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November 28, 1975

The Hockey News November 28, 1975

<h2><b>Tue. Nov. 11 RANGERS 3, ST. LOUIS 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01305/3535315-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="591" height="468"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA 0, MONTREAL 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-02230/3535308-1-eng-US/f0022-022.jpg" title="f0022-02" width="588" height="388"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA 3, LOS ANGELES 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-03201/3535301-1-eng-US/f0022-032.jpg" title="f0022-03" width="589" height="401"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 2, VANCOUVER 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-04157/3535294-1-eng-US/f0022-042.jpg" title="f0022-04" width="586" height="418"></div><h2><b>Wed. Nov. 12 CHICAGO4, RANGERS4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-05132/3535287-1-eng-US/f0022-052.jpg" title="f0022-05" width="583" height="496"></div><h2><b>ISLANDERS 1, SEALS 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-06104/3535280-1-eng-US/f0022-062.jpg" title="f0022-06" width="593" height="493"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA 3. BUFFALO 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0791/3535273-1-eng-US/f0022-072.jpg" title="f0022-07" width="589" height="421"></div><h2><b>KANSAS CITY 1, AT LANTA 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0881/3535266-1-eng-US/f0022-082.jpg" title="f0022-08" width="591" height="441"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH 6, WASHINGTON 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-0973/3535259-1-eng-US/f0022-092.jpg" title="f0022-09" width="591" height="575"></div><h2><b>Thu. Nov. 13 ISLANDERS 3, LOS ANGELES 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1063/3535252-1-eng-US/f0022-102.jpg" title="f0022-10" width="588" height="434"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO 5, PHILADELPHIA 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1158/3535245-1-eng-US/f0022-112.jpg" title="f0022-11" width="584" height="538"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL 5. PITTSBURGH 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1254/3535238-1-eng-US/f0022-122.jpg" title="f0022-12" width="610" height="486"></div><h2><b>KANSAS CITY 3, DETROIT 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1347/3535231-1-eng-US/f0022-132.jpg" title="f0022-13" width="589" height="516"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA 0, BOSTON 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1439/3535224-1-eng-US/f0022-142.jpg" title="f0022-14" width="584" height="412"></div><h2><b>Fri. Nov. 14 AT LANTA 4, WASHINGTON 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1537/3535217-1-eng-US/f0022-152.jpg" title="f0022-15" width="582" height="390"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 4, CALIFORNIA 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1631/3535210-1-eng-US/f0022-162.jpg" title="f0022-16" width="581" height="464"></div><h2><b>Sat. Nov. 15 RANGERS 5, MINNESOTA 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1728/3535203-1-eng-US/f0022-172.jpg" title="f0022-17" width="589" height="458"></div><h2><b>ISLANDERS 3, VANCOUVER 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1827/3535196-1-eng-US/f0022-182.jpg" title="f0022-18" width="595" height="537"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA 1, DETROIT 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-1927/3535189-1-eng-US/f0022-192.jpg" title="f0022-19" width="591" height="458"></div><h2><b>BOSTON 5, AT LANTA 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2026/3535182-1-eng-US/f0022-202.jpg" title="f0022-20" width="585" height="433"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO4, MONTREAL4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01285/3535175-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg" title="f0023-01" width="599" height="508"></div><h2><b>WASHINGTON 2, ST. LOUIS 9</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02223/3535168-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="593" height="504"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO 5, PITTSBURGH 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-03172/3535161-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="591" height="479"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 1, LOS ANGELES 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-04138/3535154-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="590" height="429"></div><h2><b>Sun. Nov. 16 DETROIT 0, RANGERS 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-05113/3535147-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="592" height="381"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL 1, PHILADELPHIA 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0699/3535140-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="594" height="408"></div><h2><b>KANSAS CITY 2, BOSTON 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0785/3535133-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="598" height="455"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA 1, BUFF ALO 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0872/3535126-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="580" height="282"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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IN THIS ISSUE

National Hockey League Summaries

<div class="byline">BY ROY CRAIGIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01613/3534978-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="565" height="819"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MICHEL LAROCQUE&hellip;Best NHL Average</b></figcaption></div><p>OAKLAND&mdash;</p><p>It was one of the most dramatic moments in hockey history.</p><p>There was Phil Esposito, skating onto the ice for the first time ever in a New York Rangers uniform following one of the biggest trades in the annals of the sport, and there were the cameras whirring and clicking to record this sight for all time.</p><p>Fri, Nov.7, 1975, started very routinely on the Pacific Coast until the world learned that the Rangers and Bruins had completed their trade of superstars. As fate would have it, New York was to play California on the Seals&rsquo; home ice that very evening, with the Boston Bruins following them into the building two nights later.</p><p>Suddenly, the home of the California Seals became the focal point of hockey. Writers flew in from the East, networks rushed in camera crews and media men packed pads and recorders into the Coliseum Arena. As one scribe remarked &ldquo;you&rsquo;d think it was the All Star game or the Stanley Cup finals.&rdquo;</p><p>As things turned out, of course, it wasn&rsquo;t the Rangers at all who held the spotlight that night, it was a hard-working, fast-skating band of California Seals who stole the show.</p><p>Oh, Esposito was very much in evidence of course, in his strange blue uniform with the strange number five on it. But Espo&rsquo;s instant contribution to the Rangers, two goals and one assist, was completely upstaged by the explosive efforts of Seals&rsquo; right winger Gary Sabourin.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03373/3534971-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="1171" height="1104"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HOT SEAL: That pretty well describes California&rsquo;s Gary Sabourin after his four-goal blast against the New York Rangers. Here&rsquo;s one Sabourin almost had but didn&rsquo;t as Minnesota goaler Cesare Maniago makes glove save off the Seals&rsquo; veteran winger.</b></figcaption></div><p>All Sabourin did was score four goals as the Seals steamrollered over the Rangers, 7-5. If the game had not been limited to 60 minutes, Sabourin would have ended up with eight or 10 goals&mdash;he was having that kind of a night.</p><p>It was a game in which the constantly underrated Seals were not to be denied. In this one, California would have crushed even the untroubled Ranger teams of another era. Twice Esposito lifted the Rangers into a tie, and twice the Seals shrugged that off to pour more goals past John Davidson in the Ranger nets.</p><p>After their interminable road trips had ground down the parched Seals with a prolonged dry spell, the outburst against the Rangers was most welcome. Teamed with center Ralph Klassen and left winger Bob Girard, Sabourin quickly doubled his goal output for the young season to eight.</p><p>&ldquo;I just felt great out there all night,&rdquo; said Sabourin, who came to the Seals from Toronto in an offseason trade for Stan Weir. &ldquo;Our line played against Espo&rsquo;s line (Espo was with Steve Vickers and Rod Gilbert), and I guess maybe they were concentrating hard on offense because we kept getting 2-on-1 and 3-on-2 breaks all night.&rdquo;</p><p>Sabourin is 32 years old and the Leafs gave up on him after he scored only five goals in an injury-riddled season last year. But Seals&rsquo; general manager Bill McCreary remembered the good days in St. Louis when &ldquo;Sabby&rdquo; was a standout for the Blues as a solid two-way player.</p><p>He is playing back to his great St. Louis form now and nobody is happier than McCreary and Seals&rsquo; coach Jack Evans.</p><p>&ldquo;Sabourin is a good defensivestyle player and fits well into our system,&rdquo; says Evans, &ldquo;but his scoring outbursts this past week (six goals in three games) are certainly appreciated.&rdquo;</p><p>Twice at St. Louis Sabourin hit the 28-goal mark, but scoring big is really not his main thought. &ldquo;What pleases me most,&rdquo; says Gary, &ldquo;is that the plus-minus figures for our line are really improving. It&rsquo;s a pleasure to play with Ralph and Bobby, but I just want to be able to keep up so I don&rsquo;t feel like an old man.&rdquo;</p><p>Sabourin&rsquo;s bonanza pushed him over the 300 NHL points career plateau, and his four goals against the Rangers equalled the team record shared by Pete Laframboise and Ivan Boldirev.</p><p>Another Seal who hit the eightgoal mark for the season in the big win over Rangers is Al MacAdam, the left winger on the &ldquo;3M&rdquo; Line with center Dennis Maruk and right winger Bob Murdoch. MacAdam, with three, and Maruk, with two, had accounted for the Seals&rsquo; five shorthanded goals through 15 games.</p><p><b>SEALS OF APPROVAL:</b> The victory over Rangers also marked the first home appearance of right winger Jim Pappin, who collected his second point in three games as a Seal&hellip;Maruk is fast developing as a big crowd favorite with the Seals&hellip;Bay Area fans were looking forward to Nov. 28, because a Seals home game with Buffalo that date marks the start of night service by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) right to the door of the Coliseum Arena.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Sabourin Could Have Had 10—It Was His Night

<p>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>SHL Leaders</h2><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-02122/3536738-1-eng-US/f0038-022.jpg" title="f0038-02" width="582" height="507"></div><h3>GOALING RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0388/3536731-1-eng-US/f0038-032.jpg" title="f0038-03" width="579" height="335"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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SOUTHERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BRUCE PENTON</div><p>KAMLOOPS&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>arvey Roy has been bouncing around hockey circles in Western Canada for more than a decade, but it would seem the bouncing is about to stop&hellip;with Roy in Kamloops.</p><p>Roy, the rotund, cheerful coach of Kamloops Chiefs has his team tied for first place in the Western Canada Hockey League&rsquo;s West Division and from all reports, the Chiefs could actually be the power in the 12-team circuit.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-01174/3536503-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="272" height="346"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harvey Roy</figcaption></div><p>It couldn&rsquo;t happen to a nicer guy should Roy lead his charges to the WCHL championship and perhaps even the Memorial Cup.</p><p>After unsuccessful coaching stints in Swift Current and Edmonton, Roy hooked on with Philadelphia Flyers as a scout in 1971. But when Vancouver Nat&rsquo;s moved to Kamloops after three years in the basement and the new owners beckoned, Roy answered the call.</p><p>Last year&mdash;Chiefs&rsquo; first in Kamloops&mdash;Roy guided the club to fourth place. Although Chiefs were knocked out in the first round of playoffs by Victoria Cougars, a playoff position had the Kamloops natives considering changing the city&rsquo;s name to Utopia, B.C.</p><p>But if Kamloops people thought last year was something else, they could be going utter bananas by the time this season reaches a climax.</p><p>Going 10 games without a loss lifted the Chiefs into a first-place tie with New Westminster, while other Western favorites faltered. The game which marked their string at 10 games was a 13-1 thrashing over Lethbridge Broncos, third in the East Division.</p><p>&ldquo;We had a few injuries during training camp, but everyone&rsquo;s back now and we&rsquo;re getting our lines set,&rdquo; said Roy.</p><p>&ldquo;I fiqure we&rsquo;ve got three, well-balanced lines.&rdquo;</p><p>Leading the way offensively is the Darryl Ferner-Larry Lestander Rob Flockhart trio. Flockhart scored four goals in the 13-1 victory, while Ferner has been lodged amongst the league&rsquo;s top 10 scorers almost since the season began. Flockhart, the line&rsquo;s left winger is the only 19-year-old on the line; the others are over-age. Lestander was acquired in a deal with Calgary Centennials before the season, while Ferner is a veteran with the Chiefs.</p><p>But it&rsquo;s on defense where Kamloops&rsquo; power lies. Reg Kerr, Barry Melrose, Craig Topolinsky and Dave Robinson are the veteran blueliners, while rookies Dave Johnson and Dan Clark have fitted in well.</p><p>One visiting writer was amazed at how well the Chiefs got the puck out of their own end. &ldquo;I thought Winnipeg was great at getting it out, said Saska-toon&rsquo;s John Cherneski, &ldquo;but Kamloops is far better.</p><p>Kerr is the main man in that respect. Moved to forward last season to take advantage of his deft moves, the 18-year-old Kerr responded with an 85-point season, including 28 goals. This year, with more than enough fire-power up front, Kerr has been returned to defense.</p><p>Meanwhile, Roy is finally content, after more than a few years of uncertainty. Recently, he even turned down an offer to become part-owner and general-manager of Calgary Centennials, the &ldquo;Big Apple&rdquo; compared to Kamloops, where he is coach and generalmanager.</p><p><b>NEW WESTMINSTER:</b> Bruins whipped Brandon 5-2, with Steve Clippingdale adding to his team-leading total with a pair of goals, but then waited five days for Lethbridge. Broncos, who were stunned 13-1 by Kamloops the night before playing the Bruins, edged New Westminster 3-2, handing Ernie McLean&rsquo;s boys their first loss at home this season.</p><p><b>VICTORIA:</b> After a slow start, sensational 17-year-old sophomore Danny Lucas started providing offense, getting three goals and five assists in three games, twoof them victories. The wins&rsquo; were 6-2 over Brandon (twice) and the defeat was an 8-2 lambasting by Kamloops. Goalie Murray Bannerman, acquired from Winnipeg, won his first game in a three-game trial, beating Brandon.</p><p><b>CALGARY:</b> Change in owners obviously had an effect on the Cents, who won two of three, all on the road. In Lethbridge, Calgary trailed 5-1 after the first period, but rebounded to win 9-7 as Chris Dyer, acquired in a trade with Kamloops, potted three goals. Then, Calgary beat Regina 4-3 for their third straight win before losing 4-2 to Saskatoon. Denny McLean, an overage who missed the first four Calgary games, took over as team scoring leader.</p><p><b>MEDICINE HAT:</b> Explosive! That&rsquo;s the word for Tigers&rsquo; week, as they scored 35 goals in four games with Manitoba opposition. Don Murdoch got four goals and five assists in a 14-7 win over Flin Flon. The night before, the teams tied 5-5. Then, Tigers roared back from a 7-2 deficit against Winnipeg to tie 7-7 before slamming the Clubs 9-4 two nights later. Murdoch had nine goals, six assists in the four games to hit the 20-goal, 40-point marks.</p><p><b>EDMONTON:</b> When Calgary got hot, the Oil Kings dropped into the cellar of the West Division. The part that hurts coach Doug Messier, who feels in Rocky Maze, Tony Currie and Terry McDonald he has three potential 50-goal scorers, is the fact that Oil Kings were picked by many to win the West Division. In the team&rsquo;s only game of the week, Regina roared back from a 30 deficit t<u>o tie 3-3.</u></p><p><b>LETHBRIDGE:</b> After suffering an embarrassing 9-7 loss at home to Calgary (a game which they led 5-1 after 20 minutes), Broncos were trampled 13-1 by Kamloops on the first game of a Western road swing. Coach Earl Ing-arfield&rsquo;s man-to-man talk obviously paid off, as Broncos nipped the unbeatable-at-home New Westminster Bruins 3-2 the next night. Willie Dejardins was the hero in New West, scoring, twice. He also had the lone goal in Kamloops. Doug Robb, a rookie, scored twice against Calgary.</p><p><b>SASKATOON:</b> Blades ran their unbeaten string at home to nine games with a 4-2 win over Calgary. To keep that streak intact. Blades needed their comeback skates in two games against Winnipeg. Trailing 3-1 after the first period, Blades scored four in the second and hung on to win 6-5. Two nights later, the comeback was even more spectacular. They trailed 5-1 after the first period, but won 6-5. Bernie Federko regained the league scoring lead with nine points in the three games.</p><p><b>REGINA:</b> Even experimenting with goalies hasn&rsquo;t helped the Pats, who stayed in fifth spot in the East. Brent Darke, getting his first WCHL experience, helped the Pats tie Edmonton 3-3. He was the fourth netminder used by Bob Turner&rsquo;s club this season. Calgary beat the Pats 4-3 in Regina&rsquo;s only other game of of the week.</p><p><b>BRANDON:</b> Wheaties were stuck on &ldquo;2&rdquo; as they wound up their six-game Western swing with six losses. They twice lost 6-2 in Victoria, were beaten 5-2 in New Westminster and whipped 7-2 in Kamloops. Gary Kaluzniak and Gerry Stoughton were the leading scorers on the swing, but coach Dunc McCallum is still searching for more consistency. Dave Semenko got his first goal of the year against the Chiefs.</p><p><b>FLIN FLON:</b> The coachless Bombers, still without a successor to fired Mel Pearson, were obliterated 14-7 on home ice by Medicine Hat Tigers after tying the Albertans 5-5 the night before. Rich Gosselin got seven points in the two games, but goalies Dale Rideout and Dan Crockett suffered from shell-shock. Word is that the Bomber executive is poring over a list of 18 candidates to replace Pearson, axed Oct. 29.</p><p><b>WINNIPEG:</b> Coach George Dorman of the Clubs was actually beside himself after the Clubs blew three straight games, including two in Sas-katoon (both 6-5 losses). But the game against Medicine Hat at home was the ultimate. Clubs led 7-2 with half the game gone, but wound up with a 7-7 tie. Bright spots, however, were there. Gerry Pion fired three goals against The Hat in the tie game and defensive standout Kevin McCArthy had four goals and five assists in the four games</p><div class="sidebar"><p>Western Canada Hockey League<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Roy Finds Gold Mine In Kamloops As Second-Year Chiefs Reach Top

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01608/3536900-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="983" height="1095"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RANGERS STILL TRYING TO PUT PIECES TOGETHER AFTER BIG TRADE&mdash;PAGE 9</b></figcaption></div><p><b>ORR, PARK LIFT BRUINS&rsquo; TITLE HOPES&mdash;PAGE 10</b></p><p><b>HOUSTON OPENER SMASHING SUCCESS AND HOWE&mdash;PAGE 27</b></p><p><b>NEWCOMER MAKES KINGS FORGET HARPER&mdash;PAGE 12</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02460/3536893-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1177" height="1917"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Brawling is becoming increasingly worse in pro hockey.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PROS RAP VIOLENCE IN HOCKEY—Page 2

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01876/3533990-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>WHA teams went on a scoring rampage with the Toronto Toros leading the way with 24 goals in four games. Toro captain Frank Mahovlich was at the top of the week&rsquo;s scoring list with five goals and three assists to show for his efforts.</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Not A Night To Remember</b></h2><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The night of Sunday November 17 will be one that Doug Barkley will not keep amongst his fondest memories.</p><p>Barkley&rsquo;s Detroit Red Wings dropped a 3-0 decision to the Rangers at Madison Square Garden, the coach was upset by what he felt was unjust officiating and to top it all off he got into a scrap with a writer.</p><p>Barkley met with reporters outside the Detroit dressing room after the game and everything went along well until he was asked if the scribes could now move inside the dressing room to interview the Red Wing players. Barkley then asked if they would wait until the players&rsquo; equipment had been moved out of the room. To which one reporter insisted that he be allowed into the dressing room immediately, citing an NHL rule which requires the team to allow reporters in the dressing room after a certain amount of time.</p><p>A heated argument then broke out between the two and they wrestled before Barkley took a swing at the reporter.</p><p>The scribe said he was hit two or three times, mostly on the shoulder but he sported a bruised right eye following the exchange.</p><p>The writer talked to Madison Square Garden police but no charges were laid at the time. However, the writer said that he planned some kind of action in the future.</p><h2><b>WHA On Scoring SPREE</b></h2><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p>World Hockey Association clubs staged a goalfest over the past week as they posted some astronomical scores that were like a dream come true for the goal-getters but nothing short of a nightmare for the men between the pipes.</p><p>Minnesota and Quebec got the ball rolling with an 8-6 verdict in favor of the Nordiques. Then Edmonton lost 6-3 to Calgary and Toronto dropped a 5-4 verdict to Houston.</p><p>Then came two real shockers as the Toronto Toros outgunned the Phoenix Roadrunners 11-8 and Minnesota followed suit with a 9-7 decision over Indianapolis.</p><p>All told WHA sharpshooters put 158 pucks behind opposing goaltenders which averaged out to almost eight goals per game in the week&rsquo;s 20 contests.</p><h2><b>Is Everybody Happy?</b></h2><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;</p><p>Someone on the Boston Bruins did damage amounting to $2,100 in a Vancouver hotel during the Bruins&rsquo; West Coast visit.</p><p>The hotel&rsquo;s general manager declined comment on the matter in any detail, but said that the matter is closed because the establishment was reimbursed for the damage and apologized for the destruction.</p><p>Oddly enough the damage was done right after the Bruins traded Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais to the New York Rangers. Could it be that someone wasn&rsquo;t to pleased with the prospects of performing in the Big Apple?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Deadline Stoppers

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>here is mixed emotion about the growing violence in professional hockey. Some argue that it is blown out of all proportion. Others acknowledge that it is on the increase.</p><p>Curt Bennett of the At lanta Flames hates to have to use his fists to teach rival NHL players the meaning of respect.</p><p>But if he had to, Bennett will react. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t particularly like to go out and beat people up,&rdquo; said the 195-pound forward who holds a brown belt in Karate. &lsquo;&lsquo;That&rsquo;s not part of my game. In college it was against the rules and considered unsportsmanlike but in the pros it&rsquo;s looked on with favor.&rdquo;</p><p>Bennett is ranked as one of the NHL&rsquo;s better fighters but he detests fighting. Thinks it takes too much away from hockey. He also thinks the Philadelphia Flyers have gone overboard in their intimidation program in recent years.</p><p>Bennett isn&rsquo;t the only pro to draw a bead on the rough stuff that&rsquo;s going on around hockey. Bobby Hull staged a one-weekend strike to emphasize his discontent over the increasing rough stuff and brawling that was becoming a part of the WHA. He says hockey was getting too brutal and players were being seriously injured by stick-swinging players. Hull said that unless the WHA cleaned up its act, he was ready to quit the game.</p><p>The recent at tack by Dan Maloney on Toronto&rsquo;s Brian Glennie has again aroused the diehards who are campaigning to have hockey cleaned up. Maloney is facing an assault with bodily harm charge Dec. 1 in Toronto after beating up on Glennie as he lay helpless on the ice. The Maloney affair is being compared to the Dave Forbes-Henry Boucha incident of last season when Forbes struck Boucha in the eye during an altercation on the ice.</p><p>Punch Imlach of Buffalo thinks, minor, double &ldquo;the whole hockey violence thing has been blown out of proportion. It&rsquo;s hard to define what this guy (Ontario at torney general Roy McMurty) is talking about. The law is the law and hockey business is hockey business. Everyone has their definition of violence in hockey. Mine is two guys standing there hitting each other over the head with their sticks,&rdquo; said Imlach.</p><p>Punch said he wouldn&rsquo;t change his thinking of hockey for anyone. &ldquo;People take this stuff too seriously. In all my years with the Sabres I haven&rsquo;t seen excessive violence. We&rsquo;ve got some guys that play tough but don&rsquo;t break the law.&rdquo;</p><p>Glennie, who suffered a mild concussion and was hospitalized overnight after the pummeling by Maloney, didn&rsquo;t comment on the incident or the violence in hockey but his wife, Barbara, did. She said that she has noticed an increase in rough stuff in hockey since her husband began playing proeight years-ago<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Pro Stars Take Swipe At Violence

<div class="byline">BY GARY CLARK</div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>ommissioner John E. Timmins of the North American Hockey League has announced unprecedented rule revisions that if universally adopted could change the face of hockey. He instituted the most sweeping changes in league penalties for player misconducts and the most severe penalty for the &ldquo;third man&rdquo; in a fight in the history of professional hockey.</p><p>The NAHL had been plagued with an unusually high incidence of misconducts and major brawls early this season, a situation seemingly besetting all pro leagues and a situation which precipitated the commissioner&rsquo;s action.</p><p>Effective Nov. 13 the following structure for league fines and suspensions as a result of player misconducts went into effect in the three year old league:</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02806/3534028-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="605" height="349"></div><p>The revised structure makes the NAHL the only league in all of professional hockey to assess automatic suspensions for all misconducts. In the past misconducts in the NAHL resulted in a fine of only 10 dollars, while game and match misconducts resulted in a fine of only 25 dollars; there were no automatic suspensions.</p><p>In an equally significant change Timmins announced that henceforth the third man in any fight would be assessed a five minute match misconduct.</p><p>This move extends by one step the rule adopted by the National Hockey League prior to the 197172 season, and since adopted by most professional leagues, whereby the third man is assessed a game misconduct.</p><p>The distinction is a major one. Under the NHL rule only the individual is penalized. Under the NAHL version the team may also be severely penalized. When a player is given a match misconduct he is not only barred from the game but his team skates shorthanded for the full duration of the penalty, regardless of how many times the opposition scores. A team may immediately substitute for a player handed a game misconduct.</p><p>Furthermore, under the new structure dealing with misconducts any &ldquo;third man&rdquo; will automatically receive at least a four game suspension and only that if it is his first such offense.</p><p>The NAHL had used the NHL version of the third man rule during its first two years. But this year the league had been operating under the World Hockey Association rule, also revised this year, of allowing the referee discretion to penalize the third man with either a minor, or misconduct penalty.</p><p>In making the changes Timmins commented, &ldquo;We want a tough, hard hittings action packed hockey league. We do not want endless dead spots where players argue with referees, mill about endlessly, and bore the fans who pay to see. hockey with their needless charades and histrionics. We do not want a league where a clean one on one fight is at any time liable to erupt into a vicious brawl,&rdquo;</p><p>The immediate reaction to the change was almost universally positive. When notified of the change WHA supervisor of officials Bob Frampton, whose referees officiate all NAHL games, was enthusiastic. Robbie Roberts, director of operations of the league&rsquo;s Erie Blades commented, &ldquo;Finally hockey will give its game and its officials the same sanctity that baseball and football do. This is a major step for our sport. &ldquo;</p><p>A major step indeed. The intent of the revisions is the virtual elimination of the behavior that leads to misconducts and therefore all misconducts themselves, said Tim-mins, &ldquo;misconducts add nothing to the game; eliminating the behavior that results in misconducts will not diminish the game in the least. Misconducts don&rsquo;t add to skating. They don&rsquo;t add to stick handling. They don&rsquo;t add to shooting, passing, checking, or even fighting. All they add to is the self-glorifying badgering of officials by players and also to senseless brutality. Who needs that? If the other leagues want that let them have it. We don&rsquo;t and we wont.&rdquo;</p><p>One of the few negative comments came from a Syracuse Broadcaster who editorialized that the move would make the game fall into the hands of the referee.</p><p>To which the commissioner replied, &ldquo;the people we are going to give the game to are the fans who want a tight, action packed two and one half hour hockey game, not a three hour plus waltz. Besides, can you think of anyone better to give the game to than the referee?&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03623/3534021-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="592" height="2738"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NAHL Takes Unprecedented Steps To Curb Growing Hockey Violence

<div class="byline">BY RALPH BRIDGLAND</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>For most of last season Yvan Coumoyer had the hockey fans of Montreal thinking that Wile E. Coyote&rsquo;s dastardly deeds had finally pai doff.</p><p>Coumoyer&rsquo;s 1974-75 regular season totals stood at 29-45&mdash;74, a sum which most National Hockey League performers would give their eye teeth for, but the Habs&rsquo; &ldquo;Roadrunner&rdquo; wasn&rsquo;t displaying the speed and manoeuvrability which had earned him that nickname.</p><p>Except for a five-goal outburst against Chicago on Feb. 15, a feat which put Coumoyer in the Canadiens&rsquo; record book alongside Maurice Richard and Bobby Rousseau and powered the Habs to a 12-3 romp, he didn&rsquo;t quite look like th&egrave; Roadrunner of old.</p><p>But what a difference a few months makes.</p><p>In the off-season captain Henri Richard announced his retirement and the task of picking someone to carry the &lsquo;C&rsquo; on his jersey faced the club at the outset of training camp.</p><p>Of all the possible replacements one stood head and shoulders above the rest, not in stature but in years of service and leadership qualities. That man was Yvan Coumoyer.</p><p>Coumoyer, who will celebrate his 32nd birthday this month, has been on six Canadien Stanley Cup winners in his 12-year term with the club and was the Conn Smythe Trophy recipient as playoff MVP in 1973 when he set the record for most goals in post-season action with 15.</p><p>After 16 games this season the Roadrunner had scored six times and added 12 assists for 18 points, a slight improvement over his 1974-75 totals to the same juncture.</p><p>But the improvement that counts the most to Yvan is the team record. At this time last year the Habs had 22 points (eight wins, five losses and six ties) and trailed Los Angeles by four points. At the present time the Canadiens have 27 points (12 wins, four losses and three ties) and hold a one-point edge on the runnerup Kings in the Norris Division and hold a game in hand on the West Coast rivals.</p><p>The on-ice improvement is noticeable with the goals-against total being cut by almost one-third and the goals-for figure up by about 50 percent over last season.</p><p>But there are some important reasons for the club&rsquo;s big step forward which lie behind the scenes and &lsquo;Captain Roadrunner&rsquo; is one of the main factors.</p><p>The players have adopted an unselfish all-for-the-team at titude and no one is more indicative of that feeling than Coumoyer, who scored a hat trick in Pittsburgh to power the Canadiens past the Penguins 5-4 and move Yvan Past the350 career goal plateau.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01881/3534090-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="566" height="887"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Here&rsquo;s Yvon after his 1973 playoff performance when he won the Smythe Trophy as MVP and set a post-season goal scoring record of 15 that still stands.</b></figcaption></div><p>When questioned as to his own improved play Yvan answered, &ldquo;We have more points in the league standings. I don&rsquo;t care how many points I have as long as the team is going well.</p><p>&ldquo;I was proud of Jim&rsquo;s (Roberts) goal last night. It was just like I scored.&rdquo;</p><p>Roberts&rsquo; goal was the first of the three the Canadiens put behind Buffalo&rsquo;s Gerry Desjardins in important 3-2 win. Coumoyer played a major role in the last two (both in the final three and a half minutes of the game) as he picked up a pair of assists.</p><p>As to why the club is going better he explained, &ldquo;Everybody&rsquo;s in good shape and we&rsquo;re all together. We have less goals-against than last year and we&rsquo;ve had better all round play.&rdquo;</p><p>At 5&rsquo;7&rdquo;, 165 pounds, Coumoyer is a target of the NHL&rsquo;s so-called intimidators. But rather than &lsquo;hearing footsteps&rsquo; the intimidation serves a positive purpose for the diminutive right winger.</p><p>&ldquo;It puts me more in the game. It&rsquo;s been like that every year I&rsquo;ve been in the league. We&rsquo;ve got work to do and we do it whether we&rsquo;re intimidated or not.&rdquo;</p><p>Most pro clubs are starting to shy away from smaller players and going for more size and muscle. Could that possibly mean no jobs in hockey for the &lsquo;little men&rsquo;?</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think so,&rdquo; opined Coumoyer, the Canadiens &lsquo;Little Big Man&rsquo;. &ldquo;If a guy proves himself like Marcel Dionne or even Doug Jarvis, whoisn&rsquo;t that big (5&rsquo;9&rdquo;, 165 pounds), he&rsquo;ll make it. Hockey has always been the same: prove you can do the job and you can play.&rdquo;</p><p>Coumoyer has joined the advisory staff of Canadian Hockey Industries Inc. of Drummondville, Quebec which specializes in the &lsquo;Pro Shot&rsquo; an easy and efficient way to improve hockey shots. Yvan may well have made use of the product himself as pound-for-pound he possesses one of the NHL&rsquo;s hardest shots.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02750/3534083-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1181" height="1497"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>YVAN COURNOYER&hellip;He Can See The Improvement</b></figcaption></div><p>Along with the captaincy comes some added responsibilities.</p><p>&ldquo;I have to follow the game very closely,&rdquo; explained Coumoyer, &ldquo;because I&rsquo;m the only one that can talk to the referee. I also try to hep the team more, on and off the ice.&rdquo;</p><p>Attitude is the main reason the Habs have to be considered one of the teams to beat this season and Coumoyer as captain relays the message as well as anyone.</p><p>&ldquo;A win is the best thing you can have,&rdquo; he emphasized. &ldquo;Like last night (3-2 win over Buffalo). Everybody was happy and we needed it.</p><p>&ldquo;Without winning, nothing else matters.&rdquo;</p><p>The familiar &lsquo;beep-beep&rsquo; of Monsieur Roadrunner has returned to the Montreal Forum and with it a much-improved hockey club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Cournoyer Puts Team First In New Leader Role

