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March 22, 1952

The Hockey News March 22, 1952

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Selection of the Coach for any All-Star team isn&rsquo;t usually the easiest of jobs, and this year it looks as though it&rsquo;s going to be tougher than ever. So many things go into the making of coaching success&mdash;not the least of which is the material handed him to work with&mdash;that it takes some lengthy figuring to pin the kudoes on one individual, and you have only a few days before the deadline to make up your mind.This semester, it&rsquo;s going to be a matter of choosing between solid, established success and the ability to take what looked like a mediocre team and fashion a Winning combination.On the established side of the ledger is the affable Tommy Ivan of Detroit Red Wings. Ivan, who has just led his charges to their fourth consecutive National Hockey League championship, has what the other five mentors around the loop would probably regard as a cinch. He has a potent crew to work with&mdash;an aggregation he took over in their first year as they rocketed to the heights&mdash;and knows how to get the most out of them.The fact that they started on their powerhouse string just about the time Ivan took them over means either that they were ready and rarin&rsquo; to go when he came along, or a tribute to his skill in producing a winner. Either way, the stocky Ivan has done a terrific job at Detroit&mdash;a job which was good enough to win him the votes of the fans in three of the four HOCKEY NEWS polls conducted to date. Only Toronto&rsquo;s Hap Day, in the 194950 season, broke the string.<h2>Irvin Dangerous Threat</h2>Turning to the other side of the coin, there&rsquo;s cagey Dick Irvin of the Montreal Canadiens&mdash;a bench boss who rates a strong bid for the job on the 1951-52 squad. Irvin, who has been bossing NHL clubs for a quarter of a century, didn&rsquo;t have too much to enthuse about when the season opened, in fact for the first half of the campaign.He had a club which was just staggering along, until the &ldquo;Youth Movement&rdquo; composed by himself and Hab General Manager Frank Selke began to move along with a heavy beat from the goal-getting percussion section. Whether his Habs hold down second place to the final wire, and whatever they do in the playoffs, Irvin&rsquo;s followers can congratulate him on a good job.Another Horatio Alger type of coach&mdash;at least until the last few games&mdash;has been big Bill Cook, turning in a smart freshman performance as an NHL mentor. Cook was called in hurriedly from Saskatoon of the Pacific Coast loop earlier this season when the New York Rangers were treatening to fall right out of the league.He instilled a rare brand or enthusiasm into the Blueshirts and had them right up there heading for fourth place and a playoff berth until they began sagging lately.Now it&rsquo;s a fight between the Cook men and the seemingly revitalized Bruins of Boston under the tutelage of Lynn Patrick, sophomore leader in Beantown, whose charges nipped out the Rangers by a single point last season and threaten to do it again.Patrick started his NHL coaching duties with Rangers in the 1949-50 season, getting them into the playoffs by a whisker and then almost gaining the Miracle Man tag as his team went all the way to overtime in the seventh game of the Cup finals against the Red Wings before calling it a season.<h2>Driving Leafs Back</h2>Joe Primeau of Toronto Maple Leafs is another sophomore coach, who had his charges sailing along well up in second place until a month-long blitz struck them. Now, how ever. Leafs are giving every indication of starting to roll again, which means they may be up and hot for the playoffs, a fact which the other teams won&rsquo;t be too happy about as they scan Toronto&rsquo;s money play record of recent years.Rounding out the candidates is likeable Ebbie Goodfellow, whose Chicago Black Hawks seem destined to be perennial residents of the cellar, no matter who is handling the reins. That it isn&rsquo;t any lack of strategy on Goodfellow&rsquo;s part is borne out by his record at St. Louis of the AHL, but his Hawks just won&rsquo;t fly.That&rsquo;s the lineup, so now its&rsquo; up to the fans to take their pick and nominate the coach they figure most deserves to lead this year&rsquo;s band of stars.The sixth and final ballot appears on this page, with space allowed for the voter to fill in his name and. address. All five previous ballots should also be filled out and mailed in together with this identifying ballot, and all mailed in together before MIDNIGHT TUESDAY, MARCH 25.Then the voting starts, and in the issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS for April 19 you can find out just who will make up the 195152 team as chosen by the paying customers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-012033/8559309-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="312" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Irvin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04623/8559302-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="314" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lynn Patrick</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-021466/8559295-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="309" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05452/8559288-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="317" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Primeau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03914/8559281-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="320" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Cook</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06346/8559274-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="312" height="434"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ebbie Goodfellow</figcaption></div><h2>Voting Rules</h2>1&mdash;Anyone is eligible to cast ballots for the National Hockey League All Star Team, but each reader may submit ONLY ONE ENTRY, naming first, second and third choices.2&mdash;One ballot will appear each week in the following order: goaltender, defensemen. right wing, center, left wing and coach. Final ballot will appear in the March 22 issue.3&mdash;Ballots for the choice of three players at each position (sir for defensemen) must be filled in as indicated, with the names of players mid their clubs. Use blanks published each week, or reasonable facsimiles or tracings of same if you do not wish to deface your copy. Space will be provided on the sixth and final ballot for your own name and address.4&mdash;Ballots must be held until all have appeared, and selections for all his positions, plus conch, must be submitted at the same time.5&mdash;Ballots must be mailed to All Star Editor, THE HOCKEY News 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal6&mdash;All ballots must be mailed and postmarked NOT LATIC It THAN MUIZ NIGHT TUESDAY. MARCH It25, &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Choice For All Star Coach Lies Between Established Success and ‘Miracle’ Tag

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04786/8558659-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL STANLEY&hellip;&hellip;The Key Guy</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;When a team staggers into a late-season slump, as the Rangers have done, no one person can bear the blame. One, however might well have helped keep them on an even keel&mdash;and failed to do so. He is Allan Stanley, the team captain.Whether the Cookies make the Stanley Cup playoffs in the few days left to them will depend upon Stanley. Bill Cook verifies that, and he Is the one who took the responsibility of a big gamble on the blond defenseman a few weeks ago. Had the gamble worked earlier, the Hangers would have been safely in.&ldquo;When Stanley came back from his shoulder operation,&rdquo; the Cookies&rsquo; Coach says, &ldquo;I realized he wouldn&rsquo;t be in good playing shape right away. But he was our big guy, the take-charge player we needed. If only he could play 75% as well as he did before the injury, I knew he&rsquo;d help us tremendously. He could get us in the playoffs.<h2>Only 10% Player He Was Before Injury</h2>&ldquo;Stanley needed a lot of work, and I had to take the chance of giving it to him right away. For game after game, he was only; about 10% as good as he was before getting hurt. He hurt us, instead of giving us the lift we expected.&ldquo;I could have played Kraftcheck and benched Stanley, and we&rsquo;d have been better off. I know that We lost some points by playing Stanley. But it&rsquo;s a chance I had to take, and I may still be glad I took it.&ldquo;Allan&rsquo;s a fellow who needs an awful lot of work, even when he hasn&rsquo;t been Injured. The work he has been getting is beginning to reflect in his play. He looks pretty good now, and he may yet get us into the playoffs. He&rsquo;s certainly the key.&rdquo;There&rsquo;s no doubt that Stanley&rsquo;s failure to return to form has been the chief disappointment of the Rangers&rsquo; season. He was an All-Star candidate before Cook took over the team early in December and almost a certain All-Star selection from the time Bill appointed him captain.Until the night after Christmas, when Stanley suffered a severe shoulder separation in collision with Detroit&rsquo;s Bob Goldham the captaincy reacted almost like magic on him. He was like a man possessed, hitting harder, rushing faster and shooting and passing better than ever before. But, most important, he really directed the traffic on the ice. And the team loved it, and showed it in its play.The Rangers were carried along by their own momentum for a long time during Stanley&rsquo;s absence. Game records show that they won seven, lost eight and tied five games in the time the captain was gone. Then, they tailed off to 3-6-3.What has Stanley to say for himself? &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve had a lot of trouble getting back to where I feel just right,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;When I first came back, we were already at a crucial period where every game meant something. That made it hard, too. I couldn&rsquo;t afford to make any mistakes, and, as a result, I may have been over-cautious.<h2>Stanley Lost Weight in Hospital</h2>&ldquo;You just can&rsquo;t lay off that long and expect to get your wind and everything else in shape right away. I lost some weight in the hospital, too, and that may have prolonged my reconditioning program. I&rsquo;m still not back to where I was early in the season.&rdquo;As a result of a brilliant operation, bringing him back to active service in a near-record seven weeks, the defenseman has no physical aftereffect of the shoulder separation. His movement is free and complete, the strength is back and there isn&rsquo;t any sign of pain.How about the mental after-effects? &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t even think of the shoulder any more,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;You know when I got over the hump?&hellip;when we played Detroit last. Woit turned in to me and I couldn&rsquo;t get the shoulder out of the way in time. I hit him full-on with it, in the chest, and never got a twinge. I&rsquo;ve forgotten the injury ever since.&rdquo;ICE CHIPS: Stanley thinks the team&rsquo;s schedule has had a bearing on its slump. &ldquo;We were going pretty well until we hit four games in five nights,&rdquo; he pointed out. &ldquo;It seems as though, we&rsquo;re always running into tough stretches like that, particularly on the road. But I guess all the other clubs have the same complaint&rdquo;&hellip;His mail favors Frank Boucher&rsquo;s hockey draft Proposal, four to one&hellip;Rangers haven&rsquo;t improved as much as the management hoped they would this season, but at least they&rsquo;ve overcome one fault of recent years. They&rsquo;ve scored goals. Club&rsquo;s record of 177, made during 48-game schedule in 1941-42 is bound to be fractured. &#9632;

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“Stanley’s Quick Return Hurt Us,”--Cook

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-01284/8560155-1-eng-US/c0004-012.jpg" title="C0004-01" width="255" height="291"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-02172/8560148-1-eng-US/c0004-022.jpg" title="C0004-02" width="259" height="304"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-03106/8560141-1-eng-US/c0004-032.jpg" title="C0004-03" width="3026" height="1560"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-0462/8560134-1-eng-US/c0004-042.jpg" title="C0004-04" width="3024" height="2014"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hail and farewell to the hearty hockey fan who likes to get right into the game. The only trouble is, he usually ends up right outside the rink. Still, it&rsquo;s nice to know that the fans care. In the top picture a fan gives out with his version of the game and tells a Detroit player just what he thinks of him. Of course the fan is a blue blooded Maple Leaf follower and will die for the old Blue and White if necessary. Linesman George Hayes holds off the Wings&rsquo; player who takes offence at the fan. Leswick and Lewicki are else by. In the bottom picture Howie Meeker MP, of the Leafs throws up his arm and yells &lsquo;I want that vote.&rsquo; Did he get it? No he got Schmidt&rsquo;s mitt in the eye. Jim Thomson is on the left while Real Chevrefils (24) holds off Meeker. Harry Watson holds off Schmidt while Gardner (17) and Henderson decide to watch from a distance. Bill Quackenbush is also in there and so is, as usual. Linesman George Hayes. Nobody won, as usual, but all hod a lot of fun in the process. ((Photo, by Turofsky))</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Mixing it Up with Fan and Foe

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-011481/8560103-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div>(Solution Next Week)<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Leaf rookie shown in centre.6&mdash;Initials of a PCHL referee.7&mdash;Initials of Main, tennis star.9&mdash;Short for given name of Bedard, former Providence star.11&mdash;Conn Smythe likes a player who can play this instrument.12&mdash;Name given Hughes who played goal for Buffalo recently.14&mdash;New Hampshire (abbr.).15&mdash;This Pittsburgh player was born in Schumacher, Ont.17&mdash;Pronoun.19&mdash;Initials of Hrymnak of St. Louis.21&mdash;Number of NHL teams Edgar Laprade has played for.22&mdash;Gus Bodnar celebrates his birthday in this month (abbr.).24&mdash;Name given 37 across.25&mdash;Hugh Coflin&rsquo;s club plays home games in this Stale (abbr.).26&mdash;Initials of predecessor of 32 across.27&mdash;New Testament (abbr.).28&mdash;A member of the Cleveland Barons.32&mdash;New coach of the Calgary Stampeders.33&mdash;Initials of Beliveau of Quebec Aces.35&mdash;Number of goals Bill Juzda scored last season.37&mdash;Chief scout for the Cleveland Barons.39&mdash;Initials of Lund of Providence.40&mdash;Given name of Milligan of St. Louis.41&mdash;Initials of ex-NHL goalie who won the Vezina Trophy six times.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Nickname of AHL coach recently suspended.2&mdash;Emile Francis once played for&mdash;Capitols.3&mdash;Initials of Powell of Providence.4&mdash;Players sometimes have an arm in one.5&mdash;Earl Reibel played for this club last season.8&mdash;Hassard of Pittsburgh answers to this.10&mdash;George Armstrong of the Leafs once played in this league (abbr.).13&mdash;Initials of Nova, boxer.16&mdash;Hugh Bolton wears this number.18&mdash;Toe Blake once coached in this State.19&mdash;Dollard St. Laurent is called this by his teammates.20&mdash;Assistant coach of the Buffalo Bisons.21&mdash;Old Latin (abbr.).23&mdash;Initials of Defelice, ex-AHL star.28&mdash;Initials of one of the Bentley brothers.29&mdash;Short for first name of a Red Wing who played with Oshawa in 1950-51.30&mdash;Second name of Bill Wylie of Cincinnati.31&mdash;Gordie Howe is one to many hockey fans.33&mdash;One of the Leafs is called this.34&mdash;What fans often do at a hockey game.36&mdash;Terminate.37&mdash;Initials of &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Goupllle former Canadien player.38&mdash;Initials of one of the Reardon brothers.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WOKD KEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-021123/8560096-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="560" height="905"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-011053/8560200-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"></div><h2>A Lot of Fuss About Nothing</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02551/8560193-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="2411" height="1524"><figcaption class="caption-body">It&rsquo;s fun if you get in the first punch, not so nice if you don&rsquo;t and forget to duck. No telling how much of a shiner you may end up with. It&rsquo;s mixing it up time between the Leafs and Wings--just when isn&rsquo;t it mixing time between these two teams. At the top, veteran Sid Abel shows he&rsquo;s able to handle himself while Leafs&rsquo; Jim Thomson puts the clutch on hi* worthy opponent. It all took place in front of Al Rollins net and he moved out in a hurry. No sense getting beaned for nothing, he says. Linseman Jack Melanbacher (51 breaks them up while Referee George Gravel (2) looks on. Also looking on with interest is Mortson (14) and Harry Watson (4). In the lower picture, George Armstrong, rookie of the Leafs yells hold me back as Glen Skov shows off his nice clean underwear. Nothing very much happened. No scars, cuts, bruises but lots of noises. Once again it&rsquo;s Melanbacher with the unpleasent job of breaking them up. This time he has the aid of Georges Hayes. Looking on at the left are Hugh Bolton, Bob Goldham, Marty Pavelich and on the far left is rookie defenseman Leo Boivin. It was Boivin&rsquo;s first NHL game. He was brought up from the Pittsburgh Hornets. He couldn&rsquo;t figure it out either. ((Photos by Turofsky))</figcaption></div><h2>Voss Says Too Much Going On</h2>Players Would Be Severely Punished for Slightest Bit of Intentional Blood Drawing<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03264/8560186-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="307" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;A new ruling, whereby a player in the National Hockey League would be fined for high sticking an opponent and drawing blood may be put into effect next season, says Chief of Referees Carl Voss.Fingering a picture of Toronto&rsquo;s Fern Flaman in hospital with the left side of his head shaved and cut so doctors could set a fractured cheekbone, Voss said: &ldquo;There is far too much high sticking going on in the League today. We are going to cut it out. The Governors may put in a rule next season whereby a player could be, in fact will be fined for high sticking and cutting an opponent.&rdquo;The Flaman-Harvey incident brought forth the last wrath of publicity against high sticking. But those who have been following the scene closely knew it was bound to come.<h3>Pictures Show Incident</h3>Voss did not say whether action would be taken against Harvey but it was doubtful any would.&ldquo;The motion pictures the Leafs take showed Harvey did a wrong thing.&rdquo; said Voss&rdquo;. But that is not the only case. There have been others throughout the season.&ldquo;Of course we can&rsquo;t go on the the movies. It isn&rsquo;t really fair to the referees. They are fine if you can referee a game on Monday morning after the weekend games. The movies show everything but the referees must catch what the camera shows in a matter of seconds. It isn&rsquo;t fair to criticize the oficials in such a case.&rdquo;Other incidents this season have caused the Governors to wonder if maybe the players aren&rsquo;t getting away with a little too much high sticking.The Buller, Mortson Kicking case in which the Toronto defenseman was fined $100 was one. The earlier Mortson, Glover battle and the recent broken nose suffered by Marcel Pronovost of Detroit. The latter has General Manager Jack Adams of the Wings on the warpath.&ldquo;They talk about Harvey&rsquo;s deliberate attack on Flaman well that was nothing compared to the Leafs deliberate attack on Pronovost,&rdquo; yelled Adams. &#9632;

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Governors May Pass Fine For High Sticking

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-011650/8558590-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Flaman gets aid from the Toronto trainer following Harvey&rsquo;s high sticking incident. It cut him for six stitches and a fractured cheekbone.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs officially protested Doug Harvey&rsquo;s high sticking affair with Fern Flaman week before last but it&rsquo;s doubtful much will come of it now, or or ever. Harvey high sticked the Toronto defenseman when the Habs lost a 6-2 decision in Leaf-town on March 5. Flaman took stitches under his left eye as well as having his cheekbone set. It was fractured. Flaman went to hospital and missed a few games. The Leafs protested to NHL headquarters but so far nothing has been officially announced. It is not known, either if the protest has or will be acted upon.<h2>Incident is Closed</h2>As far as the incident is concerned it is closed according to Flaman. Whether he meant it is closed as far as this incident is concerned, is not known. He may start one of his own next time he meets Mr. Harvey face to face on the ice. If Flaman had come out in the open and threatened to tear Harvey&rsquo;s face to ribbons next time they get together then he would have been eligible for that automatic $1,000 fine which Ken Reardon felt a few years back. Since Flaman no doubt prefers to keep the Flaman family in bucks rather than the NHL he probably used better judgment and closed the incident&mdash;for now anyway.Flaman admitted he was surprised to discover the guy with the stick in his cheek was Harvey.&ldquo;I was wheeling with Dickie Moore all evening, I thought it was him,&rdquo; said Fern.Told of the Leaf protest Coach Dick Irvin came up with his usual billowy answer.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just like those Leafs to try and capitalize on the Incident,&rdquo; said the coach. &ldquo;Why don&rsquo;t they treat it like sportsmen like Frank Boucher and Bill Cook did with the Mortson kicking case on Hy Buller.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t recall the Canadiens made any great fuss when a Toronto player skated the width of the ice and deliberately fractured Elmer Lach&rsquo;s skull. Besides, we don&rsquo;t want to win points in the president&rsquo;s office. We want to win them on the ice.&rdquo;As far as Harvey is concerned the incident is closed, too. He hasn&rsquo;t said he&rsquo;s sorry and he&rsquo;s not likely to, either.&ldquo;Flaman has always been a rough, tough guy,&rdquo; said Doug. He&rsquo;s been charging into players, banging them into the boards, holding and wrestling, so I gave him a taste of his own medicine.&rdquo;The Hab players were a little puzzled by the Leafs&rsquo; protest. &ldquo;That Flaman had his stick around Doug&rsquo;s neck,&rdquo; said Tom Johnson.&rdquo;&ldquo;He nearly took Harvey&rsquo;s head off with his stick,&rdquo; said Dickie Moore.All of which means little. Flaman was fingered for a penalty for high sticking by Referee Bill Chadwick on the incident before Harvey lifted his cane.<h2>This Is What Happened &#9632;</h2>

