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November 26, 1971

The Hockey News November 26, 1971

SALT LAKE&mdash;CITY&mdash;The Salt Lake City Golden Eagles announced the purchase of center and right wing Wilf Martin from Providence of the American League.Martin, 5-10, 175, and 29 years old, had scored 94 goals during the last three seasons with the Denver Spurs of the Western Hockey League. He had been taken from the St. Louis Blues (who bought the Spurs last spring) in the summer reverse draft.Rookie defenseman Dave Haley was brought in from Calgary&rsquo;s senior amateur team for a five-game pro trial.Center Bob Jones is tied for third in the WHL individual points race with 16 points, including nine goals, six of them in a four-game span.Billy Inglis has 13 points, including four goals, Skip Krake and Guyle Fielder, 11 points apiece, including four goals apiece.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0639/2918033-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="504" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body">WILF MARTIN&hellip;Bought From Reds</figcaption></div>The Eagles&rsquo; are preparing for a big celebration when Fielder scores four more points to break Gordie Howe&rsquo;s all-time, all-pro, all-league scoring record, Fielder has 1,806 points. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

WHL Favorite Martin Returns With Eagles

Netminder Don Caley of Phoenix came up with a double-barrel performance for the Roadrunners as they turned back Salt Lake 2-1 and upset leading Denver 4-3, Caley had to make a total of 70 saves in the two games to register his 4th and 5th victories of the WHL season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01126/2918088-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="466" height="503"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON CALEY</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Player Of The Week

Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 St. Catherine Street West Montreal 107, Canada.U.S. Office: 16 Maple Street, Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979Kenneth William McKenzie President and PublisherCharlie Halpin Editorial DirectorYearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $6.00 in Canada $7.00 in the U.S.A, and $9.00 in Foreign Countries.Postpage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979. Send address changes to 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Suite 212, Montreal, 107, P.Q.Second class mail&mdash;Registration No. 1327&rsquo;Printed in CanadaVol. 25 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 26, 1971 No. 8 &#9632;

The Hockey News OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

TORONTO&mdash;If Toronto Maple Leaf hockey fans are looking for reasons for their club&rsquo;s disappointing 197172 National Hockey League start, they need look no further than the &ldquo;goals scored&rdquo; column of the league standings.After their first 17 league-contests, Toronto shooters have been able to beat opposing netminders only 42 times, an anemic total indeed that works out to a dismal average of only 2.5 per match. It is, in fact, the poorest offensive showing of any of the East Division clubs, including the expansion clubs from Vancouver and Buffalo.In the league as a whole, only the struggling St. Louis Blues and Los Angeles Kings have managed to fill rival nets with fewer pucks.That being the case, it has to be no small credit to the defensive aspects of the Toronto club that, despite those impotent goal scoring statistics, the Leafs hold down fourth spot in the East Division after six weeks of the schedule, ahead of Buffalo, Vancouver and Detroit. Making the most of the few goals they have registered, the Toronto team has somehow parlayed their 42 goals into four wins and seven ties. They lead the league by a wide margin in the deadlocked games category.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s face it,&rdquo; offered Leaf coach John McLellan, who has tried everything short of witchcraft to get more offensive punch into the squad, &ldquo;until we find the right combinations up front, we ll just have to continue to play it close to the vest and hope for the best.&rdquo;The close-to-the-vest Toronto system was in evidence as the Leafs picked up a total of two points in games with Montreal, Vancouver and Philadelphia.Only in the Montreal contest was the team outclassed as they were drubbed 5-2 by the highflying Canadiens. In the other two matches, however, Leafs played tight, conservative hockey and managed to come away with 2-2 and 3-3 draws with the Canucks and Flyers.McLellan isnt looking for any excuses, but it is hard to overlook the number of injuries the Toronto club has suffered in the early going, especially to key forwards.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll say this,&rdquo; offered the Toronto mentor who earned coach of the year accolades last season for his rehabilitation of the Toronto team, &ldquo;that this club is probably more vulnerable to injuries to key players than most of the others. We don&rsquo;t have much depth so when we lose a Keon, a Trottier or a MacMillan, it really hurts.&ldquo;What at lot of people seem to forget,&rdquo; added McLellan, &ldquo;is that last year this team didn&rsquo;t start to move until late November. If we keep working then I&rsquo;m sure the goals will start to come and everything will fall into place. It&rsquo;s too bad, because right now we&rsquo;re wasting good goaltending.&rdquo; &#9632;

Injuries Slowing Leafs’ NHL Climb As Offense Stalls

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01516/2919171-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div>CARR, LORENTZ, CONNELLY SHIFTED TO N.Y. IN TRADEHAWKS&rsquo; DEFENSE UNSUNC STARS&mdash;Page 20NHL PLANS FOR MORE EXPANSION&mdash;Page 3GENE CARRTraded By BluesIn Surprise MovePAT STAPLETON Solid Backliner For Black Hawks<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02389/2919164-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1173" height="1296"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Hockey News Photos by Richard Pellegrini)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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RANGERS, BLUES SWAP 7 PLAYERS

<div class="byline">BY NORMAN MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;When the Rangers traded for Bruce MacGregor last February one National Hockey League expert said, &ldquo;MacGregor? He&rsquo;s a nice guy. but who did he ever hit &lsquo;and how many goals did he get?&rdquo;When the season ended MacGregor, a 30-year-old red haired product of Edmonton. Alberta, had indeed done some scoring. His New York figures were 12 goals and 13 assists in 27 games, almost a point a game spread. His presence on right wing had made a moving offensive force out of the New York third line with Peter Stemkowski and Ted Irvine.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01699/2916202-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="271" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce MacGregor</figcaption></div>This season, with fourteen games already played. Bruce had nine goals, playing much of the time without the services ot Stemkowski. who is out with a pinched nerve in the back and the resultant headaches. Bobby Rousseau, also a repatriate from other NHL ports of call, has filled in for Stemmer with class and skill.&ldquo;The reason is easy to say.&rsquo; grins the five-foot, ten-inch, 180 pound MacGregor. &ldquo;I am oing to the net much more often. When I get a chance to shoot. I take it now. And they seem to be going in. In New York, we have three lines but all are expected to do some scoring even though or line usually gets to guard the other fellows high sdorers.&rdquo;MacGregor bids fair to exceed his NHL high for goals. 28, established with Detroit back in 1966-67. This was the third twenty or more season in a row for Mac. but after that he tailed off with third twenty or more season in a row for Mac, but alter that he tailed off with totals of 15. 18. 15 and 6 in two thirds of a season until rescued by the Rangers last year.While MacGregor was emulating what Phil Goyette did in the sixties when given a chance with the Rangers, two established Ranger stars were reaching for higher status as they, along with Captain Vic Hadfield, spearheaded the teams burst from the barrier. Jean Ratelie and Rod Gilbert were the big noise as New York swept three games from Los Angeles. California and Vancouver in their first West Coast trip of the season. Neither Boston, Montreal, the Rangers NHL East competition, or Chicago, the West biggie, did as well in their first swing through the badlands.Gilbert, the 30-year-old pink cheeked matinee idol type who had always fallen a little bit short of super expectations, was fighting for the NHL lead in scoring. He was already at the 10 goal mark and had 13 assists, showing that his passing had been homed to a fine touch. No longer was Rod slapping the puck on almost every shot and he was finishing his plays with zest and sureness.&ldquo;When I get hot everything seems to fall into place. If you feel you can do it you try different things. That is why I am not slapping the puck so much. When things don&rsquo;t go right I tend to fall back on what I know I can do and in my case that was the slap shot. If you vary your patterns. it mixes up the goalies and the defense. Seriously, though. I think most of this credit should go to Jean (Ratelie). He makes the plays for Vic and myself.&rdquo; said Gilbert.Ratelle. the quiet man. whom the other Rangers look up to for on-ice and off leadership, is the one player the Rangers cannot do without. Stemkowski gets replaced by Rousseau, even Walter Tkaczuk could be replaced by Rousseau or Stemmer to some extent, but replacing the 31-year-old six one. 175 pound Quebec native would be near impossible. He makes the plays for his wings, kills penalties and wins faceoffs, an area of play which Tkaczuk still needs some improvement.&ldquo;Lets not talk about me,&rdquo; said Jean, typically, when queried. &lsquo;&lsquo;I&rsquo;m glad Walter (Tkaczuk) got off the schneid with his first goal. That is the start. If Rod. Vic and I cool off. you&rsquo;ll find Walter&rsquo;s line ready to take up the slack.&rdquo;Rateile got a couple of goals in the game in which Tkaczuk scored, New York&rsquo;s 8-1 win over the California Golden Seals in Oakland on November 5. Earlier in the week on November 3, New York feasted against Los Angeles winning 7-1. Ted Irvine potted his first two goals of the season. Jack Egers got him number one this year and Ab DeMarco got his maiden NHL marker.&ldquo;Egers has to play better after getting that goal.&rdquo; remarked Jean. &ldquo;When you go a few games without scoring sometimes a younger player will get a little down. And DeMarco looks real good to me also.&rdquo;If Rod and Jean and Vic can stay hot. New York may steal first place in the NHL East. They have opened up a live point bulge on Boston and a four point margin on Montreal at press deadline. Also, if Gilbert and Rateile keep it up they may force reevaluation of their status in the NHL. Most hockey experts had come to regard them as being stars but not quite game breakers and Cup winners. Gilberes somewhat smallish physique (five nine and 180) was part of the reason.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02659/2916195-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1170" height="1558"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rangers&rsquo; high scoring ROD GILBERT skates away from California checker TOMMY WILLIAMS (26) in Madison Square Garden action. (Hockey News Photo by Stephen Newman)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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MacGregor Makes Bid For Stardom In NHL

NEW YORK&mdash;The National Hockey League will expand twice more before the end of the 1970&rsquo;s.This was the aftermath of the NHL&rsquo;s third expansion an-nouncement here last week when Long Island and Atlanta were awarded franchises for the 197273 season.The league&rsquo;s Board of Governors declared they will add two more teams for the 1974-75 campaign from a handful of cities including such possibles as Cleveland, Baltimore, Kansas City, San Diego, Seattle-Portland combined, Milwaukee and possibly a Washington, D.C., area entry.The NHL Governors in a prepared statement said: The acceptance of hockey by people in North America makes it self evident that the NHL must expand to 24 teams during the 1970&rsquo;s. In our further expansion we recognize fully the necessity for additional teams in the western United States and in Canada.&rdquo;The possibility of expansion to Canadian cities in the future seemed remote since the NHL diclosed that no one had come forward to express an interest in a big league franchise since the Vancouver Canucks were admitted to the league in 1970.Meanwhile, it appears the future will find the NHL putting 24 teams on the ice with emphasis on American entries, indicating also that the league will probably maintain its proposed new four division format and merely add two teams to each of the four sections for a six-team alignment.For the interim, the NHL will swing away from its present two-division seven-team lineup to four four-team divisions to include the new Long Island and Atlanta clubs. The governors have until the All Star game break in Minnesota Jan. 24-25 to decide what format they will formally adopt for next season.Ralph J. Cuso, executive director for Nassau County, said he was delighted by the NHL expansion. &ldquo;All along we said we would settle only for the best, first-class all the way. We got the New York Nets basketball team, our food Conces-sions are going to be first class, and so will our hockey. We are prepared to accept the NHL with all playing dates necessary for their schedule.&rdquo;While the home arenas for both new NHL teams are nearing completion, the names of the franchise holders aren&rsquo;t yet certain. Campbell has no doubt that parties from Long Island and Atlanta will pay their down payments on the $6 million fee by the January deadline.The Long Island team also will have to pay New York Rangers approximately $5 million subject to negotiations with Madison Square Garden for the right to move into reserved territory.Probable owner of the Long Island team is Roy Boe, president of Long Island Sports Enterprises Inc. which owns New-York Nets of the American Basketaball Association. But Campbell stressed the league position that if any more applicants come forth, they will be considered.Tom Cousins, owner of Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association and developer of a soon-to-be completed 15.500 seat arena, anticipates no trouble in finding financing for the southern NHL team. The NHL granted the conditional franchise on the strenght of Cousins&rsquo; assurance. Campbell said he did not consider that move to be irregular. because St. Louis was granted a franchise in 1966 under similar circumstances.Tom Kent, who represented Cousins and will manage the arena, expects hockey will be successful in Atlanta even though the city has never had even a minor league team.Campbell explained how such a four-division schedule would work. &ldquo;One team would play every other team twice at home and twice away. That&rsquo;s 60 games. Beyond that it would play the other teams in its own division once at home and once away. That&rsquo;s a new total of 66 games. Then it would play the teams in the other three divisions once more each for a final total of 78 games, which we feel is the maximum for a season.&ldquo;Of course, half of those final 12 games would be at home and half away meaning one year you would play a team an extra game at home and the next year away, said Campbell. &#9632;

NHL PLANNING MORE EXPANSION IN ‘74; FOUR 4-TEAM DIVISIONS NEW FORMAT

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01701/2916257-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="507" height="1186"><figcaption class="caption-body">PUNCH IMLACH&hellip;Another First</figcaption></div>NEW YORK&mdash;George &lsquo;Punch&rsquo; Imlach is a full-time hockey man but a part-time newspaperman.Being the general-manager and coach of the Buffalo Sabres is one thing as far as the National Hockey League is concerned but penning a weekly syndicated newspaper column is quite another.Because he is also considered a member of the press, Imlach was banished from the recent NHL expansion meetings held here.Both NHL President Clarence Campbell and William Wirtz, chairman of the board of governors, on behalf of the league, asked Imlach to leave the room at the meetings in which the NHL voted big league franchises to Long Island and Atlanta for next season.Imlach was asked to leave because of the fact the NHL was worried about possible leaks in its expansion talks. When Imlach was asked if the incident embarrased him, he said:&ldquo;Certainly not, it was the league embarrassing itself by asking me to leave. After all, I am the general manager of the Buffalo Sabres,&rdquo; added Imlach.At the recent expansion meeting. Campbell and Wirtz suggested Imlach take his leave. Seymour H. Knox III. Sabres&rsquo; president and chairman of the board, and Robert O. Swados, a vice-president, objected.&ldquo;In view of the nature of this meeting, there may be a conflict of interest,&rdquo; Campbell said.&ldquo;On the basis that some matters being discussed are not in Punch&rsquo;s domain, we agree that he leave, but he, is our general manager, and he is entitled to return when matters directly concerning him are under discussion,&rdquo; Swados said.&ldquo;On that basis. Punch left the meeting.&rdquo;&ldquo;We have complete confidence in his integrity, and there isn&rsquo;t any doubt he is the best general manager in the NHL,&rdquo; said Swados. &#9632;

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‘Scribe’ Imlach Ordered Out Of NHL’s Expansion Meetings

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01763/2916302-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="522" height="530"></div>&bull; NOW THAT the NHL has decided to expand to Long Island and Atlanta next season look for some trades to take place among the current member teams. The 15th. 16th and 17th ranking players on the strong clubs will have to go in next-June&rsquo;s expansion draft, so they stand a good chance of being traded off now, for a player who can plug a hole for a contender this season&hellip;Charlie Finley and Garry Young of the California Seals would like to make a trade involving Boston&rsquo;s Derek Sanderson and their own Carol Vadnais. Boston could certainly use a defenseman of the calibre of Vadnais at this time with several of their defensive stalwarts injured and the Golden Seals could use the color of Sanderson in attracting spectators in the Bay area&hellip;Finley, who keeps saying he is tired of trying to &ldquo;ballyhoo a fu-neral&rdquo;, says that nobody c.r. the Seals is &ldquo;untouchable&rdquo;&hellip;Statistics reveal that Canadiens&rsquo; Ken Dryden plays his greatest goal during the first period. In Montreal&rsquo;s first 14 games this season he allowed but five first-period goals and not one in the last 10&hellip;Canadiens have been outshot in every period during that span of games and yet were 10-2-2 in the standings, which is a real credit to Dryden&hellip;Some great reading in the December issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL, &ldquo;Hockey&rsquo;s Most Exciting Publication&rdquo;&hellip;Ned Harkness, De-, troit&rsquo;s General Manager, described Montreal&rsquo;s Sam Pollock as &ldquo;a guy who could stock an expansion franchise just with his future draft choices&rdquo;&hellip;A total of 394 penaltv minutes were assessed in a recent Montreal-Hamilton OHA-Junior A game that ended with both benches emptying&hellip;Emile Francis looks forward to a bitter rivalry between the New York Rangers and the NHL&rsquo;s Long Island expansion franchise. The New York GM-Coach feels the New York area is big enough for two NHL franchises&hellip;Mayor Sam Massell of Atlanta said he was delighted that his city had rounded out its major league professional sports program by adding professional hockey, &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s fastest and most exciting sport&rdquo;&hellip;California Golden Seals are the youngest team in the NHL with an average age of 24.6 years&hellip;Coach Vic Stasiuk of the Seals is very pleased with the way rookie Craig Patrick is placing. Craig is the son of St. Louis vice-president Lynn Patrick&hellip;Toronto Leafs are looking for a defensive-minded wingman who can kill penalties. The Leafs realize they must make some lineup changes soon&hellip;Until the Flyers lost to Minnesota at the Spectrum recently. they had compiled a 14-3-7 record in their previous 24 regular season home games&hellip;The Flyers&rsquo; major offensive breakdown occurs in the second period. After 13 games, thev had scored only five goals in 108 shots on net in the middle session, while the opposition has scored 19 goals on 157 shots&hellip;Total attendance for the six CHL openers this year was 13 percent better than last year. Average paid attendance was in excess of 6,000 per game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02714/2916295-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="276" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Craig Patrick</figcaption></div>&bull; PITTSBURGH&rsquo;S RED KELLY, commenting in Vancouver on the Penguins&rsquo; inhability to score goals: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m thinking about taking them down to one of the piers to see if they can hit the Pacific Ocean&rdquo;&hellip;When the Penguins were going through an unusually tough customs inspection upon leaving Vancouver for the U.S., defenseman Darryl Edestrand said: &ldquo;Maybe they&rsquo;ll find some goals in the luggage.&rdquo; (again referring to the team&rsquo;s inability to score)&hellip;Shorty Lalonde, the icemaker at Buffalo&rsquo;s Memorial Auditorium for 32 years, is retiring at the end of the month and he and his wife Corinne have purchased a home near Miami. Lalonde was the icemaker at the Syracuse Coliseum for 10 years before moving to Buffalo. It was during this period that he had a chance to buy a 25 percent interest in the Ice Follies for $500. Shorty has thought about that missed opportunity many a time since&hellip;Lou Nanne has been playing some great hockey for Minnesota. The former All-American defenseman from the University of Minnesota has found a home at right wing and had 11 points in his first 13 games this season, including three game-winning goals&hellip;Vancouver General Manager Bud Poile would like to see his second-year Canucks finish with 72 points this season. He thinks that would be good enough for a fourth place finish in the NHL East&hellip;Last season the Canucks collected 56 points, seven less than Buffalo, the other expansion entry&hellip;Poile has also set his sights on 12 road victories, five more than last season&hellip;Alex Delvecchio played his 1.400th regular season game for Detroit the other night. Only Gordie Howe with 1,687 games has played more games than Alex&hellip;Minnesota crowds must be the loudest in the league. They completely drown out radio announcer Al Shaver&rsquo;s summary after a North Star goal&hellip;Brian Conacher, Detroit winger, is the sole NHL player wearing glasses on the ice&hellip;There are seven coaches or general managers in the NHL right now who formerly played or coached at Omaha of the Central League. They are Fred Shero, Philadelphia coach, John Wilson, Detroit coach, Billy Reay, Chicago coach. Tommy Ivan, Chicago General Manager. Scotty Bowman. Montreal coach, Bill McCreary, St. Louis coach, and Fred Glover. Los Angeles coach&hellip;The Thunder Bay Elks Lodge will sponsor their 8th annual Central Canada Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament during the Easter holidays, March 22 through March 25 inclusive. Interested teams should contact Jerry Prosvk at P.O. Box 366, Thunder Bay, Ont. immediately&hellip;Parties in Portland and Seattle still talk of making a united bid for an NHL franchise with home games being split between the two cities. They might be called The Northwest Nomads.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03616/2916288-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="242" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Nanne</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<h2>Attendance To Rise As Seals Improve</h2>The California Golden Seals are on the move&mdash;and the direction of movement is up. And as they up in the standings, they&rsquo;ll surely move up in attendance.Unfortunately, the Seals continue to play their worst hockey before big crowds (10,000 saw losses to Boston and New York by scores of 5-1 and 8-1 respectively) and their best hockey before small crowds (less then 4,000 saw recent wins over Pittsburgh and Toronto by 5-3 and 8-1 margins).With a few big wins before some large crowds the Seals will begin to draw. And when they do I&rsquo;ll be the first in line for season tickets to guarantee my place in the action. Congratulations will soon be in order for Finley, Young, Stasiuk and Co.JOHN STEINBERG, Santa Clara, Calif.<h2>Libby&rsquo;s Mikita Profile Draws Reader&rsquo;s Praise</h2>I enjoyed reading Mr. Libby&rsquo;s article &ldquo;The Pressure of Pain&rdquo; regarding Chicago Black Hawk center Stan Mikita and his proh lems with his bad back.I think it was a very compli-mentary article, one which Mikita rightly deserves.JUDY SCLAFANI,&nbsp; Wheeling, Illinois<h2>NHL Hit It Right With Long Island, Atlanta</h2>Let me be one of the first to voice my unqualifield approval of the National HockeyLeague&rsquo;s. recent decision to add two new teams for next season and another couple two years later.It almost goes without saying that a metropolitan area with the population and resources of New York can easily support two NHL clubs. It was a step that should have been taken many years earlier. The New York Ranger mangement and ownership, however, should be commended on their progressive attitude to the idea of another big league franchise in their territory. In the long run, the extra excitment that will be generated by the keenly anticipated Long IslandRanger rivalry will easily offset any possible loss of fans by the Rangers.As for Atlanta. I sincerely feel that the new franchise there will prove to be another St. Louis situation. In other words: Instant acceptance of the game by the citizens of that great southern capital.BART SHOTLER,&nbsp; Baltimore, Md.<h2>Best TV Game Regardless Of Region</h2>I realize that with only three Canadian teams in the National Hockey League, the opportunity to telecast a game which would involve two of these teams is a rare occasion.Due to a lack of organized hockey in my province, I am unable to attend league games, and consequently,&rsquo; rely upon television broadcasts.In reference to a Toronto&mdash;Vancouver telecast of October 27, I was somewhat irate concerning the fact that there was a Boston&mdash;Montreal game on the same night. I think that Toronto and&rsquo; Vancouver have great franchises, but let&rsquo;s face it, television fans outside Quebec missed out on a game of great interest&mdash;and possibly of Stanley Cup calibre!I ask fans who enjoy high quality hockey to join me in my drive for better broadcasting.THERESA TRANQUILLA,&nbsp; Millville, N.B. &#9632;

