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DECEMBER 3, 1962

WILDCATS UPEND RAMBLERS 27-10
Chicago Well Positioned to Win West

Something had to give as the St. Louis Ramblers entered Sunday's game at Cougars Park in Chicago. The Ramblers were riding high on a five game winning streak while the host Chicago Wildcats had won four in a row. It was the Ramblers who blinked, falling 27-10 to the Wildcats and allowing Chicago to pull a half game ahead of St. Louis atop the West Division standings.

The Wildcats are 9-2 and have home games against Los Angeles and Houston sandwiched around a trip to the nations capital to face the Washington Wasps. St. Louis dips to 9-3 and their two remaining games will be next Sunday at home to Houston and then, after a bye week, they finish on the west coast at San Francisco. The Houston Drillers, the surprising second year club that won again Sunday to improve to 8-4 are also in the mix but they have a tough finish with road games in both St. Louis and Chicago to close out their sophomore campaign.

In Chicago, the two clubs played fairly even on Sunday with Wildcats holding the edge in time of possession because of a heavy emphasis on backs Fred Gunther and Bobby Ellington, who each carried the ball 16 times and combined for 240 yards on the ground. St. Louis had their star back Dean Turgeon, who gained 134 yards, going full steam ahead and quarterback Jim Driver threw for 113 yards.

The two clubs traded field goals on their opening series of the game before Gunther came up with the Wildcats first big play - a 23-yard touchdown run late in the opening period to put Chicago up 10-3. Driver engineered the Ramblers longest drive of the game early in the second quarter, a 12-play, 94-yard sojourn that was capped by a 2-yard scoring run from Pete Hylton to knot the game at 10.

It appeared the two clubs would head to the break tied but that changed with the Wildcats other big play of the afternoon. This one was perpetrated by the Chicago defense as safety Rich Onks in full stride stepped in front of St. Louis tight end Bob Frances to intercept a Driver pass and Onks did not stop until he ended up in the St Louis endzone with a 23 yard interception return for a score.

Trailing 17-10 the Ramblers did have an opportunity for a long field goal on their first series after the break but Ted Bingaman did not have the leg to hit from 40 yards out. Six minutes later Paul Chestnut was successful on his second field goal attempt of the day increasing the Wildcats lead to 20-10 and Chicago would put the game away midway through the final period with a short Mike Zupancic to Dorn Eisenman touchdown pass.

The Wildcats now control their destiny and seem well positioned to make the playoffs for the third time in four years and sixth time in a decade.

*** Drillers Still Very Much in Playoff Hunt ***

The surprising Houston Drillers are also in control of their playoff destiny after the club, winners of just 3 games as an expansion team a year ago, ran its record to 8-4 with a dominating road performance that saw them blast the Los Angeles Tigers 30-7 and snuff out the Tigers faint playoff hopes.

Quarterback Miller Bogert, who was a starter for two seasons in Chicago, had another big game for the Drillers, throwing for a workmanlike 105 yards in a mistake free game that also saw Bogert call his own number and run for a 1-yard touchdown on the opening play of the fourth quarter. Most of the running duties were handled by Phil Patton, an ex-Pittsburgh Paladin, who had his best game as a Driller, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown. The Tigers were forced to play the game without their star running back Dick Drum, as the AFA's leading rusher is likely done for the season after suffering a sprained ankle last week. To keep their playoff hopes alive Houston must beat St. Louis next week to pull into a second place tie with the Ramblers.

East Division leading Boston had a bad day as the Americans were upended 20-10 at home by the Pittsburgh Paladins. With two games to play the Yanks still enjoy a game and a half lead on the New York Stars, who were idle yesterday. The Philadelphia Frigates missed a glorious opportunity to close on the 7-4 Stars, who they host next week. Philadelphia is now 6-6 after losing for the second week in a row to Cleveland, this one by a 19-10 score. The Frigates are spiraling with four losses in their last five games.

Elsewhere the San Francisco Wings beat Detroit 28-19 in a battle of the bottom two teams in the West Division, while a similar matchup in the East saw the Washington Wasps win for the second time in three weeks but just the third time all year, knocking off the Red Jackets in Buffalo by a 21-9 count.

WITCHER HEADLINES GRID ALL-AMERICA TEAM

The AIAA collegiate football All-American team was unveiled this week with three players who will play in the game that will decide the national title named to the squad. That game will be the Oilman Classic on New Years Day featuring the undefeated and number one ranked Lubbock State Hawks against the 9-1 and second ranked Mississippi A&M Generals.

Dave Witcher, the Generals senior halfback who led the nation in rushing during the regular season, headlines the squad and is the favourite to win the Christian Trophy as the top collegiate football player. The 22-year-old originally from Memphis, TN., is expected to be making his presence felt on Sundays next year.