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Harvey-Flaman Incident Closed by Players---But Not by Leafs

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;This is the time of year, the season almost at an end, when a story should be written about which Red Wing rates top consideration for the Hart Trophy&mdash;Terry Sawchuk or Gordie Howe.Before you read any farther, a frank admission: This writer isn&rsquo;t going to give any answer. Only some clues. But no clear-cut decision.The record book doesn&rsquo;t show that the Hart ballotting ever ended in a tie, but maybe that would be the correct answer this time. The trophy is awarded to &ldquo;the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.&rdquo; Value is what Howe and Sawchuk both had contributed, in great big chunks, seemingly more than any other man in the loop to his team.And right there you can get an argument in Detroit, for there are those who will point to Red Kelly. The glorious red head certainly is the &ldquo;hockey players&rsquo; hockey player.&rdquo; Throughout the NHL are men who marvel at his exceptional ability.But back to those clues about Sawchuk and Howe.Frank Boucher, for one, has called Sawchuk &ldquo;the greatest goalie in the history of big-league hockey.&rdquo; Jack Adams repeatedly has praised Sawchuk &ldquo;for carrying us at the start of the year when we climbed into first place.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-021393/8558628-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="315" height="473"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div><h2>Modest Youngster</h2>Some of Sawchuk&rsquo;s ability is reflected in the Vezina Trophy figures, the way he has dominated the other goalies in goals-against and in shutouts.A modest youngster, Terry has responded by saying &ldquo;all that is a credit to the team I&rsquo;m playing behind. Defense is every man&rsquo;s job&mdash;the forwards backchecking and the defensemen protecting. I&rsquo;m playing behind the best defense in the league, and I know it better than anyone else.&rdquo;But Sawchuk&rsquo;s ability also is well known from the play he has shown. His speed, superb reflexes, cat-like agility and smartness have caused deep despair among rival players. They speak openly about how good he is, and fans and writers in other cities have raved about him. No amount of modesty can detract from such statements.So then take a look at Howe. He too has had praise heaped upon him for his playing, from opposing players, fans and writers. Adams describes him as &ldquo;the greatest forward of all time,&rdquo; and Howe seems good enough to live up to it.<h2>Just Go In</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-031033/8558621-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="570" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORD HOWE</figcaption></div>For figures, he is about to become the NHL&rsquo;s best goal-maker and leading point-producer for the second straight year. This time he&rsquo;s leaving challengers in both departments well behind. With six games left, he had taken a hand in 75 of Detroit&rsquo;s 186 goals.Modesty? He has it too. Discussing his goal scoring, he recently said &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know why&rdquo; more of my shots go in than the other fellows&rsquo;. They all seem to be trying as hard as I do.&rdquo; And in answer to a particular bit of high-flung praise, he stated &ldquo;What do they mean &lsquo;a one-man team?&rsquo; No player can be that. I&rsquo;m just part of a team, and have to have the other players helping me.&rdquo;Howe or Sawchuk for the Hart? You take your choice. &#9632;

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Wings Nominate Howe Sawchuk As Hart Reps

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-012001/8558690-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">ED SLOWINSKI&hellip;&hellip;Slo&rsquo;s No Slowpoke</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;It is common practice for the male species to open up before marriage and then shut up after it. Big Ed Slowinski saw fit to do these in reverse order, however, and for that the Rangers must be eternally grateful.There are many things that can be said both for and against the wedded state. In Slowinski&rsquo;s case, the arguments are all &ldquo;pro.&rdquo; Marriage may not have made a better man of him but it sure made him a better hockey player.Before Big Ed tied up with pretty Joan Beck less than two years ago, he was a big, strong hulk of a man with a shy, embarrassed, withdrawn personality. What&rsquo;s worse, as far as the Rangers were concerned, the guy&rsquo;s personality didn&rsquo;t change on the ice.<h2>Results Show In Game</h2>The development of the post-marriage personality was marked. In a gradual process, the old Slowinski first began to lose many of his inhibi tions. Then he opened up to hold his own both on and off the ice. And finally, this season to be exact, he began taking the offensive for the first time.The results are conclusive. Not only has Big Ed had his best season as a Ranger but he must now be considered one of the best right wingers in the League.It&rsquo;s about time, too. Only the personality, the drive, was lacking in a body made for hockey. At 195 pounds and six feet tall, Slowinski is one of the strongest, best-conditioned athletes in the game. He&rsquo;s a fine skater and a good stickhandler. And he has the hardest shot of any Ranger.Although he missed two weeks with a pulled knee tendon and wasted another returning to shape, Slowinski bettered his previous goal-scoring high with two weeks still left in the season. He has 17 now. Fourteen was his old Personal record.&ldquo;At long last, Slowinski has come into his own this year,&rdquo; Frank Boucher remarked recently. &ldquo;He always had it, but you just couldn&rsquo;t get it out of him. Injuries and lack of condition held him up some. But he wouldn&rsquo;t Push himself. Now that he is married and has a kiddie (seven months-old Pamela Ann), he&rsquo;s asserting himself.<h2>Mickoskl Has Ability</h2>&ldquo;If marriage can affect him that way,&rdquo; the Ranger manager added, &ldquo;then I wish a couple other players would take the step. I think of Nick Mickoski. in particular. He&rsquo;s much like Ed was, shy and phlegmatic If marriage would react in the same way with Nick, then I sure hope he meets the girl soon. Nick too, has all the ability but it hasn&rsquo;t come out yet.&rdquo;Slowinski, himself, will admit that marriage made a new player of him. &ldquo;Sure, I got something to work real hard for now,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m also in better shape than I ever was before. I toe the line.&ldquo;When I played last year at 202, I was slow and sluggish. I worked hard all summer and reported to camp at 189. That was too fine and I didn&rsquo;t have the stamina and the drive in the early part of the season.&ldquo;I then realized there was a happy medium. Joan put a few more calories on the table and I went up to 194-195. That&rsquo;s my right playing weight&hellip;I know that now. I feel better. I&rsquo;ve got more drive, more stamina and I&rsquo;m busting through now where I didn&rsquo;t before.&rdquo;It is the &ldquo;busting&rdquo; quality of Slowinski that the Rangers so sorely needed for seasons past. On a team of very small, light forwards, he should have been an equalizer. But, as big and as strong as he is, Slo just couldn&rsquo;t be aroused until last season. Then, he wasn&rsquo;t in shape to be effective. Now, he is.<h2>Bones Calls Him Improved</h2>Bones Raleigh, who is as unhealthy-looking as Big Ed is robust, has been an on-the-scene witness to Slowinski&rsquo;s metamorphosis&mdash;first as a roommate in bachelor days and then as center for Ed for the past three seasons. He testifies:&ldquo;I&rsquo;d say he&rsquo;s improved 50% as a player this year. He&rsquo;s carrying a lot better and you just can&rsquo;t have any complaint with his passing. He&rsquo;s always working. And, I tell you, it feels good to have a guy like him ready to throw his weight around&mdash;often in my defense.&rdquo;Slowinski has always had plenty of weight. He was a big baby, when born Edward Stanley on Nov. 18, 1922, in Winnipeg. And he was so big when he first put on skates&mdash;at the rather advanced age of 11&mdash;that he was asked to begin his hockey career as a goalkeeper.In self-defense, Big Slo switched to a forward line within one year &lsquo;and has never had cause to regret the move. He moved up through the ranks quickly in Winnipeg, reaching St. Paul&rsquo;s College Juveniles in 1940-41 and the Winnipeg Monarch Juniors the next season.It was in 1942-43, while in the Army, that Slowinski got his biggest thrill in hockey. While still of junior age, he played with such Army-bound pros as Neil and Mac Colville, Alex Shibicky and Kenny Reardon on the Ottawa Commandos. They won the Allan Cup.After two more years in service, the last one in the Navy, Slo joined the Ottawa Senators. He led the league in scoring in 194S-47 and joined the Rangers the next Fall. A broken kneecap, suffered in the first scrimmage, shelved him for six weeks and he did little worthwhile work after that, shuttling between New York and New Haven.He almost played for the Red Wings that season, too. Slo and cash went to Detroit in trade for Roy Conacher, but all signals were called off after two weeks when Roy refused to report to New York.The next year, he added St. Paul to his repertoire. In the 20 games he played with the Rangers, there was little of note. He made one goal, and just couldn&rsquo;t be aroused.His old roommates remember Ed in those days. Says Raleigh: &ldquo;His face and neck were like a beacon. They&rsquo;d light up if you said something to him or he said something to you. He&rsquo;d always get red right away. And you just couldn&rsquo;t get him to talk. When he did, it came out in a high squeak.&rdquo;&ldquo;Yes, I remember,&rdquo; Edgar Laprade says. &ldquo;I used to envy him&hellip;the way he&rsquo;d get simple enjoyment out of a pipe. He&rsquo;d just sit there in the apartment, puffing and relaxing, by the hour. Never said a word. Seemed to be in his own little world.&rdquo;Allan Stanley saw him in another light. &ldquo;Ed was always awfully neat. His shoes and clothes were always spick and span. He was a good cook, too. I knew he wouldn&rsquo;t stick around with us bachelors very long. There&rsquo;s too big a demand for men like him.&rdquo;Although he occasionally threatened to bust loose out of his shell the next two seasons as a Ranger regular, particularly when some opponent messed up his face with a stick, those occasions were rare and short-lived. He did a workmanlike job on Raleigh&rsquo;s wing, scoring 14 goals each year, but lacked the enthusiasm of a better-than-average player.This season has been a big one for Ed. Not only has he gotten over the hump to the point where he can now look for some real big seasons ahead, but he finally accomplished something he&rsquo;s never been able to do before. He made the Hat Trick against the Maple Leafs&mdash;in a 4-3 losing cause, incidentally&mdash;and it was the first one produced by a Ranger in 1951-52.What are his plans for the future? They&rsquo;re still undetermined. He may stay in hockey or he may find some work in the offseason that he&rsquo;ll wish to continue after his playing career is ended.His immediate plans are settled, though. Slo has now made New York (Sunnyside, L.I.) his permanent home. Joan is a New York girl and, incidentally, was a strong Ranger fan long before she met her husband.<h2>He&rsquo;s Golfer, Too</h2>Between seasons, Slo will work here. At every opportunity, he&rsquo;ll play golf. He took up the game last summer and developed fast, under the expert tutelage of Jim Ellery, AHL publicity chieftain.The switch to golf Is a concession to his old age. When a bubbling youth, Slowinski spent all his spare time in baseball They say he was quite a knuckleball pitcher up there in Winnipeg, in a league dotted by such other hockey players as Raleigh (thinnest catcher of all time), Cal Gardner, Terry Sawchuk and Sugar Jim Henry.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not so old I couldn&rsquo;t still play baseball,&rdquo; Ed will counter. &ldquo;What&rsquo;s 29? Just the prime of life. And, believe me, I never felt any better than I do right now.&rdquo;Marriage is a wonderful thing.<h2>Slowinski was Big Gun When Rangers Upset Favored Habs</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;When the New York Rangers upset the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1948-49 and then went on to within one goal of the Stanley Cup it was big Ed Slowinski who contributed one third of the best effort any Ranger line had shown in a decade.Teamed with Don Raleight at center and Pentti Lund at right the trio set a terrific scoring pace. They scored 28 points in 12 playoff games and Slowinski nicked eight of them.<h2>Takes Offensive Now &#9632;</h2>

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Way of Life Changed—for Better for Rangers

<div class="byline">BY Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-011953/8558784-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="431" height="423"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-021644/8558777-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="625" height="149"></div>THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Team, only National Hockey League All-Star squad selected by the fans, will appear in the April 19 issue. Be sure to get your ballots into us in plenty of time. Last year&rsquo;s All-Star Team had Terry Sawchuk in goal; Red Kelly and Jim Thomson on defense; Milt Schmidt at center; Gordie Howe on right wing and Ted Lindsay on left wing&hellip;Tommy Ivan was named coach&hellip;Gerry McNeil of Montreal and Emile &ldquo;The Cat&rdquo; Francis of New York, the two smallest goaltenders in the NHL, are the identical size. Both goalies stand five-seven in height and each weighs 155 pounds&hellip;Howard Mackie, one-time member of Detroit Red Wings, was buried in Pittsburgh recently. Mackie, 38, died of a heart attack&hellip;Doug Harvey, Canadiens&rsquo; outstanding defenseman, has missed only one game in the last three seasons. That was due to an injured leg&hellip;If Gordie Howe wins the NHL scoring crown (How can he miss?) he will become the fourth player in the National League to capture the scoring championship in successive seasons The others were Max Bentley, Chicago, 1945-46 and &rsquo;46-47; Sweeney Schriner, New York Americans, 1935-36 and &rsquo;36-37; and Charlie Conacher, Toronto 1933-34 and &rsquo;34-35.JACK RYAN, sports writer of the Chicago Daily News, picked his. all-time &ldquo;roughhouse&rdquo; Chicago Black Hawks recently. His team would line up as follows: Goal, Harry Lumley; Defense, Johnny Mariucci (by a landslide) and Earl Seibert, Donie McFadyen, Art Somers and Red Hamill would form the forward line&hellip;Mariucci is now the playing coach of Minneapolis in the American Amateur League. Mariucci is pretty bald these days but not as rough as when he played with the Black Hawks&hellip;There are 14 players in the NHL with 20 or more goals. Canadiens have five, Toronto has four, Detroit has three, Chicago has one, New York has one and Boston has none&hellip;Guelph, Ont. has one of the largest minor hockey organizations in Canada. There are over 800 players in the Guelph Minor League, ages 8 years to 16 years, and Biltmore Madhatters of the OHA Junior A League sponsor this youth hockey organization. Hockey interest is at fever pitch in Guelph these days. On the morning of a game in which the Madhatters play, fans start lining up for tickets at 6:30.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-031338/8558770-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="312" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-041088/8558763-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="310" height="470"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Mariucci</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05878/8558756-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="312" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Lumley</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06530/8558749-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="301" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Emile Francis</figcaption></div>MUZZ PATRICK will probably be named coach of the year in the Pacific Coast League. The Tacoma Rockets&rsquo; mentor scrapped his last year&rsquo;s club entirely, threw together a brand new crew including four just out of junior and has had them up in third place most of the season. Besides Tacoma plays the prettiest brand of hockey to watch in the entire league&hellip;Larry Popein of Vancouver is expected to win the rookie award in the PCHL&hellip;Cliff Thompson, who coaches high school hockey at Eveleth, Minn., will be honored on April 18 in Minneapolis as America&rsquo;s greatest hockey teacher&hellip;Most of the U.S. players who made good in hockey learned from Thompson. Among them were Johnny Mariucci, Joe and Alf. Paike, Sam Lo Presti, Frank Brimsek and Mike Karakas, all former members of the Chicago Black Hawks.DR. R. A. HUGHES of Kamloops, B.C. brought our attention to the scoring feats of the top forward line in the Okanagan Senior League. The Kamloops Elks&rsquo; trio of Bathgate, Billiard and Clovechuck ended the regular season tied as leading scorers with 79 points apiece. They scored 103 goals out of the 261 scored by Kam-loops. Paul Thompson, ex-NHL star, is coach of the club&hellip;Four players in the NHL played with two teams this season. Fleming Mackell played with Toronto and Boston, Jim Conacher played for Chicago and New York, Jim Morrison played with Boston and Toronto and Clare Martin started out with Chicago and played with New York before being sent to the American League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07333/8558742-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="307" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fleming Mackell</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08219/8558735-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="310" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sweeney Schriner</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-09189/8558728-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="316" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body">Real Chevrefils</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-10133/8558721-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="306" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Kaleta</figcaption></div>ELMER LACH still can&rsquo;t get over the splendid night held for him. It was the biggest night ever held for a Canadian athlete&hellip;Lach credits his fine young wingers this season with his great showing. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t do a thing without those wingmen,&rdquo; Lach pointed out&hellip;Dick Irvin, Canadiens&rsquo; coach, has forbidden his players from signing autographs along the boards at the start of a game. &ldquo;Looks bush league and takes the players minds off the game,&rdquo; Irvin sail&hellip;American Hockey League headquarters will be moved from New York to an AHL city next season. Buffalo will likely be the new location&hellip;Alex Kaleta is enjoying his best scoring season since he turned pro with Chicago in 1941. Kaleta is Saskatoon&rsquo;s top scoring threat and best all-round player&hellip;Lucien Deschene of New Westminster and Lorne Worsley of Saskatoon are the pick of the PCHL goalkeepers&hellip;Church Russell is now playing senior amateur hockey for a team in Winnipeg&hellip;Ken Kilrea of the famous hockey family is with the Canadian Army in England. Served quite a spell in Germany and reports the Germans are starting to take to hockey.NHL CLUBS make few trips by plane as a rule but the recent mid-western U.S. railroad strike caused Detroit and Boston to fly to games&hellip;Boston had three wins in 14 starts against Detroit this season. Three games were ties&hellip;Youngest player in the NHL right now is Real Chevrefils of Boston. Real won&rsquo;t be 20 until May 2nd. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">DINK CARROLL (Special Editor Montreal Gasette)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1246/8558846-1-eng-US/f0004-122.jpg" title="f0004-12" width="274" height="396"></div><h2>George McNamara Passes</h2>A man who saw professional hockey all the way from the time of its inception up to the present died in Miami last week. He was George McNamara, one of two brothers known as the Dynamite Twins when they were a rugged defense pair on the old Toronto Arenas. The other &ldquo;twin,&rdquo; Howard died several years ago.There was a third brother, Harold, oldest of the three, who was also prominent in hockey, playing for a time with Canadiens. His son, who was named after him, labored in the sports department of The Gazette for several years before departing in 1941 to join the McNamara Construction Company, an immensely successful firm which was owned and operated by his two uncles.We always thought the newspaper business lost something when young Harold decided to quit. He wrote a gallopy piece that offered readers both information and entertainment, which is quite a trick.The McNamaras came along when there wasn&rsquo;t much money in professional hockey for the players. Only a few&mdash;Newsy Lalonde was one&mdash;knew how to haggle for big salaries and received the money they demanded. Come to think of it, Tim Daly, the veteran Toronto trainer, told us that one of the teams back in that era which won the Stanley Cup played for what would be considered nothing but gumdrop money today. The players received $900 apiece for their season&rsquo;s efforts.That may be why the McNamaras got out early and started their own construction business. They knew what they were doing, too, for they made millions, which is something that doesn&rsquo;t happen to many old hockey players.<h2>The Era of 60-minute Men</h2>George McNamara was with the Torontos when they won the Stanley Cup in the spring of 1914, Jack Marshall, whom we saw on the street a few days ago looking hale and hearty, was the manager. The rest of the cast included Con Corbeau, Minnie McGiffin, Jack Walker, Cully Wilson, Frank Foyston, Scotty Davidson, Harry Cameron and Happy Holmes.You can tell from that roster that those were the days of the 60-minute men, as a team carried only a couple of reserves. The ice wasn&rsquo;t marked off into-zones and there was only parallel passing. Newsy Lalonde told us once that the players didn&rsquo;t backcheck much in those days, which explains why they could go 60 minutes. If a guy was near exhaustion and needed a rest, he thought nothing of drawing a deliberate penalty. &ldquo;They played it rough, too, and there was a lot more bloodletting than you will see around the N.H.L. today. The &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; on that Toronto club was Minnie McGiffin, who carried on a halfdozen feuds at the same time. We once asked Mike Rodden, who refereed one season when McGiffin was in the league, to tell us something about him.&ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t a bad man,&rdquo; Mike snorted. &ldquo;He was a mad man.&rdquo;Seeing Cully Wilson&rsquo;s name should bring back memories to Dick Irvin. Wilson split Dick&rsquo;s head open with his stick in a game in the Pacific Coast League and was thumbed off the ice while Dick was given first aid. When Dick was lifted shakily to his feet, he skated over to the penalty box and brought his own stick down on Wilson&rsquo;s head. They seemed to figure that direct action was better than legislation any time.We used to think that Frank Nighbor was the inventor of the hook check and once wrote that in a magazine piece. Shortly afterward we received a letter from a resident of Sault Ste. Marie informing us that Jack Walker, a member of the 1913-14 Torontos, had that distinction.George McNamara was a member of the 1915-16 Canadiens, who also won the Stanley Cup. George Kennedy was the manager and the player personnel included Georges Vezina, Bert Corbeau, Jack Laviolette, Newsy Lalonde, Louis Berlinguette, Goldie Prodgers, Didier Pitre, Skene Ronan and Skinner Poulin.In 1917-18 Toronto had two entries in the league, the Toronto Blues and the 228th Battalion, which was called the Sportsmen&rsquo;s Battalion. The way we heard the story, George McNamara had some money by this time and bank-rolled the Sportsmen&rsquo;s Battalion entry personally. It was a terrific hockey club, but the battalion was sent overseas before the season was over.George started his hockey career with Sault Ste. Marie-and played for Kitchener in the old Trolley League before joining the Torontos. It was in Kitchener that Frank Selke first met him and they have been close friends ever since. When Frank became interested in the new arena in Cincinnati several years ago, some of George&rsquo;s money also went into the project.Many old hockey players never go near a rink once their active careers are over, but George wasn&rsquo;t one of them. He was a constant attendant at games in Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens. His two sons. George and Paul, played for one of the top junior teams at St. Mike&rsquo;s some years ago, but neither of them turned professional.Both George and Howard liked their old hockey associates and kept in close touch with them. They were reputed to be fast men with a buck, easy giver-uppers, and more than one old hockey player received financial help from them when they were in a tough spot.They also liked to give parties for the old-timers. These were usually staged around Christmas time and reached mammoth proportions. One of their most fabulous parties was for the old Soo Greyhounds. It took place in Toronto and the Dynamite Twins bought the old-timers to the city and bedded them down in the Royal York hotel for several days. The tab, so the story goes, amounted to something like $10,000. But they were big men and everything they did was on the grand scale. &#9632;

