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November 8, 1974

The Hockey News November 8, 1974

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-01124/3293810-1-eng-US/f0038-012.jpg" title="f0038-01" width="562" height="1075"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE CLAIRMONT &hellip;Joins Brother</figcaption></div>BINGHAMTON &mdash;Two weeks ago the Broome Dusters didn&rsquo;t have anyone in their organization named Clairmont. Today they have two.Wayne Clairmont has been signed to coach the Dusters joining brother Neil, who was sent to the Dusters by the Boston Bruins recently.The new coach, who served as a scout for the Phoenix Roadrunners of the Western Hockey League last year, is 31. Clairmont had an eightyear playing career in pro hockey, starting with the Knoxville Knights or the Eastern League and ending with Phoenix.In those eight years he played on five championship teams, with Nashville in the EHN and with Phoenix.A native of Parry Sound, Ont., Clairmont makes his home in Phoenix. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Clairmont New Coach Of Dusters

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04410/3292020-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB HESS&hellip; St.Louis Blues</figcaption></div>The St. Louis Blues have had many rookies in recent years but none drew as much enthusiasm from management as defenseman Bob Hess. The 5&rsquo;11&rdquo;, 175-pounder who starred with New Westminster of the Western Canada League last season, was rated so highly by the Blues&rsquo; scouts, he was their No. 1 draft pick in the amateur grab-bag. The Blues signed Hess to a multi-year contract to justify their faith in the youngster, who was his team&rsquo;s eighth highest scorer in the WCHL with 10 goals and 30 assists. He also picked up 104 penalty minutes. What did the Blues like most about Hess? His skating. Gerry Ehman, the Blues&rsquo; director of player personnel said, &ldquo;We though Bob was the best skating defenseman in Junior hockey last year. He has the potential to become a real good one in the NHL,&rdquo; Hess is only 19 and is a left handed shot. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01851/3291958-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>Used To Tough Times</h2>IT&rsquo;S A BIT DIFFICULT not to give a small cheer for Jim (Drugstore) Shaw and hope that he makes it big in goal for the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association.Not that big Jim is going to starve if he fails. After all, he has a degree in pharmacy plus the license to practice his trade. But Shaw, 29, has persevered through a minor professional hockey career in which he has had more tough acts to buck than the opening comedian on All Star night at a strip joint.And, in many ways, Shaw represents much that is good in hockey, a game in which the player often is channelled into its tunnel-visioned approach which leads men down a rather narrow path. Shaw placed the education under his hat, then tried for a hockey career.His way to stardom isn&rsquo;t clear with the Toros, either. He shares their net with Gilles Gratton, who ranks with John Davidson of the St. Louis Blues as the best very young (under 23) goalie in hockey. Then there&rsquo;s old Les Binkley, a tough, established pro who had &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s worst knee&rdquo; repaired by surgeons during the off-season and isn&rsquo;t about to place mothballs in his goal-pads without a little scrap.Last season, Shaw was the All Star goalie in the American League with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs, the leading netminder with a 2.68 average in 41 games. Normally, such an achievement would earn a player a shot at a major league job.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02738/3291951-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="517" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Shaw</figcaption></div>But Shaw was the property of the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League on loan to the Voyageurs. The Flames&rsquo; incumbent goalies, Dan Bouchard and Phil Myre, are perhaps the NHL&rsquo;s best tandem.&ldquo;There really wasn&rsquo;t hope for me with Atlanta unless Myre or Bouchard broke a leg but that situation wasn&rsquo;t new to me,&rdquo; Shaw said. &ldquo;When I was in the Chicago Black Hawk chain, I was All Star goalie in the Central League with Dallas. The next fall. I didn&rsquo;t even get invited to the Chicago training camp because the Hawks had Tony Esposito and Gerry Desjardins as their goalies.<h2>Waited Out Dryden</h2>THUS, WHEN THE TOROS&rsquo; general manager Buck Houle called, Shaw was an eager listener. The future for goaltending druggists seemed more encouraging in Toronto.Here, again, Shaw had to play a little second fiddle. The Toros had courted Ken Dryden, another chap who didn&rsquo;t permit hockey to interfere with his education. Dryden was close-at-hand last season during his sabbatical from the Montreal Canadiens to complete the article year for his law degree with a Toronto legal firm.&ldquo;The day after Dryden told us that Sam Pollock and the Canadiens had loosened the old wallet and he was going back there, the press release on the AHL All-Stars arrived,&rdquo; Houle said. &ldquo;I saw that Shaw was the All Star goalie so I did a little checking on him. All reports were good.&rdquo;The man who brought Shaw and the Toros together was Toronto lawyer Bill McMurtry, the man who conducted the controversial Ontario government inquiry into violence in amateur hockey.&ldquo;I had McMurtry representing me,&rdquo; Shaw said. &ldquo;Not long after Dryden returned to the Canadiens, McMurtry and Houle were having lunch to discuss other matters and my name came up. Bingo! I was a Toro soon after that.&rdquo;Shaw had been contacted by the Kansas City Scouts prior to the NHL expansion draft but he told the new team that he wasn&rsquo;t interested. The prospects for a goalie with an NHL team in its first season are similar to those of a parade marshall in Selma or a Saigon traffic cop.<h2>No Fun With Loser</h2>SHAW HAD BEEN THAT ROUTE with a last-place team, and once was enough. In the 1972-73 season, he played 47 games for the Baltimore Clippers who finished so far up the track in the AHL that the other teams often inquired if the Clippers were still in the league.&ldquo;Playing goal for a loser isn&rsquo;t much fun,&rdquo; Shaw said. &ldquo;That season in Baltimore was hell, pure hell. The team had a loser&rsquo;s complex and it got so bad that you didn&rsquo;t want to go to the rink because you just knew it would be another loss. None of the players wanted to take the blame for losing, we didn&rsquo;t get along very well, and the wives hardly spoke to each other.&ldquo;I just didn&rsquo;t want to go through that again with an expansion club. I&rsquo;d decided that if I didn&rsquo;t get a change for a good big-league job &mdash; and I told McMurtry that, too &mdash; then I&rsquo;d pack it in and forget it.&ldquo;I never heard from Atlanta so when the Toros offer came along. I grabbed it. We&rsquo;re going to have a first-rate team.&rdquo;Shaw was just one of the players in the Toros&rsquo; excellent off-season recruiting efforts. Frank Mahovlich, Paul Henderson and Tony Featherstone jumped from the NHL. Vaclav Nedomansky and Richard Farda defected from the Czechoslovakian Nationals. College star George Kucmizc and top teenage prospect Jim Turkiewicz joined the team too.The Toros were anxious to add goaltending depth. Binkley, 40, had a knee which often tried to go south when he was proceeding north. Although surgery fixed it up well, he was a question mark. Gratton is a brilliant young prospect but has yet to develop consistency. On nights when he&rsquo;s interested, Gratton is spectacular. Other nights, he&rsquo;s ordinary.When Dryden raided the Canadiens&rsquo; vault, the Toros&rsquo; goaling was a problem and Shaw was the best available. His excellence in pre-season games and his early starts in the schedule indicate that the team will have front-line work in the nets.Shaw spent the summer finishing a six-month &lsquo;apprenticeship&rsquo;&rsquo; to earn his pharmacist license.After you have the degree, which I finished in 1971 at University of Saskatchewan in my hometown of Saskatoon, you have to work in retail pharmacy for six months.&rdquo; Shaw said. &ldquo;I have a good friend who had a drugstore in Saskatoon and I worked for him. He&rsquo;s good boss because he gave me a bit of time to play golf.&rdquo;Following his junior career with Saskatoon Blades, Shaw decided to attend university and postpone any pro try.&ldquo;In three seasons. Portland of the Western League invited me to training camp and I almost went each year.&rdquo; Shaw said. &ldquo;But I always backed out because I figured that if I didn&rsquo;t finish the college degree then, maybe I&rsquo;d never do it.&rdquo;Shaw played college and senior hockey, spent a season with Fort Wayne of the International League before dropping out again to concentrate on school. Dallas, Portland. Baltimore and Nova Scotia are the stops on his pro tour.&ldquo;I had a big year at Nova Scotia because of Al McNeil (Voyageurs&rsquo; coach),&rdquo; Shaw said. He had the team playing great defensive hockey which is a help to any goalie.&rdquo;Shaw and his wife Carol, who&rsquo;s a pharmacist too. have no plans to build a bankroll towards their own store. He claims the big chains have made it almost impossible to operate that way.But then the precedent for pharmacists in hockey is encouraging. The most famous druggist-puckchaser was Clarence (Hap) Day. the great defenseman and coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Knowing how to mix a balm for acne didn&rsquo;t exactly hurt Day on the hockey rink. &#9632;

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FRANK ORR SAYS:

<div class="byline">BY BILL MAKI</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01843/3291744-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">&ldquo;&hellip;Management Believes, As You Do, The Squeaky Wheel Gets The Grease.&rdquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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CARTOON CORNER

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01194/3294328-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"></div>&mdash;Page 9TRADE WORKS FOR HOT SABRES&rsquo; ROOKIE &rArr; PETER McNAB&mdash;Page 14HAVE NOTS FLOURISH IN EARLY NHL RACES&mdash;Page 19ORR, NIKITA EXCHANGE BLASTS AFTER STICK DUEL&mdash;Page 16WHITE, RUSSELL COULD BREAK CHICAGO BANK&mdash;Page 20<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-02166/3294321-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="588" height="1066"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL WHITE</figcaption></div>WHA: BIG M: life is beautiful WITH TORONTO TOROS&mdash;Page 26 &#9632;

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NEW FACES LIFT CANUCKS HIGH

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01812/3291391-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Super Bruin Bobby Orr has become embroiled in a feud with Chicago&rsquo;s Stan Mikita. Charges flew thick and fast after the two engaged in a stick duel during a recent NHL game. For details see page 16.</figcaption></div><h2>FLYER STARS SUSPENDED</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;NHL President Clarence Campbell has suspended two members of the Philadelphia Flyers indefinitely for their part in a bench-clearing brawl between the Flyers and California Seals in an Oct. 25 game in Oakland.Don Saleski and Bob Kelly of the Flyers have both been set down pending a hearing before Campbell after they were ejected from the Oakland game by referee Bryan Lewis along with six other players in a wild game that resulted in 256 penalty minutes.The outburst was ignited by a fight in the penalty box in which Saleski, Orest Kindrachuck and Kelly reportedly ganged up on Seals&rsquo; rookie Mike Christie, who needed 14 stitches to close cuts.<h2>OILERS TRADE HARRISON</h2>CLEVELAND&mdash;The long, bitter contract dispute between Edmonton&rsquo;s GM Bill Hunter and the club&rsquo;s top scoring star Jim Harrison has been resolved.The Oilers traded Harrison to the Cleveland Crusaders in return for center Ron Buchanan and future considerations. Harrison was currently under suspension by the Oilers for refusing to play because of contract difficulties. A report said Harrison signed for $600,000 over a four-year period with Cleveland.<h2>JETS, TOROS FILL MLG</h2>TORONTO&mdash;The WHA had its big moment at the turnstiles when the Winnipeg Jets and Bobby Hull came to town to oppose the Toronto Toros with the Big M &mdash; Frank Mahovlich and Paul Henderson being offered as the main attractions.The result was an exciting 3-1 win for the Toros over the Jets before the largest crowd to ever see the Toros perform in Toronto &mdash; 14,141. It was Toronto&rsquo;s fifth win without a loss and the Jets first loss of the year.Neither Mahovlich nor Henderson scored but Hull didn&rsquo;t disappoint. He got the lone Winnipeg goal.<h2>RINK OPENER SPOILED</h2>CLEVELAND&mdash;Everything was in readiness for the unveiling of Nick Mileti&rsquo;s $20 million 18,000-seat Coliseum when the ice machine wouldn&rsquo;t cooperate.Because they couldn&rsquo;t make ice, the Coliseum opener between Cleveland and Toronto had to be postponed much to the chagrin of organizers who had gone to a great deal of trouble to lineup a glittering &lsquo;first night&rsquo; show complete with celebrities and fanfare. The &lsquo;opener&rsquo; was set ahead three nights to Oct. 30 with Minnesota Fighting Saints coming into the Coliseum. &#9632;

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Deadline Stoppers

<h2>NHL TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03599/3291450-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="520" height="818"></div><h2>WHA TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04414/3291443-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="516" height="625"></div><h2>OTHER LEAGUES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05290/3291436-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="520" height="404"></div><h2>COLUMNISTS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06195/3291429-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="510" height="130"></div><h2>OTHER FEATURES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-07114/3291422-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="516" height="214"></div> &#9632;

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WHERE YOU’LL FIND IT ALL

<div class="byline">BY NORM MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK &mdash;Rod Seiling accidentally deflected a pass by California&rsquo;s John Stewart into his own goal and then sat on the bench for two straight games as the Rangers went through a lacklustre 1-1-1 week. Seiling, being booed by New York fans, was quoted as saying. &ldquo;The fans can go bleep themselves.&rdquo;Whether general manager coach Emile Francis sat him down for this breach of public relations or for lacklustre play is a moot point.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02749/3291360-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="239" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Seiling</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Our defense played two great games in a row. There was no way to work Seiling into the lineup,&rdquo; said Francis when questioned about Seiling&rsquo;s status.Seiling, a smooth stick checking defenseman, had a great season in 1971-72, and good ones in the last two years. His unaggressive style has turned off some of the more blood-thirsty members of the Madison Square Garden faithful. But prior to the Oct. 16 California game, in which Rangers tied 5-5, he had always been one of Francis&rsquo; favorites. He was lost in the first 1967-68 expansion draft but Francis moved heaven and earth, rigging a special deal involving Gary Sabourin and Bob Plager to get Rod back. Seiling came to New York in the February 1964 trade which saw Andy Bathgate going to Toronto.Ron Harris missed the California game, then retired and unretired all within the space of 24 hours. The retirement was simply a personal thing with Harris. He is the fifth defenseman under normal conditions and accepts that.&rdquo;He thought of quitting and taking a job in Montreal, but reconsidered.In the weekend split with the Islanders (4-2 win) and Canucks (1-0 loss), the Derek Sanderson situation became a public topic. Sanderson, through no fault of his own, has been seeing minimal ice time as Francis goes with Jean Ratelle, Walt Tkaczuk and Pete Stem kowski at center. Occasionally he works with Bert Wilson or Rick Middleton and sometimes on a fourth catch line with Jerry Butler and others. He worked one shift with Steve Vickers and Middleton.In the Vancouver game, he missed a chance for a goal when he lifted his shot over the Canuck goal.&ldquo;Should have had two goals,&rdquo; said Turk. &ldquo;As to not playing much I don&rsquo;t stir things up and cause trouble. If it&rsquo;s not to be that 1 play here, it&rsquo;s not to be. I&rsquo;ll play somewhere. Everything will be handled.&rdquo;Sanderson is very popular with the Ranger fans who cheer his every appearance on the ice. Some feel that he challenged Jean Ratelle, 34, for the center spot on the Rangers&rsquo; first line with Rod Gilbert and Greg Polis. When Ratelie was hurt in pre-season Sanderson stepped in and the line flew.Sanderson is 28 and is in fine playing condition after reporting early at training camp.It is apparent that a trade or trades are in the wind. The Seiling situation cannot continue. He is too good to rust on the bench. Neither can the waste of Sanderson continue.Gilles Villemure. previously considered as trade bait, played both weekend games and appeared to have worn away some of the rust caused by his unhappiness over his contract. He couldn&rsquo;t be faulted on Garry Monahan&rsquo;s winning goal for the Canucks. It came on a rebound of a Gerry Meehan shot.Rick Middleton has been moved off the Bulldog line with Bill Fair-bairn reclaiming his spot with Steve Vickers. Vickers got the game tying marker against California after Brad Park had slid into his own net with Sales&rsquo; so ahead &#9632;

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Seiling Moves Into Cat’s Doghouse As Ranger Player Turmoil Grows

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT&mdash;Marcel Dionne doesn&rsquo;t look big enough or old enough to smoke but there he was, passing out the big Gold Label Palma Candela cigars in the Detroit Red Wing dressing room.Vice president Lincoln Calvalieri always brings in a box of the cigars, with president Bruce Norris&rsquo; compliments, after a Red Wing victory.it started uunng Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s regime as club captain and the captain would go around the room, passing out the cigars. Now Dionne is captain and the stubby little guy walked around the room, garbed only in his athletic supporter, extending the box to his teammates.&ldquo;Beaver,&rdquo; Dionne&rsquo;s nickname after the little Indian in the old Red Ryder comic strip, has taken on all sorts of new duties this season and so far they&rsquo;re paying dividends for both the Red Wings and Dionne himself.<h2>Taken On New Maturity</h2>Somewhat mercurial-mooded his first three seasons in Detroit, Dionne has taken on new maturity with his appointment, at the age of 23, as team captain.His play making produced 11 goals and he scored one for 12 points in Detroit&rsquo;s first five games before an ice show enforced two weeks excursion from Chesapeake Bay to the Pacific.But there was more that&hellip; there also was Marcel Dionne, the penalty-killer.It&rsquo;s a role Dionne would&rsquo;ve liked to have had when he first came to the club.&ldquo;I always killed penalties in junior,&rdquo; Dionne said. &ldquo;I love the ice time.&rdquo;But you don&rsquo;t use a high-priced 20-year-old kid offensive star to kill penalties, right? The Red Wings didn&rsquo;t.Last year, when Delvecchio moved up to coach, Dionne mentioned to Delvecchio that he&rsquo;d like to kill penalties.<h2>Top Penalty Killing Team</h2>Delvecchio didn&rsquo;t do anything about it at the time but in training camp he started using Dionne and linemate Nick Libett, long one of the Wing penalty-killers, as a team and they&rsquo;ve been at it since.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s been good on the faceoffs and he&rsquo;s been bugging &lsquo;em, bothering &lsquo;em&rdquo; Delvecchio said. &ldquo;So far, he&rsquo;s been performing well.&rdquo;Delvecchio said it after one of the Wings&rsquo; tightest victories of the young season, a 4-2 Detroit victory that really was a one-goal game. Libett scored into the empty Flame net at 19:59.Atlanta had a power-play the last two minutes of the game and for the final minute, with goalie Dan Bouchard out, had a 6-4 skating advantage but Detroit, with Dionne and Libett playing a major role and little Jimmy Rutherford sensational in goal, weathered it.&ldquo;I try to run at as many of them as I can, just keep hitting the other color sweater. I think the worst thing you can do in killing penalties is to stand around&hellip;you&rsquo;ve got to make things happen, get the puck away from them.&ldquo;You know, the last two or three years, we haven&rsquo;t won many one-goal games,&rdquo; Dionne said. &ldquo;Now we&rsquo;ve won three of them.&rdquo;And the three came in Detroit&rsquo;s first five games. Actually, two of them became two-goal decisions in the books but they were because of empty-net goals.Dionne has been criticized in the past because he hasn&rsquo;t back-checked as diligently as he could and he said, &ldquo;The fans don&rsquo;t realize how hard it is to play defensive hockey.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01817/3291613-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="988" height="1684"><figcaption class="caption-body">Three of the newest captains in the NHL this season include Marcel Dionne, above left, of Detroit, Rangers&rsquo; Brad Park, above right, and Minnesota&rsquo;s Bill Goldsworthy, below.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02691/3291606-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="749" height="2209"></div>But that&rsquo;s what wins games and Dionne, with his new responsibilities, is responding to them&hellip;and the Wings got off to a fast start for a change.Helping the getaway, along with Dionne, was right wing Mickey Redmond who usually is something of a slow starter despite scoring 52 and 51 goals the last two years.Redmond, like Dionne a summer bridegroom, scored seven goals in the first five games with a three-goal effort against the Washington Capitals, his fourth career three goal game.And top rookie Bill Lochead who plays right wing on Dionne&rsquo;s line, scored three in his first five games including the winner in the victory over Atlanta.Like Dionne, Lochead is adjusting too to the idea of backchecking. &ldquo;When I know I have to doit, I do it,&rdquo; the tall, blond rookie said,&rdquo;Injunior I was an offensive player because we had the puck in their end 80 percent of the time.&rdquo;So far, the Wings are beginning to adjust&hellip;not all the time&hellip;but more than last year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03470/3291599-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="562" height="724"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04275/3291592-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="458" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body">Big Names Make&hellip; &hellip; NHL CaptainsBOBBY CLARKE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05157/3291585-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="458" height="584"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-06108/3291578-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="452" height="574"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0771/3291571-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg" title="f0003-07" width="400" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body">LOHN RHCK</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0847/3291564-1-eng-US/f0003-082.jpg" title="f0003-08" width="463" height="586"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY HARPER</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0933/3291557-1-eng-US/f0003-092.jpg" title="f0003-09" width="450" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body">EDDIF WESTEALL</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Dionne Performing Double Duty But It’s All Part Of New Role

<div class="byline">&#x2014; By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01902/3291651-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="274" height="354"></div><h2>The Toy Tiger&rsquo;s Battle&hellip;</h2>THE TOY TIGER is tiny, but tough. Garry Howatt stands only 5&rsquo;9&rdquo; in height and weighs only 175 pounds, but he led the National Hockey League by totalling 29 five-minute major penalties for fights and by consensus of most of the media covering the club he won 27 of them. Maybe more important, the New York Islander winger competes despite the problem of being an epileptic. He was fifth on tour with 204 minutes in the sin bin and didn&rsquo;t spend a second in a sick bed.Epilepsy is a chronic disorder of the nervous system. It shadows its victims, striking with seizures which render them unconscious and sends them into convulsions in which there is the threat they may strangle by swallowing their own tongues. It is considered incurable, but can be controlled continuously by medication and Howatt has had the illness in check for five years.&ldquo;It struck me first when I was 14,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I felt sick and stayed home from school. I lived on a farm and when my dad came in from doing the chores. I was having a seizure and it scared hell out of him. When I found out about it, it scared hell out of me, too.&rdquo; This was in Grand Center. Alberta, in the rolling countryside of western Canada. Gary&rsquo;s dad did what he could to help his son, but he did not know what to do. He called a doctor, of course. Time, as it often does, took care of that seizure before the doctor arrived. Garry was rushed to a hospital in Edmonton, where he remained several weeks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02726/3291644-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="315" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Garry Howatt</figcaption></div>Here, his sickness was diagnosed. &ldquo;When I found out what it was. I thought my life was over.&rdquo; the little fighter admits. &ldquo;Even after I found out it would not be fatal if I was fortunate. I thought I would never be able to lead a decent life, It took awhile to get it under control and then it took a long time for me to accustom myself to the thought that this was something I&rsquo;d have to take care of the rest of my life, something I&rsquo;d have to learn to live with the rest of my life. Once I saw it was something I could live with, however, I felt a bit better about it.&rdquo;This illness, which hangs over its victims so omirously and strikes so frighteningly, once was misbelieved to be a mental disorber. Over the yyears. medical knowledge of the disease has been increased enormously and the public has become better informed about it and more comfortable with it. Most important, treatment of it has been bettered greatly, It does not upset Garry Howatt to be asked about it and he does not mind discussing it. He is not ashamed of it, or afraid for it to be general knowledge. He handles it much as Bobby Clarke of the Philadelphia Flyers does his diabetes, although when Bobby was breaking into the majors he was worried it would work against his chances and sensitive to the possibility he&rsquo;d be the subject of sympathy.HOWATT SAYS, &ldquo;We at first felt it might be a brain tumor or something like that. I suffered some severe seizures at first. I remember one when I&rsquo;d walked to school in the worst sort of weather, 40 degrees below zero. I took an exam and that made it worse. Afterwards. I went to my locker and it struck me there. No one knew what to do. The principal was called, but he didn&rsquo;t know to pull my tongue out. Instead, he started to slap my face to bring me to. which was the worst thing to do.&ldquo;Today I play it smart and tell the people around me about it and how to handle it if it strikes. I&rsquo;m not afraid to ask for help. The fact is that I don&rsquo;t need help now and may not, but I have to play it safe. I haven&rsquo;t had an attack of convulsions for many years. I take Mysoline pills three times a day every day and a pheno-barbitol pill before I go to bed every night and it keeps my illness in control. But if it should strike, the team trainers and doctors and even my teammates know to make sure my tongue is free and keep me warm and under control physically and wait for it to pass.&rdquo;Curiously, the only flare-ups of his epilepsy have been summers, shortly after every season. &ldquo;The natural thing is to wonder if physical activity as rugged as playing hockey isn&rsquo;t a risk, but it&rsquo;s not,&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;As a boy I thought I wouldn&rsquo;t be able to go on in the game. When I found out I could, I was tremendously relieved. I thought about playing pro, but a lot of boys do and most don&rsquo;t make it. I was lucky and I&rsquo;ve never had an attack in a game. But when I&rsquo;ve gone home after the last few seasons. I&rsquo;ve had a couple of times the first few weeks where my mind blanked out. I went foggy for 30 seconds or so and when I came to I was confused. We finally figured it out. My body is so conditioned to a lot of physical activity that when I&rsquo;m doing little, just lazying around. I get a reaction to it. So now I keep active.&rdquo;IT HAS RESTRICTED him in a few ways. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not supposed to drink hard stuff so at first I wasn&rsquo;t going out for the guys, but then I learned that when they go in for a beer or something to relax after a game I go in with them. I just don&rsquo;t drink. It makes me one of them and I can have a good time without drinking.&rdquo; he explains. &ldquo;However. I never was a big guy for going out, for partying or running around a lot. so I never felt frustrated at having to watch my step in any night life, and now that I&rsquo;m married I&rsquo;ll probably proceed pretty peacefully.&rdquo;Garry married the former Karen Lylack of Vancouver in April at the end of last season. He says. &ldquo;I never hid my illness from her and for sure when, I saw it was serious between us I made sure she understood it and it has never seemed to make any difference to her. It should not make any difference to us in our marriage, having kids or anything. I think sometimes about the fact that she&rsquo;s never seen me have an attack, but I don&rsquo;t think it would bother her because she knows now it might happen and she knows what to do if it does.&rdquo;For a honeymoon he took her to the farm, where he baled hay while she learned to drive a tractor. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s a city girl, but she took to the outdoor life and she didn&rsquo;t run over me or anyone. We spent the summer going back and forth between our homes getting to know our respective parents. Right now my life is hockey and while she didn&rsquo;t know much about the game before she already thinks she knows it all. We have an apartment in New York and she goes to the games and tells me what I did wrong afterwards,&rdquo; he laughs.AT THE AGE OF 22, he is doinga lot of things right these days. Drafted only on the 12th round in the summer of 1972 because of his size, he developed rapidly and at the finish of his first season in the minors moved up to the majors. Last season was his first full season up top and while he scored only six goals, he was a consistently effective checker on left wing and was a cop for his club. &ldquo;I work on my shooting all the time and if I can get to the point where I can get 15 into the nets a year I&rsquo;ll be around because I can help a team in many ways.&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I pop my pills, play my game and don it&rsquo;s think about my illness any more.&rdquo;Although a sweetheart off the ice. The Toy Tiger is savage on it. He has fought everyone who fights except L.A.&rsquo;s Dan Maloney, who is the finest fistfighter in hockey by far. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not afraid of anyone. I&rsquo;ve been fighting since I was a boy on the streets and I guess I&rsquo;m still at it because I&rsquo;m good at it. I really get into games, overreact, and lose my temper fast. But fighting&rsquo;s part of this sport and every team needs, a fighter. I only lost one fight last season, which was to Larry Robinson of Montreal. Size doesn&rsquo;t bother me most of the time, but he was too big and tough. One other fight might have been a draw. I&rsquo;ll take em on again, however.&rdquo; this miniature monster says.His first big victory was over burly Bob &ldquo;Hound Dog&rdquo; Kelly of the Broad Street bruisers the week Garry arrived in the majors. Last year he had fights in five straight games. Along the way. he outpunched such as Steve Durbano. Dave Schultz, big Bob Dailey, Pat Quinn and several other of the biggest and best brawlers around.Garry is a guy who gives what he has to his game. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY RUSS WHITE</div>WASHINGTON &mdash;Winning games is only one of the nagging problems confronting the new Washington hockey team.Selling tickets would settle some immediate headaches and give Capital Centre officials the patience required to wait for the team to shake up the league standings.The Capitals played their fourth game on home ice against the Detroit Red Wings and were still looking for their first five-figure attendance.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03532/3291682-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="276" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Greg Joly</figcaption></div>For an outfit that was generously promising that it would hold back day-of-game ducats for those who couldn&rsquo;t afford or didn&rsquo;t desire season tickets, there are some red faces.Where, pray tell, are the 30.000 people who requested season tickets a year ago?&ldquo;Tell us.&rdquo; said Jerry Sachs, the vice-president of the Capitals and president of Capital Centre. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an interesting phenomenon. I guarantee you W&rsquo;e didn&rsquo;t lie about the 30.000 requests. They were very real.&rdquo;Sachs said that the Caps had less than 7.000 season ticket holders. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re around 6.000.&rdquo; he admitted.In three home dates 25. 145 came through the turnstiles. (8.093 for opening night against Los Angeles; 8.471 two nights later against Chicago; 7.581 on a Sunday night against the NY Islanders).The 8.381 average should climb. World Series games were played the first two dates. The Washington Redskins played home oon Sunday. The Black Hawks were the only real draw. Perhaps 12.000 would have come to that game had there been no Series game on television. Perhaps?&ldquo;We have no way to guage just what&rsquo;s happening,&rdquo; Sachs said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve talked to people in other cities. The Atlanta team didn&rsquo;t really start drawing until mid-way in its first year. Then, the Flames did very well.&ldquo;People don&rsquo;t get into basketball or hockey until football gets out of their system,&rdquo; Sachs said.Atlanta had a 12,516 average home gate its first year with 10 games sold out. The Flames had less than 4,000 season tickets at the start.The Philadelphia Flyers averaged only 9,625 a date their first season in the NHL despite winning the Western Division&rsquo;s regular season title. Today, of course, there&rsquo;s a long waiting list for Flyers&rsquo; home tickets.&ldquo;Washington will beat the Flyers&rsquo; first year gate,&rdquo; said Lefty McFadden, the assistant general manager of the Capitals. &ldquo;When the Redskins finish, the Capitals will be the thing in this town. The Bullets (the Abe Pollin basketbafl team at Landover) will have their night on Saturday. The Capitals will have Sunday. There&rsquo;s no doubt in my mind that the hockey team will average over 10.000 a game.&rdquo;Sachs said that the name clubs had yet to come in and when they did, attendance would go up. &ldquo;The Rangers, Canadiens, Flyers and Bruins will make a difference.&rdquo; he said.Meanwhile, the hockey team had its own icy problems.A 4-3 home upset over the Chicago Black Hawks was achieved on a late goal by Jack Egers after taking a perfect pass from rookie defenseman Greg Joly.Two nights later the Caps scored three straight goals at Detroit to go up 4-3 on the Red Wings. The bid for a second straight win over one of the older clubs was lost, however. The Wings came back 6-4 with Mickey Redmond scoring a hat trick.The roof caved in as the Capitals became the first shutout victimes of the New York Islanders, 5-0 at Capital Centre. The Islanders had to wait 161 games to whitewash anyone but Billy Smith. 23, was up to it against the Caps. He made 24 saves, only a couple of them being difficult.One of the frustrated Capital shooters was Gord Smith, 24, Billy Smith&rsquo;s older brother. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll pick up the dinner bill tonight,&rdquo; said Gord. &ldquo;If I go out with him.&rdquo;Billy Smith wished his brother and the Caps well.&ldquo;We lost 60 games our first season,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I hope that doesn&rsquo;t happen to them (the Caps) or the Kansas City Scouts, I wouldn&rsquo;t wish that on anyone.&rdquo;NOTES: Defenseman Bill Mikkelson, who had played extremely well for the Caps, rushed home to Winnipeg to attend funeral services for his brother Warren, 20, who was killed in an automobile accident. The Caps also lost defenseman Joe Lundrigan with a bruised shoulder and brought up Murray Anderson from Richmond of the AHL. Caps&rsquo; coach Jimmy Anderson praised centers Mike Bloom, Tommy Williams and Pete Laframboise for fine work in tie against Kings and win over Black &#9632;