A pair of Lubbock State Hawks also earned the nod. They are senior kicker Bill Lumley, who was also named an All-American as a freshman in 1959, and sophomore end Red Cuyler, who caught six touchdown passes this year. Here is the complete All-American team.

LING ON RECORD PACE IN DETROIT

No player who has spent the season exclusively on defense is believed to have ever scored twenty goals in an NAHC season. The closest we have come is Garrett Ferrar of the Detroit Motors, who scored twenty in the 1948-49 campaign but he often moved from his normal spot on the blueline to fill in at forward when the Motors were short staffed up front.

That might just change this season as already, just 21 games into the 70 game campaign, new Detroit rearguard Robert Ling is already halfway to twenty goals. Ling, is not the only big shooter on the blueline as New York's Chris Lafontaine has seven goals so far but the 24-year-old Lafontaine will be slowed by an injury that will sideline him possibly until the New Year.

Ling is a Detroit Motors blueliner this season in part because of Lafontaine. Faced with a pair of offensive-minded 24-year-old rearguards the Shamrocks tried to sneak Ling through waivers in order to assign him to the minors but Detroit grabbed him when he became available. Ling has proven to be exactly what Detroit coach Badger Rigney was looking for: a quarterback to run his powerplay and unleash a big shot from the point. Six of Ling's 10 goals have come with the man advantage but before you think he is all offense, it is important to note that Ling is tied for the lead among all defensemen in the league with a plus/minus rating of 9.

There is a lot of hockey to play but with 18 points on the season Ling currently can count himself as one of the top ten point producers in the league this season. Not bad for a player who went undrafted out of junior, was waived by an NAHC team and only scored six times in his first 107 NAHC games.

NAHC RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29

Chicago 7 at Boston 2: The Packers snapped a seven game winless streak in a big way as John Turnbull scored three times and added an assist to lead Chicago past Boston 7-2, making it four straight losses for the streaky Bees. Pete Bernier also scored twice for the winners while NAHC scoring leader Ken York assisted on two of the Chicago goals.

New York 4 at Detroit 1: The New York Shamrocks ended Detroit's seven game unbeaten streak and extended their own streak of victories to four with a 4-1 road win at Thompson Palladium. Alex Sorrell had a big game in the Shamrocks net, making 35 saves while Chris Lafontaine and Mike Parsons each had two points.

Toronto 4 at Montreal 3: Charles Brochu had two goals and an assist while defenseman Tim Brooks scored the other two Toronto goals to lead the Dukes past Montreal 4-3. Jack Adamle is doing his best to show the Valiants he belongs in the NAHC. The 27-year-old winger had a goal and an assist giving him 7 points in 6 games since his promotion from Syracuse.

SATURDAY DECEMBER 1

Chicago 2 at Montreal 3: Mark Moggy had a goal and two assists while Nathan Bannister made 39 saves to help the Montreal Valiants edge the Chicago Packers 3-2. Jean Trembly opened the scoring but before the first period was over the Packers led 2-1 on goals from Archer Cook and Matt McGrath. Scott Ducek evened things in the second period before Moggy got the game winner just before the midway mark of the final frame.

Boston 3 at Toronto 3: Third period goals from Charles Brochu and Hank Knackstedt, each with their seventh marker of the campaign, allowed the Dukes to salvage a point at home in a 3-3 tie with Boston. Owen Green had the other Toronto goal while Brad Lowenberger, Neil Wilson and Jack Gariepy were the Bees marksmen. Boston snapped a four game losing streak with the tie.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 2

Montreal 4 at Boston 3: The Bees are winless in six and fall five points behind fifth place New York with a 4-3 loss on home ice to Montreal. Jack Adamle scored on the power play for the only goal of the third period to provide the Valiants with the margin of victory. It was Adamle's second of the game. Neil Wilson scored twice in a losing cause for the Bees.

New York 2 at Chicago 2: New York has earned 13 points in its last nine games after tying Chicago 2-2 at Lakeside Auditorium. Charlie Winquist and Alex Breen scored for New York with J.P. Morisette and Danny Connaughton replying for the Packers. Chicago outshot New York 44-22 and Connaughton's equalizer, set up by Morissette, came with 37 seconds left in the game and goaltender Andrew Bomberry on the Chicago bench for an extra attacker.

Toronto 3 at Detroit 5: Veteran Nick Tardif is not the goal scorer he once was but the 36-year-old notched a pair of third period goals to lift Detroit to a 5-3 victory over Toronto and keep the Motors in first place, two points ahead of Montreal. Tardif also earned an assist on defenseman Robert Ling's 10th goal of the season.

