The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

April 14, 1951

The Hockey News April 14, 1951

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0121/1154645-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Wings Bat One For Two</i></b></p><p><b>Gaye Stewart of the Detroit Red Wings finds Gerry McNeil quite a hun! of goalkeeper as he fails on get the disc into the cage on this great chance. The picture was taken in the overtime session of the second game and was one of the best chances the Wings had to win. Butch Bouchard is the l-lab laying flat behind McNeil.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">((Photos by Kilpatrick))</span></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0215/1154638-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="2280" height="1569"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Defenseman Leo Reise has just scored the Wings second goal in the first game. His goal made it 2-1 at the beginning of the last period but O!msead came back to even the count and Richard won the game in overtime. Sid Abe! and Gordie swerve in to hug Leo while Bouchard looks to be saying a few words to himsc!f. Very uncomplimentary we imagine.</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0310/1154631-1-eng-US/f0001-032.jpg" title="f0001-03" width="272" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash; &lsquo;</p><p>Hockey fans from all over the continent have made the controversial choice between the two mightiest right wingers of them all in today&rsquo;s National Hockey</p><p>League, but the-margin was so close as they picked Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe over Maurice Richard of the Canadiens that it was practically a dead heat. Howe gained the honors on the fans&rsquo; All Star team &mdash; snapping the tape a scanty eight points ahead of the riproaring Rocket 1</p><p>It was a real photo finish In all respects. Ballots in THE HOCKEY NEWS All-Star Poll were checked again and again as the two staged a neck and neck fight right from the first returns. The Detroit bomber had a slight edge in first place votes &mdash; gaining 1,993 to Richard&rsquo;s 1982 &mdash; but his 1721 second place votes were just 20 behind the Rocket&rsquo;s 1741. The decisive point camo when the third place ballots were totaled up and Howe had an edge of 13 &mdash; 156 to 143 &mdash; to guarantee him the coveted First Team berth by an eyelash.</p><h2><b>Pick Of The Fans</b></h2><p>Terry Sawchuk, brilliant young rookie of the Red Wings, captured the goalkeeping honors by a good margin over Toronto&rsquo;s first year man, Al Rollins; Detroit&rsquo;s Red Kelly and Toronto&rsquo;s Jim Thomson took over the defense duties with veteran Milt Schmidt getting the call at center ice. T&d Lindsay was named left wing and Tommy Ivan of Detroit was selected as tha outstanding coach of the year, edging Joe Prlmeau of Toronto Maple Leafs.</p><p>The race was so close that just two first place votes could have tilted the scales the other way. since these selections are worth five points each in the weighted scale of counting up the results.</p><p>Now that the fans have made their voices heard, ail that remains is to wait until the official selections of the sports writers and broadcasters are in. All reports are that the decision will be just as close as that just made by the readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>(For more news on the Stars, see also Pages 3 and 4)<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0001-01

IN THIS ISSUE

Takes RW Berth On Fans’ Team By Eight Points

<p><b>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;</b></p><p><b>Like the horseman who rode off in all directions at once, little Jim Christiansen is having to spread himself mighty thin these days. The bouncy sportsman whose overpowering hobbies is sponsoring athletic teams around Edmonton, was in a considerable state of dither the other night, what with three of his teams competing for championships in different fields &mdash; two in hockey and one in senior men&rsquo;s basketball.</b></p><p><b>His Edmonton Oil Kings were locked in a junior playoff struggle with Regina Pats at the Saskatchewan capital; His Edmonton Mercurys were slugging it out with Ncnaimo Clippers in the senior Allan Cup eliminations; and his Meteors were playing Vancouver Clover Leafs in a basketball tussle out on the West Coast.</b></p><p><b>Jim couldn&rsquo;t be everywhere, so he elected to do his spectating at the senior game in Exhibition Forum here, giving his fingernails a good working over as he kept dashing around for word on his other teams in widely-separated cities.</b></p><p><b>After catching his second wind, Jim finally stood in one place long enough to describe a few of his more prominent sports activivties around Edmonton.</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;I guess it was five years ago I got the bug to sponsor teams,&rdquo; he recalled. &ldquo;I started sponsoring the Mercurys four years ago and the Meteors three. The Oil Kings are a recent love of mine.&rdquo;</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;When I&rsquo;m on the road my 21-year-old son Jimmy looks after the businesses for his pop,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s getting used to me being away from home with my teams ever since I went to the British Isles and Europe with the Mercurys last winter.&rdquo;</b></p><p><b>He didn&rsquo;t admit it last night, but Jim conveyed the idea he becomes pretty jittery when his clubs are performing. Prior to hitting for the Forum, he dropped in on his Meteors at the Hotel Georgia to give his basketball boys a pep talk.</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;I guess the fight talk didn&rsquo;t do any good because we lost our second straight game to those Leafs of yours&rdquo;, he commented. &ldquo;But it will be a different story tonight. I&rsquo;m going out to your new UBC gym and personally cheer my boys to victory.&rdquo;</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Edmonton Backer Has 3 Clubs On Co At Once

<p>MOOSE JAW, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Murray Brown of the Times-Herald commends the junior Canucks for re-electing hardworking George Vogan as president and remarks that the majority of this season&rsquo;s youthful team will be on deck next year.</p><p>Murray thinks it&rsquo;s doubtful if Chicago Hawks will allow starry Fred Hucul to stay in junior company another year. If they take him away it will be a blow to Canucks.</p><p>That&rsquo;s the one beef most fans have against the pro sponsorship. As soon as a player shows sign of real development he is whisked away to some pro club. A full term in junior company does no harm to a youngster and fans think the club and the customers who support it are entitled to some consideration. There&rsquo;s no reason why juniors should be playing in pro leagues except in very rare cases, according to the diehard fans who hate to see their promising junior squad broken up prematuraly.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Moose Jaw Juniors Should Be Nearly Intact Next Year

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0294/1153186-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="572" height="270"></div><h2><b>April 11 to April 25</b></h2><p>11&mdash;BRANIGAN, Andy, defense, Hershey, 1922; HAIDY, Gord, forward. Indianapolis.</p><p>12&mdash;DEWSBURY, Al, defense, Chicago, 1926.</p><p>15&mdash;McFADDEN, Jim, forward, Detroit, 1920; BOLTON, Hugh, defense. Pittsburgh, 1929.</p><p>24&mdash;BODNAR, Gus, forward, Chicago, 1923.</p><p>25&mdash;EGAN, Pat, defence, New York Rangers, 1918.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-02

Happy Birthday to You

<div class="byline">By JIM VIPOND (Toronto Globe & Malt)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01106/1152646-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="260" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Primeau</b></figcaption></div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>We see by the public prints that the hockey playoffs are in full bloom and that a Grade &ldquo;A&rdquo; heyrube is about to burst into flower. After the first game, two hockey camps &mdash; Toronto and Boston&mdash;were up in arms over what will henceforth become known as the Rollins Ruckus, or, to relieve the monotony, the Horeck Hassle.</p><p>Peter Horeck and Elwin Rollins are two hockey players. One is a forward with the Bostons and the other a goalie with the Torontos. They met inside the Leafs&rsquo; blueline late in the first period of the series opener. Needless to say there was little time for the usual social amenities associated with chance meetings of old acquaintances. In fact, we doubt if either was considering inviting the other out for a cup of tea. Both appeared intent on reaching a little rubber disc of-times referred to as a puck.</p><p>Rollins won the race and poked the puck away a split second before he received a caller, Mr. Horeck. It was an unexpected meeting, as witnessed by the pained expression on Mr. Rollins&rsquo; face when he dragged himself to his feet. And that&rsquo;s where Grade &ldquo;A&rdquo; heyrube No. 1 of the Stanley Cup 1951 playoffs began.</p><p>There are those in the Toronto camp who claim Horeck deliberately steered into Rollins, who spent the rest of the playoffs recovering from a torn ligament of the left knee.</p><p>And there are those in the Boston camp who replied, &ldquo;Bosh&rdquo; which is a mild Harvard swear word, said to be favored by such alumni as Mr. Weston Adams, chief Bruin executive.</p><p>From his bed in the Toronto General Hospital, Rollins said he thought he had been unnecessarily roughed. &ldquo;I went out to clear the puck. As I shot it against the boards I started to turn and go back but I saw Horeck still coming at me with his stick up. I tried to get out of has way but he caught my knee.&rdquo;</p><p>Asked if he thought Horeck deliberately charged him, Rollins said: &ldquo;Well, he had plenty of time to get out of the way.&rdquo;</p><p>In St. Catharines, Al&rsquo;s coach, Joe Primeau, was quoted as saying &ldquo;Horeck charges around and gets away with murder. In Toronto, Al&rsquo;s top boss. Conn Smythe, said nothing (on that subject), preferring to wait until he had a chance to view movies of the game.</p><p>Moving over to the visiting hockey camp, comfortably bedded down in the Royal York, we heard from the many Boston scribes attendant upon the Bruins that Horeck said he merely attempted to take Rollins out of the play and leave the way clear for Ed Kryzanowski, following behind, to pick up the loose puck and fire into an empty net.</p><p>Horeck was not available for a first-hand version but &lsquo;tis said his hockey buddies were more than somewhat annoyed by the charge and shocked that one of their buddies should be accused of such a thing! &ldquo;Horrors,&rdquo; they shuddered, giving free vent to their emotions with another Harvard cliche.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0292/1152639-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="2312" height="1785"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Just Seconds Before The End</b></p><p><b>A few seconds after the cameraman pressed the button on his camera to get the above picture goaler Al Rollins of the Leafs hit the ice and then a hospital bed. Pete Horeck of the Bruins failed to put on the brakes, and whether by accident or deliberately he went head on into the Leafs&rsquo; goaler. Rollins charged Peter could have stop-ped. Peter said he couldn&rsquo;t</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0002-01

He Could Have Avoided Me, Bellows Goaler Rollins As Leafs Scream Attack Was Deliberate

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO &mdash; Right Winger Johnny Peirson went under the knife last week after he suffered a fractured cheekbone in the second game of the Leafs-Boston series which ended in a 1-1 draw. The operation was declared a complete success.</p><p>Peirson stayed in Toronto General Hospital for over a week and never got back in action for the remainder of the playoffs.</p><p>While in hospital Peirson telegraphed his teammates before the fourth game of the series: &ldquo;Lots of luck tonight. Will be cheering for you.&rdquo;</p><p>Milt Schmidt, captain of the Bruins also had a telegram from a couple of big league baseball stars. Johnny Pesky and Lou Boudreau, of the Boston Red Sox, sent a telegram wishing Schmid&rsquo; and his teammates lots of luck in their series.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Peirson Goes Under Knife, Wires Mates He’s Cheering

<p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>ORONTO. &mdash; Walter Broda. the fabulous fatman of the Toronto Maple Leafs&rsquo; goalkeeping corps, will be offered a player&rsquo;s contract for next season. Many people were inclined to believe that the Turk, stepping aside for rookie Al Rollins, would hang up his gear at the end of this season. However, he is back in goal again with Rollins on the Injured list.</p><p>Toronto managing director Conn Smythe mentioned some time ago that Broda, a valuable asset to the Leafs for many years, would be offered a contract for the 1951-52 season. Smythe reiterated this statement to a group of Boston newspapermen at the Gardens recently.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Ageless Mr. Broda Offered Player’s Contract For ’52

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0386/1152732-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="266" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ott Heller</b></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>A husky youngster who didn&rsquo;t think he&rsquo;d be within miles of the Stanley Cup playoffs this spring finished the season with the Boston Bruins mixed up in them right up to his sturdy neck.</p><p>He is Steve Kraftcheck, a surprise playoff addition to the Bruins&rsquo; squad, a surprise regular for the series with the Toronto Maple Leafs &mdash; and a surprise.</p><p>Kraftcheck is the 22-year-old who was tried and found wanting by the defense-desperate Bruins last fall, then shipped to Indianapolis in what was announced as an even swap for Max Quackenbush.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0467/1152725-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="1132" height="855"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Back From Minors</b></p><p><b>Steve Kraftcheck &hellip; &hellip; Heller&rsquo;s Boy</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Three days before the start of the Stanley Cup semifinals Kraftcheck was just another member of the Indianapolis team looking forward to the off-season, after the Caps were eliminated in the American League playoffs by Hershey.</p><p>Then, through the curious mechanics of the hockey business, he was called to Toronto by the Bruins, who had apparently given up on him five months earlier.</p><p>Coach Lynn Patrick, prompted, by an injury to Murray Henderson, immediately tossed Kraftcheck into conflict against the. Maple Leafs, then had difficulty in believing what he saw.</p><p>Kraftcheck last fall was a clumsy fellow, with considerable enthusiasm but limited skill. The Bruins cast him adrift with the wholehearted approval of their camp followers.</p><p>But the Kraftcheck who teamed up with Hal Laycoe in the playoffs wore a coat of polish under his Bruins&rsquo; jersey. He was a different defenseman. much improved. One look convinced Patrick, and the 190-pounder went on to work regularly in the series.</p><p>The buffing job on the young&rdquo; man from Tinturn, Ontario, it developed, had been done by Ott Heller, an old chum of Patrick&rsquo;s and the coach of Indianapolis. Heller took Kraftcheck under his wing.</p><p>&ldquo;He spent a lot of time with me, showing me things I didn&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; related Steve. &ldquo;One big thing he taught me was how to hit the fellows I used to miss before. He showed me how to move out for them instead of backing up the way I used to do.&rdquo;</p><p>Kraftcheck illustrated Heller&rsquo;s point with some healthy hoisting of unwary Maple Leafs in the Bruins&rsquo; rock-and-sock bids for victories.</p><p>&ldquo;Playing with Ott gave me a lot of confidence,&rdquo; continued Steve. &ldquo;That was something I lacked last fall. I got off to a bad start in Boston, and things seemed to go from bad to worse.</p><p>&ldquo;I had another little something for inspiration, besides,&rdquo; Kraft-check added. &ldquo;I was a bit sore about being sent down, and I was determined I&rsquo;d get back up. Heller kept reminding me that if I worked hard enough, there would be a job for me. That was the incentive I needed.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Hendy Started Him</b></h2><p>Kraftcheck&rsquo;s play in the playoffs was watched with approval by a man who once paid his salary, Jim Hendy, president of the Cleveland Barons. It was from Hendy that the Bruins purchased Steve last summer.</p><p>&ldquo;There wasn&rsquo;t a better defenseman in our league this year,&rdquo; declared Hendy. &ldquo;That course under Heller was just what Steve needed.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;It may not be generally known, but Kraftcheck made a tremendous jump when he started out,&rdquo; Cleveland&rsquo;s hockey genius revealed. &ldquo;He jumped straight from Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; to the Pacific Coast League. I got him a year later, but it turned out that the gaps in his development were a little too tough to span.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s ready now, though,&rdquo; opined Hendy. &ldquo;One thing of which I&rsquo;m certain is that no one will go around him.&rdquo;</p><p>Besides the unusual manner In which Kraftcheck popped up for the playoffs, there was another oddity connected with his participation.</p><p>There is still an aura of mystery surrounding Kraftcheck, and Max Quackenbush too, for that matter. They crossed paths in November in what was supposed to be a straight exchange of defensemen. But if Kraftcheck was eligible for recall by the Bruins, whose property does that make the younger Quackenbush, Boston&rsquo;s or Detroit&rsquo;s? And to whom does Kraftcheck belong, Boston or Detroit?</p><p>If Kraftcheck was a pleasant surprise in the playoffs, so were three of his four co-workers, Murray Henderson, Laycoe and Max Quack. Bill Quackenbush was expected to be his All-Star self, and he was.</p><p>But Henderson came back for the second game after having been idle for two weeks with broken ribs and turned in a series of splendid performances with no conditioning background. So, to a lesser degree, did Laycoe, who was hampered by a broken bone in his foot during the playoff preparation period. Max Quack demonstrated a new high in confidence and initiative, so that while Patrick had other worries during the series, the status of his defense corps wasn&rsquo;t one of them.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0002-03