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Caps Have Problems Both Winning Games And Attracting Fans

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t just a club record,&rdquo; announced defenseman - turned - forward Gregg Boddy as the Vancouver Canucks returned home unbeaten (three wins and a tie) from a four-game National Hockey League road trip, &ldquo;it was a precedent.&rdquo;Boddy should know. He got a largely unimpeded view of the Canucks&rsquo; 6-4 win over St. Louis, their 1-1 tie with Minnesota, their 5-4 win over Toronto and their 1-0 win over New York Rangers from his seat on the bench. Boddy on the bench? That in itself tells you how things have changed with the Canucks in the past few days.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02726/3291713-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="274" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gregg Boddy</figcaption></div>At the end of last season and at the start of this one, Boddy was a valued if unspectacular member of Vancouver&rsquo;s second line, a bodycrunching combination of Dave Dunn on left wing, Gerry O&rsquo;Flaherty at center and Boddy on the right side.Now Dunn has been dealt to Toronto, O&rsquo;Flaherty has been shifted to right wing and Boddy, whose ability to check opposing left wingers and aggressive corner work made him seem virtually indispensible at the start of the season, has been relegated to spot duty, at least temporarily.All this is the result of two rapidfire deals consumated by general manager-coach Phil Maloney within the space of one 24-hour period Oct. 14. Dunn went to the Maple Leafs for left winger Garry Monahan and defenseman John Grisdale while defenseman Jocelyn Guevremont and right winger Bryan McSheffrey went to Buffalo for defenseman Mike Robitaille and center Gerry Meehan.Those four new faces have made the Canucks an entirely different equation than the One which confronted opposing coaches at the start of the season.&ldquo;For the first time since I got here,&rdquo; says Maloney, &ldquo;I can look down the bench when we&rsquo;re in trouble and see guys who can bail us out&hellip;guys anxious to got out and play.&rdquo;For one thing, Vancouver&rsquo;s offensive eggs are no longer all in one basket &mdash; the line of Don Lever, Andre Boudrias and Dennis Verve rgaert.That trio still figures to provide tha largest chunk of the Canucks&rsquo; offensive thrust, but in New York it was the newly-formed line of Monahan, Meehan and O&rsquo;Flaherty (how could a coach named Maloney resist that combination?)which scored the lone goal against the Rangers as Monahan tucked home Meehan&rsquo;s rebound. A night earlier in Toronto, it was the line of Paulin Bordeleau, Chris Oddleifson and John Gould that sparked the Canucks&rsquo; four-goal third period comeback victory over the Leafs.And on the bench. Maloney can call on speedy, little Bobby Lalonde to help spark the offense or the rugged Boddy to protect a lead. In the event of slump or injury he has rookie center Jim Wiley and veteran winger Leon Rochefort anxious to trade their seats in the press box for a starting assignment.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve never had that kind of depth and balance before,&rdquo; Maloney said with satisfaction.The deals also appear to have shored up the Canucks defensively, leaving goaltender Gary Smith unbeaten (3-0-2) after five starts and sporting a nifty 2.40 goals against average.Robitaille is unlikely to replace the 15 goals the club gave up when it traded Guevremont away, but paired with Tracy Pratt, his old Buffalo partner, he has been a sharp improvement defensively, particularly at moving the puck out of his own end.Grisdale is proving a strong, physical partner for the clever-passing Dennis Kearns, leaving veteran Barry Wilkins and sophomore Bob Dailey as the only defensive pairing intact from last season.Furthermore, the addition of Robitaille and Grisdale has allowed Maloney to ship promising rookie defenseman Harold Snepsts to Seattle where he will receive more work and be able to develop under less pressure.Up to now a rookie with any promise at all has been thrust directly into the front lines, often to his detriment. The fact Snepsts is in Seattle is also a mark of progress. &#9632;

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Trades Supply Canucks With Rare Bench Strength

<div class="byline">BY DEREK COOPER</div>OAKLAND&mdash;Go figure it out.The Seals trade four 20-goal scorers during the off-season, lose two more high scoring forwards in the expansion draft, and are justifiably worried about their offense in 1974-75.Conversely, they acquire three top blueliners via trades, pick up two more defensemen as their number one and number two picks in the amateur draft, and feel reasonably sure that this revamped lineup will cut 100 goals off their goals-against average from last season.&ldquo;Sure we gave up offense, but I expect that with the new defense we&rsquo;ll win games 2-1, not lose them 5-4 like we did last year,&rdquo; said Seals&rsquo; director of hockey operations, Bill McCreary, in his preseason analysis.It sounded like a good plan. Unfortunately someone forgot to tell the Seal players about the new California philosophy, because much like last season they&rsquo;re still scoring goals in bunches, but giving them up by the carload.During the first eight games of the season, the Golden Ones score four goals against St. Louis, three against Atlanta, five against the Rangers, and four against Kansas City.Center Stan Weir, who only had nine goals all last season, gets out of the gate with six goals in the first eight games, captain Joey Johnston is right up among the league scoring leaders, and newcomers John Stewart and Larry Patey each have three goals.Remembering the McCreary &lsquo;2-1 Victory Plan&rsquo;, that type of scoring was indeed a bonanza &mdash; more than was even needed, and should have resulted in four wins. But now for the bad news.In those four games the Seals gave up four goals in a 4-4 tie with the Blues, five in a 5-5 tie with the Rangers, and four in a 4-4 deadlock with the Scouts. Add on a 7-3 bombing by Detroit, a 6-1 pasting in Buffalo, a 5-1 loss in Montreal and a 5-0 romp at the hands of the Bruins, and you&rsquo;ve got to wonder if the new defensemen have reported to camp yet.&ldquo;A couple of those games reminded me of last year.&rdquo; admitted goalie Gilles Meloches, and it is not with fondness that he recalls the &lsquo;73-74 campaign when he was called on to make almost 40 saves a game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01890/3291782-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="814" height="1189"><figcaption class="caption-body">Two of the men responsible for the Seals&rsquo; stronger showing on offense this season are center Stan Weir, left, and left winger John Stewart. Weir leads the Seals with six goals.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02792/3291775-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="904" height="1171"></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been through worse,&rdquo; chipped in new netminder Gary &lsquo;Cobra&rsquo; Simmons. &ldquo;The year I played in Sweden I had to make about 70 saves a game.&rdquo;But Meloche and Simmons both realized that during the early season the team was working under a mild handicap. With 13 new Seals, coach Marshall Johnston was trying to find the right players for the right places and unfortunately the only way to go about this was a trial and error process.During the first three weeks of the season, Johnston carried 25 players and the lineup changes were made on a game-to-game basis. With no set penalty killers, the Seals gave up 10 goals while shorthanded. Also expected were the hot and cold nights for individual players, as lines were adjusted, and readjusted, sometimes during the course of one game.But hopefully those &lsquo;learning experiences&rsquo; were for the best, because the team has been trimmed down to 21 players and a semblance of stability has been seen in the lineup.SEALS NOTES: Seal&rsquo;s number one draft pick Rick Hampton netted his first NHL goal against Montreal with Ken Dryden in nets&hellip; When Joey Johnston scored his 156th Seals&rsquo; career point he moved past Gerry Ehman into third place on the Seals&rsquo; all-time scoring list&hellip; Defenseman Terry Murray and Center Larry Wright were sent down to Salt Lake (CHL)&hellip; Goaltender Marv Edwards was elevated to the post of &ldquo;player-goalie coach&rdquo;&hellip; Winger Bruce Graig, at 235 pounds, was suspended for &lsquo;in difference&rsquo;&hellip; First road trip saw the Seals blistered for 182 shots-on-goal in five games&hellip; The Seals managed 92&hellip; Recent Kansas City game saw over 2,000 Northern California junior hockey players attend on &ldquo;Junior hockey night&rdquo;&hellip; Seals&rsquo; Speaker Bureau has spoken to over 5,000 people and booked films into 50 groups&hellip; Seals&rsquo; new home uniforms, white sweater aad blue pants with blue number, have generally received good reviews from the fans.Two lines that appear pretty well set are the Joey Johnston-Ron Huston-Craig Patrick trio, which had accounted for five goals in eight games, and the John Stewart-Larry Patey-Wayne King combo, which had tallied six. A line still has to be found for Stan Weir, who has gotten little goal-scoring help from various people on his wings. &#9632;

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Seals Are Still Pushovers On Defense, But Forwards Flexing Scoring Muscles

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01866/3291834-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="448" height="452"></div>&bull; BRUCE NORRIS, owner of the Detroit Red Wings, was involved in a serious auto accident in Fort Lauderdale recently. His car collided with an ambulance&hellip; Many letters reaching this corner didn&rsquo;t think the NHL was too original in naming its four divisions after founders of the league&hellip; Wayne Mundey. Montreal boy refereeing in the World Hockey Association, describes Vaclav Nedomansky of the Toronto Toros as &ldquo;the new Stan Mikita.&rdquo;&hellip; &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen a center work so well with Frank Mahovlich. They&rsquo;re going to tear the league apart this year,&rdquo; Mundey reported&hellip; The NHL is studying seriously their next series against the Russians. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just in the exploratory stage, but the main thrust is for 1975-76,&rdquo; revealed NHL president Clarence Campbell&hellip; Boston&rsquo;s super star Bobby Orr is off to one of his fastest starts in years&hellip; Hockey fans have gone overboard for the special Christmas Cards put out by THE HOCKEY NEWS Orders have been pouring in to date&hellip; The addition of the Kansas City Scouts to the National Hockey League means that nine teams, or half the NHL. are in four states. Missouri has the Scouts and St. Louis Blues; California has tre Kings and the Seals; Pennsylvania has the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins, while New York has the Buffalo Sabres and the N.Y. Rangers and Islanders&hellip; Garry Unger of the St. Louis Blues started the season with his 484th consecutive game. He has not missed a game since 1968. and his string of consecutive games is longer than any other active player in the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02774/3291827-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="287" height="384"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Norris</figcaption></div>&bull; NICK MILETI, the master promoter, had Frank Sinatra open his $20 million Coliseum. Never before has the charismatic entertainer been the first attraction in a new showplace. To commemorate the opening of his fabulous edifice. Mileto designed a special 18K gold plated medallion which was presented to each person attending the gala affair. One side commemorated The Coliseum opening with a threedimensional picture of the structure and the reverse carries an etching of the legendary performer with the insignia &ldquo;Opening Night. October 26. 1974&hellip; Frank Sinatra&rdquo;&hellip; &ldquo;The memento conveys my en thusiasm in presenting The Coliseum and is a tribute to Mr. Sinatra as the inaugural attraction.&rdquo; indicated Mileti&hellip; Hugh McLean, referee-in-chief of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. wants all of his officials to wear helmets next season&hellip; Don Kozak is coming into his own with the Los Angeles Kings. The 22-year-old forward scored three consecutive goals and assisted on two others as the Kings defeated Buffalo 7-2 in a recent game&hellip; The United States is said to-be on the verge of producing its first super star in the person of Tim Sheehy, a youngster who was born and learned all of his hockey in the Boston area. Sheehy, who plays wing for the New England Whalers, is reputed to be as good if not better than any young player in the game today&hellip; Arnie Brown, veteran NHL defenseman. wasted little time in signing with the Michigan Stags after being released by the Atlanta Flames&hellip; Toronto Toros are looking for Frank Mahovlich to score at least 50 goals this season. They&rsquo;ll be disappointed with anything less. Phil Maloney, Vancouver Canucks.&rsquo; GM-coach has been a busy cup of tea, wheeling and dealing. Let &lsquo;s hope he can do something to move the Canucks up the ladder. Followers of the Vancouver Canucks have to be the most loyal in the business&hellip; Referee Dale Peters has quit the Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association stating the league did not back him up in a dispute involving a forfeited game. This has happened before in professional hockey when referees resigned because the league didn&rsquo;t support them&hellip; The payroll for the Toronto Maple Leals this season is 75 percent higher than it was in 1972-73&hellip; In his rebuilding efforts for Vancouver, Maloney had this to say: &ldquo;I try for good hockey players and I try for good character. If necessary, though. I will settle for just a good hockey player.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03614/3291820-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="260" height="508"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nick Mileti</figcaption></div>&bull; JAKE MILFORD and lack Button, who both came into the National Hockey League mid-way last season as general managers of the Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins respectively, have both done outstanding jobs in rebuilding solid young teams&hellip; Walter Tkaczuk of the Rangers is an excellent passer and one of the best puck controllers in the NHL&hellip; Noel Picard, former defenseman with St. Louis, is both informative and entertaining as the color commentator along with Dan Kelly of the Blues&rsquo; games. His French Canadian accent and cheerful personality make it pleasant for the listeners&hellip; Montreal&rsquo;s Larry Robinson. Chicago&rsquo;s Phil Russell and Toronto&rsquo;s Ian Turnbull are three of the best young defensemen in the NHL today&hellip; We were saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Robert Willmott of Menlo Park. California. A super hockey enthusiast. Dr. Wilmott and his wife Esther were popular members of our group of 300 who attended the Canada-Russia series in Moscow in 1972&hellip; Toledo Goaldiggers are doing everything possible to put IHL hockey on a solid footing this season. A total of 31 Toledo investors are behind the club and Virgil Gladieux is the president. Andy Mulligan, longtime IHL commissioner, is an active member of the Goaldiggers. They have a working agreement with the California Seals of the NHL.. Incidentally, the NHL club is now known as the California Seals. They&rsquo;ve dropped the &lsquo;Golden&rsquo; part&hellip; Plenty of interest in the International Hockey League cities&hellip; A great rivalry exists in Syracuse between the NAHL Blazers and the AHL Eagles.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04502/3291813-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="286" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Kozak</figcaption></div>The Hockey NewsOFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVol. 28 No. 5 NOVEMBER 8,1974Founded October 1st, 1947Published weekly except monthly June through September by W.C.C. Publishing Ltd., 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Canada H3G 1R7. U.S. c/o W.C.C. Publishing, 150 E. 58th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022.Kenneth W. McKenzie President, Publisher and Advertising DirectorCharlie Halpin Editorial DirectorHans Hoenig Administration ManagerChris Zelkovich Asst. To EditorUnited Stated Advertising Representatives Boston Steve Ganak. Ad. Reps, 479 Statler Office Bldg. Boston, Mass 02116, telephone (617) 524-6913: Chicago Hooper Jones & Associates. 3322 W. Peterson Ave,. Chicago. Ill 60659 telephone (312) 478-5544. New York: Bill Hitzig, National Sports Publishing Corp., 1%0 East 58th Street New York N. Y 10022. Telephone (212) 593-2100.YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $9.50 in Canada $10.50 in the U.S.A, and $14.00 in Foreign Countries.Second class postage paid at New York, N.Y., 1001 and at additional mailing offices. SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO 1434&lsquo;ST. CATHERINE STREET WEST, SUITE 217, MONTREAL, CANADA, H3G 1R7. Second Class mail Registration No. 1327. &#9632;

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PASSING THS PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05387/3291865-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg"></div><h2>NHL GM&rsquo;s Off In Evaluating Rookies</h2>Whenever an NHL general manager drafts a top-notch amateur defenseman in the first round, he says that this is the one that everybody has been waiting for since Bobby Orr. But two NHL defensemen drafted after Orr &mdash; Brad Park and Denis Potvin &mdash; are rightfully proclaimed as being just as brilliant as Orr. So how can Milt Schmidt of the Capitals say this about Greg Joly and Gary Young, formerly of the Seals, say it about Rick Hampton.BRUCE OSTROY, Bellemore, N.Y.<h2>Flyers Are Champs, They Come To Play</h2>In the Oct. 18 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, I noticed an emphasis on teams obtaining more &ldquo;muscle&rdquo; and adding &ldquo;punch&rdquo; to their lineups. Teams such as Pittsburgh, Montreal, Los Angeles and Islanders are vowing not to be pushed around&rdquo; this year. These are the same teams (and fans) who are always complaining about the Flyers&rsquo; style of play. They are the ones who talk of goons and toughs, but every team and its fans would love to have a 20-goal scorer who compiles 300 penalty minutes, a &ldquo;Moose&rdquo;, who scored the tying goal in game two of the finals in Boston while adding offensive, defensive and fistic stability, and a Hound&rdquo; who turns games around with his desire, &ldquo;kick&rdquo; and hustle and who is on his way to his first 20-goal season.There is only one team like the Flyers and they will rise to the challenge of the upcoming season amidst the cries of &ldquo;goon&rdquo; and any other nasty adjective directed their way. The Flyers come to play and proved last year that they can score, skate and play defense better than any team in the league. I cordially invite all of the hypocrites to a party in Philadelphia again, next May.P. MASCIERI Drexel Hill, Pa.<h2>Don Cherry&rsquo;s Comment Disgusts Hockey Fan</h2>A few days ago I was disgusted to read a comment made by Don Cherry, the new coach of the Boston Bruins. After a game against Chicago, in which Stan Mikita had scored two goals and played particularly agressive hockey. Cherry claimed he wished he had a player who would send Mikita back to Czechoslovakia in a coffin.As I am a true hockey fan. I selupset to read in a recent magazine piece that hockey players are regarded as uneducated country boys. With comments like these coming from a man in such an elite position as coach of the Boston Bruins, I fear this image will be very slowly changed.What purpose could Cherry hope to serve with this comment. Did he hope to intimidate Mikita? If he feels he can intimidate a professional like Mikita in such a manner, he shouldn&rsquo;t be coaching in the American League, let alone the National League. Perhaps he felt he had to make an excuse for the Bruins&rsquo; loss in that game and any inadequacies on his part, inferred by the Bruins&rsquo; relatively poor start. In any case I&rsquo;m afraid the Bruins have made a poor choice for their new coach.I believe Clarence Campbell should take a close look at Cherry in regard to disciplinary action. Certainly his comment has done more to damage the image of the NHL than any Steve Durbano brawl.JOHN WILD, Kingston, Ont.<h2>San Diego Fans Still Loyal To Gulls</h2>We are writing to set the record straight, after reading the article about the Mariners, where director John Murphy said the fans in San Diego were coming around. It&rsquo;s just not so.The Gulls almost always had a sellout at the Phoenix games in the past. Now, 2,690 fans might come out for a Gull game. We re still loyal Gull fans, but if we want to see hockey, we&rsquo;ll go to Los Angeles.We won&rsquo;t forget the man (Peter Graham) who made it possible for the new hockey team to muscle into San Diego. We will not go to the sports arena for that very reason. We were five year season ticket holders and did everything possible to save the Gulls. Now our only recourse is to go to Los Angeles and see the Kings. It&rsquo;s our small way of protesting. By the small showings at the games, it looks like many San Diego fans feel the same way.MR. & MRS. G. LEESON, La Mesa, Cal.<h2>Fan Applauds Bruins For Playing Brooks</h2>While our beloved Bruins are floundering around in the basement of Division IV, the playing of goaltender Ross Brooks must be applauded. While most of the team seems to be just putting in their ice time, Brooks&rsquo; playing has been excellent and has kept the Bruins&rsquo; goals against average respectable. I had the pleasure of watching Brooks many times when he was with the Boston Braves. I am glad to see his sparkling form is also appreciated by &#9632;

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">BY CHRIS ZELKOVICH</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01880/3291920-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">YVON LAMBERT&hellip;Puts An End To The Jokes</figcaption></div>MONTREAL &mdash;Conversations revolving around Canadiens&rsquo; Yvon Lambert used to go something like this:&ldquo;He sure is big.&rdquo;&ldquo;Yeah, but he &lsquo; skates like he left his skateguards on.&rdquo;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s tough to move off the puck.&rdquo;&ldquo;That&rsquo;s because it&rsquo;s so hard for him to move &mdash; period.&rdquo;&ldquo;Well, anybody would look slow skating with the speedsters on the Canadiens.&rdquo;&ldquo;Sure, but he just got beat in a race with Yvan Cournoyer &mdash; and Yvan wasn&rsquo;t even wearing skates.&rdquo;That was the way people used to talk about Lambert, who didn&rsquo;t impress anyone with his abilities during his first NHL season last year.But this season Lambert&rsquo;s name is usually accompanied with words such as, &ldquo;amazing&rdquo;, &ldquo;improved&rdquo;, &ldquo;impressive&rdquo; because the 24-year-old left winger is, well&hellip;amazing, improved, impressive.What better words could be chosen to describe a player who, by the sixth game of the year, had scored 5/6ths of his 1973-74 total and was making people think that maybe that 52 goals he scored at Nova Scotia two years back wasn&rsquo;t a fluke after all?Last season Lambert scored six goals and spent most of his time occupying a spot on the bench or watching from the press box. No one had expected the big farm boy from nearby Drummondville to score 52 goals again, but it was expected that Lambert would fill the enforcer role with the Canadiens left vacant when John Ferguson retired. Even Fergie, as tough as he was, couldn&rsquo;t do much enforcing from the bench.When the expansion draft took place. Lambert wasn&rsquo;t sure the Canadiens would protect him. Possibly the only thing that saved him from banishment to Kansas City or Washington was the defection of Frank Mahovlich to the Toronto Toros, which opened up a spot on left wing.That episode in Lambert&rsquo;s life, though, is history. This year hockey, fans are seeing a different Yvon Lambert &mdash; a version resembling the one that scored 104 points in Nova Scotia in 1972-73.After the Canadiens&rsquo; first six games of the current season Lambert has scored five goals, and is playing on a regular shift and on the power-play. He&rsquo;s been controlling the puck, skating with major league ability and stationing himself in front of opposing nets like an immovable pillar. The transformation has been amazing.&ldquo;Confidence is the difference,&rdquo; Lambert says. &ldquo;Training camp gave me a lot of confidence in myself. I had two or three good exhibition games and that helped me.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not scared to make a mistake now. 1 know I can make the team and play regular, so I don&rsquo;t worry any more.&rdquo;That wasn&rsquo;t the case a year ago when he expected a return ticket to Halifax any day.&ldquo;Last year I came here and I thought everybody expected me to do what I did with the Voyageurs,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;When I made mistakes I thought that I&rsquo;d never get to play again.&ldquo;This year I worked at the hockey school for two weeks during the summer and I was in better shape. And when I started playing on the power-play I got more confidence.&rdquo;Lambert&rsquo;s role on the powerplay came about almost by accident. The insertion of Lambert on the unit was a last resort by coach Scotty Bowman.&ldquo;In training camp the power; play was going so bad I was willing to try anything,&rdquo; Bowman recalls. &ldquo;I tried Yvon and he looked good, so I left him there.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s helped him a lot and it&rsquo;s helped our power-play. He draws the heavies out there and crowds the net. He just refuses to be moved out.&rdquo;Lambert has been a welcome addition to the power-play, which scored on 11 of its first 18 opportunities. His work in front of the nets has allowed Guy Lapointe and Jacques Lemaire to fully exploit their powerful point shots.Last season the Canadiens&rsquo; power-play lacked a slot man, a player willing to take unending abuse from enemy defensemen while crowding the net area. Lambert, at 6&rsquo;2&rdquo;, 200 pounds, is ideally suited for the role.He&rsquo;ll never challenge Cournoyer in a race, in fact, he&rsquo;s still trying to keep up with goaltender Bunny Larocque in practices.But then John Ferguson never impressed anyone with this speed, either.HAB-BITS: Just when defenseman Jacques Laperriere will be able to play is not known. Some reports say Laperriere is a matter of a week or two away from being ready while others say he may never play again because of his injured knee&hellip;Glen Sather played in only one of the first six games&hellip;After a poor opening week Ken Dryden has looked impressive, even though his teammates have not. It took the Canadiens until the fifth before they registered a victory&hellip;Bunny Larocque spelled Dryden in New York and was beaten for six goals by the Islanders. Wayne Thomas then backed up the next two games, which could mean Thomas has replaced Larocque as the number two goaltender. But then again&hellip;Guy Lafleur has been moved back to right wing and Bowman says it will most likely be a permanent move. But then again&hellip;<h2>SPORTS</h2>Guides, Yearbooks, Programs, Photos, Tickets, etc. Largest Selection. Lowest Prices. Fastest Service.FOR NEW CATALOG SEND 25c TO:G.-S. GALLERY, Dept. HN-L2, P.O. Box 475, Allentown, Pa. 18105. &#9632;

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Rookie Flop Lambert Wins Confidence; Canadiens Gain Standout Left Winger

Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>CALIFORNIA&mdash;Terry Murray, defenseman, and Larry Wright, forward, assigned to Salt Lake of CHL.ATLANTA&mdash;Arnie Brown, defenseman, handed outright release and promptly signed with Michigan of WHA. Dean Talafous, forward, recalled from Omaha of CHL.ST.LOUIS&mdash;John Wensink, forward, and Don Whelden, defenseman, assigned to Denver of CHL.DETROIT &mdash; Doug Grant, goalkeeper, Charlie Shaw, defenseman, and Blair Stewart, forward, sent to Virginia of AHL.BUFFALO&mdash;Jacques Caron, goalkeeper, assigned to Syracuse of AHL on loan.PHILADELPHIA&mdash;Randy Osburn, forward, assigned to Richmond of AHL.LOS ANGELES&mdash;Jimmy Peters, forward, returned to Springfield of AHL.PITTSBURGH&mdash;Wayne Bianchin, forward, recalled from Fort Wayne of IHL. Bob McManama, forward, sent to Hershey of AHL. Larry Finck, Bill Bryant, defensemen, and Rich Perron, forward, assigned to Fort Wayne.WASHINGTON&mdash;Larry Bolonchuk, Yvon Bilodeau, defensemen, and Bill Riley, forward, sent to Dayton of IHL. Murray Anderson, defenseman, recalled from Richmond of AHL. Bob Collyard, forward, assigned to Philadelphia of NAHL on loan.VANCOUVER&mdash;Jim Mair and Harold Snepts, defensemen, assigned to Seattle of CHL.CHICAGO&mdash;Randy Holt, defenseman, recalled from Dallas of CHL.<h2>WORLD HOCKEY ASSN.</h2>PHOENIX&mdash;Don Liesemer and Bob Mowat, forwards, sent to Tulsa of CHL. Gary Braun, defenseman, returned by Tulsa and reassigned to Roanoke Valley of SHL. Duane Bray, defenseman, assigned to Des Moines of IHL. Don Caley goalkeeper, John Gofton and Dave Woodley, forwards, placed on waivers.MINNESOTA &mdash; Billy Goldthorpe, forward, released. Jerry Welsh, forward, sent to Mohawk Valley of NAHL.INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;Steve Lyon, defenseman, sent to Columbus of &lsquo;IHL.MICHIGAN&mdash;Alton White, forward, assigned to Syracuse of i NAHL. Mike Hyndman, defenseman, sent to Syracuse and later &lsquo;transferred to Cape Codders of, NAHAL in exchange for Mike Smith, forward, who reports to Syi racuse of NAHL.CHICAGO&mdash;Dune McCallum, defenseman, sent to Long Island of NAHL.HOUSTON&mdash;Lee Crozier, defenseman, sent to Winston-Salem of SHL. Earl Bowie, goalkeeper, returned to Spokane of WIHL.VANCOUVER&mdash;Ed Humphreys, goalkeeper, returned to Charlotte of SHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>BALTIMORE&mdash;Mark Davis, defenseman, sent to Roanoke Valley of SHL.HERSHEY&mdash;Guido Tenisi, defensemen, assigneifto Johnstown of NAHL.RICHMOND&mdash;Rejean Lemelin, goalkeeper, recalled from Philadelphia of NAHL for emergency backup duty.ROCHESTER&mdash;Jim Pettie, goalkeeper, sent to Dayton of IHL.SPRINGFIELD&mdash;Reg Kinch forward, assigned to Saginaw of IHL on loan.SYRACUSE&mdash;Billy Goldthorpe and Ron Dussiaume, towards, signed as free agents.NOVA SCOTIA&mdash;Yves Archambault, goalkeeper, sent to Roanoke Valley of SHL.PROVIDENCE&mdash;Jim Nichols, forward, signed as free agent.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>TULSA&mdash;Dale Smedsmo and Paul Daigle, forwards, assigned to Saginaw of IHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>TOLEDO&mdash;Moe Brunel, forward, secured from Lansing of IHL on loan.KALAMAZOO&mdash;Steve Eckerson and Morris Trewin, goalkeepers, Lee Paradise, Fred Hucul, Wayne Pushie, Jim Gospodar, defensemen. John Senkpiel, John Mazur, Ken Laverty, towards, all realeased.SAGINAW&mdash;Sam Clegg, goalkeeper, sent to Columbus of IHL on loan for season. Vern Campigotto, forward, released. Jim Atamenenko, forward retired voluntarily with knee injury.MUSKEGON&mdash;Dave Hainsworth, goalkeeper, secured from Phoenix of WHA on loan. Dan Sharpe, defenseman, announced retirement.LANSING&mdash;John Shewhuck, forward, secured from Kansas City on loan. Pierre Leblanc and Reg Kinch, forwards, secured from Saginaw of IHL on loan.FORT WAYNE&mdash;Jim Shires, forward, secured from San Diego of WHA. Marty Matthews, forward, announced retirement.<h2>NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>CAPE CODDERS&mdash;Rick Molinaro, forward, reacquired from Baltimore of AHL. Bob Murphy, forward, sent to Maine of NAHL.MOHAWK VALLEY&mdash;Reg Kent, forward, realeased outright. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY BILL FLEISCHMAN</div>PHILADELPHIA &mdash;A trouble-making hockey writer tapped Bobby Clarke on the shoulder and said, loud enough for Bill Barber to hear, &ldquo;You know, Barber says if he only had a centerman to get him the puck, he&rsquo;d be an All Star.&rdquo;&ldquo;Ha,&rdquo; scoffed Clarke, picking up the put-on, &ldquo;six games and he &lsquo;only&rsquo; has 35 shots.&rdquo;Clarke was mistaken, for a change. Barber &ldquo;only&rdquo; had 29 shots in six games, which still proves Clarke is an equal opportunity center (right wing Red Leach had 19 shots).<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03580/3291989-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="274" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Barber</figcaption></div>For those overwhelmed by Rick Martin&rsquo;s 52 goals, let it be known that Barber is also a leader among the young breed of NHL left wing. The Rangers&rsquo; Steve Vickers and Vancouver&rsquo;s Dennis Ververgaert should also be included.Glance down last season&rsquo;s roll call of top 20 NHL scorers and the leading left wings were Wayne Cashman, Martin, Lowell MacDonald, Frank Mahovlich and Johnny Bucyk. Certainly an honorable group, but it is, except for Buffalo&rsquo;s Martin, a veteran cast.Even though Barber has scored 30 and 34 goals his first two NHL seasons, he is often overlooked. As a rookie, the Flyers&rsquo; top 1972 amateur draft choice finished runner-up to Vickers in the Calder Trophy balloting. Curiously, the Barber-Vickers records are nearly identical. Vickers also has 30and 34-goal seasons to his credit.There was little doubt, however, that Barber outplayed Vickers in the Stanley Cup semifinals. Flyers&rsquo; coach Fred Shero has repeatedly said that he&rsquo;d take Barber over Vickers because &ldquo;Barber does more. The other guy just stands in front of the net.&rdquo;And how does all this verbal checking affect the 6&rsquo;, 195-pound Callander, Ont., native?&ldquo;All I&rsquo;ll say is I feel I do as good a two-way job as any left winger in the league. In our system Freddie wants us to pick up theother team&rsquo;s winger so I&rsquo;ll be back.&ldquo;The recognition thing really doesn&rsquo;t bother me. Sure I was disappointed when I didn&rsquo;t get Rookie of the Year, but I tried to forget about it. I&rsquo;ve never gotten much ink. When I was in Junior (Kitchener) it was always the Marlies big line (Billy Harris, Steve Shutt, Dave Gardner). Now, I&rsquo;ll grant you Harris is a helluva hockey player, but, well, I&rsquo;d better not say any more.&rdquo;One of Barber&rsquo;s biggest boosters is assistant Flyers&rsquo; coach Mike Nykoluk.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really amazing,&rdquo; said Nykoluk. &ldquo;Forayoungguy, Billy isn&rsquo;t afraid to go one-on-one against anybody.&rdquo;The latest example of Barber&rsquo;s poise was against Montreal when he and defenseman Guy Lapointe were pursuing the puck at center ice. Suddenly, Barber accelerated past Lapointe and fired a shot that just missed hitting goaltender Ken Dryden&rsquo;s mask.Propbaby the biggest goal in Barber&rsquo;s brief NHL career was against Boston in last season&rsquo;s Stanley Cup finals. Barber chased the puck along the boards, then drilled in the game-winning goal of game four on what Bobby Orr called &ldquo;the best wrist shot I&rsquo;ve seen all season.&rdquo;Another thing the Flyers like about Barber is his versatility. Shero frequently assigns him to the Orest Kindrachuk line while moving Dave Schultz alongside Clarke. Shero has also said that some day Barber will play center for the Flyers.Center? Ulp! Barber&rsquo;s competition there includes Clarke, Rick MacLeish, Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, and on. Maybe Barber should try defense. The only problem is Shero wouldn&rsquo;t consider such a suggestion.Well, at least the Flyers appreciate him.FLYER FACTS: Ted Harris&rsquo; first fight as a Flyer was a heavyweight classic vs. &ldquo;Battleship Bob Kelly. Both landed punches with most observers calling it a draw&hellip; One of Shero&rsquo;s daily inspirational blackboard messages read: &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t worry about the people who criticize, for there are no statues erected to critics.&rdquo; When he spotted a writer absorbing the wisdom, Shero smiled and wrote, &#9632;

