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fiuthenlic.

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won at the St. Louis

World's Fair of 1904.

Won at International Son Tommy Dewar took a
Expositions held through out
the wo rld for over 40 years. booth at the 1885 Brewer's Show
in London , to find new
markets for his father's blend.
He used a bagpipe to

entertain. (The first commerc ial
use of music?)

Instead of shocking the single •1~CART 86.s• EscorLANll Sir Thomas Dewar became
whiskies by dumping them all famous fo r his terse
together at once, we let them rest C.1sr,l. D • O TTl.£0 IN 1c:0Tl>fl1>
quietly. Only the n do we bring N Oa.WJ', ft • IONS 1,,:JO. comments, am ong
them, " Do right and
t hem together. Res ult? INlor• I,\ ().S.A- fear no man, don't
Greater uniformity and more
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blends. That's why Certain fine whiskies from the
Dewar's never varies. hills and glens of Sco tl and

In 1846, John Dewa r, are blended into every d rop
40 years old, went of Dewar's "Whi te Label. "
Before blending, every one
into business fo r himself of these selected whiskies is
as a spirit merchant at
111 High Street, rested and matured in its
own snug vat.
Perth, Scotl and
Then , one by one, they're
The Scottish city of 40,000 people brought together by the
on the Banks of the River Tay.
skilled hand of the master
Nothing much has changed. blender of Perth.
The castle is still there. And
every year from Ja nuary to December, Dewar's
when the air is chill and pure
and the water is cold, vnaervie.ers.

the people of Perth make
Dewar's "Wh ite Label."

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The facts in this advertisement have been authenticated by the management of John Dewar & Sons, Ltd., Perth, Scotland

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RANGERS HOCKEY
MAGAZINE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

MSG And New York Rangers Officials / 3

The Editor's Corner I 3
Ran gers' 50th Anniversary Emblem / 4
Recalling 15 Ranger Years, 1955-1970 I 6-7

Fi ve Decades Of 'Character' Building/ 8
Big John Joins The Rangers/ 11
From Rails To Runways/ 12
Vi vid Memories Of A Ranger Boyhood/ 14-15
New York Memories Of Roller Hockey/ 16
Ranger Twosome Aiming To Please 118
What's Going On At The Garden, Fall 1975 /

M .S.G. 1 Thru M.S.G. 16
Ranger Scrapbook / 63
Officials Signals / 65
Tonight's Lineups / 66
Tonight's Scorecard/ 68-69
50 Years Of Ranger Team Pictures / 71
For 'Fast Eddie' : 50 Fast Shutouts / 73
Tonight's Rosters / 74
Referees And Linesmen / 74
Fashion For Fans / M .S.G. 9
Six Greatest Ranger Games / 120
Tkaczuk's Goal: A Big Season/ 123
Rangers' 1975-76 Schedule/ H6
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The Editor's Corner

The Rangers are 50 years old ... and the celebration is on. Fifty years of excitement. Fifty years of

the world's greatest sport in the world's greatest city. The Rangers and their fans will he commemorating

it all during the current season.

Your game program-"Rangers Hockey Magazine"- is joining in the celebration too. Many of the

stories within are historical in nature, memory pieces on the great moments and great happenings of the

Rangers' first half century. Look for them all season long, and look for the usual sprinkling of current

features.

Many Ranger fans-collectors, amateur historians, and just plain hockey huffs-have already con-

tributed ideas for the current issue. A big "Thank You" goes out to Don O'Hanley, of Middletown, Rhode

Island, who p1·oduced two articles for this issue and contributed many ideas and considerable material

from his extensive hockey collection. ·

The next issue of the "Rangers Hockey Magazine" will include a feature story on Ron Stewart, the

Rangers' new coach, an article on penalty shots, more historical material, letters from fans on the 50th

anniversary, photo layouts, and much, much more.

As in the past, we welcome suggestions from our readers, suggestions of all kinds: story ideas,

comments on past features, and what you'd like to see in the future. Budding writers, photographers,

poets, and artists are also invited to contribute their talents.

Correspondence and/or materials may he addressed to: Rangers Hockey Magazine, Four Pennsylvania

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designed emblem, which embodies the Rangers' official crest, the 50th an-
niversary rendering and the official crest of the New York City Bicentennial
Corporation. The 50th anniversary rendering was designed by artist George
Kalinsky.

During the 1975-76 season, the Rangers will wear the special crest on
their uniform jerseys. The crest is also displayed on the front cover of the
Rangers' press guide-yearbook this season, and a smaller version of it intro-
duces each feature story in the local section of your game program.

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The scotch that:s ori-tliC"Dlarch.
Other leading Scotches may be marking time , but not Passport. This is the Scotch that's gone to

over 8½ million bottles a year. And into 107 countries . In only 7 years . The reason? A superior taste

c c p o K f sco~ch(very smooth). Without a superior_ price. Few Scotch D~
lovers can let such a comb1nat1on pass them by. . - - ~ 11•

86 PROOF . ,oo·. B L ENDED SCOTCH WHISK Y . IMPORTED BY CALVERT DIST. co .. ,.Y.C. The spirit ofsucx:ess.

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a o ••• Eddi Shack

n ngers
e 5 •••

te •H M ' 'R.'llil.'-..1 enry
wi Mit-

B ey'

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he angers r

ark News !Pr some 15 s ing. me

, from 1935 to 197 . nI

ell-tra Mel now he ar

the Cine nnati Enquire iter B

in Kentu<ky, but his hoc ror was telling
is~ ~
ries of New York certai above
al becaus a ..._,,
en't faded.
sBruergcahlianr e
Andy Bathgat .' .. The Jou
al-American . .. Gump Worsle h
. . . The Herald-Tribune .. . Dou
had all fo s

Harvey ... The Daily Mirror .. . ex-wives over for a game o e.