Kraftcheck No Bust He Dished It Up For B’s In Series Opener

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>M</span>ONTREAL &mdash; While no player has been chosen to all four HOCKEY NEWS fans&rsquo; All Star Teams, the man closest to it is Detroit&rsquo;s terrific Ted Lindsay. He has won top honors three times since sport fans began picking their own teams back in the 1947-48 season. Ted&rsquo;s mentor, Tommy Ivan, has an equal record, being named three times as coach of the Stars. He missed out last season, taking a back seat to Hap Day, former play director of the Leafs. Lindsay missed out in 1948-49, when Roy Conacher was chosen.</b></p><p><b>Outside of Toronto defenseman Jimmy Thomson, who won First Team honors in 1947-48, all the others on this year&rsquo;s squad are making their first apperance in the limelight.</b></p><p><b>Maurice Richard, Kenny Reardon and Doug Bentley are the other players who have made the First Team on two occasions. Richard was beaten out by Bud Poile in 1947-48 and again by Gordie Howe this year.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Lindsay and Ivan Three-Time Stars

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01106/1152867-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>The People&rsquo;s Choice!</i></b></p><p><b>THE HOCKEY NEWS Fan&rsquo;s All-Star Team. Top left to right. Red Kelly, Detroit, Defense; center, Terry Sawchuck, Detroit, Goal; right, Jim Thomson, Toronto, Defense; Center, below Sawchuk Is Tommy Ivan, Detroit, Coach. Bottom, left to right: Gord Howe, Detroit, Right Wing; Center Milt Schmidt, Boston; right, Ted Lindsay, Detroit, Left Wing.</b></p></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>H</span>ere is the tale of the ballots, the summary of the way the fans voted in THE HOCKEY NEWS National Hockey League All-Star Poll for 1950-51. Point totals are shown for the six leading vote-getters at each position &mdash; seven in the case of the goalkeepers since Al Rollins and Turk Broda of the Toronto Maple Leafs split the ballots, just as they split the goal chores during the regular season.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0288/1152860-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1062" height="890"></div><p><b>In the four columns after each player&rsquo;s name are shown the number of first place choices voted by the fans, the number of seconds and third choices. The ballots were weighted to arrive at a fair point total, with five points being allowed for each first place vote, three for second and one for third.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0357/1152853-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1060" height="901"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0003-01

This Is How Fans Voted

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Detroit Red Wings dominated the All-Star voting among the fans just as thoroughly as they dominated the National Hockey League throughout the regular season, and when the ballots were all accounted for the Red Wings had walked off with four playing positions and the coaching spot as well to virtually monopolize the First Team.</p><p>Toronto and Boston were the only other League clubs to get a look-in on the First All-Star Team, taking one position each.</p><p>It was a different story on the Second Team, where the runner-up Maple Leafs took over three playing positions and the coaching nomination. Boston, Detroit and Montreal each placed one man on the Second Team.</p><p>Here is how the fans picked them in the Fourth Annual All Star Poll conducted by THE HOCKEY NEWS:</p><p><b>First Team &mdash; Terry Sawchuk. Detroit, Goal; Red Kelly, Detroit, and Jim Thomson, Toronto, Defense; Milt Schmidt, Boston, Center; Gordie Howe, Detroit, Right Wing, Ted Lindsay, Detroit, Left Wing; Tommy Ivan. Detroit, Coach.</b></p><p><b>Second Team &mdash; Al Rollins, Toronto, Goal; Bill Quackenbush, Boston, and Leo Reise, Detroit, Defense; Ted Kennedy, Toronto, Center; Maurice Richard, Montreal, Right Wing; Sid Smith. Toronto, Left Wing; Joe Primeau, Toronto, Coach.</b></p><p>The ballotting was conducted just before the playoffs started, and thus follows closely the relative merits of the players during the regular league schedule. Detroit walked off with top honors in the 70-game stretch, with Toronto right behind them and the rest out of the running. The fans, in their voting returns, have judged the players on that basis.</p><p>Most eagerly awaited decision In the voting, naturally, was the result of the fight for honors between Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard, with the Red Wing nipping in under the wire just eight points ahead of his rival from the bleu-blanc-rouge crew.</p><p>The fact that these two stood out head and shoulders above all their competition was shown in the point totals. With five points allotted for each first place vote, three for a second and one for a third, the big scorers nailed down the lion&rsquo;s share of the ballots. Howe finished up with 15,284 points and Richard with 15,276 &mdash; both totals far ahead of any racked up in previous years when the competition was closer.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1031/1152798-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="261" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>THE SECOND TEAM</i></b></p><p><b>Al Rollins</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1119/1152791-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg" title="f0004-11" width="256" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Sid Smith</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-126/1152784-1-eng-US/f0004-122.jpg" title="f0004-12" width="258" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Kennedy</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-133/1152777-1-eng-US/f0004-132.jpg" title="f0004-13" width="252" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Maurice Richard</b></figcaption></div><p>Howe and Richard had the field almost to themselves, with their nearest rival, Tod Sloan of Toronto, picking up only 2,562 points. The rest of the League had to be content with the scraps, as outside of Sloan and the two big boys, no other player collected as many as 1,000 points.</p><p>Left wing was a runaway race, too. with one man making the news here. Detroit&rsquo;s Ted Lindsay, who has been on two of the fans&rsquo; teams previously, scored a record point total of 16,916, the most any individual has ever garnered since THE HCCKEY NEWS launched this poll four years ago.</p><p>Away in the dust behind Ted was Toronto&rsquo;s Sid Smith with 6,358 points. Roy Conacher, the only other player to occupy the Left Wing berth, on the First Team In these four years, finished third with 4,811 points. Bert Olmstead of Montreal and Woody Dumart of Boston were the other two to gain a reasonable slice of the points.</p><p>Outside of the right wing tapestretcher, the only other close decision came when the customers settled down to pick out their choice as the Coach, of the Year. Tommy Ivan, a previous two-time winner, came out ahead of Toronto&rsquo;s Joe Primeau by less than 300 points &mdash; or 60 first place votes on the five point basis. Ivan finished with a total of 8,305 against Primeau&rsquo;s 8,033. Ivan&rsquo;s total was ahead of that needed to elect Hap Day last season, but well under his peak mark of 9,460 in the 1948-49 voting.</p><h2><b>Two Favorite Rearguards</b></h2><p>For the defense positions, sentiment was fairly evenly divided between Red Kelly of Detroit and Thomson of Toronto. The Red Wings redhead notched 11,074 points against 10,506 for Thomson, and both qualified for the First Team.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-143/1152770-1-eng-US/f0004-142.jpg" title="f0004-14" width="260" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>B. Quackenbush</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-152/1152763-1-eng-US/f0004-152.jpg" title="f0004-15" width="242" height="383"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Leo Reise</b></figcaption></div><p>Bill Quackenbush of Boston, who made the Team once before in 1948-49 when he was a star at Detroit, finished third with 9,174 points and Detroit&rsquo;s Leo Reise took the other Second Team berth with his mark of 8,554. The others, headed by Gus Mort-son and Allan Stanley, weren&rsquo;t even close to the Big Four.</p><p>The point totals compiled by Kelly and Thompson were good enough to beat those picked up by the front-runners last season, but far below the 14,000-plus marked up by Kenny Reardon and Quackenbush two years ago when they spreadeagled the field in the voting as well as on the ice.</p><p>Oldtimer Milt Schmidt of Boston, now in his 13th Big League campaign, won in a romp over Ted Kennedy of Toronto. The Boston veteran had 9,078 points against Kennedy&rsquo;s 7,528. Pivotman of Detroit&rsquo;s Production Line, Sid Abel, took third place honors with his 5,727 points, away below the 8,855 he chalked up last season when the fans named him as the loop&rsquo;s best at that position.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-10

Boston, Toronto Only Others To Make No. 1 Team

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-162/1153041-1-eng-US/f0004-162.jpg" title="f0004-16" width="276" height="445"></div><p><b>MOST ENJOYABLE MOVIE:</b></p><p>Any picture starring Doris Day.</p><p><b>TWO BEST ACTORS:</b></p><p>John Wayne and Glenn Ford.</p><p><b>TWO BEST ACTRESSES:</b></p><p>Doris Day and Ava Gardner.</p><p><b>PREFERS TO WEAR:</b></p><p>Sports clothes.</p><p><b>FAVORITE HOBBY:</b></p><p>Golf.</p><p><b>BEST GIRL VOCALIST:</b></p><p>Doris Day.</p><p><b>BEST MAN VOCALIST:</b></p><p>Perry Como.</p><p><b>FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSIC:</b></p><p>Popular.</p><p><b>BEST CLASSICAL COMPOSITION:</b></p><p>Be My Love.</p><p><b>BEST POPULAR COMPOSITION:</b></p><p>The Glenn Miller version of Harbor Lights.</p><p><b>FAVORITE ORCHESTRA:</b></p><p>Glenn Miller.</p><p><b>BEST COMPOSER:</b></p><p>Johann Strauss.</p><p><b>LIKES TO READ:</b></p><p>Almost anything.</p><p><b>TWO BEST RADIO PROGRAMS:</b></p><p>Not very interested in radio programs, but likes the &ldquo;Hit Parade&rdquo;.</p><p><b>WHEN RETIRED FROM PLAYING, WOULD LIKE TO:</b></p><p>Own a business.</p><p><b>FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT:</b></p><p>Florida.</p><p><b>SHOOTS GOLF:</b></p><p>In the high 70&rsquo;s and low 80&rsquo;s.</p><p><b>IN THE SUMMER:</b></p><p>Plays golf, baseball, softball and swims.</p><p><b>BEST COMIC STRIP:</b></p><p>Winnie Winkle.</p><p><b>FAVORITE PLACE TO LIVE:</b></p><p>Saskatoon.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-16

