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HAWKS and New York Rangers, fight- a playoff spot, see action tonight at Montreal

Stanley Cup champions will try while at Maple Leafs Gardens entertain the New York Rangers. have shown signs of coming to life and could mean that Canadians and Leafs may have trouble on hands on these Boxing Day attractions. However, we don’t tonight. We call victories for both Toronto if they them. the playoff hopes of Rangers Hawks will receive another crushing blow. finds Montreal visiting in Detroit, Toronto the guests the Rangers and the Hawks at home to the Boston Bruins. It’s a

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BOSTON (AP) — Boston centre | Don ‘McKenney had a hand in four of his team’s goals Friday jmight as the aroused Bruins |handed Chicago Black Hawks a 5-1 National Hockey League de- feat.

Utilizing his great speed, Mc- Kenney scored two goals and |picked up two assists for the home team which ended a losing streak at four games.

McKenney was a- constant thorn in the side of the Black Hawks who had lost only two of

ning its third in 19 games, Bos- ton pulled two points ahead of

prediction by sharing second place with Penguins before Christ- mas, but they were knocked back into third place before the holiday

wned. Now, this afternoon, they

makes an. attempt to catch it during a National Hockey Lea- gue game at Toronto Dec. 19. Watching the puck, which can

Chicago into undisputed posses- session of fourth place.

Two minutes into the second period, McKenney sped from the Chicago blue line, broke between defencemen Elmer Vasko and Pierre Pilote and fired under goalie Glenn Hall. That made it 2-0. ;

When Chicago closed the gap on Bill Hay’s goal less than a min- ute and a half later, McKenney assisted Jerry Toppazzini’s first score in 27 games.

McKenney raced from deep in

Jack Evans to repeat ‘his earlier goal at 2:18 of the finale for a 4-1 margin. McKenney also aided

shorthanded in the opening per- iod. Doug Mohns also scored for Boston. : First period: 1. Boston, Stas-

ean take over undiuputed posses- sion of the runner-up slot by | beating the Penguins at. Civic | Stadium. We don’t know how | Coach Hogan’s prophecy was j| worded but he certainly came near to establishing himself as/ a soothsayer of parts. }

If Ron MacArthur really gets | back on that blueline. and plays anywhere near his old game, the

on other occasions should be able |

| to sit up and take a little nourish- ;ment. The Aces have the scoring

potential if they can plug the gaps on the blueline with Mac- |

for the

busy weekend for the National Hockey League. i A WIN for the Aces this afternoon would shove them into

And speaking of Perfection, this is Penguins’ big day at the Stadium. Team sponsors, Central Creameries, are having as their guests all mnor hockey players and each and every one will receive a treat of ice cream. Santa Claus will be there and\ the whole affair should be a great afternoon's entertainment.

Pee Wees and paperweights must be accompanied by an adult. Other minors can attend on their own.

Next Tuesday night at Charlottetown Sports Arena Central Creameries will stage,a similar night. That’s the evening that Penguins put out the welcome mat for Sandy’s Parkdale Royals. |

NOW JUST A WORD about attendances this season at Island Senior Hockey,‘League games. We haven't the figures available | for Civic Stadium but Sports Arena crowds have been just+ | slightly under 600 this season. Up to Christmas last year, the crowds (pardon the expression) were around 150 on an average.

The increase shows that folks will go for good things and this Island Senior Hockey League has really been a good thing. And president Ivan Doherty maintains the fun is only start-

SPORT ECHOES

: By NORMAN MacDONALD

We nominate Buck Whitlock as; fired too many of their shots the surprise package of the ISHL.| from the outfield. Last year the “Old Lamplighter”; Long shots Were drifting im was a pitiful shell of his old | 4" sliding harmlessly against Ward’s stick. For one thing, the brilliant self and experts were | nes are foing the slap-shot writing ‘“‘finis’ on his career. In| routine. Successful results come fact, during the last three or four from a change of pace, and the years Whitlock was nothing to

occasional slap shot can take \a give opposing coaches ulcers.| goaler and the outer defence by This year He has staged an un- i

surprise, but slap shots delivered expected comeback, and he gets | with monotonous regularity from sharper and more dangerous

outside the ‘blueline are like a every game he plays. Buck bet-| fireworks display, spectacular ter watch it or he will be the

‘ but doing no damage. Some of daddy of all candidates for the| the Ace, snipers are definitely “too good” casualty list. slap-shot happy. We hope that TOO MUCH FIRE

they recover from the ailment in The line of Angie Carroli-whit-| "© D&W year.

lock, and Wallie Shepherd had | SOOTHSAYER HOGAN

too.much fire power for the; The Aces on the long haul are not nearly as bad as that last paragraph pictured them. They’- been playing pretty good hockey if you blot out Wednes- performance, and we never Grady-Benny Grady line go any better

Aces on Wednesday night. The

Members of the Toronto Mari- boros of the Ontario Hockey Association’s Junior A league are admired by Jo Anne Gru- ber of Guelph, Ont., as they

are boing right now. Charlie Hogan’s

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iuk (McKenney, Bucyk) 11:12. Penalties: St. Laurent 10:41, Fla- man 14:00.

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Dec. 18 in top hat, tailg and white gloves. They did it to Prove they are the world’s best- dressed hockey team after crit- ‘icism by Guelph’s coach that they came te practices looking

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6 915-30 Second period: 3. Detroit, Mel- 10 6 4~20 nyk (McNeill) 6:02: 4. New York, Bownass 15:06;

Arthur back on the job. There; DETROIT (AP) — New York Shack (Gadsby) 15:19. Penalties: | is still hope that it can be a Rangers rallied with four goals Hanna, Delvecchio 9:32, Bownass| — happy new year ces.

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Detroit Red Wings a 5-2 beating Third period: 6. New York

: BEST-DRESSED PLAYERS | like bums. Left to right: Jim Pappin, Jack Martin, Bob Shef-

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Boston Defeats Hawks 5-1 AsRangersBeat Wings 5-2

in a Christmas night hockey game here. Brian Cullen scored two of the Rangers’ goals within 16 seconds in the’ final period. Cullen, a benchrider most of the season, scored his fourth and fifth National Hockey League this semson. , In scoring their first victory on | Olympia ice this season, the last- !place Rangers pulled within one point of fifth place while Detroit remained anchored in second. The -Red Wings moved ahead | twice, first on Marcel Pronovost's | 20-= foot’ backhanded ‘screen shot) po, onto midway in the first period. The Rangers tied the count 1-1 | Chicago in the same period when _rookie|New York 32 9 17 Bob Kabel made a 10-foot kill off | Andy Bathgate’s passout. Detroit went ahead again in the | second on Jerry Melnyk’'s wide | | shot that hit Bill Gadsby on the shin and deflected into the cage. The Rangers got even and took ithe lead in the space of 13° sec- Second period: 2. Boston, Mc- | onds. Red Bownass tied it with a Kenney (Flaman, Labine) 2:00; |20 - footer after intercepting Val |

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Brian Cullen (Popein, Schinkel) 5:40; 7. New York, Brian. Cullen (Gadsby, Popein) 5:56. Penalties: Hebenton 8:58, Marcon, Prentice 13:04, Gadsby 13:44, Hanna 18:05.

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