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November 29, 1974

The Hockey News November 29, 1974

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-01141/3276941-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="589" height="371"></div><h2>GOALERS&rsquo; RECORDS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-02109/3276934-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="585" height="670"></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

AHL Leaders

<div class="byline">BY NORM MacLEAN</div>NEW YORK&mdash;Splitting right down the middle with a win, loss and a tie on their initial visit to the West Coast, the Rangers learned that sometimes four lines make more sense than three. After losing 2-1 to Vancouver on Nov. 5, coach Emile Francis made the big move, have four lines everyone skates full tilt, because they know they don&rsquo;t have a long shift and won&rsquo;t be back out out the Cat.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02746/3274273-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="278" height="524"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Rousseau</figcaption></div>The result was Jean Ratelle with Steve Vickers and Rod Gilbert. Walt Tkaczuck with Greg Polis and Billy Fairbairn. Pete Stemkowski with Ted Irvine and Rick Middleton and Derek Sanderson with Bert Wilson and Jerry Butler. Francis had made a swap of lines between Vickers and Polis.Noticeably missing from the front-line alignment was veteran forward Bobby Rousseau and for one reason &mdash; he&rsquo;s through playing this season. The versatile Rousseau, who acted as anchor man on the Rangers&rsquo; power-play while performing one of the point positions, is to undergo a back fusion operation in 10days and will remain out of hockey for the balance of the 1974-75 season.Rousseau, 34, playing his 15th NHL season, is the seventh Ranger in the last 12 years to face this type of operation. Gilbert had it done twice. Ratelie, Camille Henry, Harry Howell and Al Lebrun also had their NHLcareers interrupted by back surgery.Gilbert of course has made a full recovery and has become the heart of the Rangers&rsquo; offense. He was the main beneficiary of the Cat&rsquo;s move to four lines during New York&rsquo;ssix goal second period in Oakland Nov. 6. during a 7-3 win. Rod got one in the first period and two more in the second for his fifth career hattrick. He had scored only twice before in 12 games.&ldquo;Gilbert usually is a streak scorer,&rdquo; said Francis. &ldquo;This year he was playing well, but didn&rsquo;t hit.the net in the early games.&rdquo;Whether Francis continues with four lines is doubtful. With Ron Harris out for two weeks with a knee strain and not available on the West Coast trip. New York turned to rookie Ron Greschner. He paired with Marotte and did well. He made several rink length rushes which moved the puck, he also took a couple of rookie style penalties, but this will change with game time and experience.The scrappy Gangbusters line of Sanderson at al goes hell bent for election every time out there. The play of Middleton on the Stemkowski line has also improved. When Rangers went with just three lines, Rick was often the odd-man out and didn&rsquo;t dress. He scored one of two Ranger goals in the 2-2 tie October 9 with Los Angeles.&ldquo;Middleton has the moves of an Andy Bathgate,&rdquo; says Francis. &ldquo; He has five goals now, the same as Vickers and Gilbert. He can be one of our stars of the future.&rdquo;Still, for a time the Rangers have rested in last place in the toughest of all NHL Divisions &mdash; the Lester Patrick. With Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia, playoff qualifier Atlanta and the resurgent Islanders all in the same cauldron. New York cannot sit back too long.Rumors of trades still abound. Further investigation reveals that Rod Seiling, the waived defenseman, was making $150,000 &mdash; a sum that makes it seem likely that Francis was unable to get anything negotiable for Rod.Goalie Ed Giacomin played all three games on the West Coast trip as Francis felt he had no time to wait. He played well and is fast becoming the key performer for the Rangers. If Giacomin went bad the Rangers could be in trouble. &#9632;

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Rangers Swing Over To Four Lines As Gilbert Breaks Out Of Drought

<h2>MIDWEST JUNIOR LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 13)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0042-01105/3277836-1-eng-US/f0042-012.jpg" title="f0042-01" width="600" height="180"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Oct. 30Fargo 6 at Austin 3.Thu. Oct. 31St. Paul 6 at Fargo 5; Minnesota 2 at Austin 0.Fri. Nov. 1St. Paul 6 at Austin 4.Sat. Nov. 2Minnesota 2 at St. Cloud 1; Fargo 8 at St. Paul 3.Sun. Nov. 3St. Paul 8at Minnesota 5; Austin 6 at St. Cloud 4.Tue. Nov. 5Minnesota 7 at Fargo 3.Wed. Nov. 6St. Cloud 5 at Austin 4: St. Paul 11 at Fargo 10.Thu. Nov. 7Minnesota 5 at Austin 1.Sun. Nov. 10Minnesota 5 at Austin 5; Fargo 6 at St. Paul 5. &#9632;

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY LEN HOYES</div>For the finest in Hockey Magazines subscribe today to the Hockey Twins:HOCKEY WORLD&HOCKEY PICTORIALFor the same price as a ticket to ONE GAME you can read over 1600 PAGES of outstanding news about Hockey by subscribing today toTHE HOCKEY NEWSFORT WAYNE &mdash;Ralph Keller may be iust what the doctor ordered for the Fort Wayne Komets.In fact, if Keller were a doctor, he might be in better position to get the Komets out of the doldrums in the International Hockey League.The naming of Keller on Nov. 12 to replace Ted Wright came with Fort Wayne standing 1-7-2 and last in the South Division. After winning the season&rsquo;s opener, it failed to win although being close in several games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-01110/3277321-1-eng-US/f0036-012.jpg" title="f0036-01" width="283" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Wright</figcaption></div>Perhaps the frustrations of so-near-yet-so-far was the trigger for the resignation of Wright, a veteran IHL defenseman who spent nine seasons with three teams. In a four-day span the Komets lost to Muskegon in the final eight seconds, were tied by Flint on a penalty shot with six seconds left in regulation time and lost to Columbus in the final two minutes.Earlier they lost to Port Huron with less than a minute to play.Ironically, Wright&rsquo;s resignation came only four days after general manager Ken Ullyot, watching a game in Flint, told THE HOCKEY NEWS, &ldquo;We have no intention of firing Ted. He&rsquo;s doing a good job.&rdquo;Wright resigned, saying he felt a change was necessary to arouse the Komets and help them reach their potential and become a factor in the South Division race.He was retained in the Fort Wayne organization as director of player personnel, handling scouting and player movement and assisting Ullyot and Keller in other duties.Keller, 38, retired from active playing after helping the Hershey Bears win the Calder Cup last spring. Although he had hoped to remain active in hockey, he was unattached when the call came from Fort Wayne.&ldquo;He was recommended very highly by the Hershey and Pittsburgh organizations and that was enough for us. &ldquo; said Ullyot.Keller probably will keep most of the Fort Wayne players whom he inherited from Wright because a wholesale turnover at this point in the season is virtually impossible.Besides, Ulfyot affirmed his faith in the players&rsquo; ability to get untracked.&ldquo;Our only problem is getting everyone healthy.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve had more injuries than anyone in the league. And some of those injuries came to key men. I certainly can&rsquo;t fault Ted for our problems.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been in hockey a long time and I&rsquo;m certainly not going to panic just because we&rsquo;re losing. We were close in a lot of games. It would be different if we were losing badly but the team has played well.That&rsquo;s why Ullyot emphasized that he figures everything will fit into place when good health prevails among the Komets.He&rsquo;s hoping that Keller finds the proper prescription.COLUMBUS: Veteran defenseman Bill Bond dropped at cutdown, Francois Ouimet sent, to Johnstown&hellip;Ed Kenty held out of game at Port Huron until pro status was resolved&hellip;Rookie center Al Hillier scored one goal, nine assists in four-game stretch and jumped to third place in scoring derby as chief threat to Muskegon&rsquo;s one-two punch of Gary Ford. Bob Tombari&hellip;Owls scored four goals in last 12:28 to beat Port Huron, 6-3, with Randy Smith and Marty Reynolds tallying 41 seconds apart..; Reynolds averaging a goal per game&hellip;Veteran Ray Brownlee blanked in first two starts after return from Central League&hellip;Rookie Brian Coughlin early leader in penalty minutes.SAGINAW: Right winger Dennis Desrosiers suspended indefinitely after spearing incident drew match penalty in game against Kalamazoo&hellip;Jim Johnston dressed but sat out entire game against Lansing because of coach Don Perry&rsquo;s unhappiness about 20 excess pounds&hellip;Desrosiers bagged clincher in 4-3 victory over Port Huron&hellip;Line of Reg Malinoski. Desrosiers and Stu Irving scored all goals against Flags&hellip;Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; troubleshooter John Bower working with rookie goalie Mike Palmateer&hellip;Gears&rsquo; scoring pace of 3.6 goals per game puzzling to rivals who expected highest-scoring combo in league&hellip;Gears not represented among league&rsquo;s top 19 individual scorers.KALAMAZOO: Four losses in five days dropped Wings to 0-9-0&hellip;Coach Bob Lemieux trying to get scoring help after production average dropped to 2.1&hellip;Gary Armstrong ejected in game at Saginaw after coming to aid of teammate Brett Callighen, who was carried from ice after spearing by Dennis Desrosiers&hellip;Jim Makey foiled penalty shot by Lansing&rsquo;s Brian Mason&hellip;Callighen&rsquo;s arrival from Flint Generals made him 123rd player looked at by Lemieux in building of expansion club.TOLEDO: Paul Tantardini extended runaway PIM league leadership to 150, more than double closest pursuer&hellip;Defenseman Jerry Baduik obtained from Omaha&hellip;Tantardini slowed by bad ankle&hellip;Coach Ted Garvin had five on bench, seven in penalty box after brawl against Dayton which totaled 143 PIM, including eight majors&hellip;Game required 3:20 to complete&hellip;Mike Bartley, Tom Pinder, Dale Eloschuk dropped at cut down to 17 men&hellip;Garvin still unhappy about two-game suspension by IHL commissioner Bill Beagan&hellip;Moe Brunel tied for fifth in league scoring after only one goal in first six games prompted talk of trade&hellip;MUSKEGON: Veteran Marty Desmarais retired after seven-season careerin IHLand Eastern League&hellip;Dave White placed on 14-day injured list at cutdown date with bad leg&hellip;Mohawks equalled season high for goal production in 8-3 triumph over Des Moines&hellip;Captain Bob Tombari scored hat trick in 7-3 triumph over Port Huron&hellip;Bob Olein&rsquo;s first goal of season aided victory over Flags&hellip;Mohawks began string of eight games in 12 days with four straight victories, had 7-1 mark for eight starts as they challenged Flint for Northern lead&hellip;Sid Prysunka&rsquo;s goal with eight seconds left nailed down 5-4 decision at Fort Wayne&hellip;Rookie Jim Foubister had 3-1 record for first four games in goal, sporting nifty 2.48 goals-against average&hellip;Olein suffered broken nose in tiff with Len Ircandia of Des Moines.DES MOINES: Rookie Jerome Mrazek stopped 40 shots in 4-0 shutout of Dayton&hellip;Emile de Moissac tallied six goals in seven-game string&hellip;Coach Dan Belisle sometimes using five forwards on power-plays&hellip;Pro goaler Don Muio dropped&hellip;Al Labrecque scored hattrick in 6-3 victory at Columbus where Marcel LaBrosse bagged goal and two assists&hellip;Caps won six of eight after 0-2 start, then lost at Muskegon and Flint to drop back to .500&hellip;Caps scored three goals in last five minutes for 5-3 triumph at Toledo&hellip;Ernie Campe suffered broken wrist, expected to be out six weeks&hellip;Turner Cup hero Dave McLelland rocked for eight goals by Toledo in first start after return from Seattle&hellip; Defenseman Dan O&rsquo;Donohue returned after knee injury.PORT HURON: Randy Sokoll took team scoring lead, then tied by Bill Watt and Larry Klewchuk&hellip;Coach Bobby McCammommhappy with goaltending of Frank Blum, and switched to rookie Ty Langton who beat Lansing in relief&hellip;Blum later placed on waivers&hellip; Pro Greg Holst and Doug Hearns dropped at cutdown date&hellip;Flags trying to come to terms with temperamental Henri Lehvonen to bolster defense&hellip;Veteran winger Billy LeCaine sidelined by muscle spasms in back&hellip;Hat-trick by Brian Curtis wasted in 4-3 loss at Saginaw.DAYTON: Gems cut John Nazar, placed Bill Riley on disabled list&hellip;Four-game winning streak, including three on road, ended in 4-0 setback at Des Moines&hellip;Rookie Rich Bragnalo, Don Westbrooke scored third-period goals for 4-2 victory over Muskegon&hellip;Jim Pettie, injured hand and all. forced to handle goaltending when P.J. Flaherty was ejected in brawl against Toledo&hellip;Gems&rsquo; 5-2 victory at Toledo was fourth in six road games.FLINT: Doug Manchak beat Fort Wayne&rsquo;s Robbie Irons on penalty shot with six seconds left in the game to get 3-3 tie&hellip;Largest crowd of year, 3,974, watched Manchak score at 2:29 in overtime to beat Des Moines, 4-3&hellip;Dwane Byers first General to get 10 goals&hellip;Dave Bonter scored shorthanded goal against Des Moines&hellip;Merlin Jenner&rsquo;s 1.08 average for seven starts best in IHL&hellip;Doug Kerslake and Larry Gibbons, stars of 1972-73 championship team, welcomed back from Dallas&hellip;Defensemen Rod Collins, Mike St. Cyr sparkling as playmakers&hellip;Kirk Bowman. Clyde Simon scored goals or assists for seven straight games&hellip;Murray Hanson&rsquo;s shorthanded goal capped 12-1 rout of Lansing.LANSING: Terry Ryan tied for sixth in league scoring despite Lancers&rsquo; ninth place in over-all standings&hellip;Owner Paul Bright&rsquo;s plea for added seating finally produced results&hellip;Goalie Roly Kimble obtained to replace Dave Heitz, recalled to New Haven&hellip;Dave Staffen, Reg Kinch scored two goals in 7-4 victory over Kalamazoo where Lancers had 57-36 shot edge&hellip;Coach Real Turcotte happy with busier schedule watched club get 2-2 split in five-day span&hellip;John Preville, Tom Mikkola. Bob DeMarco dropped at cutdown date&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0354/3277314-1-eng-US/f0036-032.jpg" title="f0036-03" width="552" height="543"><figcaption class="caption-body">RALPH KELLER&hellip;Takes Over Komets</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0438/3277307-1-eng-US/f0036-042.jpg" title="f0036-04" width="554" height="600"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB TOMBARI&hellip;Fires Hat Trick</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Faltering Komets Change Coaches; Muskegon Chasing Flint For Lead

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01192/3277998-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"></div>&mdash;Page 3MINNESOTA&rsquo;S MIKE WALTON HELPING TURN SAINTS ON&mdash;Page 30PHILADELPHIA&rsquo;S BILL CLEMENT: THEY DON&rsquo;T CALL HIM &lsquo;TWO-GUN&rsquo; FOR NOTHING&mdash;Page 10BOBBY ORRNHL&rsquo;S NEWEST SCORING LEADER&mdash;Page 19BUFFALO&rsquo;S AMAZING ROGER CROZIER KEEPS BOUNCING BACK&mdash;Page 16BOB BERRY KING IN LOS ANGELES&mdash;Page 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-02164/3277991-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="556" height="1493"></div> &#9632;

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U.S. BRED PLAYERS MAKING IT WITH PROS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01808/3274304-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Veteran Henri Richard of Canadiens is on the shelf, until atleast January after suffering a broken ankle in an NHL game last week. For details see page 13.</figcaption></div><h2>ROUGH NHL WEEK</h2>MONTREAL&mdash;The past week was one most everyone around the National Hockey League would rather forget. Certainly the players.To start the week, Chicago veteran Chico Maki decided to retire. Henri Richard of the Canadiens came up with a broken ankle and is out for six to eight weeks. Chicago&rsquo;s Dale Tallon dislocated his hip and is expected to be sidelined for three months. Bobby Rousseau of the Rangers announced he has to have a back fusion operation and won&rsquo;t play any more hockey this year. Bobby Schmautz of Boston broke his wrist in a fight and is out indefinitely.<h2>WHA ATTENDANCE UP</h2>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Despite a depressed economy, the World Hockey Association reports its attendance is on the rise.WHA president Dennis Murphy said that after 69 games, his league had attracted 478,858 fans for a per game average of 6,940, an increase of 31.7 percent over last season.The WHA has been aided by two new rink openings at Cleveland and Edmonton that both drew in excess of 15,000, a 14,000-plus crowd for a Jets-Toros game in Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens as well as 15,326 to see the Toros beat the Oilers in Edmonton Nov. 15, five days after the new Coliseum opened.<h2>PAPPIN IN HOT WATER</h2>ST. CATHARINES&mdash;Tragedy struck on the ice for Dick Cooper, a 32-year-old defenseman and father of one playing with Thorold Athletics in an Ontario Hockey Association Intermediate A game.Cooper died in a Hamilton hospital after two operations to remoye blood clots failed to save his life. Cooper was knocked down during the game and his helmet fell off his head beforehestruck the ice. He had been in the intensive care wing of the hospital and never regained consciousness.The ironicpart of it was that Cooper had retired as an active player after two games this season&rsquo;. He came back to help out when three Thorold players were unable to make a game because of shift work.<h2>HOCKEY PLAYER DIES</h2>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Jim Pappin&rsquo;s fiery temper has got him into trouble before and today the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; high scoring right winger could be back in the - NHL doghouse once more.Pappin bodily threw referee Bob Myers to the ice surface during a game against Los Angeles Nov. 15 and was ejected from the game Pappin apparently became irate when Myers failed to whistle down a tripping penalty against the Kings.The NHL has not announced any suspension but it is expected Pappin will be called before president Clarence Campbell to explain his actions. &#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/f0002-03597/3274363-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="535" height="825"></div><h2>WHA TEAMS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04412/3274356-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="530" height="638"></div><h2>OTHER FEATURES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05289/3274349-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="531" height="408"></div><h2>COLUMNISTS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-06194/3274342-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="531" height="135"></div><h2>OTHER LEAGUES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-07113/3274335-1-eng-US/f0002-072.jpg" title="f0002-07" width="534" height="222"></div> &#9632;

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WHERE YOU’LL FIND IT ALL

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02687/3274453-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="565" height="660"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY PLEAU&hellip;Boston-born</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03466/3274446-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="566" height="665"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG PALAZZARI&hellip;Minnesota-born</figcaption></div>Major league players born and raised in the United States<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04273/3274439-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="1119" height="460"></div><h2>WORLD ASSOCIATION</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05156/3274432-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="1139" height="529"></div> &#9632;

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U.S. Hockey Pros

<div class="byline">BY FRANK ORR</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01813/3274401-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="571" height="1144"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK KELLEY&hellip;U.S. Big Market</figcaption></div>BOSTON&mdash;The Georgia Amateur Hockey Association!Sounds a little like a put-on, doesn&rsquo;t it? Similar to the Igloo Builders of Bermuda or the Pork Producers of Israel.But the Georgia AHA sho&rsquo; nuff does exist with 800 boys in its organized hockey program. Several members of the Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League even ran a summer hockey school for the GAHA and report keen interest in the game.All over the United States, hockey rinks and hockey leagues are springing up. The Can-Am hockey school, which operates in Guelph, Ont., ran a school in Huntsville, Alabama in the summer of 1973, hardly one of the great hockey hotbeds.As more and more American boys become interested in the game, increasing numbers of them will seek professional careers in the sport. The American Dream of pro stardom in the traditional games &mdash; baseball, football and basketball &mdash; hardly is in danger of being frozen over, though.However, the combination of increased U.S. hockey interest, the game&rsquo;s voracious appetite for talent in the major leagues and the attractive salaries offered these days seems certain to draw large numbers of Americans into the NHL and World Hockey Association.Not that those leagues are void of them now because approximately 30 American-breds are working regularly in the NHL and WHA and assorted others are in the minor pro leagues.Those figures don&rsquo;t include the immigrants from Canada who attended U.S. universities and colleges on hockey scholarships. Those are the 100 percent U.S. products.The expansion of the NHL and the establishment of the WHA have seen the team population at the major league level proliferate from six to 32 teams in less than a decade with three more to come in the next couple of years.During that period, the traditional talent source, the Canadian Junior leagues, has not mushroomed very much. Less than a half dozen Major Junior teams have been born although the development of Tier Two groups has been considerable.Thus, the U.S. college leagues, which were ignored almost totally by the old six NHL teams, now are scouted closely. Just about every NHL team and several WHA clubs have full-time talent hunters covering the U.S. college scene.The U.S. scouting ohas moved beyond the rah-rah leagues, too. The non-school groups are attracting attention, notably the Midwest Junior League, which is centered in Minnesota.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-06107/3274394-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="1189" height="1503"><figcaption class="caption-body">Typical of the rise in American-born major leaguers is young Mark Howe of the Houston Aeros, who was born in Detroit and received his first taste of junior hockey with Detroit&rsquo;s Junior Red Wings.</figcaption></div>In the NHL&rsquo;s 1974 amateur draft, nine players from the Midwest group were claimed.In addition, 39 players from the U.S. college leagues were selected. Out of 247 drafted players, almost 20 percent were from a U.S. background, a major change from 10 years ago when Americans in the NHL were about as plentiful as Zulus.A leading booster of the college player in major league hockey is Jack Kelley, the general manager of the New England Whalers of the WHA. Of course, Kelley does have a slight bias. He was a top U.S. college coach at Boston College before joining the Whalers.But as the man in charge of a pro team. Kelley must explore every possible talent source and he sees the U.S. as the big market of the future.&ldquo;When I was coaching college hockey. I offen wondered why the pros didn&rsquo;t pay more attention to our game,&rdquo; Kelley says. &ldquo;But now that hockey talent is scarce, they&rsquo;ve been forced to and I think some are wondering why they didn&rsquo;t do it much sooner.&ldquo;I suppose they had same attitude to college hockey as they did to European players. But now. the pros just can&rsquo;t overlook any source.&ldquo;Also, the development of high school hockey and the increase in minor hockey programs in many parts of the country will produce more and more American players.&ldquo;Of course, the Canadian Junior leagues will remain a great source of talent but those leagues just haven&rsquo;t grown in pace with pro hockey&rsquo;s growth. The opportunity for pro careers is there now and you&rsquo;ll be seeing more and more American kids trying for it.&rdquo;For many years, the NHL&rsquo;s knock against college hockey contained most of the same clich&eacute;s which were used to downgrade European hockey &mdash; the schedule was too short, the ocoaching was mediocre and the rules produced a pantywaist brand of hockey which prepared players for sewing circles oand not the toughness of the NHL.Funny, but those things aren&rsquo;t heard much anymore.Kelley feels that the level of coaching in U.S. college hockey is excellent and is on the upgrade in the minor hockey programs.Kelley shoots down the idea that the college schedule is too short for players to prepare for pro careers. The colleges play a maximum of 40 games while the Canadian Juniors have 70-game schedules.&ldquo;Because the players do have their studies, the schedules are long enough,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Even though they might play only 35 games they&rsquo;re on the ice two hours a day from October to March.&ldquo;Besides, a kid playing 35 games under the guidance of a coach who&rsquo;s teaching him a great deal is farther ahead than a kid playing 75 games for a bad Junior coach wouldn&rsquo;t you say?&rdquo; &#9632;

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YANKS IN PRO HOCKEY—THEY’RE INCREASING

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01867/3274505-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="452" height="460"></div>&bull; EVERY TIME the California Seals make a player deal of any kind it has to be cleared with NHL president Clarence Campbell. You see the NHL owns and operates the Seals and that&rsquo;s the reason&hellip; Incidentally, Bobby Clarke, courageous captain of the Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers, has apologized to the National Hockey League president for calling for his retirement because of advanced age. Clarke, reacting to the suspension of Dan Saleski and Bob Kelly, two of his teammates, for their part in a recent brawl between the Flyers and California Seals, said: &ldquo;This may be the time for Campbell to give up the NHL presidency. None of the other leagues have old guys as their heads.&rdquo;&hellip; Campbell, 69. said in a statement: &ldquo;As far as I&rsquo;m concerned. I accept Clarke&rsquo;s apology in good faith and this incident is closed.&rdquo;&hellip; Most people fear scrappy little Henri Richard may have played his last game for the Montreal Canadiens. When the Montreal captain broke his ankle the other night against Buffalo in the first three minutes of the game it meant he would be sidelined for at least six weeks. However. Henri will soon be 39 and that&rsquo;s a tough age to bounce back from such an injury&hellip; Frank Christie of the Buffalo Sabres is the oldest trainer in point of service in the NHL. He&rsquo;s also one of the best and possesses a fund of hockey lore. A great little guy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02823/3274498-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="288" height="494"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Christie</figcaption></div>&bull; FORMER ST. LOUIS coach Lou Angotti is trying to make the necessary arrangements to play for the Chicago Cougars of the WHA. The Cougars are coached by Lou&rsquo;s old Black Hawk teammate, Pat Stapleton. The hangup is that Angotti&rsquo;s negotiating rights in the WHA are owned by Indianapolis&hellip; &ldquo;Rosetown Loves Flyers&rsquo; Dave Schultz&rdquo; is a wonderfully warm story in the December issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL. This is a different type of hockey yarn and must reading for every Schultz follower&hellip; Gary Sabourin. a rock of the St. Louis Blues for seven seasons, was gone from the team only a short time when one of his club records was broken. Pierre Plante, the Blues&rsquo; top right winger since Sabourin&rsquo;s departure, scored two goals 15 seconds apart against Buffalo. Sabourin&rsquo;s old record of 16 seconds was set March 17, 1970&hellip; Dennis Murphy, the bouncy president of the WHA. said his league&rsquo;s crowds are up 31.7 percent. &ldquo;We are highly encouraged with the response to the WHA this season. As a matter of fact we are elated in view of the general economy. Through 69 games the WHA has attracted 478.858 fans for a per game average of 6.940. This is an increase of 31.7 percent over last season.&rdquo; enthused Murphy&hellip; Ted Darling, the &ldquo;voice&rdquo; of the Buffalo Sabres, hasn&rsquo;t missed broadcasting a Sabres&rsquo; game since the team entered the NHL five years ago. This includes the pre-season exhibition games and Stanley Cup playoffs&hellip; Morris Mott, ace right winger of the California Seals, will be featured in an upcoming issue of Time magazine on academic athletes. Morris will shortly be receiving his doctorate in history&hellip; Tim Sheehy is a native of International Falls. Minn, and not the Greater Boston area. Minnesota hockey fans are very proud of their hockey talent and rightly so. Henry Boucha from Warroad. Minn, and currently one of the better performers with the Minnesota North Stars is rated one of the best players to emerge from Minnesota in the post-war era&hellip; Boucha. incidentally, won universal acclaim as the best hockey player ever to perform in the Minnesota State High School Hockey Tournament.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03719/3274491-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="271" height="397"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henry Boucha</figcaption></div>&bull; THE POPULAR Junior Jottings column by Herb Myers will be discontinued for awhile due to Herb&rsquo;s illness&hellip; Seymour Knox III. the energetic president of the Buffalo Sabres, has assembled a real powerhouse this season. They were certainly charged up the night they defeated Canadiens 8-6, in one of the most entertaining games seen at the Montreal Forum in a long time. Gary Bromley, rookie goalie of the Sabres, gets better with each game and he has been playing brilliantly of late&hellip; Philadelphia Flyers have come out with a souvenir book titled &ldquo;We&rsquo;re No. I&hellip; The Story of the Flyers&rsquo; Skate to the Stanley Cup&rdquo;. The book, which contains some excellent photos, may be obtained by sending $3.00 plus .50c for mailing to the Flyers Novelty Dept, at the Spectrum, Philadelphia, Pa. 19148&hellip; Former Cleveland Barons&rsquo; trainer George Homenuk died at 55 last month. Gail Egan. Bob Carse, Whitey Prokop, Moe Roberts and Tommy Williams were some of the old Cleveland hockey crowd that attended George&rsquo;s funeral. His brother Charles Homenuk was a well-known trainer in hockey circles and anyone wishing more details should contact him at 5670 West 229 St. Fairview Park, Ohio 44126&hellip; It now costs $148.41 to equip a boy playing hockey but the tab soars to $731.65 to equip a NHL or WHA player&hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s Norm Ullman will soon be 39 and is in his 20th NHL season. He&rsquo;s played very little for the Leafs this season and is very unhappy. He can&rsquo;t figure out why Red Kelly doesn&rsquo;t play him more and he&rsquo;s issued an ultimatum to the Leafs: &ldquo;Play me or trade me.&rdquo; &hellip; When Minnesota&rsquo;s Fern Rivard was carried from the ice on a stretcher in Philadelphia recently he was given a standing ovation. &ldquo;The Flyers&rsquo; fans show theirclass again.&rdquo; said Joe Kadlec, Flyers&rsquo; director of press relations and travelling secretary.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04617/3274484-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="292" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Bromley</figcaption></div>The Hockey NewsOFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Vol. 28 No. 8 NOVEMBER 29, 1974Published 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 YorkBill Hitzig. National Sports Publishing Corp.. 150 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 ST. CATHERINE STREET WEST, SUITE 217, MONTREAL, CANADA, H3G 1R7. Second Class mail Registration No. 1327. All inquiries pertaining to subscriptions should be addressed to Subscription Dept.. The Hockey News, 1434 St. Catherine St. W. Montreal, Canada H3G 1R7Printed In Canada &#9632;