INSIDE STUFF ABOUT

<div class="byline">By KEN MCKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01174/1153010-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="262" height="417"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>M</span>ONTREAL&mdash;&rdquo;HOW DID YOU</b> beat them, Dick? How did you beat a team that finished 18 full games ahead of you during the regular season?&rdquo; we asked Dick Irvin, coach of the Canadiens &hellip; &ldquo;Better team, that&rsquo;s all&rdquo;, he quickly answered. &ldquo;Remember, we didn&rsquo;t have this team until February 15,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;The 10 rookies on our club are hungry and they have been instrumental in the veterans hustling more. As a result the whole team is full of the old desire to win. This team has the best spirit of any club I&rsquo;ve seen in 21 years of coaching in the National Hockey League. Spirit like that will carry you a long way,&rdquo; Irvin rhapsodized&hellip; Jack Adams, general manager of the vanquished Red Wings, could hardly believe it was true. &ldquo;We just couldn&rsquo;t get the breaks when we needed them,&rdquo; Adams said in the Detroit dressing room where he spent the last five minutes of the final game. Jack can&rsquo;t stand the tension and excitement of these Stanley Cup playoffs anymore and usually spends the last part of every game either in the dressing room or walking around the arena. He spent the dying minutes of two other playoff games in Montreal by riding around in a taxi&hellip; Terry Sawchuk, Detroit goalie, was yanked in the last minute of the final game as the Wings made a gallant last-minute stand in an effort to tie it up. Sawchuk went straight to the dressing room where he put his head in his hands and had a good cry. Adams threw his arm around the kid and said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not your fault, Terry. You gave your best.&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;Thanks Mr. Adams,&rdquo; Terry answered&hellip; Detroit players were dum-founded in the dressing room after the game. They just couldn&rsquo;t figure out how they lost&hellip; Leo Reise summed it up pretty well when he said, &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got no excuses. We were outplayed. Canadiens did everything they were supposed to do and simply outplayed us.&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;That Gerry McNeil beat us&rdquo;, chorused a couple of Red Wings. &ldquo;Did you ever see such goalkeeping in a playoff series as that guy threw at us,&rdquo; they shouted&hellip; &ldquo;Guess we just didn&rsquo;t have enough,&rdquo; Sid Abel, Detroit captain, remarked&hellip; Coach Tommy Ivan felt very glum after the fray but managed to force a smile in saying goodbye to some of his Montreal friends.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02155/1153003-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="268" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gerry McNeil</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0394/1152996-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="280" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dicl; Irvin</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0464/1152989-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="271" height="426"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ted Lindsay</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0555/1152982-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="265" height="381"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jack Adams</b></figcaption></div><p><b>&ldquo;BEST PLAYOFF GAME</b> I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo; said King Clancy in the Montreal dressing room. Clancy coached McNeil at Cincinnati last year and was high in his praise of the clever netminder. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s the kind of a goalie he is. He&rsquo;ll be in there when the chips are on the line. He&rsquo;ll win the tough games for you,&rdquo; Clancy raved&hellip; It was generally agreed that McNeil was the surprise hero of the round. His play was faultless and veteran hockey writers and hockey executives stated they had never seen a better exhibition of goaltending in a playoff series as that shown by McNeil. The tiny 24-year-old cage custodian, a native of Quebec City who speaks French as well as he does English, was at his best when the pressure was the heaviest. He just stood there perfectly relaxed chawing on his gum &hellip; Maurice Richard and Billy Reay are two players who stood out for Canadiens throughout the entire series. Richard scored four goals and two of these won hockey games. He was driving in every game. His poke at Ted Lindsay is credited by many as being the straw that broke Detroit&rsquo;s back&hellip; &ldquo;That punch the Rocket hit Lindsay with in Detroit last Thursday won the series for us,&rdquo; Irvin pointed out. &ldquo;It took the starch right out of them. It&rsquo;s what won the last two games for us.&rdquo; &hellip;Detroit followers couldn&rsquo; account for the way the Wings folded in the fifth game after being ahead 2-0 in the second period. &ldquo;The second period has been our jinx period all season,&rdquo; one Detroit player mentioned&hellip; Before the playoffs started Leo Reise called the series to end in six games with Detroit on top. After the game he reluctantly admitted he called the number of games right but had the wrong team on top&hellip; Reise played a horse of a game for the Wings throughout the entire series. He was out on his feet at the end&hellip; Billy Reay, who spent a goodly portion of this season riding the bench, has played brilliantly in the playoffs. Reay came through with the winning goal in the important fifth game and started the Canadiens on their way in the sixth contest with the first marker of the night. He alternated at center with Paul Masnick on Canadiens new &ldquo;Kid Line&rdquo;, which has Boom Boom Geoffrion and Paul Meger on the wings &hellip; Montreal&rsquo;s checking trio of Ken Mosdell, Floyd Curry and Calum MacKay did a splendid job of bottling up the Production Line. &ldquo;I think Curry did a great job checking Lindsay&rdquo;, stated Irvin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0645/1152975-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="271" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Reay</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0739/1152968-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="262" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Goldham</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0834/1152961-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="290" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bud MacPherson</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0934/1152954-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="252" height="411"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Floyd Curry</b></figcaption></div><p><b>BOB GOLDHAM</b> played a strong game on defense for Detroit. He was cut for seven stitches in the sixth game when Elmer Lach fired the puck from about 30 feet. The puck hit Goldham in the temple&hellip; Bud MacPherson was a standout on defense for Canadiens. He was throwing his weight around to good advantage and did a lot to slow up the Detroit forwards&hellip; Butch Bouchard, Tom Johnson and Doug Harvey all played strong games on the Montreal blueline&hellip; Only twice in 56 Stanley Cup series in the past 33 years has a cub lost the first two games on Its own ice and recovered to win the series and this year wag no exception. Detroit did it once against Boston in the first round in 1945&hellip; Metro Prystai didn&rsquo;t play the sixth game. He had a badly infected tooth removed and was a sick boy&hellip; Canadiens and Detroit have met in Stanley Cup playoffs five times and this was the first time Montreal came out as winners. In 1949, Detroit won in seven games; in 1942, it was Detroit in three games; in 1937, It was Detroit again in three games, while in 1937, Detroit downed Canadiens three games to two&hellip; Fans lined up for ducats at 5.30 p.m., the night before the sixth game was scheduled. They slept In the Forum lobby during the night and were served hot coffee by Forum ushers&hellip; Saturday was a big day for Bud MacPherson. He became the father of a baby girl in the morning and at night helped Canadiens beat Detroit. The win means $1,000 more to each Montreal player. For eliminating Detroit in the semi-finals each player received $1,000 and the least they can get in the finals is $500&hellip; Yes, sir, it was quite a series and Canadiens deserve every accolade that comes their way.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01182/1152947-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="288" height="407"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>S. Kraftcheck</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02147/1152940-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="266" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fern Flaman</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03122/1152933-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="283" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Max Bentley</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0493/1152926-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="314" height="485"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Howie Meeker</b></figcaption></div><p><b>BOSTON&mdash;MILT SCHMIDT</b> and Turk Broda have been the individual stars of this rugged series. Schmidt has played the last three games for the Bruins with two badly injured knees. He had to arrive at the Boston dressing room hours before game time in order that Trainer Hammy Moore could tape them properly. Even With two bad knees he played a terrific game for the Beantowners and was definitely the spark of the team. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a gallant guy. It makes you proud to think that he&rsquo;s in this business,&rdquo; said Conn Smythe of the Leafs&hellip; When Dr. Torn Kelley, Boston club doctor, was asked how the Bruins would be after three days rest, he replied: &ldquo;Our team (Schmidt) has two bad legs but a big heart.&rdquo; &hellip; Turk Broda, Toronto&rsquo;s fabulous fat man. is still the greatest money player in hockey. The rotund Turkey came up with numerous brilliant saves during the past three games. His save off Milt Schmidt while minus his stick was a triller&hellip; Broda has played goal on four Stanley Cup champions and his goals-against average and shutout record in playoff competition is superb &hellip; It was the difference in goalkeeping that spelled the difference between the teams in the fourth game which Toronto won 3-1&hellip; Jack Gelineau In the Boston nets has been a big disappointment in this series. He&rsquo;s fanned on three long shots that any major league goalie should have blocked &hellip; Bill Ezinicki has been getting plenty of praise for his stellar play against his former teammates. Wild Willie has been really rocking the Leaf players with his solid checks. He&rsquo;s trying to make the Leafs look bad in trading him away. Right from the first game Ezzie has been rattling Cal Gardner with checks and Gardner has been a little upset about it. A reporter asked Ezzie if he had any particular feud with Gardner. Ezinicki said. &ldquo;No, I just like to hit anything in a blue sweater.&rdquo; &hellip; Conn Smythe has had lots of praise for his former player. &ldquo;Ezinicki certainly does his part but he can&rsquo;t do it all. If he makes our boys keep their heads up his teammates should score the goals.&rdquo; Smythe was asked if he&rsquo;d take Ezinicki back. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d take him back anytime. I&rsquo;m worrying now about the hospital bills he&rsquo;s liable to cause us while he&rsquo;s out on the ice,&rdquo; Smythe snapped.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0578/1152919-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="270" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Dune Fisher</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0671/1152912-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="282" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill Chadwick</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0763/1152905-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="242" height="381"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Harry Watson</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-0861/1152898-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="246" height="391"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jack Gelineau</b></figcaption></div><p><b>DUNC FISHER</b> has not felt up to par since Bill Bariiko slammed him into the boards in the overtime session of the second game. He suffered a dizzy spell the first time he was sent on the ice following the spill. The Boston management tried a helmet on Fisher but his 12-stitch wound proved too tender and the helmet was removed&hellip; Lynn Paatrlck used nine different forward combinations In the third game&hellip; One trio had Max Quackenbush at center with Eddie Kryzanowski and Lorne Ferguson on the wings. It was the first time Max had played center since his Junior B days in Toronto &hellip; Dave Creighton is called &ldquo;Snowshoes&rdquo; by some of the Boston Garden fans. Creighton was elated at the opportunity to take a regular turn on the forward line and played quite well, too &hellip; Harry Watson, injured Leaf left winger, must be the highest paid messenger boy in the National Hockey League. Harry sits with Conn Smythe at the games and delivers communiques from Smythe to Coach Joe Primeau. Harry has had lots of training in delivering messages as he used to be a telepgraph boy back in his home town of Saskatoon &hellip; Someone asked Smythe what the messages said. &ldquo;What does it matter. They worked, didn&rsquo;t they?&rdquo;, the Toronto prez answered &hellip; The Toronto press were giving Pete Horeck a going-over on what happened when he ran into Goalie Al Rollins in the first period of the first game. Horeck, who watched the Kefauver crime hearings on television recently, squelched the Inquirer with, &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t say anything without seeing my lawyer&rdquo; &hellip; Boston writers had their first look at the Bruins black uniforms in the games at Toronto. The B&rsquo;s wear the black sweaters in Toronto only as a favor to Smythe who Insists that the blacks offer a better contrast for movies taken on Toronto&rsquo;s white ice&hellip; Bespectacled Hal Laycoe has played well on the Boston defense. He&rsquo;s covered up well in front of the Boston goal and set up several dangerous Bruins sorties&hellip; Steve Kraftcheck, the rookie defenseman the Bruins were ready to write off a dead loss before the playoffs started, has played remarkably well. He&rsquo;s been tossing his weight around plenty and has made very few mistakes back of the Boston blueline. Jim Hendy, G. M. of the Cleveland Barons and the party responsible for Kraftcheck playing in the N.H.L. had this to say about the big defenseman. &ldquo;No one will outrough him. He won&rsquo;t back down from anyone in the league and once he finds himself will be the hardest-hitting rearguard in the circuit.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0004-01

