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December 14, 1973

The Hockey News December 14, 1973

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IN THIS ISSUE

NHL Team Rosters

<div class="byline">BY STEVE KLEIN</div>SOUTH BEND &mdash;The have-nots suddenly have the rest of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association wondering who really has what this season.Colorado College and Minnesota. ninth and sixth respectively in the WCHA a year ago and just about as lowly regarded this season, are two of three teams currently giving chase to pre-season favorite Wisconsin. The Badgers, after acceptable splits on the road at Notre Dame and Michigan still lead the WCHA a with 6-2 record and 12 points. But close behind Wisconsin is the WCHA&rsquo;s biggest surprise, Colorado College, with a 5-3 record, 10 points, and two straight series sweeps on the road at Minnesota-Duluth and Michigan State. The Gophers, who appeared to be in some trouble after managing just a 2-3-1 record in league play at home, shocked Michigan State twice in East Lansing and now have points.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0433/3019909-1-eng-US/f0037-042.jpg" title="f0037-04" width="252" height="386"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Palazzari</figcaption></div>The other current contender, Michigan Tech, is no surprise at 4-1-1 and points. The Huskies have won their last two league series, at home against Minnesota-Duluth and last week at North Dakota, by combined 30-8 score.Jeff Sauer, who contributed to the success of Wisconsin&rsquo;s hockey program for two years as an assistant to Bob Johnson (1969-71), has turned around Colorado College&rsquo;s formerly tame Tigers, and he has done it on the road.&ldquo;The two victories at Duluth must have been Colorado College&rsquo;s first sweep on the road in 10 years,&rdquo; Sauer said before his team hit Notre Dame. Sauer couldn&rsquo;t even guess the last time the Tigers won four in a row on the road, however.The Tigers came into Notre Dame a second place club, and that&rsquo;s how they left. But it could have been just the opposite, in the first game, sophomore goalie Eddie Mio was slammed into the goal post and had to be helped off the ice. Junior Dan Griffin came in to replace him, and had taken just a few warmup shots when one bounced off his mask, leaving him cut, stunned and bleeding around the right eye.Fortunately, the cut required just four stitches and Griffin&rsquo;s eye didn&rsquo;t close. Protecting a 2-1 lead when he came in at 14:33 of the first period, the Tigers went on to win, 5-3. Senior Doug Palazzari. just 5-foot-5 but probably the most dangerous single player in the WCHA, contributed to all five goals, one of them his own and two each by linemate Bryan Pye and Steve Sertich, who centers the second CC line and workswith Palazzari on the power play.Now, with half they WCHA road schedule behind them, the Tigers return to the comfort of their home Broadmoor World Arena for league series with North Dakota, Michigan State and Michigan Tech before hitting the road again.Minnesota had not been enjoying much success at home in the early season, managing just a tie with Michigan in four games. But in came young North Dakota, and a rather young Gopher team suddenly grew up offensively scoring 18 goals in the two games.The Michigan State series had to be another boost for Gopher moral, however. The Gopers broke open a 3-3 game in the third period the first night with three goals for a 6-3 victory and freshman John Sheridan, who had scored two goals the first game, scored his second of the second game with 6:43 remaining for a 4-3 Gopher victory. &#9632;

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Colorado, Minnesota Surprise Of WCHA

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div>OAKLAND &mdash;Three years ago at the age of 20. Reginald Joseph Leach was the first round draft choice of the player-rich Boston Bruins. To hockey people that kind of credential rates with owning a 51 percent interest in a Saudi Arabian oil field.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01178/3018886-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="274" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Reg Leach</figcaption></div>The Bruins knew they had a gold nugget in the 6-foot, 180-pound right wing from Riverton, Manitoba. In his last amateur season with the Flin Flon Bombers in Manitoba he had set a personal bombing record by scoring 89 goals and 100 assists and there were rumors that the only way to stop Reggie Leach was with a surface to air missile.He joined the Bruins that season after scoring 24 times in 41 games with Oklahoma City in the CPHL. But the talentloaded Bruins afforded Leach little opportunity to play regularly.At the end of the 1971-72 season he was traded to the California Golden Seals along with defensemen Rick Smith and Bob Stewart for Carol Vadnais and Don O&rsquo;Donoghue. In the last 17 games for the Seals that season he popped six goals and had seven assists.Last year in his first full season with the Seals Leach scored 23 goals and led the club with game winners, doing it four times. It was an impressive record but far short of the 40 goals that had been predicted for Leach by Garry Young, then boss of the Seals. Young had been a chief scout with the Bruins at the time Leach was being carefully scouted by the Boston organization.Leach says he was not disappointed with his first season with the Seals.&ldquo;We were a agreen club, mostly young players with little or no NHL experience, not at all like being with a veteran team like the Bruins,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;We knew it would take a season or two to get ourselves together. This season we have pretty much the same players but we are far better hockey club. A year of seasoning teaches you a lot in the NHL.&rdquo;In mid-November the Seals&rsquo; formations were shaken up by Fred Glover and Leach took over the right wing slot on the platoon with Walt McKechnie at center and Joey Johnston on the left side.Leach welcomed the arrangement. &ldquo;I like the way Walt holds onto the puck until his wings are in an open spot. It gives me more chances at the net.&rdquo;That is exactly what Glover had in mind. Recognizing that Leach, among others on the club, were not getting nearly enough shots at the cage, Glover was seeking the formula for getting players with Leach&rsquo;s scoring talents into the open where his shooting skills wouls pay off.After the first 20 games there was no reason to expect that the effort was working. Leach had the league&rsquo;s goaltenders totally at ease as he showed dismal record of two goals and six assists.Despite a promising start in the season, the Seals overall were displaying very little offensive or defensive improvement over year ago after the first 20 games. While allowing seven fewer goals they had scored eight less.But Leach viewed all of this as merely part of the Seal&rsquo;s development.&ldquo;I think we have a very good chance of moving up in the Western Division if we can only hang on until Christmas. I can tell you I speak for most of the players on this club when I say that we are sick and tired of being in last place.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Seals’ Leach Sees Turnabout Coming Soon

<div class="byline">BY TOM LOBAUGH</div>OKLAHOMA CITY &mdash;The Oklahoma City Blazers zoomed into undisputed first place in the Central League with back-to-back victories on the two nights following Thanks-giving. Ironically, the best scoring performance of the week came on Turkey Day itself, but the Blazers blew early and late advantages and had to settle for a 6-6 holiday tie in Tulsa.George Ferguson, 21-year-old center from Trenton, Ont., recorded The Blazers&rsquo; first hat trick in that tie at the far end of the turnpike. Flying Fergy, Toronto&rsquo;s top amateur draft choice of 1972, also racked up five assists in the three-day grind to take over the CHL scoring leadership on 24 points (10 goals and 14 assists).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01119/3019577-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg" title="f0032-01" width="277" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wynne Dempster</figcaption></div>Gordie McRae, the CHL&rsquo;s stingiest goalie (2.26 average) was sidelined with a twisted ankle (suffered Nov. 16 in Dallas), but understudy Grant Cole was turning in solid performances in the Blazer nets.The week of Thanksgiving (U.S.-style, not the Canadian version) began badly for coach Gerry Moore and the Blazers. They were playing catch-up hockey after the opening minute in Omaha, Nov. 18, and dropped a 4-2 verdict. Lyle Moffat and Claire Alexander scorer for OC in the final period.The Tulsa draw left Oklahoma City two points back of league-leading Fort Worth. The Blazers pulled into a tie for the top spot the next night by taking a 4-2 decision over the Wings in Fort Worth&rsquo;s downtown Tarrant Country Convention Center. Moffat opened the scoring with a first-period power goal, and closed with an empty-net tally, while the Blazers were shorthanded, with 11 seconds to play.Moffat, the CHL&rsquo;s top scorer last season, had five goals and three assists in the week&rsquo;s four games, running his point total to 22.The Blazers&rsquo; surplus of players dwindled. Center Jack DeCloe, who divided last season between Tulsa and Phoenix, was reassigned to Tulsa by the parent Toronto Maple Leafs. Defensemen Denis Deslauriers and Mark Steinborn were sent to Port Huron in the International League. Deslauriers spent last year at Tulsa, while Steinborn is a rookie from Notre Dame.OMAHA: The Knights moved into a second-place tie with Fort Worth, two points behind pace-setting Oklahoma City, by winning three out off our starts Thanksgiving week. They started with a 4-2 Sunday home victory over Oklahoma City, and followed with a 4-3 home verdict over Fort Worth Thursday night.Friday the Knights ran into the shutout goaltending of Michel Dumas in Dallas for a 4-0 setback. but they gained revenge. 6-2, Saturday, when the two teams shifted to Omaha. That ran the Knights&rsquo; string to four straight victories in Ak-Sar-Ben they had played four without a victory on the road.Club scoring leader Wayne Schaab contributed two goals in the victory over the Blazers.FORT WORTH: An unbeaten string of seven games vanished as the Fort Worth Wings found trouble, both on the road and at home. They suffered three straight losses &mdash; 5-2 in Omaha, 4-2 against Oklahoma City at home, and 3-1 in Tulsa &mdash; in the three nights beginning with Thanksgiving. The loss at home was their first since Oct. 18.Further compounding coach Ed Chadwick&rsquo;s woes, defenseman Bryan Lefley was summoned by the parent New York Islanders, Nov. 24, and right wing-defenseman Neil Nicholson was cut for 11 stitches under the right eye by the stick of Don Martineau in Omaha.Brian Marchinko and Jim Webster got the Fort Worth tallies in that game at Omaha. Rookie left wing Mike Kennedy, who had scored only once in 12 previous games, got both Wings&rsquo; goals against Oklahoma City in power plays. At Tulsa the Wings&rsquo; only tally came from rookie right wing Wynne Dempster in the final period. Dempster had scored every time he had faced the Oilers, with six of his eight goals against that club.Glenn Resch was in the Fort Worth nets for all three losses.DALLAS: Michel Dumas&rsquo; second shutout of the campaign brought the Black Hawks their only victory Thanksgiving week. The third-year professional from Thetford Mines, Que., blanked Omaha, 4-0, at home, Nov. 23, tying Tulsa&rsquo;s Glen Seperich for the CHL shutout leadership. Dumas had one shutout last winter, and three as a rookie in 1971-72. He blanked Albuquerque, 4-0, Nov. 10.Seperich had humbled the Hawks on their own rink two nights earlier, 5-0. The Dallas crew flew into Omaha, Nov. 24, and took a 6-2 beating. The shutout at home had snapped the Hawks&rsquo; streak of four games without a loss at State Fair Coliseum. The reversal at Omaha was their sixth straight road loss, after they played their first road contestes without defeat.Center Duane Wylie set the pace for the Hawks&rsquo; meager attack during the week. He scored twice in a 23-second span of the second period in the triumph over Omaha, and added two assists for the week.TULSA: General-manager Ray Miron gave credit to a bunch of &ldquo;gutty hockey players&rdquo;, after his crippled Oilers won twice and tied once in the holiday period.Although he had yet to suit up for a game, the arrival of high-scoring center Reg Bechtold gave the Oilers&rsquo; morale a big lift. Reggie scored 40 goals for last season&rsquo;s Oilers, but was suspended in September by the parent Toronto Maple Leafs, when he walked out of training camp in a dispute over renegotiating his contract. Leaf general manager Jim Gregory gave Miron permission to talk with Bechtold in mid-November, and the 26-year-old center from Mile High, B.C. reached Tulsa Nov. 21. He still needed to work himself into condition, but was expected to start playing by Dec. 1.In a bid to strengthen the injury-plagued squad, Miron had obtained center Jack DeCloe from the Leafs. The Dutch-born DeCloe was an Oiler briefly last winter, but spent most of the year at Phoenix. This season the Leafs had assigned him to Oklahoma City, but he wasn&rsquo;t able to break into the Blazer lineup.Center Angus Beck was returned to Phoenix for reassignment. Defenseman Brian Bowles was reassigned by the Leafs to Saginaw in the International League, but balked at the move, and went home to Cornwall, Ont., where he was conferring with attorneys. Bowles set a club record for defensemen by scoring 39 points (11 goals, 28 assists) as an Oiler rookie last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0274/3019570-1-eng-US/f0032-022.jpg" title="f0032-02" width="571" height="737"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE FERGUSON &hellip; Blasts Hat Trick</figcaption></div>Top Oiler scorer Bob Duncan was sidelined with a broken wrist, left wing Jay Babcock still hadn&rsquo;t played a game, because of a stomach muscle injury, and right wing Bob Currier aggravated a groin injury in his one game, Nov. 21. Defensemen John Grisdale. Dan Hinton and Ed Kea were in and out of the lineup with assorted injuries.Rookie center Paul Daigle, who had kept on playing despite a broken nose, suffered at Omaha. Nov. 2, was badly cut by Doug Kerslake&rsquo;s stick in Dallas, Nov. 21, but didn&rsquo;t let that keep him out of the lineup. He took seven stitches for a gashed lip, and four stitches on a cut tongue.A Nov. 18 trip into Albuquerque brought the Oilers a 6-1 humiliation, their third straight game without victory. But rookie Glen Seperich posted his second shutout, 5-0 victory in Dallas. Nov. 21. He blanked Omaha at home, 3-0, Nov. 10. The Oilers kept rallying the next night for 6-6 tie against Oklahoma City. On Nov. 24 they knocked Fort Worth out of first-place tie with 3-l verdict. That ran their home unbeaten streak to five games, and their over-all string to three. The win in Dallas ended road string of five without victory.Al Genovy, who had scored six goals in his last nine games, became the club scoring leader with 15 points. Alan Young had goals in all three games Thanksgiving weekend.ALBUQUERQUE: Coach Johnny Choyce was welcoming back some of his walking wounded. But the week that started so well for the Six-Guns, with a 6-1 triumph over Tulsa, ended with a 5-3 reserval in Oklahoma City.Defenseman Dwayne Pentland, coming back from a shoulder separation, had four assists in the two games, three of them against Tulsa. Right wing Ron Homenuke, his ankle sprain mended, got two goals at Oklahoma City.The best news of the week was Ray Reeson&rsquo;s continued brilliant gaol-tending against his former Tulsa employers. The Nov. 18 victory made Albuquerque 3-0 against the Oilers, and Reeson had allowed just four goals to them.The scoring parade included goals from Ken Ireland. Dale Yutsyk, Alain Labrecque, Chris Hayes, Paul Raymer and Nick Polano. Ireland also joined Homenuke in scoring in a losing cause at Oklahoma city.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0355/3019563-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="573" height="657"><figcaption class="caption-body">GLEN SEPERICH &hellip;Second Shutout</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Oke City Barrels Into Top Spot; Omaha Knights Coming On Strong

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01535/3020085-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENIS POTVINJEAN POTVINHockey News Photo by Robert Shaver</figcaption></div>BLUES REACH NEW ERA IN GOALING &mdash; Pages 3POTVINS GET THE JOB DONE TOGETHER &mdash; Pages 15LEAFS&rsquo; SITTLER WORTH EVERY PENNY &mdash; Page 9GIACOMIN SHUTOUT KING OF RANGERS &mdash; Page 10WHA REPORT: SLATER, McCASKILL STEP UP IN LOS ANGELES&rsquo; SHUFFLE &mdash; Pages 24DENNIS MURPHY TAKES OVER AS NEW INTERIM PRESIDENT &mdash; Page 25 &#9632;

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ISLANDERS’ DYNAMIC BROTHER ACT:

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01728/3017911-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="359" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE STEPHENSON</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02606/3017904-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="331" height="477"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN DAVIDSON</figcaption></div>When St. Louis hockey fans talk about the highest glories of the Blues, they recall the days when Glenn Hall and Jacques Plante were living legends in the team&rsquo;s nets.The two super goalies were together in St. Louis for two seasons, and in both of those seasons the Blues ran away from the other teams in the Western Division and didn&rsquo;t stop until the Stanley Cup finals.Any achievements by any other St. Louis goalie present or future will certainly have to be measured against the accomplishments of Hall and Plante.The Blues believe they have pretty good goaltending this season. To compare rookie John Davidson and second-year man Wayne Stephenson with the great masters, Hall and Plante, would be bit sacrilegeous. but the two current netminders are giving the Blues solid protection in goal.And, perhaps as an indication of good times to come, one of the goalkeeping records of the old masters fell the other day to Stephenson.In the autumn of 1970 Hall shut out the Los Angeles Kings and the Boston Bruins in consecutive games and with scoreless portions of other games against Oakland and Minnesota he set the team goalkeeping shutout streak at 156 minutes and 28 seconds.That mark was surpassed by Stephenson with a thrilling 5-0 shutout over the Montreal Canadiens, another blanking of the New York Islanders and scoreless portions of games against Los Angeles and Chicago. Stephenson&rsquo;s new team record is 158 minutes and 43 seconds.Stephenson modestly refused to accept full credit by calling the record a &ldquo;team achievement.&rdquo; But, of course, if memory serves correctly, Hall didn&rsquo;t get those shutouts by standing alone on the ice. He also had the help of team-mates.So, the record stands. Stephenson has held the opposition scoreless longer than any other St. Louis goalie, including Hall and Plante.Both Stephenson and Davidson seem to be thriving in the Blues&rsquo; current two-goalie system. Coach Jean Guy Talbot said at the beginning of the season that he probably would be alternating his two goalies. Basically he is alternating them, but the games played statistic shows that Davidson has unmistakably moved ahead. Of the first 18 games Davidson started 11.Stephenson says, &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;re keeping each other sharp,&rdquo; and truer words were never spoken. Davidson knows he is fighting all odds in trying to become the first goalie to jump directly from junior hockey to the National Hockey League. Stephenson knows that Davidson is probably the best goalie to come into the league since Ken Dryden, and Stephenson realizes that he will have to be at his best to keep pace.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not in competition with one another,&rdquo; Stephenson said, &ldquo;but we both want to play.&rdquo;The two goalies are roommat on the road, and Stephenson, with a year&rsquo;s experience in the NHL, has helped Davidson become familiar with the shooters.The Blues, who have been climbing steadily up the standings in the Western Division for more than a month, are prospering with their goaltending situation. And Davidson and Stephenson are at least worthy of being mentioned in the same breath with Hall and Plante.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03404/3017897-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1209" height="1055"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s one of the Blues&rsquo; dynamic goaling duo, WAYNE STEPHENSON, in action against Montreal early this season. (Hockay News Photo by Peter Woolley)</figcaption></div><h2>WHERE YOU&rsquo;LL FIND IT ALL</h2><h3>NHL Teams</h3>Atlanta &hellip; 22Boston &hellip; 6Buffalo &hellip; 13California &hellip; 21Chicago &hellip; 12Detroit &hellip; 23Los Angeles &hellip; 14Minnesota &hellip; 8Montreal &hellip; 18N.Y. Islanders &hellip; 15N.Y. Rangers &hellip; 10Philadelphia &hellip; 22Pittsburgh &hellip; 17St. Louis &hellip; 3Toronto &hellip; 9Vancouver &hellip; 20<h3>Other Leagues</h3>World Hockey &hellip; 24American &hellip; 28Western &hellip; 30Central &hellip; 32International &hellip; 34Southern &hellip; 35Quebec Major &hellip; 36Colleges &hellip; 37OHA &hellip; 38Western Canada &hellip; 39<h3>Columnists</h3>Ken McKenzie &hellip; 4Bill Libby &hellip; 8<h3>Other Features</h3>Fan Forum &hellip; 4Player Moves &hellip; 6Cartoon Corner &hellip; 9Meet The Rookies &hellip; 10Crossword &hellip; 22Hockey Tips &hellip; 39Jr. Jottings &hellip; 39 &#9632;

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ST. LOUIS FANS BUBBLING OVER ROOKIE GOALTENDERS

ST. LOUIS&mdash;Ken McKenzie, publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS, was honored by the city of St. Louis recently.St. Louis mayor John Poelker decreed Sunday, Nov. 18 as &lsquo;Ken McKenzie Day&rsquo; in the Missouri city. Mr. McKenzie was honored for his efforts in promoting hockey especially in his capacity as publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS, HOCKEY PICTORIAL and HOCKEY WORLD.The above publications all have large circulations in the St. Louis area.Mr. McKenzie was guest speaker at the sixth annual St. Louis Blueliners Club banquet the following night, attended by almost 600 St. Louis hockey fans. All members of the St. Louis Blues and their wives along with members of the St. Louis University Billikens were in attendance. &#9632;

