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November 10, 1972

The Hockey News November 10, 1972

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IN THIS ISSUE

THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPION

LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada byHILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTDArnold Street. Wallaceburg. OntarioSold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada byHILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTDArnold Street. Wallaceburg. OntarioSold in U.S and Canada<h2>Player&rsquo;s of the week</h2><h3>In The East</h3>Jacques Lemaire is being hailed these days as the NHL&rsquo;s next bonafide super star, and he proved why in splendid back-to-back performances for Montreal canadiens last week.Lemaire missed two consecutive hat-tricks by an eyelash. He scored three goals in Canadiens&rsquo; 4-3 victory over fledgling New York Islanders and fell just one goal short of that production the next night as Montreal bombed St. Louis Blues 7-0.But Lemaire wasn&rsquo;t finished. He set up two tallies on the weekend as Montreal tied Buffalo Sabres 3-3 in a battle of the NHL&rsquo;s two remaining unbeaten teams.It amounted to a hot week for one of the East&rsquo;s most sizzling performers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02478/2926085-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="517" height="597"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES LEMAIRE&hellip; Montreal Canadiens</figcaption></div><h3>In The West</h3>Montreal Canadiens may have given up too soon on veteran Ralph Backstrom. The seasoned center landed with the Los Angeles Kings two years ago for a song and the Kings have been singing his praises ever since.Backstrom and several other Canadiens&rsquo; castoffs, including goalie Rogatien Vachon, have sparked the Kings to a four-game winning streak in the NHL West. Ralph&rsquo;s contribution was a goal and two assists in a 5-0 victory over California; a goal and an assist in a 5-2 romp over Pittsburgh, and the insurance tally in a 3-1 verdict over Atlanta.Backstrom&rsquo;s antics are making L.A. fans forget the team&rsquo;s weak road start when the Kings lost six out of seven outings before opening a lengthy and productive home stand.excellent young prospect who can play defense or forward, seems to be going to waste with Habs. He had a great training camp, then ran into a knee injury which shelved him. He hasn&rsquo;t been able to crack the powerful lineup since recovering. Surely he could help a less fortunate team?&hellip; Serge Savard says there&rsquo;s a better spirit on Canadiens this season than last year. &ldquo;Everyone&rsquo;s doing his share.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03377/2926078-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="505" height="622"><figcaption class="caption-body">RALPH BACKSTROM&hellip; Los Angeles Kings</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ALEX HARDY</div>CHICAGO&mdash;Chicago Cougars may not have the best won-loss record in the World Hockey Association right now, but no one can match their knowledge of hotels and restaurants around the league.Cougars were on the road for 20 straight days in October before finally playing their first home game Hallowe&rsquo;en night against Winnipeg. Then it was back on the road again, a total of 15 road games in their first 20 starts. A circus in Cougars&rsquo; home arena, the 9,300-seat Chicago Amphitheatre, was a major cause.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01157/2926464-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="264" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reg Fleming</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s tougher to get ice time for practices on the road,&rdquo; laments coach Marcel Pronovost. &ldquo;Also, it was tough on the married players whose families were trying to get settled in new homes and apartments in Chicago. They were always worrying what was going on back in Chicago&rdquo;Despite slipping into last place early in the season, Cougars have shown signs of adhering to one of Pronovost&rsquo;s philosophies. &ldquo;A team is like a hand,&rdquo; says the former NHL great. &ldquo;The goalie is the palm and each player is a finger. None by itself is that effectual. But when you close the hand, you have a fist that packs a punch.&rdquo;Cougars have shown good teamwork and they definitely pack a physical punch. Reg Fleming hit enough people during his NHL career to amass 1,468 penalty minutes. Rosaire Paiement once beat Bobby Orr in a scrap, and Larry Cahan is one of the tougher defensemen around.Fleming was the club&rsquo;s surprise scoring leader in the early going, netting six points in the first six games. Even more surprising is the fact he collected only five minutes in penalties, far below Paiement&rsquo;s 21 minutes.For a decade, Fleming was one of the NHL&rsquo;s most penalized players, and by season&rsquo;s end he will probably assume the same role in the WHA. Off the ice, though, he is among the most pleasant of men. &ldquo;I like people, and off the ice I try to communicate with them. That&rsquo;s the way I really am.&rdquo;Fleming considers the WHA a blessing. Last season he was shipped to Salt Lake City in the Western League, and when the WHA offered a contract he jumped at it.&ldquo;I worked hard to get to the majors and I want to stay there. I hope the younger players breaking into hockey realize the tremendous opportunity they have. When I broke into the NHL there were six teams. Today there are 26 major league clubs.&rdquo;Fleming says the biggest difference between the major and minor leagues is the pressure to win. &ldquo;In the majors you have to win every game. You have to make sacrifices if you want to win. The pressure is on every player in the WHA. Every team wants to win badly to build fans support.&rdquo;WINNIPEG: Jets&rsquo; Star Chris Bordeleau stayed atop the WHA scoring ladder. Although his 11 points were the same number as New York&rsquo;s Bobby Sheehan and New England&rsquo;s Tom Webster, Bordeleau had the most goals, eight. Coach Bobby Hull decided against using goalies Ernie Wakely and Joe Daley on a rotating basis. Daley was the more impressive of the two in the early going. Hull and his family moved into a new Winnipeg home, and it took three vans to cart their possessions from Chicago. Meanwhile, Hull&rsquo;s son Blake, 9, asked his dad if he was going to play in a game against Philadelphia. &ldquo;I hope so,&rdquo; replied Pop. &ldquo;Good&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;Then you can bash that Sanderson, eh?&rdquo;ALBERTA: Fuming after his club only got a tie against the visiting Chicago Cougars, Oilers&rsquo; coach Ray Kinasewich indicated that the WHA is so close, teams will have to take advantage of home games to score victories. &ldquo;The league is too evenly matched, no one can afford to give any gift points.&rdquo; Oilers got leftwinger Brian Carlin back after he was out since training camp with blood poisoning, and he immediately scored two goals within seven minutes in his first game. Ex-Toronto Maple Leaf Jim Harrison continued to lead the club with 10 points, while Ron Walters potted six goals. Ross Perkins, last year&rsquo;s Minor League player-of-the year, returned to the lineup after recovering from a fractured ankle, but veteran Ed Joyal was still out with a broken jaw. Blueliner Doug Barrie missed as he awaited word from the courts on his status.LOS ANGELES: Sharks continued to get excellent goaltending from Russ Gillow and George Gardner. Both sported 2.0 goals-against averages and each stopped 93 per cent of opposing shots. Defenseman Bart Crashley was an early scoring sensation with three goals and three assists in his first six games. Ted McCaskill, Sharks&rsquo; roughneck captain, was made a knight in the realm of King Boreas, fictional head of the St. Paul, Minn., Winter Carnival. Sharks confirmed they are playing four of their 39 home games at the Long Beach Arena (the remainder are at the L.A. Sports Arena).HOUSTON: Don McLeod and Wayne Rutledge continued to give Aeros excellent goaltending. Each played three of the team&rsquo;s first six games and combined for a 2.83 goals-against average. McLeod was particularly impressive, blocking 91 per cent of shots on his net for a 2.67 average. Veteran Gord Labossiere was the team&rsquo;s early point leader with seven in six games, including four goals.MINNESOTA: Center Ted Hampson and wingers Wayne Connelly and Mel Pearson were Fighting Saints&rsquo; most potent line. Connelly and Hampson were the club&rsquo;s two top scorers, with Pearson only were Fighting Saints&rsquo; most potent line. Connelly and Hamoson were the club&rsquo;s two top scorers, with Pearson only a point behind. The second attacking unit of Fred Speck, George Morrison and Bill Klatt was also fairly effective, but Saints suffered from lacklustre goaltending from Mike Curran and Jack McCartan, former U.S. Olympians. Their combined average was 3.41. One of Saints&rsquo; top fans is Minnesota governor Wendell Anderson, an admitted hockey buff who still plays the game.<h2>WHA Leaders</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02118/2926457-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="607" height="892"></div> &#9632;

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Cougars Stagger Home After 20 Days On Road

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie&#x2014;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01765/2925223-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="313" height="358"></div>PAUL HENDERSON and Phil Esposito will both be presented with new cars bv a Canadian brewery for their outstanding play in the Canada-Russia series. Henderson was the actual winner of the pouplarity contest sponsored by the brewery but the voting was so close that it was decided to give Esposito, who was the runner-up, a new car &ldquo;as well&hellip; Owner Charlie Finley is finally getting down to earth again after his Oakland A&rsquo;s World Series&rsquo; victory. Charlie was ecstatic about his club&mdash;s thrilling win and now plans to get behind his California Golden Seals and see if he can&rsquo;t move them into a playoff berth in the NHL West&hellip; A new brother act in the NHL this season is composed of Brian and Chuck Leflev. Natives of Grosse Isle, Man., Brian is a rugged defenseman with New York Islanders while Chuck js one of the Canadiens most promising young wingers. Both are determined to make it big in hockey and have a friendly rivalry going between them&hellip; Boston fans are worried about their beloved Bruins who can&rsquo;t seem to get untracked this season. What appeared to be a dynasty in the making seems to be falling apart&hellip; Jersey Devils of the Eastern Hockey League very pleased with their affiliation with the nearby Philadelphia Fivers&hellip; New Haven Nighthawks, expected to be one of the better American Hockey League franchises soon, published an outstanding souvenir program as New Haven moved back into the AHL after an absence of 21 years. Charlie Hill, business manager of the Nighthawks, is the man responsible for the fine program&hellip; The American Hockey League now boasts 12 teams, the most in its 36-year history&hellip; &ldquo;Most people feel I&mdash;m the most disappointed person in the world,&rdquo; said Eddie Westfall, New York Islanders&rsquo; senior citizen. &ldquo;Coming from a Stanley Cup champion to an expansion team, but that&rsquo;s not so. I began with the Bruins in 1961. We had our share of rookies that season so I have been in a building situation before.&rdquo;&hellip; Westfall, incidentally, has a student pilot&rsquo;s license and often flies from his home in Pelham. N.H. to a small airport near the Nassau Coliseum on Long Island&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02716/2925216-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="258" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Finley</figcaption></div>THOMMIE BERGMAN one of the first European trained hockey players to perform in the NHL. has been providing a steady defense for the well-conditioned Detroit Red Wings&hellip; center Len Fontaine has also been impressive to the Red Wings brass. Fontaine made the jump directly from Port Huron of the IHL to the Wings and has been the club&rsquo;s early season scoring leader&hellip; Wayne Stephenson, goaltender from the former Canadian National Team, is breaking in with the St. Louis and performed well in recent games&hellip; Larry Carriere, a first year pro who played with Montreal&rsquo;s Loyola College has Thommie Bergman been a big factor in the early season success of the surprising Buffalo Sabres&hellip; Bill Beagan, commissioner of the International Hockey League has announced that the winner of this year&mdash;s Turner Cup may play 11 exhibition games in Europe next spring&hellip; Eddie (The Entertainer) Shack of the Pittsburgh Penguins recently returned from Los Angeles with a dune buggy, on which he has his name and sweater number painted, along with a warning for Pittsburgh drivers &ldquo;Clear The Track, Here Comes Shack!&rdquo;&hellip; The early season play of the OHA Major Junior A Loop appears to be a repeat of last season with Toronto, Peterborough and Ottawa currently battling for top spot&hellip; Jacques Lemaire is off to a fine start with Montreal Canadiens with 10 goals in his first nine games&hellip; Ron Low made his big league debut in the nets for the Toronto Maple Leafs and despite being beaten twice by the red-hot Red Wings, Low was most impressive and could perhaps be the answer to the Leafs&rsquo; problems of finding a backup for the aging Jacques Plante&hellip; Minnesota general manager Wren Blair is a busy man these days, overlooking the North Star operation in addition to providing player help for minor league clubs in Cleveland. New Haven and Saginaw. &ldquo;Skates, Sticks and Men,&rdquo; The Story of Amateur Hockey in the United States, written by S. Kip Farrington Jr. is one of the finest books of its kind ever published. David McKay Company Inc. of New York is the publisher. See it at better bookstores&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03618/2925209-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="270" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Thommie Bergman</figcaption></div>RED KELLY has formed a new forward line at Pittsburgh of Schinkel, Shack and Schock. &ldquo;We use first names to make it easier,&rdquo; laughed Ron Schock&hellip; The NHL hasn&rsquo;t had any U.S. officials since Bill Chadwick retired. There are two this season, Steve Dowling, who is presently working in the AHL, and Bob Luther, a linesman trainee in the Western League&hellip; John Ashley and Lou Maschio, retired NHL referees, are now scouting for future NHL officials&hellip; Lefty Wilson, Detroit&rsquo;s longtime trainer, has had tobacco chewers, gum chewers and thumb chewers among Red Wing players but Thommie Berg man. the rookie defenseman Larry Carriere from Sweden, is the first one to tuck a pinch of snuff beneath his upper lip before he goes out on the ice&hellip; Jack &ldquo;Cleartone&rdquo; Cleary, public-address announcer at the old Rhode Island Auditorium for 45 years, is calling it quits. George Sage, owner of the Providence Reds, said Cleary will have two complimentary tickets at the new arena anytime the Reds play&hellip; Frans Henrichs, Utrecht sports columnist and one of the best informed hockey writers and broadcasters in Europe, was honored at a special night recently&hellip; Everyone noticing how much more physical Rod Gilbert has become of late. The handsome New York winger started this midwax through the Russia series&hellip; CBS will televise a number of World Hockey Association games this season. CBS was looking for a replacement for NHL hockey which it lost this year to NBC. A minimum of five games will be telecast&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04531/2925202-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="244" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body">Thommie Bergman</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVOL. 26&mdash;No. 6 MONTREAL, NOVEMBER 10, 1972 Price 35&#576;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01518/2927378-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="442" height="469"></div>&mdash;Page 15<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02391/2927371-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1501" height="1749"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN BUCYK (Hockey News Photo by Robert Shave)</figcaption></div>Bruins&mdash;Veteran Reaches Milestone<h2>BUCYK NETS 400TH COAL</h2>Page 2<h2>BUFFALO&rsquo;S HOT LINE BURNING UP NHL RACE</h2>Page 3GILBERT PERREAULT<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03172/2927364-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="541" height="1453"></div>WHA DILEMMA: WHAT&mdash;S KEEPING McKENZIE&mdash;S BLAZERS DOWN?&mdash;Page 22 &#9632;

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HABS, SABRES BATTLE FOR TOP

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01701/2924944-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Bucyk, right, tallied milestone goal. (Hockey News Photo by Robert Shavet)</figcaption></div>BOSTON&mdash;Veteran left winger John Bucyk has stepped up into the select 400-goal club in the National Hockey League.The 37-year-old left winger of the Boston Bruins connected for his 400th milestone goal as the B&rsquo;s walloped New York Islanders 9-1 on Oct. 29.Bucyk tallied twice to push himself into such select NHL scoring company as Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Maurice Richard, Jean Beliveau, Frank Mahovlich, Alex Delvecchio and Norm Ullman, all of whom have scored 400 or more goals in their NHL careers. &#9632;

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BUCYK SCORES 400TH

OAKLAND&mdash;Garry Young, who was listed as coach and general manager of the California Golden Seals at the outset of this season, no longer carries the title of general manager.Fred Glover, former coach and general manager of the Seals, who rejoined the club August 1 as executive vice-president, has assumed all duties involving player transactions and all other executive club business.It was Young, serving as general manager of the Seals last year, who announced that Glover was fired after the first three games of the season. Glover moved into the coaching post at Los Angeles and finished the season with the Kings. Last summer he signed on with the new Cleveland franchise in the World Hockey Assn, but after several weeks departed from that post.The Seals are now functioning without a specific post of general manager. A source close to the club and owner Charles Finley said that Glover has been executive in charge of the club from the outset of this season. &#9632;

YOUNG OUT AS GM

BOSTON&mdash;Despite repeated denials from the top, the sale of the Boston Bruins is reportedly still on the fire.A large sports-oriented Massachusetts TV station is said to be ready to shell out something like $28 million to purchase the National Hockey League club from the present owners, the Adams family. They have continually denied the Bruins are up for sale. &#9632;

BRUINS UP FOR SALE?

TORONTO&mdash;The Russian hockey team is a kicking, spitting, spearing hockey machine. That&rsquo;s the word from Allan Eagleson. the executive director of the National Hockey League Players&rsquo; Association.The Eagle levelled the charges at a luncheon here honoring Team Canada players Paul Henderson and Phil Esposito, who both received new automobiles as the outstanding performers of the recent Canada-Russia hockey series.Eagleson said that Team Canada had been subjected to unfair criticism since the tournament ended Sept. 28 and it was totally unjustified.&ldquo;We played them under their rules and their conditions with their referees and won on their ice,&rdquo; added Eagleson. &#9632;

EAGLE BLASTS RUSSIANS

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO&mdash;The world Hockey Association, that precocious infant, created absolute havoc for many of shinny&rsquo;s establishment folks last summer. What normally is a time for sun and fun developed instead into a time for perpetual fretting about what evil tidings the next telephone call would bring.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02661/2925047-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="250" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption></div>Include Tommy Ivan, the crafty general manager of Black Hawks, in the ranks of those men side tracked by the birth of the new league. The 61-year-old Ivan always polite, always proper, always impeccably dressed&mdash;won&rsquo;t come right out and say it, but one is led to believe that Mr. Ivan was milling retirement plans when the WHA appeared.&ldquo;I think,&rdquo; says Ivan, with characteristic caution, &ldquo;that I probably would have tapered off had not all of this happened. But this has been a year of change, and I want to make sure everything is in order."Ivan, the man who built the Hawks at season&rsquo;s start&mdash;right tender, reportedly was ready to move up to a role as a vice-president with the team while Coach Billy Reay ascended to general manager. A new coach would then have been brought in.But while the rumors swirl, and Ivan&rsquo;s health admittedly is not particularly splendid, the dapper little man is still at his desk.&ldquo;This year is a challenge, let&rsquo;s face it,&rdquo; said Ivan. That&rsquo;s perhaps his way of saying he shall not bail out now that Bobby Hull, the athlete most responsible for the team&rsquo;s success in the last 15 years, has transferred his account to Winnipeg.&ldquo;You have to feel the loss of a player with his ability,&rdquo; admitted Ivan. &ldquo;But I think we still have a good hockey club here.&rdquo;This is perhaps the way in which Ivan, a rather intense man, conveys his hope&mdash;make that confidence&mdash;that his club has a strong nucleus, that his rebuilding plans will mesh, and that maybe, just maybe, the Black Hawks will be a pleasant surprise despite the loss of the finest athlete they ever possessed.The current edition of the team is still quite talented, and Ivan emits a certain amount of optimism because it contains two strong commodities in abundance&mdash;goaltending and defense. And with the numerous veterans on the club, there is a healthy touch of youth.Three rookies stuck with the Hawks at season&rsquo;s start&mdash;right wing J.P. Bordeleau, defenseman Phil Russell and center Brian Ogilvie. The latter two kids were the Hawks&rsquo; top two amateur choices last June, and when you consider that they came on the 13th and 29th selections, that means someone in the organization was doing extensive homework.The influx of youngsters offers shades of 1969, when, after the Chicagoans finished in last place, the brass imported five kids to play prominent roles in the team&rsquo;s unprecedented leap to the top the next year.There was a college flavor in that crop&mdash;Keith Magnuson, Cliff Koroll, Tony Esposito&mdash;and here is one area where Ivan has definitely been ahead of his contemporaries.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve felt for a long time that the colleges are going to be a valuable place for hockey talent,&rdquo; said Ivan, who hasn&rsquo;t missed an NCAA tournament in years.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s getting tougher and tougher to build a team, so you can&rsquo;t miss any opportunities.&rdquo;And so it is that Ivan still keeps a rigorous schedule. He has slowed down slightly. Last summer, for instance, Reay hustled around signing several players&mdash;another clue that he is destined for Ivan&rsquo;s desk. But Ivan&rsquo;s desk for now is occupied. And it will be. no doubt, until everything is just the way he wants to leave it. With every pencil, paper clip and player in the proper spot. &#9632;

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Hawks’ GM Running Out String With New Season Big Challenge

CHICAGO&mdash;Stan Mikita passed the 1,000-point mark in the second week of the season. The 32-year-old center enjoyed one of the best starts of his 14-year career&hellip; After winning their first four games, the Chicagoans dropped three straight, two of which were on the West Coast where they always have problems. In their 6-3 setback at Vancouver, Jim Pappin pulled a groin and missed a game. This gave Coach Billy Reay still another reason to juggle his lines, which weren&rsquo;t too productive anyway. &ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t been consistent.&rdquo; Reay said after the first two weeks of the schedule. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d rather see us more even than in and out like we have been.&rdquo;&hellip; Tony Esposito was also having problems&mdash;he was in the nets for all three losses doing the week-long dry spell. &#9632;

Mikita Passes 1,000th Point

<h2>NHL Teams</h2>Chicago&hellip;&hellip; 2St. Louis&hellip;&hellip; 3Minnesota&hellip;&hellip; 5Detroit&hellip;&hellip; 6Pittsburgh&hellip;&hellip; 8Atlanta&hellip;&hellip; 9Los Angeles&hellip;&hellip; 10Vancouver&hellip;&hellip; 11N.Y. Rangers&hellip;&hellip; 12California&hellip;&hellip; 13Philadelphia&hellip;&hellip; 15Montreal&hellip;&hellip; 16Buffalo&hellip;&hellip; 18N.Y. Islanders&hellip;&hellip; 19Boston&hellip;&hellip; 20Toronto&hellip;&hellip; 21<h2>Other Leagues</h2>World Hockey&hellip;&hellip; 22American&hellip;&hellip; 25Western&hellip;&hellip; 28Central&hellip;&hellip; 30Eastern&hellip;&hellip; 32International&hellip;&hellip; 33OHA Major&hellip;&hellip; 34WCHL&hellip;&hellip; 35<h2>Columnists</h2>Ken McKenzie&hellip;&hellip; 4Bill Libby&hellip;&hellip; 8<h2>Other Features</h2>Fan Forum&hellip;&hellip; 4Quiz Corner&hellip;&hellip; 6Jon Royal&hellip;&hellip; 10New Rookies&hellip;&hellip; 10Movements&hellip;&hellip; 12NHL Scoring&hellip;&hellip; 14NHL Summaries&hellip;&hellip; 17NHL Scoreboard&hellip;&hellip; 20WHA Scoreboard&hellip; 22WHA Summaries&hellip; 24Crossword&hellip;&hellip; 26Hockey Tips&hellip;&hellip; 31 &#9632;

WHERE YOU—LL FIND IT ALL

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01703/2925140-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Latecomer to the Sabres&mdash;sizzling front three is RENE ROBERT, above in full flight. Key man is brilliant GILBERT PERREAULT, right, whose linemates agree they wouldn&mdash;t get anywhere without his fantastic playmaking. Along with RICHARD MARTIN, shown below, the trio forms the hottest scoring line in the entire NHL. (Hockey NewsPhotos by Robert Shaver)</figcaption></div>MONTREAL&mdash;Last season they had 13 points going into their 25th game, and it took them till December to get their fifth win.This year the 13 points were theirs after just eight outings on a 5-0-3 record of wins, losses and ties; and the reasons for it were threefold.Gilbert Perreault, Richard Martin and Rene Robert were the trio mainly responsible for Buffalo Sabre, sensational start this year and, barring injuries, they could rewrite pages of the record book by the time the campaign ends.&ldquo;They&rsquo;ve blended very well as a unit,&rdquo; said Sabres&rsquo; coach, Joe Crozier. &ldquo;I put them together for the first time late last season, after getting Robert in a trade with Pittsburgh, and they clicked almost immediately. Naturally, I started off with them again this year.&rdquo;The youthful unit had made Buffalo one of the highest-scoring clubs on the circuit in the early going and, in a memorable seven-game stretch in October combined for 19 goals and 46 points among them. That was better than sixty percent of the scoring done by the whole team, during that stretch.<h2>Hockey News Extra</h2>&ldquo;Perreault is the key to our line,&rdquo; says Martin. &ldquo;He makes plays that are just fantastic, and is completely unselfish with the puck. Look how many times he set me up for goals last season when I was shooting for the record. And, it was his record I was breaking.&rdquo;Martin netted 44 goals in his rookie season to set a new mark in goals for first-year men. He broke Perreault record of 38, which the Buffalo center had set in 1970-71. However, an injured Perreault wasn&rsquo;t on hand when Martin scored goal No. 39 last February 19 against Toronto, to actually break the record.&ldquo;Perreault had been racked up by a bodycheck earlier in the game and had to go to the hospital for observation,&rdquo; Martin said, &ldquo;That sort of spoiled the evening for me, and besides we lost that game to the Leafs.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02583/2925133-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1162" height="1017"></div>Martin&rsquo;s super sniping has been complemented by Perreault&rsquo;s all-around excellence and. in fact, hockey men are beginning to regard Perreault as the game&rsquo;s premier forward. Friend and foe alike have praised him this season.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the second-best player in hockey after Bobby Orr,&rdquo; said opposing defenseman Barclay Plager, of St. Louis Blues. &ldquo;And, on the basis of the moves he makes when he comes at you over the blueline, he has to rank as the best forward.&rdquo;Robert, who joined Buffalo from Pittsburgh last March 4, one day before the trading deadline, is a converted center with a right-hand shot. Sabres got him in a one-for-one deal involving Eddie Shack and an undisclosed amount of cash.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03390/2925126-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="533" height="1665"></div>A year or two older than his linemates at 23, Robert scored seven goals and 18 assists in 49 games for the Penguins last season. He also had a previous NHL trial with Toronto Maple Leafs, being with them for five games in 1970-71.&ldquo;Mostly I just rode the bench,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Even with Pittsburgh, I saw very little real action. It&rsquo;s a nice change to be playing regularly, and having linemates like Perreault and Martin is terrific.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hot Line Gives SabresNew Thrust

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;Larry Ziegler is the enly stickboy who is a member of the board of directors.Neither job is fulltime for Ziegler. He earns his living by playing on the professional golf tour. But Ziegler is also a big hockey fan and a close follower of the St. Louis Blues.When he takes a week off from golf, the blond-haired Ziegler can be seen carrying an armful of sticks to the Blues&rsquo; bench at home or on the road. Ziegler&rsquo;s family is close to the Salomon family, owners of the Blues, and Larry is on the 20-man board of directors.&ldquo;I play in about 42 tournaments a year,&rdquo; Ziegler said, &ldquo;and hockey helps me get my mind off golf. You don&rsquo;t ever get as excited in golf as in hockey. In golf you have to stay calm, but in hockey the excitement gives a team momentum.&rdquo;&ldquo;I really enjoy hockey,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The Blues are a good bunch of guys with great spirit and they&rsquo;ve been good to me. That team spirit is something we don&rsquo;t have in golf because each golfer plays as an individual.&rdquo;Ziegler makes sure there are extra pucks for pro-game warmups and helps the trainers by handling the shoelaces and smelling salts, as well as the sticks.&ldquo;I like to be down on the bench and I holler all the time,&rdquo; Ziegler said. &ldquo;In St. Louis, of course, we have great fans.&rdquo;The players frequently ask their part-time stickboy for golfing tips, and Ziegler is happy to oblige.&ldquo;Just about all of them play golf,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They like to play golf for the same reason I like to go to hockey games.&rdquo;Ziegler laces on a pair of skates occasionally but he wisely stays off the ice when the Blues are on it. He has to resist coaxing, but the pro golfer realizes he is not in the same league with the pro hockey players.&ldquo;Garry Unger tried to pull me over the boards one day during practice,&rdquo; Ziegler said. &ldquo;He skated over and said, &lsquo;Here, check the blade on my stick.&rsquo; When I grabbed the stick, he tried to pull me on to the ice with it, but he didn&rsquo;t make it,&rdquo;Ziegler does play golf with the Blues and he has been honored by being asked to play in two National Hockey League golf tournaments, held each summer normally just for the players.Asked whether any of the Blues was a standout golfer, Ziegler said, &ldquo;I guess Barclay Plager in the best golfer on the team. He applies himself to golf just as he does to hockey.&rdquo;Ziegler wears a Blues&rsquo; jacket when he is with the team during a game and is one of the liveliest on or behind the bench. He helps to open and close the gate and handles the job with gusto.&ldquo;One night in Philadelphia I jerked the gate open, and it came off in my hands,&rdquo; Ziegler said. &ldquo;That was bad enough, but Noel Picard made the situation worse by skating over and kicking it out on the ice. Bill Friday was the referee that night and he skated over and said, &lsquo;Ziegler, can&rsquo;t you do anything right&rsquo;?&rdquo;Ziegler could have explained that he is only the part-time gateopener. And you don&rsquo;t have to worry about gates out on the golf course.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04230/2925171-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="541" height="883"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY ZIEGLER&hellip; Golf&rsquo;s His Livelihood</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Larry Ziegler—Hotkey—s Only—Exetutive—Sfitkboy

