves, the club&rsquo;s second 1970 amateur draft choice, has to rate as the top farm system prospect&hellip;Poile is unhappy over the fact his club has lost three of four one-goal decisions on home ice&hellip;&ldquo;We just can&rsquo;t afford to drop close decisions to clubs like Los Angeles and Pittsburgh at home,&rdquo; he says&hellip;Goaltender George Gardner is off to a fast star with a 2.34 average after three starts. Another problem: The Canucks have given up four shorthanded goals and twice have been stung when they had the man advantage.</p><h2>MEET THE ROOKIES</h2><p><b>The most publicized amateur player in hockey last year was Guy Lafleur. It seemed ironic that he should end up with the Montreal Canadiens, but because of prior draft commitments and dealings, the Habs had first pick this past summer and young Lafleur was their logical choice. The 21-year-old center came to the NHL after one of the most exciting amateur hockey careers in history. He tallied over 300 goals as a junior and last season collected 130 for the Quebec Remparts in his final year. Hockey men are predicting a great future for the talented Montreal rookie, who has all the moves to be a big league star.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02686/2882779-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="1166" height="1286"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUY LAFLEUR&hellip;Montreal Canadiens</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Canucks Still Hunting For Left Winger

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Toronto Maple Leafs looked a two-goal deficit in the face, dropped four men back in their own zone and walked out of Boston Garden with a 2-2 tie in their first engagement of the season with the Bruins.</p><p>Now the Bruins are anticipating more of the same kind of defensive play from other teams in the league.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01765/2882841-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="287" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Johnston</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;This is an old Toronto tactic,&rdquo; said coach Tom Johnson. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been their style for years particularly at home. But I think we&rsquo;ll run into this now against every team in every city.</p><p>&ldquo;Any team that sees it working will try it, and it&rsquo;s our job to see that it doesn&rsquo;t continue to be effective.</p><p>&ldquo;It won&rsquo;t be if we play the way we should.</p><p>&ldquo;For example, New York came out in that second game on their own ice and tried to play it, but we made them open up by scoring two quick goals. We had two quick goals on Toronto and they continued to play it tight and got a couple of breaks that gave them the tie.</p><p>&ldquo;But we didn&rsquo;t play. We made it easy for them with only 23 shots. And we weren&rsquo;t hitting. We just weren&rsquo;t very aggressive.</p><p>&ldquo;We know what has to be done against something like that. It&rsquo;s just a question of going out and doing it.&rdquo;</p><p>After four games a year ago the Bruins had four victories and eight points in the bank.</p><p>They had scored 25 goals and had allowed 12.</p><p>Through the same stretch this season they were 2-1-1 and two points behind New York while scoring 15 goals and allowing nine.</p><p>But there were no complaints about the play of nine-year veteran Eddie Johnston in the nets.</p><p>&ldquo;Eddie&rsquo;s been just great,&rdquo; said Johnson, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t fault him on a single goal he allowed in the three straight games he played.&rdquo;</p><p>The 37-year-old Johnston has been in goal on a regular basis due to Gerry Cheevers&rsquo; ailing knee and may be in there for an indefinite period, if Cheevers must undergo surgery.</p><p>Cheevers&rsquo; problem has been diagnosed as two pieces of calcium on his right knee and the team doctors have him under observation for a 10-day stretch to evaluate the measures necessary to correct it.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s an old injury that has flared up,&rdquo; explained trainer Dan Canney. &ldquo;Right now the doctors are optimistic that it will take care of itself. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s practicing and could play if necessary but the doctors want to study the reaction for a few more days.</p><p>&ldquo;Surgery is not out of the question but it may turn out fine. It may improve so an operation isn&rsquo;t necessary.&rdquo;</p><p>The surgery would be minor but it would delay his possible return to the lineup for another week and Johnston would have to hold the fort until Gerry recovers.</p><p>Phil Esposito also has given no cause to think he has lost any of his scoring skill. The 1970-71 scoring leader zoomed back into the picture in the second week of tabulations with a total of eight points.</p><p>While this left him second to New York&rsquo;s Rod Gilbert with 11 points in five games for his fastest start in his 10-year career, Esposito is matching his 76-goal pace of last year and promises to be in the thick of the battle to retain the title this year.</p><p>Meanwhile, Teddy Green still is bothered by a pulled stomach and is not yet ready to go all out. And Dallas Smith is nursing a slight back strain, as Johnson tries to get the Bruins back on last year&rsquo;s beam.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Johnson Confident Bruins To Overcome Defensive Tactics Set Up By NHL Clubs

<p><b>Following are the latest player movements in hockey:</b></p><h2><b>NATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>CALIFORNIA&mdash;<b>Ron Stackhouse,</b> defenseman, traded to Detroit in exchange for Tom <b>Webster,</b> forward. <b>Joe Hardy, Chris Oddleifson</b> and <b>Frank Hughes,</b> forwards, assigned to Baltimore of AHL.</p><p>BUFFALO&mdash;<b>Chris Evans,</b> defenseman, recalled from Cincinnati of AHL. <b>Skip Krake,</b> forward, assigned to Salt Lake of WHL.</p><p>TORONTO&mdash;<b>George Armstrong,</b> forward, placed on voluntary retired list. <b>Brian Marchinko,</b> forward returned to Tulsa of CHL.</p><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;<b>Jim Stanfield,</b> forward, recalled from Springfield of AHL.</p><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;<b>Tim Horton</b>, defenseman, placed on injury list for six weeks after suffering broken ankle.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;<b>Don Marcotte,</b> forward, placed on injury list for at least month after spinal surgery.</p><p>DETROIT&mdash;<b>Larry Johnston</b> and <b>Bob Falkenberg,</b> defensemen, recalled from Tidewater of AHL. <b>Serge Lajeunesse,</b> defenseman, sent to Tidewater.</p><h2><b>AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;<b>Bob Vroman</b>, goalkeeper, returned to Johnstown of EHL.</p><p>BALTIMORE&mdash;<b>Jim Morri</b>son, defenseman, signed as free agent after release by Pittsburgh. <b>Wally Chevrier,</b> defenseman, placed on suspended list after contract dispute. Pete <b>Ford,</b> defenseman, sent to Columbus of IHL.</p><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;<b>Tony Goegan</b>, forward, sent to Syracuse of EHL.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;<b>Bob Kelly,</b> forward, claimed from Providence of AHL on waivers.</p><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;<b>Richard Coutu,</b> goalkeeper, assigned to Dayton of IHL.</p><p>TIDEWATER&mdash;<b>Tom Trevelyan</b>, forward, assigned to San Diego of WHL.</p><h2><b>WESTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p>SEATTLE&mdash;<b>Ed Kea</b>, defenseman, returned to Sun Coast of EHL. <b>Al Rycroft,</b> forward, secured from Springfield of AHL.</p><p>DENVER&mdash;<b>Chuck Hamilton</b>, frward, secured from Hershey of AHL.</p><p>PORTLAND&mdash;<b>Roger Bellerive,</b> forward, sold to Salt Lake of WHL</p><h2><b>CENTRAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>TULSA&mdash;<b>Steve Johnson,</b> defenseman, assigned to Greensboro of EHL.</p><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>TOLEDO&mdash;<b>Willie Mar</b>shall, forward, signed as free agent after release by Rochester of AHL.</p><p>FLINT&mdash;<b>Wayne Ego,</b> forward, sent to Fort Vayne of IHL to complete trade for Jim Booth. <b>Dave Gorman,</b> forward, left club and returned home over contract dispute.</p><p>DAYTON&mdash;<b>Doug Bentley Jr.</b> sent to Des Moines of IHL on loan. <b>Mike Dumas,</b> goalkeeper, returned by Dallas of CHL.</p><p>MUSKEGON&mdash;<b>Bruce Muliett,</b> goalkeeper, left club and returned home.</p><p>FORT WAYNE&mdash;<b>Gerry Methe,</b> forward, placed on injury list for six weeks with broken ankle. <b>Jim Keough,</b> goalkeeper, placed on waivers.</p><h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p>ROANOKE&mdash;<b>Ray Woit,</b> forward, secured from New Haven of EHL on loan. <b>Jack McCreary,</b> forward, secured from Greensboro of EHL. <b>Pete Lacelle,</b> forward, secured from California Seals. <b>Bob Buchy,</b> forward, signed as free agent after quitting Charlotte club.</p><p>CHARLOTTE&mdash;<b>Barry Burnett,</b> defenseman, secured from Jacksonville of EHL. Cal Booth, forward, signed as free agent.</p><p>LONG ISLAND&mdash;<b>Barry Fields, Ken Parker, Barry Luprypa, Mike Malstead</b> and <b>Joe Mulkin</b>, forwards, released. <b>Dale Henwood</b>, goalkeeper, secured from Charlotte of EHL. <b>Don Tremblay</b>, forward, secured from Dayton of IHL.</p><p>CLINTON&mdash;<b>Cal Hammond</b>, goalkeeper, secured from Cleveland of AHL. <b>Paul Kelly</b>, goalkeeper, released.</p><p>JOHNSTOWN&mdash;<b>Rob Fremlin</b>, forward, released.</p><p>JERSEY&mdash;<b>Dale Carringer, George Sakalaris</b> and <b>Tom Johnston</b>, forwards, released, ired.</p><p>SYRACUSE&mdash;<b>Richard Samson</b>, goalkeeper, quit club.</p><p>SUN COAST&mdash;<b>Neil Clairmont</b>, forward, secured from Greensboro of EHL. <b>Gordon Laschuk, Jerry Petryk</b> and <b>Rick Heinbuck</b>, forwards, released.</p><p>GREENSBORO&mdash;<b>Brian Randall</b> and <b>Jeff Nicholson</b>, forwards, released.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>Back in June when New York Ranger general manager-coach Emile Francis surveyed his team&rsquo;s National Hockey League schedule he was determined to have a good training camp and get everyone in shape for the opening. The reason was obvious&mdash;the first six Ranger games in 1971-72 were against Montreal, then Boston twice, Toronto, Montreal and Chicago in that order. In other words, the class of the league.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01756/2882879-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="266" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Vic Hadfield</b></figcaption></div><p>After five games the New Yorkers had three wins, a loss and a tie and had only played poorly in an opening night loss to Boston in Gotham. Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert and Vic Hadfield, the long-time partners on New York&rsquo;s hottest scoring combination of last spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs, were blazing at an even greater pace. They had scored 11 goals in the five games and Gilbert was leading the league in the weekly stats released by demon publicist Ron Andrews. This was the first time a ranger had the lead in nine seasons.</p><p>Oldtimers were recalling the derring do of the Frank Boucher Bun Cook-Bill Cook trio and the work of the Andy Bathgate-Dean Prentice-Larry Popein line of the fifties.</p><p>&ldquo;It just seems like we have the puck tied on our sticks with a string,&rdquo; wisecracked captain Vic Hadfield. &ldquo;We have played together so long now it all seems to come naturally.&rdquo;</p><p>The smoothness of the trio was never better demonstrated by happenings in the October 5-3 Ranger win over Toronto. Gilbert, stationed along the right board, fired a neat pass into the slot, just in front of the goal. Hadfield let the puck go through to Ratelle stationed outside the crease. Toronto goalie Jacques Plante was forced to concentrate first on Rod and then on Vic, enabling Ratelle to have an almost open side of the net into which to guide the disc for the score.</p><p>&ldquo;If I had whacked at it, it would have been selfish of me,&rdquo; said Hadfield. &ldquo;I knew Jean was there and had a perfect set-up if I let it alone.&rdquo;</p><p>Ratelle was named the star of the Toronto game with Hadfield and Gilbert being named number two and three picks in the Rangers&rsquo; 8-4 win over Montreal at New York on October 17. Ratelle should have figured in there somewhere that night as he got two goals.</p><p>&ldquo;Ratelle is the most underrated center in the NHL,&rdquo; marvelled Floyd &ldquo;Busher&rdquo; Curry, the Canadiens&rsquo; executive. He can do everything. His passes set up those wingers like magic.&rdquo;</p><p>Perhaps the most enlightening thing that can be said for Gilbert, is that this determined player is passing superbly and not just blazing away at the net with slap shots as he did a couple of seasons back. Rodrigue has become the complete hockey player with maturity and at 30 can look forward to peaking in this year and the next couple of seasons.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to help the team and hope we can keep it up,&rdquo; comments Rod &ldquo;Playing with Ratty and Vic helps me.&rdquo;</p><p>The trio complements each other. Ratelle is the matchless center, Hadfield the tough guy and long distance bomber and Gilbert the clever goal scorer and skater.</p><p>Another Ranger forward, Billy Fairbairn, coming off a season which was ruined by mononu-cleosis has strengthened the Bulldog line of Walter Tkaczuk, Dave Balon and himself. Billy scored twice against Montreal and was named the player of the night.</p><p>&ldquo;When Billy is strong he helps me get the puck in the corner and does some of the carrying for me,&rdquo; commented Tkaczuk. &ldquo;The guys call him Dog because of his tenacity at anything he does.&rdquo;</p><p>The play of Fairbairn has put the bulldog back in the line and enables Balon, the third member to work his scoring magic from close in around the goal. Fairbairn and Tkaczuk now can concentrate on getting the puck to Davey.</p><p>&ldquo;I feel I can score now when I get the chances,&rdquo; says Fairbairn, a 24-year-old right winger from Brandon, Manitoba. &ldquo;Maybe those 200 pushups a day that I did in training camp are paying off.&rdquo;</p><p><b>BLUE CHIPS:</b> Peter Stemkowski was nailed with the new third man into a fight rule when he came to the aid of Ted Irvine who had been belted by Pierre Bouchard. Ref Bill Friday sent the Stemmer to the showers&hellip;Dale Rolfe and Brad Park are excelling as a defense combination with both players moving the puck up ice skillfully&hellip;Bobby Rousseau&rsquo;s use as a penalty killer and the quarterback of the power play enables Emile Francis to keep his other point men fresh for their regular duties&hellip;Rousseau also subs as the fourth center when needed&hellip;Gilles Villemure got his first start of the year against Toronto October 16 and brought home a win&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02697/2882872-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="554" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN RATELLE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Hot Line Spearheads Rangers’ Surge To Top

<div class="byline">BY FOSTER HEWITT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01735/2882917-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>t hardly seems possible, yet here&rsquo;s Hockey Night in Canada well into the first month of its 41st year while for me. it&rsquo;s 48 years behind a hockey microphone!</p><p>I say, &ldquo;hardly seems possible&rdquo; because the years have slipped by so quickly that it almost seems just a few short seasons ago that it all started. And then I start to think about all that has happened since my first broadcast in 1923, the thousands of games I&rsquo;ve seen and broadcast, the changing eras of hockey (and of broadcasting too) the fading of star players and their replacement by new ones.</p><p>I&rsquo;ve seen so much in my almost half century of broadcasting that I really don&rsquo;t know where to begin to describe what it all means to me&hellip;</p><p>I look at Bobby Hull today, and immediately think of Howie Morenz&hellip;a player I consider to have meant more in his time than Hull these last ten years when he has been such an explosive force in the game. I can&rsquo;t think about Gordie Howe without immediately recalling other great right wings like Bill Cook, Charlie Conacher and Howe&rsquo;s great rival of so many years, Rocket Richard.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02637/2882910-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="279" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Foster Hewitt</b></figcaption></div><p>There has never been anyone quite like Bobby Orr, but Boston&rsquo;s other super star of years ago, Eddie Shore, like Morenz, may well have been a greater force for the well being of hockey in those early days than Orr is today.</p><p>Fifty years is a long time to be as closely associated with anything as I have been with hockey and as much as I admire and respect these great stars of our modern era, my heart perhaps belongs to those I grew up with, the ones I feel forged the firm foundation on which our present game is built.</p><p>As I look back, I marvel at how big hockey has become. In those early years, teams failed with alarming regularity and it wasn&rsquo;t until the very late twenties and early thirties that some signs of long term stability came into view. Right or wrong, I think it was the players like Morenz, Clancy, the Cooks, Shore and a handful of others who brought the game slowly but surely out of the &ldquo;horse and buggy&rdquo; era into a position of gradually increasing strength. Without those brilliant players, there might not be a National League as we know it today for the stars of our time to play in.</p><p>I&rsquo;m not naive enough to ignore the fact that our hockey broadcasts played a role too in helping establish the solidarity of the NHL and I&rsquo;m proud of our contribution over the years. In a very real sense, I&rsquo;ve enjoyed the best of two worlds. We helped promote, develop and popularize hockey across Canada and in the process I was doing the one thing that has given me more enjoyment than I could have ever hoped or expected when I did that first game in 1923.</p><p>A half century is a long time, but sharing so many exciting moments with hockey fans everywhere has made every minute of it more than worthwhile.</p><p><b>IN THE NOVEMBER 19TH ISSUE OUR GUEST EDITOR WILL BE DANNY GALLIVAN.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY NIGHT IN CANADA LA SOIREE DU HOCKEY