And the sports editor of The Newark

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'J,eom 1955 ta 1970 for whom Lou was traded to Mont-
real, ironically. Camille Henry once
News told me I could cover the Shared by @HockeyMagazinesjunior club at Guelph to see Shack told me that Plante had skill un-
Rangers' opening night of the 1955- play. Freezing rain had coated the matched at joining a group for beers,
56 season at the old Garden, hut no road north in glare ice and we must sharing suds, then remembering an-
more because there wasn't that much have seen 25 cars in the ditch before other engagement just before his turn
interest in hockey! we reached Guelph. Shack was merely to buy.
sensational, but we turned chicken
So the Woody era does go back a over going back to Toronto and Fontinato's mention brin gs up an-
ways, for Benny and Burchard and stayed in the little Guelph hotel, with other memory and forgive me if
their papers, to say nothing of mine, its spotless bed linen and rope to nostalgia doesn't lend itself to literary
are long gone, as well as the Herald- throw out the window in case of fire. organization.
Tribune, the Journal-American, the
Sun and a fe,y more. Shack. My next clear memory of In those times, the overnight rail-
him was in the Rangers' training road sleeper jump was still with us,
My sports editor of that period camp at Niagara Falls, Ont. He was and it's something to be missed. We
might have been forgiven for his mis- careening down the hill alongside the would sit all night in the bar car-the
Rangers' hotel, "driving" a top-down writers, that is- telling each other
judgment. It was a popular but mis- convertible, both hands high in the lies. Occasionally a coach or other
air and screaming like a banshee, celebrity would join in-as when
taken canard then that there were headed straight for the Falls. He referee Frank Udvari graced one ses-
only 10,000 hockey fans in New York pulled up in time, just like he always sion. A Guelph native, too, Udvari
who kept coming out to all the games. did at the Garden, when you thought assured that he used to kick Fontin-
But new coach Phil Watson got the one of those headlong rushes up his ato's backside around the block all
Rangers charged up to respectability wing was going to carry him right the time, which might have surprised
that season and saved my spot on the through the boards and out onto Ninth some of the chaps the roustabout
hockey beat u1 til The Newark News Avenue. There were those in high Fontinato used to work over for the
Ran ge r places who said he was going Rangers. There was the night, too,
was gone. to be the next Gordie Howe, but when sin ger Cab Calloway, the Hi-
How lon g ago was that? It was long rnmethin g was la cking. De-Ho -Man , rode the rails with us
and invited us to his show at Mon-
enough ago so a National Hockey Speaking of Guelph, I always liked treal's Zanzibar.
League coach could get paid $7,500 a the story about Lou Fontinato, who
year and con~ider himself fortunate. was on the Memorial Cup winners One thing about those sleeper
A radio announcer covered an NHL there that also sent stars like Andy jumps, yo u never got much sleep. If
team for $4,000 a season. In this time Bath.gate, Harry Howell, Dean Pren- it wasn't the bar car, it was the story-
of the million dollar player, an agent tice, Ron Murphy and coach Alf Pike telling sessions in the stateroom with
would not give Emile Francis a tele- to the Rangers. Fontinato, a Guelph Muzz Patrick and Phil Watson, where
phone call for that much! resident, walked into the office of one yo u learned that later claimants not-
of the Biltmore owners one day, told withstanding, old-time Ranger Alex
A couple of items in the news him , "Take care of that for me," and Shibicky was the first to use the slap
(that's a lower case "n") recently put threw a paper bag on the table. That's shot regularly, and that Chuck Rayner
me in perspective. One concerned the one of the few recorded times Fon- wandered before Plante made it fash-
retirement of Montreal's great Henri tinato ever handed anybody money, ionable for goalies.
Richard and the other Ed Shack's his parsimony being matched only by
giving up the game. Henri and I came that of a later Ranger, Jacques Plante, And if you did forsake that and
along together, when the Pocket went back to your own stateroom,
Rocket's immortal brother, Maurice, RANGER LEADER: Among Me l Wood y's pun- there would be Jerry Mitchell snoring
was still the scourge of left defense- ge nt m e mories of cov e ring the Rangers for in the upper berth, and you've never
men. some 15 seasons is A nd y Bat hgale's 10- heard man -made noises like his out-
game scoring streak of 1962-63 . Bathgate put.
Henri had two burdens to bear that serv ed as captain of the Rangers from 1961
first year with Les Canadiens. One lo 1964 . Mitchell, who did his thing for the
was that everyone expected him to be New York Post, was the biggest imp
another Rocket, with super scoring I ever met. His crowning achievement
ability. That wasn't his game, but in was hi telephonic impersonation of
that compact little frame was just
about every other talent a hockey HL president Clarence Campbell,
player needed and you'd find Ranger when Clarence was off holding a press
fans who felt he was as useful to the conference somewhere in the hotel
swift Canadiens as the spectacular during a league meeting. Jerry suc-
Rocket. Henri's other burden was that cessfully lured a bellboy into unlock-
in those early days, no one could look ing the liquor closet in the press room
cross-eyed at him without the big - closed to insure attendance at the
Rocket going berserk and wreaking press conference---on the pretext that
retribution. It took a while for every- MrE. Campbell's fur coat was locked
one---including the Rocket- to find in the closet.
out diminutive Henri could take care
of himself and didn't need Big Brother Mitch wouldn't ride airplanes and
watching over. once arrived at a game in Detroit a

And Ed Shack. I remember one day late because of it. It took a tole-
winter evening in Toronto when Herb
Goren, then the hard-working PR man rant sports editor to understand Jerry,
of the Rangers, talked me into join- who had his sentimental side, though.
ing him and Toronto writer Rex Mc- Jerry had this thing about Hudson's
Leod in a pilgrimage to the Rangers' department store in Detroit, thinking
it without peer. There was the time he
was determined to buy a set of Lionel

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1111e 1Jecatles

Of 1Cllt1rt1cler1 Bulltllng

By DON O'HANLEY Larry Bob The native of Fort William, Ontario
Cahan Dill was in the NHL for the better part
Character is de- of 13 seasons, seven with New York.
fined as one of He brie0y captained the Los Angeles
the attributes or fea- Kings. Off ice, Cahan was an easy
tures that make up going type who was fond of big, ex-
and distinguish the pensive looking cigars.
individual. The New
York Rangers have ROBERT EDWARD (PICKLES)
been in existence for fifty years now. DILL, a wartime player from St. Paul,
Any organization that has managed Minnesota, came up with much fan-
to survive for five decades through fare as a defenseman . His style was
recession, depression, and world war billed as fast and colorful but it was
will certainly hire, fire or retire its not enough to stem the tide of rubber
share of individuals referred to as directed at the New York goal. Aside
"characters". fron-, performing with the two worst
Using the NEW YORK RANGERS Ranger teams of all time, he had a
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Jimmy Steve When provoked he would rush his Pat Reg
antagonist with fists high, weaving Egon Fleming
Bartlett Bu:rinski and bobbing until the linesmen inter-
vened before any heavy punches
YEARBOOK as a frame of reference, ,rnre landed. Following a season with long career as a player and coach in
the Boston Bruins, Bartlett had a the minor leagues. Dill was the only
we have alphabetically chosen twenty long career with Providence and National Leaguer who had played in
long and short term "characters," Baltimore in the American League. the short-lived Tropical Hockey
highly individualistic hockey players League with the Miami Clippers in
who have played for the Rangers. All STEVE BUZI SKI of Dunblane, 1938-39.
were quite visible and most capable Saskatchewan, made the then long
of delighting or enraging a building overland journey east to join Frank MARTI JOSEPH (PAT) EGAN,
full of spectators at home and away. Boucher's war-torn blueshirts as the the skating boxcar from Blackie, Al-
number one goaltender for the 1942- berta, came to New York with Red
Here goes : ..J.3 season . He wa brought in to re- Dutton's 1ew York Americans in
JAMES BAKER (JIMMY) BART- place Sugar Jim Henry who had 1939. F1attened opponents generally
LETT joined the Rangers in 1955-56 backstopped the Rangers to a league felt they had been hit by a train when
after a brief tour of duty with the championship the previous year. the genial Irishman greeted them at
Buzinski was destined to make only the blue line. As a power play point
Montreal Canadiens. He was later one tour around the ational League. man Pat was one of the early ex-
After allowing 55 goals in nine games ponents of the slap shot. His style
demoted to Providence and then re- he retired-make that retreated-to
turned to 1ew York for 1958-59 and Saskatchewan. Lester Patrick was not (Continued on Page 119}
'59-60. His free-wheeling style im- at all impressed with Steve's acting
mediately attracted the notice of the ability when he leaped up to point out
an assailant after supposedly being
crowd. Upon scoring a goal, Jim knocked unconsc10us. His goals
against average assured him of a
would put on a remarkable demon- dubious place in Ranger history.