UPCOMING GAMES
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5
Boston at Chicago
Detroit at New York
Montreal at Toronto

THURSDAY DECEMBER 6
Boston at Detroit

SATURDAY DECEMBER 8
New York at Boston
Detroit at Montreal
Chicago at Toronto

SUNDAY DECEMBER 9
Montreal at Chicago
Toronto at Detroit
Boston at New York

Dukes Tread Water at 1-1-1

Toronto neither gained nor lost position in the NAHC standings over the past week. The team had one of each a win, a loss, and a tie. The week started with a trip in Montreal to meet the second place Vals. The game started off quickly with Tim Brooks staking the Dukes to a quick 1-0 lead before the game was two minutes old. Jamie Koebel killed any Dukes momentum less than a minute later with a goal assisted by Yan Tremblay, Jack Adams at 2;56. After the fast start the game settled in pace a tight checking, low chance affair, typical of the 1962-63 season. Dukes were able to get a second puck past Bannister when Charles Brochu, who suddenly is getting more chances, potted his 5th from Fuhrman, Poulin at 14:56. The game stayed 2-1 until Dick Pepe's 5th tied the score at 13:53 of the second, which was a chippy period with lots of clutching, grabbing, stickwork. Heading into the final twenty minutes deadlocked both teams seemed content to wait for chances rather than pressing the matter. The waiting paid off for Toronto when Tim Brooks' shot crossed the goal line at 11:39. Less than two minutes later Brochu completed his 2 goal, 3 point night when he was left unchecked to put away passes from MacLeod, Knackstedt. Trailing by two Montreal was forced to open up a little, with under 5 minutes to play Jack Adamle made it 4-3. Connelly slammed the door shut for the last 4 minute allowing the Dukes to get .500 for the season.

Toronto began December with a home game against the last place Bees. Boston has had an up and down season although they gave the Dukes all they could handle this evening. This game was a direct opposite of the game in Montreal on Thursday, wide open with Oscar James, Jack MacPhee forced to make save after save. In the first the Bs were all over the Dukes at every turn. Fans were breathing a sigh of relief that the Dukes were only down 1-0 at the intermission on Bradley Lowenberger's marker. MacPhee made 22 saves in the first. Owen Green made it 1-1 with a short handed marker at 6:20 of the second. It was a cheap shorty as it was one second after Boivin stepped on the ice while both teams were down a man. Neil Wilson restored Boston's lead at 8:09 form Pierre Paquette, Maxime Larouche. After two periods shots on goal were Boston-38, Toronto-17. Boston took a two goal lead before all fans had got back to their seats with the second shorthanded goal of the game by Jack Gariepy at 0:08. Toronto was still on the power play when Brochu made it a one goal game 17 seconds after Garpiey's marker. Boston seemed to try to sit on their lead with over 19 minutes to play, Trying to protect a lead with that much time left usually does not work out well. Dukes continued to press then were able to tie the game at 14:03 with Knackstedt beating James with a hard wrist shot. The game ended 3-3 with Bear praising MacPhee's 45 save performance.

Into Detroit to take the league leading Motors on Sunday for the Dukes third game in four nights. In the first the Dukes again came out the gate slowly having to rely on Connelly to hold down the fort as they were outplayed, out shot 16 to 5 in a scoreless first. Toronto did not find their game until they down 2-0 on goals by Darcy Sill and Robert Ling, a waiver wire find in the off-season. Dukes finally woke up dominating the last half of the second coming back to tie the score on power play goals off the sticks of Pollack, Williams. In the third Detroit sunk Toronto in the opening 4 minutes with two goals by Nick Tardif followed by Anthony Beauchemin to make it 5-2. Bill Archer's goal made the final 5-3 in another game where the netminder for the Dukes was constantly under pressure facing 39 shots.

Coach Bear-"Three games in four nights is no excuse. Again we have a about a five minute period in which we run around aimlessly then pay the price. Detroit ambushed us at the start of the third, we have to stop running around, it leads to nothing good. With the holiday season approaching we have to get back to basics get away from heroics. We have a new slogan "Forecheck, backcheck, pay cheque"".

*** Wolves Tales ***

Wolves have set there 40-man roster at 36. The work will begin after the Rule 5 draft. It is no secret the team is looking for a RHB if available in the draft. If not available they may then go to trade market before ST.