<div class="byline">BY DAN PROUDFOOT</div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>oronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; visit to Boston Garden Oct. 18 provided the final proof: Jim Harrison, the center for whom Leaf&rsquo;s traded Wayne Carleton to Bruins two seasons ago, finally was producing.</p><p>Harrison shot the final goal in a come-from-hehind 2-2 tie with the Bruins, which gave Leaf&rsquo;s their first point in the Garden since 1969.</p><p>&ldquo;Hey, there&rsquo;s a kid we shoulda held on to,&rdquo; yelled one of the Garden regulars. Later. Goaltender Ed Johnston testified Harrison&rsquo;s shot had dipped about a foot and a half.</p><p>But Harrison, 24, was a disappointment in Toronto last season, and coach John McLellan sang the third-line blues each time he analyzed his team. That line was Harrison&rsquo;s.</p><p>This year, things have changed.</p><p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t really call them the third line anymore,&rdquo; said McLellan. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re too good for that.&rdquo; Harrison and his wingers, Brian Spencer and Darryl Sittler, started two of Leafs&rsquo; first four games.</p><p>The difference in Harrison, the coach points out and the player admits, is about 10 pounds.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never weighed less since I played junior hockey,&rdquo; Harrison said. &ldquo;In this year&rsquo;s training camp I was up as high as 200 some days, and some days I dropped to 190. Now, I weigh 187 before a practice and it has mad? all the difference.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t get as tired now, and I feel as though I&rsquo;m skating better.&rdquo;</p><p>The new Harrison couldn&rsquo;t have arrived at a better time, with Dave Keon out of uniform with his knee injury. Keon tried skating for the first time Oct. 10, but the date of his return wasn&rsquo;t yet certain. His linemates, Garry Monahan and Bill MacMillan, weren&rsquo;t as effective without him, so Harrison&rsquo;s and Norm Ullman&rsquo;s lines had to provide the punch.</p><p>Harrison&rsquo;s most effective style involves a thumping, aggressive type of forechecking. Last year, he seldom showed it for a complete game.</p><p>&ldquo;I knew the Leafs weren&rsquo;t happy with my lack of stamina,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;Jim Gregory (general manager) told me, and 1 also knew my job was in jeopardy. In my third year in the league I&rsquo;d only scored 13 goals, and Sittler had a great rookie year and he was a centre too. Then the Leafs got Donnie Marshall, and he can play center.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Wait Over For Maple Leafs As ‘New’ Harrison Produces

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03504/2882972-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="373" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES PLANTE</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>ince 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.</p><p>I am now offering you this same &lsquo;&lsquo;FUTURAMIC&rdquo; mask that I, and many of the best goalies in the world use.</p><p>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.</p><p>You should find them in your local sport stores. If not, write me at: 1259 Didace street, Magog, P.Q., Canada 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).</p><p><b>FIBROSPORT INC.</b><br>JACQUES PLANTE<br>PRESIDENT<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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MILLION DOLLAR MASK

<div class="byline">BY BOB SMIZIK</div><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>s a road show last season the Pittsburgh Penguins weren&rsquo;t exactly a boffo smash. To be more exact the Penguins were a dismal flop on the road and the team&rsquo;s inability to win away from home was the prime reason it dropped from second to sixth place in the standings.</p><p>This year, however, the Penguins thus far have done a complete turn-about on the road and these successes have gone a long way towards bolstering the confidence the team started to develop in training camp.</p><p>Four of the Penguins&rsquo; first five games were on the road this season and Kelly was openly wary of starting the season with such a trip.</p><p>But the Penguins responded by taking three of the four road games, including three in a row on the West Coast, after losing at Buffalo to stay within four points of the division-leading Chicago Black Hawks.</p><p>The Penguins didn&rsquo;t win their third game on the road last season until Jan. 20. It was the 24th away game of the season. It was also the last road win for the Penguins, who finished 3-14-11 away from Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Civic Arena.</p><p>The Penguins won their third road game on Oct. 17 this year&mdash;the fourth away game of the year.</p><p>The success on the early road swing prompted Coach Red Kelly to call this edition of the Penguins, &ldquo;The best road team I&rsquo;ve ever coached.&rdquo; Kelly has previously coached second-place teams in Los Angeles and Pittsburgh. The 1969-70 Penguins, who finished second, won only nine games on the road.</p><p>Only at Vancouver did the Penguins show signs of reverting to last season&rsquo;s form. For two periods the Penguins were a list-less bunch, but 41-year-old Tim Horton took charge in the third period and scored two goals inside of a minute to spur the Penguins on to a win and give them the momentum they needed to win the next night at California.</p><p><b>PENGUIN PATTER:</b> Horton tried to give credit to Greg Polis for his first goal of the season against Vancouver. &ldquo;I shot it first,&rdquo; said Horton, &ldquo;but Greg gave it the push into the net.&rdquo;</p><p>Polis would have none of it. &ldquo;Tim&rsquo;s the one that had the goal, not me.&rdquo; The official scorer first gave the goal to Polis, but Kelly&mdash;despite insistence from Horton to &ldquo;let the kid have the goal&rdquo;&mdash;corrected the matter after the game concluded.</p><p>In their first 16 power play attempts this season, the Penguins were able to score only once.</p><p>For the first time in their history the Penguins will have full radio coverage of all their home and away games. Jim Forney does the play-by-play over KDKA (1020).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Pittsburgh’s Road Turnabout Puts Pens On Heels Of Hawks

<p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>G</span>oalie Roy Edwards, who jumped the Penguins five days before the season began to think over his future, telephoned manager coach Red Kelly in Vancouver and let the coach know he would rejoin the team when it returned to Pittsburgh.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Edwards Ready To Rejoin Pens

<p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ust when Tim Horton was beginning to make his presence felt in the Pittsburgh Penguins&rsquo; lineup, fate intervened. Now the $100,000 veteran defenseman is out of action for a period of up to six weeks after suffering a broken right ankle.</p><p>Horton, the 41-year-old former Toronto and New York backliner the Penguins picked up from the Rangers in an effort to bring the club back to respectability in the NHL, was injured against Los Angeles. He was skating after the puck when he crashed into the boards and broke the ankle.</p><p>The loss of Horton comes at a critical time. The Pens had gotten off to their best start ever and were challenging the Chicago Black Hawks for top spot in the West when the mishap occured.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01723/2883051-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="490" height="536"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TIM HORTON&hellip;A Tough Blow</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Horton Out Six Weeks After Breaking Ankle

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01723/2883194-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>TOP 25 SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02612/2883187-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="1416" height="940"></div><h2><b>BOSTON Bruins</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03474/2883180-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="742" height="761"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO Sabres</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04345/2883173-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="751" height="796"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA Seals</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05261/2883166-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="753" height="776"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO Black Hawks</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06220/2883159-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="744" height="695"></div><h2><b>DETROIT Red Wings</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07178/2883152-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="735" height="780"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES Kings</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08152/2883145-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="734" height="762"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA North Stars</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09138/2883138-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="732" height="688"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL Canadiens</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10122/2883131-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="729" height="668"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK Rangers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11109/2883124-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="737" height="726"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA Flyers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1298/2883117-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="734" height="757"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH Penguins</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1381/2883110-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="730" height="754"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS Blues</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1462/2883103-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="737" height="751"></div><h2><b>TORONTO Maple Leafs</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1553/2883096-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="739" height="772"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER Canucks</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1642/2883089-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="738" height="735"></div><h2><b>TEAM PENALTY, POWER PLAY, PENALTY KILLING STATISTICS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1740/2883082-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="1430" height="569"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>fter an absence of only two weeks, a familiar name is back in first place in the National League scoring race. Center Phil Esposito of Boston picked up eight points in Bruins&rsquo; three victories last week for a total 16, two more than last week&rsquo;s leader, Rod Gilbert of New York, now second.</p><p>Esposito and Gilbert share the lead in assists with 10 each. Esposito, incidentally, is one point ahead of his pace of last season when he won the Art Ross Trophy with a record 152 points. Another well-known name, Bobby Orr of Boston, occupies third position with 12 points. Orr also collected eight points last week.</p><p>The leading goal-scorer and fourth in the overall point parade is left winger Frank Mahovlich of Montreal Canadiens who, with nine goals in seven games&mdash;including five in three outings last week&mdash;is off to the hottest start of his 14-year career. Coupled with linemate Yvan Cournoyer&rsquo;s seven goals, (second highest in the league), the pair has been responsible for over half of Montreal&rsquo;s league-leading 31 goals.</p><p>Penalty killers around the NHL maintained their sparkling performance by scoring a remarkable 11 shorthand goals during the week&rsquo;s action. This brings the total to 26 shorthand goals in 55 games thus far&mdash;a figure which was not reached last season until 145th league game. At this point a year ago only eight such goal had been recorded. The total number of power-play goals (81) is also higher than last year (68), even though the number of manadvantages has remained almost the same.</p><p>An interesting battle is developing among goaltenders as Chicago&rsquo;s duo of Tony Esposito and Gary Smith is being threatened by two surprising challengers, Minnesota North Stars and Pittsburgh Penguins. The Black Hawks&rsquo; pair leads with a combined average of 1.55 goals against per game. Minnesota&rsquo;s Lorne Worsley and Cesare Maniago are right behind with 1.71 while Jim Rutherford and Les Binkley of Pittsburgh are third with 1.87. Chicago&rsquo;s average a year ago was 1.78 while neither Pittsburgh nor Minnesota has ever recorded a goals-against average under 2.00 this far into the schedule.</p><p>Brian Spencer of Toronto Maple Leafs leads in penalty minutes with 37, two more than Bryan Watson of Pittsburgh.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NHL WEEK—In Review

<p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p>The postponed Oct. 13 game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings has been rescheduled for Monday, Nov. 1.</p><p>It will mark the first time an NHL game has been played in Maple Leaf Gardens on a Monday night.</p><p>The game was wiped out when Leafs&rsquo; President Stafford Smythe died as the club was getting ready to stage its home opener with Detroit.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leafs-Wings’ Game Nov. 1

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02627/2883318-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="673" height="432"></div><h2><b>THE TOP 10 NETMINDERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03530/2883311-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="1108" height="510"></div><h2><b>COMPLETE GOALKEEPING RECORDS FOR NHL TEAMS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04412/2883304-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="1114" height="2033"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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LOOKING AT NHL GOALERS

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>O</span>lympia Stadium was empty. Not even the sweepers were about as Ab McDonald and Al Smith skated from side to side on the rink in the gruelling exercise designed to build stamina and take off pounds.</p><p>Then they headed to the dressing room. Smith&rsquo;s practice jersey was soaked with sweat. Inside the Red Wings&rsquo; carpeted quarters he peeled off the shirt Underneath was another shirt and beneath that was a nylon sweatshirt.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01697/2883225-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="279" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Al Smith</b></figcaption></div><p>As he stripped off the layers the perspiration formed on his face the way it does when you cut the lawn on a humid, 90-degree summer day. He swept his hand across his forehead and wiped the water on his goalie pads where it quickly soaked into the leather.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always had a problem with weight. I retain it and I really don&rsquo;t eat that much,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;Doug&rsquo;s making it easy for me though,&rdquo; he added, cracking a grin. &ldquo;He said it&rsquo;ll cost me money for every pound overweight.&rdquo;</p><p>Smith figures he should weigh somewhere around 206 pounds to be most effective. Doug Barkley, the Red Wing coach, figures 202. So that&rsquo;s what Smith aims to stay at.</p><p>There was talk, when Detroit drafted Smith from Pittsburgh last summer, that he might be hard to get along with, that he was an individualist.</p><p>That stemmed, apparently, from no more than Smith&rsquo;s long hair. Long hair, in hockey, is looked upon by the old guard as a mark of a cross between Leon Trotsky and Che Guevara&mdash;a real revolutionary bent upon making trouble.</p><p>The establishment in most professional sports borders on the Neanderthal and it&rsquo;s even more so in hockey.</p><p>When Smith showed up in the Red Wing camp his hair was long. He was asked to cut it and he did.</p><p>&ldquo;I let my hair grow long to shake the image of being a hockey player,&rdquo; he said and then laughed. &ldquo;But my body shows I&rsquo;m a hockey player.</p><p>&ldquo;I like it long because I&rsquo;m growing bald and I&rsquo;m only 25 and I&rsquo;m sitting between two generations. But if long hair is the basis of your personality, you&rsquo;re a shallow person,&rdquo; said the perceptive goalkeeper, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m here to play hockey, not be a social reformer.&rdquo;</p><p>On the outside Smith is a clubhouse comic, a cheerleader of the first rank and on a club where the humor last season mainly was the gallows variety, that&rsquo;s a welcome relief.</p><p>But Smith also appears to be deeper than just a man who is clever with words.</p><p>&ldquo;Goalkeeping is 20 percent physical and 80 percent mental maturity,&rdquo; Smith said. And he feels he&rsquo;s still got a lot to learn.</p><p>&ldquo;I got into a fight last year with Jack Riley in Pittsburgh (Riley is the Penguins&rsquo; executive director). He laid three or four things on me and I told him he didn&rsquo;t know what he was talking about.</p><p>&ldquo;But now, four months later, I see that he was absolutely right and I think that&rsquo;s part of maturing,&rdquo; Smith said.</p><p>And Smith is maturing in his approach to his profession. Al shares the Red Wing goalkeeping with Joe Daley, originally a Red Wing product who was a Smith teammate in Pittsburgh two seasons ago and then went on to Buffalo.</p><p>&ldquo;Joe is a perfect professional,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really hard to figure why Punch (Imlach) got rid of him and I really like Punch&mdash;he&rsquo;s the greatest man I&rsquo;ve met in hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>Smith said that he and Daley don&rsquo;t regard themselves as Detroit&rsquo;s No. 1 and No. 2 goalies in whichever order you prefer. Rather, they feel as if they are co-goalies.</p><p>The Red Wings call them Frick and Frack after the old ice show comedy team. Smith says he&rsquo;s more extroverted than Daley and it&rsquo;s true that when he isn&rsquo;t playing, Smith is leaning over the end of the bench, encouraging his teammates, bench jockeying the opposition.</p><p>&ldquo;All he needs are pom-poms,&rdquo; cracked defenseman Gary Bergman. But, obviously, the players like it and Barkley observed that in the past few years, Red Wing goaltenders were tongue-tied.</p><p>Daley isn&rsquo;t a mute, either. One morning in the Wing room, the day after the World Series ended, he did a perfect imitation of Vida Blue doing the television commercial for an aftershave lotion and he had it down pat, words and accent.</p><p>The loose attitude among the goalkeeping corps certainly is something new for the Red Wings.</p><p><b>RED WING NOTES:</b> &ldquo;There goes the Byng,&rdquo; cracked Red Wing captain Alex Delvecchio after rookie referee John McCauley tagged him with 14 minutes in penalties, two minors and a misconduct, in Detroit&rsquo;s fourth game&hellip;It was only the second misconduct in Delvecchio&rsquo;s 21 National Hockey League seasons and the threetime Lady Byng Trophy winner laughed sheepishly over it afterward but still maintained that McCauley blew the penalty&hellip;McCauley whistled Delvecchio for freezing the puck in the second period of a game with St. Louis&mdash;&ldquo;It was loose between my feet,&rdquo; Delvecchio said. &ldquo;They were whacking at my ankles.&rdquo; Delvecchio was so mad that once he got to the penalty box he climbed up on the bench and shouted at McCauley over the glass and gave him the choke sign. That cost him the 10 minutes&hellip;Delvecchio had only six minutes&mdash;three minors&mdash;in penalties all last season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Smith Adds Humor To New Ice Look