LAWRE 1CE HENRY (HANK)
CAHAN played a bruising style of
defense with a minimum of time
served in the penalty box. He was
one of the few players to get the
better of Gordie Howe in a fight.

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By GARY MUELLER/ St. Lollis Post-Dispatch But Davidson lost only two more
decisions in his next nine appearances
T he bus carrying Shared by @HockeyMagazines'Big John' and appeared to have regained his
the St. Louis touch by season's end.
Blues hockey team Joins
to its Manhattan " I had a lot of things on my mind
hotel rumbled along The Rangers last year," said Davidson, who shortly
East 33rd Street. It before his demotion to Denver had
was well after mid- He's not 50 years old. In fact, taken over the responsibility of car-
night and most of the team members he's not even 25, but "Big ing for his teen-aged twin brothers,
were asleep. John" Davidson is inheriting a who had to join him in St. Louis from
big task in 1975-76, that of their home in Calgary, Alta.
But there, stretched out on the making it in New York with the
floor of the bus to his full 6 feet 3 Rangers. "I just didn't think two boys their
inches was John Davidson, straining age should be living alone," explained
to look out the bus's skylight to catch Gary Mueller, who watched Davidson. "So I brought them to
a glimpse of the top of the Empire Davidson's development over St. Louis and had them move in with
State Building. the past two .seasons with the me and my wife, Diana, and got them
St. Louis Blues, offers this profile enrolled in a St. Louis high school."
The 20-year-old goaltender from on the big goalie.
Calgary, Albe ta, who had registered As a result of all the distractions,
his first National Hockey League vic- Davidson says he failed to concen-
tory in Detroit several hours earlier, trate enough on hockey.
wasn't going to miss a thing on his
first trip to New York. "Now I have everything squared
away and I'm looking forward to a
That was two years ago. Things big year," said Davidson.

have changed. Davidson isn't a tour- Rangers general manager Emile
ist anymore. Now he's a member of Francis, no doubt, also is looking
the New York Rangers, having been forward to big things from Davidson.
traded by St. Louis to the Rangers During Davidson's rookie season in
last summer. the HL, Francis, a former goal-
tender himself, was outspoken in
Davidson isr11't spending his time praise of the young goalie, especially
looking at tall buildings. Now he has after one particular St. Louis victory
the tall task of earning a spot in the over the Rangers.
Rangers' goaltending rotation.
It was Davidson's heroics that
Ever since St. Louis selected him handed St. Louis a 3-2 victory over
on the first round of the 1973 NHL the Rangers, marking the only loss
amateur draft, big things have been in the first 11 games for Francis
expected of Davidson. after he replaced Larry Popein as
coach midway through that 1973-74
He became the first goalie ever to season.
jump successfully from Junior A to a
starter's role in the NHL when he In the waning moments of that
compiled a respectable 3.08 goals- particular game, the Rangers had
against average in his rookie season. pulled goalie Eddie Giacomin and re-
Only a knee injury that sidelined him placed him with an extra forward.
for the final month of the season pre- The pressure was on the young David-
vented him from challenging the New son as the Rangers swarmed around
York Islanders' Denis Potvin for the St. Louis goal.
1973-74 Rookie of the Year honors.
At least three New York players
But last season was a ·different had good shots from point-blank
story. Things got off to a bad start range. But Davidson made the saves
and got worse. Attempts at changing and preserved the St. Louis victory.
his basic style seemed to leave David-
son adrift somewhere between his old "The thing that impresses you
style and the new style he was told to about Davidson is his poise," Francis
work on. was quoted as saying after that game.
"A lot of young goalies would have
By midseason, Davidson's goals- become flustered in that situation and
against average had ballooned to 3.79 started flopping around.
and, after a stretch of six starts with-
out a victory, he was demoted to Den- "But he stood his ground and still
ver of the Central Hockey League to knew where the puck was. He knew
"regain his confidence." where the action was and put his body
there-and he has a lot of body to
Ironically, it was the Rangers who put there."
ruined his return to the NHL after a
three-week stay in the minors by And now Davidson is putting
beating him five times in a 5-1 victory his body in front of the Rangers' net.
over the Blues on Feb. 26.
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To

Runways

A nostalgic look back at travel Shared by @HockeyMagazines(Timetables Courtesy of Don O'Honley Collectio n)
-railroad style-in the old days
of the Nationa l Hockey League Rangers, Boston Bruins, Chicago three to five days and only once, at
by Don O'Hanley, hockey buff, Black Hawks, Detroit Cougars, and the end of the season, were two
railroad buff, and collector so- Pittsburgh Pirates competed in the games scheduled on consecutive
preme in both of his avocations. American Division of the ten-club nights. It was a time of well-rested
Illustrating the article are re- NHL. The Canadian grouping in- teams who played hardnosed de-
productions-straight from the cluded the two Montreal clubs: Can- fensive hockey. Salaries were almost
O'Hanley archives-of authentic adiens and Maroons, New York as low as the scores but complaints
railroad timetables, dating back Americans, Ottawa Senators, and the are few when men get paid for what
to the 1920s. Toronto Saint Patricks who finished they enjoy doing. Most clubs carried
the season as the Maple Leafs when only two forward lines, four defense-
By DON O'HANLEY the franchise was sold in February, men, a spare skater and one goal-
1927. tender. Traveling around the league
Mention travel was easy and carefree. To the aver-
to a National The Rangers played six games with age hockey player, it was a time for
Hockey League each club in their division and four relaxation, strategy planning, card
player and he'll with each of the other group. The playing or horseplay.
probably reply that normal interval between games was
it is the most diffi- (Continued on Page 72)
cult part of his job.
It was always thus. Let's return
briefly to 1926 when the Rangers
were getting started in a newly ex-
panded National Hockey League and
the only way to go was by train.