Along The Cup Trail

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01127/1153100-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Beginning of the End</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02110/1153093-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="269" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bernie Geoffrion</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Was it spirit and hustle? Was it youthful legs or was it Maurice Richard&rsquo;s punch that caused the N.H.L.&rsquo;s biggest upset since the Chicago Black Hawks tugged Goaler Alfie Moore out of a Toronto Tavern back in 1937 to win the Stanley Cup:</p><p>Who knows?</p><p>You could have taken 15 different answers around the Forum after the fourth place Montreal Canadiens had disposed of the powerful Detroit Red Wings in the sixth game of their best of seven Stanley Cup semi-final series.</p><p>Frank Selke, Habs G. M. opinioned that his club won because they were hungrier than the successful Wings. &ldquo;There are 10 first year men on this club,&rdquo; said Selke and the only thing they have on their minds is to cop that cup. And because those kids are hungry the vets have to show more zip or else they may be out of jobs.&rdquo;</p><p>That was one opinion.</p><p>&ldquo;A Better Team,&rdquo; Says Irvin The man who ran the team had a few more opinions. Said Mr. Irvin: &ldquo;We won it because we were a better team. We didn&rsquo;t have this club until the 15th of February.&rdquo;</p><p>Irvin was in rare form after his boys had brought him victory.</p><p>&ldquo;In all my years in the business I&rsquo;ve never seen a club with so much spirit and hustle. That&rsquo;s another reason why we won,&rdquo; he Said.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0386/1153086-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="551" height="874"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Stopped Hoive</i></b></p><p><b>CAL MACKAY</b></p></figcaption></div><p>But to top off his reasons the old Greyhaird Mastermind called Maurice Richard&rsquo;s punch that set Ted Lindsay back on his rump, the turning point in the series.</p><p>&ldquo;You can call this the &ldquo;one punch series&rdquo;, he laughed, &ldquo;because that&rsquo;s what won It for us.&rdquo;</p><p>Some may go for that as a reason, others may not. The punch certainly didn&rsquo;t ruin the Wings, but it didn&rsquo;t help them either. Seeing Lindsay laying on the ice like a fighter taking a count may have had it effects on the rest of the club but to say it was the turning point may also be stretching it a little far. True the Habs picked up gait after the punch was thrown but desire and hustle had more to do with winning than the punch itself.</p><p>The collapse of the Wings&rsquo; defense may be the answer to the questions. On the offensive the Red Wings were powerful, but defensively they were nothing to write home about. Best of the rearguards was undoubtedly Leo Reise with Goldham also showing better than he ever did before. Off color for the whole series was Red Kelly who failed to pick up a point in the complete six games. Showing the wear and tear of the long 70 games schedule Kelly&rsquo;s failure to continue into the playoffs at the same level he played throughout the season had the experts wondering.</p><p>&ldquo;They played that kid to death in the season. He was useless to them in the playoffs,&rdquo; said Irvin.</p><h2><b>Wings Missed Jack Stewart</b></h2><p>Marcel Pronovost was also a tower of strength offensively for the Wings but defensively he showed little. Likewise Benny Woit and Clare Martin when they played. For the first time in years the Wings were without a rearguard corps who could belt their opposition around. That they missed Black Jack Stewart on the blueline there is no doubt. That the Wings will now start to look through their farm system for a hard hitter to replace either Martin or Pronovost there also seems to be little doubt.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0466/1153079-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="530" height="539"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Who&rsquo;s Crazy?</i></b></p><p><b>DICK IRVIN</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The story of the Canadiens amazing surge to newspaper headlines as the &ldquo;Cinderella Team&rdquo; of 1950-51 started against the New York Rangers just a few weeks before the season closed.</p><p>Playing a home and home series against the Blues, the Canadiens came from behind in both games to win one and tie the second on New York Ice. That second game was the one that put them into the playoffs. Behind 5-2, with minutes to go, the Habs caught fire and scored three within the space of a few seconds. Bouchard connected for the tying marker with McNeil sitting on the fence in favor of the extra forward. The game ended in a 5-5 draw and from then on the Canadiens were alive with hustle. They swept from fifth place into third and stayed there. In their final home and home series against the Red Wings they won the one played in the Forum 3-2 and clinched third place. They also won the Vezina Trophy for the Leafs.</p><p>Going into the playoffs the Canadiens were given about as much chance to upset the powerful Wings as the Wright Brothers trying to race a jet. In Detroit Dick Irvin asked a railbird if he though Canadiens had a chance.</p><p>&ldquo;Don&rsquo;t be crazy,&rdquo; said the onlooker. I don&rsquo;t think you&rsquo;ll win a game &mdash; in fact I don&rsquo;t think your team.will even score a goal.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;Oh, I don&rsquo;t know,&rdquo; replied Irvin. &ldquo;I think we may score one or two.&rdquo;</p><p>Even in Toronto there was reported to be a collection going on to pay a psychiatrist to psycho-analize Irvin for wanting to play the Wings in the post season run for Lord Stanley&rsquo;s $50. mug.</p><p>One Toronto newspaper quoted a guy named Smythe as saying: &ldquo;Irvin knows he can&rsquo;t win against either the Wings or Leafs but it would be less embarrassing to lose to Detroit.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;So I&rsquo;m crazy,&rdquo; laughed Irvin.</p><h2><b>McNeil Stops Wings</b></h2><p>The first game of the series turned out to be marathoner. It went into the first minutes of the fourth overtime session before Richard broke it up by stealing the puck from Kelly, shifting Reise out of his socks and then lifting a neat one past Sawchuck. Although Richard was the hero McNeil was the guy who saved the day for his club. His goaling in that game was sensational. It was called the greatest game of net minding ever seen, by many. He stopped Howe, Lindsay and Able at regular intervals. It was so unbelievable that the Detroit papers named him &ldquo;McNeil the Magician.&rdquo;</p><p>Athough the defeat was stunning to both the Wings and Detroit&rsquo;s favourite followers they were far from downhearted.</p><p>&ldquo;It was like walking into one hit pitching the first time out,&rdquo; muttered G. M. Jack Adams. &ldquo;That kid was great, but we&rsquo;ll get them next time.&rdquo;</p><p>It was during this game that Irvin put his mastermind to work.</p><p>Between the second and third overtime sessions he made his charges change their soaking wet underwear. That, he said would eliminate at least two or three pounds from each player.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0545/1153072-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="1149" height="1153"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Stopped Wings</i></b></p><p><b>GERRY McNEIL &hellip; &hellip;Saw Green Light</b></p></figcaption></div><p>The next time out was two nights later. Still favoured to cop the series the Wings once again ran into, little Gerry McNeil and while he kept the big bad Wings from his doorstep the Habs kept knocking at Terry Sawchuck&rsquo;s cage. It was the Richard-McNeil to the Canadiens. The Rocket blasted a backhander into Sawchuck&rsquo;s net in the overtime (see combination that brought victory picture on Page 5) and the Habs stole out of Detroit with a 1-0 victory and a two game lead under their belts.</p><p>It was here that the experts began to get worried. Taking two games in a row on Detroit ice was unbelievable if not stunning.</p><p>The Wings brought in Benny Woit from Indianapolis with hopes of getting back into the series race.</p><h2><b>The Home Ice Jinx</b></h2><p>In Montreal for the third and fourth games the Canadiens were short favourites to win. On past performances they showed to be the club who could came through in the pinches. However, the experts were playing the odds. In both the Montreal-Detroit series and the Boston-Toronto series no club had managed to win a game on home ice in the first four. And that&rsquo;s the way it was slated to continue until the final game.</p><p>On home ice the Habs didn&rsquo;t have much. The third game was their poorest as the Wings out skated and outplayed them to win 2-0. Howe scored the first goal as he crept in on McNeil after taking a long rinkwide pass from Goldham. Cal MacKay was changing with Olmstead as the play continued and while the two were pulling the switch Howe, unguarded, took the pass and made no mistake. McNeil, who had blanked the Wings through 180 minutes of play, could not stop the Wings that night, even though he was still miraculous.</p><p>The next game was even worse for the Habs as the series continued topsy-turvy. The Wings won 4-1 with two in the second period and two in the third,</p><p>The Canadiens failed to untrack themselves in tlie two games at home. They were outchecked and for the first time outhustled.</p><p>The fifth game was the &ldquo;one punch&rdquo; game, the punch which Irvin claims won his club the right to meet the Leafs in the final round. Richard admitted that it was the hardest punch he&rsquo;s ever thrown since he became a big leaguer.</p><p>It was during the second period that the incident took place and consequently the rejuvination of the Canadiens. Lindsay lost his strick at mid-ice and then tried to freeze the puck along the boards in his own zone. Richard followed Lindsay into the boards and Skov followed the Frenchman. In the rumpus that followed Rocket let go his lightening fast right, and Teddy hit the ice and the Habs hit the ceiling. For his right hand punch Richard took a two minute penalty and a five minute major while Lindsay took just a minor.</p><p>It was while the Canadiens were a man short that they scored their first goal to make the score 2-1. Reay, playing the best hockey he has shown all season took Meger&rsquo;s pass and shot the disc past Sawshuk. Before the period ended the Habs were leading 3-2 and coasted home in the last period as the Wings all but fell spart.</p><p>The sixth game was the thriller. From start to finish it was just end to end hockey. Not a penalty was called by Referee Bill Chadwick who handled the game in perfect fashion. For two periods both clubs came so close that fans sat on the end of their seats waiting and waiting for the one that would break the game wide open. In one play Jimmy Peters had and open net to shoot the puck into. He hit the post and Richard pick up the disc skated into the Wings territory and then shot a 15 footer that looked labelled but which also hit the post.</p><p>Young Boom Boom Geoffrion, who turned &lsquo;professional with the Canucks on the 15th of February, started the Habs on their way. He blasted a shot that Billy Reay tipped into the Wings&rsquo; net at 6:49 of the last period. But less than a minute later Sid Abel, who was the outstanding forward for the Detroiters, connected on a sharp angle shot and the game was tied. It was Richard again who put the Habs. ahead 2-1 when he skated in, stole the puck from Pavelich behind the Wings&rsquo; net and scooted around to whip a beckhander that caroomed off Sawzhuk&rsquo;s pads into the cage. That goal came at 9:35. At 15:45 the clincher came on a breakaway by Mosdell. He outskated Reise and slid the puck along the ice past Sawchuk. If that one punch that Richard threw killed the Wings then they didn&rsquo;t know how to play dead. During the last minute of play they pulled Sawchuk from the cage and used their famous five man front wall with Howe in the rear to shoot the puck through the screen of players.</p><p>The play worked for one goal at 19:15. Howe shot the puck into the Habs cage as the crowd stood on their toes and screamed their heads off. Lindsay, for some reason or other as given creat for the goal, but Howe scored it.</p><p>With five seconds to go the Wings in a desperation last play tried everything. But Irvin played it smart and put on Lach and Richard to curb the threat. Had their been more time the score might have been tied for one second after the green light went on Abal shot the puck into the net. McNeil obliged by throwing his stick into the air and it nearly came down on Referee Bill Chadwick&rsquo;s head.</p><p>The Canadiens were a delirious bunch after the game was over.</p><p>&ldquo;That was really tough,&rdquo; said McNeil. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m sure glad it is over. I was so happy I let that last puck go into the net. I could see the green light on.&rdquo;</p><p>Bert Olmstead, who came from a last place club to the Canucks could hardly believe it. &ldquo;It sure feels good to do that,&rdquo; he laughed.</p><p>Elmer Lach, the grand old guy who refused to quit, laughed and then sat back. &ldquo;We did it,&rdquo; he yelled, &ldquo;they said we couldn&rsquo;t do it, but we did.&rdquo;</p><p>Somebody asked him how his ankle was.</p><p>&ldquo;Not too bad,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>&ldquo;Will you be able to use It against the Leafs?&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;If I can&rsquo;t, I&rsquo;ll get a wooden one,&rdquo; he belowed.</p><p>Maurice Richard clenched his fist. It was the one that sent Lindsay reeling. Somebody asked why he didn&rsquo;t throw one at Pavelich.</p><p>&ldquo;He wouldn&rsquo;t come close enough,&rdquo; said the Ricket.</p><p>And while all this was going on Big Bud MacPherson was passing out the cigars. The morning of the game his wife gave berth to a girl in Edmonton, Alberta.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;d better call her Pretty Red Wing,&rdquo; somebody screamed.</p><p>Dick Irvin credited the Mosdell, Curry and MacKay line with doing a great job in holding the Wings&rsquo; big line from scoring. All three were outstanding in checking the trio to a standstill.</p><p>The Detroit dressing room was a quiet spot. Jack Adams predicted that the Canadiens would win the Stanley Cup.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s unbelievable, but it&rsquo;s true,&rdquo; said Jolly Jawn after he had received word that his club had lost 3-2.</p><p>&ldquo;Who would have believed that Canadiens would knock us out after we finished 18 games ahead of them in the schedule?&rdquo; he asked.</p><p>Adams, because of a heart condition retired to the Detroit dressing room with about five minutes to go in the game.</p><p>&ldquo;The third period drive is too much for me,&rdquo; he explained.</p><p>Adams called the series one of breaks. &ldquo;We got them, in two games and the Canadiens got them in four.</p><p>Ted Lindsay was the first to break the news to Adams. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re out of it tough little Left Winger yelled, &ldquo;let&rsquo;s get the hell out of here.</p><p>Adams, feeling a little low, gave Terry Sawchuk a hug when the huge goaler joined him in the dressing room after he&rsquo;d been taken from the nets in favour of another forward.</p><p>&ldquo;Sawchuk, with tears in his eyes, apologized to Adams for letting him down.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not your fault, Terry,&rdquo; said Adams. &ldquo;You. gave your best.&rdquo;</p><p>Adams wasn&rsquo;t wrong there. Whoever was to blame for the Wings&rsquo; defeat it wasn&rsquo;t Sawchuk. Although overshadowed by McNeil in the Habs&rsquo; nets Terry was a powerhouse in goal and gave a splendid performance.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0005-01

Wings’ Defense Fails To Hold Canucks

<p><b>INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p><b>Founded..October 1, 1947</b></p><p><b>Published by Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Building, Montreal, Que.</b></p><p><b>Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.S.A.</b></p><p><b>Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Entered as second class mail at the Post Office in Buffalo, N.Y., and Saint Albans, Vt.</b></p><p><b>Return all U.S. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Bidg., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.</b></p><p><b>Printed in Canada</b></p><p><b>Vol. 4 April 14. 1951 No. 28</b></p><p>Detroit Red Wings must take the bitter along with the sweet this week &mdash; the sting of defeat with gratification of stardom. For, just as the results of the fans&rsquo; All-Star voting are announced in this issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, the club which captured the lion&rsquo;s share of the First Team positions is sitting out the balance of the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><p>Jack Adams&rsquo; Red Wings &mdash; the star-studded squad which finished away up the track at the head of the National Hockey League parade, with a point total never before attained &mdash; were knocked out of further participation in the Cup hunt by Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night last. They were overpowered by superior spirit and drive in a short series where their long-distance superiority over the regular season was worth nothing.</p><p>What made the first round upset so much more amazing to the Detroit team and followers was the fact that the squad which knocked them out in six games was the same team which the experts had picked to run out of the money before the season ever started! On paper, before the N.H.L. schedule got under way, Montreal Canadiens were judged weak in all departments, crippled by the retirement of their great goalkeeper, Bill Durnan, and sprakplug defenseman Kenny Reardon.</p><p>But the experts were proved to be wrong &mdash; as they have been before and will be again &mdash; and the Habitants of Frank Selke and Dick Irvin caught fire in the late stages of the race. That same drive and determination which carried them into the third place playoff position in the late stages of the season also, brought them through on.top in the semi-finals against a team that by all precedents and calculations should have walked over them easily.</p><p>Now Dick Irvin&rsquo;s &ldquo;Miracle Men&rdquo; lock horns with Toronto Maple Leafs in what should be a real battle of the giants, if past meetings between these two keen rivals can be taken as a basis. Whenever Canucks and Leafs get together in the playoffs, the customers are assured of a fast and rugged series, with plenty of action, thrills and spills.</p><p>The Stanley Cup final this year takes on added interest for fans north of the border because it marks the first time since the Spring of 1947 that two Canadian clubs have met in one of their rare clashes since teams located in United States cities began to outnumber those based in the country of hockey&rsquo;s origin.</p><p>Leafs and Canadiens also were the principal antoganists in the 1946-47 final, with the Smythe men taking the verdict four games to two. Previous to that, you have to go all the way back to 1934-35 for another all-Canadian fixture. That was the year Toronto and the now defunct Montreal Maroons met, with the fabulous millionaires from Montreal taking the duke three games to none in the best-of-five series which was then played to decide the winner of the coveted trophy.</p><p>The one big question as the series opened was whether Canadiens can maintain their blistering pace to shunt the Leafs aside. Finishing the regular season as the &ldquo;hottest and hungriest&rdquo; team in the loop, the Habitants blew hot and cold by turns in the semi-finals against Detroit &mdash; winning two tough overtime games, dropping two on their home ice and then finishing with a rush with two more victories.</p><p>In all this, rookie goalie Gerry McNeil is the important &ldquo;X factor&rdquo;. If he continues to display the same phenomenal game with which he broke the hearts of the Red Wings snipers, many observers give Canadiens a good chance to win out. They will be gunning for an upset of the kind New York Rangers missed so narrowly last year.</p><h2><b>GREAT ALL-STAR RESPONSE</b></h2><p>The Fourth Annual National Hockey League All-Star Team as selected by readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS is on the record now, and the paying customers have made their voices heard in no uncertain fashion. Voting response for all positions on the customers&rsquo; Team-of-the-Year was the best yet in the four-year history of the poll, as shown by the overall tabulation.</p><p>Record point totals were racked up in some positions by individual players, but for the most part the extra votes and points were spread out impartially among the different nominees as each and every voter conscientiously listed the players he or she thought were outstanding at each position.</p><p>Four of those named to this year&rsquo;s First Team were taking their initial bow with the Varsity crew. Sawchuck, Kelly, Schmidt and Howe took their curtain calls for the initial time on the First team, with Thomson getting a sophomore call and Lindsay and Ivan taking the honors for the third time.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

WHAT PRICE STARDOM!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01199/1153155-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>AGES</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>I would like to know the ages and birthplaces of the following players: Bernie Geoffrion, Paul Meger, Bob Dawes, Rudy Migay, Gerry McNeil, Tom Johnson and Bert Olmstead.</p><p>I think Lloyd Percival favors Detroit more than Montreal by what he says about Gord Howe and Maurice Richard. If Richard had Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel on a line with him, he would have well over 50 goals now. How about a story on Bud MacPherson.</p><p>Ray Scott Emsdale, Ont.</p><p><b>(Geoffrion is 20 and was born in Montreal; Meger is 22, from Watrous, Sask.; Dawes is 27, from Saskatoon, Sask.; Migay is 23, from Fort William, Ont.; McNeil is 25 from Quebec City, Que.; Johnson is 23, from Baldur, Man.; and Olmstead is 25, from Scepter, Sask.)</b></p><h2><b>VEZINA TROPHY</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>1 cannot see why Al Rollins of the Leafs received the Vezina Trophy. In the first place, the Toronto management and fans were booming the veteran net-minder, Turk Broda and Rookie Al Rollins for the prize, but now, they seem to be giving Rollins all the credit and glory and none to &ldquo;old Turk&rdquo;.</p><p>Secondly, I believe that Terry Sawchuk is entitled to the trophy because he has played the full seventy games whereas A] Rollins has played only thirty-nine. Terry has given up one goal more than the Toronto combination&mdash;a goal scored into an empty net&mdash;and has eleven shutouts&mdash;six more than Rollins. If the Leaf goalies had played exactly thirty-five games apiece, then they would deserve the trophy. As it stands, they do not.</p><p>I suggest that a fair way to judge this year&rsquo;s Vezina Trophy winner would be to take a vote among the four neutral managers plus the deciding vote from President C. Campbell. This would ba fair and a credit to the player who really deserves the Vezina Trophy.</p><p>John Galeas Detroit, Mich.</p><h2><b>AMATEUR STARS</b></h2><p>Dear Sir,</p><p>Are Jean Beliveau and Bernie Geoffrion the best Junior hockey players this year? Maybe they are, but other stars to go places are a pair of lads from the Oshawa Generals. They are Louie Jankowski and line-mate Alex &ldquo;Fats&rdquo; Delvecchio.</p><p>Both on the all-star team picked twice, Louie was a 9 out 10 choice. Jankowski missed out on breaking the record for most goals scored in one season by one. He fired in sixty-four. Louie finished first in the scoring race, with 124 points, 64 goals and 60 assists, while Alex had 120 points. He also has one more season if he stays. Delvecchio and Jankowski are both Detroit farm hands.</p><p>Detroit, also have another farm team in this Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; O.H.A. league, the Windsor Spitfires, who boast three top notch performers in goalie Glen Hall, Martin Zorica, and Erwin Grosse. Hall, one of the best goaltenders in the league, has cat-like eyes for snagging those screened shots from the blue line and on most breakaways. Zorica, a rough and tough defenseman packs a terrific shot, while captain Grosse is a real bruiser going and coming up and down the ice.</p><p>Take a pick?</p><p>Larry Steffen Oshawa, Ont.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-01

