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April 29, 1950

The Hockey News April 29, 1950

<div class="byline">By RALPH TROST</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-096/1139443-1-eng-US/f0005-092.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Lancien&hellip;&hellip; Likes spuds</figcaption></div>(Brooklyn Daily Eagle)NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Here is one of the unusual case of hockey, a man who&rsquo;s a far better NHL performer than he was in a lower league.Jack lancien, despite the name, is straight Scotch-Irish. He came from the town that sent up Gus Kyle, Dune Fisher and Don Smith &mdash; Regina. Like most of the other kids from the country out where the wind blows and winter comes early, he started skating at about five. By the time he was 11, he was on a midget team, involved in league games, playoffs and all the other stuff so unfamiliar to youngsters around here but part and parcel of the life of a budding young Canadian.Jack, now down to 190 &mdash; he did weigh 217 when he got out of the Canadian Navy after three years &mdash; was always a big kid. As American big boys become fullbacks or tackles, he became a defenseman. He&rsquo;s always been one.&ldquo;Somewhat changed since Fred Metcalfe of the Rovers took hold of me,&rdquo; he admits. &ldquo;We played defense with brawn and sticks. And, about half the time, back so tightly in against the goalie that we either stopped the puck or it went right in the nets without the man with pads ever seeing it.&ldquo;Yeah, Metcalfe impressed me with the need of playing with my head. Jack Stewart, out in Detroit, made the lesson more impressive.&ldquo;I was brought up from New Haven during the 1947-48 season along with Nick Mickoski, Dune Fisher and got into the game. On just about the first play, I got the puck, started up the ice &mdash; and received the full benefit of Stewart&rsquo;s size, power knowledge and willingness to teach a rookie. I wound up almost out cf the Detroit rink.&ldquo;Maybe someone else was also impressed for I went back to the Ramblers and didn&rsquo;t get another chance until this Dec. 21, after Allan Stanley&rsquo;s ankle was hurt.&ldquo;This time coming up was different. I joined a team that was &lsquo;hot&rsquo;. They&rsquo;d gone four games without losing and went about five more before the injury list started piling up.It&rsquo;s much easier playing winning hockey. Looking back, it seems that about all I had to do was what either Chuck Rayner or Pat Egan yelled at me. When I did lapse into the minor league trick of backing in on Rayner, he&rsquo;d reach out and give me a whack with the stick, where it was most effective, and that&rsquo;s not on the head.&ldquo;The first offensive charge I had to handle? That was against Montreal. It was Maurice Riche&mdash;&rsquo; The Frenchman came flying down the ice and, luckily, I didn&rsquo;t let him move me out of the play. I went around with him back of the net and moved him against the boards. He went down &mdash; and a skate came up. I think my stick went down where the skate came from. Nobody hurt. But nobody was intimidated.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s been nice since we broke that losing streak. Those losing games make sleepless nights. It&rsquo;s funny, but I don&rsquo;t feel very nervous before a game but I often do afterward. Slow reflexes, huh?&rdquo;When he was discharged, he went right back playing hockey but got fired. &ldquo;Too slow&rdquo; was the reason. A friend got, him a job slaughtering horses for a cannery. &ldquo;We&rsquo;d do 200 a day, sometimes,&rdquo; Lancien said. &ldquo;With a 22 right through the forehead. There&rsquo;s a soft spot there.<h2>Navy Horse</h2>Jack Lancien earned a nickname up in Regina when he was a sailor in blue. It was &ldquo;Horse&rdquo;. He admits that &ldquo;Potatoes&rdquo; would have had much more of a point to it. A fondness for potatoes, boiled or French fried, and in large quantities piled the poundage on him during those three years in the Navy when he never saw an ice rink.&ldquo;I was supposed to go to Toronto to take a canning course, but meanwhile work cut my weight and I got back a little speed and played. The war broke up my first big chance, when I went to the Bruins&rsquo; training camp at Hershey. Then I landed in New York, finally winding up with the Rovers.&ldquo;I still eat potatoes, but only; in mid-season when I&rsquo;m active. I hold my weight right when I&rsquo;m playing. When the season&rsquo;s over, potatoes go off the menu until I start pushing the wheel barrow and wielding the shovel for the Blakeslee Construction Co. in New Haven.&ldquo;I may take a job as assistant professional at a country club in New Haven next summer. We (he&rsquo;s been married seven years,&rsquo; has two daughters, Penny and April) live there. I&rsquo;ve taken out my first papers and intend staying in the States.&rdquo; Whacking a golf ball over 300 yards to win a driving contest doubtless figures in this job. Jack admits being a 77 to 83 player.But what&rsquo;s the answer to his better play in the majors than in the minors? &ldquo;Well,&rdquo; said Lancien, &ldquo;when I first went to New Haven I worked with Ott Heller. He was so solid I could concentrate on my own job. Then Ott left and I had a new partner on defense. Then I was made captain. I guess I didn&rsquo;t have enough experience to think for more than myself. That makes a big difference.&rdquo; &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Rambler Grad Is Odd Case — Finds NHL Easier Than AHL!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02122/1139598-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg"></div>You know right well that you&rsquo;ll want to know what your favorite hockey star is doing during the summer months; what players are being traded; what players are being given their unconditional release. You&rsquo;ll also be eager to find out what plans your team is making for the coming season and what players they plan to bring up next season.The Only Way To Know All This is by becoming a Year-Round Subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS. You see, THE HOCKEY NEWS is not sold at arenas during the summer months or on the newsstands and the only possible way you can get a copy is by becoming a regular subscriber. This way you will be sure of receiving the five snappy monthly summer issues just as soon as they&rsquo;re off the press.THE HOCKEY NEWS features plenty of lengthy profiles on players in the summer issues and oodles of candid pictures showing that favorite puck star of yours in such poses as playing baseball, on the golf links, milking cows, pitching hay running the store, and countless others. We at THE HOCKEY NEWS do our utmost to see that you don&rsquo;t lose track of your favorite players during those five months that THE HOCKEY NEWS suspends weekly publication (May to September).A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances &mdash; $2.50 Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraphic Money Order.U. S. A. Remittances &mdash; $3.50 Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or personal cheque in U.S. funds. Postal Money Orders must be drawn on the Postmaster at New York in U.S. funds. &#9632;

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YOU’LL BE SORRY!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01178/1139802-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg"></div><h2>Smile, Smile, Smile!</h2>ALL IS JOY IN INDIANAPOLIS of the hometown Caps come home with the bacon &mdash; and happiest of all are the boys of the giant-killing brigade as they celebrate their impressive victory over the mighty Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League finals.The merry Indianapolis crew is shown at the right, whooping it up in their dressing room after they downed Cleveland 3-2 in the final game, to wrap up the Caldier Cup with four straight victories in the best-of-seven windup.General Manager Dick Miller is hoisting the silver ice bucket from which all the Cops drank the wine of victory &mdash; sparkling champagne that didn&rsquo;t tickle their noses half as much as their win pleased their loyal supporters.Standing, left to right, back row: Joe Lund, Terry Sawchuk and Pat Lundy.Second row, left to right: Al Dewsbury, Don Morrison, Enio Sclisizzi, General Manager Dick Miller, Max Quackenbush, Rags Raglan, Nels Podolsky, Trainer Lefty Wilson and Fred Glover.Kneeling, front row, left to right: Rod Morrison, Lyle Wiseman, Gordon Hoidy, Gerry Reid, Benny Woit and Jim Uniac.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02139/1139795-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="1704" height="1230"></div>THEY SET UP PLAYS. Above ore three playmakers performing at center ice for the Caps this season. The trio who did such a classy job of setting them up for their mates, while getting a share of the gravy themselves, are left to right: Gerry Reid, Captain Don Morrison and Jim Uniac, who joined the dub for the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03119/1139788-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="1698" height="1221"></div><h2>Their Big Moment</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0489/1139781-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="1135" height="1527"></div>CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE PRESIDENT are in order after the big doings back home in Indiana. President Maurice Podoloff of the A.H.L. has a big grin and a hearty word of praise as he meets the top brass of the Indianapolis crew.G. M. Dick Miller and Coach Ott Heller aren&rsquo;t too unhappy about the whole thing themselves.The occasion couldn&rsquo;t have been better timed, as Cape wrapped up the series right on home ice at Indianapolis, treating the home fans to a greot victory show they&rsquo;re been waiting to see for many years.AT THE LEFT, a pair of Caps show their best paces before the camera lens during the fourth and final fixture. Max Quackenbush (No. 4) does a bit of foncy stickhandling as he flips the puck past Fred Thurier of Cleveland and prepares to dash after it in a foray toward the enemy goal. Al Dewsbury is the other Cop showin his adenoids for the admiring cameraman.Caps produced a flock of nifty footwork like this of they dazzled the opposition with their speed and passing attack in one of the greatest winning displays seen around the Podoloff Circuit in quite some time. &#9632;

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To the Victors Belong the Spoils!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02128/1139681-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">After visiting friends on a tanker, William Hagsted climbed into and started the truck which had been parked on the refinery wharf. When the wheels accidentally hit the side of the wharf, the vehicle was thrown 30 feet down into the chilly 39 degrees abovezero water.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0396/1139674-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="1078" height="669"><figcaption class="caption-body">Russell Yard, a refinery employee, waited only long enough to see that others had gone for ropes and to phone the inhalator squad. Then, without removing his clothes, he plunged into the frigid water. The harbour was 12 feet deep and Yard had to make several dives before he was able to grapple with the truck door.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0466/1139667-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1082" height="673"><figcaption class="caption-body">Getting the door open under water was no easy task &hellip; but Yard persevered, finally dragging the driver free and bringing him to the surface. At the wharf, both men were pulled up to safety. We proudly add the name of this Vancouver hero to the list of those who have won THE DOW AWARD.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0539/1139660-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="1093" height="618"><figcaption class="caption-body">THE DOW AWARD is a citation presented for acts of outstanding heroism and includes, as a tangible expression Of appreciation, a $100 Canada Savings Bond. The Dow Award Committee, a group of editors of leading Canadian daily newspapers, selects Award winners from recommendations made by a nationally known news organizations</figcaption></div>DOW BREWERY MONTREAL &#9632;

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RESCUES DRIVER TRAPPED IN CAD OF SUBMERGED TRUCK

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVOL. 3 &mdash; No. 30 MONTREAL, APRIL 29, 1950 PRICE: TEN CENTS (15 CENTS IN U.S.A)Amazing Rangers Almost Nab Silverware; Detroiters Forced to Limit Last Two GamesDETROIT, Mich.&mdash;A goal by a U.S.-born player, Pete Babando, after 28 minutes and 31 seconds of overtime in the seventh and deciding game of the first United States Stanley Cup final since 1943, gave Detroit Red Wings the world&rsquo;s hockey championship for 1950.Never before In the history of the 57-year-old trophy has a deciding Stanley Cup final possessed the drama, excitement and thrills that came with the Wings&rsquo; 4-3 overtime win over the New York Rangers. Detroit started the sixth game of the finals, one game down to the Rangers. After spotting their hard-working rivals two goals in the opening period, the Detroiters blazed back to win 5-4 and square the series at three games apiece.Everything hinged on the seventh and final game the next night. Once again the hustling New Yorkers went two goals up on the Wings, and It looked for awhile as if the Wings had shot their bolt the night before. However the team that dominated the N.H.L. all season came back off the canvas again for the second successive night to score three goals in the second period. New York had meanwhile scored one to tie up the contest at 3-3. That was all the scoring in the game until Pete Babando, 25-year-old left-winger who was born in Braeburn, Pa., propelled a 20-foot backhand shot into the Rangers&rsquo; net at 8:31 of the second overtime period. George Gee, center on the line, passed over to Babando for the series winning tally. It was 12:14 a.m., Monday,&rsquo; April 24, when Babando ended the first Stanley Cup final In history tn which the deciding game had to go into overtime.<h2>Came Close</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0172/1140296-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="586" height="931"><figcaption class="caption-body">LYNN PATRICK</figcaption></div>Many Stanley Cup finals have gone into overtime but never before has the seventh or deciding game gone into extra time. The Red Wings, whom Manager Jack Adams termed: &ldquo;the gamest and greatest team I&rsquo;ve ever handled,&rsquo; won the Cup final the same way they eliminated Toronto in the semi-finals, by scoring the winning counter in overtime in the deciding game of the series.It was ironical that Babando should finish the series as the hero, as he sat out five of the Wings&rsquo; 14 playoff games. He hadn&rsquo;t scored a goal In the playoffs until the seventh game of the finals when he tallied twice &mdash; the first and last goals in the game that brought the Stanley Cup back to Detroit for the first time since 1943. It also marked the first time the Cup had crossed the International Boundary into the States since &lsquo;43. Toronto won it four times and Montreal twice during the last six years.<h2>Took 84 Games</h2>Sid Abel, 32-year-old captain of Detroit, summed it up when he said: &ldquo;It was a long and hard route, but we finally got there.&rdquo; The Wings played a total of 84 games this season, exclusive of practice and exhibition games, before finally capturing the coveted silverware. They played 70 regular N. H. L. games during the season and 14 playoff games &mdash; seven with Toronto and seven with New Yory. Also, there were two overtime games with Toronto and three with the Rangers.The 1950 Stanley Cup was the sixth for Manager Jack Adams. He had his name inscribed on it twice as a player and this marked the fourth Detroit team he&rsquo;s managed to the Cup. The other Stanley Cup-winning Detroit teams were in 1936, 1937 and 1943. Sid Abel, Jack Stewart and Joe Carveth were all members of the 1943 champions. It was the second Cup team for Jimmy Peters. Jim was with Montreal Canadiens when they won it In 1946.After three years of coaching the Red Wings and two straight years as Stanley Cup finalists, Tommy Ivan, dapper little Detroit coach, finally came through as a Stanley Cup mentor. Ivan has been a coach in the National League for three years and has had his team in the finals each year.<h2>This One Missed&hellip;</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0254/1140289-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1641" height="1236"><figcaption class="caption-body">Defenseman Leo Reise looks as though he&rsquo;s just finishing a scoring play in the final playoff series. But you can guess again. No sir, the puck didn&rsquo;t go into the net. Frank Eddolls, center, cleared just in time as Rayner was well out of position.</figcaption></div><h2>&hellip;But They Didn&rsquo;t</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-0329/1140282-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="1674" height="993"><figcaption class="caption-body">This happy looking band of Wings have a right to whoop it up. They&rsquo;ve just won hockey&rsquo;s highest award, the Stanley Cup. It was a long hard battle but they finally won. Pavelich, Abel, Lumley, Couture and Gee.</figcaption></div>The roar that emanated from the throats of the 13,095 fans in attendance when Babando slipped the puck past Goalie Charlie Rayner in the New York nets to give Detroit the Stanley Cup literally shook the rafters of huge Olympia. Red Wing players were delirious with joy. They could hardly believe that it was all over &hellip; and they were champions. They hugged and kissed and embraced each other as perspiration ran off their faces. Several players threw their sticks into the crowd. The disappointed Rangers, the Cinderalla Team of hockey who almost won the Cup after being picked to finish the season in the cellar, rushed over to congratulate the winners. Rangers were great sportsmen and Coach Lynn Patrick came out on the ice to congratulate the Detroit, players.A table holding the Stanley Cup was soon moved out on the ice by Olympia attendants and President Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League made a brief speech before presenting the Cup to Captain Sid Abel. The crowd roared as the tired Abel took the Cup and hugged it. His face was twisted in a big grin and his damp hair hung down over his forehead.<h2>Presentation of Cup</h2>Jack Adams, Tommy Ivan and Owner Jim Norris Jr. also went at center ice while the presentation was going on. Adams was running around smacking all the players on the back with happiness. It was at this moment that the fans started to chant: &ldquo;We want Howe! We want Howe!&rdquo; Everyone of the 13,000 and some odd fans present started to yell for Howe, and the popular young right-winger soon made his appearance. He was in civilian clothes and his hair cut short as a result of his accident in the first game of the semi-finals. Gordie smiled and waved to the crowd. Ted Lindsay, his linemate and buddy who was going crazy with joy, tapped him lightly on the head with his stick.The center of the ice was full of photographers. Four major newsreel companies were filming the presentation of the Cup by President Campbell. Bob Clarke, Olympia organist, filled the huge stadium with organ music. First he played the traditional number at the completion of Stanley Cup finals, &ldquo;Auld Lang Synne,&rdquo; and then he burst into Detroit&rsquo;s theme song, &ldquo;Pretty Red Wing&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;Oh, the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing &hellip; pretty Red Wing.&rdquo;A little more than five minutes later the team left the ice for the dressing room. The room was overflowing with Detroit wellwishers. Newsreel cameramen were taking shots of the three stars of the game, Babando, Lumley and Abel. Tommy Ivan went around and thanked each player personally for the fine game they had played. &ldquo;It was a long time coming but they finally came through,&rdquo; Ivan kept repeating. &ldquo;How could you lose with a coach like that?&rdquo; George Gee asked. &ldquo;That Ivan is the greatest guy in the world to play for,&rdquo; Gee added.<h2>Champs At Last</h2>&ldquo;Fight and lots or spirit are what pulled us through out there tonight,&rdquo; yelled peppery Jimmy Peters. &ldquo;Champions &hellip; just think of it &hellip; we&rsquo;re champions,&rdquo; screamed Marty (Perpetual Motion) Pavelich.As an indication of the advantage Detroit held in play during the first overtime session, Referee Bill Chadwick called 4 5 faceoffs during the period and 19 times the puck was faced off inside New York&rsquo;s blueline and four times just over the line. This was compared to 10 faceoffs inside the Red Wings blueline and eight times outside. There were two faceoffs at center ice. Rayner had 10 saves to Lumley&rsquo;s four during the first overtime period.It seemed as if everything happened during the overtime period. There was a pileup around the New York goal and the net became loosened. Repairmen had to make an appearance to fix the goal before play was resumed. Shortly after this delay, Bill Chadwick&rsquo;s whistle went on the blink, and the game was halted while Chadwick went to the referees dressing room to get a new whistle. Leo Reise piled into Rayner after a Detroit goalmouth surge was stymied by &ldquo;Bonny Prince Charlie&rdquo; and Rayner was hurt a little on the play.Just before the overtime session ended the crowd roared, as they thought Ted Lindsay had put the puck in the Ranger goal. The puck had lodged on the side of the net on the outside and it looked as if it was in to a lot of spectators.<h2>Good Sports</h2>Rangers, the N.H.L. orphans who played only two of their 12 playoff games on New York ice, went down to defeat gracefully. They had nothing to be ashamed of in losing and deserve to be ranked among the greatest upset teams in hockey. Lynn Patrick said: &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t come any closer to winning than that.&rdquo; He was right, too. Patrick got the maximum mileage out of everyone of his players. Rangers accepted defeat without a word of complaint.All the Rangers were unanimous in their praise for Goalie Chuck Rayner. Rayner said at the end of the game that he &ldquo;never saw Sabando&rsquo;s shot.&rdquo; His view was blocked by teammates.This final between Detroit and New York will go down in hockey&rsquo;s history books as one of the closest and most exciting ever staged. It was a series that will be remembered as long as hockey, is played.<h2>NHL Cuppers</h2>The following is a list of the Stanley Cup winning teams of the National Hockey League since the league was formed in November of 1917.1917-18-Toronto Arenas1918-19-a-No decision1919-20-Ottawa Senators1920-21-Ottawa Senators1921-22&mdash;Toronto St. Pats1922-23-Ottawa Senators1923-24-Mo&rsquo;ntreal Canadiens1924-25-Victoria Cougars1925-26-Montreal Maroons1926-27-Ottawa Senators1927-28-New York Rangers1928-29-Boston Bruins1929-30-Montreal Canadiens1930-31-Montreal Canadiens1931-32-Toronto Maple Leafs1932-33-New York Rangers1933-34-Chicago Black Hawks1934-35-Montreal Maroons1935-36-Detroit Red Wings1938-37-Detroit Red Wings1937-38-Chicago Black Hawks1938-39-Boston Bruins193 9-40-New York Rangers1940-41-Boston Bruins1941-42-Toronto Maple Leafs1942-43-Detroit Red Wings1943-44-Montreal Canadiens19 44-45-Toronto Maple Leafs1945-48-Montreal Canadiens1946-47-Toronto Maple Leafs1947-48-Toronto Maple Leafs1948-49-Toronto Maple Leafs1949-50-Detrolt Red Wingsa&mdash;In the spring of 1919 the Montreal Canadiens traveled to Seattle to meet Seattle, PCHL champions. After five games had been played&mdash;teams were tied at 2 wins each and 1 tie &mdash; the series was called off by the local Department of Health because of the influenza epidemic and the death of Joe Hall.<h2>Whistle Tooting Brigade!</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01101/1140275-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="1710" height="1233"><figcaption class="caption-body">Nearly the complete N.H.L. officials staff was in Toronto to witness the playoff series. Referees became linesmen to keep order and President Campbell said that the referee acting as a linesman was to be used as a consultant. Standing, left to right, Jim Primeau, George Hayes, Hugh McLean, Bill Chadwick, Bill Morrison and Bernie Lemaitre.Front, left to right; Linesman Sam Babcock, Referee George Grovel and Referee Butch Keeling doing a linesman&rsquo;s job and acting as the consultant.Only Eddie Mepham is missing from the picture. 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WINGS STOP BLUES IN 7; LONG CUP HUNT IS OVER