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Flyers’BarberSeen Future All Star Left Wing Hopeful

<div class="byline">BY DAN PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO &mdash;The commentators, the experts, make it clear: George Ferguson has more new features this year than the entire lineup of 1975 model cars.That, at least, must be how it sounds to fans watching the Maple Leafs on television. Ferguson, 22, kept drawing praise from the Hockey Night in Canada crew, and it reached a peak with Bob Goldham&rsquo;s declaration late last month:&ldquo;This Ferguson is a changed guy,&rdquo; said Goldham. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s just totally different this year.&rdquo;Goldham&rsquo;s plaudits came after Furguson had scored his second goal in a game against Vancouver Canucks. Later that night Ferguson tried splitting the Canuck defense, only to have the pair close like a vise on him. But down went the defensemen. Fergie was able to continue in the play. And the television commentators had more rave material.Lighter, but more aggressive. Faster. Better concentration. A new man, right?&ldquo;Yeah, 1 think so,&rdquo; said Ferguson, commenting on the comments. &ldquo;Maybe it&rsquo;s conditioning. I&rsquo;m in better shape than the other years, and playing regularly as I have been has to help, too.&rdquo;He&rsquo;s the first to admit that his attitude as a rookie, in 1972-73, was faulty. Leafs were a terrible team that year. It was obvious that Fergie could make the lineup without hardly trying and that&rsquo;s just about the way things turned out. His efforts were less than inspired, although in all fairness the same criticism applied to many of the players.Then, last year, he didn&rsquo;t make the team. Leafs sent him to Oklahoma City of the Central Hockey League and his return, delayed somewhat by a shoulder injury, didn&rsquo;t come until late in the season.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s when something clicked,&rdquo; says Ferguson. &ldquo;I just realized I had to change, going to Oke City. I figured it was time to wake up, time to get my act together.&rdquo;Enter the new Ferguson. From the start of training camp he played as Leafs and his lawyer, Alan Eagleson, had predicted two years earlier. He would skate over opponents if necessary.Coach Red Kelly was the first to mention the change. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s just something you can see but not quite put your finger on,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;He seems to have made up his mind to play hockey.&rdquo;Ferguson, Errol Thompson and Lanny McDonald formed Kelly&rsquo;s youngest line. All three, perhaps, were fuelled by the desire to prove themselves. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been good,&rdquo; said Ferguson. &ldquo;Errol and Lanny have been working so hard, they both really bust into the corners and that makes it easier for me.&rdquo;Some Leafs were critical of Kelly&rsquo;s practice of using four lines. Norm Ullman, for instance, was finding it difficult getting into the tempo of a game while playing less than five minutes a period. &ldquo;You always want to play more,&rdquo; said Ferguson. &ldquo;But with my background, I&rsquo;m happy to get the ice I&rsquo;m getting.&rdquo;He spent the off-season playing fastball at Belleville, Ont., and running daily, sometimes a mile, sometimes two miles.&ldquo;I came to camp in better shape,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;and I&rsquo;m in better shape now.&rdquo; The message, although unspoken, was that he intends to stay in better shape. So, come the playoffs, Hockey Night in Canada analysts may still be talking about the new George Ferguson.LEAF NOTES: First lapse in Leafs&rsquo; optimism and coach Kelly&rsquo;s Power of Positive Talking came when the team blew a three-goal lead to lose to Canucks at the Gardens, then blew another lead for a tie in Buffalo&hellip;Coincidentally, Jim McKenny was out of the lineup with a charley horse, and McKenny has developed into a steady defenseman&hellip; Sabres&rsquo; Brian Spencer bumped into Leaf goalie Dune Wilson, who ended up with a bruised elbow, but no Leaf tried evening the score&hellip;Dave Dunn spent most of his time on the bench in his first games as a Leaf, while Garry Monahan, who Leafs gave up along with John Grisdale for Dunn, was immediately given a major role with the Canucks&hellip;Norm Ullman, 39 the day after Christmas, runs around Gardens corridors in an effort to stay in shape despite his limited ice time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01835/3292051-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="565" height="640"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE FERGUSON &hellip; Faster On Ice</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Ferguson More Aggressive In Bid For NHL Job

<div class="byline">BY DICK JOHNSTON</div>BUFFALO &mdash;Peter McNab is a tall, blond young man of 22 who looks as though he could be a California surfer.He&rsquo;s from California, all right, but he&rsquo;s no surfer; he&rsquo;s a hockey player, of all things. And quite a hockey player, they will tell you in Buffalo.When Gerry Meehan, the Sabres&rsquo; captain for the last three years, was traded to the Vancouver Canucks, along with defenseman Mike Robitalle, for defensemen Joe Guevremont and winger Bryan McSheffrey, McNab got a chance to show what he can do on a hockey rink.During an eight-day span, when the Sabres played four games, he showed that he can do quite a lot. He scored five goals in those four games, three of which Buffalo won. Two of the victories came over teams in Buffalo&rsquo;s division.Actually, McNab&rsquo;s first goal came before Meehan departed. He got into a game against Los Angeles for a few shifts, replacing Meehan at center between Brian Spencer and Rick Dudley. Peter scored Buffalo&rsquo;s only goal, on a pass across the crease from Dudley, in a 4-1 Los Angeles victory.The next morning, the trade was announced and McNab skated regularly with Spencer and Dudley.In the Sabres&rsquo; next start, against the California Golden Seals, McNab scored twice as the Sabres won, 6-1.His goals were the first of the game and the one which made the score 3-0 and virtually clinched the win.In the next game, on the road, McNab scored the winner with 2:32 left as the Sabres defeated the Minnesota North Stars, 2-1.The Sabres next tied Toronto, 5-5, in a game which saw the Maple Leafs twice gain a two-goal lead. McNab scored once, to narrow a Toronto lead to 4-3.After each game, McNab praised his wingers. &ldquo;These two guys are always around the puck,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;All I have to do is find a spot in the middle and the puck keeps coming to me.&rdquo;When it comes, he knows what to do with it. He has a very quick shot. &ldquo;A natural goal scorer,&rdquo; points out coach Floyd Smith.McNab practiced his shooting when he skated all alone on warm, sunny southern California days in the San Diego rink. He was born in Vancouver, but grew up in San Diego, where his father Max, once a National Leaguer himself, was general manager, then vice president and general manager of the Western Hockey League&rsquo;s Gulls.While other future NHLers where playing junior hockey in the tough Canadian leagues, young Peter McNab played in the California Junior League, then for the University of Denver.He was the sixth choice of the Sabres in the 1972 amateur draft but went back to play college hockey. He turned pro in 1973 and spent most of the season in the American League with the Cincinnati Swords, for whom he was top scorer.ICE CHIPS: After the Sabres&rsquo; first six games, Gil Perreault was the only member of the club with more goals than McNab. Gil. who was told by Coach Smith to shoot more this season, had six. Don Luce, noted for his defensive play, like McNab had five.Much of the hockey world seemed to think that the deal for Guevremont and McSheffrey was a prelude to another Buffalo deal for an experienced NHL goaltender. General manager Punch Imlach, however, claimed he would wait and see if his present netminders work out before he does any more dealing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02723/3290836-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="565" height="1162"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETER McNAB &hellip; Scoring Spree</figcaption></div>Veteran Roger Crozier returned to the club just after the deal was made and started working out. Roger, who was again hospitalized for pancreatitis just before training camp began, said he was &ldquo;feeling fine&rdquo; and his reflexes were better than he thought they would be. If Roger could make a comeback, it would ease Coach Smith&rsquo;s problems considerably.Jerry Korab, at 26, is the oldest of the Sabres&rsquo; defense corps and Jim Schoenfeld, 22, is the oldest in point of service. &#9632;

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Meehan Trade Gives McNab Chance And Rookie Turns Hot For Sabres

<div class="byline">By Jules Furth</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01837/3290867-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="200" height="312"></div>Changes in the playing rules for the 1974-75 season were made in both the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association. The majority of these changes were made by the NHL for the purpose of speeding up play and minimizing injuries. Of the 15 changes, six involved playing and calling of penalties, four to prevent injuries, three to speed up play, one regarding stick measurement and one was a simple &ldquo;housekeeping&rdquo; change in the rule book that won&rsquo;t affect game play.Goalkeepers will be directly affected by five and they are as follows:&bull;Goalkeepers are not not permitted to go to the players bench unless it is for die purpose of substitution.&bull;When substituted for, goaltenders may not return to play until the next stoppage of play.&bull;There will be no warm-up for a substitute goalie.&bull;Goaltenders must receive a new stick from a team member on the ice.&bull;The widened portion of the goaltender&rsquo;s stick can be extended from 24 inches to 26 inches.This means that goaltenders cannot got to the bench for a drink of water, repairs to equipment or discussion of strategy. If they go to the bench, they must be substituted for or receive a two minute minor penalty, which is served by a player on the ice at the time of the occurrence. The exceptions to these are when there is a delayed penalty or a stoppage for a serious injury. No more breaking of straps to stall. Two of the premier goaltenders, Tony Esposito and Ken Dryden, wear contact lenses and will have to be very careful. If the lenses need adjusting because they have slipped into the corner of the eye, Ken or Tony will have to leave the ice, too. The substitute goalie is not permitted any warm-up and must play at least until the first stoppage of play. No changing of goalies &ldquo;on the fly&rdquo;. Goalkeepers may play with a broken stick without penalty but cannot go to the bench to change it. A teammate must get a fresh sitek from the bench and bring it to the goalie. Taller netminders can get a little more out of their sticks as the widened portion can now be made two inches longer.In an effort to cut down injury possibilities, spearing and butt-ending with sticks now call for major penalties of five minutes. Any player getting called for either of these infractions will find an automatic payroll deduction of $50 in his next paycheck. Cross-checking can either be a minor or major depending on the severity of the contact at the discretion of the referee.Hockey is still the only team sport that allows players to engage in fisticuffs and return to play after being penalized. This year however, players will have to fight fair and clean if they still wish to remain eligible for further participation in the game. Match penalties (immediate dismissal from game) will now be imposed on anyone who deliberately &ldquo;head butts&rdquo; or attempts to &ldquo;head butt&rdquo; an opponent during altercation. The same match penalty rule applies if a player cuts or injures an opponent because of tape or any other foreign material being worn on the hands. If a player wears rings or rubber gloves he had best keep his padded hockey gloves on during the fight. If a match penalty is assessed because of an injury, the offending team plays short-handed for 10 minutes instead of the usual five given for a major penalty. Match penalties call for $200 fines and possible further discipline from the league.Throwing or shooting sticks, objects or pieces of broken sticks at the puck or puck carrier call for a penalty shot if occurring in the attacking zone or on a &ldquo;clean breakway&rdquo; situation. If the goaltender has been removed (empty net), then a goal can be awarded.To protect the official from player abuse after a penalty has been called and to speed up the game, the referee will now call a bench minor penalty when a player argues and does not go directly to the penalty bench. This will cause his team to play two men short immediately. Until now, a player would receive a misconduct for arguing which would keep him off the ice for 12 minutes but would only penalize the team to play shorthanded for two. If after assessing the bench minor the player still persists in arguing or stalling he will then get the misconduct. If a coach delays the game by not placing a full team on the ice for a face-off or line change, the referee can prevent the offending team from making a change.The two experimental rules used during the exhibition season were voted down by the member clubs. One of them, the &ldquo;substitution on the fly only&rdquo; proposal, helped to shorten the overall time of the game and seemed to make things flow easier. The other, which awarded a &ldquo;free shot&rdquo; for &ldquo;deliberate freezing&rdquo; around the goal allowed for a lesser penalty for this offense that exists now. The old rule calls for a two minute minor to the offender which is a little more severe. Oh well, for those who want to see free shots, go to a basketball game.The World Hockey Association tried an experiment during the exhibition season when they eliminated the center red line as in international and collegiate rules. This was not approved nor was the elimination of assistant captains. They did approve a team carrying a third goalkeeper who can be dressed in case of injury to a goalie during a game. At the end of last year, they also did away with calling of &ldquo;deliberate&rdquo; off-sides.Any reader having any questions regarding rule interpretations or game situations&rsquo;can write to HEY REF, do THE HOCKEY NEWS, 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Canada H3G IR7. &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BILL HEUFELDER</div>PITTSBURGH &mdash;When you&rsquo;re 5&rsquo;, 10&rdquo;and reaching for the top in the National Hockey League, you tend to get overlooked.Enter Jean-Guy Lagace, otherwise known as J.C. to his teammates on the Pittsburgh Penguins.For guys like Jean-Guy Lagace. there is no such word as security. You&rsquo;re only as good as your last game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01814/3290898-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="301" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean-Guy Lagace</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It s never been easy.&rdquo; sighs J.C., a bubbly 29-year-old veteran with a raspy, high-pitched voice, his words heavily laced with the accent of his French-Canadian upbringing.Seemingly, one of his most commendable achievements was sticking with the Penguins this year.First, there was the expansion draft which stocked the two new NHL clubs, Kansas City and Washington. &ldquo;My lawyer told me that Kansas City was really interested in me,&rdquo; J.C. said.But the Washington Capitals made the first raid on the Penguins, selecting another defenseman, Yvon Labre. Pittsburgh filled with Lagace.There were other hurdles. The Penguins had assembled a horde of young, talented defensemen in their drastic rebuilding during last season. Lagace appeared to be expendable.No. J.C. found a way to make the club and his value has risen considerably since the Penguins recently lost tough Steve Durbano for six weeks because of a broken wrist.His struggle began with a commitment to the Montreal organization at age 13, a type of slavery that since has been outlawed by the league.&ldquo;It took me three years to prove myself before Montreal turned me pro,&rdquo; he said.His next mistake was the style he adapted, playing the game as if he were built like Paul Bunyan instead of a Tom Thumb with muscles. Never content to sit and wait in front of his net, J.C. chose to look for trouble, exploding himself into enemy players, his eagerness for contact sometimes leaving his goaltender helplessly under attack.Lagace escaped Montreal in November, 1968, as payment to the Penguins who had caught the Canadiens in a rule infraction regarding a trade for Larry Hillman from Minnesota.He bounced from Minnesota to Buffalo through separate drafts a day apart two years later, finally returning to Pittsburgh in January, 1971, when the Sabres traded for Terry Ball.Drifting between the Penguins and Hershey, Lagace is grateful for the steadying influence received from Frank Matchers, the ex-coach and currently front-office official of the Bears.&ldquo;He even changed my way of thinking about life,&rdquo; Lagace says. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s just a super person.&rdquo;Lagace,, however, felt shunned as the Penguins skated through their final games of last season under Marc Boileau. J.C. had been active when Boileau first arrived, but was idle for a lengthy stretch before being rushed into a uniform for the last regular-season game at Atlanta because of an injury to Dave Burrows.&ldquo;In the first period.&rdquo; J.C. recalled, &ldquo;I thought I was going to die.&rdquo;Laboring after an extensive layoff was only slightly tougher than not playing at all. &ldquo;I asked Marc about the plans for me, but he didn&rsquo;t want to talk much about it,&rdquo; Lagace said.&ldquo;If I wasn&rsquo;t going to play here, I wasn&rsquo;t to go somewhere else, that&rsquo;s all.&rdquo;In the off-season. Nick Beverley was traded away. The expansion draft came and went. The picture kept brightening for J.C. Lagace.&ldquo;I knew if I got a little chance in training camp,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I-&rsquo;d make it&ldquo;I changed my style a little bit, too. I used to run after those guys all the time. Now. I don&rsquo;t back off, but I pick my spots.&rdquo;A bruised shoulder sustained in the regular-season opener at Minnesota forced him to miss one game.&ldquo;1 was waiting for a pass in the middle of the ice and I got hit by Dennis Hextail.&rdquo; J.C. explained. &ldquo;Later, I got hit again behind our net.&rdquo;Lagace, of course, cannot afford to be a slow healer.Besides, the future looks brighter than ever for a guy whose effort can&rsquo;t be questioned. He&rsquo;s been paired with all-star defenseman Dave Burrows. &#9632;

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Lagace Beat All Odds To Catch Spot With Penguins

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02719/3290929-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="552" height="586"><figcaption class="caption-body">STEVE DURBANO &hellip; Breaks Wrist</figcaption></div>PITTSBURGH &mdash;After two straight wins, the Penguins bowed to Philadelphia, 6-3, before a record Civic Arena hockey crowd of 13,404&hellip;Steve Durbano, coming off a two-game suspension, assisted on the third Pittsburgh goal, then broke his wrist moments later in a collision with Moose Dupont&hellip;Bob Kelly, who started fast with St. Louis last season, connected in each of the Penguins&rsquo; first three games&hellip;Kelly&rsquo;s linemate, No. 1 draft choice Pierre Larouche, picked up a point in three straight games&hellip;He&rsquo;s replaced Bob McManama, who was sent to Hershey for conditioning after a bout with the &#9632;

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Collison Injures Durbano

<div class="byline">BY JACK McCARTHY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01643/3292089-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN MIKITA&hellip; It Was A Cheap Shot Orr Took</figcaption></div>MIKITA COMMENTS:&#9642; When Orr Doesn&rsquo;t GetHis Way He Throws A Fit&#9642; Orr Wouldn&rsquo;t Leave Ice,Showing Who Runs BruinsBOSTON &mdash;While an incident in Chicago between Bobby Orr and Stan Mikita got a lot of attention, the most positive thing that could have happened to the Bruins was the return of Gilles Gilbert to the goal with his catching hand in a protector.Gilbert, who has been bothered with a lot of little nagging injuries, is a key performer for this team in its bid for the Stanley Cup. But he had come up with an aching left hand, with the pain at the base of his index finger.He was examined by experts at Massachusetts General Hospital and the injury was diagnosed as a nerve ailment. Enter Ernie Higgins of Norwood, Massachusetts, who has made many of the masks which NHL goalkeepers have been using.Higgins came up with a protector for Gilbert&rsquo;s palm, which is made of the same material used in the making of the masks. And he also devised a golf glove with more of the same stuff used around the injured area.Gilbert used it in a winning shutout over the California Seals in Boston in his first outing after being hurt.Said Gilbert, &ldquo;1 caught a puck early in the game and it stung the hand a bit, but I felt all right&hellip; it was one of those nights (only 16 saves). But this was a pretty good one, especially coming after the nine-goal game I had in the opener at Buffalo.&rdquo;Other Bruins who have been injured are Ken Hodge, who stretched an elbow, but is back playing, and Gregg Sheppard, who suffered a back sprain, but returned after missing a few games.Meanwhile, Orr, Mikita, and especially Bruins&rdquo; coach Don Cherry, had a few comments on the game in Chicago on Oct. 16, where Orr and Mikita had been involved with high sticks, the last of which was an Orr butt-end across the side of the neck which dropped Mikita.Orr freely admitted to reporters that it was a cheap shot, but said that Mikita had been spearing and high-sticking. Bobby drew a double-minor for high sticking and Mikita a single for the same offense.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02556/3292082-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="1108" height="1963"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ORR&hellip; Mikita Speared, High Sticked</figcaption></div>CHERRY COMMENTS:&#9642; Mikita Was Spearing, ButtEnding Players On The Ice&#9642; One Day Mikita Is Going To BeWearing His Helmet SidewaysMikita lit a fuse later, however, when he said. &ldquo;Orr stayed on the ice after he served the penalties. That shows you who&rsquo;s running the team. It&rsquo;s Orr. They couldn&rsquo;t get him off&hellip;&rdquo;This upset Cherry so much, marks, such as. &ldquo;When baby (Orr) doesn&rsquo;t get his way. he throws a fit&hellip;&rdquo;In Philadelphia the next day. Cherry really teed off on Mikita. He told Boston Herald-American reporter Joe Guiliotti. &ldquo;I only wish I had one man I could have sent after Mikita to send him back to Czechoslovakia in a coffin.&ldquo;Bobby admitted he took a cheap shot at Mikita. but that guy was doing the same thing to my guys all night and nobody would retaliate until Orr did.&ldquo;He (Mikita) was spearing and butt-ending people all over the ice. He butt-ended Bobby in the corner prior to their getting into that high-sticking duel, but nobody said a work about that.going to be wearing his helmet sideways and you can print that. I only wish I had one guy I could have sent after him. As a matter of fact. I wish had been a player for the last five minutes of that game. I would have done it.&ldquo;After they scored their fourth goal. Mikita was going around yelling at us and pointing at the scoreboard. That&rsquo;s bush. He was looking for trouble and I only wish someone went after him.&ldquo;Orr wanted to come off the ice after he came out of the penalty box with a few seconds remaining, but when I saw Mikita still out there, I told him to stay on. Tell Mikita that. Orr wanted to come off, but I wouldn&rsquo;t let him.&ldquo;Mikita was looking for some-thine, so I told Bobby to stay out face-off he&rsquo;d be closer to him. If he wanted a piece of Orr. I was going to let him have it at that stage of the game. If the score had been tied, I certainly wouldn&rsquo;t want Orr looking for a fight. That would be stupid. But the game was over, so I figured let them go.&ldquo;If I took Orr off the ice with Mikita still out there, it would have looked as though I was protecting Orr. He doesn&rsquo;t need any protection. A that point in the game, if Mikita was looking to be carried out on his shield. I was going to oblige him.&rdquo;In the old days of the NHL, this type of battle would have been continued in a few days or a week, whenever the teams met again, but under the expansion scheduling, the Bruins and the Hawks don&rsquo;t get together again until January for &#9632;

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But Unhappy Cherry Puts Blast On Mikita After Stick-Swinging Duel With Bobby Orr

<div class="byline">BY PAT THOMPSON</div>TWIN CITIES &mdash;&lsquo;Tis much, too soon to even mention the Vezina Trophy at this stage of the 1974-75 National Hockey League season.And when it comes time for the NHL to dole out its top award for goaltending achievement, and the cash thal goes with it, Cesare Maniago of the Minnesota North Stars might not ever be in the running.And then, again&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01546/3292127-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="272" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fern Rivard</figcaption></div>Regardless, Maniago has emerged as his team&rsquo;s most valuable player through the first week of play. Goaltending appeared to be the team&rsquo;s greatest question mark going into the 80-game schedule. Not because of the 35-year-old Maniago, but because he was coming off knee-surgery after 1973-74 and Gump Worsley kept his word on retiring from active duty.Cesare&rsquo;s right knee swells with each practice and game. But he shows little strain during combat.In fact, Cesare was one of the early goaltending leaders after three games with a record of only five goals against him.That dissolves the major portion of the question mark. The rest of the answer lies with Fern Rivard the 28-year-old Grand-Mere, Que. native who won the reserve job.Maniago and general managercoach Jack Gordon agree that Cesare will not take the role of an iron man this year. It&rsquo;s up to Fernie to take up some of the slack.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m no spring chicken anymore,&rdquo; Maniago is the first to admit. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not capable of playing every game. It&rsquo;s too much wear and tear. In the early season, when you have a couple of days between games, it&rsquo;s not too bad. But you start to feel it when you are in the middle of, say, four games in five nights.&rdquo;Gordon has no set system to rest Maniago, who notched his 26th career shutout with a 6-0 victory over Washington in the second game of the season.&ldquo;I have to rest him sometime,&rdquo; said Gordon. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll play as many games as he can. It&rsquo;s difficult for him to play back-to-back games. That&rsquo;s when I&rsquo;ll probably make the changes.&rdquo;North Stars fans will be glad to note that most of the Saturday night-Sunday (or Sunday night) billings do not arrive on the schedule until the last two months of the season. Gordon should have his goaltending question answered by then.Maniago, who has been stopping pucks in the NHL since he was a Ranger rookie in 1965-66, showed up at training camp in September with a new outlook on his career. Last year, he indicated that this would be his last season.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m old enough now where I can play one year at a time,&rdquo; Cesare declared. &ldquo;Sure, if you&rsquo;ve had a lousy season and you&rsquo;re really bushed with two weeks to go, you might say you might quit. Then you get two or three months of rest, get a nice contract in the mail and change your mind.&rdquo;That means Cesare will be on a one-more-year at a time basis from here on in.&ldquo;A lot depends on how successful you are and if you can get through the season injury-free,&rdquo; Maniago added.The rise, or fall, of the North Stars seems to rest on that statement.NORTH STAR NOTES: Maniago displayed his offensive prowess in a 1-1 tie with Vancouver. Noting both teams were changing lines, Maniago whistled a long pass to Henry Boucha. Although Cesare did not get an assist, he started the play that led to the tying goal by Lou Nanne&hellip; Rumors, unfounded according to Gordon, were that Fred Stanfield was going to be traded after sitting out the first two games. They terminated when rookie left winger Richard Nantais was dispatched to New Haven for more playing experience&hellip; The move left the North Stars with six rookies on the roster&hellip; The North Stars, after four straight home games opening the season, faced the task of playing eight of their next nine on the road&hellip; The power-play struggled in the early season with two goals in 12 chances&hellip; Minnesota rookie Johnny Rogers is the brother-in-law of Vancouver defenseman Harold Snepsts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02483/3292120-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="574" height="885"><figcaption class="caption-body">CESARE MANIAGO &hellip; Iron Man Role</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Maniago Emerging As Top North Star

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01552/3291212-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02449/3291205-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="220" height="187"></div><h2>ATLANTA</h2>Flames<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03339/3291198-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="744" height="580"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04260/3291191-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="184" height="192"></div><h2>BOSTON</h2>Bruins<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05200/3291184-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="750" height="542"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06163/3291177-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="196" height="191"></div><h2>BUFFALO</h2>Sabres<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-07139/3291170-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="745" height="619"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-08115/3291163-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="272" height="120"></div><h2>CALIFORNIA</h2>Seals<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0999/3291156-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="749" height="652"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1086/3291149-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="209" height="197"></div><h2>CHICAGO</h2>Black Hawks<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1181/3291142-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="745" height="560"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1274/3291135-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="259" height="142"></div><h2>DETROIT</h2>Red Wings<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1362/3291128-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="743" height="585"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1457/3291121-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="208" height="204"></div><h2>KANSAS CITY</h2>Scouts<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1555/3291114-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="739" height="674"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1653/3291107-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="190" height="228"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>Kings<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1743/3291100-1-eng-US/f0018-172.jpg" title="f0018-17" width="742" height="613"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1839/3291093-1-eng-US/f0018-182.jpg" title="f0018-18" width="218" height="193"></div><h2>MINNESOTA</h2>North Stars<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1935/3291086-1-eng-US/f0018-192.jpg" title="f0018-19" width="743" height="569"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2036/3291079-1-eng-US/f0018-202.jpg" title="f0018-20" width="225" height="177"></div><h2>MONTREAL</h2>Canadiens<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2134/3291072-1-eng-US/f0018-212.jpg" title="f0018-21" width="744" height="649"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2231/3291065-1-eng-US/f0018-222.jpg" title="f0018-22" width="215" height="196"></div><h2>NEW YORK</h2>Islanders<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2329/3291058-1-eng-US/f0018-232.jpg" title="f0018-23" width="743" height="623"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2428/3291051-1-eng-US/f0018-242.jpg" title="f0018-24" width="197" height="202"></div><h2>NEW YORK</h2>Rangers<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2528/3291044-1-eng-US/f0018-252.jpg" title="f0018-25" width="739" height="589"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2627/3291037-1-eng-US/f0018-262.jpg" title="f0018-26" width="248" height="167"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>Flyers<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2726/3291030-1-eng-US/f0018-272.jpg" title="f0018-27" width="738" height="560"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2822/3291023-1-eng-US/f0018-282.jpg" title="f0018-28" width="222" height="201"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>Penguins<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2917/3291016-1-eng-US/f0018-292.jpg" title="f0018-29" width="746" height="615"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3017/3291009-1-eng-US/f0018-302.jpg" title="f0018-30" width="202" height="165"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>Blues<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3116/3291002-1-eng-US/f0018-312.jpg" title="f0018-31" width="745" height="555"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3215/3290995-1-eng-US/f0018-322.jpg" title="f0018-32" width="198" height="203"></div><h2>TORONTO</h2>Maple Leafs<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3315/3290988-1-eng-US/f0018-332.jpg" title="f0018-33" width="745" height="699"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3412/3290981-1-eng-US/f0018-342.jpg" title="f0018-34" width="226" height="152"></div><h2>VANCOUVER</h2>Canucks<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3512/3290974-1-eng-US/f0018-352.jpg" title="f0018-35" width="742" height="669"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3610/3290967-1-eng-US/f0018-362.jpg" title="f0018-36" width="271" height="149"></div><h2>WASHINGTON</h2>Capitals<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-378/3290960-1-eng-US/f0018-372.jpg" title="f0018-37" width="742" height="608"></div> &#9632;

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NHL Players’ & Scoring Penalty Statistics

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01533/3291243-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div>(Including Games of Sun. Oct. 27) &#9632;

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TOP NHL SCORERS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02455/3291274-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg"></div>(Including Games Of Sun. Oct 27) &#9632;