Publisher Of Hockey News Honored With Ken McKenzie Day In St. Louis

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01788/3017987-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="463" height="451"></div>&bull; The BLUELINERS Hockey Booster club of St. Louis has to be one of the greatest organizations of its kind to be found anywhere. Besides giving out annual awards to members of the St. Louis Blues and University of St. Louis Billikens each year the club also raises a considerable amount of money to be used for the growth of amateur hockey in the St. Louis area. The Salomons, Sydney Jr. and Sid III, are fortunate in having such a fine live-wire group behind hockey in St. Louis&hellip; The St. Louis Blues passed 150,000 in attendance in the ninth game of the season. Their average home crowd so far this season is 18,601, largest in the National Hockey League&hellip; Goalie Alan Hayden stopped 97 shots recently in a heroic attempt to keep Pincher Creek, Alta, in a Ranchland Senior Hockey League game. It wasn&rsquo;t enough, however. His team lost 27-1&hellip; Social item: The Bobby Orrs are expecting, with July as the probable target date. Orr quipped: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what the baby is, as long as it&rsquo;s a boy.&rdquo; If it is, Peggy Orr will call it Robert&hellip; For the first time anyone can remember, owner Bruce Norris of the Detroit Red Wings stayed in town to face the camera with the players for the annual team picture. Then Norris, continuing the open door policy Alex Delvecchio asked him to reinstate, invited the boys up to the Olympia Room for lunch&hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s Nick Libett scored four winning goals in 21 games, which is one more winning goal than he had all last season&hellip; Ed Fitkin, World Hockey Association executive, is now out of the critical stage after suffering a stroke. The 57-year-old Fitkin is, rated one of hockey&rsquo;s finest all-around executives. He was the first editor of HOCKEY PICTORIAL when that magazine was founded in 1955. Vern Buffey, WHA director of officials, has absorbed some of Fitkin&rsquo;s duties during his absence.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02741/3017980-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="308" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nick Libett</figcaption></div>&bull; DARRYL SUTLER&rsquo;S contract for 1973-74 is more than the entire Toronto Maple Leaf payroll for 1960-61. How&rsquo;s that for inflation?&hellip; Toronto Toros of the WHA have pretty well decided on the site of their new arena. They hope to commence construction by early spring&hellip; The local ownership of the Rochester Americans has done miracles with the American Hockey League team. The Amerks boast one of the best publicists and business managers in hockey in John Den Hamer&hellip; Casey&rsquo;s of St. Louis sells more hockey equipment than any other dealer in the world. Ken Connor, dynamic owner of Casey&rsquo;s, tells us he sells 10,000 copies each year of The Hockey Bible, which is the most comprehensive catalog on hockey items and equipment that is available to the public today&hellip; John Wilcox, president of the Atlanta Flames, worried about the lack of interest shown by the fans during Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; recent visit to that city. The crowd that came to see the Stanley Cup champions was a lot less than expected and many of those in attendance left the game before it was finished. Wilcox, a successful Atlanta lawyer and well-rounded executive, is keen to make the Flames the most prosperous sports enterprise in the booming Georgia city and plans to leave no stone unturned in his attempts to do so&hellip; Finton Rawley, president of the St. Louis Blueliners and Art Wilson, banquet chairman, did an outstanding job in making certain that the sixth annual Face-Off Dinner was a huge success&hellip; &ldquo;Freckles&rdquo; Little, the one-time goalkeeper, informs us that Dick Nearing, trainer of the Tulsa Oilers in the late 40&rsquo;s and early 50&rsquo;s, was killed in a car accident in Tulsa last month&hellip; Robert Lawrence has sold THE HOCKEY NEWS at every home game of the Rochester Americans for the past 17 years. Is there anvone else who can match this record?&hellip; Sid Salomon III is interviewed in a recent issue of St. Louis Fan Magazine. Tripp Frohlichstein is doing a fine job with this slick mag devoted to St. Louis sports.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03643/3017973-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="328" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Wilcox</figcaption></div>&bull; BOBBY HULL will be back in Chicago next season with either the Black Hawks or the Cougars. He has a clause in his contract that if the WHA franchise moves out of Winnipeg he will become a free agent. It&rsquo;s almost a certainty right now that the Winnipeg Jets will locate elsewhere next year&hellip; Shirley and Stan Fischler are handling TV color commentary for the New England Whalers over WKBG-TV (Channel 56) in Boston. This marks the first time a husband and wife team has ever done this&hellip; Minnesota North Stars are experiencing trouble in every way these days. When goalie Gump Worsley was flattened in a game at St. Louis with cuts all over his face, the North Star trainers rushed onto the ice. &ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got 30 seconds to get him ready to play,&rdquo; snapped referee Bob Myers. Trainer Dick Rose replied: &ldquo;Does that time start before or after Gump regains consciousness?&rdquo; The North Stars were incensed by several of Myers&rsquo; calls in that game, won by Blues&hellip; Chicago has two of the better rookies on their roster in Lynn Powis and Darcy Rota&hellip; If Philadelphia&rsquo;s Dave Schultz maintains his penalty pace, he&rsquo;ll wind up with more than 400 minutes. The NHL record is 29] minutes held by Chicago&rsquo;s Keith Magnuson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04549/3017966-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="333" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Darcy Rota</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05441/3018042-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><h2>Canadians May Suffer By Meeting Americans</h2>Upon hearing that the Canadian college champ will play the American champion for the 1973-74 season I was truly disappoint.I feel that Canadian teams cannot compete with the Americans successfully because every year the best Canadian juniors go south for an education. A loss to the American champ will only further increase the flow of Canadian players to the better competition now found in the U.S. Until Canadian schools can be financially set to suit up a team of 20 of the best Canadian juniors with scholarships, this tournament can only hurt the Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union.RICK GALLOWAY,Mississauga, Ont.<h2>Flyers&rsquo; Fighting Not The Answer</h2>As a close follower of the Philadelphia Flyers, I was very much embarrassed about the letter that appeared in the Nov. 16 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS. This was written by Glenn Rosenberg of Philadelphia. He goes into a long description on how skillful Dave Schultz is as a team policeman through his devastating violence. It is fans like Mr. Rosenberg that are responsible for the over-emphasizing of fighting in Philadelphia hockey games. Granted, tough checkers like Schultz and Andre Dupont are necessary, but it is the playing of Bernie Parent, Rick MacLeish, Bobby Clarke, Bill Flett, Bill Barber and others that is responsible for the Flyers&rsquo; excellent start.Remember Mr. Rosenberg, the Vancouver Canucks, who held the team penalty minutes record before the Flyers were unable to put together a winner that way. It also takes some hockey playing. Also, if you enjoy fights so much, why don&rsquo;t you attend the Monday night fights at the Spectrum? The way they&rsquo;ve been attended, I&rsquo;m sure you could get a front row seat at a good price to observe lots of &ldquo;blank stares&rdquo;.JEFFREY MILLER,North Wales, Pa<h2>Howie Young Once A Wing</h2>We have an argument going. Did Howie Young, who plays for the Phoenix Roadrunners in the Western Hockey League, ever play in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings?WILLIAM HOFFMAN,Martinez, Cal.Ed&rsquo;s Note: Young played with the Red Wings in 1960-61, to 1962-63 and again in 1966-67. He also played in the NHL with Chicago (1963-64) and Vancouver (1970-71).<h2>Espo Not Really Being Mistreated</h2>After reading the article in your Nov. 23 issue on how Phil Esposito is being mauled by rival players in the NHL, I felt it was time to write letter.I viewed two nationally televised games last year in which the Bruins were involved. In the first game saw, Esposito was shown to obviously slash an opponent at will while trying to backcheck. To top if off, the following game caught Mr. Mistreated as being the third man involved in a fight. In both cases, no penalty was assessed to him. It looks like it&rsquo;s a two way game, Boston!DAVE FAIRBAIRN,Renton, Wash.<h2>Popein To Blame For Ranger Woes</h2>Finding a weakness in the New York Rangers is about as hard as it is when the Bruins are in town. Despite having the best goalie tandem in the business, four excellent defensemen and a bevy of good forwards, they have played lacklustre hockey at best.I feel a large portion of the blame lies with the coach, Larry Popein, who just can&rsquo;t seem to get the team to play for him and his using four lines has not worked.The Rangers had three superb coaches in Jackie Gordon, Fred Shero, and Boom Boom Geoffrion but they let them get away and now they have Popein, who isn&rsquo;t getting the job done.JOEL BUCHSBAUM,Brooklyn, N.Y.<h2>Rangers Have Long Wait For Cup</h2>After viewing the game between the Rangers and Bruins on Nov. 15, in which the Rangers relived the Boston Massacre by being bombarded 10-2, I&rsquo;ve come to conclusion. Either the Rangers acquire policeman and a top-notch goal scorer or forget about bringing home the Stanley Cup for long time. The Rangers were utterly destroyed by the Bruins, who checked them out of Boston Garden.The Rangers, who supposedly had the roughest training camp in the team&rsquo;s history under new coach Larry Popein, looked as though they just got back from vacation.Even though it might not sound like it, I&rsquo;ve been a loyal Ranger fan for six years and am tired of hearing the old &ldquo;wait until next year story.&rdquo; The team did not capitalize on its many trades with St. Louis, although many people feel that it did. Gene Carr has not become the super star he was billed as. And Mike Murphy cannot seem to put the puck in the net. Jack Egers has been injured as of late, so can&rsquo;t say anything about the Sather-Egers deal.With all t. money Ranger fans spend for kets. I&rsquo;m sure that Emile Francis could get some &ldquo;big guns&rdquo; for the club. After all, the Ratelle line is becoming a bit ancient, and other members of the team are getting up in years.MIKE BUTLER,Hillside. N.J. &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">BY JACK MCCARTHY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01819/3018080-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="571" height="630"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG ROBERTS&hellip;Back To Detroit</figcaption></div>BOSTON. &mdash;The Turk is back, admittedly not at peak capacity, but getting there, and that can be nothing but bad news for the rest of the league.Derek Sanderson, hurt on the first day of training camp, and subsequently sent down to the AHL Braves to skate himself into shape, returned to the parent Bruins, promptly got a goal in his first game, and also picked up a couple of standing ovations in the bargain.With Derek&rsquo;s return, the Bruins sold right winger Doug Roberts to the Detroit Red Wings. Doug, the former Michigan State star acquired two years ago from the California Seals, is a Detroit native and is returning to the organization where he broke in eight seasons ago. He had been injured and had only played in six games.In his first two games back with the big club, Turk did just about everything but make ice. He centered two lines played left wing, killed penalties (his speciality) and took faceoffs, another art at which he is proficient.Sanderson says that his back is still bothering him some, but that he welcomes all the ice time he can get. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m doing calisthenics to try and strengthen the back and improve my skating. It takes time&hellip;&rdquo;The flamboyant one, who appeared to be zeroing in on a full beard when last glimpsed, thinks it will take him another five or six weeks to get into top Shape. He says his weight, at 178, was the heaviest of his career, but that he was aiming for an even higher figure.He said that it was part of a long-term body-building program. &ldquo;I want to get to 185 this season and 190 next season,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m playing a lot, maybe more than if I was taking a regular turn, but that&rsquo;s good for me, what I need.&ldquo;Sure, I played a little left wing, and that&rsquo;s new to me &mdash; I never played there before. You do things a little differently over there, but it&rsquo;s ice time, isn&rsquo;t it?&rdquo;Coach Bep Guiodolin says, &ldquo;I want to give him a lot of ice time. It&rsquo;s his conditioning. I watched him and he was laboring coming back late in the game (second game back, against the L.A. Kings).&ldquo;Where will he play? Any place we put him to give him the ice time and to get him in shape.&rdquo;When Sanderson was working out in Boston Garden before joining the Bruins. G.M. Harry Sinden, a Turkwatcher from way back, had Jimmy Anderson, Sinden&rsquo;s special assistant who formerly coached at Oklahoma City, supervising Sanderson&rsquo;s twice-daily workouts.&ldquo;Derek has worked hard &mdash; damned hard,&rdquo; said Anderson, &ldquo;I have nothing but admiration for the guy. I&rsquo;ve watched him up close and he&rsquo;s really putting out. He wants to play this game and he wants to help&hellip;&rdquo;There is no question that a player of Sanderson&rsquo;s proven ability, especially under heavy fire in the NHL, can help the Bruins &mdash; although at this juncture they seem to be doing very nicely, thank you.Derek will do it over the last half of the season and into the playoffs if he continues like he has been going.He caused a sensation of sorts when he was playing four games with the Braves. In three games, he had four goals and four assists, and picked up the Braves, who won all three and turned their chariot around.Sanderson drew an all-time attendance at Springfield, where 2,000 were turned away, and a season&rsquo;s record crowd at New Haven on a Saturday night. He did not sell out Boston Garden against Rochester, but he did improve the crowd. Turk even sold out a game in which he didn&rsquo;t play. The Civic Center in Providence was full in anticipation of his playing, but the Bruins called him up and he didn&rsquo;t make that one.NOTEABLE NOTES: The Bruins&rsquo; power play has been a big factor in their early-season surge, during which they were unbeaten at home in 13 straight games (12 wins, one tie), and had won eight in a row and nine of 10&hellip; The power play posted 27 goals in 21 games&hellip; The 12-0-1 home record equalled their best stretch of last season&hellip; Carol Vadnais, who. took Fred Stanfield&rsquo;s place on the left point of the powerplay opposite Bobby Orr, has one of the power goals and has been melting in with the veteran Bruins&rsquo; unit very well&hellip; Besides Vadnais and Orr, there is Esposito in the slot, tricky Johnny Bucyk, a tower in the left corner, and big Ken Hodge in the right corner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02665/3018073-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="577" height="657"><figcaption class="caption-body">DEREK SANDERSON&hellip; It Takes Time</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sanderson’s Flashy Return To NHL Made Bruins’ Roberts Expendable

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>N.Y. RANGERS: Sheldon Kannegiesser, defenseman, Tom Williams and Mike Murphy, forwards, (traded to Los Angeles in return for Gil Marotte, defenseman, and Real Lemieux, forward.BUFFALO: Pete McNab, forward, recalled from Cincinnati of AHL.DETROIT: Tim Ecclestone, forward, traded to Toronto in exchange for Pierre Jarry, forward. Roy Edwards, goalkeeper, decided against returning to team and remains on inactive list. Brian Lavender and Len Fontaine, forwards, returned to Virginia of AHL.TORONTO: Jack DeCloe, forward, recalled from Oklahoma City of CHL and reassigned to Tulsa of CHL. Brian Bowles, defenseman, recalled from Tulsa and reassigned to Saginaw of IHL, but refused to report and was placed on suspended list. Cam Fyer, forward, reassigned to Toledo of IHL.N.Y. ISLANDERS: Bryan Lefley, defenseman, recalled from Fort Worth of CHL.PITTSBURGH: Hank Nowak, forward, assigned to Hershey of AHL.ST. LOUIS: Rene Villmure, forward, assigned to Denver of WHL. Gord Brooks and Bob Collyard, forwards, recalled from Denver of WHL.CALIFORNIA: Ted Tucker, goalkeeper, recalled from Salt Lake of WHL as replacement for Gilles Meloche, who is sidelined for two months with cut tendon in his hand. Terry Murray, defenseman, placed on disabled list for three weeks with leg injury. Steve Hull, forward, reassigned to Charlotte of SHL. Brent Meeke, defenseman, recalled from Salt Lake.MINNESOTA &mdash; Bill Plager, defenseman, and Blake Dunlop, forward, assigned to New Haven of AHL.<h2>WORLD HOCKEY ASSN.</h2>LOS ANGELES: Earl Heiskala and Mike Hyndman, forwards, recalled from Greensboro of SHL. Russ Gillow, goalkeeper, Alton White, Fred Speck and Don Gordon, forwards, sent to Greensboro.CLEVELAND: Jim McMasters, defenseman, assigned to Macon of SHL. Richard Pumple, forward, assigned to Jacksonville of AHL. Milt Black, forward, recalled from Jacksonville.HOUSTON: Jack Stanfield, forward, recalled from Macon of SHL. Jean Fauteux and Gary Williamson, forwards, sent to Macon.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>PROVIDENCE: Jeff Hunt, forward, recalled from Albuquerque of CHL. John Campbell, forward, on disabled list since training camp, placed on active roster.CINCINNATI:Frank Richardson, forward, recalled from Charlotte of SHL.NEW HAVEN: Alain Langlais, forward, called up from Saginaw of IHL on five-game pro trial.NOVA SCOTIA: Henry Lehvonen, defenseman, added to roster.ROCHESTER: Wayne Morusyk, forward, placed on disabled list with broken ankle.<h2>WESTERN LEAGUE</h2>SAN DIEGO: Gary Pozzo, defenseman assigned to Fort Wayne of IHL. Nels Venerus, forward, sent to Dayton of IHL. Bob Currier, for ward, sent to Tulsa of CHL.PHOENIX: Angus Beck, forward, reassigned to Suncoast of SHL after his return by Tulsa of CHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>OMAHA: John Martin and Bob Law, forwards, sent to Des Moines of IHL.TULSA: Reg Beehtold, forward, removed from suspended list and placed on active roster. Angus Beck, forward, returned to Phoenix of WHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>COLUMBUS: Blake Ball, defenseman, signed as free agent.FORT WAYNE: Rey Duguay, forward, recalled from waivers and placed on active roster again.FLINT: Gaston Boulanger, forward, sent to Port Huron of IHL for future considerations. Steve Self, forward, signed as free agent.<h2>SOUTHERN LEAGUE</h2>GREENSBORO: Bob McKinstry, defenseman, signed as free agent. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">&#x2014; By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01804/3018142-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="297" height="374"></div><h2>Home Where The Heart Is</h2>HOW DOES MAN get 400 minutes in penalties in single season? Steve Durbano of the St. Louis Blues smiled sheepishly and admitted, &ldquo;You have to work at it.&rdquo; He got 371 and 324 minutes his last two years as an amateur in Toronto, then 402 his first year as professional in the minors in Omaha. That&rsquo;s 1,097 minutes in three seasons, an all-time record of staggering proportions, equal to 18 full games sitting in the penalty box.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02714/3018135-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="348" height="474"><figcaption class="caption-body">STEVE DURBANO</figcaption></div>Since this is his home away from home, perhaps he should be permitted to set up light housekeeping in the sin bin with, say, couch, refrigerator and stove so he could nap and snack and be refreshed and have his strength restored for his return to action. Possibly his wife and family should be allowed visitor&rsquo;s privileges as is permitted in the more enlightened jails, which would tighten the ties an athletes&rsquo; travels tend to loosen, and make him more substantial member of the community.Durbano laughed. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not proud of my penalty minutes,&rdquo; he insisted. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m well aware you can&rsquo;t help your team sitting in the penalty box. On the other hand, one of the ways help this team most is by doing the things that get me penalties. There are some tough teams and tough players in this league. Philadelphia, for example, has been setting player and team records for penalties and it seems to have helped them become contender. Teams like this will chase you right out of the rink if you let them. You have to stand up to them. Guys like me are asked to do that for our teams. We put muscle in our clubs. We take on the other teams&rsquo; tough guys. We make the other teams respect us.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not great player,&rdquo; Durbano went on. &ldquo;I think can become good player. But right now help my team most by being tough. don&rsquo;t foul lot, in the sense that trip guys or hook &lsquo;em or things like that. play rough, aggressive hockey. And get into lot of fights. I&rsquo;ll tell you how guy piles up 400 minutes: by getting lot of fighting penalties and by complaining lot about penalties. Fighting penalties are usually for five minutes instead of two minutes. And misconducts for mouthing off to the refs are for 10 minutes. It would take more two-minute penalties than most players could pack into game to pike up 300 or 400 minutes season. But it&rsquo;s easy when you&rsquo;re getting those fives and thens.&rdquo; So he nickels and dimes &lsquo;em to death.Going in to talk to one of these &ldquo;bad guys&rdquo; you frequently expect to encounter The Hairy Ape big, burly, criminal type who will meet you with hard, cold look and growl lot and leap on you and lash you within an inch of your life at the first tough question thrown his way. Frequently you are surprised to find instead pleasant lad, soft-spoken and shy, sort of sensitive, sitting by his locker reading poetry. Durbano was something of surpise, though. didn&rsquo;t notice any books of poetry about. It turns out he has both mother and father, who, by the way, owns the Hamilton Red Wings junior team. And he has wife, whom he does not beat on regular basis. Born Harry Steven Durbano in Toronto in December of 1951, the 6-1, 210-pounder is just turning 22, though massive mustache does make him look more mature and somewhat more ominous than he seems in person.He played Junior Hockey for the Toronto Marlboros, was claimed by the New York Rangers in the draft of amateurs the summer of 1971, turned pro with Omaha in the Central League that season of 1971-72, was traded for Peter McDuffe and Curt Bennett to St. Louis the summer of 1972, and moved up to the majors with the Blues last season, where he joined a team that has featured traditionally tough system from its formation. As rookie, Durbano had disappointing 231 minutes.&ldquo;I only got into 49 games,&rdquo; he apologizes. &ldquo;And played only part time many of those games. Also had bout with mono which weakened me most of the season and sidelined me almost two months. When topped 400 minutes at Omaha played the full season.&rdquo; However, he was being much too modest. As an amateur he got 371 minutes in only 53 games one season and 324 in only 49 games the next season.In junior, the kids are so anxious to make an impression and move up they&rsquo;ll do almost anything, Durbano notes. &ldquo;As boy was small forward. got heavy before got tall and became clumsy. moved to defense and had to be aggressive to make place for myself because wasn&rsquo;t skilled enough to make it on talent. did lot of hooking and holding to stop guys from scoring who&rsquo;d gotten away from me. That provoked lot of fights, too.&ldquo;Once I&rsquo;d piled up 300 minutes the first time got reputation haven&rsquo;t been able to shake since. Guys would come looking for me, trying to rough me up before could rough them. And the officials started to look for me, too. It&rsquo;s been that way ever since. The Central League is crazy-man&rsquo;s league. It&rsquo;s league of young kids trying to scratch their way to the top and they&rsquo;ll run right over you if they can. Guys who think they&rsquo;re the toughest came to challenge me. And now in the majors guys are still looking for me and challenging me. And the refs watch me like hawk. If something looks wrong, they figure did wrong. get lot of penalties deserve, but lot don&rsquo;t deserve, too. Guys with good reps get away with murder.He has fought almost all the tough guys and won some and lost some. He jammed his thumb so bad punching Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Bryan Watson this exhibition season he couldn&rsquo;t hold glass of water for two days. He had running series of bouts with Minnesota&rsquo;s Dennis Hextail last season. He got his face almost caved in by L. A.&rsquo;s Danny Maloney, probably the best fighter in the business. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s always someone who&rsquo;s better,&rdquo; Durbano shrugged. &ldquo;Anyone who thinks he can&rsquo;t be beat is setting himself up for beating. No one wins them all. I&rsquo;ll admit sometimes get excited or mad or frustrated and give guy cheap shot. I&rsquo;m not proud of it. But remember when guy gives me cheap shot. There still are couple of guys got to get back at. Guys like me remember. If we&rsquo;re smart, we pick our spots to get guys when we won&rsquo;t hurt our team. I&rsquo;m starting to play smart. I&rsquo;m good skater now and good shooter. want to prove I&rsquo;m not just fighter, but also player so can play regularly. want toughness to be only part of my game. The way it is now my wife is almost to the point she doesn&rsquo;t want to come out to see me play.A teammate heard this and laughed and said, &ldquo;If you think Steve is excitable and tough, you ought to see his wife, Lisa, at game. She goes ape. She&rsquo;d go down on the ice and help him if they&rsquo;d let her.&rdquo; Steve laughed and said, &ldquo;We were married last October. She never followed hockey and was new to the game and got carried away by the excitement of it. But she is getting mad at me coming home with cuts and bruises all over my beautiful face. And she hates it when I&rsquo;m wise guy out there. have to stop mouthing off at the refs. Fighting and getting penalties for it are part of the game, of my game, but the ten-minute jobs for abusing the ref hurt the team and hurt me and are uncessary.&rdquo;Vowing to watch himself, he went on his way.In game with Minnesota last season he drew five-minute penalty for fighting, 10-minute misconduct for debating it, and match penalty, two-game suspension and $250 fine for throwing his gloves at referee Ron Wicks, pushing him and shouting obscenities at him.Lisa was livid. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div>TWIN CITIES &mdash;It was about as orderly A transition as could be expected, considering the circumstances.Jack Gordon had resigned as coach of the Minnesota North Stars, in a sudden and stunning move, and was replaced by Parker MacDonald, who had been running Minnesota&rsquo;s primary farm club at New Haven in the American Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03591/3018173-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="268" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Holbrook</figcaption></div>MacDonald&rsquo;s job at New Haven was filled immediately by Charlie Bums, who had signed on this season as an assistant coach after four years with the North Stars, including most of one season as the head coach.Gordon remains in the Minnesota organization as an untitled assistant to general manager Wren Blair. He will apparently do some scouting, help with the paper work and continue to oversee the club&rsquo;s travel operations.The reason that Gordon gave for his abdication was his health, a condition no doubt aggravated by Minnesota&rsquo;s slow getaway in the NHL race. At the time Gordon stepped down, the North Stars were 3-8-6, their worst start in history, and it was obvious that Gordon was suffering deeply. He had lost weight, his face was drawn and his normally cheerful personality was clouded by concern.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never experienced anything like this season in all the years I&rsquo;ve been in coaching,&rdquo; Gordon told friends. &ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t seem to be getting through to the players anymore. I say something, and it doesn&rsquo;t register.&rdquo;The North Stars themselves reacted with much of the same declarations of regret as the Boston Bruins did when Tom Johnson was sacked a year ago, although in both cases the coaches would have remained had the athletes performed up to their capabilities. &ldquo;It was too bad this had to happen,&rdquo; said Bill Goldsworthy, the team&rsquo;s leading goalscorer. Dennis Hextail added: &ldquo;I feel the same respect for Jack Gordon I feel for my father.&rdquo;Gordon&rsquo;s departure was a wrenching one for everyone connected with the club, including the fans, because he was truly a popular and respected figure. Wearing his customary dapper hat while he paced behind the bench, the balding 45-year-old Winnipeg native was not an explosive man. He kept his emotions pretty much to himself.Gordon became coach of the North Stars in the summer of 1970, replacing Bums. In 3 &frac14; seasons at the helm, his team won 105 games, lost 101 and tied 45, the best record of anyone who ever coached the team. The Stars made the Stanley Cup playoffs in each of his three full years, eliminating St. Louis in the opening round in 1971 and winning two games from Montreal in the semi-finals.MacDonald experienced a heart-breaking baptism in his first two games behind the Minnesota bench In a home game with Montreal, the North Stars had the Canadiens tied 3-3 and had a power play going in the final 1:30 before Pete Mahovlich scored a short-handed Montreal goal with four seconds to play. The next night, at St. Louis, the Blues scored in the last 1:30 to nip the Stars 2-1.&ldquo;We played well in both games,&rdquo; MacDonald said. &ldquo;With an effort like that, we&rsquo;ll do all right.&rdquo;Gordon, away on a scouting assignment, read the game reports and nodded in weary understanding. He knew what MacDonald was going through&hellip; and was more certain than ever that he never again wanted to relive the same agonies.NORTH STAR NOTES: Goldsworthy faced a possible fine from the league after throwing his stick in the game at St. Louis in response to a ridiculous call by referee Bob Myers. Myers had given Goldsworthy a game misconduct for being the third man in an altercation. Barclay Plager of the Blues was actually the third man in, coming off the bench to join a hassle between his brother Bob and Dennis Hextail. &ldquo;And thought the refs in the American League were bad,&rdquo; said MacDonald&hellip; Goaler Gump Worsley was cut in his left ear, across the bridge of his nose and on his forehead at St. Louis&hellip; MacDonald&rsquo;s record at New Haven this season was 10-5-3&hellip; Jude Drouin rejoined the North Stars after missing five weeks with a knee injury, but Fred Stanfield will be out for three weeks after hurting his knee and Barry Gibbs has an injured hip&hellip; Winger Terry Holbrook was called up from New Haven, where he had scored 18 points in 18 games&hellip; Lou Nanne filled in at defense for the injured Gibbs. &#9632;

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Gordon Sympathizes With Incoming Coach As Stars Blow Pair

<div class="byline">BY DAN PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO &mdash;When the Maple Leafs signed Darryl Sittler to a five-year contract for $750,000 there was a normal amount of public criticism even though winning the competition for him with the rival Toronto Toros was a major achievement for general manager Jim Gregory. How could any 23-year-old who hadn&rsquo;t yet enjoyed a 30-goal season be worth so much? How long would it be until ticket prices zoomed with players being paid hundreds of thousands?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02706/3018204-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="283" height="370"><figcaption class="caption-body">Darryl Sittler</figcaption></div>Sittler himself admitted to being astonished about making so much. His hockey dreams had never reached six figures. But, as the 1973-74 season rolled toward Christmas, his worth was becoming apparent. Now 24, he continued to develop into the type of player long synonymous with the Leafs &mdash; quiet, often unspectacular, but big, strong and hard-skating. His average was slightly less than a point a game, but his progress indicated he would exceed 30 goals this season.Watching him became something worth perhaps a little more than Maple Leaf Garden ticket prices (which, incidentally, almost surely will increase next season). Sittler&rsquo;s success was remarkable because his wingers were having extreme difficulties.A year ago one of the few bright spots with Leafs was the line of Sittler, Rick Kehoe and Denis Dupere. Kehoe shot 33 goals, and although Dupere had difficulties and ended up with 13 goals, Sittier earned 48 assists.This time around Sittler and Kehoe started with Inge Hammarstrom at left wing. All three were good skaters, all three liked to throw the puck around. The combination seemed to have excellent potential, but coach Leonard Kelly finally found himself making changes.Sittler got rookie Lanny McDonald in place of Kehoe, who moved in with David Keon, and Pierre Jarry at his left wing, starting during the team&rsquo;s recent western trip.Sittler&rsquo;s new wingers weren&rsquo;t stunning, either, but his record for the 11 games which took Leafs through most of November was seven goals and five assists. Not bad. And when injuries hit the Leaf defense corps, it was Sittler who dropped and played the on blueline, too.In one game in Oakland, Leafs lost Brian Glennie, Bob Neely and Willie Brossart for varying periods with, respectively, partially separated ribs, a bruised knee and a bruised tailbone. The injuries meant coach Kelly was able to have all of his players in uniform for the first time in the season.&ldquo;In a way, I feel great about this,&rdquo; said Kelly, &ldquo;one of the worst chores I have is telling guys they&rsquo;re not going to play. I know how they feel.&rdquo;Kelly wasn&rsquo;t feeling great after two losses at home, to Pittsburgh Penguins and Chicago Black Hawks, which negated the gains made during the successful road trip. Leafs had gone undefeated in Oakland, Vancouver, Los Angeles and Long Island before going flat at Maple Leaf Gardens.The skating which gives Leafs an advantage against most teams was forgotten, and they sagged from second to fourth place. Instead of singling out culprits, Kelly found it easier to name the players who didn&rsquo;t slow down. Heading the list after the Chicago loss was Sittler.&ldquo;Sittler gave us a big shot and tried to lift us with an all-out performance,&rdquo; Kelly told a reporter. &ldquo;Wilson played well in goal. Mike Pelyk and the kids, Ian Turnbull, Neely, McDonald and Borje Salming, were working, but that&rsquo;s not enough.&ldquo;We need a total effort from all hands to beat Chicago and the other top teams. We didn&rsquo;t get it.&rdquo;Sittler didn&rsquo;t get a point for the first time in six games. He did get three minor penalties, which was one more than he had in 21 previous games. Most important, even though others were sagging he kept digging. The leadership was clear, and so was the message that the $750,000 was well-spent. &#9632;

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Sittler Proving He’s Worth Every Penny To Leafs