VOL. 26NO. 6NOVEMBER 10, 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 Halpin Kenneth William McKenzie Lyndon LittleEditorial Director President and Publisher Assistant 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; Chicago: Hooper Jones & Associates, 3322 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, III 60645, telephone (312) 478-5544Yearly SUBSCRIPTION Rales: $7.00 in Canada $8.00 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. 1327.Printed in Canada &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05431/2925278-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div>This Is The YearMaple Leafs FallIn past years, Toronto Maple Leafs have had losing streaks and suffered the loss of players because of injuries. But nothing is going to compare with this year, mainly because they waited until the last moment to sign contracts for the players. This is true of Bernie Parent, regarded as one of the top young goaltenders in hockey: Jim Harrison, the best third-line center in the league; Brad Seiwood, Rick Ley. Guy Trottier and many promising youngsters from Tulsa. Due to the inertia of Leafs&rsquo; management. all these players defected to the WHA. and they can&rsquo;t help but be missed.RICK ENGLISH, Castleton. Ont.Hawks Will Still FlyWithout Bobby Hull1 have been a Bobby Hull fan for a long time, but more of a Black Hawk fan. I don&rsquo;t blame Bobby for his defection to the WHA. But the talk lately has been that his defection will make a big difference in Black Hawks&rsquo; chances of winning the Stanley Cup. I don&rsquo;t think this is true, because the first thing you need is a good defense, which Chicago is noted for, and the next requirement is someone who can put the puck in the net which Chicago has in-the persons of Cliff Koroll, Stan Mikita and Dennis Hull.DAVID GERSTENBERG, Riegelsville, P.A,Bruins Still The BestWith Spirit, RookiesRanger fans, don&rsquo;t get your hopes up! The Bruins are still the best team in hockey. The Bruins have great spirit and ample talent to repeat their Stanley Cup victory of last year. Players like Ed Johnston and Don Awrey, who did not play many games against Russia, nevertheless stayed with the team and were ready for action, unlike people like Vic Hadfield, the socalled Ranger captain. I also have a lot of faith in Bruins rookies like Fred O&rsquo;Donnell, Nick Beverly and Terry O&rsquo;Reilly.JOHN BAILEY, Agincourt, Ont.Optimistic PredictionsNot Practical ThinkingI was upset by the &lsquo;expert&rsquo; predictions on the Canada-Russia series in the September issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS. To quote a few: &ldquo;We will win eight games to nothing.&rdquo;&mdash;Alan Ea-gleson. &ldquo;I expect the Canadians to win every game.&rdquo;&mdash;Billy Reay. &ldquo;Canada will have no problems at all with the Russians."&mdash;Joe Crozier.In my opinion, this is good positive thinking, but under the circumstances, hardly practical. I am sure they must have been aware of the fact that Russia never quits training and was &lsquo;putting it together&rsquo; back in April for this series. I don&rsquo;t like to see our guys put on the spot like that As Gordie Howe said, &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have that much to win, but a lot to lose.&rdquo; To that I have to say &ldquo;Amen&rdquo;. We were extremely lucky to come out of it the way we did.JIM BRETT, Wasilla, AlaskaMontreal Ice CapitalAnd Not New YorkI strongly disagree with Norm MacLean&rsquo;s contention that &ldquo;New York Makes New Claim: Capital Of Ice Hockey&rdquo;. Actually, Montreal deserves to make that claim instead. New York fans have a lot of other activities to attend. There are New York Knicks and New Y&rsquo;ork Nets, and all those theaters that New York is so famous for.Besides, Emile Francis is forever juggling his lines which are starting to fall apart. They don&rsquo;t even have two solid lines. Last year the Gene Carr-Walt Tkac-zuk-Bill Fairbairn line scored only 57 goals and 89 assists. In contrast, Canadiens had five 30-goal men compared to Rangers&rsquo; three. Montreal also had seven 20-goal men.In addition, Canadiens came out way ahead in the amateur draft with such picks as Dave Gardner, Steve Shutt, and Michel Larocque. In 1971 they picked Guy Lafleur and Chuck Arnason. Rangers fared poorly by comparison. Montreal also has a nucleus of other young players like Chuck Lefley and Randy Rota. And you can forget the Islanders and Raiders, at least for this year. Canadiens are far superior both in talent and attendance.NIGEL SALTS, Pleasantville, N.Y.Spread TalentTo Weaker ClubsThere is so much waste of talent around the NHL farm systems that I definitely feel there is a long-needed change in the waiver system. I feel it is ridiculous Montreal can keep a Chuck Lefley or a Larry Robinson in Nova Scotia for two years while deciding whether he is capable of playing in the NHL. Just this year they have sent John Van Boxmeer and Dave Gardner to Nova Scotia, even though they have the ability to play for even Boston Bruins right now. I feel there would be more justice if they went to the WHA. I think teams should at least have to waive each player once a year. I also feel the top two clubs in each division should be able to protect only seven or eight players. This would give the expansion clubs some chance. So let&mdash;s see some equality!PERRY REUMKENS, Port Alberni, B.C.&mdash;Hockey&hellip; For Minors&mdash;Worthwhile FeatureI have been watching hockey for the past 18 years and thought I knew the game. However, my knowledge concerning the intricacies of hockey has tripled since the inclusion in your newspaper of &lsquo;Hockey&hellip; For Minors&rsquo;. This column has helped me and other true hockey fans understand and appreciate what the game is all about.KENNETH W. McCARTHY,Levittown, Pa. &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;Assembled more by circumstance than by design, the Minnesota line of J.P. Parise, Dennis Hextali and Bill Goldsworthy appears headed toward a productive season in the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01717/2925316-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="259" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">J.P. Parise</figcaption></div>The task now is to create an appropriately clever name for the unit, such as the GAG Line (Goal a Game) identifying the Ranger threesome of Vic Hadfield, Jean Ratelie and Rod Gilbert or, to bring in another sport, the Front Four of the Minnesota football Vikings.In Minnesota&rsquo;s first five games this season, the Hextail line accounted for 10 goals and 27 points. Parise, who was sharing the NHL scoring lead with Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Ron Schock at one point, had four goals and six assists for 10 points; Hextali two and seven for nine and Goldsworthy four and four for eight.Coach Jack Gordon has an interesting story of how he formed the line.Parise and Goldsworthy had spent most of last season on the line with center Jude Drouin, although Danny Grant was there at left wing part of the time. In training camp this fall, Gordon put Grant with Drouin and Bob Nevin in an experiment that worked favorably.Goldsworthy and Parise missed all of training camp and nine of the 10 exhibition games while they were competing with Team Canada. Hextail was assigned in the exhibition games to wingers Jerry Byers, a rookie just out of the junior ranks, and Buster Harvey.&ldquo;When Goldy and J.P. came back from Russia,&rdquo; explained Gordon, &ldquo;I wanted them to get as much ice time as possible. Hex-tall was going good, so I put them in there with Hex. They just seemed to click.&rdquo;There were several reasons for this immediate success, among them physical strength and a willingness to dig in the corners. To put it bluntly, it&rsquo;s a tough threesome. The figures in the Minnesota press book list Goldy at 6-1 and 197 pounds, Hextall at 6-0 and 176 and Parise at 5-9 and 175. What they don&rsquo;t list is an arsenal of sharp elbows, excellent skating balance and a strong streak of combative personalities.&ldquo;They control the puck pretty well,&rdquo; adds Gordon. &ldquo;J.P. has really improved his puck-handling. Hex is quick to hit the corners, and this sets up the others in scoring position.&rdquo;While the experience against the Russians has obviously sharpened the skills of both Parise and Goldy, the emergence of Hextall on healthy legs has done a great deal for the line. Hextall underwent an operation on his knee a week before the 1971-72 season opened, which restricted him to only 36 games and just six goals.This year, the injury healed completely, the bony former University of North Dakota star is wheeling in high gear. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a treat,&rdquo; Hextall said recently, &ldquo;to be able to cut and turn again without the knee giving out. I hope I&rsquo;m ready for a good season.&rdquo;They won&rsquo;t be able to take full shifts on a regular basis of course. The penalty box will beckon, as it has in the past. Goldy cut down his penalty minutes from 89 minutes in 1970-71 to 59 minutes last season, but he is still an aggressive player. Parise spent 70 minutes in penalties last season and Hextall, despite his limited service, was out for 51 minutes.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a pleasure to work with wingers like this,&rdquo; Hextall added. &ldquo;I never had guys like J.P. and Goldy to feed while I was in Oakland. When I give them a pass now there&rsquo;s a good chance of the puck winding up in the net.&rdquo;NORTH STAR NOTES:&mdash; Minnesota&rsquo;s first visit to Atlanta resulted in a decisive 6-0 victory, with Hextall&rsquo;s line accounting for 10 total points and Cesare Mani-ago registering the shutout&hellip; Metropolitan Sports Center, home of the North Stars, will be the site of the first NHL regular season game ever carried on prime time network television. The Minnesota-Boston game of Dec. 29, starting at 7:30 p.m., will be telecast as part of the new NHL package with NBC&hellip; The Met will also host three games, on Dec. 30, 31 and Jap. 2, of the World Cup amateur tournament involving teams from the U.S., Russia, Canada and Czechoslovakia. The first portion of the World Cup will be held Dec. 26-29 at the Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo&hellip; The North Stars optioned Jerry Byers, their prize rookie winger, to Cleveland mid-mark.VIRGINIA: The Virginia Wings are sailing along in high gear with Rick McCann, onetime Baltimore player, pacing the league&rsquo;s scorers with 11 points after a half-dozen games.Coach Doug Barkly&rsquo;s young hands have displayed the league&rsquo;s best offense with 28 goals to their credit.And the Virginia fans have really taken to the hustling team with 5,131 attending the first home game against Hershey. Among the crowd was Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, wife of the late Gen. Douglas MacArthur, one of America&rsquo;s World War II heroes.Detroit Red Wings executive vice-president Jim Bishop also was a spectator.The Hershey match was a thriller with the Wings building up an early lead and then hang-ling on to skate off with a 4-3 win. Only 12 hours earlier, the Wings had laced Hershey, 6-3, in its own Chocolatetown rink.Robbie Ftorek, former U.S. Nationals forward, was the wings second best pointman, showing four goals and a like number of assists. His four goals were tops for the club.Brian Watts, Barry Salovaara, Nelson Debenedet, Herb Boxer, Brian McCutcheon, Bob Cook and Randy Sokoll all had popped in at least one goal to aid the offense.And George Hulme&rsquo;s play in the nets was steady as he allowed only 18 goals in the first 300 minutes of action for a respectable 3.6 average.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02630/2925309-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="509" height="873"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENNIS HEXTALL&hellip;Quick In Corners</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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North Stars Stumble On To New Hot Line

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01794/2925354-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="535" height="562"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALEX DELVECCHIO &hellip; Nearing Milestone</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02648/2925347-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="529" height="557"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL KARLANDER&hellip; Two Quick Goals</figcaption></div>DETROIT&mdash;Just when one Big Red Machine cranked to a stop&mdash;the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series&mdash;another started pounding along like a steamroller&mdash;the Detroit Red Wings.The Wings rolled over East Division favorite New York, defending Stanley Cup champion Boston and in a weekend home-and-home set, walloped the team that beat them out for the final East playoff spot last season, the Toronto Maple Leafs.And along the way, Philadelphia and Los Angeles were victims of the hottest start in Red Wing history&mdash;six straight victories.Is it a fluke or are the Red Wings really that good? Obviously, it&rsquo;s a combination of things. Buffalo was unbeaten after seven games and the Sabres certainly aren&rsquo;t one of the game&rsquo;s great teams.On the positive side is the fact that coach Johnny Wilson, with strong backing from general manager Ned Harkness, has the team extremely well-conditioned. The Wings have gone on a fitness kick and it is paying off.Wilson did an excellent job of re-working the team last year but between the time it took to get his ideas into practice and the time that had elapsed&mdash;and the points lost&mdash;before he took over, it was too late to make the playoffs.Also on the positive side of this season&rsquo;s quick start is the fact that Detroit does have some quality hockey players, players that could play for any club, any time.Marcel Dionne, the most exciting player Detroit has had in years, is one of the most talented players in hockey. Mickey Redmond and Nick Libett are high quality and so is defenseman Gary Bergman who just seems to keep getting better.Alex Delvecchio is one of hockey&rsquo;s great, smooth craftsmen and Red Berenson, the man with the best backhand in the NHL right now, is another strong talent.The supporting cast on the forward lines, by today&rsquo;s standards, is quite decent. And the key words are &ldquo;today&rsquo;s standards.&rdquo;The NHL this year isn&rsquo;t what it used to be, certainly not what it was befor the initial expansion in 1967, not even what it was before Buffalo and Vancouver joined in 1970.Too many good players have been lost to the World Hockey Association, too many players who worked well in supporting roles have been distributed among the new clubs, not only in the NHL but the WHA as well.The Red Wings weren&rsquo;t seriously harmed by either the WHA or the expansion draft, however, and points have to be given Harkness for successfully protecting his fort.Harkness also worked hard in acquiring experienced goaltending help for Wilson and the position is the strongest it has been since Roger Grozier and Roy Edwards backstopped Detroit to a third place finish in 1969-70.Edwards, back for a second tour with Detroit, seems to have developed a new attitude and his work was almost faultless while the Wings won four straight&mdash;Edwards gave up just five goals.Edwards, figured to be the No. 2 man, moved up when Denis De. Jordy suffered a bruised knee in his second start, a victory over Boston.Another factor in the Wings&rsquo; flying start is the schedule. Five of the first six games were on Olympia ice and home ice is a powerful advantage and always has been.Detroit obviously is improved and other clubs have been weakened so it isn&rsquo;t too far-fetched to expect the Red Wings to be a factor in the East Division race this year. It certainly isn&rsquo;t a club that can be taken for granted now.RED WING NOTES: The addition of more private boxes over the summer enabled Olympia to boost its capacity again and a record 16,115 attended and cheered the Wings&rsquo; 6-2 victory over Toronto.Al Karlander, who has been a fourth liner, moved up to Tim Ecclestone&rsquo;s spot when Ecclestone was whacked on the ankle in the second period of the Sunday Leaf game. Karlander quickly scored two goals.Alex Delvecchio is closing in on Jean Beliveau as hockey&rsquo;s all-time No. 2 scorer&hellip; through Oct. 25, Delvecchio had 1,212 career points to Beliveau&rsquo;s 1,219.Defenseman Larry Johnston missed the Philadelphia&mdash;St. Louis trip with a severe upper respiratory infection (that&rsquo;s a very bad cold) and Garv Doak. who broke a leg in the first exhibition game, is taking light ice workouts and is expected back in early November. &#9632;

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Physical Fitness Kick Pays Off As Wings Make Best Start Ever

<div class="byline">by Fred Lamer</div><h2>&ldquo;TWO MINUTE HOCKEY QUIZ&rdquo;</h2>1&mdash;Gordie Howe, Jean Beliveau, Maurice Richard, and Doug Harvey are all members of the NHL Hockey Hall of Fame.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;2&mdash;The Los Angeles Kings play their home games at the fabulous Forum in the heart of Los Angeles.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;3&mdash;Montreal Canadiens havemet the Boston Bruins in 15 Stanley Cup Playoff series and have won 13.true &#9744; false &#9744;4&mdash;The Hockey Hall of Fame building is located on the grounds of the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;5&mdash;Floyd Curry finished the 1950-51 Stanley Cup play offs in a tie with 3 others for the scoring leadership with 7 points.TRUE FALSE &#9744;6&mdash;Since the formation of the NHL in 1917, Montreal-based teams have won the Stanley Cup 18 times, the same number as all the Americanbased teams combined.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;7&mdash;Maurice Richard scored the most Stanley Cup-winning goals.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;8&mdash;The St. Louis Blues were the first winners of the Clarence S. Campbell Bowl.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;9&mdash;Only 5 players in NHL history have scored 50 goals or more in one season.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;10&mdash;The old Ottawa Senators won the Stanley Cup more often than either the New York Rangers or the Chicago Black Hawks.TRUE &#9744; FALSE &#9744;Q &#9632;

QUIZ CORNER

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Cooper improves the mouthguard by developing a totally new protective concept

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01780/2925447-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="274" height="355"></div><h2>Flyers Determined Now&hellip;</h2>TWICE IN THE PRECEDING THREE seasons the Philadelphia Flyers have lost playoff berths in the final game of the year. In the spring of 1970, when Vic Stasiuk was coaching, it came in an afternoon game with a shot Bernie Parent &ldquo;lost in the sun&rdquo; as it swooped in from mid-ice. In the spring of this year, with Fred Shero coaching, it resulted from a shot that got by Doug Favell with only four seconds remaining. This has left a sort of shell-shocked effect on the Flyer people. It is a new season now and new hopes abound, but a mood of almost deadly determination sits with this club instead of the old relaxed optimism. The usual laughter of early season is missed. Officials are seen throwing furtive glances over their shoulders.Chairman Ed Snider has not run amok with an axe, chopping heads, but rumors that a guillotine has been constructed in a small room in the basement of the Spectrum run rampant. No jobs on earth match managing and coaching for nightrafter-night pressure. No, not even the presidency of the United States. His option is only up every four years. The men who lead the Flyers know every night is renewal night. We sympathize with them. One of the stories in our new book, &ldquo;The Coaches,&rdquo; concerned the sad last six games of the 1970 season for Vic Stasiuk as his Flyers fell from second to fifth place and his world fell apart all around him. Since then he has coached in Oakland and now in Vancouver. These are gypsies who are degraded.Keith Allen, who was hired by Bud Poile to coach the Flyers and remained to replace him as manager, sat in the press lounge of the Forum in suburban southern California and said, &ldquo;You just do your best. You do everything you can think of and then you wrack your brains to figure out what you might not have thought of. If you could just buy the players you needed it would be easy. You get the best scouts you can and hope you come up with class kids. In trading you have to hurt yourself somewhere and you only hope you help yourself more.&rdquo; A man of quality, Keith didn&rsquo;t seem to be smiling as much as usual. &ldquo;This is a very important season for us,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Every game counts.&rdquo; In the hallway outside the Flyer dressing room, Fred Shero, in his second season of coaching in the majors, said, &ldquo;My big job is keeping this club&rsquo;s confidence up. We have good players, but some have been shaken.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02690/2925440-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="523" height="834"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL FLETT&hellip; Before The Beard</figcaption></div>The Flyers won the game. The hero was Bill Flett who was obtained from these Kings in a multi-player trade late last season. The Flyers were hard hit by defections to the WHA, but some players jumped right back and one was Flett. &ldquo;It was strictly a matter of money,&rdquo; Flett explained in the dressing room. &ldquo;The WHA offered me more so I went. But the Flyers kept talking to me in an effort to get me to return and when the WHA missed a payment it freed me to return. I returned because I got the kind of money that made me happy. It&rsquo;s a sport, sure, but it&rsquo;s also a job. Most working men will go to work where they get the most money.&rdquo;Flett arrived in L.A. with the longest hair yet seen in the NHL, with the longest sideburns, with a massive moustache and a goodsized beard. The only thing besides hair that showed on his face were his dark eyes. There is a trend to this sort of thing among athletes these days, but Bill has gone berserk. He looks like a darkhaired Rip Van Winkle, but he has not been asleep in games. He said, &ldquo;I grew it in the hospital after last season when I had to have some surgery. My wife likes it so I&rsquo;ve kept it. I actually did trim the beard, which was down to below my neck. I was going to cut it off and trim the other stuff, but I&rsquo;ve been going good so I&rsquo;ve delayed it. As soon as I slump, I&rsquo;ll expose it to scissors. But, no, it doesn&rsquo;t bother me. Eating? No, it filters my food. I&rsquo;ll admit the sweat does drip from my mustache into my mouth.&rdquo;<h2>Rushing The Kids Up&hellip;</h2>BOB KELLY SAT ACROSS THE AISLE studying Flett and shaking his head. He said &ldquo;We have a lot of young players on this team. I don&rsquo;t think Billy is 30 but he looks like our father.&rdquo; Kelly soon will turn 22 and he already is in his third year in the NHL. A few years ago, players like this had to work their way up, learning their trade in the minors. Now they are rushed. Kelly is not a super-scorer, but is an outstanding two-way forward. He said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;re learning at the top. I learn every game. I guess I&rsquo;ve got years to go to reach my peak. I wish I scored more. Right now I&rsquo;d just like to get a goal. But managers and coaches pay for the other stuff, too, and I try to hit and play defense and earn my pay with all-around play.&rdquo;Bobby Clarke is a year older and has played a season more in the majors. Last season he rose to the top with 35 goals and preceding this season he was one of the three or four outstanding players for Team Canada in the series with Russia. He said, &ldquo;After the international series, I seemed to suffer a letdown. It was always easy for me to get up for games. Going to games has been like a kid going to the circus. But right now I don&rsquo;t feel all wired up. I&rsquo;m physically ready, but not mentally. I guess it&rsquo;s natural, but it bothers me. I&rsquo;m not satisfied with my play. These early games count as much as any and I don&rsquo;t want to be responsible for any losses which could prove costly. I&rsquo;ve lived through two deep disappointments here in my three seasons so ar.&rdquo;Doug Favell sat wearily, not yet undressed even as the others were boarding the team bus. He said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve tried to put it out of my mind but that goal in the last four seconds sticks to me.&rdquo; Someone said, &ldquo;Hurry up or we&rsquo;ll leave you behind.&rdquo; Someone else said, &ldquo;Not since goaltenders got scarce.&rdquo; Dougie smiled and said, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not that lucky, anyway. They wouldn&rsquo;t leave me in a nice warm climate.&rdquo; An L.A. writer said, &ldquo;Well take you here.&rdquo; Dougie said, &ldquo;I wouldn&rsquo;t think the price would be too high. Goalies that let in goals in the last four seconds that cost their teams playoff berths cost about two hockey sticks.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">By DAN DONOVAN</div>PITTSBURGH&mdash;When Ken Schinkel entered the dressing room, several teammates chanted. &ldquo;Creak, creak creak.&rdquo; They were supposed to be imitating bones. They were letting him know he is the old man on the team.The way he was playing in the Penguins&rsquo; early games, you could tell Schinkel has forgotten he is almost 40. In the first five Penguin games, he scored fiveals. The &ldquo;old man&rdquo; was leading the Penguins&rsquo; young team.&ldquo;I feel good.&rdquo; Schinkel said. Even when you are almost 40, it is easier to feel good when you are winning. &ldquo;I told myself a while ago I would like to play until I&rsquo;m 40.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03570/2925478-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="241" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ken Schinkel</figcaption></div>Penguin games, he scored fiveIt looks like Schinkel is going to make it, and it may be with a winner, a change for Schinkel since he is all too used to losing. The only original expansion Penguin left, Schinkel has seen all of Pittsburgh&rsquo;s hard times.It makes me feel good that they have kept me so long chinkel said.The right wing has long been known as a steady, checking player, never one for flashy play or high scoring. Ironically this year his line is flashy and he is their scoring punch.&ldquo;I just decided I had to get down to three lines,&rdquo; Coach Red Kelly, said, explaining how he put together the announcer&rsquo;s bane, the Schinkel-Schock-Shack shift, &ldquo;so I just threw them together.&rdquo;The thrown-together line is flashy mainly because of Eddie Shack, the left wing. His zig-zag skating and occasional antics please crowds and disrupt the opposition.&ldquo;Shack shakes things up out there,&rdquo; Kelly said, &ldquo;and Schinkel steps into the gaps and scores.&rdquo;Schinkel would not be scoring without Ron Schock, another steady player who had eight assists in the first five games. Schock is the playmaker of the line and has given Schinkel some shots he couldn&rsquo;t miss.The development of the third line is important if the Penguins hope to improve this year. It can give them depth they have never had in their history.&rdquo;Chicago is the only team in the division that has three lines as good as ours,&rdquo; Schinkel said.And Kelly agrees. &ldquo;We have some depth now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We have more sound scoring.&rdquo;Balance has suddenly become a Penguin strongpoint. The Syl Apps-Jean Pronovost-Lowell MacDonald line and the Bryan Hextall-Al McDonough&mdash;Greg Polis unit were all about equal in goal production during the early going. &ldquo;In one game, the Schock line has a good game, then the Apps line plays well and then the Hextall line,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;Now if we can just keep it up&hellip;&rdquo;Then old men like Schinkel will be laughing so hard they won&rsquo;t be able to hear their bones creaking.PENGUIN CHATTER: Rookie goalie Denis Herron got his first shutout in his second start when he beat New York Islanders 5-0 Oct. 17&hellip; Apps has played brilliantly during the early going, easily making him the team&rsquo;s best player&hellip; The Penguins won early despite injuries bothering defenseman Duane Rupp and forwards Greg Polis and Jean Pronovost&hellip; Pronovost missed three games. &#9632;

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Old Pro Schinkel Showing Pens’ Kids He Still Has Stuff

<div class="byline">By JIM HUBER</div>ATLANTA&mdash;The Atlanta Flames showed their first signs of maturity in their controversial 3-2 celebration over the rugged Minnesota North Stars.They didn&rsquo;t run.And, by most accounts, they could have.It started in the second period of a strong skating game between the weak expansion club, losers to Minnesota by six goals just three nights before, and the North Stars.Young John Stewart, just brought up from Halifax to fill in for the injured Larry Roman-chych, skated across the blueline and slapped a shot at Gump Worsley&rsquo;s feet.Unfortunately, Stewart was offside and the play had come after the whistle. According to Stewart&rsquo;s account and TV replays later, Worsley then caught him with a neat stick clothesline beside the net. Gump was charged with high-sticking after a small fracus was calmed down and Worsley went a little bananas, charging referee Dave Newell with stick raised.Newell handed down a misconduct, then added a game misconduct and Worsley was gone, raging mad as he went.The North Stars, for the first time in their five-year history, had to bring in a second goalie, Cesare Maniago. A goalie had never before been ejected in Minnesota.It was at that point that the North Stars should have grown much stronger and the Flames weaker. Maniago was not warmed up, fully expecting beforehand to just sit by and watch the game from the bench. In situations like that, most teams go all out to protect a cold goalie.But the Flames turned into demons and went after Maniago with a vengeance.Appropriately enough, it was Stewart late in the third period with the score tied at 2-2 who stole a Minnesota pass and scored on a breakaway, giving the Flames their first victory over an established club and only their second of the season.Minnesota came back moments later with Maniago pulled and apparently tied it up. Newell, however, had whistled the play dead and, again, TV replays showed the puck had not crossed the goal-line, remaining inches outside.The game came after the 6-0 loss to the North Stars in Atlanta. Flames&rsquo; coach Bernie Geoffrion had angrily paced the locker room floor after that one, shouting that things would be different in the return match.Indeed they were. The team flew into Bloomington late Thursday night and went straight to the arena for a near midnight practice.Geoffrion put them through the roughest workout since the opening of training camp. There were no pucks on the practice ice, just weary bodies, skating up and down until they had to fight to keep their dinners down.ICE SPARKS: Saturday was a good night, Sunday was not. If the Flames had skated well in Minnesota, they skated hardly at all in Buffalo the following night. The Sabres played cautiously for two periods and then proceeded to bury the Atlantans, 7-2. That was the game in which Rick Martin scored four goals and the Martin-Perreault-Robert line picked up 16 points&hellip;Stewart could be the scoring punch Atlanta has been looking for. In his first three games, the young left-winger scored a goal and added two assists&hellip; Still, the scoring has not come at all like Geoffrion wants. For example, that Buffalo line alone had scored 46 points through the Atlanta game while the Flames as a team had only scored 32&hellip;There was talk again while the Flames were on the West Coast of an emminent trade between them and the Los Angeles Kings. Nothing has come of it yet.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01759/2925509-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="577" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN STEWART&hellip; Scored Payoff Goal</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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New Flames Show Fire For Geoffrion