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Playing the Field

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1180/8558815-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg" title="f0004-11" width="321" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marshall Dann</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Next week the Detroit Red Wings will start again trying to prove that they are the best team in the National Hockey League.They were winners of the season championship for the fourth year in a row. Their final lead will be tremendous, one of the biggest margins in history if not the biggest. (Montreal&rsquo;s 25-point spread in 1943-44 stands as the record.)But beginning next Tuesday, this will be a &ldquo;new&rdquo; league. The big lead is wiped out completely. There are four teams instead of six, and they start all even. All that the Wings have done this season becomes meaningless, although certainly it won&rsquo;t be forgotten.Wings stand as the best team in hockey. But now, they have to prove it all over again.Take this writer&rsquo;s word for it, we in the United States, who have learned our hockey as a straight promotional and entertainment business, never will appreciate or like Canada&rsquo;s belief that the Stanley Cup is the BIG deal, the League race merely secondary.Our national game is baseball, with football a close second. In both those sports, it&rsquo;s the league or conference titles which mean the most.Baseball goes into the World Series, and while keenly followed, still is a post-season event of an exhibition nature. Winning the National League or the American League pennant is what really counts. True, the big money which rides with a World Series championship is important to the players but there the winner&rsquo;s and loser&rsquo;s cuts are balanced with too much difference.<h2>Downright Silly to Hint</h2>We recognize such things in baseball as playoff champions, for the International League has just such a series known as the Shaughnessy-type playoffs. But it is the league champ, not the playoff victor, which draws full recognition as the real champion.Football has its bowl games (or had them up to this year, anyway), and again they are viewed a nifty flourish for a topnotch team, one more chance to strut their stuff&mdash;a nice vacation trip for the players. Promotionally, the big rush is to get a bowl bid. But once it&rsquo;s landed the winning and losing schools get exactly the SAME cut from the gate,We in the States realize that hockey is Canada&rsquo;s sport, that it is conducted along playoff lines presumably as old as the game itself. It&rsquo;s a wonderful setup in a sport where credit is desired for those clubs which can show growing Improvement through the season, even though not strong enough to bid for the league championship.And from the promotional point of view, apparently it is downright necessary. How else could interest be maintained in five of the six cities right down the wire with the keen battles for playoff positions, or just a playoff berth. From the money point of view, that taken by the club owners, no change dare be made.Yes, we understand WHY the playoffs, and have little quarrel with that.But we do not understand or like the all-out emphasis upon the Stanley Cup scramble over the 70-game league race. Nor will we ever.(And to those who want to argue about it, saying &ldquo;If you don&rsquo;t like it, you know what you can do&rsquo;,, this answer: The U.S. is the economic lifeline of big-league, if not all pro hockey today.)There have been many beefs and blasts made by sports writers and columnists in the States about the Stanley Cup playoffs. Most of them assail the WHY angle. But as stated above, there is a reasonable, or at least rational explanation for the WHY.But any claim or even any hint that the Cup winner is the real hockey champion instead of the NHL titlist is downright silly to us.And that statement still stands should the Wings go on to win the 1953 edition of the Stanley Cup festival. &#9632;

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Are Cup Winners Really Champs?

<div class="byline">By PAUL CHANDLER (Detroit News)</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Sid Abel will retire as an active player after this season and will be offered a job as coach in the Detroit Red Wing farm system.That&rsquo;s the plan of the club, and only one thing could change the plan&mdash;absence of a minor league club with which he could be placed. If there should be no opening or he should turn down the coaching offer, he would be given a chance to continue on the Detroit squad As a utility forward until a vacancy appeared or he changed his mind.It&rsquo;s still early to get into details of next season because of confusion that reigns over the future of the minor leagues, but certain basic facts pertain.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-011962/8558884-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="299" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body">On Heller</figcaption></div><h2>Time is Ripe</h2>The Red Wings want to make Abel a coach as soon as possible. If he makes the move now he would close on a high note, standing ninth in NHL scoring at the moment.Abel has decided the wisest course is to retire, though he&rsquo;s always said the final decision would be made by Jack Adams.In the past, Old Boot has indicated he&rsquo;d like to try his hand as a coach. However, in recent years he has served an excellent job and purchased a home in Detroit&mdash;factors that might make it difficult to pry him loose from the city.Adams is Convinced his team captain is potentially a &ldquo;crackerjack of a coach.&rdquo;A change is Impending on the Indianapolis farm team which will finish last in the American League this season. Ott Heller, there for four seasons, apparently Will not be rehired.Abel&rsquo;s coaching spot can&rsquo;t be pin-pointed because there&rsquo;s some doubt that the Red Wings will continue to sponsor a farm at Indianapolis next year. There has been talk of moving it to Milwaukee but a more likely switch (assuming Indianapolis is vacated) would be to St. Louis.<h2>League is Shaky</h2>Indianapolis problems are part of a wholesale worry by all hockey over the American League, where almost every club has lost money. A reorganization of the league is inevitable.Cleveland is eager to jump from the AHL to the NHL.Abel is one of the great Detroit Players of history, a member of the club Hall of Fame. He was 34 years old on Feb. 22. Through a great part of the current season he has been injured, with a shoulder that still hurts him despite a six-game vacation.Married to a Detroit girl, he completed his American citizenship examinations on Wednesday and will take his final oath in another month. He is a year round employee of Springfield Detail, a tool-and-die concern.<h2>Undecided Now</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-021406/8558877-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="390" height="394"><figcaption class="caption-body">SID ABEL</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Abel’s Last Year if Adams Can Find Him Coaching Spot

<div class="byline">By DAN DESMOND</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;All factors&mdash;good and bad&mdash;considered, Fred Hucul of the Chicago Black Hawks can look back with satisfaction on his first season of big League hockey.It was a big jump from the junior amateurs at Moose Jaw to the National League but Hucul negotiated it so successfully, he is regarded by Black Hawk brass as one of the key men in what must be the bolstering of the defense corps next season.Fred didn&rsquo;t get in a full schedule. First of all. a mysterious ailment that caused his legs to go numb struck him in December and, at the time, threatened to sideline him for the remainder of the season. There even was an ominous suggestion that his career might be ended because a variety of medical tests didn&rsquo;t reveal the source of the trouble.But Hucul wouldn&rsquo;t concede anything. He recalled:&ldquo;The doctors gave me all kinds of tests and I was in the hospital quite a while, although I still was well enough that they&rsquo;d give me an evening &lsquo;pass&rsquo; so I could go to the games at the Stadium.<h2>Trouble Pretty Well Gone Now</h2>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what was wrong&mdash;they have a long name for it that I can&rsquo;t remember or even pronounce if I could remember it. So the doctors told me to go home, rest up and see what happened. I went home for Christmas, didn&rsquo;t do any skating and then came back after the holidays.&ldquo;Went to St. Louis and after a few games, the Black Hawks called me back up again. Once in a while since, my legs got a slight touch of numbness but the trouble seems to be pretty well gone.&rdquo;Fred, just 20, isn&rsquo;t tremendous for a defenseman&mdash;about 5 feet 10 inches tall, 165 pounds. But his aggressiveness and his willingness to learn improved him. He said:&ldquo;Ebbie Goodfellow helped me a lot and so did other guys on the team. I played some forward this season but mostly defense. I like defense best, because I feel at home there. I&rsquo;ve always played there.&ldquo;I can honestly say Ive enjoyed this first season in the big Leagues&hellip;even though I did get a broken toe in the game against the New York Rangers late in February. Figured that would keep me out only a game or two but I couldn&rsquo;t get my skate shoe on my foot so I missed some more time.&ldquo;As for this League, compared to the amateurs, well, anybody knows there&rsquo;s a vast difference. The body contact is rougher. And up here they&rsquo;re bigger and smarter. I guess my main improvement came in learning to keep my head up.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03912/8558964-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="457" height="1221"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRED HUCUL</figcaption></div>One night against Detroit, when the Hawk defense complement was reduced to three by injuries, Hucul played 45 minutes of the 60. He said:&ldquo;Sure, I was tired afterward but luckily, I felt pretty good going in and that carried me along. In the amateurs, at Moose Jaw, we were cut down to two defense men, Don Fletcher and myself. So for 18 or 20 games, we each had to play the full 60 minutes&hellip;&rdquo;Hucul played baseball last summer. He&rsquo;s a catcher. But this season, he will give up the sport, he says. Intends to go back to his home in Kindersely, Sask., where his dad is employed by a railroad.Fred has a kid brother coming along too. The younger Hucul Is named Alexander but is nicknamed &ldquo;Sandy&rdquo; and he&rsquo;s a defense man too, with Moose Jaw. Fred said proudly:&ldquo;Sandy&rsquo; is bigger than I am&mdash;about 6 feet or a little over and maybe 175, 180 pounds. He is two years younger and has two more seasons eligible in the juniors. He never played anything but informal kid or sandlot hockey until this season at Moose Jaw.&rdquo;In connection with Hawk plans for a more extensive youth movement next season. President Bill Tobin now is visualizing a new kid line:&ldquo;I saw our Galt team in the playoffs against the St. Mikes. Pete Conacher looked great for Galt again. And Murray Costello, a big right winger with the St. Mikes who&rsquo;s on our list too, played well too. In fact, Pete, Costello and Kenny Wharram at center might be a fine line for us next season&hellip;&rdquo;<h2>Hub&rsquo;s Seven Noticeables</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04585/8558957-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="299" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hal Laycoe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0873/8558950-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="295" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Peirson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05380/8558943-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="297" height="469"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Creighton</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0945/8558936-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg" title="f0005-09" width="300" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack McIntyre</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-06245/8558929-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="284" height="481"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Henry</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-07139/8558922-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="309" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Real Chevrefils</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1027/8558915-1-eng-US/f0005-102.jpg" title="f0005-10" width="302" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Sullivan</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hucul Satisfied with First Year in Majors

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins cannot boast of black ink in their box office reports or the victory column for the season, but they can show a few personnel profits for the year.Despite disappointing performances by some of their hired hands, they have received pleasant surprises in the improvement and development of others.In the latter categories can be listed the names of Sugar Jim Henry, Hal Laycoe, Real Chevrefils, Dave Creighton, Jake McIntyre, George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan and Johnny Peirson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-1119/8558995-1-eng-US/f0005-112.jpg" title="f0005-11" width="298" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Sandford</figcaption></div>Of that group two&mdash;Chevrefils and McIntyre&mdash;are bona fide rookies, and the term can be expanded to include Creighton, playing his first season at a new position.Not in recent years have the Bruins had such promising youngsters playing left wing as Chevrefils and McIntyre, plus the converted Ed Sandford.Both Real and big Jake have glided into the National League picture with displays of definite talent, enough to insure the Bruins of security at their positions if they continue their improvement.McIntyre wasted no time in demonstrating scoring ability, for the 185-pound husky is a scoring threat every time he steps on the ice. Since he came up to the Bruins in late November, he has probably made more scoring chances for himself than anyone else on the team, and that&rsquo;s a knack itself.Chevrefils took longer than McIntyre to blossom out as a scorer, 17 games, to be exact. But the dark-haired youngster started getting his share of goals once he broke the ice. and as a playmaker and defensive wing he has won the high praise of Coach Lynn Patrick.Henry&rsquo;s is a comeback story which needs no further gilding, and so, in a sense, is Laycoe&rsquo;s. The only bespectacled. National Leaguer has done a superb job for the Bruins this winter, with little advance fanfare.In previous trials with New York and Montreal, Laycoe never had full opportunities to show his wares, but as 3. Bruins&rsquo; regular he has been a decided asset. Not spectacular, Laycoe has never failed to turn in an honest night&rsquo;s work, and in Trainer Win Green&rsquo;s post-game inspection of jerseys, never once has he found Laycoe&rsquo;s anywhere near dry.<h2>Creighton&rsquo;s Development Was &ldquo;Overnight&rdquo;</h2>Creighton&rsquo;s development as a center was a surprise to everyone connected with the Bruins because of its &ldquo;overnight&rdquo; nature. The shift from left wing at Hershey last fall was all he needed; since being called up by the Bruins with McIntyre, he has made his own way.Sullivan has been rated too slow for regular play, but the fiery redhead has proved this winter that results and not methods are the important thing. As a part-timer his scoring for the amount of time he has played has been the best on the team. Aggressive and colorful, Sullivan can win a regular job next season if given the fair chance.Peirson may seem out of place in this grouping of talent, yet there isn&rsquo;t much doubt but that this has been the industrious Montreal native&rsquo;s best season with the Bruins. As the veteran of the Creighton-Mclntyre-Peirson line, Johnny had displayed qualities of leadership and a steadiness which he lacked in his younger years.Once a firebrand, he has gained control of his temper to the point where he has taken few pointless penalties, devoting his energy instead to the general welfare of his team.Other Bruins have been sub-par this season, still others have played according to their individual cards, but those seven have been&mdash;to varying degrees&mdash;surprises!. Regardless of the other profits with which the Bruins wind up eventually, their contributions over the winter can be recorded in black ink. &#9632;

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Bs’ Look Down Roster, Find Seven Bears Have Improved This Season