<div class="byline">BY NORM MacLEAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01798/3018235-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="568" height="604"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED GIACOMIN&hellip;Shutout King</figcaption></div>NEW YORK &mdash;When Ed Giacomin was banged into the post by the Boston Bruins&rsquo; rookie defenseman Al Sims and sent out of action with a concussion on Nov. 7, he normally expected a period of rest and recuperation. It wasn&rsquo;t to be, although the 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; 180-pound veteran from Sudbury, Ont. did rest until Nov. 14. From that point on the Rangers are 5-1-2, the loss being to the Bruins. Overall, New York is 7-1-3 since turning things around, with much of that credit going to center Jean Ratelle.When Giacomin shut out Vancouver on Nov. 25, ending four games in five nights, he recorded his fourth blanking of the NHL campaign and 48th of his Ranger career. That broke Dave Kerr&rsquo;s old mark of 47.I&rsquo;m glad that&rsquo;s over,&rdquo; said Eddie. &ldquo;The next Ranger goalie will have to worry about breaking Giacomin&rsquo;s mark&hellip; After giving 11 goals in two games against Los Angeles and Buffalo I felt tired, but there it was again, a shutout. Hockey is funny, you have to be either hot or lucky.&rdquo;During the week Fast Eddie and his mates defeated California 3-0, Buffalo 7-6, tied Los Angeles 5-5 and whitewashed Vancouver 5-0. They are dong what&rsquo;s necessary, making hay in a relatively soft part of their schedule and getting back up into the higher reaches of the NHL East standings.Giacomin&rsquo;s seven games include three shutouts and high scoring games with Boston. Buffalo and Los Angeles.&ldquo;We are playing well,&rdquo; said Larry Popein, the Rangers coach. &ldquo;I was glad to see the shutout after allowing those 11 goals in two games. The boys turned right around after sloppy game with Los Angeles and played tight defense.&rdquo;In the Los Angeles game. Dale Rolfe was injured when he collided with Juha Widing of the Kings. Widing broke his collarbone and Rolfe his knee. The guess is two to four weeks. This keeps Larry Sacharuk still on the squad, even with the return of Sheldon Kannegiesser. Rolfe dislocated his knee cap. Sacharuk, who is at his best shooting the puck, has played in six Ranger games. They haven&rsquo;t lost yet, winning five and tying one. Against Vancouver Ronnie Harris played with Jim Neilson and Brad Park worked with Kannegiesser. Sacharuk worked with Rod Seiling.Despite the justified hurrahs for Giacomin. who will get some rest when Gilles Villemure is sufficiently recovered from bronchitis to start, the Rangers renaissance dates from the return to action of center Jean Ratelie. Ratty, the 33-year-old pivot for Vic Hadfield and Rod Gilbert, scored a three goal hat against the Kings, including the tying goal. He scored again, against Vancouver, and, in all, has 13 goals, eight in his last six games.&ldquo;He looks like Jean Beliveau out there,&rdquo; said Billy McCreary, the Canucks coach. &ldquo;How long have Rod and Vic been playing with him &mdash; six or seven years? They pass like the puck was tied to their sticks. And Walter Tkaczuk and Bill Fairbairn were flying, too. The Rangers look much better than when we beat them in Vancouver last month.&rdquo;With the Messrs. Gene Carr and Mike Murphy still out due to the automobile accident they were in, in Boston, on November 16, the Rangers three lines have solidified. Murphy still gets headaches after he skates. The duo were hit by a police car, while riding a taxi to Logan airport. Derek Sanderson of the Bruins was nearby and helped get them to the hospital. Jack Egers is also champing at the bit, wanting action.But for the present, as New York awaits games with Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto, St. Louis, Buffalo, California, Buffalo and Toronto through December 15, Ratelle plays with Gilbert and Hadfield, Tkaczuk with Faribairn and Steve Vickers and Pete Stemkowski with Bruce MacGregor and Ted Irvine.Ratelle, whose three goals against Los Angeles were all variations of Camille Henry style tip-ins was asked for an explanation of his fast start.&ldquo;I feel fresh. Last year at this time was tired from Team Canada. We have been getting good shots, because Gilbert and Hadfield are playing so well. We are penetrating, getting close in shots and doing the job in the corners. Do I really look like Camille Henry on those tips?&rdquo;Ratelle, now in his 12th NHL season glides smoothly over the ice, passes crisply, but with a seemingly effortless style. His absence until October 27 made the Good Ship Ranger rudderless. More so, it affected they play of linemates Gilbert and Hadfield and had both of them unhappy when they were benched by Popein. His hot streak has enabled him to pass Rod Gilbert for the Ranger career mark in goals scored.His play, since returning might make him an early candidate for the Hart Trophy as MVP. Two seasons ago he chased Phil Esposito for the scoring title, being ahead at the half way mark, then coming up injured on March 1. Now, he may chase Espo for the Hart. &#9632;

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Giacomin Breaks Ranger Shutout Mark

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02684/3018266-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hockey News Photo by Steve BabineauAL SIMS&hellip; Boston Bruins</figcaption></div>Every NHL draft produces a sleeper, a player who surprises when it was least expected. This year&rsquo;s sleeper is Al Sims, the rugged six-foot, 180-pound defenseman, who came out of nowehere to become Bobby Orr&rsquo;s regular blueline partner this season. Sims, a 47th draft pick from Cornwall Royals of the Quebec Major Hockey League, was so impressive in Boston&rsquo;s pre-season training camp that the Bruins felt veteran Don Awrey was expendable and traded him to St. Louis. Sims has shown remarkable poise for a rookie. He has a good shot from the point and has already accounted for three points in 21 games, including his first NHL goal. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01769/3018297-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="565" height="1141"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN MARKS &hellip;Elbows Count (Photo by Peter Woolley)</figcaption></div>CHICAGO &mdash;John Marks, middle name Garrison, is worth his 200 pounds in gold to the Chicago Black Hawks.This is you see, with some forwards who are worth their 165 and 170 pounds in gold. Clever as they may be, people like Stan Mikita and Pit Martin can be leaned upon and abused without little help from their friends.Which is where Marks comes in. A Dave Schultz he is not, but neither is he Lord Fauntleroy. He can elbow, push and generally mix it up with the best of them.&ldquo;I like to hit, yes,&rdquo; said Marks. &ldquo;Naturally, I&rsquo;d rather play hockey than fight, but I won back down. Especially when some of our smaller players start to get intimidated. That&rsquo;s when I&rsquo;ll step in, if I can.&rdquo;Marks filtered through the Hawk chain as a defenseman, but his present locale at left wing became a reality during last April&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs. Coach Billy Reay was in guest of some sinew up front, and the call went to Marks.&ldquo;It was an adjustment for me,&rdquo; said Marks. &ldquo;First against the Rangers and then against the Canadiens, I knew that my primary job was to check, avoid mistakes and not worry about doing too much offensively.&ldquo;It was a challenge for me, which was nice. We were really crowded on defense and this gave me a better chance to play more regularly.&ldquo;Now. I&rsquo;m starting to feel more confident and do more things with the puck. I can prepare before the game by thinking about the other team&rsquo;s right wings who I might come up against. It may be a little easier defensively than playing defense, because your basic responsibility is one man.&ldquo;Not that it&rsquo;s easy, but a defenseman has to worry about everybody. Of course, at forward you have to be ready to go the other way and capitalize on chances when they come.&rdquo;Marks has been ensconced on the port side for Mikita and Cliff Koroll for the last month, although at the start of the year, rookie Darcy Rota was in that spot. The defense was still crowded, so Marks spent a lot of time sitting down.&ldquo;We knew all along the job he could do at both positions,&rdquo; said Reay. &ldquo;1 was just waiting to put him in at the right time. The thing that&rsquo;s so good about him is his attitude. When he&rsquo;s not playing as much as he would like, he never sulks. He just works hard and stays in shape.&rdquo;Marks&rsquo; &ldquo;comeback&rdquo; this season came in early November, when Reay juggled all lines prior to a game in Philadelphia. Perhaps by no coincidence, Marks was put up front as a regular, while Rota was relocated with Dale Tallon and Chico Maki.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very fortunate to be with Stan and Cliff,&rdquo; said Marks. &ldquo;There both terrific hockey players, and helpful, too.&rdquo;&ldquo;I used to like defense better than the wing, but I&rsquo;m feeling more and more at home. And I can still do a little hitting up front, too.&rdquo;Which is why this brawny lad from the University of North Dakota has joined the front lines. As far as the Black Hawks are concerned, more power to his elbows.PARTING SHOTS: The Hawks savored a nine-game unbeaten string in November, during which they out scored opponents 33-10&hellip; But then the Montreal Canadiens came to town and whipped the Chicagoans 6-4, the first home loss of the year for the Hawks&hellip; Keith Magnuson, who had never played better, was sidelined in mid-November for two weeks with an infection of the right elbow&hellip; His partner, Doug Jarrett, was idled temporarily by respiratory ailment. Thus, Dick Redmond and Len Frig were pressed into blueline chores&hellip; Defenseman Bill White passed the 200 point plateau. And about those rumors that White was available through trade, Hawk General Manager Tommy Ivan said: &ldquo;No way. &#9632;

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Marks Muscles Way Into Hawks’ Lineup

<div class="byline">BY DICK JOHNSTON</div>BUFFALO &mdash;With his injury-riddled Buffalo Sabres in their worst losing streak since the 1971-72 season, coach Joe Crozier took an extreme measure.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01759/3018328-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="268" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rick Dudley</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We have to go right back to funda mentals,&rdquo; said the Crow, as he scheduled a double workout for the Sabres on the day following a 4-3 loss to the Atlanta Flames in Buffalo&rsquo;s Memorial Auditorium. He planned morning and an afternoon drill, the only time he ever had a two-a-day practice for the Sabres since he took over in January, 1972, except for the middle of last season when he took the club back to its training camp site in St. Catharines. Ont., for three days.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re making too many mistakes,&rdquo; said the Crow, &ldquo;and they&rsquo;re costing us goals. Sometimes we&rsquo;re hustling and sometimes we&rsquo;re not. We&rsquo;re not hitting enough. Mistakes in our end are killing us.&rdquo;The loss to Atlanta was the Sabres&rsquo; fourth in a row. Not since March. 1972, when they lost six straight, had Crozier&rsquo;s club lost so many consecutively. It also was the Sabres&rsquo; fourth loss at home, only two fewer than they lost all last season in their Memorial Auditorium rink.In both the Atlanta game and the preceding contest against the New York Rangers, the Sabres lost on finalperiod goal after battling back two or three times to tie the game.In both games, Rick Dudley tied the score for Buffalo with final-period goal &mdash; his first two in National Hockey League play &mdash; only to have the opposition score later.Along with the losing streak, coach Crozier received bad news. Jim Schoenfeld, his big sophomore defenseman. probably was lost for the season after undergoing surgery for a ruptured disc in his back.Roger Crozier, who did some outstanding goaltending for the Sabres during their first three NHL seasons, returned to action after being hospitalized twice for a flare-up of pancreatitis, but he was not his old self in the nets.In his first start, against the Canadiens in Montreal, Roger was spectacular in the opening period as the Sabres took a 2-0 lead while he was blocking 19 shots. He stopped 28, in all, before coach Crozier decided the veteran netminder was too tired to continue and replaced him with Dave Dryden with the score Montreal 5, Buffalo 3 at the 15:10 mark of the second period.The next night, at home against California, Roger gave up two goals and the Sabres couldn&rsquo;t get any and they lost again. In his third start, against the Rangers, Roger gave up seven goals, which made a total of 14 in 22/3 games.He was scheduled to start against Atlanta asked to be excused, saying he didn&rsquo;t feel sharp and the Crow started Dryden, who didn&rsquo;t expect to play.ICE CHIPS: The day after the Atlanta loss, the Sabres hoped to have some good news. Gil Perreault, their great center, who suffered broken left leg on Oct. 28 against the New York Islanders was to have the cast taken off the injured limb. If x-rays showed the leg was strong enough, Gil expected to begin skating immediately. He had been riding the stationary bike, cast and all, 15 miles daily for more than a week&hellip; Larry Mickey, who also suffered a broken leg, in training camp, was expected back around the first of the year&hellip; Rene Robert, Buffalo&rsquo;s top goal-scorer of 1972-73, with 40, got only two goals in the first 11 games after Perreault was hurt, one into an empty net. With the breakup of the French Connection when Perreault was hurt, coach Crozier sometimes had Robert and Rick Martin, Gil&rsquo;s wingers, playing on the same line with Doug Rombough at center and sometimes moved Robert to center with Norm Gratton on right wing. And sometimes he had Robert and Martin on separte lines. &#9632;

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Crozier Tells Sabres Learn All Over Again After Club Nosedives

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01757/3018359-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="577" height="568"><figcaption class="caption-body">JUHA WIDING &hellip;Broken Collarbone</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES &mdash;The first fourth of the 1973-74 season has gone fast. Before you realize it, the entire season can be gone.After losing all four games of home stand, the Kings had lost two and tied one of a five-game road trip. They were winless in seven straight games with only the one tie to show for the stretch. They lost five straight before the tie.They had slipped seven games below the .500 level at five victories, 12 defeats and three ties, the third-worst record in the 16-team league, and were next-to-last in their West Division.Most discouraging of all, they had blown leads to lose or tie their last four games in a row and 10 of their first 20 games, while coming from behind to win or tie only two of the 20.This follows the collapse the club had the last half of last season when it blew leads to lose or tie 14 games, while coming from behind to won or tie only three of the 39.In their last 60 games over two season, the Kings have blown leads to lose or tie 24 games, while coming from behind to win or tie only five.Clearly, they have not become tougher. Nor have they recovered the confidence lost when they lost playoff berth in the stretch last season.It&rsquo;s the doubts in ourselves we have to overcome.&rdquo; captain Terry Harper has said. &ldquo;I have no doubts we can win. If you can lead a team you can beat it. But I am used to playing with winners after many years in Montreal. Most of the Kings are not. They play not to lose, rather than to win.&ldquo;If I knew how to dispel the doubts I would tell our coach. If I knew an easy way, I could coach any club to a championship, myself.&ldquo;Confidence is half the battle. And we have talent on this team. But it is not easy to get it to use its talent with confidence. I thought we had it the first half of last season, but we let it get away.&rdquo;The Kings were 9-9-1 through the first quarter last season enroute to their best half ever, 18-17-4, before they skidded. This season&rsquo;s 5-12-3 is their third worst of the seven first quarters they have played. The have played six worse quarters out of 25.Through this first fourth, they were outscored, 72-55. Three teams have given up more goals. Three have scored less.Lately, their defense, supposed to be improved and a strong suit, has faltered bit. They scored five goals in Detroit and five in New York, but lost, 6-5, and tied, 5-5. Detroit&rsquo;s winning goal came with less than two minutes left. New York&rsquo;s two tying goals came with less than eight minutes left.Pulford has been juggling his defensemen in front of Rogie Vachon and Gary Edwards. In 12 starts, Vachon is 4-6-2, while in eight, Edwards is 1-6-1. Vachon&rsquo;s goals-against average is around 3.30, Edwards&rsquo; around 3.80.The teams hopes for a swift surge were depressed by shoulder separation suffered by a center Butch Goring the fifth week and broken collarbone to Juha Widing the sixth week. Each figured to be out two to four weeks. Widing collided with ex-King Dale Rolfe in New York and the injury left him one point short of an all-time club scoring points record. &#9632;

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Injuries Strike Kings At Quarter Pole

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02645/3018390-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="600" height="625"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Nov. 27Atlanta 2 at N.Y. Islanders 4Vancouver 2 at St. Louis 2Wed. Nov. 28Los Angeles 3 at Montreal 5Toronto 4 at Pittsburgh 3Boston 3 at Chicago 3Minnesota 1 at California 5Thu. Nov. 29St. Louis 1 at Toronto 5N.Y. Rangers 2 at Philadelphia 2Detroit 3 at Atlanta 4Los Angeles 1 at Buffalo 2Fri. Nov. 30Minnesota 5 at Vancouver 4Sat. Dec. 1Chicago 5 at Montreal 0California 2 at Toronto 3N.Y. Rangers 4 at St. Louis 4Philadelphia 2 at N.Y. Islanders 1Buffalo 4 at Detroit 1Atlanta 2 at Pittsburgh 2Minnesota 1 at Los Angeles 1Sun. Dec. 2Montreal 3 at Atlanta 1Toronto 4 at N.Y. Rangers 6N.Y. Islanders 3 at Boston 5Detroit 1 at Buffalo 6Pittsburgh 1 at Chicago 2California 1 at Philadelphia 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Dec. 4St. Louis at N.Y. IslandersLos Angeles at VancouverWed. Dec. 5St. Louis at N.Y. RangersChicago at DetroitPittsburgh at Los AngelesAtlanta at CaliforniaThu. Dec. 7Montreal at N.Y. IslandersToronto at MinnesotaN.Y. Rangers at BuffaloFri. Dec. 7Detroit at St. LouisAtlanta at VancouverPittsburgh at CaliforniaSat. Dec. 8N.Y. Islanders at MontrealPhiladelphia at TorontoBuffalo at BostonDetroit at MinnesotaPittsburgh at VancouverAtlanta at Los AngelesSun. Dec. 9Toronto at BuffaloCalifornia at N.Y. RangersBoston at PhiladelphiaMinnesota at ChicagoTue. Dec. 11Montreal at VancouverToronto at St. LouisCalifornia at N.Y. IslandersLos Angeles at MinnesotaWed. Dec. 12Buffalo at N.Y. RangersPhiladelphia at ChicagoCalifornia at Pittsburgh &#9632;

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NHL SCOREBOARD

&ldquo;HOCKEY: FROM THE ICE UP,&rdquo;, written by Tommy Woodcock, $5.95. Review by Alice Handelman.Presented in the language that an 8-14 year old can fully comprehend. Tommy Woodcock&rsquo;s new book, his first major writing endeavor, &ldquo;Hockey: From The Ice Up,&rdquo; could become a bible for young hockey players.The book, written by the St. Louis Blues&rsquo; head trainer, is an earthy, informative text based on 20 years of Woodcock&rsquo;s experience that includes both playing and training in the pro hockey ranks, training a college hockey team, teaching at hockey schools and working for an equipment manufacturing company. Various experts have been consulted with particular assistance from Blues&rsquo; physician Dr. J.G. Probstein and Blues&rsquo; center Garry Unger.It is divided into nine chapters: mental attitude, skates, equipment, goaltending equipment, care of equipment, conditioning, day of a game, hockey injuries and hockey schools. Actual photographs, which depict proper ways to bandage injuries, are contained throughout the section on hockey injuries and Woodcock list 20 essentials he recommends for hockey first aid kit.Buying and using proper protective equipment is emphasized and the trainer advises young hockey players what to look for so that they can intelligently choose equipment that will give them the protection they need in the price ranges they can afford.The book should be one of the more popular hockey items to fill-anyone&rsquo;s stocking this Christmas. &#9632;

Book Review

<div class="byline">BY HARRY KLAFF</div>LONG ISLAND &mdash;Wherever Islander General Manager Bill Torrey went over the summer, he would be asked the same redundant question. &ldquo;How good is Potvin?&rdquo;, everyone wanted to know. Torrey would just smile and counter with a query of his own &ldquo;Which one,&rdquo; he&rsquo;d ask. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got two of them.&rdquo; Torrey, of course was referring to the fact that the Islanders have two Potvins on the squad &mdash; young Denis, who was the first selection in the amateur draft, and 24 year-old Jean, who was obtained from the Philadelphia Flyers last March.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01732/3018452-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="561" height="705"><figcaption class="caption-body">Denis Potvin</figcaption></div>Even after he joined the club, Jean was still a &ldquo;forgotten man&rdquo; among Islander fans. He was constantly referred to as &ldquo;Denis&rsquo; brother,&rdquo; as tales of the younger Potvin&rsquo;s exploits at Ottawa filtered throughout the New York area. There were even some who were convinced that the sole reason the Islanders got him was to insure Denis&rsquo; signing with the NHL.Actually, the March 4, 1973 deal was one of those &ldquo;trades that can help both clubs.&rdquo; The Islanders gave up pesky, but light-scoring Terry Crisp, in exchange for the Flyers&rsquo; sixth defenseman.The reasoning in each case was sound. The Islanders were giving up a good checker (despite the club&rsquo;s defensive standing) for a young defenseman with potential that just couldn&rsquo;t crack a lineup of Ed Van Impe, Andre Dupont, Joe Watson, Tom Bladon, et al. On the other hand, the Flyers &mdash; who had a wealth of scoring punch &mdash; could afford super-pest like Crisp.Somewhat surprisingly, Potvin wasn&rsquo;t bothered in the least at the thought of moving from a winner to the last-place Islanders. &ldquo;I was very happy when heard the news. I knew I&rsquo;d finally be getting a chance to play regularly.&rdquo; said the handsome, articulate Ottawa native.&ldquo;Last year I didn&rsquo;t get a chance to play at all,&rdquo; Jean continued. &ldquo;The Flyers never really gave me a reason for sitting me on the bench. I guess it was because the club was going good and they didn&rsquo;t want to break up a winning combination.&rdquo;It didn&rsquo;t take Jean long to realize some future fringe benefits of the trade. It was no secret that the Islanders would likely go after Denis in the May draft, and if they did, Jean could be reunited with his kid brother for the first time since his last year in junior hockey.&ldquo;I thought about that all summer,&rdquo; smiled Jean. &ldquo;Actually there was no doubt about it at all. Denis always told me that he wanted to play in the NHL, so there was really little chance that he would have signed with the WHA.&rdquo;Ever since training camp opened in September, it was Jean&rsquo;s hope that he would be paired with Denis on the ice. &ldquo;It would be a good combination, because I&rsquo;m a right hand shot and Denis is a lefty,&rdquo; said the elder Potvin at the Peterboro training site.Although coach Al Arbour has broken the combination on a few occasions, Potvin and Potvin have remained unit. The brothers pretty much stick together, even on power play and penalty killing missions.Jean takes pride in watching his younger brother develop as the season draws on. &ldquo;He may have been a little nervous for the first few weeks, but since then he has settled down to play the kind of hockey I know he can play. He&rsquo;s going to be a great one,&rdquo; says Jean with pride.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02657/3018445-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="295" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN POTVIN &hellip;Doing His Part</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Islander Fans Acklowledge Elder Potvin

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01575/3018518-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02498/3018511-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="761" height="4192"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03397/3018504-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="797" height="2583"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04311/3018497-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="782" height="2593"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05236/3018490-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="770" height="4145"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06189/3018483-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="1492" height="457"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY TODD HILL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01488/3018556-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="573" height="1796"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN PRONOVOST &hellip;A Fast Star</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH &mdash;November 22, 1973 was A very important day in the life of Penguin right winger Jean Pronovost.With Pittsburgh holding onto a 3-2 lead in Maple Leaf Gardens, Pronovost took a pass from Syl Apps and fired the puck into an empty net to give the Pens an insurance goal in a 4-2 win over Toronto.That goal not only added to Pronovost&rsquo;s scoring total, but enabled him to become the all-time scoring leader for the Penguins with 237 points, one more than retired coach Ken Schinkel.Pronovost without a doubt is off to his best start as a professional. He came to Pittsburgh in 1968 from Boston and showed he was a good goal scorer as he checked in with 16 goals in his rookie year.The following year he hit the magic 20-goal circle, and improved on that the next year to 21. In 1972-72 he became the first Penguin to hit the charmed 30-goal plateau, despite missing 10 games.Last year a broken nose and an injured hip put him out of the lineup for 12 games and he finished with 21 goals, marking the fourth straight year he has scored 20 or more goals.Pronovost has always been a slow starter. He has never scored 10 goals before Christmas. In 1971-72 he got his 10th in his 25th game (the team&rsquo;s 35th).For a player to hit 20 consistently, he must have a hot month or steady scoring throughout the season. When you start slow, you had better finish fast, and that has been Pronovost&rsquo;s secret. His two best months have been February and March. He has scored 21 of his 18 careeer goals in February and 33 during the final month of the season.He holds the club record of 10 goals in one month (March 1972) and also went a stretch of given consecutive games in which he scored a goal.He previously held the record for most points in one game (five), but his biggest disappointment has to be his failure to score three goals in one game. He has had 15 games in which he has scored a pair, but the elusive third goal has never been scored.Pronovost&rsquo;s start this year is even more amazing, considering the fact he has played most of the season with a cracked wrist. Philadelphia&rsquo;s Andre Dupont slashed Pronovost on November 4 and x-rays showed a crack in his wrist. The injury didn&rsquo;t keep him out ofthe lineup, but Bernie Lukowich was called up for emergency measures.If Pronovost can get past his December Jinx (12 goals in years) he should be headed for his best year ever.Center Jim Wiley was brought up recently and inserted between Greg Polis and Pronovost and should supply both wingers with plenty of chances to add to their scoring totals.Having signed a multi-year contract this past summer, Pronovost is now the all-time goal-scoring and point-scoring leader and plans to hold onto those titles for many years to come.In fact, he is even wondering who the right wings are for All Star consideration in the West Division this year.IGLOO INK: Pronovost is the West Division second highest goal scorer as a right wing, behind Minnesota&rsquo;s Bill Goldsworthy&hellip; Pens called up Bernie Luckowich and sent Hank Nowak to Hershey&hellip; The new super boxes were unveiled this past week&hellip; Montreal&rsquo;s Yvan Cournoyer has made two trips to Pittsburgh this year and has scored the winning goal both times, and been the number one star twice&hellip; Pittsburgh Pirate players are picking up some extra cash at the hockey games.Catcher Manny Sanguillen beat the Score-O &ldquo;goalie&rdquo; for $250 and a few nights later, third baseman Rickie Hebner connected to pickup $175. Sanguillen donated his winnings to the Sickle Cell Foundation, while Hebner gave his money to Children&rsquo;s Hospital. Last year Chicago White Sox manager Chuck Tanner hit the biggest pot ever at $600.<h2>TOP NHL SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02433/3018549-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="1237" height="1185"></div> &#9632;

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Pronovost Connects For 237th Club Point