<div class="byline">By BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01776/2925568-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="680" height="837"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02672/2925561-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="660" height="813"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03556/2925554-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="666" height="821"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04432/2925547-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="680" height="819"></div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Tommy Ivan, who has won ten NHL pennants and four Stanley Cup championships in 25 years as coach in Detroit and manager in Chicago, stood in the dressing room passageway in the Inglewood Forum before a Black Hawk game in Los Angeles and said, &ldquo;You have to hand it to Jack Kent Cooke. He has done everything he has said he would do except win and he will do that yet, I suspect.&rdquo;Ivan pointed out, &ldquo;I was at the meeting when Jack sought the franchise and I know few really thought he would build a new building, especially with a fairly new building already here, but he built a beautiful one. He is struggling, but what is significant to me. he does not complain. Many of the men who are down are asking for this or that. Jack asks for nothing. He does not whine. He is determined.&rdquo;Some of the complaints against Cooke have concerned his hiring and firing of coaches. He had six coaches in six years with his basketball Lakers and fired some winners who won all but the last game of the playoffs until last season he came up with a coach. Bill Sharman, who won the playoffs, too. Now he is working with his sixth coach in the sixth season of his Kings, Bob Pulford, and there is pressure on him.Rookie coach Pulford came home from a season-opening road trip with a 1-5 record and it fell to 1-6 after the first home game before the Kings won the second. They beat two of the best teams on the circuit, Boston and Chicago, and lost to a lot of lesser ones. An eight-game home-stand followed and the Kings faced teams they could beat in five of the last six. How they do may set the tempo for their entire season. If they fall too far below.500 they could be improved and still not catch up.One coach was fired 24 games into the season, another removed 10 games into the campaign. Eight games into this season. Pulford sighed and admitted. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a lot tougher job than I thought it would be. You put in more hours than I realized. You are more enveloped by it. And you suffer more. I was always a hard loser but I guess it was a consolation knowing I&mdash;d done my own job as best I could. Now I am responsible for the wav 18 guys play and it can be frustrating.&rdquo;Pully came in with some radical ideas on coaching a hockey team, some enforced by a week with football coach George Allen. Asked by Cooke to put some of his thoughts on coaching on pa|&gt; er. Pullv produced a 68-page thesis. which Cooke showed to the coach ol his Washington Redskins, who invited the new King coach to training camp for a week. Pullv says. &ldquo;We practically lived together. We talked coaching from the time we woke up to the time we went to sleep. He let me observe everything, including meet ings."&ldquo;I know nothing about football. but much of coaching is the same no matter the sport and Allen is the greatest of coaches. He believes as do I that it is critical to have a system of play. We have had so many different coaches here that it is critical to get a system, any system, so the guvs will know what is expected of them all the time. My system stresses forechecking and back-checking and stresses positional play and hitting and defense rather than gambling and scrambling on offense. It is basicallv conservative but it will work. It helps to have great players, but a good system may make average players a bit more effective.&ldquo;Hockey is far behind other sports in filming your own games and foes games. scouting, the use of special physical fitness devices and so forth and Allen taught me a lot about these things that can be applied to my teams. We are filming all our games and having detailed film sessions. You can&rsquo;t use playbooks as much in hockey as in football but our players have diagrammed the way I want basic plays executed in books and are expected to study them. This may be new in our sport.&ldquo;Talking to Allen crystallized many of my ideas about handling players and now I am finding out for myself what works for me. I believe in fines for carelessness. The money goes into a team fund. I don&rsquo;t expect the players to be &lsquo;up&rsquo; for 80 games, but it is my job to try to get them up. Allen believes in pep talks and so do I. But thev must he sincere. He believes mottoes on signs are effective and so do I.&rdquo;Above a mirror in the Kings&rsquo; dressing room is a sign which reads, &ldquo;Can I Look In This Mirror And Say I Did My Best?&rdquo;Pulford concluded, &ldquo;It is too early to tell how much the week with Allen helped me, but it certainly gave me a lot to think about and try out. I was impressed with how organized he had everything, from practices to game plans, and I am going to try to make everything I do simi-liarly meaningful. And above all I was impressed with his 24-hour-a-day dedication to his profession. They say it makes him a narrow man, but if it has made him a successsful coach I&mdash;m willing to go that way.&rdquo;He was struggling at the start. Lifting a team from the bottom is a difficult challenge for a rookie coach with new ideas.<h2>MEET THE ROOKIES</h2>The Buffalo Sabres have enjoyed unbelievable success with first draft choices in the past two years. Both Rick Martin and Gil Perreault have already blossomed as top NHL stars. Now the Sabres are trying for a third in big Jim Schoenfeld, the exciting blueliner they picked No. 1 off the roster of the Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. The Sabres expect Schoenfeld will succeed because he has all the credentials. So much so they put the 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 200-pound Galt, Ont., native right into the regular lineup with the start of the 1972-73 season. A rugged checker with exceptional puck handling and skating ability, Schoenfeld appears destined for quick stardom in the big time.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05329/2925540-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="1157" height="1301"><figcaption class="caption-body">(Hockey News Photo by Robert Shaver)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Pulford’s New Approach To Coaching Getting Test

<div class="byline">By HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;All three are defensemen, though there are some who might argue the point in Dale Tallon&rsquo;s case. But when the going gets tough for the Vancouver Canucks, coach Vic Stasiuk makes them all forwards on his BASH line.Tallon, whom many believe would make an even better forward than a defenseman. takes over at center. Bruising Jim Hargreaves steps up to play right wing and the graceful skating Gregg Boddy moves in on the left side.The Canucks are only one regular forward who could be considered big by hockey standards. Orland Kurtenbach, their captain, is six-foot-two and 195 pounds. The rest are mostly a collection of welterweights who have earned their spots through speed and stickhandling rather than their size.But Stasiuk is a blunt, forthright man and he teaches a blunt, forthright style of hockey. That style frequently requires size to emphasize a point. When that occasion arises, he calls on Tallon, Hargreaves and Boddy to put the point across. Collectively, they weigh 600 pounds.The Canucks were getting clobbered by the Sabres one night in Buffalo recently and Stasiuk determined the chief reason for it was the fact his forwards weren&rsquo;t getting anywhere trying to penetrate a large Buffalo defense.&ldquo;I checked the statistics after the first two periods,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and discovered our forwards had accounted for only six of our shots on goal three in each period. I figured either that the Buffalo defense was awful damn good or we just didn&rsquo;t have enough meat up front.&rdquo;His determination to find out which theory was correct caused the BASH line to be born.It didn&rsquo;t alter the course of the game any&mdash;the Sabres went on to win 6-0&mdash;but Stasiuk got his answer. With Tallon, Boddy and Hargreaves leading the way, the Canucks mounted a 17-shot attack in the third period and caused Sabres&rsquo; goaltender Roger Crozier to make some brilliant saves to earn his first shutout of the season.Stasiuk found less occasion to use his BASH line against the Montreal Canadiens, but he had it out there long enough to score a goal that did count. Boddy gloved his own rebound away from Michel Please, dropped the puck and tucked it into the corner of the net.The goal gave the Canucks a 2-0 lead, but unfortunately for Vancouver that wasn&rsquo;t enough. The Canadiens came back to register a hard-fought 5-3 victory. The scored their final goal with just four seconds remaining.But it was in Boston the next night that the BASH line really earned its spurs. Up 3-1 after the first period, the Bruins seemed to take it for granted that another lop-sided victory was only a matter of time. The young Canucks thought otherwise. While the Bruins coasted along waiting for the inevitable, they pumped home four unanswered goals in the second period.Now trailing 5-3, the Bruins realized they had their work cut out and Stasiuk realized the Canucks had a big checking job on their hands. His prime objective was to blunt the thrust of the Bruins&rsquo; big line of Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman.Obviously he couldn&rsquo;t give the entire job to Tallon, Boddy and Hargreaves. He needed them to play defense, too.Instead, Stasiuk split the job in half. On one shift, he&rsquo;d give the job to Kurtenbach, Wayne Maki and Bobby Schmautz; on the next his three defensemen.&ldquo;That way we were able to keep fresh men going against the Espo line the whole period,&rdquo; Stasiuk said.It worked. The Esposito line was held off the scoreboard.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01767/2925599-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="561" height="569"><figcaption class="caption-body">DALE TALLON&hellip; New Ice Role</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Canucks’ BASH Line Turns On Muscle

VANCOUVER&mdash;At one stage in a recent game with Buffalo, coach Vic Stasiuk employed five defensemen on a power play, then looked up to see nine defensemen on the ice at the same time&hellip; Joe Crozier, his Buffalo counterpart, was employing four defensemen to kill the penalty&hellip; &ldquo;What&rsquo;s going on here?&rdquo; Stasiuk asked himself, &ldquo;have the coaches gone crazy?&hellip; Though he remains unconvinced Buffalo&rsquo;s defense is as good as it looked against his team, Stasiuk is willing to concede the Sabres may have struck gold when they drafted Jim Schoenfeld from the Niagara Falls juniors&hellip; He&rsquo;s Stasiuk&rsquo;s kind of player&mdash;tough, aggressive and fearless&hellip; Veteran forward Dave Balon has missed seven games with a badly bruised instep&hellip; The Canucks played six of their first eight games on the road, but survived with a respectable 3-4-1 log. &#9632;

Nine Defensemen On Ice!

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:NATIONAL LEAGUEBOSTON&mdash;Ron Jones, defenseman, and Greg Sheppard, forward, recalled from Boston Braves of AHL. Bobby Orr, defenseman, placed on injury list for indefinite period.PITTSBURGH&mdash;Sheldon Kannegiesser, defenseman, assigned to Hershey of AHL. Cam Newton, goalkeeper, recalled from Hershey.TORONTO&mdash;Joe Lundrigan, defenseman, and Gordon McRae, goalkeeper, recalled from Tulsa of CHL.ATLANTA&mdash;Brian McKenzie, forward, secured from Pittsburgh for cash and future considerations.PHILADELPHIA Bill Barber, forward, recalled from Richmond of AHL.BUFFALO&mdash;Ray McKay, defenseman, and Rick Dudley, forward, sent to Cincinnati of AHL.N.Y. ISLANDERS&mdash;Lorne Henning, forward, assigned to New Haven of AHL.VANCOUVER&mdash;Bob Sneddon, goalkeeper, sent to Springfield of AHL on loan from Seattle of WHL.MINNESOTA&mdash;Ted Ouimet, goalkeeper, purchased from St. Louis Blues and assigned to Cleveland of AHL.DETROIT&mdash;Rick Newell, defenseman, recalled from Virginia of AHLWORLD HOCKEY ASS.PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Yves Archambault, goalkeeper, Richard Campeau, defenseman. recalled from Roanoke Valley of EHL. Dave Hutchsion and Jack Chipchase, defenseman, sent to Roanoke. Denis Meloche, forward, recalled from Roanoke.NEW ENGLAND-Guy Smith, forward, assigned to New England of EHL.QUEBEC&mdash;John Gravel, defenseman, returned to Toledo of IHL. Jean Cartier, defensemen, sent to Rhode Island of EHL.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Tom Serviss forward, recalled from Greensboro of EHL.NEW YORK&mdash;Bob Winograd and Wally Olds, defensemen. recalled from Long Island of EHL. Guy Denoncourt, goalkeeper, sent to Long Island. Joe Junkin, goalkeeper, recalled from Long Island and assigned to Syracuse of EHL on loan. Gary Cunningham, defenseman, sent to Jersey of EHL.WESTERN LEAGUESEATTLE&mdash;Ron Homenuke, forward, secured from Vancouver of WHL. Jim Mowat, defenseman. sent to Des Moines of IHL.PORTLAND&mdash;Gary Davidson, defenseman, assigned to Fort Wayne of IHL.SAN DIEGO&mdash;Bob McKinstry, forward, sent to Des Moines of IHL. Bob Kirk, forward, assigned to Fort Wayne of IHL.PHOENIX&mdash;Bob Leslie forward, signed to pro contract and assigned to Des Moines of IHL. Rick Hextail, forward, signed to five-games pro tryout.AMERICAN LEAGUECLEVELAND&mdash;Stu Irving, forward, assigned to Saginaw of IHL.CENTRAL LEAGUETULSA&mdash;Reg Bechtold, forward, signed to pro contract.INTERNATIONAL LEAGUETOLEDO&mdash;Guy Provost, defenseman, secured from Providence of AHL. Terry West, forward, left club and returned to Omaha of CHL.PORT HURON-Don McLaughlin and Larry Wendell, forwards, secured from Detroit.DAYTON&mdash;Ray Brownlee, forward, sent to Fort Wayne of IHL on loan.EASTERN LEAGUERHODE ISLAND&mdash;Brian Galbraith, forwards recalled by Chicago of WHA. CLINTON&mdash;Jim Armstrong, goalkeeper, claimed on waivers from New England of EHL. Ian Anderson, defenceman, an nounced retirement. Gerry Andreatta, forward, awarded to Comets after he was sent to Rhode Island of EHL bv Chicago of WHA. CAPE COD&mdash;Roland Campeau, forward, called up from Manchester of New England. League. Richard Bobbs, forward. released. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">By NORM MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;Continued excellence in goal by Gilles Villemure and Rod Gilbert&rsquo;s smash start have combined to straighten out the Rangers and calm fears of a large scale opening slump.Villemure went unbeaten in his first four games, giving up only five goals and winning over Minnesota, Boston and the New York Islanders, while tying Montreal. Gilbert, with five goals and six assists in eight games was very much involved in the New York turnaround. And he had carried his good play to the point of being extremely aggressive in the corners and even with his fists. Rod, taking up where he left off with Team Canada, had fisticuffs with Billy Smith, the Islanders&rsquo; goalie of all people and also with Frank Mahovlich, a Team Canada teammate.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01746/2925678-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="254" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Gilbert</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The Smith thing just happened. Frank Mahovlich kneed me when I wasn&rsquo;t looking. I didn&rsquo;t see him coming,&rdquo; said Rod. &ldquo;But hasn&rsquo;t Villemure been great for us?&rdquo;Whether the Rangers finally were ready when Gil stepped into goal for Eddie Giacomin or they play better for Villemure is a moot point. He has done the job, when things didn&rsquo;t look too good.Gil is now 32 and has proved his point, as the Rangers yearbook states. He is not only an NHL caliber goalie, but must be rated in the upper echelons of the circuit. And he isn&rsquo;t unhappy when Giacomin plays. Villemure had to sweat too long in way stations in the minors leagues not to appreciate New York. Buffalo (AHL), Vancouver (WHL) and Baltimore (AHL) all had a premier minor leaguer who was really a major leaguer. Most of them haven&rsquo;t had as good when they graduated to the NHL. as did Buffalo and Vancouver, although this may be unfair to Roger Crozier of the Sabres.Villemure says, &ldquo;When the game is close I concentrate more. When this happens, usually I keep the score down pretty good.&rdquo;Gilbert has always been the hero of the New York team and at one time was built up as a coming super star when the Rangers really were short of talent. When everyone finally stopped thinking about when Rod would become a super player, he became one.&ldquo;No way I could have succeeded with out Jean Ratelie and Vic Hadfield.&rdquo; says Gilbert sincerely.He means this and the bond of friendship and team play between the three GAG Line members is deep. When Ratelie was sidelined in March and for two rounds of the playoffs last Spring, he rooted openly for Rod to break a playoff goal slump. Suddenly Gilbert potted one against Chicago and Ratty said, &ldquo;That will give Rod confidence. He&rsquo;ll get another one right away.&rdquo;Gilbert did just that winning the game.An unsung Ranger, Billy Fairbairn put the Bruins away on Oct. 18 with a brace of goals in one minute and 46 seconds of the third period.The normally taciturn Fairbairn said, &ldquo;We (meaning center Walter Tkaczuk) are talking it up on the ice and working things out better now. When Walter yells a lot he play much better. He gives me so many close-in chances I have to put some of them in.&rdquo;Nonetheless, Fairbairn has justified the confidence of general manager-coach Emile Francis who stuck with the hard rock 25-year-old five-foot-ten inch 190 pounder from Brandon, Manitoba. Billy had a great rookie year in 1969-70, then suffered a bad second season because of an attack of mononucleois. But he bounced back last year and is a throwback to the old time two-way player the old six team NHL used to demand.Tkaczuk, heralded for years as the Rangers next super player, gives New York a tremendous one-two punch at center. Also 25, Walter is so strong that Phil Esposito rates him as near the toughest he has to work against. And Walter goes on the attack, not just checks when put against Espo.Gene Carr, the third member of the line with Tkaczuk and Fairbairn, is being given a full shot by Francis. Heralded as an offensive wanderer who was more at home at center. Carr does a job coming back against the Yvan Cournover and Ken Hodges of the NHL. He still misses scads of close-in opportunities, but so did Fairbairn for awhile, so hopefully savvy and experience will iron this out.Ted Irvine, out for seven games with a bad knee, was welcomed back in the Montreal game of October 22. The Garden crowd gave Ted a nice round of applause when he took the ice.With a four-game undefeated streak under their belts, New York was looking forward to a three-game road trip encompassing Chicago, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, before returning to the Garden for a four game stand in mid-November against the expansion teams.BLUE CHIPS: Rod Gilbert suffered a charley horse in his leg in his fracas with Frank Mahovlich&hellip; Vic Hadfield was presented with a trophy commemorating his 50-goal achievement of last year by the Greater New York Ice Hockey League. Jerry Rodelli made the presentation. Rodelli also serves as a vice-president in the nine-team N.Y. Metro Loop&hellip; The Rangers defeated Boston 7-1, N.Y. Islanders 2-1 and tied Montreal 1-1 in the period between Oct. 18 and 22&hellip; The Islanders game was the first regular season match between these two potential arch rivals and the fledgling Islanders almost pulled it off mainly on the goaling of Billy Smith. An SRO crowd of 14,665 sat in at the Nassau Coliseum&hellip; &#9632;

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Gilbert, Villemure’s Play Picks Up Sagging Rangers

<div class="byline">By GEOFFREY FISHER</div>OAKLAND&mdash;The roaring tributes were still cascading off the Oakland hills in raucous homage to Charley Finley&rsquo;s world champs of baseball when Finley&rsquo;s California Golden Seals were being brutally ambushed by the Chicago Black Hawks in the Oakland Coliseum.For the Seals it was the fourth defeat in their first six games, this one by an incredible 4-2 score considering that Seals&rsquo; Goalie Gilles Meloche could have filed charges of aggravated assault against the Black Hawks who ripped 44 shots at him.Despite the suffocating tension of being caught in World Series that had come down to the seventh game, Charley O. was on the phone from Cincinnati to Seals&rsquo; Executive Vice-President Fred Glover. He asked for a briefing on his ice troops.Finley might have used the long distance call to better advantage by phoning Gov. Ronald Reagan and pleading for an 11th hour reprieve for his Seals.Two nights earlier the Seals had escaped with a 3-3 tie against the Philadelphia Flyers and in that one 22-year-old Meloche had been blitzed with 39 shots. Those 83 shots in two successive games doubtlessly aged Mr. Meloche prematurely.The first month of the NHL campaign held no surprises for those observers who had predicted the Seals would be a tailender.Crowded into his little cubicle, a colony of newsmen confronted Coach Garry Young in the postgame inquisition.&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t it appear,&rdquo; asked one reporter, &ldquo;that the Seals lacked the necessary fire power to get the job done?&rdquo;&ldquo;Do you think,&rdquo; asked another, &ldquo;that maybe some of your veterans are getting sour, maybe not giving the kind of guidance that the youngsters on the club need?&rdquo;Young bristled at that last query.&ldquo;No. I don&rsquo;t think so at all,&rdquo; he shot back. &ldquo;One thing I&rsquo;ll tell you, you won&rsquo;t get me to say any thing against my hockey club because I don&rsquo;t believe in that. I&rsquo;m not a bit unhappy with our veterans. The young players run around a lot more and maybe look a bit flashier but there&rsquo;s not a player on this club that is giving less than 110 percent.&rdquo;Young, in his debut season as an NHL coach, repeated his preseason prediction about his club.&ldquo;I said all along it would take until Christmas before this club would jell. We have had to make so many changes because of our losses of established players to the WHA. One thing I was sure of, it would not be an easy road, but I figure before the new year we will be in a playoff spot.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01734/2925709-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="540" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARRY YOUNG&hellip; Asks For Time</figcaption></div>Young is emphatic in declaring there is no cause to push the panic button on his Seals.&ldquo;I figure we have to cut our goals against by 85 to 90 to get into the playoffs,&rdquo; he said.Last season the Seals gave up 288 goals, a total exceeded only by the last place Los Angeles Kings.Young quickly refutes the suggestion that his young and inexperienced squad lacks the ability to make the playoffs.&ldquo;They are hard working, have great spirit, skate their butts off and do whatever I ask of them,&rdquo; says Young. &ldquo;They know they have been picked to finish way down the list and they have the pride to keep working at it until they get the job done.&rdquo;Young says he will continue to juggle bis formations until the right combinations develop.&ldquo;When you have so many inexperienced young players it takes a lot of patience. It would be a terrible mistake for me to storm into our dressing room after a loss and rip into these kids. There are times when you&rsquo;ve got to crack down but when you are handling youngsters with the kind of determination we have on this club, patience is the most important thing.&rdquo; &#9632;

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NO NEED TO PUSH PANIC BUTTON ON SEALS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-11112/2925971-1-eng-US/f0014-112.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">PLAYERS SCORING PENALTY RECORDS</figcaption></div>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 29)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01734/2925964-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="268" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body">ATLANTA Flames</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02623/2925957-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="775" height="526"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03485/2925950-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="295" height="286"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOSTON Bruins</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04353/2925943-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="760" height="556"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05264/2925936-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="250" height="277"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUFFALO Sabres</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06223/2925929-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="754" height="534"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07181/2925922-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="301" height="199"><figcaption class="caption-body">CALIFORNIA Seals</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-08155/2925915-1-eng-US/f0014-082.jpg" title="f0014-08" width="754" height="569"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-09141/2925908-1-eng-US/f0014-092.jpg" title="f0014-09" width="270" height="275"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHICAGO Black Hawks</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-10125/2925901-1-eng-US/f0014-102.jpg" title="f0014-10" width="746" height="527"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-12101/2925894-1-eng-US/f0014-122.jpg" title="f0014-12" width="334" height="199"><figcaption class="caption-body">DETROIT Red Wings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1384/2925887-1-eng-US/f0014-132.jpg" title="f0014-13" width="766" height="562"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1465/2925880-1-eng-US/f0014-142.jpg" title="f0014-14" width="262" height="321"><figcaption class="caption-body">LOS ANGELES Kings</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1556/2925873-1-eng-US/f0014-152.jpg" title="f0014-15" width="756" height="519"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1645/2925866-1-eng-US/f0014-162.jpg" title="f0014-16" width="295" height="277"><figcaption class="caption-body">MINNESOTA North Stars</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1743/2925859-1-eng-US/f0014-172.jpg" title="f0014-17" width="764" height="557"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1833/2925852-1-eng-US/f0014-182.jpg" title="f0014-18" width="1408" height="361"><figcaption class="caption-body">MONTREAL Canadiens</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-1931/2925845-1-eng-US/f0014-192.jpg" title="f0014-19" width="325" height="253"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2029/2925838-1-eng-US/f0014-202.jpg" title="f0014-20" width="760" height="565"><figcaption class="caption-body">NEW YORK Islanders</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2125/2925831-1-eng-US/f0014-212.jpg" title="f0014-21" width="270" height="305"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2222/2925824-1-eng-US/f0014-222.jpg" title="f0014-22" width="754" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">NEW YORK Rangers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2317/2925817-1-eng-US/f0014-232.jpg" title="f0014-23" width="296" height="261"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2415/2925810-1-eng-US/f0014-242.jpg" title="f0014-24" width="744" height="545"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2511/2925803-1-eng-US/f0014-252.jpg" title="f0014-25" width="326" height="227"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHILADELPHIA Flyers</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2611/2925796-1-eng-US/f0014-262.jpg" title="f0014-26" width="784" height="603"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2710/2925789-1-eng-US/f0014-272.jpg" title="f0014-27" width="308" height="307"><figcaption class="caption-body">PITTSBURGH Penguins</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-2810/2925782-1-eng-US/f0014-282.jpg" title="f0014-28" width="760" height="487"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-299/2925775-1-eng-US/f0014-292.jpg" title="f0014-29" width="292" height="287"><figcaption class="caption-body">ST. LOUIS Blues</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-307/2925768-1-eng-US/f0014-302.jpg" title="f0014-30" width="796" height="465"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-316/2925761-1-eng-US/f0014-312.jpg" title="f0014-31" width="249" height="273"><figcaption class="caption-body">TORONTO Maple Leafs</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-325/2925754-1-eng-US/f0014-322.jpg" title="f0014-32" width="772" height="577"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-334/2925747-1-eng-US/f0014-332.jpg" title="f0014-33" width="337" height="250"><figcaption class="caption-body">VANCOUVER Canucks</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-343/2925740-1-eng-US/f0014-342.jpg" title="f0014-34" width="790" height="517"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ED CONRAD</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01708/2926023-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;It is a hair-raising tale straight out of Hollywood and, for now at least, Bill (Cowboy) Flett appears to have earned his first Oscar.It came on the recent night when Flett, now the Flyers&rsquo; veteran forward, made his first appearance of the season at Jack Kent Cooke&rsquo;s fabulous Forum in&mdash;if not Hollywood&mdash;nearby Englewood, Calif.Flett, a longtime King, bitterly remembered his first and only game back in L.A. as a Flyer late last season. He was soundly booed.&ldquo;They hate me and they have ever since I came here (L.A. five years before),&rdquo; said Bill. &ldquo;The fans were on my back right from the very beginning.&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t mind that so much, but I didn&rsquo;t like them giving it to my wife, too. Some of the fans really let her have it.&rdquo;So Flett thought up an idea how he could get a measure of revenge. He scratched his chin&mdash;and that was it! Beard, moustache, long hair. Beautiful!&ldquo;I figured this would be a good way to give them something to yell at,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;I wanted to make them good and mad.&rdquo;Flett accomplished his objective. When the Flyers took the ice, Cowboy heard more than the usual verbal abuse. Naturally he knew it was forthcoming.However, those boos had ended by the final buzzer. Flett had scored two goals, including the tie-breaker with 31 seconds left which gave the Flyers a 4-3 victory.Following his extremely satisfying performance to launch a crucial West Coast swing for the Flyers, Flett didn&rsquo;t go near a razor. He had said upon arriving in training camp that he would shave it off only after he has had his opportunity to annoy the L.A. fans.&ldquo;Now the only way I&rsquo;m going to shave is if Freddie (Shero, Fivers&rsquo; coach) asks me to do it,&rdquo; Cowboy proclaimed the other day.The way Flett has been playing, though, that might require a long wait.After all, Cowboy&rsquo;s start has been excellent. His two goals against the Kings, the first one while killing a penalty, gave him five in as many games for the Flyers.&ldquo;As long as he keeps playing well, I don&rsquo;t care what he does with his hair,&rdquo; announced Shero. &ldquo;There are more important things than hair. Besides, there are other guys on this team who are going to have to get haircuts before Flett has to shave.&rdquo;Cowboy kids that he&rsquo;s getting his goal-scoring strength from his long hair.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m off to a great start and, boy, I don&rsquo;t want to change anything,&rdquo; he remarked. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m in great shape and I feel real strong. A guy is supposed to get strength from his hair and, if I cut mine, I might lose my strength.&rdquo;Flett was only jesting about that last comment. He knows very well a lot of his recent success is due to the fact that he&rsquo;s skating on a line with Bobby Clarke, the Flyers&rsquo; superstar-to-be.Against the Kings, Shero put Flett on left wing&mdash;an unusual position&mdash;and had Simon Nolet playing the right side. The line really clicked.&ldquo;Bobby&rsquo;s a good center and he&rsquo;s got to take a lot of credit for how I&rsquo;ve been playing,&rdquo; said Bill. &ldquo;Still, there might be something to the hair bit. I don&rsquo;t know. I&rsquo;ve never had a great start.&rdquo;He&rsquo;s never before looked like an Apostle, either.Or, rather, a Prophet of Gloom for the Kings.<h2>TOP 25 SCORERS</h2><h2>Looking At NHL Goalers</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02636/2926016-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="1156" height="573"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03535/2926009-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="1164" height="1761"></div><div class="sidebar"><h2>TEAM PENALTIES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04417/2926002-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="534" height="613"></div> &#9632;</div>

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Bearded Flyer Bill Flett Gets His Revenge In L.A.