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PASSING THS PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05493/3274536-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><h2>Buffalo Shows Class Playing Both Anthems</h2>I, for one, disagree with Robert Collier of New Port Rickey, Fla. I believe that the playing of the national anthem is very important, whether the game is being played in a Canadian or an American city where both countries are represented. And not only for hockey, but for all sports. I am ashamed that Canadian cities don&rsquo;t realize the importance of playing the American anthem. I know that if I were witnessing a game in the U.S.A, and the Canadian anthem was not played, I would be very hurt. I admire Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo for playing both anthems and hope that all the other NHL organizations will learn from this city.TIM BOULTON, Niagara Falls, Ont.<h2>Canadiens Will Win Division &mdash; Not Kings</h2>I am writing in response to the letter from Jerry Darling of San Gabriel, Cal. I think that anyone who can say that the Los Angeles Kings are going to win in Division III doesn&rsquo;t have much knowledge of hockey. Remember that Montreal is in the same division. It will be no surprise to me when they win it. Darling says an active Stanley Cup goalie like Rogatien Vachon, a solid defense and a young forward wall, among other things, will do the trick. But this won&rsquo;t get them past Montreal; it probably won&rsquo;t even get them past Pittsburgh or Detroit. The experts are predicting Montreal as the winner in Division III and there is no doubt that they will be the tough competition for the Stanley Cup.BRIAN BEARE, Fillmore, Sask.<h2>Phoenix Fans Proud Of Cobra&rsquo; Goaler</h2>Just to set the record straight regarding Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s comments abput California goalie Gary Simmons (Nov. 1), it was Phoenix fans and teammates who named him &ldquo;Cobra&rdquo;. Gary played a spectacular two seasons here in the Valley of the Sun and led the then-Western Hockey League Roadrunners to their second consecutive league and Patrick Cup playoff championship. &ldquo;Simmie&rdquo; is as much of a character as he was described and Roadrunner fans were especially fond of him. Although we had hoped he would be a Roadrunner as Phoenix entered its maiden season in the WHA, we all wish Gary the best of luck in the NHL. California made a smart move when they lured him to Oakland, and he could be just what the Seals need to revitalize hockey in the Bay area.WALTER JAMES, Phoenix, Ariz.<h2>Incompetent Officiating Hurting NHL Games</h2>The recent incident during the California-Philadelphia game of Oct. 25 has once again brought to light a serious problem in the NHL-incompetent and partial officiating on the part of anumberof referees.I&rsquo;m not saying the Flyers are angels. In almost all circumstances, they deserve every penalty they receive. However, I cannot tolerate the opposing team getting away with the same infractions simply because of prejudice. Many times during the course of a season, the Flyers are called two men short, yet under the same circustances, certain referees refuse to make the same call against the other team. The banishing of Dave Schultz during the California incident, &ldquo;for the good of the game&rdquo;, is hard evidence of prejudiced officiating.There is no way any professional sport can allow prejudiced officiating to run rampant. I am sick and tired of seeing the outcome of a game affcted by an official&rsquo;s poor &ldquo;judgement&rdquo;. Paying season ticket holders form the backbone of the NHL&rsquo;s existence. We deserve a fair hockey game for our money, and it&rsquo;s time to stand up for our rights. Once and for all, incompetent referees should be taken down off their pedestals.EDWARD BOGDANOFF, Elkins Park, Pa.<h2>Give WHA Credit They&rsquo;ve Come Along</h2>I would like to point out to Nigel Salts (Fan Forum, Sept. 1974) that the World Hockey Association did very well in the Team Canada-Russia hockey series. Salts is upset that Team Canada was not represented by the NHL. But calling a team bush league&rdquo;, minor league&rdquo;, or &ldquo;old&rdquo; is merely a sign of jealousy.Many teams in the NHL are not what they are said to be. In Houston, for example, the Aeros knocked off an NHL powerhouse. St. Louis Blues in pre-season play. If the Blues are major league, then the World Football League is superb.Why don&rsquo;t some people realize and admit that the WHA has come along surprisingly well, and sooner than expected. People probably said that the old American Football League was &ldquo;bush league&rdquo; and remember what happened in that case.ED COOKSEY, Houston, Tex.<h2>Bobby Orr Not True&rsquo; Norris Trophy Winner</h2>There is something I don&rsquo;t understand. Is the James Norris Trophy awarded to the best defenseman or to the defenseman who scored the most points? I&rsquo;m sure it must be the latter, since Bobby Orr skated off with his seventh straight Norris Trophy last season. Once again, sports writers just automatically voted Orr the best defenseman in the league and it surely can&rsquo;t be because of his defensive skills Guy Lapointe, Bill White, Dave Burrows, Barclay Plager and Orr&rsquo;s teammate Dallas Smith are all better defenseman than Bobby. I am not saying that Orr is not a good player; he is an excellent skater and stickhandler. I merely believe that he is accepting the Norris Trophy &mdash;which should go to the best defenseman &mdash; under false pretenses.LOIS THOMSON, Pittsburgh, Pa. &#9632;

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Following are the latest player movements in hockey:<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MONTREAL &mdash; Doug Risebrough and Mario Tremblay, forwards, recalled from Nova Scotia of AHL.DETROIT &mdash; Doug Grant, goalkeeper, and Barry Salovaara, defenseman, recalled from Virginia of AHL. Terry Richardson, goalkeeper, sent to Virginia.BOSTON &mdash; Dave Hynes, forward, recalled from Rochester of AHL as replacement for Bobby Schmautz, forward, who is on injured list indefinitely with broken wrist.MINNESOTA &mdash; Peter LoPresti, goalkeeper, recalled from New Haven of AHL as replacement for Fern Rivard, goalkeeper, who is hospitalized. John Rogers, forward, sent to New Haven.KANSAS CITY &mdash; Dennis Patterson, defenseman, and Hugh Harvey, forward, recalled from Baltimore of AHL. Glen Burden, forward, and Bryan Lefley, defenseman, sent to Baltimore as replacements.TORONTO &mdash; Pierre Hamel, goalkeeper, recalled from Oklahoma City of CHL.ST. LOUIS &mdash; Murray Kuntz, forward, assigned to Denver of CHL. Francois Ouimet, defenseman, recalled from Columbus of IHL and reassigned to Johnstown of NAHL.CALIFORNIA &mdash; John Van Horlick, defenseman, recalled from Salt Lake ofCHL and sent to Omaha of CHL on loan. Ted McA-neeley, defenseman, sent to SaltPITTSBURGH &mdash; Harvey Bennett, forward, returned to Hershey of AHL. Jean-Guy Lagac&eacute;, defenseman, reinstated after being suspended for leaving Hershey club.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Serge Lajeunesse, forward, returned to Richmond of AHL. Bob Sirois, forward, recalled from Richmond and returned.<h2>WORLD HOCKEY ASSN.</h2>PHOENIX &mdash; Wendell Bennett, defenseman, recalled from Tulsa of CHL.QUEBEC &mdash; Michel Deguise, goalkeeper, assigned to Maine of NAHL.MICHIGAN &mdash; Billy Evo, forward, sent to Syracuse of NAHL.CLEVELAND &mdash; Mike Bartley, forward, assigned to Maine of NAHL.CHICAGO &mdash; Dune McCallum, defenseman, signed as free agent after release by Houston, assigned to Long island of NAHL. McCallum and Jim Pritchard, defensemen, and Mark Lomenda, forward, recalled from Long island. Larry Mavety and Jim Watson defensemen, and Joe Hardy, forward, assigned to Long Island as replacements.VANCOUVER &mdash; Wayne Wood, goalkeeper. Peter Driscoll and Jim Jones, forwards, recalled from Tulsa of CHL. Ed Humphreys, goalkeeper, Don O&rsquo;Donoghue, John Migneault and Mike Chernoff, forwards, sent to Tulsa as replacements, cements.WINNIPEG &mdash; Randy Andreachuk, forward, sent to Roanoke Valley of SHL.MINNESOTA &mdash; Gary Gambucci, forward, sent to Johnstown of NAHL. Curt Brackenbury, forward, recalled from Hampton of SHL. Pat Westrum, defenseman, recalled from Johnstown.INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;Connie Forey, forward, removed from injured list and assigned to Mohawk Valley of NAHL. Rick Fraser, defenseman, sent to Mohawk Valley.TORONTO&mdash; Richard Dupras, forward, assigned to Mohawk Valley of NAHL.<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>HERSHEY &mdash; Don Brennan, defenseman, recalled from Charlotte of SHL on loan and returned. Bob Smulders and Neil Korzack, forwards, sent to Charlotte.NEW HAVEN &mdash; Dave Heitz, goalkeeper, recalled from Lansing of IHL under emergency conditions. Heitz is amateur on five-game pro tryout.RICHMOND &mdash; Mike Boland, Mike Clarke, forwards, and Norm Barnes, defenseman, sent to Philadelphia of NAHL on loan. R&eacute;jean Lemelin, goalkeeper, returned to Philadelphia of NAHL. Ralph MacSweyn, defenseman, on 10-game trial with club, signed to contract.VIRGINIA &mdash; Mike Korney, defenseman, recalled from Port Huron of IHL. Ron Simpson, defenseman, reconsidered retirement and rejoined club.NOVA SCOTIA &mdash; Michel Belisle, forward, sent to Maine of NAHL.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>DALLAS &mdash; Doug Kerslake, and Larry Gibbons, forwards, sent to Flint of IHL.OMAHA &mdash; Jerry Badiuk, defenseman, sent to Toledo of IHL.FORT WORTH &mdash; Bob Fowler, forwards, assigned to Muskegon of IHL.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>MUSKEGON &mdash; Marty Desmarais, forward, announced retirement.DES MOINES &mdash; Don Muio, goalkeeper, released.PORT HURON &mdash; Greg Holst and Doug Hearus, forwards, released, Frank Blum, goalkeeper, placed on waivers. Jim Jones, defenseman, sent to Des Moines of IHL for future considerations.DAYTON &mdash; John Nazar, forward, released.TOLEDO &mdash; Mike Bartley, Tom Pinder and Dale Eloschuk, forwards, released.LANSING &mdash; Roly Kimble, goalkeeper, signed as free agent. John Preville, Tom Mikkola and Bob DeMarco, forwards, released.COLUMBUS &mdash; Bill Bond, defenseman, released.<h2>NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>MOHAWK VALLEY &mdash; Gerard Gibbons, defenseman, returned to Toronto of WHA with shoulder injury. Moe St. Jacques, forward, signed as free agent. George Thomson, forward, released.PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Murray Worley, defenseman, released.JOHNSTOWN &mdash; John Gofton, forward, signed as free agent after being released by Phoenix of WHA. &#9632;

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY HARRY KLAFF</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01898/3274591-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">The goalkeepers&rsquo; union was in unison during a recent bench-clearing brawl between Philadelphia Flyers and New York Islanders. The men in the big pads decided as a unit to stay out of it. Interested spectators from the left are goalers Bernie Parent, Flyers, Billy Smith, Islanders, Glenn Resch, Islanders and Flyers&rsquo; Wayne Stephenson.</figcaption></div>LONG ISLAND &mdash;Philadelphia. That&rsquo;s one town that Denis Potvin would like to forget.Last season &mdash; Dec. 16 to be exact &mdash; the Islander team bus began its journey from the Coliseum to the Philadelphia Spectrum, where the club would meet the Flyers that evening. After a nose count it was determined that Potvin was among the missing.Denis never did get to Philadelphia that day as the Islanders dropped a 4-0 decision. He was reprimanded by coach Al Arbour, and in all likelihood received a stiff fine to boot.Potvin was on the team bus making the return trip to Long Island after the Isles had dropped a tough 3-1 verdict to the Flyers on Nov. 3. Denis became ill en route.&ldquo;It was a hot night at the Spectrum, and I felt more tired than usual,&rdquo; said Denis as he re-created the experience. &ldquo;A short time after we pulled out, I started getting bad leg cramps. Then everything started to go black, and all I saw were white spots. I thought I was going to pass out.&rdquo;&ldquo;I was sitting in front, and one of the guys came up and said that Denis wasn&rsquo;t feeling well,&rdquo; said coach Arbour. &ldquo;We had an ambulance meet the bus on the New Jersey Turnpike, and he was taken to the hospital.&rdquo;Fortunately, the diagnosis was nothing serious. It was determined that last year&rsquo;s Calder Trophy winner was suffering from a combination of exhaustion and a lack of salt in his bloodstream.&ldquo;We have salt tablets in the dressing room, and some of the guys take them between periods,&rdquo; said Potvin. &ldquo;But I never thought I had to bother with them. I guess I&rsquo;m going to start taking them from now on.The biochemistry involved is simple. When an athlete &mdash; or anyone for that matter&mdash;perspires, he loses both water and salt. Drinking fluids replaces the water content, but not the salt. It&rsquo;s this imbalance that caused Denis&rsquo; collapse.What was Denis thinking while all this was going on? &ldquo;I was scared,&rdquo; he answered.Potvin was released from the hospital the next day, and was in the lineup two days later, as the Islanders encountered the Stanley Cup champions in a return match at the Coliseum. Although he was playing at about 60 percent efficiency by his own admission. Potvin&rsquo;s contributions would be a necessity if the Isles were to have a chance.In the end, it was Denis who helped set up Billy Harris for the tying goal of a 4-4 deadlock with only 34 seconds left on the clock. It was a wild affair, which saw the lead change hands a number of times, and was capped by a benchclearing free-for-all with a little more than a minute left in the game.The Islanders were leading 3-2 mid-way through the final period, but two quick Philadelphia goals by Terry Crisp and Reg Leach put the Flyers in front 4-3. The change of events stunned the Islanders momentarily, but the brawl incited by the Flyers in the closing moments was the impetus the Islanders needed to get back in the game.With 1:13 left, Bobby Clarke decided to take on Gary Howatt. That was mistake number one, as New York&rsquo;s Toy Tiger was getting the best of it. Bill Barber jumped in, followed by Potvin.With the fisticuffs still going in favor of the home team, Andr&eacute; Dupont escalated the conflict by hopping off the bench. Within seconds, everyone on both clubs was involved with the exception of the four goalkeepers, who witnessed the fracas together from a distance.Referee Bryan Lewis dished out 30 minutes in penalties, in addition to a double game misconduct for Dupont. When the culprits had finally retired from the ice, the two clubs stood with three skaters apiece, but the Islanders came away with a slight advantage.With the face-off deep in Philadelphia ice. Arbour pulled goaltender Billy Smith. That gave the Isles a 4-3 edge in manpower, which means that there is considerably more room to operate than the usual 6-5 arrangement in the closing seconds.The Flyers got the puck out, and narrowly missed a long shot on the empty New York goal. Denis Potvin retrieved it and carried down ice. He flipped it to Ralph Stewart in the Philadelphia zone, and the big center spotted Billy Harris unchecked by the face-off circle. Bill wound up, and zipped a shot past Bernie Parent for the equalizer.ISLAND SOUNDS: The tie against Philadelphia was the Islanders&rsquo; only point following their win over Boston on Nov. 2 through the middle of the month. &#9632;

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Philadelphia Still Haunting Denis Potvin Despite Isles’ Dramatic Tie With Flyers

<div class="byline">&#x2014; By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01886/3274629-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="301" height="362"></div><h2>Sons Of Their Fathers&hellip;</h2>THE PATRICKS REMAIN the royal family of hockey. Brothers Frank and Lester introduced artificial ice plants to Canada in 1911. Frank conceived the playoff system that spurred the growth of professional sports. He was the first to put numbers on players&rsquo; uniforms. He introduced the forward pass, the penalty shot, the bluelines and the goal crease.Frank was a drinker and he lost management positions in Boston and in the NHL front office in the early 1930&rsquo;s before he returned to live out his life in Vancouver. Lester meanwhile went on to become the greatest coach the game has known. &ldquo;The Silver I Fox&rdquo; guided the New York Rangers from their formation in 1920 until his retirement in 1939.Lesters&rsquo; sons, Murray and Lynn, played for him in the majors. Muzz played five seasons and Lynn 10 seasons for the Rangers. Both coached the Rangers. Muzz also managed them and today is a vice-president of Madison Square Garden. Lynn went on to coach and manage the Boston Bruins and the St. Louis Blues and today is a vice-president of the Blues.Lynn&rsquo;s son Craig is the third generation of Patrick to make the majors. He broke in with the California Seals and in this his fourth season up top has just joined up with Pop by way of a recent trade moving him out of Oakland into St. Louis. Anotherson, Glenn, played for Pop one game in St. Louis, was traded to Oakland and currently is playing in the minors at Salt Lake City. A third son, Les, has served in the front office of the Kings in the majors and currently is in Brussells helping get an international league going.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02788/3274622-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="278" height="640"><figcaption class="caption-body">Craig Patrick</figcaption></div>MUZZ HAS TWO SONS who might have made it, but went the other way. Both competed in college, Dick as Dartmouth captain and Paul at St. Lawrence, but Dick wanted to be a lawyer, Paul a stockbroker. It is almost sacreligious that a Patrick would prefer another profession than hockey, but young men pursue their own passions these days, not necessarily those of their parents and grandparents.Craig says, &ldquo;I was free to go my own way. My dad didn&rsquo;t encourage me to try to make a career of hockey. On the contrary, he tried to discourage me. I think he didn&rsquo;t want to feel responsible if I was pushed into it and failed. He kept pushing me and Glenn into continuing our education and kept asking us why we didn&rsquo;t become doctors or dentists He pushed us toward professions. But his dad had pushed him the same way. He still followed in his father&rsquo;s footsteps and so did we. Our life-long exposure to the sport influenced us a lot, I&rsquo;m sure, though maybe it turned Muzz&rsquo;s sons off. As a kid. I got to meet great guys on the Bruins and I admired them.&ldquo;Actually, going to college was the greatest thing that happened to my hockey career. I was born in Detroit and brought up in Boston and from time to time got on the ice with the Bruins. A lot of the players taught me a lot, including Don McKenney, Bronco Horvath and Cliff Pennington. But even in Boston the type of competition a young player gets in this country can&rsquo;t be compared to that in Canada. With my family&rsquo;s permission, I moved to Montreal at 14 so I could compete with developing players. The Canadiens owned my contract and they found a family for me to live with while I went to school and played as a Junior. But it wasn&rsquo;t until I accepted a hockey scholarship to Denver University and played there that I really developed as a player.&rdquo;Craig gained a degree in Business Administration at Denver. And, along with Keith Magnuson. Cliff Koroll and others he led the team to the NCAA crown two years in a row in the lage 1960&rsquo;s. Drafted into the Army, he applied to Jack Riley at the U.S. Military Academy for an assistant coaching position and served out his time at West Point working out with the Cadets and playing for the U.S. National team in world championship tournaments in Europe.On his discharge his contract was acquired by the Seals and he jumped right to the top in 1971. He scored 20 goals the season before last before severe injuries limited him to half that many last season. He is, befitting his background, a disciplined player who skates his right wing and plays defense as well as offense.&ldquo;I will never be a great player, but I hope to be an honest player who plays the game the way it should be played,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Being the son and grandson of men who have meant a lot to this game makes people expect more a lot of me than I have in me, but I grew up with the game and want to give it what I do have.&rdquo;PETER McNAB MIGHT HAVE been a great player if he had come up through Canadian ranks. Craig Patrick is a 185-pounder, but Peter McNab is a 6&rsquo;3&rdquo; 215-pounder. Craig has some talent, but Peter has a lot of talent. Being brought up in Boston was one thing, in San Diego quite another. Boston has a lot of amateur hockey for kids, while San Diego had one team which had to travel to find teams to play. Like Craig, Peter attended Denver University. He says he didn&rsquo;t learn to skate until he got there. Experts say if he was a super skater he would be a super star. He could yet be big for Buffalos&rsquo; Sabres.Peter&rsquo;s pop. Max. never will make the Hall of Fame. He played only three seasons in the majors.He never made the majors as a manager or coach, though he remains one of the most respected and best-liked men this sport has had. He has played, managed and coached many years in the minors, mainly in the Western League, and since being moved out of San Diego when the WHA moved in with other men, he has popped up as president of the Central League.Max is not the kind&rsquo;t complain about being overlooked by the majors all these years, but he admits he is enjoying a life he never led through his son. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m the proudest pop around,&rdquo; he grins. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m getting more of a kick out of Peter playing in the majors than I would have if it was me up there now.&rdquo;Peter says, &ldquo;Pop never pushed me. He knew from his own experience how hard it might be. But being around him and hockey brought me into the game. The average kid in San Diego simply isn&rsquo;t turned in that direction. I played there, but didn&rsquo;t learn a lot. I got on the ice with the Gulls sometimes, but they didn&rsquo;t help me much. My dad taught me some things, but he didn&rsquo;t have a lot of time to work with me.&ldquo;Four hours a day on the ice at Denver developed me. I turned pro last season, but didn&rsquo;t face the pressures that, say, Gordie Howe&rsquo;s kids have had to deal with. Dad simply isn&rsquo;t that well known across the country. But I feel good about being in his sport. I have a lot to learn, but I think now I&rsquo;m going to make it.&rdquo;No one doubts it. He scored 34 goals in the minors last season despite spending six weeks in the majors, and he was back in the big time this season. Married, he and his wife Diana have no children yet so there is not yet a third generation McNab moving toward the top. Craig and Sue Patrick have an infant. She&rsquo;s a girl, Erin, but the way the world is turning the fourth generation Patrick to make the majors may well be female. &#9632;

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div>CHICAGO &mdash;It was the decade&rsquo;s smallest upset that Ronald Chico Maki had to retire before he got some ink. Fame eludes most hockey players because they simply can&rsquo;t play the game; Maki could play the game, but klieg lights always did make him squint.Here was Everyman, the guy who carried his lunch bucket to work, did one hell of a job. and figured the best place to gripe was under one&rsquo;s breath. The closest brush he had with eternity was a long stint as roommate with Bobby Hull.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03655/3274660-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="256" height="320"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chico Maki</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Even then I was sort of his secretary,&rdquo; chirped Chico the other day, packing his bags. &ldquo;The guy was so popular that the phone would ring all day. I&rsquo;d screen the calls, telling him who was on, and he&rsquo;d nod yes or no if he wanted to talk to them. He&rsquo;d have never had any rest if it weren&rsquo;t for me.&rdquo;Reality probably struck Chico from Day One with the Hawks, a 1961 playoff joust versus Toronto. Subbing for injured Tod Sloan. Maki&rsquo;s assignment was to check, check again and check some more.&ldquo; I was so nervous for that first game that my knees were knocking,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;And you know that the way my legs are bowed, that&rsquo;s saying something. I was&rsquo;centerfora while with Ron Murphy and Eric Nesterenko, and our job was usually to go against the other top lines.&rdquo;His linemates later changed to Hull and Phil Esposito, but his purpose on ice didn&rsquo;t.&ldquo;Those guys used to go so far up ice. somebody had to stay back.&rdquo; said Chico, with not a tad of bitterness. He used to be criticized for passing off too often to Hull, but Chico would always retort. &ldquo;What can you do when you hear that big Rolls Royce coming through yelling for the puck?&rdquo;&ldquo;I got my share of recognition,&rdquo; Chico continued. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll never forget the All Star Game in Boston a couple years back when I got a goal.&rdquo;Chico could have scored more often, and surely could have played a few more years, too. But just before training camp began, his 10-year-old son Mike caught his left foot a in combine at the family farm in Simcoe. Ont. and lost four toes. Chico&rsquo;s grief was compounded by the fact that he was piloting the machine at the time.Chico missed all of camp, then finally reported to his first Hawk practice Nov. 1, looking fit, feeling fine. But it didn&rsquo;t work out, and a couple Saturdays later, the veteran craftsman met with general manager Tommy Ivan and coach Billy Reay and told them he wanted to go home.Then he called his wife Nancy in Canada and repeated the message.&ldquo;I think she was happy with the decision.&rdquo; said Chico, &ldquo;It would have been the first season we weren&rsquo;t together and it wouldn&rsquo;t have been worth it. I tried it here a couple days without them, and I got sick of looking at the walls.&ldquo;I had planned to play until I was 35 and then call it quits. That would have meant until the end of this season. So what did it matter? I just moved it up six months.&rdquo;And so Chico Maki, who always believed in an honest day&rsquo;s work, complete unselfishness, and checking his man, retired the same way he played for 13 seasons. Without much fanfare.He collected 143 goals and 286 assists in 819 regular season games for the Hawks, but more importantly, he collected many, many friends.Stan Mikita, the last active Hawk from that 1961 Cup team, offered: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not completely surprised by Chico&rsquo;s decision, but it&rsquo;s still hard to envision our team without him. On or off the ice.&rdquo;Maki said there were no external seasons for his retirement, such as his not being paid during the absence.&ldquo;On the contrary, management has been terrific to me these last months,&rdquo; said Maki. &ldquo;If fact, all these years they were great. I&rsquo;m the type of guy that if I wasn&rsquo;t playing, I don&rsquo;t expect to be paid.&ldquo;Hockey&rsquo;s been so much of my life, so I can&rsquo;t say now how it&rsquo;s going to be without it. But I don&rsquo;t see any way I&rsquo;ll change my mind. I&rsquo;m not going to go into the woodwork, though. I&rsquo;ll see the club when they come to Toronto. Buffalo and Detroit. Hell, this isn&rsquo;t the end of the world, just the end of a hockey career.&rdquo;And a distinguished one. at that. But it&rsquo;s back to Simoce, the very tight family, and perhaps a dabbling in real estate or insurance.&ldquo;Chico could have played longer,&rdquo; explained his gracious wife, &ldquo;but we are very close, and Mike&rsquo;s accident just sort of finalized his feelings. Chico has another life here, that maybe many other players aren&rsquo;t as fortunate to have. There are many, many facets to Chico.&rdquo;Facets that will be missed.&ldquo;When I first came up. a lot of veterans would hardly talk to you,&rdquo; said Chico. &ldquo;But I was always anxious to help out the kids. Hell, we&rsquo;re all a team. It was time for me togo. though. I didn&rsquo;t want to play until they booed me out of the rink.&rdquo;Even infinity wouldn&rsquo;t have seen that day. &#9632;

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Chico Maki Retires The Way He Played — Without Fanfare

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01862/3274691-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="565" height="744"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB BERRY &hellip; Record Holder</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES&mdash;Players picked up in the last season or so have provided the push which has projected the Kings into the top ranks of the NHL, but owner Jack Kent Cooke, manager Jake Milford and coach Bob Pulford rebuilt this team around a nucleus of veterans, such as Juha Widing, Bob Berry, Butch Goring. Frank St. Marseille. Terry Harper and Rogie Vachon.In the fifth week of the 26-week season. the Kings won in St. Louis and Pittsburgh to stretch their undefeated road record to a team record of seven games, then came home to tie the powerful Rangers to stretch the longest undefeated streak of the young NHL season to eight games. With only one loss in their first 15 games, they had the best record in the league.Berry is one of the big reasons behind the rise of the team. The 6&rsquo;, 195-pound left-winger is a slow skater and lacks a sizzling shot, but he is such a clever shooter around the net that he is called &ldquo;Crease.&rdquo; He entered his fifth season as a major leaguer with 101 goals and it is said if you stretched the length of each they would not reach end to end of a hockey rink. But he puts the puck in the net.Berry scored six goals in the first 15 games this season. The fifth moved him ahead of long-gone Eddie Joyal as the team&rsquo;s all-time scorer. His center, Juha Widing, the only King with longer continuous service with the club, has six this season, too, and was within reach of the record at 101.Recognizing that it does not exactly put him up with Gordie Howe, Berry dismisses the record. &ldquo;The only thing that counts is that I am contributing to a contender,&rdquo; he comments. &ldquo;After years with a loser, it is satisfying to be with a winner.&ldquo;We are for real. We have put a lot of talent together on this team. We may lack a lot of super stars, but we have balance and depth and we are using it in a system that works. Pully has us pulling together. Everyone contributes on defense as well as offense. We are going to lose games, but we are going to win a lot more.&ldquo;We started to come around the middle of last season and we are continuing to come on now. We know how to win now. We have confidence in our club. When we slump, we&rsquo;ll bounce back. We are going to get better and better. It picks up your pride to do good individually when your team is doing bad. but it is hard work when it goes for nothing. Now we look forward to games.&rdquo;An outstanding all-around athlete. Berry is an interesting individual. A good-hitting catcher, he went to baseball spring training with Houston&rsquo;s Astros but declined a minor league contract. A sure-handed end. he enrolled at the University of Kentucky on a football scholarship, but quit in the pre-school training period. He played semi-pro for the Quebec Rifles of the Continental League and went to camp with the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian League, but quit the team.An intelligent man, he attended the University of Michigan, Middlebury College and McGill University a couple of weeks here and a month or two there before settling in at Sir George Williams University in Montreal, where he majored in psychology and took-a degree in liberal arts.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s laughbable when I look back on it. the way I went from place to place and kept quitting,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;But I had no goal in life and it&rsquo;s hard to be happy anywhere when you don&rsquo;t know what you&rsquo;re doing there. Fortunately. I finally found studies-that interested me. but nothing I&rsquo;ll use in later life.&ldquo;I could have made it in baseball or football. I think. I was physically equal to it. but I lacked the mental toughness to hang in there. I didn&rsquo;t want it enough. Hockey scholarships got me into different colleges, but I only wanted to make the Canadian National Team so I could tour Europe and see some of the world, which I did.&ldquo;I was talked into trying it professionally. In doing it. I fell in love with it. I had matured and toughened sufficiently to make it. Now, with the money being paid players, they&rsquo;ll have to tear my uniform off to get me out of the game.&rdquo; No one is about to do that yet. Montreal made a mistake letting him go without a trial and at 31 he appears at his peak.His interests range beyond the ice. Married at the start of last season to a nurse, he and his wife Lynn purchased a handsome house in the exclusive Palos Verdes area. They toured Europe this summer and came home and watched many baseball games, his favorite recreation.They are readers. He says he reads a lot more than she does, she says less. He reads systematically. Feeling he was wasting his time on trips, he started by studying the life and works of Hemingway. Currently he is into books dealing with the world&rsquo;s past political upheavals. Not one to pose pretentiously. he laughs. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s impressive when you carry a heavy, hard-cover book around with you.&rdquo;A star on a rising team. Berry contributes stability to a club of diverse personalities. &#9632;