<div class="byline">BY CHRIS ZELKOVICH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01493/3018587-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">With his family looking on FRANK MAHOVLICH addresses the crowd at the Montreal Forum during the ceremonies honoring him recently. The event commemorated Mahovlich&rsquo;s 500th goal last season. (Photo by Peter Woolley)</figcaption></div>MONTREAL &mdash;It was hardly storybook affair.There they were. The top brass of Le Club de Hockey Canadien, 16,000 of The Forum faithless, politicians and family all gathered together to honor one of hockey&rsquo;s greatest scorers, Frank Mahovlich.Frank&rsquo;s family was presented with flowers. His daughter Nancy was given flowers by her favorite hockey player, Yvan Coumoyer. Canadian postmaster general Andre Ouellet presented Frank with the first set of special Olympic coins for the 1976 Montreal Olympics.Canadiens president Jacques Courtois gave the Big M a beautiful Eskimo sculpture. The fans gave Frank a standing ovation when he made his entrance. His brother Peter presented him with a placque commemorating Frank&rsquo;s 500th goal last season.So after all these honors had been heaped upon him the least Frank could have done was put on an inspired performance. But then, had he played an Outstanding game, the Big M would have looked out of place.His teammates, and the players on the visiting Los Angeles Kings had apparently conspired before the game to do everything possible to avoid upstaging Frank. Frank Mahovlich night was an aethstetic turkey.&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t a very good game, was it?,&rdquo; Frank understated after the Habs had trimmed the Kings 5-3. &ldquo;Yeah, I was a little nervous. The last few days have been hectic. I don&rsquo;t know what the other guys&rsquo; excuses were though.&rdquo;Maybe the other players were a little awed by the Big M&rsquo;s presence or possibly, as one Montreal newspaperman suggested, the red carpets had been left on the ice. But whatever the reason, Frank Mahovlich night left little to be remembered after the opening ceremonies.If the game spoiled the Big M&rsquo;s night, he wasn&rsquo;t showing it. After all, it had been his evening.Forget that he, along with Jacques Lemaire and Yvan Coumoyer, didn&rsquo;t manage a shot on LA netminder Rogatien Vachon all night. Forget that Frank seemed to be skating at half speed most of the evening. After 509 NHL goals, only 35 behind Maurice Richard who is third on the all-time list, the Big M deserved the night.&ldquo;It was hard to concentrate on playing this week,&rdquo; Mahovlich said. &ldquo;I spent all afternoon practising my French.&rdquo; When a French reporter asked Frank if he would answer a question in French, the Big faked a fainting spell. Frank had addressed the crowd in both French and English. How had he managed to gain such command of the Gallic tongue in just one afternoon?&ldquo;I had my babysitter translate the speech into French,&rdquo; Frank explained. &ldquo;Couldn&rsquo;t you tell?&rdquo;On the other side of the dressing room sat Frank&rsquo;s biggest fan and one of Frank&rsquo;s idols, Pete Mahovlich.&ldquo;Upstage Frank?,&rdquo; Peter asked when reminded of the two goals he scored and the second-star nomination he received. &ldquo;How can you upstage somebody who scored 500 goals?&ldquo;No one puts more into a game than Frank. He makes it all look so easy that sometimes people think he&rsquo;s loafing. But look at the guys skating beside him. That&rsquo;ll you an idea of how fast he&rsquo;s working.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I can&rsquo;t understand why they booed him in Detroit and Toronto. They booed him here too, but then they&rsquo;ve booed everyone here.But Wednesday, Nov. 28 was not a night for booing, although no one would have blamed the fans if they had. That night was reserved for a man who has scored more than 500 goals and been named to the All Star team nine times in a 16-year career. &#9632;

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Mahovlich’s Night Far From An Artistic Success

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National Hockey League SUMMARIES

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER &mdash;When the National Hockey League rules committee holds its next session don&rsquo;t be surprised if the Vancouver Canucks suggest abandoning the November portion of the schedule.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01317/3018855-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="251" height="358"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Lalonde</figcaption></div>November, it seems, just isn&rsquo;t the Canucks&rsquo; month. A year ago, the month of November saw the out-break of open warfare between the players and coach Vic Stasiuk; the illness of then general manager Bud Poile and the gall bladder attack that took captain Orland Kurtenbach out of the lineup for several weeks.This year the problems have been less clearly defined, but the results have been equally disastrous.At this writing the Canucks had played 11 of their 13 scheduled dates for the month. They had won only once, tied just two and lost eight.Why?The question almost defies a definitive answer.If they simply aren&rsquo;t good enough, how did they manage to compile that 4-3-1 record in October and against opposition at least as tough as they&rsquo;ve faced in November?True, they&rsquo;ve played most of the month without the services of little Bobby Lalonde, but it is hard to believe the pepperpot forward makes all that much difference. Unquestionably Lalonde made a useful contribution in October. He killed penalties, he helped stir things up, but he didn&rsquo;t score a single goal.As with most NHL clubs these days, there has been some grumbling from the veterans about the big salaries being paid first round draft choices, but in Vancouver&rsquo;s case Dennis Ververgaert and Bob Dailey are both popular members of the team. Furthermore, both are dedicated, hard-working kids making valuable contributions.And unlike a year ago, the relationship between the palyers and new coach Bill McCreary remains warm and co-operative.But somewhere a spark has died and so far neither McCreary nor any individual player has been able to rekindle it.A string-of costly penalties seems to have dulled some of the club&rsquo;s early season aggressiveness. And now mistake seems to trigger a loss of poise and further mistakes rather than the renewed determination, that was so evident a month ago.&ldquo;We have completely lost the 20 confidence we had at the start of the season,&rdquo; McCreary concedes. &ldquo;That can happen to a young team like ours. We&rsquo;re just going to have to sweat it out until we get a couple of lucky breaks to turn it around for us.&rdquo;About the only encouraging thing the Canucks had to look back on as the month drew to a close was the continuing solid play of goaltender Gary Smith.&ldquo;We couldn&rsquo;t ask for better goal-tening than Smitty&rsquo;s given us,&rdquo; says McCreary, &ldquo;and you know that a team with solid goaltending will eventually straighten itself out.&rdquo;But at the moment the thing the Canucks are looking forward to most is December. &#9632;

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Canucks Have No Answer To Annual November Swoon

<div class="byline">BY BILL FLEISCHMAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0022-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01196/3018917-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY CLARKE, center, shows his Hart Trophy to two previous Hart winners, PHIL ESPOSITO and BOBBY ORR. Clarke was honored recently at a dinner in Philadelphia.</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Despite the nickname &ldquo;Ferocious Freddi&rdquo; when he played for the New York Rangers, Flyers&rsquo; coach Fred Shero is ordinarily mild-mannered chap.Keith Alien, the Flyers&rsquo; general manager, is a debonair gentleman with as much flare for controversy as Billy Graham. &ldquo;Kautious Keith&rdquo; is an appropriate nickname for Allen.Why, then, are Shero and Allen madder than tigers with ingrown toenails? The answer is NHL officiating.The Flyers&rsquo; case isn&rsquo;t another episode of &ldquo;Why is everybody picking on us?&rdquo; Surely the league&rsquo;s leading penalty collectors deserve a sizeable share of their reprimands. Any team that accumulates a record 1,756 penalty minutes, as the Mad Squad did last season, has to be committing a few infractions.What Allen and Shero object to is inconsistency in officiating. As Allen said, &ldquo;I told Scotty Morrison (NHL referee-in-chief) that the referees are scared something is going to happen when they work our games so right away they&rsquo;re going to happen when they work our games so right away they&rsquo;re going to show us. When we went out West, the battle cry was &lsquo;don&rsquo;t play it rough&rsquo; but we still got penalties. (Dave) Schultz can&rsquo;t even get near a guy without getting penalty.&rdquo;Back-to-back games in Boston and St. Louis provided examples of the Flyers&rsquo; complaints.In Boston, goaltender Bernie Parent received a game misconduct from referee Dave Newell for shoving linesman Swede Knox following a first-period Bruins&rsquo; goal. The angry Parent maintained he had been speared by Ken Hodge.Later, Newell triggered the Flyers&rsquo; wrath by (1) assessing Schultz a roughing penalty for jostling Boston rookie Andre Savard along the boards and (2) giving Gary Dornhoefer an interference penalty after the veteran right wing tumbled into goalie Gilles Gilbert.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s the worst call I&rsquo;ve ever seen in 11 years of hockey,&rdquo; Domhoefer said. &ldquo;I skated out of the comer, was knocked into the goalie by one of their defensemen, fell and was hit over the head by the goalie&rsquo;s stick. When I asked Newell how I cut my head, he said I did it falling to the ice. That&rsquo;s interesting since I fell on my face.&rdquo;When the Flyers moved to St. Louis, it was Shero&rsquo;s turn. He objected to the handling of the Orest Kindrachuk-Steve Durbano fight and failure to cite Garry Unger for what Shero called an assault on Bobby Clarke.&ldquo;The refs waited until it was almost too late to break up Kindrachuk and Durbano,&rdquo; Shero said. &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s their toughest guy picking on our littlest guy and the refs don&rsquo;t do anything until our guy gets on top. This whole thing has got to come to crisis soon.&rdquo;&ldquo;Unless we squawk, the referee will go along like this,&rdquo; said Allen. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure other clubs have squawked about us and it&rsquo;s paying off for them.&ldquo;The only thing Scotty would admit is the referees possibly are a little concerned about our hockey club,&rdquo; Allen said.Officials are right for preserving order, but the curious thing was the Flyers had tamed their act and still received 10 minor penalties is one game against Los Angeles.FLYER FILLERS: Bernie Parent&rsquo;s 1-0 shutout in St. Louis was his sixth (in just 20 games), setting a club record. When Chicago&rsquo;s Tony Esposito set the modem shutout record of 15 in 1969-70, he didn&rsquo;t post his sixth shutout until his 25th game&hellip; Flyers were surprised the Blues weren&rsquo;t rougher at home. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s one reason I didn&rsquo;t play (Bob) Kelly,&rdquo; said Shero. &ldquo;I wanted to see how tough they (St. Louis), would be at home. One reason our Kelly and Schultz are so valuable is they know they sometimes have to stir things up even though they may get the worst of it. This guy (the Blues &ldquo;Battleship&rdquo; Bob Kelly) doesn&rsquo;t do that so how valuable is he to the team?&rdquo; &#9632;

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Flyers File Objection Over The Inconsistency Of League’s Officials

<div class="byline">BY TONY PETRELLA</div>ATLANTA &mdash;Where lesser men, more gifted with skill and style, would gratefully rest, Rey Comeau pushes his battered body to excess. He is to the Atlanta Flames what Billy Martin once was to baseball&rsquo;s New York Yankees, and inspiration.Comeau is the type man of whom Ernest Hemingway might have written. In his clear, explicit style, Hemingway would have portrayed Comeau as the epitome of persistence conquering every other deficiency.There are a hundred players in the National Hockey League who have more talent than this wispy, 25-year-old throwback to another era. He is small, not particularly strong, and gifted with neither electric speed nor stupefying shot. Yet, he manages to over-come all of these obvious drawbacks with unparallelled intenseness.Comeau was so utterly frustrated after the Flames lost in Boston last week, tears glistened in his eyes. And that, more than anything else, is what Hemingway would have expounded upon with relish.Here is a man who has cared about little except hockey since his earliest recollection, not ashamed to cry. Although he remains naive in many ways, Comeau is quick in the wiles of hockey.Recognizing, perhaps, his own inadequacies, Comeau refuses rest. Where others either would flatly refuse to play or hideout in the trainer&rsquo;s room, Comeau limps heavily on a swollen left ankle and says simply, &ldquo;I twist it. Now what else?&rdquo;His ankle is inflamed, his right elbow throbs and a pulled groin muscle makes him wince at every step. But, Comeau &lsquo;takes his regular shift, kills penalties and sometimes works the power play.Why? He knows no other way.His coach, Bernie Geoffrion, never ceases to be amazed by Comeau, who is thrust against the elite of the NHL on a daily basis.&ldquo;No matter who he&rsquo;s against, Comeau comes through for me,&rdquo; Geoffrion said, exploding his face into grimace and shaking his head in respect. &ldquo;This guy never quits. Every game, I could mention him as one of my stars.&ldquo;We play Philadelphia, Comeau is on Bobby Clarke. Against Boston, I put him on Phil Esposito. When Gil Perreault was still playing for Buffalo, Comeau took him, too.&rdquo;It was against Buffalo recently that Comeau showed how much he&rsquo;s worth to the Flames, scoring two goals in a 4-3 victory and for checking tightly.Needless to say, Comeau isn&rsquo;t always successsful. In last week&rsquo;s loss to the Bruins, it was Esposito&rsquo;s line which did the most damage.Esposito parked himself in the slot, as always, and muscled in one goal. His linemates, Ken Hodge and Wayne Cashman, also scored against Comeau&rsquo;s line.That was why Comeau sat in the dressing room at Boston Garden and let tears swell in his eyes.Some men lead by the sheer force of their presence. Others, like Rey Comeau, lead by the unerring, almost ennerving, dedication; with sacrifice, at the risk of sounding maudlin.But, the fact remains. This man is the very heart of what makes the Atlanta Flames. &#9632;

Comeau Inspires Atlantans With His Hustle And Desire

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02133/3018972-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="884" height="1153"></div><h2>SOLUTION IN DECEMBER 21 ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured player.3&mdash;A U.S. State, (abbr.)6&mdash;Country in South America.7&mdash;-A St. Louis forward.9&mdash;Winnipeg goaltender.10&mdash;To make mistakes.12&mdash;Royal Air Force, (abbr.)13&mdash;Denotes scoreless tie.15&mdash;Number winn by Jim Roberts (Rom. Numb).16&mdash;Nothing.18&mdash;Beverage.19&mdash;Initials of an NHL city.20&mdash;These brothers play for Cleveland in WHA.23&mdash;Initials of ex-NHL goaltender Dion.24&mdash;Initials of Caron of Quebec.25&mdash;One of the Rangers (init)26&mdash;Coaches Jersey in WHA. (init)27&mdash;An NHL coach.29&mdash;One of the Flyers.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;One of the St. Louis Blues.2&mdash;Former Islander coach.3&mdash;An NHL defenseman.4&mdash;Initials of former Red Wing Reibel.5&mdash;On of the Bruins.6&mdash;School organization, (init)8&mdash;Football term.11&mdash;Played games for Boston last year.14&mdash;Black gold.17&mdash;First name of one of the Sabres.18&mdash;Initials of Hebenton of Portland.21&mdash;One of the Hawks.22&mdash;Nickname of former Quebec team in AHL.25&mdash;One of the Canadiens.26&mdash;Greeting.28&mdash;Initials of Pleau of New England.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;LAPOINTE.7&mdash;VOCAL.8&mdash;IVAN10&mdash;TALON12&mdash;ALE.14&mdash;ERA.15&mdash;RED.16&mdash;RED.17&mdash;M.S.19&mdash;MEL.20&mdash;TEN.22&mdash;PETERS.24&mdash;RAH.25&mdash;ROTA.27&mdash;IRVIN.29&mdash;HEAD.30&mdash;C.G.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;LEITER.2&mdash;PHILADELPHIA.3&mdash;IVAN.4&mdash;NON.5&mdash;T.C.6&mdash;EAGLES.9&mdash;V.O.II&mdash;ARE.12&mdash;ARMSTRONG.13&mdash;ED.18&mdash;L.N.19&mdash;MARSH.21&mdash;E.S.T.23&mdash;ERIC.26&mdash;A.H.L.28&mdash;R.D. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT &mdash;The Detroit Red Wings broke even in player happenings last week gaining two, and losing two.Here&rsquo;s how it went.Doug Roberts, a native Detroiter who broke into the National Hockey League with the Red Wings, came home from Boston. Then Roy Edwards was nearly sweet-talked into returning to the fold, a return everyone felt sure would happen but didn&rsquo;t. Edwards thought it all over and decided against coming back.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01174/3019003-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="279" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Jarry</figcaption></div>The Wings also have been seeking a little more muscle on the attack and decided to go for Pierre Jarry of the Maple Leafs, a quick, blond skater, who came to the club in a straight player exchange of right wingers. Tim Ecclestone leaves the Wings for Toronto to complete the deal.The overall count: two players gained, two lost.The decision by Edwards to remain in retirement was a blow to the Detroiters. It was obvious they needed his experience and wanted him back. It appeared the team had succeeded in luring him home but he said no to the Wings leaving the team&rsquo;s goaling duties in the hands of a pair of rookie netminders &mdash; Doug Grant and Terry Richardson &mdash; who have a combined goals-against average of over 4.5 per game.Grant, the big goaler from Newfoundland with one year of pro hockey, has played well but he needs experience, needs work on clearing and steering rebounds. Edwards&rsquo; return would have helped him considerably.Roberts, acquired in a cash deal, immediately set up his linemates for a goal in each of his first two starts back in Red Wing colors and they helped Detroit to a pair of victories over Long Island and California.Roberts admittedly wasn&rsquo;t in shape after minding the Bruins bench most of the season but he saw full-time duty working right wing on a line with Henry Boucha on the left side and Red Berenson in the middle.Of Roberts, coach Alex Delvecchio said &ldquo;We needed someone on the right side and Doug has size and he can shoot a puck.&rdquo;Roberts was elated at the chance to come home.&ldquo;I was shocked when Ned (general manager Ned Harkness) telephoned me. always hoped I&rsquo;d have the opportunity to come back,&rdquo; said the former Michigan State University All-America.&ldquo;It was tough sitting around in Boston when you&rsquo;re paid to play. But they&rsquo;ve got a lot of young players they have to make up their mind on.&rdquo;This is the 6-foot-2, 200-pound Roberts&rsquo; ninth year in pro hockey and the only place he played regularly in the NHL was during three seasons in Oakland and he played defense with the Golden Seals.Coaches never have seemed to been able to make up their mind where to play Roberts, on defense or the wing, and he said &ldquo;you have to think about what you&rsquo;re going to do instead of it being a natural reaction. I&rsquo;m glad now to be back at my old position.&ldquo;What I&rsquo;ve got to do now is get a good feeling around the net again. I haven&rsquo;t been gettingice time and it takes that to get back into the swing of it.&rdquo;The Red Wing who has been swinging the most is left wing Nick Libett who suffered through an extremely disappointing year last season when he scored only 19 goals after collecting 31 the previous season, his NHL high.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know What it is,&rdquo; Libett said after scoring his fourth winning goal in 21 games, his seventh in five games and goal that stretched his consecutive goal string to five games.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m taking the same shots I did last year but this year they&rsquo;re going in. That&rsquo;s just the way hockey is.The spree gave Libett 14 goals in 21 games but his pivotman. Marcel Dionne, couldn&rsquo;t buy a goal.Dionne missed open nets, goaltenders made miraculous saves&hellip; and after Detroit&rsquo;s 21st game, he still hadn&rsquo;t scored in 62 shots on goal, and unbelieveable slump considering the squat, quick little French-Canadian scored 28 goals his rookie year and 40 last year and his point total for the two seasons was the best ever amassed by a player in his first two years in the NHL.Dionne got off slowly in his rookie year with only seven goals in 37 games but after that he scored 21 in the last 41 games.Delvecchio knows just how Dionne feels and while he&rsquo;s suffering with him, there hasn&rsquo;t been a lot he could do about it other than putting him on the ice when the other club pulled its goalie and not even that worked.A couple years ago Delvecchio didn&rsquo;t score until New Year&rsquo;s Eve and that night he fired in two against Boston and the next game he scored three against Philadelphia and still had a 20 goal season.Fans have been sending Dionne good luck trinkets and one sent him an undershirt with a huge shamrock and the lettering read: &ldquo;Marcel Dionne&rsquo;s Goal Scoring Jersey.&rdquo; He wore it under his Red Wing jersey but that didn&rsquo;t work either. &#9632;

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Wings Add Jarry, Roberts On Front Lines

<div class="byline">BY ALEX HARDY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01186/3019048-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="583" height="641"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted McCaskill &hellip; Shark Pilot</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER &mdash;When Andy Bathgate took over the coaching reins of Vancouver Blazers in late November, he got only a one-year contract. That&rsquo;s enough to satisfy Bathgate.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s long enough to prove something,&rdquo; says Bathgate, who left his golf course in Burlington, Ont., to run the show behind the bench for Blazers&rsquo; owner Jim Pattison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02131/3019041-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="277" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ian Wilkie</figcaption></div>Bathgate&rsquo;s reasons for coming to Vancouver were varied: (a) he had established himself in the golf course business with the 18-hole semi-public layout he owns with New York Rangers&rsquo; Vic Hadfield; (b) he used to play in Vancouver four years ago, and (c) his wife is from the west coast.He definitely won&rsquo;t play even in key situations, although he still may have the legs for it at 41. He has only 25 percent vision in one of his eyes.Bathgate started impressively in his new job, leading Blazers to two straight wins before the bubble burst. He still feels he can make Blazers a winning club, mainly by concentrating on defensive hockey.&ldquo;If you take care of your own end of the rink, the other end will take care of itself,&rdquo; says Bathgate, although it wasn&rsquo;t the style he was noted for during his 11 NHL seasons with Rangers.Bathgate&rsquo;s hiring meant that Phil Watson was kicked upstairs. Watson, a man of many words, first read of his firing in the local newspapers. He phoned Pattison for confirmation or denial. Pattison told him to cool off. The next day Bathgate showed up at a press conference.Blazers, meanwhile, have lately been playing like a bona fide WHA contender. Ironically, their recent five-game win streak began just when high-priced-star Johnny McKenzie broke his index finger. McKenzie hadn&rsquo;t been playing close to his salary, and Blazers didn&rsquo;t seem bothered by his absence.In another move, Pattison sold the club to Neonex International Ltd. It is merely a restructuring of Pattison&rsquo;s growing empire, since he wwns majority interest in the recreation-based conglomerate.LOS ANGELES: Sharks have a new general manager, coach and goaler. Ted McCaskill has stepped up from his playing role to become the club&rsquo;s coach replacing Terry Slater, who moved into the general manager&rsquo;s chair after Dennis Murphy was appointed interim WHA president. McCaskill will run the Sharks from the bench but Slater won&rsquo;t be too far away from the scene&hellip; The new goaler, lan Wilkie, who was dealt off by Edmonton Oilers, had the last laugh. It seems Wilkie was promised no-cut, no-trade contract with double-bonus claused by Sharks if he beat Oilers. It was like money from home as Sharks whipped lethargic Edmonton 2-0. &ldquo;I guess I can buy a car now,&rdquo; joked Wilkie as he savored his first pro shutout and only his second pro win ever. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve already got two cars at home in Edmonton but guess can use another.&rdquo; Teammate Brian McDonald, a golf pro in the off-season who was acquired in the pre-season trade for Joe Szura of Houston, scored a hat trick in another game. And Marc Tardif was starting to score some key goals and was getting bundles of chances.EDMONTON: That 16-day road trip in late November and December brought Oilers back down to earth. After his club had lost three in a row and five of six, coach Brian Shaw grabbed a plane from Houston to Greensboro to watch his farm team, Winston-Salem Polar Twins. Shaw, noted for his firey temper, will have more shakeups as the season progresses whenever Oilers slump. Much of the reason for Edmonton&rsquo;s drop was star center Jim Harrison, who played only-one good period in five games. To be fair, Harrison was bothered for weeks by bronchitis. Scoring ace Ron Climie was also ailing, and rugged left-winger Ken Baird was sidelined with an inflamed sac around his heart after being smashed into an open players&rsquo; box door.WINNIPEG: Jets&rsquo; famed Luxury Line &mdash; Bobby Hull, Chris Bordeleau and Norm Beaudin &mdash; hasn&rsquo;t been as productive as last year, which has hurt the club more than anything. Whenever they do explode, Jets invariably win. Meanwhile. Hull was honored by Toastmasters International for his fine public speaking which has done more than anything else to sell the WHA. Jets continue to play much better at home than on the road although their home win streak has been snapped. And defenseman Bob Woytowich has been a pleasant surprise. He claims he&rsquo;s playing his best hockey since 1970 when he made the NHL West All Star team.MINNESOTA: Fighting Saints were firmly lodged in the playoff race. George Morrison continued to score surprisingly well, including a pair in 19 seconds. And John Garrett, the cocky young netminder, continued to draw raves. General manager Glen Sonmor and coach Harry Neale, who plucked him from the AHL, were looking like, geniuses.HOUSTON: Aeros are drawing well. Example: 8,200 for a recent home game despite 80-degree temperatures outside which made conditions inside almost unbearable. The smart Aeros executive has been making some shrewd promotions which are paying off. One game, 3,000 scouts (boys not hockey) were admitted free and many said they became instant hockey fans. Aeros are also starting to win fairly regularly, justifying the claims of experts who rated them as the club to beat in the west. They have been especially good defensively.<h2>WHA Leaders</h2>(Including Sun. Dec. 2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0393/3019034-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="614" height="1589"></div> &#9632;

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McCaskill New Coach In Sharks’ Shuffle