<h2>&mdash;In Review</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;A line put together late last season continued last week to spearhead Buffalo Sabres to the second-longest undefeated streak by a post-1967 National Hockey League team. Staying one step ahead of the Sabres, however, are Montreal Canadiens, who join Buffalo as the only undefeated teams in the NHL.The line of Richard Martin, Gilbert Perreault and Rene Robert was formed by Sabres&rsquo; coach Joe Crozier with nine games left to play last season and it scored nine goals and 27 points in those games. Its production has increased considerably this season&mdash;24 goals, 34 assists and 58 points in 10 games, six of which were wins and the other four ties.Perreault leads all pointgetters with 21, one more than Robert, who shares the assist lead with Perreault, each with 15. Martin is the goal-scoring leader with 13 and his 17 points places him in a tie for fifth place with Jacques Lemaire of Montreal and Fred Stanfield of Boston. John Bucyk of Boston, who scored his 400th regular-season goal Sunday, is third with 19 points, one more than Rod Gilbert of New York Rangers.Early-season goings-on in the NHL are creating havoc among prognosticators. For instance, besides the Sabres&rsquo; strong showing. Los Angeles Kings have climbed into a second-place tie in the West Division on the strength of a four-game winning streak, matching the club&rsquo;s all-time record, which was performed twice in 1968-69. A strong point of Kings&rsquo; attack has been their power-play which leads the league with 12 goals, five by Bob Berry, individual league leader. The player with the second-most power-play goals is Keith McCreary of Atlanta, with four. And Phil Esposito of Boston, who has led the league in power-play scoring for the last three seasons, including a record 28 in 1971-72, hasn&rsquo;t one this season so far.Pittsburgh Penguins share second place in the West with Philadelphia and Los Angeles and one of Penguins&rsquo; early-season leaders was rookie goaltender Denis Herron who did something research by the NHL Information Bureau has been unable to duplicate&mdash;two shutouts in his first two road starts.The Bruins&rsquo; early-season performance has been surprising, too, but not the way coach Tom-Johnson would like. They have already lost three home games compared to four all of last season and have only a.5(H) record, which puts them fifth in the East Division.Two teams have goals&mdash;against averages of less than 2.00&mdash;the two undefeated teams. Canadiens&rsquo; Ken Dryden, who leads in shutouts with three, and Michel Plasse have combined for a 1.64 average. Roger Crozier and Dave Dryden of Buffalo have an average of 1.80. &#9632;

NHL WEEK

<div class="byline">By GIL SMITH</div>MONTREAL&mdash;After all the recent talk about conditioning and dedication being keys to success for hockey players, guess whose been showing the way for Canadiens this season?Why, winger Marc Tardif of course. The same Tardif who is on record as saying that &ldquo;theschedule is way too long and should be cut. Exhibitions should be eliminated altogether. And, training camps should never last longer than two weeks.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01555/2926116-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="260" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marc Tardif</figcaption></div>Mons. Tardif had five goals plus two assists in the first seven games this season, giving him a flying start into the long campaign. Most of his goals were of the important variety, too. He scored the winners against Minnesota, N.Y. Rangers and Vancouver; then netted the tieing goal in a 1-1 sawoff against Rangers again on October 22nd.&ldquo;The guy has trememdous potential and often plays his best under severe pressure,&rdquo; says coach Scotty Bowman.Bowman had been something less than enthralled with Tardif during the early stages of training camp, prior to the start of the season. Especially after Marc turned up weighing 191 &frac12; instead of 184, and played indifferently. But, Tardif steadied as the training session progressed and broke fast from the gate, getting Habs first goal of the season less than five minutes after the start of the opener against Minnesota.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m playing with good linemates,&rdquo; Tardif says, referring to his old friend Rejean Houle and Guy Lafleur. The trio has been a prolific one for Habs, and sparked the team in the first half dozen games.&ldquo;They played fine hockey and all three may be in for a big season,&rdquo; Bowman said. &ldquo;But, then, Tardif had a pretty big season last year, too. After all, he did get thirty-one goals.&rdquo;The trouble was, he got 23 of them in the first half; then tailed off the rest of the way. That&rsquo;s been the story of Tardif so far the quick, electrifying start, giving way to the faltering finish.&ldquo;He could score 50 goals a year. He has the natural ability,&rdquo; says Marc&rsquo;s great, good friend Rejean Houle, and he&rsquo;s not far wrong. If Tardif were to become consistent, he&rsquo;d blaze a path through this league that would make a lot of people sit up and take notice.As far back as 1966, when he was playing for the Thetford Mines Canadiens with Houle and Gilbert Perreault, Tardif was star material. It was he who led that Thetford team in scoring and, even at the tender age of 16, he was tabbed as a &ldquo;can&rsquo;t miss&rdquo; prospect.When he first came up to Canadiens in 1969-70, he showed a deft scoring touch and a willingness to mix it with anybody. He netted his first NHL goal against Philadelphia and, despite limited icetime, managed two more against Oakland and Boston before being returned to the minors.His first NHL hat-trick was against Philadelphia, too, and said a lot for his accuracy. He got the three goals on just four shots on the net.&ldquo;I remember having to bench him once because I didn&rsquo;t think he was showing enough hustle,&rdquo; says his ex-coach, Claude Ruel. &ldquo;But, the guy has talent, believe me, and he&rsquo;s going to put it allexcellent young prospect who can play defense or forward, seems to be going to waste with Habs. He had great training camp, then ran into knee injury which shelved him. He hasn&rsquo;t been able to crack the powerful lineup since recovering. Surely he could help less fortunate team?&hellip; Serge Savard says there&rsquo;s better spirit on Canadiens this season than last year. &ldquo;Everyone&rsquo;s doing his share. &#9632;

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Tardif’s Whirlwind Start Paces Habs In Early Going

C-CaptainA-Alternate Captain<h2>MONTREAL</h2>GOALKen DrydenMichel PlasseWayne ThomasDEFENSEJacques Laperriere AGuy LapointeSerge SavardPierre BouchardDale HogansonBob MurdochDale HogantonCENTERJacques LemairePete MahovlichRejean HouleHenri Richard CR. WINGYvan Cournoyer AClaude LaroseJimmy RobertsChuck ArnasonL WINGFrank Mahovlich AMarc TardifSteve ShuttChuck LefleyINJUREDGuy Lafleur<h2>BOSTON</h2>GOALEd JohnstonRoss BrooksDEFENSEDallas Smith ADon AwreyCarol VadnaisNick BeverlyRon JonesCENTERPhil Esposito AFred StanfieldMike WaltonR. WINGKen HodgeWayne CashmanTerry O&rsquo;ReillyFred O&rsquo;DonnellL WINGJohn Bucyk ADon MarcotteAce BaileyGreg SheppardINJUREDBobby Orr<h2>DETROIT</h2>GOALRoy EdwardsDenis DeJordyDEFENSEGary Bergman ARon StackhouseRick NewellThommie BergmanSerge LajeunesseCENTERRed Berenson AMarcel Dionne AlexDelvecchio CHenry BouchaR. WINGMickey RedmondBill CollinsLean RochefortLen FontaineL WINGNick LibettTim EcclestoneGuy CharronAl KarlanderINJURED Gary Doak<h2>TORONTO</h2>GOALRon LowGord McRaeDEFENSE MikePelyk JimMcKenny LarryMcIntyre JohnGrisdale JoeLundriganCENTER DaveKeon C GeorgeFerguson DarrylSittlerR. WINGRon Ellis ARick KehoeErrol ThompsonL. WING PaulHenderson DenisDupere Garry MonahanRandy OsburnINJUREDJacques PlanteNorm Ullman APierre JarryBob Baun ABrian Glennie<h2>RANGERS</h2>GOALEd GiacominGilles VillemurePeter McDuffeDEFENSE Brad Park ARod SeilingDale RolfeAb DeMarcoCurt BennettCENTERJean RatelleWalt TkaczukPete StemkowskiBob RousseauR. WINGRod Gilbert ABill FairbairnRon StewartL WINGVic Hodfield CGene CarrGlen SatherSteve VickersTed IrvineINJUREDJim Neilson ABruce MacGregor<h2>BUFFALO</h2>GOALRoger CrozierDave DrydenDEFENSETim Horton ALarry HillmanMike RobitailleTracy Pratt AJim SchoenfeldLarry CarriereCENTERGilbert Perreault AGerry Meehan CJim LorentzDon LuceR. WING ReneRobertSteve AtkinsonLarry MickeyCraig RamsayL WINGRick MartinButch DeadmarshRandy WyrozubINJURED None.<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>GOALDunc WilsonEd DyckDEFENSEJocelyn Guevremont ADale Tallon AJim HargreavesLarry BolonchukGregg BoddyBarry Wilkins ACENTEROrland Kurtenbach CAndre Boudrias ARichard LemieuxR WINGBob SchmautzJohn WrightBobby LalondeJerry O&rsquo;FlahertyL WINGWayne MakiDon TannahillDon LeverINJUREDDave Baton<h2>ISLANDERS</h2>GOALGerry DesjardinsBilly SmithGerry GrayDEFENSEArnie BrownBill MikkelsonJim MairRon SmithKen MurrayBrian LefleyCENTERDave HudsonTerry Crisp ARichard GrenierR. WINGBilly HarrisCraig CameronEddie Westfall CLWINGGermain Gagnon ABrian SpencerBrian MarchinkoTom MillerBrian LavenderINJUREDGerry Hart<h2>CHICAGO</h2>GOALTony EspositoGary SmithDEFENSE DougJarrett APat StapletonBill White AKeith MagnusonPhil RussellJohn MarksCENTER StanMikita A PitMartin LouAngotti BrianOgilvie DarrylMaggsR WING ChicoMaki CliffKoroll Jim PappinJ.P. BordeleauL WING DennisHull DanMaloney JerryKorabINJURED None.<h2>CALIFORNIA</h2>GOAL JacquesCaron WayneStephensonDEFENSE AndreDupont ChrisEvans SteveDurbano NoelPicard Bob Plager ABarclay Plager ARoger LafreniereCENTERGary UngerFrank St. Marseille AFran HuckWayne MerrickR. WING MikeMurphy KevinO&rsquo;Shea GarySabourin Phil RobertoL WING JackEgers FloydThomson DannyO&rsquo;SheaINJUREDNone.ST. LOUISGOALGilles MelocheMary EdwardsDEFENSEDick Redmond ARick Smith ABobby StewartBert Marshall CMarshall JohnstonTed McAneeleyCENTERWalt McKechnieIvan Boldirev AStan WeirJoey JohnstonR. WING ReggieLeach HilliardGraves Craig PatrickMorris MottL WINGStan GilbertsonGary CroteauPete LaframboiseINJURED None.PHILADELPHIAGOAL DougFavell Bob TaylorDEFENSEBarry AshbeeBrent HughesWayne HillmanJoe WatsonJean PotvinBill BrossartTom BladonEd Van Impe CCENTER BobbyClarke ABill ClementA Larry WrightBill BarberR. WINGGary Dornhoefer ADon Saleski BillFlett Simon NoletL WING BobKelly RossLonsberry Dove SchultzRick MacLeishINJUREDNoneGOALJim RutherfordDenis HerronCam NewtonDEFENSEDave BurrowsDarryl EdestrandDuane Rupp AJack LynchBryan WatsonCENTERSyl Apps ABryan Hextall ARon SchockRon LalondeRick KessellR. WINGKen Schinkel ANick Harbaruk AlMcDonough JeanPronovostL. WINGEddie ShackGrog PolisLowell MacDonaldStove CardwellINJUREDNonePITTSBURGHGOALRogation VachonGary EdwardsDEFENSETerry HarperPaul CurtisGilles Marotte AHarry Howell ABarry LongNeil KomadoskiCENTERRalph Backstrom AJuha WidingButch GoringJim PetersR. WINGSerge BernierDoug Volmar Mike CorriganVic VenaskyL WINGBob BerryReal LemieuxBill LesukDon KozakINJURED Larry BrownLOS ANGELESMINNESOTAGOALCesare ManiagoLome WorsleyGilles GilbertDEFENSETed Harris CBarry Gibbs ADoug Mohns Tom ReidDennis O&rsquo;BrienFred BarrettCENTERJude DrouthDennis HextallMurray OliverCharlie Burns AR. WING BobNevin BillGoldsworthy BusterHarvey Lou NanneL WING DannyGrant Jean-PaulParise A Jerry ByersDean PrenticeINJUREDNoneGOALDan BouchardPhil MyreDEFENSERon HarrisPat Quinn ABill Plager RandyManery NoelPrice CBob ParadiseKerry KetterCENTERBobby LeiterMorris StefaniwJohn StewartLarry RomanchychR. WINGNorm GrattonBilly MacMillanLew MorrisonBill HogaboamL. WINGErnie HickeKeith McCreary AJacques RichardINJUREDLucien GrenierRey Comeau &#9632;

NHL Team Rosters

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National Hockey League SUMMARIES

<div class="byline">By DICK JOHNSTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;When Richard Martin was put on Gilbert Perreault&rsquo;s left wing about 20 games into last season&rsquo;s schedule, they teamed up like Weber and Fields, Gallagher and Sheen, ham and eggs, whisky and soda.But finding the proper right wing to go with the young Buffalo Sabre scoring stars was a little more difficult task for Punch Imlach, at that time coach as well as general manager, and then for Joe Crozier, who succeeded Punch as coach.Several were tried, notably Danny Lawson and Mike Byers, before Rene Robert got a chance after he was obtained by the Sabres from the Pittsburgh Penguins.The trio notonly clicked&mdash;Robert scored six goals in 12 games&mdash;but they gave the Sabres&rsquo; publicity department a ready-made nickname, the French Line.They didn&rsquo;t get much chance to prepare for this season, however. Perreault and Martin were with Team Canada while Robert was filling in with various combinations in the Sabres&rsquo; St. Catharines training camp.When Perreault and Martin left Team Canada during the series in Russia to rejoin their NHL club and help it get ready for the season, Robert had a sore shoulder. The three didn&rsquo;t play much together in exhibition games.Once the season began, though, wow.They really began to pepper the opposition&rsquo;s nets.In Buffalo&rsquo;s second game, a 7-3 victory over Los Angeles, the Perreault&mdash;Martin-Robert line collected nine points. Three games later, in a 6-0 shutout of Vancouver, the trio came through with 10 points.In all, over the first six games, Perreault and Company got 46 points, including 19 goals. They had a 16-point game, including Martin&rsquo;s first four-goal night, which set a Sabres&rsquo; record, and Perreault had six points (two goals and four assists) another club record.Martin got the only goal in a 1-1 tie with St. Louis. They beat Atlanta, 7-2, to run the club&rsquo;s unbeaten streak to seven games, also a Sabres&rsquo; record. The Perreault line got all seven goals.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;ve ever before seen Gil play so well so consistently,&rdquo; said Roger Crozier, who tended goal through all the first five starts (four wins and a tie). &ldquo;He&rsquo;s great every shift he&rsquo;s on the ice. Even from where I stand it&rsquo;s a treat to watch him play.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS&mdash; While coach Joe Crozier was extremely happy about the play of the Perreault line in early games, he pointed out that every line was working-hard. &ldquo;Every forward, every defenseman is giving all he has,&rdquo; said the coach.Crozier was especially pleased with the Sabres&rsquo; defensive record which was among the best in the league in the early going. The Sabres gave up only nine goals in the first five games and outscored the oppositon, 7-0, in the third period. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the PT showing up,&rdquo; pointed out Crozier, referring to the 45 minutes of physical training the Sabres undergo every practice day.Sabres have been using two rookie defensemen, Jim Schoenfeld and Larry Carriere, as regulars. They are proving extremely popular with the Buffalo fans, especially big Schoenfeld, who never hesitates to drop the gloves when the opposition starts taking liberties.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01473/2926209-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="525" height="729"><figcaption class="caption-body">RENE ROBERT&hellip; Finds Scoring Eye</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sabre Stars Blast Goalers

<div class="byline">By HARRY KLAFF</div>LONG ISLAND&mdash;When the New York Islanders set up shop last June, General Manager Bill Torrey forecast that &ldquo;we might not win a lot of games, but we&rsquo;re going to excite the fans with our hitting style,&rdquo; After the first five games of the regular schedule, Mr. Torrey&rsquo;s prognostication has been 100% correct.With only one win (against Los Angeles) to show for their efforts after the first two-and-a-half weeks, the Islanders are quickly becoming entrenched in last place, much to the surprise of no one. But the club has kept the fans cheering, largely to its bone-crunching style of play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01452/2926240-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="283" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Spencer</figcaption></div>If nothing else, the Islanders have consistently out-hit the opposition, check-for-check. Most of the reasons for the squad&rsquo;s colorful style is personified in the 5-11, 179-pound frame of Brian Roy Spencer.Spencer came to the Islanders off the expansion list of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Fort St. James. British Columbia native split his time with the Leafs and their Tulsa CHL affiliate last year.Although an adequate goal scorer in the minors, Spencer loves the task of hitting people the best. &ldquo;A hockey team is made up of many players who specialize in different aspects of the game,&rdquo; relates the sandy-haired Spencer. &ldquo;Others stress scoring, my game is hitting. A team must have both types of players to win.&rdquo;Although he has yet to register his first goal of the campaign, Spinner, as he prefers to be called, has wowed the Nassau Coliseum crowd with his aggressiveness. He has been averaging about 7 &ldquo;hits&rdquo; per game, and at one time had more than half of the Islanders team total.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s the type of player this team needs,&rdquo; says coach Phil Goyette. &ldquo;He likes to dish it out, but more important he can dig the puck out of the corner. You can&rsquo;t score without the puck. In that respect he&rsquo;s to us what Hadfield is to the Rangers.&rdquo;Unlike many physical players who lack hockey sense, Spencer is a true student of the game. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t hit for the sake of hitting,&rdquo; he continues. &ldquo;The most important people on the ice to take out of the play are the defensemen. If I can hit a defenseman after he gets rid of the puck and we recover, we can come down 2 on 1, or 3 on 2.&rdquo;Despite the rational methodology, there are a number of fans throughout the NHL that beg to differ with the personable winger. &ldquo;I had a run-in with Gary Dornhoefer of the Flyers a couple of years ago. and they were ready to run me out of town,&rdquo; he laughs. &ldquo;The nice fans were only calling me names, but the others began pelting me with groceries.&rdquo;Although he has been in the NHL for a couple of seasons now. Spinner feels he still has a great deal to prove. &ldquo;The one thing I want is respect,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;The only way to get respect in this league is to hit first.&rdquo;Spencer first saw the NHL as a regular a couple of seasons ago when he was called up to Toronto during their playoff push, and won a key game with a hat trick against Pittsburgh. After being in a battle for a playoff position throughout his professional career, he finds it hard to get used to the idea of losing.&rdquo;&ldquo;I think we have a much better hockey club than we&rsquo;ve shown,&rdquo; he stated following the Islanders 2-1 defeat at the hands of the Rangers, a game in which the club played its best hockey of the season but to no avail. &ldquo;Every game we&rsquo;ve lost was because of some lapse in front of the net. True, we&rsquo;re a young team and going to make some mistakes, but if we can eliminate some of these, we&rsquo;re going to be all right.&rdquo;Spencer suffered a charley horse in the Ranger game after belting Dale Rolfe against the boards. But don&rsquo;t look for the hard-nosed kid to sit it out. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no time to rest now.&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Things are finally starting to look up.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Bone-Crushing Play By Ex-Leaf Spencer Stirs Islander Fans

<div class="byline">By Jack Mccarthy</div>BOSTON&mdash;With Bobby Orr out of the lineup indefinitely all is not sweetness and light yet for the stumbling Boston Bruins, who have been slow out of the starting gate.And this did not set well at all with Coach Tom Johnson, especially after the Stanley Cup champs had been beaten by the Vancouver Canucks 5-4 in Boston Garden after leading early in the game by a 3-1 margin.Said Tom, &ldquo;We stunk the joint out tonight, There&rsquo;s not much you can say after you play like that. It boils down to a lack of desire.&ldquo;You can blame fundamentals, blame anything. But it&rsquo;s strictly a matter of desire right now. That&rsquo;s a big factor on our club.&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t change too many people, there are not too many changes to make. But we have to change something damn quick.&rdquo;Eddie Johnston was in the Bruins&rsquo; net for this particular game, but the coach wouldn&rsquo;t blame him. Said Tom, &ldquo;They were shooting point-blank at him. The defense was giving the puck away, and the towards weren&rsquo;t back-checking&hellip;&rdquo;Johnston said Orr&rsquo;s return to the lineup, even though it was only temporary, gave the club a big lift. The veteran goaler added the team is going to miss him sorely.Johnston admits the Bruins rushed Orr back before he mended sufficiently from his summer-time knee operation. Now they are paying the price. The club doctors have ordered Orr to stay out of the lineup, exercise more and skate daily but not to scrimmage until the knee responds.A club spokesman said the convalescent period could take until Dec. 1 or later.Meanwhile, on another front, the Bruins and Alan Eagleson were kept busy denying a printed newspaper story to the effect that the Bruins were to be sold to a Canadian syndicate headed by Eagleson, and that former GM Milt Schmidt would quit after this season to join another NHL club&hellip;.Westy Adams Jr., young Bruins&rsquo; president, and Charlie Mulcahy, the general counsel, denied the club is for sale. And Mulcahy said he was negotiating a new contract with Schmidt. Milt is one of the club&rsquo;s all-time greats, a Hall-of-Fame player who has been associated with the team since 1936. He recently was given a new post as executive director, when Harry Sinden, former Bruins coach, was named managing director.Eagleson was reported as saving in Toronto that he had never considered making an offer for the Bruins.He did, say, however, that when Orr, his biggest client, signs his next contract that he would like Bobby to own a piece of the club for &ldquo;long range investment purposes.&rdquo; Orr has four more years to go on a five-year contract.He was further quoted as saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve thought of Bobby some day owning a piece of the Bruins and I&rsquo;d like to include that in the next contract. But as far as the present is concerned, that&rsquo;s a remote thing&hellip;<h2>NHL SCOREBOARD</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01297/2926271-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="618" height="705"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTue. Oct. 24Montreal 4 at N.Y. Islanders 3Pittsburgh 4 at Vancouver 0Minnesota 2 at St. Louis 1California 0 at Los Angeles 5Wed. Oct. 25Toronto 4 at Minnesota 3Philadelphia 1 at N.Y. Rangers 6Boston 2 at Buffalo 2Atlanta 4 at California 3Thur. Oct. 26St. Louis 0 at Montreal 7Chicago 6 at Boston 3Detroit 1 at Philadelphia 2Atlanta 1 at Los Angeles 2Fri. Oct. 27Pittsburgh 3 at California 6Sat. Oct. 28Buffalo 3 at Montreal 3Boston 3 at Toronto 2Chicago 4 at N.Y. Islanders 4Detroit 3 at St. Louis 8Atlanta 2 at Vancouver 1Philadelphia 1 at Minnesota 2Pittsburgh 2 at Los Angeles 5Sun. Oct. 29Montreal 2 at Detroit 1Toronto 2 at Philadelphia 5Chicago 1 at N.Y. Rangers 7N.Y. Islanders 1 at Boston 9Minnesota 1 at Buffalo 2GAMES TO COMETues. Oct. 31Vancouver at Los AngelesWed. Nov. 1Montreal at PittsburghBuffalo at TorontoN.Y. Rangers at ChicagoN.Y. Islanders at CaliforniaAtlanta at DetroitSt. Louis at MinnesotaThurs. Nov. 2Montreal at AtlantaBoston at Los AngelesPittsburgh at PhiladelphiaFri. Nov. 3N.Y. Islanders at VancouverBoston at CaliforniaSat. Nov. 4Detroit at MontrealSt. Louis at TorontoN.Y. Rangers at PittsburghN.Y. Islanders at Los AngelesBuffalo at PhiladelphiaChicago at MinnesotaSun. Nov. 5Toronto at AtlantaN.Y. Rangers at PhiladelphiaBoston at VancouverPittsburgh at DetroitSt. Louis at BuffaloCalifornia at ChicagoTues. Nov. 7Los Angeles at St. LouisWed. Nov. 8Toronto at MontrealVancouver at N.Y. RangersN.Y. Islanders at ChicagoPhiladelphia at PittsburghCalifornia at MinnesotaLos Angeles at Atlanta<h3>TV HOCKEY</h3>Hockey Night In CanadaWed. Nov. 1 Buffalo at Toronto 8 p.m.(CTV National)Sat. Nov. 4 Detroit at Montreal 8 p.m.(CBC National)St. Louis at Toronto 8 p.m. (Regional) Wed. Nov. 8 Toronto at Montreal 8 p.m.(CTV National) &#9632;

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Johnson Raps B’s Lack Of Desire

<div class="byline">By DAN PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO&mdash;Approximately five minutes before game-time, 22-year-old Ron Low learned he was getting his first National Hockey League start in goal.For five games he had sat on the bench, watched Jacques Plante, and heard how Leafs were looking for another experienced goalie.On Oct. 21, however, Plante suffered an asthma attack as he parked his car at the Maple Leaf Gardens lot. A longtime asthma victim, Plante carried a special throat spray with him and used it to clear his breathing passages.Plante tried to warm-up for the game. But minutes before the teams skated out for the opening whistle, he declared that it was no use. He was too weak.And Low discovered that he would have to face Detroit Red Wings, the team Leafs must beat out if they hope to finish fourth in the eastern division.&ldquo;It was probably better to find out then than to have a day or two to think about it,&rdquo; Low said later. &ldquo;At the start I was really nervous. In fact, I was almost sick. I was afraid I would blow an easy shot.&ldquo;Fortunately, I had a couple of very tough shots early in the game and I was able to stop them. That settled me down.&rdquo;As it turned out, Wings won 3-1. The next night, in a return game at Olympia Stadium, Low again was in goal, and Wings won, 6-2.Never, however, did a young goaltender look better while accomplishing a dismal 4.50 goals-against average. Low impressed all observers with his excellent reactions and stand-up style. Many of the goals were directly attributable either to the fact no one was checking in front of the net, or the fact the puck wasn&rsquo;t being cleared after Low made initial stops.King Clancy, world&rsquo;s biggest Leaf fan, sizzled through the 6-2 game and declared to a reporter: &ldquo;If that kid doesn&rsquo;t play one helluva game, we&rsquo;re beaten 12-2.&rdquo;The absence of Norm Ullman and Bob Baun, with knee and neck injuries respectively, left coach John McLellan&rsquo;s lineup so thin that his wife, Sheila, figured to have a good shot at center. However, rookie Errol Thompson did score his first NHL goal in the 6-2 loss, and McLellan was impressed increasingly by his skating.Low&rsquo;s continued development would be the break the team needs. Loss of Ullman for three to six weeks was a major blow, and the absence of Baun left the defense as kindly as a boy scout troop.But, the defense figures to level out until it&rsquo;s competent, if not brutish in the manner admired by hockey executives.It&rsquo;s goal where Leafs are questionable, with the 43-year-old Plante&rsquo;s usefulness limited by factors which can be controlled only by fountains of youth not found near Toronto.Which is where Low comes in. Plante says he will help the rookie whenever he requests coaching, and that in itself should speed him toward being an NHL regular. Bernie Parent, the former Leaf goalie who was ranked among the best in the league, credits Plante for many refinements in his style.Low was picked 113th in the 1970 amateur draft.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01160/2926302-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="544" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body">RON LOW&hellip; Gets Big Chance</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Plante’s Asthma Gives Rookie Low First Shot At NHL

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0021-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02120/2926340-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg"></div>Garry Unger. 36 goals. 34 assists.That was last year and his points totals have been consistently high eversince he broke into the big time.Ask Garry, and you&rsquo;ll find he&rsquo;s done most of his scoring with Bauer Supremes on his feet. The same Bauer Supremes that over 352 NHL and professional league players favour.That&rsquo;s because Bauer skates offer everything needed to getthe job done.Features like extra-hard, drop-forged, steel blades. Specially hardened tubes. Cut-proof, nylon mesh inner linings. Heel counters, soles and toe caps of high-impact synthetic material.This year, we&rsquo;ve tried to make Garry&rsquo;s job even a little easier for him. With new Bauer Nylon Supremes. They&rsquo;re up to 10 ounces lighter per pair.They could just be the difference between pulling off adekeand beingdumpedi&rsquo; Garry commented.As well, because these new Bauer skates are made of a tough, nylon textile which doesn&rsquo;t absorb moisture, they won&rsquo;t gain weight as the game goes on.When it&rsquo;s getting late in the third period, that can mean a lot to you, Garry added.If you&rsquo;d like your points total to point in an upward direction try on a pair of Bauer Supremes. We know iney can i st goals for yoi But they car give you a big assist.<h2>BAUER:THE OFFICIAL SKATE OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE.</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0381/2926333-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="691" height="691"></div> &#9632;

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A KID CAN DO GREAT THINGS ON BAUER SKATES. LOOK WHAT OURS DID.