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Kings Come To Praise Berry, Not To Seize Him

<div class="byline">BILL MAKI</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02771/3274722-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">He Fell On The Ice&hellip; I Examined His Head&hellip; But Found NOTHING!&rdquo;</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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CARTOON CORNER

LOS ANGELES&mdash;Developing rapidly. Don Kozak has taken Mike Corrigan&rsquo;s place on right wing with the Bob Berry-Juha Widing duo on the Kings. Two seasons back, Berry was beaten out by Corrigan, 36 goals to 37, for the team&rsquo;s single, season scoring record. but Corrigan is playing only in spots now. He knows the coach can&rsquo;t change a winning lineup, so he is working hard, practising patience and not popping off while waiting for his chance to win back a regular role.The most explosive player on the team, Butch Goring, has been waiting three weeks since recovering from an injury fora regular role, but coach Bob Pulford just doesn&rsquo;t want to tamper with what is winning for him. Pulford would like to find a place for young spare defender Neil Komadoski, who he says could play regularly for half the teams in the league. He has tried him on a wing. Tom Williams is the hottest King currently with five goals in the last four games and eight for the season, but his teammates on the &ldquo;Off Broadway Line&rdquo;. Mike Murphy and Gene Carr, have only one goal each.The Kings were not scored on in the first period of a game until their 13th game in St. Louis. They came from behind twice to tie the Rangers, 2-2, before 15,673. eighth largest home crowd in their history. &#9632;

Corrigan Off Regular Shift

<div class="byline">BY BILL FLEISCHMAN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01876/3274777-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="549" height="1619"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL CLEMENT &hellip; Playing Again</figcaption></div>PHILADELPHIA &mdash;The nickname-happy Flyers have a new handle for Bill Clement: Meet &ldquo;Two-Goal&rdquo; Clement, as in &ldquo;Two-Gun&rdquo;. Shooting the puck like never before. Clement had three two-goal games despite not dressing for five of the first 16 outings.Last season, when the promising young forward suited up for just half the Flyers&rsquo; regular season games some irreverent Philadelphia writers gave him another nickname: &ldquo;Runway Bill&rdquo;. Clement spent many games standing in runways at NHL arenas wearing civilian clothes and a forlorn expression.On their charge to the Stanley Cup the Flyers seemed to be passing by Clement, who not long ago was branded &ldquo;The next Flyers&rsquo; super star&rdquo; by GM Keith Allen. Of course, Allen never guessed that Rick MacLeish would emerge as a 50-goal scorer. MacLeish took one centerman&rsquo;s job behind Bobby Clarke; cool, hard-working Orest Kindrachuk took another, and veteran Terry Crisp was preferred by coach Fred Shero for the part-time spot.Which left Clement, 23, either watching or winging it. It has been as a right winger that &ldquo;Two Goal&rdquo; has blossomed as a scorer. With Don Saleski and Bob Kelly suspended for six games and Gary Dornhoefer later sidelined with a fractured cheekbone, coach Fred Shero was forced to use Clement. All he did was look like he belonged &mdash; at last.No one has ever questioned Clement&rsquo;s skating or alertness. The off-season University of Ottawa student can analyze hockey as well as anyone and is a thinker on the ice. He clearly has the size (6&rsquo; T&rsquo;,200Ibs.)foran NHLforward. But something has been missing.Maybe the missing link was found in the Stanley Cup playoffs when Clement made a rapid recovery from damaged knee ligaments to play brilliantly in the last three games against Boston. Clement showed he wanted to stay in Philadelphia. When he was included on the Flyers&rsquo; expansion protected list the handsome blond lad sighed and said. &ldquo;This is the happiest day of my life.&rdquo;Is he happy with Saleski and Kelly freed from Clarence Campbell&rsquo;s doghouse?&ldquo;I feel I&rsquo;ve earned a regular job, but it&rsquo;s up to Freddie,&rdquo; he says.All Freddie Shero will say is Clement can expect to play, mostly as a winger, but he&rsquo;ll still be sharing ice time with Kelly and Saleski.Clement, who speaks French better than some French players, accepts a future on the wing in Philadelphia.&ldquo;Probably the toughest thing is taking passes on your backhand.&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;but if that&rsquo;s where I have to play I&rsquo;ll play.&rdquo;Taking passes isn&rsquo;t as tough as watching the Flyers from the press box. Hearing that teams such as Toronto, California and Pittsburgh were interested in him doesn&rsquo;t soothe Clement. An athlete who prefers Philadelphia; Derek Sanderson wouldn&rsquo;t understand.FLYER FACTS: Orest Kindrachuk&rsquo;s penalty shot goal against Washington&rsquo;s Michel Belhumeur was the first ever by a Flyer. Bill Clement missed against Detroit last season on the club&rsquo;s first penalty shot attempt&hellip; Gary Dornhoefer&rsquo;s cheekbone surgery was more serious than expected: the operation took four hours to repair 12 small fractures. The hard-luck veteran was injured colliding with teammate Rick MacLeish&hellip; After Terry Crisp scored against California on a 50-foot slapshot, Fred Shero smiled and said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s unusual for Terry to shoot that hard: he must be working out on the Apollo (exerciser).&rdquo; &#9632;

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Two-Gun Clement Happy Just Being In Philadelphia

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01847/3274815-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"></div><h2>A Medical Who&rsquo;s Who</h2>TO FRED BARRETT, the commonplace hockey injuries such as the charley-horse and pulled groin are mere minor annoyances, a speck of dust in the eye or a leaky nose.You see, the young defenseman of the Minnesota North Stars has had such a plethora of serious injuries in his hockey career that he&rsquo;s reached a point where a charley-horse hardly rates inclusion on the list, unless he opens a trivia addendum to it.Compiling a catalogue of Barrett&rsquo;s injuries comes close to qualifying one for a medical degree. He&rsquo;s broken just about everything but his earlobe and what he hasn&rsquo;t broken, he&rsquo;s separated or dislocated. Here&rsquo;s the Barrett list on an annual basis.1965-66: Playing with Ottawa Capitals of the Central Junior League, Barrett, 15 at the lime, split his his knee-cap at mid-season and didn&rsquo;t play again.1966-67: A member of the Toronto Marlboros, Barrett sustained a sprained ankle attraining camp. It turned oul that he had a large bone chip on the inside of the ankle and he played in only two games all season.1967-68: Barrett worked the whole season with the Marlies. &ldquo;Oh. I had a few small injuries like a broken hand but nothing serious,&rdquo; says Barrett, displaying the attitude that has helped him survive when a lesser man would have been tempted to throw in the cast.1968-69: A healthy season of 52 games. &ldquo;Some trivial things, like a pulled groin.&rdquo; Barrett recalls.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02734/3274808-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="508" height="611"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Barrett</figcaption></div>1969-70: Another sound campaign and a selection by the North Stars in the second round of the amateur draft.1970-71: Barrett surprised by earning a regular berth on the Stars&rsquo; defense with his strong skating and aggressive play. But in February. 1971 he broke a femur (thigh bone) and missed the remainder of the season. That was a rare happening; seldom has a hockey player fractured a thigh bone.1971-72: Assigned to the Cleveland Barons of the American League. Barrett performed impressively for 51 games until he acquired a shoulder separation.1972-73: Barrett broke a hand in training camp, then was plagued by an ankle injury late in the season. He played in 46 games.1973-74: Barrett had a fairly sound season until a deflected puck from a slap-shot in practice broke his jaw and ended his season in February.1974-75: Early in the schedule. Barrett was hit on the ankle by a shot in practice and a bone was cracked. Original estimate of his absence from the lineup was six weeks but he returned to action in three.<h2>His Bones Are Strong</h2>A LIST OF BROKEN BONES such as Barrett&rsquo;s would create the impression that he is injury-prone and extremely brittle with bones like dried macaroni which would break if anyone breathed heavily on them.However, Barrett&rsquo;s doctors have assured him that isn&rsquo;t the case. He&rsquo;s had extensive tests which show the opposite; that his bones are extremely strong.&ldquo;In the physical education course I was taking at University of Ottawa in the summers. I was involved in quite a bit of fitness testing.&rdquo; Barrett says. &ldquo;I had the doctors test my bones to see if they were brittle. It would seem to me that they were because I broke so many of them with no trouble at all.&ldquo;The tests showed that my bones, if anything, were extremely strong and I always seemed to recover from broken bones very quickly. Like the cracked ankle this fall. The doctors said it would be at least six weeks and they could hardly believe it that I was ready to go in three weeks.&ldquo;Maybe it&rsquo;s because my bones have had so much practice at healing that they&rsquo;re able to do it more quickly now. I just hope they don&rsquo;t get any more chance to work at it.&rdquo;Barrett has no intricate explanation for his chain of broken bones. He&rsquo;s managed to maintain a rather sound attitude about it all.&ldquo;What the heck. It&rsquo;s not something to sit and think about,&rdquo; he says. I just try to keep myself in the best physical condition possible but getting hit in the jaw by a shot really isn&rsquo;t something that you can dream up great ways to prevent.<h2>Injuries On Freak Side</h2>&ldquo;ALMOST ALL MY INJURIES have been freak things. They&rsquo;ve happened on routine plays. Funny thing. I&rsquo;ve been hit on the ankles by much harder shots, and had nothing more thana sting, than the one which cracked the bone.&rdquo;Barrett does play the game aggressively and his injuries have not caused him to play the &ldquo;safe&rdquo; way, avoiding physical contact in case another bone cracks. He&rsquo;s a hard hitter who isn&rsquo;t the slightest bit reluctant to plough into traffic.In that regard, he&rsquo;s the same as Brian Glennie of the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the NHL&rsquo;s best body checkers. Glennie has been injured often, too, enough to earn the nickname &ldquo;Evel Knievel&rdquo; from his mate. Like the motorcycle daredevil, Glennie has broken assorted bones and dislocated a few others.&ldquo;Maybe it&rsquo;s the way I play that makes me vulnerable,&rdquo; Barret says. &ldquo;I think I&rsquo;m the same as Glennie. We both tend to play flat-out and that way, I suppose you run the risk of injuries. But that&rsquo;s the way I&rsquo;ve always played and I doubt if I&rsquo;ll change now.&rdquo; &#9632;

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FRANK ORR SAYS:

<div class="byline">BY JAY GREENBERG</div>KANSAS CITY&mdash;Ten minutes after a loss. Bep Guidolin can usually bring himself to talk about it.Often there are no specific answers to questions, just Bep pacing back and forth in the hall underneath Kemper Arena, boiling. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re got to have a leader,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;There will be some changes, I guarantee it. Trades, too. We don&rsquo;t have to stand for this, and we won&rsquo;t.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03577/3274846-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="276" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Robin Burns</figcaption></div>A night of sleep and a day off to think must have reminded him that probably he will have to stand for most it, after all. Two days later, as the Scouts practised, he was in a better mood and a little more realisitc.&ldquo;You just can&rsquo;t keep picking at a team like ours,&rdquo;he said. &ldquo;But they let the game get over with when it got to be 4-1 (it ended with Buffalo winning 6-1). We&rsquo;ve got to get more second effort. We&rsquo;ve got to get rid of that attitude.&rdquo;&ldquo;How do you do that?&rdquo; he was asked.&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to keep reminding them.&rdquo;&ldquo;And if that doesn&rsquo;t work?&rdquo;&ldquo;Then you make some changes.&rdquo;And so it goes with Bep in Expansionland. One month into the season, 1,000 miles away from Boston, and light years away from being able to match up with the Bruins, he was 1-11-1 at this writing. but still refusing to feel sorry for himself.&ldquo;1 knew what I was doing when I came here,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;And I knew where I was before I came here.&rdquo;Still, the losing is new to him. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s been 20 years since I&rsquo;ve been involved in a losing cause,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;But it&rsquo;s not that I don&rsquo;t take it lightly. I don&rsquo;t like to lose and I&rsquo;m eating my heart out when we do. I&rsquo;m wrapped up in the team and the players. This is the team we picked in the draft. It&rsquo;s my team.&rdquo;The fact that they&rsquo;re Scouts now. not his Bruins, cannot be lost on him as time after time he walks into a locker room after losing. And the people, even in Kansas City where major-league hockey is new, are constantly asking him, why, oh why, did he give it all up.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been asked about that three or four times a day.&rdquo; Bep says &ldquo;and I don&rsquo;t want to be misunderstood. I&rsquo;m happy to be here. I want to be one of the builders. One of these days when there&rsquo;s a half-decent team here, I want to be able to say that I was a part of building it.&rdquo;Nevertheless, the Scouts lost a few bricks in the week past. They returned from their first victory in Washington facing five straight home games, and expecting to grab another victory or two. In their first game, they outshot Pittsburgh 48-35 and lost 5-3. In the second, they outshot Vancouver 39-27 and lost 6-4.Just when they seemed to be ready to get over the hump and convert those shots into enough goals to win a game, Buffalo breezed into and out of Kemper, 6-1. Bep called it the most discouraging loss of the year, and Michel Plasse, the Scouts&rsquo; goaltender, must have felt that way too. He faced 47 shots, 19 in the first period as the Sabres outclassed and later outhustled the Scouts.I he need for a hitting defenseman grew desperate as the Scouts continually gave up four, five and six goals a game, and some kind of player moves were imminent at this writing.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re talking several clubs, and I feel we&rsquo;ll make some sort of move in a day or two,&rdquo; said Sid Abel, the Scouts&rsquo; general manager. &ldquo;Even if it&rsquo;s only a matter of changing a face or two within the organization.&rdquo;LOOSE PUCKS: Wilf Paiement scored goals in six consecutive games&hellip; Robin Burns scored his first NHL goal against his former Penguin teammates and added three more in ensuing games&hellip; After drawing 14,258 for the Kemper Arena opening, the Scouts averaged 7,415 for the next three home games. &#9632;

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Guidolin Contemplates Changes As Scouts Continue To Lose

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04408/3274877-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY GARE &hellip;Buffalo Sabres</figcaption></div>When hockey scouts were compiling their list of draftable Junior players last spring one player who didn&rsquo;t rank as high as his record would indicate was Calgary Centennials&rsquo; right wing Danny Gare. The scouts said Gare, at 5&rsquo;9&rdquo; and 175 lbs., might be too small for pro hockey despite his 68 goals in the Western Canada Hockey League last year. There were 28 players chosen ahead of Gare in the amateur draft, but there certainly aren&rsquo;t 28 first-year pros better than him. Gare has shown the Sabres they made no mistake in drafting him, scoring four goals and assisting on 10 others in the Sabres&rsquo; first 16 games. He had more than any other rookie at that stage of the season. &#9632;

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MEET THE ROOKIES

MONTREAL &mdash;The Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; suffered a big blow when captain Henri Richard suffered a fractured left ankle in a game against the Buffalo Sabres Nov. 13 in Montreal.The 38-year-old center suffered the fracture in the first period of the game when he crashed into the boards with Buffalo&rsquo;s Larry Carriere. Richard&rsquo;s leg will be in a cast for at least six weeks. Although the fracture is not considered to be a serious one, at Richard&rsquo;s age any injury must be considered serious. He could be out of action for almost three months.It wasn&rsquo;t a good night for the Canadiens at all as Richard returned from the hospital to watch his team lose 8-6 to the Sabres. It was the first time in history the Canadiens had lost to the Sabres in Montreal.After the game, the Canadiens announced they were calling up center Doug Risebrough and right wing Mario Tremblay from the Nova Scotia Voyageurs. &#9632;

Richard Shelved Six Weeks With Broken Ankle

<div class="byline">BY CHRIS ZELKOVICH</div>MONTREALSteve Shutt has a goal in life. It&rsquo;s not to score 40 or 50 goals a season as many believe he will and it&rsquo;s not to become one of the best hockey players in the National Hockey League as many believe he some day will.Shutt&rsquo;s goal goes beyond the hockey arena. He simply wants to find as many interesting things to do in life as he can, and judging by his current lifestyle he&rsquo;s well on his way to reaching that goal.Shutt is a talented 22-year-old left winger with the Montreal Canadiens; a star just waiting to be born. Being a professional hockey player he earns more money than the average guy dreams of earning and has more spare time than most of us. And he takes full advantage of both the time and money to explore his interest in interesting things.Take his car for example. A Mustang? A Cadillac? Maybe a Porsche? No. they&rsquo;re all far too ordinary and dull for Shutt.He has the distinction of being the only player in professional hockey to drive a 1956 Bentley, or any model Bentley for that matter.&ldquo;Ah. I used to drive a Mustang,&rdquo; Shutt says, &ldquo;but what&rsquo;s that? Lots of people drive Mustangs. But how many people drive Bentleys, old ones at that?&rdquo;Obtaining such a unique trademark was no easy task. Shutt purchased the car through the classified ads in a Toronto newspaper and kept it in a garage for 10 months while the body was rebuilt. He had a quadrophonic stereo system installed and all the metal on the car was custom made by hand. While Shutt isn&rsquo;t saying how much it&rsquo;s cost him to drive his car, you can be sure he could have bought more than one Mustang with the money he spent on ths Bentley.People used to say I was crazy with my money.&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Some still do. But I figure if you can&rsquo;t spend your money on interesting things, what&rsquo;s left to spend it on?&rdquo;But Shutt isn&rsquo;t entirely a carefree spender. He suggested last year that he was going to install a telephone in the car so he could make obscene phone calls while driving it. But the finished Bentley doesn&rsquo;t have a phone.A guy was going to give me a deal on a phone.&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Eighteen hundred bucks. Some deal.&rdquo;So what can Shutt do with his Bentley besides drive it to the Forum from his suburban St. Lambert home? For one. he can drive around the rural areas around Montreal and look for antiques, another one of his interesting pastimes.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got this house all furnished in Canadian pine.&rdquo; the effervescent bachelor says. &ldquo;I just buy old furniture, strip it down and refinish it. It keeps me busy. Besides new furniture is so expensive and it&rsquo;s really not worth anything.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just great to go to an old barn, find a piece of junk and then turn it into something beautiful. It gives you a great feeling of satisfaction.&ldquo;Like right now I&rsquo;m fixing up this old 1932 radio. As soon as I find someone to fix a few wires it&rsquo;ll work. And it&rsquo;ll look so much nicer than anything you can buy in a department store.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s funny to look at an old sink that looks like a piece of junk and then walk into an antique store and see it selling for $400.&rdquo;While most of his teammates are spending their spare time golfing, fishing, hunting or attending to business interests Shutt collects and works on antiques. Why?&ldquo;It keeps life interesting,&rdquo; he says with a smile.Keeping life interesting isn&rsquo;t restricted to leisure time for Shutt, either.He does interesting things in his job. for instance. There are nights, such as Nov. 9 of this year, when Shutt does interesting things like scoring three goals in a game. And there are weeks when he does entertaining things like scoring six goals in three games as he did last week. And there are nights, such as during last season&rsquo;s Stanley Cup playoffs, when Shutt does interesting things like scoring goals, setting up plays and playing like the star they say he&rsquo;ll be.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01832/3274908-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="561" height="477"><figcaption class="caption-body">STEVE SHUT$&hellip;Future Star</figcaption></div>Then there are nights when Shutt does interesting things like forgetting what to do when the other team has the puck. An there are nights when he forgets the meaning of the word defense. And there are times, such as the past training camp, when he does interesting things like reporting to camp eight pounds overweight.As entertaining as his on-ice life is, the Canadiens&rsquo; management is convinced things will become even more interesting when Shutt starts doing more of the former group and less of the latter.As for now, Shutt just keeps working and waiting. And keeping interested.HAB-BITS: The Canadiens turned into goal-scorers during the week, scoring 25 goals in four games. The bulk of that came in an 11-1 victory over Washington&hellip; Glen Sather, appearing in only his second game of the season, scored his first goal in the Washington game&hellip; Glenn Goldup and John Van Boxmeer are seeing more time in the press box&hellip; Rumblings of discontent are emanating from the backup goaltenders, Bunny Larocque and Wayne Thomas. Ken Dryden has started 15 of the Canadiens&rsquo; first 16 games and with that type of record there isn&rsquo;t much sense in carrying three goaltenders.<h2>SPORTS</h2>Guides, Yearbooks, Programs, Photos, Tickets, etc. Largest Selection. Lowest Prices. Fastest Service.FOR NEW CATALOG SEND 25c 70:G.-S. GALLERY, Dept. HN-L 5 P.O. Box 475, Allentown, Pa. 18105. &#9632;

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Shutt Enjoys Keeping Hockey, Lite Interesting

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div>ST. LOUIS&mdash;The St. Louis Blues, who had to hire a new coach three weeks into the season when most capable coaches are already settled in their jobs, nevertheless came up with a good man in Garry Young.In the National Hockey League&rsquo;s first coaching change of the season Young succeeded Lou Angotti, who resigned after nine games primarily because of disagreements with his players over hockey theories. Lynn Patrick, the Blues&rsquo; senior vice president, coached two games &mdash; and was undefeated &mdash; while the Blues were searching for and negotiating with Young.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02720/3274963-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="272" height="528"><figcaption class="caption-body">Garry Young</figcaption></div>The St. Louis players are happy with the selection of Young and are playing with a more relaxed attitude. Angotti is a more intense person and was a more firm coach.Angotti had been trying very hard to develop the Blues&rsquo; young players, and the team started the season with the unusually high number of nine rookies on a roster of 23. Young is not abandoning the young players but he is definitely giving more ice time to the veterans. The three players who have been with the Blues the longest. Garry Unger and the Plager brothers, Barclay and Bob, had frequently been warming the bench under Angotti. Young has restored them to their starting positions and is giving them all the action they can handle.Unger, the free-wheeling All Star center who was switched unsuccessfully to left wing by Angotti, had complained that Angotti&rsquo;s coaching made players &ldquo;like mechanical robots with no allowance for individual instincts&rdquo;. Unger is scoring more now with rookie Ken Richardson as his left wing.The Blues&rsquo; three Boston alumni. Don Awrey, Eddie Johnston and Ace Bailey, remember Young from his long career with the Bruins and are vocal in praising him.&ldquo;He can do the job,&rdquo; says Johnston. &ldquo;It was his draft picks that built the Bruins up from a last-place team into a Stanley Cup champion, and he put together a pretty good, young team in California three years ago.&rdquo;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s a player&rsquo;s coach, &ldquo; says Awrey. &ldquo;He listens and works with the players.&rdquo;Young&rsquo;s NHL experience is not in coaching. He coached the Seals for 12 games two years ago with a 2-7-3 record. But he has been in and around the league for virtually all of his adult life and has amassed a great knowledge of hockey.Young&rsquo;s own playing career was cut short 25 years ago as a Junior with the Toronto Marlboros when he suffered a back injury. He started his professional career as a 19-year-old scout for the Boston organization and also coached Junior B hockey with the Kingston Frontenacs. He scouted for the Bruins for many years and in 1967 succeeded Harold Cotton as the team&rsquo;s chief scout. The back injury that he suffered as a teenager required a second operation 16 years later in 1965 when Young suffered temporary complete paralysis.In March of 1971 Young was named director of player personnel and manager of Boston&rsquo;s farm teams but he left his long time employer two months later to become general manager of the Seals, then owned by Charlie Finley. Young&rsquo;s brief stint as coach was at the beginning of the season two years ago. When he was replaced as coach by Fred Glover, Young cited his health, including recent major surgery, including the temporary deflation of one lung. Finley fired Young as general manager in January of 1973 after charging that Young had signed California players to contracts calling for salaries higher than those authorized by Finley. At that time the Seals were having problems with defections to the World Hockey Association.A year later, after Finley sold the Seals to the NHL last February, Young was called back to help run the Seals with Munson Campbell. The two men served as caretaker administrators for the remainder of last season. Young resigned in August &mdash; again citing reasons of health &mdash; and had been working for Dick Sorkin, a players&rsquo; agent, until called about the job with the Blues.Asked about the present state of his health. Youngsays, &ldquo;My health is 100 percent now. After you get away from the game a little bit, you&rsquo;re anxious to get back.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Young Restores Blues’ Veterans To Regular Duty

<div class="byline">BY Jules Furth</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01833/3274994-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="198" height="317"></div><h2>Throwing The Stick</h2>Dear Jules:It seems there are different penalties a player can get for the same offense. The one I&rsquo;m referring to is when a player throws his stick. Would you please explain this?R.W., Cleveland, O.Dear R.W.:It is pretty rare today for players to throw sticks. However, if they do, there are different penalties imposed depending upon where the stick is thrown, at whom and when. Differentiation is made at amateur and professional levels.First, if any member of the defending side, including a goalkeeper or anyone on the bench including manager, coach or trainer deliberately throws a stick, part of a stick, or for that matter, any other object while the puck is in his defending zone, then a penalty shot would be awarded if a goal was not scored on the play. If this happened when a goalie had been &ldquo;pulled&rdquo;, a goal would be awarded automatically.If a player on the ice throws a stick in the direction of the puck carrier he would receive a major penalty if a penalty shot had not been awarded or a goal scored. Ifa player is just discarding a broken stick and does not interfere with the play or an opponent, there is no penalty.And lastly, depending on the League, if a player thinks his stick is a javelin and hurls it out of the rink or into the stands, he can get anything from a misconduct penalty, a nasty report to the league President, a law suit or&hellip; the stick thrown right back at him by an irate fan.Enough of this sticky subject?<h2>Weird Ice Play</h2>Dear Jules:I went to a game at Madison Square Garden last year and the Atlanta Flames and New York Rangers had something weird happen in their game. In the last minute of play, the Flames were losing 2-1 and pulled their goalie to get an extra attacker in play. They were down in the New York end and Bill Fairbairn (N.Y. wing) got the puck away from Atlanta and broke up right wing. Pete Stemkowski (also N.Y. wing) came up the left side. Manery was the lone Atlanta defenseman back as the other Flames were all deep in the Ranger zone trying to tie4he score. As Manery skated back he tripped and fell at the center line. Now there was no one between Fairbairn, Stemkowski and an open net. A sure goal. All of a sudden Pat Quinn came out on the ice from the Atlanta bench just as Fairbairn was shooting. Quinn&rsquo;s unexpected action distracted Fairbairn from taking the shot and Stemkowski zoomed over the blueline into the Atlanta zone ahead of the puck and so the linesman blew his whistle for an offside!!!The whistle came just a fraction of a second ahead of Fairbairn&rsquo;s shot into the open goal. The red light came on when the puck went in.Referee Brian Lewis ruled no goal because of the offside!!! How could he? The offside was caused by an illegal player! Then Coach Emile Francis got so upset at this stupid decision that he came out on the ice to protest to Lewis. Lewis gave Francis a bench minor (for coming on the ice) and the Rangers had to play a man short for&rsquo; the rest of the game! This was ridiculous. What if Atlanta had tied the game because of this goof? Boy, that is bad officiating, don&rsquo;t you think?J.G.. Bronx, N.Y.Dear J.G.:That sounded exciting. There are a couple of interpretations of a few rules that could have applied to the play you describe. First is the rule that calls for an awarded goal if the puck carrier is distracted by objects or sticks thrown from the bench. Does the distraction have to be physical in nature? Then there is the rule that calls for a penalty shot for deliberate illegal substitution too many men on the ice) in the last two minutes of the game where the time penalty cannot be served in its entirety. Although the temptation is there to compare this with a football player running for a touchdown only to have an emotional substitute jump off the bench and tackle him, it doesn&rsquo;t fall into the same category. Scotty Morrison, supervisor of officials for the National Hockey League, was kind enough to explain some of the ramifications.It was unfortunate, he said, that neither the linesmen nor the referee spotted Quinn as the seventh man on the ice. If they had, the proper call would have been a penalty shot and Atlanta, of course, would have been permitted to put their goalkeeper back in goal for this. Again, he stressed, we are dealing with human beingsand human judgements and, therefore, human errors are bound toenter into these decisions. They are in no way deliberate. But no one would like to see a game officiated by an electronic robot either.In answer to your question regarding what would happen if Atlanta had tied the game? Well, there would have been screams and protests and reports filed in triplicate and possibly even a small show of displeasure from the Ranger fans. I can also assure you that Morrison and his staff have bloodshot eyes from watching the videotape replay.Any reader having any questions regarding rule interpretations or game situations can write to HEY REF, do THE HOCKEY NEWS, 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal, Canada H3G 1R7. &#9632;

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hey, ref!