Fan Forum

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01715/2916381-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"></div>The members of the Adironda Sherwood Professional Advisory Staff enjoy an occasional meeting. It gives them a chance to compare notes, and make suggestions. There always on the lookout for Wgys to improve hockey sticks.Many of the top pros belotng to our Advisory Staff. Their professional opinions and recommendations help us produce sticks that live up to the pace and stress of professional hockey. Their advice helps Sherwood mak$ the best stick on ice&hellip;pro to peewee.Our advisors meet all season long.SHER-WOOD &#9632;

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Board Meeting

<div class="byline">By Charlie Halpine</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01792/2916419-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="739" height="543"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02646/2916412-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="1001" height="552"></div><h2>New NHL Look</h2>&bull; With 10 of the 14 National Hockey League governors already in agreement that four four-team divisions is the best way of handling the NHL&rsquo;s third expansion program, it is pretty certain the format will go through.NHL President Clarence Campbell declared that the governors have until the All Star game break Jan. 24-25 in Minnesota to make up their minds what system they want. If they concur, then the league will move swiftly toward a new playoff plan which will allow the top two teams in each of the four divisions to meet in the postseason playoff round.Hockey people argue that it is better to have four competitive divisions than have two shaggy eight-team setups with the chance both divisions could end up in a runaway race.The NHL&rsquo;s new playoff look for 1972-73 when the two latest expansion teams&mdash;Long Island and Atlanta&mdash;will ice squads to raise the league to 16 teams, will revolve around a rotation plan.Campbell has explained that the same divisions would not necessarily play off against each other every year with the rotation plan. For example, the winner of the National Division would meet the Central Division and the following year, the Eastern or Western Divi-sion.For what it&rsquo;s worth, here&rsquo;s how the NHL&rsquo;s four divisions might look when they go to the firing line next October.The Northern Division would consist of Montreal, Toronto. Buffalo and Detroit. The Eastern Division would have New York, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Long Island. The Central will have Boston, Atlanta, Minnesota and St. Louis while the Western Division would be comprised of Chicago, Vancouver, Los Angeles and California.<h2>Break Up Big 4</h2>&bull; Inclusion of Chicago in the West Division would be in keeping with the NHL&rsquo;s plan to distribute the league&rsquo;s &lsquo;Big Four&rsquo; teams&mdash;Montreal, Boston, New York and Chicago&mdash;among the four divisions to help create balance.Strangely the 16 NHL teams will engage in a 78-game schedule, the same format in effect with the current 14-team alignment. Campbell outlined the schedule breakdown this way:Teams would play every other team four times, twice at home and twice away. Total 60 games. Teams would play the other clubs within their division once at home and once away. Total 66 games. Then the teams would play the clubs in the other three divisions once each. Final total 78 games.The only possible drawback to the new NHL schedule programming is that fans will see considerably less of the top-drawing teams. Chicago, Montreal, Boston and New York will be spread more liberally by the schedule maker which isn&rsquo;t likely to sit too well with some paying patrons. However, such is the price of expansion.It appears the NHL isn&rsquo;t going to stop with the inclusion of Long Island and Atlanta into the league. More expansion is planned for 1974-75. with two more franchises expected to be awarded from among Cleveland, Baltimore, San Diego, Kansas City, a combined Portland-Seattle bid, Washington, D.C., area and possibly Milwaukee.Campbell said that NHL expansion to Canada appeared remote since no Canadian city had expressed an interest in applying for a franchise.<h2>Same Type Draft</h2>&bull; The NHL has decided it will pursue the same drafting format to stock its two new expansion cities as it did for Buffalo and Vancouver in 1970. The present 14 NHL teams will protect 15 players and two goalkeepers in the summer draft and any team that lost a goalkeeper in the last draft&mdash;among them Montreal, California, Philadelphia and St. Louis&mdash;will be exempt from drafting of their goalers.According to NHL rules, no team will lose more than three players, including netminders. The Long Island and Atlanta teams will draft until they have filled with 19 players and two goalkeepers.What players will ultimately end up with the new teams will be most interesting but it seems quite likely that the NHL&rsquo;s enriched clubs&mdash;Montreal, Boston and New York&mdash;will lose heavily which will move some of the 1967 expansion clubs closer to parity than many expected.Minnesota has already bridged the gap ahead of schedule. If St. Louis can recoup its resources and any two of the other six expansionists&mdash;possibly Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Buffalo or Vancouver&mdash;can step up, then the NHL will most assuredly have come a long way in its relentless bid to match the new with the old. &#9632;

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INSIDE HOCKEY

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Driven to desperation, the Los Angeles Kings changed their coach and their goal-tender within one week. Five days after Fred Glover had replaced manager Larry Regan as coach. Rogatien Vachon replaced Denis DeJordy as the regular goal-tender.At the time, the troubled club had won just two of twelve games, including all seven played in its home Forum, and both games played under the direction of Glover by humiliating scores of 5-1 and 7-1 at the hands of vastly-superior Chicago and New York.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01743/2916474-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="274" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dale Hoganson</figcaption></div>Vachon came high. He cost them the only outstanding young defense prospect the Kings own-Dale &ldquo;Red&rsquo; Hoganson, a big, tough, cocky 22-year-old with promise. He probably was the last player on the roster the team should have wanted to part with. The club&rsquo;s most promising young forward. Butch Goring, hasn&rsquo;t even been playing much lately.In exchange for Vachon, the Kings also gave Montreal the veteran DeJordy and minorleague veterans Noel Price and Doug Robinson, both of whom were in the majors with the club last season, and &ldquo;future considerations &ldquo;. But Hoganson was the man Montreal wanted.However, while one player, even a goal-tender, cannot make a great team out of an ordinary one, you can build a winner around a good young goal-tender if he is good enough and the Kings have been looking for a good one since they acquired, then traded Gerry Desjardins away. Oddly enough, Vachon played ahead of Desjardins in Houston during the 1966-67 season and won promotion to Canadians ahead of him.Roggie played most of the time alter his recall and backstopped Canadiens to the Stanley Cup with a 2.54 goals-against average in nine playoff games that spring. He played half the games the next two seasons, most of the games the following season, and most of the games last season until Ken Dryden was called up, and each year had a goals against mark under three.Of course, he was surrounded by class.Canadiens were not completely satisfied with him, which is why they turned to Dryden. They could not have anticipated the extent of Dryden&rsquo;s development. He has been brilliant, making either Vachon or the other goaler, Phil Myre. expendable. And Canadiens offered them around until they agreed to the deal with Kings.Vachon, shared the Vezina Trophy with Gump Worsley in 1968 when he had a 2.48 mark. But DeJordy shared a Vezina with Glenn Hall back in his Chicago days. too. He found out you do not win Vezinas with the current Kings. No doubt Vachon will find it out, too. but he is younger and quicker than DeJordy and he may be able to make some big saves which will keep the club in games they have been tailing out of.Only 26 despite his extensive experience, Vachon could be a key Kings for a long time, until they become a top team, but then it was not so long ago that it looked like the club was set in gpal for years to come with Desjardins and Wayne Rutledge, who grew dissipirited with injuries and adversity and were dismissed. Now it is Vachon, just 26. 5-7 and 160 pounds, and Gary Edwards, only 24, 5-9 and 160, as the smallest and one of the youngest net duos in the majors.The Kings have not had much luck with their deals up to now. Fellows like Bill White and Dale Rolfe are starring and others are playing regularly for contenders. However, owner Jack Kent Cooke says, &ldquo;I believe this trade was the best thing we&rsquo;ve done in the last three years.&rdquo;Vachon, however, lost his debut to visiting Toronto,: 5-2, and the Kings took off on a trip. It now will be at least six weeks into the season before the Kings win a game at home, if, indeed, they win one then. Defense has not been the only villain. In ten of their last 11 games, the offense, so good last season, has scored only 13 goals. &#9632;

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Vachon Came High For Kings

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02657/2916505-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="954" height="871"></div><h2>THE GOALIE&rsquo;S HEADACHE</h2>In NHL games, did you ever notice how often there&rsquo;s an attacker right in front of a defending goal? He&rsquo;s there just waiting for a loose puck, a rebound or a pass. The goalie can't do a thing about it either.Those sneaky little slide passes from the sides of a fink to an uncovered forward are what make goaltenders grayheaded.The tip-in slider depends on good timing and angle judgment. The attacker must tip the puck in where the goalie can't cover.Tip-ins look easy, but they aren&rsquo;t. Get a teammate to practice with you. Take turns sliding the puck from the sides and deflecting it into the net. &#9632;

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Hockey for Kids

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01778/2916543-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="285" height="368"></div><h2>A Pill In Time&hellip;</h2>IT HAS BEEN three seasons since Harry Howell was 36 years old and had to undergo a spinal fusion and the Rangers figured he was finished and sold him to the Seals. His back still bothers him, especially when he has played a hard game or a few games in a row. He suffers then from muscle spasms, which are painful and inhibit his movements. The last couple of years he has given some thought to another operation, but to his relief the doctors have decided his problem can be controlled with pain-killing and relaxing pills. He takes three before every game. The names are Darvon, Talwin and Valium. It will be a 234-pill season.The Los Angeles King smiles wistfully and points out, &ldquo;The back doesn&rsquo;t bother me all summer. It only bothers me when I&rsquo;m exerting myself physically for prolonged periods like when I&rsquo;m on the ice. If it wasn&rsquo;t for hockey, I&rsquo;d never even think of having an operation. As long as I&rsquo;m wanted and can earn my keep, I want to go on playing, but I can&rsquo;t play too much longer so it 1 can avoid an operation, I will. If I needed an operation to play, I&rsquo;d have it, but the pills seem to be taking care of it.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02688/2916536-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="556" height="888"><figcaption class="caption-body">HARRY HOWELL&hellip;Still Hearing The Boos</figcaption></div>This is a milestone season for Howell from Hamilton, his 20th in the National Hockey League. He will be 39 on December 28. A few have been playing past 40 in hockey&rsquo;s major leagues. Players last longer in hockey than those in other sports. Apparently, despite the speed and body-contact of this rough game, skating is easier on the legs than running and jumping as in basketball, and crippling knee injuries are not as common as in football. However, hockey does produce a lot of back injuries.Howell shows his age and back problems sometimes in lack of quickness and mobility. Some pucks get past him on the point he frequently would have gobbled up and the fans boo. If he takes the wrong fake, he can&rsquo;t recover in time to trap an attacker. But he never relied on speed. Throughout his career he has been primarily a heady hockey player, who is in the right position at the right time, usually, and plays the angles properly. He never has been a big hitter. Instead, he is a rarity&mdash;a defensive defenseman. He is smooth rather than spectacular.He has been booed before. He played 17 years for New York and during most of those years the Rangers were a mediocre team which seldom made the playoffs and Harry, because of his methodical manner, became a target of fans who felt he didn&rsquo;t hustle, and the boos often rained down on his head. &ldquo;No one likes to the booed,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;But sometimes you have to live with it. All I could do was go on doing my best. Again in L.A., he suffers with a loser and boos.<h2>Overdue Recognition&hellip;</h2>WHEN THE RANGERS BEGAN to get better, Howell&rsquo;s best was more than good enough. Surrounded by some skilled people for the first time in his career, Howell&rsquo;s skill showed through. At the age of 35, after 15 big league seasons, at the end of the 1967 season, he was voted onto the NHL All Star team for the first time and also was voted the James Norris Trophy as the outstanding defense player in the circuit. Two years later he was sold to the expansionist Seals. The Rangers had exceptional young and healthy defensemen moving in and had no room for the old pro who had given them such loyal service for so long. He had played more games in the blue than any Ranger in history and captained the club.Many thought he had been degraded by the deal and would retire, but he wanted to go on playing. He had almost two years in Oakland in which his back gave him a lot of trouble and then he was sold to Los Angeles last February. While he rested his back and had it treated he did not at first play, but he got into 18 games at the end of the season&rsquo; and he played well then. The Kings&rsquo; management felt he would provide a steadying influence for their erratic defensive corps, but it has been hard going.Howell is handsome, intelligent, thoughtful and articulate. He dresses just right. He is a good coaching prospect, cooperative with his coaches, helpful to the other players and kind to reporters and fans. He has a considerable amount of class, more probably than nine out of ten people in this world. He says, &ldquo;I have enjoyed my career. Experience has enabled me to prolong it. It is no fun playing for a loser, but if I could help this team begin to be a winner it would be a very satisfying thing.&rdquo;He and his wife Marilyn have two children, a daughter, 16, and a son, 12. No carpetbaggers, they have purchased a house in plush Palos Verdes and Harry says he&rsquo;d be very interested in remaining in sunny southern California after his career closes. More and more King veterans are getting hooked on the good life out here. Harry is grey now and the only thing he misses from the old days in New York are youth, health and black hair. He doesn&rsquo;t miss snow, bitter cold, ice and slush. Nor humid heat. Nor boos. The Rangers were losers for a Iona time, too. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY BOB SMIZIK</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;A nightmarish string of injuries and an uncanny ability not to put the puck in the net were the two major reasons the Penguins did an abrupt about face from their early successful start and feel way behind Chicago and Minnesota in the NHL West Division race.The entire skein of poor play traces back to the injury of the team&rsquo;s best defenseman, Tim Horton, on Oct. 20. The Penguins won that night, 8-1, over Los Angeles, but weren&rsquo;t the same after that.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03568/2916574-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="277" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Pronovost</figcaption></div>To compound the problem, two games later on Oct. 24. goalie Jim Rutherford injured his leg in a 1-1 tie with the Rangers. Rutherford was the league&rsquo;s leading goalie with a 1.25 average at the time. At first the injury wasn&rsquo;t believed to be serious, but Rutherford missed more than two weeks and the Penguins&rsquo;s goal-tending was not the same during his absence.Then the team, which had already lost its best defenseman and best goalie, lost its best goal scorer, Jean Pronovost, on Nov. 3 at California.Pronovost&rsquo;s injury was at first feared to be serious&mdash;a slipped disc&mdash;but was later diagnosed as a severely bruised hip. He was expected to miss at least two weeks.Pronovost&rsquo;s injury came at a time when the Penguins were sorely in need of all the goal scoring they could get. But just about the only scoring they were getting was from Pronovost&rsquo;s line, which included Syl Apps at center and Greg Polis at left wing.Up until Pronovost&rsquo;s injury, that line had scored more goals and points than the combined efforts of the teams&rsquo;s other nine forwards. In fact, so meager was the output of the other forwards, that per man they were being outscored by the defensemen.Coach Red Kelly was making all kinds of changes in an effort to beef up the team&rsquo;s offense. He used veteran penalty-killer Vai Fonteyne on a regular line, took the team&rsquo;s all-time leading goal scorer Keith McCreary off a regular line, moved Ron Schock from left wing to his normal position of center, then back again to left wing. Rene Robert was used at right wing and center and fi-nally Kelly went to his Hershey farm club for help.He called up left winger Brian McKenzie and right winger Robin Burns in hopes of bolstering the team&rsquo;s sagging fortunes.The Penguins futility at scoring goals reached its height on Nov. 5 at Vancouver, where they had 46 shots on goal but made only two.&ldquo;We can find unteem different ways not to put the puck in the net,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;We can find ways you&rsquo;ve never even heard of.&rdquo;Kelly did more than switch players around in an effort to shake up the team. He clamped a strict curfew on the Penguins on their West Coast trip and called an unscheduled and brutal workout the morning following a 3-1 loss at Detroit.For the moment, though, none of the methods were working. The best hopes for the Penguins to work themselves out of their slump were the return of Rutherford, Pronovost and Horton.PENGUIN PATTER: Pronovost was off to the best start of his NHL career when he was injured. He had six goals and six assists in 12 games and was tied for 13th in the league and fourth in the Western Division in scoring.There was talk of surgery and losing Pronovost for the entire season when he was first hurt, but he was released from Merritt Hospital in Oakland, Calif, after a three-day stay.The Penguins scored the first goal in three consecutive games but could get nothing more than a tie with the Rangers and losses to Detroit and California for their efforts.In one eight-game period the team lost six, tied two and scored only 14 goals with the Apps, Pronovost, Polis line accounting for eight of them. &#9632;

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Rash Of Injuries To Key Ice Stars Hobbles Penguins

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Where To Find NHL Hotkey On Your Radio, TV Dial

<div class="byline">BY CHARLEY BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;Punch Imlach didn&rsquo;t waste any time or any words.&ldquo;Roger Crozier is the best goal-tender in the National Hockey League.&rdquo; said the general manager and coach of the Buffalo Sabres. &ldquo;There simply isn&rsquo;t any doubt about it. Sometimes he can&rsquo;t tell which side his own defensemen are playing for.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01774/2916636-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="252" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Crozier</figcaption></div>The Sabres had just roared from behind to earn a 3-3 tie with the Red Wings in Buffalo&rsquo;s Memorial Auditorium. It stretched the Sabres&rsquo; unbeaten string to six&mdash;a club record&mdash;but the shortcomings of his team weren&rsquo;t lost on Imlach.It was the fifth time in the six-game stretch in which the Sabres were soundly outplayed across the first two periods, and then came back to get even or win.The Sabres opened the streak with a 3-2 win at Los Angeles. A West Coast tour followed with a 4-4 tie at Vancouver and a 2-2 tie at Oakland. In Detroit where they fell behind, 4-0, the Sabres recovered for a 4-4 standoff before the 3-3 tie with the Wings here.In the four-game trip, the Sabres were outgunned, 141-87, yet picked up five points of a possible eight. They came home to meet the Philadelphia Flyers, and whipped them, 5-2, with a three-goal outburst within one minute and 18 seconds in the third period.In the record-setting game with the Wings, the Detroiters held a 43-21 shooting advantage as the Sabres were outshot for the eighth time in nine games. Their only edge was 32-29 against the Flyers&ldquo;Our guys just stand around for two periods, so maybe that&rsquo;s why they&rsquo;re never tired in the last period,&rdquo; Imlach said. &ldquo;We tried to give Detroit two games, and the Red Wings wouldn&rsquo;t take either of them.&ldquo;Crozier has been simply fantastic for us. It&rsquo;s the only word I can think of to describe the way he&rsquo;s been playing right from the start.&rdquo;The Sabres&rsquo; acrobatic goalkeeper isn&rsquo;t getting much rest after undergoing major surgery during the off-season. He had his appendix and gall bladder removed, and had some remedial work done on his pancreas. Pancreatitis has plagued him for several years, but he is in perfect physical condition now.The 29-year-old backstop appeared in 13 of the first 15 games. He was removed after two periods in St. Louis, and Dave Dryden, who took over in that one, went all the way in a 9-3 loss at Montreal and a 5-1 loss in Minnesota.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m feeling well, very well,&rdquo; Crozier said&rdquo; There isn&rsquo;t any doubt the surgery during the offseason has been helpful.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve played a lot of games on the road, nine of our first 14, as a matter of fact. I think we&rsquo;ll tighten up now that we&rsquo;re back for a spell, and will get a chance to get organized.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Imlach Labels Overworked Roger Crozier ‘Best Goaltender’ In National League