<div class="byline">By GENE WARD</div>(New York Daily News)NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;Somehow, Rayner makes it look easy, but don&rsquo;t let him fool you. The fastest sport in the world is hockey and the fastest part of the game itself is the shot. Science has calculated that the round, sharp-edged six-and-a-half-ounce puck hits speeds up to 86 miles per hour, and the guy who faces these blistering blasts is the goalie. Chuck Rayner of the Rangers stands right up to the cannonading almost without turning a hair on his bushy head.Before the war-year rule changes, goal-tending was a somewhat milder occupation. But in the current brand of all-out action, shots sizzle at the goalie from all angles and with Gatling-gun rapidity. Encumbered with 25 pounds of protective equipment, it is a staminasapping task to say nothing of the constant threat of injury.In addition to the shots, a goalie must watch out for flailing sticks and steel-bladed skates. And he must do this for three periods of 20 consecutive minutes each. There&rsquo;s no sport in which a man is under continuous pressure for so long a time.<h2>No Rest For Them</h2>Rayner and his net-minding brethren sweat it out in the scoring coop and there&rsquo;s nobody on the bench to give them a breather unless they are knocked out of action. Exclusive of practices, exhibitions and playoffs, the goalie is under fire in 70 games under the new, lengthened schedule.The nets are no place for a green kid. Here&rsquo;s where experience counts heavily. The two youngest in the NHL, both in their mid 203, are Detroit&rsquo;s Harry Lumley and Boston&rsquo;s Jack Gelineau. The former went to work for the Red Wings at the tender age of 18 and actually played two games for them at 16.Like Rayner, Montreal&rsquo;s Bill Durnan, Chicago&rsquo;s Frank Brimsek and Toronto&rsquo;s Turk Broda are &ldquo;old pros&rdquo; in the business. Frank and Turk have over 10 years in the league. Actually there is no set style for playing the position nor does it take a particular type of temperament.Rayner himself is a big man, over six feet and 190 pounds. Some say the shrimp-sized goalie is a disappearing breed, because more often than not he can&rsquo;t stand the gaff. Rayner has had his nose broken four times, not to mention innumerable torn ligaments and countless cuts. The worst injury was a fractured cheekbone, the results of a deflected shot from the stick of Bill Barilko.Chuck claims the outstanding hazard is the screened shot in which the puck is blocked from the goalie&rsquo;s view.Like most men who guard the nets, Rayner turned to goaling because he never was a strong skater. He got his big-league break with the Americans when Earl Robertson was hit in the head.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0287/1139138-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="550" height="1461"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rugged WorkCHUCK RAYNER</figcaption></div>Chuck tabs eyesight and timing as top attributes. All goalies make a study of enemy players as to shooting and skating habits. Rayner is clever with has stick and has several different defensive positions. He plays some star goalgetters for high shots and some for low. Montreal&rsquo;s Maurice (Rocket) Richard, for instance, will fire high nine put of 10 times.<h2>The Hockey News</h2>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September, by HOOKEY NEWS COMPANY, 603A Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Quebec,, Canada. Entered as second class matter June 1, 1948, at the Post Office in Buffalo, N.Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Subscription price $2.50 in Canada, $3.50 in U.S.A. &#9632;

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Cool As Cuke, Chuck Makes Rough Stopping Job Looks Easy

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Wordy Wes McKnight, suave 40-year-old Toronto sportscaster, is the key figure in two broadcasts during the hockey season that command the largest listening audiences in Canada and among the greatest in North America.Both broadcasts take place on Saturday evening and within hours of one another. The first of these two popular broadcasts is McKnight&rsquo;s interview with a National Hockey League star. Each Saturday he has a different player appear on the broadcast. This program is sponsored by Bee Hive Corn Syrup and is aired from coast to coast. McKnight was the original interview man in Canadian sports announcing and he has conducted over 1200 interviews with sports celebrities including most of the N.H.L. players since he started the show in 1930.He receives fan mail from every point in Canada for this show and from many points In the United States. Wes believes the mail from the states of Michigan and Massachussetts is the greatest. Most of the fans writing in want pictures of the stars he interviews.The same listeners across the breadth, of Canada hear McKnight&rsquo;s voice a few hours later when he takes over as master of ceremonies on the Imperial Oil Hot Stove League. The smooth manner in which he runs this homey, cracker barrel hockey round table between periods of the Toronto Maple Leafs home games has had a lot to do with putting this unusual show over. Leading hockey figures and hockey writers sit around between periods discussing the game being played that night and other interesting hockey items while McKnight acts as the &ldquo;interlocutor&rdquo; for the show.Besides playing the major role in two of Canada&rsquo;s greatest radio programs, Wes is also program manager and sports director of Radio Station CFRB in Toronto. In the football season he is the play-by-play announcer on the Big Four broadcasts. He&rsquo;s broadcast the East-West final for the coveted Grey Cup for the last few years. He also gets behind the &ldquo;mike&rdquo; to air other sports events as they take place in different sections of Canada.But before we tell you any more about this youthful-looking veteran of the ether waves, let&rsquo;s drop back to Tottenham in Simcoe country, Ontario, where McKnight was born and raised. He graduated from nearby Barrie High School and enrolled at the University of Toronto in that school&rsquo;s difficult commerce and finance course. Needing a job badly to help defray the costs of acquiring an education, Wes was fortunate enough to find himself one in radio with Station CJYC.&ldquo;I was interested in radio as a kid, always building sets and I made up my mind to do my utmost to get into this new business. I happened to hear Graham McNamee once and from that day on resolved to become sportscaster,&rdquo; Wes remembered.McKnight had been a fair athlete at school, playing all the games in the book and getting a big kick out of most. &ldquo;When it was time to leave school I hated to give athletics up and decided to combine business with something I liked better than anything&mdash;sport. Broadcasting was the next best thing to playing them,&rdquo; he added.The ambitious collegian found attending to his studies and his broadcasting was too much, and after two years of doing both he retired from school to devote all his time to radio. When Station CKGW, Toronto, opened in 1927, Wes lost little time in transferring over to that station. In 1928 he joined CFRB in Toronto as announcer and studio operator. With the exception of eight months, from November, 1928 until the present day, he has been with CFRB. He spent the eight months with the original Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.McKnight had a most unusual audition when he broke Into radio. &ldquo;They told ma to drop around at 10 o&rsquo;clock at night. When I arrived the lone studio was in use so they handed me a piece of paper and told me to announce the program that was being aired. That was the audition.&rdquo;<h2>The Interviewer</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01101/1139183-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="544" height="717"><figcaption class="caption-body">WES McKNIGHT</figcaption></div>Majority of radio listeners weren&rsquo;t too interested in sports broadcasts when Wes started in radio. This was particularly true of radio executives and McKnight had to do a big selling job to influence the brass of CFRB to let him try a sports program. He finally won his point in 1930, and has conducted a dally sports broadcast ever since, and with the same sponsor for close to 20 years.The weekly Interviews with sports celebrities, started by McNight, proved extremely popular with listeners and moved from Toronto coverage to Ontario coverage and finally the demand was so great that a coast-to-coast hook-up was instituted. Bee Hive took over the sponsorship in 1933 and today possess one of the most lucrative radio advertising mediums in Canada.<h2>Will Never Forget 1931</h2>Wes will never forget the season of 1931. Leafs had been going badly, losing eight games in a row, and he panned them like they&rsquo;d never been panned before. After an interview with Charlie Conacher, the big wheel in the Toronto attack, Charlie took him to the Leafs&rsquo; dressing room, where McKnight was introduced to all players he&rsquo;d been criticizing.&ldquo;The reception was mixed. Some of the boys refused to talk to me, others took it as a joke and kidded me. However, that was the start and eventually we all became good friends,&rdquo; Wes related. He has been closely associated with the Leafs ever since.McKnight has a long list of Canadian broadcasting &ldquo;firsts&rdquo;. Included is the first Canadian badminton championship in 1934, which he aired with Jack Purcell, perennial world&rsquo;s champion. In 1945 he broadcast the firs&rsquo;t stroke-by-stroke account of a golf tournament. This was for the Millar Trophy, emblematic of the professional match play championship of Canada. The first interview Wes ever had was with a wrestler. &ldquo;His name was Henri Deglane, and he was the world&rsquo;s champion at the time. That is one interview I&rsquo;ll never forget,&rdquo; he told us.&ldquo;Henri had just arrived in Canada from France and was scheduled to wrestle in Toronto. I&rsquo;d never met him before, but left word for him to come to the studio as soon as he arrived. I started the broadcast by filling in with some color material and had only been on the air a few minutes, when Ivan Machailoff, Toronto wrestling promoter in 1930, opened the door and shoved a giant of a man down beside me.&ldquo;Only after I asked the first question did I realize that Deglane couldn&rsquo;t speak English. It was a terrific shock but somehow we managed to scrape through it until the time was up.&rdquo;Wes has seen a lot of thrilling hockey games in the National Hockey League since he first appeared on the sports scene. We asked him just what was the most exciting incident he had ever witnessed in a hockey game.&ldquo;Most exciting Incident I&rsquo;ve ever seen was the Stanley Cup semi-final round of 1945 between Canadiens and Toronto. It was the sixth game of the series, Toronto was leading the game 3-2 and if they won the game they&rsquo;d win the series. Frank McCool was in the nets for Toronto and for the last few minutes of the game Montreal swarmed all over the Leaf citadel. They had all their players Inside the Leaf blueline. McCool made stop after stop as the battling Montreal players tried desperately to pull the game out of the fire. Toe Blake almost scored just as the light went on to signal game&rsquo;s end. Talk about a thrilling two minutes,&rdquo; Mo Knight enthused.&ldquo;The greatest tribute I ever saw paid to an athlete took place ip Boston on April 16, 1939. The Bruins had just defeated the Leafs, 3-1, and had won the Stanley Cup. Tha teams had skated off the ice to their respective dressing rooms when the deliriously happy crowd started to yell: &lsquo;We want Shore! We want Shore!&rsquo;&ldquo;The chant became louder and louder as the capacity throng honored one of the greatest ice warriors of all-time. After a while Shore came back on the ice, and skated towards center ice where he bowed, in acknowledgment of the greatest tribute I&rsquo;ve ever seen paid an athlete,&rdquo; Wes related.McKnight picked the immortal Howie Morenz as the greatest player he&rsquo;s ever seen perform, &ldquo;Morenz had everything,&rdquo; elaborated Wes, &ldquo;speed, brains, courage, color. He could electrify a crowd with his every movement.&rdquo;&ldquo;Picking the second best player I&rsquo;ve seen in action is really a tough one, but I would have to go along with the Big Bomber, Charlie Conacher.&rdquo;<h2>McKnight Gets The Inside Dope</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0283/1139176-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1532" height="907"><figcaption class="caption-body">Discovering what made Gottselig click&hellip;</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0353/1139169-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1378" height="1007"><figcaption class="caption-body">&hellip; Chuck Rayner, Lynn Patrick tell how it&rsquo;s done</figcaption></div><h2>His All-Stars</h2>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Wes McKnight pondered a long time before picking his N.H.L. All-Star Team for the last 20 years, the length of time he has been reporting hockey. He finally came up with the following Selection: Goal Bill Durnan; Defence, Eddie Shore and King Clancy; Center, Howie Morenz; Right Wing, Charlie Conacher and Left Wing, Harvey Jackson.Clancy, Conacher, and Jackson are all former Toronto players and Wes has had the opportunity of watching these three aces perform in their greatest games. He had his toughest time selecting between Conacher and Bill Cook for right wing and Jackson and Aurel Joliat for the port-side position.We asked Wes who he thought was the best defenseman to play in the National League. &ldquo;1 would pick Eddie Shore as the best I&rsquo;ve teen play in the N.H.L. He was a wonder, and was one of the players that sold hockey in the united States. He and Morenz were the most colorful ever to play in the N.H.L.,&rdquo; answered Nr. Interview Man.It was just this season that McKnight changed his mind on who was the best goalkeeper he has seen play in the National League. &ldquo;For years I named Charlie Gardiner as the best goalie I&rsquo;ve seen but I will switch now to Bill Durnan. Durnau&rsquo;s remarkable record in winning six Vezina Trophies in seven seasons warrants his ranking as the best goalie in the last 20 years.&rdquo;The dapper Toronto sportscaster has broadcast major events in practically every sport from badminton to tennis, to golf, to football, to rowing and canoeing. He made the first play-by-play verbal report from Ottawa when Jim Londos and Pat O&rsquo;Shocker met for the world&rsquo;s wrestling title.Although he has broadcast over 100 senior football games, McKnight will never forget the Varsity-McGill game he voiced one rainy day in 1932. &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t have a booth h. those days and used to broadcast lying down on the roof of the Varsity Stadium. I remember it poured all day. After the game I rushed from the stadium to keep a very important date &mdash; my wedding!&rdquo;<h2>Unusual Golf Job</h2>One of McKnight&rsquo;s most unusual broadcasts took place in the 1947 Canadian Open Golf Championship at Toronto Scarboro. On that occasion he became the medium through his broadcast over a portable shortwave transmitter, by which the Royal Canadian Golf Association made a ruling for Bobby Locke, Ellsworth Vines and Bobby Gray.Jim Vipond, sports editor of the Toronto Globe & Mail and crack golf and hockey writer had the following to say about the incident:&ldquo;Playing in the rain with some 1,500 drenched spectators looking on, Gray, tied for the lead, overshot the green on his second shot on the tough par-four fifth hole. The ball fell into a crevice over a newly-installed drainage tile. Vines and Locke suggested the area was ground under repair&rsquo; and therefore Gray was entitled to lift his ball without penalty. But the home pro wouldn&rsquo;t take the chance and it looked like a long damp wait until officialdom showed up.&ldquo;McKnight was quick to seize a golden opportunity to provide his listeners with some exciting golf asides and at the same time speed along the match. He knew his engineering staff and announcer Jack Dennett were listening to the broadcast back at the clubhouse. Over the air he asked them to contact members of the rules committe for a decision.&rdquo;Dennett quickly rounded up the men with the rule book and assembled them around a microphone. They consulted McKnight via short wave in a manner which made every listener a member of the golfing jury. Waiting in the rain the three golfers heard the officials&rsquo; verdict and Gray was allowed to lift the ball two club lengths from the tile.&rdquo;It is McKnight&rsquo;s voice that is heard over the air waves every King&rsquo;s Plate Day in Toronto, when he enters the members&rsquo; enclosure to talk to racing big-wigs and give listeners the inside information in Canada&rsquo;s outstanding horse race.A happily married man with two children, McKnight spends as much time at home as his busy schedule will allow. He has a daughter Marilyn, 16 and a son, Greg, 10. They along with Joyce, his wife, are his severest critics? Greg is already a sports enthusiast. &ldquo;He spends all his pocket money on sports magazines and books and wants to be a sportscaster when he grows up&rdquo;, Wes said as he expanded his chest.McKnight also does a regular newscast every day besides his sports review. He also reports any spot news stories that develop. He has found time to serve on many community and national project committees such as: Air Cadet League, Society for Crippled Children, Community Chest, St. John&rsquo;s Ambulance and the Anglican Church Radio Committee. &#9632;

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Hockey His Specialty But He’s Done Them All Hab-Leafs Series Of ’45 Most Exciting, He Says

MONTREAL, Que&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens completed three deals last week as the rebuilding program of the Habs got underway.The Canadiens grabbed Vern Kaiser from Springfield and sent Bus Gagnon and two amateurs to the Tribe in return, also a small amount of cash.Frank Seike also announced that the Habs have bought Paul Meger from the Buffalo Bisons for $15,000 and three unnamed players. However, under an agreement, Meger will return to the Bisons for one more season.<h2>Joins Tribe</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0643/1139301-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="537" height="840"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUS GAGNON</figcaption></div>Moving further West, the Habs bought Huge Frank King from the Minneapolis Millers, a Cleveland farm club.Of the three deals there is little doubt that Meger is the one that will pay off in aces. Chosen as the Rookie of the Year in the A.H.L. this season, Meger was with the Canadiens in three playoff games. He showed well and most newspaper and radio men generally agreed that he is ready to step into the big company. However Seike, and General Manager Art Chapman of the Bisons think otherwise, and they should know.During the season Meger played in 63 games, had 26 goals and 4 0 assists for 6 6 points. He averaged 1.05 points per game.Kaiser&rsquo;s record doesn&rsquo;t quite match that of Meger&rsquo;s, but then he played defense and forward throughout the season. A hardhitting player who loves the rough going, Vern played in 64 games this season, scoring 19 goals and adding the same number of assists for 38 points.Frank King finished 19th of the United States Deague scorers this season.King, a standout with the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Memorial Cup finals last season, notched 64 points in 70 games. He scored 34 goals and added 30 assists while spending 49 minutes in the penalty box.In seven games In the playoffs, which saw the Millers win the United States League championship, King scored five goals and added four assists for nine points. During the season he was fifth scorer on the club. &#9632;

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Habs Start Rebuilding, Buy and Trade for Three