THE FAN FORUM

<p><b>It is our policy to notify all subscribers well in advance of the expiration of their subscriptions.</b></p><p><b>The ever-increasing demand for THE HOCKEY NEWS means that most issues are practically sold out before the printing is completed; land that copies are seldom available for mailing to subscribers who are even one issue in arrears.</b></p><p><b>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 renewed orders promptly.</b></p><p><b>If you have renewed your subscription then disregard our notice.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0357/1153241-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg"></div><p class="dropcap"><span>Y</span>ou 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.</p><p>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</p><p>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).</p><p>A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.</p><p><b>Canadian Remittances</b> &mdash; $2.50 Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraph Money Order.</p><p><b>U. S. A. Remittances</b> &mdash; $3.50 Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or personal cheque in U.S. funds. Postal Money Orders must be drown on the Postmaster at New York in U.S. funds<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0006-03

YOU’LL BE SORRY!

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><p>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;</p><p>Toronto&rsquo;s victory over Boston in six games in the semi-final series will be remembered as one of the roughest and toughest playoff rounds of all-time. Figured to be a rather tepid affair with Toronto not having too much difficulty in coasting through to a win, this semi-final series saw more thudding checks tossed around and more blood spilled than any playoff set-to for a long time.</p><p>The Bruins elected to play it rough and caught the power-packed Toronto team by complete surprise. As a result the Beantowners outbumped and outscored the Leafs in the opening game by a 2-0 score. Lynn Patrick, Boston coach, handled his team brilliantly throughout the series and they played their greatest game of the season in the opener. Only unfortunate incident to mar the initial contest was when Al Rollins, regular Toronto goalkeeper and recent Vezina Trophy winner, was injured when pesky Pete Horeck and he collided during the first period. Rollins and Horeck were racing for a loose puck and lanky Al was far out of his goal at the time he met Horeck. Rollins tore several ligaments in his left knee as a result and had to leave the game and the series. Veteran Turk Broda was rushed into the breach and the balding 36-year-old netmiuder, regarded as the best money player in the business, has performed magnificently ever since for the Torontos.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01150/1153286-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="550" height="1764"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>STITCHES</b></p><p><b>PETE HORECK, blood dripping from a cut on the head, turns to say a few words to the linesman before retiring for stitches.</b></p></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02127/1153279-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1713" height="957"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>&ldquo;My Boys Are Tough&rdquo; &mdash; Conn</b></p><p><b>CONN SMYTHE, peppery leader of the Toronto Maple Leafs, is shown surrounded by Boston newspapermen. Conn attracted reporters like honey attracts a bee throughout the entire series.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>As some Boston followers remarked: &ldquo;Rollins injury might have been the best break that could have happened to Toronto, as Broda will make saves at the crucial times that Rollins could never make.&rdquo; While his goalkeeping form may not be quite as sharp as formerly, Broda pulled off some phenomenal saves and Rollins&rsquo; injury failed to weaken the Leafs in the least.</p><p>Blood was flowing like wine during the second game of the series which was halted by the Toronto Sunday curfew law. This game ended in a 1-1 stalemate after a 20-minute overtime period. Ted Kennedy suffered a cut over the left eye in a stick-swinging act with Milt Schmidt that required 10 stitches. The two captains staged a real vendetta at center ice and the Toronto skipper happened to get the worst of it. It took 12 stitches to close a gaping wound in Duno Fisher&rsquo;s head when the chunky Boston winger was checked into the boards by Bashin&rsquo; Bill Barilko. Fisher was carried Off the ice on a stretcher. It wasn&rsquo;t long after this that Jimmy Thomson, ace Toronto defenseman, banged Johnny Peirson into the back boards and Pierson came out of this scuffle with a fracturer right cheekbone. Pete Horeck, toughest little guy in the entire league for his weight, was caught over the eye by a stick and this ugly cut required 10 stitshes.</p><p>The scene shifted to Boston for the third game the following night and the teams resumed where they left off the previous night in the roughhouse department. Referee Bill Chadwick handed out no less than 15 penalties during the opening session. This constituted a new NHL record for most penalties In one period. Twenty penalties were meted out during the entire game. Milt Schmidt, sparkplug of the Bruins and playing on a badly injured knee, hurt his good knee early in the period when he had a collision with Fern Flaman, ex-Boston defenseman and now one of Toronto&rsquo;s stars of the series. Schmidt played the remainder of the game practically skating on his thighs as lids two gimpy knees gave him a tough time.</p><p>Toropto won the third game 3-0 as Turk Broda playing his 100th N.H.L. playoff game racked up his 1th shutout during playoff competition. This is one more than Clint Benedict&rsquo;s record during the playoffs. Benedict racked up his 10 shutouts playing for Ottawa and Montreal Maroons.</p><p>Conn Smythe stated after the third game and Toronto&rsquo;s first win that, &ldquo;any team that tries to get rough with us loses.&rdquo; &ldquo;The Bruins made a costly mistake In trying to outrough us. It may cost them the series. They&rsquo;ve banged themselves up already and they&rsquo;re not too deep in reserves,&rdquo; the colorful Toronto leader added. Smythe went on to state that his team was equipped to combat any style the opposition chooses to play. When Coach Lynn Patrick of the Bruins heard that Smythe had implied his team couldn&rsquo;t rough It with the Leafs and still win, he bellowed, &ldquo;Nuts&rdquo;.</p><p>The fourth game found both clubs playing better hockey with less emphasis on rough play. Only six penalties were handed out by Referee George Gravel. The Bruins played excellent hockey and took a one goal lead. However, Jack Gelineau in the nets, was far from being good and allowed two goals to get by him that shouldn&rsquo;t have been scored.</p><p>Bill Barilko fired the third counter from about 40 feet out and Gelineau just stood there motionless. He was beaten by two goals in the third game in much the same manner. His weakness appears to be long shots and the Toronto club are throwing plenty of them his way.</p><h2><b>Ezinicki Nailed Former Mates With Best Checks</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0395/1153272-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="1706" height="949"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>And They Prove It!</b></p><p><b>ONE OF THE MANY skirmishes that became quite common during this rugged Toronto-Boston series. This one was started by Bill Ezinicki and Cal Gardner. It took place right in front of the Boston players bench. It was soon broken up by the linesmen.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Bill Ezinicki, bellicose right Winger of the Brums, has been a standout throughout the series with his crushing body checks. He&rsquo;s nailed almost every player on the Toronto team at one time or another but his pet hates are Cal Gardner and Howie Meeker. He nailed Meeker two of the hardest checks you&rsquo;ll see anywhere in the fourth game. He cruises around the ice always on the watch for a player in a blue uniform and once he spots one, it&rsquo;s Crash! Steve Kraftcheck, rookie Boston defenseman, has been a most pleasant surprise to the Bruins in the playoffs. He&rsquo;s been handing out oodles of solid checks and playing his position well.</p><p>Eddie Sandford, Ed Kryzanowski and Bill Quackenbush have stood out like beacons throughout the series. Sandford is playing his best hockey since joining the Bruins three years ago. His forechecking and puck carrying have been tops, while Quackenbush, who is on the ice almost constantly, has been tremendous. Milt Schmidt has given everything he&rsquo;s got and that&rsquo;s been plenty, but it was almost pathetic watching him play in the fourth game. Both knees were on the blink and everytime he fell to the ice he could barely raise himself again. He was limping on skates. Besides taking his regular turn at center he was used a lot on defense. Although Toronto played well enough to win two and tie one in four starts, the Leafs didn&rsquo;t show their real ability until the last games. Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Thomson and Fern Flaman have been the standouts for the Leafs. Max Bentley, Sid Smith and Ray Timgren also played better the last couple of games. Timgren has surprised a lot of people. The well-proportioned wingman has more than held his own in jousts with Ezinicki. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s absorbed some pretty lusty checks from Ezinicki but he keeps coming right back,&rdquo; Smythe said proudly in talking Timgren.</p><p>Two of the Bruins, Vic Lynn and Pete Horeck, picked up charley horses during the series and caused both players considerable trouble. The way the cuts, sprains etc. accumulated a mere Charley horse was practically nothing. Max Quackenbush, Boston defenseman, played with two sprained wrists and was barely able to hold onto his stick. Joe Klukay and Murray Henderson were each touched for four stitches as a result of a severe bump between the two.</p><p>When Toronto shutout Boston 6-0 in the final game, Broda racked up his 12th shutout in playoffs.</p><p>It was a rugged, give-till-you-drop series, and the hockey fans in both Toronto and Boston have shown their appreciation of this by packing the rinks. The two largest crowds of the season were on hand for the first two games played in Boston. A crowd of 13,768 paid their way into the first game while 13,154 were on hand for the second tilt.</p><p>For a series that wasn&rsquo;t supposed to be anything more than routine, the Toronto-Boston clash of 1951 will go into the books as one of the roughest and most blood-spilled series since they first started to play for Lord Stanley&rsquo;s famed pewter.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0007-01

“Nobody Can Outrough Us” Smythe

<p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Feelings ran so high during the second Toronto-Boston game that even Lynn Patrick, coach of the Bruins, got into the act. When Pete Horeck of Boston and Tod Sloan of Toronto were skirmishing along the boards in front of the Boston players bench and Jim Thomson of the Leafs skated over to help his teammate, Patrick leaned over the bench and threw a punch at Thomson. The blow was off the mark, however, and no damage was done.</p><p>This is the second time that Patrick has tossed a punch at a player in Toronto. The last time the burly Bruins&rsquo; mentor copped his Sunday special was last season when he was coaching the New York Rangers. The Leaf on the receiving end was Gus Mortson, Thomson&rsquo;s defense mate.</p><p>&ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t like his face,&rdquo; was Lynn&rsquo;s comment after hig blow to Mortson.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Patrick Punches Player, This Time It’s Thomson

<div class="byline">By KEN MCKENZIE</div><p><b>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</b></p><p>It appears as if the reported story that Eddie Shore was eager to buy out Art Ross&rsquo; interests in the Boston Bruins was nothing more than a publicity gag. Or possibly it was another way for Shore to let Ross have the needle. Anyway, Ross denies vehemently that Shore ever made him an offer for his share of the Bruins. &ldquo;He has never made me an offer and better not,&rdquo; Ross told us from his Boston Bruins&rsquo; office last week.</p><p>&ldquo;Never at any time has he approached me about buying out my interest in the club,&rdquo; stated Ross. &ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t the first time that this story has appeared in the newspapers. All he wants is some free publicity and the reporters fall for it,&rdquo; the Bruins&rsquo; vice-president and general manager informed us.</p><h2><b>Not Very Friendly</b></h2><p>Art Ross and Eddie Shore, the two men mainly responsible for selling hockey in Boston back in the late 1920&rsquo;s, have been far from friendly for sometime now. &ldquo;He wants to throw that needle around as far as I&rsquo;m concerned and. this latest story of his so-called offer to buy my share of the Bruins is another way for him to try to give me the needle,&rdquo; said Ross. Shore, owner and general manager of the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League, was reported by Arthur Siegel, sports editor of the Boston Traveler, as having stated he&rsquo;d pay $250,000 for one-third ownership of the Bruins and that he would like to buy Ross out.</p><p>Eddie Shore is one of the best executives in hockey in getting the last possible ounce of publicity value out of a situation and it looks as If he didn&rsquo;t want to miss a trick on the Boston Bruins or a chance to slip the needle into his old battling foe, Art. Ross.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01183/1153341-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="553" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><i>Fed Up</i></p><p><b>ART ROSS</b></p></figcaption></div><p>&ldquo;Eddie Shore is the last person In the world I&rsquo;d sell my share of the Bruins to and I&rsquo;m fed up with his phoney offers about wanting to buy me out. He&rsquo;s got all the publicity he can out of this unfounded offer. Let him try something else for publicity purposes.&rdquo; Ross concluded.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-01

“Phoney Publicity Gag,” Says Ross Of Shore Offer

<div class="byline">By BOBBY HEWITSON (Sports Editor, Toronto Telegram)</div><p>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;I have been against overtime play in league games and after looking at that Saturday night game I am going to fight overtime play in the playoffs as well,&rdquo; said Conn Smythe after the affair Bruins and Leafs put on before 14.056 at Maple Leaf Gardens. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not fair to the players, for the toll it takes out of them, must undoubtedly shorten their playing career. And, being in the playoffs, they naturally represent the cream of hockey. The fans expect an hour of hockey and they get it. There should be no bonus of play because the teams are tied at 60 minutes.&rdquo;</p><p>It was figured that after, a night of sleep &mdash; if anyone did sleep on that four-car Pullman made up of two Toronto and two Boston cars &mdash; that Smythe might cool out from his Saturday night opinion of overtime in playoffs. He was, however, more insistent than ever he would fight the case when the NHL meets this summer.</p><p>Asked to explain how he would handle a tie in the playoffs he said the series would still be the best-of-seven, and there would have to be seven games with a decision before a winner was declared. That would mean, of course, the series could go beyond seven games, counting any ties that might occur.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Smythe To Fight Overtime In Stanley Cup Playoffs