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BARTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;Defenseman Chris Evans, recalled from Cincinnati of the American League wh&rsquo;en Mike Robitaille was idled with a shoulder injury Oct. 16, will remain with the Sabres. Punch Imlach had seven defensemen here, and will probably send one or two to Cincinnati or Salt Lake City, the Western League affiliate&hellip;The Sabres attracted sellout crowds to each of their first six home games. The capacity in the remodeled Memorial Auditorium is 15,170, and several hundred standing-room locations have been made available, as well.Two was the magic number in the Lawson family recently. Several hours after his wife, Huguette, gave birth to their second child, and first daughter, in Orangeville, Ont., Danny Lawson scored his second goal of the season. The goal gave the Buffalo Sabres a 4-4 tie with the De-troit Red Wings in Detroit and helped the Sabres to climb out of a four goal pit, Lawson&rsquo;s goal closed the scoring, and provided the fleet, winger with a perfect ending to an exciting day,<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02671/2916667-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="509" height="611"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY LAWSON&hellip;A Big Dav</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Evans Clinches Sabres’ Berth

Following are the latest player, movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Bill Sutherland, forward, sold outright to Detroit. Brit Selby, forward, assigned to Kansas City of CHL. Floyd Thomson, forward, recalled from Kansas City as replacement. Bill Plager, defenseman, and Gary Veneruzzo, forward, returned to Denver of WHL.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Neil Komadoski, defenseman. returned to Springfield of AHL.PITTSBURGH&mdash;Brian McKenzie, forward, recalled from Hershey of AHL.MINNESOTA&mdash;Gary Gambucci, forward, assigned to Cleveland of AHL.VANCOUVER&mdash;Fred Speck, forward, sent to Seattle of WHL for two weeks to play himself into condition. Jim Wiste, forward, recalled from Rochester of AHL and assigned to Seattle.BOSTON&mdash;Bob Stewart, defenseman, recalled from Boston Braves of AHL. Nick Beverley, defenseman, returned to Braves.CALIFORNIA&mdash;Chris Oddleifson, forward, and Ken Baird, defenseman, assigned to Oklahoma City of CHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Bob Ash, defenseman, sent to Omaha of CHL.RICHMOND&mdash;Garry Cun-ningham, defenseman, assigned to New Jersey of EHL.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>PHOENIX&mdash;Bob Duncan, forward, returned to Tulsa of CHL.DENVER&mdash;Bob Roselle, forward, returned to Kansas City of CHL. Dave Pulkkinen, defenseman, secured from Kansas City on loan.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;Jim Adair, forward, placed on waiv-ers.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>COLUMBUS&mdash;Wayne Gibbs, defenseman, secured from Kansas City of CHL. Brian Law, forward, claimed from Dayton on waivers. Gord Gallant, forward, placed on waivers.DAYTON&mdash;Bob Borgeson, defenseman, loaned to Long Island of EHL.FORT WAYNE&mdash;Merv Dubchak, forward, returned to voluntary retired list.TOLEDO&mdash;Jerry DeMarco, forward, secured from Kansas City of CHL.PORT HURON&mdash;Bob Pate, defenseman, sold to Des Moines of IHL. Hank Lehvonen, forward, placed on inactive list.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>NEW JERSEY&mdash;John Brophy, defenseman, secured from Long Island of EHL. Gordie Stratton, forward, placed on voluntary retired list.SYRACUSE&mdash;Billy Orr, defenseman, secured from New Jersey of EHL. Arch McLennen and Rick Lefebvre, forwards, assigned to Belleville of Ontario Senior League.ROANOKE&mdash;Ron Rozich, forward, and Jim Letcher, goal-keeper, placed on waivers. Jim Lorette, forward, placed on sus pended list after failing to report to Long Island after trade.NEW HAVEN&mdash;Tom Thomsen, forward, released.GREENSBORO&mdash;Sam NeF ligan, forward, released.SUN COAST&mdash;Grant Green, goalkeeper, rejoined club after originally being waived and released. Pete Sullivan, for ward, signed as free agent, Terry Sexsmith and Mickey, Donaldson, forwards, released.LONG ISLAND&mdash;Paul Kett, forward, released. J.P. Mallette, forward, signed as free agent after release by Baltimore of AHL. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;It was a bold gamble, a chancy risk, but the dice rolled right for the Minnesota North Stars and now they&rsquo;re collecting at the window.General manager Wren Blair, however, shudders at the thought of Gump Worsley in another National Hockey League uniform, and he would have been if anyone else had bothered to pick him up in the draft last June.Worsley, who led all NHL goalies with a 1.00 goals-against average through the first five weeks of the season, was left unprotected by the North Stars in the draft. They had to consider age jn their draft plans, and so they protected 21-year-old Gilles Gilbert and 31-year-old Cesare Maniago and placed the 41-year-old Worsley out on a branch, desperately hoping that nobody would pick him off.&ldquo;I did a lot of sweating while Worsley was up for the taking.&rdquo; said Blair. &ldquo;We just hoped for the best, of course. That&rsquo;s all we could do. But I was very happy when the draft finally ended and we still had Gump.&rdquo;The fact is that Maniago and Worsley, the Mutt-and-Jeff act of the NHL, have never put together such brilliant seasons simultaneously. Worsley won four and tied two in his first six starts, equalling his entire victory total for the 1970-71 season. Maniago was 5-2, including a 2.00 average.Coach Jack Gordon has been alternating the veterans pretty much on a rotation system, although he says he doesn&rsquo;t plan it that way. Gordon feels that Worsley is more effective against certain teams, and Maniago more effective against others, and so far they&rsquo;ve been able to stay in turn and still draw the opponents that Gordon prefers.As the North Stars were surging into a first place tie with Chicago in the West Division, sniffing that rarefied air for the first time in four years, here&rsquo;s the way the Minnesota goaltending held up through a busy week of competition:Maniago was in the nets for a 6-3 win at Los Angeles. Worsley worked in a 2-1 win at St. Louis. Maniago came back to shut out Pittsburgh 2-0 in a home game and Worsley effected a 1-1 tie at Toronto.Worsley has not only performed at this high level all season, but claims he has felt better than he has in years.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the legs,&rdquo; Gump explained. &ldquo;Last season I thought they might have gone on me. They just didn&rsquo;t have much life. So over the summer I worked them a little&mdash;hiking, golfing, some exercises. I reported to camp feeling good. I worked hard in camp and now everything seems to come a little easier. I can reach out for that puck without tearing a muscle or pulling a. groin.&rdquo;The two goalies are the first to point out that they have received strong support this season from the Minnesota defensemen and the forwards. There was a time when Maniago was customarily facing 40 to 45 shots every game, but now that figure has consistently been in the 20s.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a case of everyone pulling their weight.&rdquo; Worsley claimed&rsquo;. &ldquo;The forwards are coming back, and the defensemen aren&rsquo;t letting the other guys in. We&rsquo;ve been bailing each other out, too.&rdquo;Worsley, at 42, is supremely happy at Minnesota. He is a per-sonality in the community, instantly recognizable on the street, the super markets and even on the odd occasions when he stops in for a thirst-quencher.California expressed some interest in him before the draft, and so did Los Angeles. But Gump&rsquo;s age was a factor, and so was his heavy contract. Larry Regan, the Los Angeles general manager, put it this way:&ldquo;If it were late in the season, and we were in a race for a playoff spot. I&rsquo;d take Worsley. At this stage I didn&rsquo;t because of several reasons. Our goaltending is good enough.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s true&mdash;now. The Kings have Rogy Vachon, but they didn&rsquo;t have him last June and Blair still cannot believe that Worsley survived round after round of flesh-peddling without being plucked.&ldquo;Actually,&rdquo; added Wren, &ldquo;from a management point of view. I should have worked some kind of a deal for Gump over the summer. When you&rsquo;ve got a guy 42 and two other goalies who are 32 and 22, you should lean toward the younger ones. But 1 didn&rsquo;t really work at dealing Gump off, and naturally I&rsquo;d very happy about that now.&rdquo; &#9632;

North Stars’ Coating Tops

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01765/2916746-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">CRAIG PATRICK&hellip;California Golden Seals</figcaption></div>A famous hockey name came back to the playing ranks of the NHL this season and the young man who carries it is Craig Patrick, 25-year-old son of Lynn Patrick, the vice-president of the St. Louis Blues. Young Patrick&rsquo;s grandfather was the famous Lester Patrick and it seems only natural that the rookie center should make it to the big time. His ancestors before him did. Young Patrick is a 6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, 190-pound center who received his hockey apprenticeship last season with the U.S. National Team. The Seals expect him to carve his own niche in the NHL in time. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY TOM MONAHAN</div>BOSTON&mdash;This may not be the time to talk of cabbages and kings but it may be the time to talk of kings turning to cabbages. That seems to be the case with the Boston Bruins detense.While the projected success of the Bruins in preseason evaluation of the National Hockey League was predicated on a fantastic firepower up front, the defense was expected to be even stronger than a year ago when the Bruins ran pool on the league.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01744/2916777-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="268" height="503"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Awrey</figcaption></div>The big factor was expected to be the complete recovery of Ted Green from his year of enforced idleness with a fractured skull.Teddy came back last season to take a regular turn but only really showed his old brilliance late in the season. It was a matter of mental conditioning and regaining confidence.He went to training camp relaxed and sure of where he was heading.But the sudden return of Green to All Star status was not to be. Teddy ran into a stomach problem that was first suspected to be a hernia, then diagnosed as a pulled stomach muscle that kept him on the bench at the start of the season.Playing briefly in only one game, Teddy still was hampered by the problem and last week the Bruins hospitalized him for extensive tests to determine what, more that rest, might be done to rectify the ailment.The loss of Green was com-pounded by the loss of Don Awrey (Green&rsquo;s 1970-71 partner) with a broken left ankle after a tussle with Montreal&rsquo;s Phil Roberto.Awrey will be in a cast for six weeks, and it will be at least two weeks after removal of the plaslei before he can be in shape to return to the ice.So suddenly the Bruins &lsquo;Big 5&rsquo; defense is down to three&mdash;Bobby Orr, Dallas Smith and Rick Smith.For bodies, the B&rsquo;s had Matt Ravlich by virtue of a waiver claim on the 33-year-old veteran who failed to make it with the Los Angles Kings and who had left the Seattle club in the Western Hockey League to contemplate his future.Another was Bob Stewart who had a whirl or two with the Bruins earlier in the season but was playing with the Braves farm in the AHL.General Manager Milt Schmidt burned a few phone lines trying to make a trade immediately after Awrey&rsquo;s injury but came up empty and it appeared the Bruins will just have to weather the storm as best they can.Injuries, of course, are to be expected in any contact sport but until Awrey&rsquo;s accident, Bostonians were thinking the B&rsquo;s were immune to mishap.A year ago they ran through the league without a major ailment.The only loss was Johnny McKenzie late in the season and he was out of the lineup only briefly.But now the Bruins have suffered three major setbacks. In addition to Green and Awrey, Don Marcotte, the tenacious checking forward, suffered a disc condition that required surgery over a month ago. &#9632;

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Bruins’ ‘Big Five’ Defense Cut Down To 3 By Injuries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02646/2916808-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="370" height="592"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES PLANTE</figcaption></div>Since 1955 I have been working to find a mask that could combine: protection, good visibility and lightness. I was never completely satisfied until I found the &ldquo;FUTURAMIC&rdquo; model last year&hellip;with the stream lines to deflect pucks easier.I am now offering you this same &ldquo;FUTURAMIC&rsquo;&rsquo; mask that I, and many of the best goalies in the world use.I have so much confidence in them, that I will replace each one that might break under normal use. Furthermore, an insurance company has insured each mask for ONE MILLION dollars, against bodily damages. No company would have done so, if they didn&rsquo;t have faith in my mask.You should find them in your local sport stores. If not, write me at: 1259 Didace street, Magog, P.Q., Canada and will gladly send you some literature. The masks sell from $12.00 to $22.50 in Canada. (Two dollars more in the United States and Europe).FIBROSPORT INC. JACQUES PLANTE PRESIDENT &#9632;

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MILLION DOLLAR MASK

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01732/2916860-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="537" height="889"><figcaption class="caption-body">GENE CARR</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02683/2916853-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="541" height="886"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM LORENTZ</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03634/2916846-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="538" height="659"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE CONNELLY</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04582/2916839-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="536" height="660"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK EGERS</figcaption></div>NEW YORK&mdash;The New Rangers and St. Louis Blues pulled off a spectacular seven-player trade in which rookie Gene Carr, the Blues&rsquo; first amateur draft choice last season and the No. 4 amateur player in Canada, was involved.The New Yorkers received Carr, right wing Wayne Connelly and center Jim Lorentz from the Blues in return for Jack Egers, a second-year right winger, Andre Dupont, a rugged defenseman playing with the Rangers&rsquo; Providence club in the American League, Mike Murphy, a right winger who won the rookie-ot-the-year award last season in the Central League with Omaha and an unnamed player to be delivered at a later date to St. Louis.The deal will undoubtedly provoke surprise in St. Louis where the husky Carr, with the longish blond hair, was being hailed as the new darling of the Blues&rsquo; fans. &#9632;

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RANGERS. BLUES TRADE 7 PLAYERS

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;One reason Vic Stasiuk was given the boot as Flyers&rsquo; coach was his firm belief that &ldquo;hard tell&rdquo; was the only way to make a team a consistent winner.Consquently, Vic would blow his cool at stupid mistakes. He&rsquo;d lash out his players, criticize them to the press and even occasionally call practice the morning AFTER a victory the night before.Fred Shero, they said, would have none of this. After all, the soft-spoken new coach always believed in the &ldquo;soft sell&rdquo; approach to the game. And, since &ldquo;hard sell&rdquo; didn&rsquo;t seem to get the proper results under Stasiuk, they felt Shero&rsquo;s reverse strategy would do the trick.Well, the Flyers aren&rsquo;t even a quarter of the way into the season and already Shero has shelved a major portion of his gentlemanly technique at handling his players.Already there have been fines, Sunday morning workouts the day of a game, and public criticism by Shero about his unhappiness with certain players. He is particularly annoyed of late about foolish penalties.All that is missing from the Stasiuk Era, really, is Stasiuk&rsquo;s volatile nature&hellip;the ranting and the raving.Shero, in his brief time in the NHL after many successful years in the minor leagues, has learned mighty quickly that a team is only as good as its talent. The frequency of victories depends to a great degree on the caliber of opposition.Another thing, too, is that there can be no key breakdown in any facet of play&mdash;be it checking, puck movement, goaltending or even mental attitude.The Flyers found this to be quite true when their current five-game home streak opened with a lacklustre 3-0 loss to the Minnesota North Stars. It was their third straight defeat and second shutout in three games.It wasn&rsquo;t that the Flyers got beaten by the North Stars, but that they appeared about as hopelessly outclassed as they had been during their three-year stretch of intimidation against the St. Louis Blues.Shero just can&rsquo;t figure out why his team is making so many basic mistakes, particularly irritating to the new coach because they are coming in areas where he has paid particular attention from the start of training camp.Shero&rsquo;s game plan has always been positional hockey, yet his players are (1) either not playing their positions or (2) spending too much time worrying about playing their positions that they&rsquo;re not concentrating as much on, say. checking.Lack of hitting is what really annoyed Shero in his first game back in Buffalo, where he had led the Bisons to three AHL championships. The Sabres rolled to a 52 victory.After that loss, in fact. Shero fined every player except reserve goalie Bruce Gamble who didn&rsquo;t get on the ice.It wasn&rsquo;t the amount of the fines. Shero insisted, but he wanted his Flyers to know that he was quite displeased.Second place in the West was a possibility before the season began but, unless the team starts responding to Shero&rsquo;s physical and mental demands, even a playoff berth won&rsquo;t be a snap. &#9632;

‘Nice Guy’ Fred Shero Gets Tough

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01732/2917027-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"></div><h2>TOP 25 SCORERS</h2>(INCLUDING GAMES OF SUNDAY, NOV. 13)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02621/2917020-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="1392" height="814"></div><h2>BOSTON Bruins</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03483/2917013-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="736" height="812"></div><h2>BUFFALO Sabres</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04351/2917006-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="744" height="795"></div><h2>CALIFORNIA Seals</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05262/2916999-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="734" height="768"></div><h2>CHICAGO Black Hawks</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06221/2916992-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="727" height="695"></div><h2>DETROIT Red Wings</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07179/2916985-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="736" height="742"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES Kings</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08153/2916978-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="730" height="768"></div><h2>MINNESOTA North Stars</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09139/2916971-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="731" height="697"></div><h2>MONTREAL Canadians</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10123/2916964-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="728" height="712"></div><h2>NEW YORK Rangers</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11110/2916957-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="740" height="733"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA Fivers</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1299/2916950-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="736" height="752"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH Penguins</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1382/2916943-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="733" height="884"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS Blues</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1463/2916936-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="730" height="861"></div><h2>TORONTO Maple Leafs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1554/2916929-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="724" height="775"></div><h2>VANCOUVER Canucks</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1643/2916922-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="735" height="771"></div><h2>NHL&rsquo;S EAST-WEST SCOREBOARD</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1741/2916915-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="1436" height="238"></div>(Statistics includes games of Sunday, Nov. 14) &#9632;

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PLAYERS SCORING—PENALTY RECORDS

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL&mdash;If anyone was nursing doubts, secret or otherwise, that Ken Dryden was a nine-day wonder, they can forget it.The high-rise goalie has been furstrating opponents just about as much this season as he did in last spring&rsquo;s playoffs.After posting the first two shutouts of his NHL career against Vancouver and Detroit in October, Dryden faced a pressurized situation as November opened. Habs were meeting St. Louis Blues in what consituted Scotty Bowman&rsquo;s first coaching effort against his old team. Three nights after the Blues encounter, Canadiens tangled with the high-flying Chicago Black Hawks; then journeyed to Boston for a clash against the Bruins.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01706/2917058-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="264" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Dryden</figcaption></div>The results were three key wins for Habs, with Dryden allowing just four goals in the three outings. Along the way he handled 98 shots, while his teammates managed just 82 in retaliation.Ken picked up his first assist of the season, and the second of his career, in the game against Chicago. He fed the puck to a waiting Guy Lapointe, who promptly soloed the length of the ice to net the game-winner.&ldquo;Dryden gave me the puck and shouted that I had open ice,&rdquo; said Lapointe, who definitely felt that the goalie deserved an assist on the play.&ldquo;I really didn&rsquo;t do anything.&rdquo; said Dryden, &ldquo;and I felt that Lapointe should&rsquo;ve been credited with an unassisted goal. He did it all, and it was beautiful.&rdquo;Dryden, a law student at McGill University in Montreal, brings the analytical approach to netminding, and always seems to be in control of himself and the situation surrounding him. He&rsquo;s one of the relatively few players or coaches in the NHL who seem to be able to discuss losses, and/or mistakes, with objectively.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t play the angle right. Didn&rsquo;t cover enough of the net.&rdquo; he will say in response to questions about a shot that beat him. Or &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t close my pads fast enough&hellip;I&rsquo;ll have to work on that,&rdquo; about an unexpected blast that went between his legs. No hysterics. No complacency about errors, either. Dryden, in fact, is a perfectionist in the best sense of the word.He&rsquo;s also unusual in any number of ways. At 6&rsquo;4&rdquo; and 210-lbs. he shares the title of biggest netminder with Chicago&rsquo;s Gary Smith. At 24. he&rsquo;s the younger half of the NHL&rsquo;s only brother act among goalies; Buffalo&rsquo;s Dave Dryden being the other half. He goes to college, studies law. writes exams and works for Ralph Nader in the summer. He&rsquo;s in the thick of contention for rookie-of-the-year honors, yet he already holds the Conn Smythe Trophy as best man in playoffs. The guy&rsquo;s very nearly in a class bv himself.HAB-BITS: The Frank and Peter Mahovlichs were guests of Yogoslav President Tito at a reception in Ottawa, during Tito&rsquo;s Canadian visit. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be able to talk to him in his own language,&rdquo; said Frank, the day before he left. &ldquo;I learned it at home as a kid and brushed up last summer when I visited the place where my father grew up, in Crotia.&rdquo; Asked how he&rsquo;d made out on the language issue the day after the reception, Frank said: &ldquo;Tito spoke to me in English. He speaks at least four languages. He&rsquo;s a real linguist.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Dryden’s Net Play Dispels ‘Flash In The Pan’ Theory

