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April 7, 1948
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Fourth Time Since 1936 Teams Have Met For Stanley Cup Prize
TORONTO, Ont.— Those perennial playoff rivals, the torrid Toronto Maple Leafs and the rollicking Red Wings of Detroit clash in the final round of the nerve-tingling, excitement-crammed Stanley Cup playoffs. The arch-enemies of puckdom reached the climactic stages of the 1947-48 National League season by virtue of their victories in the semi-final series for the right to have their name engraved on Lord Stanley’s coveted old mug. Toronto breezed through their semi-final series with Boston Bruins winning four games to one while Detroit had a more difficult chore disposing of the stubborn, never-say-die New York Rangers, four games to two. Toronto and Detroit were the cream of the N.H.L. crop throughout the regular season and waged a fiercely-contested battle for league leadership right down the home stretch to the final two games…
Road To The Memorial Cup
IN THE EAST Montreal Nationale, Halifax St. Mary’s and’ Barrie Flyers are all that remain in the hunt for the Memorial Cup in Eastern Canada. The three clubs are the survivors and the East’s hope of retaining the junior Canadian title won by St. Michael’s College last winter. The last lap of the junior road is now in site and Barrie will now stand by to wait the winner of the other semi-final series between the Montreal Nationale club and Halifax. Saints, under the wise coaching eye of Marty Barry, beat out the stubborn Inkerman Rockets in a best-of-five series in the Auditorium in Ottawa on Saturday afternoon. The Halifax club, rated stronger than the team beaten out last year by Montreal Canadiens, took the final game by downing the Rockets 8-5. The…
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
HOW THEY STAND IN THE PLAYOFFS Northern Division Finals Vancouver Canucks 3 2 1 16 11 4 Seattle Ironmen… 3 1 2 11 16 2 (Vancouver leads best-of-five series, 2-1) Sunday, March 28—Vancouver 6, at Seattle 4. Tuesday, March 30—Seattle 3, at Vancouver 4. Wednesday March 31—Vancouver 2, at Seattle 3 Balance of Division Finals April 2—Seattle at Vancouver April 3,—San Diego at Rresno. April 4—Vancouver at Seattle. Overtime Period P. CH. L. FINALS TO START TUESDAY, APRIL 6 at home of Southern Division winners. Second game, Thursday, April 8, at home of Southern Division winners… third, fourth, fifth sixth and seventh games in best-of-seven series to be played at home of Northern Division champs dates to be announced when division titlists ar known. SATURDAY, MARCH 27 FRESNO—The San Diego Skyhawks defeated the Fresno Falcons 2-1 in the opening game of their playoff series. The Falcons…
UNITED STATES LEAGUE
Deserves Trail After the Omaha Knights were eliminated from the U.S.H.L. playoffs, Coach Mud Bruneteau admitted that he didn’t have much hope of retaining Terry Sawchuk next season. After his great play Mud thinks be deesrves a major league trial. A Major Leaguer Bill Cook coach of the Minneapolis Millers is high in his praises for the Inshy Max McNab of Omaha Knights Cook, a former great himself, describes McNab as “A National League player if I ever saw one.” He is the property of Detroit Red Wings. HOW THE RACE GOES Just one more game will decide it all. With Minneapolis Millers standing by awaiting the winner of the “A” series, Kansas City Pla-Mors and Houston Huskies have waged a tooth-and-nail fight in Series “A” and after Houston came back on Sunday to tie…
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