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYPended. October 1, 1947Published by Keneet W. McKenzie end Will V. Cote HOCKEY NEWS COMPANTCirculationRoom 204, King&rsquo;s Hell Bldg., 1231 Ste. Cetherine Street West,Montreal 25. Que.Advertising & Editorial603A Sea Life Bldg., 1155 Metcelle St., Montreal 2, Que.Average Weekly Circulation 35.000Yearly Subscription Price S3.00 la Canada&mdash;$4.00 in U.S.A.Authorized as second class mall, Poet Office Department. Ottawa.Entered as second class mall at the Post Office in Ogdensburg. N.Y.Return all U.S. undeliverable copies under Form S579 to the Hockey News Company Room 204, King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., 12.31 Ste. Catherine Street West, Montreal 25 Que.Printed in CanadaVolume 5 March 22, 1952 Number 25<h2>MAYBE IT&rsquo;S THE PERSPECTIVE!</h2>Around the baseball camps they&rsquo;ve been doing some talking about present day ball hawks lacking incentive, and not turning in the old college try and team spirit like the oldtimers used to do. It&rsquo;s the oldsters who are doing most of the pointing out and viewing-with-alarm&mdash;headed by Ty Cobb and Rogers Hornsby&mdash;two of the game&rsquo;s greatest of all.So far, that subject hasn&rsquo;t been broached insofar as hockey is concerned. But it&rsquo;s probably only a matter of time, because it&rsquo;s actually a natural and harsher version of the time-hallowed argument about the comparative merits of the players of today in any sport, versus those of yesterday.The rough, gruff Hornsby is of the idea that today&rsquo;s players enjoy too many comforts; they have it too easy and the big money is spoiling them. He figures the healthy bonuses they hand around make spoiled &ldquo;idle rich&rdquo; out of the kids and remove that desire to go through heat and high water to move up the ladder.Whether that&rsquo;s so or not we wouldn&rsquo;t venture to say, at least as far as baseball is concerned. But in the hockey picture, there doesn&rsquo;t seem to be much doubt but that there is plenty of incentive and a real urge for players to give their all.In the first place, salaries in hockey haven&rsquo;t scaled the peaks in the same way as those in baseball. Even a superman in hockey couldn&rsquo;t wangle a yearly salary of $25,000 or $30,000 out of the owners&mdash;but in baseball you don&rsquo;t have to be a star of the first magnitude (or $100,000 brilliance) to rate a yearly stipend like that.Which leaves one big incentive for the hockey player&mdash;to collect as much extra cash as he can through the special awards. With goalkeepers it&rsquo;s the $1,000 in league money and $1,000 from the club which goes with the Vezina Trophy. Forwards are shooting for the Art Ross scoring trophy, the Hart Trophy and the Lady Byng&mdash;all of which are worth that same $2,000 in cash prizes. For the rookies, there&rsquo;s the Calder Memorial Trophy, another money bringer.Add to that the urge to win places on the All Star Team, the purely selfish reasons for wanting to finish higher up the League ladder so the playoff split will be greater&mdash;and you have quite a lot of incentive.Besides all that&mdash;and discounting entirely the monetary aspects of the whole thing&mdash;hockey being such an individualistic game, every man pretty well has to shape up or he won&rsquo;t last long under the Big Top. There are only a meagre six teams in hockey&rsquo;s big show, which means that competition for the high-paying berths is pretty keen.With the great interchangeability of the hockey system, any player who makes it a practice of dragging his skates around NHL rinks for too long and obvious a period, gets a kick downward. Not only is he due for demotion to a lower pro league, but he&rsquo;s also liable to slip right into what is laughingly referred to as &ldquo;amateur&rdquo; hockey. A scanning of the rosters of the incognito pros shows quite a few names of boys who a year or so ago were playing in the NHL with high hopes for the future.Of course, some of the &ldquo;amateurs&rdquo; like Jean Beliveau at Quebec get so much money that they scorn professional offers. But that&rsquo;s the exception to the rule, because amateur hockey is about at the stage where it acts mainly as a re-posing place for old and discarded pros, and the remuneration necessarily cannot be maintained at the same level.So all in all, it&rsquo;s our guess that today&rsquo;s average young hockey player has quite a lot of incentive to try and forge ahead. And with hockey&rsquo;s rough bodily contact today, the way they tear into each other when the chips are down, players who aren&rsquo;t trying are soon noticed.A plausible explanation for the claim that today&rsquo;s players don&rsquo;t seem to be as rugged and starry a bunch as the oldtimers was offered by NHL Prexy Clarence Campbell while discussing the matter the other day. It&rsquo;s his considered viewpoint that it&rsquo;s all mainly a matter of perspective.In other words, whenever anyone begins to think of the ace players of yesterday he can call quite a starry crew to mind. Lumping them all together&mdash;the dozens and scores of the greats of the past puts today&rsquo;s crop in an unfavorable light. But yet, if you were to dig into the record books you&rsquo;d find they all didn&rsquo;t play in the same year, but spread their feats of derring-do over years, and even decades. Season for season, there probably are just about as many top-run puckchasers around as ever. &#9632;

The Hockey News

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-012172/8559050-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>Six Years Wasted</h2>Dear Sir,Six years seems like enough time for anyone to put together a winning team, or at least a play-off team. But Bill Tobin is evidently the exception to the rule. After these futile campaigns he states now that the Hawks&rsquo; position as to trades is &ldquo;unfortunate.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s hoping that other, better off teams in the league will take cognizance of the fact that his sextet is pitifully weak and offer help. If he&rsquo;s got to depend on the charity of his rivals to fashion a winner then I don&rsquo;t think he deserves one.He names Lumley as his only trading bait. Well all he&rsquo;s got to do now is peddle Harry for another mob of has-beens or &ldquo;might-be&rsquo;s&rdquo; and it&rsquo;ll be another six years before the Chi-Hawks emerge from the lower strata of the standings! Who knows what the total of pucks slipped into the Hawk goal might have been without Lumley? Put a decent defense in front of him and he&rsquo;s terrific&mdash;Detroit proved that. But the old adage that &ldquo;a goalie&rsquo;s as good as his defense&rdquo; makes no impression on Mr. Tobin. Look at the roster. You won&rsquo;t find any Bouchards or Reises or Kellys there.The better clubs in the loop will have to really hand over some terrific talent to build a winner for Mr. T. Sure he&rsquo;s got some rookies and some good men. But most of them are playing forward. Why doesn&rsquo;t he just face the fact that he&rsquo;s failed thousands of fans who have just become fed up with rooting for a loser?Bob Westenberg Champaign, Illinois.<h2>Growing Club</h2>Dear Sir,Thought you might be interested to know that the Pen Pal Club you helped me form in September with your aid has grown up and is successful beyond anything we hoped it to be. The members of the club are always looking for new writers, especially In the NHL cities, to talk over sports with us via the mails. If you would publish this letter, I&rsquo;m sure it would help us to meet new Pen Pals, and we would appreciate it very much. Any interested fans should write to the address below and I&rsquo;ll send out the other addresses.Jim Robbins 2751 Maplewood St. E. Ann Arbor, Mich.<h2>Puzzled</h2>Dear Sir,Here is something that has puzzled us very much. In the March 15 issue of the Hockey News is a picture of Fern Flaman with his right eye banged up. In the March 8 issue of the Toronto Globe and Mail also shows the same picture only it is his left eye.John Casler Mount Brydges, Ont.(The photo we ran was printed backwards. He broke his left cheek.)<h2>DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE!</h2>It Is our policy to notify all subscribers well in advance of the expiration of their subscriptions.The ever-increasing demand tor THE HOCKEY NEWS means that most Issues are practically sold out before the printing is completed; and that copies are seldom available for mailing to subscribers who are even one issue in arrears.Subscribers receiving &ldquo;expiration&rdquo; notification are reminded that, to make certain of continued receipt of THE HOCKEY NEWS it is necessary to send us their renewal orders promptly.If you have renewed your subscription then disregard our notice.<h2>The Hockey News</h2>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September. HOCKEY NEWS COMPANY, 403A Sun Life Bldg, Montreal, Quebec. Canada. Entered as second class Matter December 4, 1951, at the Pest Office in Ogden burg. N.Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $3.00 in Co nada, $4.00 in U.S.A. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-021426/8559081-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="621" height="286"></div>March 26 to April 126&mdash;BACCARI, Alf, St. Louis, forward, 1928; HASSARD, Bob, Pittsburgh, forward, 1929; LEGER, Roger. Victoria, playing coach; MARQUISS, Mark, Tacoma, forward, 1925.28&mdash;TAYLOR, Harry, St. Louis, forward, 1926; YOUNG, Moe, Tacoma, forward, 1928.29&mdash;MATHERS, Frank, Pittsburgh, defense, 1924.31&mdash;HOWE, Gordie, Detroit, forward, 1928; MacPHERSON, Bud, Montreal, defense, 1927. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday To You

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-011974/8559119-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-021318/8559112-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1412" height="1301"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Lach thanks his fans for giving him &lsquo;a wonderful night&rsquo; while pretty Mrs Kay Lach smiles in approval of Elmer&rsquo;s french. On the right, a surprised Elmer gives the chauffeur of his car a hearty hug. Toe Blake, left winger of the Canadiens&rsquo; famous Punch Line, greeted him with a big smile and presented the keys to the car, background.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Thanking his Fans… …And an Old Playmate

MONTREAL&mdash;The biggest surprise of the Elmer Lach night came in with the bright new car the veteran Hab player was presented with.Seated in the back of the car were Captain Butch Bouchard of the Canadiens and Bill Mosienko of the Chicago Black Hawks. The driver was wearing a chauffeur&rsquo;s hat, glasses and was not recognizable. Elmer looked but didn&rsquo;t decognize the man behind the Wheel.Then the driver got out, took off his hat and glasses and &ldquo;stepped over and presented Lach with the keys. Elmer, startled, threw his arms around his chauffeur as the announcer announced:&ldquo;And the driver of the car is Toe Blake.&rdquo;It was a touch of genius on the part of Frank Selke Jr., the little idea man around the Montreal Forum and the fans appreciated it by giving out with one of the biggest cheers ever heard in the Forum.<h2>Telegrams from Cowley and Richard Among Thick Pile</h2>MONTREAL.&mdash;Two telegrams, amongst a thick flock stood out on. Elmer Lach night. One was from Maurice Richard and the other from Bill Cowley, former Boston Bruins&rsquo; star.Richard was in Florida resting from a strange injury and couldn&rsquo;t be present for the affair. However he sent a telegram congratulating his linemate.Other telegrams came from a Senator in Maine, from the Nokomis, Saskatchewan mayor. Lach was born in Nokomis. Another came from Louis Letourneau, former owner of the Canadiens. Letourneau couldn&rsquo;t be there on account of illness. &#9632;

Biggest Surprise Came Behind Driver’s Seat

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;A night to top all nights was given a knight who topped all knights on Saturday, March 8. In Montreal it was Elmer Lach Night. It is one that fans, newspapermen, broadcasters and &lsquo;Elegant Elmer&rsquo; will not forget for a long time-The veteran centerman of the Canadiens was presented with every thing, including part of the kitchen sink. It was the greatest night ever given a sports man in Canada. It will be hard to surpass in the future.It was just about four weeks ago that General Manager Frank Selke announced March 8 as Elmer Lach night. Newspapermen in Montreal did everything but demand it for the poker-faced veteran who has delighted Montreal fans for so many years.Three days later Selke called in every newspaperman and radio announcer in Montreal. At a luncheon at the Queen&rsquo;s Hotel he explained that it was to be a night led predominently by the men of the press and radio. The Montreal Forum would handle the business, take care of any expense and allow employees of the Canadian Arena Company to help at the expense of the hockey club.&ldquo;This is your show,&rdquo; Selke told them. &ldquo;Through your mediums and from publicity given by you will come the do-nations. We are not going to ask anyone for a cent. If they feel they would like to give then they are perfectly welcome. I have designated Miss Pat Dempsey in our office to handle the funds. A receipt will be given for each donation.&rdquo;As it turned out close to $11,000 worth of receipts were written. Gifts and money poured in during the last few days. The committee of newspaper and radio men gathered, again and decided what to do with the money. They also took a collection among themselves and presented Lach with a combination radio set.The first item purchased was a car. He was given one of his choice, an Oldsmobile &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; 88.They purchased a dining room set and a bedroom suite of Mrs. Lach&rsquo;s choice. The city of Lachine sent along a beautiful television set. Stetson presented him with a $50 hat.The list grew and grew and the bank account was getting bigger and bigger. By that Saturday afternoon it was known that the &lsquo;Elmer Lach&rsquo; night would top anything ever seen before along those lines.The Canadiens played the Hawks that night and had to come from behind to gain a 4-4 tie. Lach was presented with his gifts between the second and third periods. It took Michel Normandin ten minutes to announce each gift. The Mayor of the City of Montreal, Camllien Houde presented Lach with a pair of solid gold cuff links.But the gift that stopped Elmer in his tracks was probably the smallest of the bunch but it brought the biggest tear from his eyes. At the very point of a rowboat were two dozen of Dunlap 65 golf balls. They were sent along by the crippled children of the Shriner&rsquo;s Hospital.Elmer, who knows nearly every kid in the hospital by name, couldn&rsquo;t hold the tears back when that was announced. The very next day he sent a huge cake, presented to him on his night, to the kids at the hospital.Captain Butch Bouchard presented a washing machine on behalf of the players on the club and Baz O&rsquo;Meara, sports editor of the Montreal Star presented the combination radio set to him on behalf of the newspapermen and radiomen.The thank you speech by Elmer nearly brought the house down. He started in French and before he finished his address the 14,000.In English he thanked the fans. the newspapermen and his teammates for the wonderful gifts.&ldquo;It is more than one family could ask for,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But if it wasn&rsquo;t for that guy at the end of the bench (Dick Irvin) and those swell fellows beside him and some other great players 1 wouldn&rsquo;t be here today. I thank you very much.&rdquo;His French wasn&rsquo;t the best but onlookers screamed their delight, it was from the heart. &#9632;

Fans Whistle Neat Tune For Elmer

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Conn Smythe, the Maple Leaf managing director, seems intent on seeing everything he has in his hockey attic before the end of the season. Concerned about the probability of having to fill in four holes next season, Smythe has had Eric Nesterenko and Earl Balfour, two Marlboro Juniors, under the microscope under Leaf tryout agreements and has had a cursory glance at another farm product, St. Michael&rsquo;s junior Bob Sabourin, on right wing. Pittsburgh defenseman Leo Boivin, who has been a stickout with the Hornets all season, was given a trial at left defense, and admitted weak spot, when both Gus Mortson and Fern Flaman were laid low with injuries and the Leafs were allowed to seek succour from the American League under the emergency rule.<h2>Balfour Look Good</h2>All of them looked satisfactory, Balfour, a left winger, particularly drawing loud praising from the brass but still the best move the management made all season was putting Jim Morrison back on his natural habitat on defense after a more or less abortive effort to make a center out of him. Morrison is the former Barrie Flyer and Boston Bruin who came to the Leafs in a deal for Fleming Mackell.He met with only limited success as a fill-in center. He admitted himself that he felt lost at times as a pivot but after one game on defense against the Canadiens he enthusiastically claimed that he now knew where he belonged. His enthusiasm was matched and even exceeded by Smythe who told him after that game that &ldquo;he was just what the Leafs were looking for.&rdquo; An overnight sensation, Morrison was flowered with such adjective as &ldquo;the find of the year! The greatest thing to break in with the Leaf defense since Jimmy Thompson.&rdquo;Morrison, a 192-pound Montreal born 20-year-old is described as a heady kind of a hockey player, who&rsquo;ll get your team out of trouble by lugging the puck out of your own end.&ldquo;And,&rdquo; added Smythe, &ldquo;like Thomson when he gets it out, you can count on him doing something with it.&rdquo;So who&rsquo;s going to play center now? was the natural question. The Leafs are in the habit of having a fourth pivot on the bench to take some of the pressure off the regular centremen, particularly Ted Kennedy who wants to work himself into a grease spot.Smythe probably has the answer for that one too. Tod Sloan who has been right winging for Kennedy all season, played center as a junior for the greater part of his hockey career. Smythe has always planned on returning Sloan to center, much earlier this season intimated that a Leaf line of the future would have George Armstrong on his right wing and Danny Lewicki on his left. Currently though, Lewicki is under much disfavor for the calibre of his play.Morrison&rsquo;s come-uppance as a defenseman poses another problem. Mortson who gave him the opportunity by coming down with water on the knee and subsequently a case of the flu, was due back any day at this writing and the puzzler was just what the management planned to do with him. Bill Juzda still is in the background although not being dressed too often for regular duty and Fern Flaman has about ten days to two weeks more to recover from a fractured cheekbone Doug Harvey of Canadiens gave him. The Leafs then, have a potential of six defensemen on tap.That Flaman-Harvey incident brought forth great wrath from the Leaf boss who is the only man in the league who has pictures to prove a point. Smythe has motion pictures taken of every game, a takeoff from football, and the one of this particular incident was vivid enough to make him livid. Coming as it did just a week after Mortson had been assessed a match penalty and an automatic $100 fine for allegedly kicking at Ranger&rsquo;s Hy Buller in a deliberate attempt to injure.It rankled the Leaf boss even more. The pictorial evidence shows Harvey being followed into the corner by Flaman who hooks him over the shoulder with his stick. Harvey suddenly stops and heaves his stick much in the manner of a man shovelling snow&rsquo; It catches Flaman on the face gives him a six stitch cut on the nose and breaks his cheekbone Smythe, immediately on seeing the pictures, launched a formal protest to League headquarters demanding to know why Harvey hadn&rsquo;t been given a match penalty instead of a five minute major automatic when a high stick cuts an opponent. He intimated that he was tired of having Leafs both in the hospital and the penalty box.&ldquo;We no longer have our two foremost penalty men,&rdquo; he complained. &ldquo;Bill Ezinicki and Bill Barilko and yet we still have more time in penalties than any other club in the League. How can you explain that?&rdquo;<h2>Candidate For His Team</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-012064/8559205-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="573" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEO BOIVIN</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-021542/8559198-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="608" height="588"><figcaption class="caption-body">CONN SMYTHE</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Four Openings For Four Players Makes Smythe Eye Four In Leafs’ Farm System