<div class="byline">BY DEREK COOPER</div>OAKLAND &mdash;Roger, the manager at Sam&rsquo;s Hofbrau, was on the phone to the Seals&rsquo; office, and there was no nonsense in his voice. &ldquo;Listen,&rdquo; he said accusingly. &ldquo;People have been telling me that we&rsquo;re serving a lot of your players who are underage. How many of those young kids on your team are over 21 anyway?As it turns out Roger need not have been quite so alarmed because despite their youthful appearance, only one Seal player is under 21 years old. However, if the California drinking age was suddenly raised to 25, most of the Seals would be restricted to ordering Shirley Temples.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03563/3275025-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="278" height="402"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Meloche</figcaption></div>The current California roster shows 13 players under 25 years old. Of the remaining seven, only two are over 30. That comes out to a team average age of 24 years old. In addition, nine players on the 20-man squad are rookies. Talk about robbing the cradle.The makeup of this team is indeed a paradox to the rest of the league. Most general managers like to compare their players to a fine wine or cheese, and feel that a few years of proper aging will produce a far better product. Not so the Seals. Instead of looking for older, more mature players to lead them out of the wilderness, they have embraced the revolutionary philosophy that &ldquo;the old just get older while the young get better.&rdquo;In explaining the Seals&rsquo; most recent trade which sent 28-year old Craig Patrick and 30-year old Stan Gilbertson to St. Louis for a pair of 22-year-olds in Dave Gardner and Butch Williams, director of hockey operations Bill McCreary said, &ldquo;Another plus for us is that we&rsquo;re getting 44 years of age in exchange for almost 60.&rdquo; Obviously McCreary is not a disciple of the George Allen school of managing.But unique as it is, going with youth does have its advantages. Marshall Johnston, not so coincidently the youngest coach in the NHL at 33, has already noticed some of them.There is much less complacency among younger players,&rdquo; says Johnston, who before turning professional was a school teacher and now finds himself in much the same capacity. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s also easier to get them to improve their skills because they&rsquo;re not so set in their ways. Most older players have reached their potential and it&rsquo;s tough for them to improve on their hockey ability.&rdquo;But Johnston is quick to concede that there is no substitute for experience, and with so little of it on this year&rsquo;s team he looks for a top mental attitude to combat the deficiency in NHL ice time. &#9632;

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Young California Seals Keep Getting Younger

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT &mdash;It was no contest, the first head-to-head meeting of the Red Wings and the Michigan Stags of the World Hockey Association.The Stags, playing at the city-owned riverfront Cobo Arena, had two ticket promotions going, a head-of-the-family full price and adjacent tickets for youngsters 16 and under $1 each plus a Junior hockey night at rock-bottom prices.The Stags drew 6,429.The Red Wings offer no deals &mdash; it&rsquo;s full price on each ticket &mdash; and they whipped the Stags nearly 2-to-1. drawing 12,081 fans.Neither team was an on-ice winner, though, the Red Wings giving up four first period goals and losing, 4-2 to Vancouver while the Stags were hammered by the Indianapolis Racers. 6-1.It was the first of 11 head-to-head Red Wing-Stag home games and it&rsquo;s obvious the Red Wings don&rsquo;t have much to worry about in the box office confrontations. The Stags&rsquo; first five home games drew 2.522. 1.149. 3.965. 6.429 and I.435.But the Wings have on-ice worries. They scored only 14 goals in a seven game stretch and lost five of the games and tied the two others.Through the first 13 games of the season they had only four players who&rsquo;d scored more than two goals, one who scored a pair and the others were singles.For a club that expected to have no firepower worries, it was strange and manager-coach Alex Delvecchio did a little lineshuffling.Delvecchio switched left wings on the first two lines, moving leading scorer Danny Grant to Marcel Dionne&rsquo;s line and putting Nick Libett in Grant&rsquo;s spot on Bill Hogaboam&rsquo;s line.Third line center Red Berenson had a pair of new wingers in Nelson Pyatt and Doug Roberts with a fourth line made up of rookies Hank Nowak and Earl Anderson on the flanks and Guy Charron in the middle.Berenson is one of the few Detroiters who has played well in most of the games and he was outstanding in a 4-4 tie against Montreal before the biggest Olympia crowd of the season, 14.389.Al Renfrew. Berenson&rsquo;s old coach at the University of Michigan. watched the game and was pleased with Berenson&rsquo;s play &mdash; &ldquo;The best man on the ice&rdquo; &mdash; but lamented the lack of bodychecking.&ldquo;There was just one all night&hellip;and that was an accident. But I guess when they play 80 games. you can&rsquo;t get them to hit&hellip;they&rsquo;d be nothing but bruises.&rdquo;The biggest bruises have been mental with the Wings unable to get untracked in the last few weeks and after Jimmy Rutherford was touched for two fast soft goals in the first 10 minutes by Vancouver, leading to a 4-2 defeat. Delvecchio recalled Doug Grant from the Virginia Wings.Rutherford worked 12 of Detroit&rsquo;s first 13 games and posted a 5-5-2 record with a 3.52 goals against average and one shutout. Grant was 3-2-4 at Virginia with a .2.89 goals against mark&hellip;like the parent club, the Virginians aren&rsquo;t too strong on defense.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01810/3275056-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="531" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">RED BERENSON &hellip;Most Consistent</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Wings Shuffle Lines After Offense Dies

<div class="byline">BY DICK JOHNSTON</div>BUFFALO&mdash;Roger Crozier, the acrobatic 32-year-old who thought his professional hockey career might be at an end only a couple of months ago, is back tending goal for Buffalo and his presence should help the surprising Sabres quite a bit.Roger the Dodger won his first two starts. The first was by far the toughest, against the Rangers in Madison Square Garden. The second came against the expansion Scouts in Kansas City and in that one he was called on for only two saves in the opening period, 19 in all as the Sabres peppered Michel Plasse with 45 shots in a 6-1 victory.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01639/3275094-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="273" height="558"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Crozier</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I had maybe four or five tough saves,&rdquo; said Roger after the Kansas City game. &ldquo;But each game I feel more at home. That first game was a tough one but the circumstances made it a little easier than it might have been.&rdquo;Crozier actually was scheduled to make his comeback the night before in Toronto. But he was felled by a shot off the stick of Jerry Korab. first shot of the warmup, which hit him in the neck. Crozier was knocked unconscious and had to leave the ice.Coach Floyd Smith decided to use Gary Bromley because Crozier wasn&rsquo;t properly warmed up and put the veteran in against the Rangers the following night.&ldquo;I was really nervous before the Toronto game,&rdquo; Crozier noted. &ldquo;I was geared up to play that one. But then we had to travel to New York, got in late and I was really tired, so I slept most of the day. Didn&rsquo;t have a chance to get as nervous as I had been.&ldquo;Boy, I was tired after the game, though. You can&rsquo;t do the things at 32 that you could at 22, I&rsquo;ll tell you that.&rdquo;The former Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; star, the goalie who kept the scores respectable for the Sabres in their early National Hockey League days, was hospitalized four times for pancreatitis last season.During the summer he thought of retiring but decided to try a comeback when he felt in good shape as training camp time rolled around.&ldquo;You miss certain aspects of the game,&rdquo; he mentioned. &ldquo;Being with the guys, traveling, the competition. And, after all, I had been playing hockey most of my life.&rdquo;He decided to report with the rookies, a week before the veterans were scheduled to start work. The day before the rookies were due. his ailment flared up again and back to the hospital he went.&ldquo;I thought my hockey career was all over then,&rdquo; Roger said. But he felt fine when got out of the hospital and reported to the club shortly after the season began.&ldquo;I hope I can play maybe 30 games.&rdquo; he stated. &ldquo;I hope I can take some of the pressure off Bromley. And the way Bromley is playing, he will keep the pressure off me.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS: The Sabres didn&rsquo;t et down after their three-game road trip in which they defeated Toronto and the Rangers and tied Boston. They came home to knock off Chicago then scored a total of 14 goals in beating Kansas City on the road and Pittsburgh at home on successive nights. They outshot the opposition by 93-39 in winning 6-1 and 8-3&hellip; Jim Lorentz, who had been sidelined by a knee injury, returned to the lineup for powerplays and spot duty, then replaced Brian Spencer on a line with Peter McNab and Rick Dudley when Spencer suffered a shoulder injury. Lorentz played right wing and Dudley moved to left wing. Then McNab was hurt and Lorentz moved to center, with veteran Larry Mickey taking over on the right side. Gil Perreault had his second five-point game in the 8-3 triumph over Pittsburgh. In the season opener, a 9-5 win over Boston, Gil had three goals and two assists. This time he had two goals and three assists.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02553/3275087-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="1186" height="1495"><figcaption class="caption-body">GILBERT PERREAULT&hellip; Two Five-Point Games</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Near Retirement Before Camp, Crozier Back In Buffalo Nets

<div class="byline">BY PAT THOMPSON</div>TWIN CITIES&mdash;At last report, the Minnesota North Stars had not yet seceded from the National Hockey League.Or hoisted the white flag.But you couldn&rsquo;t blame goalies Cesare Maniago and Fern Rivard if they did.Or if they sued the rest of the North Stars for non-support.Just when things were looking up for the rookie-laden North Stars after a 3-3 tie against Boston Oct. 30. Minnesota took a four-game road trip to Boston. Montreal, Toronto and Philadelphia. A week later, their tails between their pads and shin guards, the North Stars weaved home from four straight losses by a combined goal total of 25-6.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01543/3275125-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="279" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fern Rivard</figcaption></div>They were defeated 10-1 at Boston and outshot 42-32, beaten at Montreal 6-1 and outgunned 39-18, turned back at Toronto 7-4 and out-fired 51-40 and shut out at Philadelphia 2-0 and outsticked 36-18.At one point of the road trip, the pudgy Rivard pleaded for rescue.&ldquo;If this doesn&rsquo;t change Cesare and I are going to killed.&rdquo; he moaned.Just the next night at the Spectrum, Rivard crashed to the ice making a save and suffered a severe back injury.The week of despair has to go down as one of the club&rsquo;s worst stretches in its eight-year history &mdash; not quite as bad as a 20-game winless stretch in 1969-70 but one that probably encountered as much frustration, if not more.The saga included:&bull; At Boston, general managercoach Jack Gordon had $132 swiped out of his briefcase that had been left on the team bus. Also, the North Stars managed to get off only one shot on goal during two separate instances when they held a two-man advantage.&bull; At Montreal. Jude Drouin was benched after ineffective play at center and asked to be traded. Gordon advised he found no clubs standing in line demanding the 26-year-old center.&bull; At Toronto. Lou Nanne. one of the few goal-scorers on the club, suffered a slight shoulder separation. and defenseman Tom Reid developed an abcessed tooth.&bull; At Philadelphia. Nanne cashed a check to cover expenses and then discovered that a $20 bill he gave a taxicab driver was bogus. The matter was straightened out after a few telephone calls. The worst was yet to come. Rivard&rsquo;s injury left the North Stars without an experienced backup, and rookie pro Pete LoPresti was summoned from New Haven.What, then, do you do to shake up the club after seven straight games without a victory? Juggle lines? Make a trade?Gordon has tried shuffling his forward lines, without much success. Henry Boucha saw duty at all three front line positions, and all five centers on the roster took turns trying to crank up an offense that scored a scant 24 goals in the first 12 games.There was not much progress in the trade department, either.&ldquo;It could be very well that we won&rsquo;t stand pat,&rdquo; said team president Walter Bush Jr. &ldquo;We figure that would be our worst stretch of the season. I wish we could get two or three more players but the opportunity has not developed. We have a couple of ideas in mind, but there is nothing concrete now.&rdquo;One thing is concrete. Minnesota&rsquo;s rookies are learning from demoralizing experiences.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got a young team and we&rsquo;re going to stay with them,&rsquo; Bush explained. &ldquo;We figured it would take six weeks to two months to put things in order. We&rsquo;ve got to hang in there.&rdquo;No, the North Stars have not seceded&hellip; not yet. &#9632;

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Stars’ Problems Simple: No Offense, No Defense

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01548/3275408-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg"></div><h2>ATLANTA</h2>Flames<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02447/3275401-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="200" height="184"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03337/3275394-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="746" height="616"></div><h2>BOSTON</h2>Bruins<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-04258/3275387-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="179" height="180"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-05199/3275380-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="742" height="584"></div><h2>BUFFALO</h2>Sabres<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-06162/3275373-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="187" height="189"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-07138/3275366-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="741" height="610"></div><h2>CALIFORNIA</h2>Seals<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-08114/3275359-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="266" height="121"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0998/3275352-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="742" height="638"></div><h2>CHICAGO</h2>Black Hawks<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1085/3275345-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="209" height="188"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1180/3275338-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="740" height="548"></div><h2>DETROIT</h2>Red Wings<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1273/3275331-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="257" height="136"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1361/3275324-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="743" height="592"></div><h2>KANSAS CITY</h2>Scouts<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1456/3275317-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="200" height="199"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1554/3275310-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="741" height="638"></div><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2>Kings<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1652/3275303-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="186" height="220"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1742/3275296-1-eng-US/f0018-172.jpg" title="f0018-17" width="750" height="561"></div><h2>MINNESOTA</h2>North Stars<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1838/3275289-1-eng-US/f0018-182.jpg" title="f0018-18" width="216" height="192"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1934/3275282-1-eng-US/f0018-192.jpg" title="f0018-19" width="740" height="608"></div><h2>MONTREAL</h2>Canadiens<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2035/3275275-1-eng-US/f0018-202.jpg" title="f0018-20" width="216" height="169"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2133/3275268-1-eng-US/f0018-212.jpg" title="f0018-21" width="743" height="675"></div><h2>NEW YORK</h2>Islanders<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2230/3275261-1-eng-US/f0018-222.jpg" title="f0018-22" width="209" height="197"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2328/3275254-1-eng-US/f0018-232.jpg" title="f0018-23" width="746" height="607"></div><h2>NEW YORK</h2>Rangers<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2427/3275247-1-eng-US/f0018-242.jpg" title="f0018-24" width="188" height="201"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2527/3275240-1-eng-US/f0018-252.jpg" title="f0018-25" width="739" height="585"></div><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>Flyers<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2626/3275233-1-eng-US/f0018-262.jpg" title="f0018-26" width="240" height="162"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2725/3275226-1-eng-US/f0018-272.jpg" title="f0018-27" width="736" height="609"></div><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>Penguins<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2821/3275219-1-eng-US/f0018-282.jpg" title="f0018-28" width="222" height="202"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-2916/3275212-1-eng-US/f0018-292.jpg" title="f0018-29" width="743" height="556"></div><h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>Blues<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3016/3275205-1-eng-US/f0018-302.jpg" title="f0018-30" width="187" height="163"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3115/3275198-1-eng-US/f0018-312.jpg" title="f0018-31" width="738" height="609"></div><h2>TORONTO</h2>Maple Leafs<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3214/3275191-1-eng-US/f0018-322.jpg" title="f0018-32" width="195" height="199"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3314/3275184-1-eng-US/f0018-332.jpg" title="f0018-33" width="741" height="671"></div><h2>VANCOUVER</h2>Canucks<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3411/3275177-1-eng-US/f0018-342.jpg" title="f0018-34" width="218" height="147"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-3511/3275170-1-eng-US/f0018-352.jpg" title="f0018-35" width="743" height="578"></div><h2>WASHINGTON</h2>Capitals<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-369/3275163-1-eng-US/f0018-362.jpg" title="f0018-36" width="264" height="148"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-377/3275156-1-eng-US/f0018-372.jpg" title="f0018-37" width="742" height="662"></div> &#9632;

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Players’ Scoring & Penalty Statistics

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TOP NHL SCORERS

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02453/3275470-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg"></div>(Including games of Sun. Nov. 17) &#9632;

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Looking At NHL Goalers

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div>VANCOUVER&mdash;There is a perfectly logical reason why the Vancouver Canucks are longer behaving like one of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s most dependable losers. These are not the same Vaancouver Canucks.During the first four years of their NHL existence, the Canucks lost I 86 times. That&rsquo;s a record for futility surpassed only by the 193 games lost by the California Seals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03362/3275501-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="280" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chris Oddleifson</figcaption></div>But the team general managercoach Phil Maloney is sending on the ice these nights has little in common with-those early losers. The Canucks who are battling the Chicago Black Hawks for first place in the NHL&rsquo;s Smythe Division have 14 new or relatively new faces on their roster, players who haven&rsquo;t accepted losing as a way of life.The 1973-74 season was in many respects the most chaotic of the Canucks&rsquo; turbulent history. A coach, a general manager and a former general manager all lost their jobs. The team&rsquo;s former owner. Tom Scallen, went to jail shortly after selling his interests to a local firm. Nevertheless, it was also a season that also successfully launched the Canucks&rsquo; rebuilding program.The amateur draft produced defenseman Bob Dailey and wingers Dennis Ververgiert and Paulin Bordeleau. One trade brought them goaltender Gary Smith, another defenseman Tracy Pratt and winger John Gould and a third center Chris Oddleifson. And most important of all, it was a season that brought in Maloney as coach and general ma nager.By the time Maloney took over, the Canucks were already hopelessly out of contention, but it is worth remembering now that after his arrival the team played close to .500 hockey.This season Maloney has shrewdly improved on last season&rsquo;s cast. In order he has:&bull; purchased Ken Lockett from Baltimore to give the Canucks a second goaltender;&bull; purchased veteran forward Leon Rochefort from Atlanta:&bull; traded defenseman Josh Geuvremont and winger Bryan Mc-Sheffrey to Buffalo for defenseman Mike Robitaille and center Gerry Meehan;&bull; traded winger Dave Dunn to Toronto for winger Garry Monahan and defenseman John Grisdale;&bull; traded defenseman Barry Wilkins to Pittsburgh for defenseman Ab DeMarco.It should also be pointed out it was Maloney who dealt high-scoring Bobby Schmautz to Boston for Oddleifson. a transaction that was hailed as an act of lunacy at the time it was made. There is less of that talk now that Oddleifson is among the league&rsquo;s top scorers and clearly one of the Canucks&rsquo; leaders on the ice.Add it all up and you&rsquo;ve got Smith, Dailey, Ververgiert and Bordeleau who have been around only since the start of last season; Pratt. Gould and Oddleifson who arrived during last season; Lockett and Rochefort who appeared at the start of the current campaign and Robitaille, Meehan, Monahan, Grisdale and DeMarco have come here since it started.That leaves only six players left from the bad old days.Together, new and old have formed a team that at long last has given fans at the Pacific Coliseum something to cheer about. &#9632;

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Maloney Turns Canucks Over In Bid To Become Contender

MONTREAL &mdash;&bull; A study of the performances of Bruins&rsquo; defenseman Bobby Orr and center Phil Esposito this season illustrates what remarkable contributions they have made to the success of the Boston team. Orr and Esposito are currently leading the scoring race with 35 and 31 points respectively.Bruins have scofed 80 goals in their first 18 games and Orr and Esposito have had a hand in 66 of them. What is most noteworthy, however, is that they don&rsquo;t always have to be on the ice together to be effective. Of the 66 goals which they have been in on. there were only 14 instances where they picked up points together. Orr has assisted on eight of Espositos league-leading I6 goals while Esposito has assisted on six of Orr&rsquo;s runner-up 14.In addition they have scored 13 of Boston&rsquo;s 22 power-play goals &mdash; Esposito has nine while Orr has four &mdash; and that&rsquo;s a total that four other clubs in the NHL have yet to reach. They have each scored a shorthand goal for Bruins&rsquo; total two in that department. Esposito has two gamewinning goals while Orr has one winner and a game tying goal.&bull; Orr, incidentally, is currently the hottest goal-socrer in the NHL. After scoring only five times through Boston&rsquo;s first 12 games he has come on at a blistering pace lately and has scored nine goals in his last six games including five in three games last week. He is also the only player in the NHL who has registered two three-goal games this season He had two such performances last season. Although he holds the record for most goals in a season by a defenseman (37 in both 1970-71 and 1971-72) this is the earliest in any season that he has reached 14.&bull; Buffalo Sabres, leaders of the Adams division, and Los Angeles Kings, first in the Norris Division, each had ten-game unbeaten streaks snapped Saturday. Boston defeated Sabres 7-5 while Chicago beat the Kings 2-1. Philadelphia Flyers, who lead the Patrick Division, also saw a ten-game unbeaten streak end at St. Louis where they lost 5-3 to the Blues. Atlanta Fames, meanwhile, are the only club that has not lost a game at home this season. They are 8-0-2 in 10 games at The Omni. They were also undefeated in their last three regular-season home games last season.&bull; Kings&rsquo; goaltending duo of Rogie Vachon and Gary Edwards, which allowed only four goals in three games last week, still holds a substantial lead in the Vezina race. They have given up just 31 goals in 18 games for a 1.72 average. Vachon has two shutouts and Edwards one. Flyers&rsquo; Bernie Parent and Vancouver&rsquo;s Gary Smith are the shutout leaders with three each. &#9632;

NHL WEEK — In Review

<div class="byline">BY BILL HEUFELDER</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 CanadaPITTSBURGH&mdash;A tireless worker seldom rewarded. Ron Schock is leaping into an expanded role with the Pittsburgh Penguins.The blond center, closing fast on his 31st birthday next month, has become a scorer and he likes what&rsquo;s happening.&ldquo;Regardless of what anybody says,&rdquo; Schock explains. &ldquo;it&rsquo;s nice to be part of a scoring play. Scoring is what the game is all about.&ldquo;But I&rsquo;d still like to be a team player.&rdquo; One ofthe most respected players in the National Hockey League. Schock is above suspicion as his point total mounts. In fact, his production has been welcomed by the Penguins, who have been searching for steady scoring behind the Syl Apps line.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01374/3275556-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="277" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Schock</figcaption></div>The change that has come over Schock is more from design than blind luck. Since the campaign began, he was placed between two talented scorers, young Rick Kehoe and veteran Vic Hadfield, who always will be remembered for his 50-goal season, but also is likely to reach the 300-goal mark within the next two years.Through the club&rsquo;s first seven games, Apps, with wingers Lowell MacDonald and Jean Pronovost, carried the offensive load. However, a meeting called by Hadfield among his linemates coincided with the unit&rsquo;s scoring splurge.Hadfield knocked home a pair of goals &mdash; his fourth and fifth of the year &mdash; in a 5-2 win over California. The output of the 34-year-old left winger gave the line nine goals in five games.Hadfield, of course, brought a wealth of experience with him from the New York Rangers, leaving behind his two linemates of long standing. Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle.&ldquo;Vic went over a few basic things with us.&rdquo; Schock says, &ldquo;about some of the things they did in New York. Wegot a better idea of where each other would be in certain situations.&ldquo;In the early games. Vic probably was the hardest worker on the team, but we weren&rsquo;t getting scoring chances.&rdquo;Since the line&rsquo;s flurry. Schock, the Penguin captain, averaged slightly more than a point a game with four goals and nine assists through 13 games. Kehoe had contributed three goals and a pair of assists.Hadfield and Kehoe represent what Schock had never enjoyed since he broke in with Boston at the tailend of the 1963-64 season.&ldquo;Basically,&rdquo; Schock says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been with checking lines. These are two fellas noted for their scoring. They&rsquo;re both good in the corners. Vic has good size. Rick is heady with the puck.&rdquo;Schock admits he has been influenced by his new partners. &ldquo;When you play with scorers of their ability,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;you&rsquo;re a little more offensive minded. You have the puck more. The more you have it, the less trouble you&rsquo;ll have defensively.&rdquo;As the Penguins dragged home with only a victory over Kansas City on a four-game road trip, defense seemed to be the problem.The way Schock looked at the predicament, the Penguins were overdoing it. &ldquo;We were making mistakes that cost us,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;They were caused by trying to do too much. We were trying to do somebody else&rsquo;s job.&rdquo;If the Penguins suffered in the standings, plummeting to fourth place in the James Norris Division, 12 points behind the high flying Los Angeles Kings, they did not lose their enthusiasm.&ldquo;In other years. I think there was a feeling here that we&rsquo;d go into a game and not know what the outcome would be.&rdquo; Schock says. &ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t&rsquo;that strong.&ldquo;Now we know if we play our game, good positional hockey, we won&rsquo;t have any problems.&rdquo;Schock realizes the responsibility placed upon his line. Reflecting on last season, he says, &ldquo;When the Apps line wasn&rsquo;t scoring, we wouldn&rsquo;t even be in some of the games.&rdquo;It seems a Schock treatment was in order.PENGUIN NOTES: MacDonald was forced to leave the team temporarily because of his father&rsquo;s serious illness&hellip; Filling in the first game for the high scoring left winger. Nelson Debenedet registered a goal and an assist&hellip; Bob Johnson came up with an encouraging relief job to backstop the Penguins to a 5-3 win at Kansas City&hellip; Gary Inness, who had started in goal. was k.o.&rsquo;d early in second period&hellip; Faltering in earlier appearances, Johnson came back to beat California later in the week. &#9632;

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Schock Treatment Spreads Pens’ Scoring Around

JEAN PRONOVOSTPittsburgh PenguinsThis was supposed to be the year the Pittsburgh Penguins made believers out of everyone. But the Penguins weren&rsquo;t doing much to convince anyone that they had become a contending hockey team, until last week.After their first 13 games the Penguins had a 4-7-2 record and one of the reasons was the disappointing performance of the Penguins&rsquo; big line of Syl Apps, Lowell MacDonald and Jean Pronovost. But last week that line came to life, scoring 10 goals in leading the Pens to four victories.Pronovost, who scored 40 goals last year, was the big man scoring four goals and assisting on five others. The four goals lifted Pronovost&rsquo;s season total to eight and put him well on his way to another 40-goal year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02282/3275594-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="544" height="597"></div>RICK MIDDLETONNew York RangersRick Middleton is a throwback in some ways, in that he was a first-round draft choice who spent a year in the minor. leagues. These days, that&rsquo;s a rarity.But Middleton is lending credence to the old ways of hockey with his performance this year. After scoring 36 goals with Providence in the American League last season, the 20-year-old right winger has shown the New York Rangers he learned a lot in his first season of pro hockey.Middleton boosted his season scoring total to 10 last week with five goals, including a four-goal outburst in the Rangers&rsquo; 10-0 victory over California.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03237/3275587-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="559" height="584"></div> &#9632;

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NHL’S Stars of the week

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01226/3275625-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="557" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM ULLMAN&hellip;Willing To Shift</figcaption></div>TORONTO &mdash;Veteran Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; center Norm Ullman is unhappy sitting on the Leafs&rsquo; bench and says he would welcome a trade &ldquo;if it was to the right team&rdquo;.Ullman, who has scored 481 goals in his 19-year NHL career, said he was puzzled by coach Red Kelly&rsquo;s apparent lack of interest in him.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why I&rsquo;m not playing any more.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Nobody has told me anything. I worked really hard in the off-season, running every day for 2&frac12; months to be in shape. I felt I had a good training camp. too. But because I haven&rsquo;t been playing I&rsquo;ve lost my conditioning edge. If I did get a chance to play. I&rsquo;d need a half dozen games to get it back.&rdquo;Ullman said that he realizes he&rsquo;s not the player he was five years ago. but that he&rsquo;ll be the first to realize that he can no longer play in the NHL. The 39-year-old center says he can&rsquo;t understand why Kelly doesn&rsquo;t use him at left wing, a position considered weak by Leaf management and now patrolled by Lyle Moffat, Blaine Stoughton. Inge Hammarstrom, Errol Thompson and Dave Dunn.&ldquo;I sometimes feel my days are num&rsquo; bered with the Leafs.&rdquo; Ullman said. &ldquo;If it was to the right team. I think I&rsquo;d take a trade. I know I can help somebody.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Play Me Or Trade Me Says Ullman