<div class="byline">By JERRY NASON (Sport Editor, Boston Daily Globe)</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02133/1153396-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="538" height="843"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Nice Guy Now</i></b></p><p><b>BILL EZINICKI</b></p></figcaption></div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Within the legal limits, William Ezinicki of the Bruins has been bopping his old locker-room chums from Toronto in the true &ldquo;stout fella&rdquo; tradition.</p><p>He has yet to pick anybody&rsquo;s teeth with his hockey stick, shed his gloves for the purpose of dusting his knuckles, or add to his own prize collection of stitches &hellip; 19 of which were collected vs. Ted Lindsay in January.</p><p>Yet Ezinicki played a ferocious style of hockey in the playoffs, barging into people wearing Leafs embroidered on their bosoms, and causing the enemy to skate warily, with his head up.</p><p>This proves pretty conclusively that brawling, high-sticking and vendettas which spill over the ice are really &ldquo;bush.&rdquo;</p><p>Ezinicki was a delightful character in this playoff, anyway. A year ago he was Boston Garden Enemy No. 1, a rating he had been earning from Boston fans for a couple of years as a turbulent Toronto entry.</p><p>Bill couldn&rsquo;t glance sidewise at one of our own noble athletes but what the partisans gave him the old bazoo. When he authored a legitimate body check, which he occasionally did, he was greeted like he had been caught beating a pet canary with a club.</p><p>If boos were dollar bills, the ones Ezinicki collected at the Boston Garden as a 2 63-game Leaf employee would enable him to buy a National League franchise of his own.</p><p>But now that he is &ldquo;our boy&rdquo; he is no longer a dirty whatsit who knocks Milt Schmidt down, or tips Murray Hen: derson on his rumbleseat &mdash; but a tinseled favorite son who is out there bopping &lsquo;em for the glory and honor of the cod, the bean and the Bruins. What a man. Hooray for Bill Ezinicki !</p><p>And this proves pretty conclusively that the clothes do make the man. Wearing the ones he has now. he looks wonderful.</p><p>What it adds up to is: Ezinicki is a good guy to have on your side, even if he does hold the record for being the most penalized right wing in the history of the National Hockey League.</p><p>Conny Smythe is rated a pretty smart fellow, but you&rsquo;d be inclined to ask questions if the only evidence on hand was Ezinicki, with whom he became impatient last Autumn. Actually, the deal was a &ldquo;standoff.&rdquo; Fern Flaman stimulated Leafs&rsquo; defense, Ezinicki and Lynn gave Bruins front line muscle.</p><p>Even Conn says of his playoff series, &ldquo;Ezzy&rsquo;s doing his part all right. None of our players are skating around with their heads down.&rdquo;.</p><p>Just recently, Clarence Campbell, the N.H.L. prexy gave Ezinicki a verbal pat on the head.</p><p>Two months ago Mr. Campbell fined Bill and Ted Lindsay of the Red Wings $3 00 each, and suspended them both for the two ensuing Bruins-Wings games for their personal operations upon each other.</p><p>He was quoted by three Boston writers, two press services and The Hockey News as saying. &ldquo;It is possible I would revoke the fines at the season&rsquo;s end for good behavior.&rdquo;</p><p>Clarence says that he was too liberally interpreted. &ldquo;There isn&rsquo;t anything automatic about it,&rdquo; he says now. &ldquo;At the league meeting, after the playoffs, discretionary fines are invariably reviewed. It is just &ldquo;possible&rdquo; that the fines of Ezinicki and Lindsay would be rescinded.&rdquo;</p><p>Well, what was &ldquo;good behavior&rdquo; &mdash; had Bill and Ted been good boys ever since</p><p>&ldquo;Yes,&rdquo; the prexy said, &ldquo;they&rsquo;ve been &lsquo;good boys,&rsquo; played some pretty good hockey.&rdquo;</p><p>That is to say, Ezinicki and Lindsay may be $300 richer, if they can get through the rest of the playoffs without submitting to the temptations of (1) unfrocked knuckles (2) hair-parting contests with hockey sticks at three paces, and (3) mistaking an opponent&rsquo;s ear for a crepe suzette.</p><p>But if they want to hurl an N.H.L. referee down some hotel stairs that&rsquo;s perfectly OK. The price for that is merely $200 more.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0008-02

Ezinicki Loveable To Bruins

<h2><b>Loses, Wins</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>harles Conacher, on entering the Garden, said the Leafs should win the series in four straight without a struggle. Reminded of that, after the game, Chuck shrugged it off with, &ldquo;so I win a bet on Boston.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Penalty - Free Games</b></h2><p>Referee Bill Chadwick refereed two &lsquo;playoffs games in successive nights in which nary a penalty was handed out. In April 7 in Montreal Bill failed to thumb any Detroit or Canadiens players off. He did the same thing In Boston the next night as leafs shutout the Bruins. 6-0.</p><h2><i>Leafs-Habs Set To Do Battle</i></h2><p>The Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs earned the right to meet in the Stanley Cup final by defeating the Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins respectively.</p><p>The Canadiens caused an upset when they whipped the Detroit Red Wings in six games. The Leafs had a easier time with the Bruins who they cleaned up in five games with one tied.</p><p>The Canadiens, underdogs in the series, outscored the Wings three times on Detroit ice and once in Montreal. The Wings won their two games on Montreal Ice.</p><p>The Canadiens won the first two games of the series on Detroit ice with Richard coming through both times in overtime. The frist game ended in a 3-2 score and the second was 1-0.</p><p>The Wings took the third and fourth games in Montreal 2-0 and 4-1 before the Montrealers went back to Detroit to take the fifth game 5-2. The final game ended In favour of Canadiens 3-2.</p><p>The Boston-Toronto series started the same way as the Canadiens one. The Bruins took the first game 2-0 and then tied the second 1-1 when a Toronto Sunday curfew made curtailment a necessity. The Leafs then hit their stride and won the next four games 3-0, 3-1, 4-1 and 6-0. Turk Broda was in goal for the Leafs in their games which they were victorious.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY. APRIL. 3</b></h3><p>BOSTON. &mdash; Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leafs moved one game up on othe Bruins by whipping the Bostonians 3 to 1 oin the Bemi-final playoff series. The victory, before a near sellout 13,154 crowd at Boston Garden, was the second for the Leafs to one for the Bruins in the best-of-seven series.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal. Broda; defence. Fla-nan. Barilko; centre. Kennedy; wings, Sloan. Smith; subs.: Thompson, Mortson. Bentley, Klukay. Meeker. Mackell, Gardner, Juzda, Lewicki, Timgren.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal. Gelineau; defence, B. Quackenbush, Henderson; centre. Sandford; v.&rsquo;ing3. Fisher. Lynn; subs.: M. Quackenfbush. Schmidt, Dumart, Ezinicki, Laycoe, Creighton. Ronty, Kryjsanowskl, Kraftcneck Ferguson. Horeck.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01168/1153511-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="592" height="347"></div><p>MONTREAL. &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings knocked off the Canadiens 4-1 at the Forum to even the count in their&rsquo; best-of-seven Stanley Cup semifinals at two game apiece.</p><p>A disappointed crowd of 14,428 watched the loosest game of the series thus far.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence. Reise, Kelly; centre. Abel: wings. Howe. Lind-say; subs.: Goldhim, Gee, Peters, Stewart, Skov. Pavellich. McFadden, Prystsi, Couture. Pronovost, Woit, Glover.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey. MacPherson; centre, Mosdell; wings, Curry, MacKay; subs.: Bouchard, Geoffrion, Harmon, Richard, Johnson, McNahney. Reay, Olmstead. Lach, Kaiser Meger, Masnick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02148/1153504-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="587" height="398"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, APRIL 5</b></h3><p>DETROIT &mdash; The surprising Canadiens did It again here, unsettling the favored Detroit Red Wings on tfhefrr awn ice by a score of 5 to 2 to go ahead again In the best of seven Stanley Cup semi-finals series.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence,</p><p>Bouchard, Johnson; centre, Lach; wings. Richard. Olmstead: subs.: Harvey, Geoffrion, Curry, MacKay, MoNabney, Reay, Lowe, Mosdell, Kaiser, Meger, Macpherson, Masnick.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal. Sawohuk; defense, Reise, KeQly; centre, Abdi; wings, Howe. Lindsay; subs.: GolWham, Gee, Peters, Stewart, Skov, Pavelllioh, McFadden, Pryatal, Couture, Pronovost, Wolt, Glover.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03117/1153497-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="584" height="504"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, APRIL 7</b></h3><p>MONTREAL. &mdash; The Montreal Canadiens won their best-of-seven semi-finals series against the Detroit Red Wings by whipping them 3-2 here before a packed house. The upset was one of the biggest in N.H.L. history. The Canadiens won the series, In which they were underdogs, four games to two. All the scoring in this game was done in the last period as the two clubs battled in one of the best and cleanest in Stanley Cup history. Referee Bill Chadwick didn&rsquo;t hand out a penalty all through the game. Reay, Richard and Mosdell were the Canadiens scorers with Abel and Lindsay connecting for the Wings.</p><p><b>Detroit:</b> Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Reise, Kelly; centre. Abel; wings, Howe, Lindsay; subs.: Goldham, Martin, Gee, Peters, Stewart, Skov, Pavelich, McFadden, Couture, Pronovost, Wilson, Glover.</p><p><b>Canadiens:</b> Goal, McNeil; defence,</p><p>Harvey, MacPherson; centre, Mosdell; wings, Curry. MacKay; subs.: Bouchard, Geoffrion, Richard, Johnson, McNabncy, Reay, Omstead, Lach, Lowe, Kaiser, Meger, Masnick.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04101/1153490-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="368" height="179"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0583/1153483-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="585" height="197"></div><p>TORONTO. &mdash; Goaler Red Henry of the Hershey Bears replaced Jack Gelineau in the Boston goals hut it didn&rsquo;t help the Bruins at all. The Leafs won the game going away to the tune of 4-1 and lead in their best seven series 3-1 with one game tied. Joe Klukay was the star of the game with two goals and an assist. Mackell and Kennedy scored for the Leafs also. Ezinicki netted the Bruins only marker.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, B. Quackenbush. M. Quackenbush; centre, Schmidt; wings, Ezinicki, Dumart; subs.: Henderson. Laycoe, Kraftcheck, Kryzanowski, Sandford, Lynn. Fisher, Ronty, Creighton, Ferguson, McIntyre, Sullivan.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defence. Flaman, Barilko; centre, Kennedy; wings, Sloan, Smith; subs.: Thomson, Mortson. Juzda. Bentley, Klukay. Mackell, Gardner, Meeker, Timgren, Hansard, Lewicki.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0673/1153476-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="589" height="281"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0764/1153469-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="588" height="133"></div><p>BOSTON. &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs, showing the Boston Bruins little in the way of mercy whitewashed the Hub Town club 6-0 to take their best-of-seven series four games to one with one game tied. The Leafs now go into the Stanley Cup finals against the Montreal Canadiens. In the G-0 routing Klukay again netted a pair of goals with Kennedy. Mackell Smith and Sloan each netting a singleton.</p><p><b>Toronto:</b> Goal, Broda; defence, Flaman. Barilko; centre, Kennedy; wings, Sloan, Smith: subs.: Thomson, Mortson, Bentley. Klukay, Meeker, Mackell, Gardner, Juzda, Lewicki. Timgren.</p><p><b>Boston:</b> Goal. Henry; defence, B. Quackenbush. M. Quackenbush; centre, Schmidt; wings. Ezinicki, Dumart; subs.: Lynn, Sandford, Henderson, Fisher, Laycoe. Creighton Ronty, Kryzanowskl, Kraftcheck, Ferguson, Sullivan, McIntyre.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0859/1153462-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="587" height="347"></div><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0959/1153455-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="588" height="81"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1054/1153448-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="589" height="700"></div><p><b>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1143/1153441-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="588" height="81"></div><p><b>(Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1219/1153434-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="583" height="613"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>PLAYOFF SCORING</b></p><p><b>UP TO A.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1315/1153427-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="584" height="1141"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0009-01

National League

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>T</span>HE HOCKEY NEWS is proud to announce that the Player-Of-The-Week is a hustling, hard-working left winger of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He is a player who revels in the heavy going, is one of the best back-checkers in the National League, seldom plays a poor game but in spite of oil this he doesn&rsquo;t moke the headlines very often. The player we are honoring this week is Joe Klukay. the Duke of Paducah.</b></p><p><b>Klukay was really sensational last woeek in Toronto&rsquo; playoff setries against the Boston Bruins. On Saturday night, April 7. Joe scored two of Toronto&rsquo;s four goals as the Leafs set back the Bruins 4-1 before a capacity hometown gathering. Klukay garnered the first and third Toronto goals. He was a constant threat to the Bruins every time Coach Joe Primeau tossed him over the dasher. The following night in Boston as Leafs clinched their playoff round with Boston by trouncing them 6-0. the pride and joy of Sault Ste Marie. Ont. scored two goals and assisted on a third. Joe notched the second and sixth Toronto goals of the evening. Along with Max Bentley he was credited with an assist on Fleming Mackell&rsquo;s goal, which was the third of the contest.</b></p><p><b>This is Klukay&rsquo;s fifth complete season with the Leafs and he has already been a member of three Stanley Cup teams. Like Mortson. Thomson, Meeker, Broda, and Kennedy. Klukay is one of the Toronto team who ployed for the Leafs three Stanley Cup teams in sucession. 1947, 1948, and 1949. Joe stands an even six feet, weighs 182 pounds and is 28 years of age. He served with the Royal Canadian Navy during the war.</b></p><p><b>Used a lot by Primeau when the Leafs are a man short, Klukay is an ace at stopping the opposing team from carrying the puck into the Toronto end. Usually his defensive play far outshines his offensive strength. However, he really came into his own lost week against Boston and his four goals in two nights of Stanley Cup ploy clearly earn the crew-cut husky Player-Of-The-Wesk honors.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Player-Of-The-Week