<div class="byline">By DICK McCRONE</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;When Johnny Crawford&rsquo;s Hershey Bears dumped the Providence Reds, 6-2, Saturday evening, March 8, to clinch the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Eastern Division title, it was the fifth time in 14 years of AHL competition that a Hershey team notched a division flag.The last time the Bears hailed down a division flag was in 194647, the same season they went on to win their only Calder Cup championship. In winning the Eastern section pennant, the Bears Qualified for the Calder Cup playoffs for the thirteenth time in fourteen tries. Only in 1949-50, when they finished last in the Eastern Division, did the Bears fail to make the playoffs.In addition to winning the Cup in 1946-47, Hershey teams were runner-up to Cleveland in 1940-41, Indianapolis in 1941-42, Cleveland in 1944-45, and Providence 1948-49. The Bears division titles were won as follows: West, 1938-39; East, 1942-43, 1943-44, 1946-47 and 1951-52.Hershey&rsquo;s triumph this season is a personal achievement for Johnny Crawford, the Bears&rsquo; sophomore coach, who piloted his club to the top in spite of a series of injuries to key players and a constant changing of player personnel which cost the Bears Real Chevrefils and Jim Morrison, two outstanding candidates for &ldquo;Rookie of the Year&rdquo; honors, at mid-season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-011882/8559243-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="271" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Arnie Kullman</figcaption></div><h2>Given Makeshift Crew</h2>With Lynn Patrick, coach of the Boston Bruins, operating a shuttle between Beantown and Hershey most of the season as he experimented with his lines in an effort to put the Bruins in the running for a NHL playoff berth, Crawford was forced to re-shuffle his forward trios almost from week to week.However, Crawford, who last season marked his debut as a coach by guiding the Bears to second place and the semi-finals of the playoffs. Inspired his athletes with a &ldquo;never say die&rdquo; spirit that spurred the club on to top honors.In addition to losing such stalwarts as Chevrefils and Morrison, the injury jinx sidelined Ray Gariepy, San Bettio, Jerry Toppazzini and Arnie Kullman, four of his most dependable performers, from time to time.As the Bears move into the first man is a doubtful starter. Arnie, the club&rsquo;s top individual scorer, suffered a leg Injury in the final week of the regular AHL campaign, and his availability for the Calder Cup run is uncertain.If Kullman can&rsquo;t make the playoffs, Crawford will face the Western Division champions with only his No. 1 line intact. Captain Frank Mario will center Jerry Brown and Sam Bettio.Ray Barry, rookie pivot man, who has been centering the Bears&rsquo; No. 2 forward trio, will replace Kullman as play-maker for Jerry Toppazzini and Norm Corcoran. Adam Brown, left wing on the No., 2 line will assume Barry&rsquo;s center, duties. Leo Labine will continue at right wing, with Obie O&rsquo;Brien being called upon to spell Brown.With Coach Crawford himself available to take a turn on the blue line, the Bears have six defensemen available. In addition to the Bears&rsquo; four regular blue liners, Ray Gariepy, Joe Schertzl, Andy Branigan and Bob Armstrong, Pete Caron, a promising rookie from the Waterloo club, of the OHA, has been taking his turn.The reliable Gordie Henry, a veteran of seven seasons in the Hershey nets, will again guard the Hershey cage. Dick Bittner, of the Boston Olympics will be on hand as spare goalie in case Henry should be injured.<h2>They Did Squire John Proud</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-021292/8559236-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="2467" height="1228"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pictured here are the Hershey Bears, American Hockey League&rsquo;s Eastern Division champions, 1951-52. Front row, left to right: Arnold Kullman, Sam Bettio, Frank Mario, Gordie Henry, Ray Barry, Leo Labine and Ray Gariepy. Second row: Joe Schertzl, George W. Bartels, Hershey Sports Arena manager; Bob Armstrong, Obie O&rsquo;Brien, &ldquo;Tippie&rdquo; Wise, stick boy; Scotty Alexander, trainer; Jerry Toppazzini, Frank Porteous, Lloyd S. Blinco, manager, and Johnny Crawford, coach. Rear row: Rio Caron, Andy Branigan, Jerry Brown, Norm Corcoran and Adam Brown.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Head AHL East For Their 5th Division Crown

<div class="byline">By FRED ROBERTS</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Tod Campeau, spike-haired centre star of the Sherbrooke Saints, vowed when traded from Royals that he&rsquo;d have his day. The amiable Tod carried his threats a little further when se calmly announced to President Ernie Hamilton of Royals that the Saints would knock them out.Tod has become an amazing prophet. After trailing 3 to 1 in a best-four-of-seven series. Tod spearheaded the Saints in amazing comeback that saw them knock off Royals, 3-0, 3-0 and 5-3 during the past week to earn the right to meet the Chicoutimi Saguenees in the semi-final of the Quebec Senior Hockey League playoffs.Meanwhile, the Quebec Aces and Ottawa Senators playing only on weekends to stretch their best-of-nine series, have prolonged the issue. The Quebeckers, who racked up three straight wins, were beaten last Saturday night in Ottawa by a 4-2 count and the Aces came back to win 4-0 Sunday.The Chicks wound up their series by whipping the Valleyfield Braves 4-2 on Saturday to take the round four games to two.However, it was the Royals&rsquo; loss that stunned the followers of the popular Senior Group.Frank Carlin&rsquo;s men had finish the regular 60-game schedule in second place behind the Quebec Aces and were expected to make short work of the fifth place saints.After winning the first two playoff games, they were considered shoo-ins to sweep the series but fate dealt them a cruel blow.Their big line of Les Douglas, Cliff Malone and Gerry Plamon-don folded completely while the Saints, inspired by the play of Campeau, Bobby Pepin and Gilles Dube ran wild.Roger Bessette, a 33-year-old American Hockey League veteran, ran up a shutout string of 133 minutes and 29 seconds as he collared Royals 3-0 in both the fifth and sixth games. &#9632;

Campeau Haunts Royals As He Vowed When Sold

<div class="byline">By BAZ O&#x2019;MEARA</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Blood is boilong, temperatures are rising, people are going on off on tangents, which are not as pleasant as going on European junkets in hockey.Which is our roundabout way of saying that there are wigs on the green, the fat may be in the fire, and unless coolness and counsel prevail we may find ourselves out of future Olympic hockey competition. Some will emit loud cheers at the suggestion. They are the ones who get mad every time some Scandinavian, some blase European or bleating loser accuses our teams of rough tactics in these triumphs. They are the ones who don&rsquo;t like it because we send a low quality team over there which usually cleans up anyway.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-011794/8559364-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="280" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Grimston</figcaption></div>They get hot and bothered because they think they carry ambassadorial burdens on their shoulders. They affront easily, they add to the confusion, to the clamor, and usually wind up going over the same old route, after adding their efforts to becloud the issue. So now comes Douglas Grimston, Canadian Amateur Hockey Association president with the suggestion that in future Canada should refrain from sending a hockey team to the Olympics.He has had some sort of a dispute with Bunny Ahearne the dapper assertive president of the Ice Hockey Federation who has things pretty well sewed up in England and Europe. Ahearne is an arrogant little fellow, who was helped to prominence by some sort of an agreement made with the CAHA in the past. He is a liaison, ho helps to book touring teams into Europe! They say he does pretty well by himself in the process. If he does it, it must be part of his agreement with the CAHA so there doesn&rsquo;t seem to be any reason why a dispute with him should form the basis of a reason for withdrawal from the-hockey part of the games.Grimston admits that he almost came to blows with Ahearne. Be showed considerable restraint in not bopping him on the nose.He claims the Mercurys, who won the title, who represented Canada and their native city of Edmonton were given shabby treatment. If so there must have been some sort of agreement with Ahearne which led up to the kind of treatment about which Grimston complained so vigorously. He says Ahearne handled the Mercuny tour exclusive of the Olympic games. That is when the bad treatment was meted out. So it had nothing to do with the games.It is probably true as he said that somebody is &ldquo;making a pot of money out of Canadian teams going to Europe.&rdquo; Somebody agreed that the Mercury players per man should be paid at the rate of $15 &bull; week. Since it takes two to make a bargain it might be in order to ask who put them in such an invidious position. The CAHA could have protected them in advance. They knew that sort of thing had been going on for a long time.&ldquo;There is no use carrying on any longer,&rdquo; said Grimston when he came back from Europe. He claimed European teams would not agree to uniform rules. Their Interpretation of the code is different to ours, but there is an Olympic code governing the game. The rules as interpreted didn&rsquo;t seem to bother the Edmonton boys. They went along in rough and fair weather, and they won.The Europeans do not approve of body checking and &ldquo;shadowing&rdquo; as Grimston calls it, is said to be in bad taste over there. Which is given as another reason why we shouldnt play. That doesn&rsquo;t make sense. Another reason appears to be the fact that the ignorant Russions no doubt in an effort to add to the needling wanted to know if &ldquo;hockey was compulsory in Canada,&rdquo; and if the players got &ldquo;extra rations.&rdquo;These are not very valid reasons for wanting to quit the scene of so many triumphs. They should be more a cause for hilarity than Anger. After all we should expect that sort of thing from so called &ldquo;neutral observers.&rdquo; Those who remember the pro hockey invasion in Madison Square Garden will recall even more unusual questions and suggestions from writers who were suddenly pitchforked into the hockey realm without any previous experience of the game.Remember the weird and &lsquo;wonderful tales that used to come out of the Garden. These persisted for years. So if people a lot nearer horne, and a lot more sympathetic to our athletic cause betrayed a Woeful ignorance about our game and players what would we expect from people from behind the iron curtain, who are hostile anyway to start out with, who no doubt found our emissary very easy to needle in their particular war of nerves.This of course may be all beside the point. That much is conceded. &#9632;

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Canada Should Not Drop From Olympics

<div class="byline">By RAY GILLESPIE</div>ST. LOUIS, Mo.&mdash;Coach Mud Bruneteau announced, as the St. Louis Flyers&rsquo; disastrous season rolled along to a close, that he would not sign a contract to lead the Airmen again in 195253. And Emory Jones, president of the St. Louis hockey club, confirmed his coach&rsquo;s statement.But wait&mdash;Don&rsquo;t get the idea that Monsieur Bruneteau is going off and leaving high and dry a Flyer team that was plagued with injuries and wound up its worst, season at the gate at home since St. Louis entered the American Hockey League in 1944-45.&ldquo;I will refuse to sign a contract simply because I&rsquo;ve never signed one before,&rdquo; Bruneteau remarked. &ldquo;In my six years as a coach&mdash;five years at Omaha and one at St. Louis&mdash;I worked only on an oral agreement. If my word, or that of my boss, isn&rsquo;t good, what good is a contract?&rdquo;Jones then explained how Mud came to him last summer, at a time he was being sought as Flyer coach, and accepted terms. When it came time to sign a contract, Bruneteau pushed it aside, saying: &ldquo;We don&rsquo;t need a contract. Our word is good. Besides, if you don&rsquo;t like me or my work, you can get rid of me right quick, without going through the machinery of adjusting the terms of a contract.&rdquo;<h2>Emulates Great Rajah</h2>Emery was taken aback but when newspapermen familiar with behind-the-scenes activities in baseball pointed out that Rogers Hornsby was operating as manager of the Seattle club of the Pacific Coast League at that very moment under similar circumstances, the Flyer major domo consented to hire his new coach on a verbal agreement.&ldquo;Our relations have been most cordial,&rdquo; commented Jones. &ldquo;Mud has had a rough season, due to injuries to many of our key players. Under such circumstances, we simply didn&rsquo;t have a chance to stay in the running, even after our start during which we won six of our first seven games.&rdquo;Trying to explain his reasons for coaching without a contract, Mud commented: &ldquo;In my hockey life, money wasn&rsquo;t&mdash;and isn&rsquo;t&mdash;everything. First of all, I love the game and always want to be in It. And second, if you do your best, you&rsquo;ll find that your boss will treat you square.&rdquo;The Flyer coach pointed out that while he was a player with the Detroit Red Wings, he never had salary troubles. In fact, he paid no attention at all to his contract terms.<h2>Trusts Them</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-021290/8559395-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="587" height="937"><figcaption class="caption-body">MUD BRUNETEAU</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I never wanted to sign a contract while I was playing,&rdquo; Mud said. &ldquo;I simply wanted to play hockey. Never balked at terms or was a holdout in my life. But the Detroit management pointed out to me that I had to sign, since my contract had to be filed with the National Hockey League.&rdquo;Then he told of an amusing incident one summer when, after the Wings had enjoyed a successful season, the management and players, too, realized there would be some bickering over salary terms for the following campaign.&ldquo;They called me in first,&rdquo; Bruneteau said, &ldquo;and Jack Adams asked me what salary I figured on for the following season. &lsquo;Salary?&rsquo; I shot back. &lsquo;Give me the contract; I&rsquo;ll sign it and you can fill it in with whatever you think I&rsquo;m worth.&rsquo; Naturally Adams was kayoed by that one, but he handed me my contract, I signed it and turned it over to him, blank, in as far as figures were concerned.&ldquo;Well, soon the other players got wind of the fact that I had signed and they peppered me with questions. They thought I was kidding them when I told them I didn&rsquo;t know what my salary would be, but eventually, the boys all got in line. Anyhow, it wasn&rsquo;t until I got my first pay check after the season had started, that I sat down figured the salary I was playing for that year. And let me add, with all sincerity, that it was probably more than I would have asked for.&rdquo;<h2>Won&rsquo;t Blame Players</h2>But getting back to the low gate and the almost as low finish of the Flyers this season, Jones was unwilling to place any of the blame on his fiery, hard-working coach. Bare figures show that the St. Louis club&rsquo;s at-home attendance dipped to 149,242, a new low, and far off the high of 296,604, plus another 34,777 in three playoff games for the 1948-49 season.&ldquo;Due to Injuries and other unforeseen incidents&mdash;and not including departures to play with the Chicago Black Hawks,&rdquo; the St. Louis president said, &ldquo;the regular members of the Flyers missed a total of 113 games during the past season. By that I mean, that each time a man was unable to go onto the ice, we counted that as a missed game, naturally.And when we totalled all these misses, it amounted to 113 games.Only four of our men, Roy Kelly, Glen Sonrnor, Ralph Almas and Brent MacNab, went through the whole schedule without a miss. Steve Hrymnak played 44 games and Clare (Rags) Raglan played 30, but because they moved back and forth between Chicago and St, Louis, I am excepting the games they missed for this reason,&rdquo;Here&rsquo;s the complete list of time lost by St. Louis players and the reasons:AL BACCARI: missed 16 games, due to an injury to his right knee.STEVE BLACK: 30 games, right knee injury.JACKIE HAMILTON: One game, hip injury.STEVE HRYMNAK: missed four while attending his mother&rsquo;s funeral.PAT LUNDY: Five games, back injury.GEORGE MILLIGAN: Three games, injured left knee.DON MORRISON: Three games; one, due to illness; one when he returned home when his daughter was born, and a third due to an injured toe.EDDIE NICHOLSON: 13 games; knee and hip injuries.ERIC POGUE: Three games; injured left elbow.MAC QUACKENBUSH: One game, ailing back.CLIFF SIMPSON; 21 games; skate cut on right thigh.HARRY TAYLOR: Five games; bad right knee (however, he played while he had a broken thumb, keeping his hand in a cast.)STEVE WITIUK: (While he was with Flyers): Eight games; groin injury.Others, who played a brief stretch, such as Butch Pearson, Fred Hucul and Sid Finney, lost no time due to injuries.Air Pockets: Cliff Simpson filled in as a linesman the other night when Leo Carbol, the old war-horse of Flyer American Association days, up and quit when he got tired of listening to beefs about his decisions&hellip;The following game, when Simpson, who had been on the ailing list, reported ready to return to duty, Walton Russell, one of the league&rsquo;s referees, was shipped into St. Louis to serve as linesman while Des Smith handled the top job&hellip;Goalie Red Almas won the 1951-52 Flyers&rsquo; &ldquo;favorite player&rdquo; contest, according to the weekly tabulation of Jackie (Honest Count) Weaver&hellip;He nosed out George Milligan for the award&hellip;President Emory Jones of the Flyers spiked two rampant rumors with one fell swoop&hellip;He denied that he will become the next president of the American Hockey League, succeeding Maurice Podoloff, who moves out in June, or that the Indianapolis and St. Louis franchises will be joined as one team, with the club playing half its games here and half in the Indiana city, next season&hellip;Trainer Alex (Shrimp) McPherson plans to take his wife and two children, Mary Ann, 5, and Deborah Sue, 2, to Toronto after he puts away the St. Louis team&rsquo;s equipment for the summer&hellip;Purpose of the trip is to visit Shrimp&rsquo;s parents, who will be getting their first glimpse of the grandchildren in Canada&hellip;As the Ice Capades moved in, March 10, for their annual showing at the St. Louis Arena, the Flyers moved out to play their final five games away from their home rink. &#9632;

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Mud Balks At Signing Contract But Will Be St. Loo Mentor Still

<div class="byline">By AUBREY KEIZER</div>SYDNEY, N.S.&mdash;Mickey Roach, through the support of the Franklin Sports Club, gave Northside sport the much-needed &ldquo;shot in the arm&rdquo; this past season, as reflected when junior attendance records for the Northside were shattered. Although their aim&mdash;the Maritime junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; title&mdash;fell short, theNorth Sydney Franklins brought the Cape Breton junior title back to the Northside for the first time in 13 years and in so doing set attendance records which will likely stand for a long time.Tile Franklins bowed 3-1 to Marty Barry&rsquo;s Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s outfit in the Maritime title round, but not before they had tossed a scare into a club which held the Maritime junior title for six years, and developed such stalwarts as Bert Hirschfeld, now with Indianapolis; Dugger McNeil, Montreal Royals; Bingo Ernst, Valleyfield Braves; Hughie Campbell, Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s Majors; &ldquo;Peanuts&rdquo; MacLaughlin, New Haven, to name a few.In the fourth game of the best of five which was won by St. Mary&rsquo;s 9-1, 2,358 paid fans packed their way into the Northside Forum to see the important game. The previous night before more than 2,000 paid customers. Franklins kept the series alive by stopping St. Mary&rsquo;s 2-1 on Frank Dorrington&rsquo;s goal<h2>Looked Black At First</h2>For a time before this hockey season started it seemed as if the Northside might well be a center without a top hockey contender. There was talk of North Sydney entering the new Maritime Major League. However, it was felt that the financial undertaking was too big. and Northside dropped out of senior and major competition.Then along came the Franklin Sports Club who were interested in sponsoring a good junior club. North Sydney had always been the weak sister of the three-team Cape Breton Junior Hockey League. They knew that a big change was necessary. They had to snap out of the doldrums.The first and biggest move was to obtain Mickey Roach, the ex-National Hockey Leaguer who is now a customs officer in Sydney. It was then realized that Mickey had brought the last junior title to Northside 13 years ago when he had Yazers of Sydney Mines.Backed by the Franklin Sports Club, Mickey with the assistance of Club President Russ MacDonald and Treasurer Doug Sampson began to build their team.Captained by &ldquo;home-brew&rdquo; Bill MacLeod, a former Dalhousie University student, Franklins added to their line-up a number of good Nova Scotia juniors. They landed Don &ldquo;Ducky&rdquo; MacLean, Bill Billick, goalie Bob Day, Burt Dalling, Ron Cheek, Frank Dorring-to from the Pictou County Junior circuit, and brought in defenseman Gar Mousseau from Sudbury.<h2>Wouldn&rsquo;t Stay Stalled</h2>The champion Sydney Millionaires stalled the Northside bid for a time, but the Roach boys with the MacLean-Billick-Dalling string setting the pace began to hit the win column regularly. On the strength of a flying finish, North-side picked off the top spot, and after Junior Millionaires knocked off Glace Bay, the big series came up. North Sydney vs Sydney. It looked for a time as if Edgar Hillman and Harvey MacDonald were again going to hold the title in Sydney as the Mills won the first two games. However, the second win was a costly one, centre Leo MacDonald suffered a fractured ankle. That was a heavy blow to the Mills&mdash;and it was reflected in the following results. North Sydney won the next four games and the Cape Breton title.Then came the big series with Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s. The trip to Halifax came at the same time as one of the worst snowstorms in years. Center Pete Macintosh had to battle snowdrifts for five miles to make the train; another player had to walk three miles. The train trip will never be forgotten. The Halifax-Sydney hop is usually a 12 hour jaunt&mdash;this time it was 20 hours and they just hit Halifax a short time before they were to go on the ice. To even their staunchest supporters their showing was tremendous. They held the highly-rated Halifax champs to a 4-3 score. Next night, however, they were snowed under 8-2.Back in Northside before their rabid home town supporters North Sydney came to life for a big 2-1 win, Frank Dorrington shooting the winner. Although crushed the next night, North Sydney had achieved one ambition&mdash;they had defeated Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s. It was a well-deserved tribute to a great season.Next year might see the Northside reign continue&mdash;it is reported that some of the new men will be around again and with such staunch homebrews as Bill MacLeod, Mickey Andrew, Aubrey Gouthro, Pete Macintosh, Neil Webster, Jackie MacLeod and &ldquo;Jeep&rdquo; Collins it should be interesting.<h2>Not Forgotten</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-011976/8559426-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="604" height="609"><figcaption class="caption-body">BERT HIRSCHFELD</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Northside Juniors Fail In Bid For Crown--Say: ‘Next Year!’