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Looking At NHL Goalers

MONTREAL &mdash;&bull; While a familiar name is atop the National Hockey League&rsquo;s individual scoring parade, the records of Los Angeles Kings and New York Islanders continue to surprise most experts in this early part of the 1974-75 season.Boston Bruins&rsquo; Bobby Orr, the only defenseman ever to win the scoring championship &mdash; 1969-70 with 120 points &mdash; and runner-up to teammate Phil Esposito in three of the last four seasons, skyrocketed into first place last week by picking up 10 points in three games. Orr, who finished third in the scoring parade in 1972-73 &mdash; Bobby Clarke of Philadelphia was runner-up to Esposito that season &mdash; had four goals, including three in one game, and six assists to increase his total for the season to 15 points.He holds a one-point lead over Jim Pappin and Ivan Boldirev of Chicago and Marcel Dionne of Detroit. Dionne leads in assists with 12. Tied for fifth place with 13 points each are Esposito and Tom Lysiask of Atlanta.Esposito, Pappin, Bob Nevin of Los Angeles and Stan Weir of California all share the goal-scoring lead with eight each.&bull; While the Kings and Islanders have only one player each among the top 26 scoring leaders, their goaltending has been mainly responsible for greatly-improved showings compared to last season. The Kings lead all 18 teams with 13 points and are first in the James Norris Division, three points ahead of runner-up Detroit Red Wings, who also have surprised many with their start. The Islanders are tied with New York Rangers and Philadelphia Flyers jn the tight Lester Patrick Division. Each of the three teams have 11 points and the other club in the division. Atlanta Flames, is only a point behind.&bull; The goaltending of Rogie Vachon and Gary Edwards of Los Angeles has been outstanding. In nine games. Kings have had only 17 goals scored against them for a 1.78 average, the best in the league. Vachon has had only six goals scored against him in five games for a 1.20 average.At the same time. Kings&rsquo;, power-play has been potent, scoring 10 times on 38 chances. including nine of its last 18 opportunities. Two lines have led the scoring lor Kings &mdash; Juha Widing-Bob Berry-Don Kozak and Bob Nevin-Dan Maloney-Frank St. Marseille &mdash; each with 12 goals.&bull; While defenseman Denis Potvin is Islanders&rsquo; leading pointman with 10, goaltenders Billy Smith and Glenn Resch have the third-best record in the League with 15 goals against in seven games for a 2.14 average, a shade higher than Chicago&rsquo;s Tony Esposito and Mike Veisor, who have a 2.11 combined average. Esposito leads in shutouts with two.At this stage last season. Islanders had not won a game and had four ties and three losses while the Kings had three wins, four losses and two ties &#9632;

NHL WEEK - In Review

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div>LOS ANGELES &mdash;The Los Angeles Kings were so bad for so long and coverage of them so incomplete that one local newspaper pointed out last week that they made the playoffs for the first time last season. The Kings made the playoffs their first two seasons, though they then failed four straight times before bouncing back last season. After two weeks of this season they not only appeared on their way to the playoffs, but perhaps to the pennant that eluded them by one point in their first season. However, the first season their divisional rivals were all expansion teams while this eighth season they include not only mighty Montreal, but the improved Pittsburgh and Detroit teams.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03363/3291305-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="269" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Nevin</figcaption></div>Still, Montreal seems to have slipped and the Kings may have come on to the point where they can contend with the Canadiens. Of course, there are 24 of the 26 weeks yet to play this season and the Kings are going to lose a lot of games and probably will have started to do so by the time this reaches the readers. But they appear to be a club which could challenge for high honors this season.At the end of two weeks the Kings were the only undefeated team remaining in the entire NHL. They won three and tied three of the first six starts. This was their best start ever. Five of these six came on the road. They were 3-0-2 their first season before losing their sixth game, but four of those games came at home. In subsequent seasons they were 1-4-1, 2-4-0, 4-2-0, 1-4-1, 1-5-0 and 1-3-2,. They fell apart after their 4-2-0 start in 1970.This season, the Kings won in Philadelphia and Buffalo andTiedTn Montreal the first week. Opening the second week they fell back on bad habits, lettting down in a 1-1 tie with the weak expansion team in Washington, but then tied 1-1 against a better team in Toronto and returned home to debut with a 3-0 triumph over the other new team this season, Kansas City. The crowd for the Forum opener, 14,384, indicates that steadily-rising attendance will, as suspected, be substantial when the club is a contender.The Kings have improved rapidly under the regime of Bob Pulford. His game is defense and as he starts his third season he has his players playing team defense in front of goaltenders Rogie Vachon and Gary Edwards, who each worked well three games of the first six. Vachon surrendered only one goal in each of his games and Edwards recorded a shutout in the sixth game.The defensemen are doing a steady job. Pully pulled a surprise when he selected Larry Brown to join Terry Harper, Bob Murdoch and Shelly Kannegiesser in the regular rotation instead of husky young Dave Hutchison or Neil Komadoski, but the long-armed Brown, who plays more with his head than his body, has been steady and dependable.Interestingly, the most effective line has been the defensive line of center Frank St. Marseille, right wing Bob Nevin and left wing Dan Maloney, which might be called &ldquo;Two Seconds and a Fighter.&rdquo;St. Marseille and Nevin can be considered &ldquo;seconds&rdquo; because they were rejected by other teams as &ldquo;over the hill&rdquo; before arriving in Los Angeles, while Maloney is the best boxer in hockey. The trio has been tremendous this season.Put on the ice to check the opposition&rsquo;s best trio, they have done so effectively game after game and surprised by pacing their own side in scoring. Perhaps this is not so surprising since a team&rsquo;s top trio usually is mediocre defensively and these &ldquo;Two Old Men And A Boy&rdquo; have checked themselves into scoring opportunities on which they&rsquo;ve capitalized.Nevin has four goals, including three in the Buffalo game. Maloney has three in three different games. St. Marseille has only one, but he has set up the others. St. Marseille was scheduled for part-time duty on a wing this season, but the injury to Butch Goring gave him regular employment at his best position, center, and he has made the most of the job opportunity.Nevin and St. Marseille are each 35, but each was among the top players on this team last season and seems sharp enough for another splendid season. Neither ever has been a great goal-getter, though Nevin had 263 goals in 14 earlier years with Leafs, Rangers, North Stars and Kings, while St. Marseille had 107 in eight seasons with the Blues and Kings.Nevin topped 30 only one season, while St. Marseille never has hit 20. But Nevin had 20 last season and St. Marseille 14 and they are all around players who consistently do a lot of helpful things for a team. Neither is a rah-rah guy on or off the ice, but they are pros who earn their pay.The color of the grouping comes from Maloney, from his undefeated fighting record, but he is becoming an all-round athlete also. He scored 15 goals despite missing 13 games last season and is showing he is &#9632;

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Veteran Trio Leads Way As Club Clicks On Road

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGERHOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaJust because the National Hockey League has gone to bed with the World Hockey Association, that doesn&rsquo;t mean there won&rsquo;t be a few pillow fights to come.That&rsquo;s merely the advice of R. Alan Eagleson, and best you take it. He&rsquo;s the eminent Toronto barrister who, in his spare time, runs hockey.And the indomitable Eagle, in fact, intimates that the most intriguing dollar-slinging may unfold at Arthur Wirtz&rsquo; Madison Street Mint in Chicago, where Black Hawks Phil Russell and Bill White will become free men when their contracts expire at season&rsquo;s end.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01378/3291481-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="562" height="862"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL WHITE &hellip; High Demands</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I expect Chicago will have a problem signing at least one of them, and maybe both,&rdquo; said The Eagle, in whose attache case the futures of both super talents rest.&ldquo;The big plus for the Hawks in Russell&rsquo;s case is that he, like Dick Redmond, likes Chicago so much. Redmond could have jumped to the WHA last summer for more money than the Black Hawks gave him, but he didn&rsquo;t want to leave.&ldquo;White&rsquo;s case is not necessarily the same. He&rsquo;s not unhappy with the Hawks by any means, but he&rsquo;d just like to finish up in Toronto, where he&rsquo;s from.&rdquo;If Eagleson were Tommy Ivan, he just might trade White right now to, say, the Maple Leafs. At least the Hawks would accrue something ample for this genuine craftsman, whereas should he bolt to the Toronto Toros of the WHA next summer, all Chicago would get is a hole on its blueline.&ldquo;But it&rsquo;s going to cost to keep him, believe me,&rdquo; assured Alan. &ldquo;Bill White is right now the 7th or 8th best paid player on the Black Hawks, but he&rsquo;s a lot higher up in value to them. He doesn&rsquo;t want to rob the bank. He merely wants to be paid commensurate with his worth. And his next contract, don&rsquo;t forget, may be his last one, so it&rsquo;ll be good, wherever he goes.&rdquo;Russell, a likely super star to be, may require the bank that White doesn&rsquo;t.&ldquo;Phil right now is the lowest paid regular in the National Hockey League,&rdquo; said Eagleson. (Feel free to peg that at about $30,000 per annum).&ldquo;He signed for a very low figure three years ago right out of the juniors, and that should be taken into account when it&rsquo;s time to talk,&rdquo; he said.A barest starting point will be about $125,000 a year, hints Eagle, and if the Black Hawks aren&rsquo;t interested, the Edmonton Oilers indeed are.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve talked already, and while talk is cheap, they re discussing a package of more than $2 million for playing 10 years to be spread over a longer period of time,&rdquo; said Eagleson. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think the Black Hawks would like to go that high, but I think they&rsquo;re going to have to sign him somehow. They can&rsquo;t afford to lose him.&ldquo;Phil, too, would like to get paid what he feels he&rsquo;s worth. He still helps support his family back in Edmonton, and it&rsquo;s naturally a little difficult for him to be making what he is when others around him are getting a lot, lot more. We think that the Chicago management will want to be fair, but it&rsquo;ll be interesting.&rdquo;For sure. Certainly, one cannot conceive of the Black Hawk blueline without either of them.PARTING SHOTS: There&rsquo;s a feud of sorts building between Stan Mikita and Bobby Orr stemming from a high-sticking incident late in Chicago&rsquo;s 4-0 win over the Bruins Oct. 16. Orr, hockey&rsquo;s finest player, popped Mikita in the cranium with his stick butt when a small spat just appeared to be ending. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s real class,&rdquo; said Mikita. &ldquo;When things aren&rsquo;t going right for Orr, I guess he&rsquo;s got to resort to that. He has a fit, just like a kid who can&rsquo;t have his toys.&rdquo; Orr seemed somewhat repentant. &ldquo;It was a cheap shot, and he didn&rsquo;t deserve it,&rdquo; said Orr. &ldquo;But he was using his stick all night. He&rsquo;s been using it all during his career, but never as much as this year.&rdquo; Boston coach Don Cherry mentioned that he&rsquo;d like to send Mikita &ldquo;back to Czechoslovakia in a coffin.&rdquo; Mikita replied: &ldquo;Gee, that&rsquo;s not nice.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Russell, White Will Be Tough To Sign

BOBBY ORRBoston BruinsThe Boston Bruins were favored to win their division easily this year, but after their poor start things weren&rsquo;t looking that way. But even though the Bruins managed only one victory in three games last week their division rivals have good reason to fear that the Bruins are back in form.The reason for that is the performance of Bobby Orr, who scored four goals and assisted on six others. When Orr is hot, the Bruins can&rsquo;t be far behind.The highlight of the week for Orr was a three-goal night in a 5-5 tie with the Pittsburgh Penguins.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02286/3291526-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="562" height="742"></div>STAN WEIRCalifornia SealsWhen the California Seals drafted Stan Weir out of Junior hockey two years ago they expected big things from the Medicine Hat center. But after he scored only 24 goals in his first two NHL seasons it looked like Weir had left his scoring talent behind.This season, though, things are different. Weir scored four goals and an assist last week to boost his season total to eight goals.He scored two goals in a 4-4 tie with Kansas City, added a goal and assist in a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia and tallied once in a 5-1 loss to Los Angeles.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03241/3291519-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="568" height="736"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-04173/3291512-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="703" height="771"></div> &#9632;

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N.H.L. Player’s of the week.

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS &mdash;In the topsy-turvy early-season standings in the National Hockey League the St. Louis Blues jumped briefly into first place in the Smythe Division.The Blues, sixth-place finishers last season in the Western Division, were on top of their new division aftera thrilling 3-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens, who dropped to the bottom of the Norris Division. The Blues trailed. 2-0, at the beginning of the final period but put three quick goals past a frustrated Ken Dryden to take the game.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01229/3292165-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="256" height="451"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Palazzari</figcaption></div>St. Louis coach Lou Angotti is getting some pretty solid skating performances from his players. He had been carrying the unusually high number of nine rookies on the team, and the youngsters were scrambling to make their jobs more secure. Angotti had 23 players on the roster but cut down to 21 by dropping John Wensimk and Don Wheldon down to Denver of the CHL.Angotti is determined to cut the number of St. Louis penalties this season. Since the Blues were created, they have always been near the top of the league in penalty minutes. When the first week&rsquo;s league statistics were released this season, the Blues were tied for seventh, and Angotti was complaining about too many penalties.Angotti realizes he is violating St. Louis hockey tradition in calling for fewer penalties, but the team has experienced a substantial turnover in personnel, and Angotti believes he can bring about a change in attitude on penalties. Of the top six penalty-getters from last season, three are no longer with the team.The coach said damaging penalties prevented the Blues from getting better than a 4-4 opening-game tie against California. All of the St. Louis goals were scored by players new to the team this year Larry&mdash;Sacharuk, Brian Ogilvie and two on rebounds by 5&rsquo;5&rdquo; Doug Palazzari. who played last season for Colorado College.California coach Marshall Johnston claims Sacharuk&rsquo;s shot is the hardest he&rsquo;s ever seen in the NHL. and the well-built defenseman showed the devastation of his shot from the point when he scored a hat trick on three power-plays to win the Blues&rsquo; next game. 5-3. over Vancouver. Sacharuk missed all of training camp and every exhibition game with a back injury but had four goals in the first two regularseason games.Angotti&rsquo;s complaints about penalties reached a high point with the Blues&rsquo; home opener, in which Garry Unger took a double minor late in the third period, and the Canucks scored two quick goals for a 5-4 lead and took a 6-4 win.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02168/3292158-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="564" height="902"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRYSACHARUK&hellip;Hardest NHL Shot</figcaption></div>The Blues had a complaint against referee Bob Myers on the call against Unger. Myers called a penalty for cross-checking Tracy Pratt, then made Unger&rsquo;s penalty a double minor when the St. Louis player did not go directly to the bench. The Blues argued that the new rule says that the penalty for not going directly to the bench is a bench minor in other words, two players in the box for two minutes, rather than the penalized player for four minutes.Most of the bitterness over the penalty and the loss was forgotten with the big win over Montreal. Bob Stumpf and Floyd Thomson scored 18 seconds apart to tie the game at 2-2 in the third period, and Ogilvie bounced the winning goal into the net off Dryden&rsquo;s leg from behind the net. Stumpf drew the only St. Louis penalty of the game, and Yvon Lambert scored one of his two goals on the power play. The Canadiens complained that Stumpf&rsquo;s goal was batted into the ret by a hand, but referee Lloyd Gilmour allowed the goal.Goalie Eddie Johnston, playing his first game in a St. Louis uniform, sympathized with Dryden on Ogilvie&rsquo;s game-winner.&ldquo;Every goalie gets three or four a year like that.&rdquo; said old pro Johnston. He kept them in the game earlier. &#9632;

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Angotti De-emphasizes Penalties As Blues Make Fast NHL Start

<div class="byline">BY HARRY KLAFF</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01250/3292210-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="511" height="469"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02181/3292203-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="523" height="469"></div>LONG ISLAND &mdash;N.Y. Islander fans should make a special entry in their diaries under Oct. 15, 1974, In addition to beating the Montreal Canadiens for only the second time in their existence on that date, the Islanders also saw their young right wing, Bill Harris, mature before their very eyes.And it happened on one play, at 16:09 of the first period, to be exact. Ernie Hicke fed Harris with a short pass at center ice, and the 22-year-old third year man carried it from there. He slipped past the Canadien defender, but found himself in too close with no angle on goaltender Bunny Larocque.Last year Harris would have tried to stuff the puck through a non-existent hole in the goalkeeper&rsquo;s armor. But not this time. Seeing that he didn&rsquo;t have a clear shot, Harris spotted Denis Potvin coming in fast. He fed it back to the charging defenseman, who beat Larocque with a wicked 35-foot shot.The only thing Harris lacked when he came to the Islanders as their number one amateur pick in 1972 was experience. He displayed skating ability and puck sense, as he walked off with a share of the OH A scoring title in his final Junior year. Ordinarily, a young player would spend a year in the minors to gain the valuable experience he needs to become an NHL player. But the Islanders couldn&rsquo;t afford that luxury, as Harris was thrown right into the fire.&ldquo;I was constantly learning in my rookie year,&rdquo; says Harris, who registered 28 goals in his freshman campaign. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m still learning now, of course, but everything I did that first year was basically new to me.&rdquo;Harris got off to a flying start this season, notching two goals and two assists in his first three games. He is skating a stronger game, and his stickhandling&mdash;always a point&mdash;has improved three fold.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a matter of more experience,&rdquo; says the soft-spoken winger. &ldquo;Now I have a little more confidence, and I know what I can do and what I can&rsquo;t do.&rdquo;Actually, Harris has always put on a spurt right from the start of training camp, but mysteriously went into a slump once they started playing for keeps. But for all intents and purposes, the first few weeks of the season will serve as his training camp, as he missed almost the entire training period with a badly sprained ankle. &ldquo;Now maybe I won&rsquo;t hit that slump,&rdquo; he adds with a smile.Harris feels that part of the reason for his fast start was his summer activities, or lack of them. &ldquo;Usually I kept busy in the summers, working at hockey schools and things like that, but this time I just took it easy,&rdquo; says the Toronto product. &ldquo;I bought a summer cottage, and did a lot of water skiing. When it was time to go to training camp. I looked at it as sort of a holiday.&rdquo;Harris has scored more than 50 goals in his two full campaigns, without the benefit of skating with familiar linemates. At one time or another, Harris has been placed with just about every player on the Islanders&rsquo; all-time roster. He played for a while with Lorne Henning two years ago, and then it was Tom Miller. This year he was teamed with Eddie Westfall for a spell, but when the captain was injured a few weeks ago, young Andre St. Laurent filled in for him, with rookie Clark Gilles on the left flank.Harris&rsquo; improved play has sparked the Islanders to their fastest start ever, standing at 2-1-1 after four games, and in contention for top honors in the Lester Patrick Division. The only loss in the first two weeks was to the Rangers, who clearly outplayed the Isles, but managed to take advantage of a fluke situation.With the score tied 1-1 mid-way through the second period, Islander defenseman Dave Lewis squared off with Ted Irvine. As the two traded punches, spare defender Dave Fortier decided to take advantage of the pause in the action to take a brief skate. But referee Bryan Lewis nabbed him for leaving the bench, assessing the mandatory double minor and game misconduct.Brad Park scored one goal on the four minute power-play, but the flood gates were opened as the Rangers added two more on tip ins late in the period and coasted to a 4-2 victory.&ldquo;1 never saw Dave leave the bench.&rdquo; admitted coach Al Arbour afterward. &ldquo;But when I did, I tried to get him off, but it was too late. It was an honest mistake though, and I&rsquo;m not going to hold it against him.&rdquo;ISLAND SOUNDS: Right winger Craig Cameron finally returned to action against the Rangers after missing almost three weeks with pneumonia&hellip; Eddie Westfall also missed a couple of games with cracked ribs&hellip;The Isles are getting good mileage out of rookie Bob Bourne, who was obtained from Kansas City in exchange for Bart Crashley. The youngster had six points in his first four games&hellip;The new Coliseum scoreboard has merited rave reviews. The giant board is similar to the one in Philadelphia and flashes cartoons as well as game information.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-03156/3292196-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="619" height="865"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY HARRIS &hellip; Gets Experience</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Harris Comes Of Age For Islanders

<div class="byline">BY ALAN TRUEX</div>ATLANTA &mdash;Curt Bennett believes in variety &mdash; on and off the ice.He has played left wing, right wing and center for the Atlanta Flames, once played defense forthe New York Rangers and started out in hockey as a 10&mdash;year-old goalie in Providence, R.I.When he is not playing hockey, he is liable to be doing just about anything. He teaches hockey in clinics, holds a brown belt in karate, plays tennis, practices yoga, travels to Wurope, studies philosophy, reads a lot of literature and even writes occasionally.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01228/3292241-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="280" height="523"><figcaption class="caption-body">Curt Bennett</figcaption></div>He also speaks Russian, and when the Flames played their home opener this year, Bennett was greeted by a huge banner written in Russian. &ldquo;I got a letter from a girl saying she was going to put that sign up,&rdquo; he said, although he admitted he wasn&rsquo;t entirely sure what the message said. &ldquo;It was something about wishing us success.&rdquo;Bennett majored in Russian at Brown University. He is an intellectual in a sport where most participants have not been to college of any kind, much less to an Ivy league school like Brown.Bennett has so many outside interests you wonder how he ever finds time to play hockey. But somehow he does, and he plays the sport with as much versatility as anyone and as much skill as most.His father, Harvey, played goal in the Boston Bruins chain, and naturally young Curt became interested in the position. &ldquo;I played it one or two years,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But then it became too boring and too lonely.&rdquo;Unlike almost all of today&rsquo;s National Hockey League players, Bennett insists he never had any childhood ambitions to play the sport professionally. &ldquo;I had no way of knowing I was good enough,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;The caliber of competion was so poor where I was playing, although it&rsquo;s much better now.&rdquo;So Bennett went to college, where he says, &ldquo;the thought of later playing in the NHL never entered my mind.&rdquo; He was completely surprised when in his sophomore year he became one of the first hockey players drafted out of American colleges.Bennett was born in Regina, Sask., but has lived in the U.S. since he was three months old. He began his pro career with the St. Louis Blues organization.Then he was traded to the Rangers, where he played defense and forward &mdash; often in the same game. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d play forward one shift, come off the ice, put my ankle guards on and play defense the next shift,&rdquo; he says.During their initial season, the Flames trades for Bennett in 1972, and they have used him only at forward, mostly at center.Last year Bennett, who is 6&rsquo;3&rdquo; and 195 pounds, played center until a broken thumb restricted his ability to pass to the left. So he was switched to left wing, where he&rsquo;s playing now.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting comfortable on the wing,&rdquo; he says, although he misses the chance to carry the puck as much as he did at center.Bennett says he finds the constant shifting of positions &ldquo;stimulating,&rdquo; but the Flames are so pleased with his performance so far at left wing, he may stay there awhile. Bennett, an outstanding defensive player (not surprising considering his defense background) and a smooth skater despite his size, has improved his scoring touch.He scored two goals in the Flames&rsquo; first games, and he fully expects to improve on his past season highs of 17 and 18 goals. &ldquo;My first year I missed 24 games,&rdquo; he points out, &ldquo;and last year I played about 20 of them with a broken thumb. This year I plan to score more goals.&rdquo;Of course the 26-year-old Bennett finds a lot more to life than scoring goals. He is constantly reading, on buses as well as planes, and he is known to pack an extra &#9632;

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Flames’ Curt Bennett Man Of Many Talents

(Standings on Tue. Oct. 29)<h2>PATRICK DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-263/3292555-1-eng-US/f0024-262.jpg" title="f0024-26" width="511" height="147"></div><h2>SMY THE DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-27/3292548-1-eng-US/f0024-272.jpg" title="f0024-27" width="519" height="172"></div><h2>NORRIS DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-28/3292541-1-eng-US/f0024-282.jpg" title="f0024-28" width="505" height="179"></div><h2>ADAMS DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-29/3292534-1-eng-US/f0024-292.jpg" title="f0024-29" width="515" height="156"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Oct. 22Atlanta 1 at N.Y. Islanders 2; Philadelphia 4 at Los Angeles 2: Detroit 3 at Washington 0; Minnesota 3 at Vancouver 2.Wed. Oct. 23St. Louis 1 at N.Y. Rangers 5; Detroit 1 at Atlanta 10; Montreal 3 at Toronto 2; Washington 2 at Chicago 3; Boston 5 at Pittsburgh 5; Kansas City 4 at California 4.Thur. Oct. 24Buffalo 2 at Los Angeles 7; St. Louis 4 at Boston 4Fri. Oct. 25Philadelphia 1 at California 4; Minnesota 2 at Atlanta 2; Kansas City 3 at Vancouver 5Sat. Oct 26N.Y Rangers 5 at Pittsburgh 4: Minnesota 0 at N.Y Islanders 4; Philadelphia 3 at Vancouver 2: Detroit 2 at Montreal 4; California 1 at Los Angeles 5; Chicago 9 at Toronto 3; Buffalo 2 at St Louis 0Sun. Oct. 27Atlanta 1 at N.Y. Rangers 4. Montreal 2 at Buffalo 3; Toronto 4 at Washington 3; St. Louis 3 at Chicago 10, Kansas City 2 at Boston 8.<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Oct. 28Pittsburgh at Los AngelesCalifornia at N.Y. Islanders;Tue Oct. 29Detroit at Vancouver,Wed. Oct 30N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers. California at Atlanta. Chicago at Montreal. Boston at MinnesotaThu. Oct. 31N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia; Montreal at Washington; St Louis at Los Angeles.Fri. Nov. 1Toronto at Atlanta; Pittsburgh at Vancouver; Detroit at California.Sat. Nov. 2Boston at N. Y. Islanders; Philadelphia at Montreal. Atlanta at St. Louis. Detroit at Los Angeles; Chicago at Kansas City; Buffalo at TorontoSun. Nov. 3Buffalo at N. Y. Rangers. N. Y Islanders at Philadelphia; Kansas City at Washington. Pittsburgh at Chicago. Minnesota at BostonMon. Nov 4Minnesota at MontrealTue. Nov. 5N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver; Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders. Pittsburgh at Kansas City. Los Angeles at St Louis; Buffalo at Boston Wed. Nov. 6N.Y. Rangers at California; N. Y. Islanders at Atlanta; Montreal at Detroit; Chicago at Buffalo; Mineesota at Toronto. &#9632;

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LOOKING AT THE NHL SCOREBOARD

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0024-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01231/3292503-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg"></div>WARNING: The Department of National Health and Welfare advises that danger to health increases with amount smoked.<h2>Tue. Oct. 22</h2>ATLANTA 1, ISLANDERS 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02174/3292496-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="595" height="457"></div>PHILADELPHIA 4, LOS ANGELES 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-03123/3292489-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="592" height="521"></div>DETROIT 3, WASHINGTON 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0496/3292482-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="597" height="460"></div>MINNESOTA 3, VANCOUVER 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0579/3292475-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="601" height="493"></div><h2>Wed. Oct. 23</h2>ST. LOUIS 1, RANGERS 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0666/3292468-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="586" height="518"></div>DETROIT 1, ATLANTA 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0754/3292461-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="587" height="191"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0849/3292454-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="594" height="355"></div>MONTREAL 3, TORONTO 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0944/3292447-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="586" height="576"></div>BOSTON 5, PITTSBURGH 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1039/3292440-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="593" height="522"></div>WASHINGTON 2, CHICAGO 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1137/3292433-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg" title="f0024-11" width="586" height="202"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1231/3292426-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="589" height="253"></div>KANSAS CITY 4, CALIFORNIA 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1323/3292419-1-eng-US/f0024-132.jpg" title="f0024-13" width="592" height="487"></div><h2>Thur. Oct. 24</h2>ST. LOUIS, 4 BOSTON 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1418/3292412-1-eng-US/f0024-142.jpg" title="f0024-14" width="590" height="542"></div>BUFFALO 2, LOS ANGELES 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1514/3292405-1-eng-US/f0024-152.jpg" title="f0024-15" width="598" height="322"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1612/3292398-1-eng-US/f0024-162.jpg" title="f0024-16" width="592" height="297"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 25</h2>PHILADELPHIA 1, CALIFORNIA 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1710/3292391-1-eng-US/f0024-172.jpg" title="f0024-17" width="592" height="750"></div>MINNESOTA 2, ATLANTA 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-189/3292384-1-eng-US/f0024-182.jpg" title="f0024-18" width="599" height="439"></div>KANSAS CITY 3, VANCOUVER 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-199/3292377-1-eng-US/f0024-192.jpg" title="f0024-19" width="595" height="127"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-208/3292370-1-eng-US/f0024-202.jpg" title="f0024-20" width="601" height="438"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 26</h2>RANGERS 5, PITTSBURGH 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-218/3292363-1-eng-US/f0024-212.jpg" title="f0024-21" width="595" height="581"></div>MINNESOTA 0, ISLANDERS 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-228/3292356-1-eng-US/f0024-222.jpg" title="f0024-22" width="593" height="490"></div>PHILADELPHIA 3, VANCOUVER 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-238/3292349-1-eng-US/f0024-232.jpg" title="f0024-23" width="592" height="485"></div>DETROIT 2, MONTREAL 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-247/3292342-1-eng-US/f0024-242.jpg" title="f0024-24" width="586" height="460"></div>CALIFORNIA 1, LOS ANGELES 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-255/3292335-1-eng-US/f0024-252.jpg" title="f0024-25" width="603" height="255"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01188/3292328-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="602" height="202"></div>CHICAGO 9, TORONTO 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02130/3292321-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="602" height="650"></div>BUFFALO, 2 ST. LOUIS 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0397/3292314-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="594" height="422"></div><h2>Sun. Oct 27</h2>ATLANTA 1, RANGERS 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0474/3292307-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="604" height="418"></div>MONTREAL 2, BUFFALO 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0566/3292300-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="604" height="526"></div>TORONTO 4, WASHINGTON 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0651/3292293-1-eng-US/f0025-062.jpg" title="f0025-06" width="594" height="524"></div>ST. LOUIS 3, CHICAGO 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0748/3292286-1-eng-US/f0025-072.jpg" title="f0025-07" width="602" height="698"></div>KANSAS CITY 2, BOSTON 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0840/3292279-1-eng-US/f0025-082.jpg" title="f0025-08" width="592" height="222"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0934/3292272-1-eng-US/f0025-092.jpg" title="f0025-09" width="600" height="296"></div> &#9632;

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National Hockey League Summaries