<div class="byline">BY DAN PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO&mdash;After maintaining a low profile thrqugh his first. decade in the National Hockey League, early &lsquo;this season Rod Seiling finally talked like a true New Yorker.He told Ranger fans what they could do with their opinions &mdash; responding to endless booing from fans who in past years ran such players as Allan Stanley out of town and on to successful careers in other, less critical cities.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02164/3275656-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="269" height="498"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Selling</figcaption></div>Ranger manager-coach Emile Francis came to the rescue, as spelled out in an earlier issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, and sent Seiling to Washington Capitals before he landed feet first on the Maple Leaf blueline.Now secure in Toronto Seiling has resumed his old style, quiet and efficient. But he agrees with coach Red Kelly that Leafs should be talking more. On the ice. Kelly left a recent practice complaining that ofew of his players were shouting at each other during the action. Office conversation among spectators made more noise.It&rsquo;s one thing we have to work on.&rdquo; said the new defenseman. &ldquo;It makes everything so much easier, because you do things differently if you know what your teammates are doing.&ldquo;For instance, if I have the puck in the corner and two forepheckers are in against me, the odds are against me.&ldquo;But if one of our guys yells and lets me know where he is, it&rsquo;s that much easier to locate him and make a play.&rdquo;Kelly maintained that even teammates yelling angrily at each other blaming each other would be better than silence. Leafs do have a large supply of silent types, fellows who say little on the ice, in conversation and undoubtedly in their sleep, yet Kelly kept at them to at least try yelling a few words in action.Leafs and Rangers provided Seiling with a vivid contrast in other ways, as well as volume. Rangers&rsquo; style is tight, defensive hockey. Leafs also have a history of defensive play, but lately the only thing defensive about the team has been its history.Seiling, of course, made no comparisons. One outburst a decade is enough. He did venture, however, that there was room for improvement.&ldquo;I guess any time a team is having its troubles, the first thing it tries to do is improve its defensive play. You can win a lot of games without scoring too many goals, if you&rsquo;re keeping the goals-against down.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s a lot of talent on this team. The only thing is, winning has a snowball effect &mdash; win a couple and you win a lot &mdash; and losing has the same snowball effect in reverse. When we get a couple of wins together everything will straighten out.&rdquo;Seiling had an immediate effect, steadying the Leaf rearguard and providing cool workmanship in the defensive corners. Leaf team play, however, remained lacking, and goaltenders Doug Favell and Dune Wilson continued taking most of the blame as the team lost more than it won.LEAF NOTES: Seiling and Darryl Sittier grew up four miles away from each other near St. Jacobs, Ont., and at one time Sittier used an old pair of Seiling&rsquo;s skates&hellip; Seiling started as a Leaf, before Punch Imalch traded him. Dick Duff. Bill Collins, Arnie Brown and Bob Nevin to New York Rangers for Don McKenny and Andy Bathgate. &#9632;

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Seiling Plugs Hole In Leafs’ Defense, Kelly Not Happy With Sound Of Silence

<div class="byline">BY JACK McCARTHY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01247/3275708-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="499" height="441"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02177/3275701-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="454" height="446"></div>BOSTON &mdash;The Bruins, although they were trailing the Buffalo Sabres in Adams whatsis of the NHL, showed plenty of signs of being able to sit up and take nourishment as they continued to be unbeaten at home, and to get the tender loving care of Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito.Orr scored the hat-trick andpicked up three assists in the bargain to run up a six-point night against Milt Schmidt&rsquo;s Washington Capitals &mdash; one off his own NHL record of points for a defense man. This was his second hat-trick of the year.This, and a picture goal against Boom Boom Geoffrion&rsquo;s Atlanta club, gave Orr 15 points in a stretch of five games (five goals, 10 assists), and he had scored at least one point in 12 of the 14games he had played. He was leading the NHL in scoring.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-03152/3275694-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="1185" height="1487"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY ORR&hellip; Still A Joy To Behold</figcaption></div>Esposito, with Orr, the perennial one-two scoring threat in the league, had 15 goals after only 14 games, with one goal in I i of those Bruins&rsquo; aforementioned 14 games, and four two-goal games.Nine of Esposito&rsquo;s goals have come on the Bruins&rsquo; power-play, which belted in two, including the game-winner by Wayne Cashman over Atlanta.If this sounds like a familiar theme, we&rsquo;re sorry, but that&rsquo;s the way things are going, and so long as they are going this way. with Orr and Espo scoring and the power&rsquo; play moving, Boston will be tough.The Bruins were unbeaten at home, 5-0-3, although the road record was not all that classy.Orr, now in his ninth season &mdash; and isn&rsquo;t that hard to believe? &mdash; still can make the eyes pop when he is rolling. Against Atlanta he had three goals and three assists, and got no more, although his own record is seven points, set against the Rangers in Boston last season when the Bruins clobbered the Rangers 10-2.Said coach Don Cherry, who is getting his first good look at Orr from close up, &ldquo;I find myself along the bench just watching him, and almost forgetting the game, and you can&rsquo;t do that.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think records and all that stuff interest Bobby that much. He just wants to win. That&rsquo;s the only thing that concerns him.&ldquo;I knew he had some kind of a record going, but looking at him out there, I don&rsquo;t think he cared that much for the record.&rdquo;Orrjust grinned. &ldquo;I guess I didn&rsquo;t. At least, I didn&rsquo;t keep thinking about it. We had a good enough lead anyway, so another goal or an assist wouldn&rsquo;t have made any difference.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-04120/3275687-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="554" height="1204"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL ESPOSITO&hellip;Goal A Game</figcaption></div>Carol Vadnais, performing well on the left point on the power-play in place of the injured Bobby Schmautz. said. &ldquo;After the second period, I thought he&rsquo;d get 10. On the power-play, I kept passing to him, but he kept passing it back or to someone else.&rdquo;In this particular game, the Washington rookie Mike Marson. the NHL&rsquo;s only black player, said. &ldquo;This was something different. That Orr, he&rsquo;s just amazing &mdash; unreal. I&rsquo;m afraid I was just watching him and Esposito for quite a while, instead of playing against him.&rdquo;And that has happened to a lot of people.Meanwhile Wayne Cashman. still bothered by an aching back, came back on the line with Esposito and Kenny Hodge, and got the winning goal. Cherry moved Cashman because he noted Esposito&rsquo;s shot total was low for him.Schmautz continues to skate, but his broken hand will still be some time in mending. &#9632;

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No New Twists In Bruin Survival Story As Orr And Esposito Keep Things Going

WASHINGTON&mdash;The Washington Capitals aren&rsquo;t the worst team on the road in the National Hockey League but they are close to being the most apathetic.Only the California Seals, who have dropped 10 of their 11 road starts, are more feeble away from home than the expansionist Caps, who are presently 0-8. Kansas City at 0-8-1 is running the Caps a close race after their first six weeks of big league hockey action.General manager Milt Schmidt and coach Jim Anderson haven&rsquo;t been shaking up their roster the same way Kansas City has and it could be that changes will be forthcoming if the club doesn&rsquo;t start to make a little more readway than they have. The Caps have but one victory and two ties to show for 18 NHL games, making the most losingest club in the league.Only defenseman Willie brossart. secured from Toronto in the recent and puzzling Rod Seiling trade, and forwards Lew Morrison and Bob Gryp, both sent out to Richmond and later recalled, represent the only changes in the Washington lineup since-day one.Schmidt&rsquo;s problem could be compounded by the fact he hasn&rsquo;t anything better down on the farm, which might make the Caps ripe for one of those one-for-four-or-five player trades with the NHL&rsquo;s more affluent members. notably Montreal Canadiens.An improved defense and more production up front are two requisites for the Caps and it appears they only way they are going to acquire it. is to trade.However, the major problem is what have the Caps got to offer a team like Montreal for their excess talent other than future draft choices? &#9632;

Road Apathy Keeps Caps On Bottom

<div class="byline">BY ALAN TRUEX</div>ATLANTA&mdash;Perhaps you&rsquo;ve seen those books, or their advertisements, that promise to &ldquo;increase your memory 1000 percent&rdquo;.But the book Phil Myre needed was &ldquo;How to Decrease Your Memory&rdquo;. If somebody ever writes that one, it will be a best-seller among the goaltenders of the NHL.Sometimes a goalie&rsquo;s greatest gift is his ability to forget adversity. It is a gift Phil Myre of the Atlanta Flames was not born with. Most of his career (six NHL seasons), he has had to get by without it. In prior seasons, mistakes would torment him. thriving in his mind for days. And they would carry over to the next game.Mistakes never bother the Flames&rsquo; other goalie, Daniel Bouchard, who rarely admits&rsquo;to making any.But while Bouchard is an easy-going prankster, jokester and all-around flake, Myre takes things more seriously. A friend of his once said, &ldquo;Phil is probably too sane to become a great goalie.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01224/3275763-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="339" height="388"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Myre</figcaption></div>Myre has no intentions of turning flakey. But he has succeeded in becoming a forgetter. He proved it recently when he came back from a 9-0 defeat to shutout the Chicago Black Hawks 2-0 in his next start.In the 9-0 loss in St. Louis, most of the goals were not Myre&rsquo;s fault. All were from six or seven feet or closer. But Myre admitted, &ldquo;I normally could have stopped a couple of them, maybe three. The game was an all-out catastrophe.&rdquo;If a game like that had happened a year ago, Myre would have had difficulty shaking it off. It would have lingered with him like a cough after the cold has passed.&ldquo;Before this year,&rdquo; Myre says, &ldquo;I would have carried a game like that with me for three or four days. Maybe I&rsquo;m growing older, but I&rsquo;m past the stage when I let things upset me or discourage me.&rdquo;He said that after the St. Louis game, &ldquo;I did the same things I generally do. I went for a beer and a snack. I called my wife (Nicole) and told her everything was all right. Then I forgot about that game.&rdquo;Then less than a week later he got his next chance to play, and he turned in a performance he is not likely to forget or want to forget.In shutting out the second-highest scoring team in the league, Myre survived 34 shots on goal and seven power-plays.The 26-year-old goalie made spectacular saves in almost every possible manner, stopping numerous close-in shots with his hand, stick and skates.Defenseman Noel Price, a major contributor to the shutout, said, &ldquo;Phil&rsquo;s awfully quick at getting his legs out like that. He&rsquo;s always practising exercises, stretching, going down, coming up and kicking his legs out&hellip; It&rsquo;s a job he can have.&rdquo;FLAMES NOTES: Atlanta purchased forward Tim Ecclestone from Washington after he had been traded there from Toronto. Ecclestone never even heard from Washington before he was notified the Flames had acquired him. The 27-year-old player was installed immediately into a regular shift and pleased coach Bernie Geoffrion with his strong checking&hellip; Jacques Richard returned to action wearing a helmet and a face bar to protect his recently fractured cheekbone and broken nose&hellip; Atlanta was undefeated in its first eight home games, but far less successful on the road. Flames&rsquo; players say the slow ice (because of the heat) in Atlanta gives them an edge, since they&rsquo;re used to it. &#9632;

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Flames Benefit From Goaltender Myre’s Recent Memory Loss

(Standing on Mon. Nov. 18)<h2>NORRIS DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-217/3276098-1-eng-US/f0024-212.jpg" title="f0024-21" width="546" height="185"></div><h2>ADAMS DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-227/3276091-1-eng-US/f0024-222.jpg" title="f0024-22" width="543" height="153"></div><h2>PATRICK DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-237/3276084-1-eng-US/f0024-232.jpg" title="f0024-23" width="549" height="147"></div><h2>SMYTHE DIVISION</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-246/3276077-1-eng-US/f0024-242.jpg" title="f0024-24" width="545" height="179"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Nov. 12Atlanta 2 at Washington 2; Chicago 0 at Vancouver 1; Boston 3 at St. Louis 4.Wed. Nov. 13Philadelphia 3 at N.Y. Rangers 2; N.Y. Islanders 2 at Pittsburgh 8; Washington 3 at Atlanta 4; Buffalo 8 at Montreal 6; Detroit 4 at Minnesota 7; Toronto 0 at Los Angeles 4; Chicago 0 at California 2; St. Louis 3 at Kansas City 5.Thu. Nov. 14Montreal 4 at Boston 1: Minnesota 3 at Buffalo 5.Fri. Nov. 15N.Y. Islanders 2 at Kansas City 4; Philadelphia 2 at Atlanta 2; Los Angeles 2 at Vancouver 2; Toronto 5 at California 3Sat. Nov. 16N.Y Rangers4 at Montreal 4 N.Y. Islanders 3 at Detroit 5; Philadelphia 3 at St. Louis 5: Washington 1 at Pittsburgh 8; Chicago 2 at Los Angeles 1; Toronto 2 at Vancouver 5; Kansas City 1 at Minnesota 3; Buffalo 5 at Boston 7.Sun. Nov. 17California 0 at N.Y. Rangers 10; Atlanta 0 at Buffalo 4; Pittsburgh 6 at Washington 0; Boston 5 at Detroit 2.<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Mon. Nov. 18Minnesota at Montreal.Tue. Nov. 19Pittsburgh at N. Y. Islanders. California at Washington; St Louis at VancouverWed. Nov. 20N.Y Rangers at Detroit: N. Y. Islanders at Chicago. Atlanta at Kansas City; Montreal at Los Angeles; Washington at Buffalo; Pittsburgh at TorontoThu. Nov. 21Vancouver at Philadelphia; St Louis at Minnesota; California at BostonFri. Nov. 22Toronto at N.Y. Islanders: Buffalo at Atlanta. Montreal at Kansas CitySat. Nov. 23Boston at N.Y Rangers. Vancouver at N.Y. Islanders; Philadelphia at Toronto; Los Angeles at Pittsburgh; Detroit at St Louis; Kansas City at Chicago. California at MinnesotaSun. Nov. 24Pittsburgh at N Y Rangers; Atlanta at Philadelphia Montreal at Buffalo; Minnesota at Washington; Los Angeles at Detroit: Vancouver at BostonMon. Nov. 25St. Louis at TorontoTue. Nov. 26Vancouver at Kansas City.Wed. Nov. 27Toronto at N.Y Rangers. N.Y. Islanders at Los Angeles; Detroit at Philadelphia; Kansas City at Atlanta; Montreal at Pittsburgh; Washington at Minnesota; Vancouver at St Louis; Buffalo at Chicago; Boston at CaliforniaThu. Nov. 28Detroit at BuffaloFri. Nov. 29NY Rangers at Atlanta; N.Y Islanders at California. &#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/f0024-01227/3276046-1-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. Nov. 12</h2>ATLANTA 2, WASHINGTON 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02170/3276039-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="591" height="502"></div>CHICAGO 0, VANCOUVER 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-03121/3276032-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="587" height="410"></div>BOSTON 3. ST. LOUIS 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0494/3276025-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="592" height="495"></div><h2>Wed. Nov. 13</h2>PHILADELPHIA 3, RANGERS 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0577/3276018-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="589" height="554"></div>ISLANDERS 2, PITTSBURGH 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0664/3276011-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="595" height="522"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0752/3276004-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="595" height="95"></div>WASHINGTON 3, ATLANTA 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0847/3275997-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="601" height="494"></div>BUFFALO 8, MONTREAL 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0942/3275990-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="595" height="729"></div>DETROIT 4, MINNESOTA 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1037/3275983-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="588" height="622"></div>TORONTO 0, LOS ANGELES 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1135/3275976-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg" title="f0024-11" width="597" height="469"></div>CHICAGO 0, CALIFORNIA 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1229/3275969-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="587" height="234"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1321/3275962-1-eng-US/f0024-132.jpg" title="f0024-13" width="599" height="241"></div>ST. LOUIS 2, KANSAS CITY 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1417/3275955-1-eng-US/f0024-142.jpg" title="f0024-14" width="596" height="561"></div><h2>Thur. Nov. 14</h2>MONTREAL 4, BOSTON 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1513/3275948-1-eng-US/f0024-152.jpg" title="f0024-15" width="593" height="468"></div>MINNESOTA 3, BUFFALO 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1611/3275941-1-eng-US/f0024-162.jpg" title="f0024-16" width="593" height="595"></div><h2>Fri. Nov. 15</h2>ISLANDERS 2, KANSAS CITY 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-179/3275934-1-eng-US/f0024-172.jpg" title="f0024-17" width="600" height="459"></div>PHILADELPHIA 2, ATLANTA 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-188/3275927-1-eng-US/f0024-182.jpg" title="f0024-18" width="590" height="443"></div>LOS ANGELES 2, VANCOUVER 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-198/3275920-1-eng-US/f0024-192.jpg" title="f0024-19" width="590" height="416"></div>TORONTO 5, CALIFORNIA 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-207/3275913-1-eng-US/f0024-202.jpg" title="f0024-20" width="592" height="381"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01185/3275906-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="594" height="210"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 16</h2>RANGERS 4, MONTREAL 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02128/3275899-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="599" height="593"></div>ISLANDERS 3, DETROIT 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0395/3275892-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="596" height="651"></div>PHILADELPHIA 3, ST. LOUIS 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0472/3275885-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="591" height="506"></div>WASHINGTON 1, PITTSBURGH 8<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0564/3275878-1-eng-US/f0025-052.jpg" title="f0025-05" width="590" height="529"></div>CHICAGO 2, LOS ANGELES 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0649/3275871-1-eng-US/f0025-062.jpg" title="f0025-06" width="587" height="560"></div>TORONTO 2, VANCOUVER 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0746/3275864-1-eng-US/f0025-072.jpg" title="f0025-07" width="587" height="252"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0838/3275857-1-eng-US/f0025-082.jpg" title="f0025-08" width="593" height="350"></div>KANSAS CITY 1. MINNESOTA 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0932/3275850-1-eng-US/f0025-092.jpg" title="f0025-09" width="592" height="461"></div>BUFFALO 5, BOSTON 7<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-1021/3275843-1-eng-US/f0025-102.jpg" title="f0025-10" width="568" height="64"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-1116/3275836-1-eng-US/f0025-112.jpg" title="f0025-11" width="587" height="583"></div><h2>Sun. Nov. 17</h2>CALIFORNIA 0, RANGERS 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-1213/3275829-1-eng-US/f0025-122.jpg" title="f0025-12" width="594" height="297"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-139/3275822-1-eng-US/f0025-132.jpg" title="f0025-13" width="596" height="309"></div>ATLANTA 0, BUFFALO 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-148/3275815-1-eng-US/f0025-142.jpg" title="f0025-14" width="594" height="387"></div>PITTSBURGH 6, WASHINGTON 0<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-156/3275808-1-eng-US/f0025-152.jpg" title="f0025-15" width="585" height="145"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-165/3275801-1-eng-US/f0025-162.jpg" title="f0025-16" width="594" height="353"></div>BOSTON 5, DETROIT 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-174/3275794-1-eng-US/f0025-172.jpg" title="f0025-17" width="588" height="576"></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;ReillyDave Hynes*L. WINGJohn Bucyk CWayne CashmanDave ForbesDon MarcotteINJUREDBobby Schmautz<h2>BUFFALO</h2>GOALGary Bromley *Rocky Farr*Roger CozierDEFENSELarry CarriereLee Fogolin*Bill Hajt*Jerry KorabJ. Schoenfeld CJ. GuevremontCENTERDon Luce AJim LorentzGil Perreault AR. WINGNorm GrattonLarry MickeyRene RobertDanny Gare *L. WINGRichard MartinCraig RamsayBrian SpencerINJUREDPeter McNab<h2>DETROIT</h2>GOALJim RutherfordDoug Grant *DEFENSEThommie BergmanGary Bergman AJean HamelJack LynchBryan Watson ABarry Salovaara *CENTERRed BerensonMarcel Dionne CBill HogaboamGuy CharronR. WINGEarl Anderson*Mickey Redmond ANelson Pyatt*Bill Lochead*Doug RobertsL. WINGNick Libett AHank Nowak*Danny GrantINJUREDNone.<h2>ISLANDERS</h2>GOALGlen Resch *Billy SmithDEFENSEDave Fortier*Gerry HartDave LewisBert MarshallJean PotvinDenis PotvinCENTERLorne HenningBob Bourne*Ralph Stewart AEddie Westfall CDoug RomboughR. WINGCraig CameronBilly Harris ABob NystromAndre St. LaurentL. WINGClark Gillies*Ernie HickeGarry HowattBilly MacMillanINJUREDNone<h2>MONTREAL</h2>GOALKen DrydenMichel LarocqueWayne ThomasDEFENSEPierre BouchardRick Chartraw*Guy LapointeLarry RobinsonSerge Savard AJ. Van Bo&rsquo;xmeerCENTERJacques LemairePete MahovlichDoug RisebroughYvon LambertR. WINGYvan Cournoyer AGlenn Goldup*Claude Larose AJim RobertsGuy LafleurMario Tremblay *L. WINGBob GaineyGlen SatherSteve ShuttMurray WilsonChuck LefleyINJUREDJ. LaperriereHenri Richard C<h2>RANGERS</h2>GOALEd GiacominGilles VillemureDEFENSENick Beverley*Ron HarrisGilles MarotteBrad Park CDale RolfeRon Greschner*CENTERJean RatelleDerek SandersonPete StemkowskiWalt TkaczukR. WINGJerry ButlerBill FairbairnRod Gilbert ARick MiddletonL. WINGTed IrvineSteve VickersGreg PolisBert WilsonINJUREDBobby Rousseau<h2>TORONTO</h2>GOALDoug FavellDune WilsonPierre Hamel *DEFENSEBrian GlennieJim McKennyBob NeelyRod SeilingIan TurnbullCENTERGeorge FergusonDave Keon CDarryl SittierNorm Ullman AR. WINGRon Ellis ABill FlettBlaine StoughtonLanny McDonaldGary SabourinL. WINGInge HammarstromLyle Moffat*Dave DunnEddie ShackErrol ThompsonINJUREDBorje Salming<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>GOALGary SmithKen Lockett*DEFENSEBob DaileyDennis KearnsTracy PrattAb DeMarcoJohn Grisdale*Mike RobitailleCENTERAndre BoudriasChris OddleifsonJim Wiley*Gerry MeehanR. WINGPaulin BordeieauGregg BoddyDennis VervergaeiLeon RochefortJerry O&rsquo;FlahertyL. WINGJohn GouldDon LeverBobby LalondeGarry MonahanINJUREDNone<h2>KANSAS CITY</h2>GOALMichel PlassePeter McDuffe*DEFENSEMike Baumgartner*Brent hughes AJim McElmury*Bart CrashleyLarry GirouxDennis Patterson *CENTEREddie Gilbert*Richard LemieuxHugh HarveyDave HudsonR. WINGSimon Nolet CWilf Paiement*Randy Rota ATed SnellL. WINGRobin Burns*Gary CroteauButch Deadmarsh AINJUREDNone<h2>ATLANTA</h2>GOALDan BouchardPhil MyreDEFENSEDwight Bialowas*Jean LemieuxRandy ManeryPat Quinn ANoel Price ACENTERCurt BennettRey ComeauBryan HextallTom LysiakR. WINGHilliard GravesBuster HarveyDean Talafous*Tim EcclestoneJacques RichardL. WINGJerry ByersKeith McCreary CEric VailINJUREDLarry RomanchycfBob Leiter A<h2>CALIFORNIA</h2>GOALGilles MelocheGary Simmons*Marv EdwardsDEFENSELen Frig ARick Hampton*Jim NeilsonBob StewartMike Christie*CENTERRon Huston*Larry Patey*Stan WeirDave GardnerR. WINGWayne King*Morris MottWarren WilliamsAl MacAdam*Jim MoxeyL. WINGJoey Johnston CJohn StewartDave Hrechkosy*Brian LavenderINJUREDNone<h2>CHICAGO</h2>GOALTony EspositoMike VeisorDEFENSEDoug Jarrett ADick RedmondPhil RussellBill White ACENTERIvan BoldirevPit MartinStan Mikita AR. WINGJ.P. BordeieauAlain Daigle*Cliff KorollGrant Mulvey*Jim PappinL. WINGDennis HullDarcy RotaJohn MarksGermain GagnonINJUREDKeith MagnusonDale Tallon<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 ManiagoPeter LoPresti *DEFENSEBarry Gibbs ADoug Hicks *Dennis O&rsquo;BrienTom ReidChris Ahrens*Fred BarrettCENTERJude DrouinDennis HextallMurray OliverFred StanfieldR. WINGJohn Flesch*Bill Goldsworthy CLou NanneHenry BouchaL. WINGDon Martineau*Blake Dunlop*Jean-Paul Parise A.Richard NantaisINJUREDFern Rivard<h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2>GOALWayne StephensonBernie ParentBob TaylorDEFENSEAndre DupontTed HarrisEd Van ImpeTom BladonJimmy WatsonJoe Watson ACENTERRick MacLeishBill ClementTerry AOrest KindrachukBobby Clarke CR. WINGGary Dornhoefer AReg LeachDon SaleskiL. WING&rsquo;Bill BarberDave SchultzBob KellyRoss LonsberryINJUREDNone.<h2>PITTSBURGH</h2>GOALGary InnessBob Johnson*DEFENSEDave Burrows ABarry WilkinsRon StackhouseBob ParadiseColin Campbell *Dennis Owchar*Jean-Guy LagaceCENTERSyl Apps ARon Lalonde ARon Schock CPierre Larouche*R. WINGChuck ArnasonRick KehoeKelly Pratt*Jean PronovostL. WINGVic HadfieldNelson DebenedelBob KellyLowell MacDonaldINJUREDSteve Durbano<h2>ST. LOUIS</h2>GOALJohn DavidsonEddie JohnstonDEFENSEDon AwreyBob Hess*Barclay Plager CBob Plager ALarry Sacharuk*Chris EvanscenterWayne MerrickGarry Unger ADoug Palazzari*Ken Richardson *R. WINGBill CollinsPierre PlanteBrian Ogilvie*Craig PatrickL. WINGAce BaileyStan GilbertsonFloyd ThomsonINJUREDNone.<h2>WASHINGTON</h2>GOALMichel BelhumeurRon LowDEFENSEGreg Joly*Yvon LabreBill MikkelsonDoug MohnsGordon Smith*Willie BrossartCENTERJim Hrycuik*Pete LaframboiseTommy WilliamsDave KryskowR. WINGRon Anderson*Gordie BrooksLew MorrisonL. WINGBruce Cowick*Denis DupereBob Gryp*Bill LesukMike Marson*Jack EgersINJUREDNone &#9632;

NHL Team Rosters

<div class="byline">BY TONY GALLAGHER</div>LIUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U. S. and CanadaLIUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U. S. and CanadaVANCOUVER &mdash;Vancouver Blazers have been off to a bad start, or at least an inconsistent one.The frustrations have become so bad that general manager and coach Joe Crozier has even got his ire up at the Vancouver fans &mdash;people he claims are far too critical of his younger players.&ldquo;The fans here are too impatient.&rdquo; said Crozier. &ldquo;The fans sit on their hands in our building. whereas in. Quebec they get behind their team. Here, they are more critical than anything else. This is no bundle of joy. I&rsquo;m trying to build a franchise around kids. The kids are so uptight at home they&rsquo;re afraid to touch the puck.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01192/3276153-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="257" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Crozier</figcaption></div>They touched the puck enough to get a 3-3 tie with the Winnipeg Jets at home, and that&rsquo;s when Crozier made his comments.&ldquo;All I ask is that the fansgive me as much time as the Vancouver Canucks have had to build a winner.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If I&rsquo;d known the fans would be this impatient I would have gone out and got old people. If they want old people. I&rsquo;ll get old people. But they&rsquo;re not helping the situation.&rdquo;Crozier is understandably overwrought over his much ballyhooed return to Vancouver which has turned out to be somewhat less sucessful than his departure year in 1970 when he took the Western League Canucks to the Lester Patrick Trophy.Blazers are presently in fourth place in the Canadian Division having already played a large percentage of game sat home. And theclub just cringes when it looks ahead to the brutal road schedule which starts in earnest in late December.Johnny McKenzie continues to be the best player on the club as his fifth goal of the season gave the Blazers their tie with Jets.EDMONTON: The Oilers have a winning record and are still in last place in the division. That is not a particular showing of strength in the division but rather the lack of games played by the club. The reason of course is the late completion of the beautiful $l8-million Coliseum which was almost finished before the Oilers first game there before over 15.326 fans &mdash; a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Crusaders. The funniest thing about the opening was that some of the escalators weren&rsquo;t working and some of the seats became unhinged during the game. The dressing rooms didn&rsquo;t have showers and the hard-hatted working men raced through the stands looking after last minute details as the first fans were coming in, But, as Bill Hunter said it would, the building was ready on the scheduled date and there were no ice problems similar to those experienced in the Cleveland building. The Oilers are hoping that things are all downhill from here.QUEBEC: The San Diego Mariners oare so tough, even Quebec coach Jean-Guy Gendron had to get into the fighting act when the World Hockey Association&rsquo;s answer to the Philadelphia Flyers made their first appearance in Quebec. Gendron was given a match penalty by referee Bob Kolari in the third period of the bullies&rsquo; 4-3 victory over Les Nordiques when he became involved in the fisticuffs. The brawl, which followed a first period fight that included many of the same participants, resulted in 170 minutes in penalties and featured a scrap between Mariners&rsquo; Jamie Bateman and Quebec&rsquo;s Michel Rouleau in the penalty box. Brian Morenz had given the San Diego club the go-ahead goal in the third period, a goal which turned out to be the winner.TORONTO: Bill Harris, affable coach of the division-leading Toros. is understandably pleased with his club&rsquo;s scoring punch.&ldquo;Any time a team can score 14 times on the road, everyone has to be playing really well,&rdquo; said Harris. &ldquo;This year we have better balance. all three lines are scoring well.&rdquo;The 14 goals on the road to which Harris referred came in 7-4 and 7-0 victories over Minnesota and Chicago respectively and have the Toros three points ahead of the Jets.WINNIPEG: There were some people who said the Swedish hockey players brought in by the Jets could not succeed playing pro in Canada. Not so. The Swedes have the Jets clipping along in second place along with some help from the high-scoring Bobby Hull, who had his 12th goal of the year in Vancouver. But the Swedes have also proved they can handle the rough hockey. &#9632;