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie&#x2019;s</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01933/3534142-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="456" height="462"></div><p>&bull; <b>REPORTS ARE</b> that 25 of the 32 major league hockey clubs lost money during last season&hellip;They say Cat Francis would still like to pull off another big trade with Rod Gilbert, Pete Stemkowski and John Davidson leaving the Rangers for Randy Manery, Larry Romanchych and Dan Bouchard of the At lanta Flames&hellip;Pittsburgh Penguin coach Marc Boileau is getting a reputation for being the hardest-nosed coach in pro hockey&hellip;Dit Clapper, one of hockey&rsquo;s all-time greats, has been paralyzed for several months in Peterborough, Ont. Life hasn&rsquo;t been too good for the popular Dit in recent years&hellip;Detroit&rsquo;s Terry Harper is furious with Alan Eagleson and the NHL Player&rsquo;s Association. Apparently they didn&rsquo;t lift a finger to help him in his fight against the Los Angeles Kings&hellip;Dick Young of the N.Y. Daily News had this to say about the recent trade: &ldquo;I say, Goodbye Brad Park, Goodbye Jean Raitelle, Au revoir Giacomin and Villemure and Sanderson. Take with you all the (Stanley) cups you won. You can wear them.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02889/3534135-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="291" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Terry Harper</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>CALIFORNIA SEALS</b> are fast becoming the Cinderella Team of the NHL as they consistently knock off clubs figured to be much stronger. They have a great record going for them so far this season and rookie coach Jack &ldquo;Tex&rdquo; Evans is showing the skill in masterminding his players that he displayed last season with Salt Lake City of the Central League when he was selected as Minor League Coach of the Year by THE HOCKEY NEWS&hellip;Ron McGrath, longtime hockey writer from California is doing a superb job as public relations director of the Seals. If things continue to roll as they have thus far the Seals still might make it as a National Hockey League power&hellip;WHA at tendance figures are lowest at two of the league&rsquo;s three new cities, Calgary and Denver. Calgary has been averaging 4,240 and Denver has averaged 3,520. Hockey people are worrying about Denver as the team is playing in a spanking new building and should be at tracting much larger crowds&hellip;Cincinnati Stingers, the other new club, is averaging over 8,000 a game and will undoubtedly show a steady increase as the colorful club continues to win on the ice&hellip;Every time the Stingers leave the ice at the end of a period the organist plays the theme song from the popular move &ldquo;The Sting&rdquo;&hellip;Derek Sanderson has played sensationally since the N.Y. Rangers unloaded him to the St. Louis Blues. Sanderson hadn&rsquo;t scored a goal in eight games for the Rangers this season but managed to score a goal in each of his first two games with the Blues&hellip;He had five goals and five assists in his first seven games at St. Louis&hellip;Minnesota Fighting Saints have a twice-a-month payroll of $140,000 which sometimes becomes a little difficult to make&hellip;Pete Mahovlich can&rsquo;t understand why the Montreal fans boo him so much. The lanky center has fallen into disfavor with the rabid Canadiens followers and they jeer Pete most every time he touched the puck. Maybe the fans think he should be trying harder than he does or throwing his weight around more. He&rsquo;s one of the two biggest forwards in the league&hellip;Wayne Dillon, Ranger&rsquo;s 20-year-old rookie center, has played very well during the brief ice time afforded him by Ranger coach Ron Stewart. Many observers feel Stewart is over his depth as a National League coach&hellip;A year&rsquo;s subscription to THE HOCKEY NEWS still is the finest Christmas gift you could give a keen hockey fan or youthful hockey player.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03784/3534128-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="288" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron McGrath</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull; <b>BOSTON BRUINS</b> traded away Phil Esposito to unload the team of his huge salary. His contract with the Bruins called for more money than any player in hockey. The slumping Bruins couldn&rsquo;t afford they large stipends collected by both Esposito and Bobby Orr&hellip;It&rsquo;s pretty well agreed that the Rangers got the better of the trade. Certainly Esposito is the biggest gain the New Yorkers made but Carol Vadnais should prove to be as good if not better than any of their present defensemen&hellip;Rangers won&rsquo;t feel the loss of Brad Park and Jean Ratelie too much. Neither player has&rsquo; been the same since the 1972 Team CanadaRussia series, and Park has to be the most overpaid player in NHL annals&hellip;Bryan Maxwell has been sensational for Cleveland Crusaders of the WHA. The former WCHL star defenseman was Minnesota North Stars&rsquo; first draft choice last Spring but he signed with Cleveland instead&hellip;Lookfor a complete reorganization of the Minnesota North Stars. They can&rsquo;t win on the ice or draw people at the gate and some drastic steps have to be taken soon&hellip;Of the first five goals scored by Buffalo Sabres&rsquo; Jacques Richard, three were the winning goal of the game. The Sabres acquired Richard from At lanta for defenseman Larry Carriere and a draft choice and he has fitted in very well on a line with Peter McNab and Jim Lorentz&hellip;Bob Boileau, nephew of Pittsburgh coach Marc Boileau, is playing for Boston University as a freshman&hellip;Toronto Toros&rsquo; Paul Henderson, another player who has never been the same since the &lsquo;72 Canada-Russia series, is undergoing tests to see what&rsquo;s been slowing him down. It appears his lack of stamina may be at tributed to a lack of oxygen getting into his blood&hellip;The big pay day has passed for most hockey players and especially the player agents&hellip;St. Louis Blues made a sharp move in signing Rick Smith to a contract for next season. The veteran defenseman jumped from California Seals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04682/3534121-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="287" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bryan Maxwell</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05552/3534173-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><h2><b>Just To Set The Record Straight</b></h2><p>I would like to bring to your at tention a fact printed in your Nov. 7 issue, which was incorrect.</p><p>In your, &ldquo;Esposito or Richard whose Scoring Feats Were Greater&rdquo; article, you stated that Esposito held the record for assists by a center (77) which is wrong. To set the record straight, in case Mr. MacLean missed last season, Bobby Clarke now holds the record for centers with 89.</p><p>With hockey talent getting better every year in the U.S. and Canada why have pre-expansion and post-expansion records separate? If you do that why not have two Stanley Cups. One, for pre-expansion and one for post-expansion winners. With most of the contenders today post-expansion teams why make any changes.</p><p>Hockey talent is getting better. Look what the Islanders did in three short years, from worst team in the league to a top contender. With all the new defensive minded teams in the league today it is getting harder to score goals than easier.</p><p><b>CRAIG WALSH</b><br><b>Upper Darby, Pa.</b></p><h2><b>Schedule Maker Has Helped Flyers</b></h2><p>Al Schroder (Hockey News 11:14:75) and other Flyer fans rejoicing over Philadelphia&rsquo;s early successes in the absence of Bernie Parent, really ought to be offering prayers of thanks to the 1975-76 schedule maker.</p><p>As of 11/9/75, the Flyer record was 9-2-4. Impressive at first blush. However, against teams with better than. 500 records, they have come out only 1-2-4. Even more significant, they were only 0-2-2 against the major contenders, the Islanders, Montreal and Los Angeles. At this writing they have yet to face the other early season pow-erhouse&mdash;Buffalo.</p><p>Of course, it is still early, but it will be interesting to see how long the Flyers can remain on top by intimidating quality performers.</p><p><b>PETE O&rsquo;NEILL,</b>&nbsp;<br><b>Baldwin, N.Y.</b></p><h2><b>Ex-Rangers Fan Outraged By &lsquo;Cat&rsquo;</b></h2><p>I am 18 years of age. I have been a hockey fan since 1965. Until last spring, during the Stanley Cup playoffs, I was a Ranger fan. I switched my allegiance over to the Islanders because I liked the spirit with which they played, and also because I was disillusioned after nine years of disappointment with the Rangers. Though I became an Islander fan, I still wished the Rangers well. That is, up until tonight.</p><p>I just saw a news clip on Eddie Giacomin&rsquo;s debut with the Red Wings. I saw how the standing ovation he received from the Madison Square Garden fans brought him to tears. When I heard of his release by the Rangers for the $30,000 waiver price, I was shocked. Now, however, I am outraged. For ten years Eddie Giacomin was the leader of the Rangers. He put the team into the playoffs and kept them there. Although his goals-against average was not what many thought it should have been, when it really counted, Eddie Giacomin came through. Anyone who has seen him in the playoffs knows that. Emile Francis, whom I consider to be an excellent general manager and coach, is to be vilified for this move. Eddie did not deserve it.</p><p>To you, Eddie, I wish the best of luck. To the Rangers&hellip;.</p><p><b>STEFAN BUCEK,</b>&nbsp;<br><b>Syracuse, N.Y.</b></p><h2><b>Baltimore Fans Want Tough Club</b></h2><p>Once again I have read where the AHL Clippers are a &ldquo;tough, hard-hitting&rdquo; club and I consider this to be somewhat of an exaggeration. Just prior to the exhibition schedule when Baltimore hockey fans were being &ldquo;re-united&rdquo; with their Clippers, management promised a &ldquo;big, rough&rdquo; team. Since then the Clips have skated well and scored often, but doublepenalty calls have been as infrequent as shorthanded goals. I am aware that there are new NHL regulations which oppose any sort of rough stuff, and perhaps these rules affect AHL players as well. Maybe the hockey player himself has a changed at titude toward the game.</p><p>Une thing is certain and I&rsquo;m sure that Clipper management will have to agree. There were more tickets sold some years back than there are now. The fans want to see a &ldquo;tough-hard hitting club&rdquo;.</p><p><b>BEAUMONT KEMP,</b>&nbsp;<br><b>Baltimore, Mid.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Fan Forum

<p>Founded October 1st, 1947</p><p><b>Vol. 29 No &ndash; 7 NOVEMBER 28, 1975</b></p><p>Published weekly except monthly June througn 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.</p><p><b>Kenneth W. McKenzie</b><br>President, Publisher and Advertising Director</p><p><b>Don Wall</b><br>Associate Publisher</p><p><b>Charlie Halpin</b><br>Editorial uirector</p><p><b>Hany Hoenig</b><br>Administration Manager</p><p><b>Pat Beale</b><br>Advertising Co-Ordinator</p><p><b>Ralph Bridgland</b><br>Asst. To Editor</p><p><b>United States Advertising Representatives</b></p><p>NEW YORK: Bill Hltzlg. National Sports Publlshlno Coro. 150 East 58th street. New York, N.Y. 10022. Telephone (212) 593-2100.</p><p>CHICAGO: Hooper Jones & Associates, 3322 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago, III 60659. Telephone (312) 478-5544.</p><p>ATLANTIC STATES.flncludlng New York, Boston, Buffalo & Philadelphia: Bob Bassinette, Basslnette/Whlte, 50 East 42nd St., New York, N.Y. 10017. Telephone (212) 986-6210.</p><p><b>YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES:</b> $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&rsquo;., 10001 and at additional mailing offices SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO P.O. BOX 71, ROUSES POINT, N.Y. 12979, Second Class mail Registration No. 1327 All inquiries pertaining to subscriptions should be addressed to Subscription Dept, The Hockey News, P.O. Box 71, Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

The Hockey News OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>M</span>ost Chicago Black Hawk fans might be holding their breath awaiting a return of Bobby Hull, the Golden Jet turned Winnipeg Jet. But one fan is not.</p><p>&ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t think there&rsquo;s a snowball&rsquo;s chance in hell of him coming back,&rdquo; said Black Hawk team president William Wirtz in response to the third annual rumor that Hull will bolt the World Hockey Association he helped make credible for the National Hockey League which he renounced in 1972.</p><p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s really no sense in discussing Bobby&rsquo;s possible return until and if he gets his release from the other league, and I just don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s going to happen,&rdquo; said Wirtz, a stand-up executive who proclaimed an &ldquo;open door policy&rdquo; to the Black Hawks&rsquo; greatest star when he bolted for a $2.75 million, 10-year pact with the new league.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s on the fourth year of a five-year playing contract, then it&rsquo;s my understanding that he&rsquo;s got five years after that in another capacity. I said when he left that Bobby was a great hockey player for us, and that if he ever wanted to come back, that our door would be open.</p><p>&ldquo;It still is, but I can&rsquo;t see the WHA giving him his release. As far as I can figure it, he is not only the property of the Winnipeg Jets but the property of the whole league. Every team contributed $ 100,000 to his signing bonus up front, which is the reason why we lost him in the first place. The NHL isn&rsquo;t allowed to pool money. It&rsquo;s an anti-trust violation.</p><p>&ldquo;Do you think other teams in the league who depend on him for a couple extra thousand seats whenever the Jets come to town will consent to his release? I don&rsquo;t think so. And even if that happens, I don&rsquo;t know if we could satisfy Bobby&rsquo;s financial demands.&rdquo;</p><p>Wirtz did, however, reveal that he has had communication with Harvey Wineberg, Hull&rsquo;s savvy Chicago financial advisor who arranged that fantastic contract three years ago.</p><p>And around Wineberg centered this winter&rsquo;s refurbished rumor that Hull was headed back to Chicago&hellip;a rumor so recurrent that one would think where there&rsquo;s smoke, there some day may be fire.</p><p>&ldquo;It all started when word got out that I was going up to Winnipeg to meet with Bobby and some of the other officials of the league,&rdquo; said Wineberg. &ldquo;Well, it&rsquo;s not unusual for me going to Winnipeg. I go there a few times a year to see Bobby. He is a client of mine, after all.</p><p>&ldquo;But anybody who took that and misconstrued it to mean that we were meeting to get Bobby out of his contract with Winnipeg was simply adding up two and two and getting something other than four. I&rsquo;ve had no indication, though, that Bobby is unhappy up there.&rdquo;</p><p>But remember. This is the third straight year of the rumor.</p><p><b>PARTING SHOTS:</b> With Stan Mikita missing until perhaps Christmas because of arm surgery, Pit Martin has been named interim captain of the Black Hawks&hellip;Goalie Gilles Villemure won his Chicago debut: a 6-1 decision over the Vancouver Canucks. It was his first start of the season; he dressed for only two games with the New York Rangers before his trade to the Black Hawks&hellip;Martin, by the way, recorded his 250th NHL goal in Kansas City Oct. 25&hellip;The Hawks enjoyed their first home sellout Nov. 5 when they tied Philadelphia 4-4.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hawks Not Holding Their Breaths As Hull’s Return To NHL Unlikely

<p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>ill White, the Black Hawks&rsquo; most veteran defenseman, underwent surgery Nov. 5 in Chicago for a torn strap muscle in his left hip area. He will be sidelined for approximately one month.</p><p>That makes two All Stars on the shelf for the Chicagoans, who earlier lost center Stan Mikita for surgery on a torn tricep muscle in his right arm. He probably will not be back until around Christmas.</p><p>&ldquo;White has been having trouble for awhile with this, and we had hoped that rest would be the answer,&rdquo; said coach Billy Reay. &ldquo;But doctors looked it over and decided that the safest and surest way to cure it would be to operate.&rdquo;</p><p>White&rsquo;s departure left the Hawks with five defensemen&mdash;Phil Russell, Keith Mag-nuson, Dick Redmond, Dale Tallon and Bob Murray. Reay said he thought no further reinforcements would be required.</p><p>But to assist in center ice, Reay called up American-born Rob Palmer from Chicago&rsquo;s Dallas club in the Central Hockey League. Palmer, 24, played in 13 NHL games for the Hawks last year (no goals, two assists) and was at the team&rsquo;s training camp this year.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01964/3534276-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="516" height="609"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL WHITE&hellip;Out Month</b></figcaption></div><p>Pit Martin, who had been stationed at right wing, and Murray, who played there as a youngster, was being tried there as an experiment of sorts.</p><p>&ldquo;I took one shift there last year at Dallas,&rdquo; recalled Murray. &ldquo;And I scored.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hip Surgery Puts White On Shelf With Mikita

<h2>NATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><p class="dropcap"><span>K</span>ANSAS CITY&mdash;<b>Ken Murray</b>, defenseman, recalled from Springfield of AHL. <b>Roger Lemelin</b> and <b>Terry McDonald</b>, defensemen, Hugh Harvey, forward, assigned to Springfield.</p><p>WASHINGTON&mdash;<b>Jack Egers</b>, forward, handed unconditional release. <b>Don McLean</b>, defenseman, sent to Richmond of AHL.</p><p>DETROIT&mdash;<b>Mike Korney</b>, defenseman, sent to New Haven of AHL. <b>Frank Bathe</b>, defenseman, recalled from New Haven and reassigned to Kalamazoo of IHL.</p><p>BOSTON&mdash;<b>Steve Langdon</b>, forward, recalled from Rochester of AHL under emergency conditions and returned to AHL club. <b>Barry Smith</b>, forward, recalled from Rochester.</p><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;<b>Al Blanchard</b>, forward, recalled from Springfield of AHL and reassigned to Saginaw of IHL.</p><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;<b>Leon Rochefort</b>, forward, placed on waivers. <b>Jim Wiley</b> and <b>Brad Gassoff</b>, forwards, recalled from Tulsa of CHL for two weekend games and returned to CHL club.</p><p>BUFFALO&mdash;<b>Paul McIntosh</b>, defenseman. recalled from Hershey of AHL. <b>Lee Fogolin</b>, defenseman, and <b>Gary McAdam</b>, forward, assigned to Hershey.</p><p>N.Y. RANGERS&mdash;<b>Dale Lewis</b>, forward, recalled from Providence of AHL.</p><h2>WORLD HOCKEY ASSN.</h2><p>NEW ENGLAND&mdash;<b>Alan Hangsleben</b>, defenseman, recalled from Cape Codders of NAHL. <b>Nick Fotiu</b>, forward, sent to Cape Codders. <b>Paul Hoganson</b>, goalkeeper, assigned to Philadelphia of NAHL.</p><p>QUEBEC&mdash;<b>Jim Benzelock</b>, forward, recalled from Maine of NAHL.</p><p>INDIANAPOLIS&mdash;<b>John Sheridan</b> and <b>Bob Jones</b>, forwards, recalled from Mohawk Valley of NAHL. <b>Bob Whitlock</b> and <b>Murray Heatley</b>, forwards, assigned to Mohawk Valley as replacements.</p><p>WINNIPEG&mdash;<b>Randy Legge</b>, defenseman. sent to Mohawk Valley of NAHL on loan.</p><p>CALGARY&mdash;<b>Dave Gauthier</b>, forward, assigned to Cranbrook of WIHL.</p><p>EDMONTON&mdash;<b>Bill Laing</b>, forward, recalled from Spokane of WIHL.</p><p>SAN DIEGO&mdash;<b>Jamie Bateman</b>, forward, recalled from Binghamton of NAHL and reassigned to Tucson of CHL. <b>Lee Inglis</b>, forward, recalled from Tucson.</p><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;<b>Rick Newell</b>, defenseman, and <b>Robbie Watt</b>, forward, assigned to Syracuse of NAHL after being acquired from Phoenix in trade.</p><p>PHOENIX&mdash;<b>Grant Erickson</b>, forward, assigned to Tucson of CHL after being acquired from Cleveland in trade.</p><p>TORONTO&mdash;<b>Jean-Luc Phaneuf</b>, forward, recalled from Beauce of NAHL.</p><h2>AMERICAN LEAGUE</h2><p>NOVA SCOTIA&mdash;<b>Mike McKegney</b>, forward, sent to Beauce of NAHLon loan.</p><p>BALTIMORE&mdash;<b>Bob Sneddon</b>, goalkeeper, signed to 10-game pro trial as free agent.</p><h2>CENTRALLEAGUE</h2><p>TULSA&mdash;<b>Dennis McCord</b>, defenseman, assigned to Fort Wavne of IHL.</p><p>FORT WORTH&mdash;<b>Dave Maglia</b>, defenseman, assigned to Saginaw of IHL.</p><h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><p>DAYTON&mdash;<b>Dave Simpson</b>, defenseman, traded to Columbus of I HL, refused to report. Gems replaced Simpson in trade with Lorne Weighill. <b>Rich Hart</b>, defenseman. placed on waivers and claimed by Columbus. Waivers withdrawn when Boston Bruins recalled Hart and reassigned him to Binghamton of NAHL.</p><p>COLUMBUS&mdash;<b>Rocky Menard</b>, goalkeeper, picked up from Saginaw of IHLon waivers.</p><h2>NORTH AMER LEAGUE</h2><p>BEAUCE&mdash;<b>Raynald Tremblay</b>, defenseman, placed on disabled list. <b>Wally Wier</b>, defenseman. signed as free agent.</p><p>BINGHAMTON&mdash;<b>Cam Fryer</b> and <b>Frank Hamill</b>, forwards, placed on waivers. <b>Rich Hart</b> and <b>Denis Daigle</b>, defensemen, reassigned by Boston Bruins from Dayton in IHL. <b>Craig MacPherson</b>, forward, signed as free agent.</p><p>CAPE CODDERS&mdash;<b>Gerry Methe</b>, defenseman. and <b>Denis Lemieux</b>, forward, acquired.</p><p>MAINE&mdash;<b>Bob Murphy</b>, forward. placed on disabled list. <b>Gary Gresdal</b>, defenseman, signed as free agent. <b>Pierre Leblanc</b>, forward, secured from Toledo of IHL.</p><p>MOHAWK VALLEY&mdash;<b>Rich Pumple</b>, forward, placed on disabled list.</p><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;<b>Dale MacLeish</b>, forward, placed on waivers. <b>Peter Cahill</b>, forward, replaced on disabled list by Tom Young, forward.</p><p>SYRACUSE&mdash;<b>Bim McFall</b>, defenseman, placed on waivers.</p><h2>SOUTHERN LEAGUE</h2><p>GREENSBORO&mdash;<b>Mike Jakubo</b>, forward, picked up from Tidewater of SHL on waivers.</p><p>CHARLOTTE&mdash;<b>Jim Minor</b>, forward, sent to Tidewater of SHL.</p><p>TIDEWATER&mdash;<b>Ron Clarke</b>, goalkeeper, <b>Jim Edgeworth</b>, defenseman, and <b>Mike Jakubo</b>, forward, placed on waivers. Edgeworth retained when waivers cleared.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Movements of Players

<div class="byline">BY DONALD BERNS</div><p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>The St. Louis Blues have been struggling.</p><p>Their season started with great optimism, but a series of injuries hampered the team from the beginning. After 15 games their record was 5-64, and there had been only one game in which all of the team&rsquo;s players were available.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01879/3534307-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="293" height="439"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gilles Gratton</b></figcaption></div><p>Trying to determine how much injuries were to blame and how much other factors were to blame was not easy. At the point when only Jerry Butler remained out of the lineup with a broken foot Coach Garry Young decided on a complete reshuffling of his lines.</p><p>Young took note of the fact that his most cohesive line of Wayne Merrick, Pierre Plante and Floyd Thomson had been the least efficient over the first several weeks of the season. In the plus-minus ratings those three were the three lowest on the team. Starting with that problem, Young separated the three of them, and the other line changes were a domino effect.</p><p>Thomson went on to Red Berenson&rsquo;s line with Claude Larose on the right side. Chuck Lefley, who had been with Berenson, joined a new line with Plante and Derek Sanderson. Merrick, who started seeing less action, was on a line with Brian Ogilvie and Bert Wilson, and Garry Unger kept his right wing, Bob MacMillan, and got back his left wing, Ted Irvine, with whom he started the season before Irvine suffered a knee injury.</p><p>The shuffling of lines lasted only a few games because, as Young said, &ldquo;I had to do something to get this team going.&rdquo; Plante, Merrick and Thomson were reunited, and Lefley, Berenson and Wilson went back together.</p><p>Young also got the season&rsquo;s first use of goalie Gilles Gratton, who had been suffering from some mysterious stomach ailment since training camp and had gone home to Montreal. After rejoining the team Gratton saw action only in practice for awhile but he made his debut in a St. Louis uniform with a solid performance in beating the Minnesota North Stars in Minnesota, 4-1. Three nights later back in St. Louis Gratton had a good game against Toronto, but the St. Louis defense collapsed in the final period, and the Maple Leafs scored three goals in the period to wipe out a 3-0 St. Louis lead and give Toronto a tie.</p><p>The Blues&rsquo; wins were not exceedingly encouraging. They beat Washington, Kansas City, Minnesota, At lanta and Los Angeles.</p><p>One particularly galling loss came at the St. Louis Arena when the Blues led Pittsburgh 2-0 and then 3-2 in the final period but lost, 5-3. The key failure was a stretch in the last period when the Blues had a two-man advantage but failed to score. They passed the puck in their efforts to set up a goal, but the shots were few and not good enough.</p><p>Pittsburgh goalie Gordon Laxton said, &ldquo;They must have thought they could pass the puck around like the Montreal Canadiens but they&rsquo;re not the Montreal Canadiens.&rdquo;</p><p>The frustrations of the Blues&rsquo; record was accompanied by the announcement of a rather silly club policy in regard to injuries unless a player were expected to be out of the lineup for a prolonged period of time.</p><p>Team captain Barclay Plager had missed three games because of strained back muscles. When he returned in the game against Minnesota, Dennis Hextall took advantage of Plager&rsquo;s sore back, and the Blues&rsquo; management was furious.</p><p>The club released a statement saying that players who miss future games &ldquo;will simply be listed as injured without further detail unless the Blues consider that injury to be long term.&rdquo;</p><p>Sid Salomon III, president of the Blues, said, &ldquo;The treatment of Bare was what brought it about. The way he was treated in Minnesota was brutal. If the opposition hadn&rsquo;t know the nature of his injury, they wouldn&rsquo;t have been able to zero in on him.&rdquo;</p><p>The policy, of course withholds information from hockey fans, who like to know about the fortunes and misfortunes of their heroes. Even, though the fans pay all of the Blues bill, Salomon is adamant in this case that the general welfare of his franchise depends on protecting his players and not on satisfying the curiosity of the fans.</p><p>Salomon said, &ldquo;We have to do what&rsquo;s best for our hockey club. If describing an injury won&rsquo;t hurt the team, we&rsquo;ll announce the injury.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Blues’ Early Optimism Dashed By Surge Of Injuries

<div class="byline">By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01953/3534359-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="304" height="371"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>HE NEW YORK Rangers have not won the Stanley Cup since 1940 and have not won a pennant since 1942. Their failure to do so when they might have done so in recent seasons has frustrated the fans and made the media mean. Emile Francis is fine a hockey man as there is in the game, but the pressure has pounded at him until he finally felt he had to tear apart one of the most talented teams in this sport.</p><p>The first to go were Vic Hadfield, Jim Neilson and Rod Seiling, who were sent away last season. Before this season, Ted Irvine, Jerry Butler and Bert Wilson went to St. Louis for young goaler John Davidson. Several Rangers observed that the departed trio were the only hitters on the team. Then the team&rsquo;s most fiery player, Derek Sanderson, was sent to St, Louis. Reformed in Ranger uniform, the flamboyant rebel had obeyed the rules, done everything asked of him, and became the most popular player with the Garden gallery.</p><p>Bitterly, Sanderson said, &ldquo;management screwed up. They are buying themselves a lot of grief from the fans. The fans in New York took to me and I took to them. It was a great love affair while it lasted. The first four games of the season 1 was the best player on the team. The coach said I&rsquo;d be leading the league in scoring if I hadn&rsquo;t been robbed on so many shots.</p><p>&ldquo;But I knew I&rsquo;d be gassed. I told Rod Gilbert I&rsquo;m gone. He said, &lsquo;No way they&rsquo;ll trade you.&rsquo; The guys wanted to bet me money I wouldn&rsquo;t be traded. I should have bet. Driving to practice yesterday I knew I was gonna be gassed. I walked into the dressing room and saw my sweater wasn&rsquo;t hung up where I dress. I knew that was it. That&rsquo;s the swell way they let you know you&rsquo;ve been gassed. I went in to see Francis. I said, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m going to St. Louis, right?&rsquo; I went out and said, &lsquo;I told you guys I was gonna&rsquo; get gassed.&rsquo;&ldquo;</p><p>He was asked about the underground railroad players have been riding between New York and St. Louis, back and forth. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been going together so long they better get married,&rdquo; a player said. &ldquo;I better not say anything about that.&rdquo; Sanderson said.</p><p><b>THE ARRIVAL OF</b> David son had made either veteran netminders Ed Giacomin or Gilles Villemure available for a major trade. Villemure went, then Giacomin, too. As shocking as the departure of both was the fact the Rangers got little of value in return. Giacomin had played 10 tremendous seasons for the Rangers. He was in his 11th. Fast Eddie belonged in Ranger Blue. He had said he wanted toend his career in New York. When he found out he was bound for Detroit, he was wounded. &ldquo;I did everything I could to help this club for 11 years,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I had one more year left in my contract. I would have retired if they didn&rsquo;t want me. Why wouldn&rsquo;t they let me go out gracefully as a New York Ranger? Why wouldn&rsquo;t they give me that much respect? I love this team&hellip;But the way they did this&hellip;it hurts. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m completely numb. I walk around feeling like I&rsquo;m embalmed or dead. I don&rsquo;t want to sound bitter. God, I don&rsquo;t want to be bitter. I&rsquo;m trying like not to be bitter. Tell me why? Tell me why they did it this way? Tell me why they had to do it to me in a way that hurt, a way that makes a man feel like he&rsquo;s dirt, some kind of piece of garbage?&rdquo; he asked, his voice soft.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02854/3534352-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="1174" height="1199"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Phil Esposito looks strange in Ranger blue.</b></figcaption></div><p>The Garden spectators used to Chant, &ldquo;Eddie, Eddie, Eddie!&rdquo; Giacomin said, &ldquo;I can still hear them. It always sent chills up and down my spine. Now I&rsquo;ll never hear it again.&rdquo; But he did hear it again.&rdquo; He was booed in his last game as a Ranger, but cheered in his first game back in the Garden as a Red Wing. That is the way fans are. One of the remaining Rangers, Steve Vickers, said, &ldquo;I scored a goal on Giacomin and got booed by the fans for it.&rdquo; Giacomin beat the Rangers and was cheered. Afterwards, he was emotional. &ldquo;It felt funny, trying to beat the guys in the blue shirts,&rdquo; he said.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03715/3534345-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1174" height="707"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Signs hanging from the gallery in New York&rsquo;s Madison Square Garden clearly indicate the reaction of Ranger fans to the recent player moves and trades.</b></figcaption></div><p>Then a full-fledged earthquake rocked the Garden. Jean Ratelle and Brad Park were traded to Boston for Phil Esposito and Carol Vadnais. Like Giacomin, Ratelle was aging. But also like Giacomin, Ratelle belonged in Ranger Blue. He had been an unselfish player and inspirational leader in 12 long seasons with the team. &ldquo;It hurts horribly,&rdquo; he confessed, close to tears. Park was yet young, a super star just approaching his peak. Injured, he had played in pain. But he had begun to be booed by the fans in New York, blamed because the team did not capture the ultimate triumphs. Still, he said, &ldquo;I had no idea I&rsquo;d be traded. It shook me up. I&rsquo;m in shock.&rdquo;</p><p><b>IT IS TOO BAD</b> if the boos beat him. Ranger fans have booed brilliant talent out of town before and if management makes them feel they have this power they will flex their muscles and make like a lynch mob now. Ranger fans have been ranting and raving, &ldquo;ree-fund, ree-fund.&rdquo; Well, no one compelled them to purchase tickets. The purchase of tickets does not entitle a man to demean his fellow man. It is sad if management listened to the boos of the fans and the complaints of an incomprehensibly critical press.</p><p>The Rangers were a bad team before Francis took control. He built them into the only team in the league that has made the playoffs nine straight seasons. They have won or tied seven and lost only three of every 10 games in this time. They have been a big winner and a consistent contender and it is a shame that did not satisfy the fans and media in New York. Only five teams have captured the cup in this span. If this is the only thing that will satisfy them, then they are unreasonable.</p><p>Francis had said of Park, &ldquo;He is the classic captain of a club, the ideal leader.&rdquo; He had said of Ratelle, &ldquo;I would only wish my son to be as fine a man.&rdquo; Presumably, under pressure, a man might trade his son, cast his captain away. But it is not the fault of Francis, a fine man, himself, but ensnared in a vicious system that demands success at the sacrifice of sentiment.</p><p>Some of these quotes were stolen from Hugh Delano, the splendid sportswriter for the New York Post, who has been busy recently recording the reactions of the ravaged Rangers. But we were there when Esposito arrived on the West Coast to join the Rangers. Vadnais was not there. His wife was a few days away from a sixth operation and he did not want to leave her. I suppose this can be considered mere sentiment, too. The sentimental thing that troubled Esposito was that he has been separated from, his wife for some time now and was also being parted from his children.</p><p>&ldquo;I tried to explain about trades to them. I think the 11-year-old understood a little, but I don&rsquo;t think the sevenyear-old did. I have to fly back as soon as I can to talk to them some more about it. Now I&rsquo;ll have to fly back as often as I can to see them,&rdquo; he said, sadly. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know who is going to explain the trade to me,&rsquo;&rsquo; he added &ldquo;1 didn&rsquo;t expect it. 1 didn&rsquo;t think Harry Sinden would ever trade me. I&rsquo;d have bet house and soul on it. Harry didn&rsquo;t tell me. The coach, Don Cherry, called to tell me. When I went into the office, Sinden started to say he had to do it. I said I didn&rsquo;t want to talk to him about it.&rdquo;</p><p><b>WITH ESPOSITO</b> and Bobby Orr, the Bruins won two Stanley Cups. For some, this was not enough. For some, nothing ever would be enough. The team was rated a disappointment and now the top pair on any team in hockey has been broken up. The greatest goal-getter in the modern game, Espo scored almost 500 goals for Boston, &ldquo;I guess it wasn&rsquo;t enough,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I turned down a fanstastic offer from Jim Pattison of the WHA&rsquo;s Vancouver team to sign a new contract to stay in Bos-ton. I ran into Pattison the night before the trade. He asked me if my contract was air-tight. 1 said it was. I said I&rsquo;d be in Boston forever. The next morning I was gone.&rdquo;</p><p>In Los Angeles he was checked into the boards and went down to the ice in a pile of pain. They helped him to the trainer&rsquo;s room where the doctors examined his ankle while Espo, perspiration pouring from him, winced in agony. &ldquo;My first thought was of the knee I tore up two years ago, but it&rsquo;s the ankle and it&rsquo;s not too bad I don&rsquo;t think.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But, I don&rsquo;t know what else can happen to me this lousy week.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04445/3534338-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="532" height="1499"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The tears flowed for Eddie Giacomin when New York fans gave him a resounding standing ovation on his return to the Garden in a Detroit uniform.</b></figcaption></div><p>The big guy was taken to his dressing room where he undressed so he could shower and go to the hospital for X-rays. &ldquo;I still can&rsquo;t believe the trade,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I still think it must be a mistake, I must be dreaming, there can&rsquo;t be a trade and I&rsquo;ll wake up and look around and I&rsquo;ll be in the Boston dressing room, not the Ranger room. These are good guys. I&rsquo;ll give &lsquo;em my best. If the Ranger fans boo me, I won&rsquo;t listen.&rdquo;</p><p>He recently listed four cities he didn&rsquo;t want to be traded to. Two of them were New York. Now he belonged in New York. &ldquo;Well, there&rsquo;s always the shows. I love the Broadway shows,&rdquo; he rationalized. He peeled off his pants, uncovering the heavy brace he must wear on his knee while he plays. He stopped, his hands moving restlessly on the brace. &ldquo;There is no sentiment in sports,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I know that now. You play and you collect your pay. That&rsquo;s all there is to it. Loyalty is lousy.&rdquo;</p><p>Esposito knows he must accept criticism and disappointments. It&rsquo;s all part of the job. Management pays him and other super stars well for their services. The risks of trades go with the big money which Espo earns.</p><p>He is a good guy who Ras given his guts to the Bruins, but for what? He once said he would play forever. &ldquo;That was a long time ago,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I won&rsquo;t say that any more.&rdquo;</p><p>Outside, the crowd was roaring in the Forum as the Kings and their hero Rogie Vachon were finishing off the Rangers. Stunned momentarily by a shot, Rogie lay on the ice as the fans chanted &ldquo;Rogie, Rogie.&rdquo;</p><p>Oh, well, some day he&rsquo;ll be traded, too. &ldquo;You better believe it,&rdquo; Rogie said later, an angry red welt spreading on his chest. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been booed, too, you know,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>In sports, they shoot down superstars.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Ad Lib