MONTREAL&mdash;How to cope with a team which scores two goals for every one by the opposition? That is the question being asked about the New York Rangers by the other 13 teams in the National Hockey League.Combining the scoring punch of Vic Hadfield, Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelie with the fine netminding of Gilles Villemure and Ed Giacomin, the Rangers, with three victories again last week stretched their winning streak to six games and their undefeated skein to 14. The last Ranger loss came Oct. 13 when Bos-ton Bruins won 6-1 at New York. Since then they have won 11 of 14 games outscoring the opposition 68-27. In their last six games they have allowed only seven goals against while scoring 36 and lowered their goals-against average from 2.81 to 2.23.With all this, the Rangers are off to the best start of any team in at least the last 20 years. Boston, incidentally, holds the records for both the longest undefeated and longest winning streaks going 23 games without a loss in 194041 and winning in 14 in a row in 1929-30.Despite the heroics by the Rangers, however, &ldquo;that man&rdquo; is once again the NHL&rsquo;s scoring leader. &ldquo;That man&rdquo; is, of course, Phil Esposito of Boston who picked up nine points last week-including five in Bruins&rsquo; 11-2 romp over Los Angeles Kings&mdash;for a total of 30, one more than Vic Hadfield and two ahead of last week&rsquo;s leader, Rod Gilbert. Each has 13 goals. Jean Ra-telie is fourth with 26 points, one more than Bobby Orr of Boston who had a six-pointnight against L.A. including the second three-goald-game of his career. Orr leads in as-sist with 18.Left winger Rick Martin of the Buffalo Sabres remains the hottest scorer among rookies. Martin, fifth overall in the scoring race, has 22 points&mdash;twice as many as Marcel Dionne of Detroit and Guy Lafleur of Montreal. After 18 games a year ago. Gilbert Perreault, who is now the center on Martin&rsquo;s line, had 14 points and went on to win the Calder Trophy with a record 72 points.Rick Foley of Philadelphia Flyers, who is averaging better than five minutes per game in penalties, leads the league with 67 minutes. &#9632;

NHL WEEK In—Review

MONTREAL&mdash;So, it was Roggie Vachon to Los Angeles for goalie Denis DeJordy, defensemen Dale Hoganson and Noel Price, and forward Doug Robinson plus a future consideration.On the surface, it looks like some deal. For Canadiens. They got rid of a goalie who wasn&rsquo;t happy and wasn&rsquo;t playing. They got two helpers for the Voyageurs in Halifax in Price and Robinson, and, likely a future draft choice, though that&rsquo;s just speculation.And they got a veteran goalie who happens to be French-Canadian, has four kids and a home in St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, which is just down the road a piece from Montreal; together with an eager and rugged young rearguard.The question naturally arises, why did they trade for another goalie when having three on the team was already a problem? And, why another defenseman, to bring their total of blueliners to seven?&ldquo;What d&rsquo;y&rsquo; mean, seven?&rdquo; said Scotty Bowman, answering a question with a question. &ldquo;Hoganson brings our total defence corps to six.&rdquo;It does if you don&rsquo;t count Serge Savard, long sidelined with a broken leg. but hopefully still on the Canadiens&rsquo; roster. Savard has been engaging in light practices with the team and hopes to return in December.What it could well amount to is this: Hoganson is insurance in case Savard&rsquo;s comeback is delayed further or doesn&rsquo;t work out. That would give the team six defenseman in the persons of J.C. Tremblay. Jacques Laperriere. Terry Harper, Guy Lapointe, Pierre Bouchard and Hoganson.DeJordy who posted a 4.25 goals-against average in four games with L.A., this year, is the insurance in case Phil Myre becomes overly restive sitting on the bench in his now-official capacity of No. 2 netminder. &#9632;

Trade Seen Insurance For Habs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02635/2917151-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"></div><h2>THE TOP 10 NETMINDERS</h2>(Including games of Sunday, Nov. 13)<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03534/2917144-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="1100" height="485"></div><h2>COMPLETE GOALKEEPING RECORDS FOR NHL TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04416/2917137-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="1114" height="2022"></div> &#9632;

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LOOKING AT NHL GOALERS

LOUISLLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Straot, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Mada in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. AreaM S&laquo;raat WaKaaahvf, Marta Sold in U.S and Canada &#9632;

NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY HALSIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;Back there in September, even before the start of training camp. Vancouver Canucks&rsquo; General Manager Bud Poile took a chance. A big chance.He declined the opportunity to meet tne stringent contract demands of Charlie Hodge, his veteran NHL goaltender, and gambled that a 23-year-old kid with a hair style that makes him look like a refugee from a hippie commune wouldn&rsquo;t cause him to regret his decision.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01553/2917206-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="270" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dune Wilson</figcaption></div>There have been some anxious moments along the way, but recently Duncan Shepherd Wilson has been proving what Poile has been saying all along.What Poile has been saying is that &ldquo;Wilson has the talent and potential to become one of the best goaltenders in the National Hockey League.&rdquo;&ldquo;Two players on this club could become super stars in this league,&rdquo; Poile said at the start of training camp. &ldquo;Dale Tallon is one and Wilson is the other.&rdquo;Today Poile would probably expand that statement to include Jocelyn Guevremont, his talented rookie defenseman, but at the time there was little evidence in Wilson&rsquo;s rookie season to support the second half of Poile&rsquo;s pronouncement.In his first season in the NHL, Wilson appeared in 35 games and surrendered 128 goals for a per game average of 4.28. Those aren&rsquo;t particularly glamorous statistics even for a goaltender saddled with an expansion team playing in front of him.But Poile&rsquo;s faith in his young goaltender remained unshaken.&ldquo;Last year was my fault, not his,&rdquo; he insisted. &ldquo;We shouldn&rsquo;t have kept three goaltenders.&rdquo;This season, with Poile unable to come to terms with Hodge, the number has been reduced to two&mdash;Wilson and the irrepressible George Gardner. Recently Wilson has clearly emerged as No. 1.In his last five starts, Wilson a lowed the opposition only 10 goals and recorded the first-ever shutout by a Vancouver goaltender in the process.Even that shutout, however, earned the Canucks no more than a tie since they had to settle for a scoreless standoff with the Toronto Maple Leafs.But the significant factor in each of those five games was that Wilson&rsquo;s clutch goaltending gave the Canucks an opportunity to win. The fact that they did no better than break even&mdash;two wins, two losses and that tie&mdash;certainly wasn&rsquo;t Wilson&rsquo;s fault.And one of those wins&mdash;a 4-2 decision over the Pittsburgh Penguins&mdash;was strictly a Wilson production. The Penguins dominated the game, outshooting Vancouver 46-24. Even in his two losses, 3-2 to the Flyers in Philadelphia and 3-1 to the New York Rangers at home, Wilson kept his team in the game.That&rsquo;s the kind of goaltending Poile figured he&rsquo;d get from Wilson when he grabbed the Toronto native from the Philadelphia roster in the 1970 expansion draft.Poile, of course, had a substantial edge. As the Flyers&rsquo; general manager for 2 1/2 years, he had watched Wilson develop through two minor league seasons with Philadelphia&rsquo;s top farm club, the Quebec Aces. &#9632;

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Wilson Paying Off Poile’s Gamble On Kid Net Star

<h2>In The East</h2>One reason why the Montreal Canadiens are a powerhouse, is their ability to come up with a balanced offense. When the super scorers let down, there&rsquo;s always someone around to take up the slack.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02476/2917244-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="556" height="668"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARC TARDIF&hellip;Montreal Canadiens</figcaption></div>Marc Tardif is one such person. The aggressive left winger of the Canadiens took over from the Mahovlichs and the Cournoyers last week to propel the Habs to three victories and a tie in a four-game road trip. In all Tardif scored six times.The fiery 22-year-old sophomore winger had 19 goals all last season. Last week&rsquo;s spurt brought his season count to 11. Tardif banged in two goals as Canadiens edged Boston 3-2 including the game winner. He also fired a hat trick to down Minnesota 5-1 and notched the tieing goal in a 2-2 standoff with the Buffalo Sabres.<h2>In The West</h2>At the outset of the 1971-72 season, the Pittsburgh Penguins were knee deep in centers. There was speculation some of the older players would have to go to make way for youth. The name Bryan Hextail was mentioned among the possible Penguins slated for demotion.The Penguins held back on their decision and lucky they did. Hextali went on a point-scoring rampage this past week to register the best individual performance by a Pittsburgh player since the year began. The son of the NHL Hall of Famer by the same name, Bryan pumped in five goals and assisted on a sixth giving him seven goals for the campaign and putting him well within range of his 16-goal output for last year.Hextall&rsquo;s big night was against Los Angeles when he figured in four goals, scoring twice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03375/2917237-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="551" height="668"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRYAN HAXTALL&hellip;Pittsburgh Penguins</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Player’s of the week

<h2>MONTREAL</h2>GOALKen DrydenPhil My reDems DeJordyDEFENSETerry Harper AJacques LoperriereGuy LapointePierre BouchardJ.C. Tremblay ADale HogonsonCENTERHenri RichardJacques LemairePete MahovlichR. WINGYvon CournoyerClaude LaroseRejean HouleGuy LafleurL. WINGMarc TardifFrank MahovlichPhil RobertoLorry NeouINUREDSerge Savard<h2>CHICAGO</h2>GOALTony EspositoGary SmithDEFENSEPat StapletonBill WhiteKeith MagnusonDoug Jarrett AJerry KorabCENTERStan Mikita APit MartinBryan CampbellLou AngottiAndre LacroixWINGCliff KorollChico MokiEric NesterenkoJim PoppinDarryl MaggsWINGBobby HullDennis HullDanny O&rsquo;SheaINJUREDGerry Desjardins<h2>BOSTON</h2>GOALGerry CheeversEd JohnstonDEFENSEBobby OrrDallas SmithRick SmithMott RavlichBob StewartCENTERPhil Esposito AFred StanfieldDerek SandersonIvan BoldirevR. WINGJohn McKenzieEd Westfull AReg LeachKen HodgeL. WINGJohn Bucyk AWayne CashmanGarnet BaileyMike WaltonINJUREDDon MarcotteDon AwreyTed Green A<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>GOALErnie WakeiyJim McLeodPete McDuffeDEFENSEJohn ArbourCarl Brewer ANoel PicordBarclay Plager ABob PlogerCENTERGarry UngerChris BordeleouTerry CrispGene CorrCurt BennettR. WINGGary SabourinFrank St&rsquo;MarseilleWayne ConnellyL. WINGJim LorentzGeorge MorrisonFloyd ThomsonMike PorizeouINJUREDJim Roberts CST. LOUIS<h2>DETROIT</h2>GOALSmithJoe DaleyDEFENSEGory Bergman AArnie Brown ARon StackhouseRon HarrisLarry JohnstonBob WallCENTERAlex Delvecchio CRed Berenson AGuy CharronMarcel DionneAl KorlanderWINGTim EcclestoneMickey RedmondLeon RochefortBill CollinsBill SutherlandWINGBrian ConocherNick LibettAb McDonaldINJUREDGerry Hort<h2>CALIFORNIA</h2>GOALGilles MelocheLyle CarterGary KurtDEFENSECarol Vodnais CBert Marshall AMarshall JohnstonDick RedmondPoul ShmyrCENTERTommy WilliamsJoey JohnstonWalt McKechnieBobby SheehanR. WINGNorm FergusonDon O&rsquo;DonoghueCraig PatrickErnie HickeL. WINGWayne CarletonGory CroteauStan GilbertsonGerry PinderGary JarrettINJUREDTom Webster<h2>TORONTO</h2>GOALBernie ParentJacques PlanteDEFENSEBob Boun AJim McKennyBrad SeiwoodBrian GlennieJim DoreyMike PelykCENTERNorm UllmanDave Keon CJim HarrisonWINGRon Ellis ABrian SpencerGuy TrottierWINGPaul HendersonDenis Du pereDon MarshallDarryl SittierINJUREDBilly MacMillan<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>GOALDoug FovellBruce GambleDEFENSEBarry Ashbee ALarry BrownWayne HillmanBrent HughesEd Van ImpeJoe WatsonRick FoleyCENTERBobby ClarkeSerge BernierJimmy JohnsonLarry WrightR. WINGGary Dornhoefer ALarry Mickey APierre PlanteSimon NoletL. WINGJean-Guy GendronBob KellyBill LesukRick MocLeishINJUREDNone<h2>NEW YORK</h2>GOALGiacominGilles VillemureDEFENSEBreid Park AJim Neilson ARod SeilingDole RolfeDeMarcoCENTERJoan Ra telleWalt TkaczukBobby RousseauWINGRod Gilbert AJack EgersBill FairbairnPierre JarryBruce MacGregorWINGDave BatonVic Hadfield CTed IrvineGlen SatherINJUREDPete Stemkowski<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>GOALRoy EdwardsLes BinkleyJim RutherfordDEFENSEDarryl EdestrondDave BurrowsSheldon KannegiesserBryon WatsonBob WoytowichJoe NorisCENTERSyl AppsRon SchockBobby LeiterRone RobertBryan HextallWINGNick HorbarukBill HickeBrian McKenzieKen SchinkelWINGKeith McCrearyVai FonteyneGreg PolisRobin BurnsINJUREDTim Horton AJean Pronovost<h2>BUFFALO</h2>GOALRoger CrozierDave DrydenDEFENSEHamiltonDoug BarrieRay McKayWohonChris EvansMike RobitailleCENTERGilbert PerreaultGerry MeehanDon LucePhil GoyetteWINGRon AndersonSteve AtkinsonKevin O&rsquo;SheaEddie ShackHoyd SmithWINGDanny LawsonLarry KeenanRichard MartinDick DuffRod ZaineINJUREDTracy Pratt<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>GOALRogation VachonGary EdwardsDEFENSElarry HillmanHarry Howell AGilles Marotte AJean PotvinCENTERRalph BockstromButch GaringBob Pullord CJuha WidingJim StanfieldR. WINGMike ByersBill RettLucien GrenierAl McDonoughWINGEd Joyal ABob BerryRoss LonsberryReal LemieuxINJUREDPoul Curtis<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>GOALGeorge GardnerDune WilsonDEFENSEDale Tollon APat QuinnJocelyn GuevremontBarry WilkinsDennis KearnsJohn SchellaGary Doak ACENTEROrland KurtenbachAndre Boudrias ADanny JohnsonRon WardR. WINGRosoire PoimentMurray HallBobby SchmautzBobby LalondeI. WINGWayne MakiPoul PopielMike CorriganTed TaylorINJUREDNone.<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>GOALCesare ManiagoLorne WorsleyDEFENSETed Harris CTom ReidBarry Gibbs ADennis O&rsquo;BrienDoug MohnsCENTERJude DrouinTed HampsonMurray OliverCharlie Burns AWINGBill GoldsworthyLou NannoBob NevinCraig CameronWINGDonny GrantJean-Poul PariseDean PrenticeINJUREDDennis Hextall &#9632;

NHL Team Rasters

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01466/2917422-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="438" height="291"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02414/2917415-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="492" height="292"></div><h2>Tues. Nov. 9 PITTSBURGH 4 at ST. LOUIS 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03342/2917408-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="580" height="646"></div><h2>Wed. Nov. 10 MONTREAL 5 at TORONTO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04268/2917401-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="581" height="616"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 1 at NEW YORK 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05221/2917394-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="590" height="696"></div><h2>BOSTON 1 at CHICAGO 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06185/2917387-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="584" height="545"></div><h2>DETROIT 2 at MINNESOTA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07163/2917380-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="580" height="461"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 1 at PITTSBURGH 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08132/2917373-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="587" height="526"></div><h2>Thurs. No. 11 CALIFORNIA 2 at BOSTON 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-09117/2917366-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="590" height="670"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 4 at BUFFALO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-10107/2917359-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="594" height="517"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 3 AT PHILADELPHIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1190/2917352-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="594" height="721"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 13 MONTREAL 5 at MINNESOTA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1280/2917345-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="589" height="615"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 2 at TORONTO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1363/2917338-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="587" height="552"></div><h2>BUFFALO 2 at NEW YORK 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1452/2917331-1-eng-US/f0017-142.jpg" title="f0017-14" width="592" height="673"></div><h2>DETROIT 6 at PHILADELPHIA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1542/2917324-1-eng-US/f0017-152.jpg" title="f0017-15" width="591" height="719"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 4 at PITTSBURGH 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1640/2917317-1-eng-US/f0017-162.jpg" title="f0017-16" width="585" height="773"></div><h2>CALIFORNIA 1 at ST. LOUIS 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1733/2917310-1-eng-US/f0017-172.jpg" title="f0017-17" width="589" height="673"></div><h2>Sun. Nov. 14 MONTREAL 2 at BUFFALO 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1827/2917303-1-eng-US/f0017-182.jpg" title="f0017-18" width="580" height="533"></div><h2>TORONTO 3 at PHILADELPHIA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02218/2917296-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="578" height="582"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 1 at NEW YORK 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03182/2917289-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="584" height="636"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 2 at BOSTON 11</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04139/2917282-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="579" height="845"></div><h2>CALIFORNIA 1 at CHICAGO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0574/2917275-1-eng-US/f0020-052.jpg" title="f0020-05" width="576" height="500"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League SUMMARIES

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;Johnny Wilson&rsquo;s coaching phi-losophy is a simple one but it&rsquo;s been an eye-popper for the Detroit Red Wings.&ldquo;If you have two teams with equal talent, the team that is in superior condition should win,&rdquo; Wilson said and he immediately set about putting the Red Wings in superior condition with the most rigorous practices since the heyday of the late Jack Adams.The Wings got a fast introduction to the Wilson routine. They&rsquo;d just played three games in three nights in three different cities, the first two under Doug Barklev who resigned following a rare Detroit victory in the second game.Wilson was at the helm in a 6-1 loss at Toronto and didn&rsquo;t like what he saw. He had the club at Olympia the next morning, spent an hour with them in the dressing room and then put them on the ice for an hour of stops and starts and skating drills, sent them to the dressing room while the ice was resurfaced and put them back on for another hour of scrimmaging.&ldquo;Jack would have been proud of him,&rdquo; captain Alex Delvecchio said weakly to chief scout Jim Skinner who was watching from the stands.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the kind of thing I don&rsquo;t miss about hockey,&rdquo; said retired superstar Gordie Howe, now a club vice president and another spectator at old teammate Wilson&rsquo;s first workout.Wilson maintained the gruelling practice routine through his first week and while the Wings still didn&rsquo;t win in their next three starts, twice being tied by Buffalo after blowing 4-0 and 3-2 leads and losing to Boston, 2-1, the new coach said he saw improvement.That didn&rsquo;t mean an end of the heavy conditioning, however, and Wilson said it could continue for some time.Surprisingly, the players&rsquo; attitude after the first shock was good and they appeared much looser in practice than they had been under Barkley.Wilson, the Wings&rsquo; fifth coach in two years and two weeks, went right back to fundamentals. While the forwards and defensemen fired shots at the goalkeepers, he worked on faceoffs with the centers.Wilson is aware of what is facing him in his second shot at coaching in the National Hockey League but he&rsquo;s confident.&ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ve got better talent here than what I had in Los An-geles,&rdquo; Wilson said of his previous NHL stop where he was interim boss of the Kings during the 1969-70 season.&ldquo;And I feel there are at least nine teams that we can challenge.&rdquo; Wilson ticked off all the clubs but Boston, Chicago, Montreal and New York.To challenge them, the Red Wings are going to have to tighten themselves defensively and that&rsquo;s some undertaking&mdash;through the first four weeks of the season Detroit yielded more goals than any team in the league.The Wings currently are in the middle of a seven game coast-to-coast odyssey occasioned by the fall visit of the ice show and the seven game trip could work in their favor.The big thing is that they won&rsquo;t have to face their critical home fans while Wilson whips them into the kind of team he wants. &#9632;