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;One of the most controversial subjects of the Maritime hockey season has been decided-There will be only four teams in the playoffs of the Maritime Major (Big Six) League.Beset by financial woes and a raft of postponed games that may never be played, Moncton and Sydney sought a six-team playoff. They drew sympathy from the other clubs, but not the vote necessary to make it stick.The six-team playoff scheme has been bounced around for some time. It had been pigeonholed on several occasions. It had been ignored on others. But with time drawing short it had to be brought into the open. The vote was 4-2 against Voting for were Moncton and Sydney. Among the four voting against was Glace Bay, a club that might not make it into the money series. At the moment the Miners are only a few points ahead of the surging Hawks and no sure winners.Maritime newspapers and newscasters had made a big thing of the proposal. It became the most-talked-about subject on the sports front. Moncton and Sydney newsmen plunged earnestly into the proposal. Papers in four other centers tired back their salvoes.Referees have found the going tough in the Big Six this season. They have jumped from plane to bus to train schedules on more than one occasion. Several times they have been caught out of position, unable to keep the engagement. But, considering their tough schedule and the roughest winter in years, there have been a few missed dates.There have been casualties, of course. Hughie Gillis decided to skate around with some old timers one night and came up with a shoulder separation that still has him on the sidelines. And one arbiter, Johnny Heffering, lost blood as the result of the thoughtlessness of a player. In a recent Halifax game Johnny Morrow figured he&rsquo;d help the ref by flicking the puck into his hand. But the shot was too hard and front such close quarters that Heffering didn&rsquo;t have time to duck. Result was a cut on the forehead that took two stitches, and a match penalty for Morrow. Three days later Morrow was suspended five games and fined $100.Hugh McLean quit around Christmas because of the rigors of the Maritime winter and the helter-skelter schedule. Charlie Goode packed up at the end of February in a huff because the league wouldn&rsquo;t guarantee his being used in the playoffs. Heffering, it is reported, was ready to return home when the league threatened to fine him for missing a play date. But the official managed to convince the league leaders that King Winter balked him at every turn that time.Denis Smith, who started with Charlottetown, failed to click and was sent to Halifax, is in the news again. When he started to roll with the Wilf Field team, Charlottetown&rsquo;s Leo Lamoureux recalled him. He produced well with the Islanders. Then he had a rhubarb with the management, was suspended and now threatens to return home. &#9632;

6-Team Playoff Serial Nixed In Maritime Loop

Sid Smith, the National Hockey League&rsquo;s top tip-in artist scored five goals and one assist last week and was cerdited with giving the Toronto Maple Leafs the boost that they needed to get back into the second place race. He is the choice for player-of-the-week and O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s award winner.Smith, who is often tabbed the most underrated player in the National League is now tied with Don Releigh of the Rangers for third place in the NHL race. He has scored 27 goals and 29 assists for 56 points. His 27 goals ranks him third in the League behind Howe and Geoffrlon in that department.In three games last week Smith had a goal in each and netted himself one hat trick.On March 13 in Montreal when the Leafs were defeated 3-1 by the Canadiens Smith scored the Leafs only goal.On March 15 in Toronto against the Rangers Smith collected his hat trick. The Leafs whipped the Blues 5-2 and Sid figured in four of the goals Besides his three counters he netted an assist.One night later in New York the Leafs defeated the Rangers for the second time in as many nights andonce again Smith figured in the scoring. He netted one of his specialtities by tipping in Bill Juxda&rsquo;s long shot.Sidney James Smith was born in Toronto and is the only native born skater performing with the Stanley Cuppers.This is his third full season with the Blue and White and is his third season he has gone over the 20 mark in goal scoring. Last season he setted 20 goals and this season he has already scored 27. In the 1949-50 season he scored 22.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11333/8559617-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="311" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Smith</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Player-of-the-Week

<h2>Most Assists</h2>The record for the most assists in one playoff game is held by Toe Blake, ex-of the Montreal Canadiens. Blake had five assists against the Toronto Maple Leafs as the Habs whipped them 5-1 on March 23, 1944 in Montreal.<h2>Assists in Series</h2>Veteran Elmer Lach of the Montreal Canadiens hold the record for the most assists in a playoff series. In nine games in the 1915-46 playoffs against Chicago and Boston Elmer scored himself one dozen assists.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON TUES. A.M., MAR. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-011796/8559586-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="573" height="196"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>Mar. 11&mdash;Detroit 2 at Boston 3Mar. 12&mdash;Chicago 2 at Rangers 10Mar. 13&mdash;Toronto 1 at Canadiens 3Boston 3 at Chicago 3Mar, 15&mdash;Boston 2 at Canadiens 0Rangers 2 at Toronto 5Chicago 1 at Detroit 6Mar. 16&mdash;Canadiens 1 at Boston 2Toronto 4 at Rangers 2Detroit 4 at Chicago 0<h3>NEXT WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h3>Mar. 18&mdash;Chicago at BostonMar. 19&mdash;Canadiens at TorontoBoston at RangersMar. 20&mdash;Rangers at DetroitMar. 22&mdash;Detroit at CanadiensChicago at TorontoMar. 23&mdash;Canadiens at DetroitToronto at BostonChicago at RangersThe keenest race at the moment in the National Hockey League is beteen Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs for second place. Canadiens are one point ahead of the Leafs. 75 to 74, but Canadiens have a double-header with Detroit over the coming weekend while Toronto meets Chicago and Boston. Canadiens play in Toronto on March 19 and this could be the big game that will decide the final positions.Boston Bruins won three and tied one in four starts last week to consolidate their hold on fourth place. The Bruins now have 62 joints to New York&rsquo;s 57. Detroit is at the top of the heap with 95 points and Chicago is at the bottom with 39.<h2>TUESDAY, MARCH 11 Detroit 2 at Boston 3</h2>BOSTON&mdash;The Boston Bruins pulled into undisputed possession of fourth place in the battle for a National Hockey League playoff berth by defeating the league-leading Detroit Red Wings, 3-2.It was Fleming Mackell&rsquo;s first goal in a Boston uniform that gave the Brains the important victory that put them ahead of the idle New York Rangers in the standing. Mackell&rsquo;s goal came at the 18:22 mark of the second period when Woody Dumart picked up a loose puck in the Detroit end and passed it to the unprotected forward who was 10 feet in front of the Red Wing goalie, Terry Sawchuk.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Goldham, Pronovost, Zeidel; forwards, Abel, Lindsay, Howe, Leswick, Prystai, Pavellch, Skov, Delvecchio, Glover, Wilson. Stasiuk.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Henderson. Quackenbush, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Schmidt, Chevrefils, Fisher, Sand-ford, Dumart, Sullivan, Creighton, McIntyre, Kryzanowski, Mackell, Peirson.Referee: Bill Chadwick; linesmen, Sam Babcock and Frank Udvarl.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-021261/8559579-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="592" height="405"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 Chicago 2 at New York 10</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;Little Wally Herges-helmer scored three goals as New-York Rangers walloped Chicago Black Hawks 10-2&mdash;the highest goal output by one team in a National Hockey League game this season.In racking up the one-sided victory, the Rangers broke their own league record for the fastest four goals in one game.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Dewsbury, Fogolin, Gadsby, Raglan; forwards, Gee, Mosienko, Bodnar, Witiuk, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, McFadden.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Buller, Eddolls, Ross, Stanley, Kraftcheck; forwards, Laprade, Sinclair, Kullman, Conacher, Raleigh, Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinskl.Referee: Red Storey; linesmen, Sam Babcock and Frank Udvarl.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03924/8559572-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="620" height="767"></div><h2>THURSDAY, MARCH 13 Boston 3 at Chicago 3</h2>CHICAGO&mdash;The Boston Bruins took over undisputed fourth place in the National Hockey League standings when Ed Sandford&rsquo;s third period goal gave them a 3-3 tie with the Chicago Black Hawks before 10,486 fans at the Stadium.With the New York Rangers idle, the tie gave the Bruins one point in their scramble for the fourth qualifying spot for the Stanley Cup playoffs.Boston: Goal. Henry; defence, Henderson, Quackenbush, Kyle, Laycoe, Krvzanowskl; forwards, Chevrefils, Schmidt, Fisher. Sandford, Sullivan, Dumart, Creighton, McIntyre, Mackell, Peirson.Chicago: Goal. Lumley; defence, Gadsby Raglan, Fogolin, Dewsbury; forwards, Moslenko, Bodnar, Gee, Hucul, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, McFadden.Referee: Georges Gravel; linesmen, George Hayes and Doug Young.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04763/8559565-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="620" height="460"></div>Toronto 1 at Montreal 3MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Scoring a goal in each period., the Canadiens defeated their perennial rivals, the Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 to 1 before a crowd of 14,476 at the Forum to consolidate their hold on second place in the race for National Hockey League playoff positions.The victory, eighth for the Canadiens over the Leafs in 13 games this season, boosted the Habitants lead, over third-place Toronto to five points with each team having five games left to play in their 70-game schedule.Toronto: Goal. Rollins; defence. Juzda, Bolton, Thomson, Morrison: forwards, Bentley. Armstrong, Timgren. Watson, Kennedy. Meeker, Sloan, Gardner, Lewicki. Smith, Sabourin.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence. Bouchard, MacPherson, Harvey. St. Laurent, Lowe; forwards, Reay. Geoffrlon, Meger, Lach. Johnson, Gamble, McCormack, Curry, Olmstead, Mosdell.Referee: Bill Chadwick; linesmen, Bill Morrison and Sam Babcock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05599/8559558-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="617" height="335"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06500/8559551-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="615" height="189"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Boston 2 at Canadiens 0</h2>MONTREAL.&mdash;Boston Bruins shut out Montreal Canadiens 2-0 at the Forum and the all-important result gave the Bruins a firmer grip on fourth place in the fast waning NHL race.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Henderson. Quackenbush, Kyle. Laycoe. Kryzanowski; forwards, Schmidt, Chevrefils. Fisher, Sandford. Sullivan, Dumart, McIntyre, Creighton. Mackell. Peirson.Canadiens: Goal. McNeil; defence. St-Laurent. Harvey, Bouchard, MacPherson; forwards, Reay, Geoffrlon, Meger, Lach, Richard, Olmstead, McCormack, Curry. Mosdell, Johnson, Lowe.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07455/8559544-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="615" height="185"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-021478/8559537-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="617" height="110"></div><h3>New York 2 at Toronto 5</h3>TORONTO.&mdash;Left wing-Sid Smith scored three goals to lead Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-2 victory over New York Rangers in a NHL game before 13,314 fans.New York: Goal, Francis; defence, Eddolls, Kraftcheck, Stanley, Ross; forwards, Laprade, Sinclair, Kullman, Raleigh, Conacher, Ronty, Dickenson, Hergesheimer, Stewart, Slowinski.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence Morrison, Bolton, Thomson, Mortson, Juzda; forwards, Kennedy, Sloan, Smith, Watson, Bentley, Meeker, Gardner, Armstrong, Lewicki. Timgren.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-031028/8559530-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="624" height="535"></div>Chicago 1 at Detroit 6DETROIT.&mdash;Red Kelly, Marty Pavelich and Ted Lindsay each scored twice as Detroit Red Wings cruised to a routine 6-1 triumph over Chicago Black Hawks tn a NHL game. Attendance was 13,442.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Gads-by. Raglan. Fogolin, Hucul, Dewsbury; forwards, Bodnar, Mosienko, Gee, Finney, McFadden, Horeck, Peters, Guidolin.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Kelly, Goldham, Pronovost, Zeidel; forwards, Abel, Howe, Lidsay, Leswick, Prystal, Pavelich Skov, Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Glover, Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04712/8559523-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="624" height="489"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 16 Toronto 4 at New York 2</h2>NEW YORK&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs came from behind with four goals in the second and third periods to defeat the New York Rangers 4-2, and keep alive their hopes of overtaking second-place Montreal in the NHL.Toronto: Goal. Rollins; defence Morison, Bolton. Thomson, Mortson forwards, Kennedy, Sloan. Smith, watson. Bentley, Meeker, Gardner, Atm. strong, Lewicki, Timgren.New York: Goal. Francin dolls. Buller, Kraftcheck. Stanley, Ross forwards, Laprade. Singlair Kullman. Conacher. Raleigh. Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer. Slowinski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05485/8559516-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="576" height="487"></div><h3>Detroit 4 at Chicago 0</h3>CHICAGO&mdash;Goaler Terry Sawchuk got his 12th shutout of the season as Detroit Red Wings, NHL champions, blanked the last-place Chicago Black Hawks 4-0 in the final game of th, year here. Attendance for the after. noon contest was 12,218.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence Kelly, Goldham, Pronovost, Zeidel; forwards. Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Leswlck, Prystal, Pavelich. Skov, Delvecchio, Stasluk. Glover. Wilson.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Gads-by, Raglan, Fogolin, Hucul, Dewsbury forwards, Bodnar. Mosienko, Gee, Fin ney, McFadden, Horeck, Peters, Guidolin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-06383/8559509-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="576" height="361"></div>Canadiens 1 at Boston 2BOSTON&mdash;Boston&rsquo;s hustling Bruins strengthened their grip on four place in the NHL and moved nearer a Stanley Cup playoff spot by edging the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 in Boston Garden, The attendance was 7,825.Boston: Goal. Henry, defence Quackenbush. Henderson, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Fisher, Schmidt, Chevrefils, Sand-ford, Sullivan, Dumart, Creighton, McIntyre, Mackell. Peirson.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, St-Laurent, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, Lowe; forwards, Richard, Lach, Olmstead, Geoffrion, Curry, McCormack, Mosdell, Meger, Reay.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-07299/8559502-1-eng-US/f0014-072.jpg" title="f0014-07" width="572" height="406"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08421/8559495-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="614" height="749"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09389/8559488-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="621" height="295"></div><h3>Penalties In Minutes By Clubs</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10366/8559481-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="564" height="172"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By IAN MacDONALD</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Montreal Junior Canadiens, League champions of the JAHA, received a well-earned rest last week. After eliminating Three Rivers Reds in five straight games, they awaited the winners of the Quebec Citadels-Nationales round. After completing a hectic 46-game schedule plus three exhibition jaunts out of town thrown in as well, the Habs fully deserved the relaxation. They made no mistake with the Three Rivers club as they fought their hearts out, winning the final game in Three Rivers in an over-time thriller.Coach Sam Pollock of the Habs claims his club doesn&rsquo;t mind who they face in the finals but from their record during the season they would do much better against the Quebecers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-011952/8559648-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="278" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sam Pollock</figcaption></div>Canadiens won eight of 10 engagements with the Citadels while they won only three out of 10 against the surprising Nationales squad.Natlonales, bereft of two of their top stars before the series started, weren&rsquo;t given a tumble against the Quebec club but through sheer fight and determination they have forced them to the limit, and hold every possibility of making the finals themselves.<h2>Rocket&rsquo;s Brother Hexed, Too</h2>Young Henri Richard, brother of the NHL&rsquo;s fabulous Rocket, suffered a broken wrist in the first game of the series and center Bert Scullion, who led the club In points scoring during the season, came down with the mumps and is out for the entire semi-final round.Yet with this make-shift, injury-riddled line-up the Nats whipped Citadels three games in a row after losing the first game. In each tilt the Quebecers far out-shot the Montrealers. But in each game pudgy Claude Evans, in Nats goals, came through with a sensational performance and the rookie kids fought their hearts out up front.Rheal Vincent, signed to the Nationale lists three months ago has been unable to dress because of scholastic commitments at College Ste. Marie, but since the playoff start he has been the dark-horse of the squad.Eddie Swartzack, sturdy Marltimer recently selected as the most valuable rookie in the circuit, has played his usual stellar game and in the important sixth game at Quebec scored a real hattrick, three successive goals, as Nats edged the Quebecers 4-3.<h2>Has Them Wondering</h2>Speculation around the circuit centers on just how long coach Pete Morin can get so much mileage of this seemingly nondescript unit. Every one of the boys give their best for easy-going Pete.A prominent factor has come to light in the Nats fine showing has been the great help the club got from their two Imports.Every club in the circuit is allowed two imports but Nats with left-winger Eddie Swartzack and defenseman Lloyd Pearsall left the others at the post in that line. Both boys have been a tremendous help throughout the entire campaign and the rugged Pearsall has been a standout in the playoffs as he didn&rsquo;t get a penalty in the first six games even though he put up a strong barrier for Cit forwards.One Interesting outsider&rsquo;s viewpoint on these fighting Nats, came from coach Jacques Toupin of the Three Rivers Reds, already eliminated, who said that if Nats get by Quebec then they will upset the apple-cart again and whip Canadiens. &#9632;

