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November 3, 1972

The Hockey News November 3, 1972

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including games of Sun. Oct. 22)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01181/3042121-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="319" height="139"></div><h2>NEW YORK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02131/3042114-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="318" height="236"></div><h2>OTTAWA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0390/3042107-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="333" height="296"></div><h2>NEW ENGLAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0475/3042100-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="330" height="226"></div><h2>CLEVELAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0567/3042093-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="337" height="240"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0659/3042086-1-eng-US/f0021-062.jpg" title="f0021-06" width="328" height="198"></div><h2>WINNIPEG</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0751/3042079-1-eng-US/f0021-072.jpg" title="f0021-07" width="329" height="241"></div><h2>ALBERTA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0845/3042072-1-eng-US/f0021-082.jpg" title="f0021-08" width="328" height="218"></div><h2>HOUSTON</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0939/3042065-1-eng-US/f0021-092.jpg" title="f0021-09" width="329" height="222"></div><h2>QUEBEC</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1035/3042058-1-eng-US/f0021-102.jpg" title="f0021-10" width="322" height="243"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1128/3042051-1-eng-US/f0021-112.jpg" title="f0021-11" width="330" height="169"></div><h2>CHICAGO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1218/3042044-1-eng-US/f0021-122.jpg" title="f0021-12" width="327" height="158"></div><h2>MINNESOTA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1316/3042037-1-eng-US/f0021-132.jpg" title="f0021-13" width="330" height="218"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1414/3042030-1-eng-US/f0021-142.jpg" title="f0021-14" width="313" height="321"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1513/3042023-1-eng-US/f0021-152.jpg" title="f0021-15" width="313" height="314"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-1612/3042016-1-eng-US/f0021-162.jpg" title="f0021-16" width="305" height="649"><figcaption class="caption-body">Three of the WHA&rsquo;s big scorers last week included TOM WEBSTER, top left, and SKIP KRAKE, below, as well as GORD LABOSSIERE, on the right. Webster and Labossiere each enjoyed four-goal performances while Krake shot two winning goals.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

WHA SCORING STATISTICS

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>CLEVELAND&mdash;When it was announced that the Cleveland Barons would play only four night games this American League season everybody around the AHL knew that attendance would drop.But little did anyone guess how far. When the Barons played their first of 16 Saturday afternoon home dates on Oct. 14, the turnout was 240 spectators!<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01148/3042607-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="139" height="228"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 139px">Gary Gambucci</figcaption></div>Floyd Smith, coach of the Cincinnati Swords who were playing there that day, said kiddingly later he thought the crowd figure was inflated. But someone else did challenge it. He said he counted everybody and came up with 237.Bob Brown, publicity chief for the Barons and the World Hockey Association Cleveland Crusaders, figured three people were inthe restrooms at the time the other count was made.&ldquo;You certainly can&rsquo;t cheat when there are that few people in the building,&rdquo; he said later. &ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t surprised we didn&rsquo;t draw many, but we were surprised at how small it turned out to be. Of course the fact it was the first afternoon of the World Series made it the toughest time to start on Saturday afternoon.&rdquo;While no records of past smallest crowds are available in the American League, circuit secretary Gordon Anziano did discover that when the Montreal Voyageurs played in the league a couple of years ago and didn&rsquo;t draw anybody, their smallest&rsquo; crowd figure was 728 on Jan. 26, 1971.When the Barons played their first home game, a 5 p.m. affair preceeding the Crusaders&rsquo; opening WHA contest Wednesday, Oct. 11, there were about 2,500 on hand for the American League game.While their fortunes at the gate got off to an horrendous start, the Barons&rsquo; fortunes on the ice declined sharply after a decent start.They tied in Nova Scotia and won in Boston, then dropped their next five in a row. More distressing than the fact they lost to coach Johnny Muckier was that his skaters scored the first goal in all five of the setbacks.&ldquo;And we led 3-0 at home in one of them and 2-0 and 3-1 in Cincinnati in another,&rdquo; he lamented.Brightest spots for the Barons were Gary Gambucci with three goals and seven assists for 10 points in the first seven games, Mike Chernoff with two goals and seven assists, and Barrie Meissner with five goals and two assists.Ground-breaking for Cleveland&rsquo;s new Coliseum (located about 20 minutes south of the Arena where the Crusaders and Barons play) is expected about Nov. 1.NOVA SCOTIA: John Van Boxmeer was overlooked by many National League organizations when they drew up their top prospects for June&rsquo;s amateur draft.The Montreal Canadiens surprised everybody by making him the 14th pick overall in the talent hunt. Now he&rsquo;s with the Canadiens&rsquo; farm club, the Nova Scotia Voyageurs.The teen-ager (Van Boxmeer won&rsquo;t be 20 until Nov. 20) was the Vees&rsquo; offense in a 5-3 loss in Rochester Oct. 12. He scored the first goal, then moved in deep but had a bid thwarted by goalie Lynn Zimmerman. The goalkeeper couldn&rsquo;t control the puck, however, and Tony Featherstone slipped in the rebound. Van Boxmeer later added the final goal for the Vees. He had six shots on goal for the game. Next highest for his team was three.He played for Guelph of the Southern Ontario Junior League last season and had 28 goals and 43 assists in 62 games.Nova Scotia coach Al MacNeil feels that it is because Van Boxmeer played in a Tier 2 league, he wasn&rsquo;t scouted much by other teams.&ldquo;He needs to improve his defensive work,&rdquo; MacNeil admits. &ldquo;He commits himself too much and goes in too deep sometimes, but it&rsquo;ll come with experience. He&rsquo;s one of the great skaters in the game today and has great moves offensively.&rdquo;Never one to stick with a set lineup or lines, MacNeil put four new faces into the lineup on Oct. 14 after losing in Rochester. Gary Ford, the International League scoring champion last season who didn&rsquo;t play the 13th, scored two goals the next night as the Vees romped 7-2 in Springfield.ROCHESTER: Triskaideka phobia is one thing that&rsquo;s never bothered the Rochester Americans since they came into being in the fall of 1956. That&rsquo;s the scientific name for the fear of the number 13, and it is most thought of on Fridays the 13th.When the Amerks beat Nova Scotia, 5-3, here on Friday the 13th in October, it was the 10th victory in 12 Friday the 13 games since Rochester joined the AHL. The Amerks won their first six on this &ldquo;unlucky&rdquo; day before losing 2-4 in Providence in March of 1964. Then the Americans won three more (including the Calder Cup clinching triumph in Cleveland in May of 1966) before losing 4-2 to Providence in Rochester in November of 1970. That was the last Friday the 13th game until this fall.Bob Kelly was the surprise AHL leader in goals after two weeks play with six. And the rugged left wing didn&rsquo;t pick up his first penalty minutes until the Amerks&rsquo; fourth game. Kelly and linemate Herman Karp scored points in each of Rochester&rsquo;s first five games. The Kelly-Karp-Lorne Rombough line was on the ice for 11 of the Amerks&rsquo; 19 goals in the first five games.CINCINNATI: The Swords jumped off to a 3-0 start this season, but coach Floyd Smith isn&rsquo;t getting excited about it just yet. &ldquo;We won our first four last season, so what&rsquo;s to get excited about now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Now if we go a month without a loss&hellip;&rdquo;But Smith had to be impressed with the comeback qualities shown by his team. In the Swords second game, they trailed Cleveland 3-0 in Cleveland, but bounced back in the third period for a 4-3 victory.Back in Cincinnati the next night, the Barons took leads of 2-0 and 3-1. Cincinnati scored four goals in the final 15:20 to take a 5-3 triumph.Ron Busniuk, rugged forward who had 133 penalty minutes in 67 regular season games and a leading 74 minutes in 15 play-off games for the Calder Cup champion Nova Scotia Voyageurs last season, is beginning to play regularly. He banged up a knee during training camp and wasn&rsquo;t ready for the opener. He appeared briefly in the second game, but sat out the third. &#9632;</div>

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Barons Hit Low Of 240 Fans; Friday 13th Lucky For Amerks

<div class="byline">BY BOB STRUMM</div>BRANDON&mdash;It took Rudy Pilous one year to find some solid water in the Western Canada Hockey League. Now. in his second season as general manager and coach of the Brandon Wheat Kings, he&rsquo;s prepared to do some walking.Pilous. the colorful campaigner who coached the Chicago Black Hawks to the Stanley Cup championship in 1961, has seen both ends of the hockey ladder&hellip;from junior to the best in professional company, from winning to losing. So there was no reason to doubt he&rsquo;d become an instant success in the home of the Wheat Kings, even if it meant increasing his repertoire of ethnic jokes.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0439/3043271-1-eng-US/f0034-042.jpg" title="f0034-04" width="142" height="234"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 142px">Rudy Pilous</figcaption></div>The Wheat Kings opened their 1972-73 WCHL home schedule at the spanking new Keystone Centre, not with a whimper but with a bang. The unfortunate visitors were the Winnipeg Jets, and their only enjoyment was the opening ceremony.Bobby Hull, truly the Golden Jet in Winnipeg&rsquo;s World Hockey Association hopes, dropped the first puck. It was a fitting start for the Keystone Centre, because Hull and Pilous are old buddies, dating back to Hull&rsquo;s junior days in St. Catharines.But once Bobby finished his inauguration duties and the real shooting started, the junior Jets headed for the exits. When it was all over, 18-year old center Ron Chipperfield had scored four times and added three assists in a 13-1 Brandon triumph.Two nights later, the Wheaties proved their home debut wasn&rsquo;t a fluke by defeating defending Eastern Division champion Regina Pats 6-3, and Chipperfield again contributed much of the work. Pats downed the Wheaties in last year&rsquo;s Eastern final.After 10 days of play, the Wheat Kings were one of two unbeaten clubs remaining in the WCHL. The other team. Jack McLeod&rsquo;s Saskatoon Blades, were battling the Wheaties for the early-season lead in the Eastern Division.Pilous approaches his club&rsquo;s quick start with obvious reservations. The veteran boss has experienced too many letdowns in his career to hop on the bandwagon in the first month of the schedule.&ldquo;We only have five holdovers.&rdquo; says Pilous. &ldquo;I just hope we can make those playoffs again. The Eastern. Division is a tough division this season.&rdquo;Pilous has one thing going for him&hellip;three of those holdovers are among the best juniors in the West. Center Robbie Neale and defenseman Dwayne Pentland, both in their final junior years, along with Chipperfield provide Pilous with a solid nucleus.&ldquo;We have some good youngsters though, including a 16-year old defenceman named Richard Piche. He&rsquo;s a robust kid and hits more than the rest of my defensemen put together,&rdquo; adds Rudy. &ldquo;We were a bit worried about the goaltending but so far it&rsquo;s been great. Jim Rankin, who were acquired from Vancouver for a youngster named Don Murdoch, has played well in the nets so far.&rdquo;That may well be the deal of the year, if Rankin continues to plug that six-foot hole between the pipes. Dave McLelland. a savior time and again last season for the Wheaties, graduated to professional ranks this year.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m pleased with the new rink, and I hope we can keep the seats filled. We had over 5,000 people for the opener.&rdquo; beams Pilous. &ldquo;Heck, the ice surface looks like a lake compared to the old Man-Ex Arena. Our kids would come out of our end. and get tired at the red line.&rdquo;One event which marred the Keystone Centre opening involved the $10,000-dollar clock. In final preparations, the clock crashed to center ice as it was being hoisted into position&hellip;fortunately, no one was injured.Maybe it was just part of the big bang coming out of Brandon, where the Wheat Kings are making most of the noise.Elsewhere around the WCHL, the early-season stars were quicklv emerging.SWIFT CURRENT:&mdash;The surprise of the WCHL to date, the Broncos stayed with the leaders by beating Calgary Centennials. Regina Pats and Flin Flon Bombers &hellip; At the moment, 19-year-old goaltender Henry Dunkin and a bottomless well of hustle have been Stan Dunn&rsquo;s strongest weapons&hellip;The biggest exponents of the skateskate-skate system are centers Terry McDougall and Terry Ruzkowski&hellip; Forward Dave Williams, a rambunctious type, recorded Broncos&rsquo; first hat-trick of the season by scoring three times within four minutes against Calgary&rsquo;s John Davidson.SASKATOON:&mdash;Heavily-laden with holdovers. McLeod&rsquo;s Blades are expected to be a solid contender for the WCHL crown, and they proved it by putting together an early unbeaten string&hellip;But after scoring 32 goals in six straight exhibition victories, the Blades managed only eight goals in their first three league outings which resulted in two victories and a tie&hellip;It was the goaltending of 19-year-old Ed Humphreys and sound work by an experienced defense, anchored by third-year man Pat Price, which provided the spark&hellip;Humphreys&rsquo; work included a 1-0 shutout win over Swift Current; Price scored the goal.FLIN FLON:&mdash;Patty Gin-nells Bombers started the season with their annual road trip and fared well, winning two of five&hellip;Nineteen-year-old forwards Blaine Stoughton and Wayne Bianchin lived up to expectations&hellip;Stoughton scored three times in a 6-5 win over Regina while Bianchi bagged the hat in a 9-7 triumph over Winnipeg&hellip;Bianchin was the exhibition season sensation, scoring 14 goals in eight games.WINNIPEG:&mdash;The Jets face the toughest schedule in the early going&hellip;They play 13 of their first 16 games on the road, and they&rsquo;re hoping all receptions won&rsquo;t be as rude as Brandon&rsquo;s&hellip;Gerry Brisson has a fair sprinkling of holdovers including forwards Reg Malinoski. Garry Doerksen, Brian Dick and Randy Elliott and defensemen Barry Legge and Jim Chicoyne&hellip;The goaltending of Jim Foubister and Ron Nemetchek is the biggest question mark.REGINA:&mdash;The defending Eastern champion Pats are the disappointment of the first month&hellip;Reputed to have the finest line in junior hockey with Dennis Sobchuk, Mike Wanchuk and Clark Gillies, the Pats were still winless after five games&hellip;The word is Bobby Turner&rsquo;s young defense will take time, and he&rsquo;s also waiting for somebody to become a leader on the ice.EDMONTON:&mdash;A couple of experienced forwards, Darcy Rota and John Rogers, provided the early momentum for the defending WCHL champion Oil Kings&hellip;Rogers and Rota scored two goals each in a 9-1 rout of Medicine Hat&hellip;Then Rota scored four times in an 8-2 win over Vancouver&hellip;Goaltenders Larry Hendrick and Doug Soe-taert, both in their third junior seasons, give Brian Shaw a solid foundation.VICTORIA:&mdash;General manager Eric Bishop did some wheeling and dealing before the season started and saw it pay off as his Cougars won two of their first three&hellip;Goaltender Sam Clegg, acquired from Saskatoon, stopped 37 shots in a 4-2 win over New Westminster, and then turned in a superb relief job in a 5-2 victory over Edmonton, taking over from Blaine Ferguson with the Oil Kings leading 2-0 and shutting them out the rest of the way&hellip;Dale Cook, acquired from Winnipeg scored twice against the. Kings and Frank Hyndman,-secured from New Westminster, netted two goals against his old mates.CALGARY: The young Centennials opened with six games on the rrtad and won only one of them&hellip;The line of Jerry Holland. Mike Rogers and Danny Gare, back from last season, did most of the scoring but goaltender John Davidson couldn&rsquo;t hold the fort&hellip; General manager Scotty Munro says if his club can play.500 hockev until Christmas, thev&rsquo;ll be all right.NEW WESTMINSTER: It&rsquo;s still a little early to tell, but &lsquo;Punch&rsquo; McLeod may be a little shy on legs up front&hellip;Still, he had one of the league&rsquo;s best forwards in Vic Mecredi, who should soar past the magical 50 mark this season&hellip;Goaltender Terry Richardson will be Punch&rsquo;s big stopper when he needs him.VANCOUVER: Still considered an outsider in their second season, the Nats are much-improved &hellip; In the opening week of the schedule, they scored their first-ever victory over Calgary. dumping the Cents 3-2&hellip;Coach Charlie Hodge has experienced goaltender Jack Cummings. forward Gord Stewart and defenseman Jim Atamanenko, acquired from Victoria via Medicine Hat, around which to build his club&hellip;Murray Beck. Brian Arnold and Doug Sweeting are the best of the better rookie crop this season. &#9632;</div>

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Rudy’s Wheaties Blast Off; Sharp Release Lifts Blades

<div class="byline">BY NORM MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;Goalie Gilles Villemure stood in his underwear in the Ranger dressing room. He had just played his first game of the season and led the Rangers to a much-needed 6-2 win over Minnesota North Stars.&ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t ready before this game,&rdquo; said-Gilles. &ldquo;The guys worked hard and gave me a lot of protection. My wrist (injured right wrist which had prevented him from playing previously) is about 75 percent, but it was great just getting in there.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03558/3040718-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="150" height="238"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Villemure</figcaption></div>Rangers seemed to work harder for Villemure than they did for Eddie Giacomin, who had surrendered 19 goals in four games.&ldquo;This was our best effort of the season,&rdquo; said Emile Francis, Rangers&rsquo; general manager-coach. &ldquo;The defense held them to four shots in the third period.&rdquo;Rangers seemed to settle down after losing three of their first four games and spreading alarm amongst their followers. They have beaten Minnesota and Vancouver and lost to Detroit, Chicago and Montreal. This shows them superior to expansion teams, but still a bit short against the old-line NHL&mdash;until Oct. 18. that is, when the Rangers put it all together and trounced arch-rival Boston Bruins 7-1. But the Minnesota game was the turning point.The New York attack fired 44 shots at Gump Worsley in the Minnesota goal and finally had cohesion.&ldquo;I think we have turned the corner,&rdquo; said Rod Gilbert.Team captain Vic Hadfield also concurred, saying, &ldquo;We held an afternoon meeting and decided it was time to smarten up. This is too good a team to continue losing.&rdquo;Hadfield was booed in Montreal, but said that the booing. &ldquo;Only makes me go harder. At the end of the season when we are skating around with the Cup, everyone will stop.&rdquo;The booing on the road stems from Hadfield&rsquo;s leaving Team Canada when he wasn&rsquo;t being played by coach Harry Sinden. The whole issue is being overplayed, perhaps even by this writer in mentioning it.&ldquo;Seventy-five percent of the mail I have gotten has been on my side,&rdquo; says Hadfield. If the fans will stop and think for a moment or two they will realize I was right.&rdquo;Vic felt that as long as he wasn&rsquo;t playing he m^ht as well go home, not just hang around for a free vacation.Walter Tkaczuk and Billy Fairbairn each scored against Minnesota and this augured well for New York.&ldquo;Fairbairn fired the puck through a tiny hole for his goal,&rdquo; said Jean Rateile. &ldquo;He did a job on that one.&rdquo;With Tkaczuk and Fairbairn starting to move. Rangers will have a more balanced attack and will not have to depend so much on the work of the GAG Line of Rateile, Gilbert and Hadfield.Francis unveiled a third trio of center Pete Stemkowski, with right wing Bobby Rousseau and left wing Steve Vickers. Both of Stemmer&rsquo;s partners of last season. portsider Ted Irvine and right wing Bruce MacGregor are out with knee problems.Vickers continues to score goals, getting his second and third NHL tallies in the third period against Minnesota. His last was an 80-footer from center ice.&ldquo;I was trying to shoot and then go off the ice. It was a fluke,&rdquo; said Steve. &ldquo;Somehow, I keep scoring, even though I&rsquo;m making mechanical mistakes.&rdquo;Steve was being modest. Francis is very pleased with the young man, who beat out Tommy Williams for the roster spot in training camp.With Jim Neilson now hobbling on one cane and out for another three to four weeks, the defense has improved with emphasis on Ab DeMarco. Ab is usually paired with Rod Seiling while Dale Rolfe plays with Brad Park, although Francis does interchange everyone upon occasion.Summing up the Rangers&rsquo; early problems is easy. The defense allowed too many goals. This was not entirely the fault of the goalie or the blue-liners. When the forwards come back they help out their defensemen and enable them to stand up at the blue line and meet the incoming waves of the opposition. In the Minnesota game this pattern started to appear. It had been absent previously.Analyzing the race, it is obvious New York has to dig out of the lower regions. Boston also has gotten off poorly, with only Montreal of the &lsquo;big three&rsquo; away and winging. Can Ken Dryden do it alone in the nets for Cana-diens? Can Ed Johnston do it alone for Boston?Detroit is improved and seemingly is sure of the playoffs. And Buffalo has surprised, so Rangers may have their work cut out for them.BLUE CHIPS: Rod Gilbert&rsquo;s assist against Minnesota was his 600th career NHL point&hellip;Andy Bathgate leads the all-time career New York list with 729 points &hellip; At press time Rangers&rsquo; all-time goal-scoring list read Bathgate 272, Camille Henry 256, Gilbert 248, Ratelle and Bill Cook 228&hellip;New York hockey luncheons this season will include Islander personnel with Vic Hadfield, Emile Francis, Ed Westfall, Bill Torrey and Phil Goyette all coming to the first jamboree held Oct. 23&hellip;New capacity of MSG is 17,500, up from 17,250 due to the posh upper private boxes installed over the summer&hellip;Ranger Fan Club is accepting reservations for the November 3-4-5 trip to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia at Gate 11&hellip;Billy Fairbairn and Walter Tkaczuk had the game-winners in New York&rsquo;s first two wins&hellip; &#9632;

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Villemure Stops Ranger Early NHL Season Skid

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVol. 26&mdash;No. 5 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 3, 1972 Price: 35&cent;KID STARS MAKE SABRES FLY&mdash;Page 15<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01539/3043450-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="869" height="897"><figcaption class="caption-body">RICK MARTIN Wields Hot Stick With 7-Gool Week (Hockey News Photo by Robert Shaver)</figcaption></div>BLUES FINALLY GET THEIR REVENGE&mdash;Page 13BRUINS GROWLINC AGAIN AS BOBBY ORR RETURNS&mdash;Page 12BILLY THE KID INSTANT HIT IN NEW YORK&mdash;Page 16VILLEMURE SNAPS OFF RANGER SLIDE&mdash;Page 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02411/3043443-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="434" height="753"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY O&rsquo;SHEA Winning Goal Right In Chicago</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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The Hockey News

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01731/3040687-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="626" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">Buffalo&rsquo;s Gil Perreault, right, chases puck. (Hockey News Photo by Robert Shaver)</figcaption></div><h2>PERREAULT ON RAMPAGE</h2>BUFFALO&mdash;One of the reasons the Buffalo Sabres are off and running in the NHLs East Division race has been the tremendous play of center Gilbert Perreault.The young Buffalo pivot enjoyed his most productive week since coming into the NHL when he racked up a total of 11 points to head the indi vidual scoring race with 19 points.Perreault played a big hand in linemate Rick Martin&rsquo;s seven-goal week as he set up the sharp-shooting winger for the NHLs first multi-scoring performance&mdash;a four-goal game.<h2>SCHMIDT TO QUIT BRUINS</h2>BOSTON&mdash;Milt Schmidt will end his 36-year association with the Boston Bruins at the end of the current National Hockey League season.A Toronto Star report said that Schmidt, who is 54, has turned over the direction of the club&rsquo;s affairs to Harry Sinden as the first step towards leaving the club in the spring.One of the reasons Schmidt is reported ready to resign his position with the Bruins The Star added is the fact the Adams family plans to sell the majority of its stock in the Boston Bruins before next season. Weston Adams Sr., is the chairman of the board of the Bruins while Weston Jr., is president of the team.<h2>BALLARD GETS PRISON TERM</h2>TORONTO&mdash;Harold Ballard, president of Maple Leaf Gardens and Toronto Maple Leafs and governor of the National Hockey League, was sentenced Oct. 20 to three years in the Kingston Penitentary for fraud and theft.The nearly 70-year-old Ballard, who was convicted last Aug. 15 of 47 counts of fraud and theft involving $205,000 diverted from the Gardens, was emotionally shaken bv the sentence. He wept and two os his sons were pre-| sent when the verdict was read. Ballard shook hands with each and told them to &ldquo;take care&rdquo;.The Crown accused Ballard and the lateStafford Smythe, former president of the Leafs, of defrauding Maple Leaf Gardens of $82,000 and theft ranging up to $123,000. Smythe died a year ago.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02680/3040680-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="166" height="238"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harold Ballard</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Deadline Stoppers

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01736/3040756-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="187" height="407"></div>MONTREAL&mdash;Remember when a tie on the road was considered as good as a win at home, and teams were happy to play.500 hockey in the other fellow&rsquo;s rink?Well forget it, says Scotty Bowman. Times have changed and success may well depend on how a club does in its travels around the NHLs expanded circuit.&ldquo;We played better than.500 hockey on the road last season, and still wound up in third place,&rdquo; says the Hab coach. &ldquo;In fact, the difference between Boston, New York and Montreal last year was right in their road records.&ldquo;We had 43 points in 39 road games,&rdquo; Bowman says, &ldquo;and obviously that was better than a.500 average. But, Boston earned 56 points on the road and New York 50 points. So, we need a lot of improvement.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02613/3040749-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="141" height="233"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 141px">Jacques Laperriere</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see us earn between 50 and 55 points in road games this season,&rdquo; notes Scotty. &ldquo;And, I think we can do it if we cut down on our goals against.&rdquo;Bowman could be optimistic after the first two weeks of the new season. Habs were undefeated in their first five games, all three wins coming at home. Despite blowing a 3-1 lead and tying St. Louis 4-4 on a last minute goal by Frank Mahov-lich, Canadiens were impressive. Prior to that they posted three wins and a tie during which they&rsquo;d outscored the opposition 14 to 3 with Ken Dryden posting two shutouts.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had some happy surprises, at least in the very early part of the schedule,&rdquo; Bowman said. &ldquo;Our defense has been very good, almost without exception. Jacques Laperriere has been playing like he did several years ago when he won the Norris Trophy.&ldquo;Serge Savard has been partnering Laperriere and they&rsquo;ve been clicking perfectly. I&rsquo;m not surprised, though. They played together when Claude Ruel was coaching the team and did very well. They can both really move that puck out of our end,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;Then, we&rsquo;ve been getting a fine effort from Guy Lapointe and Jimmy Roberts, who&rsquo;s Playing back to the form he showed when he was so valuable in St. Louis,&rdquo; Bowman noted. &ldquo;These two guys seem to complement each other on defense. And, Pierre Bouchard has been giving it a good effort, too.&rdquo;Laperriere, who turns 31 next month and who first came to Canadiens in 1963, is now senior man on the Hab blueline. The 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;&mdash;190 lb. native of Rouyn, Quebec, got off to one of his fastest starts in years and Bowman credits physical condition and shooting accuracy for it.&ldquo;I think he really benefitted from those exercises we had during training camp,&rdquo; said Bowman. &ldquo;And, his shots from the point have been right on the net, not wild like they used to be.&rdquo;Scotty, expansive after the success of opening week, also had words of praise for the hustling kid line of Rejean Houle, Marc Tardif and Guy Laf-leur. Houle, in particular, has been a happy surprise as a centerman.&ldquo;Those three kids have matured,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re working hard and really blending together. Houle has to be the biggest surprise, so far, with his great job at center. Let&rsquo;s face it, I tried just about everyone else who could be tried at that position before I turned to him. He&rsquo;s been terrific.&rdquo;HAB-BITS: The reward for the kid line of Houle-Tardif-Lafleur will be a chance to show what they can do on the Habs power play&hellip;Habs are trying to convince Yvan Cournoyer that the harder he checks the more he&rsquo;ll score. &ldquo;The guy&rsquo;s a, terrific forechecker and when he&rsquo;s digging in the other team&rsquo;s end, going into corners and pouncing on those loose pucks he&rsquo;s automatically putting, himself into a position to score,&rdquo; Bowman says&hellip;Only four members of Canadiens have ever won a league trophy. Laperriere and Dryden are Calder Cup winners, with Laperriere also winning the, Norris Trophy and Dryden the Conn Smythe award. Frank Mahovlich won the Calder back in 1958 as a Toronto Maple Leaf. Serge Savard was a Conn Smythe Trophy winner in 1969&hellip;Laperriere and the Big M are the only two to have ever been a firsLteam All Star and Mahovlich did that with Toronto, too. &#9632;</div>