Full Court Press: November 26-December 2, 1962

Toronto inflicted an instant dose of revenge to Detroit in back-to-back meetings this past week. After Detroit took four of seven straight meetings, the schedule-makers sought it wise to give them another two head-to-head matchups. After all, they meet 24 times during the regular season and you have to get them in sometime, though the teams will not meet again for six weeks. In the first matchup at Dominion Gardens, it was the usual suspects with Fred Lillard’s 23 points and Bill Spangler’s 19 points, six assists and four steals, as Toronto won the turnover battle, 20-13, and the one on the scoreboard, too, 83-75. The dynamic duo did it again the next night in Toronto’s 93-80 win, with Spangler taking the lead with 28 points and seven steals, while Lillard poured in 26 points. When the dust settled, Detroit is 10-6 and Toronto is 10-7 with the Falcons riding a five-game winning streak and the Mustangs dropping three straight.
Four weeks after declaring Detroit as the class of the league, we can pass that moniker to the Boston Centurions. Boston has the league’s best record at 14-4 and even more impressive is its 6-1 record on its season-high 10-game road trip. The whirlwind trip brought the Cents to Washington, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia this week and Boston won them all. The average margin of victory this week was 14.3 points with three games where Boston kept its opponents to under 70 points. Boston utilized its front court to beat the Statesmen, as Bert LaBrecque (21 points), Wally Moorehead (18 points, 17 rebounds), and George Stevens (18 and 14) accounted for 57 points in a 78-58 victory. Point guard Steve Barrell took center stage with 22 points in Chicago and 24 tallies against New York, while LaBrecque led the way with 26 points against the Phantoms. LaBrecque is one of the seven players in the league currently averaging more than 20 points (20.1 ppg).
The Statesmen of the preseason are rearing their ugly heads, as the clashes with the Centurions left them the worse for wear. Washington lost all three games this week to drop to .500 at 8-8. It wasn’t just the 20-point loss to Boston that gave the Cents three of four wins head-to-head. On Friday night, Washington was thumped in Philadelphia, 102-65. Washington was a sieve defensively, allowing Philadelphia to shoot 53% from the floor. Washington could not hold on to the ball, with Washington turning the ball over 26 times, compared to 15 for Philadelphia.
Washington did not move the ball well, amassing only 13 assists, which was dwarfed by the Phantoms 37 helpers. Washington was undisciplined in permitting Philadelphia to get to the foul line 21 times while the Statesmen were 3-for-8 from the line. If this is the kind of games Washington will serve up, they will be hunting for the cellar rather than the penthouse.

TECHSTERS CENTER ARSENAULT TOP PRO PROSPECT

As the college basketball season starts to hit up, pro teams in the Federal Basketball League are already working on their draft list for next summer's FBL college senior draft. According to OSA, which handles league scouting in each of the four major team sports, there are plenty of big men likely to hear their names called in the opening round of the draft. OSA says five of the top ten draft eligible seniors are centers led by Earl Arsenault of North Carolina Tech. Arsenault's teammate, Bob Terwillinger is also highly ranked, sitting at fifth on the OSA preliminary list and as the number one guard. Here are the OSA top twenty for the draft and the top twenty college players without regard to what their draft class is. (note: only players completing their senior season are eligible for the FBL draft.

The Chicago Cougars worked out contracts for two of their notable players for the 1964 season. The larger of the two deals went to 27-year-old pitcher Roy Ellis, who will again make the $100,000 he is making this season. A four year vet, Ellis had his best season in 1962, going 10-7 with a 3.83 ERA (118 ERA+), 1.17 WHIP, and 147 strikeouts. His 2.8 K/BB was two ticks higher this year then when he led the CA last season.
Tom Halliday signed the other deal, with the 24-year-old also matching his $65,000 contract in 1936 for 1964. One of the top defensive shortstops in the league, he accumulated an impressive 20.6 zone rating at shortstop this season. The bat slipped in his second season as a starter, but he's quick and great at putting the ball in play.

UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS

December 22- World Middleweight champion Lyman King puts his perfect 40-0 record on the line against former champion George Quisenberry in Los Angeles. King beat Quisenberry to claim the tile last January in New York and made successful defenses against Steve Bradshaw in May and George Hatchell in September. Quisenberry, a 27-year-old Canadian, held the title for nearly two and a half years before falling to King. He waited eight months after the loss to King before returning to the ring, knocking out Billy Randall in September to improve to 39-2-3.

The Week That Was
Current events from the week ending 12/02/1962

Russia has started removing its bomber planes from Cuba. The Defense Department says it has confirmation that the first of a reported 35 twin-jet Soviet bombers "are in the process of being withdrawn."
American Ambassador to the UN Adali Stevenson says there is nothing accurate about a Saturday Evening Post article picturing him as disagreeing privately with President Kennedy's firm policy and decision to impose a naval blockade on Cuba during the crisis.
Prime Minister Nehru told parliament in India that while the Chinese Communists may have thinned out the advance units of their invasion armies, they certainly do not appear to have any plans of withdrawal.
Nearly all of the remaining American troops in Thailand have been removed. They were rushed into that country last May to deter a Communist threat from neighbouring Laos.
Federal Marshals are meeting to map a strategy for the invasion of Mound City, South Dakota where zealous townsfolk and farmers threaten "another Mississippi" to keep from turning over Government records they have locked in a barricaded building. It stems from concerns the townsfolk have over last years move of the county Agricultural Stabilization Service from Mound City to the larger center of Herreid.