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Junior Habs Put Reds In Red Fast; Hoping To Draw Quebec Cits

The following are some of the gifts presented to Elmer Lach of the Canadiens by his admirers:&mdash;Three Waterman pen and pencil sets.One Roamer watchTwo travelling clocksOne week holiday for Elmer and Mrs. Lach at O&rsquo;Connell Lodge.A deep freezeA combination radioOne Kenwood blanketA $50. Stetson hat Dressing gown Washing machine Television set CushionElectrolux frigidaireSuitSport JacketGold Cuff linksLongines watchColor photograph of himselfTwo dozen golf ballsTwo passes 1952 season by The Montreal Baseball ClubCarving setRowboatFlowersThree blankets from Moose Jaw fanTwo silver traysLady&rsquo;s handbagTable radioTwo sport shirts Two pairs shoes Ash tray Cake1952 OldsmobileBedroom suiteDining room suiteFlash cameraGolf bagVenetian blinds for complete houseComplete set dishes (100 pieces)GarberatorPortraitLifetime supply of razor bladesLiving room chair Windbreaker $100 gift certificate Two sets pearl necklace and earrings100 gallons gasSitting for oil paintingGiant box assorted candies Two boxes preservesSet of car seat coversSuit length$100 Toronto Hockey Club &#9632;

Elmer Lach’s Gift List

<h2>First Time</h2>When the Cincinnati Mohawks defeated the Buffalo Bisons last Wednesday night by an 8-7 score the Mohawks clinched the third and last playoff spot in the Western Division of the American Hockey League. It marked the first time since the Mohawks entered the League three years ago that they have made the playoffs.<h2>Lowest Scorers</h2>Despite the fact the Cincinnati Mohawks secured themselves a playoff berth in the Western Division of the AHL they are still mired deep in the cellar in tram point scoring. After they had played 66 games the Mohawks had netted Just 449 collective points.<h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2>FINAL STANDING<h3>Western Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-011778/8559836-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="584" height="172"></div><h3>Eastern Division</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-021282/8559829-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="582" height="146"></div>King Clancy&rsquo;s Pittsburgh Hornets nosed out Cleveland Barons for first place in the Western Division of the American Hockey League after the Barons made a gallant bid for trop honors. It was the first time Pittsburgh had finished first at the end of a regular season.Hershey Bears Eastern Division leaders throughout most of the season, won the eastern section with an eight-point lead over the Providence Reds. The Bears finished the year with 75 points to the Reds&rsquo; 67.Cincinnati Mohawks ended the regular schedule in third place in the Western Division. It was the first time since Cincy entered the AHL that they qualified for the Calder Cup playoffs. St. Louis finished fourth in the western sector and Indianapolis Caps finished last. Cincinnati had 64 points, St. Louis&rsquo; 57 and Indianapolis&rsquo; 50.Buffalo Bisons, after a hot and cold season, finished up in third place behind Providence in the Eastern Division. Eddie Shore&rsquo;s Syracuse Warriors were fourth and last in the section in the east.Ray Powell won the individual Bearing crown. The USHL veteron, playing his first complete Beason in the American HockeyLeague finished the regular campaign with 35 goals and 62 assists for 92 points.<h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12 Pittsburgh 3 at Syracuse 8</h2>SYRACUSE&mdash;Centre Doug McMurdy acored four goals to lead the Syracuse Warriors to an 8-3 victory over Pittsburgh Hornets, leaders of the western division of the American Hockey League.The lose was a bitter one for the HOT-Nets since a victory for King Clancy&rsquo;s crew would have insured them at least a tie for the division title. Second-place Cleveland was idle, so the Hornets retain a two-point edge over the Barons.In addition to McMurdy&rsquo;s cluster, Syracuse scorers were Mike Narduzzi, Dan Bummers, Gordon Tottle and Armand Lemieux.Pittsburgh&rsquo;s goals were scored by Andy Barbe, Bob Hassard and Johnny McLellan.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Mathers, Boivin, Sullivan, Horton; forwards, Migay, Bolinger, Barbe, Maloney, Mc-Lellan, R. Hannigan, Hassard, G. Hannigan, Ezinickl, G. Blair.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Tottle, Allen, Summers, Gustavesen, McNallum; forwards, McMurdy, Gooden, Casanato, Curick, Narduzzi, Ford, Burnett, Hayden, Lemieux.Referee: Doug Davies; linesmen, Earl McDonald and Lou Burgwin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04665/8559822-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="623" height="731"></div><h3>St. Louis 7 at Providence 4</h3>PROVIDENCE&mdash;Two goals by Eric Pogue within 35 seconds of the third period helped St. Louis Flyers clinch a 7-4 victory over Providence Reds in an American Hockey League game.The other St. Louis scorers were Ed Nicholson, Steve Black, Glen Sonmor, Jackie Hamilton and Cliff Simpson. Barry Sullivan, Ray Laplante, Pete Kapusta and Paul Gladu scored for Providence.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Nicholson, Hrymnak, Milligan, MacNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Morrison, Simpson, Lundy, Kelly, Baccarl, Pogue, Black, Hamilton, Sonmor.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, Lund, Egan, Reardon, Morris; forwards, Powell, Gladu, Sullivan, McGill, Smith, Toppazzini, Laplante, Kapusta, J. Michaluk, Scherza.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05467/8559815-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="610" height="162"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06374/8559808-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="611" height="478"></div><h3>Buffalo 7 at Cincinnati 8</h3>CINCINNATI&mdash;Nick Mickoski&rsquo;s overtime goal shot the Cincinnati Mohawks to an 1-7 victory ever Buffalo Bisons and a place in the American League Hockey playoffs for the first time in their three-year tenure in the circuit.The Mohawks blew a 7-4 lead in a hectic third period. In that 20 minutes of action seven goals were scored and at one time the Bisons halted play for several minutes in stormy protest of two Cincinnati goals.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdls; defence, Lavitt Bergeron, Long, Durham; forwards, DeMarco, Warwick, Pargeter, Pennell, Kaiser, MacKay, Davis, Mazur.Cincinnati: Goal, Bibeault; defence, Martin, McNeil. Irwin, Lancien; forwards, McIntosh, Masnlck, Schwartz, Brown, Harrison. Mickowski, Wylie, McLeod, Stone.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07316/8559801-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="613" height="455"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08275/8559794-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="618" height="530"></div><h2>THURSDAY, MARCH 13 Indianapolis 3 at Buffalo 4</h2>BUFFALO&mdash;Defenceman Stan Long scored the winning goal after 1:52 of overtime to give Buffalo Bisons a 4-3 victory over Indianapolis Capitals in an American Hockey League game.The Caps, who are out of the League playoffs, got off to a two-goal lead in the first period on goals by Larry Wilson and Bert Hlrschfeld. Frank Bergeron got one of those back for the Bisons before the period ended.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence, Hay, Folk, Coflin; forwards, Hirschfeld, Reibel, Bruneteau, O&rsquo;Grandy, Ashbee, Wilson, Sclisizzi, Jankowski, McKay, Heller.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt. Long, Durham; forwards, Pennell, Kaiser, MacKay, Bergeron, DeMarco, Warwick, Mazur, Kobussen, Davis, Mc-Nabney.Referee: Doug Davis; linesmen, Mike McMahon and Babe Bogardis.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09247/8559787-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="616" height="628"></div><h3>St. Louis 5 at Hershey 7</h3>HERSHEY&mdash;Hershey Bears, newly-crowned champions in the eastern division of the American Hockey League, defeated St. Louis Flyers 7-5 with a four-goal flurry in the third period.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Nickolson, Milligan, Hrymnak, MacNab. Quackenbush; forwards, Simpson, Pogue, Hamilton, Morrison, Lundy, Black, Kelly, Baccari, Sonmor.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Schertzl, Branigan, Gariepy, Armstrong, Caron; forwards, Mario, J. Brown, Bettio, Barry, Labine, Corcoran, Toppazzini, O&rsquo;Brien, A. Brown.Referee: Red Dunn; linesmen, Art Fasnacht and Bill Stover.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-11194/8559780-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="618" height="841"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 15 Indianapolis 3 at Cleveland 7</h2>CLEVELAND.&mdash;Ike Hildebrands four goals led Cleveland Barons to a 7-3 win over Indianapolis. But their chase after Pittsburgh for the AHL lead in the Western Division ended in failure.Indianapolis: Goal, Ball; defence, Hay, Folk, Coflin, Heller; forwards, O&rsquo;Grady, L. Wilson, Reibel, Hirschfeld, Jankowski, Bruneteau, Ash bee, Sclisizzi, McKay.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Williams, Reigle, Chrystal, Shero; forwards, Stearns, Reid, Gordon, Wochy, Couture, Hildebrand, Lynn, Davies, Olson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10219/8559773-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="610" height="192"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-021358/8559766-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="619" height="466"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 6 at Hershey 4</h3>HERSHEY.&mdash;Pittsburgh Hornets stifled a third-period Hershey comeback to take a 6-4 win and clinch first place in the AHL&rsquo;s Western Division.Pittsburgh: Goali Mayer; defence. Horton, Backor, Mathers, Boivin, Sullivan; forwards, Hassard, Ezlnicki, G. Hannigan, Blair, Maloney, Migay, Bolinger, McLellan, Barbe.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Schertzl, Gariepy, Crawford; forwards, Mario, J. Brown. Bettio, Barry, Labine, Corcoran, Toppazzlni, O&rsquo;Brien, A. Brown.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-031026/8559759-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="621" height="658"></div><h3>St. Louis 7 at Syracuse 5</h3>SYRACUSE.&mdash;St. Louis Flyers scored four times in the third period to take a 7-5 victory from Syracuse in an AHL game that meant nothing in the league standing.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan, Nicholson, Hrymnak, McNab, Quackenbush; forwards, Simpson, Hamilton, Pogue, Morrison, Lundy, Black, Kelly, Baccari, Sonmor.Syracuse: Goal, Bell; defence, Tottle. Allen, Gustavsen. McCallum, Summers; forwards, McMurdy, Gooden, Casanato, Lemieux, Burnett, Hayden, Narduzzl, Curick, Ford.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04777/8559752-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="623" height="735"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 16 Hershey 3 at Providence 4</h2>PROVIDENCE&mdash;A pair of goals by Barry Sullivan in the final 53 seconds gave Providence Reds a 4-3 victory over Hershey Bears in the final game of the regular AHL schedule for both teams.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Schertzl, Gariepy, Armstrong, Crawford: forwards, Mario, J. Brown, Bettio, Barry, Labine, J, Toppazzlni, A. Brown, O&rsquo;Brien. Caron.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, Morris, Michaluk, Egan, Lund; forwards, Powell, Gladu, Sullivan, McGill, Smith, Z. Toppazzini, Laplante, Kapusta, Reardon. Scherza.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05565/8559745-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="624" height="559"></div><h3>Cleveland 4 at Indianapolis 5</h3>INDIANAPOLIS.&mdash;Indianapolis Capitals closed out their 1952 AHL schedule by defeating Cleveland Barons 5-4.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Chrystal, Reigle, Williams, Shero; forwards, Stearns, Wochy, Lynn, Reid, Hildebrand, Gordon, Davies, Couture, Olson.Indianapolis: Goal, Hall; defence. Hay, Heller, Folk, Coflln; forwards, Jankowski, O&rsquo;Grady, Ashbee, Sclislzzl, Wilson, Hirschfeld, Reibel, Bruneteau, McKay.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06463/8559738-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="627" height="559"></div><h3>St. Louts 7 at Buffalo 8</h3>BUFFALO.&mdash;Vern Kaiser and Lorne Davis each scored three goals as Buffalo Bisons edged St. Louis Flyers 8-7 and closed out their regular AHL season.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt, Bergeron, Durham, Long; forwards, McNabney, Davis, Kobussen, Pennell, Kaiser, MacKay, DeMarco, Warwick, Pargeter.St. Louis: Goal, Almas; defence, Milligan, Hrymnak; forwards, Simpson, Pogue, Hamilton, Morrison, Black, Kelly, Baccari, Sonmor.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07406/8559731-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="611" height="385"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08352/8559724-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="587" height="512"></div><h3>Pittsburgh 1 at Cincinnati 9</h3>CINCINNATI.&mdash;fan MackIntesh&rsquo;s goal at 16:52 of the final period gave the Mohawks a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Hornets in a game that meant sitble to each. The Hornets have clinched in the Western division and the Mohawks have assured themselves the third and last playoff position.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence Horton, Ashley, Boivin, Sullivan Backer forwards, Maloney, Blair, Mathers Hassard, McLellan, G. Hannigan, Migay, Barbe, Solinger.Cincinnati: Goal, Bibeault; defence MacNeil, Irwin, Lancien, Martin, Barlow forwards, Masnlck, Schwartz, Maclntosh. Webster. Brown, Mlckoski, Wylie Mo. Leod, Harrison.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09306/8559717-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="576" height="368"></div><h2>Hugh and Cry from Coflin</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03901/8559710-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="1765" height="1439"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hugh Coflin. of Indianapolis (6) knocks the puck away from Providence player Ray Powell while goalie Glenn Hall braces himself against the cage.</figcaption></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday Mar. 16)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-12161/8559703-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="616" height="367"></div>Most Goals: Steve Wochy, Clev. (37)Most Assists: Ray Powell. Prov. (62) Most Penalties: Pete Durham, Buff. (174 minutes).Best Goalie: Johnny Bower, Clev. (68 games, 165 goal-against, 2.3 average)Most Shutouts: Gil Mayer, Pitts. (5)Most Penalties, Team; Pittsburgh (862 minutes) &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;At time of writing it was necessary to go right to the bottom of the Pacific Coast Hockey League standings for the big news, Down in the nether regions three clubs&mdash;Calgary, Vancouver and Victoria&mdash;were locked tight in a win-or-else struggle for the sixth, and last, playoff slot.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-011733/8559867-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="308" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption></div>Victoria&rsquo;s Cougars, league leaders a few short months ago, trailed. They were battling grimly for the reprieve that would go with catching a playoff berth. Once in the playoffs, it was the hope of coach Roger Leger that somehow the champs of last season would catch fire again.Heroics were the order of the day in all three camps.The Stampeders, as an example Invaded Edmonton and hung a convincing 7-3 shellacking on Doug McCaig&rsquo;s fourth place Flyers They then returned home and with fine inconsistency dropped a 5-3 verdict to their longtime rivals from northern Alberta. However, when it appeared that the setback at the hands of the Flyers had dealt their playoff hopes a mortal blow, &lsquo;Hank&rsquo; Blade and his unpredictable Cowboys scored over the league leading New Westminster Royals, 7-5.Cougars stepped out, when the heat was on, and blanked Tacoma 2-0, right in Tacoma. It was the first win of the season in Tacoma for the Legermen.And so it went, down there in the coal-hole. Nor did anyone doubt but what the struggle for the sixth rung might go on through the last games of the schedule.<h2>Royals Still Consistent</h2>Farther up the ladder, where five teams had cinched playoff spots, those old reliables, the New Westminster Royals, continued their mad dash to the wire ahead of the others. The hustlers from the Queen City of British Columbia stashed away their 38th win of the campaign, edging the Flyers, 1-0, at Edmonton, the night of March 11.As a tribute to the attractive style of hockey served up by owner Kenny MacKenzie&rsquo;s Royals, more than 5,000 were in the Gardens for the Dechene&mdash;Bill Brennan netminding duel, as it proved to be. This was at a time when five games were scheduled in the Gardens for the one week.Feature of the league leaders&rsquo; play has been their close attention to their knitting. It was becoming an event, almost, when a Royal drew a penalty. In one three game stretch the total of their infractions amounted to two minor penalties. Five times this season Jake Forbes has seen his English-French cast go scott-free without a misdemeanour being charged against them.Ice Chips: George Agar still continues atop the point derby. The Calgary cutie boasted 83 points the last time league president Al Leader released a set of &lsquo;stats&rsquo;. The 1951-52 clump, Eddie Dorohoy, of Victoria, was just off the pace, with 80. High scoring Gordon Fashoway, New Westminster, was next at 78.Coach Jake Forbes thinks &ldquo;Dechene, Fielder and one of my defensemen&rdquo; should be named to the league all-stars. He&rsquo;s just as emphatic that Fielder, 25 goals and 45 assists, should cop the rookie award&hellip;Edmonton rearguard Pat Coburn, who suffered a severe eye injury at Seattle a month ago, is still out of the line-up. He has been sorely missed. &#9632;

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Battle For Sixth In PCHL Headlines

Al Leader, president of the Pacific Coast Hockey League recently took the time to answer certain newspaper stories that &ldquo;would lead people to believe that the league is torn by dissension.&rdquo;Pointing out that the stories originated with statements attributed to Murray Patrick, Tacoma Rockets&rsquo; coach. Leader emphasized that &ldquo;Mr. Patrick denies making any such statements.&rdquo;One of the statements quoted Patrick as saying &ldquo;Never again will 1 bring my Rockets to the prairies.&rdquo;&ldquo;Other reports Indicate that the Coast League is begging other cities to join it,&rdquo; President Leader&rsquo;s manifesto went on. &ldquo;The Coast league has never requested any city to join the league, at any time. It will, however, always welcome any city it believes will be an asset.&rdquo;Touching on attendance, Mr. Leader admitted that both Edmonton and Calgary have shown a decline, based on their Western Canada loop (now defunct) figures.&ldquo;The Coast clubs are all ahead of last season. Near record crowds attended all Saskatoon games played in the three Canadian coast cities last week.&ldquo;The three prairie cities have indicated that they are satisfied. The coast clubs are happy with the prairie cities and we will go on record as stating that the league will continue to operate as presently constituted and will continue to prosper, despite the evident lack of desire of some people to see it do so.&rdquo; &#9632;