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BETTER ROAD RECORD KEY TO FIRST PLACE

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;Guy Charron has a program, one he hopes will keep him in the lineup all season with Detroit Red Wings.This is the curly-haired, 23-year-old left wing&rsquo;s third season with Detroit and injuries blighted the first two.Shortly after arriving, in the big package deal with Canadiens for Frank Mahovlich (Mickey Redmond and Bill Collins also came to Detroit), Charron suffered a knee injury.Last season he got Guy Lafleur&rsquo;s stick in the face and suffered a fractured cheekbone. It seemed that just when Charron was about to blossom out, he got cracked up.As part of a club-wide project last summer, Charron went to Lloyd Percival&rsquo;s Fitness Institute in Toronto and was put through various tests to determine where he needed to concentrate to make himself stronger.&ldquo;Now I&rsquo;m on a program of weights and exercises,&rdquo; Charron said. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t strong enough before and now I feel a lot stronger, especially from the waist up.&rdquo;Charron almost could have qualified for one of those pulp magazine Charles Atlas sand-in-the-face advertisements before he went on the program. Now he&rsquo;s a budding body-builder.And Red Wings have practically a complete gym in their new training room. The players will be encouraged to use it year-round just as most pro football teams put their players on year-round fitness programs.&ldquo;You should be strong in the corner &hellip; to get the puck out,&rdquo; Charron said, &ldquo;.and I wasn&rsquo;t strong enough. They were able to push me out too easy.&rdquo;Charron has added only four pounds since embarking on his program in late June but he&rsquo;s considerably more muscular now and says &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got faith in the program.&rdquo;Whatever it is, Charron and his linemates have taken off like rockets this season. He&rsquo;s teamed with veteran Red Berenson at center and rookie Len Fontaine at right wing.The line was the big one offensively when Detroit tripped up New York and Boston, regarded as the two best clubs in hockey, in its first two starts. Detroit didn&rsquo;t beat the Bruins last season until the final meeting of the clubs and wasn&rsquo;t much better against the Rangers with just one victory and a tie in six starts.The line accounted for 18 points in the Wings&rsquo; first four games. Fontaine was the team leader with seven, Berenson had six and Charron five.Charron scored a pair of goals in the 4-3 victory over the Bruins and had several good chances to add a third in the final period.&ldquo;Both Guy and Lennie are really jumping,&rdquo; Berenson said, smiling. &ldquo;I played with Guy some last year but I had only met Lennie once and we just started practicing together four days before the season started. He anticipates well and moves the puck around well.&rdquo;Berenson, of course, got a late start in camp becase of his excursion to Russia with Team Canada.&ldquo;If we can keep our goals against down and keep scoring, we&rsquo;ll do all right,&rdquo; Berenson said. &ldquo;Guy has to score a lot of goals&mdash;he&rsquo;s an offensive player and right now he needs confidence and he&rsquo;s getting it.&rdquo;Fontaine hustled his way onto the team after spending the last four years in the International League. He grew up in Sarnia, Ont., just across the Blue Water Bridge from Port Huron, Mich., and signed with the Wings&rsquo; Port Huron farm in the IHL. Last season he was the league&rsquo;s most valuable player. &#9632;

Charron Building Hotkey Muscles Up

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01796/3040832-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="176" height="200"></div>&bull; WHEN CALIFORNIA Golden Seals downed Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 at the Spectrum recently it marked the first time the Seals had won there in 12 games spanning four seasons&hellip;New York Rangers scored 12 goals against Canadiens in their first two meetings last season. This year after the same number of games the Rangers had been able to score but two goals&hellip;Atlanta Flames have three former members of the Minnesota North Stars on their roster. They are Bob Paradise, who was born and raised in St. Paul, Bill Plager and Ray Comeau&hellip;There have been 17 straight Saturday night sellouts at Minnesota&rsquo;s Metropolitan Sports Center for North Stars game&hellip;When the Philadelphia Blazers of the WHA had to postpone their home opener at Philadelphia&rsquo;s Civic Center due to faulty ice. Flyers&rsquo; president Joe Scott offered the Blazers the use of the Spectrum the following day. The Blazers declined but owner Jim Cooper said it was a helluva fine gesture by Scott&hellip;Arnie Brown, veteran NHL defenseman of the New York Islanders, has been suspended by the team for leaving the club for personal reasons. Brown was acquired in a trade with Detroit&hellip;John Stewart, the left winger the Atlanta Flames recently recalled from the Nova Scotia Voya-geurs, has played brilliantly with the Georgia club and it looks like he means to stay in the National League &hellip; It took Montreal into the final minute of play to tie St. Louis, 4-4, the other night. After Frank Mahovlich scored with 59 seconds playing time remaining, he accidentally fell on the Blues&rsquo; goalie Wayne Stephenson knocking him unconscious. After the game in the clinic, General Manager Sid Abel asked him how he felt. &ldquo;Pretty good&rdquo;, replied the goalie, &ldquo;we won 4-3, didn&rsquo;t we?&rdquo; It was at this point that Abel ordered Stephenson to the hospital for an overnight stay &hellip; This was the first time that Wayne Stephenson and Ken Dryden played against each other since playing together on Canada&rsquo;s National Team in 1969. At that time Stephenson was No. 1 and Dryden No. 2. When Stephenson had to leave the game with 59 seconds remaining he was given a standing ovation by the rabid St. Louis fans<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02749/3040825-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="143" height="227"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 143px">John Stewart</figcaption></div>&bull; RON ELLIS became the 19th member of the Toronto Maple Leafs organization to score 200 NHL goals when he notched his 200th against Los Angeles&hellip;The Leafs will offer a trophy to the OHA to perpetuate the memory of Walter &ldquo;Turk&rdquo; Broda who died suddenly I the other day&hellip;Wren Blair, Minnesota General Manager, is still searching for a blue-chip left winger, and is reportedly considering a three-for-&lsquo; one trade with one NHL club&hellip;The North Stars are carrying 21 players on their roster, I two over the limit&hellip;Quite a number of NHL players have been spectators at the early WHA games&hellip;Montreal Canadiens will honor Toe Blake in a special ceremony at the Forum prior to the game on December 6. Blake, who celebrated his 60th birthday recently, asked to have his duties lessened with Canadiens and now acts as a consultant only, as well as representing them on the NHL Rules Committee&hellip;Coach Tom Johnson of Boston has been very critical of his defensemen of late. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very disappointed with our defensemen so far. The ones that are worse are our supposedly established National Hockey Leaguers,&rdquo; Johnson stated&hellip;Derek Sanderson complains that he can&rsquo;t get the old adrenalin flowing when he pulls on that Philadelphia Blazers sweater and plays in front of those 4,000-5,000 crowds&hellip;Sanderson has also been quoted as saying he thought the World Hockey Association would have been better to start with fewer than 12 teams&hellip;Gerry Cheevers of the WHA Cleveland Crusaders watched his former Boston teammates lose 7-1 to New York at Madison Square Garden the other night. But Cheevers didn&rsquo;t visit the Bruins&rsquo; dressing room afterward. &ldquo;Not after that game,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t think it was the right time.&rdquo;</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03651/3040818-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="145" height="241"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">Toe Blake</figcaption></div>&bull; THE AVERAGE player in the National Hockey League is 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; tall, weighs 184.5 pounds and is 26.4 years old&hellip;Vancouver Canucks are the youngest team with an average age of an even 24 years&hellip;The Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins are the heaviest club with an average weight of 192.4 pounds. It&rsquo;ll be a long time before any club will match that mark&hellip;Pittsburgh Penguins, the surprise club of the early season, has the lightest squad with a player average of 178.6 lbs&hellip;Bingamton. N.Y. is expected to ice a team in the Eastern Hockey League next season&hellip;Los Angeles Kings have purchased movies of four of the Team Canada-Russia games for study by their players&hellip;Noel Picard, who made a terrific comeback from his horseback riding accident of a year ago, is extremely happy being back with St. Louis and the NHL again. He plans no more riding until he retires from hockey and is selling the horse he owns&hellip;Picard, incidentally, is an original member of the Blues and their oldest player at 33&hellip;Toronto will miss Normie Ullman, out for three weeks with torn knee ligaments. He was off to his best start in years&hellip;Curt Bennett, N.Y. Rangers&rsquo; rookie forward-defenseman, is a graduate of Brown University and the second Ivy Leaguer in the NHL. The other is Ken Dryden (Cornell). He is the son of Harvey Bennett, who played 15 years with the Providence Reds of the American League&hellip;Three clubs, Detroit, Buffalo and Montreal, remained undefeated after the first three weeks play in the NHL&hellip;Johnny Wilson, coach of the red hot Detroit Red Wings, credits Lloyd Percival with conditioning his players for rigors of NHL. Many rate the Red Wings the best conditioned team in the NHL right now and Wilson is drawing raves for getting the most out of his players&hellip;The Swedish Ice Hockey Association has set up a fund for Swedish players to counter any raiding by North American professional leagues. Swedish teams will be able to borrow from the fund to pay their players and try to keep them at home.</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04557/3040811-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="146" height="232"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 146px">John Wilson</figcaption></div> &#9632;</div>

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PASSING THE PUCK

VOL 26 NO. 5NOVEMBER 3, 1972OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 107, Canada. U.S. Office: 16 Maple Street, Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979Charlie HalpinEditorial DirectorKenneth William McKenziePresident and PublisherLyndon LittleAssistant To EditorUnited States Advertising Representatives: Boston: Stephen Ganak, Mediarep Center Inc., 1425 Statler Office Bldg., Boston, Mass. 02116, telephone (617) 482-5233-New York: Raymond Ogren, Sports Communications Inc., 770 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021, telephone (212) HA 1-7800.Yearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $7.8 in Canada $8.8 in the U.S.A, and $10.00 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. 1327Printed in Canada &#9632;

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05447/3040887-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="655" height="299"></div><h2>Let&rsquo;s Pay Red Wings Some Attention, Too</h2>Hockey is a fun sport, but when one team receives all the publicity and glory, it gets rather boring. Boston Bruins are always written up, while other teams are ignored. My favorite team. Detroit Red Wings, have hardly received the acclamation they rightly deserve. Last year the Red Wings barely missed the Stanley Cup playoffs by four points and had three men in the top 20 scorers of the league. These three men&mdash;Mickey Redmond,, Marcel Dionne and Red Berenson&mdash;hardly receive any publicity. As an avid hockey fan, please let us hear more about the other NHL teams instead of the great Boston Bruins all the time.GARY PASQUALE, Binghamton, N.Y.<h2>Many European Fans Disappointed In Canada</h2>I am a great Canadian hockey fan and have seen the Canada-Russia games on TV from Moscow. I can tell you that many European fans are disappointed in Team Canada.In my opinion. Team Canada would have done even better in March or April, rather than September. The Russians are sly. They were training all summer long, while Team Canada only had three weeks of practice before the matches began. I am disappointed that Dave Keon and my favorite player. Jacques Lemaire, were not selected to join Team Canada. Please write me the address of the new World Hockey Association.ARNO WOSTHEINRICH, West Germany(Ed. note: WHA address is 1010 N. Main St., Suite 515, Santa Ana, Calif. 92701).<h2>Bruins Hit By WHA&mdash;But How About Seals?</h2>True, Boston Bruins lost John McKenzie, Derek Sanderson, Gerry Cheevers and Ted Green to the WHA. But look at the California Golden Seals. They lost Gerry Pinder. Bobby Sheehan, Wayne Carleton, Tom Webster. Paul Shmyr and Gary Kurt. Next time you say Bruins were hit hardest, think about the poor old Seals.D. BARBER, Galt, Ont.<h2>Rangers Were Inept With Team Canada</h2>One of the off-shoots of the Canada-Russia series was the surprisingly inept play of the New York Ranger players&mdash;Brad Park so erratic, Rod Gilbert cheecking so badly, Jean Rateile amazingly ineffective, and last but not least; the quitting of Vic Hadfield. He will long be remembered for deserting a supposedly sinking ship. Fans have long memories.PAMELA BARKER, Lapeer, Mich.<h2>Bruins Universal Whipping Post?</h2>It seems to me that Boston Bruins are everybody&rsquo;s whipping post. The WHA has stripped them of several key players, and it appears that the NHL referees are against them, too.On Oct. 11 Bruce Hood called endless penalties against them, including ejecting Phil Esposito from the game for no apparent reason. However, he almost always disregarded the roughing, holding, and other foul play Detroit Red Wings dished out. I know the Bruins aren&rsquo;t angels, but neither are the Red Wings. It isn&rsquo;t fair the Bruins take the rap for everything. Come on, refs, shape up or ship out.DIANNE LAFONTAINE Fall River, Mass.<h2>Henderson Was Real Team Canada Hero</h2>I don&rsquo;t agree with you on who was the star of the Team Canada-Russia series. You stated that Paul Henderson truly saved the day for Canada, and what does he get? All of two pictures and a little story! And who gets the credit? Phil Esposito, that&rsquo;s who. True, he scored six goals in the series, but Henderson had seven and three of these were gamewinners. Instead of reading all about Henderson in your publication what do I see? I see Esposito getting all the credit for being a &lsquo;leader&rsquo;. Well, all of those players chould have been able to act accordingly and not need a leader. Credit should be given where it is due.THOMAS LANG, Maple Heights, Ohio.<h2>Soviets Couldn&rsquo;t Stand Daily Rigors of NHL</h2>The Russians may be in great shape for an eight-game series, but I do not think they would last very long in the NHL. There is a rather huge difference in preparing for an eight-game schedule rather than a 78-game schedule. As Gary Bergman commented: &ldquo;The Russianswouldn&rsquo;t even last until Christmas.&rdquo;I always thought the NHL had some bad referees, but after watching the West Germans I shall never complain again because I couldn&rsquo;t have done a poorer job than they did. The Russian newspapers can say whatever they want about our &lsquo;dirty&rsquo; play, but that is the NHL way and is not dirty to us. Besides, how much do you hear about the Russians&rsquo; butt-ending or kicking? Only poor sports like the Russians would blame the NHL for all the dirty play. I hope the next series takes place right after the Stanley Cup in Mav.BRIAN McAULAY, Bramalea, Ont. &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;That deep sigh of relief you heard from The American Hockey League must&rsquo;ve certainly been former combatants of Dave Schultz.They&rsquo;re thankful Schultz, a fast-fisted left &lsquo;wing, is no longer around to wreak havoc as he has been doing consistently for the past two seasonsWho else do you know that has a two-year average of 387 penalty minutes?That&rsquo;s right! Three hundred and eighty seven!Two years ago, while playing his first professional season with the Quebec Aces, the Flyers&rsquo; farm club at the time, Schultz set an AHL record with 382 penalty minutes. At times it looked like he was part of the furniture in the penalty box.Last season Schultz, 23, broke his own record by spending 392 minutes in the box while playing for the Richmond Robins (where the Aces moved).Actually, the 6-1 185-pound native of Waldheim. Saskatchewan. finished the season with a nice round number. He had amassed 400 penalty minutes, including eight in his only game with the Flyers (against Chicago)These penalty figures may concern opposing forwards&mdash;or. if not. at least keep them on their toes&mdash;but the Flyers feel that Dave&rsquo;s ruggedness as a policeman could prove exceedingly profitable to them in the long run.That&rsquo;s why GM Keith Allen and coach Fred Shero kept Schultz on the Fivers&rsquo; roster this season. They feel, after Dave&rsquo;s considerable AHL and previously EHL (Salem Rebels) experience, he is ready for the big time.&ldquo;Dave&rsquo;s a fighter, no question about it.&rdquo; commented a Flyers&rsquo; spokesman. &ldquo;But he&rsquo;s also a pretty darn good left wing, and the club feels that if he can do some scoring he&rsquo;ll be a tremendous asset. They&rsquo;re keeping their fingers crossed.&rdquo;Most people, who are flabbergasted by Schultz&rsquo;s staggering penalty totals, are unaware that the guy is a fairly good scorer, too. This was proven in Richmond last season when Schultz scored 18 goals and 28 assists, which was the top figure from a left wing.Dave knows only one way to play: tough, hardnosed hockey. The thing he must guard against if he hopes to stay in the NHL. though, is needless penalties that could put his club in a precarious situation, costing them the game.Most policemen know when to take penalties&hellip;when they do the most good or the least harm.Based on Schultz&rsquo; average of 387 penalty minutes over the past two seasons in the AHL. he may find it tough to restrain himself. It certainly won&rsquo;t be a snap. &#9632;

Flyers Think Dave Schultz Can Make It Without Fists

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div>OAKLAND&mdash;October 15 would be declared a national holiday in Oakland, California if Charles O. Finley had his way.That was the memorable Sunday when Charley&rsquo;s baseball Athletics swept to their second straight World Series win over the Reds at Cincinnati and his hockey Seals notched their first victory of the National Hockey League season.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01772/3040942-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="136" height="245"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 136px">Marv Edwards</figcaption></div>Now, Charlie O. had no worries over his baseball team, not after winning the world series but his Seals had been slipping on their flippers, losing their first three games to the host clubs at Vancouver, Minnesota and Pittsburgh. Then with one last road shot at Philadelphia before modeling their act before the home town fans at the Oakland Coliseum, the Golden Seals wiped the tarnish off their skates and shot down the Flyers by a score of 4-1.For the Seals, who are the youngest collection of icemen in the NHL, the trouncing of the Flyers had a sweetness far beyond the two points in the standings. There was the thrill of the kill, and for these kids that first notch on the gun was a lift that they very much needed.It brought them into home ice with the scent of blood in their nostrils and confidence in their hearts.And from Garry Young, coach and general manager, there were mostly words of praise for his troops.&ldquo;We could have won three of the first four on the road,&rdquo; declared Young, who pointed out that the Seals had turned in only one bad period of hockey in the four games.&ldquo;We had a terrible second period at Pittsburgh but we could have won the games at Vancouver and Minnesota,&rdquo; he said.The &ldquo;terrible second period&rdquo; Young spoke of was when the Seals appeared to have fallen under a hypnotic spell as the Penguins blistered Gilles Melo-che with rubber grenades to waltz off with a 5-2 victory.Prior to the date at Pittsburgh, the Seals had provided some very difficult problems for the North Stars to contend with at Bloomington where California carried a 2-1 lead into the final period. Then the North Stars suddenly became shooting stars with a fusillade of four goals within 10 minutes.But even in that one, North Stars&rsquo; coach Jackie Gordon had praise for the visitors from California.&ldquo;You have to give the Seals a lot of credit for their drive. They played well and gave us very little chance to manoeuvre in the first two periods. They&rsquo;re a young club but a good club,&rdquo; declared Gordon.With the &ldquo;shakedown cruise&rdquo; of four road tests behind them, some factors were clearly revealed so far as the Seals are concerned.They are spirited, aggressive and endowed with a tenacity that will win them a good deal of support from their home fans, win or lose.They can skate, they can shoot and they can mix it when there&rsquo;s need to flex muscles.Lacking the balance that more experienced heads might contribute, these young Seals don&rsquo;t always skate in the right places, don&rsquo;t always shoot at the right moments, but they are muzzle-loaded with enough raw desire to overcome a fair dose of mistakes.There were times in the road tests when Young might have wished his defensemen were equipped with baseball bats from boss Finley&rsquo;s Athletics for use against maurauding attackers who laid siege to the Seals&rsquo; goal. &#9632;</div>

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Young Praises ‘Kid’ Seals After Narrow Losses

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01812/3041004-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="262" height="241"><figcaption class="caption-body">TURK BRODA</figcaption></div>TORONTO&mdash;The hockey world was bereaved to learn of the death Oct. 17 of Walter (Turk) Broda, one of the most colorful goaltenders in the history of the National Hockey League.Broda, who thrilled Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; fans in the late forties and early fifties as a clutch playoff performer, died of a massive heart seizure at the age of 58.Broda launched his 16-year pro career in 1935 with Detroit Red Wings and was sold to Toronto in 1936 after being scouted by Leafs&rsquo; general manager Conn Smythe, who was searching for a successor to aging George Hainsworth. Turk and Al Rollins alternated in goal when Toronto defeated Montreal Canadiens in a memorable Stanley Cup final in 1950-51. Broda allowed just nine goals in eight post-season appearances that year.Playing in an era that produced a plethora of outstanding netmin-ders of the Bill Durnan-Frankie Brimsek-Harry Lumley-Charlie Raynor-Terry Sawchuk genre, Broda logged a total of 630 NHL games, posting 61 shutouts and recording a lifetime goals-against average of 2.56. He was especially tough in the playoffs, in which he rang up 12 shutouts in 101 games with a sparkling 2.09 average.A two-time Vezina Trophy winner, Broda received the ultimate sports recognition when he was elected to hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame in 1968.Upon his retirement from an active role in the game, Broda eventually turned to coaching. He guided the destinies of the Toronto Marlboros of the OHA Junior loop for 10 years, steering the club to two Memorial Cup triumphs. He later coached Charlotte in the EHL, Moncton in the Maritime Junior circuit, Quebec Aces of the AHL, and London Nationals of the OHA Junior setup.Broda&rsquo;s sports enthusiasm was not only confined to hockey. He was a noted softball catcher, playing on a championship team in the Canadian Army overseas during World War II. He was also recognized as an excellent golfer and thoroughbred racing connoisseur.Two of Broda&rsquo;s brothers followed Turk east from their home town of Brandon, Man. and they are still in the employ of Maple Leaf Gardens. Tufk all played all his junior hockey in Brandon.He is survived by three daughters, including Mrs. Barbara Tushingham, at whose home he was visiting when struck by his fatal heart seizure. &#9632;

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Top Playoff Goalkeeper Dead At 58

<div class="byline">BY DAN PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO&mdash;The most prolific forward unit for Toronto Maple Leafs, as the NHL schedule began to unwind, was a threesome its center called &lsquo;Leftover Line&rsquo; and its left wing tagged the &lsquo;Accident Line&rsquo;.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re the leftover line,&rdquo; said Darryl Sittier. &ldquo;Rejects. But everybody is working on this line. We do a lot of talking on the ice. It helps.&rdquo;Denis Dupere and Rick Kehoe flanked Sittier, left and right respectively, and helped coach John McLellan forget his third line worries.But McLellan&rsquo;s problems were beginning to mount. First rookie defenseman John Grisdale was unable to start the year because of an injury then veteran center Norm Ullman and right wing Pierre Jarry both were forced to the sidelines at the same time.The injury to Ullman was a crushing one. Leafs&rsquo; usually durable pivot tore knee ligaments and will be shelved for at least three weeks. Jarry pulled a tendon in his leg but is not expected to be out any length of time.It was consoling tor McLellan to see his new, makeshift unit functioning in view of the injuries to Ullman and Jarry.&ldquo;This is the accident Line and I&rsquo;ve been an accident ever since I joined Leafs,&rdquo; said l)upere. &ldquo;Whenever there&rsquo;s an accident I get a chance to play. I&rsquo;m the utility guy. so let&rsquo;s hope we don&rsquo;t get any injuries or they might break up our line. Last year I played all three forward positions and even had a shift on defence as well as killing penalties.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02722/3040973-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="275" height="311"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM ULMAN&hellip;Torn Knee Ligaments</figcaption></div>&ldquo;But I don&rsquo;t mind as long as I&rsquo;m playing regularly.&rdquo;Dupere was surprised McLellan put him on the line at left wing. He had worked on the right side throughout training camp.McLellan found the entire line a pleasant surprise.&ldquo;You could say necessity is the mother of invention and in this case it&rsquo;s so true,&rdquo; said McLellan.&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t through design I ended up with these three kids on one line. I had trie George Ferguson as well as Erroll Thompson and Randy Osburn with them in various combinations.&ldquo;But they seemed to click and they have been working their butts off. That Kehoe has been flying and Dupere has been using his noggin. Sittier has been coming up with big games.&rdquo;That Sittier appears to be at home at centre is no accident. He attracted the attention of Leaf scouts while playing centre for London Knights of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A league, and the only reason he didn&rsquo;t continue in the middle spot was because Leafs were loaded with talent at the position during his two previous seasons in the NHL.&ldquo;When he came up from London,&rdquo; said McLellan, &ldquo;we used him on left wing because we had Dave Keon, Norm Ullman, Jim Harrison and Mike Walton at centre.&rdquo;Sittier ended up playing left wing for his buddy, Harrison, who left Leafs for Alberta Oilers of the WHA. Sittier finally got his chance when Harrison vacated.Kehoe joined Leafs last season from Tulsa Oilers, their Central Hockey League farm team. He scored two goals in the third game of this season, against Buffalo Sabres, for his first NHL double.&ldquo;It will take us some time to get to know each other&rsquo;s moves like Ron (Ellis), Paul (Henderson) and Normie (Ullman),&rdquo; said Kehoe, referring to the No. 1 line. &ldquo;I played with Darryl for two months when I was with London and was on a line with him and Harrison last year.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re working hard. Maybe that&rsquo;s why we got the good start.&rdquo;McLellan agreed, emphatically. &#9632;