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>In the early stages of the new season it appears the Los Angeles Kings are going to have to find some spark if they are to continue their rise from the depths into which they plunged two seasons back.</p><p>The Kings do not have outstanding personnel, but they have enough talent to contend for and possibly win a playoff berth. As long as they do not have a single outstanding defenseman or goal-tender, they will have to struggle, but they have the punch to win a fair number of games.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01544/2883349-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="267" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Larry Regan</b></figcaption></div><p>Aside from the acquisition of a solid NHL defenseman and a top goaler, their biggest need may be someone to fire them up, a player or an assistant coach. Manager and coach Larry Regan is a fiery fellow, but he can&rsquo;t do it alone. The players expect hell from him.</p><p>It is a subtle thing, the chemistry that converts a loser into a winner and while it may seem we are grabbing at straws, we are not alone in feeling the Kings need someone to stir them up and keep them stirred. The players on this club may be the quietest in the league. By personality, some are almost introverts.</p><p>Management has moved to acquire veteran leaders, who have helped. But by nature these men happen not to be the outspoken sort to stir a club. Bob Pulford offers words of advice to his teammates, but he is introverted. Ralph Backstrom is not a gung-ho guy. Harry Howell and Larry Hillman are quiet gentlemen.</p><p>The team&rsquo;s veterans are cut from the same cloth. Buddies Eddie Joyal and Bill Flett keep to themselves. Ross Lonsberry is reserved. Bob Berry is reserved. Juha Widing is a quiet man. This is no knock on them. But if one was the sort who might lock the clubhouse door and challenge his fellows it would help.</p><p>Gilles Marotte and Mike Byers may have some of this fibre, but do not exercise it. The players on this club who have the potential to play this sort of role&mdash;Real Lemieux, Paul Curtis, Red Hoganson, possibly Butch Goring&mdash;simply are too young or not sufficiently established to command the necessary respect.</p><p>Fellows like Ted Lindsay of the past and John Ferguson of recent season might make a lot of difference on this team, which rarely reaches its potential, which flashes lightning in brief bursts, but is notoriously inconsistent.</p><p>The Kings failed to take advantage of a break in the schedule. Their first four games were against ordinary foes. The Kings may have been carried away by opening on the road with a tie in Oakland and a victory in Vancouver. They were listless in losing their home opener, 4-1, to Pittsburgh. Teams usually are psyched up and play aggressively in their home openers. The Kings showed no spirit in their debut and were booed by a slim turnout of 7,828. The showing sent management into depression but renewed efforts to make some changes have not paid off as this is written.</p><p>The Kings did bounce back to play a big league game before 8,152 three nights later, but spectacular goaltending by Doug Favell of Philadelphia foiled them 1-0. The Kings outshot the Flyers, 43-23. Their loss the next night against a top foe in Chicago, 4-0, was no upset, of course, but it did stretch their scoreless streak to 159 minutes. Getting off only two shots in the second period was a bad sign.</p><p>If the Kings, a high scoring team, don&rsquo;t score, they will have had it. Hoganson is developing, but Howell&rsquo;s mobility looks suspect and Hillman is being used only for spot duty, so the defense seems shaky. In the nets, Denis DeJordy was fine against Philadelphia and Gary Edwards showed promise in playing the other four games, but DeJordy needs help and Edwards is not a finished product. For one thing, Edwards does not contain the puck and gives rebounds.</p><p>Someone must light a fire under the Kings if they are going to take advantage of the good things they can do.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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L.A. Kings Need Fiery Leader To Stir Them Up

<h2><b>In The East</b></h2><p>Frank Mahovlich is happy in Montreal they say, and the Big M is not doing anything to squelch the rumor.</p><p>The older of the two Mahovlich brothers, who paced the Canadiens in last season&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs with a total-points record performance, is off and running again this year and after a hot week that saw him score five goals and add two assists, he is now the league&rsquo;s ton goal-scorer with nine.</p><p>The Big M&rsquo;s scoring outburst couldn&rsquo;t have come at a better time as far as the Canadiens were concerned as they swept all three of their West Coast games to propel them back into the thick of the Easter Division race.</p><p>Mahovlich figured in each one of the team&rsquo;s goals in a 4-2 victory over the Seals, then added a hat trick in a 6-0 whitewashing of the Vancouver Canucks.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02468/2883387-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="551" height="665"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>FRANK MAHOVLICH&hellip;Montreal Canadiens</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>In The West</b></h2><p>At the outset of the present NHL season most of the hockey experts pegged the Minnesota North Stars as a team that was likely to show marked improvement.</p><p>The scoring power of skaters like veteran right winger Bill Goldsworthy was the main reason for this feeling.</p><p>Goldsworthy, the inventor of the Goldie Shuffle and one of the league&rsquo;s top goal-scorers over the second half of last season, has not disappointed them so far this year as he scored five goals and added one assist last week as the North Stars ran their season&rsquo;s record to 5-1-1 with victories over Vancouver, Buffalo and Los Angeles.</p><p>His hat trick against the Sabres was the first for a Minnesota player this season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03368/2883380-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="542" height="658"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL GOLDSWORTHY&hellip;Minnesota North Stars</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Player’s of the week

<p><b>C-Captain.</b></p><p><b>A-Alternate Captain</b></p><h2>MONTREAL</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Ken Dryden</p><p>Phil Myre</p><p>Rogatien Vachon</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Terry Harper A</p><p>Jacques Laperriere</p><p>Guy Lapointe</p><p>Pierre Bouchard</p><p>J.C. Tremblay A</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Henri Richard C</p><p>Pete Mahovlich</p><p>Guy Lafleur</p><p>Larry Pleau</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Yvon Coumoyer</p><p>Rejean Houle</p><p>Claude Larose</p><p>Phil Roberto</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Jacques Lemaire</p><p>Marc Tardif</p><p>Frank Mahovlich A</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Serge Savard</p><h2>CHICACO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Tony Esposito</p><p>Gary Smith</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Pat Stapleton</p><p>Bill White</p><p>Keith Magnuson</p><p>Doug Jarrett A</p><p>Jerry Korab</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Stan Mikita A</p><p>Pit Martin</p><p>Bryan Campbell</p><p>Lou Angotti</p><p>Andre Lacroix</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Cliff Koroll</p><p>Chico Moki</p><p>Eric Nesterenko</p><p>Jim Pappin</p><p>Darryl Maggs</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Bobby Hull A</p><p>Dennis Hull</p><p>Danny O&rsquo;Shea</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Gerry Desjardins</p><h2>BOSTON</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Gerry Cheevers</p><p>Ed Johnston</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Don Awrey</p><p>Bobby Orr</p><p>Dallas Smith</p><p>Rick Smith</p><p>Bob Stewart</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Phil Esposito A</p><p>Fred Stanfield</p><p>Derek Sanderson</p><p>Ivan Boldirev</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>John McKenzie</p><p>Ed Westfall A</p><p>Reg Leach</p><p>Ken Hodge</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>John Bucyk A</p><p>Wayne Cashman</p><p>Garnet Bailey</p><p>Mike Walton</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Don Marcotte</p><p>Ted Green A</p><h2>ST. LOUIS</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Ernie Wakely</p><p>Jim McLeod</p><p>Pete McDuffe</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>John Arbour</p><p>Carl Brewer A</p><p>Noel Picard</p><p>Barclay Plager A</p><p>Bob Plager</p><p>Jim Roberts C</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Garry Unger</p><p>Chris Bordeleau</p><p>Terry Crisp</p><p>Gene Carr</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Gary Sabourin A</p><p>Frank St. Marseille</p><p>Bill Sutherland</p><p>Wayne Connelly</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Jim Lorentz</p><p>George Morrison</p><p>Brit Selby</p><p>Mike Parizeau</p><p>JimShires</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><p>NHL Team Rasters</p><h2>DETROIT</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Al Smith</p><p>Joe Daley</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Gary Bergman A</p><p>Arnie Brown</p><p>Ron Stackhouse</p><p>Ron Harris</p><p>Jim Niekamp</p><p>Bob Falkenberg</p><p>Larry Johnston</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Alex Delvecchio C</p><p>Red Berenson A</p><p>Guy Charron</p><p>Marcel Dionne</p><p>Al Karlander</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Tim Ecclestone</p><p>Mickey Redmond</p><p>Leon Rochefort</p><p>Bill Collins</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Brian Conacher</p><p>Nkk Libett</p><p>Ab McDonald</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Getry Hart</p><h2>CALIFORNIA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Gilles Meloche</p><p>Lyle Carter</p><p>Gary Kurt</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Bert Marshall</p><p>Marshall Johnston</p><p>Dick Redmond</p><p>Paul Shmyr</p><p>Ken Baird</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Wayne Carleton</p><p>Joey Johnston</p><p>Walt McKenme</p><p>Bobby Sheehan</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Tom Webster</p><p>Norm Ferguson</p><p>Don O&rsquo;Donoghue</p><p>Tommy Williams</p><p>Craig Patrick</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Gary Croteau</p><p>Stan Gilbertson</p><p>Ernie Hicke</p><p>Gerry Pinder</p><p>Gary Jarrett</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Carol Vadnais</p><h2>TORONTO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Bernie Parent</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Bob Baun A</p><p>Mike Pelyk</p><p>Ricky Ley</p><p>Jim McKenny</p><p>Brad Seiwood</p><p>Brian Glennie</p><p>Jim Dorey</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Norm Ullman A</p><p>Dave Keon</p><p>Jim Harrison</p><p>Darryl Sittier</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Ron Ellis A</p><p>Brian Spencer</p><p>Guy Trottier</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Paul Henderson</p><p>Denis Dupere</p><p>Billy MacMillan</p><p>Don Marshall</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Jacques Plante</p><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Doug Favell</p><p>Bruce Gamble</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Barry Ashbee A</p><p>Larry Brown</p><p>Wayne Hillman</p><p>Larry Hale</p><p>Brent Hughes</p><p>Ed Van Impe C</p><p>Joe Watson</p><p>Rick Foley</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Bobby Clarke</p><p>Serge Bernier</p><p>Jimmy Johnson</p><p>Larry Wright</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Gary Dornhoefer</p><p>Larry Mickey A</p><p>Pierre Plante</p><p>Lew Morrison</p><p>Simon Nolet</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Jean-Guy Gendron</p><p>Bob Kelly</p><p>Bill Lesuk</p><p>Rick MacLeish</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2>NEW YORK</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Ed Giacemin</p><p>Gilles Villemure</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Brad Park</p><p>Jim Neilson A</p><p>Rod Seiling</p><p>Dale Rolfe</p><p>Ab DeMarco</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Jean Ratelle</p><p>Pete Stemkowski</p><p>Walt Tkaczuk</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Rod Gilbert A</p><p>Jack Egers</p><p>Bill Fairbairn</p><p>Bobby Rousseau</p><p>Pierre Jarry</p><p>Bruce MacGregor</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Dave Balon</p><p>Vic Hadfield C</p><p>Ted Irvine</p><p>Glen Sather</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Roy Edwards</p><p>Les Binkley</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Darryl Edestrand</p><p>Dave Burrows</p><p>Sheldon Kannegiesser</p><p>Bryan Watson</p><p>Bob Woytowich</p><p>Joe Noris</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Syl Apps</p><p>Ron Schock</p><p>Bobby Leiter</p><p>Rene Robert</p><p>Bryan Hextall A</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Nick Horbaruk</p><p>Bill Hicke</p><p>Jean Pronovost</p><p>Ken Schinkel A</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Keith McCreary A</p><p>Vai Fonteyne</p><p>Greg Polis</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Tim Horton</p><p>Jim Rutherford</p><h2>BUFFALO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Roger Crozier</p><p>Dave Dryden</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Al Hamilton A</p><p>Doug Barrie</p><p>Ray McKay</p><p>Jim Watson</p><p>Chris Evans</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Gilbert Perreault A</p><p>Gerry Meehan C</p><p>Don Luce</p><p>Phil Goyette A</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Ron Anderson</p><p>Steve Atkinson</p><p>Kevin O&rsquo;Shea</p><p>Eddie Shack</p><p>Floyd Smith</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Danny Lawson</p><p>Larry Keenan</p><p>Richard Martin</p><p>Dick Duff</p><p>Rod Zaine</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Mike Robitaille</p><p>Tracy Pratt</p><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Denis DeJordy</p><p>Gary Edwards</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Paul Curtis</p><p>Larry Hillman</p><p>Dole Hoganson</p><p>Harry Howell</p><p>Gilles Marotte A</p><p>Jean Potvin</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Ralph Backstrom</p><p>Butch Goring</p><p>Bob Pulford C</p><p>Juha Widing</p><p>Jim Stanfield</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Mike Byers</p><p>Bill Rett A</p><p>Lucien Grenier</p><p>Al McDonough</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Ed Joyal A</p><p>Bob Berry</p><p>Ross Lonsberry</p><p>Real Lemieux</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2>VANCOUVER</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>George Gardner</p><p>Dune Wilson</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Dale Talton</p><p>Pat Quinn</p><p>Jocelyn Guevremont</p><p>Barry Wilkins</p><p>Dennis Kearns</p><p>John Schella</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Orland Kurtenbach C</p><p>Andre Boudrias A</p><p>Bobby Lalonde</p><p>Danny Johnson</p><p>Fred Speck</p><p>Ron Ward</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Rosaire Paiment</p><p>Murray Hall</p><p>Bobby Schmautz</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Wayne Maki A</p><p>Poul Popiel</p><p>Mike Corrigan</p><p>Ted Taylor</p><p>Danny Seguin</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Gary Doak A</p><h2>MINNESOTA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Cesare Maniago</p><p>Lorne Worsley</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Ted Harris C</p><p>Tom Reid</p><p>Barry Gibbs</p><p>Dennis O&rsquo;Brien</p><p>Doug Mohns</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Jude Drouin</p><p>Ted Hampson</p><p>Murray Oliver</p><p>Charlie Burns A</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Bill Goldsworthy</p><p>Lou Nanne</p><p>Bob Nevin</p><p>Craig Cameron</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Danny Grant</p><p>Jearv-Paul Parise A</p><p>Dean Prentice</p><p>Gary Gambucci</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Dennis Hextall<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NHL Team Rosters

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01458/2883586-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="435" height="290"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02406/2883579-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="473" height="295"></div><h2><b>Tues, Oct. 19 VANCOUVER 3 at ST. LOUIS 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03335/2883572-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="581" height="541"></div><h2><b>Wed, Oct. 20 MONTREAL 4 at CALIFORNIA 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04262/2883565-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="579" height="589"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO 7 at TORONTO 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05215/2883558-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="583" height="798"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO 1 at NEW YORK 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06180/2883551-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="589" height="486"></div><h2><b>DETROIT 3 at BOSTON 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07158/2883544-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="595" height="597"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER 0 at MINNESOTA 7</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08127/2883537-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="575" height="708"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES 1 at PITTSBURGH 8</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-09114/2883530-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="587" height="692"></div><h2><b>Thurs, Oct. 21 CHICAGO 5 at BUFFALO 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-10105/2883523-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="579" height="619"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES 7 at PHILADELPHIA 0</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1188/2883516-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="584" height="685"></div><h2><b>Fri, Oct. 22 MONTREAL 6 at VANCOUVER 0</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1278/2883509-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="586" height="636"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 2 at DETROIT 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1361/2883502-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="578" height="659"></div><h2><b>BOSTON 5 AT CALIFORNIA 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1450/2883495-1-eng-US/f0017-142.jpg" title="f0017-14" width="583" height="710"></div><h2><b>Sat, Oct. 23 MONTREAL 3 AT LOS ANGELES 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1541/2883488-1-eng-US/f0017-152.jpg" title="f0017-15" width="582" height="481"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA 3 AT TORONTO 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1639/2883481-1-eng-US/f0017-162.jpg" title="f0017-16" width="583" height="707"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK 4 at ST. LOUIS 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1732/2883474-1-eng-US/f0017-172.jpg" title="f0017-17" width="584" height="619"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO 1 at MINNESOTA 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1826/2883467-1-eng-US/f0017-182.jpg" title="f0017-18" width="579" height="605"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO 5 at PITTSBURGH 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1921/2883460-1-eng-US/f0017-192.jpg" title="f0017-19" width="573" height="598"></div><h2><b>Sun, Oct. 24 PITTSBURGH 1 at NEW YORK 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02373/2883453-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="575" height="428"></div><h2><b>BOSTON 4 at VANCOUVER 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03276/2883446-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="583" height="610"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA 6 at DETROIT 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04218/2883439-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="578" height="758"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS 3 at BUFFALO 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05164/2883432-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="573" height="560"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO 1 at PHILADELPHIA 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06135/2883425-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="577" height="503"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA 6 at LOS ANGELES 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-07119/2883418-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="581" height="743"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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National Hockey Leagues SUMMARIES