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01169/1139270-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="312" height="495"></div>TAETROIT&mdash;&ldquo;THE KIDS WON IT. They won It all by themselves.No one else could do it for them,&rdquo; Tommy Ivan gleefully admitted in the Detroit dressing room following Wings&rsquo; Stanley Cup triumph &hellip; Bedlam was breaking loose in the Red Wings&rsquo; quarters as the players, Coach Ivan, Manager Jack Adams and Owner Jim Norris Jr. could hardly believe that the series was finally finished and they were the world&rsquo;s champions &hellip; &ldquo;No kidding, Ken, I just can&rsquo;t believe that it&rsquo;s all finished,&rdquo; a tired George Gee told us. George was so exhausted after the finale that he just sat on a bench in the dressing room and stared straight ahead for ages. George made the pass to Pete Babando for the series winner and was one of the stars of the playoffs &hellip; The Red Wings&rsquo; dressing room was jammed with well-wishers, press and radio people and former Detroit players, who swarmed in to congratulate the new Stanley Cup champions &hellip; &ldquo;It was a long time coming but it sure was worth it,&rdquo; Black Jack Stewart stated as he slowly untied the laces of his skates &hellip; The revelry and happiness that prevailed in the dressing room was carried over to the Book-Cadillac Hotel in downtown Detroit. Owner Norris played host to the winning club with a real Stanley Cup party complete with all the champagne you wanted. The Stanley Cup was on hand and everyone present had a drink of champagne from the ancient trophy &hellip; &ldquo;You know that&rsquo;s the first time I&rsquo;ve ever had a drink of champagne from the Cup,&rdquo; Clarence Campbell, N.H.L. president, mentioned as he was photographed by Scotty Kilpatrick of the Detroit News taking a swig of what every club hopes to do at the end of each hockey season &hellip; General John Reed Kilpatrick, president of Madison Square Garden and New York Rangers came over to the Detroit party at the Book-Cadillac along with Coach Lynn Patrick. A few New York newspapermen also dropped in to congratulate the new champs &hellip; Needless to say Pete Habando received a great ovation when he arrived at the party. It was Pete&rsquo;s night, all right &hellip; Harry Lumley also received quite a hand from the friendly and informal gathering. Harry took his landlady Mrs. &ldquo;Ma&rdquo; Shaw to the party. Mrs. Shaw has boarded Detroit players at her home for the past 15 years. Ted Lindsay, Marty Pevelich, Red Kelly and Gordie Howe are other players that stay with &ldquo;Ma&rdquo; &hellip; It took Jack Adams quite a while to get over all the excitement that accompanied the winning of what proved to be a mighty elusive trophy for the Wings. The tension and excitement was too much for Jack in the third period that he went outside for a walk. Wilf Cude, Detroit scout accompanied John on his walk. &ldquo;We must have hiked several blocks before we returned on Olympia,&rdquo; Cude said.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02151/1139263-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="259" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Raleigh</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0389/1139256-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="284" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed Slowinski</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0461/1139249-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="275" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Harry Lumley</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0552/1139242-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="273" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pentti Lund</figcaption></div>THIS IS EXACTLY what happened when Babando scored the winning goal. There was a faceoff in the red circle at the left of the Rangers&rsquo; goal. Gee, Babando, Couture, Reise and Marcel Pronovost were on for Detroit. Rangers iced O&rsquo;Connor, Kaleta, Mickoski, Egan end Allan Stanley. It was Gee against O&rsquo;Connor for the faceoff. Gee turned and looked over his teammates positions. He skated back to Babando and said: &ldquo;You&rsquo;re too far to the left. Move over behind me&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;I moved over. I still wasn&rsquo;t far enough because Gee beat O&rsquo;Connor to the draw and whipped the puck back to my right. I had to reach for it and caught it on my backhand,&rdquo; Babando reported &hellip; Rayner was at the near corner of the net, his view blocked by his own defensemen. Babando drove a hard shot, two feet off the ice &mdash; at a three-foot open space he could spot at the Tight corner &hellip; The puck travelled straight into the net and the rest is history &hellip; The goal meant a difference of $500 to the players on the Red Wings. As a result of winning the N.H.L. championship, winning their semi-final round against Toronto and then capturing the finals, each regular on the Wings pocketed $3,000 extra money &hellip; A player is the recipient of $1,000 for being a member of a team winning these series.THE MONEY IS DIVIDED 18 units per team &hellip; A total of $18,000 is given to the team and is divided among the 18 regulars &hellip; Seven of the Red Wing players are making a trip to Florida next week. They are motoring down and expect to stay there for a few weeks. Those making the jaunt are George Gee. Sid Abel, Ted Lipdsay, Marty Pavelich, Leo Reise, Joe Carveth and Jimmy Peters. The married players are taking their wives &hellip; Fred Huber. Detroit&rsquo;s statistically-minded publicist, advised us that Detroit had two members of Its championship team hailing from Pennsylvania. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s Babando and Huber,&rdquo; Fred laughingly Informed us. Fred, like Pete, was born in Pennsylvania &hellip; We bumped into a fellow leaving the Olympia after Saturday&rsquo;s game and it was the first hockey game he had over seen. Here&rsquo;s what he had to say: &ldquo;I thought football was rough. I thought basketball was fast. But this hockey tops them all. Boy, this game&rsquo;s got everything&rdquo; &hellip; We bumped into the same gent later that evening and he was still raving about hockey. As a matter of fact he had become such a fan by that time that he wanted to have a look at our rule book.IT&rsquo;S A WONDERFUL feeling to score the winning goal in A two overtime Stanley Cup finals,&rdquo; Don Raleigh joyously remarked as he stripped himself of his ipersipiratlon-soaked equipment In the New York dressing room following his second successive winning overtime counter &hellip; Raleigh gave the Rangers a 4-3 win in the fourth game of the series when he tallied after eight minutes and 43 seconds of extra play and put the Rangers ahead in games 8 to 2 when he flashed the red light behind Harry Lumley after 1:38 of the overtime play in the fifth game &hellip; Eddie Slowinski, bruising Ranger right-winger, made the play for both of Raleigh&rsquo;s winning markers &hellip; Penetti Lund was also credited with an assist on the goal that broke up the fifth game &hellip; The Raleigh-Lund-Slowinski line was the Rangers greatest offensive attack throughout the entire playoffs &hellip; Winnipeg, Man. is enjoying the success of Raleigh and Slowinski with great delight. Both boys live there and both are star baseball players there during the summer months &hellip; Raleigh, who is the skinniest player in the N.H.L. with 155 pounds sparsley placed over a 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; frame, will soon be nicknamed &ldquo;Sudden Death&rdquo;. He has already been dubbed &ldquo;Mr. Bones&rdquo; and &ldquo;Raggmopp&rdquo; &hellip; Sitting in the dressing room with his denture removed displaying a lot of empty space where teeth should appear, Raleigh told us that scoring the two winning goals in successive games was, &ldquo;the greatest thrill in my life.&rdquo; It&rsquo;s something that very few people are ever fortunate enough to do,&rdquo; he remarked seriously &hellip; Gen. John R. Kilpatrick, president of Madison Square Garden, was in the dressing room after the fifth game congratulating all the players. The General&rsquo;s face was in a proud beam as he burst into: &ldquo;This enchanted evening.&rdquo; &hellip; Coach Lynn Patrick told his players they could stay out until 1:30 a.m. following their fifth game victory. &ldquo;Now, let&rsquo;s not foul this up fellows. Be in your rooms at 1:30,&rdquo; Patrick shouted to his happy athletes &hellip; Chuck Rayner played his usual sensational game. He stopped 37 shots to Lumley&rsquo;s 17 &hellip; Lumley, however, played a whale of a game. He came up with three tremendous saves one off of Nick Mickoski in the opening period, one off Alex Keleta in &lsquo;the third and one off Don Raleigh in the third &hellip; Lumley-played his best playoff hockey since he joined Detroit in 1943.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02140/1139235-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="272" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">George Gee</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03115/1139228-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="265" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chuck Rayner</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0487/1139221-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="282" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Carveth</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-0565/1139214-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="270" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawcbuk</figcaption></div>RED WINGS ARE A TALL club, averaging 5&rsquo; 101/2&rdquo;&hellip; Coach Tommy Ivan changed his lines often during the final tussle &hellip; Sid Abel looked tired out. He was so exhausted at times during the last two games that he was hardly able to drag himself into the players box when it was time for him to be replaced &hellip; Ted Lindsay started to look like the Lindsay of old in the last couple of games He was skating faster and getting goals again. His first goal in the fourth game and his tying goal in the fifth contest were both gems &hellip; Big Leo Reise played outstanding hockey on the Wings&rsquo; defense. He repeatedly broke up New York plays and everytime he carried the puok he was dangerous. There&rsquo;s no waste motion with Leo. Everything he does has a purpose and everything he does is effective &hellip; Youthful Johnny Wilson, up from Omoha for the finals, did himself iproud. The Wilson brothers, John and Larry, both speak French fluently. They were brought up in Shawinigan Falls, Que &hellip; Marcel Pronovost&rsquo;s father was in for the finals. The big defenseman&rsquo;s dad should be mightly proud of his son as the 19-year-old rearguard was a stand out in every game he played &hellip; Dune Fisher&rsquo;s goal for Rangers in the second period of the fifth game was his first of the finals and his second of the playoffs &hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s George Gee missed four good chances to score in Thursday&rsquo;s game. Gee has missed a number of scoring opportunities in the finals &hellip; Joe Carveth missed an open net in five fourth encounter. While Joe still hasn&rsquo;t been too successful around the goal, he played good hockey for the Wings throughout the finals. He skated fast, carried the puck well and worked like a trojan &hellip; Rangers took in the baseball opener here Friday between Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox. Although the game was a sell-out, Billy Evans, Tigers&rsquo; General Manager, made arrangements for the New York players to see it. It was the first major league game for a number of the Rangers.PEOPLE IN WESTERN CANADA have a special interest in the Rangers. No less than 17 players of the New York roster are graduates of Western Canadian hockey ranks &hellip; After the first three games of the Stanley Cup finals on Detroit ice. Rangers had won two games. This is one more than they were able to win during the entire regular season. &#9632;

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Along the Rails in the Cup Hunt

<div class="byline">By VIC WALL</div>(The Sprinigfield Union)SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;Giving one of his own players his long awaited chance to play in the National Hockey League and at the same time acquiring the services of the rough, tough defense player he has been seeking for a few years, Eddie Shore, owner of the Springfield Indians, announced the first move in his campaign to build his 1950-51 team into a strong contender.<h2>Kaiser for Gagnon</h2>&ldquo;Mr. Hockey,&rdquo; just returned from a two weeks&rsquo; scouting and Checking trip on his younger players, announced that Vern Kaiser, forward and defense player for the Tribe, had been sold to the Montreal Canadiens for Charles Gagnon, defense player who was with the Cincinnati Mohawks last season. Also included in the deal, coming to Springfield, are two unnamed amateur players on the Montreal list. In addition, some cash changed hands, although the amount was not disclosed.&ldquo;In keeping with our policy of never holding a player back from obtaining his major league Chance,&rdquo; Shore said, &ldquo;we have sold Vern to Montreal. I know all his friends will be happy that he is being given his big chance.&ldquo;At the same time, I think we benefited greatly by the deal. For several years now, I have been seeking a big-strapping defense player who will knock the other players down; a clean player but at the same time one who isn&rsquo;t afraid to rush in. I think we have acquired the man we want in Gagnon. I was sold on him that night over here in a Mohawk-Indian game when Gagnon tangled with Gordie Tottle, who is a rough gentleman himself on the ice. I tried to get him from that time an and I finally succeeded. We have four good defense players in Tottle, Keith Allen, Ralph Hosking and Les Brennan. With the addition of Gagnon, we should be all set for the rear guard.<h2>To Habs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0737/1139332-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="553" height="1395"><figcaption class="caption-body">VERN KAISER</figcaption></div>&ldquo;This is the first of the deals planned for 1950-51. I have several others on the fire. They should be ready to announce soon. I Won&rsquo;t stop until I get a championship team.&rdquo;Incidentally, Shore found a lot of encouragement on his recent trip. &ldquo;Some of these amateur boys&rsquo;, he said, &ldquo;have very good records. You are going to hear from them later.&rdquo;Kaiser, 25 years of age, has played some good hockey for Springfield. He was very popular here. Gagnon is 23 years of age, a former policeman on the Toronto force, who gave up being a copper for a hockey career. His last amateur club was Shawinlgan Falls in a senior league. He played for Dallas in 1948-49 and scored 12 goals and 22 assists. His 1949-50 record with Cincinnati was four goals and 20 assists. He stands six feet, weighs 190 pounds.The mapping up from the 1949-50 campaign in the Coliseum is continuing daily. Shore says. The ice has been removed and the Coliseum otherwise being put into condition for the Eastern States people who own it. Shore also is cleaning up other details Then he&rsquo;ll be off on another scouting trip in his never-ending search for new hockey talent.Just where Shore will go on his next trip is not known. Probably to view the Memorial Cup final series to be played in Montreal. Although few if any of the players ion the Regina Pats or Montreal Junior Canadians belong to the Tribe, Shore will be on the lookout for the two players promised him in the recent deal which sent Vern to the Canadiens.Just who he will pick is a mystery, but you can he sure that they will show with Shore&rsquo;s team in a matter of season. &#9632;

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Indians Obtain Gagnon Of Mohawks for Kaiser

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Hail to the new American Hockey League Calder Cup Playoff Champions, the Indianapolis Capitals, which swept like a roaring prairie fire through the recent post season classic. The Caps which participated in three different series for a total of eight games without a loss in gaining their triumph, surprised the entire circuit, climaxing it with a brilliant sweep of four straight games against the favored Cleveland Barons which had led the league by nine and a half games during the regular season. It was the first time in Calder Cup history that a team was undefeated in the playoffs and the eight victories in succession set a new league record also, surpassing the former mark of six in a row set by Buffalo fh the 1943-44 series.Indianapolis parlayed a combination of youth, speed, expert coaching from the inspirational Ott Heller and added to it the remarkable goaltending of Terry Sawchuk and timely scoring by the forward lines.Sawchuk was the outstanding player on the ice in all three series with his seemingly impossible saves, the All Star netminder allowing but 12 tallies in 8 games for an average of 1.50. Meanwhile hist teammates ran up 3 scores to average close to five per contest. Knowing that their own cage was well protected by the agile Sawchuk permitted the young fast skating &lsquo;Caps to go all out on the attack and leave the opposition to Terry.Heller proved himself to be one of the finest coaches to guide the destinies of a hockey club, bringing home a title in his sophomore year at the reins. After being one of the best defensemen to ever patrol the ice for over 20 years as a professional, Ott was appointed mentor of Indianapolis last season, and has thoroughly justified the confidence which Jack Adams of Detroit had in giving the job to him. For the first four games in which the Caps participated in the preliminary rounds, Heller took an active turn on the ice. During the finals, he turned the playing chores over to his able defensemen and devoted all his time to bench strategy. In addition to his fine hockey knowledge, gained from two decades of experience ag a player, Heller added the necessary fire to provide team spirit, and his youngsters look upon him as just a big brother as well as their coach. The players describe him as &ldquo;just one of the boys&rdquo; as he takes part in their off ice pranks and good times. In this respect, as well as for his ability during a game in calling the turns right, he is quite like Terry Reardon, coach of Providences great team which won the championship last season. Both Heller and Reardon seem to have the same system of efficient handling of players.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01122/1139412-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="274" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roy Kelly</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02105/1139405-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="262" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ott Heller</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0381/1139398-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="267" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0462/1139391-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="266" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tod Sloan</figcaption></div>As on every championship team, a goodly number of &ldquo;money players&rdquo; are necessary, and the &rsquo;Caps had those in abundance, players who reach that extra peak in the big money and important contests. The Morrison brothers. Rod and Don, Pat Lundy, Joe Lund and the rest of the defense, Fred Glover and others, not forgetting the incomparable Sawchuk, really reached the heights.Lundy was tied for the most points in the playoffs with Tod Sloan of Cleveland, each having 14, with the Indianapolis star having the better of it as he scored his in 8 games with Sloan playing in 9. Lundy had the most assists, 7, to which he added 7 goals. All of his goals came in the four game final against Cleveland. He had three goals in one game in one game and two in another.Sloan tied a league playoff record with his 10 goals, most in the series. Tommy Burlington when with Cleveland in the 1944-45 Spring Classic also tallied 10 times. Sloan scored the three goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; once during, the playoffs and on two other occasions, he notched a pair. He tallied 8 times in the five games against Buffalo in the preliminary round.Rod Morrison proved himself dependable when the chips are down by scoring the winning goal in three of the eight Indianapolis victories, with one coming in each of the three series the &rsquo;Caps played. This also tied a league record, of Lou Trudel, who scored three game deciders in the playoffs of 1945-46. Rod had 9 points in all for the series, tied with Glover and Jerry Reid. Brother Don had 7 points.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0542/1139384-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="265" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dong McKay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0627/1139377-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="268" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pat Lundy</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0712/1139370-1-eng-US/f0005-072.jpg" title="f0005-07" width="263" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al Dewsbury</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-088/1139363-1-eng-US/f0005-082.jpg" title="f0005-08" width="279" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Phil Watson</figcaption></div>A remarkable thing about all professional leagues this season is that in all four of the professional circuits, one of the teams in the finals was coached by ex-New York Rangers players. Heller led the Caps into the finals, Lynn Patrick brought New York Rangers into the deciding series, Bill Cook did likewise for Minneapolis in the United States League, while Babe Pratt made it unanimous by guiding New Westminster of the Pacific Coast League to the end. In the amateur ranks, Alfie Pike another one time Blueshirt had his team, the Guelph Biltmores, fighting for the Memorial Cup, emblematic of junior amateur hockey supremacy in Canada Phil Watson also brought the Eastern Amateur League title to the New York Rovers. Heller&rsquo;s opposing coach in the AHL finals was his one time team-mate, Bun Cook, another ex-Ranger. Thus both finalist leaders were testing out the strategy gained from years of experience under the guidance of Lester Patrick, whose proteges seem to make excellent coaches.Only one game over the minimum limit was necessary to settle the AHL championship, as 14 was the lowest amount which could have been played, and only 15 were required. The players&rsquo; playoff pool was taken from the 14 minimum games, with 50% of the entire net receipts from those games going into a general pool which was then divided by percentages for success or failure. Indianapolis and. Cleveland players each get 32%, Buffalo 16%, Providence 12% with Springfield and St. Louis drawing 4% each.Another remarkable incident was that of the 15 games played, not one of them resulted in a shutout.Only one game required overtime play, that on March 25 when Cleveland defeated Buffalo 5-4 in 8:27 of extra play. This was the thrilling game in which the Bisong led 4-1 with less than 3 minutes remaining in regular time. Cleveland then scored 3 times in that short period, Sloan knotting the count with only 6 seconds remaining. Holota then scored the winner for the Barons.Young Doug McKay was the penalty leader of the series with 21 minutes spent in repentence. He had 8 minor sentences and one major.Cleveland was hampered during the final round by the loss of two fine stars, Ken Schultz and Roy Kelly, both out with injuries. Kelly was the leading goal scorer of the league during the regular season with 46. In addition, other Barons had aches and troubles which impaired their efficiency.One of the most effective plays used by Indianapolis was the &ldquo;sleeper play&rdquo;, and was engineered chiefly by Pat Lundy and Al Dewsbury, stellar defense star. Lundy would skate out from his own end and take a position just inside the red center line. With the Barons drawn into the Indianapolis zone on the attack, Dewsbury would shoot a long pass from near his cage up to Lundy, who was off like the wind on a breakaway with the Barons trapped behind. This worked in the opening games of the series and resulted in goals against the unprotected Johnny Bower in the Baron nets.The Calder Cup Championship was the second to be won by the Capitals, their other triumph coming in the 1941-42 season.With so much glory going to the players, which they so richly deserved, winners as well as losers, a kind word should also be said of the fine work of the officiating staff. The league used its six man referee lineup for both refereeing and linesmen duties, and the efforts turned in by Des Smith, Rabbit McVeigh, Patsy Callighen, Walt Russell and the two red heads, Dunn and Reynolds was quite commendable. They all did a fine job.It was the seventh time that Cleveland had been in the Cup Finals, four of which they had emerged victorious. Buffalo in 1942-43 and 1943-44 was the only team previous to Indianapolis which finished second during the regular season and then won the Calder Cup in the playoffs.Cleveland has played the most games in playoff hockey, 91, and has the most victories with 51. The Barons have also been in the most overtime contests with 17, of which they have won 11, also the top mark.Freddie Thurier veteran favorite of the Barons added to his individual marks for playoff hockey by appearing in his 10th AHL series. By scoring 2 points, both goals, he increased his own record to 69 points. His 2 goals gave him a playoff career total of 30, which surpassed the former mark of 29 held by the retired Les Cunningham. He did not add to his own record of 39 assists.Even during the playoffs, and with the new season of 1950-51 still months away, the American League teams were already making trades and deals to strengthen for the next campaign. Never before has there been such great activity in dealing so early. Eddie Shore of Springfield has sent Vern Kaiser his fine wing star to Montreal Canadians in exchange for Charlie &ldquo;Bus&rdquo; Gagnon, Montreal property who Played with Cincinnati in 49-50. Paul Meger, of Buffalo, outstanding rookie of the season was sold to Montreal for cash and players to be announced later, while Grant &ldquo;Nobby&rdquo; Warwick was officially transferred from the Canadians to Buffalo, to which he had been on loan during the past season.Not to be outdone, the greatest trader the league has had in recent years, Jim Hendy of Cleveland, kept up the fast pace in the markets. Hendy turned his two young defencemen, Eddie Reigle and Steve Kraftcheck over to Boston Bruins, as he has an abundance of good young rearguards coming up from his farm system. In addition he acquired the hard hitting tough defense star, Phil Samis, and the speedy winger Eric Pogue from Toronto, via Pittsburgh, A good omen that the teams do not intend to stand past next year and that they are all making efforts to bolster the squads.Thus the 1949-50 American Hockey League season is now history and we await the new campaign, next October. &#9632;