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Play Of ‘Leftover Line’ Consoling To McLellan

<div class="byline">BY DICK JOHNSTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;In view of the Russians&rsquo; surprising showing against Team Canada, National Hockey League clubs are expected to make some changes in their training methods.The Buffalo Sabres already have. And the stepped-up physical training appeared to be paying off in early games. In the Sabres&rsquo; first two starts, they outscored the opposition by five goals to none in the third period.Joe Crozier, who succeeded general manager Punch Imlach as coach of the Buffalo club, insists the Soviets had nothing to do with new training methods. But he will admit all-around body-development they emphasize is good for a hockey player.Imlach scheduled physical training daily in his first two Sabre training camps. Crozier, who coached Buffalo&rsquo;s farm club in Cincinnati at the start of the 1971-72 campaign, was impressed with the PT during the &lsquo;71 camp in St. Catharines.When he took over the Sabres, following Imlach&rsquo;s heart attack in January, 1972, Joe had his athletes working out steadily on two stationary bicycles after their practice on the ice. He even took the bikes on a West Coast trip with the club.This year he continued the physical training program right from training camp into the regular season.Each morning, except on game days, the Sabres are in the gym at Nichols School, where they practice, at 9:30 AM under the direction of Fred Atkins, a former professional wrestler. They run a couple of miles, go through stretching exercises and then move to a Universal Weight Training Machine.Fifteen athletes can work on this machine at once, doing sit-ups, pullups, arm dips, turn grips and other lifting and stretching exercises. When a player has gone through all 15 stations, he has had a good workout.After 45 minutes of PT, the Sabres don their hockey armament and move to the school&rsquo;s hockey rink for from 90 minutes to two hours of skating.This almost doubles the hockey player&rsquo;s work day and, naturally, this change isn&rsquo;t popular. But the Sabres don&rsquo;t seem to be complaining, at least not yet.Said Rene Robert, after the Sabres defeated Los Angeles Kings, 7-3, with three unanswered final-period goals, &ldquo;We had a good training camp and we&rsquo;re working hard now. We are in shape and it shows. This helps us to pick up some quick points which we&rsquo;ll be glad to have later when they are tough to come by.&rdquo;Robert scored a goal and assisted on two in that game as the Gil Perreault-Rick Martin-Robert line came alive for nine points, including four goals.Crozier said Robert never would have played the game if it wasn&rsquo;t for PT. &ldquo;Rene took a good check in the Atlanta game (three days before) and his shoulder was hurt,&rdquo; the coach pointed out. &ldquo;If he hadn&rsquo;t been in top shape I would have lost him for a while. But he came right back to play.&rdquo; &#9632;

Sabres’ Conditioning Program Pays Off

LOS ANGELES&mdash;Bob Berry is making the sports world forget all about the other Bob Berry. In short, the Los Angeles Kings&rsquo; burly winger is overshadowing the better-known Atlanta Falcons&rsquo; quarterback of the same name.After failing by three in his bid for a second consecutive 20-goal season, the Kings&rsquo; Berry has been nothing short of superb this I year. Dogged by a suicidal schedule that forced the Kings to play their first six games on the road. Berry has been the singular bright spot to an otherwise bleak start.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01789/3041035-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="150" height="237"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Berry</figcaption></div>After the Kings&rsquo; first eight outings. Berry led the entire NHL West both in goals (seven) and points (11). He scored one goal and set up the insurance marker in L.A.&rsquo;s second win of the young campaign, a 3-1 upset over the defending division champion Chicago Black Hawks. Oddly, the only other Kings&rsquo; victory came at the expense of the reigning Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins. At least, the Kings don&rsquo;t pick their spots!Berry&rsquo;s rise to stardom has been well-circulated by now. Buried deep in the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; organization he seemed doomed to spend the rest of his playing days, he was &lsquo;liberated&rsquo; in the form of a conditional sale to the Kings just prior to the 1970-71 campaign.Attending L.A. training camp under a &lsquo;do-or-die&rsquo; situation (he had to produce or else be shipped back to the Montreal farm system), Berry responded to the pressure-cooker to the extent that he earned a berth on the Kings&rsquo; No. 1 attacking unit alongside Juha Widing and Mike Byers. The aggressive forward rattled in 27 goals in his rookie year, but was edged out by Buffalo&rsquo;s sensational Gilbert Perreault in Calder Cup balloting.The Berry trio slumped both offensively and defensively last season with the result that Byers was shipped to Buffalo in a trade for rearguard Doug Barrie. (Both have since defected to the WHA). However, the move proved a blessing in disguise for the Kings, since it gave Vancouver castoff Mike Corrigan a chance to join the Widing-Berry duo this year. Corrigan has fit in with his new partners like a glove, and Berry has been flying.&ldquo;I have no animosity whatever towards the Montreal organization,&rdquo; Berry is quick to point out. &ldquo;After all, if it weren&rsquo;t for them, I wouldn&rsquo;t be here now.&rdquo;And the Kings are glad he is. &#9632;

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Berry Hot Goal Sniper For Kings

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01806/3041090-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JON ROYAL SUPER STAR&hellip;&hellip;Bob Deaton</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER&mdash;Like most post-1967 teams. Vancouver Canucks have always been convinced the National Hockey League&rsquo;s system for distributing player talent isn&rsquo;t as equitable as it should be.The more they see of Don Tannahill, the more convinced they become.In Canucks&rsquo; first four games, the tall, slim left winger has scored three goals and assisted on another. He&rsquo;s done it with a poise that suggests there could be a lot more where those came from.It&rsquo;s a thought that moves Hal Laycoe. the man who coached Canucks through their first two NHL seasons, to wonder why Tannahill wasn&rsquo;t available when he could have used him.Laycoe, now a Canucks&rsquo; vice-president, has always advocated the theory that the best available players should be performing in the NHL. He felt that way most strongly on nights when he&rsquo;d just watched his struggling athletes get bombed in some place like Boston, New York or Montreal.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not saying the strong clubs should have to give up someone on their playing roster,&rdquo; he&rsquo;d say, &ldquo;but I think it is wrong for a player who could help us or some other expansion team to be buried in the minors. I don&rsquo;t think that&rsquo;s fair either to the player or the fans in the expansion cities.&rdquo;Tannahill finally did become available last June, and Canucks, who had finished last the season before, snapped him up as their first choice in the intraleague draft. Though he didn&rsquo;t exactly burn up training camp, his play since the opening of the season indicates he would have been a large asset to the struggling Canucks long before now.Tannahills problem has been that ever since graduating from the ranks of the junior Niagara Falls Flyers he&rsquo;s been in the organization of the powerful Boston Bruins.Bruins made him their first amateur draft choice in 1969, but with left wingers named Johnny Bucyk, Wayne Cashman, Mike Walton and Don Marcotte already established. Tannahill was unable to crack the Bruins&rsquo; lineup.As a result, he spent two seasons in Oklahoma City and another with the American Hockey League Boston Braves before getting a chance to make it with a team less richly-endowed with left wingers.When he finally got his chance, Tannahill wasted little time putting it to good use. In the first period of the opening game he ripped a shot right through the California net, Canucks&rsquo; first goal of the 1972-73 season. Not only was it his first NHL goal, but the game marked his first on-ice appearance.&ldquo;I was in the Bruins&rsquo; lineup a couple of times,&rdquo; he said later, &ldquo;but I never got off the bench.&rdquo;With Canucks, Tannahill is part of an all-rookie line&mdash;John Wright is the center, Gerry O&rsquo;Flaherty the right winger&mdash;and it&rsquo;s the only one with which new coach Vic Stasiuk has felt no need to tinker. The line scored twice in the opener and has had a hand in a goal-a-game since.Chances are if NHL teams, particularly the stronger ones, had not clung so tenaciously to their surplus talent the old league would not have had so many defections to the rival World Hockey Association.CANUCK CAPERS: Canucks face a tough opening schedule with six of their first eight games on the road, but Stasiuk is undismayed&hellip;He figures his young club will make a lot of mistakes early in the season and he&rsquo;d just as soon see them made on the road&hellip;Canucks salvages only a single point from their first road show&hellip;They tied Minnesota 3-3 after 5-3 and 7-3 losses in New York and Philadelphia&hellip;But over-all, Stasiuk is delighted with young players&hellip;Early indications are the Canucks have themselves a bumper crop of rookies. &#9632;

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Laycoe Wonders About System As Tannahill Arrives

The Pittsburgh Penguins had to wait to get their first draft pick last summer in the NHLs amateur grab bag but they&rsquo;re not sorry. Truth of the matter is young Jack Lynch appears to be a real steal for the Pens. Picked 24th in the amateur go-around Lynch became the club&rsquo;s first draft choice and he showed he has all the necessary assets to stick in the big time. The 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 180-pound defenseman from Toronto, performed with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Major Hockey League last year and this season the Pens decided to throw him right into the gruelling NHL. Lynch is big and rugged and typifies the Penguins&rsquo; swing to youth to build a future contender.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02691/3041121-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="651" height="812"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK LYNCH&hellip;Pittsburgh Penguins</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY JACK MCCARTHY</div>BOSTON&mdash;Biggest news of the Bruins&rsquo; season to date, finally upstaging the defections of Gerry Cheevers, Derek Sanderson, Johnny McKenzie and Ted Green, was the much-heralded return of BobbyOrr,Orr&rsquo;s left knee, which underwent extensive surgery way back in June, has been the most-discussed limb since Misten-guette was dancing on the Parisian scene.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01777/3041176-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="145" height="242"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">Phil Esposito</figcaption></div>Although he made the trip to Russia and Stockholm with Team Canada, Orr did not play, and there had been rumors that he would not be back in a Bruin uniform until Christmas. This, coupled with the losses in personnel, and some back spasms in Phil Esposito&rsquo;s nether regions, had the Boston faithful apprehensive.But Espo shook of his malady, and scored his first goal of the young season aglnast the L.I. Islanders as Boston won its first game, 7-4.Then Orr took his first turn Saturday night, Oct. 21. in Pittsburgh. after a period of working out at home with the AHL Braves. Dr. Carter Rowe, the surgeon who performed the surgery on Orr&rsquo;s left knee, gave Bobby the go sign after an examination.Orr had played through the latter part of the 1971-72 season and all through the Stanley Cup playoffs with a sore knee, which sometimes locked on him.When he took the ice in Boston Garden against Pittsburgh for his first game of the 1972-73 season. Orr was beginning his seventh NHL season, and. my, how time flies! To consider what he means to the Bruins; try to remember that in those past six seasons, he has won the Norris Trophy as the year&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman in the NHL no less than five years in a row. and has won the Hart Trophy for the MVP three straight years now.He is not the whole Bruins&rsquo; attack, but he &ldquo;controls&rdquo; a game and its tempo when he is in it. He has scored 37 goals in each of the past two season and 33 the year before. He has had 80 assists or more in each of the past three years.Orr and Esposito control the puck when they are on the ice, and someday someone may keep a statistic on how much time the puck is in Bruins&rsquo; possession, and conversely, how long it is out of the hands of the opposition. You can&rsquo;t score when you don&rsquo;t have it. and you can when you do. Oui?Orr will take over on the right point once again on the power play when he gets more ice time, and will, with Espo, kill penalties.Whatever he makes from the Bruins, as with Espo, he earns.Orr has been working out twice a day. under the direction of Trainer Dan Canney. on a &ldquo;Mini-Gym&rdquo; such as was used by footballers Len Dawson of Kansas City and Joe Namath of New York.Both Dawson and, especially Namath. had long recuperations from knee surgery. Said the veteran and personable Canney. &ldquo;When he started the program. Bobby, could hardly lift up the bar. But I could see progress every day in the amount of weight he used in the exercises.&ldquo;We then concentrated on the building of the auductoral muscles above the knee. The muscles above the left knee were a halfinch smaller than the other leg, but I would have to say he is coming along well.&rdquo;When Orr was with Team Canada he had to quit skating after only 10 minutes as the knee became too sore, but he has been able to go for longer and longer periods, although the knee bothers him some in dampness.First doubtfut forcecasts in some quarters on Orr, when he was in Europe, were that he would not be able to play until Christmas. This would have been a hard blow to Boston, and to the rest of the league, also, because even though the Bruins with Orr would beat a lot of clubs, the Bruins with Orr would put a lot of people in the seats.Before Orr&rsquo;s return was announced, Coach Tom Johnson was almost a basket case himself. He had Orr out: Esposito bothered by a cranky hack; No. 1 goaler Eddie Johnston suffering from a pulled back muscle, and Ace Bailey bothered by a leg pull.But Johnston and Bailey came back to play in the first Boston win of the season, the 7-4 job against Long Island. This made the Boston record 1-2 and in it, Esposito got his first goal of the season, for one thing, and Don Marcotte got his third, which is a lot of early production for him. But Marcotte, a good checker, is now getting a regular turn, and may see his goals soar.The first Boston power-play goal of the season also came in that game, scored by Wayne Cashman.And another sign that the Big Bear may be coming to life with a growl was that the Bruins outshot the expansion team by 42 shots on net to 19.Back in Boston. &ldquo;Orr&rsquo;s on the Blue Line, and All is Right With the World,&rdquo; again. &#9632;</div>

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Bad Bruins Growl Again With Orr Back To Play

Following are the latest player novements in hockey.<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>ATLANTA&mdash;John Stewart, orward, recalled from Nova scotia of AHL.DETROIT&mdash;Rick Newell, iefenseman, assigned to Virginia of AHL. Glen Seperich, goalkeeper, recalled from Port Hu-on of IHL as standby for inured Denis De&middot;Jordy and later returned.MINNESOTA&mdash;Jerry Byers, forward, assigned to Cleveland of AHL.N.Y. ISLANDERS&mdash;Arnie Brown, defenseman, placed on suspended list for leaving team.VANCOUVER&mdash;Bruce Bullock and Dan Brady, goalkeepers, and Dave Dunn, defenseman. assigned to Seattle of NHL.TORONTO&mdash;Gordon McRae, goalkeeper, assigned to Gulsa of CHL.ST. LOUIS&mdash;Mike Lampman, forward, sent to Denver of NHL. Danny Johnson, forward, assigned to Fort Worth of CHL. Brian Coughlin, defenseman, and Doug Anderson, forward, sent to Johnstown of EHLCALIFORNIA&mdash;Terry Murray, defenseman, assigned to Salt Lake of WHL. Jacques Lefebvre, goalkeeper. Dave Haley and Tom Goodfellow, defensemen, assigned to Flint of IHL. Danny Helm, defenseman, sent to Fort Worth of CHL.BOSTON&mdash;Curt Ridley, Paul Elford, Dave Reece and Andy Fortin, goal keepers, Milt Schmidt Jr, Garry Bock, Peter Gaw, forwards, Lome Weighill and Gord Malinoski, defenseman, assigned to Dayton of IHL.<h2>WORLD HOCKEY ASS.</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Kent Dougray, defenseman, to assigned Island of EHL for one game and recalled. Blaine Rydman, defenseman, returned to Charlotte of EHL.CHICAGO&mdash;Steve Ross and Michel Roy, defenseman, Sandy Hale, goalkeeper. Gerry Andreatta and Brian Galbraith, forwards, sent to Rhode Island of EHL.MINNESOTA&mdash;Rick Loe, forward, returned to Charlotte of EHL.PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Tom Stachniak, defenseman, Yves Archambault and Steve Davies, goalkeepers, and Claude St. Sauveur, forward, assigned to Roanoke Valley of EHL.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Steve Rexe, goalkeeper, Jerry Zry-miak and Jack Criel, defensemen, Mike Jakubo, forward, assigned to Greensboro of EHL.CHICAGO&mdash;Gerry Courchesne and Dan Niemet, goalkeepers, Gaetan Picard and Jeff Rotsch, defensemen, Bob Amos, Norm Piche, Serge Boily, Larry Jakinovich and Wayne McCuaig, forwards, released. Ron Hindson and Wally Sprange, forwards, returned to Greensboro of EHL.CLEVELAND&mdash;Yves Belanger, goalkeeper, Jean Lapointe, Jacques Lapierre and Ray Schultz, defenseman. Dave Ferguson, Ray Adduono, Normand Cournoyer, Barry Brooks, Gord Gallant and Ron Morgan, forwards, assigned to Syracuse of EHL. Richard Allen, Jack Hoogevin, Steve Fraser and Jerry Wright, forwards. released.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Guy Provost, defenseman, and Doug Horbul, forward, assigned to Des Moines of IHL.SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Randy Miller, forward, sold outright to Baltimore of AHL. Wayne Schultz, forward, sent to Baltimore on loan. Jerome Engele, defenseman. assigned to Sun Coast of EHLGord Smith, defenseman, and Karl Haggarty, forward, signed to pro contracts by Los Angeles of NHL and assigned to Springfield.CINCINNATI&mdash;Ray Reeson, (goalkeeper, sent to Omaha of CHL on loan,) Tim Regan, goalkeeper, assigned to Charlotte of EHL.NOVA SCOTIA&mdash;Moe St. Jacques, forward, assigned to Baltimore of AHL on loan.BALTIMORE&mdash;Claude Piche, forward, secured from Boston of NHL on loan. Al Rycroft, forward, signed as free agent after release by Cleveland of WHA. Daryle Sommerville, forward, released. Brian Shortreed, forward, sent to Sun Coast of EHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>DES MOINES&mdash;Gary McQuaid, forward, and Dennis Longpre, defenseman, secured from Atlanta of NHL. Richard Dumas, goalkeeper, released. Danny Gloor, Larry Gould and Steve Stone, forwards, secured from Vancouver of NHL on loan Larry Harion, Doug Menard and Bob Menard, forwards, released.FORT WAYNE&mdash;Don Atchison, goalkeeper, Bob Fitchener and Jim Pearson, defensemen, secured from Hershey of AHL. Chick Baton, forward, sent to Dayton of IHL.PORT HURON&mdash;Phil Wittliff, forward, released.MUSKEGON&mdash;Bruce Mullett, goalkeeper, returned from Cleveland of WHA.FLINT&mdash;Brian Dickie, forward, secured from Portland of WHL. Milt Hohol, forward, secured from Winnipeg of WHA. Terry Smith, forward, secured from Chicago of NHL. Rich Olson, defenseman. secured from Saginaw of IHL.<h2>EASTERN LEAGUE</h2>CAPE COD&mdash;Brian Coates and Paul Perras, forwards, secured from Boston of NHL. Jim Ivison, forward, secured from N.Y. Rangers of NHL.CLINTON&mdash;Jim Pritchard, defenseman. returned by Winnipeg of WHA.RHODE ISLAND&mdash;Pierre Brind&rsquo; Amour, forward. returned by Quebec of WHA.NEW JERSEY&mdash;Jean Marois and Robin Hay, goalkeepers, Ernie Griffith, Barry Chemos, Jim Pudlowski, John Womach, forwards, released. Randy Olin, forward, returned to Ottawa juniors. Serge Roch, forward, secured from Port Huron of IHL. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;The St. Louis Blues corrected an embarrassing situation when they beat Chicago Black Hawks, 3-1, recently at Chicago Stadium.The victory was the first-ever for the Blues in Chicago. The Blues are now in their sixth year in the National Hockey League. They had gone to the Stadium 14 times and they had come away 14 times without a win.The situation was more dramatic because prior to the game the Black Hawks had not lost this season in four games, and the Blues had not won in three games. Also the Hawks had beaten the Blues the previous night at the St. Louis Arena.But the Blues struck quickly in their big win and scored ail three goals in the first 14 minutes of the game. Frank St. Marseille, temporarily benched and playing only one shift in the game, beat Chicago goalie Tony Esposito while Cliff Koroll was in the penalty box.Danny O&rsquo;Shea scored the winning goal at 4:11 of the opening period, and Phil Roberto added the final St. Louis tally on a pass from Floyd Thomson before Ko roll made the only Chicago goal, also in the first period.St. Louis coach Al Arbour shuffled his lines for the game. Jack Egers, who had been playing with St. Marseille and Gary Sabourin, was put back on last year&rsquo;s line with Garry Unger and Mike Murphy. Roberto, taken off the Unger-Murphy line, was put with rookie center Wayne Merrick and Thomson. The third line was made up of brothers Danny and Kevin O&rsquo;Shea with converted defenseman Chris Evans.Arbour used four, instead of six, defensemen in the game, and all four played outstanding hockey. The pairs were Barclay Plager with Andre Dupont and Bob Plager with Steve Durbano. Noel Picard, who had played every game thus far on his healing feet, was rested.And there was an excellent performance by the Blues&rsquo; rookie goalie, Wayne Stephenson, who stopped 41 Chicago shots. The Hawks dominated play in the second and third periods and outshot the Blues over the game, 42-26.The game included two disputes about possible goals in the third period, but settling the arguments in favor of either side would not have changed the outcome. Bare Plager argued unsuccessfully that a St. Louis shot had gone into the net and bounced back out and that the goal judge didn&rsquo;t see it. Then a longer argument occurred a few minutes later when the goal judge at the other end signaled a goal by Koroll after the puck had bounced back from the net. The Blues complained, and referee Ron Wicks disallowed the goal.Arbour said later, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure about Unger&rsquo;s, but I know darn well that they didn&rsquo;t score.&rdquo;The first win over the Black Hawks in Chicago would have served as a tonic for the Blues at any time. But the timing could not have been better in the fourth game of the young season after two losses and a tie.The Blues had not been impressive in their first three games against Western Division opponents. Arbour complained of a lack of coordination in defensive play, and there was a lack of scoring punch.The Blues are a very young team, and a successful season is not guaranteed. The Blues have made the playoffs every year of their existence and have gone to the Stanley Cup finals three of the five years. The team has a terrific amount of talent and the potential for a really big season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01767/3041207-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="308" height="339"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY O&rsquo;SHEA&hellip;Notched Winner</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Blues Finally Get Revenge On Chicago Ice

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11122/3041469-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg" title="f0014-11" width="823" height="586"></div>(Including Games Of Sun. Oct. 22)<h2>ATLANTA Flames</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01765/3041462-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="157" height="140"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02653/3041455-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="416" height="270"></div><h2>BOSTON Bruins</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03509/3041448-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="152" height="145"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04371/3041441-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="425" height="274"></div><h2>BUFFALO Sabres</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05278/3041434-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="134" height="137"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06236/3041427-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="426" height="303"></div><h2>CALIFORNIA Seals</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07192/3041420-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="146" height="98"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08166/3041413-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="415" height="274"></div><h2>CHICAGO Black Hawks</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09152/3041406-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="144" height="127"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10136/3041399-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="410" height="269"></div><h2>DETROIT Red Wings</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-12111/3041392-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="166" height="91"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1394/3041385-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="418" height="257"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES Kings</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1475/3041378-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="131" height="152"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1566/3041371-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="416" height="275"></div><h2>MINNESOTA North Stars</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1655/3041364-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="145" height="127"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1753/3041357-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="414" height="270"></div><h2>MONTREAL Canadiens</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1932/3041350-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="157" height="124"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2030/3041343-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="417" height="285"></div><h2>NEW YORK Islanders</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2126/3041336-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="162" height="154"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2223/3041329-1-eng-US/f0014-222.jpg" title="f0014-22" width="419" height="302"></div><h2>NEW YORK Rangers</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2318/3041322-1-eng-US/f0014-232.jpg" title="f0014-23" width="135" height="135"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2416/3041315-1-eng-US/f0014-242.jpg" title="f0014-24" width="423" height="284"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA Flyers</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2512/3041308-1-eng-US/f0014-252.jpg" title="f0014-25" width="163" height="119"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2612/3041301-1-eng-US/f0014-262.jpg" title="f0014-26" width="423" height="283"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH Penguins</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2711/3041294-1-eng-US/f0014-272.jpg" title="f0014-27" width="159" height="139"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2811/3041287-1-eng-US/f0014-282.jpg" title="f0014-28" width="416" height="283"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS Blues</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2910/3041280-1-eng-US/f0014-292.jpg" title="f0014-29" width="159" height="146"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-308/3041273-1-eng-US/f0014-302.jpg" title="f0014-30" width="416" height="286"></div><h2>TORONTO Maple Leafs</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-317/3041266-1-eng-US/f0014-312.jpg" title="f0014-31" width="140" height="155"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-326/3041259-1-eng-US/f0014-322.jpg" title="f0014-32" width="422" height="296"></div><h2>VANCOUVER Canucks</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-335/3041252-1-eng-US/f0014-332.jpg" title="f0014-33" width="163" height="115"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-344/3041245-1-eng-US/f0014-342.jpg" title="f0014-34" width="418" height="301"></div><div class="sidebar"><h2>NHLS EAST WEST SCOREBOARD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1834/3041238-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="791" height="145"></div>(Statistics include games of Sun. Oct. 22) &#9632;</div>