Wilson’s New Tough Ice Tactics Shake Up Red Wings

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01295/2917508-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="562" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT STAPLETON&hellip;He Came Back</figcaption></div>CHICAGO&mdash;This is not a story about people who score goals and drive the big cars. And it is not a story about people who play in goal and win plaudits for courage. It is a story about defensemen, hockey&rsquo;s version of the football linemen. The men who win little acclaim, unless you are Bobby Orr.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0656/2917501-1-eng-US/f0020-062.jpg" title="f0020-06" width="274" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Keith Magnuson</figcaption></div>The Black Hawks have their goal scorers and their goal tenders. And there is only one Bobby Orr at last count, and he is not in Chicago. But the Black Hawks do have a staunch crew of defensemen, and after the first month of this season, they were as much (or more) a part of the team&rsquo;s success as any other component.The goaltending, which rested with Tony Esposito and Gary Smith, was strong. And the forwards were producing enough fire-power to win, and their defensive work was admirable. But the defense corps was brilliant, and this is the type of work that especially makes Coach Billy Reay&rsquo;s eyes twinkle.The blueline pairs were veterans Pat Stapleton with Bill White, and Doug Jarrett with Keith Magnuson, plus able fifthman assistance from mammoth Jerry Korab.Stapleton and White, of course, received much applause for their poise exhibited during last spring&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs. A lot of the praise was at the expense of Magnuson and Jarrett, both of whom admittedly did not play too well during the post-season jousts. And Korab came up after last season, played 46 games, and developed, if nothing else, a reputation and as a bone-rattler with a deadly right hand to the jaw.This campaign, all five were showing immense poise. This was fortified by the Hawks&rsquo; excellent defensive record which has been customary over the past two seasons&mdash;and especially marked by the Chicagoans&rsquo; first five games at home.All were victories, and three were shutouts (two by Smith, one by Esposito.) After Tim Ecclestone scored for Detroit at 13:20 of the second period in Chicago&rsquo;s home opener, no one violated the Hawk Stadium net until Vai Fonteyne tallied for Pittsburgh at 10:13 of the third period in the fifth game. It was an excellent defensive showing, and with all due credit to the goalies, you had to be there to witness the defensive assistance they got.&ldquo;I never got help like this before,&rdquo; said Smith after he handled only 21 shots in a 3-0 triumph over Philadelphia, his stadium debut. &ldquo;I got a lot more work during a game with Oakland, that&rsquo;s for sure. Here, the defensemen help out a lot by covering quickly. When the other team takes a shot on you, they get back and help out on the rebounds. That&rsquo;s a big help to a goalie.&rdquo;Stapleton had an excellent start, much different from last winter when it was mid-year before he began rounding into form after a serious injury in the 196970 campaign. He severly tore ligaments in his left knee in a February, 1970, game against the Flyers and missed the rest of the year.&ldquo;And I didn&rsquo;t start moving right until about the third month of the next season,&rdquo; he recalled.Stapleton, an adroit playmaker, is a perfect complement to White, the tall right-handed shot who will seldom rush up ice. Ironically, White came to the Hawks&rsquo; in an emergency trade with the Kings two weeks after Stapleton was hurt. GM Tommy Ivan said at the time, &ldquo;We think White can plug the hole left by Stapleton&rsquo;s injury.&rsquo;&rsquo;Did he ever.Magnuson had an excellent rookie season, but last February injured his knee in a game. He continued to play right through the playoffs, but by that time he was struggling a little and admitted later, &lsquo;I just didn&rsquo;t play well.&rdquo;Reay asserted in Magnuson&rsquo;s defense, however, that the knee was a little worse than anyone (including Magnuson) let on, and that it might have been bad enough to keep a lesser man out of the lineup.At any rate, Magnuson underwent surgery this past summer and ever since the current year started, he has done little wrong.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m learning to keep my head up more,&rdquo; Maggie said. &ldquo;And it&rsquo;s made a lot of difference. When you&rsquo;re going back, it really helps because you know where everyone is.&rdquo;Jarrett also was not totally healthy during certain times last season, and by Cup time, according to Reay, &ldquo;I suspect he wasn&rsquo;t quite right&hellip;probably tired.&rdquo;But this year, Jarrett was skating and hitting more. &#9632;

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Solid Defense Crew Hawks’ Unsung Stars

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0747/2917546-1-eng-US/f0020-072.jpg"></div>(Standings on Tuesday, Nov. 16)<h2>EAST DIVISION</h2><h2>WEST DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0840/2917539-1-eng-US/f0020-082.jpg" title="f0020-08" width="1104" height="357"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 9Pittsburgh 4 at St. Louis 1Wed. Nov. 10Montreal 5 at Toronto 2Los Angeles 1 at New York 7Boston 1 at Chicago 3Detroit 2 at Minnesota 1Vancouver 1 at Pittsburgh 3Thurs. Nov. 11California 2 at Boston 5Los Angeles 4 at Buffalo 2Vancouver 3 at Philadelphia 4Sat. Nov. 13Montreal 5 at Minnesota 1Vancouver 2 at Toronto 2Buffalo 2 at New York 5Detroit 6 at Philadelphia 3Los Angeles 4 at Pittsburgh 6California 1 at St. Louis 5Sun. Nov. 14Montreal 2 at Buffalo 2Toronto 3 at Philadelphia 3Vancouver 1 at New York 6Los Angeles 2 at Boston 11California 1 at Chicago 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 16California at MontrealDetroit at St. LouisMinnesota at PittsburghWed. Nov. 17Los Angeles at TorontoVancouver at ChicagoThur. Nov. 18St. Louis at MontrealVancouver at BostonCalifornia atBuffaloLos Angeles at PhiladelphiaPittsburgh at MinnesotaSat. Nov 20Philadelphia at MontrealCalifornia at TorontoNew York at MinnesotaChicago at BostonDetroit at Los AngelesSt. Louis at PittsburghSun. Nov. 21Toronto at BuffaloCalifornia at New YorkSt. Louis at BostonDetroit at Vancouver (afternoon)Pittsburgh at ChicagoMinnesota at PhiladelphiaTues. Nov. 23Minnesota at VancouverLos Angeles at St. LouisWed. Nov. 24Montreal at ChicagoToronto at PittsburghSt. Louis at New YorkBoston at PhiladelphiaDetroit at CaliforniaBuffalo at Los AngelesThur. Nov. 25Philadelphia at BostonFri. Nov. 26Minnesota at California &#9632;

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NHL SCOREBOARD

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01158/2917584-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="862" height="2285"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02119/2917577-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="2068" height="793"></div>KITCHENER&mdash;Changes in sport medicine and training methods occur so rapidlj&rsquo; that trainers in all sports must jump to stay on top of all the latest developments.Bauer Skates, through their NHL Trainers&rsquo; Advisory Council, helps hockey personnel in this matter by sponsoring training seminars such as the one held this year at the University of Waterloo.NHL trainers who attended included: Ken Carson (Pittsburgh), Barry Keast (California), Lefty Wilson (Detroit), Skip Thayer (Chicago), Frank Lewis (Philadelphia), Joe Sgro (Toronto Maple Leafs), Norm Mackie (Los Angeles), Bill Gray (Vancouver), Frank Christie (Buffalo), Frank Paice (New York),, and Stan Waylett (Minnesota).The major feature of the two-day event was a demonstration of how the combination of heat and humidity&mdash;a common problem in the league these days&mdash;can effect a players&rsquo; performance. In the above photo, the trainers watch as university technicians monitor the telemetered readings from a perspiring athlete on a bicycle at left in a controlled atmospheric chamber. &#9632;

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NHL Clubs Attend Bauer’s Seminars

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS iMadein Canada by HILLERICH & BRA DSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceinirt, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE(Standings on Tues. Nov. 16)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01175/2917636-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="575" height="157"></div><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02115/2917629-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="578" height="277"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 9Providence 0 at Boston 3Rochester 5 ot Cincinnati 4Wed Nov. 10Baltimore 2 at Hershey 2Richmond 2 at Providence 2Cincinnati 4 at Rochester 4Cleveland 0 at Tidewater IFri. Nov 12Cleveland 3 at Baltimore 6Tidewater 3 ot Boston 3Richmond 2 ot Novo Scotia 3Rochester 4 at Springfield 1Sat. Nov. 13Cleveland 6 at Hershey 3Tidewater 4 at Springfield 4Sun. Nov. 14Hershey 5 at Cincinnati 4Richmond I at Nova Scotia 2Springfield 4 at Providence 3Boston 4 at Rochester 1Baltimore 2 ot Tidewater 5<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues Nov. 16Novo Scotia at BostonCleveland at CincinnatiWed. Nov. 17Springfield at HersheyCincinnati at RichmondThurs. Nov. 18Rochester at Novo ScotiaFri. Nov. 19Cincinnati at ClevelandSpringfield at RichmondProvidence at RochesterSat. Nov. 20Cincinnati al BaltimoreRichmond at ClevelandBoston at HersheySun. Nov. 21Cincinnati at Novo ScotiaBoston ot ProvidenceRichmond at RochesterTues. Nov. 23Hershey ot BaltimoreRochester ot BostonSpringfield at CincinnatiProvidence at Nova ScotiaWed Nov 24Springfield of ClevelandBaltimore ot HersheyRichmond at TidewaterThun. Nov. 25Nova Scotia at RochesterFri. Nov. 26Springfield at BatimoreRichmond at Cincinnati<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-03101/2917622-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="586" height="609"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0483/2917615-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="583" height="784"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

BOSTON&mdash;The Boston Braves continued to spell box office magic for the American Hockey League.The runaway Braves, holding a commanding six-point lead in the AHL&rsquo;s East Division race, dumped the Providence Reds 3-0 for their eighth, straight home ice victory while a record crowd of 14,031 watched in the Boston Garden.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0573/2917674-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="263" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cary Gambucci</figcaption></div>It marked the second time in two weeks the Braves had established an AHL mark for attendance. A total of 13,964 were on hand Oct. 30 as Boston whippedCincinnati, 5-0, the most fans to ever witness a league game in history.Former Boston college star Mike Hyndman emerged as the scoring hero of the win against Providence with two goals. Garry Peters added the other&mdash;his 11th of the year. In goal, Dan Bouchard was superb as he hung up his second shutout of the year.With 10 victories in their first 12 games, it is evident the fledgling Braves have become the new powerhouse of the AHL. They have completely dominated their rivals on home ice and need only reasonable success on the road to win the division title in a cake walk.The Braves have been getting maximum production out of their hot line of Peters, Doug Roberts and Ron Boehm with Peters moving into the league scoring lead as the result of the fine play of himself and his linemates.Boston made one roster change last week when they sold defense-man Bill Speer to Providence in a straight cash deal.Meanwhile, while the Braves were making hey in the East, the onrushing Cleveland Barons were putting it all together in the West Division&mdash;notably on home ice where they remained unbeaten. Before they launched a four-game road swing, the Barons had increased their home string to six games without a loss.The Barons, with only one loss in their last eight contests, took over sole possession of third place in the Western Division. After the Tidewater game, Cleveland also has road games at Baltimore, Hershey and Cincinnati, before returning to the Arena November 19 for a contest with the Cincinnati Swords.Goron Labossiere tops the Barons in scoring with 16 points on a team-leading seven goals added to nine assists. Close behind in the scoring race are Buster Harvey with 15 points&mdash;six goals and nine asssists&mdash;and Norm Beaudin&mdash;four goals and a team-leading 10 assists and Terry Caffery six goals and eight assists, both with 14 points.Left winger Gary Gambucci has been assigned to the Barons by the Minnesota North Stars. The 25-year-old American-born rookie had scored a goal and an assist in the month he was with the North Stars. A veteran of the United States National team, Gambucci turned pro during the summer after being obtained by Minnesota in a trade with Montreal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0657/2917667-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="553" height="1024"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE HYNDMAN&hellip;Sinks The Reds</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Braves, Reds Play Before 14,031 Fans; Barons Roll With Unbeaten Home Ice Run

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY&mdash;One of the key factors going for the power-packed Hershey Bears is their balanced scoring attack which features three prolific point-minded lines.After the ten-game mark, the trio of Gil Gilbert and his wingmen, Steve Cardwell and Ron Snell paced the club&rsquo;s offense with a whopping 33 points on 15 goals and 18 assists.Right on their heels is the line of center Mike Nykoluk and wingers, Brian McKenzie and Jean Gratton. They have combined for 27 points, 12 goals and 15 assists.The next line of center Wally Boyer and linemates, John Stewart and Ted Snell racked up 17 points on nine goals and eight assists.&ldquo;All three lines have clicked since we put them together,&rdquo; said coach-general manager Frank Mathers. &ldquo;Actually, it was one of those things when we organized the lines. We did a lot of experimenting in the pre-season games and it paid off.&rdquo;Hershey didn&rsquo;t win an exhibition game as Mathers screened some 40 players before deciding who would stick when the final cut was made.But once the puck was dropped for real, the Bears became an organizied outfit which rolled through the first ten games with an 8-1-1 mark, the best start since 1968-69 when Hershey skated off with the Eastern Division title and Calder Cup.Perhaps two of the most over-looked performers for the Bears have been Bob Birdsell and Rick Kessell, the penalty killing specialists, who fill in on the odd shift.Hershey has given up only three power play goals since the campaign got underway, while ripping the opposition for 16 power play goals, an incredible standard. It&rsquo;s doubtful if there&rsquo;s any other pro club that can match that record, certainly not in the AHL.&ldquo;Our defense has become more offensive minded, too,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re moving in on the play and forcing the bad pass. They&rsquo;re picking up the puck near center ice which saves our forwards from a lot of extra skating.&rdquo;As usual defenseman Ralph Keller, the greatest goal scoring rearguard in AHL records&mdash;he has 89 career goals&mdash;leads the blueline point parade with three goals and six assists. Veteran Duane Rupp has chipped in with a half-dozen assists, while JeanGuy Lagace has four points on a goal and three assists. Butch Barber has four assists and Larry Bignell, two.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s 21 points, an average of 2.1 a game for the defense which is pretty good in any league,&rdquo; said Mathers. &#9632;

Line Balance Keynote Of Bears’ Early Success

<h2>Thurs. Nov. 4 NOVA SCOTIA 3 at Cincinnati 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01155/2917764-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="583" height="536"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 6 NOVA SCOTIA 3 at CLEVELAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02116/2917757-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="582" height="531"></div><h2>BALTIMORE 0 at SPRINGFIELD 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0390/2917750-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="579" height="407"></div><h2>Sun. Nov. 7 BALTIMORE 2 at PROVIDENCE 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0472/2917743-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="574" height="736"></div><h2>TIDEWATER 1 at RICHMOND 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0556/2917736-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="575" height="597"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0647/2917729-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="543" height="630"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALTON WHITE&hellip;two-goal game</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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American League Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0743/2917795-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="457" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARRY PETERS</figcaption></div>The hottest scorer in the AHL at the moment is veteran Garry Peters of the Boston Braves, who has catapulted into first place in the scoring race with TO goals, 12 assists for 22 points. Peters collected six goals in one week to raise his season total to 10, four behind Springfield&rsquo;s Wavne Rivers. &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BOB ELMER</div>BALTIMORE&mdash;One of the more picturesque bits of action during the course of a hockey game is the sight of a burly defenseman executing his specialty&mdash;a shot from the point. This is especially applicable to the Balti-more Clippers&rsquo; veteran backlinor and team captain. Kent Douglas who delights in blasting away at rival netminders.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01166/2917833-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="277" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kent Douglas</figcaption></div>However, the former NHL All Star, who has found a happy home here in Baltimore is quick to admit that &ldquo;the slap shot in hockey and the golf shot on the fairways are completely opposite. I&rsquo;d say the only thing that is similar between hockey and golf is the amount of determination needed.&rdquo;General Manager-Coach Terry Reardon appointed the 35-year-old native of Cobalt as team captain for the 1971-72 season, and the burly rearguard has started right off setting good examples for his men to follow.Recently, Douglas ran into Larry Hale&rsquo;s stick at the Richmond Coliseum and missed practically the entire first period. At the time of his departure to the first aid room, his Clips were down 2-0. The doughty Irishman returned to action despite a broken nose and ten stitches and by his inspirational leadership brought his teammates from behind to make a rousing game of it, though losing 4-3.One of the most familiar winter scenes here is the daily routine that engulfs the players following their morning practice sessions at the suburban Orchards Rink. Immediately after showering, the players can be seen vanishing into the afternoon with a nine-iron tucked under one arm and a pair of golf shoes under the other.Most of the current Clips have been caught up in the crazy pastime of chasing the elusive white ball and their leader here too is Douglas, a teaching pro at the Lake Shore Golf Center in Rochester the past two summers.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve played golf since I was a kid,&rdquo; Kent muttered, &ldquo;and I love the game. I&rsquo;ve also found that I really enjoy teaching others the game and as a result I&rsquo;ve enjoyed my past two summers in Rochester.&rdquo;&ldquo;Golf has enjoyed a big boom over the past decade and each year it seems to get bigger and bigger. This, of course, is in direct ratio to more people having more free time. Also, a golf course has been known to be the setting for a good busines deal.&rdquo;Team mates who observe Douglas on the golf course insist that his drives off the tee are things of beauty and not unlike his slap shot from the point. His tee shots never rise more than four or five feet, but they keep going, and going and going. The ball travels just like the puck when he unloads his blueline specialty.CLIPPER CLIPS&mdash;Chris Oddleifson. who was supposed to have reported to the Clippers a month ago, showed up in Oklahoma City instead and became sidelined with a broken jaw&hellip;He had a big rookie year in Providence last winter&hellip;Jimmy Bartlett is playing with the Co-lumbus Golden Seals of the In-ternational League&hellip;Veteran Joe Szura is slowly getting untracked as has been his past performance chart which tabs the lanky Czech as one who &ldquo;starts slowly, finishes fastest of all&hellip;&rdquo;&hellip;Larry Hargrove, personable Evening Sun hockey and golf writer, made the swing with the club to Cincy, Cleveland, Spring-field and Providence, but Al Fischer, veteran Morning Sun rink scribe, had to bow out and detour to the hospital.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02115/2917826-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="1185" height="1033"><figcaption class="caption-body">Kent Douglas, the Baltimore Clippers&rsquo;veteran captain and defenseman, is regarded as one of hockey&rsquo;s finest golfers. The Cobalt, Ontario native is a teaching professional at the Lake Shore Golf Center in Rochester, N.Y. during the off season.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Doualas Leads Clippers In Slap Shots—And Golf Drives

<div class="byline">BY CHUCK SANTANIELLO</div>SPRINGFIELD&mdash;The Los Angeles Kings completed a trade with the Montreal Canadiens which should help the big club but puts added burdens and pressures on the local Kings. They lost Noel Price, their captain and star defense-man, in the multi player swap that brought goaler Rogatien Vachon to Los Angeles.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0381/2917864-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="255" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Noel Price</figcaption></div>The NHL Kings also lost Dale Hoganson, a young defenseman who went to the Canadiens as well as Doug Robinson, former Springfield and LA player who was assigned to Seattle Totems of the Western League. In addition, the Kings still have to give the Canadiens more, maybe draft choices and who knows what.The AHL Kings took the full brunt of the trade. They were weakened by the loss of Price and at the same time the deal strengthened one of their bitterest rivals, the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, who were assigned the services of Robinson and Price.In retrospect, Springfield received nothing in the trade.For Springfield the return of Neil Komadoski on defense should help, though, why he was called up in the first place is still mystery. He never got into an official game but was working out daily in LA while labeled a top notch NHL prospect.Komadoski should have been left here for seasoning to start with, since he is a rookie who is hound to get better once he gains proper experience. And he&rsquo;ll get that experience here playing on his own level. Neil is a good, solid performer with a tuture.Meanwhile, Jim Stanfield remains in LA, and Kings&rsquo; Coach Gary Dineen has had to shift around and make do as best he can. This is another of those mystery callups. Stanfield played in one game and has been rusting; on the bench since. He was one of; the top point makers while he played here.In the meatime, the Kings have been drawing well at their hone games. Fans here understand callups are the price the club must pay as a development club of an NHL team.Fortunately for Dineen and the Kings it hasn&rsquo;t affected them in the East Division race. They were G-B-2 in their first 12 starts and making a determined bid to grab oil second place behind the runaway Boston Braves. &#9632;

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Kings Lose Ice Captain As Price Moves In Trade

<div class="byline">BY JERRY LINDQUIST</div>RICHMOND&mdash;It can&rsquo;t be home cooking, because they&rsquo;re all Canadians, but there&rsquo;s something about Coliseum ice that has brought out the best in the Richmond Robins.With only one win and a tie to show for their first seven games, the Robins rebounded with three victories in a row here to project themselves back into the Western Dvision race.First, they beat Baltimore, 4-3. Nova Scotia fell, 2-1, and four days later it was Tidewater&rsquo;s turn, 5-1.That made it four out of five at home, and the Robins finally were looking like the team everyone in the Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; organization thought would make a strong bid for the Western title.What prompted the turnabout?Perhaps it was only coincidence but Richmond went on its winning streak the day after Larry Hale reported from Philadelphia.He quickly bolstered what already was a more-than-ade-quate defense. The offense improved 100 per cent when coach Eddie Bush changed his mind and decided to change his lines.Through the early going Bush insisted shifting personnel was not the answer but following a 20 loss in Baltimore alterations were made.First, he reunited Andre Gaudette, Dave Schultz, and Bob Currier who among them accounted for 59 goals a year ago when the team was the Quebec Aces.Then, Bush placed roomates Bill Clement and Bobby Hurlburt on a line with Lew Morrison, with Rene Drolet centering for Danny Schock and Dick Sarrazin. Frank Spring became the swing man.Results became readily apparent.Against Baltimore, each line accounted for at least one goal. Hurlburt accounted for both goals against Nova Scotia. Schock had two against Tidewater as the Robins turned a four-goal third period into their most productive effort of the year.While Bush was ressolving the club&rsquo;s problems on attack, the goaltending remained first-class. Don McLeod, Bob Taylor, and Michel Belhumeur took turns in goal, and none had a bad game.Eventually, one will go, and the decision will not be an easy one. Bush knows.PARTING SHOTS: Total attendance for five home games was 26,262&hellip;Schultz got the best of fights with Nova Scotia&rsquo;s Chuck Arnason and Tony Featherstone. The former was a Teal mismatch, especially after referee Brent Casslman signaled linesmen to stay away and let them go at it&hellip;Defenseman Gary Cunningham was sent to Jersey Devils of Eastern League. &#9632;