C&mdash;CaptainA&mdash;Alternate*&mdash;Rookie<h2>BOSTON</h2>GOALGilles GilbertRoss BrooksKen BroderickDEFENSEGary DoakDarryl EdestrandBobby Orr AAl SimsDallas Smith ACarol VadnaisCENTERPhil Esposito AWalt McKechnieAndre SavardGregg SheppardR. WINGKen HodgeTerry O&rsquo;ReillyBobby SchmautzL. WINGJohn Bucyk CWayne CashmanDave ForbesDon MarcotteDave Hynes*INJUREDNone<h2>BUFFALO</h2>GOALGary Bomley*Rocky Farr*DEFENSELarry CarriereLee Fogolin*Bill Hajt*Jerry KorabJ. Schoenfield AJ. GuevremontCENTERDon Luce APeter McNab*Gil Perreault AR. WINGNorm GrattonBryan McSheffreyLarry MickeyReni RobertDanny Gare *L. WINGRichard MartinCraig RamsayBrian SpencerMorris Titanic*INJUREDJim Lorentz<h2>DETROIT</h2>GOALJim RutherfordTerry Richardson*DEFENSEThommie BergmanGary Bergman AJean HamelJack LynchBryan Watson ACENTERRed BerensonMarcel Dionne CBill HogaboamMike Jakubo*Guy CharronR. WINGEarl Anderson*y Mickey Redmond ANelson Pyatt*Pierre JarryBill Lochead*L. WINGNick Libett AHank Nowak*Danny GrantINJUREDDoug Roberts<h2>ISLANDERS</h2>GOALGlen Resch *Billy SmithDEFENSEi Dave Fortier*Gerry HartDave LewisBert MarshallDenis PotvinJean PotvinCENTERLorne HenningBob Boume*Ralph Stewart AEddie Westfall CDoug RomboughTom MillerR. WINGCraig CameronK. Billy Harris ABob NystromAndre St LaurentL. WINGClark Gillies*Ernie HickeGarry HowattBilly MacMillanINJUREDNone<h2>MONTREAL</h2>GOALKen DrydenMichel LarocqueWayne ThomasDEFENSEPierre BouchardRick Chartraw*Guy LapointeL. RobinsonSerge SavardJ. Van BoxmeerCENTERJacques LemairePete MahovlichHenri Richard CR. WINGYvan Cournoyer AGlenn Goldup*Claude Larose AJim RobertsGuy LafleurL. WINGBob GaineyYvon LambertGlen SatherSteve ShuttMurray WilsonChuck LefleyINJUREDJ. Laperriere A<h2>RANGERS</h2>GOALEd GiacominGilles VillemureDEFENSENick Beverley*Ron HarrisGilles MarotteBrad Park CDale RolfeRod SeilingCENTERJean RatelleDerek SandersonPete StemkowskiWalt TkaczukR. WINGJerry ButlerBill FairbairnRod Gilbert ARick MiddletonL. WINGTed IrvineSteve VickersGreg PolisBert WilsonINJUREDNone<h2>TORONTO</h2>GOALDoug FavellDune WilsonDEFENSEBrian GlennieJim McKennyBob NeelyBorje SalmingIan TurnbullWillie BrossartCENTERGeorge FergusonDave Keon CDarryl SittierNorm Ullman AR. WINGRon EMis ABill FlettBlaine StoughtonLanny McDonaldGary SabourinL. WINGInge HammarstromLyle Moffat*Dave DunnEddie ShackErrol ThompsonINJUREDNone<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>GOALGary SmithKen Lockett*DEFENSEBob DaileyDennis KearnsTracy PrattBarry WilkinsJohn Grisdale*Mike RobitailleCENTERAndre BoudriasChris OddlelfsonJim Wiley*Jerry O&rsquo;FlahertyGerry MeehanR. WINGPaulin BordeleauGregg BoddyDennis VervergaeiLeon RochefortL. WINGJohn GouldDon LeverBobby LalondeGarry MonahanINJUREDNone<h2>KANSAS CITY</h2>GOALMichel PlassePeter McDuffe*DEFENSEChris EvansMike Baumgartner*Brent Hughes AJim McElmury*Bart CrashleyBryan LefleyCENTEREddie Gilbert*Richard LemieuxJohn WrightGlen Burdon*Dave HudsonR. WINGi Simon Nolet CWilf Paiement*art Randy Rota ATed SnellL. WINGRobin Burns*Bobby LalondeNorm Dub&eacute;*Gary CroteauButch Deadmarsh AINJUREDNone<h2>ATLANTA</h2>GOALDan BouchardPhil MyreDEFENSEDwight Bialowas*Jean LemieuxRandy ManeryPat Quinn ANoel Price ACENTERCurt BennettRey ComeauBryan HextaliBob Leiter ATom LysiakVic Mercredi*Dean Talafous*R. WINGHilliard GravesBuster HarveyLarry RomanchychL. WINGJerry ByersKeith McCreary CEric VailINJUREDNone<h2>CALIFORNIA</h2>GOALGilles MelocheGary Simmons*Marv EdwardsDEFENSELen Frig ARick Hampton*Ted McAneeleyJim NeilsonBob StewartMike Christie*CENTERRon Huston*Larry Patey*Stan WeirR. WINGWayne King*Morris MottCraig PatrickAl MacAdam*Jim MoxeyL. WINGStan GilbertsonJoey Johnston CJohn StewartDave Hrechkosy*Brian LavenderINJUREDNone<h2>CHICAGO</h2>GOALTony EspositoMike VeisorDEFENSEDoug Jarrett AKeith MagnusonDick RedmondPhil RussellBill White ARandy Holt *CENTERIvan BoldirevPit MartinStan Mikita ADale TallonR. WINGJ.P. BordeleauAlain Daigle*Cliff KorrollChico MakiGrant Mulvey*Jim PappinL. WINGDennis HullDarcy RotaJohn MarksGermain GagnonINJUREDNone.<h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>GOALRogatien VachonGary EdwardsDEFENSELarry BrownTerry Harper CDave Hutchison*S. KannegeisserNeil KomadoskiBob MurdochCENTERGene CarrButch GoringVic VenaskyJuha Widing AR. WINGMike CorriganDon KozakMike MurphyBob NevinFrank St. MarseilleL. WINGBob BerryDan Maloney ATom WilliamsINJUREDNone<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>GOALCesare ManiagoFem RivardDEFENSEBarry Gibbs ADoug Hicks *Dennis O&rsquo;BrienTom ReidChris Ahrens*CENTERJude DrouinDennis HextailMurray OliverFred StanfieldR. WINGJohn Flesch*Bill Goldsworthy CLou NanneHenry BouchaJohnny Rogers*-t. WINGDon Martineau*Blake Dunlop*Jean-Paul Parise A.INJUREDFred Barrett<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>GOALWayne StephensorBernie ParentBob TaylorDEFENSEAndr&eacute; DupontTed HarrisEd Van ImpeTom BladonJimmy WatsonJoe Watson ACENTERBobby Clarke CBill ClementTerry Crisp AOrest KindrachukRick MacLeishR. WINGGary Dornhoefer AReg LeachDon SaleskiL. WINGBill BarberDave SchultzBob KellyRoss LonsberryINJUREDNone<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>GOALm Gary InnessBob Johnson*DEFENSEDave Burrows AAb DeMarcoSteve DurbanoJean-Guy LagaceRon StackhouseBob ParadiseColin Campbell *Dennis Owchar*CENTERSyl Apps ARon Lalonde ARon Schock CR. WINGK. Chuck ArnasonRick KehoeKelly Pratt*Jean PronovostL. WINGVic HadfieldNelson DebenedelBob KellyLowell MacDonaldPierre Larouche*Wayne BianchinINJUREDNone<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>GOALJohn DavidsonEddie JohnstonDEFENSEDon AwreyBob Hess*Barclay Plager C} Bob Plager ALarry Sacharuk*Bob Stumpf*CENTERDave GardnerWayne MerrickGarry Unger ADoug Palazzari*Ken Richardson *R. WINGBill CollinsPierre PlantePhil RobertoBrian Ogilvie*L. WINGAce Baileuet* Murray Kuntz*Floyd Thompsond Gord Buynak*INJUREDNone.<h2>WASHINGTON</h2>GOALJohn Adams*Michel BelhumeurRon LowDEFENSEGreg Joly*Yvon LabreMurray Anderson *Bill MikkeisonDoug MohnsGordon Smith*CENTERJim Hrycuik*Pete LaframboiseAndre Peloffy*Tommy WilliamsR. WINGRon Anderson*Steve AtkinsonGordie BrooksNorm Dube*L. WINGBruce Cowick*Denis DupereDave KryskowBill LesukMike Marson*Jack EgersINJUREDJoe Lundrigan* &#9632;

NHL Team Rosters

<h2>SERGE BERNIER</h2><h3>Quebec Nordiques</h3>The benefits and disadvantages to a player of a pre-season series such as the Team Canada-Russia Series are debatable, but there&rsquo;s no doubt that it has helped Serge Bernier.The Quebec Nordiques&rsquo; center is off to one of his best starts, witnessed by his seven point performance last week.Bernier scored three goals and added four assists in leading the Nordiques to three victories. His biggest night was a two goal and one assist performance against Michigan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02144/3292655-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="552" height="606"></div><h2>TOM SIMPSON</h2><h3>Toronto Toros</h3>With all the big names the Toronto Toros have signed for this season around, you&rsquo;d expect a lesser light like Tom Simpson to get lost in the crowd. But the Toro right winger isn&rsquo;t about to fade away.He scored four goals last week, including a hat trick against the Minnesota Fighting Saints. He also added a goal in the Toros&rsquo; 3-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.Simpson may not rank with Mahovlich, Henderson, and Nedomansky as a household word, but he&rsquo;s keeping pace with them in scoring.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-03113/3292648-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="576" height="752"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0484/3292641-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="700" height="786"><figcaption class="caption-body">A taste you can call your own.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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WHA Player’s of the week

<div class="byline">BY TONY GALLAGHER</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaLOUIS VILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaTORONTO&mdash;&ldquo;Hockey is mostly a streetcar named Desire. Sometimes Frank (Mahovlich) doesn&rsquo;t catch it.&rdquo;Those are the immortal words of Frank Mahovlich&rsquo;s former coach. Punch Imlach, words once used by the well-known hockey man in a description of the now Toronto Toros&rsquo; super star.Well, Mahovlich returned from his stint with Team Canada and caught that fabled streetcar in his first regular season World Hockey Association game scoring three goals in the Toros&rsquo; opening 6-2 victory over New England Whalers.&ldquo;I think Frank showed the fans he&rsquo;s happy to be back in Toronto,&rdquo; said Toros&rsquo; coach Billy Harris after the victory in Maple Leaf Gardens.He certainly showed the Whalers he was anxious to start earning his fat five-year contract, and it was the play of Big Frank which has contributed to the 3-0 start the Toros have experienced in their race for the Canadian Division title.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01195/3292610-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="564" height="668"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MAHOVLICH &hellip; Three-goal Debut</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I guess I was in the right place at the right time,&rdquo; said Mahovlich after his hat trick. &ldquo;Ned (Vaclav Nedomansky) put me in pretty good on my power-play goal.&rdquo;The power-play goal was his third of the night and came at 52 seconds of the second period with Whalers a man short &mdash; a situation which allowed Mahovlich to elude the extra attention he was getting from New England.&ldquo;1 know they were giving me some extra attention out there at times, but this is something I&rsquo;ll have to play with and get used to,&rdquo; said Mahovlich.Mahovlich may not have to get used to that at all. The way Nedomansky is playing with Tony Featherstone on the same line, there may be more than big Frank to look after.EDMONTON: You know everything is going well with the Oilers when Jim Harrison and general manager Bill Hunter aren&rsquo;t getting along. It just seems natural.After the two had a feuded last year with Harrison disgruntled over his contract terms with Edmonton, the situation has&rsquo;redeveloped and eventually resulted in the talented former Toronto Maple Leaf center being suspended indefinitely by the club.Harrison apparently joined the Oilers practices after returning from duty with Team Canada and threw his stick into the stands during one session and skated off the ice. Coach Brian Shaw, conducting the workout, said there were no harsh words or disturbances before Harrison quit.&ldquo;1 thought he was enjoy ing himself,&rdquo; said Shaw.Harrison, represented by Alan Eagleson, is reportedly anxious to either have the two remaining years of his four year contract renegotiated or to return to the Leafs of the National League.WINNIPEG: If there were any people skeptical on the quality of the Swedes and Finns in the Jets lineup, they can forget they ever had any doubts. When you put Anders Hedberg and Ulf Nilsson with Bobby Hull, you&rsquo;ve got one great line, as the trio has been proving since the regular season begun.Nilsson scored the first goal of the Jets first game and Hedberg&rsquo; scored the winner, taking a pass from Hull in the Jets&rsquo; 6-2 victory over Vancouver Blazers in the season opener.In the same game, Heikki Riihiranta, the Finnish defenseman, had a goal and one assist and Veli Ketola was outstanding centering Danny Spring and Perry Miller.And the Swedes picked just the right time to play well as all six Swedish players in the WHA, including the Abrahamsson twins in New England, were disqualified for life in their home land for refusing to play their former teams $15,.000 compensation. The Swedish hockey federation banned them from playing or coaching in Sweden until they pay up.Hedberg and Nilsson said earlier that they received $15,000 each from Winnipeg to pay their Swedish teams. It is believed that both may pay.The two 24-year-old forwards starred for the Swedish Nationals in last year&rsquo;s world championships. In the Swedish Hockey League, Hedberg played for Djurgarden and Nilsson of AIK, both teams from Stockholm.QUEBEC: Les Nordiques, a team that has stood pat more than any other club in the League; opened their season successfully, and again it was the old regulars who did the scoring for coach Jean-Guy Gendron.The win was a 4-1 decision over Indianapolis Racers. No surprise. And there were no surprises in the scores for Les Nordiques. R&eacute;jean Houle, Serge Bernier, Alain Caron and Dale Hoganson were the marksmen.Meanwhile, J.C. Tremblay was elected captain of the club for another year.VANCOUVER: Blazers opened their season at home, and their first three home games were nothing to crow about, if general manager and coach Joe Crozier will forgive the pun.After losing their opener to the Jets, the defending Avco Cup champion Houston Aeros waltzed into town and did what they always do to Vancouver. They clobbered them 6-0.Then there was the 2-1 loss to the Chicago Cougars, and after the first week, Vancouver had scored three goals in three games, and only one of them had come from a forward &mdash; Claude St. Sauveur.&lsquo;&lsquo;It&rsquo;s going to take some time for these guys to get used to playing with each other,&rdquo; said Crozier. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got 12 new faces on this club, and time is the important thing. They&rsquo;ll be there.&rdquo;Don McLeod played all the games in goal for Vancouver, as backup Peter Donnelly may have to have surgery on his ankle injured during an exhibition game. Blazers have been dressing Ed Hum- &#9632;

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Big M Shows He’s Happy To Be Back In Toronto

<div class="byline">BY RICH PASSAN</div>HARTFORD &mdash;You&rsquo;ll never be able to convince a trio of New England Whalers that the Russians lead the world in diplomacy, in hockey, maybe, but never diplomacy.The three&mdash;defensemen Brad Seiwood and Rick Ley and right winger Tom Webster&mdash;had a first-hand look at Russian hospitality as members of Team Canada &lsquo;74 and all were upset.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01178/3292693-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="268" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brad Seiwood</figcaption></div>First, it was Cleveland Crusaders&rsquo; goaltender Gerry Cheevers claiming the Soviet had bugged the rooms of the Canadian players. And now the Whalers&rsquo; three.&ldquo;The Russians did everything they could to upset us,&rdquo; said Seiwood. &ldquo;They called our rooms at four in the morning. They gave us the wrong food and held us up in customs for two-and-a-half hours and another hour before we ever saw our rooms.&ldquo;Webster said the players&rsquo; wives were promised good seats &ldquo;but got stuck in the corners.&rdquo; The scholarly-looking right winger also questioned the order of the games if they are ever played again.&ldquo;We should play the first four games over there,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Then, if any changes had to be made, we could treat the Russians the same way they treated us. This year, they got first-class treatment when in Canada and we got nothing but harrassment.&rdquo;Ley also complained about treatment of the players&rsquo; wives and the wife of the late Tim Horton. &ldquo;Tim Horton&rsquo;s and Billy Harris&rsquo; wives were molested in the stands several times and others were, too,&rdquo; he pointed out.Ley also complained about the early telephone calls, not to mention snafus in transportation. &ldquo;Whenever we left our hotel,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;there was a line of cars parked in front and they followed us wherever we went.&rdquo;Seiwood pronounced himself incredulous when he saw a Soviel coach hugging a game official in a hallway, &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t believe what I saw.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I believe the officials were either bought or promised something&hellip; they had to be.&rdquo; Added Ley, &ldquo;It will be a long time before I ever complain about officiating. They were just terrible, it will be a long time before I ever complain about anything.&rdquo;Once back on the North American continent, the three were able to concentrate on hockey, World Hockey Association style.The Whalers, who believe they have the talent to go all the way this season, got off on the wrong foot by dropping a 6-2 decision to the strong Toronto Toros in the season-opener at Maple Leaf Gardens.Four first-period goals &mdash; two by new Toro Frank Mahovlich &mdash; proved too much to overcome. &ldquo;We stood around too much in the first period,&rdquo; said Whalers&rsquo; general manager Jack Kelly. &ldquo;A couple of guys (he declined to say who) had bad moments. But we played very well in the second and third periods.&ldquo;We were so good, as a matter of fact, that Gratton (Toronto goaltender Gilles Gratton) said it was the greatest game he ever played. I&rsquo;m not going to get too alarmed over that one game.&rdquo;&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t forget, we had three guys (the Team Canada members) on the ice with us for the first time. They aren&rsquo;t the reason we lost, but it didn&rsquo;t put us at our best.&rdquo;The Whalers turned around and won their home opener, a 2-1 overtime decision over the Michigan Stags at Springfield. The gamewinner was scored by Larry Pleau at 9:13 of the extra session.Kelly and coach Ron Ryan are experimenting with Tim Sheehy, shifting him to the left side on a line with Terry Caffery and Webster. Also, they are giving Swedish defenseman Thommy Abrahamsson a shot at left wing with Wayne Carleton and Mike Byers. &ldquo;The kid&rsquo;s an outstanding skater.&rdquo; Kelley pointed out. &ldquo;Besides, we can afford to try him up there because we&rsquo;ve got depth on defense.&rdquo;CLEVELAND: The Crusaders got down to a 21-man roster by sending left winger Billy Heindl, defensemap Paul Baxter and center iceman Rob Neale down to their Cape Cod farm club in the North American League. Heindl and Neale are recovering from hand and back injuries respectively, and will report when sufficiently healed. The optioning of Baxter, the 18-year-old signed out of the Western Canada Hockey League, came as a surprise as he had a good training camp. &ldquo;He has some things to learn on defense and Larry Kish (the Cape Cod coach) will help him in that area,&rdquo; explained coach John Hanna&hellip; The C&rsquo;s carried seven defensemen for the first few weeks of the season because nine of their first 12 games are on the road. One will be trimmed at the end of November&hellip; Right winger Russ Walker is plagued with a sore shoulder and unable to unload his big shot&hellip; The Crusaders opened the season with a 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Fighting Saints and escaped with a 4-4 tie with PhoenixINDIANAPOLIS: The Racers are finding the first few steps they take very frustrating. After going winless in the exhibition season &mdash; including two ties &mdash; they dropped their first three regular-season contests&hellip; A crowd of 12,873 turned out for the season opener at Market Square Arena and was hopeful of at least a tie with the Michigan Stags. The teams were tied at two apiece, but the Stags&rsquo; Marc Tardif spoiled things in the last five minutes with a goal and the Stags added an insurance tally a little later for the 4-2 victory&hellip; Then the Racers went to Toronto where the Toros won 3-1. Andy Brown played in goal the first two games and looked sharp. Ed Dyck was between the pipes in the third outing, a 4-1 loss in Quebec. Ron Walters&rsquo; late third-period goal averted a shutout.. Left winger Kerry Bond suffered a slight shoulder separation in the opening game and will be sidelined at least two weeks.CHICAGO: The Cougars got the season off on the right foot with a 2-1 victory over the improved Vancouver Blazers on the West Coast. Cam Newton was in goal for the Windy City crew and was brillant. Frankie Rochon, somewhat of a disappointment in his rookie season, broke a 1-1 tie in the last minute of play in the third period to clinch the triumph&hellip; A couple of nights later, the Blazers turned the tables and dumped the Cougars 3-1&hellip; The Cougars play six of their first seven games on the road.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02138/3292686-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="1195" height="1297"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM WEBSTER&hellip; &ldquo;We got nothing but harrassment.&rdquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Whalers’ Team Canada Troika Miffed By Soviet Hospitality

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-02110/3292843-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="604" height="582"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01168/3292850-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="174" height="204"></div><h2>Tue. Oct. 22</h2>CLEVELAND 2, SAN DIEGO 5MINNESOTA 2, TORONTO 11<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0379/3292836-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="608" height="724"></div>HOUSTON 2, QUEBEC 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0463/3292829-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="596" height="612"></div><h2>Wed. Oct. 23</h2>MICHIGAN 2, QUEBEC 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0551/3292822-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="606" height="578"></div>HOUSTON 4, NEW ENGLAND 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0642/3292815-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="596" height="548"></div>CLEVELAND 1, VANCOUVER 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0736/3292808-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="600" height="378"></div><h2>Thur. Oct. 24</h2>PHOENIX 1, SAN DIEGO 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0833/3292801-1-eng-US/f0028-082.jpg" title="f0028-08" width="604" height="498"></div>MINNESOTA 3, INDIANAPOLIS 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0930/3292794-1-eng-US/f0028-092.jpg" title="f0028-09" width="594" height="500"></div><h2>Fri. Oct. 25</h2>WINNIPEG 1, TORONTO 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1029/3292787-1-eng-US/f0028-102.jpg" title="f0028-10" width="598" height="466"></div><h2>Sat. Oct. 26</h2>MINNESOTA 2, HOUSTON 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1123/3292780-1-eng-US/f0028-112.jpg" title="f0028-11" width="592" height="116"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1221/3292773-1-eng-US/f0028-122.jpg" title="f0028-12" width="588" height="238"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1317/3292766-1-eng-US/f0028-132.jpg" title="f0028-13" width="594" height="104"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1411/3292759-1-eng-US/f0028-142.jpg" title="f0028-14" width="1194" height="1444"><figcaption class="caption-body">One of the new faces in the WHA this season is Thommy Abrahamsson of the New England Whalers. The former Swedish star has fitted into the Whalers&rsquo; lineup nicely scoring the lead goal in a 6-1 romp over Indianapolis Racers last week.</figcaption></div>PHOENIX 1, QUEBEC 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1511/3292752-1-eng-US/f0028-152.jpg" title="f0028-15" width="602" height="528"></div>INDIANAPOLIS 1, NEW ENGLAND 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1610/3292745-1-eng-US/f0028-162.jpg" title="f0028-16" width="598" height="532"></div><h2>Sun. Oct. 27</h2>QUEBEC 3, INDIANAPOLIS 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-179/3292738-1-eng-US/f0028-172.jpg" title="f0028-17" width="598" height="584"></div>CHICAGO 5, MINNESOTA 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-189/3292731-1-eng-US/f0028-182.jpg" title="f0028-18" width="612" height="874"></div>MICHIGAN 2, WINNIPEG 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-199/3292724-1-eng-US/f0028-192.jpg" title="f0028-19" width="601" height="584"></div> &#9632;

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World Hockey Association Summaries

(Standings on Mon. Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-207/3292979-1-eng-US/f0028-202.jpg" title="f0028-20" width="517" height="580"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Oct. 22Cleveland 2 at San Diego 5; Minnesota 2 at Toronto 11; Houston 2 at Quebec 7Wed. Oct. 23Michigan 2 at Quebec 6; Houston 4 at New England 5; Cleveland 1 at Vancouver 4Thur. Oct. 24Phoenix 1 at San Diego 2; Minnesota 3 at Indianapolis 2Fri. Oct. 25Winnipeg 1 at Toronto 3.Sat. Oct. 26Minnesota 2 at Houston 3; Phoenix 1 at Quebec 4; Indianapolis 1 at New England 6.Sun. Oct. 27Quebec 3 at Indianapolis 5: Chicago 5 at Minnesota 6: Michigan 2 at Winnipeg 5; Toronto at Cleveland (postponed).<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Oct. 28Phoenix at Toronto.Tue. Oct. 29Houston at Chicago; Minnesota at Michigan.Wed. Oct. 30Minnesota at Cleveland; Toronto at New England: Phoenix at Winnipeg, Chicago at Houston; Edmonton at VancouverThu. Oct. 31Chicago at San Diego; New England at Indianapolis; Cleveland at Michigan.Fri. Nov. 1Toronto at WinnipegSat. Nov. 2Michigan at Minnesota; Phoenix at Houston; Edmonton at Cleveland; Toronto at Chicago; Quebec at New EnglandSun. Nov. 3Michigan at Winnipeg; Edmonton at Indianapolis; San Diego at Vancouver.Mon. Nov. 4Quebec&rsquo;at Toronto.Tue. Nov. 5San Diego at Houston; Phoenix at Indianapolis; Toronto at Michigan; Vancouver at Chicago; Minnesota at Winnipeg.Wed. Nov. 6Vancouver at Quebec; Minnesota at Edmonton.Thu. Nov. 7San Diego at Indianapolis.Fri. Nov. 8Winnipeg at Edmonton; Cleveland at Vancouver; San Diego at New England.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-217/3292972-1-eng-US/f0028-212.jpg" title="f0028-21" width="271" height="293"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-226/3292965-1-eng-US/f0028-222.jpg" title="f0028-22" width="226" height="293"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-236/3292958-1-eng-US/f0028-232.jpg" title="f0028-23" width="254" height="254"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-246/3292951-1-eng-US/f0028-242.jpg" title="f0028-24" width="278" height="268"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-256/3292944-1-eng-US/f0028-252.jpg" title="f0028-25" width="249" height="257"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-266/3292937-1-eng-US/f0028-262.jpg" title="f0028-26" width="262" height="252"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-276/3292930-1-eng-US/f0028-272.jpg" title="f0028-27" width="310" height="318"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-286/3292923-1-eng-US/f0028-282.jpg" title="f0028-28" width="315" height="251"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-296/3292916-1-eng-US/f0028-292.jpg" title="f0028-29" width="333" height="242"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-306/3292909-1-eng-US/f0028-302.jpg" title="f0028-30" width="265" height="257"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-316/3292902-1-eng-US/f0028-312.jpg" title="f0028-31" width="273" height="260"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-326/3292895-1-eng-US/f0028-322.jpg" title="f0028-32" width="225" height="225"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-336/3292888-1-eng-US/f0028-332.jpg" title="f0028-33" width="293" height="211"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-346/3292881-1-eng-US/f0028-342.jpg" title="f0028-34" width="238" height="248"></div> &#9632;

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WHA Scoreboard

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>PHOENIX &mdash;The Phoenix Roadrunners&rsquo; fans might miss some of their old favorites, but they&rsquo;re quickly finding new ones.When goaltender Don Caley, defenseman Wayne Hicks and wingers John Gofton and Wayne Hicks were placed on waivers, only four players were left from last season&rsquo;s Western Hockey League champions.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01136/3293017-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="264" height="484"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Borgeson</figcaption></div>Colorful right wing Howie Young, center Murray Keogan and left wings Michel Cormier and Bob Barlow are the survivors. Barlow was named team captain and Keogan an alternate along with defenseman Gerry Odrowski and center Robbie Ftorek.Among the new favorites are Ftorek and left wing Don Borgeson.Ftorek, at 5&rsquo;8&rdquo; and 155 one of the smallest players in pro hockey, scored a hat trick and bedeviled the San Diego Mariners with his lightning thrusts in an 8-2 victory in the Roadrunners&rsquo; introduction to the World Hockey Association.&ldquo;I never figured Ftorek was too small,&rdquo; said coach Sandy Hucul of the little blond bombshell who jumped to the Runners from the Detroit Red Wing organization.&ldquo;There are some pretty good little guys in hockey. San Diego has one out there.&rdquo;Hucul, of course, was referring San Diego&rsquo;s Andre Lacroix, the WHA&rsquo;s all-time scoring leader &mdash; runner up last season for the scoring title and winner the previous year.The Roadrunners got off to a great start, defeating the defending champion Houston Aeros in a wild comeback engineered largely by Borgeson, and made another comeback after going four goals behind early for a 4-4 overtime tie with Cleveland.Borgeson learned just before the regular season opener that his wife&rsquo;s suspected cancer of the thyroid and breast did not exist.&ldquo;That,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;was the greatest shot in the arm I ever had.&rdquo;Why, then, did he not react until two nights later?&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t need my scoring against San Diego but we did against Houston.&rdquo;It was Gerry Odrowski who got the third period comeback started with a 45-footer which deflected off a Houston player, but Borgeson was responsible for the rest.His 20-footer off a perfect set up in the slot by Jim Boyd caromed off rookie winger Dave Gorman&rsquo;s thigh guard for an assist but his next two shots beat goaltender Ron Grahame cleanly.Borgeson contributed another goal in the Runners&rsquo; comeback against Cleveland.The home club usually figures a tie is a point loss but Hucul looked at it differently. &ldquo;Any time you&rsquo;re four goals down early and come back for a tie, you&rsquo;ve got to be satisfied.&rdquo;The Roadrunners were without defenseman Rick Newell in the game against Cleveland and knew he&rsquo;d be out of the lineup for the first of an eight-game road trip.Newell was dealt a two-game suspension for shoving referee Bob Kolari in the final pre-season tuneup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-02109/3293010-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="556" height="790"><figcaption class="caption-body">ROBBIE FTOREK &hellip;Not Too Small</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Newcomers Ftorek, Borgeson Show Fans Phoenix Is No Average Expansion Team

<div class="byline">BY DOUG McCONNELL</div>Aeros Off To Stumbling StartST. PAULThe Minnesota Fighting Saints drew 12,521 for their season opener against the Cleveland Crusaders but goaltender Gerry Cheevers went and spoiled the party.Cheevers had to block 35 Saints&rsquo; shots in Cleveland&rsquo;s 3-1 victory.Danny O&rsquo;Shea, whose brother Kevin, was signed the day before, scored the only Minnesota goal. Danny left the St. Louis Blues of the National League to sit out all of last season. Kevin, 27, who stands 6&rsquo;1&rdquo; as does Danny, 29, weighs 10 pounds more at 210. Both played for the Canadian National team, but this is the first time they&rsquo;ve been together on the same team at once.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01161/3293062-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="298" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny O&rsquo;Shea</figcaption></div>Kevin, suffering an early season knee injury, played most of last season in a knee brace but managed 24 goals and 21 assists in 54 Western League games for the Phoenix Road runners.Gord Gallant quickly became $1,000 poorer both the WHA office plucking the big billfrom his pocket for a stick-swinging fight with the Indianapolis Racers&rsquo; Steve Richardson in a pre-season game, Oct. 4.HOUSTON: The defending champion Aeros seemed to have everything under control, opening a five-game road trip with Ron Grahame&rsquo;s 6-0 shutout over the Vancouver Blazers, but were ambushed in the Southwest.The Aeros saw a 4-2 lead turn into a 6-4 upset when the expansion Phoenix Roadrunners turned on a four-goal third period blitz.The next night, they fumbled a 2-1 lead into a 6-2 loss to the San Diego Mariners in San Diego.The Aeros had games scheduled at Quebec and New England before opening at home against Minnesota and they&rsquo;ll likely be without high scoring right wing Frank Hughes.Hughes, who scored twice in building the 4-2 lead in Phoenix, came apart at the seams, just like the Aeros&rsquo; defense, at a call by referee Brent Casselman and crosschecked the official.Casselman immediately called a game misconduct and the league office followed it with an indefinite suspension after Casselman and head official Bill Friday, who was in the stands, filed a report.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0381/3293055-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="565" height="541"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEVIN O&rsquo;SHEA</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0466/3293048-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="534" height="556"><figcaption class="caption-body">GERRY CHEEVERS</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fighting Saints Lead WHA In O’Sheas With Two

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0030-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-02111/3293093-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES LOCAS&hellip; Michigan Stags</figcaption></div>With all the publicity given to under-aged Junior stars last summer, many of the top 20-year-olds were almost forgotten. One of these is center Jacques Locas, who played with the Quebec Remparts last year even though he had signed a contract with the Cincinnati Stingers, a team that does not play until next season. All Locas did last season was score 99 goals and set up 107 others. He&rsquo;s on loan to the Stags this season and no doubt the Michigan management won&rsquo;t be too &#9632;