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AHL Playoff Highlights

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947Published byHockey News Company, 003A Sun Life Building.Montreal. Que.Yearly Subscription Price $2.60 in Canada &mdash; $3.60 in U.S.AAuthorized as second class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa.Printed in CanadaVol. 3 April 29, 19 50 No. 30The curtain came down in spectacular fashion on another National Hockey League season last Sunday night&mdash;or rather Monday morning. Detroit Red Wings are the new kings of the hockey world, succeeding the dethroned Maple Leafs. And they proved themselves real champions by doing it the hard way in perhaps as thrilling a finale as the historic Stanley Cup battling has ever seen.As a fitting climax to one of the most turbulent, tempestuous seasons of all time, Detroit and New York Rangers fought it out tooth and nail right to the last second. They not only stretched the decisive final series to the full 1 seven games, but also forced it into overtime before reaching a decision.That was historic in itself, because it marked the first time the deciding game of a full-length Cup final had been decided in overtime. Extra periods have been played to clinch a Cup victory, but only when the final series was polished off in less than the maximum limit of seven games &mdash; or five games as it was some years ago.As a by product, the Rangers and Wings in their marathon clash stretched the full N.H.L. season two days longer than it had ever run before. With the seventh and last game scheduled for April 23, the season already was one day longer than that of 1944-45&mdash;the previous standard of length. But by running over into the morning of the 24th, the clubs made absolutely certain of a new longevity mark.For Red Wings, it was a victory that was all the sweeter because they had waited so long for it. Detroit has been in the Stanley Cup finals for three years in a row, but until this season they were hopelessly crushed. Last year, and the year before that, Toronto ousted the Wings in four straight games&mdash;a humiliation only partly wiped out when Tommy Ivan&rsquo;s men doused the Leaf hopes in a seven-game struggle in this year&rsquo;s semi-final.For Rangers, the defeat won&rsquo;t rankle because the amazing Men from Manhattan weren&rsquo;t given a chance in the first place. None of the experts even, thought they would get past Montreal into the finals&mdash;let alone extend the powerful Wings to the limit in games, and extra overtime in addition.As it was, Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s Blueshirts put on an amazing and courageous display which won them nothing but admiration. The Cinderellas nearly walked off with all the glory, but midnight struck just a little too soon and the Stanley Cup went aglimmering.<h2>KEEP POSTED THIS SUMMER!</h2>With this issue, THE HOCKEY NEWS completes its third season of weekly publication. Starting May 15th, we go back to publishing monthly editions throughout the summer, until next October when another big hockey year gets underway.But though we don&rsquo;t publish weekly during the summer months &mdash; there isn&rsquo;t enough news to warrant it &mdash; you&rsquo;ll still want to keep track of what&rsquo;s going on by following the activities of the various clubs during the off season.There will be trades and sales of players, important news from the various League meetings, possible addition of new clubs in some loops, and lots of other items you can&rsquo;t afford to miss.Then there will be the complete and final statistics for both regular schedule and playoffs in the four professional leagues and the leading amateur circuits.For instance, the May 15th issue will contain a big four-page supplement containing complete statistical information for 1949-50 on the National Hockey League, the American Hockey League, United States Hockey League and Pacific Coast League. You&rsquo;ll get a record worth keeping of goals, assists and points scored by every pro player; number of penalty minutes; goaltender records; standings of the teams and how they fared in the playoffs. All that, plus pictures and features about your favorite stars and what they&rsquo;re doing while their skates and hockey equipment are hung up for the summer.THE HOCKEY NEWS isn&rsquo;t on sale at news stands during the summer months, so the only way you can keep up on the latest news in the ice world is to get a subscription and make sure. Send it in today while you&rsquo;re thinking about it, so you&rsquo;ll get the big supplement of statistics and the other worthwhile features which we&rsquo;re planning for the five summer months.THE HOCKEY NEWS would like to clarify its answer to Billy Harrison in the Fan Forum last week.Foster Hewitt, in his book &ldquo;He Shoots He Scores&rdquo;, was writing about the National Hockey League since its inception in 11)17-18. From then until the present day the Leafs have won six Stanley Cups. However in 1921-22, before the Toronto St. Pats were changed to the Leafs, they won the cup. And in 1917-18 as the Toronto Arenas the cup also went to Toronto.However, the cup has been won by the Leafs six times.When the present National Hockey League was known as the National Hockey Association, the Montreal Canadiens won the cup once. Actually the Canadiens have won the cup on six occasions five of them sincn the National Hockey Leage was formed. &#9632;

ANOTHER PASSES INTO HISTORY

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0289/1139498-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="249" height="229"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01194/1139505-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="234" height="243"></div><h2>TODAY&rsquo;S HOCKEY GREAT</h2>Dear Sir,I had the very fortunate privilege of being afforded the opportunity to take in the last two games of this year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup finals between Detroit Red Wings and New York Rangers and I want to go on record right now to the effect that there is nothing wrong with the hockey as played today and it is a thousand times better than it was years ago.I have followed hockey for close to 22 years, starting originally in Canada and never before have I seen better hockey than that displayed by both Detroit and New York in the last two games of the finals. My wife and two of my closest friends who accompanied me to these games were in perfect agreement about this and remember we all know hockey and are all former Canadians.For sheer speed, thrills, excitement and clever puck handling where can you beat such players as Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel, George Gee, Edgar Laprade, Don Raleigh and Tony Leswick. And I&rsquo;ll defy anyone to name two better goalies than Charlie Rayner and Harry Lumley. The goaltending exhibition turned in by both Rayner and Lumley was superb. Some of the saves bordered on the miraculous. I would rank Rayner along with the greats of the game and on second thought would name him the greatest goalie of all-time. I have never seen a goalie pull off the phenomenal saves that Rayner did during those last two games when the pressure was at its highest.Hockey is without a doubt the greatest game In the world and let&rsquo;s keep it that way. You can have your baseball, football, basketball etc &hellip; as John Kieran says: &lsquo;I&rsquo;ll take hockey, I&rsquo;ll take hockey, anytime.&rdquo; And in future when anyone tries to tell me that the game was better in the old days, I&rsquo;ll just ask them if they saw the last two games of the 1950 Stanley Cup finals. o! am certain that any of those 13,000 and some odd fans that witnessed these two playoff contests will be unanimous in stating that hockey today is just perfect.Hary Davis, Detroit, Mich.<h2>LEADING TRIOS</h2>Dear Sir,In Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s &ldquo;Passing the Puck&rdquo; column in the April 1st issue he states that Detroit&rsquo;s trio Abel, Lindsay and Howe are the second highest scoring line in the history of the National Hockey League. If the records are consulted again I think it will be found that another line, Doug Bentley, Bill Mosienko and Clint Smith of Chicago, amassed a total of 219 points in the 194 3-4 4 season only to be topped by Montreal&rsquo;s famous Punch Line with a total 2 20 points the following year.Ken MacKett Montreal, Que.&mdash;<h2>WHERE&rsquo;S MAX?</h2>Dear Sir.Thank you for a wonderful hockey paper and that wonderful picture of the Windsor Spitfires.I am glad to see you covering the amateur hockey front more thoroughly.Could you please tell me what has happened to Max Quackenbush of the Indianapolis Caps as I haven&rsquo;t been able to find his name in the line-ups for quite some time?C. A. Rymal. Leamington. Ont.(Max was injured. However, he returned in time to help his club win the Calder Cup.)<h2>FINE PAPER</h2>Dear Sir,A few weeks ago I subscribed to your fine paper, and I must say that I made a fine investment. What I would like to know is, what I should do if I should happen to move. Could you please tel! me where I should write, and where I should send money or the like, etc.BRUCE. Hamilton. Ont.(Write to The Hockey News, 603A, Sun Life Bldg, Montreal.)<h2>PRO TRIALS</h2>Dear Sir,This is my second letter to you, my first it was not published. I hope this one is, as I would like you to answer a question.In those three game trials that an amateur is allowed in pro hockey, is it only in the N.H.L. or any pro league? If it is In the others also, would it be possible for a player to have three-game trials in more tnan one league in a season?I would also like to. agree with a fan who wrote in some time ago stating that a lot of fans out West would like to hear Montreal games on alternate weeks. Another beef the C.B.C.&rsquo;s got coming is about not broadcasting the Stanley Cup finals. We always get the complete World Series and fights every Friday but not the climax of our National Sport. It&rsquo;s about time the Lunkheads that run the C.B.C. began to cater to the average Canadian&rsquo;s interests.In your coverage of all the leagues throughout the season I think THE HOCKEY NEWS has done wonderfully well and I hope it continues.Don Newton Moose Jaw, Sask.(It is possible for an amateur player to have a three-game tryout in any of the four professional leagues. However, he may only have one such tryout a season. If he has a tryout in the American League he cannot have another one in the N.H.L. until the following season.)<h2>THOSE BOOS</h2>Dear Sir,If the Rangers were without their own ice, then I think all the games should have been played in Detroit. Why should we have to listen on the radio while our players are booed in Toronto? Anyway, the Toronto fans are seeing some clean hockey for a change.Leila Eppley Wyandotte, Mich.<h2>EZZIE&rsquo;S CURLS</h2>Dear Sir,We&rsquo;d like to congratulate you on your wonderfirt paper. We find it most interesting.First of all we would like to say we do not agree with Ray Giordiano of Brooklyn whose letter was published in your April 8 issue. We think the Calder Trophy belongs to Phil Maloney, the Hart Trophy to Ted Kennedy and the Lady Byng to Max Bentley.Could you please tell us what. N.H.L. team the Cleveland Barons are associated with?How about a writeup in your magazine about the great Syl Apps. He was always our favorite player and we don&rsquo;t think his place could ever be taken by anyone. We are sure other hockey fans will agree with us. Conn Smythe does! So please give us some pictures and a story on this great star and former captain of the Leafs.Is Bill Ezinicki really as nice looking as his pictures show? Are those curls natural or does he put them up in curlers at night.Beth-Ann Gibson Ottawa, Ont.(Cleveland is an independent American Hockey League club, Ezinicki&rsquo;s pictures tell the story. Better ask Mrs. Ezinicki if he puts those curls up at night.)<h2>A POEM</h2>Dear Sir,Ezinicki is his name, he&rsquo;s a man of great fame.Although he&rsquo;s not liked by Lindsay or others,He&rsquo;s heartily loved by all of his brothers.They call him wild and &ldquo;Toronto&rsquo;s Terror.&rdquo;For, though he&rsquo;s a brute when out on the ice, when home with his mom he&rsquo;s nothing but nice.A tribute to this most unruly fellow&mdash;nobody can say that our Willie is yellow.A hockey fan Hamden, Conn.<h2>DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE?</h2>It is our policy to notify all subscribers well in advance of the expiration of their subscriptions.The ever-increasing demand for THE HOCKEY NEWS means that most issues are practically sold out before the printing is completed and that copies are seldom available for mailing to subscribers who are even one issue in arrears.Subscribers receiving &ldquo;expiration&rdquo; notification are reminded that, to make certain of continued receipt of THE HOCKEY NEWS it is necessary to send us their renewal orders promptly. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0352/1139536-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="588" height="273"></div><h2>APRIL 30 TO MAY 15</h2>MAY&mdash;1&mdash;Gerry Plamondon, Canadiens, forward, 1925: Bill Brennan. Omaha, goaler, 1925; Jim Moore, Cincinnati, forward, 1928.2&mdash;Jud McAtee, Tulsa, forward 1920.3&mdash;Jack Jackson, Kansas City, defense, 1925; George Agar, Minneapolis, forward, 1919.4&mdash;Art Michaluk, Providence, defense, 1923.5&mdash;Jim Conacher, Chicago, forward, 1921.6&mdash;Jack Stewart, Detroit, defense, 1917; Harry Watson, Toronto, forward, 1923.8&mdash;Ken Smith, Boston, forward, 1924; Johnny MariuccC Minneapolis, defense, 1916; Gordie Kerr, Portland, forward, 1924.9&mdash;Murray Henderson, Boston, defense, 1921: Gordie Bruce, Hershey, forward, 1919.10&mdash;Pete Babando, Detroit, forward, 1925; Ab DeMarco Buffalo, forward, 1916; Lloyd GronsdahL Tulsa, forward, 1921; Freckles Little, Tulsa, goaler, 1924; Roger Leger, Canadiens, defense, 1928.11&mdash;George Robertson Victoria, forward, 1927; Lloyd Ailsby, St. Paul, defense, 1930.12&mdash;Bob Goldham, Chicago defense, 1922; Sherman White, New Haven, forward, 1923.13&mdash;Red McAtee, Springfield, goaler, 1919.14&mdash;Neil Andrews, Tacoma, forward, 1921.15&mdash;Turk Broda, Toronto, goaler, 1914; John Baby, San Diego, defense; 1922. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to YOU