<div class="byline">BY WALT BURROWS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01153/3019079-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="583" height="751"><figcaption class="caption-body">GENE PEACOSH &hellip; Regains Confidence</figcaption></div>CHERRY HILL&mdash;It was like a transfusion of fresh air to Gene Peacosh when the World Hockey Association transferred its New York Golden Blades&rsquo; franchise to Cherry Hill, New Jersey.It wasn&rsquo;t that Peacosh had anything against New York City, it was just some of the people connected with the Gotham franchise.Peacosh, normally a soft-spoken inidividual who lets hockey ability do his talking, had been promised a renegotiation of his contract after a super 1972-73 season during which he scored 71 points.The club offered him more money but insisted he sign for three years. He only wanted to sign for one. One thing led to another and finally a bitter exchange led to his suspension.&ldquo;When they suspended me,&rdquo; Peacosh said, &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t even allowed to practise, and therefore got a little out of condition.&rdquo;The situation became impossible and Peacosh requested he be traded. That was sometime ago. Now he doesn&rsquo;t feel as adamant about it since the WHA restructured the entire franchise.One of the first things the new GM Marvin Milkes, and new head coach Harry Howell agreed upon, was the restoration of Peacosh to a playing status.&ldquo;One of the big things I had to do was get my legs back in shape,&rdquo; Peacosh explained. &ldquo;I had been off skates for a month and it would take a while to get my legs back.&rdquo;Another thing had Peacosh concerned too. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve lost a lot of confidence in myself,&rdquo; he admitted. &ldquo;But I&rsquo;ll go out there when coach Howell wants me, and I feel sure I won&rsquo;t let anyone down.&rdquo;According to Howell, the wait wasn&rsquo;t going to be long for the former John-stown Jets&rsquo; standout. The first game Howell was at the helm, he had Gene in the readyroom and promised that, for sure, he&rsquo;d be in lineup the next outing. And he was.&ldquo;Sure, Gene&rsquo;s had problems,&rdquo; responded Howell to a question as to his plans for Peacosh, &ldquo;He had injury problems and a problem with previous management, but that&rsquo;s ail behind him now. I&rsquo;m expecting to see him regain the form that made him one of the most feared scorers on the team last year.&rdquo;It doesn&rsquo;t sound as if Peacosh should have any difficulty regaining confidence with an understanding veteran like Howell talking him up.CLEVELAND: The Crusaders faltered somewhat as only Ron Buchanan could do any consistent scoring, getting points in 14 of the club&rsquo;s first 16 games and failing to score only against Chicago in two outings. Held to a meager two shots in the opening period, Cleveland dropped an 8-2 decision to Vancouver, which bombed goalie Gerry Cheevers with 38 shots. &ldquo;It was a total letdown in that game,&rdquo; said coach Bill Needham. &ldquo;We played well in the first (0-0) period, but the roof fell in after that.&rdquo;The Crusaders, playing before the home fans for the first time in 13 days, dropped a 3-2 game to Quebec when Andre Gaudette scored at 10:51 of the third period after Cleveland had jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Gary Jarrett and Gerry Pinder. The loss was the fourth straight for Cleveland.QUEBEC: The hot and cold Nordiques were warm enough to move into a tie for first place with New England when they posted victories over the Whalers, Cleveland and Houston. They also dropped a 4-2 decision at home to Toronto.Guy Dufour and Serge Bernier (13th) tallied goals to tie the Crusaders at 2-2 and Andre Gaudette won it with a tally midway through the third period. A crowd of 10,559 watched Bob Guindon score three goals when the Nordiques roped Gordie Howe and the Houston Aeros, 8-3. Coach Jacques Plante was ecstatic after Quebec humbled New England, 10-4, in the Boston Garden. Guindon showed the way again, with two goals and two assists, although Bernier duplicated the feat and Alain &ldquo;Boom-Boom&rdquo; Caron added two goals. &ldquo;It was our finest offensive game of the season,&rdquo; beamed Plante. &ldquo;The thing is though, it again pointed out our inconsistency.&rdquo;NEW ENGLAND: The Whalers&rsquo; defensive game cracked and Quebec and Minnesota combined to give New England coach Ron Ryan headaches to the tune of 17 goals while easily handling his defending champions. &ldquo;We just played two bad games,&rdquo; Ryan admitted, &ldquo;There&rsquo;s nothing else to say. Fortunately we had a good one in between.&rdquo; Ryan&rsquo;s reference was to a 5-2 victory at Los Angeles when goalie Al Smith pulled a houdini role with 16 saves in the final period. Tim Sheehy and Tom &ldquo;Hawkeye&rdquo; Webster iced the game with third period goals. The Whalers jumped to a 1-0 lead against the Fighting Saints on Larry Pleau&rsquo;s 11th goal of the season, but a five-goal outburst by Minnesota in the second period decided the issue. The temporary slump by New England permitted Quebec to tie it for the leadership of the East.TORONTO: Toros snapped out of their losing ways, beating Quebec, 4-2, and Winnipeg, 6-2, before being bumped off by the rampaging Cougars, 5-2.The Toros scored three goals within three minutes in upending the high-flying Nordiques. Tom Simpson, Wayne Carleton and Guy Trottier scored late in the third period to pull off the victory. &ldquo;It was the best flash of scoring power we&rsquo;ve shown this year,&rdquo; exclaimed coach Billy Harris. &ldquo;If we could only do it more often.&rdquo;The Winnipeg conquest snapped a four-game losing streak and was sparked by Guy Trottier&rsquo;s two-goal performance.CHICAGO: The Cougars extended their hot streak to nine wins in 11 games when they measured host Los Angeles, 4-3, on Brian Glenwright&rsquo;s goal at 14:07 of the third period. Joe Hardy, who has been a great addition to the Cougars since his acquisition from Cleveland, added two goals.&ldquo;Our guys have been playing steady brand of hockey,&rdquo; said coach Stapleton. &ldquo;And playing on the road hasn&rsquo;t detracted from our play one little bit. That&rsquo;s something to be happy about.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Blades’ Shift To Jersey Puts Peacosh Back On Ice

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02100/3019110-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="597" height="507"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Nov. 27Winnipeg 4 at Los Angeles 5Quebec 1 at Toronto 3Wed. Nov. 28Winnipeg 4 at Houston 4Minnesota 3 at Vancouver 1Thu. Nov. 29Cleveland 4 at Quebec 4Houston 2 at New England 4Edmonton 3 at Jersey 2Fri. Nov. 30Los Angeles 4 at Winnipeg 2Toronto 2 at Minnesota 1Sat. Dec. 1Houston 3 at Quebec 3Edmonton 2 at Cleveland 4Los Angeles 5 at Chicago 4Sun. Dec. 2Quebec 3 at Winnipeg 5Houston 2 at Toronto 5Chicago 3 at New England 4Minnesota 1 at Jersey 2Edmonton 0 at Cleveland 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Dec. 4Los Angeles at MinnesotaEdmonton at ChicagoWed. Dec. 5Toronto at VancouverEdmonton at WinnipegJersey at HoustonThue. Dec. 6Toronto at EdmontonCleveland at JerseyHouston at Los AngelesFri. Dec. 7Toronto at WinnipegVancouver at MinnesotaSat. Dec. 8Quebec at MinnesotaNew England at ClevelandJersey at ChicagoSun. Dec. 9Houston at VancouverJersey at WinnipegMinnesota at TorontoChicago at QuebecCleveland at New EnglandTue. Dec. 11Minnesota at ChicagoWed. Dec. 12Quebec at VancouverLos Angeles at EdmontonToronto at New EnglandJersey at ClevelandThus. Dec. 13Cleveland at TorontoFri. Dec. 14Quebec at EdmontonLos Angeles at WinnipegHouston at MinnesotaJersey at New England &#9632;

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WHA SCOREBOARD

LOS ANGELES&mdash;Dennis Murphy has been appointed interim president of the World Hockey Association succeeding Gary L. Davidson, who resigned to devote his time to the new World Football League.At the same time the WHA appointed five man committee consisting of Nick Mileti of Cleveland, Tiff Trimble of Vancouver, John Bassett of Toronto, Howard Baldwin of New England and Davidson to continue screening permanent successors for Davidson.Murphy, who along with Davidson, organized the American Basketball Association six years ago, resigned as general manager of the Los Angeles Sharks in order to devote full time to his new post. Terry Slater, the Sharks coach succeeded him with captain Ted McCaskill accepting the coaching job. &#9632;

Sharks’ Murphy Appointed Interim President Of WHA

<h2>CHICAGO</h2>GOAL: Andre Gill. Cam Newton.DEFENSE: Darryl Maggs, Larry Mavety. Dick Proceviat. Pat Stapleton, John Shmyr.CENTER: Ralph Backstrom, Brian Coates. Joe Hardy, Bob Sicinski, Rod Zaine.R. WING: JimBenzelock. Duke Harris, Eric Nesterenko. Rosaire Paiement. Bob Whitlock. Reg Fleming.L. WING: Brian Glenwright, Bob Liddington, Rick Morris. Jan Popiel, Francois Rochon.<h2>CLEVELAND</h2>GOAL: Gerry Cheevers. Bob Whidden.DEFENSE: Ray Clearwater, Tom Edur, Larry Hillman. Wayne Hillman. Wayne Muloin.CENTER Ron Buchanan, Robbie Neale. Jim Wiste.R. WING: Skip Krake. Rich Pumple. Russ Walker.L. WING: Brad Beutow. Grant Erickson, Bill Heindl, Gary Jarrett. Bill Young.<h2>EDMONTON</h2>GOAL: Jack Norris, Chris Worthy.DEFENSE: Doug Barrie, Ken Baird, Roger Cote, Steve Carlyle, Bob Falkenberg, Al Hamilton, Jim McCrimmon, Bob Wall.CENTER: Bob Fitchner, Jim Harrison, Eddie Joyal. Ross Perkins.R. WING: Tom Gilmore, Blair McDonald. Rusty Patenaude.L. WING: Ron Climie. Vai Fonteyne, Brian McKenzie.<h2>HOUSTON</h2>GOAL: Wayne Rutledge, Don McLeod. DEFENSE: Marty Howe. Larry Hale, Gordon Kannegiesser, John Schella. Dune McCallum. Poul Popiel. BillPrentice.CENTER: Murray Hall. Gord Labossiere, Ed Hoekstra. Larry Lund, Joe Szura, Jim Sherrit.R. WING: Gordie Howe, Don Grierson, Frank Hughes. Ted Taylor.L. WING: Mark Howe, Andre Hinse, Jack Stanfield.<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>GOAL: Russ Gillow, Paul Hoganson. Ian Wilkie.DEFENSE: Bart Crashley, Billy Horton. Jim Niekamp Gerry Odrowski, Jim Watson.CENTER: Ron Ward. J.P. Leblanc, Ted McCaskill, Fred Speck, Reg Thomas.R. WING: Don Gordon, Brian McDonald. Pete Slater, Tom Serviss, Alton White. Ron Walters.L. WING: Steve Sutherland, Marc Tardif.<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>GOAL: Mike Curran. John Garrett. Jack McCartan.DEFENSE: John Arbour. Terry Ball, Mike McMahon. Dick Paradise. Rick Smith.CENTER: Mike Antonovich. Keith Christiansen. Ted Hampson, Bob MacMillan. Rob Walton.R. WING: Wayne Connelly. Billy Klatt. Murray Heatley.L. WING. Steve Cardwell. Gord Gallant, Jim Johnson, George Morrison, Mike Walton.<h2>NEW ENGLAND</h2>GOAL AlSmith, Bruce Landon.DEFENSE: Jim Dorey. Ted Green. Paul Hurley. Rick Ley. Brad Seiwood.CENTER. John Danby. Al Karlander, Larry Pleau. Tommy Williams.R. WING: Mike Byers. Tom Earl, Tim Sheehy, Tom Webster.L. WING: Don Blackburn, Bob Charlebois. John French, Hugh Harris.<h2>NEW YORK</h2>GOAL: Joe Junkin. Jimmy McLeod.DEFENSE: Ken Block, Harry Howell, Dean Boylan. Bill Speer, Ray Larose. Butch Barber.CENTER Garry Peters. Andre Lacroix. Mike Laughton. Bobby Sheehan, Claude Chartre, Bob Jones.R. WING Brian Morenz, Wayne Rivers. BrianPerry, Norm Ferguson. TedScharf. Kevin Morrison.L. WING: Brian Bradley, Lee Inglis, Don Herriman, Craig Reichmuth, Bob Brown. Gene Peacosh.<h2>QUEBEC</h2>GOAL: Serge Aubry. Michel Deguise.DEFENSE: Alain Beaule. Keh Desjardine, Normand Descoteaux, Dale Hoganson. Francois Lacombe. J.C. Tremblay.CENTER: Serge Bernier. Andre Gaudette. Jeannot Gilbert. Renald Leclerc. Jean Payette. Michel Parizeau.R. WING: Alain Caron, Guy Dufour, Rejean Houle.L. WING: Pierre Guite, Bobby Guindon. Jean-Guy Gendron. Dave Baton, Michel Archambault.<h2>TORONTO</h2>GOAL: LesBinkley. Gilles Gratton.DEFENSE: Mike Amodeo. Carl Brewer, Rick Cunningham. Gerard Gibbons. Steve Cuddie. Brian Gibbons.CENTER: Pat Hickey. Gavin Kirk, Pete Marrin, Wayne Dillon.R. WING: Tom Simpson, Guy Trottier. Steve King, Tom Martin, Bob Leduc.L. WING. Wayne Carleton. Brit Selby. Rick Sentes. Jack Gibson.<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>GOAL. Ed Humphreys, George Gardner, Yves Archambault.DEFENSE: Ron Plumb, Colin Campbell. Dave Hutchison, JimCardiff, Irv Spencer, Pete McNamee. Ralph MacSweyn.CENTER: Bryan Campbell, Jim Adair. Denis Meloche, Claude St. Sauveur.R. WING Don O&rsquo;Donoghue. Danny Lawson. John McKenzie.L. WING: Sam Gellard. Don Burgess. John Migneault, Mike Chernoff. Ed Hatoum.<h2>WINNIPEG</h2>GOAL: Joe Daley, Ernie Wakely.DEFENSE: BobAsh. Duke Asmundson. Jim Hargreaves. Larry Hornung. Ken Stephanson. Bob Woytowich, Joe Zanussi.CENTER: Chris Bordeleau, Ted Hargreaves, Danny Johnson, Garth Rizzuto. Dan Spring. Fran Huck.R. WING. Norm Beaudin, Jean-Guy Gratton. Kelly Pratt. Ron Snell.L. WING: Bobby Hull. Ab McDonald. Dune Rousseau. &#9632;

WHA Rosters

<h2>Mon. Nov. 26 JERSEY 2 at NEW ENGLAND 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New England, Webster (Seiwood, Blackbum) &hellip; 2:59Penalty: Perry J. 1:23.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Jersey. Perry &hellip; 1:033&mdash;New England. Harris (Byers. Sheehy) &hellip; 11:014&mdash;New England. Williams (French. Dorey) &hellip; 18:405&mdash;New England. Karlander (Williams. Green) &hellip; 18:55Penalty: Dorey 12:06.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Jersey, Lacroix (Ferguson) &hellip; 11:21Penalties: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01160/3019280-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="593" height="113"></div><h2>Tue. Nov. 27 QUEBEC 1 at TORONTO 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Toronto, Kirk (Trottier, Carleton) &hellip; 3:042&mdash;Quebec. Dufour (Gilbert) &hellip; 11:17Penalty: Lacombe 2:06.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Toronto, Brewer (Dillon) &hellip; 7:36Penalties: Cuddie 13:11, Dufour 15:48.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Toronto, Martin (Carleton, Gibbons) &hellip; 15:50Penalties: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02112/3019273-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="592" height="111"></div><h2>WINNIPEG 4 at LOS ANGELES 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles, LeBlanc (Niekamp, Veneruzzo) &hellip; 1:59Penalties: Horton 3:41, Pratt. Tardif 12:00, Ash, Sutherland (majors) 13:07, Zanussi 19:46.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Los Angeles, Tardif (McDonald, Veneruzzo) &hellip; 1:063&mdash;Winnipeg, Rousseau (Asmundson, Spring) &hellip; 8:094&mdash;Winnipeg, Spring (Ash) &hellip; 9:185&mdash;Los Angeles, Tardif (Crashley, Ward) &hellip; 11:336&mdash;Los Angeles, Veneruzzo (McDonald, Horton) &hellip; 15:22Penalties: Horton 2:29, Heiskala 12:54.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Winnipeg, Huck (Snell. Hull) &hellip; 1:508&mdash;Winnipeg, Zanussi &hellip; 10:17Penalty: Zanussi 6:32.<h3>OVERTIME PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Los Angeles. McDonald (Veneruzzo, Niekamp) &hellip; 1:59Penalties: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0388/3019266-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="594" height="109"></div><h2>Wed. Nov. 28 WINNIPEG 4 at HOUSTON 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Marty Howe 1:30, Pratt 3:42, Pratt,Prentice 13:37.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, Hughes (Lund, Hinse) &hellip; 5:142&mdash;Houston. Hall (Taylor, Szura) &hellip; 6:323&mdash;Houston, Sherrit (G. Howe) &hellip; 6:434&mdash;Winnipeg: Rizzuto (McDonald, J. Hargreaves) &hellip; 15:16Penalty: Szura 14:09<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Winnipeg, Snell &hellip; 7:516&mdash;Winnipeg. McDonald (Rizzuto) &hellip; 8:587&mdash;Winnipeg, Snell (Huck) &hellip; 15:438&mdash;Houston, Hughes (G. Howe, Popiel) &hellip; 19:13Penalties: Schella 9:25, Winnipeg bench (served by Pratt) 11:31.<h3>OVERTIME PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0466/3019259-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="595" height="113"></div><h2>MINNESOTA 3 at VANCOUVER 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Minnesota, Smith Morrison) &hellip; 0:372&mdash;Vancouver, St. Sauveur (Plumb, Burgess) &hellip; 16:013&mdash;Vancouver, St. Sauveur (C. Campbell) &hellip; 18:59Penalties: Vancouver bench 0:37, MacSweyn 6:06, Cardwell 14:54, Gallant, O&rsquo;Donoghue (double minors) 17:36, Adair 18:46<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Minnesota, McMahon (B. Walton. Johnson) &hellip; 3:015&mdash;Vancouver, Hatoum (Adair, Gellard) &hellip; 14:17Penalties: Paradise 5:30, Arbour 8:17.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Minnesota, Hampson (McMahon) &hellip; 12:407&mdash;Vancouver, St. Sauveur (Lawson, Cardiff) &hellip; 15:558&mdash;Vancouver, Lawson (B. Campbell, C. Campbell) &hellip; 19:41Penalties: Cardiff 3:36, C. Campbell 6:47. Paradise 11:44.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0556/3019252-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="593" height="114"></div><h2>Thur. Nov. 29 CLEVELAND 4 at QUEBEC 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Cleveland. Heindl (Clearwater, Wiste) &hellip; 3:492&mdash;Cleveland. Cournoyer (Jarrett) &hellip; 13:013&mdash;Cleveland, Shmyr (Heindl. Wiste) &hellip; 14:05Penalties: Parizeau 2:05; Aubry (served by Desjardine) 4:43: Clearwater 5:00; Young. Leclerc 15:20; Shmyr 18:03.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Quebec, Parizeau (Hoganson. Guite) &hellip; 4:465&mdash;Quebec. Gendron (Payette. Tremblay) &hellip; 5:236&mdash;Quebec. Dufour (Guindon. Beaule) &hellip; 13:45Penalties: Andrea 7:00; Cournoyer 10:20; Pinder. Gendron (minors, majors) 11:56; Walker, Guite 19:40.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Quebec, Houle (Gaudette, Guindon) &hellip; 3:028&mdash;Cleveland, L. Hillman (Young. Erickson) &hellip; 10:29Penalties: None.<h3>OVERTIME PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0643/3019245-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="597" height="113"></div><h2>HOUSTON 2 at NEW ENGLAND 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;New England. Pleau (Webster, Blackburn) &hellip; 8:122&mdash;Houston, Hinse (Hughes) &hellip; 12:18Penalty: Popeil 2:56.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;New England, Byers (Hurley) &hellip; 6:38Penalty. Smith 8:10<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;New England, Ley (French, Karlander) &hellip; 8:085&mdash;New England, Karlander (French) &hellip; 17:356&mdash;Houston. Sherrit (Grierson, Taylor) &hellip; 19:43Penalty: Mark Howe 6:21<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0734/3019238-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="592" height="113"></div><h2>EDMONTON at JERSEY</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Edmonton, Harrison (Barrie, Fonteyne) &hellip; 3:05Penalties: Fitchner 0:43, Hamilton 1:09, Fitchner 8:16, Speer 19:42.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Edmonton, McKenzie (Falkenberg. Harrison) &hellip; 10:11Penalty: Sheehan 5:13<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Edmonton, MacDonald (Hamilton, Fitchner) &hellip; 5:044&mdash;Jersey, Sheehan (Morrison. Rivers) &hellip; 11:115&mdash;Jersey, Bradley (Morrison, Sheehan) &hellip; 15:54Penalties: McCrimmon 8:52.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0826/3019231-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="597" height="115"></div><h2>Fri. Nov. 30 LOS ANGELES 5 at WINNIPEG 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles, Heiskala (Sutherland, Thomas) &hellip; 4:26Penalties: J. Hargreaves 0:16, Serviss, Huck 4:51, Niekamp 10:49. J. Hargreaves 13:48.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Los Angeles, Thomas (Sutherland, Watson) &hellip; 0:493&mdash;Winnipeg, Rizzuto (McDonald, T. Hargreaves &hellip; 4:35Penalties: Winnpeg bench (served by Pratt) 5:56, Veneruzzo 7:15, Niekamp, Huck 10:49, bench (served by Leblanc) 13:17, McDonald 16:49.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Los Angeles. Sutherland (Thomas, Heiskala) &hellip; 5:065&mdash;Los Angeles, Walters (Ward. Tardif) &hellip; 7:216&mdash;Winnipeg, Hull (Snell. Huck) &hellip; 16:147&mdash;Los Angeles, Ward (Tardif) &hellip; 18:21Penalties: Pratt, Garwasiuk (majors) 8:39 Odrowski 14:19.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0922/3019224-1-eng-US/f0026-092.jpg" title="f0026-09" width="590" height="117"></div><h2>TORONTO 2 at WINNIPEG 1</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: MacMillan 8:09, Leduc 19:05.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Minnesota, Connelly (McMahon, Hampson) &hellip; 11:51Penalties: Gallant, Cuddie 5:13, B. Gibbons 14:57, Paradise 20:00.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Toronto, Carleton (Martin) &hellip; 4:553&mdash;Toronto. Martin (Carleton. Kirk) &hellip; 9:35Penalties: MacMillan. Cunningham (majors) 10:46.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1019/3019217-1-eng-US/f0026-102.jpg" title="f0026-10" width="587" height="116"></div><h2>Sat. Dec. 1 HOUSTON 3 at QUEBEC 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Houston, G. Howe (Mark Howe) &hellip; 7:002&mdash;Houston. Taylor &hellip;12:003&mdash;Quebec, Tremblay (Hoganson. Gaudette) &hellip; 18:34Penalties: Lacombe 3:33, Dufour (minor and match) 12:59, G. Howe (double minor) 15:15. Parizeau (double minor) 15:15.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Houston, Mark Howe (G. Howe) &hellip; 1:52Penalty: Prentice 13:30.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Quebec. Caron (Guindon, Parizeau) &hellip; 2:196&mdash;Quebec, Caron (Hoganson, Parizeau) &hellip; 19:51Penalties: Schella 4:20, Marty Howe 10:05.<h3>OVERTIME PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1117/3019210-1-eng-US/f0026-112.jpg" title="f0026-11" width="590" height="88"></div><h2>EDMONTON 1 at CLEVELAND 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Cheevers 1:43, Wall 4:11, Erickson 7:32, Harrison, Buetow 8:34, Harrison 11:31, Jarrett 14:42 Patenaude 19:19.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Edmonton, Perkins (Patenaude) &hellip; 4:402&mdash;Cleveland, Clearwater (Shmyr, Wiste) &hellip; 5:373&mdash;Cleveland, Krake (Clearwater. Shmyr) &hellip; 16:47Penalties: None.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Edmonton. Harrison (Climie, Carlyle) &hellip; 2:095&mdash;Cleveland, Pinder (Heindl) &hellip; 15:306&mdash;Cleveland, Young (Walker) &hellip; 16:19Penalties: Gilmore 2:44, L. Hillman 5:52, Wall 9:53.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1312/3019203-1-eng-US/f0026-132.jpg" title="f0026-13" width="591" height="118"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES 5 at CHICAGO 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Chicago. Sicinski (Stapleton) &hellip; 2:082&mdash;Los Angeles, Ward (Tardif, Walters) &hellip; 14:27Penalties: None.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Chicago, Hardy (Maggs. Paiement) &hellip; 1:284&mdash;Los Angeles, Veneruzzo (Odrowski. LeBlanc) &hellip; 8:035&mdash;Chicago, Whitlock (Morris. Mavety) &hellip; 14.056&mdash;Los Angeles. McDonald (Lebland, Odrowski) &hellip; 19:41Penalties. Fleming. Heiskala 7:49, Maggs 8:57, Hardy 11:31, Maggs 19:51.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Los Angeles, Ward (Tardif, Odrowski) &hellip; 8:178&mdash;Chicago. Paiement (Mavety. Stapleton) &hellip; 12:29Penalties Neikamp, Popiel 17:43. Neikamp 12:10, Backstrom. Morris. Heiskala 14:16.<h3>OVERTIME PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Los Angeles. Ward (Walters) &hellip; 7:37Penalties: None.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-149/3019196-1-eng-US/f0026-142.jpg" title="f0026-14" width="590" height="116"></div><h2>MICHIGAN JUNIOR</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-157/3019189-1-eng-US/f0026-152.jpg" title="f0026-15" width="598" height="399"></div> &#9632;

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World Hockey Association Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01134/3019318-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="603" height="543"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Mon. Nov. 26Baltimore 1 at Nova Scotia 2Tue. Nov. 27Cincinnati 3 at Boston 3Richmond 1 at Jacksonville 2Wed. Nov. 28Providence 7 at New Haven 4Springfield 2 at Virginia 3Thu. Nov. 29Cincinnati 1 at Nova Scotia 9Fri. Nov. 30Hershey 1 at Baltimore 5Virginia 3 at Boston 6Cincinnati 0 at New Haven 9Springfield 3 at Richmond 6Providence 4 at Rochester 7Sat. Dec. 1Nova Scotia 1 at Baltimore 4Richmond 1 at Virginia 7Sun. Dec. 2Nova Scotia 2 at Jacksonville 2Herhsey 3 at New Haven 3Baltimore 5 at Richmond 3Springfield 1 at Rochester 6<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Dec. 4Hershey at BostonNova Scotia at JacksonvilleWed. Dec. 5Nova Scotia at HersheyJacksonville at New HavenProvidence at RichmondThu. Dec. 6Springfield at BostonFri. Dec. 7Rochester at BaltimoreNova Scotia at CincinnatiHershey at RichmondNew Haven at SpringfieldProvidence at VirginiaSat. Dec. 8Richmond at BaltimoreNew Haven at BostonProvidence at HersheyRochester at SpringfieldJacksonville at SpringfieldSun. Dec. 9Providence at CincinnatiBaltimore at New HavenRochester at Nova ScotiaJacksonville at Richmond<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0278/3019311-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="609" height="1325"></div> &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY GREG FARLEY</div>PROVIDENCE &mdash;A pair of orphaned goaltenders have found a home with the Reds this season.Pete McDuffe and Curt Ridley, cast a drift by St. Louis and Boston respectively, have been double trouble for the entire AHL this year, and are making their former employers look rather foolish in the process.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0353/3019356-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="277" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Curt Ridley</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I got some funny looks when I said our goaltending would be vastly improved at the beginning of the season,&rdquo; chuckled GM coach John Muckler, &ldquo;but these guys have really been getting the job done for us.&ldquo;I think they&rsquo;ve made believers out of everyone by now.&rdquo;Indeed they have McDuffe, who played total of one game while backing up Ed Giacomin and Gilles Villemure in the Ranger nets last year, has handled the bulk of the chores thus far, playing an average of two games to Ridley&rsquo;s one.&ldquo;Pete has been outstanding,&rdquo; declared Muckler. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s really benefitted from the extra work, and he&rsquo;s played his best against the league&rsquo;s tougher teams.&rdquo;Exhibit A: McDuffe has beaten Nova Scotia twice, and allowed the potent Halifax outfit just three goals in two Civic Center appearances, both Providence victories. Exhibit B: a 31 save, 8-3 win over the mighty Swords, the Reds&rsquo; first ever against Cincinnati following 10 losses and two ties.Two of his greatest performances, oddly, have come in a pair of non-wins at Hershey, a 3-2 loss to the Bears, and a subsquent 2-2 standoff. In each contest, McDuffe denied more than 50 Bear bombs.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been just unreal in that rink,&rdquo; remarked Muckier. &ldquo;If it wasn&rsquo;t for him, they would have blown us right out of the rink of both instances.&rdquo;Although he has been used more sparingly, Ridley has been no less effective than his counterpart.&ldquo;We picked up Curt in the reverse draft from Boston last June from Boston for $15,000,&rdquo; recalled Muckler, &ldquo;and he&rsquo;s been a real bargain for us.Though we have used Pete more than Curt so far, we wouldn&rsquo;t hesitate touse him at any time against any team. His goals against average is one of the best in the league.&rdquo;Included among Ridley&rsquo;s triumphs are a 5-2 decision over the Bears and a 4-2 verdict over Boston. The latter was especially sweet for Curt.&ldquo;You always get an extra kick out of beating someone who didn&rsquo;t think you were good enough,&rdquo; he explained.At the risk of provoking a family quarrel. Muckler disdains comparing his dynamic duo.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s great to have two number one goalkeepers,&rdquo; he insists.SPRINGFIELD: The Kings&rsquo; newly formed &ldquo;3H Line&rdquo; of Phil Hoene, John Healey and Mark Heaslip was broken up when Hoene was. summoned by the varsity. Hoene had been scoring at better than a point a game clip before rejoining L.A&hellip; Entering the week. Kings had failed to beat a Northern Division rival in nine attempts. On the upcoming agenda are meetings with Rochester (twice), Boston and New Haven&hellip; Kings have yet to win in Boston since the Braves&rsquo; inception, and will try, try again Thursday evening.NEW HAVEN: Coaching is nothing new to interim player-coach Charlie Bums. He engineered the North Stars&rsquo; gallant playoff drove back in &lsquo;69-70&hellip; Almost immediately following his promotion, Parker MacDonald recalled high-scoring Terry Holbrook, who responded with a goal in his second game at St. Louis&hellip; Surprising Murray Anderson, demon of the blueline, assumed the club lead in power-play goals. Anderson, who tallied once in 71 games with Halifax last season, had six goals in 18 games for the Hawks&hellip; Sandwiched between Coliseum visits by Jacksonville and Baltimore this week are back-to-back dates in Springfield and Boston.BOSTON: The outstanding play of rookie defenseman AI Simmons has been instrumental in the Braves&rsquo; resurgence according to Matt Ravlich. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s really come a long way,&rdquo; he observed. &ldquo;He still makes the occasional mistake, but he&rsquo;s learning all the time. He&rsquo;s got all the potential in the world.&rdquo; &hellip; The improved Braves were unbeatable at Boston Garden in November.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0441/3019349-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="573" height="607"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETER McDUFFE</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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McDuffe, Ridley Goaling Terrors Of League

