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NO. 31 -- Chicago's Bobby Hull (9) skates away, with his stick raised in triumph, as the puck rolls inside the New York Rangers' goal -- his 3ist to get this one. Rangers are goalie Jacques Plante (1); de- fenseman Rod Seiling (16); forward Val Fonteyne (14); goal of the season, in 32 games. Five of the Rangers are seen in the picture but he beat them all, in the second period, last night in New York, HULL SCORES TWO Black Hawks Climb To Share NHL Top Rung By THE CANADIAN PRESS The trouble with having a man like Bobby Hull on your hockey team is that the rest of the players fade pretty far into the) background. It took more than a one-man effort to pull Chicago Black Hawks into a tie with Montreal Canadiens for the National Hockey League leadership. But the blond speedster's scoring prowess naturally captures the imagination of the fans and overshadows the lesser achieve- ments of some very competent players Hull 'ald it again Tuesday night, scoring two goals--in-| The two assists he collected| cluding the game winner--as| gave Esposito a total of 31) the Hawks rolled to a 4-2 vic-|points and moved him into a tory over the tiring Rangers in|third-place tie on the scoring) New York. ladder. That's a far cry from| The victory gave Chicago ailast season, his first in the share of the league leadership,| NHL, when he gleaned only five and the two goals put Hull near|points in 27 games with the his former goal-a-game_ pace| Hawks. for the season. He now has 31| Another noteworthy achieve- goals in 32 games. ment was that of veteran Chi-| One of Chicago's unsung he-|cago defenceman Pierre Pilote, roes in the encounter with the| who contributed to the Hawks'| Rangers was Hull's linemate|victony with his first goal of the) Phil Esposito, who set up both) season. ; of Bobby's goals. In both cases,| Pilote has a healthy total of| Esposito shot first and Hull)95 assists, however, and the sin-| scored on the rebound. |gle goal put him into a sixth-| HOCKEY SCORES, STANDINGS | By THE CANADIAN PRESS National League WLT FAPt 1811 3110 9439 16.8 7 94 7439 1511.5 82 7835 1211 8 92 8032 New York 1017 7 76101 27 Boston 720 4 7010718 Tuesday's Result Chicago Montreal Detroit Toronto Clinton 1 New York 3 | ----~\place tie in the scoring race.| Tuesday night's game was the} 10th victory in 11 games for) Chicago, and also marked the 10th time in 11 games that the slumping Rangers have failed |to win. Eastern League | New Jersey 7 Greensboro $ | Jacksonville 2 Knoxville 4 | The New Yorkérs, playing Northern Ontario Junior | their fourth game in five nights, North Bay 5 Sault Ste. Marie 4)got off to a fast start but ran Ontario Junior B jout of steam after the first pe- Etobicoke 4 Dixie 3 \riod. Whitby 3 North York 2 | In the first period, they Sarnia 7 Windsor 2 {scored their two goals and out- COLORADO 'SPRINGS, Colo. (CP)--Penalties and the staunch goaltending of a pair of Czechs proved to be the un- doing of Russia's Olympic and world hockey champions who suffered their first loss of their North American tour Tuesday night in the' international tour- nament here. Czechoslovakia's national team, after a hard-earned vic- tory over Canada Monday night, trimmed the Russians 5-3 just 24 hours later to move into a first - place tie with the Soviet skaters in the double round-robin tournament, The Russians and the Czechs each have four points based on a nair of wins and one loss, The Canadian national team, which plays Russia tonight for the second time in the tourna- ment, is in last place with two losses and no wins. Tuesday night's contest was a complete reversal of form for |the Czechs, who were _ badly |beaten by the Russians in the jtournament's |Saturday night, bowing by 8-2 margin. ARE OUTSHOT Although they were outshot by the Russians by a_ wide margin--38 led all the way. They took a 2-1 lead in the first period and were ahead 4-3 at the end of the second period. Baclay Nedomansky ue ; an forward Billy Hickey (18) and : an unidentified Ranger, in right-foreground. --(AP Wirephoto) | Scored opening game to 25--the Czechs Czech Nationals Upset Russia 5-3 twice and Ivan Grandiner, Jo- sef Golonka and Josef Cerny once each for Czechoslovakia while Anogoli Firsov, Alexan- der Almetoy and Vyacheslav Starshinoy scored the Russian goals, WLT. FAR 210 16 10 4 3140 "4 Canada 2-0: 6. 348 Viadimir Nadrchal, whose brilliant efforts helped defeat the Canadians 4-3 Monday night and Vladimir Dzurilla shared the goaltending chores for the Czechs and made a total of 35 saves, The Soviet team had come to the tournament after a tremen- dously successful exhibi- tion. tour in Canada where it won seven games and tied one. At Colorado Springs, the Rus- sians romped over the Czechs and then defeated the Canadian national team 5-3 Sunday night. The Russians wind up their schedule. tonight and they must beat the Canadians to salvage at least a tie in the tournament in which each of the three countries play each other twice. The tournament winds up Thursday with the Czechs playing Canada. The tournament winner will jreceive the Walter Brown {Memorial Trophy. Russia Czech, shot the Hawks 19-6. Donnie Marshall and Rod Gilbert were the New York scorers, and Bill Hay got Chicago's fourth goal unassisted at 1:11 of the third period. 5 Year Guarantee made by. Beatty. Free food plan. Free delivery, PRICED FROM BAD BOY perinitety SELLS FOR LESS! FREEZERS - 21 CU. FT. 5198 R.C.A. VICTOR 3-WAY HOME FM/AM. Radio, 4 Speed Changer, 23° Cabinet. VALUE SPARKED COMEBACK The Rangers were leading 2-0 when Huil sparked the Hawks' comeback late in the first pe- riod. New York goalie Jacques Plante had saved on Esposito's shot but dropped the puck at TV all in one Walnut THEATRE 300% Automatic Hull's feet and the Chicago star swept it in at 16:55. Pilote tied the score in the second period when he took a pass from Chico Maki and drilled a 15-foot shot past Plante. Hull put the Hawks Hond wired circuit, full former. Up-front tuning, Swin-out chassis, 23" BIG SCREEN TV power trans- AGC circuit. Convectaire Cooling, Fidelity tone audio system. With trade 198: ahead to stay at 14:42 when Plante, trying to clear the puck, missed a swipe at it with his stick. That gave Chicago a share of the NHL leadership for at least one day. Canadiens will have a chance to regain sole possession of first place tonight when they} visit Toronto Maple Leafs for ' INCLUDING WEDNESDAY WE ARE OPEN EVERY NIGHT 'TIL 9:30 P.M. FOR YOUR SHOPPING CONVENIENCE Everybody Knows the Place--Bad Boy--King St. E. 728-4658---4659 Four Former CFL Gridders AFL All-Stars Argonauts Roughriders. 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