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01145/1139567-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICKIE MOORE</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Montreal Junior Canadiens and Guelph Biltmores were playing the fifth game of their Eastern Canada junior final series in the Montreal Forum. It was the crucial game as far as the Biltmores were concerned. Just before the halfway mark of the final period, with neither team having scored in the game, Defenseman Wally Clune lifted a high shot from the center ice zone. Dickie Moore, the only man back of the Canadiens blueline, made a stab at the puck, it deflected off his glove and into the cage. The Guelph team won the game 2-0 as they shot in another goal while the Canadiens&rsquo; goaler was sitting it out in favor of six forwards.After the game Moore sat in the dressing room, silent, but mad. He could easily have produced tears, but he held them back. He wasn&rsquo;t mad because he was the goat of the game, he realized that what he&rsquo;d done could happen to anybody. He was mad because he had to wait two days before he could get back on the ice and make up for his error that had cost his team a &lsquo;game.And during those two nights Moore got little sleep and if the Biltmores had known what he was thinking there is little doubt that they also would have gone &lsquo;sleepless. In that sixth game, played in Toronto, Moore started front the beginning to show who was master. He scored the first goal that put his club on the road to victory and the Eastern Canada championship.Moore&rsquo;s grim determination and hatred for losing hockey games as well as his many other abilities, has made him a sure fire bet to make the National Hockey League in the future.Next to Danny Lewicki, he is probably the most publicised junior in the country. However, Dickie has never been the problem child that Lewicki was. His rough, tough tactics are his claim to fame. Often referred to as &ldquo;that guy with the educated elbows&rsquo; Moore spent no fewer than 110 minutes in the penalty box this season. He had run-ins with referees in Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. He&rsquo;s been on the carpet for playing the game too rough. In short he&rsquo;s a battler with that old desire, the same old desire that marks the difference between a terrific hockey player and a mediocre one.At 19, Moore knows every trick in the book and he plays as if he has them neatly tucked into his back pocket. He&rsquo;s often been called cocky and chippy and was once told by a hockey official that he had a swelled head. If that official knew Dickie he&rsquo;d never have said what he did.Moore has never suffered the troubles of a swelled head or an inflated ego. Off the ice he&rsquo;s a quiet lad who minds his own business on the ice he&rsquo;s all business.As hockey players go, Moore is rated one of the best Juniors in the country. Standing 5&rsquo;10 &frac12;&rsquo; and tipping the Toledos at 170 pounds, his long dangling legs remind one of Teeder Kennedy of the Leafs. Moore skates the same way as the Toronto Star. He looks awkward on the blades, as though he may fall at any minute and never be able to untangle himself. As a puck carrier he has a style all of his own. He pushes it well ahead of himself while moving down the center ice zone, but once he crashes the enemy blue line it&rsquo;s touch and go just what he&rsquo;ll do. He may let a slap shot go that will either singe the goaler&rsquo;s ear or blast him on the ankle. He may wind up to take a golf shot and after raising his stick may change his mind and fool his opponents by slipping the puck around them and moving in on goal.Another thing that makes Moore an outstanding star is his ability to pick corners and his readiness to take it in the rough going.Dickie has been repeatedly warned to lower his elbows and stop baiting his opponents.&ldquo;They tell me to keep my elbows down,&rsquo; says Dickie, &ldquo;and what happens. As soon as I do, some guy somes at me with his stick over his head.&rdquo;Dickie&rsquo;s methods of stopping an opposing player aren&rsquo;t always according to the rule book. But whichever SA way he does it he&rsquo;s never sorry. If he should happen to whip his elbow into an opponent&rsquo;s face then he won&rsquo;t try to make any excuses. If he rubs another player, big or small, along the boards so that that player practically goes through them, he doesn&rsquo;t feel sorry. He should, either keep his head up or don&rsquo;t play hockey, he says.As a showman Moore rates in the same category as Ted Lindsay and Bill Ezinicki. His antics on the ice have made fans so mad that they invariably end up outside the rink because they went crazy and tried something that they shouldn&rsquo;t have.In a game between the Canadiens and Quebec Citadels recently, a fan, obviously irritated because his team was losing, threw a program at Moore as he skated by. When the play stopped Dickie skated over and politely handed the program back to the spectator. &ldquo;Here&rsquo;s your program back,&rdquo; he smiled.That was the last straw. The fan jumped up, threw a fast left at Moore, who ducked, and then sat back. It was only a matter of seconds before that irate fan was being escorted out of the arena between two huge ushers.Another case of Moore&rsquo;s showmanship happened in the more recent Guelph-Canadiens series. Playing in Toronto, a Guelph fan climbed onto Dick with all kinds of language. He ribbed him and heckled for long periods at a time. Finally the youngster skated over to him and bellowed.&ldquo;Listen mister, if you want to fight just drop up to room 60 03 of the Royal York Hotel after the game.&rdquo;The fan sat quiet for the rest of the game, but early the next morning Moore&rsquo;s phone rang and a sweet young lady apologized for her father&rsquo;s rudeness the night before.Right now Moore admits that he&rsquo;s more than a little worried about his future in hockey. He&rsquo;s not quite sure whether he&rsquo;s ready for the pro ranks or not. &ldquo;I want to make that jump to the National League to stay.&rdquo; Dickie says. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to have a bag packed ready to go to the minors everytime I play a bad game.&rdquo;He wants to play another year junior before cracking the big monied ranks. Dickie admits that he still has a lot to learn but with his present coaches, Sammy Pollock and Billy &lsquo;Reay, he says another year in junior will be useful to him.One can&rsquo;t help worrying just what type of a pro hockey player young Dickie will turn out to be. Would he play the same rough type of hockey as he does in junior?&ldquo;Well, nobody&rsquo;s going to push me around, I&rsquo;ll tell you that,&rdquo; says Dick.This young leftwinger is fast to tell you that with all his bad. publicity, he has never deliberately hurt another hockey player. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always played it rough,&rsquo;&rsquo; he says, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ve never deliberately hurt anybody and I haven&rsquo;t, nor will I ever, use my stick on another player.&rdquo; Because of his rough play he seldom argues about penalties. He knows when he&rsquo;s broken the rules and he also knows how useless it is to argue with referees. &ldquo;My job is to take my check out of the play at all costs, that&rsquo;s just what I do,&rdquo; he says.In a game Dickie&rsquo;s theory is, &ldquo;let the other guy know you&rsquo;re not afraid of him, then he won&rsquo;t bother you.&rdquo;The Moore name is synonimous with sport in Montreal. Dickie is one of nine boys and a girl in the Moore Family. His sister Dolly is well known throughout Canada in track and field. Of the boys in the family, Jim is probably the best known. Last season he played for the Cincinnati Mohawks in the American League and is also given a good chance to make the Montreal Canadiens.Both Jim and Dick are waiting for the day that they can play side by side again. It was three seasons ago that they were last on the same team. That was Dick&rsquo;s first season in the Quebec Junior A ranks and Jim&rsquo;s last.&ldquo;Jim taught me most of what I know,&rdquo; says Dickie. &ldquo;When I first played junior I was getting hit all over the lot. Then Jim took me aside and told me a thing or two and it wasn&rsquo;t long before I was doing the hitting.&rdquo;Before Dick joined the junior A ranks he was playing in the open air rinks around Montreal. When he first appeared at the Junior Royals camp in 1946-47 he was told to go back to where he came from and return next season.He was a bit peeved but he went back and played junior B. The next season he was with the Royals and last season he was a big spoke in their drive to the Memorial Cup.As we said before Dickie is a quiet young fellow off the ice. He owns a little yellow convertible in which he spends most of his spare hours. His closest friend is Larry Ziedel who played for the Quebec Aces this season.Larry and Dick grew up together and played hockey side by side when they were cruising around on cheese-cutters.&ldquo;I can remember when Dickie was playing Bantam,&rdquo; says Larry. &ldquo;He had his own team, seven players, and he used to round them up to play a gang from another street. Even then he hated to lose.&rdquo;Larry incidentally belongs to the Detroit Red Wings and may play pro next season. He made the Quebec Senior League All-Star team this season and is one of the finest defense prospects the Quebec fans have seen in many seasons.Until three years ago Dickie Moore had never seen a professional hockey game. It was always the Royals whom the family went to see. Oddly enough, however, his favorite player in the days before he became known, was none other than Gordie Drillon, a player who was the direct opposite to Moore on the ice.Although he likes hockey and the glory that goes with playing the game, Dickie above all wants to make a good living from the game. He wants to earn a lot of money, enough so he&rsquo;ll be secure. He&rsquo;s willing to work hard for that money and all he wants is a fighting chance.&ldquo;When I was in school I was hockey-mad. I was about seven years old and the teachers would say, &lsquo;Dickie, what are you going to do when you grow up?&rsquo; and I&rsquo;d say, I&rsquo;m going to play hockey.&ldquo;Then the teacher would tell me I can&rsquo;t play hockey for the rest of my life. But 1 always argued that I&rsquo;d be the first player to do that.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Dickie Moore - A Combined Ezinicki And Lindsay

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01178/1139629-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg"></div>Although the Detroit Red Wings won the N.H.L. race and the Stanley Cup this season, prior to their entering the playoffs, and regardless of how powerful their team was, it was only an even money bet that were going to win out.Looking way back to the season of 1926-27 and then moving forward to the present bizarre season, the records show that the club winning the National Hockey League race has gone on to take the Stanley Cup only 12 times in 24 seasons.Of those 12 times, the Boston Bruins have done It three of them but those were the only times that Lord Stanley&rsquo;s pewterware went to the Tea Party town.The three times that the Detroit Red Wings won the mug they also finished first in the N. H.L. race.Of the four times that the Canadiens have won the cup since 1926-27 they have finished atop the N.H.L. heap three of those times.The Rangers are the most unpredictable club of the bunch. Three times they have copped the silverware, yet in those three season they failed to finish in front.Even more unbelievable are the Toronto Maple Leafs. They have won the Stanley Cup six times since it came into the exclusive use of the National Hockey League and only on one occasion did they lead the loop and then win the playoffs.The only other club to win the cup after finishing first are the Ottawa Senators.Back in 1926-27 the Ottawa Senators, with Alex Connell, King Clancy, Buck Boucher, Hec Kilrea, Hooley Smith, Jack Adams and Frank Neighbor in the lineup, finished first in the then two division National League.They lead the Montreal Canadiens by six points, finishing the 44 games schedule with 54 points. On the way to the Stanley Cup the Nats beat the now defunct Montreal Maroons in a two games total goals series.In the finals they met the Boston Bruins and of the four games played in a best of five series, the Senators won two by a 3-1 score and two more ended in ties. The Nats won the cup, taking six out of a possible 10 points.The following season the New York Rangers won the cup after finishing second in the American Division of the N.H.L. The Boston Bruins finished ahead of the Blues in the American Division and the Canadiens finished atop of their section.The Rangers whipped the Montreal Maroons in the famous series which saw Lester Patrick donn the pads and go into the nets fob lowing an accident to Goaler Lorne Chabot.In 1928-29 things got back to normal with the club finishing first finally winning the Cup. This time it was the Boston Bruins. Once again they led the American Division, ahead of the Rangers and once again the Montreal Canadiens won the Canadien section. The Bruins whipped the Rangers 2-0 and 2-1 in the Stanley Cup final series to take the mug.In 1929-30 the see-saw tipped at the other end again as the Canadiens finishing in a tie with the Maroons, were relagated to second by losing two more games than their rivals. In the final series the Boston Bruins and Canadiens met and the Habs won the cup with two straight victories.The following season, 1930-31, the Habs retained the cup, but this time they finished seven points ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs In the Canadiens Division. They whipped the Chicago Black Hawks In the final series for the cup. That season Howie Morenz finished first in the scoring race with 28 goals and 23 assists for 51 points in 44 games.In 1931-32, the Toronto Maple Leafs, finishing second in the Canadien Division, beat out the New York Rangers in the famous tennis series. The Rangers played one of their games on Boston ice but the Leafs won the series 6-4, 6-2 and 6-4. Hence the nickname.In the &rsquo;32-33 season the N.Y Rangers pulled the biggest upset the rather young National League had seen in the years from 1926-27. They finished third in the four team American Division then went on to beat the Canadiens in two games, the Detroit Red Wings in the same number and finally they thumped the Maple Leafs in four games to win out.In 1933-34 the Chicago Black Hawks copped their first cup after finishing second in the American Division behind the Detroit Red Wings. In the final series they beat the Wings in four games to win the series and the cup.The season of 1934-35 saw the amazing Montreal Maroons finish second in the Canadian Division and go on to whip the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the cup. That was the season Alex Conaell came out of retirement and left the Ottawa fire Department to play for the Maroons and he was the mainstay of the club.<h2>STANDING OF CLUBS 1949-50 TO 1926-27</h2>In 1935-36 and 1936-37 the Detroit Red Wings won the cup twice in a row and both times they finished first in their division.The following season the Chicago Black Hawks pulled another big upset to win the cup. Finishing third In their section of the league they went on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs after hauling goaler Alfie Moore out of a local tavern in Toronto to tend their goals.<h2>Bruins Made It</h2>In 1938-39 the two divisions of the National Hockey League amalgamated to become one seven team league. The Maroons dropped out. The Boston Bruins ended first, some 16 points ahead of the Rangers and then went on to win tha cup.The 1939-40 season was an other happy one for the New York Rangers as they finished second in the league and then went on to win the cup.In 1940-41 the Boston Bruins won their second cup in three seasons as they finished first and then went on to defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings for the coveted trophy.The 1941-42 season saw the Toronto Maple Leafs finish second behind the New York Rangers and then go on to win the cup. The Leafs whipped the Rangers and then defeated the Detroit Red Wings in seven games. The Wings took a 3-0 lead in games and then the Leafs did the near impossible by winning the next four.<h2>Last For Yanks</h2>In 1942-43 the Detroit Red Wings won their last cup after finishing first in the league race. The Wings whipped the Leafs and Bruins to win out.The 1943-44 season saw the two Canadian clubs start their mastery over the rest of the league.The Canadiens finished first in 1943-44 and won the cup and in 1944-45 the Leafs finished third and then went on to win the mug. The following season, 1945-46, the Canadians again finished first and copped the award.In the following three seasons the Toronto Maple Leafs showed their greatness by winning the cup. three times in a row. In &rsquo;46-47 they ended second and won out. The following season they topped the loop and went on to win the silverware.<h2>Daffiest Of All</h2>The 1948-49 season was probably the screwiest of all. The Leafs just managed to edge their way into the playoffs and then went on to defeat the Boston Bruins and finally shellack the Detroit Red Wings in straight games.This season saw the New York Rangers, one of the weakest clubs in the National League, throughout the season, come roaring to the fore as they whipped the Montreal Canadiens in five games and then were downed by the Detroit Red Wings in seven games.The Canadian hold on the Stanley Cup was broken this season. For the first time in seven seasons the cup goes back to the United States.Since 1926-27 the Stanley Cup has rested in the United States 11 out of the 24 times the National Hockey League teams have competed for it. &#9632;

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Finishing First Means Little In Cup Battles

<h2>Close But Far</h2>The New York Rangers came closer to winning the Stanley Cup than any other club. They held a 3-2 lead in games and twice had two goal leads over the Wings in the last two games.<h2>Ted Clicks</h2>Ted Lindsay came around just at die right time In the playoffs. He tailed to score in his first 11 playoff games and then he clicked.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01163/1139719-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="596" height="219"></div><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h2>April 22 &mdash; Detroit 5. Rangers 4.April 23 &mdash; Rangers 3, Detroit 4 (overtime)<h2>LEADING SCORERS (Playoffs)</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02143/1139712-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="590" height="1279"></div><h2>TUESDAY, APRIL 18</h2>Rangers 4, at Detroit 3 (overtime)(Best of seven series tied 2-2)DETROIT. &mdash; The unpredictables continued to be unpredictable in the Stanley Cup final series between the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings as the Blues came back to whip the Wings 4-3 in overtime.The topsy-turvy series, which probably rates as the one with the most upsets of all time, is evened up at two apiece and with no forcasts available. The bookmakers have put their books to sleep as the two clubs first play one good game and then one bad one. This time it was the Rangers turn to come through with a good effort.The Rangers came from behind a 3-1 deficit to win the fray at the 8.34 mark of the overtime period. Pin-like Don Raleigh scored the sudden death marker as he was half up and half down in front of Lumley.The Wings took a 2-0 lead in the first period and it looked as though they were on their way. Lindsay and Abel scored to give the Wings the lead. It was Lindsay&rsquo;s first playoff goal in 11 games.Buddy O&rsquo;Connor got one back for the Rangers just one second before the end of the second period.Marty Pavelich opened the third period up with a goal and it looked as though the Wings were in.At the 8.09 mark Laprade scored to make it 3-2 and just three and a half minutes before the end of the game Gus Kyle shot in the marker that knotted the count. Eddie slowinski set up Raleigh for the winner.New York: Geal, Rayner; defence, Egan, Stanley; centre, Raleigh; wings Slowinski, Lund; subs: Eddolls. Shero, O&rsquo;Connor. Laprade, Mickoski, Fisher, McLeod, Kyle. Lancien, Kaleta, Leswick, Gordon.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence, Reise, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Carveth, Lindsay; subs.: Dewsbury. Kelly, Gee, Peters, Babando. Pavelich, McFadden, Couture, Black, Pronovost. Fogolin, J. Wilson.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Detroit: Lindsay (Stewart) &hellip; 6:312&mdash;Detroit: Abel (Lindsay) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:48Penalties: Dewsbury, Leswick.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Rangers: O&rsquo;Connor (Kaleta, Mickoski) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:59Penalties: Fogolin, Reise.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Detroit: Pavelich (Peters. Stewart) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3:225&mdash;Rangers: Laprade (Fisier, Leswick) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8:096&mdash;Rangers: Kyle (Kaleta) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:26Penalties; None.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>7&mdash;Rangers: Raleigh (Slowinski) 8:34Penalties: None.<h2>THURSDAY, APRIL, 20</h2>Rangers 2, at Detroit 1 (overtime)(Rangers lead best of seven series 3-2)DETROIT. &mdash; For the second time in as many games. Streamlined Don Raleigh, known as Bones to his mates, broke the ice in overtime to give his club a playoff victory. Raleigh scored the overtime goal at 1.38 to give the Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings and a 3-2 lead in games in the run for the much coveted Stanley Cup.Goaler Chuck Rayner was just one minute and fifty seconds from a shutout in regular time but at 18.10 of the final frame Little Ted Lindsay came through to bang his own rebound past Rayner. Dp until that time the Blues had been nursing a 1-0 lead on Dune Fisher&rsquo;s goal.The game was cleanly played with only two penalties being handed out. In the first period Stewart went off and in the middle period Frankie Eddolls was sent to the cooler.Rangers: Goal, Rayner; defence. Egan, Stanley; centre, Raleigh; wings. Slowinski, Lund; subs.: Eddolls, Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Laprade, Mickoski, Fisher, Mcleod, Kyis, Lancien, Kaleta, Leswick, Smith.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence, Reise, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Carveth, Lindsay; subs.: Dewsbury, Kelly, Gee, Peters, McNab, Pavelich, McFadden, Couture, Black, Fogolin, Pronovost, J. Wilson.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty; Stewart.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Rangers: Fisher (Leswick) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:44Penalty: Eddolls.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;Detroit: Lindsay (Carveth, Abel) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:10Penalties: None.<h3>Overtime Period</h3>3&mdash;Rangers: Raleigh (Slowinski, Lund) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:38Penalties; None.<h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 22</h2>Rangers 4, at Detroit 5(Best of seven finals series tied 3-3)DETROIT. &mdash; The New York Rangers had a 2-0 and 3-1 lead on the Detroit Red Wings but failed to &lsquo;hold it as the Wings came roaring back to knot the Starry Cup final series at three games apiece.Captain and veteran Sid Abel scored what proved to be &lsquo;the winning marker at the 10.34 mark of the final frame. The goal was assisted by Jos Carveth and Ai Dewsbury.The Rangers took and early 2-0 lead on goals by Allan Stanley and DuneFisher before the halfway mark of the first period. Just 42 seconds before the period ended Lindsay got one back for the Wings.Lund put the Rangers up 3-1 before Abel and Couture scored to tie the game.Leswick then put the Rangers ahead once again but Lindsay and Abel put the Wings on an even keel and ahead.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Egan, Stanley; centre, Raleigh; wings, Slowinski, Lund; subs.: Eddolls, Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Laprade, Mickoski, Fisher, McLeod, Kyle, Lancien, Kaleta, Leswick, Smith.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence, Reise, Stewart; centre, Abel; wings, Carveth, Lindsay; subs.: Martin, Kelly, Gee, Peters. McNab. Babando. Pavelich, McFadden, Couture. Black, Dewsbury, Pronovost.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Star (Mickoski. Kalet &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3:452&mdash;New York: Fisher (Laprade, Leswick) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:353&mdash;Detroit: Lindsay (Stewart) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:18Penalties: Reise, Pronovost, Egan, Lindsay.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;tNew York: Lund (Egan. Slowinski) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3:185&mdash;Detroit: Abel (Lindsay, Carveth) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 5:386&mdash;Detroit: Couture (Babando, Gee) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:07Penalty: Carveth.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;New York: Leswick (Laprade, Fisher) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:548&mdash;Detroit: Lindsay (Abel) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4:139&mdash;Detroit: Abel (Carveth. Dewsbury) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 10:34Penalties: None.<h2>SUNDAY, APRIL, 23</h2>Rangers 3, at Detroit 4 (Overtime)(Detroit wins best of seven final series and the Stanley Cup 4-3)DETROIT. &mdash; Unbenched Pete Babando, who didn&rsquo;t get much of a chance to show his wars to Detroit fans throughout the regular season, won the Stanley Cup for the Detroit Red Wings at 8 31 of the second overtime period as lie banged in George Gee&rsquo;s pass. Babando also scored the Wings first goal of the game.It was a combination of the Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins who sped through the Rangers to score tho winner.Gee was traded to the Wings along with Bud Poile for Jim Conacher and Bep Guidolin. Babando arrived with the Wings in the Quackenbush deal.As in the game the night before the Rangers took a 2-0 lead in the first period. Stanley and Leswick pushed, across goals just one minute and four seconds apart.In the second period Stanley was sent to the penalty box and he was no sooner in, when the Wings took full advantage of their chances and scored a pair of goals. Pete Babando and Sid Abel shot the disc across the goalmouth and into the rigging.O&rsquo;Connor once again put the Rangers ahead at the 11.42 mark of the middle frame but at the 15:57 mark McFadden knotted the count to end the regular game scoring.Babando&rsquo;s backhander from about 16 feet out came after Rayner had stopped a terrific shot off Gee&rsquo;s stick.New York: Goal, Rayner; defence, Egan. Stanley; centre, Raleigh; wings, Slowinski, Lund; sufos.: Eddolls, Shero, O&rsquo;Connor, Laprade. Mickoski, Fisher, McLeod, Kyle, Lancien, Kaleta, Leswick, Smith.Detroit: Goal, Lumley; defence. Reise, Stewart; centre, Abel: wings, Carveth, Lindsay; subs.: Martin. Kelly. Gee, Peters. McNab, Babando. Pavelich, McFadden, Couture, Black, Dewsbury, Pronovost.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;New York: Stanley (Leswick) 11:142&mdash;New York: Leswick (Laprade, O&rsquo;Connor) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:18Penalties: Pavelich (2), Laprade.<h3>Second Period</h3>3&mdash;Detroit: Babando (Kelly, Couture) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 5:094&mdash;Detroit: Abel (Dewsbury) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 5:305&mdash;New York: O&rsquo;Connor (Mickoski) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:426&mdash;Detroit: McFadden Peters &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15:57Penalty: Stanley.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Kyle, Dewsbury.<h3>First Period Overtime</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: None.<h3>Second Period Overtime</h3>7&mdash;Detroit: Babando (Gee) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8:31Penalties: None. &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Peter Joseph Babando, who originally hails from Braeburn, Pennslyvania but who has made Timmins, Ontario his home for as long as he remember, came up off the floor to win the Stanley Cup for the Detroit Red Wings. Crew Cut Peter slapped in the overtime goal that gave the Wings 4-3 victory and ended one of the most closely contested series ever witnessed. It was Babando&rsquo;s best game of the season for which he is a unanimous choice as the Player-Of-The-Week and &lsquo;Schaefer Award&rsquo; winner. The unbenched Babando didn&rsquo;t enjoy a very good season, but he didn&rsquo;t get much of a chance from the time he joined to the Wings in the Quackenbush deal until the playoffs. It looked as though he was just the &ldquo;throw in&rdquo; on the deal as he sat on the end of the bench game after game. He certainly wasn&rsquo;t being kept for the playoffs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03112/1139750-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="286" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pete Babando</figcaption></div>Although he was beset with injuries during much of the season, Pete didn&rsquo;t get much of a chance when he was ready and abel In 55 games he scored only 6 goals and the same number of assists for 12 dismal points.There is little doubt that it the Wings could have made a good deal for Babando during the season he would have gone the way of all unimpressive hockey players.But the Wings kept him around. Sometimes he dressed and sometimes he didn&rsquo;t. The only time he skated during a game was between periods or if the Wings held a big lead in a game. Peter himself was more than a little fed up with his new found life on the bench.It took Babando until playoff time and then he paid off in aces for the Wings. In the last two games of the series he played better hockey that he did all season. He notched an assist in the sixth game and scored a pair of markers in the seventh and final game. He scored the first and last for the Wings before they were presented with the Stanley CupFor Babando it was pennies from heaven for nobody knows just where he&rsquo;d be next season if he didn&rsquo;t slap in Gee&rsquo;s pass at the 8.31 mark of the second overtime period of that final game.Peter more than made the Quackenbush deal pay off and he found himself sitting on top of the world. A hero with no more fears of packing a bag and taking a train to the minors. &#9632;

