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Ranger Manager Banks On Goalie. By GARRY McCARTHY Canadian Press Staff Writer Don Simmons' netminding job with New York Rangers is se- cure as long as he continues to play as well as he did against Montreal Canadiens Sunday night Emile Francis, coach and| general manager of the fifth- place Rangers, is banking a lot on Simmons. | "We've got a win and a tie) with him in our last three games. When I used Don in Chi- cago last time, he stopped breakaways by (Bobby) Hull, (Stan) Mikita and (Phil) Espo- sito and enabled us to come out with a tie," Frantis said. | He was referring to New York's 2-2 tie with the Black Hawks Dec, 8 "He was great against the Ca- nadiens, and as long as he keeps} 24 playoff games, He has heen scored upon 64 times, registered two shutouts and has a 2.67 goals-against average. Francis is 'hoping the Rangers 7 will accumulate at least five points in the next three games. Tuesday night. "I don't thihk that's too much to expect of this team", he said Tuesday night. SPARK STILL ALIVE "I'm hoping that fracas they had with the Canadiens Sunday night has put some fight in them, and that the spark will be there tomorrow night," Francis added. The "fracas" started early in the second period of the New York - Montreal game when Montreal defenceman Ted Har- \ris and New York's Earl Ingar- field: collided in front of the New York bench. playing that way, I'm not going) Several Ranger players. on to pull him out,' Francis said.|the bench helped Ingarfield by HE'S SPECTACULAR leaning over to reach Harris. Simmons took over for rookie| About six Montreal players Ed Giacomin Sunday night and) skated across the ice to join in. made several spectacular saves! The outbreak interrupted the against Montreal as the Rang-| game for more than 10 minutes. ers edged the Canadiens 3-2,! A win for the Black Hawks ending an i1-game_ winless|tonight over the Rangers would streak. Giacomin was bombed! move them into a first-place tie 8-4 by Toronto Maple Leafs Sat-|with the Canadiens in the urday. | league standings. Simmons, 34, a native of Port} The Hawks have 32 points on Colborne, Ont., gefs another|15 wins, eight losses and two chance to stop Hull, Mikita, Es-|ties. Montreal has 34 points on posito and the rest of the Black/15 wins, six losses and four ties. Hawks tonight when the Rang-|Both teams have played 25 ers and the Black Hawks clash| games. in Chicago in the only scheduled} National Hockey League game.| The five -foot-10-inch, 150- pound goaltender has played in 225 NHL games with Boston Bruins and Toronto prior to this season. He has a record of 647 goals against, 21 shutouts and a goals- against average of 2.88 Simmons has also played in Bobby Hull, Chicago's power- ful left winger, will be out to increase his lead in the individ- ual scoring parade. He has 38 points, including a lJeague-lead- Gardens during the Leafs' annual Christmas party in Toronto Tuesday. JOHNNY BOWER, goalie for Toronto Maple Leafs, | gives daughter Barbara a | chair ride around Maple CANUCK COACH IMPRESSED... ing 23. goals. pi A eee a HOCKEY SCORES, STANDINGS Rangers hustle to Detroit for al Thursday night meeting with) BY the Red Wings in the only ischeduled game. THE CANADIAN PRESS | OHA Junior A | WLT F A Pt NHL Better Than Ever, Says Maurice Richard TORONTO (CP) -- Maurice (Rocket) Richard, former star) with Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey - League, doesn't think the calibre of play in the NHL has diminished "Tf think they're playing as well as they did 10 years ago, maybe even better," Richard said Tuesday. "Boston has gone} back but that's nothing. new.) Hockey is better now than it ever was." Richard retired after the 1959-60 season. In 978 scheduled games he scored 544 goals and| Western Trounced) By Buffalo State | BUFFALO (AP)--Six players each hit for 10 points or more Tuesday night to lead Buffalo] State College to a 113-54 basket-| ball rout over the University of Western Ontario. Guard Poole} Greg led the London, Ont., Mus- tangs scoring with 14 points. Oshawa 14 5 5122 78 33) Peterborough 13 5 5110 8131 Niagara Falls 12 5 6 109 72 30 |Toronto 8 8 7 98108 23 |Montreal 9 8 4 78 7322 |Kitchener 79 6 73 7520 Hamilton $12 4103 118 20 St. Catharines 711 4 84108 18 421 assists for 965 points. He|London 419 3 7513011 added 82 goals and 44 assists Tuesday's Result for 126 points in 133 playoff|St. Catharines 6 London 4 games. Thursday's Games Richard felt that Jacques|Oshawa at Peterborough Plante, former goaltender with|Toronto at Hamilton the Canadiens and New York OHA Senior Rangers, should not have re-|Guelph 10.6 1 53 tired at the end of last season.