A 44-game schedule was in effect,
with the season commencing in mid-
November and ending in late March.
The playoffs followed in April. The

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By BILL LIBBY Shared by @HockeyMagazines Hockey quickly became my game. they lost two seasons in that time. But
With or without fri ends, I'd take the they were our team and we'd go to the
My uncle was the subway to the Garden, get in line games wondering if they might win
black sheep of early and race up the stairs to get the one, then go home complaining about
my mother's family. front-row seats in the end balcony. why they had lost.
A rather bloated
black sheep. Suppo- These were the best cheap seats Herb Goren was the publicist then
sedly, he was shell- sports has ever had. They hung over and he got us better seats. We seldom
shocked in World the ice. The action was spread beneath missed a game, though it was a long
yo u. The sanitary new arenas without way in from where we lived in West-
War I. He was supported by the balconies don't have that. chester, often over snowy roads. I
remember especially fall Sundays
family after that. Wasn't overly ambi- Sometimes, just before I fall asleep, when we'd meet friends at a delica-
tious. I didn't mind. He was good to I remember it as though it was hap- tessen in The Bronx, take a subway to
me. pening anew. Running up the stairs th e football Giants' game in Yankee
to get those good seats in the old Stadium, take a subway to Manhattan,
He talked sports and took me to Garden. I can see Bryan Hextall grab a bit of dinner and convene in
ball games when I was a boy. the Garden lobby before the Ranger
streaking down right wing. It seems
This was in the Hunts Point section game.
of the Bro x, which has changed like only yesterday. Sy Adelson and Paul Gardella were
now, but tHen was a typical lower When I got back to New York in
middle class residential area. Front in our gro up. They knew everyone
stoops and stickball. the early 1950's, fresh out of college, and were so well known the writers
sports editor and a one-man staff at sometimes interviewed them for the
The Dodgers were his team, so we the suburban newspaper in Yonkers, fan angle on why the team was so bad.
used to ride the subway a lon g way my wife at the time and I still had to
to get to Brooklyn before the gates stand in line and hustle to get those Gardella never missed a game. H,,
opened for Sunday double-headers. good, cheap balcony seats at the had an iron-man streak go ing which
We "brown-bagged" it, carrying our games. I was making $55 a week. became more important to him than
lunches, standing in line and then Later on, then and at the Bronx office the games themselves. He wanted to
finding seats in the bleachers at Eb- of the New York Post and at the Post, top Lou Gehrig's record. He fi gured
bets Field. itself, I was able to get comps from it was as tough watching the Rangers
the publicity men. lose game after game as it was play-
Baseball was the big game then. I ing in Yankee victories game after
saw some football Giants games too, We saw as much hockey as possible.
but they weren't big box office yet. We'd go to the amateur Rover games game.
There was no pro basketball. It hadn't Sunday afternoon and the Rangers One suIJ11mer he broke his leg. He
even been invented. But there was games Sunday nights.
hockey. And, oh how the memories was disappointed when they took the
flow at the mere mention of the game. They televised both, too. Ranger cast off, just before the season started.
telecasts started after the first period He wanted to come by cab, pushed in
My uncle took me to see the to provide an incentive to attend in a wheelchair into the Garden , dra-
Rangers play the Americans in the person. We hated to miss a game, matically. Family births, deaths and
old Garden. We sat so high and so far either in person or on television. marriages did not deter him . I don't
from the players that they looked like
ants. That isn't really true, but that's It wasn't that the team was good. know if he got the record, but I hope
the way the child that remains in my The year before I got back there, the
mind remembers it. Rangers lost the Stanley Cup finals. so. He suffered for it.
The 12 years I followed them after
I remember it. The way it looked. that, they didn't even make the play- The players I remember from those
That's when my love affair with early teams include Chuck Rayner,
hockey started. Those gaudy uniforms offs nine seasons. They finished fifth Hy Buller, Allan Stanley, Edgar La-
against the bright white ice. The swift- prade, Danny Lewicki and Bones
ness and savagery of it. I loved it. or sixth in the six-team league of that Raliegh.

time. They only won more games than Rayner was a great goaler, but got
little help. Stanley was steady, but so
conserva tive he was booed by the
gallery gods, as was his successor,

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One Canadian stands out Ald o Forte doesn't I tried to kid back with Ald o. I
from the understand. He tried to laugh it off. But he was killing
just doesn't under- me. How could anyone make fun of
great blends of the world. stand. Aldo is a good something which meant so much to
Canadian Mist. g-uy and all. He's a me.
friend. He played
Light, smooth taste. with the Chicago I suppose Aldo felt it was a sissy
Mellow flavor. Bears in the days of Sid Luckman and sport. I mean, it wasn't football ,
Bulldog Turner and Bill Osmanski, ,rhere you had to fight for survival ;
Always satisfying. and later coached for the Detroit and it wasn't baseball, which was a
And at a price Lions. game all the kids played.
Aldo lives in Detroit and his kid
you're used to paying. and my kid went to high school to- Roller hockey?
gether. They were on the football Well, yes.
Canawanlmporte~~ M.ist® team together. You played on roller skates-
Canada at its best. But Aldo doesn't understand. "Chicago's", if you could get them.
I happen to love this game of They were the real ball-bearing skates,
lllf'Ofl:TEO I Y IIIOWM•FOIIMAH OISTIU.US IMNMIT COMPANY, H.Y., PU. hockey. I've loved it since I've been but this was the wartime and they
CANADIAH WHISKY-A IU:HD, 10 OIi 86.1 l'ROOF, a kid. I once saw 125 New York stopped making them , and if you
Ranger games in a row-25 home latched onto a pair, you'd clutch them
games for five straight year -and like they were made of gold. We'd
became so mad at my brother when play with regular hockey sticks but
he went ahead and got married in the regylar pucks were too heavy.
January of that sixth season and I You couldn't stickhandle with them
had to go to the wedding and the re- and they would roll alot (occasionally
ception and my streak came to an clown a sewer) and so we played with
encl in the 140's. black friction tape.
I happened to grow up in New This made an ideal puck. All you
York. I suppose that's a bad place to had to do ,ms rub it on the ground to
grow up if you love hockey since there take the sticky stuff off it and yo u
was no ice anywhere in those days- could stickhandle it and shoot it all
indoors or outdoors-and there was over the place.
no place to learn how to ice skate.
Again, it was hard to find tape
It never bothered us. since there was a shortage of it clue
to the war. I'd filch tape from my
We played on roller skates, and uncle's tool box in the basement and
nothing I have ever clone in my life he used to grumble about it. But he
gave me more enjoyment than those never took~ it back-never gave
roller hockey games in the parks and me too hard a time about it. My
on the streets of New York. I'm a Uncle John was a nice man.
middle-aged gaffer now and I like to
write about the old clays. I've written We played most of our games in
several columns for my newspaper Windmuller Park in Queens. This
about those great roller hockey games. 1ms a large oval of cemen t and how
many days we would spend shoveling
So now I'm at a party with Aldo off the snow or breaking up the ice
one night, and we both have a few so we could play our games .
drinks, and he starts in on me about
playing roller hockey. If the snow was real bad, we'd just
shovel off an area around the net, so
Like it's some sort of sissy sport. we could practice.
"Roller hockey ..." he would say
sarcastically. "What kind of game is The other games were played in the
that? Did you play against girls?" street-preferably a side street, where
there was little traffic. I think back

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Ranger
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By WALT MacPEEK/ PAT HICKEY WAYNE DILLON