Robins Fly High As Bush Revamps After Slow Start

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01134/2917919-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="466" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOE HARDY&hellip;Worth Waiting For</figcaption></div>HALIFAX&mdash;Everybody in Nova Scotia agreed that Joe Hardy was well worth waiting for.The Hardy saga began five weeks before Jocelyn made an appearence in a Nova Scotia Voyageur uniform, back in the early days of training camp in Montreal when reports filtered through to the press that Hardy was a key player in a series of deals between Canadians and California Golden I Seals.But as the weeks passed, he remained only a name and trainer Tino Geoffrey, who was advised twice to get some equipement ready, had all but abandoned hope when the tall, black haired center finally put in an appearence Oct. 10 but still mending from his second wrist fracture suffered at the Seals&rsquo; training camp in Oshawa. He missed most of the 1970-71 season at California for the same reason.Before accepting damaged goods, the Vees received medical reports from both the Seals and their own team physician, Dr. Ken Nickerson and were satisfied that the tardy Hardy would be ready within a reasonable time. They were right on target when Hardy pulled the Vees sweater over his back on Oct. 24 and took personal charge of the unbeaten Cincinnati Swords. All he did for openers was score the first three goals in a 5-1 Nova Scotia romp.Vees&rsquo; general manager and coach Al MacNeil was pleased with Hardy&rsquo;s debut and even more pleased with the way his youngsters responded in a third period brawl with the Swords resulting in 125 minutes in penalties assessed by Referee Ron Ego.Before the season began MacNeil had promised a young aggressive approach and the Swords, engaged in their third full scale battle of the young season, couldn&rsquo;t manage more than a draw at best in four separate entanglements with the Vees. &#9632;

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Hardy Hit For Vees

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold StiwL Wallacaburt. Ontario Sold in U. S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street. Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U. S. and Canada<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0295/2917964-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="574" height="231"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 10Seattle at Denver 3Phoenix 2 at Portland 6Thurs. Nov. 11Seattle 3 at Salt Lake 6Denver 2 ot Phoenix 3Fri. Nov. 12Salt Lake 4 at Seattle 2Portland 6 at San Diego 4Sat. Nov. 13Portland 2 at Phoenix 6Denver 3 ot Son Diego 3Sun. Nov. 14Salt Lake 5 at Portland 2Denver 6 at Seattle 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Nov. 17Phoenix at San DiegoDenver at PortlandThurs. Nov. 18Phoenix at Salt LakeFri. Nov. 19San Diego at DenverSat. Nov. 20Phoenix at SeattleSun. Nov. 21San Diego at PortlandWed. Nov. 24Salt Lake at DenverSan Diego at SeattleThurs. Nov. 25Portland at San DiegoFri. Nov. 26Portland at DenverSalt Lake ot Phoenix<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0375/2917957-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="579" height="501"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0456/2917950-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="574" height="386"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01142/2918002-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="555" height="579"><figcaption class="caption-body">JIM WISTE&hellip;Led Americans</figcaption></div>SEATTLE&mdash;Jim Wiste&rsquo;s assignment by the Vancouver Canucks gives the Seattle Totems a lot of strangth down the middle.But losing Doug Robinson was a great blow to the Seattle Totems. Even more than:Dropping nine of their first 11 games of the Western Hockey League season, under their new coach Charlie Hol mes:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0549/2917995-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="270" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Speck</figcaption></div>Losing All Star defenseman John Hanna to a groin injury or a suspected hernia;Losing recently arrived defen-seman Bob Paradise to a groin injury in a pre-game warmup, cutting the defense corps to three&mdash;37-year-old Larry Cahan, 35-year-old Don Ward and rookie Hal Willis;Being unable to take advantage on the power play with 47 man advantage chances and only three goals to show for it;Being unable to score at all with only 21 goals in 11 games while allowing 53.Robinson accounted for seven of those goals in 10 games until traded by the Los Angeles Kings&mdash;he was on loan&mdash;to the Montreal Canadiens, in a multiple player deal, then shipped as far from Seattle as possible and still remain in pro hockey. Robinson&rsquo;s first reaction was to refuse to report to Halifax, but finally relented and joined the American League club.Totem general manager Murray Costello remains by the telephone, anticipating more help from a working agreement with the Kings and the Canucks.The Canucks sprung center Fred Speck on a two-week get-in-shape loan. Jimmy Peters joined the club a week earlier on loan from the Kings. The Totems also have veteran Art Stratton, rookie Allen Rycroft and young Dick Mortenson at center.The fans are quick to remind Costello that this working agreement hasn&rsquo;t been much more helpful, so far, than last year&rsquo;s with the New York Rangers.But they&rsquo;ve been coming out to the Seattle Center Coliseum in reasonable numbers to do it. Through six games, the Totems have averaged 5,441.Wiste, 25, former University of Denver star, joined the Totems on loan from the Canucks for the fianl 29 games last season and responded with 11 goals and 13 assists.The ironic part about the shift of Wiste here was the fact he was the leading point man with the Rochester club at the time of the move. Wiste had 12 points in his first 10 games with the Americans. &#9632;

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Top Scorer Robinson Departs, Totems Pick Up Wiste, Speck

DENVER&mdash;Jean Guy Talbot&rsquo;s coaching debut was a success.The Denver Spurs, under their new coach, spotted the defending Western Hockey League champion Portland Buckaroos two goals, then posted a 3-2 victory.It was the Spurs&rsquo; eighth win in nine games and their seventh in a row, one short of the club record, set by the Denver Invaders seven years ago.A couple of nights later, the streak was severed at seven, but Tai-Hnt was unperturbed.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll just have to start again,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The season&rsquo;s young.&rdquo;It&rsquo;s young, but it has already seen several changes in the makeup of the Spurs.Besides Talbot replacing Bill McCreary, who was called up to be bench boss of the parent St. Louis Blues, the Spurs lost:Defenseman Jim Graham, sent to Kansas City of the Central League to make room for Bill Plager, sent down from St. Louis.Plager, pulled back up because of injuries to the Blues, and replaced by Dave Pulkkinen, shipped in from Kansas City;Rightwinger Gary Veneruzzo, called up to the Blues, after six goals and nine assists in 10 games for the Spurs;Left winger Curt Bennett, who had three goals, six assists and nine points in 10 games at Denver was also moved up to the Blues.Sid Salomon 111 said he was against shifting players around but injuries have left the Blues no choice.The Blues shipped both Plager and Veneruzzo back to the Spurs when two of their injured regulars were able to return to the lineup. &#9632;

Blues Dip Into Spurs As Injuries Hit Club

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>PHOENIX&mdash;&ldquo;Maybe,&rdquo; said Phoenix Road-runner coach Aut Erickson, &ldquo;Bob Whitlock has solved our centerice problems.&rdquo;Whitlock had just scored the game-opening goal in a 2-1 victory at Salt Lake City, the injury-troubled Runners&rsquo; first roadvictory of the season.The 22-year-old from Char-lottetown, P.E.I., scored four more in the next two games as the Runners won both to increase their road victory string to three.&ldquo;That was close,&rdquo; said Erickson, recalling that less than two weeks before, he had released the third year pro. &ldquo;We almost made a bad mistake.&rdquo;Erickson put John Gofton and Wayne Hicks on Whitlock&rsquo;s wings, trying to achieve more balance. The two wingers had been skating with Larry Lund who is off to the fastest start of his career with 24 points&mdash;10 goals and 14 assists&mdash;in 12 games.When Andre Hinse returned after missing seven games with an ankle injury, he went to Lund&rsquo;s left wing where he has played the past two seasons.Whitlock, who has built himself up to 188 pounds with offseason weight lifting, owns one of the hardest shots in the Western Hockey League. He has always been able to rifle the puck, even as a 160-pound junior.On loan, with a purchase option, from the Minnesota North Stars, Whitlock played at Cleveland last season where he scored 18 times but was used at right wing. He played some center at Waterloo in the Central League two years ago but scored most of his 26 goals from the right side.It was as a right winger that Whitlock, a lefthanded shot, was tried at the Runners&rsquo; training camp and in the first three games of the season. It was also as a right wing that he was cut.On his return, he was placed at center when injuries depleted the ranks. Gofton and Hicks were supposed to play with Bob Barlow at center but Barlow was struck down by a virus, was hospitalized for almost a week with a 103 degree fever and lost 15 pounds. Barlow was expected to miss another 10 days or two weeks.&ldquo;I like playing center better,&rdquo; said Whitlock, &ldquo;especially the way things have been going. There&rsquo;s more room to move around.&rdquo;&ldquo;Right now,&rdquo; said Erickson, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d have to say he&rsquo;s one of the best players we&rsquo;ve got.&rdquo;Whitlock uses his considerable strength to advantage, body-checking, digging the puck out of the corners, staking claim in front of the net and in winning a great percentage of faceoffs. &#9632;

Roadrunner Reject Whitlock Bounces Back To Spark Team

<h2>Fri. Oct. 29 SAN DIEGO 0 at DENVER 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0295/2918213-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="574" height="506"></div><h2>PHOENIX 4 at SEATTLE 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0370/2918206-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="582" height="676"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 30 SAN DIEGO 6 at SALT LAKE 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0464/2918199-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg" title="f0027-04" width="583" height="676"></div><h2>PHOENIX at PORTLAND 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0551/2918192-1-eng-US/f0027-052.jpg" title="f0027-05" width="577" height="833"></div><h2>Wed. Nov. 3 PORTLAND 2 at DENVER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0644/2918185-1-eng-US/f0027-062.jpg" title="f0027-06" width="569" height="498"></div><h2>PHOENIX 2 at SALT LAKE 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0738/2918178-1-eng-US/f0027-072.jpg" title="f0027-07" width="572" height="423"></div><h2>Thurs. Nov. 4 SAN DIEGO 4 at SEATTLE 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0835/2918171-1-eng-US/f0027-082.jpg" title="f0027-08" width="573" height="501"></div><h2>Fri. Nov. 5 PHOENIX 4 at DENVER 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-0934/2918164-1-eng-US/f0027-092.jpg" title="f0027-09" width="576" height="648"></div><h2>PORTLAND 3 at SALT LAKE 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1032/2918157-1-eng-US/f0027-102.jpg" title="f0027-10" width="576" height="623"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 6 SALT LAKE 2 at SAN DIEGO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1128/2918150-1-eng-US/f0027-112.jpg" title="f0027-11" width="576" height="544"></div><h2>PHOENIX 6 at SEATTLE 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-1226/2918143-1-eng-US/f0027-122.jpg" title="f0027-12" width="575" height="401"></div> &#9632;

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Western League Summaries

LOUISVILLE SLI6GER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street, Oetark Sold in U. S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street Wallacaburf. Ontarl Sold in U. S. and Canada<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0263/2918258-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="577" height="232"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed Nov. 10Tulsa 1 at Dallas 4Fort Worth 0 at Kansas City 6Fri. Nov. 12Dallas 2 at Oklahoma City 6Tulsa 5 at Fort Worth 1Omaha 2 at Kansas City 5Sat. Nov. 13Fort Worth 4 at Dalias 5Kasos City 5 ot Omaha 2Oklahoma City 3 ot Tulsa 6Sun Nov. 14Oklahoma City 0 at Kansas City 4<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Nov. 17Omaha at Fort WorthFri. Nov. 19Omaha at DallasOklahoma City at Fort WorthTulsa at Kansas CitySat. Nov 20Dallas ot OmahaFort Worth ot Oklahoma CityKansas City at TulsaSun. Nov. 21Dallas at KansasCity Omaha at TulsaWed. Nov. 24Tulsa ot DallasFort Worth ot OmahaKansas City at Oklahoma CityThurs. Nov. 25Dallas ot TulsaFort Worth at Kansas CityFri. Nov. 26Omaha at Oklahoma City<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Nov. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0339/2918251-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="582" height="482"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0428/2918244-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="577" height="334"></div> &#9632;

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CENTRAL LEAGUE

Ross Perkins of the Fort Worth Wings enjoyed a most productive week as he jumped into a tie for the scoring lead. Perkins counted six goals and two assists in a four-game span to raise his season totals from seven to 15 points. He also became the top goal scorer with nine.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0522/2918320-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="455" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROSS PERKINS</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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<h2>Sat. Oct. 30 TULSA 1 at OKLAHOMA CITY 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0617/2918400-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="583" height="551"></div><h2>Wed. Nov. 3 TULSA 1 at OMAHA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0714/2918393-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="584" height="482"></div><h2>FORT WORTH 2 at OKLAHOMA CITY 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0812/2918386-1-eng-US/f0028-082.jpg" title="f0028-08" width="584" height="460"></div><h2>KANSAS CITY 4 at DALLAS 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-099/2918379-1-eng-US/f0028-092.jpg" title="f0028-09" width="596" height="672"></div><h2>FORT WORTH 3 at OMAHA 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1010/2918372-1-eng-US/f0028-102.jpg" title="f0028-10" width="587" height="632"></div><h2>OKLAHOMA CITY 5 at DALLAS 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-117/2918365-1-eng-US/f0028-112.jpg" title="f0028-11" width="585" height="825"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 6 OMAHA 2 at TULSA 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-126/2918358-1-eng-US/f0028-122.jpg" title="f0028-12" width="604" height="696"></div><h2>OKLAHOMA CITY 4 at FORT WORTH 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-134/2918351-1-eng-US/f0028-132.jpg" title="f0028-13" width="589" height="862"></div> &#9632;

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Central League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY TOM LOBAUGH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01116/2918289-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="563" height="623"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHRIS ODDLEIFSON&hellip;Scores Three In Bow</figcaption></div>OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;The Oklahoma City Blazers became the first to burst the Tulsa bubble in the 1971-72 Central Hockey League race, but after moving into contention, the Blazers could manage only a tie out of their next three starts.Hero of the 4-1 triumph Oct. 30, snapping the torrid Tulsa string after five straight victories, was 25-year-old goalie John Adams, starting his third season for the Blazers.The Port Arthur, Ont. product had made his season debut the night before, victimized by a 9-3 Oiler bombardment in Tulsa, ut Adams was superb in his own rink, even though the Tulsans peppered him almost as hard as the previous night.The scales had kept the 6-foot Adams on the Blazer bench for the four previous games this season. It seems John reported to the Boston Bruins&rsquo; camp grossly overweight. The weight didn&rsquo;t come down as quickly as desired, and new Blazer coach Jim Anderson ruled that Adams would not start until he was down to 190 pounds. So rookie Curt Ridley, from Portage La Prairie, Man., was in the net as the Blazers opened the campaign with a 2-1-1 record, all at home.Ridley returned to the cage Nov. 3 as the for Worth Wings rallied twice for a 2-2 tie in Oklahoma City. Adams played a period in Dallas, Nov. 5, but had to leave with a sore thumb. Ridley finished that game and played in Fort Worth the following night. In both games the Blazers jumped off to an early 2-0 lead, but lost, 7-5 in Dallas and 8-4 in Fort Worth.Right wing Bill Klatt, a third-year Blazer who had been the CHL scoring leader, suffered a sprained knee in the Nov. 3 game, and was lost for at least a week. Meanwhile the league lead was taken over by teammate Gregg Sheppard, another third-year pro, who had two goals and six assists in the three games, running his point total to 16.Coach Anderson, who spent most of his long minor league career with Springfield in the American League, is still shuffling bodies and trying to shore up the weakest defense in the league.A welcome addition was rookie Ken Baird, a blueliner from the Flin Flon, Man., juniors, on loan from the California Seals. Previously the Blazers had received center Chris Oddliefson from the Seals, and center Hugh Harvey, a Blazer last year, on loan from Hershey.Oddliefson suffered a broken jaw in practice, Oct. 22, but he was back in action Nov. 5, wearing a special helmet with a faceguard. He celebrated his return by collecting three goals in the two-game Texas trip.The Blazers have asked waivers on Jim Adair, a third-year pro, and Anderson has hinted other moves to trim down the roster from the unwieldy total of 23 players.Just to prove everything happens to a team when it&rsquo;s down, goalie Ridley and defenseman Ron Plumb lost a puck among the rafters and ceiling lights at Fort Worth, Nov. 5, and the puck landed in the crease, bounced into the net for the Wings&rsquo; seventh goal. Fort Worth&rsquo;s Bob Guindon had lofted a &ldquo;wedge shot&rdquo; from center ice into the Oklahoma zone, as the Wings wanted to change lines.TULSA: The Oilers&rsquo; 5-0 sea-son start (four home games and one road) was not a CHL record, but it tied a club mark for consecutive victories and gave Tulsa a comfortable margin in first place. The CHL&rsquo;s fastest start was recorded by Fort Worth with eight straight triumphs in the fall of 1967.Inability to score on the road was plaguing coach Marcel Pronovost. In the first three road games the Oilers scored one goal each, but actually won one of those on Murray McLachlan&rsquo;s shut out goaltending in Fort Worth, Oct. 23.There was nothing wrong with the Oiler scoring at home, however. They lit light 30 times in winning their first five starts at the Assembly Center. After losing consecutive 4-1 games in Oklahoma City and Omaha, the Oilers returned home to whip the Knights, 5-2, at the Assembly Center, Nov. 6.Center Jean Payette, an Oiler since 1966 (although he missed one season with an injury and another for schooling), is the team&rsquo;s top goal-scorer with eight. Payette&rsquo;s 11 points were one behend team point leader Errol Thompson&hellip;Rookie left wing Bob Duncan, loaned to Phoenix for a week, celebrated his return by notching his first pro goal in the Nov. 6 victory.DALLAS: The high-scoring Black Hawks, with the most ex-perienced forwards in the league, found a new defensive gem when rookie goaltender Mike Dumas shut out the Kansas City Blues, 4-0, in Kansas City Nov. 6. The 21-year-old Dumas, who played for Dayton in the International League last season, had been overshadowed by fourth-year pro Ken Brown in the Hawk nets.Paced by the scoring of second-year pro Dave Hudson, the Hawks have won their first three home starts, but are 1-2-2 on the road. Hudson had three goals in three games, one on a rare penalty shot, as the Hawks rallied from a 4-1 deficit to trim Kansas City, 6-4, Nov. 3.FORT WORTH: Center Ross Perkins, in his fifth pro year, has grabbed the league scoring lead with six goals and 13 points. Just turned 25, Perkins has divided his pro career between San Diego and Fort Worth&hellip;The Wings are also getting scoring punch from Joe Zanussi, an All Star defenseman last year who has been converted to right wing; holdovers Randy Manery, Bob Guindon and John Fisher, and rookies Gordon Redden and Barry Salovaara.OMAHA: Addition of right wing Mike Murphy, last season&rsquo;s Central League rookie of the year, and veteran defenseman Bob Ash, strengthened the Knights after a slow start. Murphy had left the club in a salary dispute before the season-opener. Ash, 28-year-old veteran of seven seasons in the New York Ran-gers&rsquo; organization, had been riding the bench at Providence&hellip;Second-year pros Bill Hogaboam, Gary Coalter and Norm Gratton have been carrying the scoring load, but Murphy is expected to take up the slack as soon as he skates himself into shape. Hogaboam missed two games with an illness, at first thought to be mononucleosis, and his absence was felt.The weak spot was defense, where the Knights were mostly young and raw. Bryan Lefley was the only holdover there before Ash arrived. &ldquo;If we can get another experienced defenseman, we&rsquo;ll be contenders,&rdquo; says general manager Jake Milford.Goaltending is divided between two rookies, Wayne Bell and Wayne Wood. Bell was backup man to Peter McDuffe at Omaha last season, but played in only 12 games.Wood, who graduated from the Montreal Junior Canadiens, was outstanding in the Nov. 3 home victory over Tulsa, 4-1, as Grat ton got the hat trick. But Wood felt the brunt of hockey&rsquo;s newest rule in the first period of the Nov. 6 game at Tulsa, when he drew a game misconduct for being the third man in a fight.KANSAS CITY: A lineup liberally sprinkled with rookies, and the usual unhappy early-season schedule, head coach Johnny Choyce singing the Blues. His club couldn&rsquo;t get into the American Royal Arena until Nov. 6, and they had a 2-3-1 start on the road. Then came the home opener and the Blues ran into Dumas&rsquo; shutout goaltending, as Dallas prevailed, 4-0&hellip;Among the bright spots was a hat trick by rookie center Murray Keogan in a 6-5 loss at Tulsa, Oct. 16&hellip;Chris Worthy, last year&rsquo;s backup goalie at California, is tending the KC nets. Experienced defensemen are Larry Hornung and Dick Proceviat, while captain Norm Dennis, Floyd Thomson, Tom Earl, Gordon Brooks and Ron Climie are holdovers up front. &#9632;

