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et ti: Western Vancouver 5 Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 3 Portland 2 Central League Tulsa 9 St. Louis 7 St. Paul 1 Memphis 6 y Eastern League "| Johnstown 7 Jacksonville 3 Knoxville 4 Nashville 1 Charlotte 3 Greensboro 7 New Hayen 1 New York 8 1016 2 $1112 22 Baltimore 812 3 77 7419 Providence 719 0 66 9814 _ Western Division Rochester 15 7 2. 84 69 69 58 Springfield HOCKEY SCORES STANDINGS By. THE CANADIAN PRESS National League WLT F Detroit 12.7 Montreal Il Toronto . 1 New York Chicago 1 Boston 513 4 4 Wednesday's Results Montreal 3 Toronto 2 Chicago 6 New York 1 (Only games. scheduled) Today's Game Chicago at Boston (Only game scheduled) American League Eastern Division WLT F APt 20 6 1115 66 41 15.7 2 85 5732 International League Toledo 2 Fort Wayne 5. Saskatchewan Junior Melville 3 Saskatoon 6 Mrose Jaw 2 Brandon 6 Ottawa-St. nna Intercoll, ie "othe Indians Snap Bears Streak By THE CANADIAN PRESS Hershey Bears, making a great rush at Quebec Aces, eastern division leaders. of the American Hockey League, had their unbeaten streak broken at 13 games Wednesday night as Springfield Indians, paced by excellent defensive work, de- feated the Bears 4-2 in Her- 2. Buffalo 11 8 3 Pittsburgh 911 3 Cleveland 514 4 Wednesday's Results Providence 2 Buffalo 5 Springfield 4 Hershey 2 Exhibition te aL) 3. Pittsburgh (AHL) 3 Wa.eroo Lutheran (O1AA) 3 McMaster (SIHIL) 6 APt 52 28 shey, Springfield built up a 3-0 lead early in the second period and held on. for the win, The In- dians' defence allowed only 21 shots on rookie goaltender George Wood, making his third start in the Springfield nets. In the only other game of the night, Buffalo Bisons beat Prov- idence Reds 5-2 in Buffalo. The third - place Indians also snapped a streak, winning their first game in seven. Bears had won 11 and tied fwo since Nov. , Quebec Hershey LAST NIGHT'S STARS By THE CANADIAN PRESS Kenny Wharram, Chicago, in- dicated he's pulling out of his slump with two goals in 'the Black Hawks' 6-1 victory over New York Rangers. Gilles Tremblay, Montreal, broke up a Toronto power play in the second period and scored Jim Anderson, Dennis Olson and Brian Smith gave the In- dians a 3-0 lead and Danny Poliziani scored the fourth goal in the final period, Barclay Plager and Bruce Cline scored for the Bears. In Buffalo, two power : play goals in the second period gave the Bisons a 3-1 lead which they never relinquished. Oscar Gaudet, Hank Ciesla, Art Strat- ton, Len Lunde and Pat Han- nigan were the Buffalo scorers.|what proved to be the decisive Len Ronson and George Ran-|goal in Canadiens' 3-2 triumph ieri were the Reds' marksmen. over Maple Leafs. a oe oR while behind the latter, can be seen Canadiens' Henri Rich- ard. The camera missed Bal- on, siti sis treal team then matched the Leafs for the rest of the way, to win 3-2. At the right are Leafs Bobby Baun and team captain George Armstrong, make the save, Balon's goal put Canadiens ahead 2-1 in the first period of last night's NHL game at Toronto Maple Leaf Gardens and the Mon- BALON SCORES ! Montreal Canadiens' Dave Balon fired the puck into the net as Tor- onto Maple Leaf goalie Terry Sawchuk lunged too late to END OF SLUMP? Owner Jim Norris Puts Prod Into Black Hawks The Hawks made the second stop on their three - game road trip tonight when they engage the Bruins at Boston. 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After a scoreless first pe- riod, Wharram's sixth of the year sent Chicago ahead and Stanfield, killing off a penalty to McKenzie, increased the! margin when he broke up New York's power play and beat By RED BLACKMAN Canadian Press Staff Writer When the man who signs the pay cheques starts complaining, those who cash them had bet- ter start working. And the Chi- cago Black Hawks don't need Travel Pi See your Travel Agent or write AIR CANADA in Toronto et 130 Bloor Street "West. to be told that twice. funny," master Jim Norris "We're going to make cently. some moves if things don't im- "This situation no longer is team owner and pay- said re- prove.' Like magic words, the blast from the boss shook the Hawks out of a five - game winless streak Wednesday night. While Montreal edged Toronto 3-2 to take second place in the Na- tional Hockey League, Chicago trimmed New York Rangers 6-1. Hawks defence. He couldn't find fault, When Norris lowered cKenzie, Stan Mikita and the of course, with Bobby Hull's 20 goals in 21 games. vacation from his goal - scoring spree, his teammates snapped out of their slump. Wharram scored twice, Mikita .got two assists, McKenzie added another and ers, Fred Stan- ey pon lefencemen Al Mac- ply a While Hull took a temporary Doug Mohns, con- their first goals of the season. BOOSTS LEAD Hull recorded three assists to} increase his point - total to 29 and his scoring lead to four points over Mikita and Detroit centre Norm Ullman. The Hawks, with Denis De- Jordy -in nets in place of vaca- tioning Glenn Hall, played a strong defensive game as well and allowed New York only 17 shots before 15,197 Ranger fans. It was sweet revenge for New York's 4-1 win in Chicago last Sunday. 7] the boom, he singled out the poor lay of Kenny Wharram, John goalie Marcel Paille with a 50- foot slapshot. Rod Gilbert got that back while McKenzie was still sitting out his minor, but the Hawks erased any Ranger hopes with a four-goal third period. Paille, facing 38 shots, also fanned on MacNeil's 40-foot slapshot. The victory moved Chicago to! within four points of the fourth-| place Rangers, who have lost| only three of their last 10] games. Montréal's triumph left} them one point behind league-| leading Detroit and two ahead) of the Leafs. CHECK COMEBACK TRY Gilles Tremblay's seventh of the season, scored while Mont- real was a man short, was the decisive goal as the Canadiens jumped ahead 3-1 in the second period and then held off a furi- ous Toronto comeback try in the finale. Claude Provost and Dave Balon, both set up by Henri Richard, sent the Habs in front 2-0 in the first period and Ron Stewart tallied for the Leafs. Tremblay scored in the second, breaking up. 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