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Crozier Levels Blast At Critical Vancouver Fans

LARRY LUNDHouston AerosThere were those last season who contended that the line that made the Houston Aeros go was not the Gordie Howe trio, but instead the Go-Go Line of Larry Lund, Erank Hughes and Andr&eacute; Hinse. Off that line&rsquo;s performance last week that contention would have Io be considered valid.Led by Lund&rsquo;s five goals and three assists, the Go-Go Line scored nine goals as the Aeros reclaimed first place in the WHA West. Lund scored three goals in the Aeros&rsquo; 8-5 victory over Minnesota and added singles in victories over Chicago and New England.The 34-year-old center took over the league goal-scoring lead with 14 goals.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02141/3276191-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="675" height="602"></div>MICHEL PARIZEAUQuebec NordiquesWith the revamped Toronto Toros. Vancouver Blazers and Edmonton Oilers expected to dominate the Canadian Division of the WHA this year the Quebec Nordiques weren&rsquo;t expected to make the playoffs. But 15 games into the season the Nordiques are riding in second place, four points behind the Toros.One of the contributing factors behind their success has been an improved offense led by left winger Michel Parizeau. The former Philadelphia Flyer and St. Louis Blue has nine goals this season, a total boosted by a four goal, four assist week.The 26-year-old forward scored three goals in victories over Michigan and once in a 10-3 win over Indianapolis.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-03111/3276184-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="678" height="613"></div> &#9632;

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WHA’s Stars of the week

<div class="byline">BY RICH PASSAN</div>CHICAGO &mdash;Coach Whitey Stapleton of the Chicago Cougars is a puzzled man these days.He&rsquo;s upset with his team &mdash; and that includes Whitey Stapleton the All Star defenseman &mdash; which is off to another poor start this season.The Cougars, picked by many experts to be one of the toughest teams in the World Hockey Association&rsquo;s East Division this year, are having trouble getting out of the starting blocks. After an opening-game victory in Vancouver, the Windy City crew dropped seven of its next eight games and were 2-9 after 11 games, causing Stapleton to scratch his head in wonderment.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01175/3276229-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="282" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pat Stapleton</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s wrong,&rdquo; said the exasperated player-coach. &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t seem to be able to generate any offense and stop anything defensively. And it&rsquo;s not just one or two guys. It&rsquo;s a team effort and that includes me.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to have to make some changes. Maybe we re not getting the puck to the forwards enough.&rdquo;To get some new blood into the club, Stapleton called up three players from Long Island of the NAHL and sent three members of the present club down. Coming up were defensemen Dune McCallum and Jim Pritchard and rookie attacker Mark Lomenda. Sent to the NAHL were center Joe Hardy and defense pair Jim Watson and Larry Mavety.Stapleton. one of the stars of Team Canada &lsquo;74. came back here after the series with the Soviet Union in hopes of getting off to a flying start.&ldquo;The guys were in shape and everything was set.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a big adjustment from Team Canada for me, but it hasn&rsquo;t affected me as much as the last time (1972).&rdquo;Actually, the Cougars are not playing that badly. In five of those seven losses, the margin has been one goal. One mistake less here or there and the Cougars could be fighting the New England Whalers for the WHA East lead.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02135/3276222-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="1190" height="1303"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL SMITH&hellip; Gives Whalers Top Goaling</figcaption></div>During losing streaks, the pressure usually builds and the players tend to press. &ldquo;They all want to be the one to be the light that leads the way,&rdquo; Stapleton theorized. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s certainly not from a lack of trying.&ldquo;You try to go along with the fellows on the team. You don&rsquo;t want to make moves, but eventually, you have to.&rdquo;The only area that has given Stapleton some degree of pleasure is the goaltending of Dave Dryden and Cam Newton.One possible cause of the on-the-ice problems could be some off-the-ice troubles the Cougars have been experiencing. The long-awaited new arena that was supposed to have been under construction isn&rsquo;t and the club has acted.Team president Walter Kaiser has filed two lawsuits &mdash; one for $3 million against the Chicago suburb of Rosemont and another for $10 million against the owners of the Hyatt Regency O&rsquo;Hare Hotel &mdash; for negligence in building the new arena.&ldquo;Anytime anything else besides hockey is on a guy&rsquo;s mind, it takes away from his game.&rdquo; declared Stapleton. &ldquo;Maybe they are talking about moving when they should be talking about what&rsquo;s going out on the ice.&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not an overpowering club, but we are capable of doing the job. We depend a lot on the checking game&rdquo;Is Stapleton still optimistic despite the bad start? &ldquo;Of course,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;The wheel does go around.&rdquo;INDIANAPOLIS: The Racers have finally found the enemy nets and raced all the way into second place in the East Division on the wings of a three-game winning streak.After getting shut out for the first time in nine games by Phoenix, the Racers beat San Diego, defending World Trophy champion Houston and Michigan to leap over Cleveland and into the runner-up spot behind New England.In that three-game stretch, they scored 14 goals, almost as many as they had in the first nine. But no one, except Bobby Whitlock, is taking charge. Whitlock has scored eight of Indy&rsquo;s 28 goals in the first dozen games.The apparent awakening of the offense prompted director of player personnel Chuck Catto to send right winger Gary Bredin to the Michigan Stags in exchange for defenseman Billy Horton. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll help us,&rdquo; said Catto, &ldquo;where the goaltenders appreciate it and that&rsquo;s out in front where he&rsquo;ll clear the puck.&rdquo;NEW ENGLAND: &ldquo;We were hoping to get off to this kind of start,&rdquo; is the way Whalers&rsquo; general manager Jack Kelley describes his club&rsquo;s 7-2 beginning this season. &ldquo;What I don&rsquo;t like is what&rsquo;s coming up.&rdquo;Kelley was referring to a grind that will find the Whalers playing 12 out of 13 games on the road. &ldquo;If we can wind up in the vicinity of .500 when we get back, then we&rsquo;ll be all right.&rdquo; said Kelley,The New England GM singled out the play of defenseman Rick Ley, goaltender Al Smith and center Terry Caffery as keys to the team&rsquo;s fine start. &ldquo;Ley has been outstanding, Smitty has been great in goal and Caffery has come along a lot quicker that we thought he would after his injury,&rdquo; he said.Defenseman Ted Green&rsquo;s back is still bothering him and he missed the front part of the long trip.CLEVELAND: It looks as though Ron Buchanan is going to make every game against the Crusaders seem like a vendetta. The emotional center, traded to the Edmonton Oilers a few weeks ago for center Jim Harrison, has faced the C&rsquo;s twice this season and destroyed them bothtimes.In the first game at the Coliseum in Cleveland, he scored the first goal ever in that building and wound up with another goal and an assist in a 4-2 victory.A week later, at the new Coliseum in Edmonton, he repeated in a 4-1 triumph. In the first-ever game in that building, the likeable pivot scored the first goal again, then tacked on two assists for another three-point game. Six points against his ex-mates in two games. Not bad production. Harrison, meanwhile, failed to score against his old club. &#9632;

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Cougars’ Shaky Start Puzzles Stapleton; Indianapolis’ Scorers Put It All Together

(Including Sun. Nov. 17)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-03103/3276260-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="592" height="895"></div> &#9632;

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WHA Leaders

(Standings on Tue. Nov. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-255/3276588-1-eng-US/f0028-252.jpg" title="f0028-25" width="605" height="579"></div><h2>GAMES COMPLETED</h2>Tue. Nov. 12Quebec 5 at Michigan 4; San Diego 4 at Chicago 2; New England 1 at Houston 6.Wed. Nov. 13Houston 8 at Minnesota 5; Indianapolis 3 at Quebec 10; Toronto 5 at Vancouver 3; Winnipeg 3 at Edmonton 5.Thur. Nov. 14Cleveland 2 at Phoenix 1; New England 7 at San Diego 2; Chicago 2 at Michigan 4.Fri. Nov. 15Toronto 4 at Edmonton 5; Indianapolis 0 at Winnipeg 5: Celveland 5 at San Diego 3.Sat Nov. 16New England 3 at Phoenix 6; Chicago 2 at Houston 6; Michigan 3 at Quebec 4.Sun. Nov. 17Indianapolis 1 at Edmonton 2; Toronto 3 at Winnipeg 1: New England 6 at Michigan 1: Minnesota 7 at Quebec 1. San Diego 4 at Houston 3.<h2>GAMES TO COME</h2>Tue. Nov. 19Houston at Indianapolis; New England at Chicago; Vancouver at San Diego.Wed. Nov. 20Edmonton at Quebec; Minnesota at Winnipeg Indianapolis at Chicago.Thu. Nov. 21New England at Indianapolis; Phoenix at Michigan; Cleveland at Quebec.Fri. Nov. 22Edmonton at Toronto; Houston at Vancouver; Michigan at Chicago.Sat. Nov. 23Toronto at Quebec; Chicago at New England; Houston at Vancouver; San Diego at MinnesotaSun. Nov. 24Houston at Edmonton; Quebec at Cleveland: Pheonix at Winnipeg; Toronto at Indianapolis; Minnesota at Michigan; New England at Chicago.Tue. Nov. 26Phoenix at Houston; Winnipeg at Iruiianapolis: Vancouver at Michigan; Minnesota at Toronto: Edmonton at San Diego. New England at Quebec.Wed. Nov. 27Chicago at Phoenix: Winnipeg at Cleveland.Thu. Nov. 28Edmonton at Houston; Quebec at Indianapolis; Chicago at San Diego, Vancouver at Toronto.Fri. Nov. 29New England at Vancouver; Toronto at Phoenix; Indianapolis at Cleveland; Michigan at Winnipeg.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-265/3276581-1-eng-US/f0028-262.jpg" title="f0028-26" width="259" height="282"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-275/3276574-1-eng-US/f0028-272.jpg" title="f0028-27" width="217" height="284"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-285/3276567-1-eng-US/f0028-282.jpg" title="f0028-28" width="245" height="245"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-295/3276560-1-eng-US/f0028-292.jpg" title="f0028-29" width="241" height="262"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-305/3276553-1-eng-US/f0028-302.jpg" title="f0028-30" width="239" height="242"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-315/3276546-1-eng-US/f0028-312.jpg" title="f0028-31" width="240" height="242"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-325/3276539-1-eng-US/f0028-322.jpg" title="f0028-32" width="309" height="323"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-335/3276532-1-eng-US/f0028-332.jpg" title="f0028-33" width="306" height="243"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-345/3276525-1-eng-US/f0028-342.jpg" title="f0028-34" width="321" height="226"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-355/3276518-1-eng-US/f0028-352.jpg" title="f0028-35" width="247" height="246"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-365/3276511-1-eng-US/f0028-362.jpg" title="f0028-36" width="261" height="239"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-374/3276504-1-eng-US/f0028-372.jpg" title="f0028-37" width="214" height="212"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-384/3276497-1-eng-US/f0028-382.jpg" title="f0028-38" width="276" height="208"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-393/3276490-1-eng-US/f0028-392.jpg" title="f0028-39" width="216" height="247"></div> &#9632;

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WHA Scoreboard

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-02108/3276452-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="597" height="574"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01166/3276459-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="149" height="196"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><h2>Tue. Nov. 12</h2>QUEBEC 5, MICHIGAN 4SAN DIEGO 4, CHICAGO 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0377/3276445-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="597" height="462"></div>NEW ENGLAND 1, HOUSTON 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0461/3276438-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="593" height="501"></div><h2>Wed. Nov. 13</h2>HOUSTON 8,L MINNESOTA 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0549/3276431-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="593" height="688"></div>INDIANAPOLIS 3. QUEBEC 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0641/3276424-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="594" height="718"></div>WINNIPEG 3, EDMONTON 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0735/3276417-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="593" height="377"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0832/3276410-1-eng-US/f0028-082.jpg" title="f0028-08" width="599" height="209"></div>TORONTO 5, VANCOUVER 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0929/3276403-1-eng-US/f0028-092.jpg" title="f0028-09" width="592" height="586"></div><h2>Thur. Nov. 14</h2>CHICAGO 2, MICHIGAN 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1028/3276396-1-eng-US/f0028-102.jpg" title="f0028-10" width="593" height="559"></div>NEW ENGLAND 7, SAN DIEGO 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1122/3276389-1-eng-US/f0028-112.jpg" title="f0028-11" width="588" height="178"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1220/3276382-1-eng-US/f0028-122.jpg" title="f0028-12" width="599" height="385"></div>CLEVELAND 2, PHOENIX 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1316/3276375-1-eng-US/f0028-132.jpg" title="f0028-13" width="591" height="611"></div><h2>Fri. Nov. 15</h2>TORONTO 4, EDMONTON 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1410/3276368-1-eng-US/f0028-142.jpg" title="f0028-14" width="593" height="595"></div>INDIANAPOLIS 9, WINNIPEG 5<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1510/3276361-1-eng-US/f0028-152.jpg" title="f0028-15" width="595" height="579"></div>CLEVELAND 5, SAN DIEGO 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-169/3276354-1-eng-US/f0028-162.jpg" title="f0028-16" width="595" height="526"></div><h2>Sat. Nov. 16</h2>NEW ENGLAND 3, PHOENIX 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-178/3276347-1-eng-US/f0028-172.jpg" title="f0028-17" width="590" height="472"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-188/3276340-1-eng-US/f0028-182.jpg" title="f0028-18" width="593" height="92"></div>CHICAGO 2, HOUSTON 6<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-198/3276333-1-eng-US/f0028-192.jpg" title="f0028-19" width="591" height="545"></div>MICHIGAN 3. QUEBEC 4<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-206/3276326-1-eng-US/f0028-202.jpg" title="f0028-20" width="587" height="556"></div><h2>Sun. Nov. 17</h2>TORONTO 3. WINNIPEG 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-216/3276319-1-eng-US/f0028-212.jpg" title="f0028-21" width="586" height="431"></div>NEW ENGLAND 6, MICHIGAN 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-225/3276312-1-eng-US/f0028-222.jpg" title="f0028-22" width="592" height="498"></div>MINNESOTA 7, QUEBEC 1<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-235/3276305-1-eng-US/f0028-232.jpg" title="f0028-23" width="590" height="632"></div>SAN DIEGO 4, HOUSTON 3<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-245/3276298-1-eng-US/f0028-242.jpg" title="f0028-24" width="601" height="504"></div>INDIANAPOLIS 1, EDMONTON 2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0379/3276291-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="594" height="690"></div> &#9632;

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World Hockey Association Summaries

(Including Sun. Nov. 10)<h2>SAN DIEGO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01133/3276738-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="594" height="609"></div><h2>QUEBEC</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-02106/3276731-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="592" height="639"></div><h2>HOUSTON</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0370/3276724-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="593" height="598"></div><h2>WINNIPEG</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0455/3276717-1-eng-US/f0029-042.jpg" title="f0029-04" width="593" height="666"></div><h2>PHOENIX</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0550/3276710-1-eng-US/f0029-052.jpg" title="f0029-05" width="597" height="641"></div><h2>MINNESOTA</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0639/3276703-1-eng-US/f0029-062.jpg" title="f0029-06" width="593" height="143"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0730/3276696-1-eng-US/f0029-072.jpg" title="f0029-07" width="592" height="528"></div><h2>EDMONTON</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0826/3276689-1-eng-US/f0029-082.jpg" title="f0029-08" width="590" height="631"></div><h2>VANCOUVER</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0922/3276682-1-eng-US/f0029-092.jpg" title="f0029-09" width="594" height="569"></div><h2>NEW ENGLAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1018/3276675-1-eng-US/f0029-102.jpg" title="f0029-10" width="593" height="662"></div><h2>MICHIGAN</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1115/3276668-1-eng-US/f0029-112.jpg" title="f0029-11" width="599" height="746"></div><h2>TORONTO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-1212/3276661-1-eng-US/f0029-122.jpg" title="f0029-12" width="596" height="173"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-137/3276654-1-eng-US/f0029-132.jpg" title="f0029-13" width="601" height="498"></div><h2>INDIANAPOLIS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-146/3276647-1-eng-US/f0029-142.jpg" title="f0029-14" width="593" height="346"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-153/3276640-1-eng-US/f0029-152.jpg" title="f0029-15" width="596" height="319"></div><h2>CHICAGO</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-16/3276633-1-eng-US/f0029-162.jpg" title="f0029-16" width="593" height="519"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-17/3276626-1-eng-US/f0029-172.jpg" title="f0029-17" width="602" height="128"></div><h2>CLEVELAND</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-18/3276619-1-eng-US/f0029-182.jpg" title="f0029-18" width="603" height="645"></div> &#9632;

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WHA’s Team Scoring. Penalty Statistics

<h2>CLEVELAND</h2>GOALGerry CheeversBob WhiddenDEFENSERay ClearwaterTom EdurLarry HillmanWayne HillmanWayne MuloinPaul ShmyrCENTERJim HarrisonRich LeducJohn StewartRon WardR. WINGTerry HolbrookSkip KrakeAl McDonoughL. WINGSteve CardwellGrant EricksonGarry JarrettGerry PinderRuss WalkerINJUREDNone<h2>CHICAGO</h2>GOALDave DrydenCam NewtonDEFENSEBryon BaltimoreDarryl MaggsJim Pritchard *Dick ProceviatPat StapletonDune MacCallumCENTERRalph BackstromMark Lomenda *Gary MacGregorRod&rsquo;ZaineDave WalterR. WINGJim BenzelockDon GordonDuke HarrisRosaire PaiementL. WINGBob LiddingtonRick MorrisJan PopielFrankie RochonINJUREDNone<h2>EDMONTON</h2>GOALKen BrownChris WorthyJacques PlanteDEFENSEDoug BarrieKen BairdAl HamiltonBarry LongRay MacKayJim McCrimmonCENTEREddie JoyalRoss PerkinsMike Rogers *Bobby SheehanRon BuchananR. WINGTom GilmoreBruce MacGregorRusty Patenaudet Don HerrimanL. WINGRon ClimleBlair MacDonaldSteve CarlyleINJUREDNone<h2>HOUSTON</h2>GOALWayne RutledgeRon GrahameDEFENSELarry HaleMarty HoweGlen IrwinPoul PopeilJohn SchellaCENTERGord LabossiereLarry LundTerry RuskowskiJim SherritR. WINGMurray HallGordie HoweFrank HughesBill PrenticeL. WINGAndre HlnseMark HoweTed TaylorDon LarwayBill PrestonINJUREDNone.<h2>INDIANAPOLIS</h2>GOALAndy BrownEd DyckDEFENSEBob AshRoger CoteMurray KennettJim HargreavesCraig Hanmer *Ralph HopiavouriBilly HortonKen DesjardineCENTERBob FitchnerSteve RichardsonJoe RobertsonBob SicinskiBob WhitlockR. WINGSteve AndrascikGary BredinNick HarbarukRon WaltersBrian McKenzieL. WINGJim WisteKerry BondRich PumpleINJUREDNone<h2>MICHIGAN</h2>GOALGerry DesjardinsPaul HogansonJim MacLeodDEFENSEPaul CurtisLarry JohnstonJohn MiszukArnie BrownBill ReedBarry LeggeRandy LeggeJerry Zrymiak *CENTERJ.P. LeblancSteve WestJacques LocasBrian McDonaldFred SpeckR. WINGLen FontaineEd JohnstoneTom ServissGary BredinGuy TrottierL. WINGDanny GruenMarc TardifGary VeneruzzoBilly EvoSteve SutherlandINJUREDReg Thomas<h2>MINNESOTA</h2>GOALMike CurranJohn GarrettJack McCartanDEFENSEJohn ArbourTerry BallBob BoydRon BusniukPat Westrum *Dick ParadiseRick SmithCENTERGary GambucciTed HampsonJim JohnsonDanny O&rsquo;SheaFran HuckMike AntonovichR. WINGMike WaltonWayne ConnellyKevin O&rsquo;SheaCurt Brackenbury *L. WINGMurray HeatleyGeorge MorrisonDon TannahillGord GallantINJUREDMike McMahon<h2>NEW ENGLAND</h2>GOALC. AbrahamssonAl SmithDEFENSET. AbrahamssonJim DoreyPaul HurleyRick LeyBrad SeiwoodCENTERTerry CafferyAl KarlanderLarry PleauGary SwainR. WINGMike ByersFred O&rsquo;DonnellTim SheehyTom WebsterL. WINGWayne CarletonDon BlackburnJohn FrenchTom EarlNick FotiuINJUREDTed Green<h2>PHOENIX</h2>GOALGarry KurtJack NorrisDEFENSEAl MacLeodWendell Bennett *Gerry OdrowskiMike StevensJim NiekampCENTERBob BarlowJim BoydRobbie FtorekMurray KeoganDennis SobchukR. WINGDon BorgesonCam ConnorDave GormanJohn GrayL. WINGHugh HarrisMichel CormierHowie YoungINJUREDRick NewellJohn Hughes<h2>QUEBEC</h2>GOALSerge AubryRichard BrodeurDEFENSEAlain BeauleDale HogansonRic JordanPierre RoyJ.C. TremblayJean Garneau *CENTERSerge BernierAndre GaudetteJeannot GilbertMichel ParizeauR. WINGRene LeclercAlain CaronReal CloutierRejean HouleL. WINGPierre GuiteMike RouleauCharles ConstantinBobby GuindonINJUREDFrancois Lacombe<h2>SAN DIEGO</h2>GOALJoe JunkinRuss GillowDEFENSERon PlumbKen BlockHarry HowellKevin MorrisonBob FalkenbergBob WallCENTERAndre LacroixRay AdduonoWayne RiversLee Inglis *R. WINGRick SentesJamie BatemanBrian MorenzTed ScharfL. WINGKevin DevineGene PeacoshCraig ReichmuthNorm FergusonINJUREDNone.<h2>TORONTO</h2>GOALGilles GrattonLes BinkleyJim ShawDEFENSEMike AmodeoRick CunninghamSteve CuddieJim TurkiewiczGeorge KuzmiczCENTERWayne DillonPat HickeyGavin KirkVaclav NedomanskyR. WINGTony FeatherstoneBob LeducTom MartinTom SimpsonL. WINGPaul HendersonFrank Mahovlichi ant SelbyRichard FardaINJUREDNone.<h2>VANCOUVER</h2>GOALDon McLeodWayne Wood *DEFENSEJim CardiffDon McCullochMike PelykPat PriceDuane RuppCENTERBryan CampbellRon ChipperfieldClaude St. SauveurRob WaltonR. WINGDanny LawsonPaul TerbencheJohn McKenzieLarry IsraelsonL. WINGDon BurgessMurray MyersJimmy Jones *Peter Driscoll *INJUREDPete Donnell<h2>WINNIPEG</h2>GOALJoe DaleyErnie WakelyCurt LarssonDEFENSELarry HornungDuke AsmundsonAnders HedbergHeikki RiihirantiLars-Erik SjobergBob WoytowichPerry MillerCENTERDanny JohnsonVeli Ketola *Ulf NilssonChris Bordeleaujean-Guy GrattonR. WINGNorm BeaudinRon AshtonDanny SpringRon SnellL. WINGMike FordMilt BlackBobby HullINJUREDNone. &#9632;

WHA Team Rosters

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div>ST. PAUL &mdash;Mike Walton, the definding World Hockey Association scoring champion, registered his first hat-trick of the season in a 10-4 pummeling of the expansion Phoenix Roadrunners to give him him a nine point week.Shakey. who had eight hat-tricks last season, climbed into the WHA&rsquo;s top 10 with nine goals and five assists on the season. He had six goals in his three-game week. The Saints scored four times on the power play and could have used a few of those earlier in the week when they lost 6-4 at Winnipeg, with Ulf Nilsson and Chris Bordeleau getting two each for the Jets, or when they lost to the Toronto Toros 7-4. back in St. Paul.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01158/3276793-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="256" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gary Bredin</figcaption></div>Paul Henderson turned the Saints&rsquo; power-play into two Toro goals 24 seconds apart.Still Walton was starting to move and that could only be a good omen for the Saints as they bid to move upwards after a slow start in which they were 4-6 after the first 10 games.MICHIGAN: The Stags should have made the trade sooner. They dealt defenseman Bill Horton to the Indianapolis Racers for Gary Bredin right after Bredin scored one goal and set up another as the Racers dumped the Stags 6-1.The win was the third in a row for the expansion Racers, who opened the season&rsquo;s play with one win in nine games. The loss was the fifth straight, and ninth in 11 starts, for the Stags who earlier had beaten the Racers in their WHA opener.The largest crowd the Stags have drawn to Cobo Arena yet, 6,429, witnessed the game.Bredin. who scored the winning goal in overtime for the Racers a night earlier in a 5-4 triumph over the defending World Hockey Association champion Houston Aeros, was, formerly in the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; organization before jumping to the WHA. Bredin was the second new Michigan player to be added. The stags purchased Guy Trottier from Toronto Toros for a future draft choice.Horton had been playing for Greensboro of the Southern League after being dropped from the Stags at training camp. Indianapolis put him right into the lineup.SAN DIEGO: The Mariners are making their presence known, win or lose&hellip; and they&rsquo;ve lost three of four on their current six-game road trip.Ted Scharf drew 27 penalty minutes on one call (roughing, fighting, misconduct and game misconduct) in a 9-3 Mariner loss at Houston which enabled the defending World Hockey Association Aeros to take over first place alone in the Western Division.Five nights later the Mariners regained a share of the lead. getting two goals from Wayne Rivers to stop the Quebec Nordiques 4-3 in a game which saw 33 penalties, including six game misconducts. Quebec coach Jean-Guy Gendron drew one of the game misconducts during a third period bench clearing brawl.In between, the Mariners were shut out twice on consecutive nights by the same 3-0 score.Andy Brown made 31 saves, including 18 in the final period, as the Indianapolis Racers recorded their first WHA shutout. It was also the first WHA shutout for Brown, who jumped from the National Hockey League&rsquo;s Pittsburgh Penguins this season.The victory, only the second in 10 games for the Racers, started the expansion team on a three-game winning streak.Veteran goaltender Al Smith kicked out 30 shots as the New England Whalers posted a shutout over the Mariners. Joe Junkin made 34 saves for the Mariners in a goaltending duel.Andr&eacute; Lacroix leads the Mariners in scoring and is tied for fifth in the league with nine goals and seven assists.HOUSTON: The Aeros took over sole possession of the WHA&rsquo;s Western Division, dropping San Diego to second place with a 9-3 shelling, including two goals apiece by Frank Hughes and Jimmy Sherrit.The Aeros couldn&rsquo;t hold onto the lead, however, losing 5-4 in Houston to the expansion Indianapolis Racers. The victory was the third straight in the WHA for the Racers who had a 1-8 start. Bredin scored the winning goal for Indianapolis in overtime.Larry Lund got two goals and an assist in the loss to hold seventh spot among WHA scorers with nine goals and six assists.PHOENIX: Gary Kurt and the Kid Line of Dennis Sobchuk, Cam Connor and Dave Gorman salvaged a 19-day road trip for the Roadrunners.Kurt, obtained from the San Diego Mariners in the expansion draft, recorded his first shutout in major league, a 3-0 whitewash over the Roadrunners&rsquo; sister expansion team. Indianapolis Racers. The Kid Line clicked for three goals, two by Gorman and one by Sobchuk. in a 4-2 upset of New England Whalers.Kurt had never had a shutout in his three years in the WHA nor in l6games before that with the California Seals.The grueling road trip came to a crunching halt with a 10-4 whipping by Minnesota at St. Paul. The Roadrunners are having difficulty killing penalties as four of the Saints&rsquo; goals were with a man advantage. The Phoenix penalty-killing record is the worst in the WHA with 17 allowed in 11 games, a pace which would easily smash the record of 66.The Roadrunners called up defenseman Wendell Bennett from their Tulsa farm club to replace Rick Newell, who may be out for two months, and learned they might lose rookie rearguard John Hughes for several weeks.Hughes, who was skating with a pulled groin and a bruised foot, banged up his Shoulder at St. Paul. It was not readily determined whether he had a separation or a bad bruise.Newell, why missed 2 1/2 weeks last season when his jaw was fractured by a puck the opening day of the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; training camp, broke the jaw again in the same place in a practice.Scuffling along the boards with Al McLeod, another defenseman who&rsquo; lumped along with Newell from the Detroit organization. Newell fell to the ice. hitting his jaw on the boards. He is expected to be lost six to eight weeks. &#9632;