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WHA ROOKIE PARADE

<h2>CLEVELAND</h2>Goal&mdash;Gerry Cheevers, Bob Whidden.Defense&mdash;Ray Clearwater, Tom Edur, Larry Hillman. Wayne Hillman, Wayne Muloin, Paul Shmyr.Centers &mdash; Ron Buchanan, Rich Leduc, John Stewart, Ron Ward.R. Wings &mdash; Mike Bartley, Terry Holbrook, Ship Krake, Al McDonough, Russ Walker.L. Wings &mdash; Steve Cardwell, Grant Erickson, Garry Jarrett, Gerry Pinder.<h2>CHICAGO</h2>Goal &mdash; Dave Dryden, Cam Newton.Defense &mdash; Bryon Baltimore, Darryl Maggs, Larry Mavety, Dick Proceviat, Pat Stapleton, Jim Watson.Centers &mdash; Ralph Backstrom, Joe Hardy, Gary MacGregor, Rod Zaine. R. Wings &mdash; Jim Benzelock, Don Gordon, Duke Harris, Rosaire Paiement. L. Wings &mdash; Bob Liddington, Rick Morris, Jan Popiel, Frankie Rochon.<h2>EDMONTON</h2>Goal &mdash; Jacques Plante, Chris Worthy.Defense &mdash; Doug Barrie, Ken Baird, Al Hamilton, Barry Long, Ray McKay, Bill Morris, Jim McCrimmon.Centers &mdash; Jim Harrison, Eddie Joyal, Ross Perkins, Mike Rogers. Bobby Sheehan.R. Wings &mdash; Tom Gilmore, Bruce MacGregor. Rusty Patenaude.L. Wings &mdash; Ron Climie, Don Herriman, Blair MacDonald, Steve Carlyle, Bill Laing, Jack Gibson.<h2>HOUSTON</h2>Goal &mdash; Wayne Rutledge, Ron Grahame.Defense &mdash; Larry Hale, Marty Howe, Glen Irwin, Poul Popiel, John Schella.Centers &mdash; Gord Labossiere, Larry Lund, Terry Ruskowski, Jim Sherrit, R. Wings &mdash; Murray Hall, Gordie Howe, Frank Hughes.L. Wings &mdash; Andre Hinse, Mark Howe, Ted Taylor, Don Larway, Rick Preston.<h2>INDIANAPOLIS</h2>Goal &mdash; Andy Brown, Ed Dyck.Defense &mdash; Bob Ash, Roger Cote, Ken Desjardine, Jim Hargreaves, Billy Orr, Craig Hanmer, Rick Fraser.Centers &mdash; Bob Fitchner, Steve Richardson, Joe Robertson, John Sheridan, Bob Sicinski, Bob Whitlock.R. Wings &mdash; Steve Andrascik, Gary Bredin, Nick Harbaruk, Ron Walters, L. Wings &mdash; Jim Wiste, Brad Buetow, Rich Pumple, Ross Smith.<h2>MICHIGAN</h2>Goal &mdash; Gerry Desjardins, Paul Hoganson, Jim McLeod.Defense &mdash; Paul Curtis, Bill ly Horton, Larry Johnston, John Miszuk, Arnie Brown, Bill Reed, Barry Legge, Randy Legge.Centers &mdash; J.P. Leblanc, Steve West, Jacques Locas, Brian McDonald, Fred Speck, Reg Thomas.R. Wings &mdash; Len Fontaine, Ed Johnstone, Tom Serviss.L. Wings &mdash; Danny Gruen, Marc Tardif, Gary Veneruzzo, Billy Evo, Steve Sutherland.<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>Goal &mdash; Mike Curran. John Garrett, Jack McCartan.Defense &mdash; John Arbour, Terry Ball, Bob Boyd, Ron Busniuk, Mike McMahon, Dick Paradise, Rick Smith.Centers &mdash; Gary Gambucci, Ted Hampson, Jim Johnson, Danny O&rsquo;Shea, Fran Huck, Mike Antonovich.R. Wings &mdash; Mike Walton, Billy Klatt, Wayne Connelly, Kevin O&rsquo;Shea. L. Wings &mdash; Murray Heatley, George Morrison, Don Tannahill, Gord Gallant.<h2>NEW ENGLAND</h2>Goal &mdash; Crister Abrahamsson. Al Smith.Defense &mdash; Thommy Abrahamsson, Jim Dorey, Ted Green, Paul Hurley, Rick Ley, Brad Seiwood.Centers &mdash; Terry Caffery, Al Karlander, Larry Pleau, Gary Swain.R. Wings &mdash; Mike Byers, Fred O&rsquo;Donnell, Tim Sheehy, Tom Webster.L. Wings &mdash; Wayne Carleton, Don Blackburn, John French, Tom Earl, Nick Foitu.<h2>PHOENIX</h2>Goal &mdash; Gary Kurt, Jack Norris.Defense &mdash; Al McLeod, Rick Newell, Gerry Odrowski, John Hughes, Mike Stevens, Jim Murray.Centers &mdash; Bob Barlow, Jim Boyd. Robbie Ftorek, Murray Keogan, Dennis Sobchuk.R. Wings &mdash; Bob Borgeson, Cam Connor, Dave Gorman, John Gray, Howie Young.L. Wings &mdash; Hugh Harris, Michel Cormier, Wayne Hicks.<h2>QUEBEC</h2>Goal &mdash; Serge Aubry, Michel Deguise, Richard Brodeur.Defense &mdash; Alain Beaule, Jean Bernier, Dale Hoganson, Ric Jordan, Pierre Roy, Francois Lacombe, J.C. Tremblay.Centers &mdash; Serge Bernier, Andre Gaudette, Jeannot Gilbert, Rene Leclerc, Jean Payette. Michel Parizeau.R. Wings &mdash; Alain Caron, Real Cloutier, Rejean Houle, Mike Rouleau.L. Wings &mdash; Pierre Guite. Bobby Guindon.<h2>SAN DIEGO</h2>Goal &mdash; Joe Junkin, Russ Gillow.Defense &mdash; Ron Plumb, Ken Block, Harry Howell, Kevin Morrison, Bob Falkenberg, Bob Wall.Centers &mdash; Andre Lacroix. Mike Laughton, Ray Adduono.R. Wings &mdash; Rick Sentes. Jamie Bateman, Brian Morenz, Wayne Rivers, Ted Scharf, Doug Volmar.L. Wings &mdash; Kevin Devine, Gene Peacosh, Craig Reichmuth, Norm Ferguson.<h2>TORONTO</h2>Goal &mdash; Gilles Gratton, Les Binkley, Jim Shaw.Defense &mdash; Mike Amodeo, Rick Cunningham, Steve Cuddie, Jim Turkiewicz, George Kuzmicz, Brian Gibbons.Centers &mdash; Wayne Dillon, Pat Hickey, Gavin Kirk, Pete Marrin, Vaclav Nedomansky.R. Wings &mdash; Tony Featherstone, Bob Leduc, Tom Martin, Lou Nistico, Tom Simpson, Guy Trottier, Richard Dupras.L. Wings &mdash; Paul Henderson. Frank Mahovlich, Brit Selby, Richard Farda.<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>Goal &mdash; Don McLeod, Pete Donnelly.Defense &mdash; Serge Beaudoin. Jim Cardiff, Don McCulloch, Mike Pelyk, Pat Price, Duane Rupp, Pete McNamee.Centers &mdash; Bryan Campbell, Ron Chipperfield, Claude St. Sauveur, Rob Walton.R. Wings &mdash; Danny Lawson. Paul Terbenche, John McKenzie.R. Wings &mdash; Don Burgess, Peter Driscoll. Murray Myers. John Migneault.<h2>WINNIPEG</h2>Goal &mdash; Joe Daley, Curt Larsson. Ernie Wakely.Defense &mdash; Larry Hornung. Duke Asmundson, Anders Hedberg, Heikki Riihiranti, Lars-Erik Sjoberg, Ken Stephanson, Bob Woytowich, Perry Miller, Mike Ford.Centers &mdash; Danny Johnson, Velli Ketola, Ulf Nilsson, Danny Spring, Chris Bordeleau.R. Wings &mdash; Randy Andreachuk, Norm Beaudin, Ron Ashton, Jean-Guy Gratton.L. Wings &mdash; Ron Snell, Milt Black, Bobby Hull. &#9632;

WHA Team Rosters

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-02111/3293200-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="584" height="471"></div><h2>GOALERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0392/3293193-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="586" height="531"></div> &#9632;

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AHL Leaders

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street. Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street. Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S and CanadaHALIFAX&mdash;Mario Tremblay. Remember the name, because you&rsquo;re going to be hearing it a lot in the future.Tremblay is only 18 years old. In fact, he didn&rsquo;t even turn 18 until Sept. 2, but he&rsquo;s making quite an impression on the American League already.And he&rsquo;s making quite an impression on Al MacNeil, who as coach of the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; farm club has had his share of talented young hockey players. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s definitely as good a talent as anybody I&rsquo;ve seen come through,&rdquo; the Nova Scotia Voyageurs coach said. &ldquo;And he has the potential to be the best.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-01144/3293162-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="268" height="520"><figcaption class="caption-body">Richard Nantals</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Mario is a tough, young hockey player with a great future. He&rsquo;s got an awful lot of poise for someone who has just turned 18. Not only has he showed us he can score and set up goals, he&rsquo;s had a couple of mixups with tough guys and he handled himself well.&rdquo;After the first two weeks of the season, Tremblay was leading the league in scoring. While it&rsquo;s true the Voyaguers had played more games than anybody else, six of their seven had been played on the road.And all of his points &mdash; six goals and three assists &mdash; came in the six road games.McNeil and his players finally arrived home from their long early-season trip after a combination of wind and snow here forced them to spend an extra night in Boston.But MacNeil was extremely pleased with the trip as his Vees won three games, tied one and lost only two.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to be pleased. The 8-6 loss in Providence in our first game actually might have helped us. We learned a good lesson. The players realized what happens if they open up. They tightened up considerably after that and allowed only 12 goals in the remaining five games,&rdquo; he said.MacNeil had a lot of praise for both his young goaltenders&mdash;rookie Ed Walsh and second-year pro Dave Elenbaas.Walsh won twice and tied one, allowing a total of seven goals. And he faced 38, 34 and 37 shots. Elenbaas, the victim in the 8-6 loss in Providence, was beaten 4-1 in Rochester, but then came up with 38 saves as his team was outshot 39-19 in Norfolk, Va., but still won 2-1.Richard Latulippe, who scored only two goals and two assists while in uniform for 55 Nova Scotia games last season, didn&rsquo;t get to play in the first five games this fall, but in only his second game, he set up the first goal and scored the other in the 2-1 victory in Virginia.ROCHESTER: Dick Mattiussi thoroughly enjoyed his first two weeks as a hockey coach. His Rochester Americans were undefeated with two victories and two ties. &ldquo;At this rate, we&rsquo;ll finish 38-0-38&hellip;not bad, eh?&rdquo; he said with a laugh.The Amerks quickly showed they&rsquo;re going to be dangerous at uneven strength.For their first four games, they scored 17 goals.Only seven came while skating at even strength. Seven came on power plays and three came while killing penalties.The only Amerks able to score at even strength were Barry Merrell with three goals and Doug Gibson and Jake Rathwell with two apiece. Dave Hynes had two of the shorthanded goals and they came in back-to-back games. Hynes also had two power-play goals.Art Stratton, who was the AHL&rsquo;s most valuable player last season while an Amerk and now is Syracuse coach, inadvertently helped his old team in the first meeting of the clubs.He turned in his starting lineup, then sent out a different defense pair to start the game. The alert Amerks caught the chance and the Eagles were given a penalty. Rochester scored an early goal during it in a game that ended 2-2.Gordie Clark, an All-American at the University of New Hampshire the past two seasons, missed three games after suffering a pulled achilles tendon, strained ligaments and broken toe all in his left foot in the second game.NEW HAVEN: The Nighthawks club so far, and it&rsquo;s been great for their fans.They scored three goals in the final period in an opening-game 5-4 victory over Hershey. Trailing 4-2 in the next game, against Richmond, they exploded for three goals in the final period for another 5-4 verdict.After losing 3-2 in Providence to a goal in the final minute after bouncing back from a 2-0 deficit to tie, New Haven returned home and this time struck for four goals in the final 15 minutes after trailing 1-0 to beat Virginia 4-1.Coach Dean Prentice received a nice present from the parent Minnesota North Stars in the person of Richard Nantais. He was the 24th player chosen in the June amateur draft and he was Minnesota&rsquo;s second choice.The strong forward had 64 goals, 130 assists and 213 penalty minutes in 67 games for the Quebec Remparts last season. He played in Minnesota&rsquo;s first two games and had an assist.Scott MacPhail hasn&rsquo;t had too many big scoring nights as a pro &mdash; totaling 10 goals for Cleveland in the AHL two years ago and 10 last season as he played both for Portland and New Haven. But he scored two goals &mdash; the only goals the Nighthawks got &mdash; in the Oct. 18 loss in Providence.PROVIDENCE: Ken Campbell was expected to give the Providence Reds a helping hand with the scoring this season. In only 57 Western League games with Portland last season, he fired in 30 goals and 47 assists for 77 points.But Campbell took a tumble off his motorbike a couple of days after the season opener and he&rsquo;ll be lost until December with a broken left hand.Coach John Muckier found him-self two players short of a full squad.which isunusual in this day of many veterans suddenly being cut loose by organizations.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0473/3293155-1-eng-US/f0031-042.jpg" title="f0031-04" width="556" height="576"><figcaption class="caption-body">MARIO TREMBLAY &hellip; Top Scorer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0561/3293148-1-eng-US/f0031-052.jpg" title="f0031-05" width="558" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">KEN CAMPBELL &hellip;Out Of Action</figcaption></div>He filled one spot with Jim Nichols, who played with Cincinnati in the AHL the past three seasons. Nichols, a hard-working winger, had 25, 26 and 22 goals for the Swords, who no longer are in operation.Muckier announced that Norm Dennis will be the captain again this season. Alternates will be Wayne Chernecki and Joe Zanussi.In their first three games, the Reds had two rookies who registered hat tricks. Jerry Holland scored four times in the opener and Boyd Anderson had three goals in the Oct. 20 win over Baltimore. Anderson scored twice 20 seconds apart early in the third period to break open a 3-2 game.SPRINGFIELD: The Springfield Kings, jokers on the road the past two seasons, are showing signs of being aces this time around. Their first three road games produced a victory and two ties.Last year, the Kings were 6-26-6 on the road after going 5-25-8 in 1972-73.Heaslip and Pete Harasym suddenly got hot as all three members of the line scored goals in the 3-3 tie in Baltimore Oct. 19. Heaslip had two goals three nights earlier in a 4-4 tie in Virginia, and Harasym started the Kings on the way to a 5-3 triumph in Richmond on the 20th. &#9632;

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Tremblay Shows Super Star Potential In Leading Voyageurs To Strong Start

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01146/3293231-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg" title="f0032-01" width="571" height="658"><figcaption class="caption-body">GARY COALTER &hellip;Out Of Action</figcaption></div>BALTIMOREIt never rains but it pours for the Baltimore Clippers.Bad news hit the Clipper camp as the team prepared for a tough three-game weekend series on the road, when it was learned that hustling winger Gary Coalter suffered a broken left ankle in a 7-3 loss in Providence. The Clippers had to play seven of their first eight games on the road.One of seven players on loan to Baltimore from the Kansas City Scouts, Coalter had gotten off to a fast start, and tallied three goals in the first four games. The personable 24-year old Toronto youngster was playing left wing on the line with center Morris Stefaniw and right winger Jerry Kemp.Clipper club physician Dr. Ross Z. Pierpont estimates Coalter will be sidelined from six weeks to two months. Meanwhile Trainer Gump Embro&rsquo;s hospital corps gained one and lost one, as defenseman Ken Murray began skating after missing two games due to a severe head and back injury suffered in a game at Hershey. This mishap occurred when the Bears&rsquo; Dean sheremeta unloaded on Murray after the final buzzer had sounded in Baltimore&rsquo;s fiery 7-4 win over the Bears.With general manager Terry Reardon having effected a working agreement with the Kansas City Scouts, the Baltimore personnel for the new campaign features a nice balance of the new standouts selected by Kaycee in the summer draft who have so far just missed making the varsity, plus the seven holdovers from last year&rsquo;s Southern Division winning Clippers.Coach Jim Morrison has been using the Baltimore-spiced forward lines of center Dave Gilmour with left winger Brian Murphy and last year&rsquo;s leading club scorer Marc Dufour (104pts) on the right side while Bobby Rivard, now starting his eight year with Baltimore, centers for right winger Howie Menard (42 goals last year) and big Duncan Rousseau a Clipper three years ago prior to playing the past two with Bobby Hull at Winnipeg in the WHS.A third Clipper line has Coalter at left wing and Kemp on the right side with Stefaniw at center. He injured Coalter will be replaced by Hugh Harvey, a newcomer.Kemp was here last year. Coalter at Salt Lake. Harvey with Hershey and &ldquo;Stef&rdquo; in Albuquerque. Defensively Kansas City has loaned the Clips four standout backliners &mdash; Kerry Ketter, Dennis Patterson, Murray and rookie Roger Lemelin. They join forces with Baltimore&rsquo;s ageless and peerless Kent Douglas and rugged Larry Bignell, on loan from the Penguins. &#9632;

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<h2>Wed. Oct. 9</h2>BALTIMORE 2, VIRGINIA 3FIRST PERIODVirginia. 1&mdash;Jakubo 5:29, 2&mdash;Mellor (Bathe, Drolet) 8:56.Penalties: Polonich 4:42, Douglas 4:42, Bignell 7:35, Polonich 11:14.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Stefaniw 1:57, Watts 7 42. Polonich-11:41.THIRD PERIODBaltimore, 3&mdash;Rousseau (Lemelin, Menard) 5:30, Virginia 4&mdash;Jakubo (Krieger, Nahrgang) 12:55. Baltimore: 5&mdash;Patterson 15:55.Penalties: Bathe 1:28, Stefaniw 1:28 Bathe 4:26, Coalter 7:17.Saves: Mackey (Virg.) 23, Zimmerman (Balt.) 25.Attendance 4,197.<h2>Thur. Oct. 10</h2>RICHMOND 4, SYRACUSE 3FIRST PERIODSyracuse: 1&mdash;Brooks (Losier) 2:27. 2&mdash;Rycroft Simard, Bonnar) 6:16.Penalties: Goodenough 1:10, Mclhargey 7:53. Foley, 9:30, Bonnar 10:16, McLean (minormisconduct) 14:07. Brooks (minor-misconduct) 15:24, Sirois 17:29,SECOND PERIODSyracuse. 3&mdash;Rycroft (Simard, Bonnar) 3:08. Richmond. 4&mdash;Sirois (Wyrozub) 11:00. 5&mdash;Paddock (Nicholson. Clarke). 12:56 6&mdash;Gryp 15:34.Penalties Gresdal (minor-major). Paddock minor-major) 2 05. Foley. 3:51. McLean 7:52. Doug Ferguson 10:54, Warr 13:21.THIRD PERIODRichmond. 7&mdash;Fullan (Morrison) 2:36Penalties Dave Ferguson. Paddock 57. Wyrozub. 13:10 Bonnar double minor) 1711. Save, Carter (Syr) 21. Parsons (Kinsella double minor) (Rich). 37<h2>Fri. Oct. 11</h2>HERSHEY4, NEW HAVEN 5FIRST PERIODNew Haven. 1&mdash;Miller (Ledingham), 10:02,2&mdash;Miller 14:08.Penalties: Tenesi 3:16, Plager. 9:03, Lukowich 10:03. Langlais, Owchar 10:34.SECOND PERIODHershey, 3&mdash;Bennett (Smulders. Korzack) 12:14. 4&mdash;Inglis (Cossette. Deziel) 17:16.Penalty: Wilson: 15:09.THIRD PERIODNew Haven, 5&mdash;Giannini 6:13 6&mdash;Grenier. (McPhail, Pentland) 9:42 Hersey. 7&mdash;Bennett, (Deziel. Cossette) 10:56. New Haven, 8&mdash;Langlais (Colley. Cressman) 12:02. Hersey. 9&mdash;Lukowich (McIntosh. Smith) 19:59.Penalties: Owchar 2:12, Giannini 4:07. Ewasiuk 5:06. Plager 13:28, Langlais 19:01.Saves: Regan (Her.) 32, Lo Presti (NH) 32. Attendance: 4,754.RICHMOND 4, ROCHESTER 4 FIRST PERIODRochester, 1&mdash;Simmons (McKillop. Merrell).8 26, Richmond, 2&mdash;Clarke (Nicholson), 10:423&mdash;Morrison 17:24Penalties: Morrison. Sturgeon (major) 0:14, Anderson 1:13, McLean (major). Graham (major) 2:55. Coates 3:12, Short (minor-major) MacNeil (major) 7:23. Sturgeon: 11:37, Clark 16:35.SECOND PERIODRichmond. 4&mdash;Nicholson (Goodenough. Clarke) 7:03. Rochester: 5&mdash;Gibson (Shaw. Hynes). 7:56,6&mdash;Gibson (Clark. Hynes). 14:57, Richmond: 7&mdash;Gryp (Morrison. Fullan) 19:13.Penalties: Gryp (major). Maluta (major) 1:10, Coates9:48. Clarke 12:50, Graham 17:34THIRD PERIODRochester 8&mdash;Hynes (Shaw. Sturgeon), 7:54 Penalties: Kinsella 6:13, Anderson 7:47, Merrell 19:32.Saves: Parsons (Rich.) 45. Reece (Roch.) 14. Attendance: 5.643.SYRACUSE 3, SPRINGFIELD 10FIRST PERIODSyracuse. 1&mdash;Foley 3:09, Springfield. 2&mdash;Usitalo (Cassidy, Sargent). 12:34. 3&mdash;Lewis (Peters, Sargent) 13:07, 4&mdash;MacGuigan (Poffenroth), 14:58.Penalties: Sargent 4:38. Doug Ferguson 4:38, Ball 6 13, Morton 10:11, Carter 10:26, Cummins 16:44. Helm (misconduct) 16:44.SECOND PERIODSpringfield. 5&mdash;Stamler (Abgrall. MacGuigan). 2:27, 6&mdash;Lewis (Cummins. Jacobs) 4:11.7&mdash;Shakes (Heaslip, Usitalo) 8:38.Penalties: Foley (double minor), 1:32. Warr (misconduct and game misconduc. Gerry 8:00 Helm, Doug Ferguson, (misconduct) 10:58, Cassidy 12:45, MacGuigan 15:26, Bonnar 18:25, Foley, Healip 20:00.THIRD PERIODI Springfield 8&mdash;Buhr (Poffenroth. Shakes) 1 5910&mdash;Blanchard (Peters, Jacobs) 15:56 Syracuse:11&mdash;Losier. (Sarrazin, Foley) 16:25 Springfield.12&mdash;Cassidy (Heaslip, Cummins) 18:34, 13&mdash;Peters. (Lewis. Blanchard) 19:16.Penalties. Buhr. Springfield, bench 2:13, Helm, Bonnar (minor and game misconduct) Cummins 9:51. Corcoran 10:01, Syracuse bench 10:10. Foley 10:19. Orr, (misconduct, game misconduct) 13:52, Shakes 16:08. Foley 18:12.Attendance: 2,118.<h2>Oct. 12</h2>BALTIMORE 7, HERSHEY 4FIRST PERIODBaltimore. 1&mdash;Menard 3:48; 2&mdash;Coalter (Kemp) 5:32; Hershey. 3&mdash;Smith(Inglish, Cossette) 11:30Penalties: Ketter 9:42, Douglas 15:16.SECOND PERIODHershey. 4&mdash;Seiling (Bennett) 0:12; 5&mdash;Faubert (Smith. Deziel) 9:34; Baltimore 6&mdash;Gilmour (Dufour Patterson) 10:03; 7&mdash;Rousseau 17:588&mdash;Harvey (Douglas. Ketter) 18:13.Penalties: McIntosh 0:57. Cossette 3:50. Faubert 7:20, Baltimore bench 7:28. Murphy 14:32. Menard. Tenesi 16:25.THIRD PERIODHershey. 9&mdash;Inglis (Sheremeta. Kulowich) 2:20; Baltimore 10&mdash;Murphy (Dufour. Murray) 4:32; 11&mdash;Dufour (Murphy. Gilmour) 16:06.Penalties: Dufour 5:00, Ketter 5:58, Lemelin 10 40. Sheremate 10 400. Murray 11 42 Murphy13:49 Landry 16:33. Sheremeta (major) 20:00. Saves, Zimmerman (Balt.) 43, Herron (Her.) 20 Attendance: 5,366.<h2>Sun. Oct. 13</h2>RICHMOND 4, NEW HAVEN 5FIRST PERIODRichmond. 1&mdash;Morrison (Anderson) 6:07; New Haven 2&mdash;Plager (Miller. Ledingham) 7:44; 3&mdash;Wilson (Grenier) 19:23.Penalties: Gryp (major) Giannini (major) 2:02; Paddock 3:26; Langlais (major) 4:53; McLean 4:59. Anderson 6:53, Gryp 12:33.SECOND PERIODRichmond. 4&mdash;Paddock (Nicholson, Glarke) 6:21, 5&mdash;Goodenough (Paddock. Nicholson) 19:22.Penalties: Mcllhargey 3:40; Giannini 10:15 Colley (major) 12:47. MacDougall 18:20; Engele 19:56.THIRD PERIODRichmond. 6&mdash;Wyrozub (Patterson) 4:59; New Haven. 7&mdash;Ledingham (Giannini) 8:24; 8&mdash;Colley (Langlais. MacPhail) 11:30; 9&mdash;Chinnick (Pentland. Norrish) 16:37.Penalties: Richmond bench (served by Short) 14:53; Lajeunesse 15:25.Saves. Parsons (Rich.) 31. Lo Presti (NH) 37Attendance 3.983 &#9632;

American League Summaries

<h2>NEW HAVEN NIGHTHAWKS</h2>Goal, Peter LoPresti, Brian Holderness.Defense, Billy Plager, Dwayne Pentland, Kim MacDougal, Jerome Engele, Ron Wilson.Centers, Tom Colley, Tom Miller, Richard Grenier.R. Wings, Rick Chinnick, Dave Cressman, Scott MacPhail.L. Wings, Alain Langlais, Walt Ledingham, Rod Norrish, Dennis Giannini.<h2>NOVA SCOTIA VOYAGEURS</h2>Goal. Dave Elenbaas, Peter Proulx, Ed Walsh.Defense. Gilles Lupien, Bill Nyrop, Greg Hubick, Gary Geldart, Chuck Luksa.Centers, Pete Sullivan, Louis Chaisson, Jim Cahoon, Gordon McTavish.R. Wings, Mike Busniuk, Mike McKegney, Sean Shanahan, Ron Andruff, Mario Tremblay.L. Wings, Guy Delparte, Don Howse, Richard Latulippe, Michel Belisle.<h2>PROVIDENCE REDS</h2>Goal, Curt Ridley, Glen Seperich.Defense, Joe Zanussi, Ron Greschner, Dave Maloney, Marty Gateman, John Bednarski.Centers, Norm Dennis, Gerry Teeple, Bob MacMillan, Wayne Chernecki.R. Wings, Ken Campbell, Hartland Monahan, Bob Craig, Pierre Lagani&egrave;re, Jim Nichols.L. Wings, Jerry Holland, Boyd Anderson, Greg Holst.<h2>ROCHESTER AMERICANS</h2>Goal, Dave Reece, Bob Sneddon.Defense, Harry Shaw, Bob Malcolm, Ray Maluta, Rick Pagnutti, Al Simmons, Mike Milbury.Centers, Doug Gibson, Bernie MacNeil, Barry Merrell, Billy Knibbs.R. Wings, Craig Sarner, Gordie Clark, Larry McKillop.L. Wings, Peter Sturgeon, Rod Graham, Steve Langdon, Dave Hynes, Jake Rathwell.<h2>SPRINGFIELD KINGS</h2>Goal, Steve Rexe, Rick CharronDefense, Danny Helm, Paul Shakes, Barry Cummings, Gary Sargent, Tim Jacobs, Jim Witherspoon.Centers, Tom Cassidy, Brad Winton, Bob MacGuigan, Paul Evans, Phil Hoene, Jimmy Peters.R. Wings, Al Blanchard, Bob Poffenroth, Dennis Abgrall, Mark Heaslip.L. Wings, Doug Buhr, Mike Usitalo, Dale Lewis, Peter Harasym, Lome Stamler.<h2>BALTIMORE CLIPPERS</h2>Goal, Lynn Zimmerman, Ron Marlow.Defense, Kerry Ketter, Roger Lemelin, Larry Bignell, Dennis Patterson, Ken Murray, Kent Douglas.Centers, Morris Stefaniw, Dave Gilmour, Reg Bechtold, Bobby Rivard.R. Wings, Howie Menard, Marc Dufour, Jerry Kemp.L. Wings, Gary Coalter, Hugh Harvey, Brian Murphy, Dune Rousseau.<h2>HERSHEY BEARS</h2>Goal, Tim Regan, Denis Herron.Defense, Colin Campbell, Mario Faubert, Paul McIntosh, Jean Landry.Centers, Jack Surbey, Brian Walker, Bob McManama, Derek Smith, Harvey Bennett, Billy Inglis.R. Wings, Jacques Cossette, Yves Bergeron, Bernie Lukowich, Bob Smulders.L. Wings, Don Seiling, Dean Sheremeta, Michel Deziel, Neil Korzack, Terry Ewasiuk.<h2>RICHMOND ROBINS</h2>Goal. Graham Parsons, Bernie Wolfe, Rejean Lemelin.Defense, Don McLean, Larry Goodenough, Jack Mcllhargey, Norm Barnes, George Pesut, Ralph MacSweyn.Centers, Randy Wyrozub, Jack Patterson, Mike Clarke, Brian Kinsella.R, Wings, Mike Boland, Bob Sirois, Steve Coates, Paul Nicholson, Serge Lajeunesse, Lew Morrison.L. Wings, John Paddock, Bob Gryp, Steve Short, Larry Fullan.<h2>SYRACUSE EAGLES</h2>Goal, Lyle Carter, Mike Corcoran, Jacques Caron.Defense, Blake Ball, Billy Orr, GaryGresdal, Wayne Lachance, Rick Foley, Steve Warr.Center, Doug Ferguson, Luc Simard, Jean-Ren&eacute; Losier.R. Wings, Joe Noris, Al Rycroft, Barry Brooks, Mike Martin, Meehan Bonnar.L. Wings, Ron Morgan, Dave Ferguson, Dick Sarrazin, Ron Dussiaume, Billy Goldthorpe.<h2>VIRGINIA RED WINGS</h2>Goal, Jim Makay, Bill McKenzie.Defense, Frank Bathe, Mike Korney, Ron Simpson, Tom Mellor, Claude Houde, Barry Salovaara, Harry Shaw, Jim Nahrgang, Charlie Shaw.Centers, Dennis Polonich, Rick McCann, Rene Drolet, Blair Stewart.R. Wings, Bob Krieger, Michel Bergeron, Brian McCutcheon, Ken Mann.L. Wings, Brian Watts, Dennis Johnson, Mike Jakubo, Terry Clancy. &#9632;

American League Rosters

<div class="byline">BY JERRY LINDQUIST</div>HERSHEY&mdash;Billy Inglis, it seems, has every reason to be bitter. He has the credentials and still no one appears interested in giving him an opportunity to crack the National Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-01127/3293310-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="565" height="598"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILLY INGLIS &hellip;Not Over Hill</figcaption></div>The clever little center, the Americain Hockey League&rsquo;s most valuable player two years ago and among the leading candidates last year, is back in the minor leagues doing what he does best, which is just about everything.He&rsquo;s wearing a new uniform but it&rsquo;s the same old Inglis &mdash; setting up plays, scoring goals, killing penalties, in general, driving the opposition slightly bananas.One rival coach &mdash; undoubtedly in the majority when it comes to attempting ways and means of stopping Inglis &mdash; told his team to rough up the 5&rsquo;9&rdquo; 160 pounder from Ottawa.That&rsquo;s one accepted way of dealing with a tormenting rival but with Inglis it didn&rsquo;t work. &ldquo;He keeps moving. We can&rsquo;t hit him,&rdquo; the coach admitted.In 1972-73 Inglis scored 40 goals and finished with 97 points as the now-defunct Cincinnati Swordsran roughshod over the Southern Division and the league as well, claiming the Calder Cup. Last year Inglis notched 35 goals and 36 assists for the Swords but here he is, with the current defending Cup champion Hershey Bears.From all indications, Inglis isn&rsquo;t bitter. His head is on straight. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t always pick the 20 best players in the NHL,&rdquo; he says matter-of-factly.Inglis has had nodding acquaintance with the NHL but that&rsquo;s all. Taken by Los Angeles from Montreal in the 1967 expansion draft, he appeared in 22 games in all for the Kings over the next three years, spending most of his time with their Springfield (AHL) farm.Buffalo in turn grabbed Inglis in the 1970 inter-league draft, atatime when the expansion Sabres were acquiring players for themselves as well as affiliated minor-league clubs in Salt Lake City and Cincinnati. He has been Sabres&rsquo; property ever since.With the Cincinnati franchise no longer operative, Buffalo joined Pittsburgh Penguins in stocking the Bears this year, and Inglis was dispatched to provide an experienced hand on a team loaded with youngsters.Coach Chuck Hamilton has only five players back from last year&rsquo;s championship entry. Average age is less than 22. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t expect kids not to make mistakes,&rdquo; Hamilton said after the Bears dropped their first three games. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be a very interesting year. I may get a few gray hairs before it&rsquo;s over.&rdquo;Chances are, however, that Hershey will be there or thereabouts, in the running for first place down the stretch. Inglis, already designated captain, should have a profound influence.&ldquo;I still have hopes of making the NHL,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;but you know how it works. If a position is open, and you&rsquo;re the guy they want&hellip;&ldquo;But let&rsquo;s face it. Buffalo doesn&rsquo;t need centers.&rdquo;Inglis is working on the last year of a three-year contract. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s the first time in 13 years anyone gave me more than one year,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Buffalo treats the guys fairly.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m 31, and nowadays everybody figures you&rsquo;re over the hill at 31. I&rsquo;ll keep playing until I can&rsquo;t do the job any more, and I&rsquo;ll know when that is. No one will have to tell me.&rdquo;SYRACUSE: The phone keeps ringing, players out of work looking for jobs with the independent Eagles. &ldquo;There are still some good ones around,&rdquo; admits coach Art Stratton, and he and owner Bill Charles are lining them up, continuing to seek a winning combination.Among the latest additions were goaltender Jacques Caron via Buffalo and Ron Dussiaume, a winger who was a teammate of Stratton&rsquo;s in Rochester last year. Also: Bill Goldthorpe, former member of the North American League&rsquo;s Syracuse Blazers now associated with the Minnesota Fighting Saints.VIRGINIA: A one-on-one encounter between Dennis Polonich and Springfield&rsquo;s Garry Sargent developed into a bench-clearing brawl in Norfolk. One fight led to another, and everyone got into the act after Wings&rsquo; back-up goaltender Bill McKenzie went over the boards to assists a teammate. More than 20 minutes elapsed before order was restored.The game also saw Kings&rsquo; rookie Lome Stamler suffer a broken arm when he collided with the Wings&rsquo; Mike Jakubo. A Michigan Tech alumnus, Stamler was expected to be sidelined upwards of six weeks.Detroit shipped center Blair Stewart to Virginia. He had been sidelined with a broken leg, the result of an automobile accident.RICHMOND: Jack Mcllhargey drew the club&rsquo;s first match penalty in its three-years-plus history when he broke Gordon (Nova Scotia) MacTavish&rsquo;s nose. Referee Greg Madill banished Mcllhargey for fighting with taped hands. The rule book is very specific. Ironically, Mcllhargey was taped on orders from the Robins&rsquo; team physician. &#9632;