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ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,011	December 3rd, 1962 DECEMBER 3, 1962 WILDCATS UPEND RAMBLERS 27-10 Chicago Well Positioned to Win West Something had to give as the St. Louis Ramblers entered Sunday's game at Cougars Park in Chicago. The Ramblers were riding high on a five game winning streak while the host Chicago Wildcats had won four in a row. It was the Ramblers who blinked, falling 27-10 to the Wildcats and allowing Chicago to pull a half game ahead of St. Louis atop the West Division standings. The Wildcats are 9-2 and have home games against Los Angeles and Houston sandwiched around a trip to the nations capital to face the Washington Wasps. St. Louis dips to 9-3 and their two remaining games will be next Sunday at home to Houston and then, after a bye week, they finish on the west coast at San Francisco. The Houston Drillers, the surprising second year club that won again Sunday to improve to 8-4 are also in the mix but they have a tough finish with road games in both St. Louis and Chicago to close out their sophomore campaign. In Chicago, the two clubs played fairly even on Sunday with Wildcats holding the edge in time of possession because of a heavy emphasis on backs Fred Gunther and Bobby Ellington, who each carried the ball 16 times and combined for 240 yards on the ground. St. Louis had their star back Dean Turgeon, who gained 134 yards, going full steam ahead and quarterback Jim Driver threw for 113 yards. The two clubs traded field goals on their opening series of the game before Gunther came up with the Wildcats first big play - a 23-yard touchdown run late in the opening period to put Chicago up 10-3. Driver engineered the Ramblers longest drive of the game early in the second quarter, a 12-play, 94-yard sojourn that was capped by a 2-yard scoring run from Pete Hylton to knot the game at 10. It appeared the two clubs would head to the break tied but that changed with the Wildcats other big play of the afternoon. This one was perpetrated by the Chicago defense as safety Rich Onks in full stride stepped in front of St. Louis tight end Bob Frances to intercept a Driver pass and Onks did not stop until he ended up in the St Louis endzone with a 23 yard interception return for a score. Trailing 17-10 the Ramblers did have an opportunity for a long field goal on their first series after the break but Ted Bingaman did not have the leg to hit from 40 yards out. Six minutes later Paul Chestnut was successful on his second field goal attempt of the day increasing the Wildcats lead to 20-10 and Chicago would put the game away midway through the final period with a short Mike Zupancic to Dorn Eisenman touchdown pass. The Wildcats now control their destiny and seem well positioned to make the playoffs for the third time in four years and sixth time in a decade. * Drillers Still Very Much in Playoff Hunt * The surprising Houston Drillers are also in control of their playoff destiny after the club, winners of just 3 games as an expansion team a year ago, ran its record to 8-4 with a dominating road performance that saw them blast the Los Angeles Tigers 30-7 and snuff out the Tigers faint playoff hopes. Quarterback Miller Bogert, who was a starter for two seasons in Chicago, had another big game for the Drillers, throwing for a workmanlike 105 yards in a mistake free game that also saw Bogert call his own number and run for a 1-yard touchdown on the opening play of the fourth quarter. Most of the running duties were handled by Phil Patton, an ex-Pittsburgh Paladin, who had his best game as a Driller, rushing for 101 yards and a touchdown. The Tigers were forced to play the game without their star running back Dick Drum, as the AFA's leading rusher is likely done for the season after suffering a sprained ankle last week. To keep their playoff hopes alive Houston must beat St. Louis next week to pull into a second place tie with the Ramblers. East Division leading Boston had a bad day as the Americans were upended 20-10 at home by the Pittsburgh Paladins. With two games to play the Yanks still enjoy a game and a half lead on the New York Stars, who were idle yesterday. The Philadelphia Frigates missed a glorious opportunity to close on the 7-4 Stars, who they host next week. Philadelphia is now 6-6 after losing for the second week in a row to Cleveland, this one by a 19-10 score. The Frigates are spiraling with four losses in their last five games. Elsewhere the San Francisco Wings beat Detroit 28-19 in a battle of the bottom two teams in the West Division, while a similar matchup in the East saw the Washington Wasps win for the second time in three weeks but just the third time all year, knocking off the Red Jackets in Buffalo by a 21-9 count. WITCHER HEADLINES GRID ALL-AMERICA TEAM The AIAA collegiate football All-American team was unveiled this week with three players who will play in the game that will decide the national title named to the squad. That game will be the Oilman Classic on New Years Day featuring the undefeated and number one ranked Lubbock State Hawks against the 9-1 and second ranked Mississippi A&M Generals. Dave Witcher, the Generals senior halfback who led the nation in rushing during the regular season, headlines the squad and is the favourite to win the Christian Trophy as the top collegiate football player. The 