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Minnesota Untracked As Walton Sparks Offense

DETROIT&mdash;Meet No. 88 of the Michigan Stags hockey team.He&rsquo;s goalie Gerry Desjardins who has asked that his sweater number be changed to &ldquo;88&rdquo; from the No. 1 he wore during the team&rsquo;s early games this season.&ldquo;Maybe you could say that a goalie is behind the eight ball, so why shouldn&rsquo;t he wear a double eight,&rdquo; Desjardins says.As far as is known, the &ldquo;88&rdquo; is the biggest number assigned to any player in professional hockey, either in the United States or in Canada. &#9632;

Stags’ Goaler Gets No. 88

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0030-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-02108/3276848-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">THOMMY ABRAHAMSSON&hellip; New England</figcaption></div>The New England Whalers added a little European touch to the WHA hockey scene this season when they imported the Swedish brother act of Thommy and Crister Abrahamsson. Thommy, a defenseman, shown above, came to the Whalers with high credentials. He was a former Swedish National team member and a much-sought after European performer. Rangy, strong and a solid defensive player, he could have a long career with the Whalers. &#9632;

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WHA ROOKIE PARADE

<div class="byline">BY JERRY LINDQUIST</div>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKSMade in Canada by HILLERICH 8. 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 CanadaRICHMOND&mdash;Neither coaches nor players seem to like the American Hockey League&rsquo;s new rule limiting substitution but it passed its first test with few, it any, problems nevertheless.The Richmond Robins and Providence Reds served as guinea pigs in Richmond. The Reds won 3-1 in a game that featured shooting and skating but very little hitting. It was up and down, up and down the ice, with the respective goaltenders, Richmond&rsquo;s Graham Parsons and Curt Ridley of Providence, the stars.The board of governors incorporated the new rule to. shorten the length of games from opening face-off to final buzzer, and the Robins-Reds match was completed in a snappy two hours, four minutes.One reason was the overall lack of penalties. Referee Greg Madill had an easy time, handing out only six penalties, all minors &mdash; four tripping and two holding.Not once did Madill or linesmen Don Cox and Bruce Garside have to direct a player back to the bench from coming onto the ice at the wrong time. Late in the game the Reds did find themselves with one too many in position to face the next face-off, and that oversight was quickly remedied before play resumed.Larry Wilson, the Richmond coach, has been quite outspoken concerning his dislike for the rule. Likewise John Muckier, the Providence coach who insists &ldquo;it will make the rich richer&rdquo; although at this point that&rsquo;s okay with him. With the victory the Reds built their non-losing streak to 12 (10-0-2) matching a club record.Following the rule&rsquo;s first application. Muckier said. &ldquo;We spent half the time trying to get our lines off the ice. We had to dump the puck in more than we usually do, and that&rsquo;s not our style. We like to work it in.&rdquo;Said Richmond defenseman Jack Mcllhargey. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t get off the ice when you want to. You get tired, and you start running around.&rdquo;The AHL&rsquo;s approach to the substitition rule is similar to that tried by the National Hockey League during the exhibition schedule and later rejected. Substitutions while the clock is stopped are limited to specific instances &mdash; after a goal, while a team is short-handed, and any time over the last two minutes of play.At its meeting in Springfield. Mass., the governors also voted for a five-minute sudden-death overtime period in case of a tie after the regulation 60 minutes.RICHMOND: Steve Atkinson was awarded penalty shot by referee Dave Shewchyk and connected for Robins&rsquo; only goal in 7-1 romp by homestanding Syracuse&hellip; Holdovers Mike Clarke and Mike Boland as well as rookie Norm Barnes sent to North American League&rsquo;s Philadelphia Firebirds&hellip; Ralph MacSweyn survived 10-game trial and signed to regular contract. The veteran defenseman, the Robins&rsquo; first captain (1971-72), spent last two years in the World Hockey Association with Los Angeles Sharks.VIRGINIA: Parent Detroit Red Wings swapped goaltenders, taking Doug Grant and sending Terry Richardson, their first amateur draft choice last year&hellip; Coach Doug Barkley commended Grant&rsquo;s attitude. &ldquo;If you work hard like Grant did, you&rsquo;ll go up,&rdquo; Barkley said&hellip; V-Wings brought big defenseman Mike Korney back from Port Huron (International) and announced backliner Ron Simpson had reconsidered plans to retire and would begin skating again&hellip; Pierre Jarry&rsquo;s hat-trick, the team&rsquo;s first, enabled V-Wings to claim first victory on road, a 6-4 come-from-behind decision in Rochester. Jarry had nine points in seven games since coming down from Detroit.SYRACUSE: Eagles showed no effects of games away from home Friday and Saturday when they mauled Richmond 7-1 Sunday. &ldquo;We played a defensive style on the road which is less tiring,&rdquo;explained coach Art Stratton&hellip; Goaltender Jacques Caron showed durability, appearing in all three games while Lyle Carter recovered from finger injury&hellip; Luc Simard quickly adjusted to switch from center to right wing, scoring four points (three assists) against Richmond to move among league&rsquo;s top scorers&hellip; First-period brawl left Eagles&rsquo; Gary Gresdal and Richmond&rsquo;s Jack Mcllhargey and Steve Coates with game misconducts.BALTIMORE: Kansas City recalled winger Hugh Harvey and defenseman Dennis Patterson, replacing them with first-year pro Glen Burdon and defenseman Bryan Lefley&hellip; Burdon, a center, was the Scouts second amateur selection and the 20th chosen overall in the National Hockey League draft&hellip; Dave Gilmour benched&hellip; Coach Jimmy Morrison not pleased with Clippers&rsquo; early-season performance&hellip; Civic Center fans now throwing pizza plates on ice in large quantities. Eggs, too.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0390/3276879-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="588" height="615"><figcaption class="caption-body">STEVE ATKINSON &hellip;Hits On Penalty Shot</figcaption></div>HERSHEY: Disagreement with parent Pittsburgh Penguins led to veteran defenseman Jean-Guy Lagac&eacute; jumping club and going home. He immediately was suspended but Penguins later lifted ban and he rejoined Bears&hellip; Defenseman Don Brennan called up from Charlotte&hellip; Bears shipped forwards Bob Smulders and Neil Korzack. both Buffalo Sabres property, to Southern League Checkers. &#9632;

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Robins, Reds Rip Off Two-Hour Game Without Hitch

<h2>NEW HAVEN</h2>Defense: Bill Plager, Dwayne Pentland, Kim MacDougal, Jerome Engele, Ron Wilson.Forwards, Tom Colley, Tom Miller, Richard Grenier, Rick Chinnick, Dave Cressman, Scott MacPhail, Alain Langlais, Walt Ledingham, Rod Norrish, Dennis Giannini, John Rogers.<h2>NOVA SCOTIA</h2>Goal: Dave Elenbaas, Peter Proulx, Ed Walsh.Defense: Gilles Lupien, Bill Nyrop, Greg Hubick, Gary Geldart, Chuck Luksa.Forwards: Pete Sullivan, Louis Chaisson, Jim Cahoon, Gordon McTavish, Mike Busniuk, Mike McKegney, Sean Shanahan, Ron Andruff, Guy Delparte, Don Howse, Richard Latulippe.<h2>PROVIDENCE</h2>Goal: Curt Ridley, Glen Seperich.Defense: Joe Zanussi, Dave Maloney, Marty Gateman, John Bednarski.Forwards: Norm Dennis, Gerry Teeple, Bob MacMillan, Wayne Chernecki, Ken Campbell, Hartland Monahan, Bob Craig, Pierre Laganiere, Jim Nichols, Jerry Holland, Boyd Anderson, John Wright, Norm Dube.<h2>ROCHESTER</h2>Goal: Dave Reece, Bob Sneddon.Defense: Harry Shaw, Ray Maluta, Rick Pagnutti, Al Simmons, Mike Milbury.Forwards: Bernie MacNeil, Barry Merrell, Billy Knibbs, Craig Sarner, Gord Clark, Larry McKillop, Peter Sturgeon, Rod Graham, Steve Langdon, Ron Garwasiuk, Steve Stirling, Jake Rathwell.<h2>SPRINGFIELD</h2>Goal: Steve Rexe, Rick Charron.Defense: Gary Sargent, Paul Shakes, Barry Cummins, Tim Jacobs, Jim Witherspoon.Forwards: Tom Cassidy, Brad Winton, Al Blanchard, Doug Buhr, Mike Usitalo, Dale Lewis, Phil Hoene, Jimmy Peters, Pete Harasym, Bob Poffenroth, LorneStamler, Bob MacGuigan, Dennis Abgrall, Mark Heaslip.<h2>BALTIMORE</h2>Goal: Ron Marlow, Lynn Zimmerman.Defense: Kerry Ketter, Roger Lemelin, Larry Bignell, Doug Horbul, Ken Murray, Kent Douglas.Forwards: Morris Stefaniw, Dave Gilmour, Reg Bechtold, Bobby Rivard, Howie Menard, Marc Dufour, Jerry Kemp, Glen Burdon, Brian Murphv, Dune Rousseau.<h2>HERSHEY</h2>Goal: Denis Herron, Tim Regan.Defense: Mario Faubert, Paul McIntosh, Jean Landry, Don Bren-nan.Forwards: Jack Surbey, Bob McManama, Derek Smith, Billy Inglis, Jacques Cossette, Wayne Bianchin, Yves Bergeron, Bernie Lukowich, Don Seiling, Dean Sheremeta, Michel Dezeil, Morris Titanic, Bryan McSheffrey, Terry Ewasiuk, Harvey Bennett.<h2>RICHMOND</h2>Goal: Bernie Wolfe, Graham Parsons, John Adams.Defense: Don McLean, Larry Goodenough, Jack Mcllhargey, Murray Anderson, Joe Lundrigan, George Pesut, Ralph MacSweyn.Forwards: Randy Wyrozub, Randy Osburn, Serge Lajeunesse, Andre Peloffy, Bob Sirois, Steve Coates, Paul Nicholson, John Paddock, Steve Short, Larry Fullan, Steve Atkinson, Mike Lampman.<h2>SYRACUSE</h2>Goal: Jacques Caron, Lyle Carter, Mike Corcoran.Defense: Blake Ball, Billy Orr, Gary Gresdal, Wayne Lachance, Rick Foley, Steve Warr.Forwards: Doug Ferguson, Luc Simard, Jean-Ren&eacute; Losier, Joe Noris, Al Rycroft, Barry Brooks, Meehan Bonnar, Cal Swenson, Dave Ferguson, Dick Sarrazin, Ron Dussiaume, Billy Goldthorpe.<h2>VIRGINIA</h2>Goal: Terry Richardson, Bill McKenzie.Defense: Frank Bathe, Mike Korney, Ron Simpson, Tom Mellor, Claude Houde, Jim Nahrgang, Charlie Shaw.Forwards: Dennis Polonich, Rick McCann, Ren&eacute; Drolet, Blair Stewart, Bob Krieger, Michel Bergeron, Brian McCutcheon, Ken Mann, Brian Watts, Dennis Johnson, Mike Jakubo, Terry Clancy, Pierre Jarry. &#9632;

AHL Rosters

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER&mdash;Dick Mattiussi is in his 16th season of professional hockey, hut he admits he&rsquo;s still got a few things to learn.Not as a player, understand, but in his new role as a coach.Number one on his &ldquo;must learn&rdquo; list is to stay calm, cool and collected in the face of adversity.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s easier as a player because you can get rid of your frustations on the ice during a game.&rdquo; Mattiussi said after his first month as coach of the American Hockey League Rochester Americans.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01143/3276986-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg" title="f0032-01" width="276" height="482"><figcaption class="caption-body">Brian Holderness</figcaption></div>&ldquo;The big thing I have to do is to stay cool, whether we win or lose. I&rsquo;ve lost it a couple of times this first month. I got a little too excited.&ldquo;But I stand behind the bench and I see mistakes being made and I know the players are not prepared mentally or they wouldn&rsquo;t make them. I&rsquo;ve never know a hockey player yet who wanted to go out and look bad.&ldquo;I got a lot of misconducts in my earlier years as a player because I talked too much and too loud. I learned it doesn&rsquo;t get you anywhere but in trouble and I cut down. Now I&rsquo;ve got to adjust to coaching by calming down.&rdquo;That&rsquo;s not going to be easy for Mattiussi.A lot of coaches say they can leave their hockey at the rink when they go home. But not Mattiussi.He was interviewed by THE HOCKEY NEWS 24 hours aftera particularly distressing 6-4 setback to Virginia after his club was leading 2-0 after one period on home ice.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m just getting over it now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Every time I close my eyes to try and sleep I see the give aways and other mistakes. The plays keep running through my mind.&rdquo;Mattiussi still is in the learning stage about how to handle individual players, too.&ldquo;I have to work out what I should say to the players and when I should say it. And you can&rsquo;t treat everybody the same, despite how that sounds. Some need a pat on the back when they&rsquo;re not going well, while others need harsh treatment.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got to figure that out for these players.&rdquo;After a five-game unbeaten streak (four victories and a tie). Mattiussi wasn&rsquo;t ready for the Virginia defeat, and he reacted strongly &mdash; blaming laziness on the part of some of his players for the loss.One he could not blame was hustling little Ron Garwasiuk. who joined the team in time to help it for its undefeated streak. Garwasiuk scored four goals and assisted on three others in his first six games as an Amerk.Rochester had an amazing turnaround against Nova Scotia in a Nov. 8 game in Rochester. After taking a 1-0 lead in the first period, the Amerks were out shot 18-3 in the second period as not a forward had a shot on the Nova Scotia goal. Trailing 2-1 going into the third period and apparently done, the Amerks bounced back and outshot the Vees 19-5 while scoring two goals in the final 6&frac12; minutes for a 3-2 victory. Dave Hynes, who was leading the club in goals, assistsand points, was called upby Boston because of injuries.PROVIDENCE: The Reds continued undefeated, but did have a couple of scares as they raised their record to nine victories and two ties. After grabbing a 3-1 lead in Nova Scotia on Nov. 7, the Reds suddenly found themselves trailing 4-3 and being swarmed all over by the Vees.But despite a 24-6 bulge in shots on goal in the second period, the Voyageurs could only skate off even at 4-4. Providence won it with three goals in the finale.Then came a 5-4 home-ice win over New Haven, and a 4-4 tie at home with Springfield in which the Reds blew a 2-0 lead and trailed 3-2 and 4-3 before escaping with the deadlock.The Reds, with an undefeated 12-game steak going, got richer as Kansas City sent Norm Dub&eacute; and John Wright down to the Reds. For Dub&eacute; it was returning to the AHL where he played the last two years.Jerry Holland, who let his goals do his talking with 11 in the first eight games, let his fists go in the Nova Scotia game. After only two minor penalties in the first eight games, he had a third-period fights with Mike Busniuk of the Voyageurs.Rookie sensation Ron Greschner didn&rsquo;t last long with the Reds.After watching Greschner play against Rochester Oct. 27, New York Ranger chief scout Lou Passador called his boss. Ranger general manager Emile Francis.&ldquo;When he picked up the phone, I started singing How are you going to keep him down on the farm?&rsquo;,&rdquo; Passador recalled.Emile replied with something like &ldquo;what the heck are you talking about?&rdquo;, but it should be noted that Greschner moved up to New York soon after and is not expected back in the AHL.NOVA SCOTIA: &ldquo;We played five of the best periods of hockey we&rsquo;ve played this year and we don&rsquo;t have a point to show for them.&rdquo; said Voyageurs&rsquo;coach Al MacNeil after losing 7-5 to Providence in Halifax and 3-2 in Rochester on successive nights.MacNeil was especially unhappy over a tripping penalty given Guy Delparte in Rochester on the 8th. The Voyageurs were ahead 2-1 after two periods and had outshot the Amerks 18-3 in the second period when Delparte went off at 2:43 of the final.&ldquo;I hate to complain when we lose, but that was no penalty,&rdquo; MacNeil said I&rsquo;d rather complain about the officiating when we win, though. Besides, it was two boneheaded plays otrour part that gave them their two goals at the end.&rdquo;Two nights later in New Haven, the Vees limited the Nighthawks to fewer shots on goal in the whole game than they did Rochester in the third period. Dave Elenbaas had to make only 15 saves in a 3-2 verdict.With Mario Tremblay shut off the goal-scoring sheet for five straight games (he did pick up five assists), Doug Risebrough. Don Howse, Ron Andruff and Peter Sullivan shared the scoring load. Then Montreal recalled both Risebrough and Tremblay.NEW HAVEN: Peter LoPresti. one of only two goaltenders who had played every game for his team, had his streak end Nov. 9 when he was recalled from the Nighthawks by the parent Minnesota North Stars, who had lost Fern Rivard with an injury.With LoPresti gone, coach Dean Prentice turned to Brian Holderness, a 20-year-old who played for Saskatoon of the Western Canada Hockey League last season. For a backup. Dave Heitz. a Minneapolis-born goalie from Fargo of the Midwest Junior League, was brought back from Lansing of the International League.The North Stars did send the struggling Nighthawks (one victory in nine games from Oct. 25 through Nov. 10) some welcome help in the person of John Rogers.Despite a prolonged bout with mononucleosis, he managed 16 goals and 18 assists with New Haven last season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0295/3276979-1-eng-US/f0032-022.jpg" title="f0032-02" width="570" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHN WRIGHT &hellip;Newest Red</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0356/3276972-1-eng-US/f0032-032.jpg" title="f0032-03" width="564" height="598"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM DUBE &hellip;Returns To AHL</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Mattiussi Finds Keeping Cool Tough Job; Streaking Reds Unbeaten In First 12 Games

<h2>Thur. Oct. 31</h2>ROCHESTER 4, NOVA SCOTIA 3FIRST PERIODNova Scotia, 1&mdash;Andruff (Risebrough, Hubick) 3:10; 2&mdash;Shanahan (Hubick, Risebrough) 8:03, Rochester, 3&mdash;Hynes 13:29; 4&mdash;Graham (Hynes) 17:37.Penalties: Shaw 2:37, Lupien 5:09, Maluta 8:41, Garwasiuk, Risebrough (major) 14:43.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Hubick 2:32, Milbury 9:05, McTavish 18:45.THIRD PERIODRochester, 5&mdash;Merrell (Maluta) 14:54; 6&mdash;Maluta 18:34; Nova Scotia, 7&mdash;Howse (Tremblay, Cahoon) 19:34.Penalties: Lupien 11:12, Nova Scotia bench (served by McKegney) 14:68, Pagnutti 16:31. Lupien (misconduct) 18:34, Merrell 19:05.Saves, Reece (Roch.) 30, Elenbaas (NS) 21.Attendance: 2,735<h2>Fri. Nov. 1</h2>NEW HAVEN 2, ROCHESTER 3FIRST PERIODRochester. 1&mdash;Rathwell (McNeil. Knibbs) 4:18.Penalties: Reece 4:43, Miller 6:02.SECOND PERIODRochester, 2&mdash;Hynes (Gibson, Sarner) 15:01; New Haven, 3&mdash;Langlais (Pentland, Colley) 18:02.Penalties: Pagnutti 4:14, Miller 8:36. Engele 10:55. Shaw 16:13.THIRD PERIODNew Haven, 4&mdash;Giannini (Ledingham) 3:43; Rochester. 5&mdash;Gibson (Graham. Hynes) 7:31.Penalties: Wilson 5:50, Engele 6:53, Graham (major) 11:32, Plager 13:21.Saves, LoPresti (NH) 30, Reece (Roch.) 36.Attendance: 3,802SYRACUSE 2, SPRINGFIELD 1FIRST PERIODSyracuse, 1&mdash;Noris (Orr, Dussiaume) 16:01.Penalties: Cummins 0:41, Bonnar (double minor), Sargent 16:01, LaChance 18:23.SECOND PERIODSyracuse, 2&mdash;Noris (Orr) 5:04; Springfield, 3&mdash;Lewis (Cummins, Peters) 18:08.Penalties: Winton 4:33, Heaslip 10:22. Harasym 11:45. Losier 14:46.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: LaChance 2:59, Foley 18:15. Warr 19:39.Saves. Caron (Syr.) 33, Charron (Spring) 17.<h2>Sun. Nov. 3</h2>PROVIDENCE 4, NEW HAVEN 2FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Miller 6:09, Colley 19:44.SECOND PERIODProvidence, 1&mdash;Monahan (Dennis) 5:56; New Haven, 2 &mdash;Colley (McPhail, Langlais) 9:40; Providence, 3&mdash;Laganiere (Zanussi) 12:49.Penalties: Maloney 2:03, Zanussi 10:06.THIRD PERIODProvidence, 4&mdash;Nichols (Teeple, Laganiere) 11:27; 5&mdash;Laganiere 17:21; New Haven. 6&mdash;Langlais (McPhail, Engele) 19:15.Penalties: Bednarski 7:52, Engele 10:53Saves, Ridley (Prov.) 42, LoPresti (NH) 34.Attendance: 4,783VIRGINIA 1, NOVA SCOTIA 1FIRST PERIODNova Scotia, 1&mdash;Sullivan (Cahoon, Nyrop) 1:13.Penalties: Geldart (minor, major). Jarry (minor, major) Tremblay (game misconduct) 2:56, Shaw 4:11, Lupien 15:28. Nahrgang 19:55.ECOND PERIODNo Scoring.Penalties: Cahoon 1:36, McTavish 4:44. Chiasson 10:04, McCann 13:32.THIRD PERIODVirginia, 2&mdash;Stewart 10:01.Penalties: Risebrough, Stewart, 3:59, Risebrough 7:28.Saves. Grant (Virg.) 28, Walsh (NS) 23.Attendance: 3,143SPRINGFIELD 0, ROCHESTER 6FIRST PERIODRochester, 1&mdash;Merrell (Maluta) 1:38.Penalties: Shaw 2:38, Shakes 6:23, Blanchard 11:05.SECOND PERIODRochester, 2&mdash;Garwasiuk (Merrell, Pagnutti) 11:35.Penalties: Knibbs 1:34, Shaw 5:08, Peters, Maluta 7:13, Cummins 10:33, Maluta 17:31.THIRD PERIODRochester, 3&mdash;Sarner (Gibson, Hynes) 2:38; 4&mdash;Pagnutti (Menr.ell, Garwasiuk) 6:50; 5&mdash;Garwasiuk (Merrell) 12'44; 6&mdash;Sarner (Gibson) 14:48.Penalties: Cummins 0:49, 2:45, Maluta (minor, misconduct) 7:10, Abgrall 15:23.Saves, Rexe (Spring.) 28, Reece (Roch.) 24.Attendance: 4.953<h2>Wed. Nov. 6</h2>SPRINGFIELD 3, HERSHEY 5FIRST PERIODHershey, 1&mdash;Inglis 19:36.Penalties: Sargent 1:00, Surbey 2:19, Cassidy 6:36, Lagace 9:02, Peters 12:14, Deziel 12:54. Sheremeta 14:55, McIntosh 18:33.SECOND PERIODSpringfield, 2&mdash;Buhr (Poffenroth, MacGuigan) 7:00; Hershey, 3&mdash;Cossette (Surbey) 7:51; 4&mdash;McManama (Inglis, Ewasiuk) 13:07; 5&mdash;Titanic (Inglis) 16:05.Penalties: Sheremeta 3:00, Springfield bench minor 12:51. McIntosh 19:47.THIRD PERIODHershey. 6&mdash;Deziel (Lagace) 9:02; Springfield. 7&mdash;Harasym (Usitalo, Hoene) 13:17, 8&mdash;Harasym (Usitalo, Sargent) 17:13.Penalties: Witherspoon, Cassidy, Buhr, Ewasiuk, Faubert, McIntosh 2:51, Lagace 6:47, Sheremeta 9:59.Saves, Charron, Rexe (Spring.) 20, Regan (Her.) 43.Attendance: 3,232.ROCHESTER 3, NEW HAVEN 3FIRST PERIODNew Haven, 1&mdash;Grenier (Langlais. MacDougal) 5:53.Penalties: Engele 3:51, Sterling 7:27, Graham 10:08, Colley 13:32, Merrell 16:27.SECOND PERIODRochester, 2&mdash;McKillop (Garwasiuk. Pagnutti) 15:40.Penalties: Sterling, MacPhail 5:32. Cressman 7:37, Langlais (major), Rathwell (major) 12:26, Colley (major), Milbury (major) 12:45, Wilson 16:09.THIRD PERIODRochester, 3&mdash;Sarner (Gibson. Hynes) 2:46: New Haven. 4&mdash;Ledingham (Pentland) 11 46: Rochester, 5&mdash;Merrell 12:29; New Haven. 6&mdash;Langlais (Colley) 16:17.Penalties: Engele 4:44. Maluta 9:50.Saves, Reece (Roch.) 35. LoPresti (NH) 25.Attendance: 3,027.VIRGINIA 4, SYRACUSE 5FIRST PERIODSyracuse. 1&mdash;Sarrazin (Orr, Losier) 9:09; 2&mdash;Rycroft (Simard, Swenson) 17:35; 3&mdash;Ferguson (Sarrazin. Lachance) 17:49.Penalties: Orr 2:23, Bergeron 7:37, Ferguson, Nahrgang 8:41. Bonnar 11:55, Pullkinen 14:23.SECOND PERIODVirginia, 4&mdash;McCutcheon (Jarry, Salovaara) 1:33; Syracuse. 5&mdash;Ferguson (Losier. Sarrazin) 2:18; Virginia. 6&mdash;Mann (McCann, Jarry) 4:30.Penalties: Bonnar (minor, misconduct) 4:30, Houde 10:51. Dussiaume 16:37, Gresdal 17:03, Foley (double minor) 19:12.THIRD PERIODSyracuse, 7&mdash;Sarrazin (Losier. Orr) 8:23; Virginia, 8&mdash;Watts (Stewart) 13:37; 9&mdash;Salovaara (McCann) 19:32.Penalties: Salovaara 7:21.Saves, Grant (Virg.) 20. Caron (Syr.) 36.Attendance: 2,166<h2>Thu. Nov. 7</h2>PROVIDENCE 7, NOVA SCOTIA 5FIRST PERIODProvidence, 1&mdash;Teeple (Maloney) 9:16; Nova Scotia. 2&mdash;Delparte (Tremblay. Andruff) 12:17;Providence. 3&mdash;Gate man 17:26.Penalties: Nyrop, Dennis 0:43, Cahoon 9:10, Lupien. Monahan 15:32.SECOND PERIODProvidence, 4&mdash;Teeple (ZanusSi, Holland) 4:03; Nova Scotia, 5&mdash;Risebrough (Hubick, Andruff) 7:22; 6&mdash;Sullivan (Risebrough. Cahoon) 10:11; 7&mdash;Risebrough (Sullivan. Tremblay) 13:27; Providence. 8&mdash;MacMillan (Monahan. Gateman) 15:55.Penalties: Anderson 5:19, Chernicki 5:50, Maloney 12:18, Zanussi 13:01, Tremblay, Gateman 13:42.THIRD PERIODProvicence. 9&mdash;Wright (MacMillan) 5:24; Nova Scotia, 10&mdash;Risebrough (Cahoon. Geldart) 6:20; Providence. 11&mdash;Anderson (Dennis, Monahan) 8:17; 12&mdash;MacMillan 19:38.Penalties: Busniuk (major), Holland (major) 3:15, Busniuk (minor, major) Holland (minor, major) 14:13.Saves. Ridley (Prov.) 39. Walsh (NS) 22.Attendance: 3.883 &#9632;