The Star-Ledger

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isn't worth much in the
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commodity is talented ath:
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player for cash, you've got a
bargain." - Emile Francis.
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It was about six junior team (Hamilton ) that finished 29 goals and an impressive 66 assists.
months ago when last and didn't score many goals. I "Dilly is big and strong and seems
Emile Francis was
beginning to lay the didn't know if I was good enough. to have glue on his stick," Hickey
groundwork for two " I figured I couldn't make the says. "He makes great plays and I've
big bargains in To- heard people compare his passing to
ronto. One was Pat Rangers anyway and, instead of go- Jean Ratelle's. And that's pretty good
Hickey, a second round Ranger draft compan y."
choice in 1973, and the other was ing to the minors, I signed with
Wayne Dillon, who had not yet be- Dillon, in fact, has watched the
come eligible for the NHL draft. T oronto . It was close to home (Brant- techniques of Ratelle, Jean Beliveau
Hickey and Dillon, who played ford, Ont. ) and allowed me to go to ancl ~ilbert Perreault most closely.
with the Toronto Toros of the World University while I played."
Hockey Association for two seasons, Dillon grew up in the Scarborough
became Rangers without the loss of Hickey quickly gain~d co nfidence section of Metropolitan Toronto, the
a single player and their "double a nd recognition in the WHA, col- same general area where Steve Vick-
jump" will undoubtedly go down as lecting 26 goals and 29 assists as a ers and Rick Middleton played their
one of Francis' most skillful maneu- rookie with a hustling, scrambling boyhood hockey.
vers. style that made him a fan favorite.
Since the Rangers owned the draft "I wouldn't mind having those two
rights to Hickey, his case was not "I'm pretty quick on the blades,"
quite as complicated as Dillon's. The as wingers," Dillon observes, " but
versatile 22 year-old forward merely Hickey notes with a smile, "and I there are a lot of talented wingers
had to be convinced that a change here. The Rangers have a reputation
would be in his best interest. just try to get to the puck first and as a team that plays within its system
" It wasn't a case of being unhappy Eee what happens from there. If you and passes the puck well. I think my
with Toronto," Hickey stresses. "I keep skating and working, yo u'll style should fit in pretty well."
enjoyed my stay with the Toros but have more good shifts than bad ones."
I was impressed with the Ranger Dillon blossomed suddenly as a
organization and how much they Hickey improved his production to 17-year old in junior hockey, improv-
seemed to want me to play in New 34 goals and 34 assists last season and ing from 14 to 47 goals in one season.
York. The opportunity and the chal- continued to display unusual versa- He centered for the Toronto Marl-
lenge of coming here to try and bring tility for such a young player. boros when they won the Memorial
this city a Stanley Cup was very in- Cup in 1973.
viting." Hi ckey's defensive skills also im-
Hickey had a stipulation in his con- press Francis. "Pat can do a lot of Because the NHL did not draft
tract that he could negotiate with things, including penalty killing and under-age players that year, he had
another team after completing two he plays a tight-checking game. It is no choice but the WHA Toros. "Two
years with the Toros and he chose the rare to find polished, two-way skills years in the WHA have prepared me
Ran gers two years after they chose for the NHL," he says. "I'm going
him. in & player so young," the GM states. to try very hard not to disappoint
"When the Rangers drafted me," The 20 year-old Dillon led the anybody."
Hickey recalls, "I was surprised that
I went so high (2d round, 30th pick Toros in scoring last season with 95 ■
overall). I played for a last place points, so the 6-0, 185-pound center
arrives with impressive credentials in-
18 deed. He scored 30 goals as an 18-
yea r-old rookie and was the o. 7
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RECALLING Shared by @HockeyMagazines"Yeah, King, but you taught him," the shower room came a voice. "Will l
and Clancy smiled and sat down.
15 RANGER YEARS someone shut that %!* !$& monkey i
Andy Bathgate was the undis-
(ContinZLed From Page 7) puted star of those teams and what a up!" The voice was soon traded. But j
dazzler he was with his slick stick- Watson was gone soon, too, in the
trains at Hudson's, to take back home handling. He was a 40-goal scorer wake of an ulcer operation.
to his boy. The fact that he would when that meant something and
have to lug the trains on the rest of should have scored more except he The memories crowd in. Airplane-
the Rangers' five-game itinerary, delighted as much in the perfect hating Worsley, his knuckles white as
through customs into Canada, and pass as in the perfect shot. Only his hands gripped the armrests of his
back out again didn't matter to Jerry. trouble was, some of the people he Eeat. Facing 50 pucks a game was
NOT did the fact that the trains were passed to couldn't score if the goalie nothing compared to a SO-minute
made in Irvington, NJ., only a wrist was out to lunch. flight to Montreal. The fog on the ice
shot from his home, bother him. He at a Rangers' exhibition game at Lon-
had to have those trains from Hud- Bathgate made the prettiest play I don, Ont.-so thick they had both
sons. ever saw. He came up the right side benches start skating to whirl away
against Chicago Black Hawks defense- the fog enough to see the puck. Daily
He had only one problem. He was man Moose Vasko, curved a pass News cribe Dana Mozley at a
broke. So he wired his sports editor around Vasko, did a complete 360- Rangers game on his day off be-
for an advance. The long-suffering degree pirouette around Vasko to the coming incensed at a ref's decision
sports ed, knowing Jerry's liquidity, other side, picked up the puck behind a;d demanding of referee-in-chief
wired back "Get it from Goren, and Elmer and slammed a great scoring Carl Voss that the ref be fired on the
tell him to take it off the top." shot by super goalie Glenn Hall. spot. Voss another time saying refs
Vasko still doesn't know where the have good and bad years and that
There was the time in Montreal, puck is. John Ashley was his top official at
too, when Jerry tapped on his water the moment. Ashley's only fault, said
glass in the time-honored way of at- There was the night in Montreal Voss, was that he had been a dirty de-
tracting waitresses, but did it so during the 1962-63 season when Bath- fenseman and liked to let fights go on
vigorously a shower of water and gate set the modern league record by too long. Ashley's aristocratic looking
broken glass innundated the table. scoring at least one goal for the 10th father, watching a game alongside me
straight game. They made a big deal in the Garden a bit later, agreeing
As I mentioned earlier, the Rangers of it up there--it broke Rocket Rich- that ye , Ashley had been a dirty de-
began their return from the NHL ard's record-and Bathgate spent a fenseman ! All those Rangers swarm-
depths about the time I appeared and lot of post-game time on interviews ing over the Herculite glass in the old
in 1957-58, coach Watson drove them and TV spots. The players dressed, Garden to the defense of Emile Francis
to second place. It was a major ac- the writers finished their chores and in a row with a fan. The time Brad
complishment in those six-team days, we all sat in the airport bus wating for Park told me his career almost ended
although I'm one moderately old Bathgate. Finally, Andy came--but before it began because he broke his
timer who will deny the caliber of the bus still sat. Looking outside, we leg-doing the pole vault in a high
hockey then was better than it is now. saw why: a brash young rookie was school meet! Those fights Red Sulli-
Expansion or no, there were people still standing there, smooching one of van always started, then circled away
playing up and down the league then Montreal's prettiest. from to let the big guys finish . Jean
who couldn't play in it now. Ratelle's reply when asked what he
Life in the Watson era was never did if he had a fight with his wife.
That was an era when the Rangers dull. One· remembers the icily disap- He'd go off by himself and try to see
continually had half the top 10 scorers proving look on Patrick's face when things from her viewpoint. That's a
in the American League on their farm Phil, irate over an inept. showing in fight?
rosters, and I can still hear General a loss, kept the team on the ice for
Manager Muzz Patrick, on a stroll up more than an hour of grueling starts Or how about those old Ranger
Eighth Avenue, swear feelingly as he and stops and other practice tortures Fan Club doings? Ex-baseball player
wondered out loud why at least a after the game. There were the con- Doug Harvey doing a perfect hook
couple of those minor league phenoms tinuing Watson battles with rotund slide across the dance floor at the
couldn't make it with the Rangers. goalie Gump Worsley. Watson would Hotel Woodstock, neatly avoiding de-
Protecting those minor league stars yell at Worsley to stop drink- fenseman Al Langlois doing the twist.
cost the Rangers four members of ing beer and Worsley would insist he
that second-place NHL team in the didn't drink beer-only V.O. Watson And the Fan Club outing at Bear
subsequent intra-league draft-Danny also demanded his charges not use Mountain when my wife and daughter
Lewicki, Jack Evans, Dave Crieghton mayonnaise on their salads. Could visited the zoo, leaving me to watch
and Guy Gendron-and the loss of you say he wasn't very Krafty? on Luke. I sat 3-year-old Luke on a
those people--solid types if not stars bench and kept an eye on him while
-hurt the Rangers dearly over the There was the time when Watson, busy in a nearby softball game. But
next few years. his wife Rosemarie and their son horrors, I looked over and he was
visited the Woodys' ew Jersey farm gone. We searched more than an hour
Which brings up a Danny Lewicki one summer day for a chicken barbe- before going to the park police--and
story. The Rangers got Lewicki from cue. A shrimp appetizer was on the found him hiding behind the desk
Toronto, and one night when the menu, but the first bite brought on Eer1,?;eant. Seems some "nice" lady saw
Leafs visited ew York, King Clancy astonished looks all around- thanks Luke on his bench seat, exactly where
of the Leafs' front office was charting to a communications gap between the he was , upposed to be, assumed he
the game as usual from the press box. Woody co-chefs, the shrimp were still wa lost and marched him to police
Lewicki went into one of his patented raw. headquarters.
half gainers when someone waved a
stick near his ankles, inducing a trip- There was the time in Toronto after Oh, well. Times haven't changed all
ping penalty. Thereupon Clancy the Rangers blew a 4-1 lead and set- that much. Luke still follows strange
yelled down at the ref, "He took a tled for a 4-4 tie when Watson read ladies.
dive, he took a dive." One of the the riot act to the team. with the press
veteran season ticket holders back on hand to record it. Finally, out of ■
of the press box said softly to Oancy,