22-year-old originally from Memphis, TN., is expected to be making his presence felt on Sundays next year. A pair of Lubbock State Hawks also earned the nod. They are senior kicker Bill Lumley, who was also named an All-American as a freshman in 1959, and sophomore end Red Cuyler, who caught six touchdown passes this year. Here is the complete All-American team. LING ON RECORD PACE IN DETROIT No player who has spent the season exclusively on defense is believed to have ever scored twenty goals in an NAHC season. The closest we have come is Garrett Ferrar of the Detroit Motors, who scored twenty in the 1948-49 campaign but he often moved from his normal spot on the blueline to fill in at forward when the Motors were short staffed up front. That might just change this season as already, just 21 games into the 70 game campaign, new Detroit rearguard Robert Ling is already halfway to twenty goals. Ling, is not the only big shooter on the blueline as New York's Chris Lafontaine has seven goals so far but the 24-year-old Lafontaine will be slowed by an injury that will sideline him possibly until the New Year. Ling is a Detroit Motors blueliner this season in part because of Lafontaine. Faced with a pair of offensive-minded 24-year-old rearguards the Shamrocks tried to sneak Ling through waivers in order to assign him to the minors but Detroit grabbed him when he became available. Ling has proven to be exactly what Detroit coach Badger Rigney was looking for: a quarterback to run his powerplay and unleash a big shot from the point. Six of Ling's 10 goals have come with the man advantage but before you think he is all offense, it is important to note that Ling is tied for the lead among all defensemen in the league with a plus/minus rating of 9. There is a lot of hockey to play but with 18 points on the season Ling currently can count himself as one of the top ten point producers in the league this season. Not bad for a player who went undrafted out of junior, was waived by an NAHC team and only scored six times in his first 107 NAHC games. NAHC RESULTS FROM LAST WEEK THURSDAY NOVEMBER 29 Chicago 7 at Boston 2: The Packers snapped a seven game winless streak in a big way as John Turnbull scored three times and added an assist to lead Chicago past Boston 7-2, making it four straight losses for the streaky Bees. Pete Bernier also scored twice for the winners while NAHC scoring leader Ken York assisted on two of the Chicago goals. New York 4 at Detroit 1: The New York Shamrocks ended Detroit's seven game unbeaten streak and extended their own streak of victories to four with a 4-1 road win at Thompson Palladium. Alex Sorrell had a big game in the Shamrocks net, making 35 saves while Chris Lafontaine and Mike Parsons each had two points. Toronto 4 at Montreal 3: Charles Brochu had two goals and an assist while defenseman Tim Brooks scored the other two Toronto goals to lead the Dukes past Montreal 4-3. Jack Adamle is doing his best to show the Valiants he belongs in the NAHC. The 27-year-old winger had a goal and an assist giving him 7 points in 6 games since his promotion from Syracuse. SATURDAY DECEMBER 1 Chicago 2 at Montreal 3: Mark Moggy had a goal and two assists while Nathan Bannister made 39 saves to help the Montreal Valiants edge the Chicago Packers 3-2. Jean Trembly opened the scoring but before the first period was over the Packers led 2-1 on goals from Archer Cook and Matt McGrath. Scott Ducek evened things in the second period before Moggy got the game winner just before the midway mark of the final frame. Boston 3 at Toronto 3: Third period goals from Charles Brochu and Hank Knackstedt, each with their seventh marker of the campaign, allowed the Dukes to salvage a point at home in a 3-3 tie with Boston. Owen Green had the other Toronto goal while Brad Lowenberger, Neil Wilson and Jack Gariepy were the Bees marksmen. Boston snapped a four game losing streak with the tie. SUNDAY DECEMBER 2 Montreal 4 at Boston 3: The Bees are winless in six and fall five points behind fifth place New York with a 4-3 loss on home ice to Montreal. Jack Adamle scored on the power play for the only goal of the third period to provide the Valiants with the margin of victory. It was Adamle's second of the game. Neil Wilson scored twice in a losing cause for the Bees. New York 2 at Chicago 2: New York has earned 13 points in its last nine games after tying Chicago 2-2 at Lakeside Auditorium. Charlie Winquist and Alex Breen scored for New York with J.P. Morisette and Danny Connaughton replying for the Packers. Chicago outshot New York 44-22 and Connaughton's equalizer, set up by Morissette, came with 37 seconds left in the game and goaltender Andrew Bomberry on the Chicago bench for an extra attacker. Toronto 3 at Detroit 5: Veteran Nick Tardif is not the goal scorer he once was but the 36-year-old notched a pair of third period goals to lift Detroit to a 5-3 victory over Toronto and keep the Motors in first place, two points ahead of Montreal. Tardif also earned an assist on defenseman Robert Ling's 10th goal of the season. UPCOMING GAMES WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 5 Boston at Chicago Detroit at New York Montreal at Toronto THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 Boston at Detroit SATURDAY DECEMBER 8 New York at Boston Detroit at Montreal Chicago at Toronto SUNDAY DECEMBER 9 Montreal at Chicago