Teapot Tempest Ends As Leader Says All’s Well

<h2>New Trophies</h2>The PCHL has purchased two beautiful Sun Gold trophies for the League and play-off championship. One will be known as the &lsquo;Directors Cap&rsquo; and will be awarded to the team finishing in first place in the regular league standings. The other trophy, to be known as the &lsquo;Presidents Cup&rsquo; will be awarded to the team winning the play-offs.<h2>First Win</h2>Jerry Cotnoir, Victoria goalie turned hack the Tacoma Rockets without a goal in Tacoma for his second shutout of the season. The Cougars 2-0 victory was their first over the Rockets in Tacoma this season. They had previously tied one game and lost 4 in Tacoma.<h2>HOW THE RICE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON MON. A.M. MARCH 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-011551/8560027-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="563" height="243"></div><h3>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h3>Mar 4&mdash;Saskatoon 3 at Victoria 5Mar, 5&mdash;Saskatoon 1 at Tacoma 1Mar, 7&mdash;Seattle 2 at Victoria 3Saskatoon 2 at Vancouver 2Calgary 7 at Edmonton 4Mar. 8&mdash;Victoria 2 at Tacoma 0Saskatoon 2 at New West. 5Edmonton 5 at Calgary 3Mar. 9&mdash;Saskatoon 3 at Seattle 4George Agar of Calgary increased his individual scoring lead to three points over Eddie Dorohoy of Victoria who broke a deadlock for second place with Gordie Faihoway of New Westminster. Agar has 34 goals and 49 assists for a total of 83 points. Dorohoy has 80 and Fashoway, who has held pointless last week has 78. Fashoway continues to lead the goal getters with 47 and Dorohoy the playmakers with 54 assists. Lucien Dechene, New Westminster goalie continues to keep his goals against average well below the 3. goals against per game mark, leading this department with a 2.75 average. Bill Shvetz of Calgary and Doug McCaig of Edmonton are tied with 135 minutes each in the sin bin.<h2>TUESDAY, MARCH 4 Saskatoon 3 at Victoria 5</h2>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;The cellar Victoria Cougars stayed right in the battle for the last playoff spot in the Pacific Coast Hockey League by turning back the second-place Saskatoon Quakers 5-3.Cougars now are two points behind seventh-place Calgary and four points behind Vancouver Canucks, who hold sixth place.Saskatoon: Goal. Worsley; defence, Beindl, Milford, Parker, Kaiser; forwards, Rouse. Kuzma, Strain, Hunter, knick, Fowler, McCullough, Kaleta, Chad, Bentley.Victoria: Goal. Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Roche, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Frampton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Hickey, Ballance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Medynski.Referee: Bill Knott; linesman, Eddie Powers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-021208/8560020-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="578" height="406"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03882/8560013-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="614" height="148"></div><h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 Saskatoon 1 at Tacoma 1</h2>TACOMA&mdash;The Saskatoon Quakers and Tacoma Rockets battled to a 1-1 tie here in a well-played Pacific Coast Hockey League game.Bob Manson scored Quakers&rsquo; only goal at 12:17 of the second period. Young Wayne Brown tied things up for the Rockets at 12:20 of the third period as he fired a hard shot from just inside the blue line. Goalie Lorne Worsley apparently had made the save, but the puck dribbled over his stick into the net.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Heindl, Parker, Kaiser, Bentley; forwards, Rouse, Strain, Hunter, Senick, Fowler, McCullough, Kaleta, Manson, Chad.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt. Jones, Devidson, Godfrey. O&rsquo;Connor; forwards, Adam, Bradley, Johnston, Kerr, Brown, Macdonald, Marquess, Young, Delmonte.Referee: Bill Knott and Paul Waldner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04652/8560006-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="611" height="258"></div><h2>FRIDAY, MARCH 7 Calgary 7 at Edmonton 4</h2>EDMONTON&mdash;Edmonton&rsquo;s Flyers failure to come up with the clincher for a playoff berth seem incidental alongside the too obvious fact that the club just isn&rsquo;t perking even in second gear.The Edmontonians lost dully 7-4 to the Calgary Stampeders before 4,684 distressed Gardens patrons for their third straight setback.Calgary: Goal. Dertell; defence, Dickens, Moe, Shvetz, Gilhooley; forwards, C. Thomas, Juckes, Larson, Blade, Ash-worth, Pechet, Agar, Goodacre, Brown, Scott.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, McCaig, Cox, Pettinger, McLeod; forwards, Kilburn, Backor, Raynak, Podolsky, McLean. E. Thomas, Joss, Johnson, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.Referee: Dick Davis and Hank Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-05458/8559999-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="611" height="636"></div><h3>Seattle 2 at Victoria 3</h3>VICTORIA, B.C.&mdash;The Victoria Cougars stayed right in the fight for sixth and last playoff berth in the Pacific Coast Hockey League by edging Seattle Ironmen 3-2 for their third straight victory.A crowd of 4,500 saw the Cougars twice come from behind to hand the shorthanded Ironmen their first setback in five games under playing-coach Danny Sprout. The Seattle team played with 13 men. Centre Walt Samanski is out with an eye Injury and Rookie Ray Ross has left the club to return east after deciding against turning professional.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Roche, Coegan, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton. Frampton, Abbott, Ballance, E. Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Medynski, Hickey.Seattle: Goal, Hughes; defence, Talllefer, Conn, Tomiuk, Sprout; forwards, Samanski, Homenuke, Richardson, Bailey, Bell, Fillion, Fairbum, Maxwell, Ceresino.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-06354/8559992-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="612" height="433"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03788/8559985-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="577" height="61"></div><h3>Saskatoon 2 at-Vancouver 2</h3>VANCOUVER&mdash;The Vancouver Canucks and Saskatoon Quakers battled to a 2-2 Pacific Coast Hockey League draw before an overflow house of more than 5,000 fans.The game left the Canucks in a sixth place tie with Calgary Stampeders, who knocked off Edmonton Flyers. The second place Quakers now trail the league-leading New Westminster Royals by six points.Bob Manson and Johnny Chad scored for Saskatoon, Ron Plumb and Bill Hagen were Vancouver&rsquo;s marksmen.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04610/8559978-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="611" height="385"></div><h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8 Saskatoon 2 at New Westminster 5</h2>NEW WESTMINSTER&mdash;Royals practically assured themselves of first place by handing the Saskatoon Quakers a 5-2 trimming at New-Westminster. The win left the league leaders with an eight-point margin, two games in hand, and the Quakers with only seven games in which to make up the difference.It was the second defeat for the Saskatchewan club, which has yet to win on its last Coast invasion.Saskatoon: Goal, Worsley; defence, Kaiser, Parker, Milford. Heindl; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain, Hunter, Kuzma. Rouse, Bentley, McCullough, Senick, Fowler.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene: defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle, Bedard; forwards, Love, Dufault, Fasho-way, Lavell, Boyce, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-05453/8559971-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="609" height="459"></div><h3>Victoria 2 at Tacoma 0</h3>VICTORIA&mdash;The Victoria Cougars came up with their second win in three seasons on Tacoma ice, blanking the Rockets 2-0.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Roche, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Frampton, Abbott, McIntyre, Hickey, Ballance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Medynski.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Jones. Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Godfrey; forwards, Adam, Bradley, Johnston, Kerr, MacDonald, Brown, Young, Delmonte, Marquess.Referee: Billy Knott and Cam Proud-lock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-06340/8559964-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="607" height="351"></div><h3>Edmonton 5 at Calgary 3</h3>CALGARY&mdash;The Edmonton Flyers gave Victoria a big hand by dumping the at Calgary, 5-3.Calgary: Goal, Hendry; defence, Dickens, Shvetz, Moe, Gillhooley, Blade; forwards, Thomas, Juckes, Larson, Anderson, Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Goodacre, Brown.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, McCaig, Pettinger, Cox; forwards, Kilburn, Raynak, Podolsky. McLean, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-07284/8559957-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="614" height="630"></div><h2>SUNDAY, MARCH 9 Saskatoon 3 at Seattle 4</h2>SEATTLE&mdash;Seattle clipped Saskatoon, 4-3, to move within one point of fourth-place Edmonton in Pacific Coast Hockey League standings.The win was the fifth in six starts for the rejuvenated Ironmen. For Saskatoon, it was the second straight loss.Saskatoon: Goal Worsley; defence, Heindl, Milford. Parker, Kaiser; forwards, Rouse. Kuzma, Strain, Hunter, Senick, Fowler, McCullough, Kaleta, Chad, Bentley.Seattle: Goal, Hughes: defence. Taille-fer, Sprout, Conn, Tomiuk; forwards, Homennke. Bailey, Fillion, Fairburn, Maxwell, Ceresino, Richardson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-08242/8559950-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="613" height="644"></div><h2>Royals&rsquo; Rookie</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-07287/8559943-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="568" height="845"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder&hellip;Rookie star of the New Westminster Royals who has the experts talking about his fine play on the coast.</figcaption></div><h2>Ironman Coach</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-08237/8559936-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="557" height="916"><figcaption class="caption-body">Danny Sprout&hellip;Former Cleveland Star who was appointed coach of the Seattle Ironmen when Tony Hemmerling resigned recently.</figcaption></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>INCLUDING GAMES OF SUN. MAR. 9<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-09200/8559929-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="612" height="586"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-10180/8559922-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="609" height="58"></div><h3>THE LEADERS</h3>Most Goals: Gordon Fashoway, N.W, (47).Most Assists: Eddie Dorohoy, Vic. (54).Most Winning Goals Scored: Gordie Fashoway, N.W. (10).Most Hat Tricks: George. Agar, Calg. (3).Most Shutouts: Lome Worsley, Sask. (4); Lucien Dechene, N.W. (4).Most Hat Tricks Against: Russ Dertell. Calg. (10).Most Penalties: Bill Shvetz, Calg., 1:35; Doug McCaig. Edm., 1:35 min. &#9632;

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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<h2>AMERICAN AMATEUR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, MARCH 10<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-011613/8560065-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="612" height="179"></div><h2>MARITIME MAJOR</h2>STANDINGS ON MONDAY, MARCH 17<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-021243/8560058-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="616" height="183"></div><h2>THUNDER BAY SENIOR</h2>SATURDAY. MARCH 8Fort William 3, Fort Francis 2 (Fort William leads best of seven finals 2-0)<h2>QUEBEC MAJOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Montreal 4, Sherbrooke 3 (Montreal leads best of seven quarter finals 2-1)Quebec 8, Ottawa 2(Quebec leads best of nine semi-finals 2-0)SUNDAY, MARCH 9Montreal 5, Sherbrooke 2(Montreal leads best of seven quarter finals 3-1)Valleyfield 1. Chicoutimi 0 (Valleyfield leads best of seven quarter finals 2-1)Quebec 5, Ottawa 2(Quebec leads best of nine semi-finals 3-0)TUESDAY, MARCH 11Sherbrooke 3, Montreal 0(Montreal leads best of seven quarter finals 3-2)Chicoutimi 2. Valleyfield 0(Best of seven quarter finals tied 2-2)THURSDAY, MARCH 13Sherbrooke 3, Montreal 0(Best of seven quarter finals tied 3-3)Chicoutimi 4, Valleyfield 2(Chicoutimi leads best of seven quarter finals 3-2)<h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO SENIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8North Bay 4 at Sault St. Marie 4 (Overtime tie) (Sault leads best of five finals 1-0, one game tied)MONDAY, MARCH 10North Bay 5, Sault Ste. Marie 3 (Best of five finals tied 1-1)TUESDAY, MARCH 11North Bay 5, Sault Ste. Marie 0 (North Bay leads best of five finals 2-1. One game tied).WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12Saul Ste. Marie 4, North Bay 2(Best of five finals tied 2-2. One game tied)FRIDAY, MARCH 14Sault Ste. Marie 6, North Bay 1 (Sault Ste. Marie wins best of five final series 3-2. One game tied)<h2>EASTERN CANADA SENIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Pembroke 3, Smith Falls 1(Pembroke leads best of seven finals 2-1)MONDAY, MARCH 10Pembroke 4. Smith Falls 3 (Pembrooke leads best of seven finals 3-1)WEDNESDAY&rsquo;. MARCH 12Pembroke 7, Smith Falls 3 (Pembroke wins best of seven finals 4-1)<h2>QUEBEC PROVINCIAL</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8St. Jerome 6. Joliette 3(First game best of seven finals)SUNDAY, MARCH 9St. Jerome 5. Joliette 1St. Jerome leads best of seven finals 2-0)TUESDAY, MARCH 11St. Jerome 5, Joliette 4 (St. Jerome leads best of seven finals 3-0)THURSDAY, MARCH 13 (St. Jerome wins best of seven final series 4-0)<h2>MANITOBA SENIOR</h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11Winnipeg 7, Letellier 5(Letellier leads best of seven finals 3-2)<h2>PORCUPINE SENIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Noranda 4, Porcupine 1 (Noranda wins title)<h2>SASKATCHEWAN SENIOR</h2>SATUDAY, MARCH 8Melville 3, Yorkton 3(Melville wins best of seven finals 4-3)<h2>ALLAN CUP ELIMINATION</h2>TUESDAY, MARCH 11Edmonton Pats 4, Melville 3 (Edmonton leads best of seven Interprovincial finals 1-0)<h2>NEW YORK-ONTARIO SENIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Cornwall 6, Brookville 4 (Brockville leads best of seven finals 2-1)TUESDAY, MARCH 11Brockville 7, Cornwall 4 (Brockville leads best of seven finals 3-1)<h2>QUE. LAKE ST. JOHN SR.</h2>FRIDAY, MARCH 14Dolbeau 1, Jonquiere 0 (Jonquiere leads best of seven finals 3-2)<h2>OHA SENIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Owen Sound 4, Kitchener 3(Owen Sound wins best of seven semifinals-4-1)Stratford 6, Brantford 3(Stratford leads best of seven semi-finals 3-2)TUESDAY, MARCH 11Brantford 4, Stratford 1(Best of seven semi-finals tied 3-3)WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12Stratford 10, Brantford 2Stratford wins best of seven semifinals 4-3)FRIDAY, MARCH 11Stratford 5, Owen Sound 1 (First game best of seven finals)<h2>MARITIME SENIOR</h2>MONDAY, MARCH 10New Glasgow 5, St. Francois Xaxler 0 (New Glasgow leads best of five semifinals 1-0)TUESDAY, MARCH 11St. Francois Xavier 6. New Glasgow 1 (Best of five semi-finals tied 1-1)WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12New Glasgow 6, St. Francois Xavier 5 (New Glagow leads best of five semifinals 2-1)FRIDAY, MARCH 14St. Francois Xavier 5 New Glasgow 4 (Best of five semi-finals tied 2-2)<h2>OKANAGAN SENIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Nanaimo 4, Kelowna 1(Best of five semi-finals tied 1-1)MONDAY, MARCH 10Kelowna 7, Nanaimo 1 (Kelowna leads best of five semi-finals 2-1)WEDNESDAY. MARCH 12Nanaimo 2, Kelowna 1(Best of five semi-finals tied 2-2)<h2>WESTERN INTERNATIONAL SR.</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Nelson 9. Trail 3(Best of Five series tied 1-1)MONDAY, MARCH 10Nelson 1, Trail 9(Trail leads best of five finals 2-1)WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12Nelson 4. Trail 3(Best of five series tied 2-2)<h2>MARITIME JUNIOR</h2>TUESDAY, MARCH 11Halifax 7, Trenton 3(Halifax leads best of three finals 1-0)FRIDAY, MARCH 14Halifax 10, Trenton 7 (Halifax wins best of three series 2-0),<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Canadiens 3 at Three Rivers 2 (Canadiens win best of nine semi-finals 5-0).Nationale 5 at Quebec 4 (Nationale leads best of nine semi-finals 2-1)SUNDAY, MARCH 9Quebec 3 at Nationale 5(Nationale leads best of nine semi-finals 3-1)TUESDAY, MARCH 11Quebec 3 at Nationale 2National leads best of nine semifinals 3-2)THURSDAY, MARCH 13Nationale 4 at Quebec 3 (Nationale leads best of nine semifinals 4-2)<h2>THUNDER BAY JUNIOR</h2>TUESDAY, MARCH 11Port Arthur Bruins 7 at FortHurricanes 5Fort William leads best of seven finals<h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Winnipeg 6 at Brandon 3 (First games best of seven finalsMONDAY, MARCHWinnipeg 6 at Brandon 1 (Winnipeg leads best of seven finals 2-0)WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12Winnipeg 5 at Brandon 3 (Winnipeg. Rads best of seven<h2>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 9Lethbrige 9 at Edmonton 5 (Best of five semi-final series tied l-1)Regina 4 at Calgary 0(Regina leads best of fiveMONDAY, MARCH 10Edmonton 10 at Lethbridge 1 (Edmonton leads best of five series 2-1)TUESDAY, MARCH 11Regina 3 at Calgary 1 (Regina leads best of five semi-finalsWEDNESDAY, MARCH 12Edmonton 7 at Lethbridge 1 (Edmonton wins best of five series 3-1)<h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2>MONDAY, MARCH 10Sudbury 3 at Faleonbridge 2 (Sudbury wins best, of five finals 3-2)<h2>OTTAWA DISTRICT JUNIOR</h2>MONDAY, MARCH 10Inkerman 5 at Eastview 1(Best of seven finals tied 2-2)WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12Inkerman 6 at Eastview 3(Inkerman leads best of seven finals 3-2)FRIDAY, MARCH 14Eastview 6 at Inkerman 5(Best of seven series tied 3-3)<h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2>SATURDAY, MARCH 8Prince Albert 5 at Humbolt 3 (Best of seven semi-finals tied 1-1)Flin Flon 5 at Saskatoon 4 (Flin Flon leads best of seven semi-finals 2-0)MONDAY, MARCH 10Humbolt 9 at Prince Albert 44(Humbolt leads best of seven semi-finalsFlin Flon 4 at Saskatoon 2(Flin Flon leads best of seven semi-finalsTUESDAY, MARCH 11Saskatoon 6 at Flin Flon 5(Flin Flon leads best of seven series 3-1)Wednesday, March 12Humbolt leads best of seven semi-finals 3-1)<h2>OHA JUNIOR SATURDAY, MARCH 8</h2>St. Michael&rsquo;s 5 at Galt 4(St. Michael&rsquo;s wins quarter finals 3-0)St. Catharines 2 at Kitchener 1(Best of five quarter finals tied 1-1)SUNDAY, MARCH 9Marlboros 8 at Guelph 6 (Marlboros lead best of seven semi-finals 1-0)TUESDAY, MARCH 11Guelph 6 at Marlboros 2(Best of seven series ties 1-1)St. Catharines 6 at Kitchener 1 (St. Catharines lead best of five quarter-finals 2-1)<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12Troy 7 at Grand Rapids 3(Troy leads best of seven series 1-0)Chatham 2 at Toledo 4(Toledo leads best of seven series 1-0) &#9632;

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