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01739/3041500-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="673" height="479"></div>CHICAGO&mdash;To give you an idea of how well-fortified the Black Hawks are on defense, examine the case of one Patrick James Stapleton.You would think, wouldn&rsquo;t you, that this clever veteran of All Star and Team Canada fame would have glided right into the Chicago line up after ending his very brief retirement just as the 1972-73 National Hockey League season commenced.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02663/3041507-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="146" height="251"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 146px">Pat Stapleton</figcaption></div>After all, here is one of the game&rsquo;s premier rearguards, and after shocking the Chicago clan with talk of quitting, it would only seem logical that the team would have chartered a jet just to get him to the opener on time. Maybe even a red carpet.Didn&rsquo;t quite happen that way. When the Hawks made their season debut in Toronto, Stapleton partook in just one (1) shift. The next night, just slightly more. At the end of the first week of the season, while it was perfectly obvious that he would be getting progressively more work, he was hardly being employed by coch Billy Reay to the point where fatigue would set in.Reay gave Stapleton two turns at center during the club&rsquo;s recent trip to Vancouver. Stapleton was originally a pivot in minor league hockey at Portland of the WHL.&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t forget,&rdquo; emphasized Reay, &ldquo;he missed the whole week of practice, and after he came back from Team Canada, he was very tired. And, we&rsquo;re fortunate to be in good shape back there (defense).&rdquo;Other participants in the Soviet series were tired too, of course, but Stapleton upon returning had some decisions to make. This added to the stress.&ldquo;I really didn&rsquo;t know what I was going to do,&rdquo; said the 32 year old veteran. &ldquo;I had my rink business in Chicago (he owns two), a wife and five children and my career as a professional hockey player to think about. I didn&rsquo;t know whether I could be fair to everything.&rdquo;Stapleton finally decided that he could accomodate all three, but he did decide to make some modifications in his burgeoning rink venture.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve talked with my partner,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and we decided that we could probably hire someone to take over a lot of the things I was doing. But I&rsquo;m not divorcing myself from the business&hellip;not at all.&rdquo;Stapleton insisted that the change of heart did not involve any renegotiation of the last year of his three-year contract. But feel free to speculate that management gave him more than a handshake to return.At any rate, when he returned, the blueline situation was well in hand with three standbys&mdash;Bill White, Keith Magnuson and Doug Jarrett&mdash;plus the Hawks&rsquo; rookie jewel, Phil Russell. The latter youngster assumed Stapleton&rsquo;s spot beside White, and when Reay was asked why Russell was temporarily allowed to bump Stapleton, the dean of NHL coaches emitted that famous glare and barked &ldquo;because the kid earned it.&rdquo;However, as the Hawks departed on a six-game road spin in mid-October, Reay was showing a strong inclination to employ all five rearguards. Stapleton was gradually honing himself into top shape, and the other four were cruising along nicely&mdash;the Hawks won all four of their opening contests and allowed but five goals in doing so.Stapleton, meanwhile, was confident that the left leg which bothered him last winter wouldn&rsquo;t be a problem this year. He was working on a new exercise schedule which tightened up the knee ligaments. The whole problem stemmed from that painful mishap Stapleton incurred in February, 1970. when he rammed into a goalpost, missed the rest of the season and was feared too seriously hurt to resume playing ever again.&ldquo;It acted up last year and I was told by the doctors that I&rsquo;d need, surgery sooner or later.&rdquo; Stapleton said. &ldquo;But then I went on this exercise program and it started feeling much better. It didn&rsquo;t bother me during the Russian series.&rdquo;While the Hawks were well off defensively. Reay remarked as the club departed for the extended road sojourn that he&rsquo;d like to see a little more consistency.&ldquo;So far. we&rsquo;ve been in and out,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and that&rsquo;s not good. Id like to see us play more even.&rdquo;HAWK EY TALK: By losing their fifth game of the campaign, the Hawks had snapped their 16-game regular-season unbeaten streak extending back to March ot last season. Not included, of course, were the four straight playoff setbacks to New York in April&hellip;That loss was suffered at the hands of the St. Louis Blues, who achieved their first Victory in Chicago in six years, a 3-1 verdict.</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>TOP 25 SCORERS</h2>Scoring key: GP&mdash;games played; G&mdash;goal; A&mdash;attitf; PTS&mdash;points; PIM&mdash;penalties in minutes; PPG&mdash;power play goal; SHG&mdash;shorthanded goal; WG&mdash;winning goal; TG-tieing goal.) &#9632;

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Well-Fortified Hawks Slow To Find Spot For Stapleton

MONTREAL&mdash;The surprising Buffalo Sabres are one of three undefeated teams in the National Hockey League today and the prime reason for their early season success is the formidable offensive power displayed by one of the most exciting young forward lines in the league.Center Gilbert Perreault. 22, right winger Rene Robert. 23, and left winger Rick Martin, 21, have combined for 19 goals, 27 assists and 46 points to lead the Sabres on their seven-game undefeated streak. This represents 62.2 per cent of the club&rsquo;s total output. Last week during three games the trio accounted for 12 of Buffalo&rsquo;s 14 goals and 29 of 34 scoring points. If the line were to maintain its current sizzling pace over the balance of the season it would finish with a phenomenal total 211 goals, 302 assists and 513 points. The existing record output by a line is 140 goals. 196 assists and 336 points set by Boston&rsquo;s Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman in 1970-71.Perreault led all scorers last week with 11 points (three goals, eight assists) and heads the scoring parade with 19 points. Robert&rsquo;s 10-point performance (two goals, eight assists) vaulted him into second spot with 15 points, one more than John Bucyk of Boston who shares the league-lead in assists with Perreault at 13 each, and two ahead of Bruins&rsquo; Fred Stanfield who has 13 points. Martin, with an amazing seven goals and one assist last week&mdash;including the season&rsquo;s first four-goalgame against Atlanta,&mdash;shares fifth place with Stan Mikita of Chicago. Each has 12 points, Martin is the goalscoring leader with nine.No team can succeed on defensive power alone and thus it is no surprise that the three undefeated teams. Montreal Canadiens, Buffalo and Detroit Red Wings have exhibited the soundest goaltending thus far. All three clubs have permitted the opposition an average of fewer than two goals per game.Ken Dryden of Montreal, who, like Robert and Martin this season and Perreault last year, does not seem to be suffering from the sophomore jinx, has combined with rookie Michel Plasse to lead the NHL with a sparkling 1.57 goals-against average. Buffalo&rsquo;s Roger Crozier, who has completed all seven ot his team&rsquo;s games, has provided Sabres with a 1.71 average, slightly better than Detroit&rsquo;s tandem of Hoy Edwards and Denis DeJorcly, who have teamed tor a 1.83 goals against average and helped their club to its first six-game, winning streak January. 1969. &#9632;

NHL WEEK

<div class="byline">BY HARRY KLAFF</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRAOSBY. LTDArnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRAOSBY. LTDArnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaLONG ISLAND&mdash;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to be a real good one,&rdquo; promised N.Y. Islander general manager Bill Torrey when he unveiled number one draft pick Billy Harris at a press conference last summer, and if his first three N.H.L. games mean anything, the 20-year-old Toronto native will fulfill his boss&rsquo; expectations, and then some.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01579/3041562-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="144" height="234"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 144px">Billy Harris</figcaption></div>After a loss, a win, and a loss against Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Boston, the youngster was leading the club with four goals and one assist for five points. Billy also topped Islander scorers during the eightgame exhibition schedule with six goals and eight assists.&ldquo;So far he&rsquo;s been everything we expected,&rdquo; said coach Phil Goyette. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s one of the most advanced rookies I&rsquo;ve ever seen. He can do everything so well.&rdquo;It appears that Billy&rsquo;s greatest assets are his speed and anticipation. He has the knack of always being where the opposition isn&rsquo;t. All four of his early goals were scored from virtually the same spot-10-20 feet in front of the net-unchecked.Not only does he slip away from the opposition in the slot, he displays the same ability in breaking free for a clearing pass in the neutral zone. The opposition simply can&rsquo;t stay close enough to him to act as a shadow.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t explain it, but it does seem to be true,&rdquo; said Harris. &ldquo;When I get my best opportunities, I&rsquo;m all alone. I just hope that whatever I&rsquo;m doing, I can keep it up.&rdquo;Another contributing factor to Harris&rsquo; early success is the way that he and his linemates&mdash;Germain Gagnon on left wing and Dave Hudson at center-have played so well together. The unit was formed during the second pre-season game against Atlanta September 18, and has been virtually Islanders, total offense ever since.The line, still unnamed, totaled 16 goals and 20 assists during the pre-season slate and continued its surge when the bell sounded for the regular schedule. By the second game of the season, the trio had accounted for four of Islanders&rsquo; first five goals.Billy&rsquo;s only disaster during the first week of the season came in the second period of Islanders&rsquo; first win-a 3-2 decision over L.A. Kings. Harris was breaking down his right wing (he&rsquo;s a left-hand shot, by the way) when L.A. defenseman Barry Long threw his stick at the puck. Referee Wally Harris pointed to center ice as the crowd hushed in anticipation of a penalty shot.Harris picked up the puck at the red line, skated to within 25 feet of Rogatien Vachon, and lost control of the puck. &ldquo;I was ready to shoot, but the puck jumped off my stick,&rdquo; he explained after the failure. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t explain why. I wasn&rsquo;t trying to deke him because I was ready to shoot.&rdquo;As if he had to prove something, the former Toronto Marlie star promptly scored two goals to keep Islanders in the game, and watched his linemate Gagnon tally the game-winner with 1.09 left on the clock.Despite his great start, Billy still isn&rsquo;t making any predictions. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no way, I can say how many goals I&rsquo;ll score this year. It&rsquo;s a long season and every game is tough. I&rsquo;ll just take them as they come.&rdquo; So far they&rsquo;ve been coming like clockwork.ISLAND BRIEFS&mdash;Although the Nassau Coliseum is a comfortable place to watch a hockey game, there are still a number of bugs in the building. L.A. Kings&rsquo; Mike Corrigan checked Islanders&rsquo; Dave Hudson into the boards one night and both disappeared. The Zamboni gate still has a habit of opening up on contact&hellip;After playing their first seven at home, Islanders hit the road October 29, not returning to the Coliseum until November 14. &#9632;</div>

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Billy The Kid Instant Hit With New York Islanders

<h2>In The East</h2>Rick Martin was overlooked in rookie-of4he-year voting last year, and Buffalo Sabres&rsquo; opponents are paying the price.Sabres have amazed the experts by remaining undefeated after seven starts, and the Martin-Gilbert Perreault-Rene Robert line is chiefly responsible. Martin, in fact, has been potting &lsquo;em at such a brisk pace that he threatens to eclipse Phil Esposito&rsquo;s mark of 76 goals in one season. Martin already has nine markers, four of them coming in Buffalo&rsquo;s 7-3 romp over Atlanta Flames. The night before, he notched Sabres&rsquo; only goal as Buffalo salvaged a 1-1 tie in St. Louis.Maybe Punch Imlach was right. At this rate, the Sabres are an excellent possibility to become the first NHL expansion team to win the Stanley Cup!<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02502/3041600-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="306" height="335"><figcaption class="caption-body">RICK MARTIN&hellip;Buffalo Sabres</figcaption></div><h2>In The West</h2>Pretty soon every player in the NHL will want to grow a beard&mdash;if the foliage-frocked Bill Flett continues his current measure of success, that is.Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; mod&rsquo;Cowboy&rsquo;upped his goals total to six in as many starts by scoring two, including the last-minute clincher in a 4-3 triumph over Los Angeles Kings, and contributing Flyers&rsquo; final tally in a 3-3 tie with California Seals.Flett&rsquo;s marksmanship is the principal reason why Philadelphia has been able to remain within striking distance of the West Division leaders thus far. The Flyers are probably pinching themselves every time Flett plays. He originally defected to the rival WHA and then became the first National Leaguer to jump back.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03401/3041593-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="291" height="303"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL FLETT&hellip;Philadelphia Flyers</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Player’s of the week

C-CaptainA-Alternate Captain<h2>MONTREAL</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Ken DrydenMichel PlasseWayne Thomas<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Jacques Laperriere AGuy LapointeSerge SavardPierre BouchardDale HogansonBob MurdochDale Hoganson<h3>CENTER</h3>Jacques LemairePete MahovlichRejean HouleHenri Richard C<h3>R. WING</h3>Yvan Cournoyer AGuy LafleurClaude LaroseJimmy RobertsChuck Arnason<h3>L WING</h3>Frank Mahovlich AMore TardifSteve ShuttChuck Lefley<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>CHICAGO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Tony EspositoGory Smith<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Doug Jarrett APat StapletonBill White AKeith MognusotPhil RussellJohn Marks<h3>CENTER</h3>Stan Mikita APit MartinLou AngottiBrian OgilvieDarryl Moggs<h3>R. WING</h3>Chico MakiCliff KorollJim PappinJ.P. Bordeleau<h3>L WING</h3>Dennis HullDan MaloneyJerry Korab<h3>INJURED</h3>None.<h2>BOSTON</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Ed JohnstonRoss Brooks<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Dallas SmithDon AwreyCarol VodnaisNick BeverlyBobby Orr<h3>CENTER</h3>Phil Esposito AFred StanfieldAce Bailey<h3>R. WING</h3>Ken HodgeWayne CashmanTerry O&rsquo;ReillyFred O&rsquo;Donnell<h3>L WING</h3>John Bucyk ADon MarcotteMike Walton<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>ST.L0UIS</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Jacques CaronWayne Stephenson<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Andre DupontChris EvansSteve DurbanoNoel PicardBob Plager ABarclay Plager A<h3>CENTER</h3>Gary UngerFrank St. Marseille ADanny O&rsquo;SheaFran HuckWayne Merrick<h3>R. WING</h3>Mike MurphyKevin O&rsquo;SheaGary Sabourin<h3>L WING</h3>Jack EgersPhil RobertoFloyd ThomsonJim Shires<h3>INJURED</h3>None.<h2>DETROIT</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Roy EdwardsDenis DeJordy<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Gary Bergman ALarry JohnstonRon StackhouseRick NewellThommie Bergman<h3>CENTER</h3>Red Berenson AMarcel DionneAlex Delvecchio CHenry Boucha<h3>R. WING</h3>Mickey RedmondBill CollinsLeon RochefortLen Fontaine<h3>L WING</h3>Nick LibettTim EcclestoneGuy CharronAl Kariander<h3>INJURED</h3>Gary Doak<h2>CALIFORNIA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Gilles MelocheMarv Edwards<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Dick Redmond ARick Smith ABobby StewartBert Marshall CMarshall JohnstonTed McAneeley<h3>CENTER</h3>Walt McKechnie AIvan Boldirev AStan WeirJoey Johnston<h3>R. WING</h3>Reggie LeachHilliard GravesCraig Patrick<h3>L WING</h3>Stan GilbertsonGary CroteauPete Laframboise<h3>INJURED</h3>None.<h2>TORONTO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Jocques PlanteRon Low<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Bob Baun AMike PelykJim McKennyBrian GlennieLarry McIntyreJohn Grisdale<h3>CENTER</h3>Dave Keon CGeorge FergusonDarryl Sittier<h3>R. WING</h3>Ron Ellis ARick KehoeRandy Osburn<h3>L WING</h3>Paul HendersonDenis DupereGarry MonahanErrol Thompson<h3>INJURED</h3>Norm Ullman APierre Jarry<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Doug FavellBob Taylor<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Barry AshbeeBrent HughesWayne HillmanJoe WatsonJean PotvinBill BrossartTom Bladon<h3>CENTER</h3>Bobby ClarkeBill ClementLarry Wright<h3>R. WING</h3>Gary DomhoeferDon SaleskiBill FlettSimon Nolet<h3>L WING</h3>Bob KellyRoss LonsberryDave SchultzRick MacLeish<h3>INJURED</h3>Ed Van Impe C<h2>RANGERS</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Ed GiacominGilles Villemure<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Brad Park ARod SeilingDale RolfeAb DeMarcoCurt Bennett<h3>CENTER</h3>Jean RotelleWalt TkaczukPete StemkowskiBob Rousseau<h3>R. WING</h3>Rod Gilbert ABill FairbairnRon Stewart<h3>L WING</h3>Vic Hodfield CGene CarrGlen SatherSteve VickersTed Irvine<h3>INJURED</h3>Jim Neilson ABruce MacGregor<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Jim RutherfordDenis Herron<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Dave BurrowsDarryl EdestrandSheldon KannegiesserDuane RuppJack LynchBryan Watson<h3>CENTER</h3>Syl AppsBryan HextallRon SchockRon LalondeRick Kessell<h3>R. WING</h3>Ken Schinkel ANick HarbarukAl McDonoughJean Pronovost<h3>L WING</h3>Eddie ShackGreg PolisLowell MocDonaldSteve Cardwell<h3>INJURED</h3>None<h2>BUFFALO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Roger CrozierDave Dryden<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Tim HortonLarry HillmanMike RobitailleTracy PrattJim SchoenfeldRay McKayLarry Carriere<h3>CENTER</h3>Gilbert Perreault AGerry Meehan CJim LorentzDon Luce<h3>R. WING</h3>Rene RobertSteve AtkinsonRon BusniukRick DudleyLarry Mickey<h3>L WING</h3>Rick MartinCraig RamsayButch DeadmarshRandy Wyrozub<h3>INJURED</h3>None.<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Rogatien VachonGary Edwards<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Terry HarperPaul CurtisGilles Marotte AHarry Howell ABarry LongNeil Komadoski<h3>CENTER</h3>Ralph Backstrom AJuha WidingButch GoringJim Peters<h3>R. WING</h3>Serge BernierDoug VolmarMike CorriganVic Venasky<h3>L WING</h3>Bob BerryReal LemieuxBill LesukDon Kozak<h3>INJURED</h3>Larry Brown<h2>VANCOUVER</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Dune WilsonEd Dyck<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Jocelyn GuevremontDale Tallon AJim HargreavesLarry BolonchukGregg BoddyBarry Wilkins<h3>CENTER</h3>Orland Kurtenbach CAndre Boudrias ARichard Lemieux<h3>R. WING</h3>Bob SchmautzJohn WrightBobby LalondeJerry O&rsquo;Flaherty<h3>L WING</h3>Wayne MakiDon TannahillDon Lever<h3>INJURED</h3>Dave Balon<h2>MINNESOTA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Cesare ManiagoLome WorsleyGilles Gilbert<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Ted Harris CBarry Gibbs ADoug MohnsTom ReidDennis O&rsquo;Brien<h3>CENTER</h3>Jude DrouinDennis HextallMurray OliverCharlie Burns A<h3>R. WING</h3>Bob NevinBill GoldsworthyBuster HarveyLou Nanne<h3>L WING</h3>Danny GrantJean-Paul Parise AJerry ByersDean Prentke<h3>INJURED</h3>Fred Barrett<h2>ISLANDERS</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Gerry DesjardinsBilly SmithGerry Gray<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Arnie BrownBill MikkelsonJim MairRon SmithKen MurrayBrian Lefley<h3>CENTER</h3>Dave HudsonTerry CrispRichard Grenier<h3>R. WING</h3>Billy HarrisCraig CameronEddie Westfall<h3>L WING</h3>Germain GagnonBrian SpencerLome HenningBrian MarchinkoTom MillerBrian Lavender<h3>INJURED</h3>Gerry Hart<h2>ATLANTA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3>Dan BouchardPhil Myre<h3>DEFENSE</h3>Ron HarrisPat Quinn ABill PlagerRandy ManeryNoel Prke ABob ParadiseKerry Ketter<h3>CENTER</h3>Bobby LeiterMorris StefaniwJohn Stewart<h3>R. WING</h3>Norm GrattonBilly MacMillanLew Morrison<h3>L WING</h3>Ernie HickeKeith McCreary CJacques Richard<h3>INJURED</h3>Bill HogaboamLucien GrenierRey ComeauLarry Romanchyeh &#9632;

NHL Team Rosters

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-2111/3041778-1-eng-US/f0017-212.jpg" title="f0017-21" width="260" height="164"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-2020/3041785-1-eng-US/f0017-202.jpg" title="f0017-20" width="236" height="169"></div>Tue. Oct. 17<h2>PITTSBURGH 5 at N.Y. ISLANDERS 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01491/3041771-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="326" height="289"></div><h2>CHICAGO 3 at VANCOUVER 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02436/3041764-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="329" height="409"></div>Wed. Oct. 18<h2>MONTREAL 4 at St. LOUIS 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03361/3041757-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="341" height="398"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH 3 at TORONTO 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04285/3041750-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="329" height="343"></div><h2>BOSTON 1 at N.Y. RANGERS 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05236/3041743-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="332" height="423"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 4 at LOS ANGELES 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06201/3041736-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="328" height="378"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 6 at ATLANTA 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07178/3041729-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="326" height="305"></div>Thur. Oct. 19<h2>VANCOUVER 0 at BUFFALO 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08146/3041722-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="328" height="324"></div>Fri Oct. 20<h2>PHILADELPHIA 3 at CALIFORNIA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-09130/3041715-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="331" height="345"></div>Sat. Oct. 21<h2>VANCOUVER 3 at MONTREAL 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-10120/3041708-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="330" height="389"></div><h2>DETROIT 3 at TORONTO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-11103/3041701-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="329" height="267"></div><h2>N.Y. RANGERS 2 at N.Y. ISLANDERS 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1292/3041694-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="331" height="266"></div><h2>BOSTON 4 at PITTSBURGH 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1376/3041687-1-eng-US/f0017-132.jpg" title="f0017-13" width="326" height="337"></div><h2>BUFFALO 1 at ST. LOUIS 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1465/3041680-1-eng-US/f0017-142.jpg" title="f0017-14" width="331" height="264"></div><h2>CHICAGO 1 at LOS ANGELES 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1554/3041673-1-eng-US/f0017-152.jpg" title="f0017-15" width="326" height="268"></div><h2>CHICAGO 4 at CALIFORNIA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1652/3041666-1-eng-US/f0017-162.jpg" title="f0017-16" width="328" height="316"></div><h2>ATLANTA 3 at MINNESOTA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1745/3041659-1-eng-US/f0017-172.jpg" title="f0017-17" width="332" height="298"></div>SUN. OCT. 22<h2>MONTREAL 1 at N.Y. RANGERS 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1838/3041652-1-eng-US/f0017-182.jpg" title="f0017-18" width="321" height="221"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 at DETROIT 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1931/3041645-1-eng-US/f0017-192.jpg" title="f0017-19" width="328" height="393"></div><h2>VANCOUVER 5 at BOSTON 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01495/3041638-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="333" height="372"></div><h2>ATLANTA 2 at BUFFALO 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02401/3041631-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="330" height="385"></div> &#9632;

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SUMMARIES

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04235/3041847-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="298" height="167"></div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;Stardom has always been just around the corner for Barry Gibbs, and now it appears that the Minnesota defenseman has finally, at the ripe old age of 24. made the turn.Gibbs was off to the best start of his professional hockey career with two goals and an assist in Minnesota&rsquo;s first three games, but of greater significance was the general polish in the play of the young defenseman.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03300/3041854-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="145" height="253"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">Barry Gibbs</figcaption></div>He carries the puck, he shoots with velocity and accuracy, he gets the job done around his own net and he is a very tough man to beat in a one-on-one situation. Moreover, Gibbs has found a higher level of production while reducing his time in the penalty box. a situation which can likely be traced to the presence of Ted Harris and Dennis Hextail.Gibbs came to the North Stars in the summer of 1969 from the Boston organization, which was at the time stocked to its ears in quality defensemen. He had spent the previous two seasons with Oklahoma City in the Central Hockey League, where he had acquired the reputation as an offensive defenseman with a low boiling point.The North Stars had no real policeman in the 1969-70 season so Gibbs, at 185 pounds spotting weight and power to everyone he tangled with, inherited the job. He won a few imbroglios and he lost a few. while rolling up a Minnesota team record of 182 penalty minutes.His most important single achievement that season was a lob shot from the red line which got past Bernie Parent in the third period in a game at Philadelphia on the final weekend of the season. It provided a 1-0 victory for Minnesota, put the North Stars into the Stanley Cup playoffs and knocked the Flyers out.Then the North Stars acquired Harris in 1970 and Hextali the next season, which meant that Gibbs no longer had to act as a one-man enforcer for the club&rsquo;s smaller forwards. Harris and Hex were perfectly willing, and physically qualified, to assume the major portion of that task.In the last half of the 1971-72 season. Gibbs had to be one of the most effective players in the West Division. With seven points at the mid-season break, he got practically no backing at all for an All-Star game berth, but over the last half he burst loose with 17 points while improving his defensive play.The result was selection as recipient for the Tom Dill Memorial Award given annually to Minnesota&rsquo;s most outstanding defenseman. Barry had some tough competition for that trophy. too. from veterans such as Harris. Doug Mohns and Tom Reid.Coach Jack Gordon took one look at Gibbs in camp this year and observed: &ldquo;Gibbs looks ready to have himself a real season. He&rsquo;s become a solid all-around defenseman.&rdquo;That was what general manager Wren Blair had in mind, of course, when he pried Gibbs loose from the Boston organization in 1969. Reports on Gibbs in the Central Hockey League from scouts Harold Cotton. Ted O&rsquo;Connor and Gerald Blair were overwhelmingly favorable. He was very young at the time, only 21. but the North Stars were hurting on defense and Gibbs appeared to be just the long-range tonic the club was searching for.Now he has arrived, with a fluid puck-carrying style and a retention of his tough-style play around his own net. He broke down the middle for a goal in Mnnesota&rsquo;s 5-2 victory over California in the home opener at Metropolitan Sports Center, then repeated the move for a goal in a 3-3 tie with Vancouver.The best tipoff on Gibbs is the respect he receives from teammates. They regard him as one of the best defensemen in the NHL. A veteran now. Gibbs has the confidence to make the critical moves, to gamble at the right time. And the Minnesota fans, who were admittedly a little slow to warm up to him. have come to appreciate those skills.&ldquo;I just had a lot to learn,&rdquo; says Gibbs. &ldquo;There are no short cuts in this league. You take your lumps and you keep working, and after a while things seem to fall into place.&rdquo;If he retains his present pace. Gibbs is going to receive a lot more attention at All Star game time next January.NORTH STAR NOTES: Career milestones are approaching for three North Stars. Bob Nevin is nearing his 300th assist, Charlie Burns his 200th assist and Ted Harris 800 penalty minutes&hellip;The Stars were on the other end of the milestone department when Rod Gilbert recorded his 600th NHL point against them when Rangers waxed Minnesota 6-2. It was Minnesota&rsquo;s first loss in Madison Square Garden since the 1970-71 season&hellip;Jerry Byers, the youngest North Star at 20, was sent out to Cleveland Barons of the AHL for seasoning. The rookie was scoreless&hellip;Murray Oliver continues to be plagued by a sore knee&hellip;Minnesota trainer Stan Waylett suffered a heart disturbance while the team was winding up its exhibition season in St. Louis. Assistant trainer Dick Rose is handling the load while Waylett is recuperating&hellip;</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>NHL SCOREBOARD</h2>(Standings on Tuesday, October 24)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05180/3041840-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="303" height="166"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 17Pittsburgh 5 at N.Y. Islanders 0Chicago 3 at Vancouver 6Wed. Oct. 18Montreal 4 at St. Louis 4Pittsburgh 3 at Toronto 4Boston 1 at N.Y. Rangers 7Philadelphia 4 at Los Angeles 3Minnesota 6 at Atlanta 0Chicago at California (Moved to Oct 22)Thur. Oct. 19Vancouver 0 at Buffalo 6Fri. Oct. 20Philadelphia 3 at California 3Sat. Oct. 21Vancouver 3 at Montreal 5Detroit 3 at Toronto 1N.Y. Rangers 2 at N.Y. Islanders 1Boston 4 at Pittsburgh 2Buffalo 1 at St. Louis 1Chicago 1 at Los Angeles 3Atlanta 3 at Minnesota 2Sun. Oct. 22Montreal 1 at N.Y. Rangers 1Toronto 2 at Detroit 6Vancouver 5 at Boston 4Atlanta 2 at Buffalo 7Chicago 4 at California 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 24Montreal at N.Y. IslandersPittsburgh at VancouverMinnesota at St. LouisCalifornia at Los AngelesWed. Oct. 25Toronto at MinnesotaPhiladelphia at N.Y. RangersBoston at BuffaloAtlanta at CaliforniaThur. Oct. 26St. Louis at MontrealChicago at BostonDetroit at PhiladelphiaAtlanta at Los AngelesFri Oct. 27Pittsburgh at CaliforniaSat. Oct. 28Buffalo at MontrealBoston at TorontoChicago at N.Y. IslandersDetroit at St LouisAtlanta at VancouverPhiladelphia at MinnesotaPittsburgh at Los AngelesSun. Oct. 29Montreal at DetroitToronto at PhiladelphiaChicago at N.Y. RangersN.Y. Islanders at BostonMinnesota at BuffaloTues. Oct. 31Vancouver at Los AngelesWed. Nov. 1Montreal at PittsburghBuffalo at TorontoN.Y. Rangers at ChicagoN.Y. Islanders at CaliforniaAtlanta at DetroitSt. Louis at MinnesotaThur. Nov. 2Montreal at AtlantaBoston at Los AngelesPittsburgh at PhiladelphiaFri. Nov. 3N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver &#9632;