Toronto at Detroit Boston at New York Dukes Tread Water at 1-1-1 Toronto neither gained nor lost position in the NAHC standings over the past week. The team had one of each a win, a loss, and a tie. The week started with a trip in Montreal to meet the second place Vals. The game started off quickly with Tim Brooks staking the Dukes to a quick 1-0 lead before the game was two minutes old. Jamie Koebel killed any Dukes momentum less than a minute later with a goal assisted by Yan Tremblay, Jack Adams at 2;56. After the fast start the game settled in pace a tight checking, low chance affair, typical of the 1962-63 season. Dukes were able to get a second puck past Bannister when Charles Brochu, who suddenly is getting more chances, potted his 5th from Fuhrman, Poulin at 14:56. The game stayed 2-1 until Dick Pepe's 5th tied the score at 13:53 of the second, which was a chippy period with lots of clutching, grabbing, stickwork. Heading into the final twenty minutes deadlocked both teams seemed content to wait for chances rather than pressing the matter. The waiting paid off for Toronto when Tim Brooks' shot crossed the goal line at 11:39. Less than two minutes later Brochu completed his 2 goal, 3 point night when he was left unchecked to put away passes from MacLeod, Knackstedt. Trailing by two Montreal was forced to open up a little, with under 5 minutes to play Jack Adamle made it 4-3. Connelly slammed the door shut for the last 4 minute allowing the Dukes to get .500 for the season. Toronto began December with a home game against the last place Bees. Boston has had an up and down season although they gave the Dukes all they could handle this evening. This game was a direct opposite of the game in Montreal on Thursday, wide open with Oscar James, Jack MacPhee forced to make save after save. In the first the Bs were all over the Dukes at every turn. Fans were breathing a sigh of relief that the Dukes were only down 1-0 at the intermission on Bradley Lowenberger's marker. MacPhee made 22 saves in the first. Owen Green made it 1-1 with a short handed marker at 6:20 of the second. It was a cheap shorty as it was one second after Boivin stepped on the ice while both teams were down a man. Neil Wilson restored Boston's lead at 8:09 form Pierre Paquette, Maxime Larouche. After two periods shots on goal were Boston-38, Toronto-17. Boston took a two goal lead before all fans had got back to their seats with the second shorthanded goal of the game by Jack Gariepy at 0:08. Toronto was still on the power play when Brochu made it a one goal game 17 seconds after Garpiey's marker. Boston seemed to try to sit on their lead with over 19 minutes to play, Trying to protect a lead with that much time left usually does not work out well. Dukes continued to press then were able to tie the game at 14:03 with Knackstedt beating James with a hard wrist shot. The game ended 3-3 with Bear praising MacPhee's 45 save performance. Into Detroit to take the league leading Motors on Sunday for the Dukes third game in four nights. In the first the Dukes again came out the gate slowly having to rely on Connelly to hold down the fort as they were outplayed, out shot 16 to 5 in a scoreless first. Toronto did not find their game until they down 2-0 on goals by Darcy Sill and Robert Ling, a waiver wire find in the off-season. Dukes finally woke up dominating the last half of the second coming back to tie the score on power play goals off the sticks of Pollack, Williams. In the third Detroit sunk Toronto in the opening 4 minutes with two goals by Nick Tardif followed by Anthony Beauchemin to make it 5-2. Bill Archer's goal made the final 5-3 in another game where the netminder for the Dukes was constantly under pressure facing 39 shots. Coach Bear-"Three games in four nights is no excuse. Again we have a about a five minute period in which we run around aimlessly then pay the price. Detroit ambushed us at the start of the third, we have to stop running around, it leads to nothing good. With the holiday season approaching we have to get back to basics get away from heroics. We have a new slogan "Forecheck, backcheck, pay cheque"". * Wolves Tales * Wolves have set there 40-man roster at 36. The work will begin after the Rule 5 draft. It is no secret the team is looking for a RHB if available in the draft. If not available they may then go to trade market before ST. Full Court Press: November 26-December 2, 1962 Toronto inflicted an instant dose of revenge to Detroit in back-to-back meetings this past week. After Detroit took four of seven straight meetings, the schedule-makers sought it wise to give them another two head-to-head matchups. After all, they meet 24 times during the regular season and you have to get them in sometime, though the teams will not meet again for six weeks. In the first matchup at Dominion Gardens, it was the usual suspects with Fred Lillard’s 23 points and Bill Spangler’s 19 points, six assists and four steals, as Toronto won the turnover battle, 20-13, and the one on the scoreboard, too, 83-75. The dynamic duo did it again the next night in Toronto’s 93-80 win, with Spangler taking the lead with 28 points and seven steals, while Lillard poured in 26 points. When the dust settled, Detroit is 10-6 and Toronto is 10-7 with the Falcons riding a five-game winning streak and the Mustangs dropping three straight. Four weeks after declaring Detroit