<div class="byline">BY NORM MacLEAN</div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The snakebit Rangers were without Phil Esposito, Carol Vadnais, Jean Ratelle, Brad Park, Derek Sanderson, Gilles Villemure, Eddie Giacomin and Doug Jarrett in their losing effort against the St. Louis Blues Nov. 11. Esposito hurt his ankle in Los Angeles when the Rangers lost 3-1 on Nov. 8. He will return and hopefully can reverse results of this type and the 5-3 St. Louis loss.</p><p>Apparently. GM Emile Francis and Boston&rsquo;s Harry Sinden overcame defenseman Carol Vadnais objections to reporting. The Rangers&rsquo; official statement on Vadnais blamed the Bruins before the big defenseman was advised by his lawyer to report.</p><p>&ldquo;The NHL doesn&rsquo;t recognize a contract which has a no trade agreement in it. We have checked with the NHL office and they confirmed this in regard to Vadnais. If the Bruins have a memorandum with Carol it is their problem to solve,&rdquo; said the official communique.</p><p>Nonetheless it was the Rangers problem on the ice. Francis and Sinden huddled with Vadnais in Boston to talk him into reporting.</p><p>&ldquo;We can use Vadnais,&rdquo; stated Esposito, just after being named captain, replacing Park. &ldquo;As far as being captain is concerned it is an honor, but the fans should remember that if a guy wants to play he doesn&rsquo;t need to be led.&rdquo;</p><p>Esposito&rsquo;s ankle X-rays were negative and he figured to be back in a few games. Francis emphasized that he wasn&rsquo;t to play until he was 100 percent.</p><p>The apparent bypassing of Rod Gilbert as captain surprised many players and fans.</p><p>&ldquo;I was surnrised when Ron Stewart and Emile (Francis) asked me to be the captain,&rdquo; admitted Esposito.</p><p>Ranger fans are going to have to realize that the team is rebuilding. It will not be a contender this season&mdash;and will be happy just to make the playoffs. A Ranger official stated, &ldquo;We are rebuilding and this process will go on all year.&rdquo;</p><p>Esposito, despite his 33 years, is a key factor in this effort. He played 39 minutes in Los Angeles before getting hurt and wants to play as much as possible.</p><p>&ldquo;I told Francis and Stew I want to play all the time,&rdquo; said Esposito. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll do anything but sit on the bench.&rdquo;</p><p>Without Vadnais, the defense situation would have been desperate. Carol was the fourth highest scoring rearguard in the NHL in 1974-75 and can lead the Rangers&rsquo; breakout play. The loss of Jarrett, with a bad knee, for two weeks, hurts, and hurts for longer than that as Doug hadn&rsquo;t played in Chicago and needed conditioning.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02817/3534390-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="573" height="903"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>LARRYSACHARUK&hellip;On Block Again?</b></figcaption></div><p>The present pairing lists Nick Beverley with Gilles Marotte and John Bednarski with Ron Greschner. Greschner hasn&rsquo;t played as well this season as last. A new trade, involving the defense is brewing. Point man Lawrence Sacharuk could be going some-where, although he is a superior offensive defenseman. But so is Greschner.</p><p>Esposito&rsquo;s absence gave Wayne Dillon a chance to show his wares, playing between Gilbert and Steve Vickers. He got two goals, sucker-&rsquo; ing Derek Sanderson on the first one in St. Louis. Derek came back with a key assist on a short handed tally and the insurance goal in the final minute. But Dillon showed he can do the job. Once the uncertainties of the present purge are cleared up, he may settle in.</p><p>Walter Tkaczuk, openly worried about being traded, is still working with Billy Fairbairn and Pat Hickey. Peter Stemkowski, safe at &lsquo;home in New York seems set, for the moment, as the third line center. His mates in the Blues&rsquo; game were Dale Lewis and Rickie Middleton. Lewis, recalled from Providence, is a favorite of Stewart&rsquo;s. Ron had him at Springfield in the AHL last year.</p><p>For better or worse the goalies are Dune Wilson and John Davidson with Davidson bearing the major burden. But the defense and a settling in of some sort of system in the next couple of weeks is of paramount importance. If At lanta should get hot. New York would be in trouble.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Rangers Trying To Put Trade Pieces Together

<div class="byline">BY BILL MAKI</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01923/3534421-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve Got Faith&mdash;You&rsquo;ve Got Hope&mdash;And let&rsquo;s Wish They&rsquo;ve Got Charity&rdquo;.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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CARTOON CORNER

<div class="byline">BY VARTAN KUPELIAN</div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p>There&rsquo;s never a dull moment for the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>A recent 10-day stretch was particularly noteworthy. It started with the acquisition of goalie Eddie Giacomin, an incident in Toronto which resulted in assault charges against Dan Maloney, a cook-out hosted by owner Bruce A. Norris&hellip;and a. 500 level of performance for six games (three victories, three losses).</p><p>The major headlines, of course, concerned Maloney and the assault chage by Roy McMurtry, the at torney general of Ontario who has vowed to crack down against violence in hockey.</p><p>Norris took a position solidly backing his player when he issued the following statement:</p><p>&ldquo;The Detroit hockey club considers the alleged charges levelled against Dan Maloney as charges against the Detroit hockey club.,. and wonders why after 50 years of play in the city of Toronto, the Detroit Hockey Club has been singled out to be charged with an alleged offense that apparently arises out of conduct and on-ice activity that is no different than that which has taken place in hockey games in Maple Leaf Gardens thousands of times in the past.&rdquo;</p><p>The club then assumed a &ldquo;no comment&rdquo; posture until the matter is resolved. The Winqs have hired Toronto at torney George Finlayson to handle the case.</p><p>In his first three appearances for the Wings, the veteran Giacomin had a 2-1 record following a 6-3 victory over At lanta in his Olympia debut as a Red Wing. The next day, Norris was the host of a barbecue for the Wings.</p><p>&ldquo;No special reason,&rdquo; said general manager Alex Delvecchio. &ldquo;Bruce doesn&rsquo;t often get a chance to spend time with the players. Besides, some of them might be pressing and we want them to relax and enjoy themselves.&rdquo;</p><p>The guest of honor at what turned out to ba a victory party since the Wings had snapped At lanta&rsquo;s six-game unbeaten string the night before was young Michel Bergeron.</p><p>Bergeron, who celebrated his 21st birthday the day after the barbecue, had a four-point game against At lanta with two goals and a pair of assists on both goals by lin emate Maloney.</p><p>Coach Doug Barkley, forced into a juggling act because of injuries, put together a Bergeron-Maloney-Walt McKechnie line for the At lanta game and the unit clicked immediately.</p><p>Bergeron made two fine plays and sharp passes to set up Maloney for a pair of second period goals. Bergeron scored twice in the first period.</p><p>&ldquo;I feel comfortable now,&rdquo; Bergeron said. &ldquo;It is easy to play with Maloney and McKechnie. Doug has talked to me and helped me. Now I just skate and watch my wing.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe it is a good thing that we&rsquo;ve had some problems because we have been forced to make some changes and it looks like they are starting to pay off,&rdquo; said Barkley philosophically. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been able to find out what some of our younger players can do when they&rsquo;re called on.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Young Red Wing Bubbles Above Red Wing Controversy

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01943/3534476-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DON ASHBY&hellip;Toronto Maple Leafs</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>W</span>ith the dismissal of veteran centers Dave Keon and Norm Ullman in the off-season the Toronto Maple Leafs had to come up with a capable pivot man. And the Leafs may have found just the player in Don Ashby. He was Toronto&rsquo;s first round selection in the past summer&rsquo;s amateur draft and stepped right into a regular position with the varsity squad. Ashby is a good all round performer who can put the puck in the net but isn&rsquo;t afraid to use his size and weight to good advantage when the need arises. The 6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, 186 pound center scored 52 goals and added 68 assists for the Calgary juniors last season.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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MEET THE ROOKIES

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>fter struggling through the first month of their National Hockey League season, the Vancouver Canucks finally seem to have found the winning formula.</p><p>It works like this: one of Chris Oddleifson&rsquo;s wingers scores a hat trick and either Gary Smith or Ken Lockett makes a series of incredible saves in goal.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03615/3534538-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="257" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ron Sedlbauer</b></figcaption></div><p>It was this system that enabled the Canucks to put together back-to-back victories for the first time this season, but as a long range plan, general manager-coach Phil Maloney was not impressed.</p><p>He was, of course, delighted at how well Ron Sedlbauer at left wing and John Gould at right wing were combiningwith center Oddleifson.</p><p>In three games that trio had produced an impressive total of eight goals. However, what concerned Maloney was over that same period the Canucks as a whole scored only nine, meaning the Sedlbauer-Oddleifson-Gould line was the only one producing.</p><p>The Canucks had quickly fallen 10 points behind&rsquo; the Chicago Black Hawks in the Smythe Division pennant race and with only one line scoring goals Maloney realized that the chances of making up ground couldn&rsquo;t be considered good.</p><p>Sedlbauer and Gould each scored a goal in Vancouver&rsquo;s 4-2 loss to the New York Rangers. Then Sedlbauer scored three in a 4-2 win over Boston and Gould followed by scoring all Vancouver&rsquo;s goals in a 3-2 win over Toronto. Oddleifson, meanwhile, was collecting five assists.</p><p>Unfortunately for Maloney, no matter what combination he tried on his other two at tacking units, nothing clicked. While Sedlbauer and Gould were scoring four goals apiece, the rest of his troops were limited to a single goal by Gregg Boddy. And while that one turned out to be the winner against Boston, it hardly represents a balanced at tack Maloney needs to survive in a division that is suddenly looking a lot tougher than it did a year ago.</p><p>The Sedlbauer-Oddleifson-Gould combination is one Maloney had in mind right from tiaining camp. However, injuries cancelled it out even before the season started.</p><p>Gould cracked a couple of ribs late in the exhibition season. He missed six games and in half a dozen others was employed almost exclusively on the power play and penalty-killing units. Sedlbauer has kept pulling a muscle in his thigh and has missed four games.</p><p>The key to the line must be Oddleifson. With Gould out, rookie Rick Blight scored six goals as Oddleifson&rsquo;s right bower. With Sedlbauer missing, Paulin Bordeleau scored three. On other lines, neither Blight nor Bordeleau have had much success finding the net.</p><p>What further complicates matters for the Canucks is the production of normally high-scoring forwards like Don Lever, Dennis Ververgaert and Andre Boudrias who have suddenly <u>dried</u> up.</p><p>However, while lack of a balanced scoring at tack remained a major concern, Maloney was tenatively eliminating goaltending from his list of things to worry about.</p><p>After a so-so start, Smith snapped back with an outstanding performance against the Bruins. If anything Lockett was even better turning back the Maple Leafs, emphasizing his night&rsquo;s work with a breakaway save on high scoring Darryl Sittier.</p><p>Maloney&rsquo;s original plans called for Smith, his ace of last season, to carry the bulk of the goaltending load. Lockett&rsquo;s role was to spell him off in maybe 20 to 25 games.</p><p>&ldquo;The ideal situation, of course, would be for each guy to play 40 games,&rdquo; Maloney said.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Canucks’ Maloney Shows Concern Over Club’s One-Line Offensive

<div class="byline">BY JACK MCCARTHY</div><p>BOSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Boston Bruins without Phil Esposito. Incredible but true. The super Bruin scorer and the club&rsquo;s greatest of all time, is now a Ranger after the blockbuster trade that shook the hockey world Nov. 7.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02786/3534507-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="285" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bobby Orr</b></figcaption></div><p>Espo and defenseman Carol Vadnais went to the Rangers and the Bruins inherited two top veterans, center Jean Ratelle, who was ushered into Phil&rsquo;s No. 1 center spot, and defenseman Brad Park along with minor league chattel Joe Zanussi.</p><p>For years hockey people everywhere persisted in comparing Park and the Bruins&rsquo; incomparable Bobby Orr. Who was better, they&rsquo;d ask? Now Orr and Park are together on the same team, playing the blueline point positions together, teammates now when before they were stern rivals.</p><p>The trade raised much controversy, much comparing, much criticism and the inevitable question, who got the best of the deal? Time can also answer that one but certainly the Bruins will welcome the addition of Park since defense has been their problem with Orr out.</p><p>When Orr underwent surgery while the Bruins were in training camp, the general reaction was, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll just have to take up the slack and hang in there until he gets back&hellip;&rdquo; Brave words, but the Bruins hadn&rsquo;t lived up to them.</p><p>Orr returned to play his first two games on the West Coast against Vancouver Nov. 8 and California Nov.9. Although he had been skating, it figured perhaps 15-20 games before he was the Orr of old, if that is possible. Knowing Orr and his competitiveness, he will be flying the first time the Bruins show signs of being embarrassed when he is in uniform. In his first two games back he collected five assists indicating he could hit top form ahead of schedule.</p><p>For the Bruins, embarrassed is the right word, and coach Don Cherry was boiling after the Bruins had been beaten by the Flyers 8-1, and then played pathetically in losing to the Buffalo Sabres, 4-0.</p><p>He was so mad in Buffalo that he said, &ldquo;On behalf of the Boston Bruins, I want to apologize to everybody here. At least, I&rsquo;m embarrassed, and there are 18 other guys who should be admitting to the same thing&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>Earlier, when they had been trounced in Philadelphia, Cherry had been seething. He said, then, &ldquo;We had some guys out there who play only when they want to, and you can&rsquo;t win that way. We played as if we could hardly wait to get the game over with.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t come into this place against the Stanley Cup champions and play like that. Some guys give 100 percent every minute, no matter what the score is butnotallof&rsquo;em&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>GM Harry Sinden was acutely aware of how badly his team had been playing, and was reported to have scoured the trade market before the Espo-Park swap to make some moves before the Bruins fell out of the division.</p><p>One of the areas where Orr will help, besides controlling the puck in his own end, is playing the right point on the power play. This has been mentioned in this space before in regard to his teaming with Johnny Bucyk. The Boston power play, once the most feared in the league, has been reduced to almost zero. Park will likely change this. Some of the Flyers could not believe how bad Boston was with a man advantage.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Return Of Injured Orr To Ice, Park’s Acquisition Should Help

<div class="byline">BY KEN RUDNICK</div><p>KANSAS CITY&mdash;</p><p>There it was, the frustration of the start of Wilf Paiement&rsquo;s second season in the National Hockey League, wrapped up in a single moment.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02789/3534600-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="256" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Wilf Paiement</b></figcaption></div><p>Kansas City Scouts vs. California Seals at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Nov. 5, third period. Guy Charron of the Scouts, working just inside the Seals&rsquo; blueline, intercepts a California pass and feeds ahead to Paiement, who has only goalie Gary Simmons to&rsquo;contend with. Wilf takes one stride, then misfires from only 10 feet out, the puck sliding harmlessly past the right side of the net. Paiement bangs his stick against the glass behind the net.</p><p>&ldquo;I was just so damn mad.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I want to play good. I hate to play when I play bad.&rdquo;</p><p>For Paiement, who can be cocky in the best of times, this was the worst of times. He had scored one goal in 13 games following a rookie season that saw him get 26 in 78. The more he struggled, the more difficult the struggle became.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not relaxed like I was last year,&rdquo; hesaid. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t sleep.&rdquo;</p><p>He was fighting the puck and the puck was winning. And according to Sid Abel, there was nothing anyone else could do to help.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got to come out of it himself,&rdquo; said Abel, the Scouts&rsquo; general manager.</p><p>On the surface, Abel&rsquo;s at titude toward a player representing an investment reported to be in the neighborhood of $600,000 for three years may have seemed callous, but he has seen these things work themselves out before.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s true of anyone, going right back to Howe and them,&rdquo; said Abel, who became a Hall of Fame center playing on the same line as Gordie Howe with the Detroit Red</p><p>Wings. &ldquo;A guy goes 10 or 12 games without scoring and he starts thinking, &lsquo;what can I do to get a goal?&rsquo;</p><p>The message was that Howe could go into slumps and get back out of them and there is no reason Wilf should be any different. Paiement wouldn&rsquo;t argue.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll pop a few goals so quick, they won&rsquo;t know what hit them,&rdquo; he said, his cockiness not having disappeared so completely as his scoring touch. &ldquo;I just wish they&rsquo;d start going in pretty soon. Things&rsquo;ll get better. I proved last year I could score.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m hacked off. I feel I should be doing a lot better and I&rsquo;m not If I start popping goals, we&rsquo;ll make the playoffs. I&rsquo;ve only missed &lsquo;em once in my life and that was last season.&rdquo;</p><p>The money he has come into at the age of 20 does not appear to be at the root of his current problems. He still shows up for practices in old blue jeans and the red jacket with the emblem of his junior team, the St. Catharines Black Hawks. If somewhere in the closet of his apartment there lurks a pair of platform shoes with goldfish swimming around in the heels, he has yet to wear them to Kemper Arena, even on game nights.</p><p>Mercifully, considering the money and the build-up he received as the Scouts&rsquo; hope for the future, the fans at Kemper have been patient.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got enough problems now,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If the fans get on me, I&rsquo;ll be dead.&rdquo;</p><p><b>LOOSE PUCKS:</b> The Scouts rebounded from a five-game losing streak in which they had been shut out four times by beating California, 3-2, and tying Toronto, 3-3, at Kemper. The turnaround came just in time for a 7-game trip, the club&rsquo;s longest of the season&hellip;Simon Nolet, battling the flu, played against the Seals with a temperature of 103 (Farenheit)&hellip;In a shuffle involving four defensemen, the Scouts sent youngsters Roger Lemelin and Terry McDonald down to their Springfield club in the American League and recalled veterans Dennis Patterson and Ken Murray.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0012-02

Unproductive Start Proving Frustrating To Scouts’ Paiement

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><p>LOSANGELES&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>rriving ahead of schedule, a full-blooded American Chippewa Indian, young Gary Sargent has ridden to the rescue of the Los Angeles Kings defense.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01914/3534569-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="259" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Sargent</b></figcaption></div><p>Gary probably has more natural ability than any Kings&rsquo; defense man and he has superstar potential.</p><p>At 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; and 200 pounds, he has solid size. He hits hard and shows no fear. He has speed on skates and marvellous moves. He can handle the point and has a hard shot.</p><p>Although a left-handed shooter, the Kings have a shortage of right defenseman and Sargent has shifted to that side more efficiently than some of the team&rsquo;s veterans could.</p><p>He is a natural at hlete who turned down a pro baseball contract offered by the Minnesota Twins and spurned college football scholarship bids to become a hockey player.</p><p>However, at 20, he lacks age and experience.</p><p>Out of Bimidji, Minnesota, he was All State in a U.S. scholastic hockey circuit. At Bimidji State College he was a first-team NAIA All Star and MVP of the league. He scored 37 goals in 47 games for the Fargo-Moorhead Sugar Kings and was an All Star in his one season in the Midwest Junior League.</p><p>These are not first-class leagues, which is not to say a first-class prospect can&rsquo;t be developed in these circuits.</p><p>His greatest exposure came when he was selected to the U.S. junior national team and was voted most valuable defenseman in the World Cup tourney in Eu-, rope.</p><p>Still, he was passed up through two full rounds of the 1974 NHL summer draft of graduating amateurs. Credit goes once again to the Kings&rsquo; chief scout George Maguire for selecting a &ldquo;sleeper&rdquo; in the third round as the Kings&rsquo; first selection.</p><p>George has picked up players like Butch Goring, Vic Venasky, Don Kozak, Neil Komadoski and Dave Hutchison from late rounds of the draft. They are players who can play in this league. Other teams picked many lesser players ahead of them who have not made the majors.</p><p>On a team which has traded away its first-round opportunities Maguire&rsquo;s shrewdness has been of great value.</p><p>Sargent came close to cracking the Kings&rsquo; lineup last fall, but the rookie was sent to Springfield of the American League for experience. He was tearing up the league when he tore up a knee after only 28 games and was sidelined the rest of the season.</p><p>&ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t disappointed when the Kings sent me out last season. They had experienced stars ahead of me. Their ability was proven when the team put together the second-best defensive record in the league. But I was disappointed when I was hurt and wound up wasting most of the year&rsquo;s experience I needed,&rdquo; Sargent says.</p><p>He and team management felt he might still need this year in the minors and thev were worried about how well he would recover from his surgery. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t worried about my knee after I got back in action during the pre-season, but I was worried about making the team when I wasn&rsquo;t dressed for some games early in the season,&rdquo; he admits.</p><p>He expected to be sent down, but he was given some game action instead and played his way onto the team. He admits he gets lost and caught out of position at times, but he generally has played exceptionally well.</p><p>&ldquo;I learn every game I play,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;The pressure on me has eased because I&rsquo;ve found out the coach won&rsquo;t bench me every time I make a mistake. I&rsquo;m making fewer mistakes every game and gaining confidence. I&rsquo;m beginning to feel at home here now.&rdquo;</p><p>His father works for the Commission of Indian Affairs in the State of Minnesota. His mother was brought up on a reservation. A younger son, Earl, Jr., was drafted by the North Stars, but was not offered a contract. When last heard from, he was trying to move up through the developmental league in Albuquerque.</p><p>Gary says, &ldquo;There were a few other Indians in our neighborhood. Henry Boucha, a cousin of sorts through marriage, lived across the street and I played hockey with him as a boy, although he was older and moved out and up before I did. Now that I&rsquo;m here, I hope to stay.&rdquo; He should be here to stay. He has skills few possess.</p><p>Because of his obvious skills and obvious Indian heritage, he has swiftly become a favorite of the fans in Los Angeles.</p><p>The trading of Terry Harper left a big gap in the team&rsquo;s rearguard, but Huchison and Komadoski were expected to fill it. They have, but the emergence of Sargent as a top player has caused coach Bob Pulford to go from a two-unit to a three-unit defensive system. The kids have fit in well with veterans Bob Murdoch, Shelly Kannegies-serand Larry Brown.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Sargent’s Play Making Kings Forget Harper

<div class="byline">BY DICK JOHNSTON</div><p>BUFFALO</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>fter the Buffalo Sabres had their season-opening winning streak ended by a loss to Toronto and a tie with Vancouver, coach Floyd Smith put together a new forward line.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01889/3534638-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="260" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PeteMcNab</b></figcaption></div><p>He reunited Pete McNab, Brian Spencer and Jim Lorentz, who teamed together at times during the 1974-75 campaign. The combination worked quite well, at least at the start. In their first game together, a 7-2 win over Pittsburgh, the new line picked up three goals. In their second game, a 3-2 loss to Montreal in the Forum, the line was scoreless, but in the third, a 40 triumph over Boston, the trio came through with three more goals and a total of eight points.</p><p>Spencer, who was a regular left winger most of last season, started this year as a bench-warmer. McNab and Lorentz, who had played together at times last season, were teamed with Jacques Richard, acquired from At lanta near the end of the pre-season schedule.</p><p>&lsquo;Spinner,&rsquo; as Spencer is known throughout the National Hockey League, got a chance in the final seconds of the Vancouver game and came through handsomely.</p><p>He&rsquo;s a good man in the other team&rsquo;s end, especially in the corner, so coach Floyd Smith sent Spinner out with a faceoff in in the Vancouver zone with 14 seconds remaining and Buffalo goalie Gerry Desjardins off in favor of an extra at tacker.</p><p>With the help of Don Luce, who took the faceoff, the puck went to the corner, as Smitty hoped it would. Spencer controlled the puck and sent it to Gil Perreault at the edge of the crease and Gil jammed it into the net to tie the score with 11 seconds remaining.</p><p>In the next game, against the Penguins, Spencer opened the scoring at the 10-minute mark, putting in the rebound off a shot by Lorentz, after passing from behind the net to Lorentz racing down the middle. Spencer&rsquo;s goal was the first of three by the Sabres in a 75-second span and the game, to all intents and purposes, was over.</p><p>Against Montreal the new line wasn&rsquo;t spectacular but none of the Buffalo lines were. Perreault and Richard scored unassisted goals and otherwise the Canadiens did most of the offensive work.</p><p>Back in Buffalo&rsquo;s Memorial Auditorium, however, the Sabres turned on the fireworks again. This time it was McNab who sparkled. Pete relieved Perreault near the end of a Buffalo power play mid-way through the opening period and promptly scored the first goal of the game, on Lorentz&rsquo;s re-bbund.</p><p>McNab scored again in the second period, blasting home a 40-footer after losing the draw but retrieving the puck, and he missed his first NHL hat trick&mdash;his first as a pro, in fact&mdash;when he hit the post in the third period.</p><p>Spencer came through to knock in the rebound for Buffalo&rsquo;s fourth goal&mdash;which was one fans were talking about for some time after the game.</p><p>Spencer fed McNab a pass in front of an open net and Pete somehow managed to hit the post. It appeared, however, that the puck had gone in and hit the support in the middle of the net and bounced out.</p><p>After the game, Sabre players still were undecided. They watched the videotape replay on the television set in the dressing room and still couldn&rsquo;t tell.</p><p>&ldquo;The puck hit the goalie&rsquo;s stick and then the post,&rdquo; McNab stated. &ldquo;I blew it, that&rsquo;s all.&rdquo;</p><p>Asked how he felt about missing his first hat trick in such a manner, the tall young center replied, &ldquo;I would have liked to get it, of course. But I&rsquo;d just as soon have Brian get the goal. He works so hard and often doesn&rsquo;t receive the recognition he deserves. I had a good scoring night, sure, but he and Lorenzo did all the work.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ICE CHIPS:</b> Rick Martin scored his 10th goal of the season in the Boston game, after going scoreless through six. Before that he put in nine goals in four games.</p><p>When the Sabres scored first in the Boston game, it marked the 10th time in 12 games they did so. Their record for those games was 9-1-0.</p><p>Desjardins was in goal for the Sabres against Boston for the seventh time in the club&rsquo;s last eight games. When he blanked the Bruins it marked his first shutout in six years.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02771/3534631-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="574" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRIAN SPENCER&hellip;He Can Spin</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Spencer Puts Life In New Sabre Line

<div class="byline">BY FRANK ORR</div><p>TORONTO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ohnny Bower was one of hockey&rsquo;s most amazing players, a goaltender who earned a regular job in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs when he was 33 years of age&mdash;and had a 12-season career as one of the finest netminders in the game&rsquo;s history.</p><p>Punch Imlach, the man who rescued Bower from the American League in 1957 and had him as the backbone of the four Stanley Cups which Imlach&rsquo;s Leafs won in the 1960s, often called him &ldquo;the world&rsquo;s greatest at hlete.&rdquo;</p><p>There always has been abundant speculation about Bower&rsquo;s age. Apparently his birth certificate was lost out in Saskatchewan and Bower sometimes said that he wasn&rsquo;t quite certain how old he was. Thus, he could have been even two or three years older than the record book indicated.</p><p>It was Bower&rsquo;s eyes, not his body, which betrayed him and led to his retirement in 1970. Long, floating shots started to give him trouble and he quit the game with a 2.52 career goals against average.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01898/3534676-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="527" height="636"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHNNY BOWER&hellip;Assistant Coach</b></figcaption></div><p>Bower joined the Leaf scouting staff and has beat the bushes and spread good will for the team ever since. There probably isn&rsquo;t a better liked man in the sport than warm, happy Johnny Bower.</p><p>One NHL general manager summed it up best when he said &ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t like Johnny Bower, there&rsquo;s not much hope for you.&rdquo;</p><p>During the summer of 1975, there was much speculation around Maple Leaf Gardens about the Leaf coaching situation, especially the future of Red Kelly behind the bench. Owner Harold Ballard claimed he wanted a hell-fire and brimstone man for the job and even hinted that John Ferguson, the old Montreal Canadie.n enforcer, would be hired as Kelly&rsquo;s replacement. A fine notion except for one small fact: Ballard had never offered the job to Ferguson.</p><p>Kelly retained his job despite the assorted knocks against his work, especially his lack of communication with his players. That bridge has been gapped this season, Kelly is much more relaxed in the job and his young club has responded well to the at mosphere.</p><p>Just before Leaf training camp opened, Kelly announced that Bower would &ldquo;assist&rdquo; him in the coaching of the team, on a part-time basis, anyway, when he was free of his scouting duties. Kelly, and Bower, too, carefully pointed out that the old goalie wasn&rsquo;t an assistant coach in the manner of Philadelphia&rsquo;s Mike Nykoluk.</p><p>Bower emphasized that he didn&rsquo;t want to be a full-fledged assistant coach.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02766/3534669-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="1112" height="1285"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>One Of Bower&rsquo;s Most Famous Goaling Poses In His Playing Days.</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;If they give me that job, you&rsquo;ll see my tail disappearing down the street,&rdquo; he laughed. &ldquo;As assistant, I&rsquo;d be first in line if they ever decided to change coaches. I don&rsquo;t want to be a head coach, not at all.&rdquo;</p><p>Bower aided Kelly with the training camp drills and slowly his &ldquo;assisting&rdquo; has stepped up to the role of assistant coach, even though he doesn&rsquo;t have that title. He certainly has the duties, making all road trips with the team and working in close conjunction with Kelly. The Leaf administration, which wasn&rsquo;t too warm to the new role for Bower at first, hasn&rsquo;t blocked his job evolution.</p><p>&ldquo;I just go along and do what I can, whatever Red asks me to do,&rdquo; Bower said. &ldquo;I watch the games from the press-box, keep a special set of statistics for Red and pass along any tips I have. In practises, it&rsquo;s much better to have two guys on the ice to run things.&rdquo;</p><p>Kelly feels Bower has been an important asset and it&rsquo;s likely Johnny will do little scouting for the duration of the season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bower Taking Coaching Load Off Kelly