<div class="byline">By ED CONRAD</div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Unless there has been a complete turnabout in recent days, John McKenzie is still scratching his head in an attempt to figure out what ails his Blazers.In their first five games, they weren&rsquo;t scoring. they weren&rsquo;t hitting, they weren&rsquo;t playing defense. Quite honestly, they were doing very few things right.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01177/2926371-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="290" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">John McKenzie</figcaption></div>It might be understandable for some teams, but not the Blazers who had been considered one of the powers in the league&rsquo;s inaugural campaign.They&rsquo;ve got a fair share of top talent including high-priced center Derek Sanderson and goaltender Bernie Parent. Yet they&rsquo;ve been playing like chimps, not champs.McKenzie says he feels one reason for the Blazers&rsquo; dismal start is the lack of contribution from his younger players, the guys who were playing amateur hockey a year ago.&ldquo;Our amateurs just aren&rsquo;t coming through,&rdquo; noted John, who can&rsquo;t wait until his broken arm mends so he can become a player-coach again. &ldquo;Maybe there&rsquo;s just too much pressure playing with the stars (Sanderson and Parent), I just don&rsquo;t know.&rdquo;McKenzie does feel that another reason could be that Sanderson is a marked man when he skates out there.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s a problem, too. Everyone&rsquo;s been keying on our stars. The (Los Angeles) Sharks don&rsquo;t have any name players and the New York Raiders don&rsquo;t have anyone, yet they beat us.Sanderson says the WHA is tougher than the NHL in one respect.&ldquo;Here you&rsquo;ve got a bunch of guys who never had a chance before,&rdquo; commented Derek, who jumped from the Boston Bruins for $2.6 million over five years. &ldquo;Now these guys are running around checking everyone.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a marked man in this league. Every time I turn around I&rsquo;ve got someone hanging over me.&rdquo;Sanderson has just relinquished his captaincy of the Blazers for a role as one of four alternate captains. He claims he gets himself in trouble talking with officials, drawing a game misconduct penalty in a recent 4-2 loss to the Sharks.McKenzie, who was hoping the Blazers would start playing much better in their twice-postponed home opener at the Civic Center, said he also wanted a number of his veterans to trim their waistline.The Blazers&rsquo; originally scheduled home opener had been postponed because of thin ice. That was the evening of Friday the 13th (of October).Meanwhile, some of the NHL&rsquo;s lesser lights of past years were making big inroads in the new WHA.Take Christian Bordeleau of the Winnipeg Jets for example. The shifty little center, who played alongside Bobby Hull at Chicago last year, has been a virtual ball of fire since coming over to the new league.Bordeleau was the league scoring leader for the first two weeks of the season. He also led in goals with eight. Other former NHLers like Tom Webster and Bobby Sheehan were hot in pursuit of Bordeleau. Both formerly performed with the California Seals.In other statistics, Ottawa, the WHA&rsquo;s highest scoring team, had seven players listed among the top 26 individual point-getters last week. They are Ron Climie (10), Wayne Carleton (9), Bob Charlebois (8), Tom Martin (8), Mike Boland (7), Guy Trottier (6) and Bob Leduc (6).Gerry Cheevers, who last season had 32 straight games in goal without a defeat with the Boston Bruins, is working on another streak. Cheevers won four straight games for the Cleveland Crusaders and had a sparkling 1.46 goals against average.New York leads in power play goals with eight, five of them by Sheehan. Bob Dillabough of Cleveland has two short handed goals and Ron Walters of Alberta has scored three game winning goals.Defenseman John Schella of Houston tops the WHA in penalties with 36 minutes charged against him. Derek Sanderson of Philadelphia is second with 29 minutes.Attendance continues to be impressive in the early weeks of the WHA. Through the first 12 days and 34 games, league teams had played before 198,660 fans, an average of 5,843 per game.New England is leading the way with attendance of 33,183 in its first three home dates at Boston Garden, an average of more than 11,000 per game. &#9632;

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Stumbling With Top Talent, Blazers Puzzling To McKenzie

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02117/2926402-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="526" height="562"></div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;As if they didn&rsquo;t have enough problems already, the Philadelphia Blazers encountered one they didn&rsquo;t want. They lost goaler Bernie Parent for four weeks.Parent, ace goaler the Blazers lured away from the Toronto Maple Leafs and the club&rsquo;s big hope to make the WHA team a title contender, suffered a broken bone in his foot.The Blazers reported Parent came up with the injury when he stopped a puck with his ankle against the Cleveland Crusaders Oct. 25. He will be replaced by veteran Marcel Paille. &#9632;

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Bernie Parent Out Four Weeks After Breaking Bone In Ankle

NEW ENGLANDGOAL: Al Smith, Bruce Landon.DEFENSE: Bob Brown, Jim Dorey, Ted Green, Paul Hurley, Ric Jordan, Rick Ley, Brad Selwood.CENTER: Terry Caffery, John Danby, John French, Larry Pleau.R. WING: Don Cahoon, Tom Earl, Mike Hyndman, Dick Sarrazin, Tim Sheehy, Tommy Williams.L. WING: Kevin Ahearn, John Cunniff, Tom Webster.QUEBECGOAL: Serge Aubry, Jacques Lemelin, Richard Brodeur.DEFENSE: Jacques Blain, Ken Desjardine, Frank Lacombe, Mike McNamara, J.C. Tremblay, Pierre Roy.CENTER: Michel Harvey, Jean Payette, Andre Gaudette.R. WING: Yves Bergeron, Alain Caron, Rejean Giroux, Paul Larose, Renald Leclerc.L. WING: Mike Archambault, Jean-Guy Gendron, Bob Guindon, Pierre Guite, Michel Parizeau, Brit Selby.NEW YORKGOAL: Gary Kurt, Peter Donnelly.DEFENSE: Ken Block, Kent Douglas, Jean Gauthier, Wally Olds, Bill Speer, Hal Willis, Bob Winograd.CENTER: Norm Ferguson, Mike Laughton, Brian Morenz, Gene Peacosh, Garry Peters, Bobby Sheehan, Ron Ward, Brian Perry.R. WING: Jamie Kennedy, Wayne Rivers, Alton White, Ted Scharf.L. WING: Brian Bradley, Craig Reichmuth, Claude Chartre.OTTAWAGOAL: Les Binkley, Gilles Gratton.DEFENSE: Mike Amodeo, Rick Cunningham, Brian Gibbons, Chris Meloff, Ken Stephenson, Steve Warr.CENTER: John Hutton, Gavin Kirk, Bob Leduc.R. WING: Mike Boland, Steve King, Kas Lysionek, Tom Martin, Ron Riley, Dick Sentes, Guy Trottier, Brian Conacher.L. WING: Wayne Carleton, Bob Charlebois, Ron Climie, Jack Gibson, John Donnelly, Tom Simpson.CLEVELANDGOAL: Gerry Cheevers, Bob Whidden.DEFENSE: Ray Clearwater, John Hanna, Jean Lapointe, Jim McMasters, Wayne Muloin, Paul Shmyr, Billy Horton, Ralph Hopiavouri.CENTER: Doug Brindley, Ron Buchanan, Bob Dillabough, Joe Hardy, Skip Krake, Dick Pumple, Jim Wiste.R. WING: Paul Andrea, Ted Hodgson, Barry Brooks.L. WING: Al Rycroft, Grant Erickson, Garry Jarrett, Gerry Pinder.PHILADELPHIAGOAL: Bernie Parent, Marcel Paille, Yves Archambault.DEFENSE: Richard Campeau, Jim Cardiff, Dave Hutchison, Wayne Mosdell, John Migneault, Ronnie Plumb.CENTER: Bryan Campbell, Andre Lacroix, Mike Rouleau, Derek Sanderson.R. WING: John Bennett, Frank Golembrosky, Danny Lawson, Johnny McKenzie, Murray Myers, Don O&rsquo;Donoghue, Denis Meloche.L. WING: Don Herriman, Don Burgess, Michel Plante.LOS ANGELESGOAL: George Gardner, Russ Gillow, Bob Perreault.DEFENSE: Bart Crashley, Ralph MacSweyn, Jim Niekamp, Gerry Odrowski, Jim Watson, Larda Krupicka, Larry Mavety, Tom Serviss.CENTER: J.P. Leblanc, Ted McCaskill, Tom Serviss, Joe Szura, Gary Veneruzzo.R. WING: Steve Sutherland, Mike Byers, Bob Jones, Pat Krupica, Peter Slater.L. WING: Tom Gilmore, Earl Heiskala, Billy Young, Bernie McNeil.WINNIPEGGOAL: Joe Daley, Ernie Wakely.DEFENSE: Bob Ash, Steve Cuddie, Larry Hornung, Bob Woytowich, Joe Zanussi.CENTER: Chris Bordeleau, Wally Boyer, Danny Johnson, Garth Rizzuto, Duke Asmundson.R. WING: Norm Beaudin, Milt Black, Bill Sutherland, Brian Cadle.L. WING Bobby Hull. Ab McDonald, Dunc Rousseau, Cal Swenson, Jean-Guy Gratton.MINNESOTAGOAL: Mike Curran, Jack McCarten.DEFENSE: John Arbour, Terry Ball, Mike McMahon, Dick Paradise, Frank Sanders, George Konik.CENTER: Mike Antonovich, Ted Hampson, Jim Johnson, Terry Ryan, Fred Speck.R. WING: Keith Christiansen, Wayne Connelly, Billy Klatt.L. WING: George Morrison, Mel Pearson, Bob MacMillan, Len Lillyholm, Craig Falkman.ALBERTAGOAL: Ken Brown, Jack Norris.DEFENSE: Ken Baird, Doug Barrie, Steve Carlyle, Roger Cote, Bob Falkenberg, Al Hamilton, Derek Harker, Bob Wall.CENTER: Jim Harrison, Ed Joyal, Bob McAneeley, Ross Perkins.R. WING: Ron Anderson, Jim Benzelock, Billy Hicke, Rusty Patenaude.LV, WING: Brian Carlin, Val Fonteyne, Dennis Kassian, Ron Walters, John Fisher.HOUSTONGOAL: Wayne Rutledge, Don McLeod.DEFENSE: Dunc McCallum, Gord Kannegiesser, John Schella. Larry Hale, Ray Larose.CENTER: Murray Hall, Ed Hoekstra, Gord Labossiere, Larry Lund, Keke Mortson.R. WING: Don Grierson, Duke Harris, Frank Hughes.L. WING: Brian McDonald, Paul Popiel, Jack Stanfield, Ted Taylor.CHICAGOGOAL: Andre Gill, Keith Lelievre, Jim McLeod. DEFENSE: Ron Anderson, Butch Barber, Larry. Cahan, Dick McGlynn, Dick Proceviat, Pierre Viau.CENTER: Darrel Knibbs, Rosaire Paiement, Bob Sicinski, Bob Whitlock, Rod Zaine.R. WING: Bernard Blanchette, Dan Lodboa.L. WING: Reg Fleming, Brian Glenwright, Bob Liddington, Rick Morris, Jan Popiel. &#9632;

WHA Rosters

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0392/2926495-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="568" height="592"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDMon. Oct. 23Minnesota 1 at New England 5Tue. Oct. 24Philadelphia 3 at Winnipeg 5Houston 3 at Quebec 5New England 3 at Cleveland 2Chicago 3 at Alberta 3Wed. Oct. 25Ottawa 8 at Los Angeles 5Cleveland 8 at Philadelphia 2Thur. Oct. 26New England 6 at New York 7Minnesota 4 at Quebec 5Ottawa 3 at Houston 7Frl Oct. 27Los Angeles 4 at Philadelphia 5Alberta 0 at Cleveland 6Chicago 2 at Winnipeg 4Sat. Oct. 28Ottawa 5 at Philadelphia 3Los Angeles 4 at New York 3Alberta 4 at New England 1Sun. Oct. 29Alberta 2 at New York 7Houston 2 at Winnipeg 5Cleveland 2 at Quebec 2GAMES TO COMETues. Oct. 31Los Angeles at QuebecWinnipeg at ChicagoHouston at AlbertaWed. Nov. 1Winnipeg at MinnesotaPhiladelphia at ClevelandChicago at New England (Boston Arena)Thur. Nov. 2New York at MinnesotaLos Angeles at OttawaPhiladelphia at QuebecFri. Nov. 3New York at WinnipegHouston at AlbertaSat. Nov. 4Philadelphia at New England(Boston Garden)Quebec at ClevelandLos Angeles at ChicagoSun. Nov. 5Ottawa at AlbertaNew York at WinnipegHouston at Los AngelesChicago at QuebecPhiladelphia at MinnesotaMon. Nov. 6Winnipeg at New England(Boston Garden)Tues. Nov. 7New York at AlbertaHouston at ChicagoWed. Nov. 8Winnipeg at QuebecNew York at Los AngelesThur. Nov. 9Los Angeles at AlbertoWinnipeg at OttawaFri. Nov. 10Minnesota at Winnipeg &#9632;

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WHA SCOREBOARD

QUEBEC CITY&mdash;The Quebec Nordiques have their second coach in a little more than three weeks of operation. He&rsquo;s Maurice Filion.Nordiques&rsquo; president Paul Racine said Filion had signed a contract for the rest of the 1972-73 World Hockey Association season.Filion was hired as chief scout by the WHA club on its formation, but has been behind the bench for most of the team&rsquo;s games this season.He replaces Maurice (Rocket) Richard as coach of the club after the former National Hockey League Hall of Fame member was forced to resign because of severe nervous strain after his first two games as coach.Racine said Richard will continue his connection with the club as a member of the team&rsquo;s executive council. &#9632;

Filion Nordiques’ Coach

Mon. Oct. 23MINNESOTA 1 at NEW ENGLAND 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New England, Pleau&hellip;&hellip; 14:38Penalties Hurley 2:39, Sheehy, Lilyholm 8:19, Sanders 15:08.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;New England, Earl(Selwood)&hellip;&hellip; 15:343&mdash;New England, Caffery,(Williams)&hellip;&hellip; 18:41Penalties&mdash;Sanders 3:29, Selwood, 4:21, Antonovich, Hyndman 9:44, Sheehy 14:16.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Minnesota, Konik(MacMillan, Sanders)&hellip;&hellip; 3:445&mdash;New England, Sheehy&hellip;&hellip; 15:416&mdash;New England, Danby(Green, French)&hellip;&hellip; 16:21Penalties&mdash;NoneShots against:London&hellip;&hellip; 17 11 7&mdash;35Curran&hellip;&hellip; 8 6 13&mdash;27Attendance: 11,426Tue. Oct. 24NEW ENGLAND 3 at CLEVELAND 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New England, Webster(Sarrazin)&hellip;&hellip; 3:42Penalties&mdash;Pumple 8:48, R. Smith 12:35, Selwood 19:11.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Cleveland, Jarrett(Krake, Buchanan)&hellip;&hellip; 6:193&mdash;New England, French(Green, Ley)&hellip;&hellip; 15:11Penalties&mdash;Hurley 2:38, Shmyr 9:20, Selwood 10:31, Jarrett 10:46. Muloin 13:41.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Cleveland, Wiste(Clearwater, Muloin)&hellip;&hellip; 17:04Penalties&mdash;Cheevers (served by Clearwater) 6:10, Selwood 10:40.OVERTIME PERIOD5&mdash;New England, French(Sheehy)&hellip;&hellip; 5:27Penalties&mdash;NoneShots against:Cheevers&hellip;&hellip; 5 7 7 3&mdash;22Smith&hellip;&hellip; 17 14 14 2&mdash;47Attendance: 2,494.PHILADELPHIA 3 at WINNIPEG 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Philadelphia, Sanderson&hellip;&hellip; 11:59 Penalties&mdash;Polano, 5:30, Sutherland, 6:45, Polano,10:08. Plante, 13:11, Sanderson, (minor, misconduct) 19:53.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Philadelphia, Herriman&hellip;&hellip; 4:203&mdash;Winnipeg, Rizzuto(Boyer, Black)&hellip;&hellip; 11:224&mdash;Winnipeg, Bordeleau(Sutherland)&hellip;&hellip; 13:43Penalties&mdash;Sanderson, 13:09; Lacroix, 17:38.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Philadelphia, Lacroix(Plumb, Bennett)&hellip;&hellip; 2:346&mdash;Winnipeg, Bover(Black, Zanussi)&hellip;&hellip; 4:157&mdash;Winnipeg, Beaudin(Bordeleau, Sutherland)&hellip;&hellip; 7:428&mdash;Winnipeg, Beaudin&hellip;&hellip; 19:41Penalties&mdash;Sanderson, 13:35,&hellip;&hellip; Philadelphia&hellip;&hellip; (bench,served by Mosdell), Sanderson&hellip;&hellip; (misconduct,&hellip;&hellip; game misconduct) 19:41 Shots against:Daley&hellip;&hellip; 7 4 8&mdash;19Paille&hellip;&hellip; 7 8 19&mdash;34Attendance: 4,736.CHICAGO 3 at ALBERTA 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Chicago, Whitlock(Fleming, Blanchette)&hellip;&hellip; 12:43Penalty&mdash;Falkenberg 14:00SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Alberta, Carlin(Harrison)&hellip;&hellip; 0:143&mdash;Alberta, Carlin(Harrison, Carlyle)&hellip;&hellip; 7:53Penalties&mdash;Carlyle 3:52, Blanchette 13:59.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Alberto Harrison(Hamilton, Hicke)&hellip;&hellip; 8:565&mdash;Chicago, Glenwright(Knibbs, Morris)&hellip;&hellip; 10:006&mdash;Chicago, Popiel(Lodboa, Sicinski)&hellip;&hellip; 13:01Penalties&mdash;Anderson 8:05, Popiel 17:04, Fleming 17:57.OVERTIME PERIODNo scoringPenalties&mdash;None.Shots against:Norris&hellip;&hellip; 10 7 13 5&mdash;35McLeod&hellip;&hellip; 8 11 9 3&mdash;31Attendance: 2,8307&mdash;Los Angeles, Serviss(Gilmore, Odrowski)&hellip;&hellip; 7:238&mdash;Ottawa, Kirk(Riley, Conacher)&hellip;&hellip; 9:02Penalties&mdash;McCaskill 6:55,Conacher 11:08.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Ottawa, Climie(Gibbons, Carleton)&hellip;&hellip; 5:4610&mdash;Los Angeles, Heiskala (Szura)&hellip;&hellip; 8:3911&mdash;Los Angeles, McCaskill(Odrowski, Serviss)&hellip;&hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 9:4212&mdash;Ottawa, Conacher (Carleton, Climie)&hellip;&hellip; 13:2813&mdash;Ottawa, Leduc,(Cunnigham, Trottier,)&hellip;&hellip; 16:01Penalties&mdash;Heiskala 2:13, Serviss 4:03, 9:58, Gilmore (major) 4:49, Donnelly (major) 4:49, Gratton (served by Trottier) 11:09, Szurta 14:29, Watson 18:35.Shots against: Gardner-Gillow&hellip;&hellip; 8&hellip;&hellip; 9 7&mdash;24Gratton&hellip;&hellip; 15 10 9&mdash;34Attendance: 4,112.CLEVELAND 8 at PHILADELPHIA 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Philadelphia, Burgess,(Plante, Herriman)&hellip;&hellip; 7:392&mdash;Cleveland, Hodgson&hellip;&hellip; 7:583&mdash;Philadelphia, Campbell(Campeau, Meloche)&hellip;&hellip; 10:244&mdash;Cleveland, Clearwater,(Buchanan)&hellip;&hellip; 18:15Penalties&mdash;Buchanan 11:46, Dillabough 12:49, Pinder, Bennett 16:16.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Cleveland, Hodgson&hellip;&hellip; 6:566&mdash;Cleveland, Erickson(Wiste, Pinder)&hellip;&hellip; 14:137&mdash;Cleveland, Andrea(Hodgson, Hardy)&hellip;&hellip; 16:318&mdash;Cleveland, Pinder(Erickson)&hellip;&hellip; 18:01Penalties&mdash;Herriman 18:59THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Cleveland, Pinder(Jarrett)&hellip;&hellip; 4 3310&mdash;Cleveland, Hodgson(Hanna, Andrea)&hellip;&hellip; 14:12Penalties&mdash;Lacroix Jarrett, 2:02, Sanderson, Hanna 10:38, Hanna, Cardiff, minors, majors 14:43 Shmyr 17:52.Shots against:Parent-Paille&hellip;&hellip; 14 11 8&mdash;33Cheevers&hellip;&hellip; 8 8 5&mdash;21Attendance: 5,075Thur. Oct. 26NEW ENGLAND 6 at New York 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New England, French(Ley)&hellip;&hellip; 0:392&mdash;New York, Reichmuth(Douglas, Laughton)&hellip;&hellip; 2:153&mdash;New England, Sheehy(French)&hellip;&hellip; 4:414&mdash;New York, Rivers(Ward)&hellip;&hellip; 7:185&mdash;New England, Caffery(Pleau, Dorey)&hellip;&hellip; 15:18Penalties&mdash;Ley (major) 1:35, Scharf, (major) 1:35, Webster 11:13, Rivers 13:25.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;New York, Perry(Ferguson, Sheehan)&hellip;&hellip; 1:557&mdash;New York, Rivers(Block Word)&hellip;&hellip; 8:158&mdash;New England, Williams(Hyndman, Caffery)&hellip;&hellip; 11:439&mdash;New England, Ahearn(Pleau, Webster)&hellip;&hellip; 13:16Penalties&mdash;Speer 17:50, Webster 18:42, Selwood 20: 00.THIRD PERIOD10&mdash;New York, Ferguson(Sheehan)&hellip;&hellip; 4:3811&mdash;New York, Rivers(Ward)&hellip;&hellip; 7:0812&mdash;New York, Laughton(Block. Scharf)&hellip;&hellip; 8:0513&mdash;New England, Pleau(Dorey)&hellip;&hellip; 19:29Penalties:&mdash;NoneShots against:Kurt&hellip;&hellip; 8 10 7&mdash;25Smith&hellip;&hellip; 12 7 14&mdash;33Attendance: 5,551.OTTAWA 3 at HOUSTON 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Ottawa, Carleton(Cunningham)&hellip;&hellip; 0:412&mdash;Houston, Labossiere(McCallum, Hall)&hellip;&hellip; 6:17Penalties&mdash;Grierson 3:47, Trottier 5:57SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Ottawa, King(Cunningham)&hellip;&hellip; 1:084&mdash;Houston, Labossiere(Taylor, Schella)&hellip;&hellip; 1:335&mdash;Ottawa, Conacher(Meloff, Cunningham)&hellip;&hellip; 2:216&mdash;Houston, Taylor(Labossiere, Schella)&hellip;&hellip; 10:447&mdash;Houston, Hall(Kannegiesser)&hellip;&hellip; 13:208&mdash;Houston. Hall(Labossiere, Taylor)&hellip;&hellip; 15:579&mdash;Houston, Lund(Hughes, Grierson)&hellip;&hellip; 18:19Penalties&mdash;Riley 12:59, Schella, Popiel, Donnelly, King 19:12THIRD PERIOD10&mdash;Houston, Taylor(Hale)&hellip;&hellip; 13:14Penalties&mdash;Grierson (major) Amodeo (major) McCallum 3:22, Taylor 17 28Shots against:Rutledge&hellip;&hellip; 11 8 15&mdash;34Gratton&hellip;&hellip; 19 10 13&mdash;42Attendance: 8,166.MINNESOTA 4 at QUEBEC 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Quebec, Lacombe(Payette, Guindon)&hellip;&hellip; 3:042&mdash;Quebec, Bergeron(Payette, Guindon)&hellip;&hellip; 8:563&mdash;Quebec, Gaudette&hellip;&hellip; 10:144&mdash;Quebec, Desjardine(Harvey, Gaudette)&hellip;&hellip; 16:57Penalty&mdash;None.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Minnesota, Connelly(Pearson, Hampson)&hellip;&hellip; 10:306&mdash;Minnesota, Konik(Antonovich, MacMillan)&hellip;&hellip; 13:187&mdash;Minnesota, Connelly(Hampson, Pearson)&hellip;&hellip; 19:41Penalties: Lacombe 0:23, Parizeau 2:14; Morrison 6: 36; Arbour 14:57; Aubry (served by Harvey) 18:37, Aubry (misconduct) (served by Harvey) 19:10, Aubry (match misconduct) 19:41.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Quebec, Parizeau(Archambault, Gendron)&hellip;&hellip; 6:599&mdash;Minnesota, AntonovichPenalty&mdash;Paradise 5:46.Shots against:Aubry, Brodeur&hellip;&hellip; 11 11 13&mdash;35McCartan&hellip;&hellip; 5 6 12&mdash;23Attendance: 5,980.Fri. Oct. 27LOS ANGELES 4 at PHILADELPHIA 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Philadelphia, Lacroix(Campeau, Lawson)&hellip;&hellip; 6:072&mdash;Los Angeles, Crashley(Leblanc, McCaskill)&hellip;&hellip; 7:573&mdash;Los Angeles, Crashley(Leblanc, Heiskala)&hellip;&hellip; 9:424&mdash;Los Angeles, Veneruzzo(Leblanc)&hellip;&hellip; 18:06Penalties: Sutherland, Lawson (major) 0:16, Neikamo 6:01, Paiement, Heiskala 7:30, Neikamp, Golembrosky (double minor) 8:50, Heiskala 11:41, Watson 13:15, Gil-low (served by McCaskill) Paiement (minor, misconduct) 13:39, Rouleau (McCaskill (majors) Watson (misconduct) 16:01. Polano 18:52.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Philadelphia, Cardiff&hellip;&hellip; 11:136&mdash;Philadelphia, Lawson(O&rsquo;Donoghue, Campbell)&hellip;&hellip; 12:527&mdash;Los Angeles, Young(MacSweyn, Serviss)&hellip;&hellip; 16:00Penalties: Polano 4:50, Odrowski 5:59, Serviss 6:38, Migneault 10:07, 14:11, Heiskala 18:05.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Philadelphia, Paiement(Bennett, O&rsquo;Donoghue)&hellip;&hellip; 2:249&mdash;Philadelphia, Lacroix(Bennett)&hellip;&hellip; 4:32Penalties: Odrowski (Philadelphia bench (Served by Plante) 8:08, O&rsquo;Donoghue 11:46.Shots against:Archambault&hellip;&hellip; 10 10 13&mdash;33Gillow&hellip;&hellip; 9 10 11&mdash;30Attendance: 4,529.ALBERTA 0 at CLEVELAND 6FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalty: Pinder 6:46SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Krake(Buchanan, Shmyr)&hellip;&hellip; 4:342&mdash;Cleveland, Jarrett(Buchanan, Hanna)&hellip;&hellip; 10:123&mdash;Cleveland, Buchanan(Krake, Jarrett)&hellip;&hellip; 12:584&mdash;Cleveland, Clearwater(Pinder, Wiste)&hellip;&hellip; 18:09Penalties: Hamilton 4:21, Barrie 5:22, Krake 13:57, Hanna, Harrison 17:34.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Cleveland, Hodgson(Andrea, Muloin)&hellip;&hellip; 2:186&mdash;Cleveland, Buchanan (Horton)&hellip;&hellip; 16:40 Penalties: Barrie, 1:55, Hodgson, 3:00, Baird 7:52. Shots against:Cheevers&hellip;&hellip; 7 16 11&mdash;34Brown&hellip;&hellip; 7 16 11&mdash;34Attendance: 4,793.CHICAGO 2 at WINNIPEG 4FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Zanussi 2:51, Hatoum 7:48, Beaudin 18:53.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Winnipeg, Block(Swenson,&hellip;&hellip; Hornung)&hellip;&hellip; 13:542&mdash;Winnipeg,&hellip;&hellip; Beaudin (Zanussi)&hellip;&hellip; 16:273&mdash;Winnipeg, Rizzuto(Hornung)&hellip;&hellip; 18:53Penalties: McGlynn 5:26,&hellip;&hellip; Johnson 8:45, Anderson17:07, Fleming 19:27.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Chicago, Fleming(Blanchette, Glenwright)&hellip;&hellip; 5:345&mdash;Chicago, Popiel(Lodboa, Sicinski)&hellip;&hellip; 6:016&mdash;Winnipeg, Beaudin (Hornung)&hellip;&hellip; 19:40Penalties: Cadle 4:01, Zanussi 10:59, Popiel 10:59, Codie 15:19Shots against:Wakely&hellip;&hellip; 11 9 12&mdash;32McLeod&hellip;&hellip; 8 16 7&mdash;31Attendance: 4,135.Sat. Oct. 28OTTAWA 5 at PHILADELPHIA 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Ottawa, Martin(Carlton, Climie)&hellip;&hellip; 2:582&mdash;Ottawa, Martin(Kirk, Riley)&hellip;&hellip; 4:103&mdash;Ottawa, Trottier (Warr)&hellip;&hellip; 18:06 Penalties: None.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Ottawa, Martin(Kirk, Riley)&hellip;&hellip; 12 045&mdash;Philadelphia, Migneault&hellip;&hellip; 12:566&mdash;Philadelphia, Lawson(Burgess, Campbell)&hellip;&hellip; 19:23Penalties: None.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Ottawa, Climie(Carleton, King)&hellip;&hellip; 7:148&mdash;Philadelphia, Campbell(Lawson, O&rsquo;Donoghue)&hellip;&hellip; 9:23Penalties: None.Shots against-.Archombault&hellip;&hellip; 10 13 4&mdash;27Gratton&hellip;&hellip; 5 16 14&mdash;35Attendance: 5,156.LOS ANGELES 4 at NEW YORK 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Gilmore(Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 5:172&mdash;Los Angeles, Byers(Odrowski, Szura)&hellip;&hellip; 9:193&mdash;Los Angeles, Byers(Szura, MacSwevn)&hellip;&hellip; 16:044&mdash;New York Chartre(Ferguson, Sheehan)&hellip;&hellip; 17:06Penalties&mdash;None.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;New York, Kennedy&hellip;&hellip; 7:35Penalties&mdash;None.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;New York, Ferguson(Sheehan)&hellip;&hellip; 6:59Overtime Period7&mdash;Los Angeles, Slater(MacNeil, Serviss)&hellip;&hellip; 1:56Penalties&mdash;None.Shots against.Kurt&mdash;Donnelly&hellip;&hellip; 11 11 8 2&mdash;32Gardner&hellip;&hellip; 8 11 5 0&mdash;24Attendance&mdash;4,132.Sun. Oct. 29ALBERTA 2 at NEW YORK 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New York, Ward(Bradley)&hellip;&hellip; 16:54Penalties&mdash;Hamilton 4:35, Harrison 8:10, Hamilton 13:21, Block 14:02; Anderson, 18:09SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Alberta, Anderson(Falkenberg, Anderson)&hellip;&hellip; 1:173&mdash;New York, Sheehan(Block, Perry)&hellip;&hellip; 9:544&mdash;New York, Sheehan(Douglas, Ferguson)&hellip;&hellip; 10:235&mdash;New York, Ward(Bradley, Block)&hellip;&hellip; 15:27Penalties&mdash;Winograd, 5:43; Willis, 16:56.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;New York, Morenz(Winograd, Chartre)&hellip;&hellip; 8:457&mdash;Alberto, Parkins(Baird, Hicke)&hellip;&hellip; 9:448&mdash;New York, Ferguson(Perry, Sheehan)&hellip;&hellip; 14:119&mdash;New York, Laughton(Willis)&hellip;&hellip; 15:10Penalties&mdash;Barrie, (minor, major) 1:53; Reichmuth, (minor-major) 1:53; Patenaude, 6.58; Scharf 11:09; Willis 17:45.Shots against:Donnelly&hellip;&hellip; 2 9 11&mdash;22Brown&hellip;&hellip; 17 15 12&mdash;44Attendance&mdash;6,225.HOUSTON 3 at WINNIPEG 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Winnipeg, Gratton(Asmundson, Hornung)&hellip;&hellip; 10:482&mdash;Houston, Labossiere(Taylor, Hall)&hellip;&hellip; 15:433&mdash;Houston, Harris(Popiel, Hoekstra)&hellip;&hellip; 17:31Penalties&mdash;Taylor 5:14; Popiel 10:35; McCollum 12: 09SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Houston, Taylor(Labossiere, Holl)&hellip;&hellip;:25Penalties:&mdash;None.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Winnipeg, Beaudin(Zanussi)&hellip;&hellip;:596&mdash;Winnipeg, Black(Boyer)&hellip;&hellip; 2:207&mdash;Winnipeg, Beaudin(Bordeleau, Sutherland)&hellip;&hellip; 11:068&mdash;Winnipeg, Hornung&hellip;&hellip; 19:54Penalty&mdash;McCallum 9:43.Shots against:Daley&hellip;&hellip; 11 9 4&mdash;24Rutledge&hellip;&hellip; 10 2 25&mdash;42Attendance: 4,311.CLEVELAND 2 AT QUEBEC 2FIRST PERIODNo Scoring.Penalties: None.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Hodgson(Andrea, Hardy)&hellip;&hellip; 11:41Penalties: None.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Quebec, Guindon(Bergeron, Payette)&hellip;&hellip; 3:293&mdash;Cleveland, Jarrett(Buchanan. Krake)&hellip;&hellip; 16:364&mdash;Quebec, Leclerc&hellip;&hellip; 17:41Penalties&mdash;Andrea 6:21, Payette 7:36, Hanna 18:41, Gendron 12:56.Overtime PeriodNo scoring.Penalties&mdash;None.Shots against:Aubry&hellip;&hellip; 7 5 6 6&mdash;24Whidden&hellip;&hellip; 10 11 10 4&mdash;36Attendance: 7,020. &#9632;