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Blazer Goaler Oiler Spoiler; Dallas Uncovers New Net Gem

<h2>TULSA</h2>GoalkeepersMurray McLachlanRon LowDefensemenJohn GrisdaleDave FortierKen DesprdinsLarry McIntyreJoe LundriganForwardsErrol ThompsonJean PayetteRick KehoeCal SwensonMurray HeatleyJan PopielGerry O&rsquo;FlahertyBob DuncanBrian St. JohnLyle MoffatSteve KingBrian Marchinko<h2>FORT WORTH</h2>GoalkeepersGerry GrayRon MarlowDefensemenBarry SalovaaraAl McLeodKevin MorrisonGordie ReddenLee CarpenterCharlie ShawForwardsRoss PerkinsRandy ManeryNelson DebenedetBrian WattsJoe ZenussiAl GenovyDoug McCutcheonBobby GuindonDave FergusonJohn FisherHerb BoxerIrv Spencer<h2>OKLAHOMA CITY</h2>GoalkeepersJohn AdamsCurt RidleyDefensemenRon PlumbBob McMahonWayne MorusykKen BairdHerb HowdleForwardsGregg SheppardBilly KlattHugh HarveyBob KellyChris HayesBud DebrodyAlain CaronChris OddliefsonBrian BradleyKen DavidsonMilt Schmidt Jr.Murray Wing<h2>OMAHA</h2>Goal keepersWayne BellWayne WoodDefense menBryan LefleyBob AshJerry LecompteSteve DurbanoLarry O&rsquo;ConnorFraser RobertsonForwardsLarry McKillopGary CoalterNorm GrattonBill HogaboamJerry ButlerWendell BennettTerry WestTom WilliamsSteve VickersMike Murphy<h2>DALLAS</h2>GoalkeepersKen BrownMike DumasBruce BullockDefensemenBart CrashleyRoger WilsonJohn Markslen FrigMike BaumgartnerForwardsDan MalonyDon GordonDan LodboaJ.P. LeblancMilt BlackMichel ArchambaultDanny SpringDave HudsonLarry RomanchychBob SicinskiBill YoungJ.P. BordeleauDave Kryskow<h2>KANSAS CITY</h2>GoalkeepersJohn GarrettChris WorthyDefensemenLarry HornungDick ProceviatJim GrahamDave SmithDave PulkkinenForwardsMickey OjaBob RoselleRon ClimieMurray KeoganFloyd ThomsonTom EarlNorm DennisGord BrooksJim CollinsDoug SmithBernie DoanBob CollyardDale Yutsyk &#9632;

Central Hockey League’s Starting Lineups

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01109/2918462-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="557" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON CARTER&hellip;Double Hat Trick</figcaption></div>JACKSONVILLE&mdash;From the mouths of babes, they say often comes words of wisdom, and perhaps rookie Herb Price of the Jacksonville Rockets has pinpointed the major problem of the club in the Eastern Hockey League race this year.The Rockets have been in the basement of the Southern Division from the outset of the season. They lost their first nine games and held the bottom rung which most observers had deemed for the new Sun Coast franchise.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0622/2918455-1-eng-US/f0030-062.jpg" title="f0030-06" width="266" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Ouimet</figcaption></div>Price said the club enters some games thinking how badly they were beaten by their opponents the last time they met. Some players from last year&rsquo;s team recall the bad times they had in finishing in the cellar.&ldquo;Some how, some way, &ldquo;Price said, &ldquo;someone is going to have to use some kind of psychology on us. You know what I mean. We can&rsquo;t let what happened keep bothering us. If you don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;ve got it in your head, you can&rsquo;t do it on the ice.&rdquo;Blake Ball, the new mentor of the Rockets this year, certainly seems to be trying every way to get his club roused. He was successful briefly after the club tied Roanoke Valley to get two home wins sandwiched around a whitewashing rout by Charlotte.Yet Blake has been upset by the many subpar performances his team has exhibited. He has been bringing in players as fast as they are available in an effort to shore up the club. He has threatened his players with fines and dismissals like &ldquo;these guys will either start playing hockey or they won&rsquo;t be here.&rdquo; But the club alternates between mediocre to bad performances with an occasional outburst of good play.Ball says it&rsquo;s early in the year, and a rejuvenation of his forces could bring about a rise in their fortunes. He feels his team definitely can catch Sun Coast and believes the recent addi&rsquo;ions of Jeff Nicholson, Doug Hearns and goalie Ted Ouimet could be helpful in this objective. Ouimet was claimed by Denver of the Western League from Port Huron of the IHL and later assigned to Jacksonville.JERSEY: Devils picked up John Brophy from Long Island on waivers. Gordie Stratton with 832 points in his EHL career announced his retirement and went home to Winnipeg. He felt he wasn&rsquo;t helping club. Andre Pronovost purchased from Muskegon where he scored 50 goals last season. He played with Montreal, Minnesota and Boston in NHL. He scored goal for Devils on his 35th birthday.SYRACUSE: Forwards Arch McLennen and Rick Lefebvre sent to Belleville Ont. senior team, Ray Adduono passed the 400 mark in EHL career points. Guy Dufour, an AHL vet, collected three assists in first game. Danny Bell&rsquo;s broken wrist almost healed. Greg Stamler, and Jack Gruen waived. Blazers purchased Billy Orr from Jersey after latter balked about reporting to Devils after they secured him from Jacksonville.CHARLOTTE: Checkers still awaiting Bob Shupe&rsquo;s first ap-pearance as his injured knee heals. Club went through Roanoke Valley game without a penalty. Goalie Gaye Cooley had an assist in two straight games. Gary Bromley had shutout against St. Petersburg and eight stitches above eye as a souvenir from a puck that got through his mask. Frank Golembrosky had hat trick at Jacksonville.ROANOKE VALLEY: Doug Kerslake leaped over policeman to continue fight with Allie Sutherland at Charlotte. Norm Bean bothered by groin injury. Don Rozich and Jim Letcher placed on waivers. Jim Lorette suspensed for not reporting to Long Island after being traded. Team had to skate in mist when exter emly humid air hit the ice and turned to fog. Dale MacLeish leading club scoring.NEW HAVEN: Jim Armstrong delayed in getting here to divide goalie chores with Dave Hainsworth. Ex-Blade Kevin Morrison sent down from AHL to Fort Worth and fans here hope he might return to give club the policeman it needs. Don Perry had personal talks with players to fire them up to a win over Long Island. Tom Thomsen cut. Andre Peloffy suffered foot gash when accidentally trod on by mate in dressing room.GREENSBORO: Rookie Ken Rzepecki&rsquo;s knee injury brought Mike Healey into his first action. Don Carter had hat tricks in two successive games. Wally Sprange posted his first against Jacksonville. Rookie Sam Nelligan dropped goalie. Ernie Miller&rsquo;s home scoreless streak ended after 226 minutes and 14 secondes.SUN COAST: Season&rsquo;s biggest crowd, 3197, saw club routed by Long Island. Goalie Grant Green rejoined team after being leleased at training camp. He replaced Mike Schneider on injured list with back injury. Pete Sullivan plucked from Canadian junior ranks.LONG ISLAND: Bob Borgeson on loan from Dayton for season. He replaces John Brophy who went to Jersey on waivers. Paul Kett also dropped to make room for J.P. Mallette, veteran from Baltimore. Ed Stankiewicz upset by his club&rsquo;s bad starts that allow foes to get big advantages. Lome Rombaugh early scoring leader.JOHNSTOWN: Dick Roberge&rsquo;s hat trick helped Jets win at Clinton. Club has been doing well on road. Dave Birch activated after sitting out season with groin injury. Winger Doug Stumpf cut. Roberge bothered by knee injury and Jim Trewin by stomach pains. Wayne Dempster placed on injured list with ankle injury and Terry McDonald acti-vated.CLINTON: Rookie Russ Friesen had two straight two-goal games. Bob Malcom back from Rochester placed on injured list. Rookie defenseman Brian Mc-Bratney led Comets and Northern Division in scoring. Pat Kelly said goalies Ted Tucker and Cal Hammond will dress for each game. Vets playing better, according to Kelly, who initiated a fight with Johnstown&rsquo;s Gene Peacosh in an effort to rouse the Comets. &#9632;

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Lowly Rockets Need Lift; Carter In Old Time Form

<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 16)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0264/2918514-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="578" height="177"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0340/2918507-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="576" height="154"></div>(Affiliations: 2&mdash;Detroit. 4&mdash;New York 5&mdash;Chicago 6&mdash;Toronto. 9&mdash;Californio. 10&mdash;Philadelphia. 11&mdash;Minnesota. 14&mdash;Buffalo, x-independont)<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 9Long Island 2 at Charlotte 7Wed Nov 10Long Island 3 at Greensboro 1Clinton 3 at New Haven 5New Jersey 3 ot Johnstown 1Thurs. Nov. 11Charlotte 3 at Sun Coast 2Fri. Nov. 12Roanoke 4 ot Greensboro 4Jacksonville 1 at Charlotte 5New Hoven 3 at Syracuse 3Clinton 3 at New Jersey 3Long Island 4 at Johnstown 4Sat. Nov. 13Charlotte 5 at Greensboro 3Jacksonville 0 at Sun Coast 2New Jersey 0 at Clinton 2New Hoven 5 at Long Island 6Syracuse 4 ot Johnstown 10Sun. Nov 14Roanoke 2 ot Sun Coast 2Syracuse 4 at New Hoven 6Johnstown 2 ot New Jersey 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tues. Nov. 16Sun Coast at CharlotteNew Jersey at JacksonvilleWed. Nov 17Roanoke Volley at GreensboroNew Jersey at Sun CoastClinton at Syracuselong Island at New HavenThurs. Nov. 18Greensboro vs Roanoke Valley (ot Salem)Jacksonville at Sun CoastSyracuse at Long IslandNew Haven at JohnstownFri. Nov. 19New Jersey at CharlotteSun Coost at JacksonvilleJohnstown at Clinton ot Utica)New Haven at long IslandSat. Nov 20New Jersey at GreensboroCharlotte at Sun CoastSyracuse at ClintonLong Island ot JohnstownSun. Nov, 21New Jersey at RoanokeVolley Charlotte at JacksonvilleLong Island at SyracuseTues Nov 23Clinton at CharlotteRoanoke Valley at Sun CoostSyracuse at JacksonvilleWed Nov. 24Clinton at GreensboroSyracuse at Sun CoastNew Jersey at New HavenLong Island at JohnstownThurs. Nov. 25Clinton at Roanoke ValleyNew Jersey ot JohnstownFri Nov. 26Jacksonville at CharlotteLong Island ot Clinton (at Utica)New Hoven at NEW Jersey<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games df Sun Nov. 7)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0430/2918500-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="575" height="281"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0530/2918493-1-eng-US/f0030-052.jpg" title="f0030-05" width="580" height="259"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY JOHN GUGGER</div>COLUMBUS&mdash;The Columbus Golden Seals making rookie coach Terry Gray see red.The youthful Seals lost nine of their first 10 International Hockey League starts, and fell to the bottom or the league&rsquo;s South Division.Gray and general manager Chuck Catto were feverishly trying to pull the right strings to move the Seals back into contention before a playoff berth becomes an impossibility. Gray tried mixing his line and defense combinations, while Catto was looking for new personnel.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0440/2918552-1-eng-US/f0031-042.jpg" title="f0031-04" width="245" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Gray</figcaption></div>Playing six of their first 10 games on the road didn&rsquo;t help, and neither did a horse show which occupied the State Fairgrounds and forced the team to practice in Dayton.Gray and Catto weren&rsquo;t buying excuses, however.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a better club than we&rsquo;re showing,&rdquo; Catto said. &ldquo;Some of the players just aren&rsquo;t working up to their potential.&rdquo;&ldquo;Maybe we don&rsquo;t get many breaks, but you have to make your own breaks,&rdquo; Gray said. &ldquo;These guys better learn you only get what you work for. It&rsquo;s like that in everything.&rdquo;The Golden Seals claimed Brian Law on waivers from Dayton and acquired Wayne Gibbs, a defenseman, from Kansas City. Gibbs played junior hockey in Calgary last year.Gord Gallant was placed on waivers and Catto was trying to land Hartland Monahan, a winger with Baltimore who played last year with Montreal Canadiens in the Ontario Major Junior League.Doug Moyes continued to lead the team scoring with 13 points while Kirk Bowman was the top goal-scorer with seven. Wayne King, a tireless skater who is a full-blooded Indian from Midland. Ont., was the Seals&rsquo; best all-around performer in early games.&ldquo;I only wish I had 10 more like him,&rdquo; Gray said.DAYTON: Nels Jacobson scored in first seven games with Gems before being blanked&hellip;Mike Dumas turned pro with Dallas&hellip;Sid Garant played center for first time in 10 years and scored twice&hellip;Bob Borgeson loaned to Long Island&hellip;Chick Balon suffered hairline fracture of toe.FORT WAYNE: Merv Dubchak gave up comeback&hellip;Jim Boyd hit overtime goal to give K&rsquo;s third win in last 32 games in Muskegon&hellip;Gary Swain acquired from Hershey and scored at 55 seconds of first period in his debut&hellip;Paul Hoganson removed after allowing four goals in first period against Flint&hellip;Player-coach Marc Boileau led scoring despite missing first three games&hellip;DES MOINES: Coach Terry Slater feels club lacks aggressiveness&hellip;Jean Losier led scoring&hellip;Bob Perreault had goals-against mark of under 3.00&hellip;Golden Leafs contrib-uted $500 to amateur hockey&hellip;Barry Boughner out with charley horse&hellip;TOLEDO: Jerry DeMarco, brother of defenseman Mike, obtained from Kansas City&hellip;Defenseman Mickey Goulet had 13 points, three less than he had all last season&hellip;Goalie Rick Duffett had 42 saves in 3-1 loss in Muskegon&hellip;Dino Mascotto suffered swollen right hand in fight and missed game&hellip;Bill Staub has added scoring punch&hellip;PORT HURON: Defensemen Hank Lehvonen and Bob Pate placed on recallable waivers&hellip;Wings won third road game, one less than they won last season&hellip;George Hulme playing well in goal as Wings took two one-goal victories to even home record at 3-3&hellip;Steve Sutherland ex-pected to return by midNovember&hellip;Kent Byrnes scoring after slow start&hellip;MUSKEGON: Veteran Bryan McLay notched 452nd IHL goal&hellip;Crowd of 2,739 against Toledo was best so far&hellip;Coach Moose Lallo feels some mistakes inevitable due to blending of rookies with veterans on lines&hellip;Don Liesemer had shot at buzzer disallowed, but Darrel Knibbs scored in overtime to beat Flint&hellip;Glenn Resch holding down No. 1 goaltending post&hellip;FLINT: Generals had 24th consecutive sell-out crowd&hellip;Gens&rsquo; &ldquo;policemen&rdquo; Dennis Gidluck had battle with Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Bernie MacNeil&hellip;Duane Wylie ran scoring streak to nine games, three short of club record held by Wayne Zuk&hellip;Moe L&rsquo;Abbe scoring nearly two points per game since acquisition from Portland&hellip;Ron Ringler&rsquo;s ab-sence for first six games ended consecutive games-played streak at 120&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0532/2918545-1-eng-US/f0031-052.jpg" title="f0031-05" width="561" height="566"><figcaption class="caption-body">NELS JACOBSEN&hellip;Scoring Streak Halted</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Columbus Coach Gray Says Club Better Than It Has Shown

<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 17)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0193/2918597-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="565" height="134"></div><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0269/2918590-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="571" height="133"></div>(Affiliations: 1&mdash;Montreal. 2&mdash;Detroit. 3&mdash;Boston 4&mdash;New York 5&mdash;Chicago 8&mdash;Pittsburgh 9&mdash;California 12&mdash;St. Louis.<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wed. Nov. 10Fort Wayne 8 at Columbus 3Port Huron 1 at Dayton 2Fri. Nov. 12Muskegon 6 at Fort Wayne 3Dayton 3 at Toledo 2Columbus 2 at Port Huron 2Flint 3 at Des Moines 3Sat. Nov. 13Dayton 4 at Fort Wayne 7Columbus 2 atMuskegon 10Flint 2 atDes Moines 4Port Huron 6 atToledo 5Sun. Nov. 14Muskegon 2 at FLINT tFort Woyne 3 at Dayton 7Toledo 7 atColumbus 6<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Wed. Nov. 17Flint at DaytonToledo at Fort WaynePort Huron at ColumbusMuskegon at Des MoinesFri. Nov. 19Daytonat FlintFort Wayne at Port HuronDes Moines atToledoSat. Nov. 20Des Moines atFort WayneDayton atMuskegonColumbus at Port HuronFlint at ToledoSun Nov. 21Des Moines at DaytonToledo at ColumbusMuskegon atFlintWed. Nov. 24Muskegon ot ToledoPort Huron otDaytonDes Moines atFlintFort Wayne otColumbusThur. Nov. 25Columbus at Fort WayneDes Moines at MuskegonFlint at Port HuronFri. Nov. 26Dayton at Toledo<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0354/2918583-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="571" height="508"></div> &#9632;

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EVELETH&mdash;Are their more Americans playing professional hockey than ever before?According to information compiled by the United States Hockey Hall of Fame, it appears the crop of American born skaters in pro hockey this year represents record numbers.The U.S. Hall Of Fame indicates that no fewer than eight Americans are performing for National League clubs this season. Of this figure, four alone are with the California Golden Seals, while Detroit, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, and&mdash;surprisingly enough&mdash;the Montreal Canadiens sport one Yank each. The other pro leagues, American, Western, and Central, show seven, five and two respectively on their club rosters.&ldquo;I doubt if there&rsquo;s been this many Americans around pro hockey since the late thirties when the 1937-38 Chicago Black Hawks won the Stanley Cup with the help of half a dozen American players and an American coach, New Englander Bill Stewart, comments Roger Godin, the Hall&rsquo;s Executive Director.Such growth comes as no surprise to Hall officials, who hope to make the American Hall of Fame a physical reality by breaking ground next June.&ldquo;American player development is really part of a hockey boom in this country which started with our gold medal victory at Squaw Valley in 1960. Just look what&rsquo;s happened since: rink construction has just about doubled, college hockey both east and west is booming, the NHL has added nine new US based teams, CBS has been telecasting nationally in this country for six years, the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States&rsquo; player registration has jumped almost 400C since 1961, summer hockey clinics, which cater largely to American kids, are flourishing. It&rsquo;s bound to have an effect and we&rsquo;re really just scratching the surface. The hockey potential of this country is limit-less.&rdquo; stated Godin.A recent roster survey indicates the following native Americans are in pro ranks:National Hockey League&mdash;California: Tom Williams (Duluth, Minnesota); Stan Gilbertson (Duluth, Minnesota); Bob Sheehan (Weymouth, Mass); and Craig Patrick (St. Louis, Mo). Detroit: Jim Niekamp (Detroit, Mich). Minnesota: Gary Gambucci (Eveleth-Hibbing, Minn). Pittsburgh. Joe Noris (Denver, Col).American Hockey League&mdash;Boston: Paul Hurlev (Boston, Mass). Doug Roberts (Detroit. Mich) Springfield: Phil Hoene (Duluth, Minn); Bob Vrooman (Bloomington, Minn). Rochester: John Cunniff (Boston, Mass.) Tidewater: Dick Paradise (St. Paul, Minn): Doug Volmar (Cleveland. Ohio).Western Hockey League&mdash;Denver: Curt Bennett (Cranston, R.I.), Bob Johnson (Farmington, Mich). San Diego: Jack McCartan (St. Paul, Minn). Seattle: Bob Paradise (St. Paul, Minn); Jack Dale (St. Paul. Minn.)Central Hockey League&mdash;Oklahoma City: Bill Klatt (St. Paul, Minn); Kansas City: Bob Collyard (Hibbing, Minn). &#9632;

Record Number Americans In Pro Ranks This Year

SAULT STE. MARIE&mdash;The Sault Canadians are getting closer and closer to breaking a jinx that has haunted them for four years in the Marquette Palestra.During that time, the Canadians have played the Iron Rangers 25 times, with Marquette in the Iron Ranger rink, and the home team has scored 23 wins and played to two ties.This year, to date, the Iron Rangers have needed two power play goals in the final minute of play with their goaltender pulled to keep the domination intact.On Oct. 16, Dale Beerman scored with 35 seconds remaining to pave the way for Mike Huiller&rsquo;s overtime winner in a 4-3 Marquette win and then on Nov. 6, Ozzie O&rsquo;Neill scored with 23 seconds remaining to help the Iron Rangers tie the Sault 7-7.The Canadians get their next crack at breaking the jinx on Nov. 26.O&rsquo;Neill leads the current USHL scoring race with 11 points while the Sault holds down first place by a point over Green Bay, who have three games in hand on the Canadians.Meanwhile, The Green Bay Bobcats have scheduled a unique exhibition game to be played in the Milwaukee Arena, Dec. 9, according to an announcement made by Bobcat President Jim Van Essen. The Bobcats will meet the Milwaukee Admirals, an independent team in their second year of operation. The Admirals opened their season with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Cardinals, a team which formerly played out of Rockton, Illinois. &#9632;