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Player-Of-The-Week

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01177/1139861-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><h2>Drink Hearty, Lads!</h2>NOTHING COULD BE SWEETER than Indiana in the evening &mdash; the evening of April 13 in particular Indianapolis Caps were truly &ldquo;In their cups&rdquo; that night &mdash; fresh from winning the Colder Cup to dip into a flowing cup of champagneThe toast to victory is shown at left during the peak of the celebration. Pat Lundy takes a deep draught of champagne from the silver ice bucket, while Joe Lund stands by awaiting his turn.Dick Miller, Caps&rsquo; G.M., is right oin hand to replensih the bucket whenever it shows signs of getting low. &mdash; a chore he found most pleasant as the evening wore along.Coach Ott Heller&rsquo;s crew look fresh and fit after their amazing skein of victories in the playoffs. The eager young hopefuls who may some day be chasing pucks for the Detroit Red Wings breezed through the post-season without suffering single defeat. They took St. Louis Fivers and Providence Reds out of the play with a pair of two-straight efforts, scarcely working up a healthy sweat as they qualified for the loop finals and a crack of the Barons.<h2>He Stopped Barons</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02142/1139854-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1156" height="1589"></div>FOES FOUND HIM TOUGH. Brilliant young goaltender Terry Sawchuk (above) didn&rsquo;t take many mistakes as he turned aside the most dangerous thrusts that St. Louis, Provindence and finally Cleveland could produce.It isn&rsquo;t surprising his A.H.L. opponents found him Almost invulnerable, because airtight Terry proved he is just about as good as any goalie in the business during his fill-in job with Detroit this past winter. Taking the place of the injured Harry Lumley in the Wing citadel, Sawchuk turned in some brilliant games and handed back to Harry a better goals-against average than the one he Was entrusted with!AT THE RIGHT are three of the Caps caught in a relaxed mood as they straddl ethe boards to have their pictures taken for their admirers. They don&rsquo;t look too awe-inspiring just sitting there, but ask any of the puckchasers who have tangled with them, and they&rsquo;ll tell you this trio really know their way around.Left to right are Enio Sclisizzi (he just can&rsquo;t seem to make up his mind whether to keep that handle or call himself Jim Enio), Nels Podolsky and Joe Lund.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03117/1139847-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1704" height="1242"></div>THEY SHALL NOT PASS I was the motto of this quintet of blueline bouncers who handled the defense chores for the Caps this semester. Coach Ott Heller, Clare Raglan, Benny Woit, Max Quackenbush and Joe Lund didn&rsquo;t let many attackers get by them &mdash; only 13 goals were scored against Cops in eight games!<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0489/1139840-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="1731" height="1251"></div><h2>This Lineup She Likes!</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01189/1139833-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="1728" height="1404"></div>STANDING IN LINE is no new experience for 20-year-old Eileen Moher of Monttreal, who has seldom missed a Canadiens home game for the past nine years. This time, though, she really enjoyed the queuing-up, as she waits in the ticket office of the Canadian Pacific Railway&rsquo;s Windsor Station in Montreal, getting a return ticket to Detroit.Miss Maher was winner of a contest staged by Sportscaster Doug Smith on his Sportswhirl program for guessing the number of goals that would be scored in the Stanley Cup semi-finals. Sports enthusiast Eileen guessed the correct number (43) and won a trip to the Motor City with her friend Mrs. Jean McLeod to see two games of the finals between Wings and Rangers.Shown above, left to right, are Mrs. McLeod, Roger Langlois, program sponsor, Miss Maher and Doug Smith. &#9632;

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Beaming Caps Celebrate Triumph

<div class="byline">By BUNNY MORGANSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01195/1139899-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">THEY LOVE HIM IN OMAHA I Coach Mud Bruneteau of the Omaha Knights stands beside the shiny new convertible which Omaha businessmen presented him this Spring. Mud has been a popular coach ever since he took over the Detroit affiliated club, and if the team officials have as high a regard of him as the fans have, his job ought to be pretty secure.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.Another great season tor junior hockey has passed in review, as far as the Ontario version is concerned. A season of busted dreams; sparkling upsets and rhubarbs that carried on through to the Eastern Canadian final series.The end of Barrie Flyers&rsquo; championship reign topped the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; campaign. For two years Happy Emms and his Barrie kids ruled the roost but the 1949-50 season just wasn&rsquo;t to be the year.From the start it looked to be a dog-fight between Toronto Marlboros and Windsor Spitfires, and such was the case.Windsor, despite the mid-season setback of having 10 victories taken away from them because of a mixup over player eligibility, came roaring back to regain second place, and then eliminated the highly favoured Toronto Marlboros in the first playoff series.<h2>PIKE &ldquo;BELTED&rdquo; WELL</h2>But the biggest jolt of all came from Guelph Biltmores. Alfie Pike, former New York Ranger player, took over the coaching chore at the Royal City and gathered up a collection of youthful hockey stars from here and there. The season previous had been disastrous to Guelph. Despite high hopes the team got nowhere, and coaches had to be changed in mid-season.&ldquo;Give Pike a couple of years and he&rsquo;ll come up with something in junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey&rdquo; thought the experts, but the wise boys were wrong. Pike nursed his club along. Finished in fourth spot, which meant they had to eliminate Barrie and St. Catharines before moving into the OHA junior final against Windsor, who had emerged triumphantly over Marlboros, and in so doing added considerable fan support to their cause around the countryside.&ldquo;Windsor will slaughter them&rdquo;, the experts roared again. But Guelph, playing straight hockey and attending to their knitting jolted Windsor&rsquo;s over-confidence and squashed their ego by winning the first two games on their home ice. Back in Windsor, the Spitfires rallied to claim the next two to tie the series. But they stumbled over the third and key game on their home ice which Guelph claim to regain the series lead on a 3-2 basis after five games.That brought the OHA junior playoff scene back to Guelph for the sixth game and Alfie Pike and his kids didn&rsquo;t let down their hometown rooters.They won that sixth game and the series. Windsor had failed once again to come through in the clutch for the OHA title.<h2>Stage Street Parades</h2>Guelph fans went wild with joy.There were street parades after the game. Coach Alfie Pike was the toast of Guelph and all Western Ontario. Manager Roy Mason, who has been knocking at the championship door for many seasonse broke out with a smile that is like a beacon light of happiness.Moving along the Memorial Cup trial Guelph Biltmores took Porcupines Combines. Northern Ontario champions, and moved into the Eastern Canadian final series against Montreal Canadiens.And this series was like all the others. Rough play, fights among players and spectators. Referees were in dutch as the OHA official Billy Morrison of Oshawa tried to out-guess Sibby Mundy of Montreal. Montreal Canadiens won the first two games at the Montreal Forum but Guelph came up off the floor again to take their first game back at Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens with a surprising 7-2 decision.However, the favored Canadiens moved into a three games to one lead with a clean cut 4-2 decision on their second Toronto appearance.Playing back in Montreal for the fifth game, the destiny of the Guelph kids again hung in the balance.And that brings us up to the present.<h2>Take Personal Peak</h2>Before writing the final chapter of the Eastern Canadian junior final series let&rsquo;s take a personal peek into what has made Guelph Biltmores &ldquo;tick&rdquo; in such successful fashion this past winter season.Alfie Pike&rsquo;s insistent reminder to the Guelph kids to keep skating and to always direct their shots towards the other fellows&rsquo; goal has been considered as one of the big reasons for their success.&ldquo;They just keep playing hockey, good hockey, despite the odds or the score against them,&rdquo; said Manager Roy Mason. &ldquo;They never worry about their opposition, or the score. They just keep playing hockey. I told them at the start of the year to let me do the worrying for the club and that&rsquo;s the way it has been. They play the hockey and you know I&rsquo;m the best worry-wart in the business.&rdquo;<h2>His System Works</h2>Pike has been blessed with two fair goalies all season. Cliff Hicks and Art Mooney have taken turns, game after game, in the business of handling the netminding business for Guelph. They have rotated all season regardless of the series, or the opposition.&ldquo;I decided to let It run that way. Each boy knows what game he is to work and it has been a great help in building up their confidence,&rdquo; Pike explained.Perhaps Alfie Pike has solved an age-old problem for hockey coaches everywhere. Many a team&rsquo;s spirit has been wrecked because of too many players on hand for the positions that have to be filled. Coaches have made the error of sticking to one particular goalie, or one particular set of defense men, and when the time came for the sub, or subs, to take over, because of illness, or injury to the regular players, the subs just didn&rsquo;t have the same confidence.Pike has also displayed the unusual ability of taking players no other coach wants, because they are trouble makers, club house lawyers, or just not good enough, and moulding them into a pretty fair hockey machine.John Ashley was dropped from Toronto Marlboros and also Stratford to be traded upstairs to the Guelphs team. Playing on defense for Guelph, the big fellow with the loose skating style, has developed into one of the top junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; players of the season. The same is true of Steve Brklacich, also dropped by Stratford earlier in the season.Walter Clune and Don Oberholzer were released by Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s College, and Don Bellringe drew the pink slip from Galt Black Hawks. All three have carried more than their share of the scoring offensive in Guelph&rsquo;s drive to the Eastern Canadian finals.Frank and Andy Bathgate were just ordinary players until they came under the spell of Coach Alfie Pike. Aldo Guidolin, Gerry Theberge, Eddie Kulik, Don Koneczny and Vic DiMarco, while rated as comers in junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; competition, were not listed in the experts&rsquo; book as having enough on the ball for a championship drive. But once again the experts were wrong.<h2>Big Power Stilled</h2>Through it all Pike has had Walter Plumb, his big standout holdover from last year&rsquo;s club and Herbie Dickenson as his two main power-pushers on the attack. Both have been sidelined during the playoffs because o&rsquo; injuries. But Plumb came back to rally his mates for their 7-2 win over Montreal Canadiens to keep alive their Memorial Cup chances.Herbie Dickenson, who singlehandedly carried the Guelph team through the OHA playoff elimination by scoring game-winning goals, ran into a bad ankle bruise that kept him inactive for most of the games against the fast skating Montreal crew.But we have a hunch lie&rsquo;ll be in there before tang.And that&rsquo;s the Guelph Bilts, a team nobody can figure what&rsquo;s keeping them In the championship hunt, unless you want to give 01&rsquo; team-spirit and college try plus a carload of what it takes to win games.There&rsquo;s one thing certain. Regardless of whether Guelph Bilts make the CAHA Memorial Cup junior finals or not, the fans around the country are applauding the fine coaching effort put on by Alfie Pike in his first season as hockey mentor at Guelph&rsquo;<h2>Not So Dusty, Eh, Mud?</h2><h2>Nice To Be De-Iced!</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01173/1139892-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="1713" height="1383"><figcaption class="caption-body">THESE TOLEDO BUCKEYES stars look mighty happy about it all, even though no ice was available for them to practise on in the Toledo Sports Arena. So they just donned roller skates and posed with a pair of cuties from the Roller Skating Vanities which was playing in town at that time. Shown left to right ore Barney O&rsquo;Connell, Martha Cornelius, Dotty Bishop and Norm Grinke. We&rsquo;d have those de-icers on our team any day!</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Upsets Mark Ontario Junior Team

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01199/1139937-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"></div>(Solution Next Week)<h2>ACROSS</h2>1. Habitant player pictured in center.7. Halt an em.8. Short for given name of Jackson of 1937-38 Stanley Cup champions.9. Otherwise.11. Nickname of George Boucher&rsquo;s predecessor.12. This is marked by zone lines.13. Toronto player shoots left.15. Colville&rsquo;s team plays home games here (abbr).16. Nickname of Rivers, former Canadiens player.17. Initials of Minneapolis center.18. Nickname of Bruin player obtained this year from Rangers.20. Number of shutouts Lumley had during 1948-49 season.21. Number of major league clubs for whom Durnan has played.22. Not (prefix).23. Solicitor General (abbr).24. Short for first name of one of players used by Toronto in Max Bentley deal.27. Former Stanley Cup champions known as &ldquo;Silver Seven&rdquo;.30. Gerry McNeil formerly played for Montreal Royals (abbr).31. Frank Eisenzoph&rsquo;s nickname.32. How Bruins fared in 19 29 Stanley Cup playoffs.33. 3. Initials of one of Cleghorn brothers.34. First name of pictured player.35. 6. Nickname of winner of Outstanding Rookie Award, 193536.37. Hershey&rsquo;s Branigan answers to this.<h2>DOWN</h2>1. Bison goalie.2. Upon.3. Nickname of Johnson, former Ranger.4. Arnie Kullman scored his first&mdash;trick as pro this season5. Short for first name of spare netminder for Providence.6. Len Haldorsen&rsquo;s nickname.10. What players do between periods.11. Debit note (abbr).12. Neuter pronoun.14. One of Detroit Stanley Cup champions, 1935-36.15. Initials of one of Providence Reds.17. First name of Rozzini, former Bruin.18. Gelineau plays home games here.19. Down (prefix).20. Popular term for spare players.25. What Stanley, who played for Vancouver Millionaires, was called.26. Joe Klukay uses this lefthanded.28. Initials of a Ranger forward.29. Mel Read is also known as &ldquo;Pee&mdash;&mdash;&rdquo;.30. Traded player for cash.32. &ldquo;Nickname of Bruins&rdquo; trainer.33. Short for first name of Griffis, teammate of 25 Down.35. &ldquo;Billy&rdquo; Arcand&rsquo;s initials.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02139/1139930-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="550" height="857"></div> &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">By JIM McDONALD</div>LONDON, Eng.&mdash;At the end of each hockey season in England, most of the league managements hold a Benefit Night for their team.?On April 24 last it was Streatham&rsquo;s Benefit Night. Streatham had a London All-Star team as opponents. Total proceeds go to the Streatham players and on top of that raffles and an auction will be held.Two years ago at Streatham, an ice hockey stick with the autographs of the team inscribed upon it was knocked down at about &pound;17, and an autographed photograph of the team helped to swell the collection.All sorts of pranks and dodges are got up to collect cash for the boys, and the fans pile in with good humor to show their appreciation of the team that kept the Streatham flag flying.This year raffles and an auction were again held, and looking back on the South Londoners&rsquo; record this season, they deserve every penny collected on April 24th. &#9632;

Players Rake In The Shekels!