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Youthful Bears Benefit From Inglis’ Experience

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 30)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0294/3293369-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="588" height="410"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 23Syracuse 3 at Virginia 4.Thur. Oct. 24Rochester 1 at Nova Scotia 2.Fri. Oct. 25Hershey 5 at New Haven 5; Providence 6 at Richmond 2; Springfield 7 at Rochester 3; Baltimore 3 at Syracuse 3.Sat. Oct. 26Baltimore 2 at Hershey 2; Providence 2 at Virginia 2.Sun. Oct. 27Baltimore 3 at New Haven 3; Richmond 1 at Nova Scotia 7; Providence 5 at Rochester 2; Springfield 4 at Syracuse 4.<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Sat. Nov. 2Richmond at Baltimore; New Haven at Hershey; Virginia at Springfield.Sun. Nov. 3Providence at New Haven; Virginia at Nova Scotia; Springfield at Rochester.Tue. Nov. 5Springfield at Richmond.Wed. Nov. 6Springfield at Hershey; Rochester at New Haven; Virginia at Syracuse.Thu. Nov. 7Providence at Nova Scotia.Fri. Nov. 8Hershey at Baltimore; New Haven at Providence; Syracuse at Richmond; Nova Scotia at Rochester; Virginia at Springfield.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standinds on Mon. Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0369/3293362-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="588" height="346"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Oct. 22Denver 1 at Tulsa 1; Dallas 3 at Salt Lake 7Wed. Oct. 23Oklahoma City 5 at Fort Worth 2.Thur. Oct. 24Salt Lake 3 at Denver 3; Dallas 5 at Seattle 2Fri. Oct. 25Tulsa 8 at Fort Worth 6; Seattle 1 at Oklahoma City 5; Denver 4 at Omaha 1.Sat. Oct. 26Oklahoma City 3 at Dallas 7; Seattle 3 at Tulsa 5; Omaha 2 at Denver 4; Fort Worth 2 at Salt Lake 6.Sun. Oct. 27Dallas 2 at Omaha 5.<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Sat. Nov. 2Dallas at Fort Worth; Tulsa at Oklahoma City; Salt Lake at Omaha; Denver at Seattle.Sun. Nov. 3Oklahoma City at Omaha.Tue. Nov. 5Dallas at Denver; Tulsa at Seattle.Wed. Nov. 6Omaha at Fort Worth; Dallas at Oklahoma City.Thu. Nov. 7Tulsa at Seattle.Fri. Nov. 8Omaha at Dallas; Fort Worth at Tulsa; Seattle at Denver; Oklahoma City at Salt Lake.Sat. Nov. 9Denver at Fort Worth; Oklahoma City at Tulsa; Salt Lake at Omaha; Dallas at Seattle.Sun. Nov. 10Dallas at Omaha.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tue. Oct. 29)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0454/3293355-1-eng-US/f0033-042.jpg" title="f0033-04" width="593" height="434"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 23Flint 4 at Saginaw 3.Fri. Oct. 25Fort Wayne 4 at Des Moines 6; Toledo 1 at Flint 3; Muskegon 6 at Port Huron 3.Sat. Oct 26Fort Wayne 1 at Des Moines. 3; Flint 5 at Muskegon 3; Kalamazoo 1 at Port Huron 6; Saginaw 4 at Lansing 4; Dayton 5 at Toledo 4Sun. Oct. 27Dayton 1 at flint 4; Columbus 4 at Saginaw 2; Muskegon 8 at Lansing 4; Des Moines 5 at Toledo 3.<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Oct. 29Port Huron at Fort Wayne.Wed. Oct. 30Des Moines at Dayton; Saginaw at Kalamazoo; Toledo at Muskegon.Thur. Oct. 31Dayton at Columbus.Fri. Nov. 1Toledo at Des Moines; Port Huron at Flint<h2>NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Oct. 30)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0546/3293348-1-eng-US/f0033-052.jpg" title="f0033-05" width="590" height="253"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tues. Oct. 22Broome 5 at Philadelphia 3.Wed. Oct 23Mohawk Valley 3 at Syracuse 2; Cape Codders 5 at Broome 3; Johnstown 1 at Philadelphia 2.Fri. Oct. 25Syracuse 1 at Johnstown 7; Long Island 2 at Mohawk Valley 5; Broome 4 at Philadelphia 3.Sat Oct. 26Cape Codders 7 at Maine 2; Broome 0 at Syracuse 4; Mohawk Valley 3 at Johnstown 4Sun. Oct 27Johnstown 1 at Brome 4.<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Oct 30Maine at Broome; Johnstown at Cape Codders.Thur. Oct 31Maine at Mohawk Valley.Fri. Nov. 1Long Island at Johnstown.Sat. Nov. 2Syracuse at Cape Codders; Long Island at<h2>SOUTHERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Mon. Oct. 28)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0636/3293341-1-eng-US/f0033-062.jpg" title="f0033-06" width="593" height="174"></div>(*-Franchise transferred from Fayetteville).<h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Oct 22Hampton 7 at Winston-Salem 4.Wed. Oct. 23Winston-Salem 3 at Greensboro 4.Thu. Oct. 24Winston-Salem 1 at Roanoke 3; Hampton 4 at Charlotte 3.Fri. Oct. 25Hampton 4 at Winston-Salem 2.Sun. Oct. 27Roanoke 5 at Winston-Salem 4. &#9632;

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LOOKING AT THE MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD

NHL; 1&mdash;Montreal. 2&mdash;Detroit. 3&mdash;Boston. 4&mdash;N.Y. Rangers. 5&mdash;Chicago. 6&mdash;Toronto 7&mdash;Los Angeles. 8&mdash;Pittsburgh. 9&mdash;California. 10&mdash;Philadelphia. 11&mdash;Minnesota. 12&mdash;St. Louis. 13&mdash;Vancouver. 14&mdash;Buffalo. 15&mdash;N.Y. Islanders. 16&mdash;Atlanta. 17&mdash;Kansas City. 18&mdash;Washington.WHA; 19&mdash;Cleveland. 20&mdash;San Diego. 21&mdash;Vancouver. 22&mdash;Michigan. 23&mdash;Toronto. 24&mdash;Quebec, 25&mdash;Edmonton. 26&mdash;Houston. 27&mdash;Chicago. 28&mdash;Winnipeg. 28&mdash;Minnesota. 30&mdash;New England. 31&mdash;Indianapolis. 32&mdash;Phoenix. 33&mdash;Cincinnati.Inter-League: 34&mdash;Phoenix (WHA) & Vancouver (WHA). 35&mdash;Philadelphia (NHL) & Washington (NHL). 36&mdash;Los Angeles (NHL) & California (NHL). 37&mdash;Minnesota (NHL) & N.Y. Islanders (NHL). 38&mdash;Kansas City (NHL) & N.Y. Islanders (NHL). 39&mdash;St. Louis (NHL), Montreal (NHL) & N.Y. Rangers (NHL). 40&mdash;Pittsburgh (NHL) & Buffalo (NHL). 41&mdash;Boston (NHL) & Washington (NHL). 42&mdash;New England (WHA) & Cleveland (WHA). 43&mdash;Buffalo (NHL), California (NHL) & Vancouver (WHA). 44&mdash;Winnipeg. (WHA), Houston (WHA). Cleveland (WHA). Indianapolis (WHA), Phoenix (WHA). 45&mdash;Michigan (WHA). N.Y. Islanders (NHL) & Quebec (WHA) 46&mdash;Edmonton (WHA) & N.Y. Rangers NHL). 47&mdash;Boston (NHL) &mdash; Washington (NHL). 48&mdash;N.Y. Rangers (NHL) &mdash; Kansas City (NHL). 49&mdash;Chicago (NHL) &mdash; Edmonton (WHA). 50&mdash;Vancouver (NHL), Philadelphia (NHL) &mdash; Atlanta (NHL). 51&mdash;Indianapolis (WHA) &mdash; St. Louis (NHL). 52&mdash;Michigan (WHA) &mdash; San Diego (WHA). 53&mdash;New England (WHA) &mdash; Cleveland (WHA). 54&mdash;Indianapolis (WHA) &mdash; Toronto (WHA). 55&mdash;Buffalo (NHL). California (NHL) &mdash; Vancouver (WHA). 56&mdash;Winnipeg (WHA), Houston (WHA). Cleveland (WHA). Indianapolis (WHA) &mdash; Phoenix (WHA). 57&mdash;Michigan (WHA). Quebec (WHA) &mdash; N.Y., Islanders (NHL). 58&mdash;Edmonton (WHA) & N.Y. Rangers (NHL). 59&mdash;Minnesota (WHA) & Pittsburgh (NHL). 60&mdash;San Diego (WHA). Michigan (WHA) & Philadelphia (NHL). &mdash;Independent. &#9632;

Minor League Affiliations

LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U. S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD. Arnold Street. Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U. S. and Canada<h2>OMAHA</h2>Goal, John Voss, George Hulme. Defense, Glen Surbey, Pat Ribble, Jerry Badiuk, Bob Bilodeau, Ken Houston, Ed Kea.Forwards, Guy Chouinard, Cam Betting, Wayne Schaab, Jim McMasters, Lucien Grenier, Allie Sutherland, Mike Conroy, Dean Talafous, Alan Young, John Huber, Bob Law, Frank DeMarco.<h2>SALT LAKE</h2>Goal, Ray Martyniuk, Ernie Miller.Defense, Glenn Patrick, Brent Meeke, Bob Girard, Tom Price, Bruce Affleck, John Van Horlick.Forwards, Denis Meloche, Bob Murdock, John Healey, Lyle Bradley, Scott Seagrist, Del Hall, Gary Holt, Charlie Simmer, Bob McAneeley, Rick Kessel, Fred Ahern.<h2>SEATTLE</h2>Goal, Dan Brady, Bruce Bullock, Dave McLelland.Defense, Peter Folco, Larry McIntyre, Dennis McCord, Chris Murfey, Harold Snepts.Forwards, Emile DeMoissac, Danny Gloor, Larry Gould, Ron Homenuke, Howie Hughes, Paul O&rsquo;Neil, Dan Seguin, Paul Sheard, Dave Westner, Dave Wisener, Barry Wilcox, Bob Hurlburt, Ron Sedlbauer.<h2>TULSA</h2>Goal, Bruce Aberhart, Wayne Wood.Defense, Jim Clarke, Wendell Bennett, Brian Erickson, Duane Bray, Gary Lariviere.Forwards, Bob Watt, Bob Mowat, Gene Sobchuk, Danny Mandryk, Ernie Gare, Mike Chernoff, Peter Driscoll, Jim Adair, Don O&rsquo;Donoghue, Ray DeLorenzi, Jim Jones, Dennis Olmstead, Don Liesemer, Larry Israelson.<h2>OKLAHOMA CITY</h2>Goal, Gordon McRae, Pierre Hamel.Defense, Bill Butters, Ron Clarke, Claire Alexander, Jim Marsh, Mike Ruest.Forwards, Les Burgess, Steve Doloff, Pat Boutette, Scott Garland, Alf Handrahan, Mike Sauter, Jack Valiquette, Per Arne Alexandersson, Bob Duncan, Bob Sykes, Dave Williams, Billy Hassard, Brian Kuruliak.<h2>DENVER</h2>Goal, Yves Belanger, Jim Watt.Defense, Bob McCord, Bob Gassoff, Larry Giroux, Mike Thompson, Dave Roberts, George Tower.Forwards, Mitch Babin, Butch Williams, Norm Cournoyer, Howie Heggedal, Jack Borotsik, Mike Kelly, Gary Winchester, Frank Spring, Wes Wiseman, Dan McPherson, Ray Brownlee, Ren&eacute; Villemure.<h2>FORT WORTH</h2>Goal Bill Hughes, Don Cults.Defense, Ron Smith, Ken McPhail, Dave Inkpen, Neil Nicholson, Denis Anderson.Forwards, Denis Desgagnes, Brian Marchinko, Skeeter Teal, Jim Webster, Bob Cook, Bob Fowler, Mike Kennedy, Ron Kennedy, Brad Andersen, Wynne Dempster, Glenn Johnson.<h2>DALLAS</h2>Goal, Mike Dumas, Bernie Germain, Sam Restivo.Defense, Roger Wilson, Ian McKengney, Randy Holt, Larry Gibbons, Bob Murray, Dave Logan.Forwards, Moe L&rsquo;Abbe, Rob Palmer, Duane Wylie, Bill Orban, Mike Archambault, R&eacute;jean Giroux, Dan Hinton, Dean Blais, Dave Elliott, Terry Smith, Gary Donaldson, Chuck Ness, Doug Kerslake, Jim Koleff. &#9632;

CHL Rosters

<div class="byline">BY BUD KENNEDY</div>DENVER&mdash;A few people around the league smirked when Denver coach JeanGuy Talbot spoke in glowing terms of his defense for this season. After ail, the Spurs hadn&rsquo;t exactly been the most begrudging team in the Western Hockey League last season.It didn&rsquo;t take long for Bob Gassoff and his Spur buddies to wipe those smirks off the faces.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-01139/3293455-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="263" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wes Wiseman</figcaption></div>The Spurs went 5-1 over their first six outings, losing only a 4-1 decision in Seattle. Talbot&rsquo;s troops took to the road and disappointed crowds in Tulsa with a 5-2 win. in Oklahoma City with a 7-5 decision and finally in Fort Worth by a lopsided 8-2 margin.The five goals in Oklahoma City were the most scored against veteran Yves Belanger all season, as Belanger kept his goals-against average in the vicinity of a tidy 2.67.Gassoff, Bob McCord and Larry Giroux all played solid games on the blueline, particularly in the win in Fort Worth, where Giroux was a CHL All Star two seasons ago.Mitch Babin wound up the first week as the Spurs&rsquo; leading scorer and bolstered that with a pair of goals in Fort Worth.Two St.Louis farmhands who joined the Spurs after NHL tryouts, Wes Wiseman and defenseman George Tower, have done well in their first two weeks of CHL play. Wiseman had three goals and a pair of assists for five points while the hard-hitting Tower totaled 29 penalty minutes but also showed his offensive side by collecting five assists.SEATTLE: The Totems were a little on the inconsistent side as the season opened and also were getting pretty well banged up, with center Paul O&rsquo;Neil suffering a fractured cheekbone and Dennis McCord badly bruising his right leg.O&rsquo;Neil was expected to be out for at least three weeks after surgery was performed on the cheek. Dallas defenseman Randy Holt did the first cutting on the cheek, slamming O&rsquo;Neil unawares in the Black Hawks&rsquo; 2-1 win Oct. 10.O&rsquo;Neil was looking back for a pass at the time. &ldquo;I saw him at the very last,&rdquo; O&rsquo;Neil said, &ldquo;and I forgot all about the pass. He hit me with elbow and his stick and I don&rsquo;t remember anything until they woke me up.&rdquo; O&rsquo;Neil was unconscious for three minutes.loss to Salt lake, sliding into the Totem goalpost. He was only expected to be missing for a week to 10 days.The Totems did reward new coach Orland Kurtenbach with his first win Oct. 17, beating Denver 4-1 at home.SALT LAKE: The Golden Eagles, or the &ldquo;Big Birds&rdquo; as they call &lsquo;em in Utah, scooted through three games unscathed until Oklahoma City beat them 5-2 Oct. 19 in the Sooner State.Jack Evans&rsquo; crew beat Seattle 4-2, Omaha 5-3 and Tulsa 5-2 before slipping in Oklahoma City, Fred Ahearn and Charlie Simmer took the early Eagle scoring leads&rsquo; with a goal and an assist apiece against Seattle.Veteran Ray Martyniuk handled the goaltending chores, visiting some familiar old haunts. Martyniuk had previous tours of duty with Kansas City and Oklahoma City.OMAHA: The Knights were bounced by Salt Lake 5-3 as the league&rsquo;s second week of play opened bur winger Allie Sutherland claimed the league&rsquo;s first &ldquo;player of the week&rdquo; award for his hat trick Oct. 11 against Tulsa.Sutherland scored a pair of short-handed goals and tacked on an empty-net marker with 14 seconds left to fashion the league&rsquo;s first hat trick of the season. The Knights scored six goals against Ttrlsa rookie Bruce Aberhart on only 25 shots.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0455/3293448-1-eng-US/f0034-042.jpg" title="f0034-04" width="562" height="736"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB GASSOFF &hellip;Leads Defense</figcaption></div>The Knights still couldn&rsquo;t get into their home Ak-Sar-Ben Coliseum ice until Oct. 25 due to the Nebraska horse racing season. &#9632;

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Timid Spur Defense Comes To Life; O’Neil, McCord Injuries Hurt Totems

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0291/3293493-1-eng-US/f0034-022.jpg" title="f0034-02" width="592" height="468"></div><h2>GOALERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0370/3293486-1-eng-US/f0034-032.jpg" title="f0034-03" width="588" height="424"></div>Penalty Leader: Randy Holt, Dallas, 47 minutes. &#9632;

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CHL Leaders

<div class="byline">BY MORLEY HOWE</div>MILWAUKEE&mdash;Milwaukee&rsquo;s high scoring center Phil Wittliff, last season&rsquo;s rookie of the year, doesn&rsquo;t believe in the sophomore jinx. Wittliff scored two consecutive hat tricks as the Admirals opened their United States Hockey League season by posting victories over Chicago and Central Wisconsin.Led by the scoring of Wittliff, who collected 94 points in 1973-74 and solid goaltending by veteran John Anderson, the Admirals defeated Chicago Warriors 8-4. before moving into Central Wisconsin to down the Flyers in their home opener 6-5 in overtime, on rookie John Garvey&rsquo;s goal at 1:17 of sudden-death play.The two weekend wins vaulted Milwaukee into second place in the Southern Division, behind the leading Sioux City Musketeers.Sioux City won its third in a row by defeating Copper Country Chiefs 9-7 before being stopped by Marquette and Thunder Bay 8-7 and 5-1. Forwards Sam Nelligan and Steve Heathwood collected two goals each for the Musketeers.On Saturday at Marquette, the Iron Rangers, playing before 2,100 home fans, scored an exciting 8-7 win over the Southern leaders, with winger George Nicholson scoring twice. Steve Heathwood, the USHL&rsquo;s early scoring leader, had a three goal night for Sioux City.Also on Saturday, Green Bay opened its home schedule in convincing fashion by blasting the Chicago Warriors 14-2 before 3,119 Bobcat fans. Brothers Cliff and Gary Purpur lead the Cats with three goals each.In the only Sunday game. Thunder Bay Twins, under new playing-coach Dave Siciliano, defeated Sioux City 5-1. Chuck Kelner paced the Twins&rsquo; attack with two goals, giving the veteran winger, starting his fifth season with the reigning league champions. 99 career goals to date in regular season games. &#9632;

Around The USHL

(Standings on Thur. Oct 24)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-01127/3293548-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="588" height="463"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Fri. Oct. 18Sioux City 9 at Copper Country 7 Milwaukee 8 at Chicago 4Sat. Oct. 19Sioux City 7 at Marquette 8Chicago 2 at Green Bay 14Milwaukee 6 at Central Wisconsin 5 &#9632;

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UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BUD KENNEDY</div>TULSA&mdash;Competing in the Central Hockey League with a crew of World Hockey Association farmhands looked about as easy as driving a car with his nose to Adam Keller, who was entrusted with the first task but not the second.But that was when the season opened, as Keller&rsquo;s young Oilers dropped their first two games at home. Then, in a mid-week date with championship favorite Dallas Oct. 16, Keller&rsquo;s kiddies came of age.Only 2,269 folks were around to see it in Tulsa&rsquo;s Assembly Center but the Oilers pounced on the Black Hawks 3-1 and afterward Keller refused to single out any player as being responsible for his first win as a head coach.&ldquo;It was definitely a team effort,&rdquo; said Keller, last year a Western Hockey League defenseman. &ldquo;It started with good goaltending (with veteran Wayne Wood, acquired that week from Vancouver) and we had good defense and forward play too.Defenseman Brian Erickson scored the Oilers&rsquo; final goal early in the third period to sew up the win and it was only Erickson&rsquo;s eighth goal in three pro seasons. Centers Dennis Olmstead and Don Liesemer, the latter one of Keller&rsquo;s Phoenix teammates last year, picked up the other two Tulsa goals as the Black Hawks were sputtering on their opening road trip.Keller had juggled the Oiler lines after the first two losses and finally settled on a first unit with CHL veteran Jim Adair between Gene Sobchuk and Ray DeLorenzi.Liesemer took over the second trio with Don O&rsquo;Donoghue and Larry Israelson on the wings and Olmstead&rsquo;s third set had veteran Mike Chernoff and Robbie Watt on the ends.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-02101/3293579-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="562" height="694"><figcaption class="caption-body">MIKE RUEST &hellip;Two Goals</figcaption></div>Wood opened the way for Ed Humphreys to be assigned to Roanoke Valley of the Southern League. Defenseman Gary Braun also made the SHL trip.Defenseman Wendell Bennett, who played in the CHL previously with Omaha and Kansas City and launched Omaha&rsquo;s Adams Cup championship two years ago by scoring five seconds into the deciding game in Dallas, was named the Oiler captain.OKLAHOMA CITY: The Blazers were scoring plenty of goals in their first few games but were giving up a bushelful as well.After Fort Worth&rsquo;s Texans smashed the Blazers 7-1 in the Texans&rsquo; home debut, Ray Miron&rsquo;s Toronto farmhands trooped back to Oklahoma and bounced back from a 5-2 deficit to take a 6-5 lead over Omaha.Knight rookie Frank DeMarco scored with 19 seconds left fora 6-6 tie, though, and Oklahoma City dropped its next home game to Denver 7-5 before beating Salt Lake 5-2 Oct. 19.Defenseman Mike Ruest scored twice in the Omaha tie. one of the goals the go-ahead goal with 12 minutes to play.DALLAS: The Black Hawks&rsquo; Randy Holt opened his sophomore season with a jolt, going to the penalty box seven times for 25 minutes in Dallas&rsquo; 4-1 loss in Denver. Among Holt&rsquo;s adventures was a brawl with Spur defenseman Bob Gassoff, who went to the penalty box last season more often than a compulsive eater goes to the refrigerator.But Dallas still came up winless except for the Hawks&rsquo; 2-1 opening win in Seattle, with two more road dates due before Dallas&rsquo; return to State Fair Coliseum Oct. 26. Among the near-misses was a 4-4 tie in Fort Worth in the first game of the team&rsquo;s Turnpike rivalry, and more than a few Dallas fans made the 30-mile trip to join a 4.000-plus turnout.Goaltender Michel Dumas was getting plenty of work, doing the net duty in Dallas&rsquo; first four games and posting a 3.00 average.FORT WORTH: The Texans lost big, won big. and tied big as they opened their first CHL season under the new name. Ed Chadwick&rsquo;s crew trampled Oklahoma City 7-1 in the home opener, tied Dallas 4-4 in a scrappy game between the two traditional rivals and then took an 8-2 beating from Denver Oct. 19.Bill Hughes, last year a Muskegon Mohawk in the International League, started every Texan game except one as FW took an early lead in the Southern Division.Rookie goalie Don Cutts from Rensselear Poly Institute, handled the other win. a 4-2 rumble over Omaha. &#9632;

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Oilers Get Off To Hot Start But Defending Champs Sputter

DALLASCentral Hockey League president Max McNab didn&rsquo;t exactly wander far and wide to find his new CHL statistician &mdash; he was going to school right down the road.Bill Adler, a 1973 graduate of Temple, claimed his master&rsquo;s in psychology from Southern Methodist University this summer and crossed town to take over the CHL stat work. Former statistician Jack Weaver was released when the league office was moved to Dallas.Adler, a Philadelphia native, was a sportswriter and sports editor at Temple. &ldquo;Bill showed me he had an intelligent working knowledge and appreciation of the requirements of the media.&rdquo; said McNab.&ldquo;And I have met very few people with Bill&rsquo;s factual knowledge of every major sport. This knowledge has been gained through natural interest as well as active participation,&rdquo; said McNab.Adler set up shop immediately in the league&rsquo;s Dallas office and produced the league&rsquo;s first weekly release after a night-long vigil with McNab. &#9632;

McNab Delves Into University Ranks For Statistician

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0272/3293686-1-eng-US/f0036-022.jpg" title="f0036-02" width="594" height="436"></div><h2>GOALERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0355/3293679-1-eng-US/f0036-032.jpg" title="f0036-03" width="590" height="614"></div> &#9632;

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IHL Leaders

<h2>COLUMBUS OWLS</h2>Goal, Sam Clegg, Jim Armstrong, Pat Rupp.Defense, Brian Coughlin, Steve Lyon, Ray Tessier, Mike Thompson, Mike Fox.Centers, Al Hillier, Ed Kenty, Marty Reynolds.R. Wings, Dennis Bolton, Elgin McCann, Bill McEwan, Terry Casey, Mike Powers, Jerry DeMarco.L. Wings, John Heffern, Mike Legge, Francois Ouimet.<h2>DAYTON GEMS</h2>Goal, Jim Pettie, Pat Flaherty, Garth Malarchuk.Defense, Yvon Bilodeau, Dave Simpson, Gord Lane, Larry Bolonchuk, Herb Howdle, Jim Bannatyne, Lome Weighilll.Centers, Rick Bragnalo, Tony White, Yvon Bouillon, Brian Mason, R. Wings, Brian Stapleton, Bill Riley, Don Westbrooke, Bill Best, L. Wings, Steve Self, Dave Birch, John Nazar.<h2>DES MOINES CAPITOLS</h2>Goal, Don Muio, Jerome Mrazek.Defense, Ernie Campe, Ken Wright, Len Cunning, Len Ircandia, Duane Bray, Dan O&rsquo;Donohue.Centers, Marcel Labrosse, Jim Cowell, Terry McDougall, Bill Bennett, R. Wings, Steve Stone, Jerry Fortier, Pat Russell.L, Wings, Scott Smith, Oliver Steward, Dave Murphy, Alain Labrecque.<h2>FLINT GENERALS</h2>Goal, Merlin Jenner, Bob Volpe.Defense, Mike St. Cyr, Rod Collins, Gary Armstrong, Brian McBratney, Yves Plouffe, Brett Callighen.Centers, Kirk Bowman, Murray Hanson, Dave Bonter.R. Wings, Dwayne Byers, Clyde Simon, BobGoodenow, Glen Ing, Kevin Treacy, Ernie Moser.L. Wings, Doug Manchak, Frank Beaton, Norm Metcalfe, Dale Constanzo.<h2>FORT WAYNE KOMETS</h2>Goal. Robbie Irons, Gordie Hubley.Defense, Charles Labelle, Randy Aimoe, Bill Bryant, Terry Pembroke, Terry Thomson, Bob Kirk, Larry Finck, Richard Perron.Centers, Paul Granchukoff, Dale Power, Doug Mathews.R. Wings, Doug Gibson, Rick Ulrich, Len Chalmers, Chick Balon.L. Wings, Ron Ullyot, Jeff Ablett, Robbie Laird, Jim Shires.<h2>KALAMAZOO WINGS</h2>Goal, Roily Kimble, Kelvin Erickson, Bob Dupuis.Defense, Glen McLeod, Yves Quenneville, Ray Bibeau, Greg Steel, Georges Gendron.Centers, Al Genovy, Doug Keeler, Duffy McCarthy, Gene Motuzas.R. Wings, Mike Wanchuk, Joe Rorke, Brian Tapp.L. Wings, Norm McLeod, Dale Cook, Dale Turner, John Riley.<h2>LANSING LANCERS</h2>Goal, Dave Heitz.Defense, Brian Anderson, Dave Haley, John Gravel, Gerry Egers, Bob DeMarco.Centers, Dave Steffen, Terry Ryan, Ivan Belisle.R. Wings, Don Hay, Pierre Leblanc, Norm Park.L. Wings, Reg Kinch, Dave Lee, Tom Mikkola, John Shewchuk, John Preville.<h2>MUSKEGON MOHAWKS</h2>Goal, Jim Foubister, Dave Hainsworth.Defense, Murray Flegel, Lynn Margarit, Bill Kestell, Carlo Torresan, Brian Derksen.Centers, Gary Ford, Bob Olein, Bill Ciraulo.R. Wings, Marty Desmarais, Bert Scott, Dan Kras, George Klasons.L. Wings, Bob Tombari, Carlo Ugolini, Sid Prysonka, Dave White.<h2>PORT HURON FLAGS</h2>Goal, Frank Blum.Defense, Gorg Redden, Jim Jones, Mike Boland, Larry Klewchuk, Larry O&rsquo;Connor.Centers, Ray Germain, Claude Arvisais, Brian Curtis, Greg Holst.R. Wngs, Randy Sokoll, Bill Watt, Larry Jacques, Alex Kogler.L. Wings, Tom Peluso, Doug Hearns, Billy LeCaine.<h2>SAGINAW GEARS</h2>Goal, Mike Palmateer, Mario Lessard.Defense, Tom Thomson, Kurt Walker, Doug Marit, Kevin Kemp, Steve Trachsel, Marty Feschuk.Centers, Paul Daigle, Jim Johnston, Reg Malinoski, Russ Friesen.R. Wings, Marcel Comeau, Jean-Marie Nicol, Denis Desrosiers.L. Wings, Dale Smedsmo, Stu Irving, Borden Smith.<h2>TOLEDO GOALDIGGERS</h2>Goal, Ted Tucker, Pierre Chagnon.Defense, Dave Bates, Craig Stamp, Dan Craig, John Martin.Centers, Darrell Stamp, Darwin Mott, Juri Kudrasovs, Jim McCabe, Tom Pinder.R. Wings, Doug Mahood, Ian MacPhee, Jean-Paul Gilbert.L. Wings, Moe Brunel, Dale Eloschuk, Bill Trognitz, Paul Tantardini. &#9632;

