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Elmer Lach Has His NHL Hockey Memories MONTREAL (CP) -- Elmer Lach puffed on an expensive six-inch cigar as he sat in a glass-enclosed office that was strangely devoid of mementoes of his great hockey career, He explained there was no room to hang anything except the Montreal Canadiens' hockey calendar and the color picture of a trailer truck on a moun- tain road, . It may be, however, that nothing more is really needed, For 14 seasons the Canadiens were Lach's life. Today it's trucks--he's district sales man- ager for Maislin Brothers Transport Limited in suburban Lasalle, a firm that operates 800 trucks, chiefly in the east: ern United States. Lach, who is also public re- lations director and acts as BS "chief cook and bottle washer" when the boss is away, which is quite often, leaned back in his swivel chair and talked hockey, past and present, "The younger people don't recognize me any more," he said without: resentment kids forget you quickly, They want to see the active players, not the has-beens."' That may be true, but any. im one who followed the doings in the National Hockey League in the 1940s and early '50s remem- bers Elmer Lach as one of the game's great centres, TEAMED WITH ROCKET And it's not just because he spent quite a few of those years on the No. 1 Canadiens ELMER LACH, IN HIS HEY-DAY a lot of its finesse, The oppor- tunities don't present them- selves anymore for stick-hand- ling." He's quick to add, however, that.'there are a lot of good centremen around today, as good as the days I played." DON'T HIT "But defencemen don't belt anybody anymore, Jacques Laperriere and Terry Harper (Montreal rookies) are booming a few guys and what's happen- ing? The Canadiens are win- ning, "These things seem to go in cycles, though, At one period THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, Rebruery 26,1964 17 foot-one, from seeking a career in hockey, Ronnie, taking his last year of senior matriculation, played hockey until last season but "I guess I discouraged /t,"' says Elmer, -"T kept after him to get a ood education because now that I've got his job I wish I had had better schooling." Lach, whose 82-year-old father William lives in Vancouver and whose mother died in 1041, quit high school to play hockey, Weighing 185 pounds -- about TOP PLAYERS COMING CALGARY (CP) -- Four of the world's top-ranked badmin- ton players will play exhibition matches in seven Canadian vit- ites in March, the Canadian Badminton Association en- nounced Tuesday, Participants are Erland Kops, 27, of Den- mark, world's top = ranked player; second-ranking Chan- Narong Ratanasaengsuang -- of Thailand; Kops's brother Ror- ban, 23, of Montreal and Dr. Oon Choong Teik of Malaya 15 over his playing weight-- Elmer is a four-handicap golfer and does a little skiing and skating, also curling with his) wife Kathleen, BASKETBALL SCORES He coached for a few years with the old Montreal Royals after his own career ended but decided to give it up "because the company started to grow and I wanted to grow with it." By THE CANADIAN PRESS St, Louls 115 Philadelphia 107 Cincinnati 108 San Francisco 117) Boston 114 New York 102 He still has some feelings ou'll have a lot of good goal-lahout the coaching profession, ies, like in my day, Then you'll get a flock of good forwards, like 'the Keons and Mikitas of today, Now we seem to have a shortage of good defencemen, Maybe they're coming back, though, judging by Laperriere and Harper," If Lach's feelings about the calibre of defencemen are based on his own time, it's under. standable, When he was with Canadiens there were such men as Tom. Johnson, Butch Bou: chard, Doug Harvey, Dollard St, Laurent and Kenny Reardon back of the blue line, Lach's career was marred by a succession of injuries which} prompted him to remark once| that "if there is another way) to get hurt I'll find it." 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Richard,|Ms nose, elbow-and jaw broken forward line with Maurice 'lat various times and once suf- (Rocket) Richard and various left wingers, During the 1944-45 season he led the league in scoring with 26 goals and ¥ assists for 80 points, and in 1947-48 when he scored 30 goals and 31 assists he was voted the NHL's most retired in 1954 he was credited|Stanley Cup since with 408 assists, an NHL record|incidentally, assisted on th@)rareq a 17-stitch cut on the face since broken by Gordie Howe, play when struck by a stick as he But there were quite a number] Lach, a 45-year-old native Of|was sitting on the bench, of important goals along the|Nokomis, Sask., who was a way, such as the night-of Aprillnamed all - star centre five/QUIT SC HOOL 17, 1953, when he scored at|times, mixes criticism with) But it's not fear of injury 1:22 of overtime to give Cana-|praise when he talks of hockey|that prompted him to dissuade Phone 725-2686 Dver 3,000,000 Sat uetomers valuable player. 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