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Gibbs ‘Arrives’ For North Stars

<div class="byline">BY DAN DONOVAN</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;California, in general, and Los Angeles in particular is supposed to be the place to fulfill your dreams, but Al McDonough would prefer Pittsburgh.The Penguin has already sampled the promise of the West (&lsquo;oast and came back with a bad taste in his mouth. In Pittsburgh, he is an early-season hero.In the Penguins&rsquo; second game of the season. McDonough beat the St. Louis Blues with a hat trick, giving him four slick goals in the Penguins&rsquo; first two games.McDonough was a lost player in Los Angeles, sitting on the bench even though he was their first-round draft choice in 1970. When Pittsburgh traded defenseman Bob Woytowich for him, he scored seven goals in 21 games.&ldquo;For some reason,&rdquo; Penguin assistant general manager Jack Button said, &ldquo;Los Angeles had it in their minds he wasn&rsquo;t strong enough.&rdquo;McDonough says the Kings&rsquo; policy of playing veterans put him on the bench.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01475/3041885-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="146" height="242"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 146px">Al McDonough</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never been fat in my life.&rdquo; McDonough said, &ldquo;but I did get out of shape. We had those 10-day road trips and we would get no practice time. Since I wasn&rsquo;t playing, I would go 10-12 days without any ice time. When I did play, 1 wasn&rsquo;t in shape.&rdquo;If he is in shape, there is no doubt McDonough can score goals.&ldquo;He can really rifle the puck.&rdquo; St. Louis coach Al Arbour said.&ldquo;He can shoot without winding up and he&rsquo;s accurate,&rdquo; Penguin coach Red Kelly said.The Penguins knew about McDonough ever since he led the OHA in scoring for St. Catherines.&ldquo;We were interested in him in junior hockey,&rdquo; Button said. &ldquo;But we didn&rsquo;t have a draft pick high enough to get him. Ever since then we kept bringing his name up whenever we talked to Los Angeles. Finally we got him.&rdquo;No doubt the Penguins need a more balanced scoring attack this year and McDonough may be the key. He is playing on a line with a high-scoring left wing, Greg Polis. And the Penguins have two scorers, Jean Pronovost and Syl Apps, on another line.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to be a consistent scorer,&rdquo; McDonough said, &ldquo;ld like to get a goal about every three games. I&rsquo;d be happy with 25 goals.&rdquo;McDonough didn&rsquo;t pick 25 goals out of the air. If he makes that total, he will also make more money.&ldquo;When I was drafted by Los Angeles,&rdquo; McDonough said, &ldquo;I singed a three-year contract, so this year I&rsquo;m only making a little more money even with the hockey war. Fortunately, this club was nice enough to give me a bonus clause. After 25 goals, it is all gravy.&rdquo;Like any young player who didn&rsquo;t get much of a chance, McDonough is bitter about Los Angeles.The practices held by the two coaches McDonough played for, Larry Regan and Fred Glover, made little sense to McDonough.&ldquo;Regan was a taskmaster,&rdquo; McDonough said. &ldquo;If we lost it was because we weren&rsquo;t in shape, so we would work without accomplishing anything.&ldquo;With Glover, we had a set practice every day. We never worked on our faults.&rdquo;McDonough sees a difference in Red Kelly&rsquo;s workouts.&ldquo;So far, Red is the type of coach I like to work for.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Everything we do seems to have a purpose.&rdquo;PENGUIN CHATTER: When the Penguins beat the Blues in St. Louis Oct. 11, it was the first television game beamed back to Pittsburgh the Penguins have ever won. The winless streak went 35 games spanning four seasons&hellip;In that game, Nick Harbaruk played in his 200th consecutive game&hellip;Seeing little action during the early going is left wing Steve Cardwell, who Kelly says had a bad preseason&hellip;Rookie goalie Denis Herron had a shaky debut, although he won 5-2 over California Oct. 14&hellip;In that game, California&rsquo;s Joey Johnston hit Herron in the nose with his stick, but policeman Bryan Watson came back and hit Johnston with a cross-check. &#9632;</div>

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New Penguin Hero Al McDonough Aims To Stick In NHL

<div class="byline">BY JIM HUBER</div>ATLANTA&mdash;The locker rooms in the new Omni are large and well equipped. The trainer&rsquo;s room is big enough for two whirlpools and all of his other paraphenalia.One thing the Atlanta Flames found lacking in their new home here, however, was a hospital.They definitely could use space for five or six beds and a few cutting tables.The Flames were hit with two more costly injuries during, of all things, a light practice the Monday after they opened in the spectacular new 15,268-seat Omni on a Saturday night.Both Larry Romanchych and Rey Comeau found cracks in the new ice, caught their skates and went down for the count. Comeau pulled a groin muscle but wasn&rsquo;t expected to miss much action.Romanchych, like Comeau a center, found the skating a bit more difficult. He dislocated thekneecap on his left leg and was lost to the Flames for a dozen more days.Combined with the loss of Lucien Grenier on the final day of training camp to a broken leg, the Flames were looking to the skies and wondering why.In all, Atlanta has lost five skaters over the past three weeks. Grenier will be out until at least late January. The two centers injured in Atlanta were expected back soon. Forward Bill Hoga-boam, who strained knee ligaments in an exhibition game, was expected back soon. Jean Lemieux, a promising youngster, also strained ligaments and was sent to Atlanta&rsquo;s Omaha club on crutches.And yet, the Flames have played their first six games in a style very unlike expansionists. They held the powerful Montreal Canadiens to a goal a period, losing 3-0, and forced Chicago to score twice on power plays, losing 4-1.The best defensive effort of the season came in the home opener before a packed house against Buffalo. The Flames got splendid goal Tvork from Phil Myre and tied the Sabres, 1-1.The Sabres took 17 shots on goal in a hectic final period but Myre, who is coming into his own after some frustrating seasons in Montreal, had the crowd on its feet with his stops.The new Omni, only finished enough to play a game and seat fans in, turned into a spectacular attraction. The final touches will be applied during the next month and the building will be complete by the first of December.There is not, as the man says, a bad seat in the house. The sight lines, partially because of the diagnonal rink, are magnificent. Unlike Los Angeles&rsquo; Forum, where the seats slope gradually, the Omni goes nearly straight up.Underneath the new facility will be office and storage space for not only the Flames but the NBA Atlanta Hawks, the Omnigroup and the custodial services.The Omni is located directly downtown and over 8,000 parking spaces are available within 1,000 feet of the front door.If this sounds a bit like cheerleading, take it that way. It&rsquo;s truly a magnificent building, called by some &ldquo;the finest in the world&rdquo;, and the city of Atlanta is better off for it.ICE SPARKS: Bob Paradise, the burly defenseman from Minnesota, has turned into the Flames&rsquo; best brawler. In the first five games, he had two fights and several more flareups. And he doesn&rsquo;t lose many, either&hellip;The Flames called young John Stewart back from the loan-out to Nova Scotia. In his first game there, Stewart scored once and assisted on three other goals. The Flames feel he&rsquo;s a comer&hellip;The Flames Booster Club picked up 330 members on its initial try and expects over 1,000 blefpre the end of the first season! &#9632;

Infirmary Working Overtime As Flames Injuries Mount

QUEBEC CITY&mdash;One of the most volatile competitors to ever play professional hockey. Maurice &ldquo;the Rocket&rdquo; Richard has discovered that the tension of directing a pro hockey team from behind the bench is more than his fiery constitution can handle.The third highest goal scorer in NHL history with 544 regular season markers during his tempestuous career with the Montreal Canadiens, Richard accepted the post of coach of the fledgling Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association and guided the club through its first two league encouters. After the team&rsquo;s second league encouter Richard requested a one-week leave of absence to reassess his position. The club had split its two games under the Rocket, losing 2-0 to the Cleveland Crusaders and defeating the Ottawa National 6-0After a few days at his home in Montreal, Richard informed the Quebec club that he wished to drop his position with the club.Commenting on the Rocket&rsquo;s decision Marius Fortier, the Nordiques&rsquo; general manager said: &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t ask Maurice Richard to die behind the bench. And it is obvious that this has become a superhuman task, beyond his powers.&rdquo;Richard indicated he would return to his fishing tackle business which requires extensive traveling.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01321/3041940-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="282" height="324"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAURICE RICHARD&hellip;Wants Easier Life</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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‘Rocket’ Quits As Coach Of Nordiques

<div class="byline">BY ED CONRAD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03195/3041978-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="300" height="133"></div>BOSTON&mdash;It is somewhat ironic that the New England Whalers&rsquo; first goal in their first World Hockey Association game has been authored by Dick Sarrazin.No doubt, the red light must&rsquo;ve made Whalers&rsquo; president Howard Baldwin as happy as Sarrazin or any other members of his team.This is because these two individuals&mdash;Baldwin as the Whalers&rsquo; young president and Sarrazin as one of its NHL experienced wingers&mdash;have been very close friends for a long time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02236/3041985-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="151" height="230"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Sarrazin</figcaption></div>Several years ago, Sarrazin was a hard-working young man from St. Gabriel de Brandon, Quebec, who was given an opportunity to play hockey with the Jersey Devils of the Eastern Hockey League.That was during the 1966-67 season, and Sarrazin&rsquo;s dedication and perserverance earned him the admiration of almost everyone in the Devils&rsquo; organization. He didn&rsquo;t have loads of talent but kept plugging.The lineup of admirers included Baldwin who was serving as the Jersey team&rsquo;s ticket manager.Three years later, after Sarrazin had played two full seasons for the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League, he sud-dendly was promoted to the Flyers. He and Baldwin were on the same &ldquo;team&rdquo; again, in Philadelphia: Dick on the ice and Howard as ticket manager of the NHL club.It was with the Flyers during the 1968-69 season that Sarrazin had his finest season. He had been called up strictly as an emergency defensive replacement but soon was put on the &ldquo;French Line&rdquo;, playing with center Andre Lacroix and Jean-Guy Gendron, now WHA regulars.In no time at all, Sarrazin, whose forte is positional defensive hockey, was netting goals at a regular clip for the low-scoring Flyers. He finished with 16 to go along with 30 assists, while playing in only 54 games.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s how it goes, I suppose,&rdquo; said Sarrazin, groping for an explanation for his offensive success. &ldquo;You can try and try and try and try but none of your shots go in. Then other times you just fire away, not even really trying to score&mdash;just put the puck on the net&mdash;and in she goes. This is what happened to me playing with Andre and Guy.&rdquo;The well ran dry the next season, however, when Sarrazin went 17 games without a goal. He was under constant pressure to score goals and it affected his entire game. He finally scored against the New York Rangers in his 18th game but even this slump-breaking goal didn&rsquo;t save his NHL job.Nevertheless. Baldwin was well aware of Sarrazin&rsquo;s ability and more so of his 100 percent effort. That&rsquo;s why, when Howard had something to say about whom the Whalers should try to persuade to their roster, he was quick to mention Sarrazin. And Dick was eager to join him.It was on a vVhaler power play that Sarrazin got his memorable goal&mdash;the Whalers&rsquo; first&mdash;against the Philadelphia Blazers at Boston Garden. It tied the score and New England went on to post a 4-3 victory.Afterwards, Baldwin congratulated Sarrazin on helping make the Whalers&rsquo; home opener a resounding success.Dick, meanwhile, was shaking Howard&rsquo;s hand in appreciation. Their long time association was mutually rewarding.NEW YORK: Another former Jersey Devil, goalie Peter Donnelly, posted a 5-0 shutout in his debut for the Raiders at Madison Square Garden. Donnelly was shocked when coach Camille Henry told him he would start. &ldquo;My jaw dropped all the way down to my ankles,&rdquo; laughed Donnelly. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even have time to get nervous.&rdquo;PHILADELPHIA: The Blazers, who were forced to postpone their first two games because of problems with the ice at Civic Center, are anxious for coach John McKenzie to join them as a player. McKenzie is still recuperating from a broken arm suffered in an exhibition game. Derek Sanderson was booed every time he touched the puck in his first WHA game in New York, but McKenzie said he wasn&rsquo;t treated too badly by the crowd.CLEVELAND: Joe Hardy hasn&rsquo;t wasted any time finding the goal-scoring range for the Crusaders. Hardy hit for the hat trick, first in Cleveland&rsquo;s brief WHA existence, in a 7-5 victory over the Nationals in Ottawa. It was a great scoring night for the Crusaders since they netted seven goals on only 22 shots on goal a great average in anybody&rsquo;s league.OTTAWA: The Nats are packing enough scoring punch but the problem is turning the red lights into victories. Ottawa has scored 15 goals in its first three games, all losses. The problem has been defense, since they&rsquo;ve given up 22 goals in that same span. And you don&rsquo;t win too many hockey games with a goals-against average of 7.3 a game.<h2>WHA SCOREBOARD</h2>(Standings on Monday, October 23)<h3>EAST DIVISION</h3><h3>WEST DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04149/3041971-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="301" height="127"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon. Oct. 16Chicago 1 at New England 4Tue. Oct. 17Los Angeles 5 at Minnesota 1Winnipeg 2 at Alberta 3New York 3 ot Cleveland 4Quebec at Philadelphia (postponed)Wed. Oct. 18New England 4 at Houston 1Thur. Oct. 19Minnesota 1 at Houston 5Quebec 4 at New England 3Chicago 2 at Ottawa 6Philadelphia 2 at Los Angeles 4Cleveland 3 at New York 1Fri. Oct. 20Philadelphia 1 at Alberta 4Minnesota 1 at Winnipeg 1Sat. Oct. 21Houston 2 at New York 3Ottawa 5 at Cleveland 3New England 4 at Quebec 6Sun. Oct. 22Ottawa 3 at Quebec 2Minnesota 5 at New York 4Philadelphia 3 at Winnipeg 6Chicago 4 at Los Angeles 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Mon. Oct. 23Minnesota at New England (Boston Garden)Tues. Oct. 24Philadelphia at Winnipeg Houston at QuebecNew England at ClevelandChicago at AlbertaWed. Oct. 25Ottawa at Los AngelesCleveland at PhiladelphiaThur. Oct. 25New England at New YorkMinnesota at QuebecOttawa at HoustonFri Oct. 27Los Angeles at PhiladelphiaAlberta at ClevelandChicago at WinnipegSat. Oct. 28Ottawa at PhiladelphiaLos Angeles at New YorkAlberta at New England (Boston Arena)Sun. Oct. 29Alberta at New YorkHouston at WinnipegCleveland at QuebecTues. Oct. 31Los Angeles at QuebecWinnipeg at ChicagoHouston at AlbertoWed. Nov. 1Winnipeg at MinnesotaPhiladelphia ot ClevelandChicago ot New England (Boston Arena)Thur. Nov. 2New York at MinnesotaLos Angeles at OttawaPhiladelphia ot QuebecFri. Nov. 3New York at WinnipegHouston at Alberta &#9632;

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Sarrazin Pays Off An Old Acquaintance Helping New England Whalers Ride High

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02137/3042152-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="262" height="501"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENNIS MURPHY&hellip;Discount Tickets</figcaption></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01200/3042159-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="147" height="189"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>WHA Good For Players</h2>FRIDAY, THE 13TH, what a night to open! The World Hockey Association now has had its coming out party in its dozen cities and this was the October evening the Los Angeles member made its debut. The National Hockey League and its 16 franchises were not among the celebrants. Whether the WHA will live to maturity as other outlaw leagues have done remains to be seen. Whether it will be good for hockey remains to be seen. The quality talent is spread thin now. Certainly it is good for the hockey player. Competition for contracts has enriched and increased the career potential of 500 players.George Gardner just turned 30 and he&rsquo;s in his 10th year as a professional goaler. He got to play only a few games in the majors until expansion brought Vancouver in. He played for Vancouver on and off the last two years and at the end of last season they had decided he was not good enough. He was the first player signed by the L.A. Sharks, which publicized him as a star. He played like one on opening night, but still got beat. Afterwards, he came out of the shower and said, &ldquo;You do your best and hope for the best. Why did I come over here? Money. That&rsquo;s the name of the game. They offered me such more than I could hope to make there. Is it staying in the majors? Well, these teams are as good as major league expansion teams.&rdquo;That is the party line. Instead of looking foolish by claiming their teams are as good as the NHLs, WHA members say they are as good as any expansion team and like all of them expect to get to be as good as any major league team. If they sign many more like Hull or Cheevers or Sanderson or Parent they may be on their way. For the time being, they looked about as good as a Western or American minor team before expansion. But that wasn&rsquo;t bad. The play was exciting and if you like this sport you could enjoy such games.They have brought their version of major league hockey to six or seven cities which did not have it before, and, strangely, six or seven cities which already had it, where the competition will be cutthroat. Los Angeles is one. The Sports Arena has not housed a hockey team since Jack Kent Cooke won the expansion berth in the NHL here and built his suburban Forum to host his Kings and others.Two men from the suburbs, Dennis Murphy and Gary Davidson, formed this rival league. Davidson now is the president of the league. At 37, he looks more like a surfer, blonde and trim. But he is a lawyer and builder, who helped found the American Basketball Association. On the eve of the opener here, he said, &ldquo;We figure we have the experience at this sort of thing, we have owners with money operating a popular sport in cities with sufficient fans to support one or two teams. Where we lack adequate arenas, we&rsquo;ll build them.&rdquo;L.A. had an adequate arena to spare and Murphy, now the head of the L.A. franchise, hosted a buffet dinner to celebrate his team&rsquo;s debut. A lot of out-of-work politicians turned out, including the last governor of California, Pat Brown, and maybe the next mayor of L.A., Jess Unruh. The food consisted of cold cuts and barbecue. One had expected them to outdo the Forum fare by providing something like pleasant under glass. Murphy may be on a diet. He is pudgy, which we call characters like this writer, who are fat. He is short. But he says he is tough. A Shanghai-born Irishman, he says, &ldquo;They say I can&rsquo;t pull this off, but when someone tells me I can&rsquo;t do something I&rsquo;m like a bull with a red cloth being waved in front of me.&rdquo; We thought about that awhile. The bull charges, but gets it between the shoulder blades at the finish.Murphy admits his franchise is selling seats at discounts this season. They gave enough away free for opening night to fill the house, but fell short, though more than 10,000 did show up, many of them kids, and with surprising enthusiasm for their new team. The sound level had been turned up in the arena and with the shouting of the fans, the music of a marching band and a rock group, and the cheering of enough cheerleaders from local schools to fill a football field, everyone got a headache.The announcer made sonic booms as he introduced celebrities like June Lockhart and John Berardino, who felt at home, having formerly played for the St. Louis Browns. The ceremonies ran overtime so they cut the part where selected cheerleaders were to sing the Sharks&rsquo; new song. One lass stood in an aisle so disappointed a tear ran down her cheek, honest. A rumor the song was written by the same man who wrote the Lakers song was discounted. Jack Kent Cooke does not moonlight. And if he had written it, it would have been sung.They had scattered some ice cubes on the concrete and in the game the players and pucks bounced like rubber balls. One intermission, they didn&rsquo;t water the surface, the next intermission they tried to, but a black liquid emerged. They have a blue puck in this league and they&rsquo;re going to go to a red one, but black ice is too much. Or black concrete. It will be mixed with red the color of blood most nights apparently.Terry Slater, the Sharks&rsquo; coach, says he doesn&rsquo;t like sissies and since he figures a fighting team is what the fans want that&rsquo;s what he plans to give them. His rowdies were charged with inciting riots on the exhibition trail and Slater paid the price in penalties for having alerted the referees in advance. The people were promised a fight opening night and almost exactly midway in the game it came as advertised. Two worthies, main-event class, whaled away. Later, lesser bouts completed the card. The people applauded their pleasure. Later, ring ropes will replace the plexiglass sideboards.Between periods it was announced that the person whose body rested in such and such a seat had won a luncheon at a fancy pub with Miss Lockhart, a little long of tooth by now, but still lovely. It turned out the winner was a five-year-old boy. Presumably, he will order the long-awaited pheasant under glass.At one point the P.A. paged owner Murphy to report to the press box. Apparently, he lacks the proper prestige. When they want Cooke at the Forum they send two scantily-clad cuties to plead with him and if he agrees and his wife approves they carry him to his destination.Things are less formal here. The small, bespectacled coach. Slater, wore white shoes, a white tie, maroon pants, a pink short and a striped sports coat of every color imaginable and he contained himself behind the bench about like a penned lion threat? ening to escape and attack at any moment.Last season Slater was with Des Moines in the International League. This year at the tender age of 34 he is with L.A. in the &ldquo;majors&rdquo; and he says the reason it took him so long to get to the top is that he is so colorful it scared the conservatives in the NHL. He boasts of having appeared on the bench wearing a tuxedo and of sticking cotton in a referee&rsquo;s whistle and of dumping a pail of ice on a player who was not putting out. He speaks of painting dressing rooms red and of hiding players&rsquo; skates and says this kind of spirit sparks the guys. He claims he is the world&rsquo;s worst loser, who destroys locker rooms, has locked himself in the team bus, and once left an arena so fast he forgot his wife.He wanted this one more than most to appeal to more people than they may draw again this season, but after thrilling the throng with the first goal, his side lost it, 3-2. Afterwards, the reporters approached him warily, but he stood there with his back to the wall, never hit anyone and simply said, &ldquo;Oug guys are too big. They get spotted for all the penalties. We got to be better actors. We got to get a break in penalties to win. And we will begin to win.&rdquo; The losing streak had reached one, but the coach continued confident.<h2>Loyalty Out The Window</h2>WE WENT TO PRAISE Gerry Odrowski for his play. We have seen him play for a hundred years in a hundred leagues. Yet he is only 34. Amazing. He seems older, except when he is in uniform on the ice. Someone said, &ldquo;You seemed to be on the ice the whole game.&rdquo; We said, &ldquo;Well, if they don&rsquo;t use the young guys, who are they going to use?&rdquo; Odrowski laughed. The quiet dressing room displayed disappointment. Odrowski said, &ldquo;We should have won.&rdquo; We? How fast does a player feel loyalty to a new team, one without a history? Well, Odrowski has played for ten different teams before this one. This is sports. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s about like being traded,&rdquo; he smiled. &ldquo;You put on your new uniform and they pay you so you give them your loyalty.&rdquo; But if he&rsquo;d been traded to this team last season there wouldn&rsquo;t even have been a uniform to put on. &ldquo;Well,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re all in the same boat here. We&rsquo;re a bunch of guys who have been gotten together and we feel for one another. Most teams are just bunches of guys. Few teams have great traditions. It&rsquo;s all the same out on the ice. You want your side to win.&ldquo;I had no complaints with the St. Louis Blues. They have a great organization and treated me well. And they said they wanted me back. But they always say they want you back. And they always send you down. Or trade you. Or sell you. I didn&rsquo;t want to move any more. I&rsquo;ve got a contract that says I&rsquo;ll stay here three years. Security was the big thing with me. And prolonging ny career. And money, of course. But I&rsquo;m not in the big-money class. They offered me more than I would have made in the NHL and every little bit helps an old married man like me with a family to support. What if the league folds? I don&rsquo;t think it will. It&rsquo;s a gamble players can take. If you&rsquo;re tops, the other league will take you back. If you&rsquo;re near the end of the road, you don&rsquo;t need the other league anyway. How good are the teams in this league? About like the major league expansion teams,&rdquo; he smiled.We wished him well. We wish all of them well. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

Mon. Oct. 16<h2>CHICAGO 1 at NEW ENGLAND 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01178/3042330-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="348" height="318"></div>Tue. Oct. 17<h2>LOS ANGELES 5 at MINNESOTA 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02138/3042323-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="340" height="352"></div><h2>WINNIPEG 2 at ALBERTA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-03110/3042316-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="338" height="326"></div><h2>NEW YORK 3 at CLEVELAND 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0488/3042309-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="338" height="410"></div>Wed. Oct. 18<h2>NEW ENGLAND 4 at HOUSTON 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0571/3042302-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="331" height="310"></div>Thur. Oct. 19<h2>MINNESOTA 1 at HOUSTON 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0662/3042295-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="332" height="355"></div><h2>QUEBEC 4 at NEW ENGLAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0757/3042288-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="333" height="378"></div><h2>CHICAGO 2 at OTTAWA 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0848/3042281-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="337" height="372"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 3 at NEW YORK 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0939/3042274-1-eng-US/f0023-092.jpg" title="f0023-09" width="337" height="281"></div>Fri. Oct 20<h2>MINNESOTA 1 ot WINNIPEG 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1031/3042267-1-eng-US/f0023-102.jpg" title="f0023-10" width="330" height="295"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 1 at ALBERTA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1123/3042260-1-eng-US/f0023-112.jpg" title="f0023-11" width="331" height="313"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 5 at NEW YORK 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1220/3042253-1-eng-US/f0023-122.jpg" title="f0023-12" width="334" height="373"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 3 at WINNIPEG 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1315/3042246-1-eng-US/f0023-132.jpg" title="f0023-13" width="333" height="404"></div><h2>CHICAGO 4 at LOS ANGELES 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1414/3042239-1-eng-US/f0023-142.jpg" title="f0023-14" width="332" height="316"></div>Sat. Oct. 21<h2>HOUSTON 2 at NEW YORK 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1513/3042232-1-eng-US/f0023-152.jpg" title="f0023-15" width="333" height="272"></div><h2>OTTAWA 5 at CLEVELAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1612/3042225-1-eng-US/f0023-162.jpg" title="f0023-16" width="330" height="372"></div><h2>NEW ENGLAND 4 at QUEBEC 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-178/3042218-1-eng-US/f0023-172.jpg" title="f0023-17" width="333" height="478"></div>Sun. Oct. 22<h2>OTTAWA 3 at QUEBEC 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-187/3042211-1-eng-US/f0023-182.jpg" title="f0023-18" width="338" height="314"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 5 at NEW YORK 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-194/3042204-1-eng-US/f0023-192.jpg" title="f0023-19" width="339" height="373"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA 3 at WINNIPEG 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-203/3042197-1-eng-US/f0023-202.jpg" title="f0023-20" width="326" height="406"></div><h2>CHICAGO 4 at LOS ANGELES 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01190/3042190-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="320" height="308"></div> &#9632;