World Hockey Association Summaries

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01136/2926574-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="605" height="576"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTue. Oct. 24Richmond 1 at Boston 4Providence 5 at Nova Scotia 4Wed. Oct. 25Cleveland 10 at Baltimore 3Providence 9 at New Hoven 4Virginia 2 at Richmond 2Thur. Oct. 26Virginia 4 at Cincinnati 3Fri. Oct. 27Virginia 7 at Cleveland 4Novo Scotia 3 at Rochester 4New Haven 2 at Springfield 7Sat. Oct. 28Cincinnati 4 at Baltimore 3New Haven 4 at Boston 6Nova Scotia 3 at Cleveland 3Richmond 6 at Hershey 10Rochester 7 at Springfield 6Sun. Oct. 29Novo Scotia 2 at Cincinnati 4Hershey 2 at New Haven 2Virginia 4 at Rochester 3GAMES TO COMETues. Oct. 31Virginia at BostonBaltimore at CincinnatiWed. Nov. 1Virginia at New HavenNova Scotia at RichmondHershey at SpringfieldFri. Nov. 3Virginia at ProvidenceNew Haven at RochesterSat. Nov. 4Springfield at CincinnatiBaltimore at Cleveland (afternoon)Novo Scotia at HersheySun. Nov. 5Richmond at BostonSpringfield at Cleveland (afternoon)Cincinnati at New HavenBaltimore at ProvidenceHershey at RochesterTues. Nov. 7Springfield at BaltimoreCincinnati at BostonWed. Nov. 8Cincinnati at HersheyProvidence at New HavenBaltimore at RichmondSpringfield at Virginia (Norfolk Scope)Thu. Nov. 9Boston at Nova ScotiaFri. Nov. 10Cincinnati at BaltimoreRochester at BostonCleveland at ProvidenceNova Scotia at Springfield &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY GREG FARLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0025-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0290/2926605-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Providence Coach LARRY POPEIN talks with three of his young, new Reds, GERRY BUTLER, left, ALBLANCHARD, and BERT WILSON, right, as team prepares to open new Civic Center in downtown Province Nov. 3 against Virginia Wings.</figcaption></div>PROVIDENCE&mdash;The credit for the current Red revival being staged in the AHL&rsquo;s eastern circuit is due largely to the masterminding of fledgling Providence general manager coach Larry Popein, who has blended a mixture of fringe players and top Ranger draft choices into a potential power house within a brief two month span.Providence fans were to get their first glimpse of the &lsquo;new look&rsquo; Reds Friday, Nov. 3 when the new 10,200-seat downtown Providence Civic Center is launched with Virginia Red Wings coming in for the opener.Ham that he is, Popein dispells all complimentary approaches by stressing the tremendous contributions of Ranger boss Emile Francis and his talented scouting staff&ldquo;We can thank Emile for all that we&rsquo;ve accomplished so far,&rdquo; Popein proclaimed. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s given us a lot to work with, and I know he&rsquo;s made my job a heckuva lot easier.&ldquo;This team is loaded with top Ranger amateur choices&mdash;many of whom could be playing in the NHL right now, but haven&rsquo;t had a decent opportunity to crack a very solid Ranger lineup.&ldquo;Take Al Blanchard, for instance, who&rsquo;s been one of our better forwards.&rdquo;A 50-goal scorer in junior last season, Al will be satisfied with 25 for the Reds this time around.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m happy to be here with the Reds,&rdquo; he confessed. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d rather play regularly in this league than sit on the bench in New York.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m shooting for 25 goals and if I can put together an outstanding year, I think my chances of making the Rangers next fall will be excellent. This is a good league, and I&rsquo;m bound to benefit from the experience.&rdquo;And with the much-anticipated Civic Center home opener set for Thursday night, coach Popein is beaming.&ldquo;I was very happy with the results of our road trip,&rdquo; he smiled, &ldquo;but it&rsquo;s always great to come home again.&rdquo;BOSTON: Bep Guidolin&rsquo;s latest move was the installation of Mike Bloom in favor of Steve Stirling as the pivot between Ron Boehm and Neil Murphy. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a demotion for Steve,&rdquo; explained Bep, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just that we feel he&rsquo;ll be more effective as the swing man for all three lines and as a penalty-killer, where he excelled for us last year.&rdquo; Bep is also planning more frequent use of backup goalie Don Wallis, who finds himself in a position to unseat John Adams as the number one man.NEW HAVEN: With the season now a month old, coach Parker MacDonald admits the Nighthawks need a substantial win streak soon to avoid early playoff elimination. The singularly most frustrating aspect of his club&rsquo;s play has been its failure to win on home ice. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re young and very green, no doubt about it,&rdquo; said Parker. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve only got three players over 23 years of age, two of whom are under 27. All first year teams suffer through various inconsistencies, but poor play on your own ice is the most distressing. We haven&rsquo;t played badly on the road, but that&rsquo;s not going to mean a thing unless we tighten up in our own backyard.&rsquo;&hellip; Dave Pulkkinen&rsquo;s and Derek Kuntz&rsquo; scoring efforts have kept the offense respectable, but others must pick up the slack soon or else bye-bye birdies.SPRINGFIELD: The Kings assigned defenseman Jerome Engele to the Sun Coast Suns of the EHL&hellip; The Kings entertain Hershey before embarking on a four-game in five-night road ex cursion beginning this weekend in Cincinnati and Cleveland, and continuing through Baltimore and Virginia next week. &#9632;

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Reds Open New Rink With Flood Of Top Ranger Farmhands

<div class="byline">by HANS TANNER</div>HALIFAX&mdash;It didn&rsquo;t take Dave Gardner long to show the rest of the American Hockey League why the Montreal Canadiens took him so soon in June&rsquo;s amateur draft.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01144/2926643-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="264" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jerry Byers</figcaption></div>Gardner was the eighth player picked in the draft after two great scoring years in junior with the Toronto Marl-boros. He had 56 goals and 81 assists for 137 points in 62 games in 1970-71 and was the runner-up to scoring champion Marcel Dionne.Last year he had 53 goals and 76 assists for 129 points in 57 games and tied with teammate Bill Harris for the scoring crown.He didn&rsquo;t come down to the Nova Scotia Voyageurs in time for the opening game, but had a goal and an assist in his pro debut Oct. 10 here against Baltimore.Gardner was blanked in his second game and had an assist in his third. On Oct. 17 here against Richmond, the son of former NHL star Cal Gardner snapped a 3-3 tie with a game-winning goal with only 38 seconds to play.He had a goal and an assist in his next game, but it was on Oct. 22 here against Providence that he really blossomed out. Gardner scored at 9:37 of the first period, at 5:35 of the second, at 13:31 of the second and at 13:24 of the third for a four-goal performance!&ldquo;All his goals were different,&rdquo; coach Al MacNeil recalled later. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s got a very accurate shot and positions himself well. His game-winning goal against Richmond was a good example. He came over their blueline and used a defenseman as a screen before shooting.&ldquo;Dave is a smart playmaker, too. He sets up his linemates well and always seems to know what to do with the puck. He&rsquo;s got to pick up on his skating a bit. but he&rsquo;s got a good future in the game.&rdquo;Some scouts said Gardner isn&rsquo;t aggressive enough.&ldquo;Any guy who scores four goals is aggressive enough for me,&rdquo; said MacNeil.Dave, who just turned 20 in August, is a six-footer who weighs about 185.Defenseman Larry Robinson had goal and seven assists in first five games with Voyageurs after being sent down by Montreal&hellip;ROCHESTER&mdash;Hustling young club still surprising with success on the ice and fans have responded well after four straight last-place teams.For first six home games, Amerks scored 24 goals and allowed 23. Defenseman Rick Pagnutti was on ice for 17 Rochester scores and for only six by opposition. Rookie blueliner John Bednarski was on for 13 for and just five against.Herman Karp scored points in first seven pro games, with streak still alive at this writing&hellip; Gene Sobchuk out of lineup with partially collapsed lung and Bob Thomson, who has yet to play, sidelined idefinitely with bad back which may be a disc. Wayne Morusyk missed few games with double trouble on left side. He had cracked bone in his left ankle and a cracked hone in his left index finger.Letdown in final period here against Richmond Oct. 20 came as shock. Amerks led 2-0 in first seven minutes of game and held a 3-2 edge with 18:14 left in the game. Richmond scored six goals after that&hellip; Only three minor penalties were whistled in game against Baltimore here Oct. 22.Bob Craig earned praise from coach Don Cherry for his play on defense as a regular Oct. 22. Craig hadn&rsquo;t played in four of first six games and only a bit in other two, one as a right wing. He was a British Columbia Junior League All Star two years ago and last season was with New Westminster in Western Canada Junior League. He&rsquo;s on loan from New York Rangers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0297/2926636-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="524" height="581"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE GARDNER&hellip;Four-goal Game</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND&mdash;Barons&rsquo; coach Johnny Muckler probably won&rsquo;t have a better weekend than Oct. 21-22. His team won both its games&mdash;at home against New Haven and in Hampton, Va., over Virginia Red Wings.But as important were the debuts of both Jerry Byers and &#9632;

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Gardner One-Man Wrecking Crew For Vees

Wed. Oct. 11PROVIDENCE 4 at CLEVELAND 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Meissner (Gambucci)&hellip;&hellip; 6:59Penalties: Mattiussi 0:21, Patterson 2:56, Lepage 8:50, Giannini 6:59, 12:06, Villemure 15:02.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Providence. Sacharuk (Keeler)&hellip;&hellip; 0:493&mdash;Cleveland. West (McIntosh, Charnoff)&hellip;&hellip; 8 194&mdash;Providence, Heindl (Williams, Lepage)&hellip;&hellip; 12:315&mdash;Providence, Garwasiuk (Teeple, Socharuk)&hellip;&hellip; 19:29Penalties: Garwasiuk 4:00, Patterson 11:32, Villemure (major) 12:05, Ahrens (major) 12:05, Patterson 18:38.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Providence. Blanchard (Lepage, Heindl)&hellip;&hellip; 2:17Penalties: Mattiussi 4:17, Butler 6:03, Giannini 8:28, Garwasiuk 8 28, Villemure 11:20, Rivard 14:55, Teeple 14 55. Butler 17:24.Saves: Charron (Providence) 29, Rivard (Cleveland) 42.Attendance: 9,861.NEW HAVEN 1 at RICHMOND 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Richmond. Schock (Drolet, MacMillan)&hellip;&hellip; 8:29Penalty: Pulkkinen 2:19.SECOND PERIODNo Scoring.Penalties Nicholson 2:34, Pelletier 16:23.THIRD PERIOD2&mdash;Richmond, Spring (Kindrachuk, Watson)&hellip;&hellip; 2:473&mdash;New Haven, McNeil (Forey)&hellip;&hellip; 5:51Penalties: Bilodeau 4 43, McCulloch 7:56, Howatt 12:15, McCulloch 7 56, Hurburt 12:15, Bilodeau 17 50.Saves: Resch (New Hoven) 40. Belhumeur (Richmond) 26Attendance: 3,584Sun. Oct. 15PROVIDENCE 5 at VIRGINIA 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Virginia, Genovy (McCann, Cook)&hellip;&hellip; 1:252&mdash;Povidence, Blanchard (Villemure)&hellip;&hellip; 1:36.3&mdash;Providence, Heindl (Williams, Teeple)&hellip;&hellip; 10:324&mdash;Providence, Garwasiuk (Matussi)&hellip;&hellip; 10:525&mdash;Virginia, Florek (Genovy, Stratton)&hellip;&hellip; 16:30Penalties: Knibbs 4:18, Salavaara 9:02. Mattiussi 11:30, Lepage (major, misconduct) 12:43, Debenedet (minor, major) 12.43, Cook Villemure 15:51, Lepage 16:04, Gorwasiuk, Cook 19:58SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Skinner 5:44. McCann 17:53, Salavaara 18:52THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Providence, Butler (Sacharuk)&hellip;&hellip; 0:157&mdash;Virginia, Cook (Genovy, McCann)&hellip;&hellip; 5:448&mdash;Providence, Andrascik (Lepage, Williams)&hellip;&hellip; 15:27Penalties: Salavaara 2:37, Andrascik 4:00, Legge (minor, misconduct, game misconduct) 12:33, Cook 13:40, McLeod 15:00, Villemure 18:12.Saves: Wood (Providence) 22, Grant (Virginia) 22.Attendance: 3,281.BOSTON 1 at ROCHESTER 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester. Sobchuk (McKillop, Hrechkosy)&hellip;&hellip; 8:392&mdash;Rochester. Rombough (Karp, Merrell)&hellip;&hellip; 17:21Penalties: Clairmont 4:39, Bloom 10:06, Jones 15:30, Merrell 20:00 Gryp 20:00SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Rochester, Kelly (Karp, Pagnutti)&hellip;&hellip; 0:34Penalties: Graham 3:28, Fogal 9:10, Leduc 12:10THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Boston, Murphy (Wing, Gryp)&hellip;&hellip; 12:265&mdash;Rochester, McKillop (Merrell)&hellip;&hellip; 19:13Penalties: Clairmont (major): 18, Bednarski (major): 18, Kelly 12:42Saves: Wallis-Adam (Boston) 24, Cooley (Rochester) 24.Attendance: 3,574Wed. Oct. 18BOSTON 4 at NEW HAVEN 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;New Haven, Black (Gray, Morrison)&hellip;&hellip; 3:012&mdash;Boston, Anderson (Elder, Leduc)&hellip;&hellip; 4:423&mdash;Boston, Clairmont (Leduc, Sheppard)&hellip;&hellip; 16:08Penalties: Grenier:33. Levasseur 4:08, Leduc 9:21, Nicholson 15:03, Kuntz 17:26SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Boston, Bloom (Boehm)&hellip;&hellip; 9:085&mdash;Boston, Gryp (Bloom, Murphy)&hellip;&hellip; 17:49Penalties: None.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Morrison 8:51, Bloom 8:51, McNeil 10:21, Howdle 10:21, Howatt 13:33, Morrison 15:26, Howatt 17:11, Bloom 17:11Saves: Adorns (Boston) 23, Resch (New Haven) 33.Attendance: 4,475.THUR. OCT. 19NEW HAVEN 5 at NOVA SCOTIA 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Nova Scotia, Gardner (Robinson)&hellip;&hellip; 3:132&mdash;Nova Scotia, Fullan (Gardner, Wilson)&hellip;&hellip; 9:20Penalties: Grenier 2:25, Anderson 5:55, Ola 16:33, Von Boxmeer 18:36, Morrison 19:18.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;New Haven, McNeil (Levasseur)&hellip;&hellip; 10:404&mdash;New Haven, Howatt (Henning)&hellip;&hellip; 15:155&mdash;New Hoven, Grenier (Henning)&hellip;&hellip; 15:256&mdash;New Haven, Pulkkinen (Gray)&hellip;&hellip; 16:117&mdash;Nova Scotia, Featherstone (Anderson, Ford)&hellip;&hellip; 19:20Penalties: Howatt 3.38, Morrison 9:01, Cunning 11:03.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Nova Scotia, Ford (Anderson, Robinson)&hellip;&hellip; 6:479&mdash;New Haven, Black&hellip;&hellip; 9:2010&mdash;Nova Scotia, Rota (Lambert)&hellip;&hellip; 10:51Penalties: Levosseur 2:01, Howatt. Van Boxmeer (majors) 7:20, Wilson. Henning (double minors) 10:18Saves: Larocque (Nova Scotia) 32, Resch (New Haven) 27Attendance: 2,260.Fri. Oct. 20RICHMOND 8 at ROCHESTER 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Rochester, Pognutti (Rombough)&hellip;&hellip; 4:292&mdash;Rochester, Hrechkosy&hellip;&hellip; 6:36Penalties&mdash;Schock 3:07, Spring, Belhumeur 12:14, Kelly, Plante 16:30, Bednarski 19:13.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Richmond, Barber (Currier)&hellip;&hellip; 0:444&mdash;Rochester, Pognutti (Graham)&hellip;&hellip; 3:115&mdash;Richmond, Plante (Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 10:14Penalty&mdash;Bednarski 8:37.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Rochester, Schock (Drolet, McCulloch)&hellip;&hellip; 1:467&mdash;Richmond, Plante (Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 3008&mdash;Richmond, MacMillan (Spring, Southwick)&hellip;&hellip; 3:279&mdash;Rochester, Rombough (Karp)&hellip;&hellip; 10:5010&mdash;Richmond, Schock (Watson)&hellip;&hellip; 14:5211&mdash;Richmond, Schock (Spring)&hellip;&hellip; 15:3212&mdash;Richmond, Kindrachuk&hellip;&hellip; 18:48Penalty&mdash;Plante 6:54.Saves: Cooley (Rochester) 21, Belhumeur (Richmond) 20.CINCINNATI 3 at VIRGINIA 4FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties&mdash;Salavaara 12:17. Busniuk. Watts 20:00.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Virginia, Florek&hellip;&hellip; 0:462&mdash;Cincinnati, Nichols (Harris&hellip;&hellip; 1:223&mdash;Virginia, Watts (Stratton)&hellip;&hellip; 2:194&mdash;Virginia, Florek&hellip;&hellip; 2:545&mdash;Virginia, Cook (McCann, Salovaara)&hellip;&hellip; 11:36Penalties&mdash;Salovaara 1:14, Kinsman 3:44, Busniuk 10:30, McCann, Busniuk. McLeod (gome misconduct) 16.39, Debenedet 18:46THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Cincinnati, Rombough (Harris)&hellip;&hellip; 12:287&mdash;Cincinnati, Harris (Inglis)&hellip;&hellip; 14:24Penalties&mdash;Busniuk 7:42, Debenedet 11:42, Rombough 2000.Saves: Hulme (Virginia) 24, Farr (Cincinnati) 26.Sat. Oct. 21CINCINNATI 3 at HERSHEY 9FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Cincinnati, Gould (Richardson&hellip;&hellip; L52&mdash;Hershey, Noris (Burns, T. Snell&hellip;&hellip; 5:433&mdash;Hershey, R. Snell (Babcock&hellip;&hellip; 11:354&mdash;Cincinnati, Inglis (Busniuk, Horris&hellip;&hellip; 15:305&mdash;Hershey, Babcock (Noris. Burns)&hellip;&hellip; 19:36Penalties: Robertson 10:25, Babcock 17:15.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Hershey, Wiley (Birdsell)&hellip;&hellip; 7:437&mdash;Hershey, Birdsell (Wiley)&hellip;&hellip; 15:278&mdash;Hershey, Lagace&hellip;&hellip; 16:359&mdash;Hershey, Walker (lagace)&hellip;&hellip; 16:58Penalties: Labre 4:23, Rombough 10:25, Labre 16:24THIRD PERIOD10&mdash;Hershey, R. Snell (Keller, Hoganson)&hellip;&hellip; 2:0211&mdash;Cincinnati, Gould (Rombough, Holt)&hellip;&hellip; 7:1312&mdash;Hershey, T. Snell (Burns, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 11:14Penalties: Harris (major, game misconduct) Labre (two minors, major, misconduct) 5:13, Busniuk (major, gome misconduct), Babcock (gome misconduct) 12:18, Lagace 14:47, Gould 15:31, Richardson 16:20.Saves: Bromley (Cincinnati) 32, Hoganson (Hershey) 32Attendance: 4, 575.RICHMOND 6 at SPRINGFIELD 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Richmond, Barber (Currier, Kindrachuk)&hellip;&hellip;:382&mdash;Richmond, Kindrachuk (Barber)&hellip;&hellip; 6:323&mdash;Springfield, Baltimore (Dussiaume, Beaulne&hellip;&hellip; 10:354&mdash;Richmond, Schock (Spring)&hellip;&hellip; 19:02Penalty: Plante 6:14.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Richmond, Barber (Kindrachuk)&hellip;&hellip; 0:246&mdash;Springfield, Hoene (Dussiaume, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 5:257&mdash;Springfield, Dube (Poffenroth, Smith&hellip;&hellip; 12:548&mdash;Richmond, Pelletier (Plante)&hellip;&hellip; 14:519&mdash;Richmond, Pelletier (Foley)&hellip;&hellip; 17:51Penalties: McCulloch 3:27, Foley 11:06, Keeler 15: 32.THIRD PERIODNo scoringPenalty: Spring 11:54Attendance: 3,649 &#9632;

American Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0376/2926698-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="883" height="1080"><figcaption class="caption-body">SOLUTION IN NOVEMBER 17 ISSUE</figcaption></div>ACROSS1&mdash;St. Louis forward.5&mdash;Laugh.6&mdash;First name of 10 across.7&mdash;Ontario city in Junior OHA.10&mdash;Wears no. 6 for Toronto.12&mdash;Pronoun.14&mdash;Initials of former NHLer Kyle.15&mdash;Preposition.16&mdash;Nickname of a former NHL coach.17&mdash;3 down used to wear this number.18&mdash;To make mistakes.19&mdash;One of the North Stars. (init.)20&mdash;Initials of one of the Penguins.21&mdash;An NHL captain.23&mdash;Initials of one of the Flames.24&mdash;Old form of you.25&mdash;WHA defenseman.27&mdash;An NHL General Manager.28&mdash;An NHL linesman (init.)DOWN1&mdash;Pictured player.2&mdash;One of the Bruins answers to this.3&mdash;Former NHL All Star goaltender.4&mdash;First name of one of the Sabres.6&mdash;2 down won this trophy last season.8&mdash;Former Leaf forward.9&mdash;Initials of an NHL general manager.11&mdash;Brother, of the Big M.13&mdash;Former Philadelphia forward.14&mdash;An NHL goaltender.16&mdash;One of the Islanders answers to this.17&mdash;Recently returned to the Bruins&rsquo; line-up.22&mdash;14 down used to play for this team.25&mdash;8th and 21st letters of the alphabet.26&mdash;Initials of a San Diego forward.LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERSAcross1&mdash;BUCYK5&mdash;MAT.8&mdash;AVE.9&mdash;ALE.10&mdash;LORENTZ.12&mdash;I.L.13&mdash;ST.14&mdash;VIC.16&mdash;RAY.18&mdash;EVE.19&mdash;A.E.20&mdash;G.S.22&mdash;URN.24&mdash;SOS.25&mdash;ELLET.27&mdash;FIVE.29&mdash;AT.30&mdash;R.I.31&mdash;DENIS.34&mdash;MENARD.Down1&mdash;BELIVEAU2&mdash;CAR.3&mdash;YVES.4&mdash;KENT.5&mdash;MAZUR.6&mdash;AL.7&mdash;TERRY11&mdash;OLIVER.15&mdash;C.E.17&mdash;ANGOTTI.21&mdash;S.S.23&mdash;NEVIN.24&mdash;STAN.26&mdash;LE.28&mdash;IRE.31&mdash;D.R.32&mdash;ED.33&mdash;S.N. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>BALTIMORE&mdash;Coach Terry Reardon latched on to the services of Wayne Schultz and Randy Miller to help bolster the Baltimore Clippers&rsquo; ranks.Schultz was a standout performer for the Springfield Kings last season, the high-scoring forward popping in 24 goals and assisting on 32 for 56 points in a 74-game stand.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01128/2926729-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="268" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sheldon Kannegiesser</figcaption></div>Both Schultz and Miller were obtained from the Los Angeles Kings organization. Schultz is on loan, while Miller was a straight cash purchase.Miller was with Seattle last season in the Western League and closed with 19 goals Prior to that he played for Denver in the same circuit. He spent eight seasons with the Springfield club.Both veteran forwards should lend the Clippers&rsquo; attack a strong hand. Reardon&rsquo;s charges, with a 2-1-1 mark for the first four games, notched 14 goals.However, the Clippers played a strong game against the Providence Reds in their first meeting at Baltimore with the clubs settling for a 3-3 standoff.Reardon has been working the club hard and it&rsquo;s paid off. In a game against Tidewater, the Clippers came from behind to take a 7-5 decision.&ldquo;There were a lot of heroes in that one,&rdquo; said Reardon. &ldquo;Everyone played hard after we fell behind and the work paid off with a victory.&rdquo;Reardon is of an opinion Providence has a sound team. &ldquo;They have good forwards and good goaltending. The record proves they&rsquo;re tough.&rdquo;Providence, forced to play its first nine games on the road since its new arena won&rsquo;t be completed until early Nov., have rolled to four wins in five starts.HERSHEY: Defenseman Sheldon Kannegiesser was shipped to the Bears by the parent National League Pittsburgh Penguins. His arrival raised to the defensive corps to seven and coach Frank Mathers disclosed that he soon will cut one blueliner along with two forwards.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re only carrying 20 players&rdquo;, said Mathers. &ldquo;Pittsburgh is planning to send us another forward, but I don&rsquo;t know who it will be. We&rsquo;ll have to make room for him.&rdquo;In the first two weeks the Bears played only four games, the lack of work bothering Mathers.&ldquo;This one game a week schedule is not good for us,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;All we do is scrimmage and it&rsquo;s not like game conditions.&rdquo;In winning only one of the first four, the Bears have been unable to muster any sustained scoring punch. Mathers blames part of this on a shortage of experienced centermen.&ldquo;We only have one veteran center, Gil Gilbert,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to take time for our young centers to learn the style of their wingmen. Only game conditions can help us in this phase.&rdquo;Gilbert, the club&rsquo;s top scorer last season, is setting the early pace with six points, five assists and a goal.RICHMOND: Coach Larry Wilson&rsquo;s Richmond Robins are off to a somewhat surprising slow start with only one win in the first four games.The Robins defense has been somewhat venerable allowing 19 goals, while the offense also has been lacking. Richmond, with nine goals, was the weakest scoring team in the league as of Oct. 20.Michel Belhumeur played 204 of the club&rsquo;s first 240 minutes and had allowed 15 goals.Only last season Belhumeur boasted one of the league&rsquo;s top averages. In 45 starts he allowed only 122 goals for a sparkling 2.76 average.But with forwards like Frank Spring, Dave Schultz, Rene Drolet, and Danny Schock, the Robins offense should soon come to life.Wilson in the past has shown the ability to get the most out of his skaters and it figures he will have the club challenging the leaders before the season hits the mid-mark.VIRGINIA: The Virginia Wings are sailing along in high gear with Rick McCann, onetime Baltimore player, pacing the league&rsquo;s scorers with 11 points after a half-dozen games.Coach Doug Barkly&rsquo;s young hands have displayed the league&rsquo;s best offense with 28 goals to their credit.And the Virginia fans have really taken to the hustling team with 5,131 attending the first home game against Hershey. Among the crowd was Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, wife of the late Gen. Douglas MacArthur, one of America&rsquo;s World War II heroes.Detroit Red Wings executive vice-president Jim Bishop also was a spectator.The Hershey match was a thriller with the Wings building up an early lead and then hangling on to skate off with a 4-3 win. Only 12 hours earlier, the Wings had laced Hershey, 6-3, in its own Chocolatetown rink.Robbie Ftorek, former U.S. Nationals forward, was the wings second best pointman, showing four goals and a like number of assists. His four goals were tops for the club.Brian Watts, Barry Salovaara, Nelson Debenedet, Herb Boxer, Brian McCutcheon, Bob Cook and Randy Sokoll all had popped in at least one goal to aid the offense.And George Hulme&rsquo;s play in the nets was steady as he allowed only 18 goals in the first 300 minutes of action for a respectable 3.6 average. &#9632;

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Reardon Builds Up Clippers With Player Help From LA.