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OFFICIALS' SIGNALS

Instituted and developed by Bill Chadwick, member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, and now color commentator
on Ranger telecasts over WOR-TV.

(Names and numbers of officials may be found on page 74 of tonight's program ./

DELAYED CALLING SLOW WHISTLE • CHARGING
OF PENALTY
Either arm , in which Rotating clenched
Referee repeatedly fists around one
11 po ints with free whi stle is held, another in front
of chest.
hand (wi thout extended above
whi stle ) to player head . If play returns
to be penal ized to Neutral Zone
until play is without stoppage,
stopped. arm is drawn down
the instant the
~ ELBOWING puck crosses the
Tapping either line .
elbow with the
opposite hand . the/I\"WASH-OUT"

r,~ Both arms swung
blaotdeyrawllyithacpraolsmss ' •'
down :
~

I. When use d by TRIPPING rr,

the Referee it Extending right leg
forward, clear of
means goal the ice, and striking ---.,.
it with right hand
disallowed . below the knee .

Lin2es:::1tu~~eda~l /r" ~

there is no icing

or no off-side.

I HIGH-STICKING SLASHING HOOKING

l Holding both fists , A series of chopping A series of tugging
clenched. one motions with the motions with arms,
immediately above edge of one hand as if pulling
the other. at the across the opposite someth ing toward
height of the forearm .
forehead . the stomach.

1I{ CROSS-CHECKING PlMatIiSnCgONoDf UbCoTth • .~,- Arms fIColIdNeGd acro .ss ~-,
A series of forward the chest.
hands on hips
~~ti~~~k:i{hd both several t imes and
fists clenc hed point ing lo
extending from the penalized player.
chest.

• INTERFERENCE •HOLDING

Crossed arms Clasping either
stationa'.y in front
of chest. wrist with the other

hand well in front 65
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NEW YORK vs. ST. LOUIS
RANGERS BLUES

Madison Square Garden, October 29, 1975

5Utq 1\nniu.er.aary • 1926-1976

No. Player Pos. No . Player Pos.

1. Ed Giacomin ............. .G 1. Eddie Johnston . .. G

2. Brad Park (C) ... . . .. . .... . ... . ... D 3. Bob Gassoff . .D

4. Ron Greschner .... . .. . .......... . .... . . D 4. Bruce Affleck .D

5. Larry Sacharuk . . . .................... D 5. Bob Plager ..... .. . .... ... ... . .D

6. Gilles Marotte ... . . .. .. ......... D 7. Garry Unger C
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7. Rod Gilbert .. . . . .. . . .... .. . . .... .. .... RW 9. Red Berenson .... C

8. Steve Vickers . . . . . . . . . . . LW 10. Bruce Cowick .. RW

9. Rick Middleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. RW 11. Bert Wilson ......... LW

10. Bill Fairbairn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. RW 12. Claude Larose . .. . .. .... RW

11. Wayne Dillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... C 16. Pierre Plante .... ..... . . RW

14. Pat Hickey . . . . . . . . . . ...... . .. . ... .. LW 18. Floyd Thomson . . .... . . LW

15. Bill Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. RW 20. Wayne Merrick .. . .. .C

18. Walt Tkaczuk . . . .. .C . LW

19. Jean Ratelle . . . . . . . . . . ........ .. C 21. Bob MacMillan

20. Greg Polis .. .. . .. . . . ....... . ... .... . . . LW 22. Rick Wilson ..... ···••··· .D

21. Pete Stemkowski ............... . ... . . .. .C 23. Bob Hess ... D

23. John Bednarski . .. ........ . . . . .. .. . .. .. .. D 25. Chuck Lefley .C

25. Nick Beverley .. .. . . . . .. .. . . . ... . ... .. ... D 26. Brian Ogilvie . RW

28. Doug Jarrett .................. .. . . .. . . .. D 30. Yves Belanger .G

35. John Davidson .. . . . . . . . ......... .. .... .G 33. Gilles Gratton .. .. G

General Manager: Emile Francis Vice President, Hockey Operations: Den is Ball
Coach: Ron Stewart Coach: Garry Young
Trainer: Frank Paice Trainer: Tommy Woodcock
Assistant Trainer: Jim Young Asst . Trainers: Allen Mathieu and Tom Ryan

NEXT HOME GAME: RANGERS VS. DETROIT, SUNDAY, NOV. 2, 1975, 7:35 P.M.

