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March 31, 1951
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3 Canuck Goals Saturday Give Rollins Prize
MONTREAL, Que.— Fought right down to the wire with as brilliant a display of goaltending as you’d ever want to see, the 1950-51 Vezina Trophy’ hunt wound up Sunday night with glory for one rookie — and bitter disappointment for another. Locked in a neck and neck race down the stretch, Toronto’s Al Rollins and Detroit’s Terry Sawchuck rose to the heights in the season’s final game—turning in a pair of brilliant Sunday shutouts that left the Leaf netminder winner of the hunt by a single goal. Although Rollins played in only 40 of his team’s games—against 70 for Sawchuk—the famed Trophy and the $1.000 cash bonus goes to the Leaf goalie. Because that is the way the Trophy is awarded. It isn’t an award to the individual goalie concerned, but rather…
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Schmitty Winds Up Greatest Season By Playing On One Leg
BOSTON, Mass.— Capt. Milton Schmidt of the Boston Bruins wound up what must have been one of his greatest regular seasons last Sunday, skating on one leg. Schmidt, one of the finest competitors in professional athletics, played the one-legged role in a determined one-man effort to put the Bruins in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He played the last two weeks of the regular campaign with a torn cartilage in his left knee. Over that period he played seven out of eight games. There isn’t much room in professional sports for sentiment, but there is considerable where Schmidt is concerned, as far as Boston is concerned. The 33-year-old Bruins’ disdain for his personal welfare was brought into sharp focus by his latest exhibition of determination. Schmidt’s knee, injured seriously a couple of years ago, was damaged…
How Playoff Clubs Fared In Past Years
DETROIT PLAYOFF SUMMARY Years Stanley Cup Winners 1950—Defeated Rangers in 7 games 1943—Defeated Boston in 4 games 1937—Defeated Rangers in 5 games 1936—Defeated Toronto in 4 games Years Stanley Cup Finalists 1949—Lost to Toronto In 4 games 1948—Lost toToronto in 4 games 1945—Lost to Toronto in 7 games 1942—Lost to Toronto in 7 games 1941—Lost to Boston in 4 games 1934—Lost to Chicago in 4 games Other Playoff Years 1947—Lost to Toronto, 1st Round (5 games) 1946—Lost to Boston, 1st Round (5 games) 1944—Lost to Chicago, 1st Round (5 games) 1940—Lost to Toronto, 2nd Round (2 games) 1939—Lost to Rangers, 2nd Round (3 games) 1933—Lost to Rangers, 2nd Round (2 games) 1932—Lost to Montreal Maroons, 1st Round (2 games) 1929—Lost to Toronto, 1st Round (2 games) Years failed to Make Playoffs 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1938 TORONTO PLAYOFF SUMMARY Years Stanley Cup Winners 1949—Defeated Detroit in 4 games 1948—Defeated Detroit in 4 games 1947—Defeated Canadiens in 6…
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