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World Hockey Association Summaries

The sports announcing feats of the Albert brothers are quickly becoming legend&mdash;or close to it.First, there&rsquo;s Marv. who does the play-by-play of the Rangers and New York Knicks&rsquo; games. Then there&rsquo;s Al. who describes the play of the fledgling Islanders and New York Nets. And now there&rsquo;s Steve, at 22 the baby of the Albert family trio. He is the new voice of the WHA Cleveland Crusaders. Steve&rsquo;s appointment was jointly announced recently by Dick Roberts. general manager of WKYC 1100, the station carrying an estimated 60 Crusader games this season, and Nick Mileti. Crusaders&rsquo; owner.Steve graduated last spring from Kent State University where he was sports director of the school&rsquo;s radio and television stations with play-by-play experience in hockey, basketball and football. He also voiced several AHL games last year for a station in Springfield. He moves to Cleveland from Greensboro where he had been planning to broadcast games of that city&rsquo;s EHL club this season.While Steve and Al make their big-league hockey debuts this year, older brother Marv welcomes a new partner in the person of Gene Stuart. The latter replaces Bill Chadwick as color man on Rangers&rsquo; radio broadcasts. The &lsquo;Big Whistle&rsquo; was promoted to the TV booth this season. Stuart was formerly connected with Riverdale Ice Skating Center.Boston Bruins pay their first visit of the season to Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto Oct. 28. and the CBC national network will be there to film and describe the action on Hockey Night in Canada. Special between-period guests will be Hockey Canada coach Harry Sinden, now managing director of the Bruins, and Phil Esposito, who needs no introduction to fans throughout North America and Europe. Howie Meeker will be the analyst for the contest. The CBC&rsquo;s Pacific network, meanwhile, will carry the Vancouver Canucks-Atlanta Flames game, while the Quebec network will bring fans the Montreal Canadiens-Buffalo Sabres tilt.In Vancouver. Babe Pratt handles the analyst chores along with regulars Jim Robson. Bill Good Jr. and Ted Reynolds. Atlanta g.m. Cliff Fletcher will describe some of his team&rsquo;s initial-year hopes and dreams, while rookies Jacques Richard of Atlanta and Don Lever of Vancouver have been lined up for intermission interviews.On Nov. 1 it&rsquo;s Toronto&rsquo;s turn to host the Sabres on the CTV national network as the popular Donnie Marshall, a veteran of both these teams, returns to the Gardens as game analyst. An unusual film depicts NHL security operations headed by former FBI agent Frank Torpev. In Montreal (CFCF) and on the CBC French network the Canadiens will be shown tackling Pittsburgh Penguins. One-time NHL rearguard Junior Langlois will act as analyst.Negotiations have been finalized between Chicago Cougars and WSNS TV Oct. 27 (channel 44) in Chicago to telecast at least 12 of the team&rsquo;s road games. First TV game will see Bobby Hull return to his old stomping grounds as player-coach of Winnipeg Jets Oct. 27. Subsequent dates on the tube are Nov. 1 New England; Nov. 19, Minnesota, Fighting Saints; Nov. 25., Philadelphia Blazers; and Dec. 5, Minnesota. Remainder of the schedule will be released at a later date. Brad Palmer, well-known Chicago sports announcer, will be at the play-by-play microphone. &#9632;

RADIO TV HAPPENINGS

<div class="byline">BY GREG FARLEY</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY LTDArnold Street. Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY LTDArnold Street. Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaSPRINGFIELD&mdash;That old adage about clothes not making the man was never more painfully evident than two weeks ago when the Kings prepared to host Boston and Nova Scotia in back-to-back games.Entering that weekend undefeated atop the AHL East race, the Kings decided the time was right to unveil their spanking new uniforms&mdash;gold pants, sweaters and socks with blue trim (same as the parent LA Kings).<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0551/3042385-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="145" height="242"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">Connie Forey</figcaption></div>Neither the Braves nor the Voyageurs were overly-impressed however, combining for 17 goals in the two contests to hand the Kings a pair of resounding setbacks, 10-6 and 7-2.And after a futile attempt at rescuing the old uniforms from the incinerator, coach Jerry Top-pazzini tried to analyze his squad&rsquo;s sudden turnabout.&ldquo;It all began with those two games,&rdquo; he reported. &ldquo;We were well rested for that weekend and should have been sky-high for both games, but instead we came up flat and got walloped.&rdquo;The Topper, to be sure, isn&rsquo;t about to sit still and ignore it.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to have to tighten up defensively&mdash;and by that I mean everyone on the team,&rdquo; he insisted. &ldquo;Our wings have to skate both ways to help out the defense or we&rsquo;re going to be in trouble.&rdquo;Overall, Jerry has been satisfied with the early season performances of his defensemen, particularly captain Al Beaule and alternate captain Mike Keeler.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve taken their new responsibilities seriously and are setting a fine example for the younger players,&rdquo; Toppazzini pointed out.The rookie coach has also been impressed by the scoring exploits of Scott Seagrist, Norm Dube, Ron Dussiaume and the welcome offensive punch provided by blueliner Gordie Smith, one of the Kings&rsquo; leading point-getters.An Eastern League import (New Haven) the 22 year-old Perth, Ontario native succeeds his brother Billy, former King netminder now with the New York Islanders.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to contribute to the offense what I can. &ldquo;Gordie admitted,&rdquo; but I can&rsquo;t allow it to interfere with my defensive play. We know we&rsquo;ve got enough guys who can score on this team, so we&rsquo;re trying to cut down on our goals against total.&ldquo;We were all pretty disgusted with our showings against the Braves and Nova Scotia, and we want to make sure it doesn&rsquo;t happen again.&rdquo;Especially against teams like Boston, Nova Scotia, Providence, New Haven and Rochester, whom the Kings must dominate if they hope to return to the playoffs again this spring.Amends can be made as early as this weekend, when the Kings host the Nighthawks and Americans in back-to-back games.BOSTON: The most consistent feature of the Braves to date has been their low home attendance figures, which are ten light years away from last year&rsquo;s record-breaking statistics. President Weston Adams, Jr. is confident attendance will swell in upcoming months, however. &ldquo;First of all, we never expected to approach last season&rsquo;s marks this year, especially with another hockey team in town,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re not too concerned. The stronger teams in the league&mdash;and in our division&mdash;don&rsquo;t make a Garden appearance until mid and late November, and we&rsquo;re confident the fans will turn out then&hellip;&ldquo;And don&rsquo;t forget, the Braves didn&rsquo;t get their first sellout until December last year. A lot of fans, I&rsquo;m sure, are waiting to see how this year&rsquo;s team is shaping up, and we honestly feel they&rsquo;ll turn out when the schedule improves.&rdquo;.NEW HAVEN: A string of frustrating one-goal losses hasn&rsquo;t discouraged Parker MacDonald&rsquo;s Nighthawks, who are still very much in the race&hellip;Offensively, Connie Forey. Yvan Rolando and Derek Kuntz have stolen the show, while Glenn Resch has continued his brilliant net play&hellip;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been in every game we&rsquo;ve played so far,&rdquo; enthused Parker,&rdquo; and certainly we have nothing to be embarrassed about. We&rsquo;ve outshot out opponents in most cases, but we&rsquo;ve just had a little trouble finishing off our plays. But that will come in time, and I&rsquo;m optimistic about our playoff chances.&rdquo;&hellip;This is a crucial week for the Nightawks, who face the Reds at home before travelling to Springfield and Boston over the weekend, and return home to meet Hershey Sunday evening&hellip;The city&rsquo;s response to the Nighthawks has been encouraging, and both management and players are hoping to reward the fans with a strong showing.PROVIDENCE: Following the road finale at New Haven, the high-flying Reds enjoy a well-deserved week off to lick their wounds, which are few. and prepare for the home opener next Thursday against Virginia &hellip; If the rematch in any way resembles the teams&rsquo; first clash two weeks ago in Virginia, it should be a wild affair. In the initial meeting won by the Reds 5-3, there was a first period free-for-all and two other near brawls&hellip;Rick Charron and Wayne Wood have been immense in the nets, and both are among the league leaders in that department&hellip;Larry Sacharuk, together with Dick Mattiussi, have spearheaded the Reds&rsquo; blueline corps which is already one of the league&rsquo;s best&hellip;&ldquo;We were lucky to get Mattiussi,&rdquo; chirped coach Larry Popein, &ldquo;he&rsquo;s a real pro. And Sacharuk has more than lived up to his reputation&rdquo;&hellip; &#9632;</div>

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New Uniforms Bad Omen As Braves, Vees Bomb Kings

AMERICAN LEAGUE(Standings on Tue. Oct. 24)<h2>EASTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01157/3042437-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="320" height="97"></div><h2>WESTERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02103/3042430-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="323" height="99"></div>(Affiliations: 1-Montreol, 2-Detroit, 3-Boston, 4-N.Y. Rangers, 7-Los Angeles, 8-Pittsburgh, 9-California, 10-Philadelphia. 11-Minnesota, 14-Buffalo, 15-N.Y. Islanders).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 17Providence 3 at Baltimore 3Richmond 3 at Nova Scotia 4Wed. Oct. 18Boston 4 at New Haven 1Thur. Oct. 19New Haven 5 at Nova Scotia 5Fri. Oct. 20Richmond 8 at Rochester 4Cincinnati 3 at Virginia 4Sat. Oct. 21New Haven 2 at Cleveland 5Cincinnati 3 at Hershey 9Richmond 6 at Springfield 3Sun. Oct. 22Hershey 5 at Cincinnati 3Richmond 5 at New Haven 2Providence 3 at Nova Scotia 7Baltimore 2 at Rochester 4Cleveland 4 at Virginia 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues. Oct. 24Richmond at BostonProvidence at Nova ScotiaWed. Oct. 25Cleveland at BaltimoreProvidence at New HavenVirginia at RichmondThur. Oct. 26Virginia at CincinnatiFri. Oct. 27Virginia at ClevelandNova Scotia at RochesterNew Haven at SpringfieldSat. Oct. 28Cincinnati at BaltimoreNew Hoven at BostonNova Scotia at ClevelandRichmond at HersheyRochester at SpringfieldSun. Oct. 29Nova Scotia at CincinnatiHershey at New HavenVirginia at RochesterTue. Oct. 31Virginia at BostonBaltimore at CincinnatiWed. Nov. 1Virginia at New HavenNova Scotia at RichmondHershey at SpringfieldFri Nov. 3Virginia at ProvidenceNew Hoven at Rochester<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0375/3042423-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="320" height="321"></div><h2>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0457/3042416-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="321" height="324"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01164/3042468-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="285" height="299"><figcaption class="caption-body">BERNIE LUKOWICH&hellip;Hershey Newcomer</figcaption></div>HERSHEY&mdash;Center Jim Wiley, 22-year-old product of Lake Superior College, has his line of Robin Burns and Ron Snell off to a good start for the Hershey Bears.Through the first three games the trio had delivered nine points on four goals and five assists.Coach Frank Mathers isn&rsquo;t rushing the makeup of the forward lines as he wants time for them to adjust.&ldquo;We may move a couple of guys around now and then, but it&rsquo;s best to try and let them settle down,&rdquo; he said.Veteran center Gil Gilbert has been pulling double duty, that is, centering for two sets of wingers. He&rsquo;s been a pivotman for Hank Nowak and Ted Snell, a pair of veterans, and rookies Jay Babcock and Bernie Lukowich.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been using Gilbert with the two kids on the odd shift,&rdquo; said Mathers.Gilbert, the club&rsquo;s top scorer last season, is off to another good start with five points in his first 180 minutes of action.Mathers also plans to alternate goalies Cam Newton and Paul Hoganson for a time.&ldquo;Both have played well so far,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll switch them off for awhile until we see who is the steadiest. Right now they&rsquo;re even.&rdquo;VIRGINIA: Goalie George Hulme has been quite a surprise in the early going for the Virginia Red Wings, backstopping them to three straight wins and allowing only 10 goals in the stretch. Two of his wins came on the road.Hulme, who had a 3.65 average for Port Huron in a 40-game stand in the International League last season, put in three seasons with St. Catherines Black Hawks in the Junior OH A before turning pro. The 21-year-old Scarborough, Ont. product was drafted in 1971 by Detroit. He played four games for Fort Worth in the Central League a year ago.Nelson Debenedet, who played only 22 games for Virginia last season, got off to a fine start, connecting for two key goals in the loop&rsquo;s early action.RICHMOND: Danny Schock and Frank Spring got the Robins on the win track, nailing the goals that gave the club its first win of the season, a 2-1 decision over the New Haven Nighthawks, the league&rsquo;s newest entry. Richmond had lost its first two games, a 6-4 setback at Virginia&rsquo;s sticks and a 3-0 decision to Boston.BALTIMORE: The Atlanta Flames sent goalie Jim Shaw to the Clippers which is a big plus for coach Terry Reardon who has been in search of help. Shaw played six games for the Clips last season.Both Mike Mahoney and Pete Ford, former Hershey defensemen, made the grade after turning in some good play in the exhibition season and the opening three league games.Marc Dufour, one of the league&rsquo;s steadiest scorers, picked up the league&rsquo;s first &ldquo;Hat Trick&rdquo; when he popped in three against his former Springfield teammates Oct. 6 to give his club a 3-3 standoff with the Bay Staters. &#9632;

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Mathers Still Juggling Bears To Get Power

Sun. Oct. 8<h2>PROVIDENCE 2 at CINCINNATI 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02116/3042576-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="330" height="375"></div><h2>BOSTON 3 at RICHMOND 0</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0392/3042569-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="322" height="201"></div><h2>CLEVELAND 2 at ROCHESTER 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0469/3042562-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="327" height="342"></div>Fri Oct. 13<h2>NOVA SCOTIA 3 at ROCHESTER 5</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0558/3042555-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="326" height="345"></div><h2>PROVIDENCE 9 at RICHMOND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0645/3042548-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="322" height="486"></div><h2>BOSTON 10 at SPRINGFIELD 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0735/3042541-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="325" height="521"></div><h2>NEW HAVEN 1 at VIRGINIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0827/3042534-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="328" height="280"></div>Sat. Oct. 14<h2>NOVA SCOTIA 7 at SPRINGFIELD 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1313/3042527-1-eng-US/f0026-132.jpg" title="f0026-13" width="319" height="412"></div><h2>CINCINNATI 4 at CLEVELAND 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0923/3042520-1-eng-US/f0026-092.jpg" title="f0026-09" width="323" height="312"></div><h2>ROCHESTER 3 at BOSTON 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1020/3042513-1-eng-US/f0026-102.jpg" title="f0026-10" width="320" height="382"></div><h2>NEW HAVEN 5 at HERSHEY 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1118/3042506-1-eng-US/f0026-112.jpg" title="f0026-11" width="322" height="380"></div>Tue. Oct. 17<h2>RICHMOND 3 at NOVA SCOTIA 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1213/3042499-1-eng-US/f0026-122.jpg" title="f0026-12" width="332" height="347"></div> &#9632;

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American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02113/3042638-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="408" height="543"></div>SOLUTION IN NOVEMBER 10 ISSUE<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured player.5&mdash;One of the Bruins answers to this.8&mdash;Avenue, (abbr.)9&mdash;Beverage.10&mdash;Buffalo center.12&mdash;9th and 12th letters of the alphabet.13&mdash;Louis Blues.14&mdash;First name of one of the Rangers.16&mdash;McKay of Buffalo.18&mdash;Before.19&mdash;Initials of a WHL coach.20&mdash;One of the Blues, (init.)22&mdash;A vase.24&mdash;Distress signal.25&mdash;Seattle forward.27&mdash;Number worn by Guy Lapointe.29&mdash;Preposition.30&mdash;Initials of a U.S. State.31&mdash;One of the Red Wings answers to this.34&mdash;California farmahand.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Wore No. 4 for Montreal.2&mdash;Mode of transportation.3&mdash;Former AHL forward Locas answers to this.4&mdash;1962-63 Calder trophy winner, (first name)5&mdash;Former NHL forward.6&mdash;One of the Wings answers to this.7&mdash;New L.A. King.11&mdash;Veteran NHL center.15&mdash;Initalas of one of the Blues.17&mdash;Chicago center.21&mdash;One of the Canadiens.23&mdash;Minnesota right winger.24&mdash;First name of the Hawks.26&mdash;The. (fr.)28&mdash;Ireland, (abbr.)31&mdash;Initials of one of the Penguins.32&mdash;First name of one of the Bruins.33&mdash;One of the Flyers.<h3>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h3>Across1&mdash;MURPHY5&mdash;LW.7&mdash;OH. A.8&mdash;MOE9&mdash;BILLOWS.11&mdash;ELLIS12&mdash;ERR.13&mdash;ERA.15&mdash;G.S.16&mdash;NIL17&mdash;AE.18&mdash;ROBINSON23&mdash;OH.24&mdash;OR.26&mdash;IRVINE29&mdash;E A30&mdash;ED.31&mdash;T.E.32&mdash;SLYDown1&mdash;MICKEY2&mdash;ROBERTS3&mdash;PHIL.4&mdash;HALL5&mdash;LOW6&mdash;WESTFALL8&mdash;MOSEINKO10&mdash;LI.14&mdash;R.L15&mdash;GEO.17&mdash;ARNIE19&mdash;BEV.20&mdash;NONE21&mdash;SHE22&mdash;NOEL25&mdash;RAY27&mdash;RD.28&mdash;IT. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTDArnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold tn U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTDArnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold tn U.S. and CanadaSALT LAKE CITY&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01138/3042690-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="294" height="314"><figcaption class="caption-body">LYLE BRADLEY&hellip;Vet Hits Back</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I have us picked for no worse than third.&rdquo; said Al Rollins, coach of the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles.It was a startling prediction when you look at the Eagles&rsquo; past record. They have finished no better than fifth in any of their previous three seasons in the Western Hockey League.It&rsquo;s not startling at all when you look at their pre-season record of six wins, two ties and no losses, including a 6-3 upset of the parent California Golden Seals.They instantly made believers by thumping the perennially powerful Portland Burkaroos 8-3 in their WHL opener in the Salt Palace.That victory was especially sweet to Lyle Bradley, the slight center who was dealt away by the Buckaroos last season. Bradley scored a goal and three assists.Ron Huston, former standout with Spokane, Wash.. Jets in the Western International Hockey League, will, says Rollins, &ldquo;score a bundle of goals for us if he can get a few more pounds off.&rdquo;Huston bagged a goal and two assists in the sacking of the Buckaroos.All was far from rosey for the Eagles in the opening week however. They dropped a 3-2 decision to the Dallas Black Hawks in the first confrontation with the Central Hockey League in this season&rsquo;s interlocking schedule.They also lost a lot of leadership and firepower when veteran center Howie Menard suffered a shoulder separation. He is expected to be out for three weeks.&ldquo;He scored 26 goals last year for Baltimore in the American League last year,&rdquo; said Rollins, &ldquo;and I can&rsquo;t see him scoring less than that for us. once he gets back.&rdquo;Experience, such as that furnished by the 30-year-old Menard and 33-year-old defenseman Dave Amadio. are essential to the youthful Eagles.&ldquo;Amadio is our only defenseman over the age of 22 or 23,&rdquo; says Rolling.Without Menard and with Terry Murray, whom Rollins calls, &ldquo;probably our best defenseman,&rdquo; called up by the parent Seals the Eagles took a 7-1 lacing at the hands of the Phoenix Roadrunners in Phoenix.Even last season&rsquo;s club had been able to cope with the Runners, second place finishers, barely losing the season series, 76-1.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0444/3042683-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="299" height="377"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRUCE BULLOCK&hellip;Knocks Off Bucks</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>WESTERN LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Thur. Oct. 26)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0281/3042676-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="330" height="99"></div>(Affiliations: 5&mdash;Chicago. 6&mdash;Toronto. 9&mdash;California. 10&mdash;Philadelphia. 12&mdash;St. Louis. 13&mdash;Vancouver.)<h4>GAMES COMPLETED</h4>Wed. Oct. 18Dallas 0 at Portland 3Omaha 3 at Phoenix 8Thur. Oct. 19Dallas 4 at Seattle 3Omaha 5 ot Salt Lake 7Fri. Oct. 20Dallas 4 at Phoenix 6San Diego 0 at Denver 3Sat. Oct. 21Salt Lake 1 at Seattle 3Omaha 1 at San Diego 3Sun. Oct. 22Salt Lake 3 at Portland 2San Diego 7 at Phoenix 7Dados 3 at Denver 2<h4>GAMES TO COME</h4>Thur. Oct. 26Portland at SeattlePhoenix at San DiegoFri. Oct. 27San Diego at Salt LakeSeattle at DenverSat. Oct. 28Phoenix at SeattleDenver at PortlandSalt Lake at San Diego<h4>LEADING SCORERS</h4>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 15)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0356/3042669-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="329" height="210"></div> &#9632;

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Eagles’ Auspicious Start Makes Prophet Of Rollins

PORTLAND&mdash;The Portland Buckaroos may have been one of the pre-season favorites for the Western Hockey League title but after the first week of play, they&rsquo;re at the bottom of the standings with a 0-3 record.And look who helped put them there.The Salt Lake City Golden Eagles, fifth place finishers last season, dealt the Buckaroos an 83 whipping in the WHL opener at Salt Lake City.The third loss was to the Seat tie Totems, winners of only 12 games all last season. And it happened right in Portland before a season opening Sunday night crowd of 5,758. The Totems rubbed it in, 8-2.In between, the Buckaroos helped the Phoenix Roadrunners open their season successfully with a 3-1 Phoenix victory.Seattle hadn&rsquo;t beaten the Buckaroos since March 29, 1970. The Bucks had won 16 straight home games over their Northwest rivals.The eight goals were the most ever scored by a Seattle team against the Buckaroos and they came from eight different players.Seattle goaltender Bruce Bullock saw 38 Portland shots, stopping all but two by Bill Orban.&ldquo;I thought our goalkeeper was outstanding and everyone gave 100 per cent,&rdquo; said Phil Maloney after his successful coaching debut. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a young inexperienced club, but I think we started to jell tonight.Maloney added that his Totems &ldquo;have got a long way to go, but it&rsquo;s a nice start.&rdquo;The victory over the Buckaroos was especially sweet for the longtime former star of the WHL.&ldquo;Portland to me,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;has always been the Yankees of the WHL, and it always gives me satisfaction to beat them. But they&rsquo;ve got a good club and will be heard from yet. It takes the older players longer to get going.&rdquo;The Buckaroos added Orban and defenseman Gary Kilpatrick to their lineup just before the season opener.Orban played parts of three seasons in the NHL with Chicago and with the Minnesota North Stars. He was a winner of the WHL rookie-of-the-year award and in his best offensive season, he scored 31 goals for Iowa in the Central League in 1969-70. &#9632;

Buckaroos Get Lumps Early In Race As Young Eagles, Totems Turn It On

Wed. Oct. 11<h2>PORTLAND 3 at SALT LAKE 8</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0282/3042794-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="328" height="450"></div>Thur. Oct. 12<h2>PORTLAND 1 at PHOENIX 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0354/3042787-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="334" height="237"></div>Fri. Oct. 13<h2>DALLAS 3 at SALT LAKE 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0441/3042780-1-eng-US/f0029-042.jpg" title="f0029-04" width="332" height="328"></div><h2>DENVER 3 at FORT WORTH 4</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0537/3042773-1-eng-US/f0029-052.jpg" title="f0029-05" width="327" height="372"></div>Sat. Oct. 14<h2>DALLAS 1 at SAN DIEGO 1</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0627/3042766-1-eng-US/f0029-062.jpg" title="f0029-06" width="329" height="245"></div><h2>DENVER 6 at TULSA 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0721/3042759-1-eng-US/f0029-072.jpg" title="f0029-07" width="325" height="360"></div><h2>SALT LAKE 1 at PHOENIX 7</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0817/3042752-1-eng-US/f0029-082.jpg" title="f0029-08" width="329" height="352"></div>Sun. Oct. 15<h2>SEATTLE 8 at PORTLAND 2</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0915/3042745-1-eng-US/f0029-092.jpg" title="f0029-09" width="334" height="443"></div> &#9632;

