Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - February 21, 1967, Winnipeg, Manitoba La Kauai 2.1, maroons Clinch Pennant by Bill Ducharme Winnipeg maroons faced War Road lakers six times this season and were Defeated four times. However at the Winni Peg Arena monday night with the Blue chips on the table. Maroons bounced lakers 5-3 in a Manitoba senior hockey league game. The Victory dethroned Warroad defending Pennant champions and gave the Winnipeg team the league title after missing the Crown last year. Maroons swarmed All Over Warroad and left Little doubt As to what the outcome would be. From the opening whistle the theme was skate Check and shoot. Smooth skating Doug Overton fired two goals and both were of the picture variety. Overton played an outstanding game and flew Down his left Wing Post All evening. Gavin Speirs Murray Couch and Leo Duguay netted singles to round out the scoring for the winners. Dayton Grafstrom opened the scoring at the Mark of the first period and. From that Point on maroons opened up the throttle and never looked Back. Roger Christian and Reg Loreili managed the hockey player s hockey player Howe acclaimed at awards night Howe night jnm4fcks Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard right stand come i including Richard hockey Hall of Fame member. By Ken Pritchard new York up Gordie was acclaimed monday a hockey player s n hockey player and Given the Lester Patrick award for his contribution to the sport. Patrick awards also went posthumously to two key figures in the building of the National hockey league Charles f. Adams of Boston other two Laker goals behind Henry Goy. Maroons bombarded Ai Reynard with 40 shots and the agile net minder was kept Happing throughout. In the first period Reynard hardly had a moment to relax As maroons blasted 19 drives his Way. At the two minute Mark of the opening stanza. Ross Parke broke in to the Clear and Rey Nard played the smartly for a big save. This however was the sign of repeated happen Ings to come. The maroons were break the Laker hex and James Norris or. Troit. Howe. A former Lin mate Ted Lind say described Howe As the greatest athlete in any sport. And the hockey player s hoc key player phrase came from Jim Vipond sports editor of the Toronto Globe and mail. Jack Adams now president of the Central professional hoc key league was the Man who signed Howe at the age of 16 to a Detroit organization con tract. Adams also was the first recipient in 1966, of the Lester Patrick award created in of de memory of the late great new who was born several red wings Paul Henderson most accurate shot in nil Montreal up Paul Henderson a left Winger with Detroit red wings is the National hockey league s most accurate shot on goal league Headquarters announced Mon Day. Statistics released by the Cago was second with an even 20 per cent on 29 goals and 145 chances. The Best Penally killing unit belonged to new York rangers who were shorthanded 128 times but had Only 15 goals scored against them for a Fine 88.3 per Montreal 18 goals 93 shots 19.4 per cent Rod Gil Bert new York 23 goals 130 shots 17.7 per cent Ron Ellis Toronto 15 101 shots 14.9 per cent Bruce Macgregor Detroit 16 goals 108 shots 14.8 league for the first two thirds of the 1966-67 season showed that Henderson a 24-Ycar-Nld native of Kincardine ont., c. Second was Montreal with per cent Dennis Hull Chicago Gordie Howe Detroit 204 shots 15 goals 7.4 per cent Stan Mikita Chicago 185 shots 25 goals 13i5 per cent Norm in Man. Detroit 178 shots 20 goals 11.3 per cent Henri Richard Montreal 158 shots nine goals 5.7 per cent Bobby Orr _ York Ranger coach and general manager. Without Howe on his Side said Adams he would not Likely have won the award. Walter babe Pratt was toastmaster for the awards ban Quet at Toots Shor s mid City restaurant. Pratt a former new York and Toronto defence Man is a member of hockey s Hall of Fame. The Eulogy to Charles f. Adams who built the Boston Bruins and died in 1946, was Given by Victor o. Jones bos ton Globe columnist and the award was accepted by his son we s ton w. Adams Boston Bruins president who was out to and it was done in grand style. Harvey Schmidt former player for Canada s National team was body checker deluxe and continually harassed Laker for wards throughout. Harry Buechert uncorked the nicest Check of the game and the victim was Schmidt. Schmidt promptly retaliated and was rapped with a two minute penalty for Cross checking. Lakers trailed 3-1 at the end of the initial stanza and behind 4-2 after two periods. The Ameri can team turned on their Best offensive Effort late in the dying minutes of the final stanza but they could Only match single goals with maroons. Lakers playing their third game in As Many nights showed the effects and this could have made the difference in their Plin Side the Elueline. Tonight maroons play their final Home game of the schedule. When they Host Selkirk Fisher men in the event fishermen emerge victors Selkirk will move into a second place tie with lakers Selkirk will be awarded second place if this situation develops on the strength of their better for and against average the schedule winds up on wednesday when grand Forks mixers Host Winnipeg maroons Semi finals Are set to open feb. 26 on two fronts maroons will Host either Warroad or Selkirk depending on the out come of tonight s game grand Forks