Around The USHL

BLOOMINGTON&mdash;The United States hockey team, a traveling outfit&mdash;and a successful one&mdash;thus far this season, will make its first home appearance of the season November 17 at Metropolitan Sports Center.Coach Murray Williamson&rsquo;s Nationals, who have rolled up a fine record of eight victories, one tie and only two defeats, will play the Kansas City Blues of the Central Hockey League.The Nationals made it three in a row against United States Hockey League opposition by polishing off Waterloo Iowa Blackhawks 10-2 and 15I.The Waterloo series was a time for the Nationals to fatten their individual scoring statistics, and Tim Sheehy of International Falls, Minn, did the most fattening&mdash;he scored four goals (including a hat trick in the 15-1 game) and added five assists for nine points. That left him with 18 points for the year. &#9632;

U. S. Nationals Rolling Up Wins

<h2>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 9)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01105/2918707-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg" title="f0032-01" width="576" height="156"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0261/2918700-1-eng-US/f0032-022.jpg" title="f0032-02" width="579" height="379"></div> &#9632;

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TORONTOCanadian college hockey players will literally be on the move over the Christmas holidays.Hockey Canada will be again responsible for the university hoc-key teams travelling from coast to coast to participate in the second annual National Invitational College Tournament regarded as the most impressive showcase of Canadian university hockey in the world.More than 400 hockey players from 24 universities will move about Canada for the Christmas tournament playing games in six college towns Dec. 28 and 29.The event, held under the auspices of the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union and Hockey Canada, will produce six final winners, a departure from the 1971 tourney staged here, when one winner emerged from the national finals.According to Charles Hay, the president of Hockey Canada, which has acted as catalyst to bring about the tournament, &ldquo;&hellip;the change was made to help increase the knowledge and playing of university hockey across Canada. For that reason, it was felt its biggest event should not be limited to one city.&rdquo;Buck Houle, Hockey Canada general manager and chairman Bill Brenner are responsible for the organization of the tournament along with CIAU executive director Robert Pugh and Carl Totzke of Waterloo University. CIAU president, and Jack Kennedy (McMaster) who will represent university athletic directors.In announcing the format of the tournament recently, Hockey Canada president Charles Hay said he hoped it would become an annual invitational event which would provide every university in the nation a chance to compete within three years.The sites and schools were selected to afford the best possible cross-section of competion. What appears a strange alignment at first glance, has been well thought out.The tournament will take place simultaneously in six centers: Vancouver. Thunder Bay, Sudbury. Kingston, Trois Rivieres and Moncton.In Vancouver, host university is UBC. Visitors: Sir George Williams, Alberta and Toronto. Games will be played at Thunderbird Arena.In Thunder Bay, host is Lakehead University. Visitors: Manitoba, McMaster and Bishop&rsquo;s. Games at the Fort William Gardens.In Sudbury, host university is Laurentian. Visitors: Montreal, Carleton and St. Francis Xavier. Play will be at the Sudbury Arena.In Kingston, host university is Queen&rsquo;s. Visitors: Saskatchewan, St. Mary&rsquo;s and Guelph. Games at the Hardy Arena.In Trois Rivieres, the host is University of Quebec at Trois Rivie-res. Visitors: Ottawa, Waterloo. Lutheran and Dalhousie. The teams will play at the Colisee of Trois Rivieres.In Moncton, the host university is Moncton. Visitors: Waterloo, Loyola and PEI. Action will be at the new Jean-Louis Levesque Arena. &#9632;

Hockey Canada Plans Hew Format For College Tournament

<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Fri. Nov. 12)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0189/2918839-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="575" height="226"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0262/2918832-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="585" height="541"></div><h2>NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Fri. Nov. 5)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0341/2918825-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="577" height="183"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0429/2918818-1-eng-US/f0033-042.jpg" title="f0033-04" width="578" height="312"></div><h2>MICHIGAN JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0525/2918811-1-eng-US/f0033-052.jpg" title="f0033-05" width="572" height="153"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0618/2918804-1-eng-US/f0033-062.jpg" title="f0033-06" width="575" height="244"></div><h2>NEW YORK COLLEGE LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Sun. Nov. 7)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0715/2918797-1-eng-US/f0033-072.jpg" title="f0033-07" width="572" height="179"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0813/2918790-1-eng-US/f0033-082.jpg" title="f0033-08" width="581" height="175"></div><h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0911/2918783-1-eng-US/f0033-092.jpg" title="f0033-09" width="574" height="131"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-109/2918776-1-eng-US/f0033-102.jpg" title="f0033-10" width="574" height="308"></div><h2>NOHA&mdash;SOHA INTERLOCKING</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-119/2918769-1-eng-US/f0033-112.jpg" title="f0033-11" width="582" height="333"></div><h2>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 10)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-129/2918762-1-eng-US/f0033-122.jpg" title="f0033-12" width="576" height="234"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BOB BRISCOE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0197/2918877-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="538" height="768"><figcaption class="caption-body">REG MALINOSKI&hellip;Jet Propelled</figcaption></div>ELIN FLON&mdash;Hockey fans in this northern Manitoba mining city are seeing something rather strange this hockey season a losing team coached by Pat Ginnell.For three years in succession. Bombers have been the Western Canada Hockey League&rsquo;s Eastern Division champions.Following the first November weekend&rsquo;s play. Bombers were in second place in their division with 16 points. But due to a wild schedule that has seen them play 19 games in the first five weeks of the season. Bombers have suffered more losses than anv team in their di-vision. They won eight and lost 11 and were four losses behind the last-place Swift Current Broncos.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-088/2918870-1-eng-US/f0034-082.jpg" title="f0034-08" width="262" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dennis McLean</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not doing things any dif-ferently this year.&rsquo;&rsquo; moaned Connell following a pair of losses to Winnipeg.There are two reasons why Bombers are off to the rough start. Gone through graduation are super stars like Bobby &lsquo;Clarke. Reg Leach. Gene Carr and Chuck Arnason. Also lacking has been the consistent goaltending Ginnell has been accustomed to receiving. Returning Herman Hordal hasn&rsquo;t been playing well and Ginnell has been forced to turn to inexperienced Roger Swanson in an effort to attempt to reach the.500 mark.BRANDON: 1&rsquo;he talk of the league has been the emergence of the Wheat Kings as a power under the guidance of managercoach Rudy Pilous. Wheat Kings, last in the division for years, owned a 9-2 win-loss record alter the first weekend in November.SASKATOON: The move into the Eastern Division for Jackie McLeod&rsquo;s Blades has done wonders. They&rsquo;re above the.500 mark, something new for a Saskatoon team. They have 15 points out of their first 12 games and one of the reasons for their success has been the solidification of what used to be a poor defensive game by Saskatoon.WINNIPEG: The lets continue to puzzle their faithful. Playing above.5(M). they posted two successive wins over Flin Finn in Winnipeg after winning two of three on the road, then lost in overtime to Medicine Hat Tigers at home. Jets, however, allowed only 38 goals in their first 12 games, indicating a marked improvement in their defensive play of previous years. Reg Malinoski is the top producer on the club with 10 goals in 10 games. He also leads in points with 16.REGINA: With rookie coach Earl Ingarfield feeling his way around the league the Pats are happy with their 6-6-1 record in the first month. General manager Del Wilson proved he made a good deal when he obtained high-scoring Dennis Sobchuk from New Westminster Bruins. Dwight Bialowas also is proving former coach Bob Turner&rsquo;s theory that he&rsquo;ll be an All Star defenseman and top draft choice.SWIFT CURRENT: Things are not looking bright for Stan Dunn&rsquo;s Broncos. In last place with a 5-7 record in the first month, Broncos appear unlikely to improve their lot much. After an 8-0 loss in Edmonton, Dunn remarked the he had a line &ldquo;so small it shouldn&rsquo;t be allowed to play.&rdquo;CALGARY: Centennials off to their best ever start with a 9-2 record in the first five weeks. Rookie goallender John Davidson had three shutouts over that span as the Cents stuck to their usual form of being the best defensive team in the league. With&rsquo; general-manager and coach Scotty Munro busy building plans for Calgary&rsquo;s entry in the new World Hockey Association, former pro Chuck Holdowav has taken over the bench duties.EDMONTON: Brian Shaw&rsquo;s Oil Kings, the defending league champions., lost only three of their 11 games but two of them were to Centennials. Rookie goaltender Doug Soetaert, one of two 16-year-old goaltenders used by Edmonton, had two shutouts to his credit in splitting duties, with Larry Hendrick. Forwards Darcy Rota and Don Kozak both had more than 20 points in the first 11 games.NEW WESTMINSTER: Moved to the West Coast and into the division from Estevan this year, Bruins were expected to challenge Calgary and Edmonton for the pennant. A losing road trip left them just at the.500 mark after a dozen games. Bruins are having problems in goal and star center Lome Henning has been sidelined for the next few weeks with hepititas. Two of Bruins&rsquo; seven wins were over Calgary and Edmonton at home, both in overtime and one with a penalty shot.MEDICINE HAT: The Tigers sport three of the top scorers in the league in Stan Weir, Jeff Ablett and Tom Lysiak. In their second year in the league, Tigers were the top scoring team in the Western Division in their first 14 games with 67goals but were under.500 with a 6-8 record.VICTORIA: The expansion Cougars, like Flin Flon, had a nightmare of a schedule in the opening five weeks, playing 18 games. They won only three and tied one. The Fred Hucul-coached Cougars suffer most from inexperience although they do provide hustling hockey. Cougars gave up forward Dennis McLean in four-for-one deal with Calgary in effort to obtain some experience.VANCOUVER: Another expansion team, the Nats are having problems on the blueline. Nats won three of their first 12 games, two of them over Medicine Hat, who they hope to beat out in the race for fourth and final playoff spot. &#9632;

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Flin Flon Problems Mount

<h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 9)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0252/2918936-1-eng-US/f0034-022.jpg" title="f0034-02" width="579" height="178"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0336/2918929-1-eng-US/f0034-032.jpg" title="f0034-03" width="577" height="178"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3>(Including games of Sun Oct. 31)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0422/2918922-1-eng-US/f0034-042.jpg" title="f0034-04" width="586" height="704"></div><h2>BRITISH COLUMBIA JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Tues. Nov. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0520/2918915-1-eng-US/f0034-052.jpg" title="f0034-05" width="584" height="182"></div><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0613/2918908-1-eng-US/f0034-062.jpg" title="f0034-06" width="583" height="281"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0711/2918967-1-eng-US/f0034-072.jpg" title="f0034-07" width="480" height="583"></div>Rookie goalkeeper John Davidson of the Calgary Centennials earned another shutout to raise his league lead to three and lower his goals-against average to 4.84 in eight games. &#9632;

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Player-of-the-Week

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>OSHAWA&mdash;Gus Bodnar is glad to be back with the kids after a one-year stay in professional hockey and it&rsquo;s safe to say that Oshawa Generals&rsquo; owner-president Russ Humphries and the fans in Oshawa also echo those sentiments.The Generals had been the sad sacks of the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A since the departure of Bobby Orr to Boston and had only made the playoffs once in the past five years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0185/2919012-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="259" height="428"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Amodeo</figcaption></div>But all that has changed since Bodnar, rookie of the year in the NHL while with Toronto in 1944, took over as coach and general manager this season.After eight successful seasons as coach of Toronto Marlboros Bodnar accepted a pro coaching contract with Salt Lake City of the Western Hockey League in 1970-71 but didn&rsquo;t lose any sleep when the pact was not renewed.&ldquo;I feel my place is with the juniors,&rdquo; said Gus. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really a satisfying job watching them develop, then following them through newspaper reports when they get into the big time and the big money.&rdquo;The way the Generals have been playing under Bodnar many of the Oshawa players will indeed realize fat contracts when their junior careers end.Off to their best start in more than a decade the Generals lost only two of their first 15 games and after back-to-back wins over St. Catharines Black Hawks (9-6 in Oshawa, 7-4 in St. Catharines) they took a solid grip on first place.Although not an over-powering club the Generals have three bal-anced lines, a capable defense headed by veteran Mike Amodeo, good godltending shared by hold-over Gilles Gratton and rookie Dennis Higgins and at least a half-dozen forwards who are scoring consistently.Bodnar refuses to look any further than the next game and just won&rsquo;t talk of championship possibilities.&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s just say I&rsquo;m more than satisfied at the way the youngsters have been playing,&rdquo; he commented. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;ll have tough opposition from Kitchener, Ottawa, Niagara Falls and Toronto&mdash;in fact you can&rsquo;t write off any team this year.&rdquo;Bodnar said his only problem is which players to use and who to sit out.About nine other coaches in the Junior A League wish they had Gus&rsquo;s troubles.OSHAWA: First string goal-tender Gilles Gratton was sidelined with a mouth infection but Dennis Higgins stepped into the breach and played well in 7-4 win in St. Catharines&hellip;Walt Johnson had four goals in the two games against the Black Hawks&hellip;The Generals have already earned more points in the first six weeks of the schedule than in their entire 62 games last season.NIAGARA FALLS: But for the splendid start by Oshawa, Niagara Falls Flyers would be the &ldquo;wonder team&rdquo; of the 197172 season&hellip;The Flyers were dead last, the Generals ninth, a year ago and the Falls are now running a close second to Oshawa&hellip;Don Lever has been sparking the Flyer attack including a four-goal night in 6-5 decision over Montreal Canadiens.KITCHENER: The Rangers continue to play steady hockey and many observers believe that they have the talent to succeed St. Catharines as Junior A champions&hellip;They trounced Montreal 10-1 and split two games with London&hellip;Like the Generals they have depth from goal out and will almost certainly finish among the top three&hellip;Kitchener has a slight edge over Oshawa in experienced players such as Jerry Byers and Bill Barber.OTTAWA: Ottawa ran its win streak to three games with victories over St. Catharines (6-3), London (8-2) and Peterborough (6-0)&hellip;Goaltender Bunny Larocque, defenceman Dennis Potvin and forwards Brian MeSheffrey and Wayne Merrick give the 67s strength and balance which coach Bill Long had been unable to achieve in his first four years with the Ottawa club&hellip;Merrick-McSheffrey combined for five goals in 6-0 with Over Petes.PETERBOROUGH: The Petes finished first last season but with many new faces coach Roger Neilson will be pleased if his team finishes somewhere in the middle of the 10-team group&hellip;Their 6-0 loss to Ottawa was the first shutout suffered by the Petes this season and consistent scorers seem to be the chief difficulty encountered by Neilson&hellip;Last years the Petes started strongly, then faded&hellip;Perhaps they&rsquo;ll reverse that procedure this season.TORONTO: The Marlboros are still the enigma of the Junior A League&hellip;On paper they have more scoring power that any other team but lack consistency&hellip;Niagara Falls held them to two goals in 6-2 loss and they could only muster three goals in 3-0 win over Hamilton, all in the last period&hellip;Defense, despite good performances from Marty Howe, is still the Marlies&rsquo; Achilles Heel.LONDON: The Knights are still depending almost exclusively on perhaps the best line in the league&mdash;Reg Thomas, Dennis Ververgaert and Randy Osburn&hellip;After losing 8-2 to Ottawa London defeated Hamilton 4-1&hellip;Some offensive help from the other two lines could make the Knights contenders as they are steady in goal and on defenceST. CATHARINES: The two losses to Oshawa stretched the Black Hawks&rsquo; string of defeats to six, their longest slump in more than three years, or since Marcel Dionne joined the club in the 1968-69 season&hellip;With Dionne gone and captain Bob MacMillan out with hepatits the team just can&rsquo;t get rolling&hellip;Coach Frank Milne disappointed in play of veterans and goaltenders&hellip;Peter Crosbie was released and replaced in the nets by former Marlboro Mike Ralph&hellip;Brian Cousineau will probably share the goaltending with Ralph for the balance of the season.MONTREAL: With only one win and a tie after nine games the Canadiens appeared on their way to their second victory over Niagara Falls&hellip;However their 3-0 lead was erased and they dropped a 6-5 decision in the Forum&hellip;Rookie David Logan had his first two-goal game for the Canadiens who, for the first time in 10 years, risk missing the playoffs.HAMILTON: The Red Wings are in the same predicament as Montreal&hellip;Everyone is working hard but they just can&rsquo;t put it all together&hellip;Their losses are by respectable margins but this doesn&rsquo;t help in the points standing and coach Harry Neale has a lot of work to do to lift the Wings into the playoffs&hellip;One plus has been the goaltending of Mike Veisor who has played well even in a losing cause.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0261/2919005-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="541" height="540"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE RALPH&hellip;New Hawk Goaler</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0339/2918998-1-eng-US/f0035-032.jpg" title="f0035-03" width="487" height="535"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON LEVER&hellip;Four-Goal Game</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rejuvenated Generals Flying With Best Balanced OHA Club

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0918/2919043-1-eng-US/f0035-092.jpg" title="f0035-09" width="832" height="1107"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN DECEMBER 3 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.6&mdash;Number worn by Angotti. (Rom. Numb.)7&mdash;Initials of one of the Wings.9&mdash;An NHL center, (init.) 10&mdash;1960-61 top rookie.13&mdash;An NHL coach answers to this.15&mdash;Number of goals scored by Tom Reid last season. (Rom. Numb.)16&mdash;Initials of Obendorf of Kansas City.17&mdash;A Canadien Province, (init.)19&mdash;One of the Rangers answers to this.22&mdash;Initials of one of the Penguins.23&mdash;Dune Wilson was born in this month, (abbr.)25&mdash;A Former Penguins.28&mdash;Buffalo defenseman answers to this.29&mdash;One of the Leafs.30&mdash;Initials of Nicholson of San Diego.21&mdash;One of the North Stars.32&mdash;Former Los Angeles goaltender.33&mdash;An ex-Montreal coach.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;A former Bruin forward.2&mdash;Initials of a onetime Hawk.3&mdash;One of the Leafs answers to this.4&mdash;First name of a Detroit forward.5&mdash;Initials of former AHL forward Locas.8&mdash;Nickname of one of the Red Wings.11&mdash;5th and 15th letters of the alphabet.12&mdash;Some players take one before a game.13&mdash;Former Detroit All Star.14&mdash;Stackhouse answers to this.18&mdash;A North Star center.20&mdash;First name of an NHL captain.21&mdash;A Leaf left winger, (first name)24&mdash;Former NHL defenseman.25&mdash;Park answers to this.26&mdash;First name of one of the Penguins.27&mdash;Initials of one of the Penguins.31&mdash;A Ranger forward.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;PAIEMENT6&mdash;A.A.7&mdash;AB8&mdash;ERICKSON11&mdash;A.O.12&mdash;PIT.13&mdash;N.L.15&mdash;USE.17&mdash;A.E.18&mdash;S.S.19&mdash;WHO.21&mdash;IN.22&mdash;TWO.23&mdash;L.L.24&mdash;S.S.26&mdash;HAU28&mdash;NEILSON.29&mdash;TO.30&mdash;RED.32&mdash;SLOWINSKI.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;PLEAU.2&mdash;ILL.3&mdash;MAKI.4&mdash;EAST.5&mdash;TANNAHILL.9&mdash;ROSS.10&mdash;C.P.14&mdash;LEON.16&mdash;ESPOSITO.20&mdash;ATANAS.23&mdash;LANES.25&mdash;SLOW.26&mdash;HORN.27&mdash;L.N.31&mdash;D.K. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<h2>ONTARIO MAJOR JUNIOR</h2>(Standinqs on Tues. Nov. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0433/2919102-1-eng-US/f0035-042.jpg" title="f0035-04" width="571" height="277"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tues. Nov. 9Montreal 6 at Hamilton 11Wed. Nov. 10Peterborough 3 at Oshawa 3Thurs. Nov. 11Toronto 3 at Peterborough 4Fri, Nov. 12Hamilton 4 at Niagara Falls 4Montreal 6 at Toronto 11St Catharines 1 at London 4Sun. Nov. 14Kitchener 6 ot St. Catharines 1Peterborough 4 at Toronto 6Ottawa 6 at Hamilton 3<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 7)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0531/2919095-1-eng-US/f0035-052.jpg" title="f0035-05" width="569" height="250"></div><h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0621/2919088-1-eng-US/f0035-062.jpg" title="f0035-06" width="572" height="279"></div><h2>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 8)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0721/2919081-1-eng-US/f0035-072.jpg" title="f0035-07" width="571" height="152"></div><h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0817/2919074-1-eng-US/f0035-082.jpg" title="f0035-08" width="573" height="347"></div> &#9632;

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