<div class="byline">By JIM MENZIES (Tulsa Tribune)</div><p>OMAHA, Neb.&mdash;</p><p>When it comes to raw courage, United States Hockey League fans will have to search a long time to top that displayed by the Tulsa Ice Oilers on Thursday, March 28, in the opening game of the best-of-five game final USHL playoff series with the powerladen Omaha Knights.</p><p>After a long series of injuries extending back to mid-season, the Oilers came up to the opening game of the finals with only 11 able bodied players, including goalie Freckles Little. But even so the Oilers managed to battle Omaha through 22 minutes of over time play before bowing 3 to 2 in the second sudden death overtime period.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0494/1153625-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="262" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Drainville</b></figcaption></div><p>The Oilers had 13 men suited up for the game, but an infected jaw kept wing Clare Dillon out of action and defenseman Ron Telford, who had been off the ice and in bed. for two weeks with the measles, was forced to give up after the first period of play.</p><p>That left only defensemen Bob Drainville, Bill Davidson and Sheldon Bloomer and forwards Bud Poile. John McLellan, Barton Bradley, Doc Haldorsen, Gabby Gronsdahl, Moe Young and Dick Butler to carry on in front of goalie Little.</p><p>And as it turned out, it was a lucky shot by Omaha&rsquo;s Bill Folk, which caromed off a Tulsa defenseman&rsquo;s skate, which finally beat the Oilers.</p><p>Folk had been sent down to Omaha from Indianapolis to replace injured defenseman Jim Hay, despite the fact the Knights had a full squad available for the finals, including four defensemen. Folk&rsquo;s arrival on the scene forced defenseman Lloyd Hinchberger, who had played 30 games for the Knights during the regular season, to sit out the game.</p><p>During the late stages of the game, the Tulsa bench was a forlorn looking sight at times with only one player sitting in the box as the weary Oilers made player changes on the fly.</p><p>The long series of injuries late in the season tumbled Tulsa from first to fourth in the final regular season standings, but still the Oilers managed to knock the highly favored St. Paul Saints out of the playoff semi-finals three games to one.</p><p>It was a costly triumph, however, as more injuries put defenseman Buck Jones, center Hub Macey and wing Obie O&rsquo;Brien out of the playoff finals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0578/1153618-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="580" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>One Survivor</b></p><p><b>Freckles Little</b></p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0010-04

Tough Luck Came In Gobs For Unhappy Tulsa Oilers; Entered Playoffs With 11 Able Players

<div class="byline">By JIM ELLERY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01183/1153587-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="366" height="367"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ray Hannigan</b></figcaption></div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa. &mdash;</p><p>The Pittsburgh Hornets remained the surprise sensation of the American Hockey League Calder Cup Playoffs, after they reeled off their sixth consecutive victory in the post season play, which enabled them to eliminate both Springfield and Hershey and enter the finals against Cleveland. When the Hornets took the Indians in three straight, the biggest surprise was their doing it in the minimum number of games, for the men of Tommy Anderson were favored to win, although not in such quick time. However, Hershey&rsquo;s Bears, fresh from a three straight triumphs themselves over Indianapolis, were figured to put an end to the Pittsburgh domination. The change of opponent meant little to the Hornets, the only difference being that the Bears did put up a stiffer battle with closer scores than in the Springfield series, but the ultimate result was the same, another foe out for the season In a straight set.</p><p>As a matter of fact, the 1950-51 playoffs will long be remembered as the most remarkable in the league, what with all three preliminary series and the semi-finals requiring only the minimum amount of games to decide a winner. Such a situation is not likely to happen again in quite some time, in such a well balanced circuit as the AHL. It was the first time in loop history that such an event had occurred.</p><p>The scoring stars for Pittsburgh have been sprinkled throughout all three forward lines, with the combination of Ray Hannigan, George Armstrong and Johnny McCormack leading the way. This trio had accounted for 14 Hornet goals in the first six playoff games.</p><p>Hannigan had eight of these, just two shy of the playoff scoring record of 10, originally set by Tommy Burlington of Cleveland in 1944-45 and equalled by Tod Sloan of the Barons last season. With a possible 7, at least 4 more games to play for Hannigan, the old record seemed doomed.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02144/1153580-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="283" height="422"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Geo. Armstrong</b></figcaption></div><p>Andy Barbe has been another prime factor in the Pittsburgh success; his pair of tallies in the second Hershey encounter accounting for all the Hornet scoring in the 2-1 triumph. He really rates being called &ldquo;Handy Andy&rdquo;. Barbe&rsquo;s first score that night was a beautiful dash down the ice, which eluded the Bear defense and then was climaxed with a deft bit of feinting work against Bear goalie Gondie Henry. The second came on a rebound with Hershey a man Rhort with a penalty.</p><p>The first game of the series resulted in the longest game ever played in the Hershey Arena, with 44 minutes and 30 seconds of overtime necessary to settle the issue. Bobby Solinger did the trick in the extra session, to give the Hornets their 3-2 win.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03124/1153573-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="255" height="396"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Tim Horton</b></figcaption></div><p>For the third and final game, the Hornets which had played three playoff games in a row on foreign ice, were welcomed home by more than 5000 fans who packed Duquesne Gardens in Pittsburgh. They saw a 5-1 Hornet victory which put them into the finals. The first two games of the best four in seven set were played in Cleveland on April 7 and 10, with the next three scheduled for Pittsburgh on April 12, 14 and 17, with the two remaining contests if necessary on Ohio ice on the 18th and 21st.</p><p>The first Pittsburgh goal in the Hershey finale was provided by the veteran Eldie Kobussen, who has been doing a grand job in &ldquo;killing&rdquo; penalties all season, and who does not enter the scoring columns too much because of this job.</p><p>Joe Schertzl tied for Hershey with a beautifully executed tally and Chuck Blair put the Hornets back in the lead at the end of the second period. Pittsburgh broke the game wide open in the final period with three goals by Hannigan, Barbe and McCormack without a return from Hershey.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01193/1153566-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="277" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>J. McCormack</b></figcaption></div><p>There were 7022 fans in Hershey for the game of April 3rd, a fine tribute to the Bears from the loyal followers in and around the beautiful little city in the Pennsylvania hills.</p><p>Hershey was hampered for this game by the injury absence of Arnio Kullman and Mark Marquess, which caused coach Johnny Crawford to re-I vamp his groups of forwards. As a matter of fact, defenseman Andy Branigan was used at rightwing all night.</p><p>Anyone who entered the Hershey dressing room before or after their games and could see Eddie Harrison without sweater or gloves, would wonder how the game leftwinger could manage to play such a fine game with the cast on his left arm, which could bee seen without a uniform but went unnoticed on the ice. Such fortitude is what makes good hockey players.</p><p>A popular and well received feature after the hockey games in Hershey, when the Bears don&rsquo;t have to leave immediately, is the fine get together in the Community Inn, with all the players and their wives, the newspapermen and radio broadcasters and team officials present to odiscuss the happenings of the night. Oh yes, it must also be mentioned that a newspaper woman is there two, she being Lois Fegan of the Harrisburg Patriot, one of the best hockey writers in the circuit and also one of the few females in all of hockey. These small banquets including fine food and drink are supplied by the Hershen Hockey Club, and odo much toward promoting the good will of the game and team. Probably accounts for the tine attendance in Chocolatetown at their hockey games.</p><p>The hockey career of Billy Moe, Hershey defense star, should be an inspiration to any United States born youngster w&rsquo;ho has ambitious of being a player in professional ranks. Bill, like most other kids from below the border did not have too much opportunity to learn to skate and play when a youngster, but his love of the game and determination to get into it kept him trying all the time. Moe paid his own transportation costs to various training camps in an effort to earn a place In the game and that he succeeded In his mission is best evidenced by his being one of the best defensemen in the league, and his career also includes five seasons with New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. All of which proves that a kid born in United States can be a hockey star, just as Moe, Frankie Brimsek, Johnny Mariucci and others it they make an honest effort to get the proper teaching and try to play. Most of the hockey cities below the border are now providing that chance with pee wee leagues, supervised by big time stars to teach the young hopefuls who want it.</p><p>Tim Horton of the Pittsburgh defense corps is rated as one of the finest rearguard prospects by that old master, Eddie Shore. Eddie claims that Tim could be one of the best, quite a tribute from one who knows the backline play as Shore does.</p><p>Among the many valuable and efficient jobs being turned in by Baz Bastien, ex-goaltender of Pittsburgh, is his fine accumulation of statistics on the Hornets for each game. Baz, one of the greatest goaltenders to ever don a pair of pads, now business manager of the Hornets, can tell at a glance who among the Hornets is on the ice for every goal scored for and against, number of tallies each way while Pittsburgh or their opponents are shorthanded and just about every other item of mathematics which can be provided during a hockey game.</p><p>Just in case any hockey fans might have noticed a Cleveland vs Troy, Ohio lineup the other night, Freddie Thurier, Wally Her-gesheimer and Glen Soumor have not returned to the Amateur ranks. Thie trio was loaned by the Barons for an exhibition game against their teammates to even up the rosters, as Cleveland played three show games in an effort to keep in shape while waiting for their final round opponent to be determined.</p><p>Although he has nothing to do with the present playoffs, Max Kaminsky, one of the best liked men in hockey provided a news item which has a place anywhere as far as his many friends count, whether it be a playoff column or not. Max became the father of a boy, who he hopes will be a future hockey star like himself, in later years. Additional cause for celebration wag the appointment of Max to the Pittsburgh Pirate baseball scouting staff recently. Kaminsky was also a good ball player as well as an Ice star and has kept his hand in the game as a coach, in both sports.</p><p>It&rsquo;s farewell to AHL play for another great goaltender, as Connie Dion of Buffalo announced his retirement after the season was over. Connie who won the goaltending trophies in the circuit last season is going into the lumber business in Asbestos, Quebec, and will be Eastern Canada cout for the Bisons as well.</p><p>Both coaches in the Hershey &mdash; Hornet series, Johnn Crawford and Tommy Anderson, are freshmen mentors in the league this season, and both of the well liked ex-NHL stars have had successful seasons. Tommy was of the bench leader variety, while Johnny is still playing and has retained his famous matery of backline play in directing traffic around the cage, and also doing it in a way that does not draw many penalties. Johnny and his wife Marge and their four children have become one of the most popular families in Hershey during the season.</p><p>Gil Mayer, Pittsburgh netminder has continued to sparkle in the Hornet cages, having allowed only six goals in the first half dozen games-an average of 1.00 which is less than the record for a playoff of 1.45 held by Gordie Henry, and set in 1946-47. Henry is still the Bear goaltender and has played a superb game In the playoffs this year.</p><p>Pittsburgh has continued its offensive play, and in their 2-1 victory on the 3rd of April, they kept the pressure on so much that Hershey could not force a faceoff in the Hornet end in order to remove Henry for another forward until the last 40 seconds.</p><p>A time oddity occurred in this game, with the second Pittsburgh goal coming at 5.52 of the second period, and the only Hershey tally at 5:52 of the third, right on the nose.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0010-01

A.H.L. Playoff Highlights

<p>REGINA, Sask.&mdash;</p><p>Lorne Popein, starry young Regina Cap left-winger, has been named the rookie of the year in the Western Canada Senior Hockey League in balloting by sports writers and broadcasters in the four league cities.</p><p>Previous winners were Hugh Coflin of Calgary Stampeders last year and Colin Kilburn of Edmonton Flyers in 1948-49.</p><p>The 20-year-old Popein received 11 of the 15 votes cast. Murray Parker, Saskatoon Quaker defenseman, and forward Lloyd Ferguson of Edmonton each polled two votes.</p><p>Brent McNab of Calgary and Jack Shupe of Saskatoon were the only other players eligible for the award.</p><p>Popein was one of the few bright spots this season in the play of the Caps, who finished in the cellar. In 54 games he scored 21 goals and had 19 assists for 40 points to finish 26th in the scoring lists.</p><p>Prior to joining the Caps this season, he played with the Moose Jaw Junior Canucks. He played minor hockey at Yorkton, Sask.</p><p>Ferguson accounted for 34 points on 21 goals and 13 assists. Parker saw action in 35 games for the Quakers.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Lorne Popein, Regina Winger, Leading Rookie

<div class="byline">By GEORGE DULMAGE (Toronto Telegram)</div><p>TORONTO, Ont&mdash;</p><p>Conn Smythe, president and general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, denied he had sent a telegram to Barrie junior hockey coach, Hap Emms, withdrawing his permission for Boston to sponsor the Barrie Club under the 50-mile territorial ruling. &ldquo;I did not send any telegram to Emms,&rdquo; Smythe declared.</p><p>Emms, quoted as having said Smythe sent the telegram, also denied it and Weston Adams, president of the Boston Bruins, said his club had not dropped its sponsorship of the Barrie Club, and had received no notification from Smythe.</p><p>The matter came up at an OHA meeting called to decide whether or not Barrie would be asked to play the fourth game of the OHA junior A finals against Marlboros. in Maple Leaf Gardens on Sunday. The OHA refused to ask Barrie to play on Sunday and Barrie continued to refuse to do so. as they have done all season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02144/1153711-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="271" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Conn Smythe</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Emms Makes Complaint</b></h2><p>During the OHA meeting Emms said his club was losing its Boston Bruin sponsorship. He had been asked by Weston Adams and later by Arthur Ross, general manager of the Bruins, to play the game Sunday. told them &lsquo;no&rsquo;,&rdquo; Emms said. Before and during the meeting Emms said his stand on Sunday had cost him his Boston sponsorship.</p><p>Conn Smythe said that he has territorial rights which would keep other OHA junior clubs from operating within 50 miles of Toronto, but had given Boston permission to sponsor Barrie because, &ldquo;We all want to co-operate in junior hockey. When Barrie refused to play the Sunday game I asked Weston Adams to see it he could get some co-operation from Barrie. But it Is not true that I sent a telegram to Emms as reported.&rdquo;</p><p>Emms had no comment other than that he had not said he had received a telegram from Smythe, He did say, during the meeting, that he would likely withdraw from junior hockey next season.</p><p>In declining to order Barrie to play on Sunday the OHA took the stand that it would be detrimental to the OHA as a whole, but, as Treasurer George Dudley, of Midland, said: &ldquo;You (Emms) compromised yourself by playing Sunday hockey in Quebec this winter.&rdquo; Dudley said he would write the Barrie Ministerial Association, which had passed a resolution condemning Sunday hockey. He felt they had &ldquo;popped off&rdquo; and were ill-advised in their resolution.</p><p>Emms said that not only Barrie was against Sunday hockey, but hinted that Guelph and Windsor, too, didn&rsquo;t like it and might not play next winter.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03119/1153704-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="1172" height="921"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Famous Inn Signs&hellip; &hellip; No.</i> 9</b></p><p><b>THE ROMANS</b> marked their taverns with a bush, or clump of greenery, symbolizing the wine god Bacchus, and old English inns adopted this symbol for their signs, too. At such inns as The Bush, The Holly Bush and &ldquo;the old Bull and Bush,&rdquo; eighteenth century soldiers back from Indian service first called for India Pale Ale. Brewed to withstand the long voyage to India, this zestful ale was a &ldquo;real man&rsquo;s drink.&rdquo; Today in Canada, those who still want a &ldquo;real man&rsquo;s drink,&rdquo; call for Labatt&rsquo;s India Pale Ale, brewed to the original English recipe by John Labatt &mdash; John Labatt Limited.</p></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0012-02