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-08" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-08100/2883679-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg"></div><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 26)</b></p><h2><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h2><h2><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0988/2883672-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="1100" height="296"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues, Oct. 19</b></p><p>Vancouver 3 at St. Louis 1</p><p><b>Wed, Oct. 20</b></p><p>Montreal 4 at California 2</p><p>Buffalo 7 at Toronto 2</p><p>Chicago 1 at New York 3</p><p>Detroit 3 at Boston 4</p><p>Vancouver 0 at Minnesota 7</p><p>Los Angeles 1 at Pittsburgh 8</p><p><b>Thurs, Oct. 21</b></p><p>Chicago 5 at Buffalo 2</p><p>Los Angeles 7 at Philadelphia 0</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 22</b></p><p>Montreal 6 at Vancouver 0</p><p>Toronto 2 at Detroit 5</p><p>Boston 5 at California 1</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 23</b></p><p>Montreal 3 at LOS Angeles 1</p><p>Philadelphia 3 at Toronto 5</p><p>New York 4 at St. Louis 3</p><p>Buffalo 1 at Minnesota 5</p><p>Chicago 5 at Pittsburgh 2</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 24</b></p><p>Pittsburgh 1 at New York 1</p><p>Boston 4 at Vancouver 3</p><p>California 6 at Detroit 3</p><p>St. Louis 3 at Buffalo 2</p><p>Chicago 1 at Philadelphia 2</p><p>Minnesota 6 at Los Angeles 3</p><h2><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h2><p><b>Tues, Oct. 26</b></p><p>Chicago at Detroit</p><p><b>Wed, Oct. 27</b></p><p>Boston at Montreal</p><p>Vancouver at Toronto</p><p>Detroit at New York</p><p>Buffalo at Los Angeles</p><p>California at Pittsburgh</p><p>Minnesota at St. Louis</p><p><b>Thur, Oct. 28</b></p><p>California at Boston</p><p>Vancouver at Philadelphia</p><p>Pittsburgh at Minnesota</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 30</b></p><p>Detroit at Montreal</p><p>Minnesota at Toronto</p><p>New York at Pittsburgh</p><p>Buffalo at Vancouver</p><p>Chicago at Los Angeles</p><p>Philadelphia at St. Louis</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 31</b></p><p>Montreal at Philadelphia</p><p>Toronto at New York</p><p>Minnesota at Boston</p><p>Pittsburgh at Detroit</p><p>Buffalo at California</p><p>Chicago at Vancouver (afternoon)</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 3</b></p><p>St. Louis at Montreal</p><p>Toronto at Minnesota</p><p>New York at Los Angeles</p><p>Philadelphia at Chicago</p><p>Pittsburgh at California</p><p><b>Thur, Nov. 4</b></p><p>St. Louis at Boston</p><p>Buffalo at Detroit</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 5</b></p><p>New York at California</p><p>Philadelphia at Buffalo</p><p>Pittsburgh at Vancouver<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NHL SCOREBOARD

<div class="byline">&#x2014;CONRAD</div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>immy Johnson&rsquo;s reunion with his former minor league coach Fred Shero is working wonders for the veteran center. Jim lend the Flyers in goals (three) and points (five) after the first four games&hellip;Doug Favell&rsquo;s 1-0 victory in L.A. to close the Flyers&rsquo; season-opening 2-2 road trip was the colorful goalie&rsquo;s second straight shutout over the Kings in the Fabulous Forum&hellip;Former defenseman Larry Zeidel, now the team&rsquo;s colorman during hockey broadcasts, is swiftly earning a reputation for calling the shots the way he sees them&hellip;GM Keith Allen took the club&rsquo;s 2-2 road getaway record philosophically: &ldquo;We feel we should&rsquo;ve done better since both games we lost were by one goal, but I guess we should be pleased to come off any tough road trip at .500&rdquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Reunion Works For Johnson

<h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>HOW THEY STAND AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues. Oct. 26)</b></p><h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01286/2883741-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="577" height="164"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02209/2883734-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="580" height="290"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Mon, Oct. 18</b></p><p>Tidewater 2 at Boston 5</p><p><b>Tues, Oct. 19</b></p><p>Baltimore 5 at Nova Scotia 3</p><p><b>Wed, Oct. 20</b></p><p>Rochester 3 at Richmond 2</p><p><b>Thurs, Oct. 21</b></p><p>Rochester 4 at Tidewater 2</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 22</b></p><p>Baltimore 2 at Cleveland 2</p><p>Cincinnati 4 at Providence 4</p><p>Hershey 5 at Springfield 2</p><p>Boston at Rochester (postponed)</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 23</b></p><p>Boston 5 at Baltimore 3</p><p>Providence 2 at Cleveland 6</p><p>Tidewater 3 at Hershey 5</p><p>Cincinnati 2 at Springfield 2</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 24 &middot;</b></p><p>Cincinnati 1 at Nova Scotia 5</p><p>Cleveland 4 at Providence 8</p><p>Tidewater 1 at Rochester 4</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tues, Oct. 26</b></p><p>Richmond at Baltimore</p><p>Springfield at Boston</p><p>Cincinnati at Nova Scotia</p><p><b>Wed, Oct. 27</b></p><p>Baltimore at Hershey</p><p>Rochester at Providence</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 29</b></p><p>Nova Scotia at Baltimore</p><p>Providence at Rochester</p><p>Boston at Springfield</p><p>Hershey at Tidewater</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 30</b></p><p>Cincinnati at Boston</p><p>Tidewater at Cleveland</p><p>Nova Scotia at Hershey</p><p>Baltimore at Richmond</p><p>Providence at Springfield</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 31</b></p><p>Boston at Providence</p><p>Spring field at Rochester</p><p>Nova Scotia at Tidewater</p><p><b>Tues, Nov. 2</b></p><p>Rochester at Boston</p><p>Baltimore at Cincinnati</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 3</b></p><p>Baltimore at Cleveland</p><p>Rochester at Providence</p><p>Nova Scotia at Richmond</p><p><b>Thur, Nov. 4</b></p><p>Nova, Scotia at Cincinnati<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-01

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB BROWN</div><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>leveland&rsquo;s John Muckier said the Barons would probably start slow but the new coach of the blue and white remained optimistic about his club&rsquo;s chances over the long haul.</p><p>Perhaps Muckler&rsquo;s prophesy should be given more time before he is credited with ingenius insight. Still, at the moment, his early prediction appears to be right on goal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04131/2883803-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="267" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gord Labossiere</b></figcaption></div><p>The Barons have received more talent from the Minnesota North Stars. First, Buster Harvey and Fred Barrett, the Stars&rsquo; first two amateur picks a year ago, arrived. Then, along came young Gilles Gilbert, the promising goaltender whom Minnesota kept on their major league roster last season.</p><p>Gilbert was promptly placed in goal and the Barons responded with their first two wins of the season. Harvey contributed a goal in each of the first four games he played and Barrett solidified the Cleveland defense joining captain Wayne Muloin, Roger Cote, Dennis Patterson, Gary Geldart and Bob Paradise. On paper at least, the Barons appear to be as good as they ve been in several seasons.</p><p>Up front, the list of injured, which plagued the Barons early, now is clean with the return of Billy Heindl. Heindl, sprained knee, followed Barrie Meissner (same injury) and Terry Callery (bruised shoulder) to the bench. Now, all are again well.</p><p>The best indication of the scoring potential of this Cleveland club comes from past performances. Returnees Norm Beaudin, Grant Erickson, Mike Chernoff, Meissner and Heindl scored 123 goals here last season. Centers Gordie Labossiere and Caffery are both expected to do their share (Labossiere 19 in the NHL a year ago) as is young Harvey, who produced 12 goals with Minnesota in 70-71.</p><p>Gilbert will undoubtedly share netminding duties with Fern Rivard who had a 2.97 goals allowed average in 35 faceoffs here last season.</p><p>If everything stays the same, the Barons are going to be a factor in the AHL&rsquo;s West. They now have the personnel to make a run at the division title that has eluded them the past ten camppaigns.</p><p><b>BLUELINERS:</b> Owner Nick Mileti announced the appointment of Labossiere to the post of assistant coach. The thirteen-year pro veteran will assist John Muckier with coaching and administrative duties while continuing his playing career&hellip;Selection of the game&rsquo;s three stars is now a feature of each Barons&rsquo; game. Local sports writers are making the selections&hellip;The Barons are also holding a puck-shooting contest at each game. Winners receive a gift certificate worth at least $100.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-04

Reinforced Barons Start Climbing; Labossiere Named Assistant Coach

<div class="byline">BY JERRY LINDQUIST</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03173/2883772-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Richmond netminder MICHEL BELHUMEUR battles Providence&rsquo;s BERT WILSON in goalmouth action. Later both scuffled and were given penalties.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Richmond Times-Dispatch Photo)</span></figcaption></div><p>RICHMOND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he setting was perfect. A crowd of 7,214 was on hand for professional ice hockey&rsquo;s debut in the new $24 million Coliseum, and the Richmond Robins saw to it the evening was a success.</p><p>They defeated the Providence Reds, 2-1, on goals by Roger Pelletier and Danny Schock and near-perfect goaltending by Michel Belhumeur.</p><p>There were, as might be expected under such circumstances, a few problems on opening night. The ice wasn&rsquo;t quite right. Neither was the lighting. There was some difficulty with the clock and more.</p><p>It took the home team a while to warm up, too. Only Belhumeur, making his first appearance of the season, stood between the Reds and a healthy early advantage.</p><p>The Robins were outshot, 15-4, over the first 20 minutes but came away 0-0 because of Belhumeur. Several saves bordered on the incredible. Twice he turned away shots from point-blank range (by Alton White and Morris Stefaniw).</p><p>In the second period, however, Richmond began looking like the same aggressive, hard-checking entry it was during training camp and wasn&rsquo;t in its first two regular-season games, both losses.</p><p>Suddenly Providence, not Richmond, was having trouble getting the puck out of its own zone. The Robins began forechecking the Reds to distraction, and following a fluke goal&mdash;a passout from behind the net hit the back of Belhumeur&rsquo;s right leg and trickled across the line&mdash;they completely dominated play.</p><p>Pelletier, firing from the right point, knotted the score late in the second period. Then, little more than six minutes into the third, Schock provided the winning goal, made possible by some clever stick work by Dick Sarrazin.</p><p>Providence was trying to clear out of its own zone when Sarrazin caught up to the puck just inside the blueline, turned, and charged down the right side.</p><p>Instead of shooting immediately, he faked the shot and continued in. There was reason to believe Sarrazin would go behind the net, but at the last instant he spied Schock breaking over the middle from left wing.</p><p>The pass was perfect, and all Schock had to do was drive it by Reds&rsquo; goaltender Rick Charron. Later, Schock missed a wide-open net after Charron was recalled to the bench in favor of an extra forward but it hardly mattered.</p><p>&ldquo;The last two periods we got stronger and stronger,&rdquo; said Eddie Bush, the Richmond coach who had been more than a little displeased with his team&rsquo;s showing until then.</p><p><b>PARTING SHOTS:</b> Among opening night dignitaries were Richmond mayor Tom Bliley and Mrs. Linwood Holton, wife of the governor. She dropped the first puck&hellip;Also on hand was Keith Allen, general manager of the parent Philadelphia Flyers&hellip;&ldquo;It was a great crowd, really fabulous,&rdquo; said forward Bob Hurlburt. &ldquo;If we get support like that all year, it can mean quite an advantage to us. I was really impressed by them, and that&rsquo;s what we need. If you&rsquo;re going to be a championship team, you need a championship crowd behind you.&rdquo;&hellip;Injured shoulder sidelined defenseman Bill Brossart.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-03

New Robins Delight Fans With Victory

<div class="byline">BY GREG FARLEY</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span> come-from-behind 5-2 win over the Tidewater Wings, the team&rsquo;s third straight victory, enabled the Braves to slip into a first place tie with the defending Calder Cup champion Spring-field Kings.</p><p>And who&rsquo;s to say they can&rsquo;t stay at or around that spot for the entire campaign? As the team closed out a successful home stand and hit the road for a few tilts, coach Guidolin expressed optimism.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01149/2883834-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="277" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Doug Roberts</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;So far, so good,&rdquo; smiled the tribe mentor. &ldquo;Everything&rsquo;s been going well. Our lines have jelled a bit earlier than I thought they might, the defense has looked strong, the goaltending has been sharp and even our penalty-killing unit has exceeded my expectations.&rdquo;</p><p>Not surprisingly, the coach was anxious to get the club on the road to prove that the Braves are indeed for real.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have to stress to the players how important it is for us to get a couple of road wins under our belts,&rdquo; Bep pointed out, &ldquo;they know what has to be done.</p><p>&ldquo;One thing&rsquo;s for sure&mdash;if we continue to play on the road like we have at home we&rsquo;re going to be trouble for everyone all year long.&rdquo;</p><p>True enough. The Braves literally blasted the stuffings out of their last two Garden opponents, Tidewater and Richmond, amassing a total of 115 shots on goal in the two games. That&rsquo;s some kind of shooting gallery.</p><p>And while the offense has been getting most of the publicity, the defense has been no less impressive, holding the Wings and Robins to a mere 55 shots.</p><p>Up front, Garry Peters, who might find himself with the Bruins if he continues his outstanding play, has led the onslaught along with linemates Doug Roberts and Ron Boehm.</p><p>&ldquo;Our line is going well right now,&rdquo; explained Peters, &ldquo;but the other lines have been throwing the puck around pretty well too. We&rsquo;ve got three well-balanced units and if one should cool off you can be sure the others are going to pick up the slack.&rdquo;</p><p>The team spirit is as high as its shots on goal totals, due perhaps to a pre-season poll which labelled the Braves for the Eastern Division cellar. The forecast has been blown up and tacked up on the dressing room wall as a daily reminder.</p><p>&ldquo;No way that&rsquo;s going to be right,&rdquo; scoffed winger Neal Murphy, we&rsquo;ll stick with our pre-season forecast of second place for the injuns.</p><p><b>BRAVES BRIEFS:</b> The Tidewater rout was the first of 23 contests to be aired over WBZ radio by Bruins&rsquo; broadcaster Bob Wilson, back in the Hub after a two year stint in St. Louis&hellip;A unique feature of the broadcasts allows fans to call in questions and comments from their homes between periods&hellip;Largest crowd so far was 11,727 who witnessed the 5-1 win over Richmond. In that encounter, Steve Stirling, last year&rsquo;s BU captain, collected his first AHL goal on a breakaway with the Braves shorthanded&hellip;Mike Hyndman, another BU product, picked up his first against Tidewater.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0021-01