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WHL-CHL Summaries

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>PHOENIX&mdash;If the first two games of the season are an indication, coach Sandy Hucul doesn&rsquo;t have to worry any longer over the centerice situation on the Phoenix Roadrunners.Bob Barlow, a left winger, moved into the center spot where he says he hasn&rsquo;tplayed regularly since the final half of the 1966-67 season. His line, with John Gofton at left wing and newcomer Murray Heatley on the right side, exploded.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01107/3042825-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="139" height="226"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 139px">Murray Heatley</figcaption></div>Gofton, in a 7-1 win over Salt Lake City, scored his third hat trick in four seasons as a pro and his first in two seasons as a Roadrunner and added an assist. Barlow contributed two goals and two assists and Heatley drew three assists.Two nights earlier, Gofton had scored the insurance goal in the season opener against the Portland Buckaroos.Leo Thiffault, appearing successful in his comeback bid after three years in retirement, centers the club&rsquo;s first line with All-Star leftwinger Andre Hinse and rookie rightwinger Bob Mowat.They have yet to score a point.Rookie center Jim Boyd&rsquo;s line has accounted for two goals, both by Don Liesemer, although Boyd set defenseman Howie Young up for one in the opener.&ldquo;I&rsquo;d be worried if they weren&rsquo;t passing the puck so well,&rdquo; said Hucul of the Boyd and Thiffault lines. &ldquo;If they keep working the way they are, though, they&rsquo;ll score plenty. They&rsquo;re getting the chances.&rdquo;Defenseman Gary Braun, 6-2, 202, from Toledo of the International League, signed his first pro contract only hours before the opening game.His post-game comment.&ldquo;Whew! I hope they&rsquo;re not all like that.&rdquo;The Runners held off the Buckaroos with just three defensemen through all but 58 seconds of the third period.Jim Murray was ejected with a game misconduct at 0:58 of the final period for peeling Portland&rsquo;s 205-pound defenseman John Barber off 170-pound Hinse, leaving only Braun, Adam Keller and Young on the blue line.Keller was named team captain. He served as team captain for Providence of the American League until he was traded to Phoenix last season.Defenseman Harry Shaw was a holdout and Gord Nelson was lost for at least the first 10 days of the season after surgery for a fractured cheekbone and nose from an errant shot in a pre-season game. &#9632;</div>

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Barlow, Gofton Trigger Runner Hot Line

<h2>DENVER</h2><h3>Goal</h3>Bob JohnsonChris Worhty<h3>Defense</h3>Andre AubryJean HamelChuck HamiltonBob McCordGlenn PatrickMike Stevens<h3>Forwards</h3>Don BorgesonJack BorotsikNorm DennisBernie GagnonMurray KooganClaude LaforgoMike LampmanMilan MarcettaDave RobertsJim ShiresDoug Smith<h2>PHOENIX</h2><h3>Goal</h3>Don CaleyGary Simmons<h3>Defense</h3>Jim MurrayGordon NelsonAdam KellerHarry ShawGary BraunHowie YoungBrent Meeke<h3>Forwards</h3>Andre HinseJohn GoftonBob BarlowWayne HicksLeo ThiffaultDon LiesemerJim BoydRick HoxtallBob LeslieBob MowatMurray HeatleyWayne Clairmont<h2>PORTLAND</h2><h3>Goal</h3>John GarrettDave Kelly<h3>Defense</h3>John BarberMice DonaldsonGary KilpatrickConnie MadiganJohn Van Horlick<h3>Forwards</h3>Ken CampbellGuyle FielderTom FoxcroftAndy HebentonArt JonesLarry LeachBill OrbanBill SaundersCliff SchmautzDick Van Impe<h2>SEATTLE</h2><h3>Goal</h3>Bruce BullockBob SneddonDan Brady<h3>Defense</h3>Larry McNabbDennis McCordTim SleevesJim MowatDave DunnTom Rielly<h3>Forwards</h3>Don WestbrookeBarry WilcoxJack MichieBobby WaltonGary BredinDanny SeguinBob RosellePaul RaymerDave BonterDave WestnerDick MortensonPat McCool<h2>SAN DIEGO</h2><h3>Goal</h3>Ken BroderickBob Champoux<h3>Defense</h3>John MiszukAl LebrunJim GrahamDave WoodleyMurray KennettKeith Nordin<h3>Forwards</h3>Bob CourcyBruce CowickEd EhrenverthGerry GoyorAl NicholsonWllie O&rsquo;ReeLen RonsonGeorge SwarbrickBud DebrodyHowie HughesTom TrovelyanJim SchroefelNels VenorusLaurie YaworskiJim Stanfield<h2>SALT LAKE</h2><h3>Goal</h3>Lyle CartnerTed Tucker<h3>Defense</h3>Dave AmadioTim JacobsPaul ShakesBarry CumminsAl SimmonsTerry Murray<h3>Forwards</h3>Lyle BradleyFred HiltsRoger BelleriveAngus BeckHowie MenardPeter VipondRon HustonDale HallWayne KingDave GilmourMorris Mott &#9632;

WHL’s Starting Teams

<div class="byline">BY TOM LOBAUGH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0450/3042887-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="328" height="102"></div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTDArnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTDArnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaFORT WORTH&mdash;A pair of veterans and a pair of rookies set the scoring pace, as the new-look Fort Worth Wings lost no time in moving into first place at the start of the Central&mdash;League season.Two victories at home did the trick. The Wings bested Denver&rsquo;s defending Western League champs, 4-3, with a third-period comeback, Oct. 13, then skated away from theOmaha Knights, 6-3, the following night.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01131/3042894-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="152" height="237"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Kryskow</figcaption></div>Center Ralph Stewart, the Wings&rsquo; newly-appointed captain, had two goals and three assists to pace the scoring. The 23-year-old Stewart, a fifth-year pro, had 57 points in the last half-season to spark the Wings&rsquo; late surge in 1971-72. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re counting on him for a bundle of points this season,&rdquo; says general manager Bob Lemieux.Right wing Gordie Brooks, 22, who has spent the past two years with Kansas City, collected three goals and an assist. Rookie left wing Danny Gruen from the Thunder Bay Falcons, chipped in two goals and two assists, and rookie defenseman Larry Giroux from Swift Current, Sask., had three assists for the weekend.Stewart and Brooks each tallied twice in the final period of the victory over Denver. Brooks had to tie the score twice before Stewart put in the winning goal on a power play with 2:41 to play. The brawling contest produced four fights and 70 minutes in penalties, 37 against the Wings.After a scoreless first period, Don Borgeson and Mike Lampman put the Spurs ahead in the second. Stewart scored an unassisted goal 55 seconds into the third period, and Brooks knotted the count on a power attack at 2:55. Lampman regained the lead for Denver at 8:56, but Brooks tied it up again just 43 seconds later.After Stewart&rsquo;s decisive goal, the Western League champs wanted to lift goalie Bob Johnson in the closing moments. But the Wings kept the puck in the Denver end for the last minute and a half, forestalling that move.The next night it took only 23 seconds for the Wings to take the upper hand on Gruen&rsquo;s goal. Davey Johnson and Brooks made it 3-0 before the first period ended. Mike Cormier made it 4-0 early in the second before Lynn Powis tallied for Omaha, and Gruen scored again for the Wings in that period.Omaha got two goals inside of a minute early in the third. Don Martineau was credited with a tally, when Wing defenseman Charlie Shaw put the puck in his own net, and Scott Smith quickly added another for the Knights. But Dale Yutsyk scored the final Fort Worth goal 21 seconds after Smith&rsquo;s tally.Jimmy Watts, Michigan State&rsquo;s All-American goalkeeper last season, was in the nets for both Wings&rsquo; victories, and appeared to be living up to his advance billing.The Wings also had Ron Marlow, last year&rsquo;s backup goalie. Andy Brown, who played 16 midseason games for Fort Worth before going up to Detroit, was a spectator. He came down from the parent Wings, by way of Virginia in the AHL, but was ineligible for CHL action until Oct. 21.DALLAS: Opening the schedule with seven road games is no bed of roses, especially when it includes a stop at every city in the Western League. But the Dallas Black Hawks had a win and a tie to show for their first two starts on the Western swing, and coach Bobby Kromm had to be pleased.Two power play goals in the final period earned a 3-2 victory in Salt Lake, Oct. 13. The next night there were 50 scoreless minutes in San Diego, then both teams scored in a 22-second span for a 1-1 draw.Dave Kryskow, returning left wing, tallied twice in the win over the Eagles, including the winning goal. He had put the Hawks in front in the first period, but Salt Lake took a 2-1 lead in the middle session.Rookie defenseman Mike Christie scored out of a 3-on-1 break to tie the score, before Kryskow won it with his second goal of the night.It was rookie left wing Tony Peluso scoring the lone Dallas goal at 10:30 of the third period in San Diego, but Bud DeBrody tied it for the Gulls at 10:52OMAHA: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s really too early to pick out anyone to praise or to blame,&rdquo; cautioned new coach Fred Creighton, after his Omaha Knights broke even in their first two starts. They came back with four goals in the final period to whip the Tulsa Oilers, 5-3, in Tulsa, Oct. 13, then were beaten in Fort Worth the following night.&ldquo;We did get some top goaltending in the Tulsa game,&rdquo; Creighton admitted. The Knights, shopping around for an experienced goalie, had borrowed Ray Reeson, a former Oiler, from the Cincinnati Swords of the American League.Ray didn&rsquo;t join the club until the day of the game, but turned in a magnificent performance on his return to his old stomping grounds.Wayne Bell, a holdover, was in the Omaha nets at Fort Worth. &ldquo;But Wayne really can&rsquo;t be faulted for that game,&rdquo; said Creighton. Fort Worth just had a superior hockey club.&rdquo;Rookie left wing Scott Smith from Regina got the last two goals in the Knights&rsquo; victory at Tulsa. Omaha had gone in front on a power play goal by rookie defenseman Ed Kea midway of the first period. Kea, up from the Sun Coast Suns of the Eastern League, lit the red light with a long slapshot.But Tulsa tied the score late in that period, then went ahead, 3-1, with goals early and late in the second.Rookie left wing Doug Horbul from Calgary ignited the Knights&rsquo; comeback early in the third. Then rookie center Wayne Schaab from Charlotte and Smith collected a brace of tallies in just 15 seconds. Smith added his second goal late in the period.TULSA: &ldquo;What is there to say?&rdquo; muttered Tulsa general manager Ray Miron, after his Oilers had dropped their first two league starts, after going winless in nine pre-season games. After losing to the late Omaha rally, the Oilers succumbed to Denver&rsquo;s Spurs, 6-2, Oct. 14.&ldquo;We played well enough to win the Omaha game,&rdquo;Miron pointed out. &ldquo;The boys hit hard and skated hard, but they just made the little mistakes that can cost you a hockey game.&rdquo;Rookie Grant Cole was the goalie in the opening loss. For two periods it looked like a victory, as the Oilers outplayed the Knights.Rookie left wing Dale Smedsmo got the club&rsquo;s first goal of the season late in the opening period. Holdover left wing Peter Williams tallied in the second, before giveaways and defensive lapses turned the tide in the third.Although they continued to hustle, the Oilers were no match for Denver the next night. Jack Borotsik collected a hat trick for the Spurs, who methodically waited for Tulsa errors and then moved in.Holdover Gordon McRae was in the Oiler nets, and wasn&rsquo;t sharp, but he suffered from a collapsing defense. Don Borgeson and Borotsik gave the Spurs a 2-0 first-period lead, and Jim Shires padded the margin early in the second.A late Oiler flurry in the second period produced goals by holdover center Brian St. John and rookie left wing Dave Shar-dlow, narrowing the deficit to 3-2.But the Spurs regained their poise in the final period. Two Borotsik goals and one by veteran Norm Dennis sealed the issue.<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Fri. Oct. 27)(Affiliations: *&mdash;St. Louis and Detroit. 5&mdash;Chicago. 6&mdash;Toronto. 16&mdash;Atlanta.)<h3>INTERLOCKING PLAY</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0545/3042880-1-eng-US/f0030-052.jpg" title="f0030-05" width="319" height="44"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed Oct. 18Dallas 0 at Portland 3Omaha 3 at Phoenix 8Thur. Oct. 19Dallas 4 at Seattle 3Omaha 5 at Salt Lake 7Tulsa 2 at Fort Worth 5Fri. Oct. 20Dallas 4 at Phoenix 6Sat Oct. 21Fort Worth 2 at Tulsa 6Omaha 1 at San Diego 3Sun. Oct. 22Dallas 3 at Denver 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Fri. Oct. 27Dallas at TulsaFort Worth at OmahaSat. Oct. 28Tulsa at DallasOmaha at Fort WorthSun. Oct. 29Dallas at OmahaWed. Nov. 1Phoenix at DallasFri Nov. 3Fort Worth at OmahaPhoenix at Tulsa &#9632;

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Stewart Leads Revamped Wings All The Way To Top

Fri. Oct. 13<h2>OMAHA 5 at TULSA 3</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0286/3042932-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="325" height="402"></div>Saturday, Oct. 14<h2>OMAHA 3 at FORT WORTH 6</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0362/3042925-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="321" height="402"></div> &#9632;

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CHL Summaries

<div class="byline">BY BILL PHELAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0629/3042963-1-eng-US/f0031-062.jpg" title="f0031-06" width="300" height="544"><figcaption class="caption-body">RAY ADDUONO&hellip;Back In EHL</figcaption></div>SYRACUSE&mdash;The hopes of the Syracuse Blazers, last year&rsquo;s Northern Division titlists and playoff finalists to win it all this season in the Eastern Hockey League received a gigantic boost when the Cleveland Crusaders allowed Ray Adduono to return to the Blazer lineup.&ldquo;Getting Adduono back makes all my summertime hopes come true,&rdquo; said Ron Ingram, the Blazers&rsquo; coach.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0547/3042970-1-eng-US/f0031-052.jpg" title="f0031-05" width="145" height="251"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 145px">Borden Smith</figcaption></div>Adduono scored a mere 4.3 goals and added 122 assists last year in capturing the scoring title with 165 points.The Blazers have tremendous strength down the middle with Adduono, Doug Ferguson and Norman Cournoyer. Cournoyer, the younger brother of the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; Yvan, played in Europe last season and joined the Blazers via the Crusaders, who signed him to a professional contract. Ferguson, a former Cornell University hero, got 43 points in 46 Syracuse games last year.With Pierre Sigman and Eine Ohlsson having shown well in goal the Blazers are in good shape in the nets. They also have a look in on Bruce Mullett and Yves Belanger, a hot shot junior with Cleveland.The defense is solid with holdover Ray Schultz, Gary Sittier and Jean Lapointe on the left side. Bill Orr, a veteran Blazer and newcomer Jacques Lapierre are the right handers. Lapierre is down from Cleveland.The wingers are also a starry group with Ron Morgan, Gordon Gallant and Wayne Horne on the portside. Horne had played parts of two seasonswith Syracuse, with the other two coming down from the Crusaders. On right wing Dave Ferguson and Mike Morton return with Al Houston and Barry Brooks vieing for spots.NEW ENGLAND: Coach Richard Green feels he has the horses to compete in the Northern Division. His Blades looked impressive in defeating Cape Cod 3-2 in the first ever regular season game at the Cape Cod Coliseum. Bill Berglund was the Blades&rsquo; goalie with Warren Williams, a center obtained from Clinton, working very effectively. Williams played with Guy Smith and Steven Self. The other lines listed David Foster, Peter Thornton and Don Cahoon with Doug Hearns, Bob Thomson and Keith Gilbertson. Mike Gilligan and Brian Sullivan were sharp on defense.The former New Haven Blades started the season with four Massachussets natives on their roster&mdash;Sullivan. Gilligan. Cahoon and Berglund.Green has asked EHL Commissioner for a ruling on the status of Cournoyer, the Syracuse center claiming he has possession of an Amteur Hockey Association of the U.S. registration card from Cournoyer prior to Syracuse obtaining him from Cleveland.CLINTON: The rookie laden Comets went winless in pre-sea-son, but responded with a 4-4 tie with Johnstown in the season opener. They bowed the following night to Syracuse 9-3. Veteran Jim Pritchard and Dwight Winters signed their contracts just before the opener. Coach Pat Kelly hoped their experience would help his youthful forces. Pritchard was an EHL first team All Star last year and Winters averaged better than 35 goals in six campaigns with Jersey, Long Island and New Haven.Another vet Borden Smith got the Comets first hat trick of the season. Newer faces included goalies Jim Douglas and Mike Dunn, defensemen Bob Goody and Dave McLaren and forwards Brian Thorne, Bill O&rsquo;Toole, Doug Harding, Craig Stamp and Bert De Hate.Other veteran Comets are defenseman Ian Anderson, center Don Davidson, coming out of retirement, Ray Butterworth and Dale McBain. One problem facing Kelly is the forward spots where only four natural wingers are on hand with five centers. Some juggling has been the order of the day.JOHNSTOWN: Commissioner Norman MacLean attended the Jets&rsquo; opener on Oct. 20. The Jets were hard hit the first week with three regulars on the sidelines. Two defensemen, Gary Wood and Brian McEwan were out, both with back injuries. Winger Dave Birch was hobbled with a groin injury requiring him to take shorter strides. The Jets have been buoyed by the optioning of two top prospects from St. Louis, defenseman Brian Coughlin and right wing Doug Anderson.JERSEY: Winger Wayne Hawrysh had a hot night in the Devils 8-1 romp over New England. He scored five goals in succession, Jersey needed the win having lost 6-2 on opening to Syracuse and 7-4 to Long Island. Ross Turnbull has accepted Jamie Kennedy back from the New York Raiders of the World Hockey Association, but Kennedy may never get to Jersey as he has been playing as an extra forward with the Raiders and doing well.LONG ISLAND: Defenseman Mark Davis disappeared leaving the Ducks shorthanded. Kent Douglas of the New York Raiders was sent down for one game and played very well. Davis joined the Baltimore Clippers of the AHL.Coach Ed Stankiewicz is high on his top line of Michel Letourneau, Butch Morris and Jean Marie Nicol. Morris tallied the Ducks&rsquo; first hat trick against Jersey. Nicol was cut by the Vancouver Canucks and has been a pleasant surprise on his return here.CAPE COD: A crowd of 1,786 was on hand for the Cubs home opener against New England. They went home applauding the youthful Cubs, who lost a heart breaker 3-2. Rightfully, the game was a 3-3 tie, but the home goal judge didn&rsquo;t see a Cap Cod tally which bounced out of the net.Coach Bronco Horvath has set up his three lines in this manner: Alex Dampier, Bob Murphy and Luc Simard; Jacques Royer, Jim Sherrit, and Mike McNiven; and Brian Coates, Paul Perras, and Bart Fahlgren. Rick Barefoot, Roland Campeau, Mike DeMarco, and Jim Ivison are the defense with Bob Dupuis and Pierre Chagnon in goal.RHODE ISLAND: The Eagles are playing at the Mt. Saint Charles Arena, with all seats on a first come, first served basis. Pierre Brind&rsquo;Amour. a former EHL standout with New Haven, was secured from Quebec Nordiques of the WHA.Sandy Hale will see considerable action with the Eagles coming down from the Chicago Cougars of the WHA. He is a goaler. The defense is set with Al Evans, Bill Coakley, Steve Ross, Michel Roy and Dwight Battle. Roy&rsquo;s father is a former coach of the U.S. Nationals.Rhode Island&rsquo;s forward lines list Jim Jago, Nick Haramis, Gerry Andreatta, Brian Galbraith and Bob Guindon.CHARLOTTE: Coach Jack Wells was happy to learn that veterans Rick Loe and Blaine Rydman were coming back. Loe was cut by the Minnesota Fighting Saints and Rydman by the Raiders.The starting goalie for the Checkers is Tim Regan, sent down by Buffalo via the Cincinnati Swords. John Rodger, a veteran Checker, is being counted on as the glue in the young team.Norm Hahn was the backup goaler with Paul Laplante, Terry Miller and Ghislain Boisvert on the defense. Barry Burnett was also in the blueline pictures.Up front Wells was the player coach and center with other forwards being Jerry Butler, Tim McCormick, Kirk Sutherland, Don Morrison, Dave White, John Morrison, Richard Kramp, and Bill Christie.ROANOKE VALLEY: A rugged early schedule hurt the Rebels, who are starting off with a very young squad. Defenseman Tom Stachniak is back from the Philadelphia Blazers, but star blueliner Wayne Mosdell is still with the WHA team.&ldquo;It will take us some time to get adjusted,&rdquo; said rookie playing coach Greg Pilling. &ldquo;We have good kids, but they have been a step behind in the first few games.&rdquo;The Rebels dropped their first two games, but then bounced back for a 5-1 victory over Charlotte. Veterans Jack Chipchase, Dale MacLeish and Ray Woit are working hard.Philadelphia (WHA) has sent down center Claude St. Sauveur and will send another defenseman in the near future. The Rebels are going with Steve Davies and Yves Archambault in goal.GREENSBORO: The Generals have been reaping the benefit of their working agreement with the Los Angeles Sharks of the WHA. The latest group of arrivals include goaltender Steve Rexe plus Jerry Zrymiark. Jack Criel and Mike Jakubo.</div><div style="clear: both;"></div>Returning from last year&rsquo;s squad are wingers Stu Roberts. Jim Notman, Kirk Bowman and Brian Randall, centers Wally Sprange and Ron Hindson, and defensemen Ted Lanyon. Brian Derkson. and Ken Turlik.SUN COAST SUNS: Bill Yeo, the Suns&rsquo; All Star goalie, finally reappeared and was welcomed by general manager Walter Brock. Yeo&rsquo;s arrival made sub-goalie Mike McIntyre expendable and the Suns were trying to make a deal for him. The Suns were looking for a defenseman as none are returning from last year&rsquo;s Cinderella rookie team.Goalie Herm Hortal will backup Yeo, with the Los Angeles Kings player development director George McGuire claiming, &ldquo;Hortal can beat out Yeo.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Adduono Buoys Blazer Hopes; Hawrysh Counts 5 For Devils

EASTERN LEAGUE(Standings on Tue. Oct. 24)<h2>NORTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-01114/3043022-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="340" height="71"></div><h2>CENTRAL DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0288/3043015-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="330" height="75"></div><h2>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0372/3043008-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="328" height="70"></div>(Affiliations &lsquo;Boston and New York Rangers (NHL). 7 Los Angeles (NHL) 10 Philadelphia (NHl). 12 St. Louis 14 Buffalo 17-C|eveland (WHA. I8-New England. 19 New York |WHA) 20 Chicago (WHA). 21 Philadelphia (WHA) 22 Los Angeles (WHA).<h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Oct. 17Long Island 6 at Cape Cod 5New Jersey 2 at Rhode Island 4Roanoke Volley 6 at Sun Coast 3Greensboro 4 at Charlotte 5Wed. Oct. 18Clinton 0 at Syracuse 5Long Island 6 at New England 12Cape Cod 2 at New Jersey 5Roonoke Valley 4 at Greensboro 6Thur Oct. 19Charlotte 2 at Sun Coast 6Greensboro 3 at Roanoke Valley 3Fri. Oct. 20New England 5 at Clinton 5Long Island 1 at New Jersey 4Syracuse 4 at Johnstown 7Cape Cod 8 at Rhode Island 2Roanoke Valley 2 at Chorlotte 2Sat Oct. 21New England 2 at Clinton 5Long Island 4 at Johnstown 1New Jersey 1 at Cape Cod 4Charlotte 0 ot Greensboro 5Sun Coast 5 ot Roanoke Valley 9Sun Oct. 22Johnstown 5 ot New England 7Rhode Island 3 at Long Island 4Syracuse 3 at Sun Coast 2<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tue. Oct. 24Sun Coast at Cape CodLong Island at Rhode IslandSyracuse at CharlotteWed. Oct. 25Sun Coast at New EnglandClinton at New JerseySyracuse at GreensboroThur. Oct. 26Sun Coast at Rhode IslandSyracuse at Roanoke ValleyFri. Oct. 27Sun Coast at SyracuseJohnstown at ClintonLong Island at New JerseyGreensboro at CharlotteSat. Oct. 28Sun Coast at ClintonNew England at JohnstownNew Jersey at Long IslandCharlotte at GreensboroSun. Oct. 29Syracuse at New EnglandSun Coast ot JohnstownNew Jersey at Cape CodTues. Oct. 31Rhode Island at Cape CodRoanoke Valley at CharlotteWed. Nov. 1Syracuse at New EnglandClinton at JohnstownSun Coast at GreensboroThur. Nov. 2Sun Coast at Roanoke ValleyFri Nov. 3Rhode Island at New JerseyJohnstown at SyracuseClinton at Long IslandSun Coast at Greensboro<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2>(Including Sun. Oct. 22)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0457/3043001-1-eng-US/f0031-042.jpg" title="f0031-04" width="331" height="152"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JOHN GUGGER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01122/3043060-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg" title="f0032-01" width="319" height="86"></div>FLINT&mdash;Choose one of the following:International Hockey League exhibition games are: a) important; b) too long; c) hard to write about; d) not important; e) none of the above.If the Flint Generals had to choose, and they don&rsquo;t, their selection would be &ldquo;not important.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s how much Flint&rsquo;s pre-season results meant.The Gens, playing four practice games prior to the start of the regular season, were beaten 7-3, 7-4, and 2-0 before managing a 4-0 success. The preseason results were more than deceiving, two days after the last exhibition, Flint moved into its season opener against Columbus and for the fourth straight time won its first game at home, 4-2. Then came successive 3-2 victories over defending Huber Cup champion Muskegon.<div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0344/3043067-1-eng-US/f0032-032.jpg" title="f0032-03" width="137" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body" style="width: 137px">Doug Manchak</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I knew we were better than the exhibitions showed, but I am a little surprised we won three in a row,&rdquo; said Frank Gallagher, Flint general manager. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;ve had a history of getting off to pretty good starts.&rdquo;With holdover goalies Bob Perani and Merlin Jenner performing well in the first three games, the Generals allowed just six goals. But the offense, a question mark, remains that with a production of 10 goals in three games.Some late additions apparently provided the impetus needed to transform the Gens from losers to winners in time for the opening of the season. Holdovers Wayne Zuk and Gary Gilbert plus Brian Dickie, from Portland&rsquo;s camp, and Milt Hohol, from Winnipeg of the WHA, arrived in time for the season-opener.Dickie had a goal and three assists in his first two games; Hohol a goal and an assist; Zuk a game-winning goal and assist, while Gilbert had already amassed 11 penalty minutes in his role of &ldquo;policeman&rdquo;.The best of Flint&rsquo;s rookies looked to be. Doug Manchak. The 20-year-old, who was the No 2. scorer for for Saskatoon of the Western Junior League last season, had the winning goal in Flint&rsquo;s win in Muskegon.Terry Smith, No. 7 pick of Chicago in the summer draft, was also headed here after a 33-goal season with Edmonton in the WCHL in 1971-72.PORT HURON: Ray Germain fired winner in overtime victory at Fort Wayne&hellip;Al Genovy missed first weekend when called up to Virginia, where he had two assists in first game&hellip;Local native Phil Wittliff dropped&hellip;Bob Brinkworth had four goals in first three games&hellip;Glen Seper-ich, rookie goalie, went to Detroit as backup when Dennis DeJordy was injured&hellip;Wings hoping to acquire Ron Hopkinson, who has previous IHL experience&hellip;TOLEDO: Jeff Hunt fired winning goal in both of Hornets&rsquo; first two victories&hellip;Crowd of 2,042 for home opener was up 500 from last season&hellip;Coach Skip Burchell not likely to play&hellip;Club happy with improved play of defenseman Gerry Egers&hellip;Burchell went with three defensemen in third period of first two games&hellip;Season ticket sales reached goal of 600&hellip;MUSKEGON: Ron Nagurski, son of famous football star Bronco Naturski, one of Hawks&rsquo; forwards&hellip;Bryan McLay&rsquo;s initiation to coaching was rough with three losses by total of four goals&hellip;First two crowds of season totalled just 2,800&hellip;Bob Olein had four-point game in opener&hellip;Mohawks have seven vets in lineup and are hoping for return of several more&hellip;SAGINAW: Gears&rsquo; Russ Friesen had unusual delay of game penalty when he twice skated into face-off circle before puck was dropped&hellip;Call helped Port Huron overcome Gears&rsquo; lead&hellip;Gears were 3-0 in exhibitions, but 0-3 in regular season&hellip;Opening-night crowd of 3,111 saw Des Moines wipe out 4-1 Gears&rsquo; lead to win, 5-4&hellip;Juri Kudrasovs had four goals in first two games&hellip;Club is biggest in league physically&hellip;DAYTON: Andy Fortin, who is to be assigned elsewhere, played first three games in goal when Curt Ridley injured knee&hellip;Gordie Malinoski named team captain&hellip;Boston GM Milt Schmidt helped Gems decide of final cuts&hellip;Gems, who have never lost a home opener, treated 3,008 to 4-1 victory over Toledo in Hara Arena debut&hellip;Gems have seven pros and must slice three since IHL limit is four&hellip;FORT WAYNE: K&rsquo;a bought Chick Balon, winger, from Dayton&hellip;Balon formerly played here before moving to Toledo, then Gems&hellip;Coach Marc Boileau didn&rsquo;t skate in opener&hellip;Alan MacKenzie&rsquo;s penalty led to overtime goal by Port Huron in season-opener&hellip;Jeff Ablett, Mark Weinstein and Dean Sheremeta have shown well among juniors&hellip;Robbie Irons&rsquo; nose injury healed for him to play goal in season-opener&hellip;DES MOINES: Caps pleased with early play of line of Danny Gloor, Larry Gould and Steve Stone, former juniors-signed-pro who were sent here by Vancouver&hellip;GM Ken Wilson installed organ to help motivate fans&hellip;Lome Harron. acquired from Saginaw, released&hellip;Ken Sutyla did his specialty, firing winner over Saginaw&hellip;Caps didn&rsquo;t lose at least one of two game series here with Dayton for first time in memory&hellip;Doug and Boh Menard releasedCOLUMBUS: Opening-night crowd of 2.362 was larger than all but a few of last season&rsquo;s gatherings Ed James, from Green Bay of U.S League, fired two goals in home-opening victory over Port Huron&hellip;Seals were hopeful of acquiring Phil Headley, late of Port Huron, to add experience in goal&hellip;Several of young players are tier two juniors.. Paul Brown, who played for Ohio State last year, has shown well on defense so far&hellip;</div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE(Standings on Wed. Oct. 25)<h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0277/3043053-1-eng-US/f0032-022.jpg" title="f0032-02" width="323" height="69"></div>(Affiliations: 1-Montreal, 2-Detroit, 3-Boston, 5-Chicogo, 8-Pittsburgh, 9-Californio, 11-Minnesota, 16-Atlanta. x-independent).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 18Muskegon 2 at Fort Wayne 3Toledo 5 at Columbus 4Fri Oct. 20Fort Wayne 1 at Port Huron 3Columbus 1 at Des Moines 6Dayton 4 at Toledo 4Flint 3 at Saginaw 8Sat. Oct. 21Saginaw 2 at Fort Wayne 1Port Huron 4 at Muskegon 4Columbus 4 at Des Moines 5Flint 0 ot Dayton 6Sun. Oct. 22Des Moines 2 at Toledo 6Port Huron 1 at Dayton 2Muskegon 4 at Saginaw 6Fort Wayne 2 at Flint 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct 25Fort Wayne at DaytonFri Oct. 27Columbus at Port HuronDes Moines at FlintSat. Oct. 28Fort Wayne at MuskegonDes Moines at Port HuronFlint at ToledoDayton at SaginawSun. Oct. 29Muskegon at FlintColumbus at DaytonPort Huron at ToledoDes Moines at SaginawTues. Oct. 31Muskegon at Des MoinesWed Nov. 1Saginaw at Fori WaynePort Huron at DaytonFlint at Columbus &#9632;