|xKingston 7 7 1 57 592 Plante was in goal last Wednes- Oakville 1011 1 88 day night to help Montreal |Galt 810 2 65 82 Junior Canadiens defeat the|Woodstock 8 9 1 65 touring Russian national team| Xx-Plays four-point games. 2-1. Tuesday's Results "I think Plante could help at|Oakville 4 Galt 7 least a couple of teams in the|Guelph 1 Woodstock 3 NHL," Richard said. 'From| Sunday's Games what I've seen, he's just as fast/Galt at Oakville as he ever was." Woodstock at Guelph Richard also had rd of} awrence Senior praise for winger E.adie Shack, WLhT. ¥ A Pt 13-goal scorer of Toronto Maple|Morrisburg 11 1 95 32 22 Leafs. \Ottawa 73 «60 19 "Many people ask me about/Hull 72 7615 Shack,"' Richard said. "He's a|Hawkesb'y 62 78 8 good hockey player when he's|Perth 62 86 6! not trying to be a clown. This|Maxville 310 0 65 97 6 year I think he.'s trying to im-| Eastern League prove himself. He's not going Clinton 4 Greensboro 6 crazy on the ice and he's scor- Central Ontario Senior ing goals." iMidland 3 Collingwood 5 ' vane @0 90 From the Management and Staff... CLOSED CHRISTMAS AND BOXING DAY DEC. 27 During this season of peace on earth, good will towards men, we are taking time out from the hustle and bustle of Christmas to wish you and your family the happiest and % Most joyous Christmas ever. 93|Regina 0 Brandon 2 Manitoba Senior Selkirk 6 Warroad 3 Alberta Senior Edmonton 6 Lacombe 5 Central Junior Arnprior 1 Smiths Falls 6 Buckingham 5 Hull 2 NOHA Junior Garson - Falconbridge 4 North Bay 6 Manitoba Junior Winnipeg Monarchs 7 Winnipeg Rangers 1 | Winnipeg Braves 8 Winnipeg Warriors 4 Saskatchewan Junior Ontario Junior B 7 Chatham 2 Sarnia 7 Intercollegiate Waterloo 3 Waterloo Lutheran 3 Sir George Williams 8 McMas- ter 3 (Sir George wins tournament) Great Lakes University of Toronto 6 Color- ado College 2 Boston University 2 Michigan Tech 4 (Toronto meets Michigan in| final of Great Lakes tourna- ment) Exhibition Russia 11 Regina (WCSHL) 2 ) Finland 7 Edmonton (WCSHL 5 /CANADIAN ASSOCIAT PORT PERRY WHITBY DAY 183 Queen 5S. Phone: 983-2824 311 Broek St Fred A. Smith Co. Lid. Gerald A, Beek Co. Ltd. Phone: 668-5828 E STORE OSHAWA Fred A. Smith Co, Ltd. N. 145 Simeoe St. 5S. Phone: 728-6272 REGINA (CP) -- Add the name of Bill Folk to the grow- ing list of observers who think the touring Russian national team would be a success in the National Hockey League. Folk, coach of Regina Caps of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League, made his state- ment in the dressing room after his club took an 11-2 whipping from the Russians Tuesday night. "Tm convinced the Russians would be a good fourth-place at the club in the NHL. They could beat New York Rangers and Boston Bruins. I'd bet money they could win as many as three games out of 10 against the other NHL clubs." The robot-like performance of the tourists might have been in- spired by the fact they took a 6-1 defeat in Victoria Monday in an exhibition game with the Canadian national team, "Last night we only sniffed Canadians," Russian Reds Trournce THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesdey, December 22, 1965 9 a ... TRASOV DISGUSTED": TD = aes af ae coach Anatoly Tarasov said in disgust. The Russians opened a 5-0 first-period: lead Tuesday before 4,866 fans and padded the mar- gin to 9-1 after 40 minutes. The tourists now have won six games in eight starts in Canada this year. They took a 2-1 loss from the reinforced Montreal Junior Ca- nadiens earlier in the tour. Victor Polupanov paced Rus- sia with three goals. Veterans Aiexander ~ Almetov, Anatoly Firsov and Veniamin Alexand- roy notched two each. Single goals were recorded by Boris Mayorov and Anatoly Ionov. Bev Bell, a. former profes- sional, and 'veteran amateur Red Stevens retaliated. Standout goaltending by Len Kleisinger prevented the Rus- sians from piling up a larger margin, Kleisinger blocked 47 shots compared with 33 save by Russian goaltender Victor Zinger, j PETE GOODCHILD JIM SINCLAIR JOHN YOUNG KEITH SMITH THE MANAGEMENT and STAFF OF ONTARIO MOTOR SALES Extend To All JOHN HORKY os DOUG AMEY AL MARLOW WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE NTARIO OTOR SALES 140 Bond West -- Oshawa HERM SWEETMAN GRAHAM WHITE RON GAMBLE JIM NEAL KOWAL MORLEY HUGHES sospcese:tce HOWIE MeCABE e 2 Ete, ibGieii eh Fr Srcaammndiiei denn nani actos Sa a