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GOALS RANGERS' SCORECARD TIME PENALTIES

ASSISTS

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GOALS ST. LOUIS SCORECARD TIME PENALTIES

ASSISTS

SCORE BY PERIODS F SHOTS ON GOAL Total
23 23

RANGERS
ST. LOUIS

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5Ut4 Auuinrrsary Qlnllrrtnr's Jttrm

1931-32 New York Rangers
Number 6 Of A Series
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The 1931-32 New York Rangers. Standing, left to right: Bill Cook, Butch Keeling, Gene Dillon, Fran k Boucher, and John Ross Roach . Next: the 1932-33 Rangers, winners of the
Carrigan, coach Lester Patrick, Ching Johnson, Frank Peters, unidentified player, and Stanley Cup.
Frank Waite. Front row, left to right: Bun Cook, Gene Carrigan , Murray Murdoch, Cecil

.-..J...

...and now its titne
fora Cutty.

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FROM RAILS Shared by @HockeyMagazinesher of subsidiary transit companies. became a depression v1ct1m in 1938
In addition to providing a high causing the NHL to revert to a single
TO RUNWAYS g rouping of seven clubs. The New
(Continued from Page 12) standard of transportation the rail- York Americans, wards of the league,
roads were proud of their dining hung on until 1942 when most of
There is a tendency today to down- cars which, like the old hotel res- their players entered the armed forces
grade railroad travel since the service taurants, were a profitable sideline. or were needed for essential war
was allowed to deteriorate in the Service and quality were maintained work. The faithful trains served the
1960's. A half century ago, wl:en the remaining six teams until the late
Rangers were young, there was in- at a high standard and food was al- 1950's.
tense competition for passenger busi- ways freshly prepared in contrast to
ness and it was good advertising to the precooked frozen variety offered The first team to take to the air
carry a professional baseball or on a jet. Most dining cars had a was the Detroit Red Wings during
hockey club. specialty such as Canadian Pacific's the latter half of the 1938-39 season.
Rocky Mountain trout, New Haven's They flew from Newark to Chicago on
The Rangers patronized the bet- Boston Schrod, or New York Central's United. A few weeks later Red Dut-
ter trains of the day and a half dozen charcoal broiled steaks. The Penn- ton's New York Americans came
roads provided special Pullman cars sylvania, self-proclaimed "Standard home from Chicago to Tewark aboard
for them. A caste system of sorts ex• a DC-3 "Mainliner".
isted among the players. Veterans got Railroad of the World", was not
the lower berths on overnight trips known for outstanding cuisine hut it Most clubs, however, preferred the
with rookies and writers forced t-0 was adequate. The players had few dependable trains which they had
occupy the uppers. The coach and complaints while dining on excellent been used to for so many years. The
general manager enjoyed the extra food at sixty or seven ty miles-per- speed, safety and reliability of jet
privacy of the drawing room in the hour. aircraft eventually led to almost total
standard 12-section and 1-drawing abandonment of rail passenger serv-
room heavyweight Pullman car. Just as there are convenient jet de- ice and all professional sports teams
Placement of the vehicle was either partures from not-so-convenient air- changed their travel habits. The Mon-
at the front or rear of the train to ports, the railroads gave frequent treal Canadiens were one of the last
prevent other passengers from passing service to cities around the league clubs to extensively travel by train.
through. An undisturbed night's rest with a choice of routes. A club could In many cases, it was the railroads
was thus assured. themselves that forced them to take
go from Grand Central Terminal to to the air.
ew York Central's famous "Water
Level Route" took the club to Chi- Montreal via the New York Central The Rangers and the National
cago and Detroit aboard the Lake connecting with either the Delaware Hockey League have come a long
Shore Limited, Wolverine, or De- & Huds-0n or Rutland Railroads; via way in the last half century. When
troiter. If necessary, alternate rout- the New Haven in connection with railroad travel was the universal
ing could be obtained from the Canadian National or Boston & norm, the league was limited to
Pennsylvania Railroad on the Mer- Maine/ Canadian Pacific. All offered cities which fell within a one thousand
cantile Express and Detroit Arrow. a choice of daytime or overnight mile square.
Normally, the Pennsylvania was used trains.
only for Pittsburgh trips. The Dela- Those big green heavyweight Pull-
ware & Hudson's Montreal Limited Weather was seldom a problem mans, like the 44-game sched ule, are
carried the Rangers to and from and delays due to high winds, tur- a thing of the past. Life was a hit less
Montreal and connected with Cana- bulence, or overcrowded landing complicated and more fun but hockey
dian National and Canadian Pacific strips were unknown. One didn't have remains as interesting as ever and
for Ottawa and Toronto. New to resort to tranquilizers to calm the considerably faster in keeping with
Haven's Knickerbocker Limited, con- jitters before boarding a night express the jet age. The Rangers have gone
sisting of Pullman chair cars and a and players didn't retire due to the from the rails to the runways in quest
diner, was the de-luxe Shore-Line train pressure of travelling. of that elusive Stanley Cup. They won
to Boston. Like the Rangers, the three of them in the era of steam,
New Haven was a powerhouse in its A few franchises were moved steel and limiteds. At age 50, another
own right operating luxurious lim- around during the 1930's but travel would be most welcome.
iteds, a world famous Long Island habits remained pretty much the
Sound steamship service, and a num- same. Pittsburgh transferred to Phil- ■
adelphia and lasted one season. Ot-
tawa moved to St. Louis but the
change was a wasted effort as the
club disbanded at the end of the
1935 season. The Montreal Maroons

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FOR 'FAST £DDI£':
FIFTY FAST SHUTOUTS

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By HUGH DELANO/ New York Post