<div class="byline">By HEC MacLEAN</div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;The little Ontario City of Fort Frances should draw honorable mention when hockey, laurels are passed out. With only a population of 6,000 people, this amazing community has come up with a Western Canada Senior hockey finalist two years in succession. Last year the Canadiens dropped the Western final to Regina Capitals. This season the club qualified to meet Calgary Stampeders.The series was believed a cake walk for the Calgary cowboys when they won the initial fixture of the final by a resounding 11-0 margin. But Canadians fooled nearly everyone by sneaking through with a neat 3-2 triumph in the second game. The third game went to the Stamps, 9-1.Things weren&rsquo;t any too rosy for Canadians before the Western final opened. The day before the club left Winnipeg for Calgary, Coach Ed Kinnear was fired and his job was taken over by Joe Bolzan, who has served with the club for the past four years as trainer.<h2>Community Enterprise</h2>The Ontario sextet is sponsored by the Fort Frances Recreation Council and managed by Joe Murray, who took over as team manager of the club when the smith in coaching was made.The Forts provide a unique situation In the present day high priced senior hockey. All players are employed In a Fort Frances paper mill In the off season and draw far less pay for their puck services than teams in the Western Canada Senior League.In the junior setup in the West Murray Armstrong and his Regina Patricias have done a fine job of sleeping in the weeds. Pats barely made the playoffs in the Western Junior League, finishing fourth. They then surprised by beating Moose Jaw Canucks, losing only one game to Ken Doraty&rsquo;s favored team.<h2>Pull Stunning Surprise</h2>In the loop final Pats came through with a major upset by polishing off Pete Slobodian&rsquo;s Lethbridge Native Sons, a club that finished first in the six-team loop with 16 points to spare.Next to fall before the Regina club were Prince Albert Mintos. And then, much to many people&rsquo;s surprise, Pats found themselves in the Western final against Port Arthur Bruins. Pats won the first game, dropped the second and then came through with 4-0 and 0-3 triumphs over the Lakehead aggregation. It&rsquo;s certainly a darkhorse six that can barely make the playoffs but then enter the Western final.Although figures haven&rsquo;t yet been released, Edmonton Flyers enjoyed a fine season financially. The club played to an average of 7,000 fans in their new Edmonton Gardens. Flyer rooters still can&rsquo;t get over the fact that Stampeders knocked out their club in four straight after the Capital City sextet had a two-game lead in the W.C.H.L. final.Cliff Ehrle, boss of Regina Caps, took in a few of the playoff games and apparently is scouting players for his team of next seasonLethbrige Maple Leafs captured the Western Canada intermediate championship in a sevengame final that went the limit with Melville Millionaires. Guyle Fielder, starry member of Lethbridge Native Sons this season, played the series with Leafs as a replacement. Fielder finished second in the junior scoring race to Vern Pachal of Crowsnest Pass Lions. &#9632;

Fort Frances Tiny, But Turns Out Scrappers Year By Year

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;If the Toronto Marlboros win the Eastern Canada Senior Championship then they will travel out west to meet the Calgary Stampeders.Conn Smythe, boss man of the Marlies, will probably work out a deal with the C.A.H.A. whereby the Marlboros will not lose money If they travel west.Smythe recently blasted the C.A.H.A. for the way they handle and pay clubs travelling to meet in the Canadian finals. Smythe says the Marlboros have lost over $20,000 so far this season and he doesn&rsquo;t intend to lose anymore.Should the Sherbrooke club win then there arises another problem. It is believed that the players on the Saints would be asked to go west and not receive any pay. &#9632;

CAHA May Deal

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01169/1140078-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUNCH OF HAPPY DUKES hoist Coach Joe Primeau on their shoulders after the Marlies won the first three games against the Sherbrooke Saints.</figcaption></div>When it comes to handing out bouquets to the Marlboro Senior Dukes for their recent glorious displays, don&rsquo;t overlook giving three cheers and a tiger for the shy, dark director of traffic at the Dukes&rsquo; bench. All hockeydom knows Joe Primeau as one of the greatest coaches in amateur circles. Proof of this can be found by recalling offers to coach Boston Bruins in the N.H.L. and Cincinnati in the A.H.L. Joe had to pass up these attractive propositions however, as he has his cement block business to look after, which takes a huge amount of his time. In fact, the pace that Joe keeps up in the winter, what with looking after the blocks and coaching Marlies and St. Michael&rsquo;s Juniors, is sometimes unbelievable.To say that Marse Joe is popular is putting it mildly. When the Dukes went berserk with joy in their dressing room after knocking off the courageous Flying Dutchmen from Kitchener, the first person they sought was the coach &mdash; they lifted him bodily straight into the air and gave him a rousing ovation. It was real tribute indeed and quite deserving.The mentor is somehow more than a coach. He&rsquo;s more like a father watching over his flock. Being a father is quite becoming, though, as he and Mrs. Primeau guide the lives of four sons and a daughter.GENTLEMAN Joe Primeau for a number of years was a star hockey player in his own right. Maple Leaf fans will never forget his artistic centre-ice work as he made picture plays with Charlie Conacher and Harvey Jackson. His immense contribution to the famous &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo; made the trio a byword in every Canadian home where hockey is discussed.A gentleman of the highest order, Joe was honored in the 193 2 season (first Stanley Cup year for the Mapleos) for his clean play and all round ability by winning the Lady Byng Trophy. That was no mean accomplishment because in those days Frank Boucher (now Ranger mentor) had a monopoly on this honor.He has been a coach now tor 17 years, having taken on the role of mentor with junior clubs while in Leaf regalia. Six times Primeau coached clubs have won Senior O.H.A. titles. His record with St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors is nothing short of sensational &mdash; two Memorial Cup triumphs in &rsquo;45 and &rsquo;47 and in 1946 his club gained the Cup finals only to be defeated by Winnipeg Monarchs.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02137/1140071-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="1701" height="1458"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03121/1140064-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="1132" height="1140"><figcaption class="caption-body">HERE ARE FIVE REASONS why Toronto Marlboros have been roaring through all opposition. At left is the big line of George Armstrong, Bob Hassard and Danny Lewicki. Above are Red Johnson and Hugh Bolton.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Gentleman Joe Is Popular Joe; Like Father To His Charges

<div class="byline">By BUNNY MORGANSON</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;They said it couldn&rsquo;t happen, but it did.Joe Primeau&rsquo;s &ldquo;Dazzling Dukes,&rdquo; the Toronto Marlboros, ran wild against Quebec&rsquo;s great Sherbrooke Saints to win the first three games of their Eastern Canadian senior final series in a most impressive manner.All winter-long Senior Dukes, as they are called around Toronto, have been running away from their opposition after pouring a bucket full of red-hot pucks into the other fellows&rsquo; nets. And they have kept it un during the long hike along the C.A.H.A. Allan Cup playdown trail, eliminating in turn Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds, Cornwall Calumets, and now Sherbrooke.Strangely enough, Duke&rsquo;s toughest opposition came from within their own O.H.A. Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; group. Kitchener&rsquo;s Flying Dutchmen upset them twice during the post-season roundrobin series to finish in first place and gain the upper hand for the odd home game in the final series that followed for the O.H.A. senior championship. But the Dukes caught fire in the O.H.A. final series and after dropping two more games that stopped their three game winning streak, they swept aside the Dutchmen with two late, but impressive wins, and they&rsquo;ve been flying triumphantly ever since.<h2>Wasn&rsquo;t Always Rosy</h2>However, the Dukes were not always so blessed. When Connie Smythe interrupted his Florida January vacation to return to New York and sign Johnny McCormack at the time the Dukes&rsquo; top scorer and center ice spark plug) to a professional contract, things didn&rsquo;t look any too good. Injuries to Alfie Childs, Gordon Hannigan, Hugh Bolton, youthful defensive star and finally a dislocated shoulder that kept Goalie Pat Boehmer sidelined for the better part of three weeks had the Dukes operating like the old family car with one cylinder missing.Fortunately, the injured players returned to action at the right time. All except Alfie Childs who was forced out of hockey for life as a result of the head injury received when he was crashed against the side-dasher at Maple Leaf Gardens by Kitchener&rsquo;s Johnny Shewchuk, former Boston pro. Shewchuk was aiming for Red Johnson with whom he had a score to settle. As both Johnson and Childs have red hair, the Kitchener captain lambasted the closest redhead he could spot, and it happened to be Alfie Childs.Childs is back home in Port Arthur helping his father in the building trade. But when it comes time to pass around the Allan Cup medals, and if Marlboros&rsquo; luck still holds out, they&rsquo;re going to see that Alfie Childs gets one. He&rsquo;s still listed as a member of the club.Hannigan came back, Bolton overcame a small-bone fracture in the ankle to develop Into a surefire pop for a trial next fall on defense for the Maple Leafs. Dukes were also lucky in that Don &ldquo;Sam&rdquo; Lockhart, star junior goalie, was available when Pat Boehmer was forced out. Lockhart, despite his fine goal-average as a junior netminder, displayed nervousness under senior fire. However, he won seven of the nine games, seven of them in O.A.H.A. competition, before Boehmer returned to action.<h2>&ldquo;One Man&rsquo;s Poison!&rdquo;</h2>Although failure of Marlboro Juniors to get past the Windsor Spitfires in the first round of the O.H.A. junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; play-downs was a bitter blow to club officials, it was actually a great break for the Senior Dukes. From the junior team came George Armstrong and Danny Lewicki and once they took over as a line with their former junior pal, Bobby Hassard, as the centre-ice playmaker, senior hockey history was made.Armstrong, a big strorig lad from the Sudbury district, failed to show much around centre-ice in several previous senior trials. But Joe Primeau&rsquo;s hunch that the big fellow would be at home on right-wing hit the nail on the head. Danny Lewicki, who could not untangle himself in the Dukes junior playoff games, took to senior hockey as though he had been playing it all his life. Between the two of them, Armstrong and Lewicki have struck terror in the hearts of their opposition all the way from the Soo in the west to Sherbrooke in the east.Armstrong and Lewicki also had the desired effect of boosting Bobby Hassard&rsquo;s centre-ice play. The tall blonde Toronto lad lacked drive until his former junior pals came on the scene. He&rsquo;s going as strongly as either of his sensational scoring wing mates.<h2>Everyone Is Surprised</h2>It was a breeze against Cornwall, as the Senior Dukes swept the series in four straight games and by one-sided scores. Forewarned about the toughness of Sherbrooke Saints, Dukes ventured into the Quebec industrial city expecting anything, but they were ready. Much to the surprise of Sherbrooke fans and the wonder of their home fans, the Dazzling Dukes came up with a 7-4 win over Saints.Back at the Gardens the second game, a close checking affair went 3-1 for Dukes. Then came the blow-off in the third affair, also at the Gardens, when the Dukes smothered Sherbrooke 11-3 scoring eight goals in the wideopen last period. Armstrong, Lewicki, Hassard, Bolton, Mair, Buchanan and Johnson ran wild in scoring goals, buzzing in and around the veteran&mdash;but slowfooted&mdash;Sherbrooke defense.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s modern senior hockey against the old time stuff,&rdquo; says Harold Ballard, president of the Marlboro Hockey Club,&rdquo; and with youth and speed on our side we&rsquo;re doing all right so far&rdquo;. &#9632;

Primeau Fires Dukes To Sizzling Tempo

<h2>Two Clipped</h2>Dutch Evers and Bob Paul of the Westminster Royals were clipped by high sticks in the second game of the P.C.H.L. finals.<h2>Pogue Hats It</h2>Eric Pogue, who was traded to the Cleveland Barons last week, left his mark on the New Westminster Royals in the third game. Los Angeles won 4-2 as Pogue scored three goals.<h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01138/1140116-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="600" height="241"></div><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h2><h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 15</h2>New Westminster 6 at Los Angeles 5<h2>MONDAY, APRIL 17</h2>New Westminster 3 at Los Angeles 6<h2>THURSDAY, APRIL 20</h2>Los Angeles 4 at New Westminster 3<h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 22</h2>Los Angeles 5 at New Westminster 6The race for the Phil Henderson Memorial Trophy is as close as a hot summer day in Georgia. Both the Los Angeles Monarchs and New Westminster Royals have found it a tough grind as they batter away at each other. Both clubs have won a pair of games and it looks as though it&rsquo;s going the distance.The Royals took a one game lead in the race to start things rolling. Hermie Gruhn personally took care of the Monarchs as he scored four goals, three in succession, to give the Royals a well deserved 6-4 victory.But the Monarchs are a determined crew and they came fighting back to hand Babe Pratt and his boys a pair of defeats before the Royals could finally get back in the race.The Monarchs won 5-3 and then travelled to British Columbia to whip the Royals 4-2. The Royals came back to square the series 6-5 and that&rsquo;s the way it stands at the moment.It&rsquo;s anybody&rsquo;s cup.<h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 15</h2>New Westminster 6, at Los Angeles 4(New Westminster leads best of seven series 1-0)LOS ANGELES. &mdash; Led by wingman Hermie Gruhn, the New Westminster Royals staged a three-goal comeback in the final period to defeat the Los Angeles Monarchs 6 to 4 In the opening game of the Pacific Coast League play-offsPenalties cost the Monarchs a game they were leading 4 to 3 going into the third period. The Royals scored four of their tallies while Los Angeles had men in the penalty box.Los Angeles took an early dead on goals by Ken Watson and Sam Kennedy and held the edge despite a determined Royal attak In the second frame. In the final period, however, Gruhn slammed in a pair of goals, one of them unassisted, to give New Westminster the lead and the game.Throughout most of the first two periods the speedy Monarch wingmen kept up a constant barrage of shots at the Royal goal, but hardworking Ron Pickell &mdash; who stopped 40 would-be tallies for the Royals &mdash; kept Los Angeles at bay.The loss was the Monarchs third to the Canadian team. They dropped one clash in Canada ana another in Los Angeles earlier in the season.The two teams will meet again Monday night in the second of a four-out-of-seven series for the Pacific hockey crown.Los Angeles: Goal, Highton; defence, Kane, Hunchuk; centre, Fowler; wings, Hildebrand, Kennedy; subs.: Mesich, Webster, Arundel, Watson, Pogue, Ubriaco, McCracken, Meldrum, Mulligan.New Westminster: Goal, Pickell: defence, Pratt Valenti; centre, Ullyot; wings, Dorohoy, Evers; subs.: Bergeron, Slater, Love, Kirk, Lavell, Gruhn, Paul, Duffy.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles: Watson (McCracken, Kane) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 10:162&mdash;Los Angeles: Fowler &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15:443&mdash;New Westminster: Gruhn &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:27Penalties: Mesich, Fowler, Kennedy, McCracken, Slater.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;New Westminster: Kirk &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2:575&mdash;Los Angeles: Hildebrand (Kennedy, Fowler) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:016&mdash;Los Angeles: Kennedy (Hildebrand) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:057&mdash;New Westminster: Dorohoy (Ullyot) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:32Penalties: Arundel, Kane, Pogue, Evers, Love, Dorohoy, La veil, Paul.<h3>Third Period</h3>8&mdash;New Westminster: Gruhn &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:469&mdash;New Westminster: Gruhn (Kirk) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:4810&mdash;New Westminster: Slater &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:06Penalties: Fowler, Mulligan, Pratt, Lavell, Valenti.<h2>MONDAY, APRIL 17</h2>New Westminster 3, at Los Angeles 5(Best of seven series tied 1-1)LOS ANGELES &mdash; The Los Angeles Monarchs tied the Pacific Coast Hockey League playoffs by coming from behind to edge the New Westminster Royals 5 to 3.Tho teams, locked at one victory each, travel to British Columbia to complete the best-of-seven series.Monarch Ike Hildebrand scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period after Los Angeles had overcome a 3 to 1 deficit earlier in the stanza. Hildebrand netted the puck on an assist from Sam Kennedy that ieft it four feet in front of the Royal goal.With less than a minute to go in the closing period, Don Webster intercepted a New Westminster pass near the Monarch net and raced the length of the ice to score an unassisted goal that spiked a Royal rally.Royal ice aces Dutch Evers and Bob Paul were clipped by sticks during the hard-fought but clean contest. Their injuries were not serious, although Evers was forced to leave the game.Only man to score two goals was Monarch Eddie Mulligan. Both his tallies came in the second period.Los Angeles: Goal, Highton; defence, Kane, Hunchuk; centre, Fowler; wings, Hildebrand, Kennedy; subs.: Mesich, Webster, Arundel, Watson, Pogue, Ubriaco, McCracken, Meldrum, Mulligan.New Westminster: Goal, Pickell; defence, Pratt, Valenti; centre, Ullyot; wings, Dorohoy, Evers; subs.: Bergeron, Duffiy, Slater, Love, Kirk, Lavell, Grhun, Paul.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: Fowler.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;New Westminster: Lavell &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4:502&mdash;Los Angeles: Mulligan (Mesich, Pogue) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 9:123&mdash;New Westminster: Dorohoy (Pratt) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:034&mdash;New Westminster: Gruhn (Pratt) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 14:035&mdash;Los Angeles: Mulligan (Mesich, Pogue) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:526&mdash;Los Angeles: Kennedy (Fowler) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:36Penalties: Kane (2), Paul.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Los Angeles: Hildebrand (Kennedy, Fowler) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:158&mdash;Los Angeles: Don Webster &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:13Penalties: Bergeron, Pratt.<h2>THURSDAY, APRIL 20</h2>Los Angeles 4, at New Westminster 2(Los Angeles leads best of seven series 2-1)NEW WESTMINSTER. &mdash; Second-stringer Eric Pogue turned hat trick as the Los Angeles Monarchs nipped the Westminster Royals 4-2 In their Pacific Coast Hockey League Championship playoffs before a packed house of 6,000 people.The win gave the Monarchs a 2-1 lead in the best of seven series for the Phil Henderson Memorial Trophy.Pogue&rsquo;s point was the only tally in a fiercely fought first period. Seven minor penalties were assessed in that period alone, and players spent a total of 35 minutes in the sin-bin during the game.Pogue scored the game&rsquo;s second goal In the opening minutes of the second stanza. Bob Love of New Westminster kept the Northern Division team, in the running with a counter on a screen shot but Bill McCracken matched it for the Monarchs before the end of the period.Ken Ullyot tallied the Royals&rsquo; second goal midway through the third period and Pogue picked up his third goal of the evening only 38 seconds before the final whistle.New Westminster: Goal, Pickell: defence, Pratt, Valenti; centre, Ullyot; wings Evers, Dorohoy; subs.: Bergeron, Duffy, Slater, Love, Dufault, Kirk, Lavell. Gruhn, Paul.Los Angeles: Goal, Highton; defence, Kane, Hunchuk; centre. Fowler; wings, Hildebrand, Kennedy; subs.: Mesich, Webster, Arundel. Watson, Pogue, Ubriaco. McCracken. Meldrum, Milligan.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Los Angeles: Pogue (Ubriaco) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:45Penalties: Kane, Love, Evers, Bunchuk, Webster, Paul, Hildebrand.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Los Angeles: Pogue (Milligan) 1:353&mdash;New Westminster: Love (Kirk) 5:314&mdash;Los Angeles: McCracken (Meldrum, Arundel) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:24Penalties: Mesich (2), Doro-hoy (major).<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;New Westminster: Ullyot (Pratt, Gruhn) 12:426&mdash;Los Angeles: Pogue (Milligan) 19:22Penalties: Webster (2), McCracken, Valenti, Webster, Kirk.<h2>Spiked The Royals</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02108/1140109-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="1752" height="1701"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ike Hildebrand, Los Angeles Monarchs forward, who scored the tie-breaking goal for his club as they went on to whip the New Westminster Royals 5-3 in the second game. The Monarchs also won the third game to take a 2-1 lead in games, in their best of seven series for the P.C.H.L. Championship.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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<h2>IN THE EAST</h2><h2>EASTERN CANADA</h2><h2>FINALS</h2><h2>TUESDAY, APRIL 18</h2>Canadiens 4, at Guelph 3(Canadiens lead best of seven series 3-1)Canadiens: Goal, Morrissette; defence, Roche, Dawson; centre, Goold; wings, Moore, Rose; subs.: Hollingworth, McCready, Rodhford, Conway, Nadon, English, Marshall, Sinnett.Guelph: Goal, Hicks; defence, Clune, Ashley; centre, Oberholtzer; wings, Guldolin, Thebenge; subs.: DiMarco, Howell, A. Bathgate, Plumb, Bellringer, Kulik, Brklacich.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Canadiens: Rose (Goold, Moore) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3:17Penalties: Guidolin, Howell (2), Clune, Moore.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Canadiens: Moore &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:233&mdash;Guelph: Plumb (Bellringer) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:414&mdash;Canadiens: Rose (Conway) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:00Penalties: Dawson, Howell, Rose (2), Ashley, Rocheford, Plumb, Roche.<h3>Third Period</h3>8&mdash;Guelph: Bathgate (Plumb, Bellinger) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 0:336&mdash;Canadiens: Rose (Conway) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:05Penalties: DiMarco, Guidolln, Conway, Hollingworth.<h2>THURSDAY, APRIL 20</h2>(Guelph 2, at Montreal 0)(Canadiens lead best of seven series 3-2)Guelph: Goal, Hicks; defence, Ashley, Brklacick; centre, F. Bathgate; wings, Koneczny, Ku-lik; eubs.: Clune, A. Bathgate, Plumb. Guidolln, Theberge, Bellringer, Oberholtzer, Howell, Mooney.Canadiens: Goal, Morrissette; defence, Roche, Dawson; centre, Goold; wings, Moore, Rose; subs.: Hollingworth. McCready, Rocheford. Conway, Nadon, English, Marshall, Sinnett, Hodge.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Theberge, Plumb, Clune, Hollingworth, Ashley, A. Bathgate.<h3>Second Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties; Guidolln, Moore, Hollingworth.<h3>Third Period</h3>1&mdash;Guelph: Clune &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:022&mdash;Guelph: Plumb (Guidolln) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:31Penalties: Hollingworth. Plumb.<h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 22</h2>Canadiens 5, at Guelph 3(Canadiens win best of seven Eastern Canada finals and advance into East West finals against Regina)Canadiens: Goal, Morrissette; defence, Roche, Dawson; centre, Goold; wings, Moore, Rose; subs.: Hollingwoth, McCready, Rocheford, Conway, Nadon, English. Marshall, Sinnett.Guelph: Goal, Hicks; defence, Clune, Ashley; centre, Oberholtzer; wings, Guidolln, Theberge; subs.: A. Bathgate F. Bathgate, Dickenson, Plumb Bellringer Kulik, Brklacich, Howell.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Canadiens: Moore (Nadon) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:48Penalties: Asfhley, Moore, Howell Sinnett.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Canadiens: Sinnott (Rocheford, Conway) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:003&mdash;Guelph: Plumb (Aahley, Dickenson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:134&mdash;Canadiens: Goolld (Dawson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:595&mdash;Guelph: A. Bathgate (Howell) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:35Penalties: Howell, Dawson, Rocheford.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Canadiens: Goold (Roche) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2:157&mdash;Guelph: Plumb (Bellringer, Clune) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2:398&mdash;Canadiens: Rochefordy &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:00Penalty: Conway.<h2>IN THE WEST</h2><h2>WESTERN CANADA</h2><h2>FINALS</h2><h2>MONDAY, APRIL 17</h2>Regina 4, at Port Arthur 0(Regina leads best of seven series 2-1)Regina: Goal, Tyler; defence, McGowan, MacNelll; centre, McDonald; wings, Little, H. Cowan; subs.: Masnick, Litzenberger, G. Gowan, Bregg, Davie, Hall, King, Sauve.Port Arthur: Goal, Morin; defence, Davidson, Boivin; centre, Wrlghtsd&rsquo;l; Johnston,&rsquo; Levesque; subs.: Lynch, Whalen, Oarlson, Ripku, Matthew, Wilson, Southern, Kosolowsky.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalties: Hall, Matthew.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Regina: Masnlck (G. Cowan) 11:14Penalties: Sauve, Ripku, G. Cowan.<h3>Third Period</h3>2&mdash;Regina: Lltzenbenger (McGowan, Masnlck) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 9:143&mdash;Regina: Little (H. Cowan, McDonald) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 13:264&mdash;Regina; Davie (Bregg) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 17:23<h2>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19</h2>Port Arthur 3, at Regina 5(Regina leads best of seven series 3-1)Port Arthur: Goal, Morin; defence, Boivin. Davidson; centre, Wrlghtsell; wings, Levesque, Johnson; subs.: Matthew, Ripku, Lynch, Carlson, Wilson, Whalen, Kosolowski, Southern.Regina: Goal, Tyler; defence, McGowan, MacNelll; centre, MacDonald; wings, H. Cowan, Little; subs.: King, Sauve, Masnick, G. Cowan, Litzenberger, Bregg, Hall, Yarnton.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Regina: G. Cowan (Masnick) 2:052&mdash;Regina: McGowan &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:153&mdash;Port Arthur: Matthew (Lynch) 6:534&mdash;Regina: Bregg (Yarnton) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:45Penalties: King, Masnick, Carleon.<h3>Second Period</h3>5&mdash;Regina: Hall (Yarnton, Bragg) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:156&mdash;Regina: Yarnton (Bregg) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:43Penalties: Johnaton (2), Yarnton, Sauve.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Port Arthur: Wihalen (Lynch) 6:508&mdash;Port Arthur: Levesque (Wrightsell, Lynch) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:48Penalties: MacNelll, Ripku, McGowan.<h2>FRIDAY, APRIL 21</h2>Port Arthur 0, at Regina 1(Regina Pats win best of seven Western Canada finals and enter into Memorial Cup finals against Eastern Canada cliarnpions.)Port Arthur: Goal, Morin; defence, Davidson, Boivin; centre, Wrtghtsellf wings, Levesque, Johnston; cubs.: Matthew, Ripku, Lynch, Whalen, Carlson. Wilson, Kosolowski, Southern.Regina: Goal, Tyler; defence Mao Neill, McGowan; centre, Masnick wing G. Cowan, Litzenberger; subs.: Sauve King, McDonald, Little, H. Cowan. Bregg, Hall, Yarn ton.<h3>First Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: Davidson.<h3>Second Period</h3>1&mdash;Regina: Masnick (McGowan) 17:34Penalty: Kosolowski.<h3>Third Period</h3>Scoring: None.Penalty: MacNelll<h2>The Junior Race</h2>It&rsquo;s an all-Canadiens final In the Memorial Cup race. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Guelph Biltmores four games to two and the Regina Pats whipped the Port Arthur Bruins four games to one.Both the Junior Habs and Pats are direct farm clubs of the professional Canadiens, all of which has Frank Seike rubbing his hands in joy. His fondest hope has come true.The Habs proved themselves to be a great little fighting team with plenty of heart. They out-skated the Biltmores all the way and only when they got lazy did the Bilts look as though they could be a threat to the Canadiens mastery.Bad refereeing was blamed by the Bilts for much of the roughness and bad play which saw the series nearly blow into a grudge one. Finally the officials were changed for the last two games. Ousted were Sibbey Mundey and Bill Morrison. Both were competent men who were doing a job which would have been hard even if their names happened to be Gravel, Clancy or Chadwick.In the West the Pats also showed that they were a pretty good road team as they whipped the Bruins twice in Port Arthur and twice on home ice. The big guns for the Pats so far have been Paul Masnlck, Davis, both the Cowans and Litzenberger.The odds makers are reluctant to make any decisions until after the first game. However It is thought that the Canadiens will be favoured to win out and keep the Memorial Cup in. Quebec. But don&rsquo;t forget that&rsquo;s what they predicted the Brandon Wheat Kings would do to Montreal Royals last season.The Improved playing of defensemen Bob Dawson and Kevin Conway has given the whole Canadiens club a lift. That combined with the terrific pace the first line of Moore, Rose and Goold have been setting, may pay off.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01146/1140161-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="272" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Dawson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0288/1140154-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="264" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body">Art Rose</figcaption></div><h2>A Little English Coes A Long Way</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0355/1140147-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="2332" height="1277"><figcaption class="caption-body">Herbie English, Montreal Junior Canadien, left, is in the midst of missing an open cage in the Guelph-Montreal Eastern Canada finals. English had Goaler Cliff Hicks of the Bilts at his mercy but he flipped the disc past the post. Ashley is the Guelph player down in front of Hicks and defenseman Bucky Hollingworth is the other Hab in the picture. The Habs lost the game 7-2 but won the series later on. (Photo by Tarorsky)</figcaption></div><h2>Survivors</h2><h3>EAST</h3>Montreal Canadiens.<h3>WEST</h3>Regina Pats. &#9632;