Braves Fate Road Test After Home Ice Romp

<h2><b>Fri, Oct. 15 CLEVELAND 3 AT CINCINNATI 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02110/2883935-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="584" height="605"></div><h2><b>TIDEWATER 5 AT PROVIDENCE 7</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0372/2883928-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="582" height="830"></div><h2><b>BALTIMORE 0 AT ROCHESTER 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0461/2883921-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="578" height="526"></div><h2><b>TIDEWATER 0 at SPRINGFIELD 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0554/2883914-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="582" height="505"></div><h2><b>Sun, Oct. 17 HERSHEY 3 AT CINCINNATI 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0646/2883907-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="585" height="659"></div><h2><b>BALTIMORE 1 at NOVA SCOTIA 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0738/2883900-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="575" height="478"></div><h2><b>RICHMOND 2 at PROVIDENCE 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0833/2883893-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="584" height="512"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND 6 at ROCHESTER 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0927/2883886-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="577" height="752"></div><h2><b>Mon, Oct. 18 TIDEWATER 2 at BOSTON 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1024/2883879-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="583" height="654"></div><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun, Oct. 17)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1211/2883872-1-eng-US/f0021-122.jpg" title="f0021-12" width="584" height="481"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1310/2883865-1-eng-US/f0021-132.jpg" title="f0021-13" width="578" height="629"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0021-02

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div><p>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>O</span>n and off the ice, the Springfield Kings have capable leadership. Everyone welcomed the announcement that veteran Noel Price was named captain of the club. One alternate is Wayne Schultz, another highly respected member of the defending Calder Cup Champions.</p><p>You would have to class Coach Gary Dineen among the leaders on the club, if not the outstanding one on the club. He is only 27, has only a few years of professional ice time under his belt as a player, and virtually no experience as a coach. Still he is being readily accepted as the team leader. The players responded with a schedule-opening four game unbeaten streak.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1118/2883966-1-eng-US/f0021-112.jpg" title="f0021-11" width="271" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Stanfield</b></figcaption></div><p>Price goes back a lot of years here in Springsield, as he played in the 60&rsquo;s with the Indians. He has longed-ranked as one of the more popular players to ever pull on a shirt here.</p><p>Schultz got a bad break at the start of training camp, literally so. He suffered a depressed fracture of the nose which required plastic surgery as well as a special mask-headguard which will enable him to play.</p><p>Wayne was one of the many players former coach John Wilson traded for late last season in an effort to bolster the club for the drive to the playoffs. He came from Cleveland and played well all last season, especially in the playoffs.</p><p>As for coach Dineen, he is a class guy all the way. The confidence he has in his players and the respect he has for them has shown in a few of the early season road games where the club has performed well. It is no secret that past Springfield clubs did not play well on the road.</p><p>On the ice, Wayne Rivers has really stood out in the early going with the Kings. A 10-year veteran with NHL experience as well as in the AHL, Wayne has been hot with the Kings the early part of the season. In his first four games Rivers scored seven times.</p><p>Jim Stanfield has also been an improved player. It used to be that he had only a slap shot. Now he has several other shots to keep the goaler busy, in addition to developing a fine checking game. He has been such a pleasant surprise that the parent Kings recalled him to Los Angeles this past week.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0021-11

Kings Give New Coach Good Start

<div class="byline">BY PAT CONNOLLY</div><p>HALIFAX&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ichel Plasse gained international attention last season while toiling for Kansas City Blues in the Central Hockey League by scoring a goal into an empty net with a clearing shot from his own zone.</p><p>Scoring into an empty net isn&rsquo;t at all unusual&hellip;except when you happen to be a goaltender like Plasse. While this feat projected the Montreal native into the spotlight, it wasn&rsquo;t all he accomplished in the 1970-71 season. The records show Plasse compiled a tidy 2.63 goals-against average in 16 games with the lowly Blues, strong enough evidence to convince Nova Scotia Voyageurs&rsquo; coach Al MacNeil that Michel had earned a thorough trial with the American League team. Plasse got his chance after Springfield Kings blasted Wayne Thomas for six goals in the second game of the season. Plasse took over against the Tidewater Wings and played well in posting a 6-2 win and then held the Baltimore Clippers to a single goal when the Vees won their third straight home game 3-1.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0392/2884035-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="263" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Michel Plasse</b></figcaption></div><p>As the Vees settled into a five-game home stand, they hoped to build some credits before embarking on a six-game road trip. The team will be pre-empted from the Halifax Forum for ten days in favor of the annual Atlantic Winter Fair. And MacNeil was most anxious to pick up the maximum number of points in excursions against Baltimore and Cincinnati before heading out.</p><p><b>VEES VIGNETTES:</b> Former Flin Flon junior whiz Chuck Arnason, who had some trouble untracking among the pros, broke out with a two goal effort against Baltimore, beating former Bomber teammate Ray Martynuik who was dealt by Montreal to California during fall training camp. In his first three games as a Voyageur, winger Randy (Rocket) Rota had only six shots on goal, but turned three of them into key goals. MacNeil is pleased with the development of his very young defense corps, all under 24. Diminutive Murray Anderson, who couldn&rsquo;t cut it a year ago and wound up on option to Rochester, has been playing well, as have draft choices Larry Robinson from Kitchener and Bob Murray from Michigan Tech. Terry French, a junior draft from Ottawa 67&rsquo;s who hasn&rsquo;t dressed in the first four games, considering a return to school at Memorial University in St. John s, Newfoundland. Chuck Lefley suffered a bruised shoulder and left the game in the first period after being checked by former teammate Jean Gauthier in the Baltimore contest. Bob Murdoch expected to be sidelined at least another week with a knee problem. &ldquo;Tough Tony; Featherstone, acquired from California to contribute some muscle on the right side, won a unanimous decision over Clippers&rsquo; &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Arm-strong.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0022-03

Plasse Gets His Chance And Responds With Win

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE DUFFY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0022-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01166/2884004-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Providence coach LARRY WILSON and veteran newcomer RON STEWART are all smiles as two met for first time on ice after Stewart reported from New York Rangers after 18 seasons in the NHL.</b></figcaption></div><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;</p><p>Ron Stewart, after 18 years in the big league ranks, finally pulled on a minor league sweater here with the R.I. Reds and he was all smiles.</p><p>&ldquo;I have heard a lot about Providence over the years,&rdquo; said the veteran Stewart, &ldquo;I was told it was a fine hockey town and from the early games the information was correct. The crowds turn out and they are enthusiastic.&rdquo;</p><p>Stewart, who spent 13 season with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was a member of the New York Rangers for the last five, got into a couple of towns he never expected to see&mdash;Richmond, Va. and Hershey, Pa.</p><p>The 39-year-old forward was impressed. &ldquo;Richamond&rsquo;s new building looks good,&rdquo; said Ron, &ldquo;and that Hershey rink is a good one even though it is not that new.&rdquo;</p><p>Ron&rsquo;s existence shifted to Rhode Island when he was sent there by the Rangers, with whom the Reds have a working agreement for five seasons.</p><p>An experienced penalty killer with New York last season, Stewart utilized this ability early with the Reds but coach Larry Wilson also used Ron at right wing on a regular line. &ldquo;Stewie&rdquo; responded by firing home a 55-foot goal against the Hershey Bears.</p><p>Meanwhile. Friday, November 5, will be a gala occasion at R.I. Auditorium, the home of the Reds.</p><p>It will offer a full length game between the Boston Bruin Oldtimers and the R.L Reds Oldtimers. Johnny Bower and Mickey Murray, former Providence goalies, will be inducted into the Reds&rsquo; Hall of Fame.</p><p>All the proceeds will go to the United Fund campaign of which George Sage, Reds&rsquo; owner, is chairman.</p><p>Boston will call on such former stalwarts as Fernie Flaman, Pat Egan, Cliff Thompson, Bucky Hollingsworth, Paul Ronty, Johnny Pierson, Eddie Barry, Ed Sandford, Woody Dumart, Bep Guidolin, Don McKenney, Bill Ezinicki, Leo Labine, Fleming Mackell, Jerry Toppazzini, Ray Chasson, Brad Mather, Bob Cleary, Bill Cleary, George Owen, Terry Flaman, Tom Moon and Bill Mulcahey.</p><p>Providence has lined up Dave Creighton, Harvey Bennett, Steve Kraftcheck, Allan Stanley, John Sealver, Stan Baluik, Paul Larivee, Zellio Toppazzini, Camille Henry, Andy Branigan, Buck Davies and Ray Ross. Johnny &ldquo;The Black Cat&rdquo;, Gagnon former Montreal Canadien winger and a Providence skater in his younger days, will coach the Reds.</p><p>In order to add life to the benefit program, Sage announced that two travel campers, hockey tickets and numerous other prizes will be given away.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02106/2883997-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="1177" height="723"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>When three fellows go to work and stay around for 120 years, that&rsquo;s news. And that pretty much is the story of ticket manager DAN NORTON, right, PA announcer JACK CLEARY, left, and head usher JACK BALDWIN of the R.I. Reds hockey club. All three have been with the Reds just about 40 years each. And because of their contributions to the Reds over the years, they will be inducted into the Providence Hall of Fame on Friday, November 5.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0022-01

R.I., Boston Oldtimers Take To Ice For United Fund

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><p>ROCHESTER&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f they only had a comeback award in the American Hockey League, Don Cherry of the Rochester Americans would have a good jump on everybody else in the race.</p><p>But the funny thing (it isn&rsquo;t funny to Don, of course) is, that despite his performance, he may not even last the season as an Amerk regular.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the way things are in this confusing world of the Rochester Americans.</p><p>Cherry retired from pro hockey on Oct. 2, 1969, and has made his home here since. When he quiet, the veteran defenseman had played 371 games as an Amerk and a total of 748 regular season games in the AHL.</p><p>But with the retirements of Darryl Sly and Marc Reaume and a late-summer operation for Jim Hargreaves, Cherry felt he might be able to help the Amerks this season.</p><p>He didn&rsquo;t get a uniform for the opener in Cincinnati, but played the next three games and collected five assists to share the club&rsquo;s point lead after four games.</p><p>And in Cleveland on Oct. 16 (his second game), Cherry was selected as the No. 1 star of the night even though his Rochester team lost, 4-3. That, incidentally, was the 750th AHL career game for the 37-year-old blueliner.</p><p>Yet two days after the three-games-in-three-nights weekend during which he assisted on five of his team&rsquo;s 11 goals, Cherry found himself sitting home while the Amerks headed for a two-game trip to Richmond and Tidewater.</p><p>Doug Adam, Rochester&rsquo;s general manager and coach, had seven defensemen at the time with another, Hargreaves, due back within two weeks. Other rearguards with the club were Doug Dunville, Bob Blackburn, Greg Boddy, Ken Block, Dave Dunn and Bob Malcolm.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Amerks’ Vet Bumped Off Back Line

<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div><p>BALTIMORE&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>t the conclusion of five-pre-season exhibition contests and two regular season games, Terry Reardon&rsquo;s Baltimore Clippers hadn&rsquo;t tasted defeat. Twice, Reardon&rsquo;s Raiders were tied while the other five outings resulted in victories.</p><p>Naturally this is a nice happenstance for all Baltimore hockey buffs. And just as naturally, it wouldn&rsquo;t last for ever.</p><p>However, it appears that Reardon&rsquo;s bulky squad (total numbers as well as physical size) is beginning to jell, and the club will earn respect throughout the 11-member American Hockey League.</p><p>At the same time, while well pleased with the early results, the Clipper skipper has oft-repeated that &ldquo;I still don&rsquo;t know too much about this year&rsquo;s team. The exhibition games failed to solve many question marks, and while I&rsquo;m getting to know a little more about each man as each regular season game is played, I still have to see them under real pressure.&rdquo; After six games the Clippers were 2-2-2.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01146/2884090-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="262" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jim Morrison</b></figcaption></div><p>That he is not content to sit on success was shown recently, when the 52-year-old Winnipeg native serving his second straight year in the dual role of GM and coach, signed the veteran 40-year-old defenseman Jim Morrison to a Baltimore contract. Cut adrift by the NHL Penguins after two good winters under Red Kelly, Morrison was picked up as a free agent and should prove of great value to the defense.</p><p>Although he can only dress eighteen men for any one game, Reardon has twenty-four still on the local role. The breakdown is two goalies&mdash;Ray Martynuik and Bob Whidden, who tossed a shutout at the Tidewater Wings here opening night; seven defenseman&mdash;Jean Gauthier, Kent Douglas, Terry Murray, Murray Flegel, Ted McAneeley, Dick Mattiussi and Morrison; and 15 forwards&mdash;John French (obtained from the Montreal organization in the Randy Rota swap), Howie Menard, J.P. Mallette, Marc Dufour, Joe Szura, Hartland Monahan, Hilliard Graves, Red Armstrong, Bob Rivard, Dunc Rousseau, Brian Murphy and Pete Laframboise plus three newly assigned forwards from California&mdash;Chris Oddleifson, Joe Hardy and Frank Hughes.</p><p>This puts the pressure on Reardon to bring his squad down to game-playing size and, of course, on the players themselves, in the continuing battle for berths. Obviously, more changes are anticipated.</p><p>Equally encouraging as the play of the team was the interest around town among the fans. Opening night drew a very respectable 7,962 and the second home appearance on a Tuesday night recorded 5,906. In the latter scuffle, the locals dug themsleves a 0-3 hole in the first ten minutes against the defending champion Springfield Kings, but rallied to gain a 4-4 standoff.</p><p><b>CLIPPER CLIPS:</b> Many local hockey fans were somewhat sad-dened to see Baltimore veterans Jean-Marie Cossette and Jim Bartlett fail to make the team after giving a half dozen years of top service here&hellip;Also dropped from last year&rsquo;s squad were Tony Goegan, Pete Ford, Willie Marshall and Ed MacQueen&hellip;Defenseman Wally Chevrier, who now lives in Baltimore, was put on suspension when the doughty, 5-6 rearguard turned down a contract&hellip;Marc Dufour, the league&rsquo;s second top scorer last year, suffered a slight ankle crack in an exhibition game in Hershey and has been sidelined for two weeks.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0023-01

Overstocked Clippers Make Winning Start

<h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2><b>HOW THEY STAND</b></h2><h3><b>WESTERN LEAGUE</b></h3><p><b>(Standings on Wed, Oct. 27)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0376/2884128-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="582" height="223"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sun, Oct. 17</b></p><p>San Diego 4 at Seattle 1</p><p><b>Wed, Oct. 20</b></p><p>Phoenix 2 at Denver 3</p><p>Seattle 1 at Salt Lake 6</p><p>San Diego 3 at Portland 4</p><p><b>Thurs, Oct. 21</b></p><p>Portland 4 at Phoenix 4</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 22</b></p><p>Seattle 4 at Denver 6</p><p>Portland 3 at San Diego 6</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 23</b></p><p>Denver 4 at Phoenix 3</p><p>Salt Lake 5 at Seattle 2</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 24</b></p><p>Salt Lake 4 at Portland 6</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Wed, Oct. 27</b></p><p>Salt Lake at Denver</p><p>Seattle at Phoenix</p><p><b>Thur, Oct. 28</b></p><p>Denver at Salt Lake</p><p>Seattle at San Diego</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 29</b></p><p>San Diego at Denver</p><p>Phoenix at Seattle</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 30</b></p><p>San Diego at Salt Lake</p><p>Phoenix at Portland</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 3</b></p><p>Portland at Denver</p><p>Phoenix at Salt Lake</p><p><b>Thur, Nov. 4</b></p><p>San Diego at Seattle</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 5</b></p><p>Phoenix at Denver Portland at Salt Lake</p><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><p><b>(including games of Sun, Oct. 17)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0459/2884121-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="579" height="381"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0024-03

WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0024-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01157/2884190-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CHUCK HAMILTON&hellip;Coming Back From Broken Leg</b></figcaption></div><p>DENVER&mdash;</p><p>Chuck Hamilton joined the Denver Spurs just in time for the Western Hockey League opener.</p><p>The 32-year-old right winger missed last season with a broken leg and Denver&rsquo;s manager-coach Bill McCreary is looking for him to rebound with the kind of season he had in 1968-69 for the Hershey Bears when he triggered 28 goals and 46 assists.</p><p>The Spurs, who posted a 7-2-1 record in the busiest pre-season schedule of any of the WHL clubs, finished with a six-game winning streak. It was made up of two victories over the U.S. national team in Colorado Springs, Colo., and four straight over the Kansas City Blues of the Central League with all games played in the Denver area.</p><p>The Spurs carried the record one game into the WHL season, stopping the much-improved Salt Lake City Golden Eagles 3-2 but were shut out 3-0 in their next start as Ken Broderick made his first appearance in the San Diego Gulls&rsquo; nets. Broderick, who played parts of two seasons for the Phoenix Roadrunners, was back in the amateur ranks last season and taught school.</p><p>Fran Huck played only seven of the Spurs&rsquo; pre-season games but wound up the scoring leader with four goals and seven assists. The fiesty little forward also led in penalty minutes with 22.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Spurs Hope Hamilton Can Find Range Again

<p>SEATTLE&mdash;</p><p>Everybody was predicting a much tighter race in the Western Hockey League this season.</p><p>Everyone appears right, after the opening weekend. There was a two-way tie for first between Phoenix and San Diego, and a four-way tie for third among everyone else.</p><p>After each team had played its opening pair of games, there was a six-way tie for the lead with everyone owning a 1-1 record.</p><p>Last season, the Portland Buckaroos ran away with the pennant, posting 103 points for a 22-point margin.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WHL Facing Tight Race Say Experts

<div class="byline">&#x2014;McCONNELL</div><p>PORTLAND&mdash;</p><p>The Portland Buckaroos have announced they will televise six of their road games from three different cities.</p><p>The Phoenix Roadrunners announced plans to televise six of their games from San Diego and the San Diego Gulls expect to announce that they will again televise several road games.</p><p>All six Western Hockey League clubs carry their home and away games on radio.</p><p>Jimmy Jones will describe the action to Portland viewers in two games from San Diego, two from Seattle and one from Salt Lake City on KPTV (channel 12). Bill Anderson calls the Buckaroo games on a regular basis on KPOK radio (1330).</p><p>Al McCoy, Arizona&rsquo;s sportcaster of the year for 1970, broadcasts the action for Phoenix listeners on KXIV-Radio (1400) where he is also sports and program director. McCoy switches over to KPHO-TV (channel 5) for the six telecasts from San Diego while Roadrunner public relations director Mike Lange substitutes on radio.</p><p>Jim Fisher is calling the play for a third season for Salt Lake City listeners on KSL Radio (1160) and on KSL-FM Sundays.</p><p>Joe Daggett, who left his sports director&rsquo;s duties at KING-TV in Seattle to work full time for the Seattle Totems in public relations, will again handle the game broadcasts on KIRO Radio (710). Daggett has quickly established himself as one of the WHL&rsquo;s best (if not the best) public relations directors, which is quite a turnabout for the Totems.</p><p>Ron Oakes has been the voice of the San Diego Gulls for all five of their seasons in the league. He returns on KOGO Radio and adds the TV duties with help from PR director Reed Nessel.</p><p>Doug Marvin replaces Bill Bennett as the Denver Spurs&rsquo; radio voice and is heard on KLZ Radio (560). Marvin, like Fisher at Salt Lake, is from Drumheller, Alberta, and handles public relations duties as well. Bennett held the dual role for three years.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Buckaroos To Put Road Games On TV

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div><p>PHOENIX&mdash;</p><p>Dick Meissner only played five games last season and has had operations on both knees in the past year.</p><p>Horrible Hose, as he is called by his team mateseported to the Phoenix Roadrunners training camp at 218 pounds. It&rsquo;s four pounds under what he claims he weighed when he was a Western Hockey League All-Star with a 39-goal season for Los Angeles in 1966-67. It was also about 18 pounds over what coach Aut Erickson has asked Meissner to reach on his weigh losing program.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0287/2884276-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="268" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dick Meissner</b></figcaption></div><p>The powerful 31-year-old right winger had pared away 10 pounds by the time the season opened and expected the warm Arizona sun to help him get rid of the rest.</p><p>Hoss had a slow start at training camp.</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t forget,&rdquo; pointed out Erickson, &ldquo;that he hasn&rsquo;t played for about a year-and-a-half. It&rsquo;s going to take him a while to get his timing back.&rdquo;</p><p>Meissner&rsquo;s day-to-day improvement was noticeable.</p><p>&ldquo;When does the season open, Oct. 15?&rdquo; joked Meissner. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s when I start.&rdquo;</p><p>He did. It took him just 34 seconds as he fired the opening goal and added another in the Roadrunners&rsquo; opening night 5-1 victory over their chief rivals, the San Diego Gulls.</p><p>The trade which sent center Jim Paterson to Providence of the American League for Messner and defensemen Adam Keller was looking awfully good for the Roadrunners. Keller contributed a goal in the opener.</p><p>Larry Lund, who does things with the puck that few players anywhere can match, put on his own show two nights later as the Runners&rsquo; avenged a 4-1 loss at Salt Lake City by whipping the Golden Eagles, 9-1, tying their own club record.</p><p>Lund, who was tied for third in the scoring race last season, counted the season&rsquo;s first hat trick and added an assist.</p><p>The 31-year-old, who has beer denied a tryout by National League teams&mdash;he was even willing to pay his own expenses to the California Golden Seals&rsquo; camp this fall exhibited a burst to speed no one knew he had to complete his hat trick with a breakaway started by goaltender Don Caley.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01131/2884269-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="1165" height="2013"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Roadrunner goaler MARV EDWARDS laces up his shoes for a workout on running track when his hockey equiment failed to return to Phoenix from the California Golden Seals for nine days. Standby netminder DON CALEY adjusts pad to take the ice in Edwards&rsquo; place. Without practice, Edwards surrendered four goals in club&rsquo;s WHL opener.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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‘Hoss’ Meissner Makes Trade Look Good For Roadrunners

<p><b>SEATTLE&mdash;</b></p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Seattle Totems obtained 23-year-old center Ralph Stewart from the Vancouver Canucks and even though coach Chuck Holmes is high on the newcomer, the Totems are still looking for center ice help.</p><p>Stewart was the last cut for minor league assignment by the Vancouver Canucks. He scored 27 goals and 16 assists at Rochester in the American League last season.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s young, big, a strong skater and a top goal scorer,&rdquo; pointed out general manager Murray Costello, in announcing the 6-2, 190-pounder&rsquo;s acquisition.</p><p>Stewart was one of the few bright lights in the Totems&rsquo; opening games. He is the most willing of the forwards to bump.</p><p>The Totems lost two of three games in the opening weekend of play but only surrendered seven goals while scoring six, thanks to the goaltending of Jack Norris.</p><p>Norris had to face 95 shots in the three games as even the club&rsquo;s strong point&mdash;the defense&mdash;had problems.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Totems Still Seeking Help

<h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER</h2><h3>HOCKEY STICKS</h3><p>Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>Looking At CHL Race</h2><h3>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h3><p><b>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 27)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0292/2884331-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="582" height="227"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Thurs, Oct. 21</b></p><p>Omaha 2 at Fort Worth 5</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 22</b></p><p>Dallas 3 at Tulsa 6</p><p>Kansas City 3 at Oklahoma City 4</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 23</b></p><p>Dallas 4 at Oklahoma City 4</p><p>Tulsa 1 at Fort Worth 0<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY HARRY GAGE</div><p>DALLAS&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>t&rsquo;s a biting disappointment for Dan Maloney to be in the Central Hockey League. But he&rsquo;ll adjust and Dallas Black Hawks&rsquo; coach Bobby Kromm figures the strong young graduate of the London Knights will be back in the big time before long.</p><p>Maloney was sent down by the parent Chicago club without fanfare.</p><p>&ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t tell me anything. They don&rsquo;t talk much up there,&rdquo; said Maloney upon his arrival in Dallas.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01139/2884362-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="264" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dan Maloney</b></figcaption></div><p>Maloney doesn&rsquo;t know whether the big club has given up on him or what. &ldquo;I know I&rsquo;m going to put out 100 per cent every second I&rsquo;m on the ice down here, and I&rsquo;ll be sure they won&rsquo;t forget I&rsquo;m in the Central.&rdquo;</p><p>Maloney was the No. 1 draft pick of a year ago and was scheduled originally to spend his rookie year under the tart-tongued Kromm in Dallas. However, Maloney was so impressive in pre-season drills the big club decided to keep him around all season.</p><p>Maloney scored 12 goals in spot duty for Chicago and inwardly felt his work and performance warranted a return as a sophomore.</p><p>The 21-year-old husky Barrie, Ont., native isn&rsquo;t knoocking the minors, it is just natural he wants that bigger money they pay in Chicago.</p><p>Kromm says he is happy to have Maloney around and is sure the experience he gained in one season just by being with the parent club will be helpful.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a a little chapped at being sent down, which is natural, but I think the kid has the stuff that will put him back in the National Hockey League. After all, he&rsquo;s young and there isn&rsquo;t a player who can&rsquo;t learn something new by being down in this league.&rdquo;</p><p>Maloney, at 6-2 and 190 pounds, adds much to Kromm&rsquo;s forward department. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s strong and knows how to take care of himself. He&rsquo;ll be a favorite with our fans,&rdquo; said Kromm.</p><p>Maloney is no stranger to the Dallas squad, having played with some of them and against most of the team in pre-season camp this year.</p><p>Maloney gave Dallas fans an early insight to his style of play in the Black Hawks&rsquo; season opener in Fort Worth in which he was involved in a brawl with Wings&rsquo; defenseman Lee Carpenter in the second period.</p><p>In the lidlifter for both clubs the Wings drew first blood on a goal by veteran Ross Perkins at 4:25. Six minutes later Pete Archambault tallied for the Hawks and the next two periods were scoreless as they settled for a 1-1 tie.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Kromm Says Dallas Can Use Maloney’s Fiery Play

<p>TULSA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>f the first two games of the 1971-72 Central Hockey League season and their best training camp performance in eight years can be any yardstick, then Tulsa hockey fans are going to love the new rock &lsquo;em, sock &lsquo;em edition of the Oilers.</p><p>The Oklahomans came out of the starting gate like lions winning their first two league starts, 4-2 over Omaha and 6-5 against Kansas City.</p><p>General Manager Ray Miron was ecstatic over the Oilers&rsquo; fast start. &ldquo;This was only the second time in eight years we&rsquo;ve won our first two games. Naturally I&rsquo;m very happy. I hope we can keep it up. We were quite pleased with the overall play of our rookies. It was very pleasant to see everyone working so hard.&rdquo;</p><p>Tulsa coach Marcel Pronovost was equally as pleased with his crop of kids, most of whom were late cuts from the parent Toronto Maple Leafs. Rookie center Brian St. John, a product of the University of Toronto, gave Tulsa fans an eyeful when he popped in two goals in the opener to help beat the champion Omaha Knights. Left wing Jan Popiel, a holdover, also scored on a rare penalty shot to delight the fans.</p><p>Pronovost and Miron almost expected the oilers to skate away to a good opening the way the club performed in the exhibition schedule. The Oilers were 8-0-3 in camp play, which means the club went unbeaten in 11 preseason starts, their best record since 1964-65.</p><p>Miron termed the 1971-72 edition of the Oilers &ldquo;a hard working and aggressive group of young men.&rdquo; &ldquo;They really want to win and they won&rsquo;t give up,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>The Oilers will stage their annual open house Wednesday evening at the Assembly Center at 7:00 p.m. Coach Marcel Pronovost will introduce his squad, demonstrate the basic rules and penalties, and will put the team through a brief workout. The public is invited free of charge.</p><p>This year&rsquo;s team is anchored by nine returning veterans with 10 top-flight rookies eager to prove themselves equal to the fast-paced Central League play. Returnees include defensemen Ken Desjardine and Larry McIntyre, and forwards Errol Thompson, Jean Payette, Cal Swenson, Gerry O&rsquo;Flaherty, and Popiel. Murray McLachlan will be back in the nets.</p><p>Rookies to watch are defensemen John Grisdale, Dave Fortier, and Joe Lundrigan. Forwards include Bob Duncan, Murray Heatley, Rick Kehoe, Lyle Motfat, St. John and Steve King. Big Goaltender Ron Low rounds out the rookie contingent. Fortier was a high draft choice of Leafs last summer.</p><p>Low will be backup goaler to McLachlan, who had a trememdous training camp with the Leafs and appears to be the Toronto netminder of the future. The former collegian impressed several NHL clubs in exhibition games.</p><p>The Oilers played their first few games without right wing Brian Marchinko, who was recalled by Toronto when injuries struck the parent club. He is expected back once the Leafs return to full strength.</p><p>Three of the new Oilers made a big impression on the Leafs&rsquo; board of strategy during training camp and all are former college stars.</p><p>Grisdale, a six-foot, 194-pound defenseman from Michigan Tech, nearly caught a spot with Toronto and was the NHL club&rsquo;s very last cut. Heatley, the young man from Wisconsin who thrilled CHL audiences last spring with a prolific goal-scoring display during a five-game tryout, was another who went well at the Leafs&rsquo; camp. St. John, the Canadian college ace, also stood out. The Oilers have two other university players this season, left wing Duncan from University of North Dakota and defenseman Joe Lundrigan from St. Francis Xavier, a Canadian Maritime school.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01123/2884407-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="539" height="559"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRIAN ST. JOHN&hellip;Two-Goal Bow</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0292/2884400-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="539" height="585"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MURRAY McLACHLAN&hellip;Solid In Goal</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0367/2884393-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="527" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MURRAY HEALTLEY&hellip;Impressed Leafs</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0027-01