BALTIMORE&mdash;Dave Pulkkinen acquired a habit last year which Clippers&rsquo; GM Terry Reardon hopes he hasn&rsquo;t forgotten&mdash;scoring important goals.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re well aware of what Davey can do,&rdquo; assured Reardon. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re hoping he&rsquo;ll pick up right where he left off with New Haven.&rdquo;Pulkkinen, a defenseman converted to center the NHL guide still lists him as a blueliner, was the workhorse for the fledgling Nighthawks last year, accounting for 25 goals and 41 assists, easily best on the club.Dave was particularly effective over the second half of the campaign when the Nighthawks came back from well off the pace to salvage tie for fifth place with Springfield.&ldquo;He did everything we asked and more last year,&rdquo; recalled Minnesota North Stars&rsquo; coach Parker MacDonald, who directed the Nighthawks&rsquo; fortunes last season.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s smart, and he&rsquo;s versatile, which makes him valuable man on any team. While we didn&rsquo;t win too many games (16) last year, it always seemed that Dave would get the big goal for us. We tied 20 games, and I&rsquo;d bet that he either scored or set up the rying goal in half of them.Another facet of Pulkinnen&rsquo;s game which intrigued MacDonald was his knack for playing his best against the league&rsquo;s &ldquo;iron.&rdquo;&ldquo;Dave always gave it a little extra against teams like Hershey and Nova Scotia,&rdquo; pointed out MacDonald.VIRGINIA: The Wings took out some of their frustrations by blasting New Haven, 7-0, in a recent Nighthawks&rsquo; visit here. The rout was the most impressive performance to date by the crippled Wings, who were without Danny Gruen and Ken Murray&hellip; The additions of Brian Lavender and Len Fontaine are expected to add punch to the Wings&rsquo; anemic attack&hellip; The Reds&rsquo; appearance here Friday evening is their first since &ldquo;The Lemieux Affair&rdquo; back on Oct, 31.RICHMOND: Robins copied the parent Flyers&rsquo; innovation of playing &ldquo;God Bless America&rdquo; instead of the &ldquo;Star Spangled Banner&rdquo; before home games, hoping to change their luck&hellip; Larry Wright (stretched arm muscles) and Alan MacAdam (fractured cheek bone) are the latest additions to the ever-increasing casualty list&hellip; Three games in three nights versus Hershey (home), Baltimore (away) and Jacksonville (home) will keep the Robins occupied over the weekend.HERSHEY: Pittsburgh summoned Jim Wiley. Larry Bignell and Bemie Lukowich but jettisoned Jack Lynch and Bob MeManama to the Bears&hellip; At last look, Gary Inness&rsquo;s goals against figure had dwindled to 2.12, tops in the league&hellip; The Hugh Harvey-Don Seiling-Blaine Stoughton line ranks among the league&rsquo;s most prolific, though none of the three can be found among the individual leaders. &#9632;

Clips Hope Pulkkinen’s Knack For Important Goals Returns

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER&mdash;Larry McKillop is trying it and liking it on offense for the Rochester Americans.McKillop has been type-cast as a penalty killer and checking forward during most of his pro career, which now is in its seventh season. Butnowthe hustling right wing is on the Amerks&rsquo; No. 1 attacking unit, and it has been his work in the corners that has helped Barry Merrell and Murray Kuntz go on a goal-scoring rampage that has lifted Rochester back into the thick of the North Division race.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01104/3019418-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="259" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry McKillop</figcaption></div>During one recent four-game stretch of home games, McKillop assisted on 11 goals and still found time to score two himself.His peak performance came here Nov. 23 against Nova Scotia when he scored one goal and assisted on the other four in a 5-1 romp.McKillop had five goals and 14 assits on his scoresheet with one game still to be played in November.Only twice in his six previous pro seasons has McKillop finished with more than 17 assists.He had 15 goals and 17 assists for Quebec in the American League in 1967-68, 11 goals and 33 assists for Quebec the following year, seven goals and 13 assists for the Aces in 1969-70. eight goals and 16 assists for Hershey in &lsquo;70-71. nine goals and 14 assists for Omaha two years ago and 17 goals and 33 assists for Rochester last season.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never had much of a chance to play on an offensive line before.&rdquo; a happy McKillop said after his five-point hight against Nova Scotia.&ldquo;In Omaha two years ago I started with Tommy Williams and Gary Coalter, and we were going pretty good. But I got hurt early in the year, and when I came back I was back in the same old rut &mdash; killing penalties and playing on a checking line.&ldquo;Last year was my first real shot on offense when I played with Barry Merrell and Bob Ellett here.&rdquo;But off the previous season&rsquo;s records, that hardly could have been considered an attacking unit formed to throw fear into the hearts of opposing goaltenders.NOVA SCOTIA: The return of rookie Glenn Goldup by the parent Montreal Canadiens failed to shake the Voyageurs out of mini-slump which saw them win only twice over a 10-game stretch.Goldup scored goals in four of his first five games back, giving him nine already, but in those five games, his teammates managed only five goals and the Vees had to settle for a victory, a tie and three defeats.Coach Al MacNeil can&rsquo;t point the finger at his defense or goaltending because until Rochester scored five goals Nov. 23, Nova Scotia had allowed only 22 goals in the previous 11 games for a two-goal average.But the offense during the 10-game mini-slump could tally only 20 goals.Injuries haven&rsquo;t helped the Voyageurs get untracked either. Defensemrn Gary Geldart (eye injury) and Len Cunning (facial fractures) and forwards Sean Shanahan (separated shoulder) and Mickey Oja (broken nose) have been on the shelf.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got pretty good skaters this year,&rdquo; MacNeil said. &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ll get better.&rdquo;CINCINNATI: The Swords&rsquo; Nov. 25 game in Providence appeared headed for a finish like almost all the rest of their meetings &mdash; Cincinnati victory.The Swords, who had beaten the Reds 10 times and tied then twice in their 12 games since joining the AHL, grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first 10 minutes. But the Reds turned around and whipped Cincinnati 8-3.Coach Floyd Smith&rsquo;s team had a rough November schedule. After starting with two home games, the Swords went on the road for seven games in 10 days. They won three, tied tie and lost two on that trip, then returned home to find their Nov. 21 game with Rochester had to be postponed because of an ice problem.After one home two nights later, the Swords took off on another road trip that would have them play four games in six nights.&ldquo;Things look pretty good. Smith said before leaving for the four-game trip. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re happy with our start no matter what happens on this, swing.The line of Randy Wyrozub with rookies Peter McNab and Morris Titanic has continued to score well for the Swords. McNab had 15 goals and 14 assists, Wyrozub II goals and 13 assists and Titanic eight goals and seven assists. Titanic didn&rsquo;t join the line until maid-November.The Swords missed center Joey Robertson when he was shelved after receiving a stick in the eye. Paul Curtis was out a while with a pulled stomach muscle, and Steve Richardson broke a hand when he fell on it during practice.JACKSONVILLE: The Barons showed signs of jelling as on successive nights they won a 4-3 decision in Hershey, tied Cincinnati 5-5 in Jacksonville and then beat the Swords 4-3 in Jacksonville. But two nights later, after battling New Haven through two score-less periods, the Barons fell 3-0.Coach John Hanna couldn&rsquo;t have been too upset with a tie, however, because his club spotted the powerful Swods a 3-0 lead.Milt Black scored his first three-goal trick as a pro in the Nov. 25th 6-2 romp over Richmond. The Robins scored first, then Black scored three straight goals for legitimate hat trick.Black also scored the game-winning goal in Hershey and it was his two goals that brought the Barons from a 4-3 deficit and gave them a 5-4 lead in the game Cincinnati finally tied.Jacksonville fans got to feel the excitement of a penalty shot in the Nov. 18th game with Cincinnati. Referee Ron Hoggarth ruled Swords goalie Rockey Farr had thrown his stick at the puck during a scrable aroud the goal. Cal Swenson was stopped by Farr on the one-on-one play.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0279/3019411-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="568" height="699"><figcaption class="caption-body">MILT BLACK &hellip;First Hat Trick</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Checker McKillop Happier As A Scorer

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>SAN DIEGO&mdash;Willie O&rsquo;Ree is 38 years old and growing younger at an astonishing rapid rate.&ldquo;Mike Bloom won&rsquo;t believe it,&rdquo; said San Diego Gulls&rsquo; general manager Max. McNab. &ldquo;Willie is old enough to be his dad, I guess, and Bloom won&rsquo;t believe that Willie&rsquo;s 38.&ldquo;They&rsquo;re always skating as a line when they do their sprints and Willie always beats everybody, of course.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good for Bloom, though. It makes him stretch out. &ldquo;Bloom, the 6-3, 205-pound 21-year-old who centers the line. Jim Shires, the 28-year-old ex-Denver University star who plays left wing, and O&rsquo;Ree have been on what McNab calls &ldquo;a helluva streak.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01127/3019470-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="290" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Bloom</figcaption></div>The Gulls have the lowest goas total in the WHL but the O&rsquo;Ree-Bloom-Shires combination has struck for 12 goals and 26 points in the last six games.The Gulls have the lowest goals total in that stretch. It hasn&rsquo;t lifted them out of their basement-tie with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles, but it has kept them within five points of the league lead in the Western Hockey League&rsquo;s tightest race in years &mdash; possibly in the WHL&rsquo;s history.O&rsquo;Ree has scored five goals and five assists in the streak. Bloom four goals and five assists and Shires three goals and four assists.Bloom is the club&rsquo;s leader with 7-13-20 totals for 20 games. Tom Trevelyan, who missed two games with a wrist injury and was limited to penalty killing in the next two. is tied for second (10-8-18) with O&rsquo;Ree (10-8-18) and Bob Courcy (6-12-18).O&rsquo;Ree. however, injured at the season&rsquo;s outset, has only played in 16 games.Shires, who has only been with the Gulls, on loan from Pittsburgh, for 16 games, has a 6-8-14 record.&ldquo;Willie is playing as sound a game of hockey as I&rsquo;ve ever seen him,&rdquo; said McNab, who has been the club&rsquo;s general manager since it entered the WHL in 1966.O&rsquo;Ree has been with the Gulls since 1967.&ldquo;He is skating as well as he did 10 or 12 years ago.&rdquo; said McNab.O&rsquo;Ree was with the Boston Bruins for 43 games 12 years ago, the first and only black to play in the National Hockey League. He played his first WHL game the following season, for the Los Angeles Blades and skated six seasons for the Blades before going to the Gulls.&ldquo;He was the fastest in the league 10 years ago.&rdquo; said McNab, &ldquo;and to me, he still is. I don&rsquo;t know of anyone who can beat him, not from standing start.Willie, who has played in 727 games (as of this writing) recently scored his 30th WHL goal and 600th point. He currently has 303 goals and 293 assists for a total of 601 points.O&rsquo;Ree the all-time crowd-favorite in San Diego, appeared through as a Gull last season when he was loaned out to the New Haven Night Hawky in the American League, but he responded with 21 goals in 48 games and came to camp this season in top condition.The Gulls chances of moving up in the standings have been impeded by veteran Connie Madigan&rsquo;s joining Al LeBrun on the sidelines. They are two of the WHL&rsquo;s outstanding defensemen.Madigan, 39, ironically suffered a hairline fracture of his ankle, blocking a shot against the same Portland Buckaroos whose uniform he wore for nine seasons. He&rsquo;s expected to be out a month.McNab judged LeBrun&rsquo;s wrist injury would keep him out two more weeks (he&rsquo;s already missed seven games), but Trevelyan is back and Bernie Gagnon is ready to play.Gagnon, who has missed all but four games with twisted knee, is &ldquo;ready to go,&rdquo; said McNab, but coach Tex Evans has had him dressed and sitting on the bench for the last two games.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a matter of conditioning,&rdquo; said McNab. &ldquo;Tex could use him now, but he&rsquo;s just being cautious.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0282/3019463-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="1213" height="1385"><figcaption class="caption-body">WILLIE O&rsquo;REE&hellip; Still Going Strong At 38</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0358/3019456-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="624" height="279"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Nov. 28Seattle at PortlandSan Diego at PhoenixThu. Nov. 29Seattle 4 at Salt Lake 7Fri. Nov. 30Salt Lake 6 at Phoenix 3San Diego 6 at Denver 3Sat. Dec. 1San Diego 3 at Salt Lake 1Phoenix 2 at Denver 1Sun. Dec. 2Salt Lake 1 at Portland 2Denver 2 at Phoenix 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Dec. 4Denver at San DiegoWed. Dec. 5Seattle at DenverThu. Dec. 6Seattle at San DiegoSalt Lake at PhoenixFri. Dec. 7Portland at DenverSat. Dec. 8Denver at San DiegoSeattle at PhoenixPortland at Salt LakeTue. Dec. 11San Diego at SeattleWed. Dec. 12San Diego at PortlandSalt Lake at Phoenix<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0446/3019449-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="606" height="848"></div> &#9632;

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Gulls Launch Winning Streak Led By Veteran Winger O’Ree

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>PHOENIX &mdash;The Phoenix Roadrunners skidded home from losing every game on a five-game road trip but the worst appeared over.The Roadrunners were still clinging to share of the Western Hockey League lead with 19 of their 39 road games already out of the way. The Runners&rsquo; fifth consecutive loss came in Portland where they have played six games. The Roadrunners have only played seven games at home.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-01110/3019501-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="275" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murray Keogan</figcaption></div>Coming up is a string in which they play seven of eight games at home.The Runners are right on the target set by coach Sandy Hucul when he first saw the top-heavy Roadrunner road schedule. Hucul said he&rsquo;d be happy and the Runners&rsquo; chance of repeating as WHL champions would be good if they could reach this point at a .500 pace.They are right on the mark with a 12-12-12 record in the snug-fitting WHL race.Salt Lake and San Diego, tied for last, are only five points behind Phoenix, Portland and Seattle, tied for first.The Runners&rsquo; plight has been getting in practice time to gain the forward lines a little polish.Michel Cormier has played 13 games with the Roadrunners, since being purchased from the St. Louis Blues, but has only had four practices.Cormier, who had 35 goals for Fort Worth last season and was the Central League&rsquo;s most valuable player, has but one goal and six assists.Murray Keogan and Bob Barlow, the club&rsquo;s two top scoring centers, have been held to one point apiece, on a goal apiece, in the past four games. Keogan&rsquo;s slump corresponds with the loss of his right wing, Kevin O&rsquo;Shea, to strained knee ligaments. &#9632;

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Runners Glad To Be Home After Disastrous Trip

PORTLAND&mdash;The Portland Buckaroos have the distinction of having the only losing record in the Western Hockey League after the first eight weeks of play.They also have the distinction of sharing the WHL lead with Seattle and Phoenix. Theoddity is brought about by the scheduling which has Portland playing 29 games while Salt Lake plays 20 and therest a number in bettween. The Buckaroos survived five games in six nights, winning the three at home and cinching all three with empty net goals, two by Art Jones and one by John Haight.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0285/3019532-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="273" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rick Charron</figcaption></div>At home, the Buckaroos are 9-4-2 but on the road they are 3-11.Coach Ron Stewart is aware of the Bucks&rsquo; plight.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve said it before and I&rsquo;ll say it againt he said again. &ldquo;The team with the best record on the road is going to win this thing.&rdquo;Seattle has a 5-2-2 road record, but at home are only 7-8-0.Rick Charron played all five games in six nights in goal.&ldquo;He deserves a purple heart or something,&rdquo; said defenseman Mike Donaldson. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s so tired he can&rsquo;t even talk.&rdquo;The movement may be to youth in Portland, the farm club of the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League, but nobody has told the old folks.There&rsquo;s Art Jones at age 38 right up there on top of the scoring race, just like almost always. The six time WHL scoring champion has 36 points, seven more than his nearest rival, teammate Dennis Giannini.Jones is the assists leader with 27 and Giannini the goal scoring leader with 18.Jones&rsquo; linemates are both among the top 10. Howie Hughes is fifth with 25 points, including 12 goals, and ancient Andy Hebenton, the 44-year-old wonder, is 10th with 23 points, eight on goals.Representing the youth movement is the Pasta Line, Giannini, Gary Gambucci and Dennis Abgrall, all represented in the top 10.Abgrall, the 20-year-old rookie from Saskatoon, is tied for third with 27 points (nine goals) with Salt Lake&rsquo;s Lyle Bradley, and Gambucci, who has only played 18 games, is tied for seventh with 11-13&mdash;24.Giannini, Gambucci and Abgrall were for a while called the GAG Line after the New York Rangers&rsquo; Goal-A-Game trio, but that proved inaccurate. They were producing two goals a game. &#9632;

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Bucks Tied For Top Spot As Only Losing WHL Club

<h2>Sat. Nov. 17 TULSA 3 at FORT WORTH 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa, Makey (Orban. Grisdale) &hellip; 4:452&mdash;Tulsa. Genovy (Young) &hellip; 15:093&mdash;Fort Worth. Webster (Dempster, R. Kennedy) &hellip; 17:06Penalties: Handrahan 0:28, Grenier 1:43, Tenesi 8:41. Kennedy 13:22, Kea 18:10.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Fort Worth. Nicholson (Dempster, Lefley) &hellip; 4:335&mdash;Tulsa. Daigle (Handrahan. Grisdale) &hellip; 6:506&mdash;Fort Worth, Teal &hellip; 12:25Penalties: Smedsmo 14, Grenier 5:46, Young (major), M. Kennedy (major) 13:40, Gridale 14:58. Smedsmo 17:35.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Fort Worth, Dempster (Webster. R. Kennedy) &hellip; 13:33Penalties: Dempster 16:21. Smith 16:58.Saves Low (Tulsa) 22. Marlow (Fort Worth) 15.Attendance: 3,984<h2>Sun. Nov. 18 OKE CITY 2 at OMAHA 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha, Losier (Flegel, Wells) &hellip; 1:03Penalties: Wells 5:28. Houston 7:22.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Omaha. Schaab (Flegel. Martineau) &hellip; 13:52Penalties: Ketter 1:13. Gray 2:32, Boutette, Vail 6:15, Sykes, Sutherland 8:22, Fortier 12:54 Flesh 16:47<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oklahoma City, Moffat (Boyd, Boutette) &hellip; 2:464&mdash;Omaha, Schaab (Vail) &hellip; 4:385&mdash;Omaha, Conroy (Mercredi, Flegel) &hellip; 12:036&mdash;Oklahoma City, Alexander (Gray, Moffat) &hellip; 17:05Penalties: Vail 1:31. Wells 4:25, Boyd 4:29, Voss 5:22, Sykes, Flesch 46, Burgess 10:46. Ketter 16:31.Saves: Cole (Oklahoma City) 22. Voss (Omaha) 27.Attendance: 3,503.<h2>TULSA at ALBUQUERQUE</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa, Aubry (Vipond, Genovy) &hellip; 8:582&mdash;Albuquerque. Ireland (Davidson, Pentland) &hellip; 15:473&mdash;Albuquerque, Yutsyk (Labrecque, Pentland) &hellip; 16:12Penalties: Yutsyk 5:40, Handrahan, Yutsyk 10:00, Aubry (major), Smith (major) 14:56, Vipond 15:15, Yutsyk 16:47.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>4&mdash;Albuquerque, Hayes (Polano, Pentland) &hellip; 12:30Penalties Genovy 1:36, Handrahan (major. minor), Yutsyk (major, minor), Yutsyk (major) 17:43.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Albuquerque, Labrecque (Hunt, Yutsyk) &hellip; 3:276&mdash;Albuquerque, Raymer &hellip; 5:107&mdash;Albuquerque, Polano (Labrecque) &hellip; 112Penalties: Handrahan, Hayes 5:35, Handrahan (major). Hayes (major), Davidson 13:29, Polano 13:48. Langdon 17:06, Tulsa bench (Daigle) 18:10, Vipond (minor, misconduct) 19:48.Saves: Low (Tulsa) 26. Reeson (Albuquerque) 17.Attendance: 1,596.<h2>Wed. Nov. 21 TULSA 5 at DALLAS 0</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoringPenalties: Handrahan, Palmer 3:35, Smedsmo 8:42, Grisdale (major, minor). Donaldson (major) 10:31, Kerslake 11:13.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa, Peppier (Grisdale. Daigle) &hellip; 8:052&mdash;Tulsa, DeCloe (Handrahan, Smedsmo) &hellip; 9:26Penalties Smedsmo (major), Holt (major) 14:41, Tenesi 18:03.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Tulsa, Young (Peppier) &hellip; 2:184&mdash;Tulsa, Genovy &hellip; 14:025&mdash;Tulsa, Peppier &hellip; 19:36Penalties: Holt 1:13, Aubry. Blais 7:08, Kerslake (major) 13:05, 19:08.Saves: Seperich (Tulsa) 23, Dumas (Dallas) 27.Attendance: 1.812<h2>Thu. Nov. 22 OKE CITY 6 at TULSA 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Ferguson (Gray) &hellip; 2:022&mdash;Tulsa, Kea (Peppier) &hellip; 2:133&mdash;Oklahoma City, Ferguson &hellip; 11:524&mdash;Oklahoma City. Osburn (Ferguson) &hellip; 14:55Penalties: Smedsmo 3:25, Butters 6:32, Smedsmo 16:52.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>5&mdash;Tulsa. Young (Ruest. Peppier) &hellip; 3:136&mdash;Oklahoma City, Boutette (Moffat) &hellip; 4:287&mdash;Tulsa, Handrahan (Ruest) &hellip; 14:328&mdash;Tulsa, Orban (Aubry, Handrahan) &hellip; 17:50Penalties Burgess (major), Young (major) 12:05.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>9&mdash;Tulsa, Handrahan (Genovy. Kea) &hellip; 0:4910&mdash;Oklahoma City, Ferguson (Osburn) &hellip; 7:1311&mdash;Oklahoma City. Moffat (Boutette) &hellip; 9:0912&mdash;Tulsa. Orban (Ruest) &hellip; 15:51Penalties: Fortier 0:45, Butters 5:04, Genovy 5:34, Lundrigan 15:33.Saves: Cole (Oklahoma City) 18. Low (Tulsa) 32.Attendance: 3.847.<h2>Fri. Nov. 23 OMAHA 0 at DALLAS 4</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Flegel 1:15. Palmer 2:13. Ketter 5:09. Elliott 7:42. Christie (misconduct) 12:41, Wells 17:12, Ketter 19:49.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Dallas. Wylie (Hinton) &hellip; 6:402&mdash;Dallas. Wylie (Ness) &hellip; 7:033&mdash;Dallas. Wilson (Wylie) &hellip; 7:314&mdash;Dallas, Ledingham &hellip; 12:31Penalties: Wells 4:11, Hinton 4:26. Flegel 8:20, Hinton 11:07.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: Houston 8:34. Muio 13:37. Losier 19:33.Saves: Muio (Omaha) 19. Dumas (Dallas) 24.Attendance: 2,569.<h2>OKE CITY 4 at FORT WORTH 2</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Oklahoma City, Moffat (Boyd. Boutette) &hellip; 8.25Penalties: J. Gray 7:05, Butters 14 10, J. Gray 17:47, Fortier. Dempster (majors) 18:50.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: J. Gray 6:24, Burgess 07, Smith 11:40, Butters 14:41<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Oklahoma City, Shardlow (Dolloff. Fortier) &hellip; 2:003&mdash;Fort Worth, Kennedy (Lefley. Teal) &hellip; 13:354&mdash;Oklahoma City, Osburn (Ferguson, Alexander) &hellip; 14:315&mdash;Fort Worth. M. Kennedy (Lefley, Teal) &hellip; 17:236&mdash;Oklahoma City, Moffat (Fortier, Ferguson) &hellip; 19:49Penalties Alexander 45, Fortfer 13:15, Dolloff 16:49, Boyd 19:09.Saves: Cole (Oklahoma City) 25. Resch (Fort Worth) 29.Attendance: 3,779.<h2>Sat. Nov. 24 ALBUQUERQUE 3 at OKE CITY 5</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Albuquerque, Homenuke (Pentland) &hellip; 3;292&mdash;Oklahoma City, Osburn (Clarke. Ferguson) &hellip; 11.59Penalties Fortier 2.44, Polano 13.45.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Oklahoma City, Lundrigan (Ferguson, Gray) &hellip; 2:384&mdash;Albuquerque, Homenuke (Polano) &hellip; 9:045&mdash;Albuquerque, Ireland (Boughner, Langdon) &hellip; 10:15Penalties: Yutsyk 17:41.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>6&mdash;Oklahoma City, Sykes (Dolloff. Alexander) &hellip; 3:267&mdash;Oklahoma City. Moffat (Boyd) &hellip; 9:098&mdash;Oklahoma City. Boyd (Moffat, Boutette) &hellip; 16:48Penalties: Hayes, Butters 4:26, Fortier 17:04.Saves: Reeson (Albuquerque) 19, Cole (Oklahoma City) 35.Attendance: 3,122<h2>DALLAS 2 at OMAHA 6</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Omaha. Houston (Vail) &hellip; 1:162&mdash;Dallas, Palmer (Wilson. Wylie) &hellip; 3:26Penalties: Swarbrick 1:29, Sutherland 2:15, Smith 6:25, Sutherland 35, Baumgartner 11:16, Wilson 12 04. Ness 12:17, Vail 14:41.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>3&mdash;Omaha, Mercredi &hellip; 1:414&mdash;Omaha, Losier (Flesch, Wells) &hellip; 3:315&mdash;Dallas, Elliott (Kerslake. Gibbons) &hellip; 12:166&mdash;Omaha. Vail (Schaab, Flegel) &hellip; 15:24Penalties: Vail 6:00, Gibbons 8:10, Donaldson 13:36.<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>7&mdash;Omaha. Flegel (Martineau) &hellip; 1:298&mdash;Omaha, Flesch (Swarbrick, Wells) &hellip; 11:31Penalties: Smith 0:43, Hinton, Losier 4:34, Ogilvie, Murphy 5:21. Ketter 8:05, Losier 15:12.Saves: Dumas (Dallas) 24, Voss (Omaha) 25.Attendance: 4,319.<h2>FORT WORTH at TULSA 3</h2><h3>FIRST PERIOD</h3>No scoring.Penalties: McPhail 7:17, Orban 8:13. Dempster (major, minor), Aubry (major, minor) 15:58.<h3>SECOND PERIOD</h3>1&mdash;Tulsa. Genovy (Grisdale) &hellip; 0:40Penalties: Irwin 5:04. Hinton 10:48. Irwin 13:08<h3>THIRD PERIOD</h3>2&mdash;Tulsa. Vipond (DeCloe. Smedsmo) &hellip; 3:083&mdash;Fort Worth, Dempster (Marchinko Irwin) &hellip; 8:054&mdash;Tulsa, Young (Daigle) &hellip; 14:12Penalties: Marchinko, Orban 0:29. Orban 20, Tenesi 15:57.Saves: Resch (Fort Worth) 29 Low (Tulsa) 26.Attendance 2,548. &#9632;