<div class="byline">BY BILL FLEISCHMAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01871/3534707-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MEL BRIDGMAN&hellip;Not Awed By Big Name Flyers</b></figcaption></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p>Fred Shero refers to him as &ldquo;the kid.&rdquo;</p><p>Some kid.</p><p>All Mel Bridgman did in his first 12 games with the Flyers was score eight goals to lead NHL rookies in goal scoring. A long season is still ahead, but Flyers&rsquo; board chairman Ed Snider feels he can lean back in his Spectrum super-box seat and feel the money paid Bridgman as the NHL&rsquo;s number one amateur draft choice was invested wisely.</p><p>What makes the Fivers&rsquo; brass satisfied thus far is Bridgman&rsquo;s obvious hockey skills. Even if last season&rsquo;s Western Canada League scoring leader hadn&rsquo;t lighted one red lamp, the Flyers would be happy.</p><p>Scouting reports on the Victoria, B.C., resident were; he isn&rsquo;t fancy, but he&rsquo;s smart with the puck, doesn&rsquo;t hesitate to visit the corners, and can handle himself against menacing opponents. Give the Flyers&rsquo; scouts an &ldquo;A&rdquo; for accuracy.</p><p>When training camp began, Bridgman treaded lightly. The solidly built 6&rsquo;, 185-pound center admitted he was a bit awed in the presence of the Stanley Cup champions.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m afraid to hang onto the puck too long,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I remember how we felt about rookies at Victoria.&rdquo;</p><p>How the Flyers felt about Bridgman was quickly apparent. Bobby Clark would wait after practice so Bridgman would have company walking back to the camp&rsquo;s hotel headquarters. The Flyers made him feel at home, but they also treated him like a rookie&mdash;hollering and tantalizing as only pro at hletes can.</p><p>As the season opener neared, Bridgman wasn&rsquo;t even assured a Flyers&rsquo; uniform. He and second-year pro Bob Sirois were competing for the final roster spot. Sirois, the Flyers number two draft pick a year ago, is clearly an NHL player, but after Bridgman scored goals in the first two games the hustling winger was doomed to spending the early season at least in Richmond.</p><p>Perhaps the most impressive fact about Bridgman&rsquo;s record is he rarely takes a regular shift. Usually he is on the ice with Bob Kelly, who is known more for bruising people than for scoring. Yet, centering the makeshift fourth line Bridgman within a three-game span assisted on two Kelly goals and set up Terry Crisp&rsquo;s first goal of the season (in his 500th NHL game).</p><p>&ldquo;Fred thinks he&rsquo;ll be able to use Mel in any situation, at any position,&rdquo; said assistant coach Mike Nykoluk. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s strong in the corners, he holds onto the puck and he&rsquo;s gotten over the awe of playing with big-name players he had read about.&rdquo;</p><p>Bridgman hasn&rsquo;t been awed by anyone on the ice. Against Chicago, he had Dale Tallon spinning at the blueline with an inside-outside move that won the admiration of injured Stan Mikita. Against Los Angeles, Bridgman swung left at the blueline, then fed Reg Leach who was breaking down the right side. No goals resulted, but Bridgman displayed a veteran&rsquo;s instinct. As he points out, there is little pressure on him to be an instant super star.</p><p>&ldquo;On a great team like this, with so many great players, I don&rsquo;t think people are watching me that closely,&rdquo; said the soft-spoken lad. &ldquo;I think I&rsquo;m playing better than when I first came here. I have more confidence with the puck.&rdquo;</p><p>Nykoluk has noticed Bridgman&rsquo;s increased confidence. The Flyers&rsquo; senior assistant has also noticed something else.</p><p>&ldquo;It looks like he doesn&rsquo;t shoot the puck too hard, but he knows where it&rsquo;s going, which is a natural gift. And he scores from in front of the net. Our team scores a lot from the pits.&rdquo;</p><p>All indications are Bridgman fits in the pits, which means he fits with the Flyers.</p><p><b>FLYER FACTS:</b> Bernie Parent was scheduled to start workouts, nearly a month after his neck surgery. Meanwhile, Wayne Stephenson had set a personal consecutive-start streak of 14 games (only one loss)&hellip;Several Flyers, including Bobby Clarke and linemate Bill Barber, had scoring streaks interrupted in the 1-1 tie with Los Angeles.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Bridgman Makes Impact In First NHL Season

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01704/3534864-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="327" height="636"></div><h2><b>ATLANTA FLAMES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02612/3534857-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="718" height="748"></div><h2><b>BOSTON BRUINS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03491/3534850-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="717" height="805"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO SABRES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04381/3534843-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="709" height="691"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA SEALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05282/3534836-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="712" height="726"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO HAWKS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06227/3534829-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="714" height="788"></div><h2><b>DETROIT RED WINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07204/3534822-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="714" height="669"></div><h2><b>KANSAS CITY SCOUTS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08185/3534815-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="717" height="728"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES KINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09163/3534808-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="714" height="715"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA STARS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-10141/3534801-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="720" height="766"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL CANADIENS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-11127/3534794-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="720" height="768"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK ISLANDERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-12110/3534787-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="723" height="764"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK RANGERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1399/3534780-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="709" height="788"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA FLYERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1492/3534773-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="710" height="721"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH PENGUINS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1582/3534766-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="720" height="784"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS BLUES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1679/3534759-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="712" height="669"></div><h2><b>TORONTO LEAFS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1771/3534752-1-eng-US/f0016-172.jpg" title="f0016-17" width="744" height="751"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER CANUCKS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1864/3534745-1-eng-US/f0016-182.jpg" title="f0016-18" width="718" height="829"></div><h2><b>WASHINGTON CAPS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1959/3534738-1-eng-US/f0016-192.jpg" title="f0016-19" width="718" height="697"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL SCORING AND PENALTY STATISTICS

<div class="byline">BY HARRY KLAFF</div><p>LONG ISLAND&mdash;</p><p>The opening weeks of the 197576 season were not the best of times for Islander left winger, J.P. Parise.</p><p>After leading the youthful squad to and through the playoffs following his trade to Long Island last season, Parise was not particularly pleased with his scoring figures in the early going. &ldquo;I looked at the statistics and I got sick to my stomach,&rdquo; was his way of putting it.</p><p>&ldquo;Jeep&rdquo; had managed only one goal over the first seven games, and it was an empty-net tally at that. Then it was four more games before he lit the lamp again.</p><p>Finally on Nov. 4, hockey became fun again. Reunited with old linemates Jude Drouin and Eddie Westfall, Parise notched his first National Hockey League hat trick against the California Seals at the Coliseum. The total distance of the three goals was something like six feet, but Parise will take them, nonetheless. &ldquo;I was pressing too much,&rdquo; admitted J.P. &ldquo;And when you start pressing, you get yourself in trouble. Al (Arbour) just told me to start playing like I did last season.</p><p>&ldquo;I think after the first line shift something happened. I seemed to get my old confidence back. That&rsquo;s so important in a game like this.&rdquo;</p><p>After snapping a rebound past goaltender Gilles Meloche to complete his three-goal performance, Parise jumped into the net after the puck like a 19-year-old rookie savoring his first NHL goal.</p><p>&ldquo;Happy? You bet I&rsquo;m happy,&rdquo; smiled Parise. &ldquo;How often do you get to score three goals?&rdquo;</p><p>From the moment he set foot on Nassau Coliseum ice, Parise has been treated as a super-being by the gallery. And the fans eat up the special treatment PA announcer Paul Gourvitz gives his name.</p><p>&ldquo;Islander goal scored by number twelve, Jay-Pee Parisee,&rdquo; he bellows. Meanwhile, the huge electronic monster hanging from center ice flashes his initials in lights.</p><p>&ldquo;You have no idea how much this (the scoring famine) has been bothering me,&rdquo; said Parise quietly after the initial glow of his hat trick had worn off. &ldquo;They look at me as something of a leader on this club, but I certainly wasn&rsquo;t leading much of anything. I like being the leader, so it&rsquo;s that much more of an incentive to play well.&rdquo;</p><p>Last year, Jeep picked up many points on the power play, but with the emergence of the hot kid trio of Bryan Trottier, Billy Harris and Clark Gillies, Parise has been denied the extra ice time.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve sort of been the odd-man out,&rdquo; said J.P. &ldquo;That line has been going so well, Al has to leave them out there. But I play wherever Al wants me to.&rdquo;</p><p>Arbour started the season with basically the same lines that finished out the playoffs last year. But after sensing a letdown, Arbour moved scrappy Garry Howatt to Parise&rsquo;s place with Drouin and Westfall, and put Parise into How-att&rsquo;s old spot with Bob Nystrom and the recently recalled Bob Bourne.</p><p>The experiment had some pleasing results, but Arbour restored the original lines about a week later.</p><p>&ldquo;I just wanted to change things a bit,&rdquo; rationalized the coach. &ldquo;I though maybe it would give them all a lift.&rdquo; Certainly Parise is not one to argue the coach&rsquo;s wisdom.</p><p>The Islanders achieved a team first in the same game against California as Glenn Resch became the first Islander ever to register an assist. That came on the Islanders&rsquo; fourth goal of the evening, a 35-foot wrist shot by Denis Potvin, as-, sisted also by Parise.</p><p>&ldquo;I gave the puck to J.P.,&rdquo; explained the talkative netminder afterward. &ldquo;I thought I should have gotten an assist. I just hoped that the offical scorer didn&rsquo;t blow it. I don&rsquo;t think people are going to consider me a scoring threat, though.&rdquo;</p><p><b>ISLAND SOUNDS:</b> Although he refuses to be compared with Bobby Orr, Denis Potvin continues to score like the Bruin great. A spurt of eight goals in seven games pushed the defenseman among the NHL&rsquo;s leading scorers&hellip;With a few exceptions, the Islanders are taking up transcendental meditation as a team activity. The last time a team tried something like that, the Rangers hired a hypnotist back in the bleak days after world World War II. It didn&rsquo;t work. &ldquo;I should have tried more on the goolie&rdquo; said the hypnotist.&rdquo; Meanwhile, many Islanders feel the meditation relaxes them&hellip;Ed Westfall is off to a fast start with seven goals in 13 games, including a spurt of five in three nights.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01603/3534909-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="569" height="713"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>J.P. PARISE&hellip;Leader Again</b></figcaption></div><h2>Team Penalties</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02522/3534902-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="595" height="647"></div><h2>NHL Leaders</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03429/3534895-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="594" height="649"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Parise’s Hat Trick Puts Vet Back On Scoring Track

<p>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>Looking At NHL Goalers</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02496/3534940-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="601" height="2153"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY ALAN TRUEX</div><p>ATLANTA&mdash;</p><p>To get an idea of how good a hockey player Tom Lysiak is, you have to ask about his greatest weakness.</p><p>There is little agreement on it.</p><p>His coach, Fred Creighton, says, &lsquo;&lsquo;Tommy could be a more effective checker.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01590/3535009-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="260" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tom Lysiak</b></figcaption></div><p>Meanwhile, At lanta Flames&rsquo; general manager Cliff Fletcher insists, &ldquo;Tommy is our best defensive forward.&rdquo; According to Fletcher, &ldquo;his one weakness is faceoffs.&rdquo;</p><p>But Lysiak counters, &ldquo;Actually, I think I&rsquo;m pretty good at faceoffs. A lot of times I&rsquo;m in the position of working against the other center who&rsquo;s noted for his faceoff ability. But I think I get my share of the draws.</p><p>&ldquo;Where I need to improve most,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;is my offensive game. I&rsquo;m not too worried about my own end. I&rsquo;m pretty defensive minded.&rdquo;</p><p>Which isn&rsquo;t bad for a guy who produced 77 points last season to rank among the National Hockey League&rsquo;s top 25 scorers.</p><p>The truth may be that the 22-year-old Lysiak does everything so well that he has no consensus weakness.</p><p>Still, Lysiak is not happy with the lack of consistency he showed last year and the early part of this season.</p><p>Looking back on the 1974-75 season, he says, &ldquo;I started at a reasonable pace. But then I went bad. I couldn&rsquo;t get a goal or an assist. I started feeling the team expected more of me than they probably did.</p><p>&ldquo;So I was just putting more and more pressure on myself. Then after the accident, I sort of came to my senses.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;The accident&rdquo; he does not shy away from discussing occurred last spring. Lysiak was driving while intoxicated. He was on the wrong side of the road, and his vehicle struck a car driven by a pregnant woman.</p><p>Lysiak was fined $150 in court, and he faced several civil claims, totaling over $300,000.</p><p>&ldquo;The lady I hit got $3,500,&rdquo; he says.</p><p>A girl who was riding with Lysiak sued him for $170,000, claiming a knee injury, Lysiak says. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think she&rsquo;ll get much. It probably won&rsquo;t be as much as $3,500.&rdquo;</p><p>Looking back on the unfortunate incident, Lysiak managed a faint smile. &ldquo;One thing about it, it kept me from having a lotta dull moments in the off-season. When I went back home, people were always bringing it up. It gave them something to talk about.&rdquo;</p><p>Then he turned somber and said, &ldquo;I realize it was a serious thing. I don&rsquo;t want to embarrass myself with something like that again. But nobody was hurt in the accident.&rdquo;</p><p>Lysiak said Flames&rsquo; management was &ldquo;very understanding about it.&rdquo; He said Fletcher and team president John Wilcox &ldquo;scolded me,&rsquo;&rsquo; but he claims &ldquo;there was no real fine. They just wanted to tell me it sort of embarrassed the team. I guess they knew I wouldn&rsquo;t let it happen again.&rdquo;</p><p>Surprisingly, the accident did not adversely affect Lysiak&rsquo;s play. In fact, he played his best hockey afterwards.</p><p>&ldquo;It made me realize how much hockey means to me,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;If I hadn&rsquo;t been in hockey, I would have been in a lot more trouble. I wouldn&rsquo;t have had the money to pay, I wouldn&rsquo;t have been set up with insurance.&rdquo;</p><p>So Lysiak became more dedicated to his career, and he is hoping for a more consistent season than last. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to have a lot of hot days and cold days,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I want a point every game and two or three against the good teams.&rdquo;</p><p>Creighton feels Lysiak &ldquo;hasn&rsquo;t played up to his potential yet. He gives you a good effort all the time. But he has a tendency to make a play and then relax rather than move into the hole.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0019-01

Lysiak, Flames Agree—He Hasn’t Reached Potential Yet

<div class="byline">BY BILL HEUFELDER</div><p>PITTSBURGH&mdash;</p><p>The system didn&rsquo;t work and neither did most of the Pittsburgh Penguins during a three-game road swing that left them outscored, 18-5.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not playing hockey,&rdquo; coach Marc Boileau said of a team essentially intact from a year ago when it rarely was embarrassed. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m blaming the team as a team.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01435/3535040-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="256" height="370"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lowell MacDonald</b></figcaption></div><p>It had been Boileau&rsquo;s intention to restrain the Penguins&rsquo; overpowering style on the road in the hope of increasing the number of away victories which totaled only 12 last season.</p><p>The forwards were shooting with alarming infrequency, some averaging less than three shots a game. &ldquo;Ridiculous,&rdquo; snapped Boileau.</p><p>&ldquo;It would have been fine if we had tightened up, but we didn&rsquo;t.</p><p>&ldquo;Maybe the guys believe what they read in the papers, that this is a good team. But talent is no good if you don&rsquo;t work.&rdquo;</p><p>For incentive, Boileau moved swiftly upon the Penquins&rsquo; return from a trip in which they were shut out in Los Angeles and were soundly beaten by Minnesota and Buffalo which each triggered seven goals.</p><p>The first move was to recall Gordon Laxton, the team&rsquo;s No. 1 draft choice, who had performed effectively in training camp and opened the season by backstopping the Penguins to a victory over Washington before being assigned to the Buffalo farm club.</p><p>&ldquo;Some of the guys are upset because I called up Laxton,&rdquo; Boileau said. &ldquo;It looks like I&rsquo;m not satisfied with the goaltending, but that&rsquo;s not true. I just want to get things going.&rdquo;</p><p>Boileau broke up his number one line, dropping Lowell MacDonald off left wing in favor of 6-4, 215-pound Harvey Bennett to skate with Syl Apps and Jean Pronovost. As a result of the reshuffling, Chuck Arnason was knocked off a regular line and was limited to power-play appearances.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re giving the puck away a lot,&rdquo; Boileau observed. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re making mental mistakes. Maybe it&rsquo;s only because we&rsquo;ve played nine games and most teams have played 12 or 14. But I can&rsquo;t wait.&rdquo;</p><p>In game No. 10 on home ice, the Penguins responded, although rather carelessly. They nicked the New York Islanders, 7-6, with Laxton surviving in the nets.</p><p>The spark obviously had been ignited on offense as Apps and Pronovost each scored, and MacDonald, who had registered five within the first week of the season, connected twice while switching to right wing with Ron Schock and Vic Hadfield.</p><p>Deciding to stick with the same lineup, Boileau took the Penguins back on the road the next night and came away with another victory as the Penguins dumped St. Louis, 5-3, in front of Laxton. In an accompanying move, Boileau, at hough defending his goaltenders, sent Michel Plasse to Hershey.</p><p>After beginning the season with a four-game win streak and taking a fleeting hold of first place in the Norris Division, the Penguins found themselves far off the pace set bv Montreal and the Kings.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-01

Penguins Aim To Ignite Lagging Offense

<div class="byline">BY PAT THOMPSON</div><p>TWIN CITIES&mdash;</p><p>For a time, it looked as if the Minnesota North Stars had some offensive firepower to go along with a very much improved defensive record.</p><p>For a very short time.</p><p>The North Stars lost 10 of their first 13 games, and the reason is that they have not been able to finish things off around the net.</p><p>When they exploded for seven goals for their biggest outburst of the season against Pittsburgh, it looked like things were starting to take an upswing.</p><p>But the offense sputtered, wheezed and coughed in following losses to St. Louis (4-1), At lanta (3-2) and Chicago (3-0), the latter marking Tony Esposito&rsquo;s 55th career shutout and fifth against the North Stars.</p><p>&ldquo;Our guys are making their breaks but the shots are being stopped or going just wide,&rdquo; explained coach Ted Harris. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re getting the shots and making the plays. But it is frustrating to get 17 shots in a period like we did in Chicago and come up dry.&rdquo;</p><p>Through the first five weeks of the season, the North Stars were coming up dry more than every other team in the NHL except for Kansas City&mdash;their goal total of 32 was eight more than the second-year Scouts who had won fourth place in the Smythe Division with 10 points compared to Minnesota&rsquo;s last-place ranking with six points.</p><p>Nine players were still looking for their first goals entering week No. 6, and all six defensemen still had not scored a goal. Four players had only one point and four players two points.</p><p>Center Dennis Hextall and wingers Ernie Hicke and Bill Goldsworthy remain the only consistent front although center Blake Dunlop and wingers Dean Talafous and Norm Gratton have showed signs of scoring ability oft and on.</p><p>The thing Harris faces in the coming weeks is holding the team together until it can recover from the goalless trance. The North Stars have played entertaining hockey in keeping practically every game close.</p><p>The question being asked about the North Stars is, can they continue to come up with a solid effort without visible results? Last season, the answer was a resounding no. Under rookie coach Harris, it could be different.</p><p>Defensively, the North Stars definitely are better. They finished 17th out of the 18 teams in goals-against average. This season, they&rsquo;re in the middle with Pete LoPresti carrying an average between 2.00 and 3.00 in his second season as a goalie.</p><p>In another aspect, however, the North Stars are picking up where they left off last year. They cannot win on the road. From the final weeks of 1974-75 through the first five this year, the North Stars built a string of 10 straight losses.</p><p>Over the long haul, the North Stars won only six away games, and it could be less unless they show improvement in scoring soon.</p><p>&ldquo;There are some players on this team who do not play the same way on the road as they do at home,&rdquo; protested team captain Goldsworthy.</p><p>Experience could be a factor. The North Stars, who average out to about 26 years a man, are carrying three rookies and five second-year men with a couple of others without much work as regulars<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Offensive Problems Hobbling Minnesota

<div class="byline">BY RON WEBER</div><p>WASHINGTON&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;Just call me Ivan,&rdquo; says Washington&rsquo;s most popular player. He says it with a smile on his face, but then he almost always has a smile on his face. Ivan is Yvon Labre, a seven-year pro and a Capitals&rsquo; defenseman since their inception.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01279/3535095-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="258" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Yvon Labre</b></figcaption></div><p>Anglicans have a way of pronouncing Yvon so its comes out like the girl&rsquo;s name Yvonne&hellip;hence the &ldquo;just call me Ivan.&rdquo; So it&rsquo;s not an effort to discard his French-Canadien parentage, which he gets from both sides of the family.</p><p>Now that he&rsquo;s been introduced, a little background is in order. Ivan was born and raised in Sudbury, in Northern Ontario, but moved east to play junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros. Two years and five goals, 24 assists and 292 penalty minutes later he became the third round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1969 amateur draft.</p><p>He spent his first pro year in Baltimore, the one season the Clippers were a Penguin farm. The next year was split between Amarillo and Pittsburgh (one goal, 21 games with the Pens). Then came three seasons of &ldquo;don&rsquo;t call us, we&rsquo;ll call you&mdash;in Hershey.&rdquo; The Penguins only called once, in 197374 for 16 games (and another goal).</p><p>Hershey was a nice place to visit, even live in, but Ivan didn&rsquo;t have a permanent stay there in mind when he signed on, so a drafting by the Capitals in June 1974 had to be good news. He was the second skater chosen by the Capitals after Dave Kryskow. And it was a popular choice, literally. Labre was selected the most popular by the fans at the end of the season.</p><p>And, for Labre, it wasn&rsquo;t a bad year, despite playing on a club that won only one-tenth of the time. He scored more points for the Capitals than all but three players (four goals, 23 assists for 27). He led the club in penalty minutes, 182, the 11th highest total in the league. He took some bad penalties and some other &ldquo;good&rdquo; ones because his own mistakes put him in a compromising position where he had to haul down a forward from behind.</p><p>However, that&rsquo;s Ivan. He wears his play on his sleeve, you might say. He makes his mistakes right out there in the open for all to see. But so are his good moves. And always there is that visible zest and enthusiasm that makes him popular with the ticketed set.</p><p>As for the fights: if you had to have fisticuffs with someone, then go on a week-long fishing trip with him, Ivan&rsquo;s your man. For one thing, he doesn&rsquo;t hold a grudge. For another, he&rsquo;s less than championship boxing material. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got short arms,&rdquo; he explains, while showing absolutely no reluctance to swing with the next adversary. Indeed, a lot of Ivan&rsquo;s battles last year seemed to be an effort to show that he and his teammates wouldn&rsquo;t be pushed around (they were, but mainly on the scoreboard). Labre&rsquo;s had three tussles already this season and is leading the team in penalty time again. But a roughneck? No. Not even what they call &ldquo;chippy&rdquo;. Playing with a pride as if his year-old-son, Cory, could already grade him on hustle, Labre sets an example that smoother, more talented players would do well to follow.</p><p><b>ICE CAPS:</b> After 14 games, Labre&rsquo;s plus-minus rating was a minus one, best on the team along with Tony White and Jack Egers. Ivan feels the reason he&rsquo;s cut down on the number of times forwards pass him is he&rsquo;s &ldquo;kept moving.&rsquo;&rsquo;&hellip;With Ace Bailey out for several weeks with a should separation, Ron Lalonde has moved into left wing on the Tommy Williams line&hellip;Capitals lost on &ldquo;Guaranteed win&rdquo; night (3-1 to Los Angeles) so 12,527 got free tickets to one of the next two home games. Another good effort went down the chute when a third-period &ldquo;tying&rdquo; goal by Stan Gilbertson was disallowed because Jack Lynch was in the crease. Jack insisted he was pushed in and a video replay so indicated&hellip;The crowd&rsquo;s newest hero is goalie Bernie Wolfe, who lost that game after winning 6-2 in Kansas City in his NHL debut. Wolfe was called up from Richmond when Ron Low was hurt. Low&rsquo;s back after missing three games, and defenseman Don McLean has returned as well. McLean sat out a half-dozen contests after a concussion&hellip;Number one draft choice, forward Alex Forsyth, is said to be playing very well for Richmond.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0021-01

Labre Delivers For Fans Despite Blueline Miscues

<p><b>(Standings on Tue. Nov. 18)</b></p><h2><b>PATRICK DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2126/3535367-1-eng-US/f0022-212.jpg" title="f0022-21" width="533" height="133"></div><h2><b>SMYTHE DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2223/3535360-1-eng-US/f0022-222.jpg" title="f0022-22" width="535" height="156"></div><h2><b>NORRIS DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2323/3535353-1-eng-US/f0022-232.jpg" title="f0022-23" width="535" height="159"></div><h2><b>ADAMS DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-2420/3535346-1-eng-US/f0022-242.jpg" title="f0022-24" width="532" height="132"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Nov. 11</b></p><p>N.Y. Rangers 3 at St. louis 5; Minnesota 0 at Montreal 6; Californio 3 at Los Angeles 2; Toronto 2 at Vancouver 3.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Chicago 4 at N.Y Rangers 4; N.Y. Islanders 1 at California 5; Philadelphia 3 at Buffalo 1, Kansas City 1 at At lanta 2; Pittsburgh 6 at Washington 2.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>N.Y. Islanders 3 at Los Angeles 4; Chicago 5 at Philadelphia 5; Montreal 5 at Pittsburgh 4; Kansas City 3 at Detroit 6; Minnesota 0 at Boston 6</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Atlanta 4 at Washington 1; Toronto 4 at Californio 2.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>N.Y Rangers 5 at Minnesota 3; N.Y. Islanders 3 at Vancouver 4; Philadelphia 1 at Detroit 3; Boston 5 at Adonta 3; Chicago 4 at Montreal 4; Washington 2 at St. Louis 9; Buffalo 5 at Pittsburgh 2; Toronto 1 at Los Angeles 1.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Detroit 0 at N.Y. Rangers 3; Montreal 1 at Philadelphia 3; Kansas City 2 at Boston 4; California 1 at Buffalo 4.</p><h2><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Nov. 18</b></p><p>Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders; Vancouver at At lanta. Washing ton at Toronto; Cloifornio at Pittsburgh; Minnesota at bt. Louis.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Kansas City at N.Y. Rangers; Montreal at Minnesota. Vancouver at Washington, Boston at Detroit; Chicago at Los Angeles.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 20</b></p><p>N.Y Islanders at Boston; California at Philadelphia. Detroit at Buffalo.</p><p><b>Fri. Nev. 21</b></p><p>Pittsburgh at At lanta; California at Washington.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>N.Y. Rangers at Philadelphia, Kansas City at N.Y. Islanders; At lanta at Minnesota; Montreal at Toronto, Los Angeles a Pittsburgh, Detroit at St. Louis; Chicagc at Vancouver.</p><p><b>Sun. Nev 23</b></p><p>California at N.Y. Rangers. Los Angeles at Detroit; Kansas City at Buffalo, Toronto at Boston</p><p><b>Tue. Nov. 25</b></p><p>Montreal at At lanta Los Angeles at Boston; Buffalo at Vancouver.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Boston at N.Y. Rangers; N.Y. Islanders at Minnesota, At lanta at Philadelphia, Los Angeles at Washington; Detroit of Pittsburgh; Vancouver at Californio, Toronto at Chicago; Kansas City at St. Louis</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, St. Louis at Kansas City.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Toronto at At lanta, Buffalo at California.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0022-21