Tulsa’s Fast Start Attributed To Top Crop Of Newcomers

<h2><b>EASTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues, Oct. 26)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0261/2884473-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="579" height="185"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0337/2884466-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="584" height="233"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tues, Oct. 19</b></p><p>Charlotte 3 at Syracuse 8</p><p><b>Wed, Oct. 20</b></p><p>Charlotte 4 at New Haven 4</p><p>Clinton 1 at Johnstown 4</p><p><b>Thurs, Oct. 21</b></p><p>Greensboro 5 at Sun Coast 5</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 22</b></p><p>Jacksonville 0 at Greensboro 5</p><p>Long Island 2 at Clinton 6</p><p>New Haven 6 at New Jersey 5</p><p>Charlotte 6 at Johnstown 4</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 23</b></p><p>Greensboro 5 at Roanoke 5</p><p>Jacksonville 2 at Sun Coast 4</p><p>Charlotte 4 at Clinton 5</p><p>New Haven 2 at Long Island 6</p><p>New Jersey 2 at Johnstown 4</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 24</b></p><p>Roanoke 0 at Greensboro 5</p><p>Jacksonville 4 at Sun Coast 5</p><p>Syracuse 8 at New Haven 10</p><p>Charlotte 4 at Long Island 5</p><p>Clinton 4 at New Jersey 4</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tues, Oct. 26</b></p><p>Sun Coast at Charlotte</p><p><b>Wed, Oct. 27</b></p><p>Long Island at New Haven</p><p><b>Thur, Oct. 28</b></p><p>Jacksonville at Roanoke Valley (at Salem)</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 29</b></p><p>Jacksonville at Greensboro</p><p>Roanoke Valley at Charlotte</p><p>Johnstown at Clinton (at Utica)</p><p>New Haven at Long Island</p><p>Syracuse at New Jersey</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 30</b></p><p>Charlotte at Roanoke Valley (at Salem)</p><p>Sun Coast at Greensboro</p><p>New Haven at Clinton</p><p>New Jersey at Long Island</p><p>Syracuse at Johnstown</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 31</b></p><p>Clinton at New Hoven</p><p>Johnstown at New Jersey</p><p>Jacksonville at Roanoke Volley</p><p><b>Tues, Nov. 2</b></p><p>Sun Coast at Charlotte</p><p>Long Island at Jacksonville</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 3</b></p><p>Charlotte at Jacksonville</p><p>Long Island at Sun Coast</p><p>Clinton at Syracuse</p><p>New Jersey at New Haven</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 5</b></p><p>Greensboro at Charlotte</p><p>Sun Coast at Jacksonville</p><p>New Haven at Clinton (at Utica)</p><p>Johnstown at New Jersey</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun, Oct. 17)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0426/2884459-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="571" height="179"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0520/2884452-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="575" height="282"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK COLLEGE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Sat, Oct. 16)</b></p><h3><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0615/2884445-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="576" height="185"></div><h3><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0712/2884438-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="573" height="184"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><p>SYRACUSE&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>ewcomer Bob Peppier has wasted little time in puting in his bid for rookie of the year laurels in the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s Northern Division.</p><p>The tyro of the Syracuse Blazers has impressed EHL rivals in regular season play just as he did during the exhibition season. And Coach Ron Ingram believes the youngster will get even better as the campaign progresses.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0810/2884511-1-eng-US/f0028-082.jpg" title="f0028-08" width="271" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gil Banville</b></figcaption></div><p>Peppier came to the Blazers via the club&rsquo;s connection with the Chicago Black Hawks and so did another prospect, Rick Molinaro. He played last year for the St. Catharines Black Hawks, but no one figured that in his first EHL game, he would post a hat trick. But he did in helping his club get off to a fast getaway with a decisive victory over the Johnstown Jets.</p><p>Some observers claim he has the same quick moves of his teammate Ray Adduono and if he can duplicate his scoring talents, the Blazers are going to prove a formidable foe for all rivals.</p><p>Peppier, who is operating at left wings, scored 38 goals and 40 assists last year in OHA Junior A play. He was drafted third by the Black Hawks in last June&rsquo;s amateur draft and was the 40th pick overall. Peppier is an exciting type of player who doesn&rsquo;t back off from the opposition and works in both ends of the ice forechecking and backchecking.</p><p>Ingram is delighted with his fast start, but he also is happy with his defense.</p><p>&ldquo;As long as our men stay with the defense that I instituted, we have held the oppostion. It&rsquo;s only when they don&rsquo;t follow instructions that get scored on. We have a tendency to clutter up the middle and thus leave the enemy wings open. Once we eliminate that failing, we will be even tougher on defense,&rdquo; Ingram said.</p><p>One thing&rsquo;s for sure, Rival teams will have to score quite a few goals to beat the Blazers this year.</p><p><b>GREENSBORO:</b> Ron Spong expects current edition of Gens to be most physical he has coached&hellip;Competition for places was so keen, Gens had to trim three returnees&mdash;Jack McCreary, Brian Randall and Jeff Nicholson plus veteran Neil Clairmont. Among many new faces are Wally Sprange, Ron Hindson, Steve Johnson, Bob Burns and Clyde Simon. Burns and Johnson came from Toronto.</p><p><b>ROANOKE:</b> Rebels acquired Ray Woit again from New Haven on loan for use at both wing positions. Also secured Jack McCreary, former Greensboro forward. Pete Lacelle has been acquired from California. Veteran Pete Shearer decided to stay with his job in Roanoke but will be available for emergency duty in case of injuries to key personnel. Lacelle and Dave Parenteau scored two goals a piece in win at Jacksonville. Bob Buchy quit Charlotte camp to join Rebels. Rick Panting had 5-stitch head cut.</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Cherckers have Barry Burnett who finished last season with Jacksonville at a defensive slot. Also Cal Booth who ended last year at Nashville. Checkers are strong down the middle with centers Mike Rouleau, Wayne Schaab and John Rodger. Goalie Gaye Cooley expected to give club just as good net work as departed John Voss and Gordie McRae.</p><p><b>JACKSONVILLE:</b> Herb Price scoring well for Rockets who dropped frist three starts including two at home. Blake Ball was seeking help both in and out of the league.</p><p><b>LONG ISLAND:</b> Reg Krezanski and Jim Blain have toughened club&rsquo;s defense. John Brophy&rsquo;s efforts belie his age. There are two players by the name of Morris on club&mdash;rookie Billy and captain Butch. Ducks cut Barry Fields to get down to limit after earlier disposing of Ken Barker, Barry Luprypa, Mike Malstead and Joe Muskin. Backup goalie Dale Henwood of Red Deer. Alta, came from Charlotte. Malstead went back to school. Don Tremblay secured from Dayton.</p><p><b>CLINTON:</b> Cal Hammond very impressive in nets for Comets, while goalie Paul Kelly was cut. Ageless Len Speck says his legs are ready for another EHL campaign. Wren Blair signed balking Comet players. Moe St. Jacques on injury list until his elbow operation heals. Russ Friesen is father of new daughter. Jack Kanes&rsquo; nose broken.</p><p><b>JOHNSTOWN:</b> Playing coach Ed Kachur led the AHL in goals during the 1967-68 season at Providence. Galen Head had two goals in club&rsquo;s opener but rookie goalie Ron Dockens had his difficulties at outset. Dave Birch bothered by pulled leg muscle. Gary Wood tested at wing. Jets cut Rob Fremlin. Goalie Bob Vroman late in reporting from Springfield. Defenseman Rock Barefoot sent home to get in shape.</p><p><b>JERSEY:</b> Loss of three defensemen from last year hurt club&rsquo;s early starts. Devils bombed by Syracuse and Clinton in first starts. Devils sliced Dale Garringer, George Sakalaris, and Tom Johnston. Goalie Gil Banville decided to stay home in Quebec. Lars Hansen&rsquo;s sudden retirement was unexpected.</p><p><b>SYRACUSE:</b> John (Jake) Curran, Syracuse attorney and a linesman for the Blazees, quit his post here when he refused to cut off his beard. Ron Ingram looking for some defensive help. Danny Bell playing defense with light cast on hand to protect broken bones in left wrist. Blazers were trying to land Tony Goegan at defense after his cut by Baltimore. Pierre Sigman says he learned a lot at Detroit camp about goaltending. Backup goalie Richard Samson left team.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> Don Perry impressed with center Andre Peloffy who scored 118 points with Rosemount last year but who has been hampered by a hand injury. Dave Hrechkosy and Tom Thomsen also impressed. Mike Hornby evidently is going to stay in Halifax this season.</p><p><b>SUN COAST:</b> Suns nipped by goal in league debut by Greensboro. Ed Kea, Gerry Sexsmith and Brian Harding not afraid to mix it up. Milt Schneider and Billy Yeo dividing goalie chores. Suns signed Neil Clairmont and cut Gordon Laschuk. Jerry Petryk and Rick Heinbuck.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01114/2884504-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="557" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB PEPPLER&hellip;Fires Hat Trick</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Rookie Peppier Hot In Bow; Gens Loaded With New Fates

<div class="byline">BY JOHN GUGGER</div><p>FLINT&mdash;</p><p>The Elint Generals did better on the ice than they did off of it the first weekend of the International Hockey League season.</p><p>But. by the time the first returns were in, the Generals had apparently solved most of their problems.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0261/2884556-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="274" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dave Gorman</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0186/2884549-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="559" height="1260"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WILLIE MARSHALL&hellip;Just Had To Play</b></figcaption></div><p>The Generals rushed to victories in their first two games before losing. Away from the playing surface, it wasn&rsquo;t as smooth.</p><p>Just prior to the start of the season, the Generals, under order of league commissioner Bill Beagan, dispatched Wayne Ego to the Eort Wayne Komets. The transaction completed a year-old, messy hassle concerning the rights to Jim Booth, a player both the Komets and Generals claimed they owned.</p><p>Booth sued hockey for $7 million, and that case was settled out of court this summer. General manager Frank Gallagher and the Generals were fined $6,000 in the incident and ordered to supply Fort Wayne a player from last year&rsquo;s Flint roster.</p><p>Ego, No. 23 scorer in the league last season with 62 points in 70 games at Flint and Des Moines, was the player the Komets chose. Ego&rsquo;s loss was complicated when winger Dave Gorman left the club just before the season-opener.</p><p>Gorman, goalie Bob Perani. and defensemen Jim Young and Bill Horton balked at signing contracts under the wage-price freeze. Though Perani didn&rsquo;t play in the season-opener, all except Gorman were in the lineup by week&rsquo;s end.</p><p>A 36 goal man last season, left-winger Gorman checked out of his training-camp motel and returned to his home in London, Ont.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way I can play for the same kind of money I made last year,&rdquo; Gorman said.</p><p>&ldquo;My hands are tied,&rdquo; Gallagher said. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t give raises. We&rsquo;re willing to renegotiate contracts if the freeze is lifted. Until then we&rsquo;re bound by law.&rdquo;</p><p>Despite those problems, Flint drew crowds over 4,000 for its first two home games running its consecutive-game sellout streak to 20.</p><p>Meanwhile, a big hockey name, came to the IHL this past week in the person of Willie Marshall. He signed with the Toledo Hornets.</p><p>The ageing American Hockey League scoring great, who is 39, was released by Baltimore Clippers of the AHL after last season. He made a brief comeback try with Rochester this year in training camp but was cut before the season opener.</p><p>Marshall, a 19-year veteran of the AHL, had a career total of 521 goals, 850 assists and 1.371 points.</p><p>The seasoned center got off to a fine start in the IHL. In his first three games. Marshall had seven points, including four goals as Toledo won its first three games.</p><p>Asked why he chose to continue playing. Marshall said:</p><p>&ldquo;I just couldn&rsquo;t picture myself not playing hockey. I&rsquo;ve been at it since I was a kid. It&rsquo;s what I know best,&rdquo; said Marshall.</p><p><b>DAYTON:</b> The Gems sent wing Doug Bentley. Jr., to Des Moines on loan&hellip;Reg Bechtold hit a hat trick in season-opener at Des Moines&hellip;Dave Simpson and Sid Garant missed the first weekend with injuries&hellip;Bryan Law, who had five goals in juniors last year, fired winner in the opener&hellip;The Gems have won nine of their last 13 regular-season games in Des Moines.</p><p><b>COLUMBUS:</b> Kirk Bowman had a goal in each of the Golden Seals&rsquo; first three games&hellip;Ray Belanger had 54 saves in overtime loss at Flint&hellip;Charles 0. Finley, owner of the parent California Seals, was among crowd of 1,500 at home opener&hellip;Veteran AHLer Pete Ford joined club on defense to steady youth&hellip;Seals have one of the biggest clubs in league&hellip;</p><p><b>DES MOINES:</b> Richard Dumas is new backup goalie to vet Bob Perreault&hellip;Former Leafs&rsquo; Ivan Prediger and Barry Jakeman were linesmen in season opener&hellip;Boston has claimed Bob Kelly, who had hoped to play for Leafs&hellip;Defenseman Bob LePage had a goal, three assists in opener but was on ice for all six Dayton goals.</p><p><b>MUSKEGON:</b> Goalie Bruce Mullett. 17 pounds overweight at 217, left for home&hellip;Rookie Glenn Resch had 43 saves in first-game victory&hellip;Don Liesemer had two goals against both Fort Wayne and Columbus&hellip;Bryan McLay, in his 13th IHL season, had a hat trick against Golden Seals.</p><p><b>PORT HURON:</b> The Wings, who were 4-26-6 on the road last season, tied and won in their first two appearances on foreign rinks&hellip;Randy Sokoll&rsquo;s goal in final two minutes provided win in Flint, where Wings have had good success&hellip;A crowd of 2,085 viewed home opener against Toledo&hellip;Bill LeCaine may return, but not before mid November&hellip;</p><p><b>FORT WAYNE:</b> Defenseman Gerry Methe broke his ankle in second game and will be lost at least six weeks&hellip;Goalie Paul Hoganson was sent down by Pittsburgh and Jim Keough placed on waivers&hellip;Larry Billows had a goal in each of K&rsquo;s first three games&hellip;K&rsquo;s had eight newcomers in lineup in season-opener.</p><p><b>TOLEDO:</b> Rookie goalie Rick Duffett needed plastic surgery on ear after practice injury&hellip;John Gravel scored winner in Port Huron with seven seconds to play&hellip;Hornets will air road games on WSPD, 1370 on dial.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0336/2884542-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="562" height="785"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WAYNE EGO&hellip;Awarded To Komets</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Flint Forced To Give Up Scoring Star; AHL Great Marshall Joins Toledo Hornets

<h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Wed, Oct. 27)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0429/2884601-1-eng-US/f0029-042.jpg" title="f0029-04" width="571" height="130"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0527/2884594-1-eng-US/f0029-052.jpg" title="f0029-05" width="577" height="208"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed, Oct. 20</b></p><p>Port Huron 2 at Des Moines 12</p><p>Toledo 1 at Columbus 9</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 22</b></p><p>Dayton 7 at Columbus 1</p><p>Flint 2 at Toledo 3</p><p>Muskegon 3 at Port Huron 2</p><p>Des Moines 0 at Fort Wayne 5</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 23</b></p><p>Columbus 3 at Dayton 5</p><p>Toledo 0 at Fort Wayne 9</p><p>Des Moines 2 at Muskegon 4</p><p>Flint 4 at Port Huron 2</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 24</b></p><p>Port Huron 8 at Toledo 7</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Wed, Oct. 27</b></p><p>Columbus at Des Moines</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 29</b></p><p>Muskegon at Flint</p><p>Dayton at Port Huron</p><p>Fort Wayne at Des Moines</p><p><b>Sat, Oct. 30</b></p><p>Flint at Muskegon</p><p>Fort Wayne at Des Moines</p><p>Columbus at Toledo</p><p>Port Huron at Dayton</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 31</b></p><p>Port Huron at Flint</p><p>Toledo at Dayton</p><p><b>Wed, Nov. 3</b></p><p>Port Huron at Fort Wayne</p><p>Des Moines at Columbus</p><p>Muskegon at Dayton</p><p><b>Fri, Nov. 5</b></p><p>Des Moines at Flint</p><p>Dayton at Port Huron</p><p>Fort Wayne at Muskegon</p><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0617/2884587-1-eng-US/f0029-062.jpg" title="f0029-06" width="573" height="398"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<h2><b>ONTARIO MAJOR JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues, Oct. 26)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01107/2884688-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="584" height="282"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tues, Oct. 19</b></p><p>Oshawa 4 at Niagara Falls 4</p><p>St. Catharines 7 at Hamilton 5</p><p><b>Thurs, Oct. 21</b></p><p>Niagara Falls 0 at Peterborough 5</p><p><b>Fri, Oct. 22</b></p><p>Montreal 7 at Toronto 8</p><p>Ottawa 6 at London 3</p><p>St. Catharines 2 at Kitchener 9</p><p>Peterborough 5 at Niagara Falls 8</p><p><b>Sun, Oct. 24</b></p><p>London 5 at Montreal 5</p><p>Ottawa 0 at Toronto 5</p><p>Kitchener 2 at Oshawa 8</p><p>Hamilton 6 at St. Catharines2</p><h2><b>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon, Oct. 25)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0262/2884681-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="578" height="281"></div><h2><b>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Fri, Oct. 22)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0338/2884674-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="582" height="238"></div><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><p><b>(Including games of Sun, Oct. 17)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0428/2884667-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="579" height="431"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPER&rsquo;S RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0528/2884660-1-eng-US/f0030-052.jpg" title="f0030-05" width="582" height="236"></div><h2><b>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Thurs, Oct. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0621/2884653-1-eng-US/f0030-062.jpg" title="f0030-06" width="580" height="140"></div><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0715/2884646-1-eng-US/f0030-072.jpg" title="f0030-07" width="583" height="487"></div><h2><b>NOHA-SOHA</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Thurs, Oct. 21)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0812/2884639-1-eng-US/f0030-082.jpg" title="f0030-08" width="574" height="375"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues, Oct. 19)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0910/2884632-1-eng-US/f0030-092.jpg" title="f0030-09" width="577" height="235"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div><p>MEDICINE HAT&mdash;</p><p>The NHL&rsquo;s most surprising new franchise is Vancouver, where the Canucks have almost sold out the Pacific Coliseum in season tickets. But there is another equally-amazing success story in Western Canada&hellip;Medicine Hat, Alta.</p><p>The small city, an oasis in the middle of the bald Western prairie, has gone hockey crazy. Last year, their first in the Western Canada League, the hometown Tigers averaged 3,100 fans per game in their new arena.</p><p>This year the average is 3,600 after the first few games. This figure is more startling considering the seating capacity is 3,500. The crowd at one game was 4,000, the extra fans being content to stand.</p><p>The Tigers have rewarded the fans with some excellent hockey. Despite being weak on defense, they are overall one of the three most improved clubs in the WCHL.</p><p>They are explosive on offense, led by nifty sophomore center Stan Weir. Last year Weir plucked opposing goalies for 52 goals and 111 points, statistics which made him a shoe-in as rookie-of-the-year.</p><p>Experts rate Medicine Hat as having the strongest set of centers in the league. Besides Weir there are Tom Lysiak and Lanny MacDonald. Lysiak, a holdover whom Tigers acquired from Edmonton last season in exchange for the rights to winger Henry Van Drunen, has shown some of the sweetest moves ever seen in Western junior hockey.</p><p>Tigers are adequate in goal with Graham Parsons, a graduate of the Alberta Junior League from Panoka. His backup is Jerry Thomas, who also played last year at Ponoka.</p><p>The defense is showing signs of awakening. After a slow start, Randy Aimoe has become a potential All Star.</p><p>In Jack Shupe, former Wey-burn, Sask., junior coach, Tigers have an excellent man behind the bench. Shupe is working with several 18-year-olds this season, but by next year he could easily have them battling for first place.</p><p>&ldquo;This club can score, check and play it rough,&rdquo; says Phil Johnston, sports editor of the Medicine Hat News.</p><p>As for the amazing fan support, he explains that &ldquo;the people of Medicine Hat are isolated from other prairie communities, so they have a sense of togetherness. They do everything together, including attending Tiger hockey games.&rdquo; So far the Tigers have outdrawn the NHL California Seals.</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b>&mdash;One major reason the new World Hockey Association is wooing Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton is that the WHA realizes the immense value of the junior teams in those cities. The WCHL would likely be the major source of WHA players. Emile Francis of the New York Rangers predicts junior hockey franchises will be worth a fortune in a short time. With an excellent possibility of the NHL expanding, plus a dozen or so new WHA teams, hockey players of pro calibre will be scarce and junior operators who develop the talent will be major benefactors of the war for talent.</p><p>A sadder but wiser Tom Bladon, star defenseman for Edmonton&rsquo;s Oil Kings, now knows it&rsquo;s sometimes better not to fight on the ice. Bladon suffered a dislocated thumb in a fight against a Victoria Cougar player, which shelved him for a month.</p><p>Edmonton&rsquo;s Keith Mackie, the tallest player in organized hockey at 6&rsquo;6&rdquo;, was Oil Kings&rsquo; steadiest defenseman in early games&hellip;Asked to pick an early-season All-Star team, Calgary&rsquo;s Scotty Munro could remember scarcely anyone outside of his Centennials. He selected his defensemen Jim Watson and Jim McMasters, although conceding that Edmonton&rsquo;s Bladon perhaps deserved some consideration. At center he put his Brian Walker up there with New Westminster&rsquo;s sensational Lome Henning. On left wing he picked his own Doug Horbul, and at right-wing insisted his Ron Homenuke is neck-and-neck with Edmonton&rsquo;s Don Kozak.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Little Medicine Hat Big At Box Office