will clash with the eventual second place finisher in series b Tom Lanonne of grand Forks appears to have the scoring championship wrapped up with Only two games to be played in the game Transcona and Selkirk 86.7 per cent. Toronto and Chicago were tied for the Lead in Short handed scored with one of average of 24.4 per cent. The statistics include the first 141 games of the 210 game schedule or those played up to and including feb. 8. Doug mohns of Chicago was next to Henderson in accuracy. Mohns in 39 of the Hawks first 47 games scored 18 goals on 89 for a percentage of 20.2. Henderson missed 15 games because of a respiratory ail ment but still managed to wind up second highest goal scorer on the Detroit club. Norm Ullman Veteran Centre with the wings scored 20 goals during Detroit s first 47 games but he needed 178 shots for a percentage of 11 3 although Detroit is fifth in the standings the ked wings Are the second Best shots on goal with an Over All accuracy of 9 2 per cent. League leading Chicago Black Hawks had a percentage of 12.1 for the first two thirds of the season slight decline from their 12.3 per cent in the first third. Chicago s Bobby Hull As he had done for the last few sea sons again took the most shots of goal. He fired 218 times in 46 games at the nets of opposing teams for 34 goals and a percentage of 15.6-r-thc highest of his career including last season when he scored 54 goals on 35p shots. In team totals Chicago Bac 1441 shots for 175 goals Anc 12 1 per cent Detroit had for 147 goals and 9.2 pet cent new York had shots for 131 goals and 9.0 per cent Montreal had shots for 117 foals and 8.4 per cent Toronto had shots for 114 goals ant 4 per cent and Boston had shots for 119 goals and 7.9 per cent. In Power play statistics Montreal canadians led with a scoring percentage of 20.6 on 34 goals during the 165 time they held the Man advantage the leading scorer on Mont real s Power play was Yvan Cournoyer with 14 goals. Pm Bill Fawcett stormed out of his see Pace 9 Ity Box. Each had six. The remained of the 10 most accurate shooters cent Dean Prentice Detroit 15 goals 108 shots 13.9 per cent and Eric Nesterenko Chicago 10 goals 73 shots 13.7 per cent. The players with the most shots during the first two thirds of the season Bobby Hull 218 eight goals of. Cent Alex Delvicchio Detroit 151 shots 12 goals y.9 per cent Bobby Rousseau Montreal 143 shots 11 goals 7.7 per cent Gilles Marotte bos ton. 140 shots five goals 3.6 per cent Bob Nevin new York rangers won 9t Budge in eligibility Case by Bob Hainstock Denis Ball owner of the Winnipeg rangers of the Manitoba Junior hockey league said monday his club will not travel to flin flon March 4-5 unless Ron Barkwell is taken from bombers lineup. Barkwell joined flin flon recently after playing with Calgary buffaloes of the Caha suspended can-., Adian major Junior hockey league. We will definitely not play definitely. This is on principle said Ball. The Ranger operator fell Barkwell had played past the Jan. 6 deadline set by the Caha for allowing suspended players to escape the pm jul into sanctioned leagues. Ball was not the first to raise objection to Barkwell s eligibility. Eddie Dorohoy of Brandon wheat Kings recently wrote the Manitoba Amateur hockey association and Myhl asking for an investigation into the bomber players past. Dor Ohoy also Felt the boy was ineligible and requested that Points earned while he was playing for. Bombers be forfeited. Besides violating Caha regulations Ball said a Felt the Myhl was morally wrong in allowing the player into Competition. He said teams from the outlawed league had been Good in not raiding players from the Myhl and Calgary did not to let. Barkwell go. They could have ruined our league said but they did t. This is to their credit and ethically w e r e in the the owner who is also chief scout for the new York rangers in Western Canada has also implied to other league operators has proof from Calgary coach manager Alt Pike that Barkwell did play after Jan. 6, contrary to Caha findings. While Dorohoy has not said he will not play flin flon with Barkwell on their roster other Winnipeg owners have said they will go to flin flon unless they receive findings to Back up the wheat King Ranger claim. De c o r b e i 1. Monarch owner said monday Well go ahead and play anyway then see what happens monarchs Defeated bombers recently for one of the year s biggest upsets. Bill Addison St. James braves manager said Well sit tight until we hear braves Are the last club to visit bombers on the regular schedule while Selkirk Steeles and warriors have completed their in Northern town. Nil crowds growing new Yor National hockey league attendance As of Jan. 31 was up 5.13 per cent Over the comparable period in the 1965-66 season league presi Dent Clarence Campbell said monday night. Campbell made the announce ment at a press conference at the end of a Day Long meeting Lutc Cullu pm. Chairman of the awards dinner. O Board of governors. Conn smythe who built Tor i the league operated last season of Lanka f s 0hvp. Tilc Nann Rolv sunday fishermen Defeated the lowly Lions 7-2 the loss ended Transcona s dismal season As it opened. Summary flirt period 1. Wai Road s. Graf Szrom Buechert Winnipeg. Sperli Overton j. Winnipeg Voiton Sperre Kwan Liza t. Winnipeg Overton Idun More penal then Wilkle second Perlis 5 Winnipeg. Dug Warroad. R. Chrsitian ;