Central Hockey League Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-01103/3019639-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="601" height="281"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Nov. 27Albuquerque 3 at Tulsa 3Wed. Nov. 28Dallas 5 at Oklahoma City 2Thu. Nov. 29Albuquerque 1 at Fort Worth 4Fri. Nov. 30Fort Worth 4 at Dallas 0Omaha 4 at Tulsa 3Sat. Dec. 1Albuquerque 3 at Dallas 3Omaha 4 at Fort Worth 3Tulsa 2 at Oklahoma City 4Sun. Dec. 2Omaha 4 at Oklahoma City 4<h3>GAME TO COME</h3>Tue. Dec. 4Tulsa at AlbuquerqueWed. Dec. 5Omaha at DallasFri. Dec. 7Omaha at AlbuquerqueFort Worth at Oklahoma CityDallas at TulsaSat. Dec. 8Oklahoma City at DallasFort Worth at OmahaAlbuquerque at TulsaSun. Dec. 9Fort Worth at AlbuquerqueDallas at Oklahoma CityTulsa at Omaha<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Nov. 21Waterloo 6 at Sioux City 6Thu. Nov. 22Milwaukee 2 at Waterloo 8Green Bay 0 at Marquette 1Fri. Nov. 23Sioux City 3 at Chicago 4Marquette 1 at Thunder Bay 3Milwaukee 2 at Madison 13Sat. Nov. 24Chicago 2 at Copper Country 3Sioux City 5 at Green Bay 3Waterloo 9 at Milwaukee 3Marquette 5 at Madison 6Sun. Nov. 25Chicago 4 at Marquette 7Sioux City 4 at Milwaukee 6Madison 1 at Thunder Bay 6Green Bay 6 at Copper Cliff 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0276/3019632-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="630" height="2563"></div> &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY LEN HOYES</div>FLINT&mdash;Wayne Zuk&rsquo;s first 20 games for the Flint Generals have proved that his scoring heroics of 1972-73 were no flukes.The little center overcame a slow start and is scoring goals at a pace faster than last season when he hit personal high of 51 for the North Division champions of the International Hockey League. He tallied 11 goals, compared to 10 at the same point last winter, and assisted on 16 compared to 20 last season. His 27 points were second only to Muskegon&rsquo;s whiz, Lou Frigon, who produced 16 goals to help keep the Mohawks safely atop the North Division.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-01112/3019691-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="276" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wayne Zuk</figcaption></div>Zuk is a former rookie of the year (1970) playing in the HL for the fifth season. He came to the Generals midway through the 1970-71 campaign in a deal which rates as the best in Flint&rsquo;s five-season history.He owns Flint records for goals, assists and points, both for one season and for a career. He assisted 61 times last year and his 112 points were second only to Muskegon&rsquo;s Gary Ford, the IHL&rsquo;s most valuable player.Zuk was Flint&rsquo;s MVP last season and is in his second season as captain.Last year&rsquo;s performance earned a trial with Edmonton of the World Hockey Association. Brian Shaw, who coaches the Oilers, is a former director of player personnel for the Generals and knew about Zuk&rsquo;s talents.Shaw said, &ldquo;If making our team depended upon desire, Wayne would still be here. But the WHA has some big, though players and Wayne&rsquo;s size was a handicap.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s 5-foot-7 and 165 pounds.So, Zuk came back to Flint, perhaps disappointed, and his early-season performances were lack luster. But he soon became the &ldquo;old Zuk&rdquo; that Generals fans adore and IHL rivals have come to hate.Because he&rsquo;s so durable &mdash; he&rsquo;s missed only four games in three seasons, &mdash; Zuk is a good bet to finish high among the scorers again.Perhaps another team will give him another deserved chance to make the big time.DES MOINES: Caps&rsquo; 7-3 victory over Columbus was 13th straight on home ice&hellip; Pete Mara riding five-game goal-scoring streak&hellip; Ian MacKinnon ended six-game goal drought by scoring twice in 4-3 victory over Saginaw&hellip; Caps tied team record with six straight victories, lost next outing at Dayton&hellip; Rookie Harvey Bennett bagged overtime winning goal at Toledo. He&rsquo;s brother of Atlanta&rsquo;s Curt Bennett&hellip; John Martin and Bob Law obtained from Omaha. Martin scored goal in first home game.COLUMBUS: Owls obtained eight-year veteran Blake Ball from Eastern Hockey League and he assisted on six goals in first start&hellip; Record of 9-9-1 put club within one victory of entire total for 1972-73&hellip; Norm Cherrey scored hat trick in 6-4 triumph over Fort Wayne, Capt. Marty Reynolds duplicated effort in 9-1 romp over Des Moines&hellip; Home record of 5-2 important to success&hellip; High-scoring Ed Kenty is Boston College teammate of Des Moines&rsquo; Bennett.FORT WAYNE: Chuck Blair&rsquo;s 11th goal was sixth game winner, also added first assist&hellip; Waivers recalled on Renald Duguay who scored two goals in next start&hellip; Ron Ullyot discarded helmet after wearing one for five seasons&hellip; Gary Pozzo took on Saginaw&rsquo;s Marcel Comeau and Russ Friesen, banished with game misconduct&hellip; Chuck Labelle&rsquo;s goal in 15th game was first by Komet defenseman&hellip; Newcomer Ray Tessier becoming fans&rsquo; favorite.TOLEDO: Hornets winners only twice in 10 home games&hellip; Coach Skip Burchell ordered two-a-day drills, fined all except four players after painful loss&hellip; Hornets blew leads in 10 of first 14 setbacks&hellip; Ivan Belisle scored hat trick, two assists in 9-5 victory over Columbus&hellip; Hornets 0-17-2 for last 19 games at Forth Wayne dating to Dec. 27, 1969&hellip; Moe Brunel&rsquo;s II goals a bright spot&hellip; Three &mdash; season vet Doug Moyes getting chance to make club at right wing&hellip; Owner Paul Bright pondering addition of Cam Flyer via Toronto organization.DAYTON: Dana Johnson scored hat trick in 7-1 victory over Des Moines, boosting season total to four&hellip; Tim Regan added to goalie corps after 5-0 record at Cincinnati in AHL&hellip; Injury to rookie John Lee cut defensive forces to four&hellip;Gems held nine of first 19 foes to fewer than 30 shots on goal, three fewer than 20&hellip; GM Lefty McFadden still trying to solve Mike Sauter&rsquo;s salary problem to get veteran back.FLINT: Generals swapped 37-goal scorer Gaston Boulanger to Port Huron for future consideration&hellip; Steve Self, 50-goal scorer last year at Greensboro, added&hellip; Return of injured Rod Collins, Doug Manchak. Bob Perani and Jim Koleff expected to help bid for .500 by Christmas&hellip; Poor road record of I-8 hurting chance to put together victory string&hellip; Dave Gorman scored fourth winning goal&hellip; Ex-Seattie teammates Dick Mortenson and Dave Bonter doing well on line with rookie Ken Mann.MUSKEGON: Winger George Klasons pressed into service as defenseman until Jim Maertz reconsidered decision to quit and returned&hellip; Lou Frigon&rsquo;s goal 42 seconds after start only tally in 1-0 victory over Port Huron&hellip; Mohawks 5-0-1 for six-game span, helped by recovery from 3-0 deficit to 9-3 victory over Saginaw&hellip; Bert Scott scored tying goal in 3-3 tie against exmates in Dayton.PORT HURON: Injuries to eight left Red Wings with 14 men. list hiked when Bill Ciraulo suffered broken hand&hellip; Kevin Neville in goal eight stright games&hellip; Mike Parrish disappeared for second time in season&hellip; Port Huron minor hockey grad Mark Steinborn obtained from Oklahoma City which also sent defenseman Denis Deslauriers&hellip; Wings 0-6-l for seven-game span, lost third place to Flint and were only four points from cellar.SAGINAW: Gear&rsquo;s potent offense hurt by leaky defense&hellip; Winger Al Langlais called to New Haven for five-game pro trial&hellip; Gears scored six goals in third period to win. 7-2, at Toledo, scored five in third period following night to stun Hornets, 8-5&hellip; Second five in third period following night to stun Hornets. 8-5&hellip; Second place aided by 4-0 record against last-place Toledo&hellip; Crowd of 4,877 for loss to Fort Wayne set home-ice season high&hellip; Coach Don Perry upset by 9-3 loss at Muskegon after blowing 3-0 lead.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0436/3019684-1-eng-US/f0034-042.jpg" title="f0034-04" width="577" height="623"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHUCK BLAIR &hellip; 6 Game Winners</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0267/3019677-1-eng-US/f0034-022.jpg" title="f0034-02" width="625" height="2068"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Nov. 27Fort Wayne 1 at Columbus 3Wed. Nov. 28Port Huron 4 at Fort Wayne 5Flint 4 at Dayton 6Thu. Nov. 29Port Huron 2 at Columbus 6Fri. Nov. 30Dayton 3 at Des Mones 4Flint 1 at Toledo 4Fort Wayne 2 at Muskegon 5Columbus 5 at Saginaw 3Sat. Dec. 1Dayton 3 at Des Moines 9Toledo 2 at Muskegon 4Saginaw 7 at Fort Wayne 8Flint 1 at Port Huron 1Sun. Dec. 2Fort Wayne 1 at Toledo 3Saginaw 2 at Flint 0Port Huron 2 at Dayton 6Muskegon 1 at Columbus 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Dec. 5Dayton at Fort WayneFlint at SaginawPort Huron at ColumbusFrl. Dec. 7Columbus at MuskegonSaginaw at Port HuronDes Moines at ToledoDayton at FlintSat. Dec. 8Columbus at Fort WayneDes Moines at MuskegonDayton at Port HuronFlint at ToledoSun. Dec. 9Fort Wayne at DaytonPort Huron at FlintMuskegon at SaginawDes Moines at ColumbusTue. Dec. 11Toledo at ColumbusWed. Dec. 12Saginaw at Des MoinesThu. Dec. 13Flint at ColumbusFrl. Dec. 14Port Huron at Des MoinesFlint at ToledoColumbus at DaytonFort Wayne at Muskegon<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0350/3019670-1-eng-US/f0034-032.jpg" title="f0034-03" width="603" height="647"></div> &#9632;

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Zuk Makes Scoring Impact With Flint

<div class="byline">BY DAVID LAMM</div>ST. PETERSBURG &mdash;When team is in last place, there are generally a lot of obvious problems.But there are also some that aren&rsquo;t so obvious. Take the case of the Suncoast Suns, last in the Southern Hockey League with 5-13 record as of Nov. 27.&ldquo;We have a club with no leader,&rdquo; says general manager Paul Caron.&ldquo;We have the individuals, but no leader. We have good talent, but no catalyst.&rdquo; Caron and coach Larry Kish are convinced that if leader emerges from the ranks &mdash; or one is brought in &mdash; that the club is capable of turning its record around.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-01100/3019750-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="282" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Angus Beck</figcaption></div>Steps for such a turnabout are already underway. Angus Beck was expected to report to the Suns this week. Beck, a high-scoring center, played for the Phoenix Roadrunners of the Western League. Also, the Suns are trying to make a deal with Macon for another high-scoring center, Ray Adduono.&ldquo;We need three lines,&rdquo; says Kish. &ldquo;Getting Beck will help us establish our third line. And, of course, Adduono is a heck of hockey player.&rdquo;At present only one line is producing with regularity. It consists of Terry Ryan, Dan Lodboa and Darrel Knibbs. Ryan is a highly-regarded young prospect of the Minnesota Fighting Saints. Both Lodboa and Knibbs are seasoned pros.Still, scoring goals isn&rsquo;t the Suns&rsquo; major problem. It&rsquo;s stopping them.Kish doesn&rsquo;t place all the blame on his defense either. In fact, defenseman Bob Boyd, a Michigan State product, has been superb.The Suns acquired Marc Davis to help out defensively, joining Blaine Rydman, Pete Ford and Paul Brown on the defensive lines.In goal Billy Berglund and Pete Sears have carried most of the load, both owning high goals-allowed averages.The main problem with the defense, however, is the club&rsquo;s lack of back-checking.&ldquo;Our defensive problems are team problems,&rdquo; says Kish. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t lay the claim in any one area. We&rsquo;re not back-checking; we&rsquo;re not getting the puck out of our own end like we should be. Everybody has to be a defenseman in this game.&rdquo;Suncoast fans have grown restless on occasion, but the Suns&rsquo; owners are solidly behind Caron and Kish.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re still optimistic&rdquo; says Caron. &ldquo;The difference between winning and losing can be awfully small.&rdquo;CHARLOTTE: The Checkers snapped a three-game losing streak with 4-2 win over Greensboro Nov. 20, but then coach Pat Kelly&rsquo;s skaters dropped two more in row, including a 7-5 decision at home against Macon&hellip; Defenseman Perry Miller is back in action after missing several games with broken toes&hellip; Centers Wayne Chrysler and Garry Swain are battling for the club&rsquo;s individual scoring title, each having 25 points as of Nov. 27&hellip; Buffalo recalled Frank Richardson and the Checkers replaced him by getting Steve Hull back from California&hellip; Frank Golembrosky is playing again, but he&rsquo;s still hampered by a broken thumb.GREENSBORO: The Generals are the SHL&rsquo;s second most explosive team, their 4.56 average second only to Roanoke Valley&rsquo;s 5.00 average&hellip; Versatile Ron Hindson will be lost for at least six weeks with knee injury, leaving coach Ted Lanyon with just three defensemen until he signed 21-year-old free agent Bob McKinstry&hellip; Earl Heiskala and Mike Hyndman were recalled by the Los Angeles Sharks and in their place the Gens received Don Gordon, Alton White and Fred Speck. Gordon scored two hat tricks in his first four games&hellip; Howie Heggedal continues to rank among the league&rsquo;s top goal-scorers, getting 17 red-lighters in his first 18 games.MACON: Coach Keke Mortson continues to make changes, looking for the right combination while having players shuttled back and forth between the Houston Aeros and the Cleveland Crusaders. The Crusaders recalled center Norm Cournoyer and sent the Whoopees defenseman Jim McMaters, a WHA bonus baby. Houston recalled Jack Stanfield and Ed Hoekstra and sent Jean Fauteux and Gary Williamson back to Macon&hellip; The Whoopees signed Andre Lajeunesse, waived by Suncoast, and Norm Metcalfe, waived by Greensboro. Metcalfe, released by Greensboro only because it had too many players on hand from the Sharks, scored three goals and had three assists in his first two games as a Whoopee&hellip; The Whoopees won four times in five games to move into second place behind Roanoke Valley&hellip; Al Rycroft had a four-goal performance in Macon&rsquo;s 8-1 win over Roanoke Valley Nov. 25.ROANOKE: The Rebels suffered a rare week, losing two of four games, including a 4-2 decision at home to Greensboro. Nevertheless, they entered last week with a 17-4 record and a 14-point lead&hellip; Center-left winger Camille Lapierre, cut from the team before the season began before being reinstated, is now the team&rsquo;s No. 3 scorer with 14 goals and 12 assists in 17 games. He leads the league with three hat tricks and four short-handed goals and shares the SHL lead with three game-winning goals&hellip; Defenseman Mike Keenan has been added back to the Rebels&rsquo; roster, but he still is unable to play because of a knee injury.WINSTON-SALEM: Attendance is picking up for the first-year Polar Twins. &ldquo;We think we&rsquo;re about ready to start getting good crowds consistently,&rdquo; says Pat Shetler, the team&rsquo;s administrative director&hellip; The Twins waived recently acquired defenseman Pete Lollar and resigned Rod Cox&hellip; Bob McAnedley leads the SHL in assists with 22, but Brian Carlin is the pacesetter in power-play goals with nine. McAneeley, Carlin and Ron Anderson each had 34 points after 21 games, tying all three for second in the league scoring race&hellip; Coach Don Carter continues to look for defensive help.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0353/3019743-1-eng-US/f0035-032.jpg" title="f0035-03" width="589" height="612"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON GORDON &hellip;Two Hat Tricks</figcaption></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0276/3019736-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="619" height="2066"></div><h2>SHL Scoring</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0541/3019729-1-eng-US/f0035-052.jpg" title="f0035-05" width="611" height="649"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0446/3019722-1-eng-US/f0035-042.jpg" title="f0035-04" width="601" height="283"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Nov. 27Winston-Salem 0 at Charlotte 8Roanoke 3 at Greensboro 1macon 7 at Suncoast 3Wed. Nov. 28Macon 8 at Suncoast 6Thue. Nov. 29Winston-Salem 4 at Greensboro 9Fri. Nov. 30Winston-Salem 3 at Suncoast 4Roanoke 6 at Charlotte 2Sat. Dec. 1Charlotte 1 at Roanoke 3Winston-Salem 7 at Suncoast 4Sun. Dec. 2Greensboro 4 at Macon 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Dec. 4Reanoke at CharlotteGreensboro at SuncoastWed. Dec. 5Greensboro at SuncoastRoanoke at Winston-SalemThu. Dec. 6Greensboro at MaconCharlotte at RoanokeFri. Dec. 7Greensboro at CharlotteMacon at SuncoastRoanoke at Winston-SalemSat. Dec. 8Winston-Salem at RoanokeCharlotte at GreensboroSuncoast at MaconSun. Dec. 9Suncoast at Macon &#9632;

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Suns Hoping New Faces Turn Club Around; Greensboro Offense Competition For Rebels

<div class="byline">BY RICH BERCUSON</div>CORNWALL&mdash;On Dec. 30, the national team of Yugoslavia, as part of their 18-day, nine-game tour of Canada, will play an exhibition contest against the Cornwall Royals who are currently riding atop the West Division of the Quebec Major Junior League.The game will take place three weeks after the Moscow Selects pay a visit to Chitoutimi to take on the Saguenays and 23 days after the Moscow squad plays the Quebec Remparts.In Chitoutimi, meanwhile, preparations are being made for the game against Moscow with a number of players from other junior teams being added to the Chicoutimi roster.Included in the group are Danny and Bobby Georffion of the Royals&rsquo; the sons of Boom Boom Geoffrion, coach of the Atlanta Flames. Other players to be added to the Saguenays roster are Marcel Labrosse of Laval, who was recently traded from Sherbrooke to the Nationals for Marcel Dumais, Robert Sauve, Alain Daigle. Dave Logan, Michel Bossy, Ronnie Lebland and Emery Johnson, the latter two from the University of Moncton.CORNWALL: The brightest spot for the Royals so far, aside from their position on top of the leagues West Division, has been the scoring feats of Gary MacGregor. MacGregor is already eyeing the 40-goal plato and on November 29 he was but one goal behind Quebec&rsquo;s Real Cloutier for the legaue lead.MONTREAL: Coach Roger Bedard has recently found himself the subject of careful investigation as a result of brawls involving the Montreal squad. The subsequent fines and chastizing by the league might have had some effect on the team as it lost two contests to Shawinigan and Quebec after drubbing Trois Rivieres 11-0 and Laval 9-0.LAVAL: The Nationals reinstated Claude Labossiere as coach little over one month after team management had supended him and replaced him with Pierre Lacroix. Lacroixquit the teamon Nov. 20 &ldquo;for personal reasons&rdquo;. The Nationals suddenly surged with Labossiere back behind the bench and climaxed it all with a 7-4 winover Quevecon November 26.HULL: When a team loses 14 straight games as the Festivals had done by Nov. 27, something else must be wrong other than just poor playing. Even lowly Trois Rivieres managed to up their point total by taking on Hull. The problem is that the team has too many problem.SOREL: Pierre Larouche, who at one time was 20 points away from the league&rsquo;s leading scorer Real Cloutier, is now within 10 and closing fast. He has been primary reason for the success of the Black Hawks offensive output which is second ponly to the powerful Remparts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0432/3019809-1-eng-US/f0036-042.jpg" title="f0036-04" width="573" height="594"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB GEOFFRION</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0525/3019802-1-eng-US/f0036-052.jpg" title="f0036-05" width="573" height="593"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAN GEOFFRION</figcaption></div>QUEBEC: Even though the Remparts dropped that 7-4 decision to Laval, the east division leaders have little at this stage to be concerned about. Four of their players, Cloutier. Nantais. Chouinard and Locas are in the league&rsquo;s top 10 scorers and thanks to this fact, the team really doesn&rsquo;t have to concern itself with the small matter of defensive play.SHAWINIGAN: Defensively, the Dynamos are fairly strong. But a lack of consistent offense is keeping them just barely out of the reach of Sorel. Defeating Montreal 6-5 was healthy but this kind of offense has not come about often enough for them.<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0194/3019795-1-eng-US/f0036-012.jpg" title="f0036-01" width="609" height="305"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Nov. 27Mohawk Valley 0 at Cape Cod 5Johnstown 1 at Maine 4Wed. Nov. 28Johnstown 3 at Broome 5Mohawk Valley 0 at Syracuse 4Frl. Nov. 30Cape Cod 5 at Long Island 7Maine 4 at Syracuse 6Broome 4 at Mohawk Valley 11Sat. Dec. 1Broome 3 at Cape Cod 7Long Island 5 at Johnstown 4Syracuse 5 at Maine 4Sun. Dec. 2Cape Cod 7 at Broome 2Mohawk Valley 2 at Johnstown 6Long Island 3 at Syracuse 3<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Dec. 4Syracuse at Cape CodWed. Dec. 5Long Island at SyracuseMaine at JohnstownFri. Dec. 7Mohawk Valley at Long IslandJohnstown at SyracuseSat. Dec. 8Broome at Cape CodJohnstown at MaineLong Island at Mohawk ValleySun. Dec. 9Cape Cod at BroomeJohnstown at MaineMohawk Valley at SyracuseTue. Dec. 11Mohawk Valley at Cape CodSyracuse at MaineWed. Dec. 12Johnstown at BroomeCape Cod at Long IslandMaine at Syracuse<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0256/3019788-1-eng-US/f0036-022.jpg" title="f0036-02" width="603" height="707"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0345/3019781-1-eng-US/f0036-032.jpg" title="f0036-03" width="607" height="517"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon. Nov. 26Quebec 7 at Laval 4Tue. Nov. 27Sorel 9 at Hull 4Sherbrooke 3 at Trois-Rivieres 7Thu. Nov. 29Hull 2 at Cornwall 4Chicoutimi 5 at Drummondville 9Fri. Nov. 30Montreal 17 at Chicoutimi 4Laval 4 at Quebec 11Sorel 10 at Shawinigan 4Trois-Rivieres 4 at Sherbrooke 6Sun. Dec. 2Cornwall 4 at Hull 9Montreal 4 at Sorel 12Chicoutimi 3 at Quebec 7Shawinigan 5 at Sherbrooke 6Drummondville 4 at Trois-Rivieres 5 &#9632;

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Royals To Play Yugoslavians; MacGregor Maintains Hot Pace

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0185/3019847-1-eng-US/f0037-012.jpg" title="f0037-01" width="600" height="397"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Wisconsin 8, Michigan 4Michigan 4, Wisconsin 1Michigan Tech 7, North Dakota 5Michigan Tech 8, North Dakota 1Minnesota 6, Michigan State 3Minnesota 4, Michigan State 3Colorado College 5. Notre Dame 3Colorado College 6, Notre Dame 5<h3>NON-CONFERENCE GAMES</h3>Denver 6. Air Force 4<h3>DULUTH TOURNAMENT</h3>RPI 7, St. Scholastica 5Minn-Duluth 10, Bemidji State 2RPI 5. Bemidji State 4Minn-Duluth 7, St. Scholastica 3St. Scholastica 6, Bemidji State 6Minn-Duluth 9, RPI 1(Minn-Duluth won tournament)<h3>ECAC CONFERENCE</h3><h4>Division I</h4>Providence 1, Pennsylvania 0Clarkson 4, St. Lawrence 1<h4>Division II</h4>Lowell Tech 3, AIC 2Boston State 5. Merrimack 3Merrimack 3, Vermont 2Buffalo Univ. 9, Kent State 0Framingham State 4, WPI 0Buffalo Univ 8, Oswego 6Framingham State 7, Fitchburg State 3AIC 2, Merrimack 0Boston State 4. Lowell Tech 2<h3>NON-CONFERENCE GAMES</h3>RPI 8, Bowling Green 5Bowling Green 4, New Hampshire 2New Hampshire 7, Bowling Green 2Boston University 10. Bowling Green 3Cornell 6. Western Ontario 2St. Louis 3, Brown 2<h3>NORTH COUNTRY TOURNAMENT</h3>Toronto 2, St. Lawrence 1Clarkson 8, Ohio State 3Ohio State 6, St. Lawrence 5Toronto, 7, Clarkson 1Toronto 3. Ohio State 1Clarkson 4, St. Lawrence 1(Toronto Univ, won tournament)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0263/3019840-1-eng-US/f0037-022.jpg" title="f0037-02" width="623" height="1454"></div> &#9632;