American League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>SPRINGFIELD &mdash;The Kings lost the first round of their battled for fans with the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association, but officials feel improved play on the ice will help even things for the second half of the head-to-head struggle.Going on announced figures, the Whalers outdrew the Kings by a more than two-to-one margin for the first three games in which both teams played in Springfield (the Whalers actually play in West Springfield) on the same nights.Most recent head-to-head clashes were successive nights Nov. 8 and 9. While the Kings drew 2.144 for Virginia and 2.234 for New Haven, the Whalershad 4.079 for San Diego and 4,931 for Phoenix.There will be three more conflicts before the Whalers move to their Hartford home in January.Tom Cassidy spent only 18 minutes in penalty boxes with Springfield and Salt Lake City last season, but he&rsquo;s certainly changing his image in a hurry.During a recent six-night span, he piled up 72 penalty minutes and was ejected from three of four games. He lasted only 37 seconds against Providence on Nov. 10. being ousted with an automatic match penalty for cutting an opponent during a fight while having tape on his hand. His 72 minutes were reached on six minor penal, ties, four majors, one 10-minute misconduct, two game misconducts and the match.Pete Harasym&rsquo;s goal in Providence Nov. 10 matched his entire total from last season. It was his sixth for the Kings in 15 games this season. And Doug Buhr. who totaled three goals for Portland and Springfield last season, surpassed that with his fourth for Springfield Nov. 9.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-01124/3277048-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="561" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM CASSIDY &hellip;Lays On Muscle</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0291/3277041-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="553" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETE HARASYM &hellip;Production Up</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Kings Hoping To Win Box Office Battle With Improved Play

<h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tue. Nov. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0367/3277107-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="591" height="408"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Nov. 12Providence 3 at Richmond 1.Wed. Nov. 13Providence 3 at Hershey 4; Nova Scotia 2 at New Haven 4; Baltimore 2 at Virginia 6.Thur. Nov. 14Baltimore 2 at Syracuse 6.Fri Nov. 15New Haven 4 at Nova Scotia 5; Virginia 4 at Providence 5 Syracuse 2 at Rochester 6: Richmond 2 at Springfield 6.Sat. Nov. 16Richmond 3 at Baltimore 2: Virginia 4 at Herhey 3: New Haven 2 at Springfield 10; Rochester 5 at Syracuse 1.Sun. Nov. 17Springfield 4 at New Haven 1; Hershey 2 at Pro-vidence 4; Baltimore 4 at Richmond 2; Virginia 6 at Rochester 8.<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Nov. 19Virginia at Syracuse.Thu. Nov. 21Virginia at Nova Scotia; Hershey at Syracuse.Fri. Nov. 22Rochester at New Haven; Syracuse at Providence; Springfield at Richmond.Sat. Nov. 23Nova Scotia at Baltimore; Springfield at Virginia.Sun. Nov. 24Nova Scotia at New Haven; Richmond at Providence; Syracuse at Rochester.Wed. Nov. 27Baltimore at Hershey; Nova Scotia at Springfield; Providence at Virginia.Fri. Nov. 29Providence at Baltimore; New Haven at Nova Scotia; Hershey at Richmond; Springfield at Rochester; Syracuse at Virginia.Sat. Nov. 30Syracuse at Baltimore; Providence at HersheySun. Dec. 1New Haven at Nova Scootia; Syracuse at Richmond; Providence at Rochester; Baltimore at Springfield.<h2>CENTRAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tue. Nov. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0452/3277100-1-eng-US/f0033-042.jpg" title="f0033-04" width="590" height="355"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Mon. Nov. 11Tulsa 2 at Salt Lake 7.Tue. Nov. 12Seattle 4 at Fort Worth 5.Wed. Nov. 13Seattle 1 at Dallas 4; Fort Worth 1 at Oklahoma City 3.Thur Nov. 14Tulsa 2 at Salt Lake 8.Fri. Nov. 5Seattle 4 at Fort Worth 1; Sut Lake 7 at Tulsa 2 Oklahoma City 5 at Denver 2; 7 atonala 9Sat. Nov. 16Fort Worth 4 at Dallas 7; Salt cake 5 at C dahoma City 3, Seattle 3 at Tulsa 3: Omaha 3 at Denver 5.Sun. Nov. 17Salt Lake 0 at Seattle 5<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Nov. 19Oklahoma City at Seattle.Wed. Nov. 20Omaha at Dallas; Tulsa at Denver; Oklahoma City at Salt Lake.Thu. Nov. 21Fort Worth at Seattle.Fri. Nov. 22Dallas at Tulsa; Seattle at Denver; Fort Worth at Salt Lake.Sat. Nov. 23Tulsa at Dallas; Omaha at Oklahoma City; Fort Worth at Denver; Salt Lake at Seattle.Sun. Nov. 24Denver at Oklahoma City.Mon. Nov. 25Omaha at Salt Lake.Tue. Nov. 26Seattle at Tulsa.Wed. Nov. 27Tulsa at Dallas; Seattle at Oklahoma City; Fort Wirth at Omaha.Thu. Nov. 28Oklahoma City at Tulsa; Denver at Salt Lake.Fort Worth at Omaha.Fri. Nov. 29Dallas at DenverSat. Nov. 30Forth Worth at Dallas; Tulsa at Oklahoma City.Denver at Omaha. Seattle at Salt Lake.<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 20)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0544/3277093-1-eng-US/f0033-052.jpg" title="f0033-05" width="542" height="446"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Nov. 12Des Moines 2 at Fort Wayne 3.Wed. Nov. 13Toledo 2 at Saginaw 5; Port Hruon 4 atMuskegon 0; Lansing 3 at Dayton 12.Fri. Nov. 15Flint 4 at Des Moines 0; Muskegon 7 at Coumbus 6 Saginaw 7 at Lansing 3; Port Huron 5 at Toledo 0; Fort Wayne 2 at Kalamazoo 1Sat. Nov. 16Fiint 2 at Des Moines 1; Toledo 3 at Fort Wayne 5; Saginaw 2 at Muskegon 4 Kalamazoo 1 at Port Huron 1, Dayton 7 at Columbus 3.Sun. Nov. 17Muskegon 6 at Kalamazoo 2; Des Moines 1 at Toledo 1; Columbus 4 at Dayton 4; Port Huron 4 at Lansing 7; Fort Wayne 1 at Saginaw 3.<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Wed. Nov. 20Columbus at Fort Wayne; Saginaw at Flint; Port Huron at Kalamazoo; Lansing at Des Moines; Dayton at Toledo.Fri. Nov. 22Saginaw at Dayton; Fort Wayne at Columbus; Des Moines at Kalamazoo; Flint at Toledo; Muskegon at I ansing.Sat. Nov. 23Dayton at Fort Wayne; Kalamazoo at Muskegon; Des Moines at Port Huron: Flint at Saginaw; Columbus at Lansing.Sun. Nov.24Des Moines at Dayton; Lansing at Flint; Columbus at Kalamazoo: Saginaw at Port Huron: Muskegon at Toleto.Wed. Nov. 27Kalamazoo at Des Moines; Columbus at Dayton; Port Huron at Flint; Lansing at Saginaw; Fort Wayne at Toledo.Thu. Nov. 28Saginaw at Fort Wayne; Dayton at Muskegon; Flint at Port Huron; Toledo at Lansing, Des Moines at Columbus.<h2>NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tue. Nov. 19)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0634/3277086-1-eng-US/f0033-062.jpg" title="f0033-06" width="596" height="264"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Nov. 19Mohawk Valley at Maine; Broome at Philadelphia.Wed. Nov. 20Maine at Cape Codders: Broome at Johnstown; Philadelphia at Syracuse.Thu. Nov. 21Long Island at Mohawk Valley; Broome at Philadelphia.Fri. Nov. 22Cape Codders at Johnstown; Broome at Syracuse; Maine at Long island.Sat Nov. 23Cape Codders at Johnstown; Syrauce at Mohawk Valley; Philadelphia at Maine<h2>SOUTHERN LEAGUE</h2>(Standings on Tue. Nov 19<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0731/3277079-1-eng-US/f0033-072.jpg" title="f0033-07" width="544" height="169"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Tue. Nov. 5Hampton 4 at Charlotte 9; Roanoke 6 at Winston-Salem 3.Wed. Nov. 6Hampton 3 at Greensboro 2Thur. Nov. 7Hampton 3 at Roanoke 6.Fri. Nov. 8Winston-Salem 3 at Charlotte 6Sat. Nov. 9Winston-Salem 5 at Roanoke 7; Charlotte 7 at Greensboro 3Sun. Nov. 10Charlotte 5 at Winston-Salem 4Wed. Nov. 13Roanoke 4 at Greensboro 3; Charlotte 5 at Hampton 3Thur. Nov. 14Charlotte 2 at Roanoke 8. Hampton 4 at Winston-Salem 8Fri. Nov. 15Hampton 0 at Charlotte 4Sat. Nov. 16Charlotte 5 at Greensboro 3: Roanoke 2 at Winston-Salem 3.<h3>GAMES TO COME</h3>Tue. Nov. 19Greensboro at Charlotte: Winston-Salem at HamptonWed. Nov. 20Charlotte vs Roanoke; Greensboro at Hampton.Thu. Nov. 21Greensboro at Roanoke: Charlotte at Winston-Salem. &#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. 29&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). 3&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). 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

<div class="byline">BY BUD KENNEDY</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 CanadaDALLAS &mdash;While Golden Eagles Denver&rsquo;s Spurs and Salt Lake&rsquo;s were laying waste to most of the North Division of the CHL Dallas Black Hawks advanced quietly in the South.The Hawks, defending leaguechampions. started slowly &mdash; 6-62 after 14 games &mdash; and brought alternating praise and profanity from veteran tutor Bobby Kromm.But even without fanfare the Hawks were building a new undefeated streak on their own home State Fair Coliseum ice and breaking a winless streak 34 miles away at Fort Worth&rsquo;s Will Rogers arena.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-01136/3277162-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="272" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Michel Archambault</figcaption></div>A 7-3 spanking of Omaha Nov. 8 stretched the Hawks&rsquo; unbeaten string at home to 18 games, dating back to Feb. 16. 1974. Dallas&rsquo; old record was 16 in the 1968-69 season.The Knight win was only Dallas&rsquo; third home game of the season. The Hawks also slapped Oklahoma City 7-3 and North visitor Salt Lake by a 4-2 count. Dallas aimed 47 shots at Eagle goalie Ray Martyniuk in the 4-2 win so the State Fair shooting gallery was doing a booming business.Dallas hadn&rsquo;t won on Fort Worth ice since March 10, 1973, but the Hawks bludgeoned the blundering Texans into submission Nov. 2, carrying a 7-1 win back across the turnpike. It was Dallas&rsquo; first win in Fort Worth in 11 games.World Hockey Association jumper Michel Archambault took an early lead in the Hawks&rsquo; scoresheets, racking up better than a point per game. Teammate Gary Donaldson, a third-year Black Hawk, led the team in goals.Defenseman Randy Holt turned the corner on his first 100 penalty minutes and at his current rate would finish the season with better than 700 penalty minutes. a record of some kind for any league.Goalie Michel Dumas had played every game except one for the Hawks and his goals-against average was back down in his usual range, the 2.73 mark.TULSA: The Oilers&rsquo; program sales were going strong after parent Vancouver of the WHA called up a quartet of players and replaced them with three players who started the season in Tulsa.Goalie Ed Humphreys and forwards Don O&rsquo;Donoghue. Mike Chernoff and John Migneault shuffled back into the Oil Capital as goalie Wayne Wood, wingers Jim Jones and Peter Driscoll and center Larry Israelson were on their way out.Defenseman Wendell Bennett, the Oilers&rsquo; captain, was&rsquo;also recalled by the Oilers&rsquo; other parent team. Phoenix. He was not replaced.Israelson and Jones were tied with 13 points atop the Oiler scorers when they left and Wood had a 2.87 goals-against average. Still after they left the Oilers didn&rsquo;t fall on hard times beating Fort Worth and Seattle and tying Oklahoma City after starting with a loss to Seattle.Adam Keller&rsquo;s young crew somehow managed to keep its spirits despite the quilted lineup, with Ray DeLorenzi leading the brawlers.OKLAHOMA CITY: Blazer rookie Pierre Hamel continued to put points in the standings for Ray Miron&rsquo;s crew, shutting out Dallas 3-0 Nov. 6 for his second shutout in 10 pro games.Hamel made 27 saves in the win and was giving up only one goal every 17 shots. With the rookie taking care of the goaltending chores the Blazers moved into first place quickly and held off surging Tulsa.Miron was still beaming over a pair of wins in the Blazers&rsquo; home Myriad the previous week, as OC came from behind twice to turn 2-0 deficits into a 4-3 win over Fort Worth and a 3-2 victory over Tulsa. The Blazers picked up all three goals in the Tulsa win in the last nine minutes, with Alf Handrahan pounding in the game-winner, his third of the young year.Center Scott Garland and defensemen Jim Marsh returned to the lineup after pre-season injuries, seeing spot duty. Garland was aiming at rookie Per-Arne Alexandersson&rsquo;s center spot while Marsh moved in when Miron shifted CHL rookie of the year Claire Alexander to right wing.FORT WORTH: New York Islander general manager Bill Torrey promised immediate help for the Texans after witnessing a 5-2 loss Nov. 8 in Tulsa.The team returned home the next night to drop a 5-1 decision to Denver, leaving Ed Chadwick&rsquo;s club with only one win in its last 11 games.That single win was a 4-0 shutout by Bill Hughes at Seattle as the Texans had failed to win in their last eight home starts.FW did salvage a 3-3 tie with Omaha Nov. 6. with newly named captain Neil Nicholson scoring one goal and setting up center Jim Webster for another with a pin-point pass.Veteran center Skeeter Teal took an early league lead in goals scored with 11. better than one-fourth of the team&rsquo;s output. &#9632;

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Dallas Making Move In Southern Race; Tulsa Surviving Player-Juggling Act

<div class="byline">BY MORLEY HOWE</div>WATERLOO&mdash;The Waterloo Black Hawks, last year&rsquo;s Southern Division champions, moved into a first-place tie in the United States Hockey League race by posting back-to-back victories last weekend.At Milwaukee, forward Brian Matlock&rsquo;s overtime goal gave Hawks a 4-3 decision over Admirals. followed by an 11-0 win at home against Central Wisconsin as reserve goalie Charlie Heaney, former University of New Haven star, recorded the USH&rsquo;s first shutout. Center Mike Randolph, returning from pro ranks, leads club offensively with 11 points in only six games. Coach Dave Swick is pleased with 19-year-old Ed Starkey, a local product. The speedy winger has five goals to date. Recent additions from IHL, include 6&rsquo;1&rdquo; forward Bill Bennett. younger brother of Atlanta Flames Curt, and 6&rsquo;2&rdquo; defenseman Dick Jenkins.SIOUX CITY: Coach John Saville forced into lineup as Musketeers hit hard by injuries. After fast start, club currently bogged down with nine game winless streak. Forwards Dave Kartio, Steve Boyle. Steve Heath wood. Bogdan Podwysocki, Barry Head, plus rearguard Jim White on injury list. Rookie Heathwood&rsquo;s 10 goals and 16 points leads scoring.CHICAGO: New playing-coach Nelson LeClair has club moving after slow start. Problems with opening of new Warriors&rsquo; home. Hat Trick Arena, forced owner Emil Greco to schedule home contests at suburban rinks. Third year veteran Rick Kramp off to another good year with 10 goals, followed by forward Greg Robinson&rsquo;s eight. Center Ed Tkachyk, recently cut from Winston-Salem, expected to add power up front. Tkachyk scored 48 points last season in 43 games. Team strong in goal with Richard Dumas and Gord Woolnough playing well.MILWAUKEE: Arnie Garber&rsquo;s Admirals opened season with pair of road victories but scoring slump has continued in past four games with only eight total goals. General manager Barney Loomis looks for more offensive power with the signing of former All Star Wayne Caufield. Wayne, a four-year versatile veteran, has collected 127 scoring points in 85 games playing left wing and defense. To date center Phil Wittliff, coming off an outstanding 93 point season, has carried the Admirals with eight goals, including five of the team&rsquo;s power-play markers.CENTRAL WISCONSIN: Flyers, the league&rsquo;s newest expansion club, registered their first victory with an exciting 4-2 win over Chicago Warriors on forward Lynn Carlson&rsquo;s two goals, plus brilliant goaltending by Paul Malette. General manager Ken Bush has added several new players including Bruce Sandbeck and Steve Wyatt from Green Bay, Bill Twyoniuk from Las Vegas, plus Don Villnave from Milwaukee Admirals. Playing-coach Roger McKinnon tops scorers with five markers. &#9632;

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<div class="byline">BY BUD KENNEDY</div>SEATTLE &mdash;Some of the Seattle Totems&rsquo; walking wounded finally started getting well and as a result Orland Kurtenbach could start coaching again.Kurtenbach had to play medicine man to the Totems over the first few weeks of the season as player after player was lost to injury and game aftergame was lost on the scoreboard. For a couple of games Michigan State rookie Chris Murphey was the Totems&rsquo; only healthy defenseman and anybody who wanted to take a shift on the backline was welcome.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-01124/3277224-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="260" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dan Brady</figcaption></div>Asking Kurtenbach for a winning team under circumstances like that would be like asking him to part the Puget Sound. But Seattle began getting revved up in a tight 6-4 loss to white-hot Denver Nov. 2, then the Totems picked up two more wins that week to triple their win total.First Tulsa fell 3-1 as goalie Dan Brady made 34 saves. The Totems lost 6-2 to Tulsa a couple of nights later and then fell to Denver by the same count but they pounced on defending champion Dallas for a 4-2 win Nov. 9 to end the adventurous week.Murfey, Peter Folco and Totem veteran Dan Gloor scored in the Tulsa win. Dave Wisener and Dan Seguin were leading the Seattle scoresheet with eight points each.Rookie Ron Sedlbauer scored the first penalty shot goal in Seattle in more than a decade in the 6-4 loss to Denver. Goalie Bruce Bullock made 37 stops in the loss.Winger Ron Homenuke, who toiled last year with Albuquerque&rsquo;s ill-fated Six Guns in the CHL, was a startling surprise as he moved back to the blueline and played well in the pinch.DENVER: With seven wins in their last eight games, the Spurs roared to an 11-point lead in the North Division and threatened to be making playoff plans by Christmas time.Jean-Guy Talbot&rsquo;s mountain men strung together a 12-game undefeated streak, far surpassing the old Denver record of eight. The Spurs were averaging nearly 40 shots per game.Rookie center Mitch Babin continued to lead the CHL in scoring, rolling up 10 goals and 11 assists through 13 games.Goaltender Jim Watt came back from injury to relieve Yves Belanger but was briefly sidelined again when his contact lenses were stolen. He got some new ones in time to make 30 saves in a 2-2 tie with Dallas, the only team besides Salt Lake that could quiet the Spurs.OMAHA: The Knights tied five of theirfirst 14games, a trend which has to be better than losing but just wouldn&rsquo;t keep Omaha in the North Division race.Before Thanksgiving arrived the Knights were seven points back of second-place Salt Lake despite losing only one of five games. The Knights tied games they could have won in Fort Worth 3-3 Nov. 6. in Omaha 2-2 against Salt Lake Nov. 2 and again at home 3-3 against Salt Lake Nov. 9.The Knights borrowed veteran defenseman John Van Horlick from Salt Lake and Van Horlick became the third veteran in Omaha&rsquo;s blueline crew. Ken Houston and Ed Kea were already holding forth in front of goalies George Hulme and John Voss.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0639/3277217-1-eng-US/f0035-062.jpg" title="f0035-06" width="556" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALLIE SUTHERLAND</figcaption></div>Allie Sutherland&rsquo;s 10 points pushed him to the team scoring lead as he, Wayne Schaab and Alan Young teamed again to form a potent scoring line.SALT LAKE The Eagles played four road games in one week and came back with three points, beating Fort Worth and tying Omaha.The next week SLC&rsquo;s schedule was lighter and they claimed three more points in two games, beating Oklahoma City at home and tying Omaha again. Still they trailed blazing Denver by 11 points in the North Division.Right winger Fred Ahern returned to the Eagle lineup after missing a couple of weeks with fractured ribs. But center Larry Wright suffered a broken wrist and will be out until Christmas.Denis Meloche. Scott Seagrist and Bob Girard had combined for 14 goals and 39 points in Salt Lake&rsquo;s first 12 games, a big reason Jack Evans&rsquo; Eagles were rated so high in the standings. Goalie Ray Martyniuk&rsquo;s goals-against average held steady around the 2.6 mark although 30 shots a game were aimed at him. &#9632;

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Seattle’s Wounded Returns As Totems Start Winning

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0298/3277276-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="603" height="290"></div><h3>GOALIES RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0371/3277269-1-eng-US/f0035-032.jpg" title="f0035-03" width="589" height="496"></div><h2>HOW THEY STAND</h2><h3>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</h3>(Standings on Thur. Nov. 14)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0461/3277262-1-eng-US/f0035-042.jpg" title="f0035-04" width="595" height="370"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3>Wed. Nov. 6Green Bay 14 at Central Wisconsin 1.Fri. Nov. 8Sioux City 2 at Thunder Bay 10; Waterloo 4 at Chicago 6.Sat. Nov. 9Sioux City 2 at Marquette 3; Copper Country 3 at Green Bay 5; Waterloo 4 at Milwaukee 3; Chicago 2 at Central Wisconsin 4.Sun. Nov. 10Central Wisconsin 0 at Waterloo 11; Sioux City 1 at Copper Country 5; Green Bay 3 at Thunder Bay 5.<h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0550/3277255-1-eng-US/f0035-052.jpg" title="f0035-05" width="589" height="601"></div> &#9632;

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CHL Leaders

<h2>LEADING SCORERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0271/3277352-1-eng-US/f0036-022.jpg" title="f0036-02" width="590" height="581"></div> &#9632;

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IHL Leaders

<div class="byline">By Goran Stubb</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0037-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-01101/3277390-1-eng-US/f0037-012.jpg"></div>Russians Pick NationalsTHE MOST successful hockey club in Soviet Union history, the Central Army Sport Club, or ZSKA as it is more commonly called, is off to a flying start in the Soviet league. Captain Boris Mikhailov has led the club to six straight wins with his scoring.Mikhailov is the leading scorer in the league with nine goals and an assist while teammate Vladimir Petrov is second with four goals and four assists.The two biggest surprises in the league are Himi and Torpedo. Both are ahead of last year&rsquo;s champion, the Soviet Wings, coached by Boris Kulagin. The Wings were bombed 9-2 by ZSKA and are four points out of first place.The two other big Moscow clubs.Dynamo and Spartak, are off to slow starts. Spartak, despite the play of Aleksandr Yakushew, is in last place.National Team coach Boris Kulagin has called his team together for the first time since the Canada-Russia series in September.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0276/3277383-1-eng-US/f0037-022.jpg" title="f0037-02" width="283" height="351"><figcaption class="caption-body">Valeri Kharlamov</figcaption></div>Following is the National Team:Goal: Vladislav Tretiak, Aleksandr Sidelnikov; Denfense: Aleksandr Gusev, Vladimir Lutchenko, Gennadiy Tsigankov, Viktor Kuznetzov, Juri Tjurin, Juri Shatalov, Yuri Ljapkin and Valeri Vasiljev; Forwards: Boris Mikhailov, Valeri Kharlamov, Yuri Lebedev, Vladimir Shadrin, Aleksandr Yakushev, Viacheslav Anisin, Aleksandr Maltsev, Vladimir Vikulov, Sergei Kotov, Viktor Shalimov and Sergei Kapustin.<h2>Ex-Wing Sparks Swedes</h2>SWEDISH HOCKEY fans believe thatthe Detroit Red Wings must have great goaltending since the Red Wings sent Leif &ldquo;Honken&rdquo; Holmqvist back to Sweden. Holmqvist was returned to AIK Stockholm after one season with the Wings&rsquo; London farm club, the Lions. Holmqvist is once again a hero throughout Sweden, turning in outstanding performances in the AIK nets game after game. Thanks to him, AIK is among the top teams in Sweden.After AIK lost Ulf Nilsson to the Winnipeg Jets and Virus Lindberg to Bjorklofen. they weren&rsquo;t considered first-place contenders. But Holmqvist has put the team back on top.Another ex-Red Wing, Tord Lundstrom, is also back starring in Sweden. He has put new life in the Brynasclub. Young Brynas coach Tommy Sandlin has a young, promising team. Goalie William Lofqvist is one of the best in the country and forwards Martin Karlsson. Stefan Karlsson, Lars-Goran Nilsson, Lors-Goran Gerdin and Stefan Canderyd should play for the Saedish Nationals in the world championships in Germany this April. Borje Salming&rsquo;s brother Stig is playing on defense for Brynas.Defending league champions Leksand haven&rsquo;t lost a game yet, and it&rsquo;s apparent the loss of Christerand Thommy Abrahamsson to the WHA hasn&rsquo;t hurt too much. Goaler Goran Hogosta is playing very well as are veterans Dan Soderstrom. Hans Jax, Kjel Bruss. Roland Bond. Per-Olav Brasarand Mats Ahlberg. Leksand is favored to win its third straight title.<h2>Ambassador Was Right</h2>THE POPULAR Canadian ambassador in Finland, Mr. E.A. Cot&eacute;. is no ordinary hockey fan. He&rsquo;s an expert judging by his past decisions.Two seasons ago, Cot&eacute; presented a trophy to the most promising young player in the Finnish league. His choice the first year was Seppo Ahokainen of Ilves. Tampere. The next season Ahokainen played so well for Finland in the world championships that several North American pro clubs put him on their negotiation lists.Last season Cot&eacute; presented his trophy to young Matti Hagman, an 18-year-old center for Finnish champion IFK Helsinki. Again, the ambassador&rsquo;s choice proved to be the right one.This season Hagman. who centers National Team players Esa Peltonen and Juhani Tamminen. is leading the league in goals. And what goals he scores mean something, too.When his team met Tappara in Tampere. IFK Helsinki trailed 4-1 in the second period. Hagman then scored, Peltonen followed with a shorthanded goal, Harri Linnonmaa tied the game and Hagman scored the winner late in the game. A week earlier Hagman scored twice as IFK erased a 5-2 deficit to tie Lukko 5-5 on the road. And with only 29 seconds left in the game, Hagman scored to give IFK a 4-4 tie with Jokerit.There&rsquo;s no doubt that Hagman could play for the Finnish Nationals, but coach Seppo Liitsola prefers to let him &ldquo;grow up&rdquo; with the Junior Nationals.<h2>Czechs Boast Upstart</h2>KLADNO IS the big surprise in Czechoslovaki this year. A fifth-place team last year, 24 points out of first place, Kladno has surprised everyone with the hottest scoring in the league. After 13 rounds of the 44-round league, Kladno is fighting defending champion Dukla Jihlva and Sparta Prague for first place.Only defenseman Frantisek Pospisil has played on the Nationals, but Kladno is hoping that forwards like Novy, Bauer, Novak, Nedved or Sykora will make it this year. But National Team coaches Karel Gut and Jan Starsi aren&rsquo;t too likely to make many changes on the team that beat Team Canada &lsquo;74 this fall.Richard Farda, who jumped to the Toronto Toros this year, Can&rsquo;t be too happy watching his former club, ZKL Brno, founder at the bottom of the league. But Vaclav Nedomansky&rsquo;s club. Slovan Bratislava, is doing as well as it did last year. &#9632;

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HOCKEY IN EUROPE

NEW YORK &mdash;Sports has its performing super stars as does show business, so why shouldn&rsquo;t the people who watch the super stars, the fans, have their own super fan?If sports fandom had its own super stars, there&rsquo;s little doubt that Henry Wargocki would be one of the super fans in hockey. After all, you can hardly top someone who has subscribed to THE HOCKEY NEWS for over 20 years and has a current subscription that doesn&rsquo;t expire until 1994.Although THE HOCKEY NEWS has had some long-running subscriptions in its 28 years of existence, none have topped Wargocki&rsquo;s.A resident of the Bronx. N.Y., Wargocki became interested in hockey in 19.35 when he fell in love with the New York Americans. When the Americans dropped out of the National Hockey League in 1942, Wargocki&rsquo;s allegiance switched to the New York Rangers.&ldquo;I used to go to the old Madison Square Garden to watch my beloved Americans from the balcony.&rdquo; recalls Wargocki, who will be 72 when his present subscription expires. &ldquo;More often than not. I&rsquo;d get in for a quarter with a student GO card. Crowds were about 10.000. When the Amerks played the Rangers the crowds were larger, but I&rsquo;d go only if it was an Americans&rsquo; home game. That way, the Americans would get my money, not the Rangers.&rdquo;Wargocki has a vivid memory of past hockey. He remembers the minor penalty shot, awarded when an infraction was not quite as severe as the ones which warrant a penalty shot today. The rule then allowed a player to skate unmolested from center ice to a red line half-way between the blueline and the goal. He had to shoot before he hit the red line.&ldquo;The idea was fairly good,&rdquo; Wargocki recalls, &ldquo;but with today&rsquo;s shooters firing from 30 feet out is almost like taking a regular penalty shot.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0352/3277421-1-eng-US/f0037-032.jpg" title="f0037-03" width="552" height="902"></div> &#9632;

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November 29, 1974

AHL Leaders

Rangers Swing Over To Four Lines As Gilbert Breaks Out Of Drought

HOW THEY STAND

Faltering Komets Change Coaches; Muskegon Chasing Flint For Lead