<h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2><p><b>(Standings on Tues, Oct. 19)</b></p><h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-109/2884750-1-eng-US/f0030-102.jpg" title="f0030-10" width="583" height="181"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-117/2884743-1-eng-US/f0030-112.jpg" title="f0030-11" width="575" height="182"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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<p class="dropcap"><b><span>E</span>dmonton&rsquo;s Don Kozak scored four consecutive goals, including the go-ahead marker, in a narrow victory over Medicine Hat. Kozak, aiming for 80 goals this season, is well on his way.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Player-of-the-Week

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div><p>OSHAWA&mdash;</p><p>Oshawa Generals are slowly but surely making believers of the doubters around the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A circuit.</p><p>After winning five of their first six games the Generals were considered by many observers as likely contenders for a collapse.</p><p>They finished ninth and out of the playoffs last year and appeared to have little chance of improving that position in 1971-72.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0191/2884812-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="273" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Frank Milne</b></figcaption></div><p>However so far the Generals, coached by former National Hockey League star Gus Bodnar, just keep on winning.</p><p>They claimed their sixth victory on home ice (4-3) over Hamilton Red Wings, then trounced the Knights 9-3 in London 24 hours later despite playing without their two top goal-scorers Doug Ferguson and Bill Lochead.</p><p>Ferguson and Lockhead had accounted for 16 of Oshawa&rsquo;s 29 goals.</p><p>&ldquo;When you win by six, especially on the road, and without two of your better players it proves you have a pretty well-balanced club.&rdquo; said Bodnar in what must be the understatement of the early season.</p><p>Niagara Falls Fivers, the only team to finish below Oshawa last year, also continued their improved play with five wins in their first seven starts while the top four clubs in 1970-71&mdash;Peterborough. St. Catharines, Ottawa and Montreal were having difficulty keeping pace with the formerly down-trodden Generals, Flyers and Kitchener Rangers.</p><p>The Rangers placed sixth a year ago.</p><p><b>KITCHENER:</b> After three weeks the Rangers were the only undefeated club in the 10-team circuit with four wins and two ties&hellip;Rookie Al Blanchard brought a smile to coach Ron Murphy&rsquo;s face with a three-goal performance in 4-2 win over Ottawa 67s&hellip;The Rangers, like the Generals, have excellent balance between veterans and first-vear men.</p><p><b>NIAGARA FALLS:</b> After losing 16 straight games to St. Catharines Black Hawks, going back to the 1968-69 season, the Flyers finally defeated the defending Ontario champions 4-3 in St. Catharines&hellip;Coach Paul Emms, although not blessed with individual stars, has the club playing good positional hockey and their three-game win streak was the longest, in three years.</p><p><b>OTTAWA:</b> The 67s, picked as one of the teams to beat, have played inconsistent hockey, looking like champions one night and also-rans the next&hellip;However coach Bill Long has his team playing better than .500 hockey and by Christmas the 67s should be challenging for first place&hellip;Goaltender Bunny Larocque, defenceman Denis Potvin and forward Ron Bobette are three holdovers from last season who will keep the 67s in the race until the new players settle in to Junior A hockey.</p><p><b>PETERBOROUGH:</b> Usually away to a fast start (they were undefeated in their first 12 games last season) the Petes are slower to get moving this year but it could be that coach Roger Neilson is saving some of the team&rsquo;s energy for the playoffs&hellip;Peterborough finished first in 1970-71 thanks to their quick break from the barrier but ran out of steam in the first round of the playoffs and were eliminated by fifth place Toronto Marlboros&hellip;Steady but not spectacular would be a good description of the 1971-72 Peterborough club.</p><p><b>LONDON;</b> When the line of Reg Thomas, Dennis Ververgaert and Randy Osborne is scoring the Knights look like worldbeaters&hellip;When they have an ordinary game the Knights are in trouble&hellip;The latter was the case in two successive games when London lost 7-6 to Niagara Falls and 9-3 to Oshawa&hellip;The Knights have only two first-year men in their lineup but seem incapable of putting together any length string of steady games.</p><p><b>ST. CATHARINES:</b> After winning three straight games the Black Hawks lost 4-3 to Niagara Falls on home ice&hellip;The usually-calm Hawk coach Frank Milne was incensed over lack of effort by several players and promised changes would be made if improvement wasn&rsquo;t shown&hellip;&ldquo;If they don&rsquo;t want to play hockey they might as well go home,&rdquo; said Milne tersely&hellip;A couple of bright spots have been the play of rookie forwards Jeff Jacques and Dave Gorman who have scored five and four goals respectively.</p><p><b>TORONTO:</b> Coach Frank Bonello and the Toronto fans are still trying to figure out why the Marlboros aren&rsquo;t winning more regularly&hellip;They have almost all their scoring power back from last year, the defense is improved but in their first eight games they won only twice and had a less-than-impressive total of 20 goals&hellip;However players such as Dave Gardner, Paulin Bordeleau, Bill Harris and Steve Shutt will break out of their slump and spark the strong Marlies to a higher status in the league&hellip;Their second win came at the expense of Montreal Canadiens (4-3) on a last-minute goal by defenseman Marty Howe.</p><p><b>MONTREAL:</b> Usually among the top-scoring teams, the Canadiens have the lowest total so far with only 12 goals in five games and just one victory&hellip;Coach Roger Bedard is busily scouting for player help but this could be the toughest season for the Canadiens since they joined the OHA more than 10 years ago&hellip;They&rsquo;re a far cry, so far, from the Memorial Cup championship teams of 1969 and 1971.</p><p><b>HAMILTON:</b> Deep trouble is about the only way to describe the Hamilton Red Wing situation after one tie and no victories in their first seven games&hellip;New coach Harry Neale, who replaced Billy Harris, has a monumental task on his hands building a playoff contender&hellip;The Wings just squeezed into the playoffs last season&hellip;At their present pace they will have difficulty catching one of the seven positions this year&hellip;However Neale is a patient man and feels that with experience his team will improve&hellip;They have a long way to go.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0267/2884805-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="545" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GUS BODNAR&hellip;His Generals Flying.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Oshawa, Niagara, Kitchener Roll On Top

<div class="byline">&#x2014;MIKE MULLEN</div><h2><b><i>N.B. Coaches New</i></b></h2><p>SAINT JOHN&mdash;</p><p>Only two of last year&rsquo;s coaches will be behind the benches for the same clubs when the New Brunswick Junior Hockey League opens its 1971 schedule Oct. 29.</p><p>Paul Cormier again will handle the Moncton Beavers, defending league playoff champions, while Reggie Wheaton is back at the helm of Fredericton, which has adopted the nickname North Stars to replace Chevies.</p><p>Billy Donovan, who coached Sussex Royals to third spot two years ago and to the league pennant last year, is with the Saint John Schooners this year attempting to build a &ldquo;new look&rdquo; club for the port city.</p><p>Bob Balcolm, a referee in the junior circuit the past couple of years, will handle Sussex, while the expansionist Riverview Reds have hired Lloyd Sleaver as mentor. Riverview will host Saint John in the league opener.</p><h2><b><i>Bobcats Get Goaler</i></b></h2><p>GREEN BAY&mdash;</p><p>The Green Bay Bobcats&rsquo; most valuable player in 1968-69, goalie Mike Curran, will be returning to the nets for the Bobcats this season. Bobcat Coach Paul Coppo announced that Curran, who played last season with the U.S. Nationals, has signed a contract for the 1971-72 United States Hockey league season. Curran was the league&rsquo;s leading goalie in 1968-69, when he recorded four shut-outs and held the opposition to an average of less than three goals per game.</p><p>Curran also played with the Bobcats for much of the 1969-70 season. The left-handed goalie appeared in the first 29 games of a tough 40-game schedule, which included several exhibition games against teams from the International Hockey League. Despite the rough exhibition schedule, his average goals allowed for those 29 games was only 3.4 per contest.</p><p>Coppo said he was extremely pleased to sign Curran. He noted that goal-tending was a &ldquo;real sore spot&rdquo; for the Bobcats last year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

AMATEUR SCENE

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0352/2884867-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="841" height="1108"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN NOVEMBER 12 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3><p>1&mdash;Pictured player.</p><p>4&mdash;Affirmative.</p><p>7&mdash;One of the Rangers.</p><p>11&mdash;Former NHL linesman.</p><p>12&mdash;An NHL captain.</p><p>13&mdash;This will keep players in shape.</p><p>14&mdash;Initials of an NHL coach.</p><p>15&mdash;Estimated time of arrival. (abbr.)</p><p>16&mdash;Every team needs these. (S)</p><p>17&mdash;One of the Canucks.</p><p>18&mdash;Black gold.</p><p>20&mdash;Wears No. 15 for the Rangers.</p><p>24&mdash;Toronto forward.</p><p>26&mdash;A Buffalo defenseman answers to this.</p><p>27&mdash;Nickname of former AHL Buffalo team.</p><h3>DOWN</h3><p>1&mdash;A rookie defenseman.</p><p>2&mdash;U.S. Space agency. (Initials)</p><p>3&mdash;Goaltenders must have good.</p><p>5&mdash;Initials of one of the Rangers.</p><p>6&mdash;Former Toronto and Detroit forward.</p><p>8&mdash;A Nova Scotia defenseman.</p><p>9&mdash;Girl&rsquo;s name.</p><p>10&mdash;One of the North Stars.</p><p>14&mdash;Former Toronto captain.</p><p>16&mdash;A cone-shaped pouring device.</p><p>19&mdash;African animal. (P)</p><p>21&mdash;Lieutenant (abbr.)</p><p>22&mdash;An NHL center answers to this.</p><p>23&mdash;Plural of 18 across.</p><p>25&mdash;Buffalo defenseman answers to this.</p><h2><b>LAST WEEK ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>ACROSS</b></h3><p>1&mdash;BERRY.</p><p>4&mdash;B.R.</p><p>5&mdash;EARL.</p><p>7&mdash;ULLMAN.</p><p>10&mdash;AS.</p><p>12&mdash;CHERRY.</p><p>13&mdash;N.N.</p><p>14&mdash;ICE.</p><p>15&mdash;AUG.</p><p>16&mdash;CHI.</p><p>17&mdash;EEL</p><p>18&mdash;DO.</p><p>20&mdash;BATHGATE</p><p>26&mdash;TO.</p><p>27&mdash;ANDREA.</p><p>28&mdash;KEON.</p><p>30&mdash;JOYAL.</p><h3><b>DOWN</b></h3><p>1&mdash;BOUCHARD.</p><p>2&mdash;RALEIGH.</p><p>3&mdash;YEAR.</p><p>4&mdash;BLANCHETTE</p><p>6&mdash;ANY.</p><p>8&mdash;L.H.</p><p>9&mdash;MR.</p><p>11&mdash;SNELL.</p><p>14&mdash;ICE.</p><p>19&mdash;OBOE.</p><p>21&mdash;TAN.</p><p>22&mdash;H.N.</p><p>23&mdash;G.D.</p><p>24&mdash;ARMY.</p><p>25&mdash;EARL.</p><p>26&mdash;T.K.O.</p><p>29&mdash;OO.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>The man who may prove to be the answer to a lot of Habs&rsquo; checking problems, will have to sit it out for awhile longer.</p><p>Doctors have advised defenseman Serge Savard that his injured left leg will benefit from additional rest. The news was, naturally, a disappointment to the talented 25-year-old rearguard, but coach Scotty Bowman saw it in an optimistic light.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m told the leg is coming along fine,&rdquo; Bowman said. &ldquo;The additional rest is just a precaution. I didn&rsquo;t expect him to be back before Christmas, at any rate, and if he comes back any time before that, I&rsquo;ll consider it a bonus for us.&rdquo;</p><p>Savard, a 6&prime; 2&Prime;, 200-lb. rearguard, broke his left leg for the second time, last January. The same leg had been broken the previous season, and he was just regaining his original fine form when he broke it again. Following this second accident, however, Serge underwent a bone-grafting operation and it is hoped that this will make the leg as strong as ever.</p><p>Like many Habs, Savard is a graduate of Montreal Canadiens Juniors. He turned pro in 1966-67 and won rookie-of-the-year honors with Houston, then of the Central Pro Hockey League. He came to the NHL Canadiens in &rsquo;67-68 on a fulltime basis, and impressed with his size, speed and mobility.</p><p>He notched two goals and 15 points, all told, in his first year in the NHL; then doubled the production the next season with 31 points, including eight goals. In the playoffs following the &rsquo;68-69 campaign, Savard reached an early peak. He had four goals and 10 points in 14 games and was a powerful factor in Habs&rsquo; Stanley Cup win of &rsquo;69. He became the first defenseman to win the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded annually &ldquo;to the most valuable player for his team in the entire playoffs&rdquo;.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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