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<h2>WHL Rosters</h2>DENVERGOAL: Chris Worthy, Bob Johnson.DEFENSE: Bob McCord, Andre Aubry, Glenn Patrick, Chuck Hamilton. Jean Hamel, Mike Stevens.FORWARDS: Claude Laforge, Milan Marcetta, Norm Dennis, Doug Smith, Dave Roberts, Don Borge-son, Murray Keogan, Jack Borotsik, Bernie Gagnon, Jim Shires.PHOENIXGOAL: Gary Simmons, Don Caley.DEFENSE: Gary Braun, Adam Keller, Howie Young, Gordon Nelson, Jim Murray, Brent Meeke, Harry Shaw.FORWARDS: Bob Mowat, Wayne Hicks, Leo Thiffault, Murray Heatley, Bob Barlow, Wayne Clairmont, Jim Boyd, John Gofton, Andre Hinse, Don Liesemer, Rick Hextall.PORTLANDGOAL: John Garrett, Dave Kelly.DEFENSE: John Barber, John Van Horlick, Mike Donaldson, Gary Kilpatrick, Connie Madigan.FORWARDS: Larry Leach, Bill Saunders. Cliff Schmautz, Bill Orban, Guyle Fielder, Andy Hebenton, Art. ones, Ken Campbell, Tom Foxcroft, Dick Van Impe.SALT LAKE CITYGOAL: Lyle Carter, Ted Tucker.DEFENSE: Tim Jacobs, Paul Shakes, Barry Cummins, Dave Amadio, Al Simmons, Terry Murray.FORWARDS: Angus Beck, Howie Menard, Fred Hilts, Pete Vipond, Lyle Bradley, Ron Huston, Del Hall, Wayne King, Dave Gilmour, Roger Bellerive,SAN DIEGOGOAL: Ken Broderick, Bob Champoux.DEFENSE: John Miszuk, Murray Kennett, Keith Nordin, Al Lebrun, Jim Graham, Dave Woodley.FORWARDS: Jim Stanfield, Bob Courcy, Al Nicholson, George Swarbrick, Laurie Yaworski, Len Ronson, Jim Schraefel, Nels Venerus, Howie Hughes, Gerry Goyer, Willie O&rsquo;Ree, Bruce Cowick, Tom Trevelyan, Bud Debrody.SEATTLEGOAL: Bruce Bullock, Dan Brady.DEFENSE: Larry McNabb, Dave Dunn, Tom Rielly, Tim Steeves, Dennis McCord.FORWARDS: Bob Walton, Barry Wilcox, Danny Seguin, Gary Bredin, Dick Mortenson, Dave Bonter, Bob Roselle, Don Westbrooke, Jack Michie, Paul Raymer, Pat McCool, Dave Westner, Ron Homenuke.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01118/2926760-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="628" height="256"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDThur. Oct. 26Portland 2 at Seattle 7Phoenix 2 at San Diego 4Fri. Oct. 27San Diego 1 at Salt Lake 3Seattle 5 at Denver 3Sat. Oct. 28Phoenix 3 at Seattle 5Denver 3 at Portland 5Salt Lake 2 at San Diego 5GAMES TO COMEWed. Nov. 1San Diego at PortlandPhoenix at DallasThu. Nov. 2San Diego at SeattleDenver at Salt LakeFri. Nov. 3Phoenix at TulsaPortland at DenverSat. Nov. 4Tulsa at SeattleDenver at San DiegoPhoenix at OmahaPortland at Salt LakeSun. Nov. 5Tulsa at PortlandPhoenix at Fort WorthWed. Nov. 8Denver at PortlandTulsa at Salt Lake &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>PHOENIX&mdash;If there&rsquo;s any mystery about the Phoenix Roadrunners&rsquo; undefeated record, after the first two weeks of the season, it&rsquo;s solved by a quick glimpse of the Western Hockey League&rsquo;s scoring leaders.The Road runners own the four leading point collectors and seven of the first nine.Murray Heatley, a 23-year-old rookie rightwinger&hellip;&hellip; who played for Tulsa in the Central Hockey League last season, and defenseman Jim Murray are tied for the lead with 12 points apiece in five games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0265/2926791-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="276" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Barlow</figcaption></div>Bob Barlow is third with 11 and John Gofton fourth with 10.Barlow&rsquo;s line, with Heatley and Gofton, has accounted for 16 of the Roadrunners&rsquo; 31 goals. The Runners have only allowed 16 against. The Barlow line owns 33 scoring points.Barlow, who converted from left wing to center a few days before the season opener, leads in goals with six.Murray, who has been doing a pretty fair impression of Bobby Orr, leads in assists with 11 to go with his single goal.Heatley and Gofton join Denver rookie Jack Borotsik and Salt Lake City&rsquo;s first year pro. Wayne King, as hat trick scorers.Salt Lake&rsquo;s Lyle Bradley, with nine points, two on goals, and King, with three assists for a six point total, are the only players to break up the Roadrunners&rsquo; domination.The Roadrunners signed 22-year-old center Bob Leslie from the University of Brandon, Manitoba. to a pro contract, and assigned him to an International Hockey League team.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got a good shot and handles the puck well.&rdquo; said Phoenix coach Sandy Hucul of the 180-pounder who scored one goal during a five-game pro trial. &ldquo;All he needs is ice time and he&rsquo;ll get more in the International League as a regular than he would centering a fourth line for us.&rdquo;Rick Hextall, brother of National leaguers Bryan and Dennis, was signed to a five-game trial. The 27-year-old redhead has been hampered by a training camp injury&mdash;a pulled groin&mdash;and had not played during the first two weeks of the season. &#9632;

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Runners’ Undefeated Start Attributed To High Scorers

SANTA FE&mdash;An agreement to allow the Western Hockey League into the state of New Mexico is near finalization, state fair manager Finlay MacGillivray told the legislative committee.MacGillivray said that the state would be guaranteed $1,000 per game or 10 per cent of the gate&mdash;whichever is higher&mdash;for each game, under conditions of the agreement.He said that he had been negotiating with Ice Sports. Inc., for the proposed use of Tingley Coliseum at the fair grounds for the hockey team.The fair manager said the hockey team was committed to making $250,000 in improvements at the Coliseum. He said improvements would include ice-making equipment and new seating. &#9632;

WHL Nears Agreement With New Mexico

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0189/2926853-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="541" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB JOHNSON&hellip; First Shutout</figcaption></div>DENVER&mdash;Bob Johnson is doing what has been expected of him by the Denver Spurs.John Garrett has set about doing what the Portland Buckaroos expect him to do.Dan Brady is backing up his All-America reputation at Seattle.Two of the young netminders posted the first shutouts of the young Western Hockey League season.Johnson, 23, led the WHL&rsquo;s goaltenders as a rookie last season, posting a 2.83 goals against average and one shutout.The former Michigan State University star put the whitewash on the San Diego Gulls although he got quite a bit of help from his teammates. He only had to handle 16 shots in the 3-0 victory in the Spurs&rsquo; home opener.Garrett, the rookie netminder the Buckaroos hope will replace veteran Jim McLeod, a defector to the World Hockey Association, shut out the Dallas Black Hawks 3-0 at Portland.It&rsquo;s been the Buckaroos&rsquo; only victory in five games.No one, however, is writing the Buckaroos off. The rest of the league recognizes the Buckaroos&rsquo; basement residency as temporary quarters.&ldquo;Portland has a history of starting slow,&rdquo; points out Phoenix coach Sandy Hucul. Who remembers the Roadrunners holding the edge on Portland last season only to bow out to the Buckaroos in six games in the semifinals.Brady, an All-America at Boston University last year, made his first start in pro hockey against the Salt Lake City Golden Eagles. He made 28 saves in a 3-1 victory.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0264/2926846-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="1141" height="1457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goaltenders weren&rsquo;t having it easy in the WHL. Here&rsquo;s rookie GARY SIMMONS of Phoenix being stunned when struck on face mask by skate of Dave Kryskow of Dallas in interlocking game. Simmons was shaken up but came back to beat Texans 6-4. (Phoenix Gazette Photo)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rookie Netminders Making Hit In Early Western League Action

SAN DIEGO&mdash;The San Diego Gulls present as international a lineup as any team in pro hockey.John Miszuk, the most reliable of the Gull defensemen, was born in Naliboki, Poland. Bud DeBrody, a right wing and center, was born in Hanover, Germany. Nels Venerus is from Italy.Defenseman Dave Woodley, from Victoria, B.C., and rightwinger Willie O&rsquo;Ree, from Fredericton, N.B., represent both coasts in Canada.Bob McKinstry, a big, hard skating winger who has been farmed out to Des Moines in the International Hockey League, is the first San Diego-born player to sign a pro hockey contract.Even coach Jack Evans adds to the worldwide flavor. Nicknamed &ldquo;Tex,&rdquo; the former National Hockey League defenseman was born in Garnant, South Wales, raised in Western Canada and is now a full-time resident of San Diego.During the first couple of weeks of the schedule, Evans must have felt like Little Dutch Boy with his finger in the dike.Evans would get one hole plugged, only to see another leak develop somewhere else.Murray Kennett, 20-year-old defenseman, former Denver Spur Jim Graham and the play of veteran goaltender Ken Broderick seemed to take the worry out of the defense for Evans.&ldquo;Kennett has been a pleasant surprise,&rdquo; said Evans. &ldquo;And we feel he can do the job for us on a regular basis. I felt the holes we were concerned with in training camp for the most part have been filled.&rdquo;The Gulls got off to a great defensive start, allowing just five goals in their first three games but the offense was limping, with just four goals in those same three games.Then, against their rivals in the Southwest, the Phoenix Roadrunners, the Gulls came out smoking.Bob Courcy struck for his first two of the season. George Swarbrick broke the ice. So did Len Ronson, Bruce Cowick, newcomer Jim Stanfield and defenseman John Miszuk.But the defense let go, giving up seven goals, the final one in the last seven seconds, for a 7-7 tie. &#9632;

Hockey Gulls Truly International Crew

All books are hardcover except those whose item number ends in P. P means paperback.<h2>Hockey&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0339/2926908-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="564" height="1939"></div>To Order: Circle item number wanted. Add price of each book desired. Deduct 5%. Deduct 10% on order totaling $10.00 or more.Add 60c per order for handling and insurance. Clip ad. Mail ad, remittance, and your name, address, zip codeto exact address given below.ATC SPORT BOOKSSuite 1500&mdash;B42, 2 Penn PlazaNew York, New York 10001 &#9632;

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Sport Books

Wed. Oct. 18DALLAS 0 at PORTLAND 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Campbell (Leach, Madigan)&hellip;&hellip; 13:092&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Fielder, Madigan)&hellip;&hellip; 19:56Penalties: Baumgartner 1:33, Wilson 8:39, Donaldson 11:05, Wylie 19:11.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Portland, Schmautz (Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 19:59Penalties: Leach 9:22, Baumgartner 11:45, Kilpatrick 15:54, Spring 18:35, Wilson 19:30, (minor, major, misconduct), Orban (minor, major) 19:56.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Madigan 5:28, Donaldson 6:26, Madigan 14:18, Donaldson 17:21.Saves: Dumas (Dallas) 20, Garrett (Portland) 28.Attendance: 2,918.OMAHA 3 at PHOENIX 8FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Phoenix, Heatley (Braun, Gofton)&hellip;&hellip; 0:312&mdash;Phoenix, Meeke (Hicks, Boys)&hellip;&hellip; 5:223&mdash;Omaha, Ireland (Horbul, Gateman)&hellip;&hellip; 10:164&mdash;Phoenix, Boyd (Liesemer, Meeke)&hellip;&hellip; 12:045&mdash;Omaha, Martineau (Horbul, Schaab)&hellip;&hellip; 13:556&mdash;Phoenix, Barlow (Heatley, Gofton)&hellip;&hellip; 14:51Penalties: Braun 7:20, Braun (minor, major), Bennett (minor, major) 14:59.SECOND PERIOD7&mdash;Phoenix, Heatley (Barlow, Murray)&hellip;&hellip; 0:268&mdash;Phoenix, Young (Heatley, Murray)&hellip;&hellip; 12:389&mdash;Omaha, Smith (Martineau, Bennett)&hellip;&hellip; 17:19Penalties: Murray 2:35, Clairmont 6:19, Robertson 11:21. Bialowas 12:15, Young 14:33.THIRD PERIOD10&mdash;Phoenix, Heatley (Keller, Barlow)&hellip;&hellip; 0:0811&mdash;Phoenix, Leslie (Murray, Keller)&hellip;&hellip; 5:16Penalties: Bennett 4:35, Murray 12:44, Braun 15:56. Saves: Reeson (Omaha) 30, Caley (Phoenix) 21.Attendance: 3,440.Thurs. Oct. 19DALLAS 4 at SEATTLE 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Dallas, L&rsquo;Abbe (Peppier)&hellip;&hellip; 8:532&mdash;Seattle, Walton (McCord, Seguin)&hellip;&hellip; 14:353&mdash;Seattle, Westbrooke&hellip;&hellip; 18:07Penalties: Wilson, Westner 0.19, Dunn 0:55, Michie 4:39, McNabb 9:39, Donaldson 13:00, Raymer 13:00,L&rsquo;Abbe 13:44, Wylie 17:03, Roselle 20:00.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: L&rsquo;Abbe 6.09. Wilcox 7:24, Frig 7:24, Bonter (major) 8:33, Seguin 13:51.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Seattle, Bredin (Walton, Westner)&hellip;&hellip; 0:145&mdash;Dallas, Kryskow (Christie)&hellip;&hellip; 3:446&mdash;Dallas, Peluso (Spring)&hellip;&hellip; 5:267&mdash;Dallas, Peppier (Christie)&hellip;&hellip; 14:25Penalties: Westbrooke 2:16, Wilson 8:31, Wilcox 10:27, McCord (major), Peluso (major) 12.11, Simon 19:21Saves: Veisor (Dallas) 26, Bullock (Seattle) 26.Attendance: 6,014.OMAHA 5 at SALT LAKE 7FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Salt Lake, Simmons&hellip;&hellip; 4:142&mdash;Salt Lake, King (Hall, Beck)&hellip;&hellip; 6:133&mdash;Salt Lake, King (Beck. Shakes)&hellip;&hellip; 14 044&mdash;Omaha, Schaab (Bialowas)&hellip;&hellip; 17:28Penalties: Horbul 3:38,&hellip;&hellip; Jacobs 8:07, Shakes 10:27, Martineau 10:50, Cummins 17:22, Schaab 18:06.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Omaha. Horbul (Powis, Sidebottom)&hellip;&hellip; 1:466&mdash;Salt Lake, Huston (Bradley, Vipond)&hellip;&hellip; 13:237&mdash;Salt Lake, Hilts (Gilmour, Shakes)&hellip;&hellip; 16:078&mdash;Omaha, Murphy&hellip;&hellip; 17:029&mdash;Salt Lake, Beck (Hall. King)&hellip;&hellip; 19:23Penalties: Cummins 10:37, Young 16:23.THIRD PERIOD10&mdash;Omaha, Kea (Martineau, Powis)&hellip;&hellip; 2:3111&mdash;Salt Lake, King (Beck. Jacobs)&hellip;&hellip; 16:3212&mdash;Omaha, Powis (Horbul, Bennett)&hellip;&hellip; 19:11Penalties: Amadio 5:04, Shakes 9 38.Saves: Bell (Omaha) 24, Tucker (Salt Lake) 30.Attendance: 2,949.Thur., Oct. 19TULSA 2 at FORT WORTH 5FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Tulsa, Fryer (Lundrigan, St. John)&hellip;&hellip; 5:572&mdash;Fort Worth, Hinton (Collyard, Gruen)&hellip;&hellip; 18:48Penalties&mdash;McPherson 1:04, Branston 9:02, Duncan 17:07.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Fort Worth, Hinton (McPherson, Woodley)&hellip;&hellip; 16:214&mdash;Fort Worth, Stewart&hellip;&hellip; 17:16Penalties&mdash;Duncan, Gruen (majors) 4:16, Gray, Smith 8:14THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Tulsa, Duncan (Bechtold, Lundrigan)&hellip;&hellip; 5:526&mdash;Fort Worth, Steward (Gruen)&hellip;&hellip; 9:497&mdash;&mdash;Fort Worth, Stewart (Yutsyk, Brooks)&hellip;&hellip; 14:49Penalty&mdash;Collyard 17:42.Shots on goal by: Tulsa 26, Fort Worth 37.Attendance: 2,931.Sat. Oct. 21FORT WORTH 2 at TULSA 6FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Tulsa, Bechtold (Moffat)&hellip;&hellip; 8:182&mdash;Tulsa, Lundrigan (Bechtold, Duncan)&hellip;&hellip; 19:29Penalties&mdash;Giroux 7:53, Brooks 15:33, Gruen 18:54.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Tulsa, Williams (Deslauriers, Garland)&hellip;&hellip; 5:334&mdash;Fort Worth, Stewart (Giroux)&hellip;&hellip; 7:205&mdash;Tulsa, Bechtold (Moffat, Branston)&hellip;&hellip; 14:496&mdash;Tulsa, Moffat (Fortier, Bechtold)&hellip;&hellip; 19:227&mdash;Fort Worth, Yutsyk (McPherson, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 19:34Penalties&mdash;Moffat 1:20, Fortier 2:38, Johnson, Fortier (majors) 6:02, Gruen (major, minor), Bechold (major) 8:09, Brown (double minor, misconduct). Garland 11:55THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Tulsa, Garland (Fryer)&hellip;&hellip; 5:22No penalties.Shots on goal by: Fort Worth 29, Tulsa 37.Attendance: 2,717. &#9632;

WHL-CHL SUMMARIES

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada<h2>CHL Rosters</h2>DALLASGoal: Mike Dumas, Mike Veisor.Defense: Roger Wilson, Mike Baumgartner, Len Frig, Mike Christie, Ian McKegney.Forwards: Danny Spring, Dave Kryskow, Terry Smith, Duane Wylie, Tom Peluso, Walt Ledingham, Jim Young, Bob Peppier, Bill Pettinger, Don Gordon, Moe L&rsquo;Abbe, Clyde Simon, Gary Donaldson.FORT WORTHGoal: Andy Brown, Jim Watt, Ron Marlow.Defense: Doug Hinton, Dave Smith, Charlie Shaw, Larry Giroux, Danny Helm.Forwards: Gord Redden, Dale Yutsyk, Gord Brooks, Bob Collyard, Danny Gruen, Ralph Stewart, Dan McPherson, Dave Johnson, Mike Cormier, Jim Patterson, Ross Woodley.TULSAGoal: Grant Cole, Gordon McRae.Defense: Joe Lundrigan, Dave Fortier, Mike Ruest, Brian Bowles, Denis Deslauriers, Phil Branston.Forwards: Brian St. John, Scott Garland, John Gray, Bob Duncan, Lyle Moffat, Dale Smedsmo, Cam Fryer, Peter Williams, Dave Shardlow, Jack DeCloe, Reg Bechtold.OMAHAGoal: Wayne Bell, Ray Reeson.Defense: Dwight Bialowas, Ed Kea, Fraser Robertson, Marty Gateman, Jean Lemieux, Ed Sidebottom, Guy Provost.Forwards: Wayne Schaab. Dave Murphy. Terry West, Lynn Powis. Don Martineau. Alan Young, Allie Sutherland, Scott Smith, Wendell Bennett. Jeff Hunt. Ken Ireland, Doug Horbul &#9632;

CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY TOM LOBAUGH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01111/2926977-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="270" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Stewart</figcaption></div>TULSA&mdash;Four streaks came to an end Oct. 21 in Tulsa&rsquo;s Assembly Center, and the Oilers were happy to see all four of them broken.Coach Gerry Moore&rsquo;s young Tulsa team had lost its first three Central League starts, and Fort Worth had won all three of its games, including a 5-2 decision over the Oilers on the Wings&rsquo; ice two nights earlier. Those two strings were snapped abruptly as the Oilers took charge in the first period, and went on to register a 6-2 triumph.The other two strings had to do with power plays. The Oilers couldn&rsquo;t score with a man advantage in those first three games, and has yielded a goal each night while shorthanded.But that changed, too, in the rematch with Fort Worth, as the Oilers collected three power goals, and successfully killed off their shorthanded situations. They had to go 42 seconds at a two-man disadvantage early in the second period.Center Reg Bechtold, newest member of the Oilers, provided the key spark, scoring two goals (both on power plays) and assisting on two others.The 25-year-old Bechtold was Moore&rsquo;s leading scorer for the Dayton Gems in the International League last winter. He was acquired after the Oilers showed a weakness in playmaking in losing their first two games of the season, both at home.Bechtold had one assist in the loss at Fort Worth, then became the Oiler scoring leader with his four-point splurge in the Tulsa win.Reg was flanked by wingers Lyle Moffat and Bob Duncan, two of the three holdover forwards from last year&rsquo;s Oilers. The third returning forward, center Brian St. John, had to miss the first victory of the season because of illness.Aggressive play and continuing hustle were given credit for the victory by general manager Ray Miron. Holdover goalie Gord McRae turned in a superb game after reporting from Toronto of the NHL.The Bechtold line was on for four goals (including all three power play scores). Fort Worth&rsquo;s top line of Ralph Stewart, Danny Gruen and Gordie Brooks was held to a lone goal by Stewart, after the Oilers had jumped to a 3-0 lead.Bechtold and defenseman Joe Lundrigan both scored on power plays in the first period, and Peter Williams notched the third Oiler goal early in the second. After Stewart narrowed the margin. Bechtold and Moffat continued the Oiler scoring, but Fort Worth&rsquo;s Dale Yutsyk tallied just 12 seconds after Moffat, as the second period neared its close. Scott Garland got Tulsa&rsquo;s final counter in the third.Rookie defenseman Mike Ruest, from Cornwall, Ont. by way of Syracuse in the Eastern League, was becoming the Oilers&rsquo; hard luck guy.Mike was available for only the first six minutes of the first Oiler game, Oct. 13. He suffered a severe knee bruise when he blocked a shot on an Omaha power attack. He was sidelined the next night, got in one full game at Fort Worth, Oct. 19, then was injured again when carried into the boards late in the first period of the Oct. 21 game. At first a broken arm was feared, but he escaped that. However, he was expected to miss several games with another bad bruise and a possible separation.FORT WORTH: In spite of seeing their winning streak go down the drain, plus the loss of first place in the standings, Wings general manager Bob Lemieux confessed he was happy the club was off to such a good start.Bob remembers all too well the dismal start of last year&rsquo;s Wings, under his coaching. It wasn&rsquo;t until mid-season, after considerable player reinforcements, that the Wings vacated the cellar and eventually climbed to third place in the standings.Dallas pulled in front by a point with an Oct. 22 victory in Denver, but the Wings had two games in hand on the defending CHL champions.Stewart, league&rsquo;s top scorer, registered a hat trick in Fort Worth&rsquo;s home victory over Tulsa, and another goal in the loss on Oiler ice, giving him six goals and three assists in only four games.Defenseman Doug Hinton, who didn&rsquo;t score a goal in 42 games for Fort Worth last winter, collected the first two Oct. 19, before Stewart started his rampage. Cam Fryer gave Tulsa the first goal of the game, but Bob Duncan didn&rsquo;t tally the Oilers&rsquo; second, early in the last period, until the Wings had gone ahead with two in the middle session.Andy Brown made his CHL goaltending debut in the Oct. 21 loss at Tulsa. Ron Marlow, backup man at Fort Worth last year, made his first start in the Oct. 19 victory, but had to be hospitalized after a third-period collision.OMAHA: The Knights ran their losing streak to four games by dropping three on a Western League swing, 8-3 in Phoenix, 7-5 in Salt Lake, and 3-1 in San Diego.Holdover Wayne Bell and Ray Reeson, who played for Cincinnati in the American League last year, were alternating as Knight goalies. Coach Fred Creighton was satisfied with the way the forwards were scoring, but was looking for help on defense, where his rookies needed a leader.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0266/2926970-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="614" height="325"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDFri. Oct. 27Dallas 2 at Tulsa 2Fort Worth 3 at Omaha 5Sat. Oct. 28Tulsa 0 at Dallas 10Omaha 3 at Fort Worth 9Sun. Oct. 29Dallas 3 at Omaha 3The scoring seemed more than enough Oct. 19 in Salt Lake, when Wayne Schaab, Doug Horbul, Dave Murphy, Ed Kea and Lynn Powis lit the red lamp for Omaha. However, they were no match for the Golden Eagles, who got three tallies from Wayne King.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0342/2926963-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="544" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">REG BECHTOLD&hellip; Surprise For Tulsa</figcaption></div>Jean Lemieux, defenseman drafted from Sherbrooke, Que., was starting to skate again after a knee injury in the Atlanta Flames&rsquo; training camp, but he wasn&rsquo;t expected to be ready for a few more weeks.DALLAS: The Black Hawks of coach Bobby Kromm took over first place by garnering seven points on their six-game swing that included a stop at every Western League city. Such a trip isn&rsquo;t the ideal way to open a season, but a 3-2-1 record on such a tough jaunt is not to be taken lightly.There was practically no time between the breakup of training camp in Guelph, Ont., and the start of that six-game Western trip. &ldquo;Living out of a suitcase for two months is no fun,&rdquo; Kromm said.The trek through the West started with a 3-2 victory in Salt Lake, on Friday the 13th, and a 1-1 deadlock in San Diego the next night.The windup had four games in five nights, and began unhappily with a 3-0 shutout in Portland at the hands of Johnny Garrett, their old foe from his CHL days in Kansas City.The Hawks came back from a two-goal deficit to win, 4-3, in Seattle, but they bowed in Phoenix, 6-4.The climax was a showdown in Denver, the first between defending champs of the two leagues. Bob Peppier gave Dallas a first-period lead, but Norm Dennis, another familiar foe from Kansas City days, tallied twice for Denver in the second. Defensemen scored twice to win it for the Hawks in the third, Roger Wilson and Len Frig. The winning goal was credited to Frig, when Walt Ledingham&rsquo;s hard shot bounced into the net off Len&rsquo;s back. &#9632;

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Ex-Dayton Star Helps Snap Oilers Out Of Slump

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0271/2927046-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="264" height="347"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0356/2927039-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="1126" height="778"></div><h2>The Hip Check</h2>There&rsquo;s nothing more satisfying than dealing out a good hip check. The puck carrier flies through the air and the checker skates away. But it&rsquo;s difficult to bring off.Hip checks are particularly effective when the attacker is skating along the boards; he&rsquo;s partially hemmed in to begin with.As the defenceman. crouch and skate sideways into the attacker&rsquo;s line of flight. If you get your hip into his thigh and groin area, he&rsquo;11 fly over you. Even if you hit him a glancing blow, he&rsquo;ll be thrown off balance and into the boar is. We all know how difficult it is to carry a puck without losing it off our stick and even a nudge can break up a play.But don&rsquo;t try to hip check if your team is shorthanded. If you miss your man. you&rsquo;ll be off balance and he&rsquo;ll be on his way to your goal. Never forget: You&rsquo;re a DEFENCE man and your job is to protect the goal area by breaking up attacks. Play the odds, and don&rsquo;t hip check unless it&rsquo;s going to work.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0195/2927032-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="598" height="427"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY… For Minors