Starting IHL Rosters

<div class="byline">BY LEN HOYES</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaLOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and CanadaSAGINAW&mdash;Owner-general manager Wren Blair bristles when the subject of championship is mentioned but his Saginaw Gears have served early notice that they&rsquo;re the team to beat in the North Division of the International Hockey League.Three straight victories shot the Gears to the North pole for the first time in their three-season history and. with the possible exception of the Muskegon Hawks. almost everyone is willing to concede the No. 1 sport to Coach Don Perry & Co., at least for the immediate future.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-01111/3293648-1-eng-US/f0036-012.jpg" title="f0036-01" width="292" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wren Blair</figcaption></div>Last year the Gears came within two victories of taking the Turner Cup, losing to the powerful Des Moines Capitols in a six-game final series. Although, he would have been thrilled with the playoff championship, Blair wasn&rsquo;t too disappointed, saying, &ldquo;If we won the cup in only our second season, what would we do for an encore? Our fans would expect us to win every year.&rdquo;Blair may be unable to hold back the fans&rsquo; expectations in 1974-75 after filling in some of the holes of 1973-74.Perry began the season with 10 skaters from the 16 which finished last season. Included were winger Marcel Comeau who scored 31 goals and 82 points for the fifth best league total: Jim Johnston, whose 34 goals led the team; Borden Smith, a 28-goal scorer; Jean-Marie Nicol, who scored 27; and Stu Irving, who scored 25. Also back for a full season is Denis Desrosiers, a 60-goal scorer and the All Star right winger in 1973. He scored 18 goals in 39 games last winter after being sent down from New Haven.With rugged Gord Malinoski (333 minutes in penalties), Tom Thomson and Doug Marit back. Perry also has a formidable defensive crew.Comeau started the season on a high note, scoring five points in three games to share the early scoring leadership with four others.New forwards are Reg Malinoski, who was Port Huron&rsquo;s top scorer last season before being suspended, and Dale Smedsmo and Paul Daigle, both down from Tulsa of the Central Hockey League. Daigle also bagged five points on the opening week end and Smedsmo scored the winning goal in a 7-5 comeback victory over Port Huron.New defensemen are Kurt Walker, Steve Trachsel and Marty Feschuk. New goalies are Mike Palmateer and Mario Lessard.Perry and Blair are so confident in some of the newcomers that they parted with goalie Jim Armstrong and 28-goal scorer Pierre Leblanc. Also departed is goalie Sam Clegg who will join Armstrong as netminder for the Columbus Owls.The key to the Gears&rsquo; season may be the rookie goalies. Palmateer was a high draft choice of the Toronto Maple Leafs who was idled since last Christmas because of an injury. The scrappy rookie was ejected in his first appearance with the Gears because of involvement in a full-scale brawl with the Muskegon Mohawks. Then he was idled by agroin injury.The use of rookie netminders may not be as precarious as it seems because of the Gears&rsquo; high-powered offense.Last season they tied for No. 2 among nine teams with 310 goals, averaging 4.1. They were almost exactly on target with a 4.3 average this season. Anticipating four goals per game will be a major help to Palmateer and Lessard.Besides, it appears that Perry has improved the Gears&rsquo; defense, reducing last year&rsquo;s over-all average of 3.7 goals per game to 2.3 in the early going. Asking the Gears to maintain that yield is a big request but they nevertheless have the potential to make a whopping improvement over last season.The Gears&rsquo; chief rival for No. I in the North is Muskegon and wily coach Moose Lallo of the Mohawks won&rsquo;t yield his championship without a struggle.The Hawks are having problems at right wing and faced the prospect of playing rookie goalies until Lallo secured veteran Dave Hainsworth from Phoenix. Now the Mohawks are secure in the nets, maintaining Lallo&rsquo;s annual luxury of having a topflight cage cop.The Flint Generals and Port Huron Flags are rebuilding and shouldn&rsquo;t be a factor in the regular-season race although they could be pesky in the playoffs. The Lansing Lancers, transplanted from the Toledo Hornets, are facing the problems of getting fans into a small arena which had only 986 cushions for opening day and the Kalamazoo Wings have the problems of building a team from scratch.Even knowing that his Gears are &ldquo;sure&rdquo; of being at least No. 2 with an excellent chance of being No. 1, Blair won&rsquo;t concede a thing.He said, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t talk to me about the Turner Cup or even a North Division title. I won&rsquo;t make any predictions.&ldquo;Look at last year. The Minnesota writers asked me where the North Stars would finish. After the Chicago Black Hawks lost Pat Stapleton. I told the writers that the North Stars were in a good position to battle the Black Hawks for first place.&ldquo;So, the North Stars finished seventh and 1 got fired.&rdquo;Blair needn&rsquo;t be so cautious this time. He&rsquo;s the owner. Besides, the Gears have the personnel to win.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0439/3293641-1-eng-US/f0036-042.jpg" title="f0036-04" width="568" height="670"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENIS DESROSIERS</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0529/3293634-1-eng-US/f0036-052.jpg" title="f0036-05" width="566" height="682"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB TOMBARI</figcaption></div>TOLEDO: Goaldiggers awarded custody of Juri Kudrasovs by Commissioner Bill Beagan in dispute with Lansing Lancers&hellip; Opening game lured 5,400 fans, biggest Toledo turnout since 1948&hellip; Rookie Darwin Mott scored three goals to help Goaldiggers share South Division lead with 2-1 week end record.DAYTON: Defenseman Yvon Bilodeau, last year&rsquo;s sparkler for Des Moines. tied for early scoring lead via two goals, three assists on opening week end&hellip; Newcomer Rick Bragnola&rsquo;s two goals wasted in 6-4 loss to Port Huron&hellip; Coach Tommy McVie seeking help at right wing, offering some of overstocked defensive corps as bait.LANSING: Red Kinch and Pierre LeBlanc.obtsined from Saginaw on eve of opener, combined for three goals and LeBlanc scored clincher in 4-3 victory over Flint in home debut&hellip; Norm Park sidelined by shoulder separation&hellip; Owner Paul Bright still awaiting installation of seats at Metro Ice Arena&hellip; Former Coach Skip Burchell watched home-ice victory&hellip; Lancers obtained rugged John Shewchuck from Kansas City Scouts organization.KALAMAZOO: Coach Bob Lemieux trying to get Denis DeJordy from parent Detroit Red Wings to work with rookie goalies&hellip; Gene Motuzas signed on bus en route opening game&hellip; Wings being consistently outshot, turned tables in third period against Flint&hellip; Capt. Al Genovy bagged team&rsquo;s first goal, got two others and assisted twice in two games.PORT HURON: Flags stunned Dayton, 6-4, with Ray Germain getting two goals&hellip; Following night Germain&rsquo;s goal averted shutout in 2-1 loss to Saginaw&hellip;Home opener drew 2.263, marked rise from last year&hellip; Jimmy Jones, Larry O&rsquo;Connor last-minute additions for opener&hellip; Don Grierson, star of Turner Cup winning days, trying to solve status with Houston Aeros to rejoin Flags&hellip; Leo Koopmans. 6-4 giant, dropped after being tabbed as &ldquo;can`t miss.&rdquo;SAGINAW: Gord Malinoski resolved contract differences with Minnesota North Stars, rejoined Gears and brother, Red&hellip; Jim Atamenenko voluntarily retired because of knee ailment&hellip; Vern Campigotto cut&hellip; Jean-Marie Nicol signed contract at last minute, responded with two goals in 4-1 victory over Muskegon before 4,075 fans&hellip; Dale Smedsmo&rsquo;s goal capped comeback in 7-5 victory over Port Huron&hellip; Paul Daigle. Marcel Comeau each scored goal, four assists in three-game sweep.FORT WAYNE: Doug Gibson scored two goals to help Komets win home opener, 4-2, before 5,599 fans&hellip; Rich Perrin, highly-regarded rookie defenseman, put out of action with severed tendons and broken thumb&hellip; Defenseman Charlie Labelle shifted to wing in effort to add scoring punch&hellip; Len Charlmers returned to wing after experimental switch to center&hellip; Komets acquired Jim Shires from San Diego organization.FLINT: Doug Manchak. top returning scorer from 1973-74, scored three goals in first two games&hellip; &ldquo;New Look&rsquo;&rsquo; Generals had only six vets in opening game lineup. General Manager Frank Gallagher awaiting pro help from Dallas Black Hawks&hellip; Coach Doug Carpenter&rsquo;s improved power play scored four goals in first three games&hellip; Rookie center Murray Hanson impressive in early starts&hellip; Rookie defenseman Mike St. Cyr also an early sparkler&hellip; Vet Dave Bonter hustling with enthusiasm of rookie, taking regular shift, killing penalties and working on power play.MUSKEGON: Four-year vet Dan Sharpe, second-team All Star in 197172, announced retirement&hellip; Coach Moose Lallo cut squad to 17 men early, dressed only 16 for game in Flint because ofinjuries&hellip; Former scoring whiz Gary Ford limited to one goal in first three starts&hellip; Mohawks seeking help at right wing where high-scoring Bert Scott is lone dependable&hellip; Defenseman Bill Kestell early-season leader in penalty minutes&hellip; Lynn Margarit doing double duty at defense and right wing&hellip; Capt. Bob Tombari notched 200th IHL career goal, also bagged 201st in 2-2 tie against Flint.COLUMBUS: Owls swept weekend series at Des Moines, yielding only three goals to defending Turner Cup - champs&hellip; Scoring leader Marty Reynolds reinstated after being suspended for leaving the team&hellip; Rookie Dennis Bolton bagged three goals in first three starts&hellip; Sam Clegg, who played at Saginaw last season, in goal for every game on opening weekend&hellip; All Hillier blossoming as playmaker. &#9632;

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Strengthened Gears Already Look Like Team To Beat In North Race

<div class="byline">By Goran Stubb</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0037-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-01102/3293748-1-eng-US/f0037-012.jpg"></div><h2>Russians Already Flying</h2>RUSSIAN HOCKEY is back to normal after the victory over Team Canada &rsquo;74, and that means the Soviet league has started.The league presents a lot of problems to Russian hockey officials. The same teams are always on top and there are very few changes among the league&rsquo;s stars. For years, Anatoli Tarasov&rsquo;s ZSKA (the Red Army Team) has been No. 1. With players like Vladislav Tretiak, Aleksandr Ragulin, Anatoli Firsov, Vladimir Vikulov, Vladimir Petrov, Valeri Kharmalov and Boris Mikhailov, there has been very little competition.Last season, Russian hockey fans were given a break. Tarasov retired as coach for ZKKA and Boris Kulagin (now coach of the Russian Nationals) took his team, the Soviet Wings, to their first championship little. Aleksandr Budonov, Viacheslav Anisin and young Yuri Lebedev were the stars of the new champions. But this season, things are back to normal. ZSKA is on top again and playing just great.The Russian league has just begun play and in the first round ZSKA outplayed Moscow Spartak 8-1. It was a disheartening start and might kill a lot of the interest for the Soviet league, says former Spartak coach and captain Boris Majorov &mdash; now coaching in Finland.Kulagin&rsquo;s Soviet Wings also did well opening night, winning 5-2 over Tractor, but everyone believes that ZSKA will be back on top in Russia. The toughest opponent might be Moscow Dynamo, with Maltsev leading the team.But ZSKA might be just too strong. Before the Canada-Russia series, ZSKA won the All-European title by beating Swedish ex-champions Brynas 11-2 in the 1973 final of the European Cup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0277/3293741-1-eng-US/f0037-022.jpg" title="f0037-02" width="462" height="604"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tord Lundstrom</figcaption></div>Swedish National team coach Kjell Svensson &mdash; a former international goalkeeper &mdash; retired after players such as Chris and Thommy Abrahamsson, Curt Larsson, Ulf Nilsson, Lars-Erik Sjoberg and Anders Hedberg signed with the WHA. Before these signings, Sweden lost Thommie Bergman to Detroit and Borje Sal mi ng and Inge Hammarstrom to Toronto.<h2>Swedes Not Deterred</h2>THE NEW SWEDISH COACH, Sura-Pelle Petterson from Goteborg, does not believe that Swedish hockey will suffer from the pro signings. &ldquo;For the last three years, Sweden has been number one in European Junior hockey. Now is the time to make men out of these boys, says Petterson, who coached the European Junior champions for the last three seasons.Petterson, who played over 250 games for Sweden, started his job with two wins and a draw against Finland. The first defeat was a narrow one, as almost 12,000 spectators saw Sweden lose 3-2 to Team Canada in Goteborg, I rank Mahovlich scored the winner two minutes from the end.In this game, two former pros made a big comeback for the Swedish Nationals. Leif &ldquo;Honken&rdquo; Holmqvist was just great in goal and Tord Lundstrom the captain, played extremely well on his left wing position. &ldquo;My year with the Detroit Red Wings did me well,&rdquo; says Holmqvist, who was the number one goalie with the Wembley Lions in London, England. &ldquo;After playing pro, I knew a lot more about hockey and one thing is sure &mdash; I will play at least for 10 more years with my club (AIK in Stockholm) and if I am good enough, with the Swedish Nationals.Lundstrom, who also played last year in London, is also making a great comeback in amateur hockey. He has put new&rsquo; life into his former club, Brynas, Gavle.Brynas is now on top of the Swedish league, after starting the season by winning the Scandinavian Championship title over Leksand (Swedish champs, 1974), IFK Helsinki (Finish champs, 1974) and Ilves Tamperes, Finland.Three rounds are played in the Swedish league. Brynas is in the lead with Arne Stromberg&rsquo;s Farjestad BK.Farjestadhas had the best Juniors in Sweden for many years and now the senior club is looking strong.Swedish champions Leksand lost the Abrahamsson twins to the WHA but the club still might win its third title in a row. Leksand won the Swedish champioinshipin 1973 and 1974. It&rsquo;s fantastic if you consider that Leksand isa small village with only 6,000 people.<h2>Finns Get Under Way</h2>IN FINLAND, two young and fresh teams, Lukko from Rauma and Saipa from Lappeenranta, got off to flying starts. Matti Vaisanen is doing a good coaching job with Saipa. On the opening night, his team outplayed Jokerit from Helsinki, 6-3. Hero of that night was Antero Vaatamoinen with three goals. Jokerit, champions of 1973, are having a tough start this season. New coach Boris Majorov, former Spartak coach and Russian National team captain, is bringing in young players and putting out old stars such as Matti Keinonen.Jokerit will almost certainly be back on top later in the season. With players such as Timo Sutinen. Henry Leppa, Timo Turenen and Ilpo Koskela on the team, it is just a question of time until Mayorov takes the team to the top.On top of the league at present is KooVee, Tampere, The young KooVee team had another Russian, Vladimir Jursinov, as a playing coach for two years. Now Jursinov is assisting Boris Kulagin with the USSR Nationals, but his old team is doing very well. In their last game, they outplayed Kalevi Numminens Tappara 8-1 in Tampere. National team goalie Antti Leppanen had little chance of stopping youngsters Markku Moisio, Tuomo Martin, Jukka-Pekka Jarvenpaa and Heimo Keinonen. &#9632;

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HOCKEY IN EUROPE

<div class="byline">BY DEREK KNIGHT</div>Follow All The Action Every Week By Subscribing Today ToTHE HOCKEY NEWSSuperb Hockey Reading Each MonthHOCKEY WORLD & HOCKEY PICTORIALSOUTH YARMOUTH&mdash;Last year they said Denis Lemieux was underrated. Maybe this year he&rsquo;ll get his due respect. The smooth Cape Codders&rsquo; centerman scored five goals, (four consecutive) in an 11-3 blitz over Maine. Tied 3-3 going into the period, the Cape Codders came up with eight unanswered goals before an enthusiastic crowd of over 3,000. The Cape Codders look to be a strong team, especially in goal with Ted Ouimet and rookie Harvey Stewart.On the backline the club received a bad break when Crusaders&rsquo; top draft choice Paul Baxter tore ligaments in his left leg. The 18-year-old had scored a goal earlier in the game before his injury. Early estimates have Baxter out for at least three to four months.The Cape Codders were busy making moves, reacquiring winger Rick Molinaro, a big man in the Cape&rsquo;s offense last year.And a big man in the Mohawk Valley offense last year has been sold to Maine. Bob Murphy, a slick playmaking center, should provide a boost to the Nordique offense that is suffering from a lack of players such as Mike Rouleau, R&eacute;jean Giroux and Michel Archambault. Nordiques&rsquo; defense is giving up plenty of goals and the offense hasn&rsquo;t been able to match it.Syracuse Blazers made news with the acquisition of Alton White, who was assigned to them by Michigan. Blazers are stronger up front especially with the acquisitions of White. John Raynak and Tom Trevelyan, who scored 31 goals on last year&rsquo;s Western League San Diego Gulls. Syracuse upended Long Island 4-1 in their home opener before a crowd of 3.281.The Broome Dusters have set a new attendance record. A crowd of 4,793 cheered the Dusters to a 5-2 win over Johnstown. Last year&rsquo;s seating capacity was 4,721, but more seats were added this year.Johnstown&rsquo;s Carlson brothers are a big hit but there&rsquo;s more. Returnees include Vern Campigotto, Galen Head. Norm Descoteaux, Jim Wilcox and Ron Docken. Docken is out of action with a broken right hand. Jerry Welsh from last year&rsquo;s Comets is one of the new Jets on assignment from Minnesota. He plays on the right side. Reg Kent, a Jet stalwart for many seasons, was released by the club for the purpose of allowing him to make his own deal.In Utica &ldquo;there&rsquo;s no comparaison to last year&rsquo;s team,&rdquo; according to coach-general manager Brian Conacher. With nine players from the Indianapolis Racers and four from the Toronto Toros, it&rsquo;s easy to understand Conacher&rsquo;s optimism. Conacher also has four freePaul LaPlante. Guy Provost) and may yet pick up another player or two up front. The Comets are averaging around 2,000 fans per game and that figure should climb higher.Long Island&rsquo;s good defense became even better when the Chicago Cougars assigned veteran defenseman Dune McCallum to them. Captain Jim Pritchard, a second team NAHL All Star last year, is off to a good start as is Peter Mara, a centerman who topped the International Hockey League in scoring last year.Renaud Perron, a bright prospect, has decided against a professional hockey career and has returned home to Quebec.Long Island won its first two home games. The first was a 3-0 shutout for Rich Coutu, marking the pro debut of Cougar coach Ron Racette. The second was a 4-3 overtime victory with the vastly improved Bill Fraser scoring the winner against the Philadelphia Firebirds.The young Firebirds have looked impressive in the early going. A veteran defense is the club&rsquo;s strongest point.Bob Collyard was the first member of the Washington Capitals to be assigned to Philadelphia.An encouraging crowd of 3.220 greeted the Firebirds in their home opener and weren&rsquo;t disappointed as the Firebirds and defending champion Syracuse Blazers battled to a 3-3 overtime tie.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0279/3293779-1-eng-US/f0038-022.jpg" title="f0038-02" width="562" height="802"><figcaption class="caption-body">DENIS LEMIEUX &hellip;Underrated Player</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Lemieux Sinks Nordiques With Five-Goal Night

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>TORONTO&mdash;Toronto Marlboros have regained the services of one player but apparently have lost another as the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A schedule heads towards the end of its first month.Mark Napier, a 47-goal scorer with the Marlies last season, had refused to sign a 1974-75 contract with the controversial clause which forces a player to turn over 20 percent of his earnings during the first three years as a professional, to the Major Junior A team he leaves. The Junior team owners feel that the player&rsquo;s agent must obtain an extra 20 percent from the pro club with which he signs, to compensate for lost wages.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0039-01107/3293848-1-eng-US/f0039-012.jpg" title="f0039-01" width="278" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tim Young</figcaption></div>Their reasoning is that, so far, neither the National Hockey League nor the World Hockey Association has paid for any players drafted last May. (The NHL deadline for payment is Nov. I. the WHA deadline was supposedly 30 days after the player signed.)However Napier, the only Ontario player who had not agreed to the new terms, finally signed with the Marlies and in his first game scored the gamewinner as Toronto handed Peterborough their first lost of the season on home ice &mdash; 6-4.While placing Napier under contract, the Marlies were without Greg Neeld, the centre of controversy since he moved from Vancouver to Toronto in 1971 to play with a Marlboro Junior B farm team in Markham.The latest report is that Neeld has been waived out of the OHA and if he applies to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association for a transfer it may be granted, partially on compassionate grounds.Unfortunately, his future is still closed by the NHL. which does not want to risk any player who has lost partial vision in one eye being blinded. The World Hockey Association has not yet made a similar policy.OTTAWA: The 67s continue to show the way in the 11-team group and this could be the season they win their first pennant and championship since entering the league seven years ago&hellip; Tim Young has been especially impressive, scoring three goals in a 6-5 win over St. Catharines Black Hawks while Tom McDonnel counted the game-winner with less than three minutes left&hellip; The 67s then trimmed the Knights 7-2 right in London thanks to six goals in the second period&hellip; Young had a goal and three assists, Doug Wilson two goals&hellip; Dissension, or lack of discipline, has always been a problem in Ottawa and if rookie coach Brian Kilrea can cure these ailments, it will be a great season.HAMILTON: Fincups, after a good start, lost two of three games during the week but still hung in the top half of the group&hellip; They beat Peterborough 7-4 in a fight-filled game during which 38 penalties were issued&hellip; Dan Shearer and Archie King had a pair of goals each for Hamilton, but things didn&rsquo;t go as well in their next two starts as they loss 5-0 to Kitchener and 9-5 to Toronto Marlboros&hellip; The team is definitely the strongest in past few years, but may lack depth.KINGSTON: Playing only their second season of Major Junior A, the Canadians are sticking near the top after finishing 10th a year ago. Team is well coached by Jack Bownass (coach of the year in 1973-74) and won two games 8-3 over Sault Ste. Marie and 5-2 over Peterborough after playing to 5-5 tie in Sudbury&hellip; Against the Petes, Canadians broke 2-2 tie with three unanswered goals in third period by Mark Suzor, Larry Murphy and Tony McKegney&hellip; Mike Crombeen accounted for the first two in the first period&hellip; They also had big third period against Sault Ste-Marie with five goals.ST. CATHARINES: Black Hawks have had injury problems at center ice&hellip; First Rick Adduono was knocked out for five weeks, then rookie Doug Caines for a week with knee and ankle damage respectively&hellip; However they still had one of best records in league after splitting two games, losing 6-5 to Ottawa and squeezing out 2-1 decision over Kitchener Rangers on a goal by defenseman Bob Manno&hellip; Greg Craig, the only regular center left, is playing tremendous hockey on his own shift, power-plays and killing penalties&hellip; Attendance is still a problem with less than 700 out for the Ranger game, the lowest in at least 20 years.SUDBURY: The Wolves played to a 5-5 tie at home with Kingston, then gave up a late goal by Joe Kowall on a power-play and had to settle fora 2-2 tie with Oshawa&hellip; The Wolves had led 2-0 earlier in the game on goals by Reese Dobrick and John Walker&hellip; Wolves have the potential to be in the first division, but like so many others this season. play well one night and poorly the next.OSHAWA: Brian Drumm cut Sudbury&rsquo;s lead to 2-1 before Joe Kowall counted the tying goal in a 2-2 game with Sudbury as both goalies handled 38 shots&hellip; In an afternoon game (Thanksgiving), Ottawa nudged the Generals 5-4. their first setbackoa home ice this season after four victories&hellip; Danny Blair contributed the winner at 16:16 of the third. Oshawa marksmen were Greg Malone with two. Paul Heaver and Glen Kirkham one each&hellip; The Generals were outshot 40-31.PETERBOROUGH: The Petes have a fair record but nothing to compare with their usual quick start which, in past years. has moved them to the top of the league for the first three or four months&hellip; They lost three games in four days &mdash; 7-4 in Hamilton. 6-4 at home to the Marlboros and 5-2 in Kingston&hellip; Coach Roger Neilson is still looking for anchorman on defense to replace Jim Turkiewicz. who turned professional a year before his eligibility was up with the World Hockey Association Toronto Toros&hellip; He had spent three brilliant seasons with the Petes&hellip; The 6-4defeat to Toronto was their first loss on home ice this year&hellip; Brad Pirie had two goals in a losing (7-4) cause in Hamilton while Mike Fryia and Doug Jarvis scored singles during a 5-2 loss in Kingston.SAULT: After winning three straight at home, the Greyhounds&rsquo; streak ended abruptly when they were demolished 8-3 by the surprising Kingston Canadians despite two goals by Bill Belzun and one by reliable Cary Farelli&hellip; However, they bounced back with narrow 5-4 decision in front of their own fans thanks to a goal by Mike Hordy 23 seconds from the end of the game Paul Woods had scored twice earlier. Reid Bailey and Farelli once&hellip; Attendance is still fairly good, averaging close to 2,500.LONDON: Bill Long is still having difficulty shaking the Knights out of doldrums&hellip; With 14 players returning from last season, including high-scoring Dennis Maruk, the team was expected to be at or near the top&hellip; So far they haven&rsquo;t looked like a first division club and may have to scrape to make the playoffs&hellip; They finally won their second game of the season, 8-6 over Toronto Marlboros but were trounced next time out at home, 7-2 by Ottawa&hellip; Dwight Schoenfeld, brother of Buffalo Sabres&rsquo; Jim Schoenfeld, and Rick Martin scored the goals in the 7-2 loss and ended their brief two-game win streak.KITCHENER: In first place last season, now struggling to escape the cellar. That&rsquo;s the story of the Kitchener Rangers, who lost a dozen over-age players plus under-age defenseman Dave Maloney through the draft&hellip; Eddie Bush has a gigantic rebuilding task and so far it hasn&rsquo;t panned out&hellip; The Rangers were shut out 5-0 by Hamilton, edged 2-1 by St. Catharines and 5-4 by Sault Ste. Marie in a disastrous week&hellip; Bob Schnurr, one of bright lights among newcomers, scored one goal in the loss to the Greyhounds while John Fielding, Zane Forbes and Dan Djakalovic had the others&hellip; It may be a long season for Ranger fans after disappointing finish last spring when they were eliminated by Peterborough after winning the pennant.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0039-0277/3293841-1-eng-US/f0039-022.jpg" title="f0039-02" width="544" height="784"><figcaption class="caption-body">GREG NEELD &hellip; Gone Back West</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Marlies Iron Out One Player Problem, Face Another After Neeld Jumps Club

Follow All The Action Every Week By Subscribing Today To THE HOCKEY NEWSSuperb Hockey Reading Each Month HOCKEY WORLD & HOCKEY PICTORIALHAMPTON &mdash;The Southern Hockey League went from five teams to four and back to five again in little less than a week.Ultimately, what happened is that the Fayetteville Arsenal, a team that never actually made it on to the ice, wound up becoming the Hampton Gulls.Fayetteville, an expansion team coached by veteran John Brophy, never got on the ice because of problems with the building and available dates.Because of the rescheduling of the Muhammad Ali-George Foreman fight, which would have been, carried on closed circuit TV in Fayetteville, the Arsenal would not have played a home game until Nov. 19. &ldquo;By that time they would have had nine road games and they probably would have had a bad record,&rdquo; said SHL president Gene Hawthorne.There also was a problem with ice equipment. Fayetteville officials wanted the hockey team to foot the $60,000 bill to install ice. Because of the situation, Fayetteville officials did not put up necessary funds required by the SHL and the team was suspended from the league without ever playing a game.Just a couple of days later, the Arsenal-Gulls turned up practicing in Norfolk, Va., just across the bridge from Hampton. The team was wanted in Hampton, where five regularly scheduled games had been planned for the year involving all SHL teams.Under the same ownership, the team was switched to Hampton in time to start play. &ldquo;Even at this late time we got about as good dates in Hampton as we did in Fayetteville,&rdquo; said Hawthorne, who was pleased with the move.&ldquo;We ended up in Hampton, a city that figured in our further expansion plans, in a larger arena that has ice. 1 think the league is much better off.&rdquo;For the last two years, Hampton has shared the Tidewater Wings of the American League, but this season the Wings are playing strictly in Norfolk.Playing with only four teams, which is the way the SHL wound up its first season, would have left a credibility gap regarding the playoffs. Now, with Hampton added, one team will not make the &#9632;

Poor Dates, High Costs Force Move

<div class="byline">BY BILL BRILL</div>GREENSBORO&mdash;When the Greensboro Generals were sold last spring, the new owners promised an all new look this year.Everybody realized that the &lsquo;73-74 entry in the SHL was a disaster. The Generals wound up a weak third with a 33-37-1 record, were beaten badly by Charlotte in the playoffs, and the fans stayed home.Now there is local ownership, a 10-man group headed by Sid Sutker. There isn&rsquo;t a tycoon in the group similar to the previous owner, Tedd Munchak. But, more important, all of them are hockey fans. They all had been fans of the Generals when Greensboro was a power in the now-defunct Eastern League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0040-01106/3293910-1-eng-US/f0040-012.jpg" title="f0040-01" width="271" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chris Leach</figcaption></div>A new image was promised for the Generals, including a return to the old green and white uniforms that better Greensboro teams wore. The Gens had gone away from the green and white with the establishment of the SHL.Sutker promptly hired veteran goalie Bob Perreault as his coach and also named Mrs. Ann McGinnis as general manager. Mrs. McGinnis, somewhat a rarity in sports, is well qualified. She worked for years in the front office of the Carolina Cougars of the ABA.There is a distinct new look about the team with only four veterans back. All Star right winger Stu Roberts retired, leaving only center Wally Sprange, winger Bob Wright, defenseman-turned-winger Ron Hindson and defenseman Jerry Zrymiak back from last year.Both goalies are rookies, Steve Miskiewicz, 21, and Jacques Morin, 23. Miskiewicz is a left-handed goalie and an American to boot (Detroit).The defense will be built arount, three-year veteran Zrymiak, and Jacques Blain, 29, who played two years with Quebec in the WHA. The rest of the blueline corps has a college look. That includes a trio of rookies, Chris Leach, 21, from St. Lawrence U,; Dave Boyd, 20, from the University of Pennsylvania; and Jim Maertz, 22, from the University of Minnesota at Duluth.The Gens are looking for scoring help from Wayne Zuk, who was on the All Star team last year with Flint of the IHL, and veteran JacMaine of the NAHL. Royer had 50 goals two years ago at Cape Cod.CHARLOTTE: Checkers retained goalie Ed Humphreys, who had been expected to move to Tulsa&hellip;Charlotte was 3-0-1 in exhibitions, with 2-2 overtime tie at Roanoke. There were only three ties in the SHL all last season&hellip;Humphreys predicts a title for Checkers. &ldquo;We are a lot like Roanoke was last year.&rdquo;WINSTON-SALEM: Polar Twins were something of a mystery team because they played no exhibitions&hellip;Twins one thing right at start. They aren&rsquo;t going to be pushed around this year&hellip;Ron Fogal of the Twins and Charlotte&rsquo;sJohn (Jet) Morrison got into a fight before the season was 10 seconds old&hellip;There were 34penalties, l7in the first period, in the opening 5-2 loss at Charlotte.ROANOKE: Rebels recorded their first-ever opening shutout with a 5-0 whitewash of Greensboro&hellip; Veteran Ray Reeson stopped the Generals cold, including one five-minute stretch in the third period when the Rebels were short handed&hellip;SHL MVP Claude Piche hasn&rsquo;t played yet because of knee trouble&hellip;Rebels got goalie Yves Archambault from Nova Scotia (AHL) and coach Bill Needham is happy with the Reeson-Archam-bault pairing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0040-0266/3293903-1-eng-US/f0040-022.jpg" title="f0040-02" width="553" height="640"><figcaption class="caption-body">WAYNE ZUK&hellip;New General</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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