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College Races

<div class="byline">BY TOM BURKE</div>BOSTON&mdash;Eastern College Athletic Conference eligibility rules might have killed Dick DeCloe. They might have saddle Boston University with 11 forfeits in 1972-73. But apparently the executioners didn&rsquo;t open the coffin and thrust a broken hockey stick through DeCloe&rsquo;s heart.Dick DeCloe&rsquo;s hockey ghost is back, rattling skate blades and broken sticks through the arenas and courtrooms of the ECAC, shrieking &ldquo;Revenge! Revenge!&rdquo; Though it&rsquo;s too late to save the collegiate career of last year&rsquo;s Boston University sophomore puckster who was declared ineligible by the ECAC in mid-season, his position may be cleared for all time via recent legal action in the Boston court room of Judge Joseph L. Tauro.Tauro issued a preliminary injunction against the ECAC the week before thanksgiving which allowed BU sophomore forwards Bill Buckton and Peter Marzo to play varsity college hockey despite an ineligibility classification by the ECAC which was similar but not indentical to the one slapped on DeCloe. As of this writing, both the ECAC and NCAA were slated to meet and consider further their initial rulings of ineligibility.Should these organizations decide to appear Tauro&rsquo;s ruling to a higher court, Marzo and Buckton could conceivably be rendered unclean once again. But meantime, it will not cost the Terriers any games in which these two participate. as Buckton smiled after BU&rsquo;s opening 10-3 trouncing of Bowling Green, adding &ldquo;They can wait until 1980 and I won&rsquo;t care. All I know is that we can play hockey now.For some necessary background, let us recall last year when Boston University, paced by a hat trick by DeCloe. devastated Cornell 9-0 at Ithaca. Shortly thereafter, Cornell appealed DeCloe&rsquo;s eligibility to the ECAC. demanding to see the affidavit which all Canadian players must file with the governing body. Apparently. DeCloe&rsquo;s personal history was known to the Ithacans, who had previously lost the sevices of another skater, Pete Titanic, for similar reasons. The ECAC committee dusted off DeCloe&rsquo;s affidavit and snorted, &ldquo;Aha! Ineligible!&rdquo;BU then forfeited 11 early wins, DeCloe went home to play junior hockey, and Buckton and Marzo began to perspire with guilt. They were slated to move up to the varsity from the &ldquo;B&rdquo; team around the time that the DeCloe business occurred. In fear of similar sanctions by the ECAC, they stayed on the jayvees for the remainder of the campaign, since their affidavits, not unlike DeCloe&rsquo;s were on hand awaiting only another squeal of protest.Well before this season, the pair asked through BU for a ruling by the ECAC on their status. The ECAC said no. Unwilling to back down, they hired a lawyer and took the case to a slightly astounded Tauro. who declared from the bench that he could not see the difference between these two getting room and board and expense money, and some other athlete&rsquo;s getting full tuition at some prep school from an alumnus who&rsquo;d like the boy to come and play sports at his alma mater.If Tauro&rsquo;s opinion is not contested further, or if it is upheld by an appeals court, it could mean a drastic change in eligibility rules throughout the NCAA, but particularly in hockey. And a change is long overdue.Granted. There has to be a line drawn somewhere. It wouldn&rsquo;t be right tor Bobby Orr and Derek Sanderson to be allowed to play college hockey now, Nor, perhaps, in view of their recent Shinny apprenticeship, for the likes of Andre Savard or Steve Shutt. And herein, methinks, lies the key to the whole mess.College hockey is now more than even a learning, maturing experience in the ice sport. Players from both sides of the border are honing their skills for professional hockey, if they so desire, as well as for the world outside when they go the college route. Those who would not profit in such a manner, namely those who have received professional preparation such as the Junior A &ldquo;Tier One&rdquo; Leagues provide, should not be allowed to compete.Forget about affidavits and financial statements. They can be skirted in myriad ways. Forget nailing players for receiving any kind of material compensation prior to enrolling. You can&rsquo;t possibly apply justice equitably that why. Abandon, in toto, the snitch system, which allows one to play so long as nobody asks for an investigation of available but previously ignored evidence, as in the DeCloe case. The present rules, like the men who earn their Excedrin trying to enforce them, are well-meaning but just not realistic.The NCAA should study very closely all organized hockey leagues both in Canada and the U.S., and determine once and for all which will be off limits. Obviously, the NHL, WHA, and all other &ldquo;minor&rdquo; pro leagues fall into this category. So too do the presently-taboo Junior A &ldquo;Tier One&rdquo; loops. A review of these leagues every four years or so could keep open the possibilities for addition or deletion to the outlawed list.Finally, if school is bagged with an ineligible player, the school should be penalized, not the youngster. Therefore, there should be no forfeits, no suspensions of individual players, no cutting short of careers. Merely take away all money accruing to the guilty school from playoff competition up until the time class of the player in question graduates.Or is this proposal just too simple?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0340/3019878-1-eng-US/f0037-032.jpg" title="f0037-03" width="577" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">DAN KENNEDY&hellip;Fired Lone Goal</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Court Ruling Favoring BY Skaters Could Open Up NCAA Eligibility

PROVIDENCE &mdash;By the time the fans of Easten College hockey had polished off their tenth turkey sandwich, only two games had been played in their league, with full competition in the loop still ten days or so away.After Thanksgiving weekend, Clarkson and Providence shared the top sport in ECAC&rsquo;s Division One with 1-0 records. The Golden Knights outfught the Larries 4-1 in the North Country Hockey Festival finale, but the prize for the tournament had already been sprinted away by Toronto. The Blues edged Ohio State 3-1 after bombing Clarkson 7-1 and nipping the Larries 2-1 to roll up three straight triumphs.Providence needed only Dan Kennedy&rsquo;s goal at 8:39 of the first period to best Pennsylvania 1-0 in the lidlfiter for both teams. Mike Zyburra had 26 saves for the Friars to 24 for Tony Ciresi in the first game played at PC&rsquo;s new Schneider Rink on campus. It was the second straight shutout for Penn, looking back to the 4-0 whitewashing by Clarkson in the ECAC playoff consolation game last spring. Providence, not known for defensive mastery in recent years, was handicapped further by the professional defection of junior center Sean Shanahan.With their three losses, St. Lawrence&rsquo;s record dropped to 0-5, following 4-7 and 5-8 losses at St. Louis the prior weekend.&ldquo;Our older players haven&rsquo;t come out of the gate the way we wanted them to,&rdquo; assessed Bernie McKinnon. &ldquo;We just couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in the net. And we have to get rolling with our early schedule the way it is.&rdquo;The Larries lost Scott Graham and Eric Sandford for about six weeks each due to practice injuries, making their task all the harder. &#9632;

Providence Nips Penn In Opener

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-01106/3019992-1-eng-US/f0038-012.jpg" title="f0038-01" width="577" height="747"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY MARTIN &hellip;High Flying Knight</figcaption></div>SUDBURY &mdash;When a Sudbury group purchased the old Niagara Falls Flyers franchise and moved the club and players into Northern Ontario many felt it was almost like a licence to print money.Sudbury had been sending the cream of its teenage players to Southern Ontario to play Major Junior A hockey just about from the day the first prospectors settled down and started raising families.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0435/3019985-1-eng-US/f0038-042.jpg" title="f0038-04" width="282" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tim Young</figcaption></div>For years it had been a sore point with Northern hockey followers that they never had the chance of watching their younger talent develop in Junior A before they finally found their way to the National Hockey League.This season, the second for both clubs in the higher brand of so-called amateur hockey, the Soo Greyhounds are vastly improved and in the thick of the battle for a playoff spot and they&rsquo;re playing before double and sometimes triple the number of spectators.Howver it&rsquo;s not such a good picture in Sudbury where the Wolves are just about where they were a year ago (hovering around seventh) but the attendance is generally lower than 1972-73.The Sudbury officials are at a loss to explain the apathy as the club is playing almost .500 hockey and there have been a great number of real thrillers with 17 of their first 20 games decided by one goal &mdash; or ending in a tie.Coach Mac McLean, who moved over from Pembroke of the Central Hockey League (Tier Two Junior) to handle the Wolves resigned at one stage 10 days ago when he felt he didn&rsquo;t have the management behind him.However, he reconsidered after being given &ldquo;a 100 per cent vote of confidence&rdquo; and plans to stay at least for the balance of the schedule.As those close to the Sudbury scene put it: &ldquo;Things just have to get better.PETERBORO: Petes aren&rsquo;t winning as regularly as the first part of the schedule when they dropped only one of 16 games but they aren&rsquo;t losing either&hellip; In their last five starts they claimed only one victory, 6-2 over Sault and their other four ended in draws &mdash; with London, St. Catharines, Hamilton and Sudbury&hellip; Roger Neilson still has team playing tight-checking brand of hockey which may explain some ties, especially on road&hellip; Petes lost rare point at home with Sudbury when Rod Schutt brought Wolves back even early in third period and game ended 3-3.ST. CATHARINES: Black Hawks playing more consistent hockey and stretched unbeaten streak to eight games (six wins, two ties) with 7-5 win over Kitchener on two late goals by Gary McAdam&hellip; Trade which brought McAdam to Hawks from Ottawa in exchange for Larry Jacques paying off as he scored all three St. Catharines goals in third period&hellip; Earlier Wilf Paiement continued his bid for scoring championship with four points in 6-3 win at Oshawa, then held off summary completely at home as Hawks won 5-4 over London on Gary Lariviere&rsquo;s late goal&hellip; Dave Gorman just one short of 100th career goal with Hawks in three seasons&hellip; Only 10 other St. Catharines players have reached the century mark in 31 seasons of Junior A in the Garden City&hellip; Marcel Dionne, now with Detroit, is all-time leader with well over 200.LONDON: Like Black Hawks, Knights playing steady hockey under coach Bill Long but league is so close between second and eighth that even a couple of losses can drop teams four or five positions&hellip; After losing heart-breaker 5-4 in St. Catharines on goal by Lariviere with less than two minutes left Knights won two straight in 24 hours, 5-3 at home with Sudbury and 6-4 in Hamilton&hellip; Terry Martin, with 12 goals in his first 19 games, and Paul Nicholson scored two each for London against Wings. Bruce Aberhart playing particularly well in goal.OSHAWA: After holding second spot for two weeks Generals dropped slightly off the pace but well within range to regain that position&hellip; Home ice defeat by 6-3 to St. Catharines hurt but Generals bounced back to beat MarIboros 3-1 on goals by Bud Stefanski, Pat Ribble and Pete Vandemark&hellip; Rookie Tom Newton scored all three goals in 6-3 loss to Hawks.KITCHENER: The Ranger line of center Danny Djakalovic and wingers Joe Fortunato and Mike McKegney accounted for seven goals and 13 scoring points in 8-2 win over Hamilton&hellip; Three of Djakalovic&rsquo;s goals came in succession in third period&hellip; Playing their second game in two nights on the road Rangers came up short losing 7-5 in St. Catharines after great third period rally tied score.SAULT: Same old story with Greyhounds &mdash; they either win big or lose big&hellip; In three road games in three nights they lost 6-2 in Peterborough. 11-2 in Ottawa, then crushed Kingston 6-2&hellip; Defense is definitely their problem as they have allowed most goals in league but are among the top three in scoring&hellip; Rookie Jack Valiquette continuing his fantastic scoring with three goals in Greyhounds&rsquo; win over new Kingston entry and could be on his way to league record in freshman season.HAMILTON: Wings still clinging to last playoff position but absolute disinterest among Hamilton fans has to take its toll on players&rsquo; enthusiasm&hellip; Largest attendance this season has been about 850 and one night went below 400&hellip; Wings held Petes to 2-2 draw but lost next two nights 8-2 in Kitchener and 6-4 at home to London before 715 fans.TORONTO: Marlboros showing some improvement but still have way to go to make playoffs after Memorial Cup title a year ago&hellip; In their only game they lost 3-1 in Oshawa with Kevin Devine scoring only goal for coach George Armstrong&rsquo;s charges&hellip; Devine has been best player all season for Marlies who, so far, have worst record of any Toronto Junior A club in years.OTTAWA: 67s battling with Toronto and Kingston to avoid last place but like other two clubs are withing range of playoff spot if they can put winning streak together&hellip; Victory over Sudbury 5-0 and 11-2 over Soo may be start of smoething better for coach Leo Boivin&hellip; Derek Smith and much-traveled Dave Staffen four Junior A clubs playing well along with Peter Lee. Tim Young leads 67s in scoring with 31 points.KINGSTON: Canadians, as expected, are last in first season of Junior A but are still sticking in there and have made better showing than Ottawa in its initial season of 1967&hellip; Coach Jack Bownass patient with all-rookie squad who should be much better with year of experience behind them.<h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0264/3019978-1-eng-US/f0038-022.jpg" title="f0038-02" width="597" height="428"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Sat. Nov. 24Sudbury 3 at Peterboro 3Toronto 1 at Oshawa 3Hamilton 2 at Kitchener 8Sault 6 at Kingston 2Sun. Nov. 25Kitchener 5 at St. Catharines 7London 6 at Hamilton 4Ottawa 5 at Sudbury 0Mon. Nov. 26Ottawa 5 at Sault 4Tue. Nov. 27Kitchener 6 at Oshawa 1Toronto 5 at Kingston 2Hamilton 3 at London 6Thur. Nov. 29Ottawa 0 at Peterboro 3Toronto 3 at St. Catharines 7Fri. Nov. 30London 2 at Kitchener 4Kingston 3 at Sudbury 3Oshawa 1 at Toronto 4Peterboro 1 at Ottawa 0St. Catharines 2 at Hamilton 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0342/3019971-1-eng-US/f0038-032.jpg" title="f0038-03" width="606" height="1595"></div><h2>OHA MAJOR HOCKEY LEAGUE</h2><h3>OHA SCORING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0528/3019964-1-eng-US/f0038-052.jpg" title="f0038-05" width="599" height="1143"></div> &#9632;

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Sudbury Troubled On And Off Ice; Rest of OHA Catching Up To Petes

<div class="byline">BY BOB STRUMM</div>SASKATOON &mdash;There&rsquo;s no such thing as a head start on the amateur draft these days. With-28 clubs wallowing in the melting pot of big-time hockey, there&rsquo;s no choice but to stand in line.Still, tis the season to be jolly and speculate on just exactly which youngsters are in for the biggest bonuses come the annual summer bonanza. After all, the Western Canada Hockey League now has bona-fide public relations personnel throughout the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0039-0190/3020023-1-eng-US/f0039-012.jpg" title="f0039-01" width="274" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Chipperfield</figcaption></div>Bobby Clarke, the Flin Flon product, was the most valuable player in the NHL last season. Youngsters like Tom Lysiak, Lanny McDonald, Dave Lewis, John Davidson and Darcy Rota have stepped right into regular employment in the NHL this season.There are bound to be more of the same mould waiting for equivalent opportunities. But this season the scouts are keeping their secrets to themselves because, beyond the top three, it&rsquo;s grab bag proposition in the WCHL at the moment.The draft will also enjoy an extra dimension this May&rsquo; as 18-year-old sare eligible for the first time, providing they are selected in the first two rounds by a team which is willing to pay a pretty heavy price tag. You can be sure there won&rsquo;t be too many under-age prospects squinting at the bright lights despite their availability.The walls do have ears and eyes through, and scouts are only human. So here&rsquo;s the best out of the West at first glance, along with a few disappointments and surprises.But remember, priorities are always subject to change. 19-year old can gain 15 pounds and grow couple of inches in four months of hockey. He can also break collar bone.THE BEST: Brandon Wheat King centerman Ron Chipperfield has become the complete hockey player. Always able to score, he has displayed a talent for using his wingmen to effectiveness this season, quality which has given him an even distribution of goals and assists for the first time&hellip; Coach Rudy Pilous compares Chipperfield&rsquo;s physical talents with those of his former St. Catharines protege Stan Mikita and his leadership qualities to those of another ex-pupil, Brian Cullen who was quite a junior in his day. The scouts are already drooling.TWO: Clark Gillies of the Regina Pats is the pro&rsquo;s dream&hellip; He&rsquo;s a budding policeman who can also play the game&hellip; Gillies does everything a good winger should like play his position, score from the top of the face off circle, park with stubomness in the slot and root the puck out of the comers&hellip; He also has fists like bowling balls.THREE: Regina centreman Dennis Sobchuk is an unknown quantity in the draft this season because pre-season reports indicated he had already signed with Cincinnati of the WHA&hellip; But some people intimate he only signed a letter of intent and may be available&hellip; Although he&rsquo;s leading the league in loafing, he still has great pro potential&hellip; Color this one with uncertainty.FOUR: Flin Flon Bomber winger Bobbie Watt has finally blossomed into a premiere goal-scorer&hellip; His lofty perch at the moment relies on consistency this season which will make him a 60-goal man&hellip; He has to be regarded as a gamble at this point&hellip; But if Watt wants to be a pro, he&rsquo;ll be there.FIVE: Ron Greschner of the New Westminster Bruins has distinguished himself as the premiere defenceman in the WCHL in the early going&hellip; Greschner has added a certain defensive awareness to his offensive capabilities&hellip; He has the size, shot and willingness to become a professional.SIX: Mike Rogers, the Calgary Centennials centre, has everything except size&hellip; Rogers is an exceptional playmaker who can also score&hellip; He also has burning desire to play pro but has a to prove he can stay with the big boys.SEVEN: Jerry Holland is a winger with extreme promise&hellip; He still has some rough edges, especially offensively, but could make a solid addition to the right pro club&hellip; In the opposition end, he has proved himself to be one of those rare opportunist.EIGHT: Alan Hillier of the Flin Flon Bombers is even smaller than Rogers, although he possesses outstanding moves and playmaking ability&hellip; Besides, the scouts keep remembering a Flin Flon kid named Bobby Clarke whom they passed up in the first round in 1969.NINE: Cam Connor is the most impressive rookie in the WCHL playing the wing with Hillier and Watt&hellip; He&rsquo;s a poor man&rsquo;s Clark Gillies who will provide some club with an adequate policeman who can also play the game.TEN: A young man With tremendous potential is Regina defenceman Greg Joly&hellip; Still growing, he&rsquo;s now an adequate size to be pro&hellip; He&rsquo;s super with the puck, and conservative enough on defence to anchor the Pats&rsquo; fine blueline aggregation.HONORABLE MENTION: Danny Gare (Calgary); Dave Inkpen (Edmonton), Randy Andreachuk (Kamloops), Ray Maluta (Flin Flon), Mike Wanchuk (Regina), Brad Anderson (Victoria), Barry Legge (Winnipeg), Terry Ruskowski (Swift Current).DISAPPOINTMENTS: A lack expected goal production has placed forwards Bob Bourne (Saksatoon), Don Larway (Winnipeg), Dave Williams (Swift Current), Emile Demoissac (New Westminster) and Boyd Anderson (Medicine Hat) on trial basis.SLEEPERS: Swift Current forwards Willia Friesen and Ian McPhee have shown certain qualities which could make them draft darkhorses.POTENTIAL SPECIAL DRAFT: Saskatoon&rsquo;s Pat Price is the superior 18-year old in the WCHL&hellip; Price is in his fourth year of WCHL and probably doesn&rsquo;t need another year of seasoning&hellip; His offensive talents are incredible and his defense is coming. &#9632;

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Chipperfield Heads Top 10 As Pro Scouts Eye ‘74 Picks

<div class="byline">&#x2014;BY HERB MYERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0039-0261/3020054-1-eng-US/f0039-022.jpg" title="f0039-02" width="322" height="406"></div><h2>Ontario Provincial League</h2>The front-running Vaughan Nats could only come up with one point in two games as they dropped surprising 5-4 game to hustling Whitby, and then settled for a 3-3-tie with runnerup Aurora. Bruce Smith got his second goal of the game in the final minutes to gain the tie. Richmond Hill moved into second place tie with Aurora as they rallied for three final-period goals to edge the fourth-place North York Rangers 4-3. Rick Febbo, Bob Bangay and Digger Dunkley hit in the third period after Jim Graham had scored earlier while the North York scoring was handled by Doug Caines, Glen Balfour and Charles Skojodt. The Vaughan Nats added 19-year old winger Ike Makos from Aurora, and the hard-checking forward will make the Nats even more difficult to score against. Goalies Ray Hough and Kevin Walton have allowed only 32 goals in the first 15 games with the able assistance of an excellent five-man defense corps headed by veterans Charlie Hughes and Alf Lamoureux plus three fine 17-year-olds up from Jr B, Jim Tyrell, Brian Wilton and Kent Jackson. Outstanding freshmen at St. Louis Univ, are three of last year&rsquo;s Wexford grads, forwards Danny Tsubouchi and Wayne Ormson along with goalie Lindsay Middlebrook. Aurora grads John Richmond and Bill Hews playing with Univ, of Toronto Varsity Blues. The league All Stars will play an exhibition against the Finnish National Jr. team at North York Centennial Arena on Dec. 21.<h2>British Columbia League</h2>Coach Vern Dye&rsquo;s Vernon Vikings knocked over the previously undefeated Penticton Broncos 8-3 to take the league lead and drop last years Western Centennial Cup finalists to a second place tie with the Kelowna Buckaroos. Vernon held a 3-2 first period lead, opened the gap with three unanswered second period goals and coasted to the win led by two goals from Dave Caldow as Gerry Munro, Dave Dubbin, Barry Dye, Marty Stein, Jeff Boychuk and team scoring leader Bob Burgoyne chipped in with singles. Doug Lawton scored twice and Mark Patterson added one for coach Don Slater&rsquo;s Broncos. At Nanaimo, the Clippers climbed into a three-way tie for sixth place with Chilliwack and Langley by dumping the Chilliwack Bruins 6-4 as Dale Iwasiuk, Al Hill, Al Dreger, Morley Anderson, Clint Eccles and Jeff Frketich shared the Clipper scoring. Dave Zelinski tallied his third goal of the night in overtime as fourth place White Rock Centennials edged Langley 5-4. The visiting clubs are having a rough time this season as home teams have won 24 of the first 29 games played to date Last year stars Lindsay Thompson, of Nanaimo, Chad Campbell of Penticton and Dave Robinson of. Bellingham are teammates at Denver University this season.<h2>Alberta League</h2>The Pass Red Devils, fourth place finishers last year, quickly showed their heels to rest of the league in early outings. Coach John Chapman&rsquo;s sextet, winning six of their first seven games, are led by 18-year olds Tim McCracken and Tim O&rsquo;Donnell and 17-year old Pete McMahon, all with Lethbridge last season, and veteran Lyle Murray. Drumheller Falcons, with 10 veterans back, opened with home wins over Calgary 8-4, and Edmonton 6-5 in an overtime thriller. Grant Pushie led the scoring against Calgary with two goals, while against Edmonton it was goalie Jack Walker and high-scoring forward Gary Bembridge who teamed up for the win. Walker turned aside 12 shots in the extra period until Bembridge scored the winner on a breakaway. Falcon coach Jack Samuel has three 16-year-old blueliners who will be remembered by opposing forwards: 6&rsquo;4&rdquo;, 190 lb. John Hilworth is back for second season, while 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 195 lb. Ken White and 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 180 lb. Rob Cook are in their rookie season. The league All Stars play a two-game exhibition series with the Finnish National Jr team Dec. 13 and 14 in Red Deer and Drumheller.<h2>United States Leagues</h2>In Midwest Junior League, St. Paul Vaulcans won 15 of their first 18 games and are rolling over all league opposition. Coach Doug Woog&rsquo;s powerful defending champs are led by veteran John Shewchuk who has banged in 24 goals in 18 games and ably assisted by Mike Haedrich and Dan Bonk who are both averaging a goal per game. The Thunder Bay Hurricanes, with six games in hand, seem the only challenger to the front-running Vulcans. The Chicago Nordics finally broke into the win column with a 5-2 victory over St. Cloud. With the win the players kept their long hair. They had a bet with coach Ken Wharram that if they didn&rsquo;t win against St. Cloud, the locks would be cut.The New England Junior League All Star team had five Rhode Island representatives as goalie Mike Boudreau, defenseman Bill Guilbo and forwards Don Beaulieu, Mike Chabot and Tom Palumbo of the North Smithfield Ringers were named to the 25-man team which met the Montreal Jr. B Repentigny Olympics in Boston Garden. General Mgr. Fritz Gatzke is adding new faces after Pembroke Hobomock Chiefs lost their first 10 outings.SLAP SHOTS: year old Bob Geoffrion, defenseman with Cornwall Major Jr. is son of Atlanta Flames Coach Boom-Boom Geoffrion&hellip; Proposal for new 4,500 seat arena in Thornhill area of Toronto, for future use by a new Major Jr A franchise, was voted down&hellip; Toronto Maple Leaf&rsquo;s Inge Hammarstrom and Borje Salming will be on welcoming committee for Swedish midget team which will play at Richmond Hill on Dec. 28&hellip; Chicago (III.) Catholic High School league expanded to eight teams with addition of Gordon Tech and DeLasalle H.S&hellip; Coach Tom Eccleston of Pilgrim H. S. was elected president of Rhode Island H. S. Hockey Coaches Assn&hellip; Stu Graham&rsquo;s three goals led Arnprior Parkers 8-3 over Gatineau in Ottawa Valley Jr B&hellip; Four goals by Kim King led Charleswood assault in 11-3 thumping of Ste Anne in Manitoba Major Jr B&hellip; Coach Minnie Menard&rsquo;s Des Moines (la) Jr Capitals opened 25-game season against Drake Univ&hellip; Former pro Norm Defelice is coach of league leading Buffalo Blades in New York-Penn Jr. League. &#9632;

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