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Gens Roar In League Start

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-01105/3043140-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="305" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE McKEGNEY&hellip;Fired Hat Trick</figcaption></div><h2>ONTARIO MAJOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tue. Oct. 24)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0278/3043133-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="327" height="156"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Oct. 17Oshawa 4 at London 5Toronto 8 at Hamilton 5Ottawa 6 at St. Catharines 3Thur. Oct. 19London 2 at Peterboro 4St. Catharines 2 at Sault 8Fri Oct 20London 3 at Ottawa 6St. Catharines 6 at Sudbury 4Sault 5 at Toronto 9Oshawa 2 at Kitchener 2Sat. Oct. 21Kitchener 5 at Oshawa 9Sun. Oct. 22Peterboro 3 at Toronto 5Sault 5 at St. Catharines 8Sudbury 4 at Ottawa 4<h2>QUEBEC MAJOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 23)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0357/3043126-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="333" height="134"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon. Oct. 16Montreal 5 at Laval 7Tue. Oct. 17Drummondville 3 at Trois-Rivieres 4Thur. Oct. 20Cornwall 5 at Shawinigan 3Trois-Rivieres 1 at Quebec 7Laval 7 at Sherbrooke 5Montreal 4 at Sorel 6Sun. Oct. 22Quebec 8 at Drummondville 7Sherbrooke 5 at Trois-Rivieres 4Laval 6 at Sorel 15Cornwall 5 at Montreal 2<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tues Oct. 24Montreal at Trois-RivieresThur. Oct. 26Sorel at CornwallFri Oct. 27Shawinigan at DrummondvilleMontreal at QuebecSherbrooke at SorelTrois-Rivieres at LavalSun. Oct. 29Sorel at ShawiniganTrois-Rivieres at CornwallQuebec at SherbrookeDrummondville at Montreal<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Fri. Oct. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0444/3043119-1-eng-US/f0033-042.jpg" title="f0033-04" width="329" height="126"></div><h2>ONTARIO PROVINCIAL JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Thur. Oct. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0538/3043112-1-eng-US/f0033-052.jpg" title="f0033-05" width="328" height="188"></div><h2>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>(Standings on Thur. Oct. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0630/3043105-1-eng-US/f0033-062.jpg" title="f0033-06" width="325" height="116"></div><h2>CENTRAL JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 18)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0727/3043098-1-eng-US/f0033-072.jpg" title="f0033-07" width="327" height="104"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>PETERBOROUGH&mdash;Just as Toronto Marlboros appeared set to run away and hide from the other nine teams in the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior League, they were brought back among the mere mortals.Marlies finished in first place last season. 13 points above runner-up Oshawa Generals but were eliminated by Peter-borough in the semi-finals&mdash;one of the major upsets in recent junior history.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0825/3043171-1-eng-US/f0033-082.jpg" title="f0033-08" width="152" height="237"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Gibson</figcaption></div>It was the Petes again who shot Toronto down in flames this year after Marlboros had won their first five games.Playing on home ice Peterborough established a 5-0 lead in the first two periods, then staved off a four-goal rally by Marlboros in the final 20 minutes to hand Toronto its initial defeat.The loss was also the first as a coach for George Armstrong, former Toronto Maple Leaf captain who took over the Marlboro reins when Frank Bonello moved up as general-manager.Toronto came back to beat winless Kitchener Rangers 7-2 the following night but 48 hours later were edged 4-3 by surprising London Knights at Maple Leaf Gardens.Peterborough took advantage of the double defeat to the Mar-lies, moving into first place on back-to-back victories over Oshawa Generals, 8-4 and 6-3.Oshawa had been the only unbeaten team before running into the Petes.Attendance around the league has generally decreased from a year ago. However, owners believe some of this is due to the intense interest in the Team Canada-Russia series and that the fans will be back in larger numbers when the excitement of those eight games has worn off and the first snow falls.PETERBOROUGH: As usual coach Roger Neilson has a well-balanced team as evidenced by seven victories in their first eight starts&hellip;Doug Gibson scored three goals in the win in Oshawa. Jim Jones had a pair in Peterborough against the Generals the next night and almost every forward is capable of coming up with a big game&hellip;Bob Neely and Jim Turkiewicz head a formidable defense corps.TORONTO: Despite losing two games in three nights (to Peterborough and London) the Marlboros are still considered a major threat for the OHA league championship&hellip;Paulin Borde-leau and Wayne Dillon are among the forwards who have been scoring regularly along with rookie Marty Howe who joined the Marlies after two spectacular seasons with Detroit Red Wings in the Southern Ontario (Tier Two) League&hellip;With one year of Major Junior A experience behind him. older bort her Mark Howe is also steadier on defense.OTTAWA: After finally obtaining the release of Ian Turnbull from Montreal Canadiens following court action, the 67s have probably the best two defensemen in Canadian Junior A hockey&mdash;Turnbull and Denis Potvin&hellip;Turnbull and forward Bryan Barker both scored two goals in six-goal rally against Hamilton which gave 67s 8-4 victory.LONDON: Never a genuine contender since becoming part of the Ontario Junior A League, the Knights seem to have put it all together this season under manager-coach Bill Long who moved over from Ottawa&hellip;They lost just one of their first five games which was their best start in eight years&hellip;The major share of their scoring has been looked after by the potent line of Reg Thomas. Dennis Ververgaert and rookie Andy Spruce, plus the hard-working Lou Nistico who produced his first hat trick in three junior seasons in a 9-5 win over St. Catharines Black Hawks.HAMILTON: With London Knights, Hamilton Red Wings share the &ldquo;most surprising team&rdquo; title so far&hellip;Perennially finishing at or near the bottom of the league the Wings have gained new confidence under coach Dave Draper and while they boast no super-kids have their best-balanced lineup in years&hellip;In the first three weeks the Wings played.500 hockey with three wins, three defeats and one tie&hellip;Crowds gradually increasing after two slow years at the box office for owner Nick Durbano.OSHAWA: The Generals were a week behind the other nine teams opening their schedule, promptly won three straight but 8-4 and 6-3 losses to Peterborough left them well back of the leaders&hellip;Don Seiling and Rick Middleton playing well but several of the top rookies from last season are slow rounding into form.ST. CATHARINES: Dave Gorman scored all five goals as the Black Hawks came from behind to tie Sudbury Wolves 5-5&hellip;The 17-year-old right winger who led the team in goals with 31 last season had 15 in the first seven games this year on a line with center Rick Adduono and Gord Titcomb&hellip;The trio accounted for more than half the Hawk goals in the seven games&hellip;Captain Jeff Jacques having difficulty shaking off the affects of knee surgery during the summer.SUDBURY: With 11 players from last year&rsquo;s Niagara Falls Flyers the Wolves are holding their own in their first season of OHA Major Junior A hockey&hellip;Tom Colley had one goal and four assists in 5-5 tie with St. Catharines after the Wolves had defeated Kitchener 6-5 on home ice 24 hours earlier&hellip;Mike Ryckman&rsquo;s fine play has nailed down the starting goaltending position for coach Barry Mac-Kenzie&rsquo;s Wolves.KITCHENER:Mike Mc-Kegney. one of two Negro players in the Major Junior A (Mike Marson of Sudbury is the other) scored three goals in 6-5 loss to the Wolves&hellip;However coach Eddie Bush has a gigantic rebuilding job after almost all the Rangers&rsquo; top guns graduated after last season&hellip;They earned their first point in 5-5 with Sault Ste. Marie, rookie Joe Fortunato scoring twice.SAULT: Like Bush in Kitchener. coach Abby Caricatto has a real job on his hands to make the Greyhounds a serious playoff contender&hellip; Starting from scratch after acquiring the Montreal franchise but no players, the Greyhounds got two goals from Bill Reed in draw with Kitchener which was also their first point of the season after losing eight straight. &#9632;

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Petes Bring Marlboros Back To Earth; Knights New Contender With Hot Line

ST. CATHARINES&mdash;Four months after selling St. Catharines Black Hawks of the Ontario Hockey Association Major-Junior A League to Hap Emms. Fred Muller of St. Catharines returned to hockey as general manager of the new Binghamton, N.Y. entry in the Eastern Hockey League.Although official sanction has not yet been granted Binghamton has been advised it will be admitted to the EHL in the 1973-74 season.The team will play in a new $7,500,000 building which seats 4.500 fans with standing room for another 1,000.Club owner is Jim Mathews, formerly of Parry Sound, Ont. now living in Binghamton, while Ron Orr. older brother of Boston Bruin super-star Bobby Orr will be manager.The Orr family also lives in Parry Sound.Muller will commute between Binghamton and St. Catharines this year while scouting players to form the nucleus of the 1973-74 club.Before selling the Hawks Muller had been president, owner and general-manager for seven years and was largely instrumental in putting together the 1970-71 St. Catharines team which won the Ontario championship.&ldquo;When I sold the Hawks I thought I&rsquo;d got hockey out of my system&rdquo;, said Muller. &ldquo;But the bug got me again when the cool weather arrived and I can&rsquo;t wait to get started. It will be a real challenge but with a contending team and 400,000 people in the Binghamton area the project is certain to be a success.&rdquo;A coach will he named in early January. &#9632;

Ex-Hawks’ Owner Fred Muller Joins New Binghamton Team

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-01115/3043240-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="303" height="318"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON CHIPPERFIELD&hellip;Seven-Point Debut</figcaption></div><h2>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 23)<h3>EASTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0270/3043233-1-eng-US/f0034-022.jpg" title="f0034-02" width="325" height="99"></div><h3>WESTERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0353/3043226-1-eng-US/f0034-032.jpg" title="f0034-03" width="327" height="94"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon. Oct. 16Winnipeg 4 at Flin Flon 4Tue. Oct. 17Swift Current 5 at Saskatoon 3Medicine Hat 6 at Victoria 4Wed. Oct. 18Edmonton 3 at Calgary 9Medicine Hal 3 ot New Westminster 4Swift Current 6 at Winnipeg 9Thur. Oct. 19Swift Current 1 at Brondon 9New Westminster 3 at Edmonton 4Medicine Hat 4 at Vancouver 2Fri. Oct. 20New Westminster 2 at Calgary 3Brandon 4 at Regina 5Sat. Oct. 21New Westminster 4 at Medicine Hat 4Vancouver 4 at Victoria 3Sun. Oct. 22Calgary 1 at Edmonton 2New Westminster 2 at Swift Current 2Victorio 6 at Vancouver 7Saskatoon 5 at Regina 0Winnipeg 2 at Brandon 4<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Mon. Oct. 23Brondon at WinnipegTue. Oct. 24New Westminster at SaskatoonThur. Oct. 26New Westminster at Flin FlonSaskatoon at EdmontonRegina at BrandonFri Oct. 27New Westminster at Flin FlonSwift Current at ReginaVictoria at VancouverSat. Oct. 28New Westminster at BrandonSaskatoon at Medicine HatVancouver at VictoriaSun. Oct. 29New Westminster at ReginaMedicine Hat at CalgaryMon. Oct. 30Winnipeg at SaskatoonTue. Oct. 31Medicine Hat at VancouverWinnipeg at Swift CurrentFlin Flon at BrandonWed. Nov. 1Medicine Hat at VictoriaWinnipeg at CalgaryThur. Nov. 2Medicine Hot at New WestminsterWinnipeg at EdmontonFlin Flon at BrandonFri Nov. 3Regina at Saskatoon &#9632;

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MEDICINE HAT&mdash;The Medicine Hat Tigers can still score goals, even though they lost some of their punch with the graduation of Stan Weir and Jeff Ablett.The most astounding occurance of the early going was a five-goal outing by Boyd Anderson against Flin Flon.&mdash;The goals came within three minutes and seven seconds of each other, which may be a hockey record.And the Tigers still have defending scoring champion Tom Lysiak and that&rsquo;s a bonus. &#9632;

Tiger Ace Nets 5 In 3 Minutes

QUEBEC CITY&mdash;It was one of those good news, bad news weeks for junior hockey fortunes in the provincial capital. First the good news for Quebec coach Orval Tessier&mdash;high scoring forward Andre Savard finally returned to the lineup and was on hand to score the winning goal in overtime as the Remparts downed the Drummondville Rangers 8-7. Then the bad news&mdash;flashy center Jacques Locas would be lost to the club for several weeks with an injury to one of his tender knees.A 32-goal, 46 assist performer for the Remparts last season despite seeing action in only 32 games due to knee surgery, the talented Savard enabled the Remparts to remain the only undefeated team in the young QMJHL season as his counter after 5 minutes and 35 seconds of overtime capped strong comeback by the Quebec team. Trailing 6-3 heading into the final period the Remparts got goals from Yvan Dupuis, Guy Chouinard, Jean Landry and Andre Deschamps to force the extra frame. It was the Remparts ninth victory of the season without a defeat.Meanwhile, the bruising Cornwall Royals of Ron Racette remained only a single game behind the high-flying Remparts with convincing 12-2 and 5-2 victories over Drummondville and the Montreal Red, White and Blue to run their record to nine wins and one loss. Their single defeat was a 4-0 setback to the Remparts in Quebec City. &#9632;

Remparts Lose Scoring Star But Roll Along Undefeated

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0279/3043350-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="558" height="300"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-01103/3043357-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="112" height="204"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>Winning Faceoffs</h2>The best center men win more faceoffs than they lose and set up many shots for their wingers. The center man&rsquo;s big jobon faceoffs is to get the puck to a teammate.Seldom does a center score with a direct shot from a faceoff. If he does, it&rsquo;s a fluke because his whole strategy is to get the puck to a teammate in a better position. Notice how center men position their mates around the faceoff circle before they approach the drop spot. He&rsquo;s in charge of the play and knows what he wants to do.If you&rsquo;re facing off, use a backhand sweep to get the puck behind you and onto a teammate&rsquo;s stick. By backhanding, you stand a chance of sweeping the puck off the opposing center&rsquo;s stick if he&rsquo;s beaten you to the draw. So, don&rsquo;t poke at the puck&mdash;sweep it behind you.Reflex speed is the answer to winning faceoffs. Up to a few years ago, big. strong centers would often drive straight ahead at the drop, trying to knock the opposing center off balance. Not anymore. The rule book says you can be charged with faceoff interference if you play the man, not the puck.A TIP: Watch the official&rsquo;s hand. As soon as the puck leaves it, start your move with the stick. The puck will be on the ice by the time you react to the drop. &#9632;

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HOCKEY…For Minors

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BY HERB MYERS</div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0355/3043388-1-eng-US/f0035-032.jpg" title="f0035-03" width="140" height="238"></div>Guelph Biltmores, Centennial Cup Champions, continued to add to their Southern Ontario Jr A lead by rattling St. Thomas Elgins 8-4. Guelph, trailing 3-2 after one period, scored three unanswered goals in the second and outscored Elgins 3-1 in the last stanza. Doug Risebrough (19 goals last season) and Jim Springhill (15) each connected twice for the veteran Biltmores while single tallies were credited to Ed Smith, Bruce Boyd, Terry Gregory and John Woods. St. Thomas marksmen were John Loughlean, Ron McFarland, Alec Ovenden and Marc Gaudreault.Led by Gord McTavish with two goals, the Owen Sound Greyhounds continued their winning ways with a 7-1 romp over Orillia Travelways in Mid-Ontario Jr B play. Jim Stewart, Terry Keeling, Jim Roberts, Kim Grant and Tom Gillespie were the other Hound scorers while Jerry Cunningham averted the shutout with an Orillia tally.After losing all 10 games played between the B.C. rivals last season, Victoria Cougars defeated New Westminster Bruins 4-2 in a West Canada Major Jr game. Frank Hyndman, obtained from the Bruins from Victoria during the summer, scored twice in the first period: then a goal by Dave Faulkner built the lead to 3-0. Bruin Emile Demoissas, with a power-play goal late in the second period, and a third-period goal by Marty Mathews cut the Cougar lead to 3-2. New Westminster continued to press, but Victoria&rsquo;s Al McLaren scored on a hack-hander with 21 seconds remaining to clinch the Cougar win. Victoria got outstanding netminding from Sam Clegg, who stopped 49 shots. In the Victoria lineup only Blake Robinson, Murray Worley and McLaren were with Cougars last season.Leo Amadio will again be at the helm of the Glace Bay-Sydney Metro Bees, crown-holders of the Eastern N&rsquo;&gt;va Scotia Junior League, while Carl &ldquo;Bucky&rdquo; Buchanan will handle the reins of Sydney&rsquo;s Xavier College Collegians in the same loop.Laurie Langrell at St. James and George Dorman at West Kildonan are the only holdover pilots in the Manitoba Jr A League, directed this season by Commissioner Bill Addison, who managed the 1959 Winnipeg Braves to the Memorial Cup. Portage la Prairie, with Coach Muzz McPherson returning to the league after a two-year absence, and Dorman&rsquo;s West Kildonan North Stars are favored to win their divisions. The Portage Terriers are icing a veteran team with 19-year olds Randy Penner, Randy Hextall, Bill Calder, Grant Farncombe and Frank Leswick up front; Bill Robertson, John Hewitt and 18-year old George Miller on the backline with 18-year old John Memyryck in goal. West Kildonan is getting plenty of fire power from returning forwards George Jacobson, Don Huggins, Matti Nomme, Delsey Graf, Greg Miller, Ernie Allen and Neil Avery, while the goaltending is in the capable hands of returnee Jack Ferguson.Tom Young triggered the first two scores, veteran Pat Hahn added two more, and promising 16-year old Rodney Shutt fired his first Junior A goal as Pembroke scored a 5-2 win over the Ottawa Rangers. Prior to the start of the Central Ontario Junior A match, a minute of silence was observed in memory of Gayle Linton, fine winger with Pembroke Lumber Kings, who was killed in an auto accident.Peterborough Lions, winner of the Eastern Ontario Jr B crown the past two seasons, is continuing their fine play in the Metro Junior B League this season under coach Don Wasson. Defeating Pickering Panthers 8-1, Lions&rsquo; goalie John Johnson was beaten only by Mike Stockfish&rsquo;s hard blueline shot in the second period. Lions had strong games from centerman Bob Wasson with two goals and three assists. Rich Doyle with two goals, and Bill Davis, Steve Lawrence, Ken Saunders, and Jim Kingdon who added a score a piece.Sarnia Bees (West Ontario Jr B) edged London Sauires 4-3 on a third-period goal by Brian Campbell. Mike Blake led Bees with a pair of goals and Jeff Lindsey added one. all in the first period. Bob Marr, Dave Anderson and Barry McCourt all scored in the second period for the Squires to even the score. Jim Weaver was a standout in the London goal, turning back 55 shots, while Al Sarachman had 22 saves tor Sarnia. London&rsquo;s Randy Kozar and Bees&rsquo; Mike Blake mixed it up and drew fighting major penalties.SLAP SHOTS: Paul Baxter signed with Winnipeg Jets (West Canada Major) after turning down college offer from Washington State University&hellip;Richmond Hill Rams and Dixie pace the Provincial Junior A&hellip;Red Deer Rustlers, losers in Centennial Cup finals, off to a good start in Alberta Junior A&hellip;Sharpshooter Doug Deline banged in three goals.to give Dresden Kings an upset win over Leamington Flyers in Great Lakes Junior B&hellip;Yorkton Terriers new entry in the Saskatchewan Junior A League. Seneca Fivers of the Provincial Junior A League are the former Scarborough Sabres&hellip;&ldquo;The Flying Swede&rdquo;. Stefan Lindberg from Gotehorg. Sweden, has joined the Kenora Mu-skies (Manitoba Jr A)&hellip; &#9632;</div>

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JUNIOR OTTINGS

NEW YORK&mdash;The more the Rangers&rsquo; Emile Francis sees Curt Bennett, the happier he is with his new defenseman and forward.&ldquo;Curt has really helped us&rdquo;, says Francis, &ldquo;especially with the number of injuries we&rsquo;ve had on this club.&rdquo;In a recent game against Vancouver, the 6&rsquo;3&rdquo; Bennett played three positions for the Rangers&mdash;left wing, center and defense. This, of course, made Francis even happied for the little Ranger coach-general manager is big on versatility.Bennett, who was traded last May from St. Louis, is one of two new faces on the Rangers. The other is Steve Vickers, a forward.&ldquo;Right now&rdquo;, says Bennett. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m trying to do two things: Make this team and find an apartment.&rdquo;Bennett is unique in manyways. Number one&mdash;although born in Canada, he came to the United States when he was three months old and the family-moved to Provindence. Rhode Island. It was in Rhode Island that he plaved his schoolboy hocley.Number two&mdash;he&rsquo;s an Ivy-League graduate. &ldquo;And except for Montreal&rsquo;s Ken Dryden (Cornell) and I there aren&rsquo;t any other Ivy League players in the league.&rdquo; said Bennett.A graduate of Brown University. Curt was named to the 1969 ECAC Holiday Hockey Festival All-Star Team. In that tournament. Brown went to the finals where they were defeated 3-1 by Cornell and Ken Dryden.&rdquo;Corneil only lost one game that year,&rdquo; recalled Bennett, and that was to Brown. We beat them during the regular season.&rdquo;&ldquo;I picked Brown for two reasons.&rdquo; said Curt. &ldquo;One&mdash;I wanted an Ivy League education and two&mdash;I liked the school&rsquo;s rink.&rdquo;After graduating from Brown, Curt was signed by the St. Louis Blues who made him a forward. He played four games for the Blues in 1970-71 and scored two goals. Then it was off to Kansas City where he scored 19 times in 63 games. Last year, he shuttled between St. Louis and Denver of the Western Hockev League.At 6-3 Bennett says he&rsquo;s the shrimp in the family. His oldest brother. Billv is 6-6.Bennett&rsquo;s entire background has been spiced with hockey. His father. Harvey, was a goaltender with the Boston Bruins for one season, before playing 15 years with the Provindence Reds of the American Hocley League. It was during those years, in the Providence area, that Curt became a pee wee and then a high school star. &#9632;

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