LOOKING AT THE NHL SCOREBOARD

<p><b>C&mdash;Captain</b></p><p><b>*&mdash;Rookie</b></p><h2><b>ATLANTA</b></h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Dan Bouchard</p><p>Phi My re</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Pat Quinn C</p><p>Barry Gibbs</p><p>Larry Comoro</p><p>EdKoa</p><p>Randy Manor*</p><p>Jean Lemieux</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Curt Bennett</p><p>Roy Comeau</p><p>Bab Leiter</p><p>Tom Lysiak</p><p>Gerry Meehan</p><p>* Claude St. Sauvour</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Hiliard Graves</p><p>Bill Flett</p><p>Tim Ecclestone</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Ken Houston</p><p>Dave Kryskow</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Eric Vail</p><p>Larry Romanchych</p><h2><b>CALIFORNIA</b></h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Gilles Meloche</p><p>Gary Simmons</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Len Frig</p><p>Jim Neilson</p><p>Rick Hampton</p><p>Mike Christie</p><p>Bob Stewart</p><p>George Pesut</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Dave Gardner</p><p>Larry Patey</p><p>* Ralph Klassen</p><p>* Dennis Maruk</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Butch Williams</p><p>Gary Sabourin</p><p>Wayne King</p><p>* Bob Murdoch</p><p>Jim Pappin</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Dave Hrechkosy</p><p>Al Mac Adam</p><p>Gary Holt</p><p>Bob Girard</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2><b>BOSTON</b></h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Gilles Gilbert</p><p>* Dave Reece</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Gary Doak</p><p>Darryl Edestrand</p><p>Al Sims</p><p>Dallas Smith</p><p>Brad Park</p><p>AlSimmons</p><p>Bobby Orr</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Jean Ratelie</p><p>Andre Savard</p><p>Gregg Sheppard</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Hank Nowak</p><p>Bobby Schmautz</p><p>Ken Hodge</p><p>Torry O&rsquo;Reilly</p><p>Earl Anderson</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>John Bucyk C</p><p>Dave Forbes</p><p>Wayne Cashman</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Don Marcotte</p><h2>CHICAGO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Tony Esposito</p><p>Michel Dumas</p><p>Gilles Villemure</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Koith Magnuson</p><p>Dick Redmond</p><p>Phil Russell</p><p>Dale Tallon</p><p>Bob Murray</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Ivan Boldirev</p><p>Bobby Sheehan</p><p>Martin</p><p>Rob Palmer</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Oiff Koroll</p><p>Grant Mulvey</p><p>P. Bordeleau</p><p>Alain Daigle</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Dennis Hull</p><p>Darcy Rota</p><p>John Marks</p><p>Joey Johnston</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Stan Mikita</p><p>BillWhite</p><h2>BUFFALO</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Gary Bromley</p><p>Roger Crozier</p><p>Gerry Desjardins</p><p>* Robert Sauve</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>JimSchoenfeld C</p><p>Jerry Korab</p><p>J. Guevremont</p><p>Bill Hajt</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Don Luce</p><p>Gil Perreault</p><p>Peter McNab</p><p>Fred Stanfield</p><p>JimLorentz</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Danny Gare</p><p>Rene Robert</p><p>* Gary McAdam</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Richard Martin</p><p>Brian Spencer</p><p>Craig Ramsay</p><p>Jacques Richard</p><p>Morris Titanic</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2>DETROIT</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>JimRutherford</p><p>Ed Giacomin</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Jean Hamel</p><p>Rick Lapointe</p><p>Bryan Watson</p><p>Terry Harper</p><p>Barry Salovaara</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Phil Roberto</p><p>Bryan Hextali</p><p>Walt McKechnie</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>MichelBergeron</p><p>Mickey Redmond</p><p>Dennis Polonich</p><p>Bill Lochead</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Danny Grant C</p><p>Nick Libett</p><p>Dan Maloney</p><p>Mike Bloom</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Bill Hogoboam</p><h2>KANSAS CITY</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Donis Herron</p><p>Bill McKenzie</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Claude Houde</p><p>Jean-Guy Lagace</p><p>Larry Johnston</p><p>Gary Borgman</p><p>DonnisPattorson</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Guy Charron</p><p>Eddie Gilbort</p><p>Dave Hudson</p><p>Bob Murray</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Simon Nolot C</p><p>WilfPaiement</p><p>Randy Rota</p><p>Buster Harvey</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Gary Croteau</p><p>Craig Patrick</p><p>Norm Dube</p><p>Robin Burns</p><p>Germain Gagnon</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Donis Dupero</p><h2>MONTREAL</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Michel Larocque</p><p>Ken Dryden</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Don Awrey</p><p>Guy Lapointe</p><p>Serge Savard</p><p>Larry Robinson</p><p>Pierre Bouchard</p><p>John Van Boxmeer</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Pete Mahovlich</p><p>Doug Risebrough</p><p>*Doug Jarvis</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>* Sean Shanahan</p><p>Guy Lafleur</p><p>Mario Tremblay</p><p>Jim Roberts</p><p>Yvon Cournoyor C</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Yvon Lambert</p><p>Steve Shutt</p><p>Bob Gainoy</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Jacques Lemaire</p><p>Murray Wilson</p><h2>LOS ANGELES</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Rogio Vachon</p><p>Gary Edwards</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Bob Murdoch</p><p>S. Kannegiesser</p><p>NoilKomadoski</p><p>Dave Hutchison</p><p>Larry Brown</p><p>* Gary Sargent</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Marcel Dionne</p><p>Gene Carr</p><p>Vic Vonasky</p><p>Whitoy Widing</p><p>Butch Goring</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Miko Murphy C</p><p>Miko Corrigan</p><p>Bob Nevin</p><p>Frank St. Marseille</p><p>Don Kozak</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Bob Berry</p><p>Tom Williams</p><p>* Dennis Abgrall</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2>ISLANDERS</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Glenn Resch</p><p>Billy Smith</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Gerry Hart</p><p>Bert Marshall</p><p>Donis Potvin</p><p>Jean Potvin</p><p>Dave Lewis</p><p>Dave Fortier</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Eddie Westfall C</p><p>Lorne Henning</p><p>Ralph Stewart</p><p>Bryan Trottier</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Jude Drouin</p><p>Billy Harris</p><p>Bob Nystrom</p><p>Andro St. Laurent</p><p>Garry Howatt</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Clark Gillies</p><p>J.P.Parise</p><p>Billy MacMillan</p><p>Bob Bourne</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2>MINNESOTA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Cesare Maniago</p><p>Peter LoPresti</p><p>* Paul Harrison</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Tom Reid</p><p>Dennis O&rsquo;Brien</p><p>Doug Hicks</p><p>Fred Barrett</p><p>Bill Plager</p><p>Jerry Engele</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Dennis Hextall</p><p>Blake Dunlop</p><p>Dave Cressman</p><p>Doug Rombough</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Bill Goldsworthy C</p><p>Dean Talafous</p><p>Craig Cameron</p><p>Lou Nanno</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>John Flesch</p><p>Ernie Hicke</p><p>Glen Sather</p><p>Norm Gratton</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2><b>RANGERS</b></h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>John Davidson</p><p>Dune Wilson</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Carol Vadnais</p><p>Gil Marotte</p><p>Ron Greschner</p><p>Larry Sacharuk</p><p>John Bednarski</p><p>Nick Beverley</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Phil Esposito</p><p>* Wayne Dillon</p><p>Walt Tkaczuk</p><p>Peter Stemkowski</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Rod Gilbort</p><p>Bill Fairbairn</p><p>Rick Middleton</p><p>Bill Collins</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Stevo Vickers</p><p>Grog Polis</p><p>* Pat Hickey</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Ron Harris</p><p>Doug Jarrett</p><h2>PHILADELPHIA</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Wayne Stephenson</p><p>&lsquo;Jerome Mrazek</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Tom Bladon</p><p>Andre Dupont</p><p>Larry Goodenough</p><p>Jim Watson</p><p>Joe Watson</p><p>* Jack Mcllhargey</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Bobby Clarke C</p><p>Rick MacLeish</p><p>Torry Crisp</p><p>Orest Kindrachuk</p><p>* Mol Bridgman</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Gary Dornhoefer</p><p>Rog Loach</p><p>Don Saleski</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>BillBarber</p><p>Dave Schultz</p><p>Bob Kelly</p><p>Rats Lonsberry</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Bernie Parent</p><p>Ed Van Impe</p><h2><b>TORONTO</b></h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Wayne Thomas</p><p>Gordon McRae</p><p>Doug Favell</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Borje Salming</p><p>Rod Seiling</p><p>Jim McKenny</p><p>Ian Turnbull</p><p>Brian Glennie</p><p>Dave Dunn</p><p>Bob Neely</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Darryl SittlorC</p><p>George Ferguson</p><p>Stan Weir</p><p>* Don Ashby</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Blaine Stoughton</p><p>Lanny McDonald</p><p>Inge Hammarstrom</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Dave Williams</p><p>Errol Thompson</p><p>* Pat Boutette</p><p>* Grog Hubick</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>None</p><h2>PITTSBURGH</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Gory Inness</p><p>* Gordon Laxton</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Dave Burrows</p><p>Colin Campbell</p><p>Stove Durbano</p><p>Ron Stockhouse</p><p>Barry Wilkins</p><p>Bob Pamdise</p><p>Dennis Owchar</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Ron Schock C</p><p>SylApp.</p><p>Pierre Larouche</p><p>Bob MeManama</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Chuck Arnason</p><p>Rick Kehoe</p><p>Joan Pronovost</p><p>Lew Morrison</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Vic Hadfield</p><p>Lowell MacDonald</p><p>Wayne Bianchin</p><p>Harvey Bennett</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Bob Kelly</p><h2><b>VANCOUVER</b></h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Gary Smith</p><p>Ken Lockett</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Bob Dailey</p><p>John Grisdale</p><p>Tracy Pratt</p><p>Ab DeMarco</p><p>Miko Robitaille</p><p>Dennis Kearns</p><p>Harold Snepsts</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Andro Boudrias C</p><p>Don Lever</p><p>Chris Oddleifson</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>John Gould</p><p>Paulin Bordeleau</p><p>Gerry O&rsquo;Flaherty</p><p>Dennis Vervorgaert</p><p>* Rick Blight</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Bobby Lalonde</p><p>Grogg Boddy</p><p>Ron Sedlbauer</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Garry Monahan</p><h2>ST LOUIS</h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Yves Belanger</p><p>Eddie Johnston</p><p>* Gilles Grotton</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Barclay Plager C</p><p>Bob Plager</p><p>Bob Hoss</p><p>Bob Gassoff</p><p>Rick Wilson</p><p>*Bruce Affleck</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>Garry Unger</p><p>Chuck Lefley</p><p>Wayne Mornck</p><p>Derek Sanderson</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Pierre Plante</p><p>Claude Larose</p><p>Bob MacMillan</p><p>Brian Ogilvie</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Royd Thomson</p><p>Tod Irvine</p><p>Red Beronson</p><p>Bert Wilson</p><p>INJURH)</p><p>Jerry Butler</p><h2><b>WASHINGTON</b></h2><h3>GOAL</h3><p>Michel Bolhumeur</p><p>Ron Low</p><p>* Bernie Wolfe</p><h3>DEFENSE</h3><p>Yvon Labre</p><p>Greg Joly</p><p>Jack Lynch</p><p>Willie BrossaH</p><p>* Peto Scamurra</p><h3>CENTER</h3><p>BillClement C</p><p>Tommy Williams</p><p>Nelson Pyatt</p><h3>R. WING</h3><p>Stan Gilbertson</p><p>Blair Stewart</p><p>Bob Gryp</p><p>Jack Egers</p><p>*Hartland Monahan</p><h3>L. WING</h3><p>Miko Marson</p><p>Ron Lalonde</p><p>* Tony White</p><p>* Poul Nicholson</p><h3>INJURED</h3><p>Ron Anderson</p><p>Ace Bailey<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NHL Team Rosters

<div class="byline">BY JIM KERNAGHAN</div><p>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S and Canada</p><p>EDMONTON&mdash;</p><p>To call him a man reborn would be stretching the case somewhat but one certainly could say Norm Ullman has been rejuvenated.</p><p>After a month of play in the World Hockey Association, there was taciturn Normie, second in league scoring with five goals and 15 assists as the Oilers kept themselves within shouting distance of the lead in the tough Canadian Division.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01291/3535429-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="258" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Daley</b></figcaption></div><p>To observers, it has become clear that the tenacious style of the former Detroit Red Wing and Toronto Maple Leaf is manifesting itself on the club.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s so quiet and goes about his work with so little fanfare, it has rubbed off on everybody,&rdquo; said Oilers&rsquo; coach Clare Drake. &ldquo;Most important, Normie has been a stabilizing influence to our club.&rdquo;</p><p>Ullman clearly thrives on hard work. The 40-year-old center was getting rancid on the bench with the Leafs. However, he refuses to cast aspersions on his former employers.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really pleased with how things have turned out,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;After playing in the NHL so long, there were a lot of things I had to get acclimatized to, such as the very difficult scheduling in the WHA. But hockey is hockey wherever it&rsquo;s played.&rdquo;</p><p>After a month, the Ullman line, with Rusty Patenaude and Ken Baird on the wings, was one of the league&rsquo;s most exciting. Together, the three had a total of 50 points on 19goals and31 assists.</p><p>Overall, Edmonton won&rsquo;t be a pushover for anybody this season. They&rsquo;ve been getting first-rate goaltending from Dave Dryden and when in doubt, they have their double threat.</p><p>Double threat? It&rsquo;s the McAneeley brothers, identical twins Bob and Ted. If opposing centers manage to outfoot Bob, they&rsquo;ll get the shock of their lives at the blueline because there he is again.</p><p>Actually, the second McAneeley is defenseman Ted.</p><p><b>CALGARY:</b> Rumors of the death of Calgary Cowboys are greatly exaggerated. Reports that Calgary is one franchise among several in the WHA in trouble fail to take some financial facts into account.</p><p>Not the least of these is that Vancouver industrialist Jim Pattison is still connected with the club in a major way. More important, that the 6,000-seat Corral is not the detriment it appears to be.</p><p>&ldquo;You can believe this or not,&rdquo; said one WHA official, &ldquo;but Calgary could actually turn a profit this year. How? The ticket scale is $9 and $8. That&rsquo;s it, no lower prices, not half-price deals. The economy is excellent in Alberta and the Cowboys don&rsquo;t have a massive payroll.&rdquo;</p><p>Cowboys also aren&rsquo;t the pushovers pundits had predicted, as their. 500 record at tests. After a month of WHA action, the new franchise had six wins, six losses and a tie. Moreover, Cowboys can take on the biggies, as their 4-2 win over top-rated Quebec showed.</p><p><b>TORONTO:</b> Listing along in last place, Toros received their most serious blow in a long line of setbacks when Paul Henderson, disappointed in his contribution thus far, left the team. At press time, it was uncertain whether the speedy left winger could be coaxed back but his reasons for leaving seemed obvious.</p><p>Henderson, who had only two goals and an assist in nine games, had been physically ill for some time and more than once brought up on the ice during practice.</p><p><b>WINNIPEG:</b> You look at the Jets and what is your first reaction? Usually, it&rsquo;s Bobby Hull and his flying Swedish linemates, who amassed that spectacular 362 scoring points last season; or their phalanx of Swedish and Finnish stars.</p><p>After 11 games. Jets had been struck for only 19 goals so it&rsquo;s clear somebody is doing something right behind the blueline. For starters, the arrival of Ted Green from New England Whalers and his best start in years, plus the excellent defense play of Thommie Bergman are factors. Then, there&rsquo;s Joe Daley, at one time dying to get out of Winnipeg last season. He is playing superbly and was sporting a spectacular 1.56 goals-against average, roughly twice as good as his season total last year.</p><p>Harmony, it appears, has returned to the Jets.</p><p><b>QUEBEC:</b> The reason for Nordiques&rsquo; fast start is undisputed. A quick peek at the WHA scoring leaders showed four Quebecois in the top seven scorers with Chris Bordeleau, blazing in his first full season with the Nordiques after playing with Winnipeg, leading with 21 points off four goals and 17 assists. Marc Tardif (10 goals, 9 assists) held down third place, while Serge Bernier (4-15) was fifth and Real Cloutier (10-6) in seventh.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02225/3535422-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="563" height="482"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>NORMULLMAN&hellip;Readjusting Nicely</b></figcaption></div><p>In goal, Richard Brodeur can be spectacular on his night and he has had a few of those hot nights lately.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Ullman’s Blazing Start Inspiring As Oilers Display New Ice Strength

<p>DENVER&mdash;</p><p>Denver Spurs&rsquo; owner Ivan L. Mullenix said there is no truth to a report in a Toronto newspaper&rsquo; that the Spurs will fold by next summer.</p><p>Mullenix said he has been unable &ldquo;to find the exact source of the story which emanated in Toronto, but I can say it is not based upon fact insofar as the Denver Spurs are concerned.&rdquo;</p><p>Mullenix issued a statement:</p><p>&ldquo;We fully intend to operate the Denver Spurs in the World Hockey Association, not only for the 197576 season, but in the future as long as the Denver community wants professional hockey.</p><p>&ldquo;Although we admittedly have been disappointed at our low early season at tendance, we are now getting assurances and support from the business community that we feel will produce the kind of general fan support to make this a solid franchise.</p><p>&ldquo;The transition to major league hockey was not expected to be made without an introductory period in which the fans of Denver could see what the product looked like. We feel our team has now come together and is producing the kind of excitement that will result in a great improvement at the gate.&rdquo;</p><p>Meanwhile, the Spurs are getting awfully tired of looking at Murray Hall and find two faults with their new home, the McNichols Sports Arena.</p><p>Hall, for the second time in a week scored the winning goal against the Spurs. He got the winner in a 3-2 Houston win at Denver and the winner in another 3-2 Aero victory at Houston.</p><p>Besides the crowds being small in the new home of the Spurs, the Spurs have been unable to find a victory there.</p><p>Gene Peacosh scored his second goal of the game and his 10th of the season at 8:42 of overtime for a 3-2 San Diego victory, leaving the Spurs winless in seven home games.</p><p>Bob Johnson had to come up with saves on three breakaways in overtime to preserve a 2-2 tie with the Cleveland Crusaders for the Spurs&rsquo; only home-ice point. Johnson stopped Al McDonough twice and Danny Gruen once in the extra period.</p><p>The Spurs&rsquo; tying goal was on a controversial play.</p><p>Lomenda took a face-off pass from Gary MacGregor and pushed the puck past Crusader goalie Bob Whidden but the Crusaders claimed linesman Ron Foyt had holle-red &ldquo;wait&rdquo; and dropped the puck for the faceoff. Cleveland&rsquo;s Rich Leduc drew a misconduct for the faceoff bumping Foyt during the. argument.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Spurs’ Mullenix Denies Reports Club Will Fold

<div class="byline">BY RICH PASSAN</div><p>HARTFORD&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>Y</span>ou can never accuse New England Whalers&rsquo; coach and general manager Jack Kelley of being too conservative. Kelley will try anything to shake up his troops if it means winning a hockey game.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01240/3535491-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="260" height="374"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Thommy Abrahamsson</b></figcaption></div><p>For instance: The Harpoonists were having their problems putting the puck in the net. So, Kelley took Thommy Abrahamsson off the back line, put him between wingers Tom Webster and Ron Climie and the magic began to flow.</p><p>On the receiving end were the Cincinnati Stingers in an 8-4 loss that saw the Whalers vault over the Queen City crew into first place in the World Hockey Association&rsquo;s East Division.</p><p>On the receiving end, that is, of a four-goal barrage by that line. And Abrahamsson notched three goals. He played as though he had been skating down the middle all his hockey life.</p><p>How much longer will Abrahamsson, whose twin brother Christer is the New England goaltender, do his centering? As long as he wants to if he continues to produce, according to Kelley.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been struggling along until now,&rdquo; said Kelley. &ldquo;Our biggest problem all year is the lack of scoring consistency. Rosie (Paiement) and Larry (Pleau) have been struggling and So has Wayne Carleton.&rdquo;</p><p>To help the latter out, Kelley reacquired left winger Don Blackburn and in Blackie&rsquo;s first game back in the Whaler green, black and white, set up Carleton for a pair of goals. &ldquo;Hopefully, we&rsquo;re untracked and heading in the right direction,&rdquo; Kelley said.</p><p>What has hurt the Whalers thus far is their inability to win overtime games. In their first three seasons in the WHA, the Whalers went 20 straight overtime games without winning.</p><p>Then, all of a sudden, they had three in a row on a trip and dropped two. The first in Calgary was a real shocker. &ldquo;It was a rude jolt,&rdquo; said Kelley. &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t think something like that could happen.&rdquo;</p><p>The Whalers reduced their roster by trading center Terry Caffery to the Calgary Cowboys for a high amateur draft choice in 1976. How high will depend on Caffery&rsquo;s performance with the Cowbovs.</p><p><b>INDIANAPOLIS:</b> Bill Marvel resigned as public relations director of the Racers and has been replaced by Walt Marlow, formerly PR director of the WHA. One of his first stories was a stunner.</p><p>The Racers, who will play new coach Jacques Demers&rsquo; brand of discipline hockey or else, were made painfully aware of that when the club demoted wingers Bobby Whitlock and Murray Heatley to its Mohawk Valley club in the North American Hockey League.</p><p>Whitlock was the club&rsquo;s leading scorer with three goals and eight assists at the time of his demotion, but he was not playing two-way hockey. Heatley, a late-season acqusition by the Racers last season, was simply not scoring. He had just four assists in the first eight games.</p><p>Defenseman Whitey Stapleton, still playing the game well at 36, is averaging nearly 40 minutes a game. He is the Indianapolis defense&hellip;Center Ron Buchanan&rsquo;s mouth became infected after the removal of a couple of teeth&mdash;by an oral surgeon.</p><p><b>CINCINNATI:</b> Bernie MacNeil, who has picked up the nickname &ldquo;The Boomer&rdquo;, is under fire by the WHA. MacNeil has been ordered by the league to post a $1,500 performance bond to guarantee good behavior in future games.</p><p>The Stingers have been called butchers around the league because of their rough house tactics. But the fact is, they have been assessed only one major penalty this season in the first 10 games and that came 48 seconds into the season when MacNeil and Cleveland&rsquo;s Bryan Maxwell dropped their gloves.</p><p>Coach Terry Slater has shaken up his forward lines. Dennis Sobchuk has only one goal in 10 games, so he is being shifted to left wing from center ice. The same move was made last season when Sobchuk was at Phoenix with positive results.</p><p><b>CLEVELAND:</b> The Crusaders averaged 40 shots on goal a game in their first eight outings, yet won just four and tied one. Hot goaltending, plus some untimely lethargic play, have hurt the Clevelanders.</p><p>Coach John Wilson said he would get a much better reading on his troops when they return from a seven-game trip west. The C&rsquo;s opened with a 2-2 tie in Denver before dropping a 5-2 decision to Calgary.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02174/3535484-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="1791" height="1069"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GALA OPENER: The Cincinnati Stingers launched their new Riverfront Coliseum in grand style and the event brought out hockey and civic dignitaries alike. Starting from the right, Ben Hatskin, chief executive officer of the WHA, Brian E. Heekin, president of the Stingers and the Coliseum, Bill DeWitt Jr., executive vice-president and chief executive officer of the club and the Coliseum, Oliver Birckhead, president Central Trust Co., of Cincinnati, Charles Mechem, first vice-president of Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, Henry Sandman, deputy city manager of Cincinnati and Ken McKenzie, president and publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS. Opening game at tracted 10,638 with Stingers defeating Edmonton in first game ever in $20 million dollar complex.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Abrahamsson’s Scoring Blast Justifies Kelley’s Move

<h2><b>CALGARY COWBOYS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01244/3535620-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="728" height="792"></div><h2><b>CINCINNATI STINGERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02194/3535613-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="721" height="723"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND CRUSADERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-03158/3535606-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="715" height="810"></div><h2><b>DENVER SPURS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-04120/3535599-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="721" height="742"></div><h2><b>EDMONTON OILERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0596/3535592-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="720" height="800"></div><h2><b>HOUSTON AEROS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0675/3535585-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="718" height="753"></div><h2><b>INDIANAPOLIS RACERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0764/3535578-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg" title="f0026-07" width="720" height="806"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA SAINTS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0855/3535571-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="718" height="769"></div><h2><b>NEW ENGLAND WHALERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0949/3535564-1-eng-US/f0026-092.jpg" title="f0026-09" width="713" height="679"></div><h2><b>PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1046/3535557-1-eng-US/f0026-102.jpg" title="f0026-10" width="722" height="756"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC NORDIQUES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1143/3535550-1-eng-US/f0026-112.jpg" title="f0026-11" width="715" height="743"></div><h2><b>SAN DIEGO MARINERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1237/3535543-1-eng-US/f0026-122.jpg" title="f0026-12" width="718" height="759"></div><h2><b>TORONTO TOROS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1337/3535536-1-eng-US/f0026-132.jpg" title="f0026-13" width="724" height="768"></div><h2><b>WINNIPEG JETS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1433/3535529-1-eng-US/f0026-142.jpg" title="f0026-14" width="721" height="783"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-1530/3535522-1-eng-US/f0026-152.jpg" title="f0026-15" width="1378" height="1418"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WHA SCORING AND PENALTY STATISTICS

<div class="byline">BY DOUG MCCONNELL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01227/3535651-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="578" height="745"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GENEPEACOSH&hellip;Overtime Winner</b></figcaption></div><p>SAN DIEGO&mdash;</p><p>Rick Sentes didn&rsquo;t disappoint, upholding the tradition of a traded or discarded player in coming back to haunt his oldteammates.</p><p>Sentes, who scored 44 goals for the San Diego Mariners last season but whose salary demands landed him in Calgary, scored a pair of goals as the Canadian Division&rsquo;s last place Cowboys earned a 4-4 tie with the Mariners.</p><p>GenePeacosh, the WHA&rsquo;s deadliest shooter, scored his second goal of the game at 8:42 of suddendeath overtime for a 5-4 decision over the luckless Denver Spurs. The Spurs are winless in seven home-ice games with one tie.</p><p>At Cincinnati, the Mariners hooked up in a record breaking shootout with the Stingers, but fell 7-4 and saw their record drop to 45-2.</p><p>The Mariners and Stingers exploded for four goals within 62 seconds to break a three-year-old WHA record. The nine goals in the second period, six by Cincinnati, tied another WHA record.</p><p>The Mariners&rsquo; three-goal flurry in 1:02 of the second period after being held for nearly eight minutes without a shot on goal, broke by one second the record set by New England and New York (the latter club the present day Mariners).</p><p><b>PHOENIX:</b> The Roadrunners are in good shape for the shape they&rsquo;re in.</p><p>They returned from a nine-game road trip with a 3-6 record and an overall season mark of 6-8-0 but still hold second place in the World Hockey Association&rsquo;s Western Division and will enjoy playing 13 of their next 15 games on home ice. They have played four at home and 10 away.</p><p>The Roadrunners put on what may have been their best performance this season in losing a hard hitting, strongly skated game to the defending WHA champion Houston Aeros at Houston, 5-3.</p><p>One night later they continued a domination (3-1-2 last season) over the Eastern Division defending champion New England Whalers, withstanding two Whaler goals in the final 1&frac12; minutes for a 3-2 victory.</p><p>The following night, the travel-weary Runners were blitzed 7-3 by an old nemesis. In five games at Quebec last season, regular schedule and playoffs, the Runners won only once and were 2-4 in Phoenix against the Nordiques.</p><p><b>MINNESOTA:</b> Wayne Belisle, owner of the Minnesota Fighting Saints, said he had received an apology from an agent who contacted the rival Minnesota North Stars about two Saints&rsquo; players.</p><p>Belisle said there was no truth to the report that three of his players were trying to sign with the Saints and he affirmed his club was on sound financial footing.</p><p>Saints&rsquo; defenseman Rick Smith has signed with the St. Louis Blues&rsquo; of the National Hockey League for the 1976-77 season, the Blues announced.</p><p>The flurry over the other three came up when Jack Gordon, general manager of the North Stars of the NHL, said he received calls from agents&mdash;Bill Watters, a member of Alan Eagleson&rsquo;s staff in Toronto, who represents high scoring Mike Walton and goaltender John Garrett and Brian Smith who represents Henry Boucha.</p><p>Gordon said the agents were asking the players&rsquo; chance of joining the North Stars should the Saints fold.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s what agents should do,&rdquo; said Belisle, adding that he had already received an apology from Watters.</p><p>&ldquo;I warned our players that there would be a lot of stories coming out about the future of the club,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But they have all been paid in full. They have gotten their per diem and all the other benefits called for in their contracts.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;The at titude of our players is just super.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Sure, I need some capital. But we have projected our operations through June 30 and we are drawing well&mdash;at least compared to the Stars.&rdquo;</p><p>The Saints are one of the more successful WHA operations in at tendance, averaging some 10,000 per game this season and cutting noticeably into the North Stars&rsquo; following.</p><p>Belisle has bought out other stockholders, says he now owns about 80 percent of the club and is looking for fresh capitaL.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re in the best position we&rsquo;ve ever been,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve even paid for our road trips in advance.&rdquo;</p><p>The Carlson brothers act has been broken up, at least for the time being. Jeff and Steve have been sent back to Johnstown of the North American Hockey League, leaving Jack as the only representative from Virginia, Minn., with the Saints.</p><p>At the same time, center Bruce Boudreau and defenseman Francois Ouimet have been called un from Johnstown.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0027-01

Ex-Mariner Sentes Strikes Back As San Diego SÜDS In West Race

<p>HOUSTON&mdash;</p><p>The Houston Aeros like their new $18 million home, The Summit.</p><p>They opened it with a brawling 6-4 victory over the Minnesota Fightings Saints and stuck around for a 5-3 victory over the Phoenix Roadrunners and a 3-2 win over the Denver Spurs.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02179/3535682-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="260" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Marty Howe</b></figcaption></div><p>The Aeros have won five straight and have taken hold of the WHA Western Division leadership, although eight of their 11 games to date have been on the road. At home, the Aeros have always been nearly unbeatable. They are unbeaten in their last 16 games at home, dating back to last season.</p><p>The largest crowd in Texas&rsquo; hockey history, 12,053, marked the opening of the new building and the Howe family, expectedly left its mark.</p><p>Mark Howe, 2the youngest of the three Howes on the Houston club, scored a hat trick in the building&rsquo;s opening while father Gordie scored a goal and assisted on two of Mark&rsquo;s goals and Marty, the other son and a defenseman, contributed two assists.</p><p>Mark&rsquo;s second goal was the 1; 000th by the Aeros in their four WHA seasons.</p><p>The game was the first for Mark after missing five outings, the first time with an abdominal muscle pull. Then he was hospitalized for four days by a black widow spider bite.</p><p>After Mark&rsquo;s hat trick performance, his teammates were asking where they could find a spider.</p><p>Mark scored another and Frank Hughes counted two in a 5-3 victory over the Phoenix Roadrunners. Hughes&rsquo; first goal was one of three the Aeros scored on the power play against Phoenix.</p><p>Rookie John Tonelli and veteran Murray Hall scored third period goals to ease the Aeros past the last place Denver Spurs, 3-2. Hall&rsquo;s goal was the game winner and he had the winner the week before against the Spurs in Denver.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0027-02

Houston Opener Smash Make Debut Spectacular As 12,053 See Howes

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01215/3535846-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="357" height="1081"></div><h2><b>Tue. Nov. 11 CLEVELAND 3, WINNIPEG 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-02151/3535839-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="580" height="405"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA 6. QUEBEC 8</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-03115/3535832-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="587" height="557"></div><h2><b>EDMONTON 3, CALGARY 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0493/3535825-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="585" height="457"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 4, HOUSTON 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0579/3535818-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="527" height="428"></div><h2><b>Wed. Nov. 12 HOUSTON 1, NEW ENGLAND 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0665/3535811-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="557" height="454"></div><h2><b>Thu. Nov. 13 WINNIPEG 4&rsquo; CALGARY 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0755/3535804-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="589" height="460"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 11. DENVER 8</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0850/3535797-1-eng-US/f0028-082.jpg" title="f0028-08" width="594" height="686"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND 1, SAN DIEGO 3</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0946/3535790-1-eng-US/f0028-092.jpg" title="f0028-09" width="582" height="382"></div><h2><b>Fri. Nov. 14 EDMONTON1, WINNIPEG 6</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1045/3535783-1-eng-US/f0028-102.jpg" title="f0028-10" width="587" height="460"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 2, PHOENIX 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1139/3535776-1-eng-US/f0028-112.jpg" title="f0028-11" width="581" height="460"></div><h2><b>Sat. Nov 15 QUEBEC 3, NEW ENGLAND 1</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1236/3535769-1-eng-US/f0028-122.jpg" title="f0028-12" width="584" height="330"></div><h2><b>TORONTO 6, SAN DIEGO 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1332/3535762-1-eng-US/f0028-132.jpg" title="f0028-13" width="576" height="555"></div><h2><b>HOUSTON 5, CINCINNATI 8</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1426/3535755-1-eng-US/f0028-142.jpg" title="f0028-14" width="600" height="550"></div><h2><b>INDIANAPOLIS7, MINNESOTA 9</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1526/3535748-1-eng-US/f0028-152.jpg" title="f0028-15" width="591" height="596"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND 4, DENVER 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1624/3535741-1-eng-US/f0028-162.jpg" title="f0028-16" width="591" height="480"></div><h2><b>Sun. Nov. 16 INDIANAPOLIS 1, WINNIPEG 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1719/3535734-1-eng-US/f0028-172.jpg" title="f0028-17" width="584" height="336"></div><h2><b>HOUSTON 3, CALGARY 5</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1820/3535727-1-eng-US/f0028-182.jpg" title="f0028-18" width="586" height="499"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND 4. PHOENIX 4</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-1920/3535720-1-eng-US/f0028-192.jpg" title="f0028-19" width="583" height="576"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA 3, CINCINNATI 2</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-2018/3535713-1-eng-US/f0028-202.jpg" title="f0028-20" width="582" height="685"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WHA’s success symbol.