In 1965 there were ning and bike-riding to keep my legs " I can see why Emile (General
teams in the in shape. I've always worked hard to Manager Emile Francis) wanted to
keep myself in shape but I put more get a young goalie like John," said
HL, Madison into it this summer. I guess I have to Eddie. " It's very logical. You've got
Square Garden's lo- admit that my condition for training to think of the future. I'm 36 and
cation was West camp has to he better because I'm Gilly (Gilles Villemure) is 35."
49th Street and getting a bit older."
Eighth Avenue, Giacomin thinks Davidson has a
Sandy Koufax led the Dodgers to the Older yes. But by no means finished. bright future and says he will gladly
World Series championship, Willie Giacomin still has the sharp reflexes offer to help the yo uthful goaltender
Mays hit 52 home runs for the Giants, and competitive fire to rank as one in any way he can.
Cassius Clay knocked out Floyd Pat- of the game's best goalies. He has no
terson and !Sonny Liston, and Eddie immediate thoughts of retirement and "I've always admired John as a
Giacomin was the Rangers' goal- wants to play "at least three or £our goalie since he came into the league,"
tender. more years." said Eddie. "He's got good size and
Now all that has changed-except agility for a big man."
that Eddie Giacomin still is the There were two added incentives
Rangers' goaltender. for Eddie's rigorous pre-trammg But ...
Could it be that 10 years have camp physical conditioning. One of "Nobody's going to push me out of
passed? Could it he that at 36 Eddie them was that he was disappointed a j ob yet," said Eddie. " Not without
Giacomin still is stopping pucks and with his 1974-75 season. The other a fight, anyway. I've still got ·some
entering his 11th NHL season as the was John Davidson. good years left and I'm in the best
Rangers' oldest player? shape I've ever been in coming into
Giacomin laughed when asked how "Last season was very depressing this year."
10 years could slip past so swiftly. for me," said Eddie. "I played fewer Giacomin could use an injury as
"I guess it's hard for anyone to games (37) and my goals-against an excuse for last season. But he
realize that's he getting older," Eddie average (3 .48) was the · highest it's doesn't. "It was just not the kind of
said before the Rangers prepared to been since I joined the Ran gers 10 year I should have had," he said.
start their 50th anniversary season in years ago. I've got a lot to prove this Eddie sprained his right knee when
the NHL. "But it happens and you season , a lot to make up for." he executed his V leg spread to stop
a breakaway by the Bruins' Terry
can't ignore it." Davidson, of course, is the promis- O'Reilly on Dec. 19, 1974, in Boston.
Eddie didn't ignore the aging ing young goaltender whom the He was unable to play again until Jan.
Rangers acquired last June from St. 25, 1975, in Pittsburgh. He went from
process last summer. Louis in exchange for Ted Irvine, November 27 unitl February 1 be-
"I worked as hard as I ever have Jerry Butler and Bert Wilson. He is tween victories. Then on March 19,
22. So it's obvious why he has been when he shut out Vacouver, 3-0, he
in the off-season to keep myself in brought to New York. He is the goal-
shape," he said. "I did a lot of run- tender being groomed for the future. (Continued on Page 130)

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ROSTERS

NEW YORK RANGERS ST. LOUIS BLUES

Name Date of Birth Hgt. Wgt. Name Date of Birth Hgt. Wgt.

John Davidson GOALIES 6-3 205 Yves Belanger GOALIES 5-11 170
Ed Giacomin 180 Gilles Gratton
Feb. 27, 1953 5-11 Ed Johnston Sept. 30, 1952 5-11 155
July 28, 1952
June 6, 1939 Nov. 24, 1935 6-0 190

John Bednarski DEFENSEMEN 5-10 195 Bruce Affleck DEFENSEMEN 6-0 190
6-2 190 Bob Gassoff 190
Nick Beverley July 4, 1952 6-2 185 Bob Hess May 5, 1954 5-10 180
Apr. 21, 1947 5-10 190 Barclay Plager Apr. 17, 1953 5-11 175
Ron Greschner Dec. 22, 1954 6-1 205 Bob Plager May 19, 1955 195
Ron Harris June 30, 1942 5-10 205 Rick Wilson Mar. 26, 1941 5-11 195
Doug Jarrett Apr. 22, 1944 6-0 200 Mar. 11, 1943
Gilles Marotte June 7, 1945 6-0 190 Aug. 10, 1950 5-11
Brad Park July 6, 1948 6-1
Larry Sacharuk Sept. 16, 1952

Bill Collins FORWARDS 6-1 180 Red Berenson FORWARDS 6-0 190
Wayne Dillon 180 Jerry Butler
Bill Fairbairn July 13, 1943 6-0 195 Bruce Cowick Dec. 8, 1939 6-0 170
May 25, 1955 5-10 180 Ted Irvine Feb. 27, 1951
Rod Gilbert Jan. 7, 1947 5-9 180 Claude Larose Aug. 18, 1951 6-1 200
July 1, 1941 6-1 175 Chuck Lefley Dec. 8, 1944 195
Pat Hickey May 15, 1953 195 Bob MacMillan Mar. 2, 1942 6-2 170
Rick Middleton Dec. 4, 1953 5-11 180 Wayne Merrick Jan. 20, 1950 6-0 185
Greg Polis Aug. 8, 1950 Brian Ogilvie Dec. 3, 1952
Jean Ratelle Oct. 3, 1940 6-0 180 Pierre Plante Apr. 23 , 1952 6-1 175
Derek Sanderson June 16, 1946 6-1 Floyd Thomson Jan.30, 1952
Pete Stemkowski Aug. 25, 1943 210 Garry Unger May 14, 1951 5-10 190
Walt Tkaczuk Sept. 29, 1947 6-0 190 Bert Wilson June 14, 1949 6-1 180
Steve Vickers Apr. 21, 1951 185 Dec. 7, 1947 5-11
6-1 Oct. 17, 1949 6-1 180
6-0
6 -0 6-0 190

5-11 170

6-0 180

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1. Br uce Hood REFEREES 24. Denis Morel 7. Matt Pavelich LIN ESMEN 36. Bruce Ga rside
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4. Wa lly Harr is 14. All Lejeune 31. Kerry Fraser 27 . Gerard Gauthier 38. Randy Shantz
5. Da ve New el l 15. Dave Shewchyk 9. John D' Amico 28. Jim Chri stison 39. John F. Brown
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try the Layered Look .
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You can wear it with a ~
crew neck Shetland or your favorite turtleneck and a
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COMING UP STRONG along w ith the versatile layered look ~
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flared at the bottom; many with matching vests . You can --·O>
wear your grandfather's gold watch and chain with
your new vest or hook it to your belt rung. The long ::J
muffler has returned in nubbly wool or polyester. Try
lashing it loosely around a bulky-colored coat or in- or
side, over a turtleneck sweater. It can be a lifesaver for
your date's hairdo. While many of today's suits have •
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An acrobatic spectacular featuring the Chinese Acrobats of Taiwan will be presented in a rather pointed display of
precision and grace when the company of 65 artists performs in The Felt Forum October 23-26. Acrobatics, an ancient
and intregral part of Chinese culture, will be deftly demonstrated in a vast variety of forms.

a11-rzatwal
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Whether your musical tastes savor the
melodious ballads of Roberta Flack
or the hard-driving rock of Procol
Harum, you can be satisfied by these
or other sounds that suit your fancy
in The Felt Forum this fall. Frank
Zappa, Charlie Pride, Edgar Winter
and Renaissance will be among the
recording stars who will also be ap-
pearing in The Felt Forum spotlight
within the next few months.

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Audiences dig dynamite per-
formers like Mick Jagger and
the Rolling Stones (above)
and Chicago (right) and au-
diences and artists alike dig
the rock Garden concerts al-
ways attract. There's plenty
more in store in '75-and
that's no jive!

M.S .G. -12