<div class="byline">BY BILL PHELAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01107/2927098-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg" title="f0032-01" width="544" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">CLIFF PENNINGTON&hellip; Shines For Suns</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0262/2927091-1-eng-US/f0032-022.jpg" title="f0032-02" width="629" height="649"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTue. Oct. 24Sun Coast 4 at Cape Cod 5Long Island 4 at Rhode Island 6Syracuse 2 at Charlotte 3Wed. Oct. 25Sun Coast 3 at New England 3Clinton 2 at New Jersey 6Syracuse 5 at Greensboro 9Thur. Oct. 26Sun Coast 3 at Rhode Island 1Syracuse 6 at Roanoke Valley 2Fri. Oct. 27Sun Coast 0 at Syracuse 5Johnstown 3 at Clinton 1Long Island 2 at New Jersey 2Greensboro 2 at Charlotte 5Sat. Oct. 28Sun Coast 7 at Clinton 5New England 5 at Johnstown 3New Jersey 0 at Long Island 5Charlotte 3 at Greensboro 8Sun. Oct. 29Syracuse 5 at New England 4 Sun Coast 5 at Johnstown 10 New Jersey 5 at Cape Cod 5GAMES TO COMETue. Oct. 31Rhode Island at Cape CodRoanoke Valley at CharlotteWed. Nov. 1Syracuse at New EnglandClinton at JohnstownSun Coast at GreensboroThu. Nov. 2Sun Coast at Roanoke ValleyFri. Nov. 3Rhode Island at New JerseyJohnstown at SyracuseClinton at Long IslandSun Coast at GreensboroSat. Nov. 4New England at ClintonSyracuse at JohnstownLong Island at Cape CodCharlotte at Sun CoastGreensboro at Roanoke ValleySun. Nov. 5Clinton at New EnglandNew Jersey at JohnstownCape Cod at Rhode IslandRoanoke Valley at Sun CoastCharlotte at GreensboroTue. Nov. 7Long Island at Rhode IslandJohnstown at Sun CoastWed. Nov. 8Rhode Island at New EnglandRoanoke Valley at New JerseySun Coast at ChorlotteJohnstown at Greensboro<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0332/2927084-1-eng-US/f0032-032.jpg" title="f0032-03" width="604" height="869"></div>ST. PETERSBERG&mdash;Cliff Pennington is bald and looks 48. But he plays like a youthful colt and claims, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m only 32 and I still feel like a youngster. I am playing better hockey now than when I played with the Boston Bruins.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0426/2927077-1-eng-US/f0032-042.jpg" title="f0032-04" width="264" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guy Denoncourt</figcaption></div>On Shrine Night in the Bayfront Arena,. Cliff popped in three beautiful goals to get the Sun Coast Suns off the schneid and give them their first EHL win of the young season. The Suns won 6-2 over Charlotte&ldquo;This helped,&rdquo; said coach Lloyd Hinchberger of the Suns. &ldquo;We are still not getting the puck out of our own end, but it was better. We need some defensemen who can move the puck. This will help the forwards.&rdquo;Pennington&rsquo;s hat was the third in the history of the Suns. Cliff has one of the other two.Rookie goalie Herman Hordal starred in the game as he stopped 42 Charlotte shots. Hordal is splitting the assignment with Billy Yeo.Hinchberger indicated he would back up his players with action by coming to the aid of Gerry Currie in a third period fight with Ghislain Boisvert.CHARLOTTE: Blaine Rydman is 205 pounds of blond hair, cut page boy style. But don&rsquo;t mess with him on the ice. He is the Checkers&rsquo; policeman in the EHL. The youthful Checkers, with a 24 year old coach in Jack Wells and a group of youthful players are looking to the tough ice cop to keep their smaller players from being pushed around.Veteran John Rodger and rookies Jerry Butler and Dave White helped the Checkers beat arch rival Greensboro in the Coliseum. It was a big win for the young Charlotte team as Greensboro was considered to be one-two with Roanoke to unseat the Checkers. John Morrison picked up three assists in the game. He is Duane&rsquo;s older brother.GREENSBORO: Goalie Steve Rexe of the Gens is an exciting hockey player. He is 25, blocky, rusty haired and weighs in at five nine and 180. Last season he played with the Belleville seniors in Canada and was happy to get a chance in the EHL. The wide open Gens have been leaving young Rexe on his own with three and one-man. breakaways and the like, more often than coach Don Carter likes, but he has responded to the challenge in fiery style. A student of the angles Rexe comes out and cuts down the amount of room the shooter has more often than not.The Gens have been happy with the work of their returning forward line from 1971-72, center Ron Hindson. left winger Brian Randall and right winger Kirk Bowman. Ted Lanyon. veteran defenseman has a bad knee and may be out for a long period. Ken Turlik and Brian Derkson, a small scrappy blueliner have been outstanding for the Gens.ROANOKE VALLEY: In a tight fight Rebels were leading the Southern Division at press time, but player-coach Greg Piling warned them that the Southern Division was evenly matched and not to get cocky. Richard Campeau, a defenseman came down from Philadelphia of the WHA when the parent club called up captain Jack Chipchase. The Rebels protested a 2-2 tie with Greensboro when the Gens used a 17th skater. The EHL office had allowed this through an administrative error and a subsequent protest was rejected.Phil Watson, former New York Ranger star center and later coach, scouted inQuebec province extensively for the parent Philadelphia Blazers. This influence is shown in the Rebels&rsquo; French Canadian roster. Camille Lapierre is flying for the Rebs and was leading the team in scoring at last glance. Other youthful Frenchmen included Claude St. Sauveur, Pierre Paiement, Michel Boudreau and Pierre Henry, Add Denis Meloche, Serge Beaudoin and Pierre Cournoyer and coach Piling may need an interpreter. Meloche has since been recalled by the Blazers.RHODE ISLAND: The Eagles have claimed goalie Jim Armstrong on waivers from the New England Blades. Armstrong, a long time veteran, should help the Eagles&rsquo; defense. The Eagles are high on defenseman Phil Iwaskiewicz, from whom coach Larry Kish expects some solid thumping. General Manager Jack Sheehan is going ahead with the idea of publicizing his young team through promotional nights. So far, he has staged Bargain Night and Appreciation Night.LONG ISLAND: Ducks have been going with three defensemen in some games. Guv Denon-court. and Joe Junkin have already come down from the WHA New York Raiders for action in goal, but Junkin was recalled and sent to Syracuse. The Ducks&rsquo; goaling and defense situation needs to stabilize if they are to remain in serious contention.JERSEY: Jim Hay&rsquo;s team got away slower than expected. They received defenseman Garry Cunningham from the Raiders of the WHA, but when the Raiders wanted to recall him. Cunningham balked. John Brophy-had been up to his old shennanigans, but the fans still love him at home and hate him on the road.CAPE COD: Luc Simard is looked upon by coach Bronco Horvarth as a potential big scorer for the youthful Cubs. Goalie Bob Dupuis, who played with the North Bay Trappers last year has also pleased the Cape Cod brass.SYRACUSE: Coach Ron Ingram was blazing angry at a penalty called by referee Bob Giovati in Greensboro. He claimed Giovati called a bench minor when he wouldn&rsquo;t start the game unless there was a policeman stationed in the penalty box as called for in the EHL rules. Both Yves Belanger and Pierre Sigman have done well in goal, but with Belanger having a knee injury GM Bill Charles picked up goalie Joe Junkin from the WHA New York Raiders.Ingram was very happy with winning his first three games on the road, but wouldn&rsquo;t single out any player for special praise. Normand Cournoyer was showing he had some of his big brother&rsquo;s skill. Billy Orr, the battling defenseman, was also logging points, with Dave Ferguson and Ray Adduono leading the offensive charge.JOHNSTOWN: The Jets&rsquo; opener was marred by the big brawl with Syracuse on Oct. 20 and defenseman Gary Wood is out of six Blazer games for his part in injuring Jacques Lapierre of Syracuse. Three others, Galen Head. Gerald MacDonald and Dave Birch will miss three games against the New York club. The lets have been extra aggressive spending almost one third of allotted playing time in the penalty box.CLINTON: The Comets got off poorly, but hoped for improvement from forward Gerry Andreatta, who was ruled Clinton property. Andreatta had signed with Clinton, been invited to camp and then signed with Chicago of the WHA who sent him to Rhode Island. Seven-year Comet Borden Smith has been doing most of the Clinton scoring with newcomer Johnny Hutton close behind.NEW ENGLAND: Coach Richard Green is happy over the challenging position of the Blades in the early going. Green, a native Bostonian, has seven Americans on his squad and they seem capable of putting the puck in the net if the first two weeks are any criteria. Steve Self and Guy Smith had been doing the bulk of the Blades&rsquo; scoring with Warren Williams, Tommy Williams&rsquo; brother, a smoothie at center ice. &#9632;

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Suns’ Pennington Still Has Magic Touch; Ice Cop Conies Back To Bolster Charlotte

<div class="byline">BY JOHN GUGGER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0191/2927150-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="558" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body">BRYAN McLAY&hellip; Team Leader</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0264/2927143-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="606" height="479"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDWed. Oct. 25Fort Wayne 3 at Dayton 4Fri Oct. 27Columbus 1 at Port Huron 3Des Moines 2 at Flint 5Sat. Oct. 28Fort Wayne 5 at Muskegon 2Des Moines 2 at Port Huron 7Flint 2 at Toledo 6Dayton 10 at Saginaw 1Sun. Oct. 29Muskegon 4 at Flint 5Columbus 3 at Dayton 5Port Huron 2 at Toledo 0Des Moines 3 at Saginaw 6GAMES TO COMETue. Oct 31Muskegon at Des MoinesWed. Nov. 1Saginaw at Fort WaynePort Huron at DaytonFlint at ColumbusFri. Nov. 3Dayton at MuskegonFlint at Des MoinesFort Wayne at ColumbusToledo at SaginawSat. Nov. 4Columbus at Fort WayneSaginaw at MuskegonFlint at Des MoinesDayton at Port HuronSun. Nov. 5Fort Wayne at DaytonColumbus at FlintMuskegon at SaginawToledo at Port Huron<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0343/2927136-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="630" height="1353"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0431/2927129-1-eng-US/f0033-042.jpg" title="f0033-04" width="230" height="379"><figcaption class="caption-body">Greg Jablonski</figcaption></div>MUSKEGON&mdash;Is it possible the new owners of the Muskegon Mohawks bought a lemon?It&rsquo;s unlikely, since the Hawks annually turn out one of the strongest teams in the International League. But through the first couple of weeks of the 1972-73 season, the Mohawks were on the bottom looking up, not a unique experience, but close to it.Muskegon has won the last three IHL Huber Trophies which go to the team with the most points during the regular season. But after six games in this young season, the Hawks were 0-5-1.&ldquo;Well, we could be worse,&rdquo; Muskegon general manager Moose Lallo said, trying to make a joke. &ldquo;We could have lost all six of the games.&rdquo;Lallo is one of nine men who purchased the club Oct. 18 from Jerry and Winn DeLise. who brought the team here in 1960 and have operated it ever since. Dr. Erwin Grassman is the new president of the team; Lallo is vice president; attorney John Snider II is secretary, and restauranteur Kenneth Lundholm is treasurer. The other five purchasers were not identified at the sale.Lallo figured Muskegon&rsquo;s basic problem was a lack of experience and was hard at work attempting to find some veterans. He was hoping for help from Montreal, which will continue its working agreement with Muskegon.&ldquo;There are two problems with many young players.&rdquo; Lallo said. &ldquo;They make mistakes and they are over-anxious. We have missed enough open nets to win all the games we&rsquo;ve lost.&rdquo;It is little consolation, but the Hawks lost their five games byscores of 6-4, 3-2, 3-2, 6-4, and 3-2. In one of the 6-4 games, the opponent&rsquo;s last goal came into an open net.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not that far away from being a pretty good hockey team,&rdquo; Lallo said. &ldquo;Two or three players sometimes can make the difference between a winner and loser. We&rsquo;ve been in every game, obviously, but we haven&rsquo;t had that little edge.&ldquo;We need help. I&rsquo;ve had to go pretty much with two lines in some games. You can&rsquo;t do that very long before you burn some guys out.&rdquo;One person who wasn&rsquo;t responsible for the Hawks&rsquo; showing was player-coach Bryan McLay. McLay led the team in scoring through the first six games with three goals and four assists.A big blow was the loss of veteran second-year forward Bob Olein. Olein had a four-point game against Toledo in the Hawks&rsquo; opener, but suffered an injury the next night and was sidelined indefinitely.Of the rookies, Pat DeMarchi and Mike Randolph were providing the most offense. Randolph scored the tying goal to give Muskegon a tie with Port Huron while DeMarchi had a pair of goal-assist games back-to-back.The Hawks, who usually are unbeatable in L.C. Walker Arena. had already lost twice and tied once in their first three starts on home ice. The last time Muskegon had experienced anything like its current standing was in the 1964-65 season, when the club finished last in a six-team league.The Hawks finished fifth in the six-team IHL in 1966-67 but since then they had finished first, third, first, first, and first.TOLEDO: Greg Jablonski scored shorthanded goals 27 seconds apart to beat Des Moines&hellip; Guy Provost acquired from New York organization&hellip; John Gravel returned from Quebec of WHA&hellip; One hundred and twenty-three penalty minutes called in first period of game against Dayton here&hellip; TerryWest left club to return to Omaha, where he played last season&hellip; Hornets drew 2,782 for afternoon game on day of seventh World Series game&hellip;PORT HURON: Bob Brinkworth continued hot streak&hellip; Don McLaughlin and Larry-Wendell acquired from Detroit organization&hellip; Marty Reynolds benched briefly for poor play&hellip; Larry Klewchuk moved to wing with surplus of defensemen&hellip; Wings had tying goal in Dayton disallowed as game ended&hellip; Len Hardman doing away games on local radio outlet&hellip;FLINT: Gens failed again in bid to record two straight road wins for first time in history&hellip; Merlin Jenner, who had allowed just six goals in three games, was touched for eight by Saginaw&hellip; Wayne Zuk, playing center after three years at right wing, was team scoring leader&hellip; Coach Ken Hodge says club desperately needs some muscle&hellip; Stan Fuller, who hadn&rsquo;t played in a game, still out with knee injury&hellip; Terry Ficorelli added to Gens&rsquo; broadcast crew&hellip;SAGINAW: Gears were having problems killing penalties&hellip; U.S. Olympic star Stu Irving, sent here from Cleveland, had two goals and two assists in debut&hellip; Juri Kudrasovs led league in goals with seven&hellip; Game here against Flint took nearly three and one-half hours to complete&hellip; Zamboni backed up to hold gates closed behind goal when troubles arose&hellip; Second largest crowd of season in IHL, 4,019, saw Gears&rsquo; first victory ever here&hellip; Goalie Ted Ouimet sent to Cleveland&hellip;DAYTON: Curt Ridley returned after injury and posted shutout before losing another &ldquo;zero&rdquo; in last minute&hellip; Gems have five players in lineup with college degrees&hellip; Crowd of 2,558 for Port Huron was lowest Sunday night gathering in four years&hellip; Forward Con Schmidt is son of Milt Schmidt, Boston general manager&hellip; Dave Simpson has running feud with Toledo&rsquo;s Brian McDowell&hellip;FORT WAYNE: Ray Brownlee obtained from Dayton&hellip; Larry Billows signed after holding out&hellip; Komets had just 10 goals in first five games&hellip; K&rsquo;s were without goal in first 20 power plays&hellip; Defensemen Gary Davidson and Bob Kirk added from Portland and San Diego, respectively&hellip; K&rsquo;s drew 2,929 for night game in competition with televising of World Series&hellip;DES MOINES: Caps got off to 4-1-1 start, their best in a 10 year history&hellip; Slimmed-down Ken Gratton led league in scofing&hellip; Defenseman Jim Mowat obtained from Seattle&hellip; Caps drew 5.745 for first for games compared to 7,985 for same period last year&hellip; Nellie LeClair, 20 pounds lighter than last season, named team captain&hellip; LeClair, was finally nailed for penalty, breaking 107-game streak without an infraction&hellip;COLUMBUS: Seals secured the veteran goaler they were seeking when Phil Headley gave up hotel business in British Columbia to report&hellip; Just 824 showed for Toledo game while World Series game was on tube&hellip; Dave Haley suffered deep cut over eye from stick of Toledo&rsquo;s Jim Collins&hellip; Paul Brown looks like team&rsquo;s policeman&hellip; Seals looked more competitive than last year&hellip; &#9632;

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Young Mohawks ‘Blowing’ Early Games

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0199/2927202-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="628" height="349"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Oct 24Sault 8 at Hamilton 4Thur. Oct. 26Ottawa 4 at Peterborough 4Fri. Oct. 27Toronto 3 at London 2Hamilton 4 at Sudbury 4Ottawa 2 at Sauli 4Peterborough 3 at Kitchener 1Sat. Oct. 28St. Catherines 4 at Oshawa 2Sun. Oct 29Hamilton 4 at Sault 3London 5 at Kitchener 7Oshawa 2 at Toronto 6Ottawa 3 at Sudbury 5Peterborough 3 at St. Catherines 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0254/2927195-1-eng-US/f0034-022.jpg" title="f0034-02" width="652" height="331"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDTues. Oct. 24Montreal 3 at Trois-Rivieres 5Thurs. Oct. 26Sorel 3 at Cornwall 2Fri. Oct. 27Shawinigan 3 at Drummondville 6Montreal 3 at Quebec 6Sherbrooke 6 at Sorel 2Trois-Rivieres 3 at Laval 3Sun. Oct. 29Sorel: 5 at Shawinigan 5Trois-Rivieres 4 at Cornwall 8Quebec 11 at Sherbrooke 1Drummondville 4 at Montreal 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0338/2927188-1-eng-US/f0034-032.jpg" title="f0034-03" width="623" height="2483"></div><h2>OHA Scoring</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0615/2927181-1-eng-US/f0034-062.jpg" title="f0034-06" width="611" height="1317"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0424/2927240-1-eng-US/f0034-042.jpg" title="f0034-04" width="264" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rick Middleton</figcaption></div>OTTAWA&mdash;The Ottawa 67s management may have had a few misgivings when the Nationals of the World Hockey Association were given permission to share the Ottawa Auditorium facilities during the 1972-73 season.However their worries over losing any cash customers so far are unfounded.The Nationals attracted only 1,539 fans while defeating Chicago Cougars 6-2 and 24 hours later a capacity crowd of 9,472 turned out to watch the 67s of the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior League win 6-3 over London Knights.The victory over the Knights was the seventh in the first nine games for coach Leo Boivin&rsquo;s 67s. Their only loss in the first month of the schedule was a close 4-3 decision to Toronto Marlboros.Attendance at Sudbury also increased with the acquisition of the much-publicized defenseman Greg Neeld from Toronto Marlboros.The 16-year-old native of Vancouver was signed by Marlboros last season, then assigned to Markham of the Toronto Metro Junior B League.The Junior A council ruled Neeld ineligible to play with the Marlboros as his family had apparently not made a legitimate move to Toronto (his father is a TCA pilot and is said to have an apartment in Toronto) and the Marlies finally traded him to the Wolves in exchange for future draft choices.Although the Wolves lost the first game in which Neeld played&mdash;6-4 to St. Catharines Black Hawks&mdash;the youngster was one of the best players on the ice and will give the Wolves tremendous help both offensively and defensively.Many believe he will be a top NHL draft choice when he graduates from Junior hockey.TORONTO: After losing 4-3 on home ice to London Knights the Marlboros bounced back with three consecutive wins 8-5 in Hamilton, 9-5 in Sault St. Marie and 5-3 at Maple Leaf Gardens against Peterboro&hellip; The victory over the Petes, defending Ontario Junior A champions, gave the Marlies at least temporary possession of first place&hellip; Goaltending has been the Marlboro Achilles&rsquo; heel in recent years but Kevin Neville has given Coach George Armstrong reason to enthuse and that problem appears to be solved&hellip; Bruce Boudreau and Paulin Bordeleau scored within three minutes of each other for their big win over the Petes.PETERBORO: As usual Peterboro is off to a good start and the defeat to the Marlboros was only their second in 10 games&hellip; Both losses were on the road, in St. Catharines and Toronto, leaving coach Roger Neilson with a perfect record of five victories in five starts on home ice&hellip; Neilson blamed the loss to the Marlies on Peterborough&rsquo;s failure to hit&hellip; Rugged hockey was used by Peterboro when they upset the Marlies in the playoffs last season&hellip; Bob Smulders broke his leg and will be missing at least two months.OTTAWA: Despite being held to a 4-4 tie on home ice by Sudbury Wolves, Ottawa 67s remained solidly entrenched among the top three thanks to an impressive 6-3 win in St. Catharines&hellip; Dave Capstick playing well in the nets succeeding All-Star Bunny Larocque while Ian Turnbull and Denis Potvin on defense, Jim Cowell and Blake Dunlop on the forward lines give Boivin&rsquo;s club probably more experience than any other team.LONDON: After their best start in years when they lost only one of their first five games the Knights dropped two in succession on the road&mdash;4-2 in Peterborough and 6-3 in Ottawa&hellip; Reg Thomas, Dennis Ververgaert and Andy Spruce still the chief scoring threats for manager coach Bill Long&rsquo;s Knights but the fans&rsquo; favorite is Lou Nistico, scrappy little forward built along the lines of former Montreal Junior Bobby Lalonde now with Vancouver Canucks&hellip; Peter Crosbie solid in goal after being acquired early last season from St. Catharines Black Hawks.OSHAWA: Like the Knights, the Generals began their schedule well with three successive wins, then went four games without a victory before defeating Kitchener 9-5&hellip; Rick Middleton scored three times against Kitchener&hellip; The win was costly for Gus Bodnar&rsquo;s club as they lost forward Larry Hopkins for an indefinite period with a shoulder dislocation&hellip; The Generals finished second a year ago but may have difficulty retaining that position this season.ST. CATHARINES: The Hawks divided two games on their first swing into Northern Ontario losing 8-4 to Sault Ste. Marie then defeating the Wolves 6-4 in Sudbury followed by an 8-5 decision over the Soo Greyhounds at Garden City Arena 48 hours later&hellip; Coach Frank Milne still unhappy with play of several veterans but 16-year-old rookie Greg Craig has been a pleasant surprise at center&hellip; Dave Gorman had his consecutive scoring streak stopped at nine games in Sudbury, then added one more at home with the Soo and had 18 goals in the first 11 games to lead the league in that department.HAMILTON: The Red Wings, under new coach Dave Draper lost 8-5 at home to Toronto Marlboros and dropped out of the first division&hellip; However after missing the playoffs last season-the Wings appear to be much stronger and should qualify next spring&hellip; Jim Koleff, Pat and Greg Hickey playing well on offense. Steve Miskiewicz has had several outstanding games in the nets.SUDBURY: With many of last year&rsquo;s Niagara Falls Fivers in the Lineup and the addition of defenseman Neeld the Wolves are confident they can make the playoffs their first season in the league&hellip; Oddly enough they have played much better on the road than at home and their 4-4 tie in Ottawa (where few teams pick up points) is an indication of better things to come.SAULT: The Greyhounds, put together in a hurry after their franchise bid was accepted, had only a tie and nine defeats to show before winning their first game 8-4 at home against St. Catharines&hellip; Gary Farelli gives every indication of becoming one of the best Canadian junior players&hellip; The 15-year-old scored three times in the win over the Hawks and added another as the Greyhounds lost 8-5 in St. Catharines&hellip; Bruce O&rsquo;Grady adding muscle to the attack.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0522/2927233-1-eng-US/f0034-052.jpg" title="f0034-05" width="544" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAVE CAPSTICK&hellip; Solid In Goal</figcaption></div>KITCHENER: Eddie Bush knew he&rsquo;d have problems when he took over as Ranger coach and he was absolutely correct&hellip; The team lost almost all its experienced players and in 10 games was still looking for its first win&hellip; Their only points came on ties with the Sault and Oshawa but the ever-optimistic Bush is convinced things will improve by the New Year. &#9632;

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Junior 67s Outdrawing WHA As Club Challenges Marlies

<div class="byline">BY BOB STRUMM</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0187/2927278-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="262" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Darcy Rota</figcaption></div>MEDICINE HAT&mdash;The projected target for hockey expansion and desired parity is usually five years&hellip; which means Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League are two years ahead of schedule.Tigers entered the WCHL two seasons ago with a raggedy bunch of hockey players who prayed a lot. But the help from up above wasn&rsquo;t enough, and the league&rsquo;s new Alberta entry missed the playoff scene that first season, finishing fifth in a five-team Western Division.Last year, the sophomore jinx failed to trim the Tiger tails as they moved up the Western Division ladder one notch, relying on a free-wheeling brand of hockey which graduated such stars as Stan Weir (California) into the big time. The fourth-place finish earned the Tigers the right to battle the Calgary Centennials in post-season play&mdash;the Tigers were close but that&rsquo;s all.This season, it&rsquo;s a whole new hockey club in Medicine Hat, and the Tigers are currently enjoying the giddy heights of first place in the Western Division to prove it. As far as coach Jack Shupe is concerned though, the club is right on schedule.&ldquo;We felt when we entered this league, it would take us three years to become a bona-fide contender for the title. And this season we feel like we can win it all,&rdquo; he commented confidently.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve seen every team in our division, and of course were most interested in what Calgary and Edmonton had. The Centennials didn&rsquo;t impress us that much, but it looks as though Edmonton is going to be tough again,&rdquo; added the Hats&rsquo; coach.Edmonton&rsquo;s Oil Kings are the WCHL&rsquo;s defending champions, and actually manhandled the Tigers in their first meeting 9-1. But the Kings have been plagued by inconsistency, enabling the anxious Tigers to maintain a slight edge in the over-all standing in the early going.The mad Hatters were best-known for their wide-open, catch-us-if-you-can style of hockey which produced many high-scoring victories in their first two seasons, but also produced defeat in the big one. Now, Shupe&rsquo;s philosophy has changed.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re a better hockey club than we were last year,&rdquo; indicated the Tiger coach. &ldquo;Our defense has improved tremendously, probably because we are much more conscious of playing defensive hockey this season.&rdquo;The Tiger defense is anchored by four returnees including third-year man Jim McGrimmon, who has been in Medicine Hat since the first faceoff. Others back from last year are Barry Dean, Bob Gassoff and Randy Aimoe.Goaltending is also a key part of a junior hockey club&rsquo;s armor and the Tigers have spunky Jerry Thomas to fill the six-foot void. Thomas had a 4.54 goals-against average in 29 games last season, but some of that was attributed to the Tigers&rsquo; style which often left the little goaltender all alone to protect the fort.The front lines are safe with big centerman Tom Lysiak, the only other Tiger who is still around from that first year. Lysiak, a prolific 19-year-old, remembers those early days of frustration and now wants to end his junior career in style.Lysiak won the WCHL scoring championship as an 18-year old last season, potting 46 goals and adding a league-leading 97 assists in 68 games. And the most dangerous Tiger of them all will get some help again this season.Despite the loss of Weir and Jeff Ablett through graduation. (117 goals between them), Shupe likes what he has on offense. Back as part of the one-two punch from last season is Lanny McDonald, a 50-goal man a year ago.Also back are Boyd Anderson, Dick Jellema and Ed Johnstone while Darryl Wallace, Paul Granchukoff and two more Gassoffs, Brad and Ken, are bright new faces.&ldquo;Some of the rookies this season have been products of our own system&hellip; like Wallace who played with Red Deer of the Alberta League last season,&rdquo; said Shupe. &ldquo;Others we have traded for&hellip; like Granchukoff who came to us from the Vancouver Nats.&rdquo;The secret of success in Medicine Hat can also be attributed to the community as a whole. In the Arena Convention Centre, which seats 3,300 people, the Tigers were averaging 4,250 fans through the first three weeks of the WCHL schedule.Enthusiasm like that has to be infectious.EDMONTON: Fiery coach Brian Shaw was only mildly pleased with his defending champions during the early going&hellip; Shocked by their 9-3 lacing at the hands of arch-rival Calgary, the Kings bounced back to edge the Centennials 2-1 in front of the hometown fans, easing the pain somewhat&hellip; Darcy Rota, who scored 51 goals last season, had 11 in the Kings&rsquo; first eight games including the winner against Calgary&hellip; Last season, the Cents beat the Kings seven out of eight times during the regular season.CALGARY: The Centennials&rsquo; general manager Scotty Munro and his coach Chuck Holdaway were caught criticizing 19-year-old forwards Marty Kissell and John Senkpiel for their lack of leadership&hellip; The experienced twosome responded with two-goal outings in the win over Edmonton, but it has been the kids who have done most of the work so far&hellip; Jerry Holland, a young smoothy, is the club&rsquo;s leader in goals with nine.NEW WESTMINSTER: Calgary&rsquo;s John Davidson may have competition for the All Star goaltending spot this season and it will come from the Bruins&rsquo; Terry Richardson&hellip; Richardson has been outstanding during the early going as Punch McLean&rsquo;s Bruins struggled to find themselves&hellip; In a pair of ties on the road against Medicine Hat and Swift Current, Richardson blocked 86 shots&hellip; Returnee Ron Kennedy and newcomer Doug Abrahamson are early bright spots in the sporadic New Westminster offense.VANCOUVER: Another expansion success story, the Nats defeated rival Victoria Cougars 4-3 and 7-6 in a home-and-home set&hellip; It took the Nats until Nov. 8 to win three games last season, but by Oct. 22 this year they had already reached that win total and were in the thick of the Western race&hellip; Murray Beck with his first WCHL hat trick and Jim Atamanenko, a defensive acquisition from Victoria, were the week&rsquo;s stars.VICTORIA: Never satisfied with defeats to Vancouver, Cougar general manager Eric Bishop continues to manipulate his talent&hellip; Newest additions to the Victoria club were Leif Jacobsen and Neil Melnyk, a couple of forwards from Medicine Hat&hellip; After a great start, which included a win over Edmonton, the patchwork Cougars ran into a three-game losing streak which threatened to grow.SWIFT CURRENT: The Broncos failed to let up on their torrid early-season pace and handed the Saskatoon Blades their first defeat of the year right at home&hellip; The star of that victory was goalie Henry Durkin, who appears to have come to play in this his final year of junior hockey&hellip; Durkin&rsquo;s bubble burst on the road though, as the Broncos allowed 18 goals in two defeats&hellip; Most pleasant surprise for coach Stan Dunn is tough guy Dave Williams, who continued to led the Broncos in scoring.SASKATOON: Jackie McLeod&rsquo;s Blades still have trouble putting the puck in the net, except for 19-year old winger Dennis Abgrall who leads in goals with five&hellip; Abgrall, a third-year performer, has had a pair of two-goal games&hellip; The savior has been 19-year old goaltender Ed Humphreys, who chalked up his second shutout in a 5-0 win over Regina Pats rightin Regina&hellip; Humphreys, who previously blanked Swift Current 1-0, leads the league in goose-eggs.FLIN FLON: The Bombers took a week off after a cluttered early schedule which took its toll&hellip; In their only contest, the Bombers needed a late goal from Robbie Watt to earn a 4-4 tie with Winnipeg&hellip; Despite their relatively slow start though, the Bombers have been tabbed by some of the experts to win the East.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0263/2927271-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="541" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED HUMPHREYS&hellip; New Mr. Zero</figcaption></div>WINNIPEG: After four games without a win, the junior Jets put together the tie with Flin Flon and a 9-6 win over Swift Current&hellip; The goals started to come in bunches for Brian Dick. Gary Wagner, Randy Knight and Mike Korney who each had two-goal nights&hellip; Goaltender Jim Foubister was the hero against Flin Flon blocking 50 shots.REGINA: What a difference a year makes&hellip; The Pats, struggling with an inexperienced defense of four 17-year olds, won only one of their first seven&hellip; That only victory came over Brandon, which was encouraging for coach Bobby Turner. &#9632;

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Tigers’ Roar Being Heard In Bid To Dominate WCHL

BRANDON&mdash;Ron Chipperfield, the 18-year old pivot, continued to be the biggest story for the Brandon Wheat Kings. Eastern Division leaders. Chipperfield had his second six-point night in the new Keystone Center, scoring four and adding two helpers in a 9-1 win over Swift Current.Rick Blight, who joined the Wheaties late last season from Portage la Prairie, had five assists in that contest. &#9632;

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November 10, 1972

THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPION

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cougars Stagger Home After 20 Days On Road

PASSING THE PUCK