<p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 17)</b></p><h2><b>CANADIAN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-2118/3535891-1-eng-US/f0028-212.jpg" title="f0028-21" width="537" height="158"></div><h2><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-2217/3535884-1-eng-US/f0028-222.jpg" title="f0028-22" width="528" height="135"></div><h2><b>WESTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-2317/3535877-1-eng-US/f0028-232.jpg" title="f0028-23" width="532" height="159"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Cleveland 3 at Winnipeg 2; Minnesota 6 at Quebec 8 Edmonton 3 at Calgary 6. Toronto 4 at Houston 5.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov 12</b></p><p>Houston 1 at New England 4</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Winnipeg 4 at Calgary 2; Toronto 1 I at Denver 8; Cleveland 1 at San Diego 3.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Edmortton 1 at Winnipeg 6; Toronto 2 at Phoenix 2</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>Quebec 3 at New England 1. Toronto 6 at San Die go 4; Houston 5 at Cincinnati 8. Indianapolis 7 at Minnesota 9; Cleveland 4 at Denver 5.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Indianapolis 1 at Winnipeg 2; Houston 3 at Calgary 4; Minnesoto 3 at Cincinnati 2. 5-Cleveland 4 at Phoenix</p><h2><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h2><p><b>Mon. Nov. 17</b></p><p>Indianapolis at Toronto.</p><p><b>Tue. Nov. 18</b></p><p>Houston at Winnipeg; Cincinnati at Quebec, Son Diego at Calgary, Edmonton at Denver.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Minnesota at Cleveland; New England at Indianapolis.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 20</b></p><p>Winnipeg at Quebec, Edmonton at Phoenix, Denver at San Diego; Minnesota at New England.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Calgory at Denver, Edmonton at Houston; Cincinnati at Toronto</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Winnipeg at Cleveland; Quebec at Cincinnati; Calgary at Minnesota; Edmonton at San Diego, Phoenix at New England</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Winnipeg at New England; Quebec at Houston, Cincinnati at Denver.</p><p><b>Tue. Nov 23</b></p><p>Edmonton at San Diego; Cleveland at Toronto; Indianapolis at Houston, New England at Minnesota.</p><p><b>Wed Nov. 26</b></p><p>Winnipeg at Cincinnati; Denver at Cleveland</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Winnipeg at Indianapolis, Quebec at Son Diego, Calgory at Phoenix; Cincinnati at Minnesota</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Winnipeg at Toronto, Edmonton at Houston. Denver at New England.- Indianapolis at Cleveland<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0028-21

WHA SCOREBOARD

<div class="byline">BY SCOTT HERRON</div><p>MINNEAPOLIS.&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hen coaches in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association cast their votes in a pre-season poll, they predictably named defending champion Minnesota as the team to beat. And understandably so.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01181/3535936-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="244" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Herb Brooks</b></figcaption></div><p>Although the Gophers are minus a host of stars&mdash;most notably All Americans Mike Polich and Les Auge through graduation, Paul Holmgren to the Minnesota Fighting Saints and Buzzy Schneider to the U.S. Nationals&mdash;coach Herb Brooks has a promising powerhouse.</p><p>They&rsquo;re undefeated in their first five games, thumping the Nationals once and always-tough St. Louis twice in non-league games and then opening their WCHA schedule by sweeping feisty upstate rival Minnesota-Duluth. Brooks has found a replacement for the irrepressible Polich in Tom Vanelli, who scored nine goals in those five games including one in overtime against Duluth, and he has a defense which he calls the best in the country.</p><p>But don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s going to be a cake-walk for the Gophers, who employ an All-Minnesota schoolboy lineup. In fact, past history dictates they&rsquo;ll have difficulty repeating as champions, only Denver University accomplishing the feat with regularity since the league was founded in 1952. And then there&rsquo;s the crux that although the West has produced the NCAA champion the last three years, the WCHA&rsquo;s first-place club hasn&rsquo;t been the one to wear the crown. Michigan Tech replaced Minnesota last season, Minnesota beat out Tech the year before that and Wisconsin subbed for league champion Denver in 1973.</p><p>Michigan and Michigan State are the clubs the coaches picked to challenge Minnesota, and two weeks into the season State sat on top of the league with a 4-0 record. The Spartans have the most explosive team in college hockey, led by All-Americans Tom Ross and Steve Colp. Ross was the West&rsquo;s scoring leader last year with 32 goals and 48 assists, and Colp, whose season was shortened last year when he suffered a broken leg possibly costing State a run at the title, was the scoring champion the previous year with 31 goals and 41 assists.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-02146/3535929-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="1173" height="1179"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STATE POWER: Holdovers Steve Colp, left, and Tom Ross, represent the scoring punch of Michigan State as they at tempt to unseat Minnesota as WCHA champions</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got the potential to win the league,&rdquo; says venerable Michigan State coach Amo Bessone, who&rsquo;s in his 25th season as the Spartans&rsquo; boss. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be a team to contend with. This is one of the best scoring teams we&rsquo;ve ever had. Up front we have a lot of shooting power&hellip;By having Colpie and Ross back together again, it&rsquo;s going to up our power play production. The combination of Ross and Colp can not be defensed. They can defense one of them, but not both.&rdquo;</p><p>While State rests its hopes on an arsenal of goal scorers, Michigan goes with a balanced at tack and the return to form of All-American goalie Robbie Moore, who missed part of last season due to knee surgery.</p><p>&ldquo;This is the best team I&rsquo;ve had in the three years I&rsquo;ve been here,&rdquo; says Wolverine coach Danny Farrell. &ldquo;We have excellent potential. We have returning, three forwards who scored over 20 goals for us last year and five lettermen defensemen. We&rsquo;re better at center than we&rsquo;ve ever been with Angie Moretto, Dave Debol and Kip Maurer.&rdquo;</p><p>Defending national champion Michigan Tech, Colorado College and Wisconsin are the teams the coaches selected to give the three frontrunners trouble, but none have had particularly auspicious starts. Tech split its first two series with lowly North Dakota and Denver, and CC and Wisconsin were swept by Notre Dame and Michigan State, respectively. The Badgers lost twice to the Nationals and split with St. Louis in non&mdash;league play.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very optimistic,&rdquo; says Tech coach John Maclnnes. &ldquo;But we&rsquo;re like several other teams in the league&mdash;we have some serious questions to answer.&rdquo;</p><p>The Huskies have to find replacements for four outstanding seniors who graduated&mdash;Bruce Abbey and Bob Lorimer on defense and Bob D&rsquo;Alvise and Billy Steele at forward&mdash;plus the likes of goalie Jim Warden, defenseman Paul Jensen and forward Steve Jensen, who were picked up by the U.S. Nationals.</p><p>Notre Dame and Duluth are the dark horses. The Irish demonstrated significant fire power the second weekend of play by sweeping CC 9-7, 7-5, and after opening the season by taking two from Denver Duluth gave the Gophers all they could handle despite losing a pair.</p><p>&ldquo;If they (Gophers) are No. 1, then we&rsquo;re pretty close,&rdquo; says Duluth coach Gus Hendrickson, who has a pair of All-America candidates in right wing Tom Milani and defenseman Dave Langevin. &ldquo;If we can play like we did against the Gophers all year, we&rsquo;re going to win a lot of games.&rdquo;</p><p>But it&rsquo;s Minnesota which the other WCHA clubs must beat. It is the defending champion and the No. 1 rated team. &ldquo;We aren&rsquo;t as good as we were last year, yet,&rdquo; says Brooks. &ldquo;But we have a good club. I think we have some people who are going to be good hockey players.&rdquo;</p><h2>College Races</h2><h3>WCHA CONFERENCE</h3><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-03100/3535922-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="593" height="284"></div><h3>GAMES COMPLETED</h3><p>Minn-Duluth 4, Denver 3</p><p>Minn-Duluth 9, Denver 4</p><p>Michigan State 6, Notre Dome 2</p><p>Michigan State 3, Notre Dame 2</p><p>Michigan Tech 5, North Dakota 2</p><p>North Dakota 8, Michigan Tech 5</p><p>Notre Donje 9, Colorado College 7</p><p>Notre Dame 7, Colorado College 5</p><p>Denver 6, Michigan Tech 3</p><p>Michigan Tech 8, Denver 3</p><p>Michigan 11, North Dakota 1</p><p>Michigan 5, North Dakota 4</p><p>Michigan State 5, Wisconsin 4</p><p>Michigan State 6, Wisconsin 5</p><p>Minnesota 5, Minn-Duluth 4</p><p>Minnesota 4, Minn-Duluth 2<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0029-01

Coaches Pick Minnesota To Do It Again With Michigan, Michigan State Close

<p>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><h2>AHL Leaders</h2><h3><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-03119/3535974-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="597" height="549"></div><h3><b>GOALING RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-0490/3535967-1-eng-US/f0030-042.jpg" title="f0030-04" width="590" height="552"></div><h3><b>PENALTY LEADER</b></h3><p>Paul McIntosh, Hershey, 59 minutes<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0030-03

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY AL FISCHER</div><p>ROCHESTER&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>hus far, the evidence is overwhelming that the strength of the American Hockey League lies in the Northern Division, where three of the tour teams in the division are playing well over. 500 hockey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01211/3536012-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg" title="f0030-01" width="249" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jerry Holland</b></figcaption></div><p>Providence, Nova Scotia and Rochester combined boast a 239-4 overall mark, while the South&rsquo;s first three, Richmond, Baltimore and New Haven showed a 12-17 combined overall record heading into last weekend&rsquo;s activity.</p><p>In head-to-head competition between the North and the South, the Northern clubs held a decided 14-5-2 advantage, with Rochester showing an unbeaten record in six games with its Southern rivals. Nova Scotia was right behind at 5-1, while Providence had split even at 2-2-1 and Springfield divided four games with the South.</p><p>The answer to the Northern Division strength most probably lies in respective working agreements with National Hockey League partners.</p><p>Rochester, although considered an independent club, has an agreement with Boston that provides the Amerks with eight of the Bruins top farmhands.</p><p>In fact, one of them. Doug Gibson, last year&rsquo;s league scoring leader in the AHL, and in contention for a repeat this year, has even asked the Bruins to trade him because he feels that he has no future in the Boston organization due to the abundance of good centers in the Boston chain.</p><p>Gibson currently pivots for wingers Dave Hynes and Gordie Clark, and that unit is certainly as good, if not better than some that are skating in the NHL today.</p><p>That line accounted for 108 goals and 149 assists last season and prior to last weekend&rsquo;s activity had accounted for 39 points in the early going this year.</p><p>The Amerks were returning from a successful three-game visit to the South where they garnered five of a possible six points. A 6-6 tie in Hershey prevented a complete sweep for Rochester, which moved into a second place tie with Providence.</p><p><b>PROVIDENCE:</b> The Reds continued their winning ways until a trip to Nova Scotia resulted in a 9-1 defeat that enabled the Vees to gain a share of the division lead with the Reds.</p><p>However, coach Johnny Muckier did not appear overly concerned, now that 1974-75 rookie of the year Jerry Holland is back in the fold and tough guy Bruce Cowick has returned following a short tenure in St. Louis.</p><p>Like Rochester, the Reds have a strong agreement with both the New York Rangers and St. Louis and every year get the pick of the crop of young talent that is not yet ready for the big time.</p><p>Holland is one of the prime examples, and he could be recalled at any time, especially should the Rangers continue to falter.</p><p>The Reds showed five players in the list of top 10 scorers last week, with defenseman Joe Zanussi leading the league before the weekend&rsquo;s play. Zanussi, of course has been moved from the Reds to Rochester following the explosive Boston-New York trade of last weekend.</p><p>Ed Johnstone, the team&rsquo;s leading goal producer, Lynn Powis, Gerry Teeple and Dave Maloney, are others on the scoring list. Johnstone also led the league in game-winning goals with three.</p><p>Both rookie goaltenders, Ed Sta-niowski and Doug Soetaert continue to play well, with the exception of the rout in Nova Scotia.</p><p>The Reds entertained Nova Scotia and Hershey before embarking on a five-game road trip that would take them to Baltimore, Richmond. Hershey, Rochester and Nova Scotia before returning Nov. 21 and a home contest with Richmond. The Reds showed a 2-3-1 mark on the road compared to a 5-1 record at home.</p><p>Providence took over as the league leader in penalty minutes, with Maloney earning the individual lead with 49 minutes in the penalty box.</p><p><b>BALTIMORE:</b> The rumblings are growing louder in the Monumental City and the message is loud and clear. The fans are clearly upset with the Clippers&rsquo; recent failures.</p><p>They opened the season impressively with three consecutive victories and everyone was happy. But the worm turned and suddenly the Clippers found themselves on the losing end in six of their next seven starts.</p><p>The boo-birds were out in force for a game against Rochester, a dull contest in which the Clippers were completely outplayed in losing 3-1.</p><p>One fan commented, &ldquo;I&rsquo;d pay $5 to see one of the Clippers hit somebody, anybody,&rdquo; and that comment is not original in Baltimore, as far as hockey is concerned.</p><p>Baltimore teams have been known to be reluctant to play the body contact or hitting game and in the past have been consistently intimidated.</p><p>But promises were made that this year&rsquo;s club was to be different. It was going to be an exciting team, with &ldquo;hungry&rdquo; hockey players, as general manager Terry Reardon so termed at the beginning of the campaign.</p><p>Perhaps those &ldquo;hungry&rdquo; players aren&rsquo;t hungry anymore now that they have jobs, but the fans were &ldquo;starving&rdquo; for a team that would at least play decent hockey, win or lose.</p><p>Without a working agreement, the Clippers have had to take what they could get, although they also turned down others who might have helped because they wanted more money than Baltimore offered.</p><p>Baltimore has always wanted to remain independent of any NHL club, but right now they may be feeling the pangs of defeat due to the lack of an effective working agreement.</p><p>This is perhaps Baltimore&rsquo;s last chace to prove it is in Reardon&rsquo;s terms, &ldquo;&ldquo;a good hockey city.&rdquo; In return, the fans are asking Reardon to provide &ldquo;a good hockey team.&rdquo;</p><p><b>HERSHEY:</b> The puzzle continues in Chocolatetown as the Bears posted just one victory in their first eight games. Even in that one, a 3-2 win in Springfield, was not acheived until late in the game.</p><p>The offense had produced but 20 goals in the eight games, and 12 of those came in back-to-back 6-6 ties against Rochester and providence.</p><p>One of the bright spots was a hat trick by Dennis Owchar in the tie with Rochester. Owchar has been a stalwart on defense and was recalled by Pittsburgh.</p><p>The recall was for just one game, but the Penguins have been having some defensive problems of their own and there&rsquo;was a distinct possibility that young Owchar would remain.</p><p>Goaltender Gordon Laxton accompanied Owchar back to Pittsburgh and was in the nets for a 7-2 victory. The Penguins sent Michel Plasse down for two weeks while Laxton went up.</p><p>Like New Haven, the Bears had no one in the list of top 20 scorers and coach Chuck Hamilton had yet to come up with the right combinations to produce a consistent offensive output.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-02159/3536005-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="567" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG GIBSON&hellip;Wants To Be Traded</b></figcaption></div><p>The back-to-back ties were a study in contrast. Against Rochester, the Bears rallied from a 6-3 deficit to force the overtime and eventual deadlock, while against the Reds in Providence, the Bears blew a 6-3 advantage in the final period.</p><p>The Bears opened a three-game weekend by dropping a 5-1 decision in Springfield as the Bears like their Southern Division compatriots continue to lose to the Northern clubs.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Americans, Voyageurs Leading Way As Northern Teams Dominate South

<div class="byline">BY AL FISCHER</div><p>HALIFAX&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>t was a productive week for the Voyageurs as Al MacNeil&rsquo;s skaters moved into first place in the Northern Division, and they did it the hard way-in head-to-head competition with erstwhile leader Providence.</p><p>They clouted the Reds 9-1 in Halifax and just two nights later dealt the Reds their first defeat on home ice. 5-1.</p><p>Those two victories and 14-goal output also moved the Vees to the top of the class in goal production with 62. almost a five-a-game pace.</p><p>Dave Elenbaas was returned by Montreal following an emergency recall, and with Ed Walsh, last year&rsquo;s All Star goaltender on hand to alternate with Elenbaas, the Voyageurs had perhaps the best 1-2 punch in the league. Walsh posted a 2.28 goals allowed average in his first two starts.</p><p>Guy Chouinard and Ron Andruff continue as the top point producers on the club and Glen Goldup is finding the scoring range more frequently.</p><p>With 13 games played, the Vees had posted a 9-3-1 record as they rushed to the division lead with consistent play on both offense and defense.</p><p>Once again, it is the strength of the working agreement with Montreal that has provided the Vees with the type of talent, both veterans and rookies, needed to win in the American League.</p><p><b>SPRINGFIELD:</b> The Indians showed signs of coming to life by winning two of three games as Norm Dube led the way with the league&rsquo;s second four-goal game of the season.</p><p>Dube connected for his feat against New Haven in a 6-4 Springfield triumph and it came on the road. That outburst elevated the Indian veteran into the league lead in goals scored with 12.</p><p>Springfield&rsquo;s NHL working partner Kansas City, in the throes of a five-game losing streak, decided a little reshuffling on defense was in order and recalled both Ken Mur-ray and Dennis Patterson.</p><p>In return, the Scouts sent down Roger Lemelin and Terry McDonald, and as an added bonus, also dispatched forward Hugh Harvey to Springfield.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> The Nighthawks snapped a five-game losing streak two weeks ago, but last week fell back to their losing ways, dropping three straight to Richmond. Springfield and Richmond again.</p><p>What made things even worse two of the defeats came on home ice, where Hawks fans had been expecting bigger and better things from a club that went to the playoff tinals last year.</p><p>Not one New Haven player was listed in the top 20 scorers, and although the offense was producing three goals a game it was not enough to offset a somewhat unstable defense that had allowed the opposition better than four a game.</p><p><b>RICHMOND:</b> The Robins took over the lead in the South with that 8-7 victory at the same time Baltimore dropped an overtime decision in Rochester.</p><p>With a 5-3 record. Richmond was the only Southern Division club playing. 500 hockey or better. They posted that winning record with a balanced offense and hard-nose defense that gave more than adequate help to goaltenders Garth Malar-chuk and Rejean Lemelin.</p><p>Malarchuk was retailed from Dayton following Washington&rsquo;s recall of Bernie Wolfe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-01191/3536043-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="519" height="774"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RON ANDRUFF&hellip;Hot Scorer</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Nova Scotia Grabs North Lead At Reds’ Expense

<h2><b>AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tue. Nov. 18)</b></p><h3><b>NORTH DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-02150/3536137-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="589" height="134"></div><h3><b>SOUTH DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-03124/3536130-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="585" height="130"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Providence 3 at Baltimore 3.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Richmond 1 at Hershey 5</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Novo Scotia 4 at Baltimore 6; Providence 4 at Richmond 3.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Richmond 2 at New Haven 5; Hershey 5 at Rochester 2, Novo Scotia 5 at Springfield 2.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>Providence 5 at Hershey 3; Nova Scotia 6 at Springfield 1.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Springfield 1 at New Haven 11; Hershey 1 at Nova Scotia 6, Baltimore 2 at Richmond 4; Providence 3 at Rochester 6.</p><h2><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Nov. 18</b></p><p>New Haven at Baltimore; Springfield at Richmond</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Springfield at Hershey; Providence at Novo Scotia.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Springfield at Baltimore, Hershey at New Haven; Richmond at Providence; Novo Scotia at Rochester.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Rochester at Hershey, Springfield at Richmond.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Richmond at Novo Scotia; New Hoven at Providence, Hershey at Rochester.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Rochester at Baltimore, New Haven at Hershey; Richmond at Novo Scotia; Providence at Springfield.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 27</b></p><p>New Hoven at Richmond.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 28</b></p><p>New Haven at Baltimore; Novo Scotia at Richmond; Sp ringfield at Providence.</p><h2><b>CENTRAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Tue. Nov. 18)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0499/3536123-1-eng-US/f0031-042.jpg" title="f0031-04" width="593" height="178"></div><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Fort Worth 4 at Tucson 4</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Dallas 3 at Oklahoma City 6</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Salt Lake 2 at Dallas 5. Fort Worth 5 at Tucson 3, Oklahoma City 4 at Tulso 2</p><p><b>Sat Nov 15</b></p><p>Fort Worth 2 at Dallas 2 Salt LokeO at Oklahoma City 2</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Salt Lake 2 otTulsa 2</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tue. Nov. 18</b></p><p>Dallas at Salt Lake</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Oklahoma City at Fort Worth; Tulsa at Tucson.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov 20</b></p><p>Dallas at Salt Lake</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Oklahoma City at Dallas, Tulsa at Tucson</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Dallas at Fort Worth; Tulso at Oklahoma City; Tucson at Salt Lake.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Fort Worth at Tulso.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Fort Worth at Oklahoma City;</p><p><b>Thu. Nov 27</b></p><p>Oklahoma City at Tulsa</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Tulsa at Dallas, Oklahoma City at Fort Worth; Tucson at Salt Lake.</p><h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><h3>NORTH DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0586/3536116-1-eng-US/f0031-052.jpg" title="f0031-05" width="586" height="155"></div><h3><b>SOUTH DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0663/3536109-1-eng-US/f0031-062.jpg" title="f0031-06" width="587" height="131"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Port Huron 3 at Fort Wayne 4</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Dayton 1 at Saginaw 3, Muskegon 1 at Columbus 4; Flint 4 at Kalamazoo 3, Fort Woyne 6 at Toledo 6.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>Toledo 0 at Muskegon 3; Saginaw 3 at Fort Wayne 8; Kalamazoo 2 at Port Huron 8; Columbus 1 at Dayton 5</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Flint 2 at Toledo 3; Dayton 6 at Columbus 2; Fort Woyne 3 at Port Huron 5.</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Wed. Nov 19</b></p><p>Dayton at Muskegon, Kalamazoo at Fort Wayne, Toledo at Columbus.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Dayton at Flint; Saginaw at Kalamazoo; Muskegon at Toledo, Port Huron at Columbus.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov 22</b></p><p>Toledo at Fort Wayne; Kalamazoo at Muskegon, Columbus at Port Huron, Saginaw at Dayton.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Columbus at Flint; Muskegon at Saginaw, Port Huron at Kalamazoo; Dayton at Toledo</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Port Huron at Dayton; Muskegon at Flint; Toledo at Saginaw, Kalamazoo at Columbus.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 27</b></p><p>Dayton at Fort Wayne; Saginaw at Muskegon; Flint at Port Huron.</p><p><b>Fri Nov 28</b></p><p>Toledo at Kalamazoo</p><h2><b>NORTH AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Mon. Nov. 17)</b></p><h3><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0751/3536102-1-eng-US/f0031-072.jpg" title="f0031-07" width="591" height="154"></div><h3><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0845/3536095-1-eng-US/f0031-082.jpg" title="f0031-08" width="588" height="158"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Beauce 6 at Buffalo 11, Syracuse 2 at Cape Codders 5.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov 12</b></p><p>Johnstown 4 at Binghamton 2; Cape Codders 4 at Syracuse 1; Mohawk Valley 4 at Philadelphia 6; Beauce 2 at Erie 4.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Johnstown 1 at Mohawk Valley 4.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Syracuse 6 at Philadelphia 4; Cape Codders 4 at Johnstown 6; Buffalo 3 at Beauce 7.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>Cape Codders 3 at Erie 6; Buffalo 4 at Maine 3;. Binghamton 3 at Syracuse 4; Philadelphia 4 at Mohawk Valley 1.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 16</b></p><p>Maine 3 at Beauce 4; Erie 7 at Syracuse 1.</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Mon. Nov. 17</b></p><p>Binghamton at Buffalo.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Johnstown at Philadelphia, Maine at Binghamton; Buffalo at Syracuse; Erie at Cape Cod; Beauce at Mohawk Valley.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 20</b></p><p>Erie at Maine.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Maine at Cope Cod; Syracuse at Mohawk Valley; Binghamton at Philadelphia, Johnstown at Buffalo, Erie at Beauce.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Mohawk Volley at Syracuse; Cape Cod at Philadelphia, Buffalo at Johnstown, Beauce at Moine.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Philadelphia at Binghamton, Mohawk Valley at Erie; Syracuse at Johnstown.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Buffalo at Erie; Johnstown at Mohawk Valley; Binghamton at Cape Cod, Maine at Philadelphia, Beauce at Syracuse.</p><h2><b>SOUTHERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standingson Tue. Nov. 18)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0934/3536088-1-eng-US/f0031-092.jpg" title="f0031-09" width="593" height="179"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Hampton 3 at Charlotte 5, Tidewater 6 at Winston-Salem 3.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Charlotte 3 at Greensboro 6; Winston-Salem 1 at Tidewater 3.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Greensboro 2 at Roanoke 3.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Tidewater 3 at Charlotte 3</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 15</b></p><p>4 Charlotte 1 at Roanoke 4, Hampton 2 at Greensboro 4.</p><h3><b>GAMES TO COME</b></h3><p><b>Tue. Nov. 18</b></p><p>Hampton at Tidewater; Greensboro at Charlotte; Roanoke at Winston-Salem.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 19</b></p><p>Winston-Salem at Hampton.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 20</b></p><p>Winston-Salem at Roanoke</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 21</b></p><p>Hampton at Charlotte</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 22</b></p><p>Charlotte at Hampton, Roanoke at Tidewater; Winston-Salem at Greensboro</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 23</b></p><p>Greensboro at Winston-Salem, Tidewater at Roanoke,</p><p><b>Tue. Nov. 25</b></p><p>Winston-Salem at Hampton; Roanoke at Charlotte</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 26</b></p><p>Winston-Salem at Tidewater-Greensboro at Roanoke</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 28</b></p><p>Roanoke at Hampton. Greensboro at Tidewater, Winston-Salem at Charlotte</p><h2><b>UNITED STATES LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Wed. Nov. 12)</b></p><h3><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1028/3536081-1-eng-US/f0031-102.jpg" title="f0031-10" width="588" height="131"></div><h3><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1124/3536074-1-eng-US/f0031-112.jpg" title="f0031-11" width="588" height="130"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Thu Oct. 23</b></p><p>Copper City 1 at Milwaukee 6</p><p><b>Fri. Oct. 24</b></p><p>Green Boy 4 at Traverse City 3; Copper City 3 at Central Wisconsin 7</p><p><b>Sat. Oct. 25</b></p><p>Copper City 3 at Marquette 4, Traverse City 7 at Green Bay 3; Milwaukee 8 at Central Wisconsin 6.- Waterloo 5 at Sioux City 9.</p><p><b>Thu. Oct. 30</b></p><p>Traverse City 5 at Marquette 3.</p><p><b>Fri. Oct. 31</b></p><p>Traverse City 5 at Copper City 4. Marquette 3 at Sioux City 10.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 1</b></p><p>Traverse City 6 at Copper City 2, Milwaukee 6 at Green Boy 5; Marquette 1 at Waterloo 9; Central Wisconsin 4 at Sioux City 13.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 2</b></p><p>Marquette 1 at Milwaukee 11; Central Wisconsin 4 at Waterloo 6.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 6</b></p><p>Waterloo 3 at Milwaukee 7; Green Boy 6 at Marquette 7.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 7</b></p><p>Waterloo 3 at Traverse City 4.</p><p><b>Sat. Nov. 8</b></p><p>Waterloo 4 at Marquette 5, Central Wisconsin 7 at Copper Country 8; Green Bay 8 at Sioux City 8.</p><p><b>Sun. Nov. 9</b></p><p>Waterloo 1 at Copper Country 4; Green Bay 2 at Sioux City 3.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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LOOKING AT THE MINOR LEAGUE SCOREBOARD

<p class="dropcap"><span>N</span>HL: <b>1</b>&mdash;Montreal <b>2</b>&mdash;Detroit <b>3</b>&mdash;Boston. <b>4</b>&mdash;N.Y. Rangers. <b>5</b>&mdash;Chicago. <b>6</b>&mdash;Toronto <b>7</b>&mdash;Los Angeles <b>8</b>&mdash;Pittsburgh <b>9</b>&mdash;California <b>10</b>&mdash;Philadelphia <b>11</b>&mdash;Minnesota <b>12</b>&mdash;St. Louis. <b>13</b>&mdash;Vancouver <b>14</b>&mdash;N.Y. Islanders. <b>16</b>&mdash;Atlanta <b>17</b>&mdash;Kansas City <b>18</b>&mdash;Washington WHA: <b>19</b>&mdash;Calgary <b>20</b>&mdash;Cincinnati <b>21</b>&mdash;Cleveland <b>22</b>&mdash;Denver <b>23</b>&mdash;Edmonton <b>24</b>&mdash;Houston. <b>25</b>&mdash;Indianapolis. <b>26</b>&mdash;Minnesota <b>27</b>&mdash;New England <b>28</b>&mdash;Phoenx <b>29</b>&mdash;Quebec <b>30</b>&mdash;Son Diego <b>31</b>&mdash;Toronto <b>32</b>&mdash;Winnipeg Inter-League. <b>33</b>&mdash;N.Y RongeisiNHL & St Louis NHL <b>34</b>&mdash;Montreal NHL: & At lanta (NHL I <b>36</b>&mdash;Pittsburgh (NHL) & Buffalo (NHL). <b>37</b>&mdash;New England (WHA) & Washington (NHL). <b>38</b>&mdash;Detroit (NHL) & Mm nesota (NHL). <b>39</b>&mdash;Atlanta (NHL) & Vancouver (NHL) <b>40</b>&mdash;Phoenix. Houston & Son Diego (WHA). <b>41</b>&mdash;Los Angeles (NHL & N.Y. Islanders NHL I <b>43</b>&mdash;Kansas City (NHL) & N.Y. Rangers (NHL) <b>44</b>&mdash;Boston (NHL) & Washington (NHL) <b>45</b>&mdash;Min sota(NHL) Vancouver NHL <b>46</b>&mdash;Calgary WHA, Kansas City * NHL) & mnesoto WHA <b>47</b>&mdash;Philadelphia NHL: & Washington (NHL <b>50</b>&mdash;Boston (NHL), San Diego (WHA) <b>51</b>&mdash;Buffalo (NHL) & Toronto (WHA&rsquo; <b>52</b>&mdash;Montreal (NHL) & Toronto(WHA) <b>55</b>&mdash;Buffalo (NHL) & Calgary (WHA: <b>56</b>&mdash;Buffalo (NHL) & Cleveland (WHA <b>57</b>&mdash;NY Range&rsquo;s (NHL) & St-Louis NHL <b>58</b>&mdash;Detroit (NHL) & Edmonton (WHA)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Minor League Affiliations