as the class of the league, we can pass that moniker to the Boston Centurions. Boston has the league’s best record at 14-4 and even more impressive is its 6-1 record on its season-high 10-game road trip. The whirlwind trip brought the Cents to Washington, Chicago, New York, and Philadelphia this week and Boston won them all. The average margin of victory this week was 14.3 points with three games where Boston kept its opponents to under 70 points. Boston utilized its front court to beat the Statesmen, as Bert LaBrecque (21 points), Wally Moorehead (18 points, 17 rebounds), and George Stevens (18 and 14) accounted for 57 points in a 78-58 victory. Point guard Steve Barrell took center stage with 22 points in Chicago and 24 tallies against New York, while LaBrecque led the way with 26 points against the Phantoms. LaBrecque is one of the seven players in the league currently averaging more than 20 points (20.1 ppg). The Statesmen of the preseason are rearing their ugly heads, as the clashes with the Centurions left them the worse for wear. Washington lost all three games this week to drop to .500 at 8-8. It wasn’t just the 20-point loss to Boston that gave the Cents three of four wins head-to-head. On Friday night, Washington was thumped in Philadelphia, 102-65. Washington was a sieve defensively, allowing Philadelphia to shoot 53% from the floor. Washington could not hold on to the ball, with Washington turning the ball over 26 times, compared to 15 for Philadelphia. Washington did not move the ball well, amassing only 13 assists, which was dwarfed by the Phantoms 37 helpers. Washington was undisciplined in permitting Philadelphia to get to the foul line 21 times while the Statesmen were 3-for-8 from the line. If this is the kind of games Washington will serve up, they will be hunting for the cellar rather than the penthouse. TECHSTERS CENTER ARSENAULT TOP PRO PROSPECT As the college basketball season starts to hit up, pro teams in the Federal Basketball League are already working on their draft list for next summer's FBL college senior draft. According to OSA, which handles league scouting in each of the four major team sports, there are plenty of big men likely to hear their names called in the opening round of the draft. OSA says five of the top ten draft eligible seniors are centers led by Earl Arsenault of North Carolina Tech. Arsenault's teammate, Bob Terwillinger is also highly ranked, sitting at fifth on the OSA preliminary list and as the number one guard. Here are the OSA top twenty for the draft and the top twenty college players without regard to what their draft class is. (note: only players completing their senior season are eligible for the FBL draft. The Chicago Cougars worked out contracts for two of their notable players for the 1964 season. The larger of the two deals went to 27-year-old pitcher Roy Ellis, who will again make the $100,000 he is making this season. A four year vet, Ellis had his best season in 1962, going 10-7 with a 3.83 ERA (118 ERA+), 1.17 WHIP, and 147 strikeouts. His 2.8 K/BB was two ticks higher this year then when he led the CA last season. Tom Halliday signed the other deal, with the 24-year-old also matching his $65,000 contract in 1936 for 1964. One of the top defensive shortstops in the league, he accumulated an impressive 20.6 zone rating at shortstop this season. The bat slipped in his second season as a starter, but he's quick and great at putting the ball in play. UPCOMING MAJOR FIGHTS December 22- World Middleweight champion Lyman King puts his perfect 40-0 record on the line against former champion George Quisenberry in Los Angeles. King beat Quisenberry to claim the tile last January in New York and made successful defenses against Steve Bradshaw in May and George Hatchell in September. Quisenberry, a 27-year-old Canadian, held the title for nearly two and a half years before falling to King. He waited eight months after the loss to King before returning to the ring, knocking out Billy Randall in September to improve to 39-2-3. The Week That Was Current events from the week ending 12/02/1962 Russia has started removing its bomber planes from Cuba. The Defense Department says it has confirmation that the first of a reported 35 twin-jet Soviet bombers "are in the process of being withdrawn." American Ambassador to the UN Adali Stevenson says there is nothing accurate about a Saturday Evening Post article picturing him as disagreeing privately with President Kennedy's firm policy and decision to impose a naval blockade on Cuba during the crisis. Prime Minister Nehru told parliament in India that while the Chinese Communists may have thinned out the advance units of their invasion armies, they certainly do not appear to have any plans of withdrawal. Nearly all of the remaining American troops in Thailand have been removed. They were rushed into that country last May to deter a Communist threat from neighbouring Laos. Federal Marshals are meeting to map a strategy for the invasion of Mound City, South Dakota where zealous townsfolk and farmers threaten "another Mississippi" to keep from turning over Government records they have locked in a barricaded building. It stems from concerns the townsfolk have over last years move of the county Agricultural Stabilization Service from Mound City to the larger center of Herreid. Last edited by ayaghmour2; 02-06-2025 at 06:05 PM.