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<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01125/1140192-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAIR, LABRIE, LECLERC, JOHNSON, PREFONTAINEThe Toronto Marlboros have found the Sherbrooke Saints to their liking, much to the sorrow of many faithful Saints followers. The young Dukes hove shown little sympathy for the once powerful Sherbrooke boys. In the picture the Dukes are just making the score read 11-3 in the third game of their best of seven series. The Dukes won &rsquo;em all in a row. After that triple setback, the Saints came bouncing back to take the next two games.</figcaption></div>IN THE EASTEASTERN CANADAFINALSMONDAY, APRIL 17Sherbrooke 3, at Toronto 11(Toronto leads best of seven series 3-0)Sherbrooke: Goal, Leclerc; defence, Goupllle, Labrie; centre, Barry; wings. Prefontaine, Fillion; subs.: Helndl, Cote, Blanche, Vinet, McAtee, Sinclair, Gladu, Bush.Toronto: Goal, Boehmer; defence. Hollet, Bolton; centre, Johnson; wings, Mair, Buchanan; subs.: Sullivan, Armstrong. Hassard, Hannigan, McLellan, Blair, Gilooly, Lewicki.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Toronto: Armstrong (Lewicki, Sullivan) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15:192&mdash;Toronto: Armstrong (Lewicki, Hassard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 17:073&mdash;Toronto: Blair &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:58Penalties: Vinet, Lewicki, Sinclair, Goupllle.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Sherbrooke: Gladu (Vinet, Cote) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 10:37Penalties: Goupllle, Bush, Lewicki.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Toronto: Meir (Johnson, Bolton) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 0:576&mdash;Sherbrooke: Sinclair (Vinet, McAtee) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:047&mdash;Toronto: Arstrong Sullivan &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2:038&mdash;Toronto: McLellan (Armstrong, Lewicki) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2:509&mdash;Toronto: Buchanan (Hollett) 6:0710&mdash;Sherbrooke: Prefontaine (Barry) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:4311&mdash;Toronto: Sullivan (Blair, Buchanan) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:3212&mdash;Toronto: Armstrong (Bolton) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 13:0013&mdash;Toronto: Hollett (Lewicki, Armstrong) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:2014&mdash;Toronto: Buchanan (Mair, Hassard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:22Penalties: Sullivan, Labrie, Hannigan, Heindl, Barry.<h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 22</h2>Toronto 5, at Sherbrooke 6 (in Montreal)(Toronto leads best of seven series 3-1)Toronto: Goal, Boenmer; defence, Hollett, Bolton; centre, Johnson; wings, Mair, Buchanan; subs.: Sullivan. Armstrong, Hassard. Hannigan, McLellan, Blair, Gibhooly, Lewicki.Sherbrooke: Goal, Leclerc; defence, Goupille, Labrie; centre, McAtee; wings, Metcalfe, Sinclair; subs.: Helndl, Cote, Barry, Vinet, Prefontaine, Gladu, Fillion, Bush.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Toronto: Mair (Hollett) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3:352&mdash;Sherbrooke: Barry (Labrie) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8:303&mdash;Sherbrooke: Prefontaine (Barry) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:504&mdash;Sherbrooke: McAtee (Bush Helndl) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:305&mdash;Sherbrooke: McAtee (Sinclair. Prefontaine) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:22Penalties: Prefontaine, Labrie, Bush, Armstrong, Hassard.<h3>Second Period</h3>6&mdash;Sherbrooke: Sinclair (Barry, Cote) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4:197&mdash;Toronto: Lewicki (Hassard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:418&mdash;Sherbrooke: Gladu (Cote, Barry) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 13:569&mdash;Toronto: (Bolton) (Buchanan, Johnson &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:38Penalties: Armstrong: Sinclair (2), Prefontaine (2). Lewicki.<h3>Third Period</h3>10&mdash;Toronto: Hollett (Buchanan, Bolton) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8:0911&mdash;Toronto: Hassardi (Sullivan) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 14:12Penalty: Labrie.<h2>SUNDAY, APRIL 23</h2>Toronto 2. at. Sherbrooke 5 (in Montreal)(Toronto leads best of seven series 3-2)<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Toronto: Blair (Rope, McLellan) 3:252&mdash;Sierbrooke: Metcalfe (Sinclair, Goupille) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:553&mdash;Sherbrooke: Goupille (Vinet, Fillion) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 14:36Penalties: Armstrong. Bush, Cote.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Sherbrooke: Fillion (Prefontaine, Bush) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:006&mdash;Toronto: Johnson &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:44Penalty: Sullivan.<h3>Third Period</h3>6&mdash;Sherbrooke: Bush (Cote, Barry) 5:397&mdash;Sherbrooke: Cote (Gladu, Barry) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:37Penalties: None.<h2>IN THE WEST</h2><h2>WESTERN CANADA</h2><h2>SEMI-FINALS</h2><h2>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12</h2>Kamloops 3, at Calgary 6(Calgary wins best of seven series 4-1)Kamloops: Goal, Betker; defence, Kirk, Johnson; centre, Kryciuk; wings, Mellor, Campbell; subs.: Ursaki, Forsey, Thomson Mills. Swaine Witluk, Clajk, Terry.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Saw-chuk, Taggart; centre, Cairns; wings, Dame, Tyrell; subs.: Coflin, Wilder, Pechet, Heximer, Milliard, Scott, Devicq, Grant.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Kamloops: Swaine (Witluk, Ursaki) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:39Penalties; Mills, Coflin.<h3>Second Period</h3>2&mdash;Calgary: Taggart &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2:083&mdash;Kamloops: Kryciuk (Witiuk, Campbell) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:24Penalties: Grant, Mellor, Coflin.<h3>Third Period</h3>4&mdash;Calgary: Cairns (Sawciiuk) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:065&mdash;Calgary: Milliard (Pechet) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 9:266&mdash;Ca1gary: Devicq (Taggart, Scott) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:297&mdash;Calgary: Coflin (Cairns, Tyrell) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:518&mdash;Kamloops: Hryciuk (Mellor, Campbell) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:389&mdash;Calgary: Heximer (Milliard, Pechet) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 17:30Penalties: None.<h2>FINALS</h2><h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 15</h2>Fort Frances 0, at Calgary 11(Calgary leads best of seven series 1-0)Fort Frances: Goal, Phillips; defence, Fedoruk. Kurceba; centre, O&rsquo;Donnell; wings, Pearson, Tominato; subs.: Sampson, Lemoine. Hupdhuk, Johnson, Christiansen. Evans, Saplywy, Miller.Calgary: Goal Dertell; defence, Saw-Wilder; centre, Pecnet; wings, tie^mer, Milliard; subs.: Taggart. Dame. Cairns, Devicq, Grant, Scott, Sawchuk, Tyrell.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Calgary: Pechet (Heximer, Milliard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:572&mdash;Calgary: Pechet (Tyrell, Milliard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:003&mdash;Calgary: Pechet (Wilder) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:044&mdash;Calgary: Devicq (Scott) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 17:56Penalties: Sawchuk, Pearson.<h3>Second Period</h3>5&mdash;Calgary: Scott (Grant, Devicq) 1:596&mdash;Calgary: Devicq (Scott, Grant) 3:267&mdash;Calgary: Milliard (Heximer) 6:32Penalties? Tominato, Sawchuk.<h3>Third Period</h3>8&mdash;Galgary: Pechet (Heximer Milliard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8:389&mdash;Calgary: Grant (Devicq) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:5910&mdash;Calgary: Coflin (Pechet) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:1911&mdash;Calgary: Grant &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 18:59Penalty: Taggart.<h2>FINALS</h2><h2>MONDAY, APRIL 17</h2>Fort Frances 3, at Calgary 2(Best of seven series tied 1-1)Calgary: Goal, Dertell: defence, Coflin, Wilder; centre, Scott; wings, Grant, Devicq; subs.; Taggart. Sawchuk, Pechet, Heximer, Milliard, Cairns, me, Lovett.Fort Frances: Goal, Phillips; defence Fedoruk, Kurceba; centre, O&rsquo;Donnell; wings, Christiansen, Tominato; subs.: Sampson, Lemoine, Hupchuk, Johnson Pearson, Evans, Saplywy, Miller.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Fort Frances: Hupchuk (Pearson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:053&mdash;Fort Frances: Hupchuk (Pearson, Saplywy) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 16:023&mdash;Calgary: Coflin &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 19:35Penalties: Coflin (3).<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Fort Frances: O&rsquo;Donnell (Tominato) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:16Penalties: Saplywy, Coflin, Wilder, Sawchuk, Evans.<h3>Third Period</h3>5&mdash;Calgary: Tyrell (Lovett) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 12:45Penalties: Wilder, Lovett, Dertell (served by Devicq).<h2>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19</h2>Fort Frances 1, Calgary 9(Calgary leads best of seven series 2-1)Fort Frances: Goal, Phillips: defence, Kurceba, Fedoruk: centre, O&rsquo;Donnell; wings, Pearson, Tominato; subs.: Lemoine, Sampson, Hupchuk, Christiansen, Evans, Saplywy, Kliner, Miller.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Taggart, Sawchuk; centre, Pechet; wings, Milliard, Heximer; subs.: Coflin, Dame, Cairns, Wilder, Devicq, Grant, Scott, Lovett.<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Calgary: Pechet (Heximer, Milliard) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:292&mdash;Calgary: Pechet &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 7:383&mdash;Calgary: Devicq (Grant, Scott) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 11:36Penalties: Tominato, Sampson, Dame, Milliard.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Fort Frances: Tominato (Pearson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:494&mdash;Calgary: Wilder &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 14:046&mdash;Calgary: Scott (Grant, Devicq) 15:35Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>7&mdash;Calgary: Pechet (Taggart, Sawchuk) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 0:488&mdash;Calgary: Mi11 iard (Heximer, Pechet) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:399&mdash;Galgary: Scott (Grant, Wilder) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 4:0610&mdash;Calgary: Pechet (Wilder) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 8:26 Penalty: Coflin.<h2>SATURDAY, APRIL 22</h2>Fort Frances 2, at Calgary 5(Calgary leads best of seven series 3-1)<h3>First Period</h3>1&mdash;Calgary: Tyrell, (Grant) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 2:592&mdash;Calgary: Grant (Tyrell) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 17:483&mdash;Fort Frances: Tominato (Pearson) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 17:57Penalties: Cairns, Fedoruk, Evans.<h3>Second Period</h3>4&mdash;Fort Frances: Lemoine (Evans, Saplywy) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 6:425&mdash;Calgary: Tyrell (Coflin) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 15:41Penalties: None.<h3>Third Period</h3>8&mdash;Calgary: Milliard (Pechet, Coflin) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 1:457&mdash;Calgary: Tyrell (Davicq) &hellip;&hellip;&hellip; 3:53Penalties: None.<h2>Shoot Again! It Turned Up 11</h2><h2>Survivors</h2><h3>EAST</h3>Sherbrooke Saints, Toronto Marlboros.<h3>WEST</h3>Fort Frances Canadians, Calgary Stampeders. &#9632;

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<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0132/1140244-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="286" height="303"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0231/1140237-1-eng-US/f00c4-022.jpg" title="f00C4-02" width="271" height="309"></div>VOLUME 3 MONTREAL, APRIL 29, 1950 NUMBER 30<h2>Hey! What Happened To My Team?</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0330/1140230-1-eng-US/f00c4-032.jpg" title="f00C4-03" width="2778" height="1956"><figcaption class="caption-body">J. WILSON, FISHER, KYLE, LAPRADE, RAYNER, GEE, KELLY, EDDOLLS, COUTURE</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-0425/1140223-1-eng-US/f00c4-042.jpg" title="f00C4-04" width="2856" height="1746"><figcaption class="caption-body">LINDSAY, SLOWINSKI, LUMLEY</figcaption></div>The two pictures on this page just about explain themselves. The closeness of the Stanley Cup race, the tension as the battles, seven of them, raged from end to end.The Wings won but anyone of the players who competed for Detroit in the series will tell you that the Rangers were a tough team. &#9632;

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