<div class="byline">BY TOM LOBAUGH</div><p>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><p>DALLAS&mdash;</p><p>Black Hawk coach Gordon Fashoway had few complaints about the play of his club. As October turned into November, the Hawks rang up three home victories, running their undefeated streak to seven games (three on the road), and climbed to first place by two points over the Tulsa Oilers and Fort Worth Texans.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01193/3536192-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg" title="f0032-01" width="259" height="382"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Spring</figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;The club is playing very well,&rdquo; the coach admitted. &ldquo;I think the boys really started putting it all together the game we won in Tulsa (4-3, Oct. 18). Up to then, we had been scrambling. The night before we had to score three goals in the third period to win in Tucson.&rdquo;</p><p>That victory in Tucson started the unbeaten string. After beating Tulsa, the Hawks played a tie in Fort Worth, then tied their home opener, Oct. 25, against the same foes.</p><p>But they whipped Tucson, 7-3, when the Mavericks visited State Fair Coliseum, Oct. 29. Two nights later the Hawks outpointed the defending champion Salt Lake Eagles, 6-3, and Nov. 1 a 3-1 verdict over the Oklahoma City Blazers meant first place for Dal-las.</p><p>Mike Veisor was doing all the net-minding, and had lowered his average to a stingy 2.78. Rookie center Greg Vaydik was still out with a knee injury, suffered in the season-opener, Oct. 10, but was about ready to return.</p><p>Jim Koleff and Duane Wylie each scored twice in the romp over Tucson. Rob Palmer and Koleff set a club record by scoring goals five seconds apart late in the first period. On the face off that followed Palmer&rsquo;s tally at 18:09, Koleff just wanted to put the puck into the at tacking zone. He lofted a &ldquo;blooper&rdquo; that bounced past the startled Maverick goalie to make it 4-0. Koleff and Wylie had scored earlier for the Hawks.</p><p>Steve West spoiled Veisor&rsquo;s shutout with five seconds left in the first period. Michel Archambault scored for the Hawks in the second, before Lee Inglis and Neil Lyseng counted for the Mavs. Dave Elliott and Wylie wound up the Dallas barrage in the third.</p><p>It was &ldquo;trick or treat&rdquo; in the Halloween night affair against Salt Lake. The treat was candy for the youngsters, who were admitted free if in costume and accompanied by an adult.</p><p>The &ldquo;tricks&rdquo; came from both teams on the ice, with the Hawks getting the upper hand. Brent Meeke scored an early shorthanded goal for the Eagles, the third such trick against the Dallas power play in 10 games.</p><p>Moe L&rsquo;Abbe notched two goals for the Hawks, the first on a penalty shot at 2:15 of the third period, breaking a 22 tie. Eagle goalie Ernie Miller threw his stick at the puck, deflecting L&rsquo;Abbe&rsquo;s shot on a breakaway, and referee Charles Banfield awarded the penalty shot.</p><p>L&rsquo;Abbe went in close for the shot, and Miller claimed Moe&rsquo;s skate hit the goalie stick, knocking it out of his hand. Banfield ruled Miller had thrown his stick again, and awarded a goal, although the puck had been deflected to the side of the net. Fifteen minutes later L&rsquo;Abbe had another breakaway on a power play, and this time he beat Miller cleanly.</p><p>Archambault also tallied twice for the Hawks. Gary Donalson scored in the first period, and Terry Smith hit the empty net in the closing seconds.</p><p>The Hawks got two goals in the final period to pull away from Oke City the next night. L&rsquo;Abbe tied it on a breakaway in the middle period, and another breakaway by Archambault brought the winning goal at 1:19 of the third. Donaldson added an empty-net tally with six seconds left in the game.</p><p>Archambault, with his eighth goal, was tied for third in the league scoring race, with 16 points. Smith was sixth with 13, while Donaldson and defenseman Randy Holt had 11 to tie for 10th.</p><p><b>SALT LAKE:</b> Frank Spring&rsquo;s goalscoring streak of four consecutive games was one of the few cheerful notes for coach Marv Edwards and his Golden Eagles. Two losses and a tie ran their winless string to five games, after they won their first four starts of the season.</p><p>The Hawks were 0-3-1, with one stop left (at Tucson) on an 11-day jaunt that was to include every league city. They had broken even in their first nine games of the campaign, but had dropped to fifth place.</p><p>Edwards refused to panic, however, looking forward to some home games to help the situation. He was also expecting help from the parent California Seals, although unsure how soon it would come. The Eagles had a minimum of bodies, especially on defense, and some people were playing in spite of minor injuries.</p><p>The Eagles were using rookie defenseman Doug Schoenfeld sparingly, stretching out his 10-game pro trial.</p><p>Spring, a 26-year-old left wing and the CHL&rsquo;s biggest player (6-3 and 216), had scored in seven of the nine Eagle games. The Cranbrook, B.C. native is playing with his fifth minor league team. He was with Denver in the CHL last season.</p><p>Spring had the only Eagle goal in two straight games, a 2-1 loss in Tulsa, and the 6-1 setback in OC. His goal came late at Dallas, after the Hawks had taken a 4-2 lead; Brent Meeke (shorthanded) and Tom Jacobs had scoredin the first.</p><p>After Spring scored an early goal in Fort Worth, Paul Shakes and John Martin pulled out the tie in the final period. Martin&rsquo;s first professional goal knotted the count with 14 minutes left. The Eagles peppered Texan goalie Bill Hughes with shots, but he performed &ldquo;highway robbery&rdquo; to preserve the tie.</p><p><b>TULSA:</b> Orland Kurtenbach&rsquo;s Oilers played only one game during the week, and lost that, 5-3 in Fort Worth. The slim schedule knocked the Oilers out of first place, and cost Jim Wiley his CHL scoring lead.</p><p>The light Tulsa schedule allowed the injury-plagued Vancouver Canucks to borrow center Wiley and left wing Brad Gassoff for two weekend games, but they returned without missing any Oiler action.</p><p>Rookie defenseman Len Ircandia got in his first regular-season game, after missing three weeks with a pre-season ankle injury. Defenseman Dennis McCord, who played for Kurt in Seattle last winter, was sent to Fort Wayne in the International League.</p><p><b>TUCSON:</b> The Mavericks broke their nine-game winless streak by taking a 5-3 triumph on Fort Worth ice. But the joy was shortlived, as they were bombed in Dallas and Oklahoma City by margins of 7-3 and 10-3.</p><p>Coming home from a five-game road trip, coach Adam Keller said, &ldquo;We have to turn things around, and get things going on this home stand.&rdquo;</p><p>A couple of deals by World Hockey Association parent clubs brought players to the Mavericks. The Phoenix Roadrunners dealt defenseman Rick Newell and left wing Robbie Watt to the Cleveland Crusaders, who farmed them to Syracuse in the North American League. In return, 28-year-old left wing Grant Erickson joined the Mavericks. His seven pro campaigns included two with Oklahoma City and one with Iowa in the CHL.</p><p>Tucson also got young left wing Jamie Bateman from the San Diego Mariners. In return Inglis went to the Mariners&rsquo; farm at Binghamton in the NAHL.</p><p><b>FORT WORTH:</b> Coach Terry Gray was perturbed when his Texans ran their slump to four games without victory by dropping a 5-3 decision at home to previously winless Tucson.</p><p>In no uncertain terms Gray told the squad that many of them weren&rsquo;t pulling their weight. He asserted he was satisfied with the goaltending of Billy Hughes and Rick Charron, but not with the performance of several others.</p><p>The Texans answered Gray by polishing off the Tulsa Oilers in a 5-3 Friday home game. They were apparently headed for another win at home Saturday, but Salt Lake scored twice in the third period for a 3-3 tie.</p><p>The third period had become disaster time for the Texans. In their first 10 games, they were blanked six times in the last 20 minutes. Overall, their foes had outscored them, 15-8, in the third period.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0032-01

Fashoway Elated As Hawks Put It Together

<p>OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;</p><p>High-scoring defenseman Claire Alexander sparked the Blazers to two victories at home, 7-1 over Salt Lake and 10-3 over Tucson, but the OC crew dropped a 3-1 decision in Dallas, while Alexander was flying back to Canada.</p><p>The former Orillia, Ont. milkman, rookie of the year and most valuable defenseman in the CHL when he played for the Blazers in 1973-74, had threatened to quit pro hockey if he couldn&rsquo;t play for the Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>But after lengthy phone conversations with Leaf brass, Alexander told reporters, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve worked something out. I&rsquo;m going home to get my family and drive back to Ok-lahoma City.&rdquo;</p><p>Before leaving, however, Claire collected three goals in slightly more than nine minutes in the first period to launch the victory over the Mavericks. Les Burgess had two goals in the rout, with others bv Paul Daigle, Jack Valiquette, Bob Sykes, Ken Richardson and Tom Cassidy.</p><p>Two nights earlier Alexander and Cassidy each had two goals in beating Salt Lake, with Mike Kelly, Mike Ruest and Scott Garland also scoring. The only goal Pierre Hamel allowed was by Frank Spring at 17:13 of the middle period. A bench-clearing brawl erupted with nine minutes left in the game, after Blazer Kurt Walker and Eagle Paul Tantardini were boxed for fighting and continued their bout in the penalty box area.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-02138/3536223-1-eng-US/f0032-022.jpg" title="f0032-02" width="566" height="599"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLAIRE ALEXANDER&hellip;Back In Fold</b></figcaption></div><p>With Alexander missing, the Blazers took an early lead on Kelly&rsquo;s goal at Dallas, but couldn&rsquo;t fend off Dallas breakaways in the next two periods.</p><p>&ldquo;We came close,&rdquo; moaned Blazer manager-coach Ray Miron. &ldquo;Mike Veisor made two point-blank saves on Richardson, and another on Cassidy in the second period. Veisor was down, but he flipped up a leg to block Cassidy&rsquo;s shot, they got the puck to L&rsquo;Abbe, and he scored on a breakaway. Instead of 2-0 for us, it was a 1-1 game.&rdquo;</p><p>As a result of their 18-goal week, the Blazers took over the CHL scoring statistics. Cassidy moved to the top with 21 points, on eight goals and 13 assists. Alexander, who had played in only six of their 11 games, was second with 17 points and led the league in goals, with nine. Garland was fifth with 15 points, and Valiquette was tied for eighth with 12.</p><p>Blazer Alf Handrahan led the penalty figures with 74 minutes. Tantardini of Salt Lake had 49, Blazer Paul Evans 48, and Tulsa&rsquo;s Brad Gassoff 47.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0032-02

Blazers Coax Alexander Back After Threatening To Quit

<h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0388/3536303-1-eng-US/f0032-032.jpg" title="f0032-03" width="587" height="307"></div><h2><b>TEAM SCORING DALLAS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0458/3536296-1-eng-US/f0032-042.jpg" title="f0032-04" width="589" height="482"></div><h2><b>OKLAHOMA CITY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0536/3536289-1-eng-US/f0032-052.jpg" title="f0032-05" width="587" height="505"></div><h2><b>TUCSON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0625/3536282-1-eng-US/f0032-062.jpg" title="f0032-06" width="584" height="481"></div><h2><b>FORT WORTH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0718/3536275-1-eng-US/f0032-072.jpg" title="f0032-07" width="589" height="530"></div><h2><b>SALT LAKE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0815/3536268-1-eng-US/f0032-082.jpg" title="f0032-08" width="586" height="483"></div><h2><b>TULSA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-0910/3536261-1-eng-US/f0032-092.jpg" title="f0032-09" width="589" height="480"></div><h2><b>GOALING RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-109/3536254-1-eng-US/f0032-102.jpg" title="f0032-10" width="585" height="330"></div><h2><b>PENALTY LEADER</b></h2><p><b>All Handrohan. Oklahoma CitY, 79 minutes.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0032-03

CHL Statistics

<div class="byline">BY MORLEY HOWE</div><p>SIOUX CITY&mdash;</p><p>United States Hockey League fans are still talking about the early-season scoring exploits of Dave Kartio.</p><p>The Sioux City veteran shot five goals in one game to establish a new team record for the Musketeers. Kartio, playing his fourth season with the Iowa club, counted five times as Sioux City whomped Marquette 10-3. It was the single season high for any USHL scorer.</p><p>Kartio&rsquo;s productivity has contributed greatly to the Musketeers&rsquo; first-place showing in the Southern Division of the league race. The Sioux squad is running ahead of Milwaukee in the tight division struggle to be No. 1. In the Northern Division race, it&rsquo;s Traverse City in a class by itself with an imposing 9-1 record giving the TC&rsquo;s a commanding 11-point lead in first place.</p><p>With most of the USHL firepower centered in the Southern Division, it is little wonder the top five scorers are from this division. Rick Kramp of Central Wisconsin leads with 28 points with teammate Gord Laschuk second with 27. Rick Kennedy of Sioux City is third tied with a third Central Wisconsin performer, D&rsquo;Arcy Keating. Both Have 23 points. Kartio is fourth with 20 points.</p><h2><b>LEADING SCORERS</b></h2><h3>SOUTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-02130/3536372-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="533" height="357"></div><h3>NORTHERN DIVISION</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0396/3536365-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="533" height="362"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0033-02

Around The USHL

<p>SAULTSTE. MARIE&mdash;</p><p>One thing you have to say about Sault Ste. Marie Greyhound manager Angelo Bumbacco. When hockey is involved he&rsquo;s deadly serious.</p><p>For many years the veteran Sault hockey enthusiast furnished St. Catharines Black Hawks with much of their talent in the Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A League.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-01171/3536334-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="256" height="338"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Cary Farelli</b></figcaption></div><p>Phil Esposito, recently involved in the blockbuster NHL trade between Boston Bruins and New York Rangers was sent to St. Catharines through Bumbacco&rsquo;s scouting as well as Matt Ravlich and the Maki brothers Chico, the late Wayne and Bob.</p><p>But four years ago when the Sault finally obtained a major Junior A franchise of their very own Bumbacco became totally involved in junior hockey in his native city.</p><p>He&rsquo;s been general manager since day one and, on occasion, interim coach when the man behind the bench has been fined.</p><p>Last week however he went a step too far when he ordered his team off the ice during a game in Sudbury protesting what he termed bad officiating. At first coach Muzz McPherson was blamed, however, later it was alleged that Bumbacco had given the order and had also signed the game sheet.</p><p>They did return after four and a half minutes but OHA Major Junior A commissionner Tubby Schmalz slapped Angie with $250 fine and warned that any repeat would mean he&rsquo;d be hit in the pocket-book for $250.</p><p>Despite the shennanigans the Greyhounds still lost the game 5-4 against their archrivals, the Sudbury Wolves before almost 5,000 fans.</p><p>John Tavella scored twice for the ounds but this was countered by a three-goal effort by Rod Schutt of the Wolves.</p><p>However, the Sault at least partially I bounced back by holding the Wolves to a 3-3 tie 48 hours later on home ice then stepped into Kitchener and won 8-5, clinching the victory with two goals in the last minute by Tavella and Mike Kaszycki.</p><p>It&rsquo;s a familiar story for the Greyhounds, however, as they are still involved in a fight for the playoffs although the Leyden Division is exceptionally close.</p><p>After three full seasons they have yet to play a post-schedule game.</p><p><b>SUDBURY:</b> The Wolves, who have never won a playoff round in their first three years, in fact had never won a playoff game until last season, look like they could be on the way to better things&hellip;They lead the Leyden Division by a fairly comfortable margin, have lost fewer games and won more than any team in either group and could be the first Northern Ontario club ever to win the major junior A championship&hellip;Tavella saved the Sault from defeat at home with his goal with less than six minutes left in the 3-3 tie with the Wolves who had goals from Mike Golifno, Randy Pierce and Dave Farrish&hellip;Rod Schutt scored three thimes in the Wolves&rsquo; win 5-4 over the Sault and Farrish counted one in the third period for a 4-4 tie in London.</p><p><b>OTTAWA:</b> The 67s are in a bunch with Kingston. Oshawa and the Sault for runner-up position in the Leyden Division behind Sudbury&hellip;Ed Smith scored the game-winner (4-3) in a tight game in St. Catharines, his goal coming mid-way in the third period&hellip;It was his 12th of the year and second of the night&hellip;However, the 67s were upset 53 at home by the unpredictable Oshawa Generals&hellip;Larry Skinner, Peter Lee and Tom MacDonell brought Ottawa back to even terms with Oshawa after they trailed 3-0 but a power-play goal by Peter Vandemark and one into the empty net by Glen Kirkham clinched the two points for the Generals.</p><p><b>KINGSTON:</b> Kingston continues hanging tough in their third year of Major Junior A. beating Peterborough right in Peterborough 6-4 to strengthen their chances of staying among the top four teams which qualify for the playoffs&hellip;Their three goals in the third period made the difference as six players shared the scoring&mdash;Greg Hotham, Larry Murphy, Bob Plumb, Tony McKegney, Dave Hynek and Brad Rhiness. Earlier in the week 67s had lost 7-3 in Ottawa but team is playing well under coach Brian Kilrea and the astute management of former Kitchener Ranger boss Punch Scherer.</p><p><b>OSHAWA:</b> The Generals batted 1.000 during the week winning 5-3 at home with Peterborough and 5-3 on the road in Ottawa&hellip;Coach Gus Bodnar has club playing its best hockey of the season as those two victories followed a crushing 9-1 Victory over London&hellip;Glen Kirkham scored twice in the third period to lift Gens to their 5-3 win in Peterborough. Greg Malone, Geoff Shaw and Paul Gardner added the others&hellip;Greg Redquest played superbly in the nets in their identical 5-3 win in Ottawa, facing 49 shots while managing only25on 67s&rsquo; Jim Fraser.</p><p><b>PETERBOROUGH:</b> The Petes haven&rsquo;t missed the playoffs in more than a decade but barring some super magic by Roger Neilson this will be the season they&rsquo;ll be watching while the others are playing&hellip;At last count they were in last place more than 10 points behind their nearest Leyden Division rival and had only a tie to show in their last four games&hellip;At one time the Petes were invincible at home&hellip;This year they&rsquo;re even having trouble there losing 6-4 to Kinston&hellip;Brad Pirie, Glenn Wagner, Rick Vasko and Mark Kirton scored the Petes&rsquo; goals but fans still loyal as more than 2,000 turned out&hellip;That figure would sit nicely with many other clubs.</p><p><b>HAMILTON:</b> The Fincups continue using more finesse than muscle which is directly opposite to their tactics last season Both ways they won and are winning games, or at least tying&hellip;At home they tied London Knights 3-3 with both goalies Pat Riggin of London and Mark Locken of Hamilton brilliant&hellip;Riggin is the son of former Hamilton and professional goalie Dennis Riggin&hellip;The draw was enough to boost them into first place in the Emms Division which made even their veteran reporter Joe Watkins smile&hellip;Watkins had an even broader smile in St. Catharines when Ted Long scored his ninth of the year in the third period to beat the Hawks 4-3&hellip;Coach Bert Templeton is calmer this year and his team is playing more methodical, better-passing hockey.</p><p><b>LONDON:</b> Knights are keeping right on the heels of Fincups and the Emms Division is shaping up as possibly a two-team fight for the pen-nant&hellip;The Leyden is much closer&hellip;The sawoff between the two ended in a 3-3 tie as reported above as John McCrae scored twice in the third period to bring the Knights back from what seemed like almost certain another tie, this time at home, as Dave Farrish of London scored in the third period to give Sudbury the 4-4 draw&hellip;Bill Long has club playing steady hockey, a vast improvement over a year ago when they missed the playoffs&hellip;In the game with Sudbury Ron Duguay of the Wolves and Alex McKendry were banished from the game&mdash;the former with a match penalty for spearing and the latter for arguing too strenuously with the referee.</p><p><b>KITCHENER:</b> Rangers have risen from the depths of last place under former Sudbury coach Mac McLean and give every indication of making the playoffs this season&hellip;But despite their promise, they lost their only game of the week, 8-5 at home with Sault Ste. Marie&hellip;Like Peterborough fans stick with Rangers through thick and thin and again there were more than 3,000 at game&hellip;Rangers were in the running until John Tavella and Mike Kaszycki scored in the final minute&hellip;Red Laurencestill proving to be a prize package from Peterborough with two more goals&hellip;He leads team in goals and points.</p><p><b>TORONTO:</b> Marlies are not enjoying one of their vintage years but with St. Catharines and Windsor, below them and losing regularly, they seem destined to make the playoffs&hellip;They made a little space between themselves and the Hawks and Spitfires by beating the Spits 5-3 in Markham which is where they play some of their home games&hellip;Cary Farelli had a goal and three assists but still not going as well as he did while three years in Sault Ste. Marie&hellip;But Dukes may yet come up with talent from farm teams which would make them a contender&mdash;as usual.</p><p><b>ST. CATHARINES:</b> Black Hawks acquired Andy Whitby from Oshawa and the colorful right winger&rsquo;s presence doubtless helped at tract the largest St. Catharines crowd of the season, almost 1,400&hellip;That is small by usual Garden City standards but at tendance has declined badly&hellip;However if nothing else it proves there is still interest&hellip;Hawks played well before their better-than-average crowd and, as usual, got away to a fast start against Hamilton on goals by Ken Campbell and Andy Edur&hellip;But the Fincups, with more bench strength, came back to tie it up, then go ahead later in the period and win it on Long&rsquo;s goal with nine minutes left&hellip;Paul Emms has team hustling but some &ldquo;bad goals&rsquo; by their guardians have hurt cause.</p><p><b>WINDSOR:</b> The Spitfires are the new kids on the block and that&rsquo;s just how they&rsquo;re playing&mdash;like a new team&hellip;Mind you they aren&rsquo;t all that bad but have had difficulty adjusting to the faster brand of hockey&hellip;Their 53 loss to Toronto was respectable, but still didn&rsquo;t produce points&hellip;Joel Quenneville, one of the highlights of the Windsor season so far, had two goals John Goodish one&hellip;Spits also lost at home, this time 5-1 to Sudbury, Goodish scoring their only goal midway in the last period after the Wolves had established a 4-0 lead.</p><div class="sidebar"><p>OHA MAJOR HOCKEY LEAGUE<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

f0033-01

Striving To Lift Hounds; Sudbury Flying High In Leyden Race

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-02136/3536441-1-eng-US/f0034-022.jpg" title="f0034-02" width="441" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE MALINOSKI</b></figcaption></div><p>SAGINAW&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>G</span>ear defenseman Gordie Malinoki was handed an indefinite suspension by commissioner Bill Beagan, following his alleged at tack on a linesmen in a game at Port Huron. Malinoski took a swing at linesman Angelo Damico at the tail end of a first-period brawl.</p><p>Malinoski drew a holding, roughing and fighting penalty in a scuffle with Port Huron&rsquo;s Dan Newman. Malinoski threw a towel on the ice after taking his seat in the penalty box and drew a misconduct from referee Sam Sisco.</p><p>Enraged, Malinoski left the box and landed his punch on Damico. He drew a game misconduct.</p><p>The length of Malinoski&rsquo;s suspension and any additional penalty will be determined in an investigation of the inclident by the commissioner.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0034-02

Malinoski Suspended For At tack

<div class="byline">BY BUD GALLMEIER</div><p>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street, Wallaceburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><p>KALAMAZOO&mdash;</p><p>The young Kalamazoo K-Wings have turned the North Division race into a free-for-all. Boasting the longest undefeated string currently running, Kalamazoo has pushed its record to 44-3 for a point total of 11. And while the K-Wings are still in last place, the spread between them and front-skating Saginaw is a scant three points.</p><p>Over the last five games coach Bob Lemieux&rsquo;s hustlin&rsquo; skaters have registered three victories and a pair of ties. More significant is that one of the victories (3-2 at Columbus) and one of the ties (4-4 at Flint) came on the road.</p><p>Most satisfying of the recent conquests was a 3-0 shutout over perennial powerhouse Muskegon. Merlin Jenner was flawless in the nets as he kicked out 35 Muskegon shots. The shutout was the first of the season for the Mohawks.</p><p>The unbeaten string reached five in a thrilling, 3-2 triumphover Columbus at Wing Stadium. Defenseman Ron Wilson got the winning goal with just 50 seconds of playing time remaining, Mike Wanchuk and Brett Callighen scored earlier for the Wings. Wan-chuk&rsquo;s goal was his seventh of the season while Callighen&rsquo;s was his first since rejoining the club.</p><p>The K-Wings defense received some added boost with the arrival from Detroit of Frank Bathe. Bathe is a six-foot, 185-pounder. Goalie Jim Makey was recalled by Detroit for reassignment leaving the Wings with two goalies, Jenner and Marcel LaBelle.</p><p><b>SAGINAW:</b> The Gears finally were stopped at Port Huron, 5-2, after going through eight games unbeaten. Despite the setback, the Gears hung onto first place with a 1-1-1 weekend. Saginaw has a 5-2-4 record and 14 points, two more than Flint, Muskegon and Port Huron all tied for the runner up spot.</p><p>Featuring the Gears&rsquo; run of eight games without a loss was a 9-2 bombing of the defending Turner Cup champion Toledo Goaldiggers in Toledo. The nine-goal blast is the most ever scored against the second-year club. Darcy Ryan scored a pair of goals in the rOut and seven other players got one each.</p><p>Following the loss at Port Huron, the Gears bounced back to salvage a tie with Muskegon on Jimmy Johnston&rsquo;s goal in the final two minutes of play. The loss was the 11th straight for the Mohawks in Saginaw. Johnston&rsquo;s goal was his fourth over the last four games.</p><p><b>FLINT:</b> Manpower problems have been the major factor in a recent General slump. Right winger Bob Goode-now is out for at least three weeks with a broken hand and high-scoring Doug Manchak suffered an eye injury when struck by a puck in a 3-0 loss at Fort Wayne. Manchuk scored 61 goals for the Generals last season.</p><p>In addition to the loss by injuries, the Generals suspended Marty Reynolds, veteran centerman. The current slump includes a 5-4 loss to Toledo at home&mdash;Flint&rsquo;s first home defeat of the season. The Generals are also winless on the road but still have a share of second place and remain just two out of first.</p><p><b>MUSKEGON:</b> Coach and general manager Moose Lallo has been forced to shuffle his line combinations to cover for the injured Marcel Labrosse. who underwent knee surgery recently tor torn ligaments and is lost to the blub until mid-December. Lallo is hopeful defenseman Carlo Torresan, out with a bruised shoulder, will return soon.</p><p><b>PORT HURON:</b> Veteran center Len Fontaine scored the 150th goal of his IHL career in a 4-3 loss at Fort Wayne. Fontaine&rsquo;s goal was the Flag&rsquo;s third in the final four minutes as they staged a furious rally before finally running out of time.</p><p>Coach-manager Bob McCammon pulled Goalie Bill Oleschuk with 2.59 remaining, shortly after Daye Faulkner had broken Robbie Irons&rsquo; shutout. Thirty nine seconds later. Larry Huras cut the Fort Wayne lead to 4-2. McCammon pulled Oleschuk again with 1:56 remaining. This time it took Fontaine just 32 seconds to score, cutting the margin to 4-3. Oleschuk vacated the final time with 56 seconds remaining but the Komets managed to rideoutthestorm.</p><p><b>TOLEDO:</b> The best team on the road (four victories) Toledo continues to-have trouble at home. In the last two appearances at home the Diggers were bombed by Saginaw, 9-2, and held to a 3-3 tie by last-place Columbus. On the road the Diggers are a different club. They ended the week with a 5-4 triumph at Flint, the first homeloss of the season for the Generals.</p><p>&ldquo;I think our club plays better on a larger ice surface. And maybe they are a little more relaxed away from home. Our fans haven&rsquo;t seen this club at its best yet,&rdquo; said coach and general manager Ted Garvin following the 9-2 slaughter by Saginaw.</p><p><b>DAYTON:</b> Coach Tommy McVie has been getting early dividends from a recent line shift. The switch put left wing Stan Jonathon on a line with Brian Kinsella and Mike Powers. Jonathon had been skating with Rick Bragnalo and Steve Self, the trio forming the Gems&rsquo; major production unit.</p><p>But Jonathon has been producing with his new linemates and Self and Bragnalo have been doing okay also. In a recent 5-2 win over Port Huron. Self scored a pair of goals with assists from Bragnalo both times, Johnathon scored with help from Kinsella and Powers and Kinsella scored assisted by Powers and Jonathon. Kinsella appears to have benefitted the most individually from the new line assignments. He scored four goals in the last three games.</p><p><b>FORT WAY NE:</b> Injuries and a lack of offense from his young forwards has forced Ralph Keller to make some unorthodox changes on his young Komet squad. Injuries to Bob Watson (eye) and Greg Clause (broken collarbone) took two wingers out of the lineup. And because the Komets have been suffering from lack of a consistent offense. Keller has converted three defensemen to front liners. And it appears to be working.</p><p><b>COLUMBUS:</b> Jean Marie Nicol made a success of the Owls&rsquo; first &ldquo;Guarantee win night&rdquo; when he scored early in the third period, breaking a 2-2 tie and giving Columbus a 3-2 win over Fort Wayne. Columbus Owner Al Savill had tabbed the game with Fort Wayne as &ldquo;guarantee win night&rdquo; and promised Owl fans a ticket to a future game should the Owls not come through. This made the victory worth about $9,(XX) to Savill&mdash;the figure he expected he-would. have had to give away in tickets had the Komets won.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-01186/3536410-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="563" height="604"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIMMY JOHNSTON&hellip;On Scoring Run</b></figcaption></div><h2>IHL Leaders</h2><h3>LEADING SCORERS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-03106/3536403-1-eng-US/f0034-032.jpg" title="f0034-03" width="587" height="487"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Kalamazoo Rolls Into Contention; Gears Rebound After Streak Stopped

<div class="byline">BY HOWIE STALWICK</div><p>NELSON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>V</span>ictories haven&rsquo;t come all that regularly of late for the Nelson Leafs, but when the Western International League six does pick up a win they sure make it count.</p><p>Plagued by a variety of player losses in the season&rsquo;s early weeks, the Leafs snapped a five-game losing skid recently with a 6-0 walloping of high-riding Cranbrook.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-02146/3536472-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="247" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Eric Nesterenko</b></figcaption></div><p>Not only was the Leaf success their first triumph in three weeks, but it lifted them out of last place, marked the first shutout recorded in the league this season, and was only the second defeat handed to the first-place Royals.</p><p>Rookie netminder Greig Hayes earned the zero with the help of several stout Maple Leaf penalty-killing efforts, and Ted Hargreaves picked up a pair of goals to boost his team-leading points total to 15.</p><p><b>KIMBERLEY:</b> Maybe Nelson&rsquo;s luck is finally starting to improve, but Dynamiter coach Bill Stevenson just might need a straight-jacket pretty soon if his club doesn&rsquo;t stop dropping one-goal decisions. The Dynos&rsquo; season ledger dipped to 3-6 when Trail beat them in overtime 6-5, Kimberly&rsquo;s fifth loss by a single goal&mdash;and the only other defeat was by two goals. Dennis Schick collected two goals in that&rsquo; game, however, tying him with Cranbrook&rsquo;s Hugh Christiaens for league scoring honors with 17 points apiece.</p><p><b>CRANBROOK:</b> Christiaens has been one of the few healthy Royals of late, forcing coach Gerry Goyer back to the ice in several recent games.</p><p>Calgary of the World Hockey Association came to the Royals rescue by sending down former Harvard University star Dave Gauthier. Local junior product Chris Becker continues his fine play, and has taken over the top spot in Skyway Cup stanings in the Royals&rsquo; &lsquo;Three Stars&rdquo; competition.</p><p><b>TRAIL:</b> The Smokies broke even in a pair of overtime thrillers the same weekend, bowing to Spokane 4-3 after the aforementioned win overKimberley.</p><p>Coach Norm Dennis has sparkled when in uniform, but he&rsquo;s uncertain whether he wants to accept the playing-mentor role permanently. His fellow major league alumnus, general manager Eric Nesterenko, hit for his first WIHL goal against Kimberley.</p><p><b>SPOKANE:</b> Coach Tom Hodges still hasn&rsquo;t been able to ignite the talent-laden Flyers, and he&rsquo;s promising now that a player shake-up is coming.</p><p>Left winger Ken Gustafson netted the overtime winner versus Trail. He and linemate Bob Trem-becky now lead the club in scoring with 16 points, while Jim Stanfield is tied for the league goals lead with Christiaens of Cranbrook with nine. Bill Laing was recalled to Edmonton of the WHA for an expected one-week stay.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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The WIHL Scene

<div class="byline">BY GARY CLARK</div><p>LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY, LTD. Arnold Street, Wallaciburg, Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada</p><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p>Philadelphia Flyers&hellip;Buffalo Sabres&hellip;Vancouver Canucks. It hardly seems possible that less than a decade has passed since the beginning of the expansion era in hockey especially when you consider that three of the four divisional races in the NHL last year were won by those three teams, expansion teams all.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-01154/3536534-1-eng-US/f0036-012.jpg" title="f0036-01" width="275" height="375"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Steve At kinson</b></figcaption></div><p>The NHL claims an excellent achievement in parity to have created competitive expansion teams so soon. But the North American League will take second seat to none when it comes to successful expansion teams. They too have produced winners from new clubs, but will a difference. The NAHL has the knack for doing it instantaneously.</p><p>In 1974-75 the NAHL introduced the Philadelphia Firebirds, and in doing so created a fine team. The Birds battled for first place most of the season and finished with a record of 40-31-.3 for a strong second place standing.</p><p>In 1975-76 the League has another expansion team performing like a genuine contender, the Buffalo Norsemen. The parallels between the new Norsemen and the 1974-75 Firebirds are striking.</p><p>Both teams are located in areas that are hockey mad. Both teams share their cities with fabulously successful NHL franchises. Bot theams have working agreements with the &ldquo;big brother&rdquo; of their cities. And most importantly, the Norsemen are waging a see-saw battle for first place with the defending Lockhart Cup champions just as did the Firebirds last season.</p><p>The Norsemen lost their first two games, but ever since their 12-1 rout of Mohawk Valley in their third, they have been rolling. Their record just prior to a two-game trip to Beauce and Maine stood at nine wins, four losses. That gave them 18 points, just one more that the Johnstown Jets, with whom they have been neck and neck since the second week of the season.</p><p>The Norsemen have the look of a legitimate contender and not just an early-season pretender. They are strong in the nets and they have the firepower to match anyone goal for goal.</p><p>In goal they have been receiving strong performances from young Houston Aero property Bill Cheropita and veteran major leaguer Les Binkley. They form an interesting tandem. Cheropita is long on natural ability and short on experience. Binkley makes up for what the years may have taken from his abiltiy with the savvy acquired in 271 major league games.</p><p>But the Norsemen are not going to win any trophies for allowing the fewest goals in the NAHL. Their game is &ldquo;you score six, I&rsquo;ll score seven.&rdquo; They have the horses to play it well.</p><p>Their number one line has Steve At kinson centering for right wing Bryan McSheffrey and left wing Larry Gould. Whenever the Norsemen have a power play that trio is joined on the ice by player-coach Guy Trottier.</p><p>A potent combination it is. Through 13 games all four of them were scoring at a pace that would shatter the NAHL season scoring record of 124 points held by Luc Simard. At kinson and Gould each had 26 points while McSheffrey had 21 and Trottier was close behind with 18. Trottier had scored 12 goals and seven of them had come on power plays. No figures are yet available from the NAHL for team power-play efficiency, but the Norsemen had to rank at or near the top.</p><p>The Norsemen are thinnest at defense, where the recall of Paul Heaver left the team with only four blueliners, three of them pro rookies. No one realizes that problem better than general manager Willie Marshall who has been searching everywhere for experienced defensemen.</p><p>So far the Norsemen&rsquo;s formula for success seems to be to score as many goals as they can as quickly as they can and not to look back. Since they were leading the NAHL in scoring and were in first place in the League&rsquo;s Western Division to boot, that doesn&rsquo;t seem like such a bad idea after all.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Expansion Norsemen Look Like Strong Contender

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Philadelphia Firebirds were considered to be a contender before the start of 1975-76 off their strong second place finish last year and the return of many of their 1974-75 stars. Yet after 10 games the Birds were grounded with but two wins and a last place standing in the NAHL&rsquo;s Western Division.</p><p>Last week the Birds took off winning three in a row and center Michel Plante was instrumental in the turnaround. Plante contributed five goals and six assists to the Philly surge. Four of his five goals came on power plays giving him a total of seven power-play goals in only 13 games this season. That equeals the season team mark set by Bob Collyard last year.</p><p>For his top-notch performance during the week of Nov. 3 thru Nov. 9, Michel Plante has been named as the North American Hockey League player of the week.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Plante Helps Birds Get Off The Ground

<p>ST. GEORGES DE BEAUCE&mdash;</p><p>The North American&rsquo; Hockey League, like all other hockey leagues, has had its share of unfortunate incidents so far this season. But by far the most serious occurred on Fri. Nov. 7 when the Mohawk Valley Comets Beauce Jaros game being &ldquo;played&rdquo; in the Quebec city was halted after two periods of play because of what Brian Conacher called a &ldquo;riot on the ice&rdquo;. The game was declared &ldquo;no contest&rdquo; by referee Eric Manship.</p><p>Manship&rsquo;s action came after a fight-filled game erupted into total mayhem as the teams were leaving the ice for the second intermission. It was uncertain what precipitated the clash, but what was know was that there were idiotic acts of brutality by players of both teams. Among the incidents cited in referee Manship&rsquo;s report to the commissioner: one player viciously biting another on the nose; one player breaking another player&rsquo;s nose with a twohanded swing of a stick; one player beating on another despite the. second player&rsquo;s apparent unconsciousness.</p><p>Ugly would seem hardly a sufficient description for the scene. The Beauce fans were reported to have jeered and littered the ice in protest of what they were witnessing. Some were said to have demanded refunds for their season tickets.</p><p>The reaction to the brawl by the or NAHL League Office was swift and stern. Commissioner Jack Timmins conferred by phone throughout Saturday with Manship and WHA Supervisor of Officials Bob Frampton. Within 24 hours of the game he had handed out four indefinite suspensions. Bannished were Jaros coach Marc Picard, Jaros&rsquo; players Gilles Bilodeau and Michel Gameau and Comets&rsquo; defenseman Bob O&rsquo;Reilly.</p><p>The commissioner pursued the investigation, taking a complete written report from Manship and meeting with him to confer personally. By the middle of the following week Timmins had announced the following suspensions: Michel Garneau, 10 games; Gilles Bilodeau, three games; Yves Arch-ambeault, three games; and O&rsquo;Reilly, four games. Coach Picard continued under indefinite suspension. Stiff fines were also given with the suspensions.</p><p>Garneau, who had been accused of other unjustifiable altercations and who had once before been suspended, was immediately placed on waivers by the Jaros and then released.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

“Riot On Ice” Mars NAHL

<div class="byline">BY RALPH BRIDGLAND</div><p>SOREL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>orel Black Hawks have won nine games, lost 10 and tied two in their 21 outings thus far in the 1975-76 Quebec Major Junior Hockey League campaign.</p><p>The Hawks have the fifth best offensive record in the league with 94 goals scored and own the worst goals-against mark with 123 goals having been scored against them.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-01143/3536613-1-eng-US/f0037-012.jpg" title="f0037-01" width="290" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Normand Dupont</b></figcaption></div><p>Those figures aren&rsquo;t exactly the kind which bring a smile to a coach&rsquo;s face but surprisingly Rodrique Lemoyne has his club in first place in the East Division and is looking towards bigger and better things come the new year.</p><p>The goals-against figure is the one that most coaches worry about but said Lemoyne, &ldquo;It looks worse than it is. Except for four games it&rsquo;s not that bad.&rdquo;</p><p>The four contests Lemoyne was referring to were: 14-2 loss to Cornwall, 15-3 drubbing in Chicoutimi, 10-2 setback in Sherbrooke and another 9-4 pasting against Sherbrooke. That&rsquo;s a total 48 goals against in only four games and brings the club&rsquo;s defensive record back to respectiability for the remainder of their games.</p><p>&ldquo;The fact that we&rsquo;re playing with a lot of players of midget age hasn&rsquo;t helped any either,&rdquo; continued the Sorel mentor. &ldquo;We have four 16-year-olds on the club. Experience for these young players will help. They&rsquo;ve improved greatly in two weeks so in two months they should be that much better.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Realistically we can finish first in the East Division.&rsquo;&rsquo;</p><p>But the Black Hawks are playing under. 500 hockey and holding the upper hand in their section.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to play better than. 500 hockey,&rdquo; opined Lemoyne. &ldquo;Some teams in the West are starting to have trouble and that will make our division stronger.&rdquo;</p><p>The Hawks demonstrated that they have reached the point of on-ice maturity earlier than even coach Lemoyne had hoped as they racked up three straight victories and outscored their opposition 21-8.</p><p>Richard David scored twice to lead Sorel to a 4-1 home ice win over Hull. Then the Black Hawks turned their offensive guns loose as they revenged the earlier lopsided defeat to Chicoutimi with an 11-5 verdict. David and Richard Dalpe scored three times apiece to lead the way. And to cap off the week&rsquo;s activities they downed the stumbling Shawinigan Dynamos 6-2 to capture sole possession of first place.</p><p>If the Hawks continue to play the kind of hockey they have recently displayed Lemoyne won&rsquo;t have to worry about his club reaching the. 500 mark and Sorel may well have a division pennant winner in 1975-76.</p><p><b>CHICOUTIMI:</b> Sagueneens had up and down seven days winning only once in four outings, 4-3 in Trois-Rivieres. Andre Boudreault&rsquo;s second goal of the game mid-way through the final period proved to be the winner&hellip;Saga also managed 5-5 home ice draw with Laval as Robert Leblanc paced their at tack with two markers&hellip;Losses were3-2 to Quebec and 11-5 to Sorel&hellip;Club has now fallen one point behind Black Hawks in race for top spot in East but holds a game in hand on Sorel.</p><p><b>TROIS-RIVIERES:</b> Draveurs remain within stiking distance of Black Hawks despite dropping two straight&hellip;Bernard Chamberlain scored lone tally in 6-1 loss in Sherbrooke while goals from Gaetan Boucher, Daniel Desjardins and Boudreault were not enough as Draveurs-lost 4-3 to Chicoutimi Gaetan Boucher continues hot scoring &ldquo;pace with 17 goals and 18 assists for 35 points.</p><p><b>QUEBEC:</b> After getting off to extremely slow start Remparts appear ready to challenge for division lead&hellip;Registered victories over Chicoutimi, 3-2, and Hull, 8-2&hellip;Remi Levesque&rsquo;s marker early in the third period provided winning margin over Sags while Jean Gagnon and Michel Frechette had hat tricks in romp over Festivals&hellip;Remparts still having problems offensively as they rank eighth in the league with 86 goals.</p><p><b>SHAWINIGAN:</b> Dynamos stretched their losing streak to 10 games and got themselves more deeply entrenched in East Division cellar&hellip;Club dropped 7-2 decision in Montreal and was then clipped 6-2 by Sorel&hellip;Things appear to be getting worse rather than better in Shawinigan as club owns worst offensive record and ranks ninth in against category.</p><p><b>SHERBROOKE:</b> Beavers trail Cornwall by slim margin in West Division&hellip;Played. 500 hockey with a win, a tieanda loss&hellip;Robert Simpson tallied twice to lead Beavers over Trois-Rivieres 6-1&hellip;Fernand Leblanc and Ray Roy scored in 2-2 tie with Cornwall&hellip;Club dropped 6-5 decision in Laval for the second time this season&hellip;Peter Marsh fourth in league joints race with 39 including 20 goals.</p><p><b>CORNWALL:</b> Royals grabbed West Division lead after counting five of a possible six points during past week&hellip;Registered 5-4 and 7-4 home ice wins over Laval and Montreal respectively but most important contest was 2-2 sawoff in Sherbrooke&hellip;Trailing 2-0 with seven minutes remaining in the game Jamie Conroy and Pierre Brassard scored for the Royals to even the count and keep Cornwall one point ahead of Sherbrooke&hellip;Brassard QMJHL&rsquo;s leading goal-getter with 23 in 21 games.</p><p><b>MONTREAL:</b> Juniors continue to challenge for top spot despite dropping two in a row on the road&hellip;Normand Dupont scored three times in Cornwall but club came out on short end of 7-4 score&hellip;Dupont got Juniors&rsquo; only tally in 4-1 loss to Festivals in Hull&hellip;Dupont ranks second in League points race with 42 including 19 goals, and is a definite threat to recapture the scoring crown which he won last season.</p><p><b>HULL:</b> Festivals staying close to Montreal but inconsistent performances could see them slip farther behind&hellip;Lost 4-1 in Sorel, came back to down Montreal 4-1 at home and then lost 8-2 in Quebec&hellip;Mike Harquail, Jean-Marc Grandmaitre, Ric Garcia and Val Mitchell tallied in win over Montreal&hellip;Coach Marcel Pronovost&rsquo;s squad playing well defensively but lacking scoring punch necessary for a winning club.</p><p><b>LAVAL:</b> Nationals continue to have problems geting out of West Division basement but 6-5 home-ice win over Sherbrooke had to make coach Jacques St. Jean a little more optimistic&hellip;Club also gained 5-5 tie in Chicoutimi as Denis Roy scored twice&hellip;In Cornwall a late rally fell just short as the Nationals were edged 5-4&hellip;Michel Bossy third in league points race with 41, 21 goals and 20 assists.</p><div class="sidebar"><p>Quebec Major Hockey League<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

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Black Hawks Continually Improving; Cornwall Grabs West Division Lead

<h2><b>WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Sat. Nov. 8)</b></p><h3><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-02110/3536700-1-eng-US/f0037-022.jpg" title="f0037-02" width="589" height="183"></div><h3><b>WESTERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0380/3536693-1-eng-US/f0037-032.jpg" title="f0037-03" width="587" height="183"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sat. Nov. 1</b></p><p>Medicine Hot 5 at Flin Flon 5; Brandon 2 at Victoria 6.</p><p><b>San. Nov. 2</b></p><p>Medicine Hat 14 at Flin Flon 7; Calgary 9 at Lethbridge 7; Victoria 2 of Kamloops 8; Brandon 2 at New Westminster 5; Winnipeg 5 at Saskatoon 6.</p><p><b>Tue. Nov. 4</b></p><p>Brandon 2 at Victoria 6; Winnipeg 5 at Saskatoon 6.</p><p><b>Wed. Nov. 5</b></p><p>Calgary 4 at Regina 3; Brandon 2 at Kamloops 7; Medicine Hot 7 at Winnipeg 7.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 6</b></p><p>Lethbridge 1 at Komloops 13</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 7</b></p><p>Edmonton 3 at Regina 3; Lethbridge 3 at New Westminster 2; Calgary 2 at Saskatoon 4; Medicine Hat 9 at Winnipeg 4.</p><h2><b>ONTARIO MAJOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standingson Fri. Nov. 141</b></p><h3><b>EMMS DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0464/3536686-1-eng-US/f0037-042.jpg" title="f0037-04" width="584" height="185"></div><h3><b>LEYDEN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0548/3536679-1-eng-US/f0037-052.jpg" title="f0037-05" width="587" height="186"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Tue. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Hamilton 4, Peterborough 1; St. Catharines 7, Oshawa 7; Sault Ste Morie 10, Kitchener 4; Kingston 7, Ottawa 3.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Ottawa 3, Peterborough 3; Windsor 6, Toronto 3; Hamilton 2, Sudbury 1.</p><h2><b>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL</b></h2><p><b>(Standingson Mon. Nov. 10)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0639/3536672-1-eng-US/f0037-062.jpg" title="f0037-06" width="583" height="158"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Thu. Nov. 13)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0731/3536665-1-eng-US/f0037-072.jpg" title="f0037-07" width="587" height="187"></div><h2><b>ONTARIO PROVINCIAL JUNIOR</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Sat. Nov. 15)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0827/3536658-1-eng-US/f0037-082.jpg" title="f0037-08" width="592" height="349"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC MAJOR LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Standings on Sat. Nov. 15)</b></p><h3><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0924/3536651-1-eng-US/f0037-092.jpg" title="f0037-09" width="585" height="163"></div><h3><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-1021/3536644-1-eng-US/f0037-102.jpg" title="f0037-10" width="588" height="156"></div><h3><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h3><p><b>Sun. Nov. 9</b></p><p>Shawinigan 2 at Montreal 7; Quebec 3 at Chicoutimi 2; Laval 4 at Cornwall 5; Trois-Rivieres 1 at Sherbrooke 6; Hull 1 at Sorel 4.</p><p><b>Mon. Nov. 10</b></p><p>Sherbrooke 5 at Laval 6.</p><p><b>Tues. Nov. 11</b></p><p>Montreal 1 at Hull 4; Chicoutimi 4 at Trois-Rivieres 3</p><p><b>wed. Nov. 12</b></p><p>Chicoutimi 5 at Sorel 11.</p><p><b>Thu. Nov. 13</b></p><p>Montreal 4 at Cornwall 7.</p><p><b>Fri. Nov. 14</b></p><p>Hull 2 at Quebel 8 Shawingan 2; Cornwall 2 at Sherbrooke 2.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOW THEY STAND

<div class="byline">BY DOUG DOUGHTY</div><p>HAMPTON&mdash;</p><p>After spending most of his career in someone else&rsquo;s shadow. Hamptons Pat Donnelly is finding it nice to be in the limelight for a change.</p><p>The 22-year-old Donnelly, who was never under pro contract until this season, is cur rently leading the Southern Hockey League in scoring (10 goals, 16 assists) for the second-place Gulls.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-01168/3536769-1-eng-US/f0038-012.jpg" title="f0038-01" width="243" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Yvon Dupuis</b></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;As long as we&rsquo;re winning. I don&rsquo;t care if I don&rsquo;t score for five games,&rdquo; said Donnelly of his feverish pace. &ldquo;But, now that I&rsquo;ve got the (scoring) lead, I don&rsquo;t plan on giving it up.&rdquo;</p><p>Donnelly, who came here last year along with coach John Brophy, had the kind of season that most people would like to brag about&mdash;33 goals and 37 assists in 58 games. But teammate Claude Chartre, also a center, got most of the headlines as he finished second in the league in scoring.</p><p>It&rsquo;s been that way all along for Donnelly, who grew up with three older brothers in Detroit. All three were goalies, including Pete, who is with Quebec of the WHA. But, goaltending wasn&rsquo;t something that appealed to the youngest of the brook.</p><p>&ldquo;Frankly, it bored me. I gave up goaltending in bantams,&rsquo;&rsquo; said Pat &ldquo;I became a wing and then switched to center three years ago&rdquo;.</p><p>Also contributing to Donnelly&rsquo;s lack of notoriety was another set of brothers, now winning championship rings along with their father for the Houston Aeros. Throughout the Junior Red Wing ranks, Donnelly played with Mark and Marty Howe.</p><p>&ldquo;I played a lot oh the power play with Mark,&rdquo; said Donnelly. &ldquo;I Can assure you, they were both something special at that level.&rdquo;</p><p>While the Howes went straight to the pros, Donnelly was virtually ignored by the big league clubs. &ldquo;I thought I was good enough to play,&rdquo; he recalls, &ldquo;but noonewantedto take a look at me.&rdquo;</p><p>Finally, Donnelly caught on with the Long Island Cougars (NAHL), coached by Brophy. He spent a season there and moved on when Brophy was named to head the Gulls before last season.</p><p>Despite several nagging injuries&mdash;a pinched nerve and stretched ligaments&mdash;Donnelly got his just rewards after last season. He was signed to a contract by the WHA Cincinnati Stingers.</p><p>In fact, that may be the single reason most responsibile for his quick start this year.</p><p>&ldquo;It helps your confidence when You&rsquo;ve got a big-league contract,&rdquo; explained Donnelly. &ldquo;I just regret that I started too slowly in training camp.</p><p>&ldquo;It was my own fault. I didn&rsquo;t do enough running,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;Things really began to pick up the last four days, though.&rdquo;</p><p>All of the Gulls&rsquo; players went to camp with Cincinnati and Donnelly credits that for Hampton&rsquo;s early-season success. &ldquo;We were really flying high,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but, after that, we got kind of big-headed.&rdquo;</p><p>During a brief slump, the Gulls lost their league lead to Charlotte and were threatened by third-place Roanoke.</p><p>&ldquo;Just because we were playing well, it didn&rsquo;t mean we had to stop working,&rdquo; Donnelly lamented. &ldquo;Our defense has had a few meetings and I think were just about to put it together again.&rdquo;</p><p><b>CHARLOTTE:</b> Yvon Dupuis scored back-to-back hat tricks as Checkers built a six-game win streak. Newly moved to left wing from the right side, Dupuis took over SHL goalscoring lead with 12&hellip;Winning streak finally ended in 6-3 loss to Greensboro&hellip;Knee injury to Gaye Cooley gave backup Bryan Cousineau an opportunity in goal. Slimmed-down Cousineau, once called &lsquo;Beachball by his teammates, responded with consecutive wins over Tidewater. Cousineau had 5-0 shutout in Sharks&rsquo; building.</p><p><b>ROANOKE VALLEY:</b> Eddie Humphreys posted first shutout for Rebels in 88 games, beating Winston-Salem 6-0&hellip;Rebs followed with 3-2 win over Tidewater, drawing season-high crowd of 4,590&hellip;Dale MacLeish rejoined team after two-year absence. He&rsquo;d been with Philadelphia of the NAHL. MacLeish, the brother of Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; Rick MacLeish, scored in first game after coming back. Defenseman Morley Johnson also expected to rejoin club&hellip;Released were Ron Ashton and Herman Karp&hellip;In seven game stretch, Roanoke Valley won six and tied one. John Raynak continued to lead club in scoring.</p><p><b>WINSTON-SALEM:</b> Polar Twins left coach Forbes Kennedy in agony, losing three in a row, six of seven&hellip;&rsquo;&rsquo;There&rsquo;ll be some new faces in here, that&rsquo;s for sure,&rdquo; said Kennedy. &ldquo;It might be a week or two, but there will be some changes&rdquo;&hellip;Un-characteristically, Polar Twins lacked &ldquo;policeman&rdquo;&hellip;Attendance was also down to 1,741 average for eight home dates&hellip;Angus Beck maintained club scoring lead (eight goals, eight assists), followed by Billy Morris. Bob Champoux has still not missed a game in goal. Bob Smith is the backup&hellip;Kennedy drew two-game suspension for an altercation with a referee sitting out games of Nov. 18and 19.</p><p><b>GREENSBORO:</b> Sellout crowd of 3,600 turned out to see Generals upset Charlotte 6-3 at Piedmont Ice Are na&hellip;Most came to watch sensational rookie Bobby Russell, who scored four goals in first two games. Russell, just 20, was first-round pick of Edmonton Oilers, who sent him to Greensboro. Winger Doug Kerslake also arrived from Edmonton&hellip;Greensboro general manager Pat Shetler continued unusual role as hockey GM and general manager of Winston-Salem Red Sox baseball team. Shetler was NHL referee 1966-71&hellip;Allie Sutherland continued as top scorer&hellip;Greensboro&rsquo;s protest of Nov. 13 game which Roanoke won, 3-2, was disallowed by SHL commissioner Jack Riley.</p><p><b>TIDEWATER:</b> Sharks&rsquo; franchise appeared in jeopardy as general manager Dave Rosenfield set deadline for new funds&hellip;Former Tidewater Red Wings fans continued boycott of new team, as Sharks at tendance stayed at 1,300 mark&hellip;Team picked up goalie Randy Burchell and added winger Ron Ashton, cut by Roanoke&hellip;Sharks lost 10 of 11 before beating Winston-Salem 6-3. Recent acquisition Doug Hearns scored first goal of the game and drove in tie breaker. John Tweedle scored first goal as pro&hellip;Camille Lapierre, who had 10 goals to lead club, told Sharks that he may have to retire for personal reasons.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hampton’s Donnelly Giving Hockey Career Upturn

<div class="byline">BY JOHN ARNOLD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0038-0459/3536800-1-eng-US/f0038-042.jpg" title="f0038-04" width="929" height="1264"></div><h2><b>Solution in December 5 Issue</b></h2><h3><b>Across</b></h3><p><b>1&mdash;Former NHLforward.</b></p><p><b>7&mdash;One of the Bruins, (init)</b></p><p><b>8&mdash;Black gold.</b></p><p><b>9&mdash;Conjunction.</b></p><p><b>11&mdash;15th and 2nd letters of the alphabet.</b></p><p><b>12&mdash;Twin vowels.</b></p><p><b>13&mdash;Skov answers to this.</b></p><p><b>14&mdash;California defenseman.</b></p><p><b>16&mdash;An NHLdefenseman.</b></p><p><b>17&mdash;Players chew this.</b></p><p><b>18&mdash;Vermont, (abbr.)</b></p><p><b>20&mdash;Number worn by Bill White.</b></p><p><b>21&mdash;Body of water.</b></p><p><b>22&mdash;1952-54 Hart Trophy winner.</b></p><p><b>27&mdash;Former At lanta defenseman.</b></p><p><b>28&mdash;Initials of Kurtenbach.</b></p><p><b>29&mdash;An NHL linesman answers to this.</b></p><p><b>30&mdash;Allright, (slang)</b></p><p><b>32&mdash;Short for sister.</b></p><p><b>33&mdash;Bathgate answers to this.</b></p><h3><b>Down</b></h3><p><b>1&mdash;One of the Penguins.</b></p><p><b>2&mdash;High scoring Buffalo forward.</b></p><p><b>3&mdash;27 across answers to this.</b></p><p><b>4&mdash;The Islanders played 22 of these last season.</b></p><p><b>5&mdash;9th and 12th letters of the alphabet.</b></p><p><b>6&mdash;An injury to one is painful.</b></p><p><b>10&mdash;A Ranger center.</b></p><p><b>13&mdash;Former NHLforward.</b></p><p><b>15&mdash;9th and 18th letters of the alphabet.</b></p><p><b>19&mdash;Pictured player.</b></p><p><b>23&mdash;Same as 8 across.</b></p><p><b>24&mdash;One of the Flames. (init)</b></p><p><b>25&mdash;One of the Canucks answers to this.</b></p><p><b>26&mdash;Negative reply.</b></p><p><b>27&mdash;Prince Edward Island, (abbr.)</b></p><p><b>29&mdash;Native Province of Lowell MacDonald.</b></p><p><b>31&mdash;One of the Habs. (init)</b></p><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</b></h2><h3><b>Across</b></h3><p><b>1&mdash;STAPLETON 8&mdash;WALTON.</b></p><p><b>9&mdash;CARL.</b></p><p><b>11&mdash;ALTO.</b></p><p><b>13&mdash;ACES.</b></p><p><b>14&mdash;HJ.</b></p><p><b>16&mdash;ONE.</b></p><p><b>17&mdash;EAR.</b></p><p><b>18&mdash;R.R.</b></p><p><b>20&mdash;IRVIN.</b></p><p><b>23&mdash;O.D.</b></p><p><b>25&mdash;N.E.</b></p><p><b>26&mdash;VACHON.</b></p><p><b>29&mdash;E.T.</b></p><p><b>30&mdash;ATANAS.</b></p><p><b>31&mdash;STAN.</b></p><p><b>32&mdash;S.K</b></p><h3><b>Down</b></h3><p><b>1&mdash;STCATHARINE</b></p><p><b>2&mdash;AWREY.</b></p><p><b>3&mdash;PALS.</b></p><p><b>4&mdash;LL</b></p><p><b>5&mdash;E.T.A.</b></p><p><b>6&mdash;TOLEDO</b></p><p><b>7&mdash;ONT.</b></p><p><b>10&mdash;AC.</b></p><p><b>12&mdash;OILERS.</b></p><p><b>15&mdash;JARRETT.</b></p><p><b>19&mdash;MOHNS.</b></p><p><b>21&mdash;IVAN.</b></p><p><b>22&mdash;NAT.</b></p><p><b>24&mdash;DOAK.</b></p><p><b>27&mdash;C.A.</b></p><p><b>28&mdash;N.S.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY BILL HILTS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0039-01151/3536831-1-eng-US/f0039-012.jpg" title="f0039-01" width="336" height="418"></div><h2><b>Mid-Atlantic League</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Philadelphia Junior Flyers play nine of their home games at the Centrum (formerly Cherry Hill, N.J.) Arena. They will also play nine games at Lafayette. In the initial meeting this season with the Philadelphia Jr. Firebirds, the Flyers won handily by a 10-3 count. Center Art Jackson and defenseman <b>Marcel Pelletier</b>, Jr. each scored that tricks in the contest. The Flyers also had two other hat tricks in their first four league games&mdash;center <b>Bob Clisby</b> scored the last three goals in a 11-2 win over the Roc Ice Jrs. in Stoney Point, N.Y. Jackson also netted the first three goals against Northeast Dodge Jrs. in a 10-1 win at the Radnor Rink in Villanova, Pa. The Flyers extended their league leading record to 5-0 last week with a 7-2 decision over the Hershey, Pa. Jrs., followed by a 10-0 win, for their first shutout of the season against the Red Lion Jrs.</p><p><b>Dennis Ott</b> coaches the &lsquo;75-76 edition of the Philadelphia Jr. Flyers with <b>Orel Hershiser</b>, Sr. as general manager.</p><p>They selected the following boys to fill their roster for this season <b>Randy Maisch</b> and <b>Drew Schaeffer</b> in goal; defensemen are <b>Orel HershiserJr., Pat Monahan, Mike Rivers, Rick Smalley</b> and <b>Mark Smith</b>. The centers are <b>Drew Brazer, Bob Clisby</b> and <b>Art Jackson Jr</b>. The winges include Henry Coxe, <b>Bille Eckhardt, Mike Green, Ken Miller, Bill Minter, Roland Morris, Jr</b>., Buster Tripp and RichZurzolo.</p><h2><b>New England League</b></h2><p>The Berlin Maroons have come on with a rush and have run their unbeaten streak to five games (4-0-1) with a pair of victories to move into first place. The Maroons rallied from a 5-3 deficit in the final period to slip past the Tyngsboro Huskies 7-6 on <b>Gary Gingras&rsquo;</b> goal with 1:19 left in the game and the next day they avenged an earlier 18-3 embarrassment at the bands of the Portsmouth Vikings by soundly beating them 15-5 as Gingras led the way with three goals. <b>John Normand</b> chipped in with a pair of goals in the win over the Huskies, while <b>Jim Collins</b> scored twice for the losers.</p><p>The revitalized Tri-Valley Squires upset the Fitchburg Wallopers with a 4-3 victory, then deadlocked the South Shore Braves 6-6 with a well-balanced scoring at tack to extend their modest unbeaten streak to four (2-92). <b>Charlie Ryan</b> led the Braves with three goals.</p><p>After losing the 7-6 heartbreaker to the Maroons, the Huskies bounced back to knock off the Wallopers 4-3 on defenseman <b>Art Herbert&rsquo;s</b> second goal of the game with 3:06 to play. The Huskies then battled the Springfield Olympics to a 1-1 standoff through two periods only to succumb 5-1 despite 40 saves by goalie. Jim Browder.</p><h2><b>New York Metropolitan</b></h2><p><b>Dave Fairweather</b> scored two goals and added two assists as the Bergen-Rockland Knights defeated the Essex Jr. Rockets 9-2 at the Bergen Mall Ice Arena. The Knights remain on top of the Metropolitan Junior Hockey Association standings with a record of 8-0-1. The Suffolk Royals kept pace with Bergen Rockland, downing Oyster Bay and the LIAC Flyers, raising the Royals record to 6-1-2, just three points behind the leaders.</p><p>The MJ HA player of the week, <b>Dave Drew</b> of the Royals, scored the hat trick in a 5-2 win over LIAC, and tallied two goals and two assists in a 7-2 victory over Oyster Bay.</p><p>The Essex Jr. Rockets got on the winning track when they picked up their first win of the year against the Oyster Bay Gulls. <b>Dan May</b> scored twice and contributed three assists to the 10-1 victory. The New York Americans and New York Westsiders each won their third game of the season against the New Hyde Park Arrows. The Amerks defeated the Arrows 10-3 one day after the Arrows lost to the Westsiders 8-5. <b>Bob Mancini</b> took over the MJHA scoring lead with a 3 goal and 4 assist performance against the Gulls. The LIAC forward scored the last two goals in the game while the Flyers were shorthanded. Mancini has 16 goals and 15 assists for 31 points so far this season. Bergen-Rockland and the Army J.V. squad played to a 2-2 tie. Suffolk goalie <b>Robert Harvey</b> has done a capable job filling in for Tom Hasenzahl who is out with an injury. In three games be has started, Harvey has a 2.00 goals-against average.</p><h2><b>New York-Penn League</b></h2><p>Commissioner Fred Rossi notes that balance seems to be the key in the league this season. Witness the fact that the Buffalo Blades beat Rochester Monarchs 7-3 on Thursday; the Monarchs traveled to Niagara Falls on Saturday and handed the Sharks a 4-2 defeat; Niagara Falls then went to Buffalo on Monday and defeated the Blades 2-1.</p><p><b>Ed Helinski</b> publicist for the Buffalo Blades, the &lsquo;74-75 regular season champs, winners of the Gannett Trophy, say they will try to recapture that coveted cup with only nine regulars back from a season ago. The group is headed by All Star goalie <b>Tim Rydzewski</b>, who posted a 3.64 goals against average. The other returning veterans include <b>Pat McCrossan</b>, who was the league&rsquo;s third leading scorer a year ago. He netted 29 goals and 47 assists for 76 points. On his left side is Blades&rsquo; Captain Dave Golda. The only regular on the second line is <b>Rob Muranyi</b>. The third line has a pair of seasoned veterans with Bill Schwob at center. On his right is Al Solarz, a 20-goal scorer. The fourth line has a pair of veterans in <b>John Manzella</b> and NormCudek. The question mark for the Blades is the defense. Out of six blueliners, only <b>Mike Bates</b> is the lone veteran. The others include <b>Paul Pitman, Mike Lichtenberger, Jim Koch, Kurt Mandel</b> and <b>Bill Stone</b>.</p><h2><b>Great Lakes League</b></h2><p>In the &ldquo;A&rdquo; Tier of the Great Lakes Junior Hockey League, front running Little Ceasars broke open a 2-1 game with three goals in the second period, to post a 9-1 victory over the Paddock Pools Saints. <b>Dean Turner</b> had a four-point game with a goal and three assists. <b>Bill Hourigan</b> was the only Caesars skater to get two goals, as the scoring was spread among nine players. Caesars&rsquo; goalie <b>Jim Nista</b> sparkled in nets, stopping 38 of the 39 shots the Saints fired at him. <b>Jeff Darwish</b> accounted for the only Pools&rsquo; goal. The victory was the seventh in row for Little Caesars, as they widened their margin over the Detroit Jr. Wings to three points.</p><p>Behind after two periods by a 5-2 count, the Southfield Chiefs rallied for four goals in the final period to gain a 6-6 tie with the Detroit Jr. Wings. Dan Lerg netted the tying, goal with-15,seconds left in the game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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