Sequel To Barrie Row Over Sunday Hockey - Smythe Denies Veto

<h2><b>Number One</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>ea Cunningham former Cleveland Baron, received one of hockey&rsquo;s mast Prized honors, It was certificate No.1 in the &lsquo;200&rdquo; club, awarded to players In the professional ranks who have ocored 200 or more goals in their life time. Cunningham scored 280 goals and had 418 assists.</p><h2><b>Hergy Boost</b></h2><p>Jim Hendy was extolling the virtues of Walt Hergesheimer, whon Hendy has for sale. &ldquo;He&rsquo;ll score more goals in the NHL next year than Tod Sloan did this year,&rdquo; averred Hendy. It shouldn&rsquo;t be overlooked that Hendy was the guy who sold Sloan and Rollins to the Leafs.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01199/1153777-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="600" height="674"></div><p>The Pittsburgh Hornets won their first game of the final series against the Cleveland Barons and continued to dominate the Calder Cup playoff picture. Bob Solinger, who, along with Andy Barbe, George Armstrong, Ray Hannigan and Rudy Migay has been one of the individual stars of the series so far. He scored two goals in the first game, his second was the winner breaking up a tie at 5:31 of the first overtime session. The Barons, heavy favourites to Win the cup, found the red hot Hornets just a little too much to handle in their first game after such a long layoff. The Barons have been inactive since they derailed of the Buffalo Bisons in the first series nearly two weeks ago.</p><p>The Barons and Hornets are expected to put up a terrific battle. The Hprnets, currently riding a seven game winning streak, are now the favourites since they took the opener.</p><p>Little Gil Mayer was sensational as the Barons and Hornets battled. The game was fast and furious. Doran opened the scoring for the Barons when he took a pass from defenseman Sam Lavitt at 7:33 of the first frame.</p><p>Solinger then scored his first marker to even the score at 17:05 of the middle frame. In the third period the Barons went ahead again on Hy Buller&rsquo;s goal at 14:12. Fans were filing out of the rink when Rookie George Armstrong struck for the tying goal just 14 seconds from the end of the game. Rudy Migay relayed defenseman Frank Mathers pass to the young Hornet and he knew what to do. The time of his goal was 19:36.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02163/1153770-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1104" height="1511"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Freddie&rsquo;s Loot Night</i></b></p><p><b>Freddie Glover of the Indianapolis Caps and high-scorer of the A.H.L. during the season, shows off a bit of loot presented to him by General Manager Dick Miller. Glover netted 48 goals during the season and was presented with a crisp new 100 dollar bill for sinking his 100th goal of his career.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>Solinger then scored the winner as Andy Barbe and Migay combined to assist on the counter which sent the few Pittsburgh fans in the Cleveland rink home happy.</p><p>The Hornets are continuing to dominate the playoff scoring race as well. Ray Hanningan with nine goals and five assists for 14 points leads in that department while Johnny MacCormack leads in the assists department with 9 as well.</p><h3><b>TUESDAY, APRIL 3</b></h3><p>HERSHEY &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets defeated the Hershey Bears, 2 to 1, before 7,022 and moved within one game of entering the flnails in othe playoffs for the championship.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Mathers; centre, Migay; wings, Barbe, Solinger; subs.: Baokor, Blair, Hannigan, Armstrong, Langelle, Kobussen, Botton, Smith, McCormack.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Gariepy, Reigle; centre, Mario; wings, Brown, Harrison; subs.: Schertzl,, Branigan, Crawford, Moe, Sullivan, Corcoran, McIntyre, Bettio, Portcous.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03140/1153763-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="584" height="356"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, APRIL 5</b></h3><p>PITTSBURGH. &mdash; Pittsburgh&rsquo;s stinging Hornets moved into the final Calder Cup playoffs by defeating the Hershey Bears 5-1 before 5,024 fans at the Gardens.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Mathers; centre, Migay; wings, Barbe, Solinger; subs.: Backor, Blair, Bolton, Smith, McCormack.</p><p><b>Hershey:</b> Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Reigie; centre, Mario; wings, Brown, Harrison; subs.: Schertzl, Crawford, Moe, Sullivan, Marquess, Corcoran, McIntyre, Bettio, Porteous.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04122/1153756-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="589" height="516"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, APRIL 7</b></h3><p>CLEVELAND.&mdash;The Pittsburgh Hornets won their seventh playoff game in a row as they defeated the Cleveland Barons 3-2 in overtime to take a one game hold in their best of seven Calder Cup final series. Bob Solinger was the star of the game with two goals, the second the winner at five minutes and 31 seconds of overtime. Doran gave the Barons a one goal lead in the first period but Solinger tied it up in the second. In the third period Buller put the Barons up but 14 seconds before the end of the game Armstrong evened the count. Solinger&rsquo;s sudden death goal came on passes from Barbe and Migay.</p><p><b>Cleveland:</b> Goal, Perras; defence, Samis, Lavitt: centre. Douglas; wings, MacKay, Ceresino; subs.: Buller, Williams, Hergesheimer, Taylor, Thurier, Olson, Lund, Busch.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh:</b> Goal, Mayer: defence, Horton Mathens centre, migay; wings, Bar: Baekor. Blair, Han Armstrong, Langelle, Kobussen, Bolton, Smith, McCormack.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05102/1153749-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="585" height="451"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0688/1153742-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="585" height="961"></div><h3><b>THE LEADERS</b></h3><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Ray Hannigan, Pittsburgh 9.</p><p><b>Most Assits:</b> Johnny McCormack, Rudy Migay, Pittsburgh 9.</p><p><b>Most Points:</b> Ray Hannigan, Pittsburgh 14.</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Gil Mayer. Pittsburgh 2</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Glen Sonmor, Cleveland 11.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0013-01

AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK TAYLOR</div><p>KITCHENER, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>Memory of George Hainsworth, the little guy with the big hockey heart, will be perpetuated in the district by the annual selection of a holder of the new George Hainsworth Memorial Trophy.</p><p>This handsome silver trophy, donated by professional hockey and other sports associates. will be held for one year by the hockey player chosen as most valuable and sportsmanlike from among O.H.A. teams competing in Kitchener and Waterloo arenas.</p><p>Montreal Canadiens, with whom Hainsworth rose to fame and set goaltending records that have stood for more than a score of years, are donating an annual miniature replica for permanent possession of the winner.</p><p>It Is expected that the players of at least six teams will be eligible for competition next year when the new Kitchener junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; entry begins to function.</p><h2><b>Committee Chooses Winner</b></h2><p>A five-man committee has been named to select a winner for the current year. It will make its choice from among nearly 100 players who competed with K-W. Flying Dutchmen of the O.H.A. Major Series, Waterloo Hurricanes of the junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circuit; Bridgeport Vets, an interjnediate team, and Kitchener and Waterloo junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; clubs.</p><p>Strong contenders are seen in Billy Flick, right-winger with the Dutchies, and leading scorer in the O.H.A. Major Series; Charles McDonald, a 61-point getter with the tail-end Hurcs; Bob Bindernagel, former senior star, who has played outstandingly in goal for the Bridgeport club (Bridgeport is a Kitchener suburb); Lorne Becker, centre star with the Kitchener juniors, and Jack Oberle, high-scoring star with the Waterloo junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; team.</p><p>Responsible for the presentation of the trophy for competition has been a group of Dutchmen executives headed by Bobby Bauer, 1951-52 ciub president and former Boston Bruins star, and his brother Ray.</p><p>Members of the Carling-Kuntz touring softball team which barnstormed Western Ontario before the Second World War have donated the trophy. They include famous hockey names like those of Milt Schmidt and Porky Dumart of Boston. Others are Bob, Gene, Ray, Frank and Dave Bauer, Honey Kuntz, Ott Heller, Carlo Kuntz, Clare Martin of the Red Wings, Wib (Dutch) Hiller formerly of Canadiens and Rangers. Dick Behling, Bingo Kampman a former Leaf star, Vic Lang, Howard Mackie and Al Murray, former N.H.L. star defence man and O.H.A. junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; coach at Galt for a long term.</p><p>First winner will receive the trophy at a special hockey dinner planned for early in the fall coincident with the first hockey game in Kitchener&rsquo;s new $1,500,000 arena which is now nearing completion.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kitchener Will Honor Memory Of Great George Hainsworth

<div class="byline">By JACK TAYLOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01203/1153832-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>IN MEMORIAM</i></b></p><p><b>HAINSWORTH TROPHY &mdash; This handsome trophy has been donated for annual competition in Kitchener-Waterloo (Ort.), in memory of George Hainsworth, outstanding goalie with Canadiens and Leafs in past years. Picture behind the trophy is that cf Hainsworth in his prime as a member of the Canadiens in the 1928-29 period when he set goal-tending records that have never been equalled.</b></p></figcaption></div><p>KITCHENER, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The tail-end Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen of the O.H.A. senior loop are confident they won&rsquo;t finish in the cellar in what should be an enlarged circuit next season. Incorporated last month, the club has been re-organized under the name of Kitchen-Waterloo Dutchmen Hockey Club Ltd., and Bobby Bauer, formerly of Boston Bruins and last season club manager, now becomes the president.</p><p>Stepping down as coach is Walter (Punch) Scherer who ends a three-year term in that post to become hockey manager. No successor has been named but the team has lines out for a name player who should be able to make the Dutchies into a real contender.</p><p>Business Manager George Panter of the O.H.A. is reported to be dickering with a number of clubs In an effort to bring at least two more, teams into the circuit which currently comprises Toronto Marlboros. K.-W. Dutchmen, Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s, and Hamilton Tigers.</p><p>Maple Leaf interests have previously announced that either St. Mike&rsquo;s or the Marlboro franchise will be moved outside of Toronto with Niagara Falls expected to get the call. Kingston is another city believed eyeing a Major Series berth while Panter is reported to have been checking Buffalo and Syracuse for possible international teams.</p><p>There has been unofficial talk that Owen Sound Mercurys, currently cutting a wide swath in Allan Cup playdowns, might be asked to step back up to the non-pro bracket but there is a strong feeling in the Georgian Bay city against any such move after Mercs lack of success in past years.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0014-01

Bobby Bauer New President Of Reorganized Kitcheners

<div class="byline">By CLEON WALFOORT (Milwaukee Journal)</div><p>MILWAUKEE, Wis.&mdash;</p><p>Omaha Knights held a cleancut edge over every team in the league in skating to the United States Hockey League championship in the season recently completed, final statistics show. Strangely enough, the Knights, who virtually had the title in the bag a month before the season ended, showed their thinnest margin of superiority over the last place Milwaukee Sea Gulls, winning six, losing four and tying two.</p><p>Kansas City was the champions&rsquo; favorite victim. They won nine and lost only one game with the fifth place Royals. Denver proved tough for the Knights, holding them to a 6-8 count for the season, but second place St. Paul won only three of 12 games and Tulsa, a contender most of the season, had to be satisfied with three wins and 11 defeats against the champs.</p><p>Although Omaha topped the circuit in number of victories both at home and away, the champions&rsquo; road record was less impressive than that of other teams. Throughout the league season, home teams compiled a winning percentage of .642. The statistics follow:</p><h2><b>Record of games won</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02143/1153863-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="802" height="241"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0014-02

Cellarites Toughest For Top-Dog Knights

<h2><b>Tough Going</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>V</span>eteran Len &lsquo;Doc&rsquo; Haldorsen, popular winger with the Tulsa Oilers, really felt bad the night of March 29 when he scored three goals in the second playoff final tilt for the championship with the Omaha Knights. The latter won 5-3 as the Doc put on a one-man show in vain.</p><h2><b>Blazing Shot</b></h2><p>Former pro Bud Polle, he of the blinding shot, proved his worth as ice-general with the runner-up Tulsa Oilers in their rugged five-game championship series with the Omaha Knights. Poile blazed three goals into the net past goalie Bill Brennan, and assisted in four others during the series.</p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p><b>OFFICIAL FINAL PLAYOFF STANDINGS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01173/1153971-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="494" height="746"></div><p>The Tulsa Oilers battled right down to the final wire before the hard-fighting Omaha Knights came out on top with a double championship and their first playoff title since 1942.</p><p>The Knights, No. 2 farm club of the Detroit Red Wings, jumped into a fast lead when they took the opening playoff final game 3-2. Bill Folk sewed that one up In the second overtime period with a 20-foot shot that beat goalie Freckles Little all the way.</p><p>Then Omaha wrestled to a 5-3 win in the second encounter and It looked as if they would take the best-of-five series In three straight. Tulsa&rsquo;s venerable Doc Haldorsen fired a ohat-trick In vain In the one.</p><p>Then the Oilers hurst into life. With their backs to the wall, they outpointed the Knights 4-2, and in the fourth scuffle, came out with a slashing 5-4 overtime win on Bart Bradley&rsquo;s marker with less than two minutes played.</p><p>However, the champs came through when the chips were down, and they drifted to an easy 6-2 win on their own ice before 4,059 fans.</p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28</b></h3><p>OMAHA &mdash; BJM Folk&rsquo;s 20-foot goal at 1:52 of the second overtime gave Omaha a 8-2 victory over Tulsa In the first game of the final playoff series.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defence, Bloomer, Davidson; centre Haldorsen; wings, Gronedahl, Young; subs.: Dralnville, Telfor, Bradfley, Butler, McClellan, Dillon, Poile.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goad, Brennan; defence, Forbes, Coburn; centre, O&rsquo;Grady; wings, McLean, Unlac; subs.: Durham, Folk, Glesebrechft, Bruneteau, McLeod, Relbel, Taylor, McKay, Hinchberger.</p><p>3.. Omahae</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02141/1153964-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="583" height="187"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03124/1153957-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="580" height="339"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0492/1153950-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="1683" height="1362"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b><i>Gus Fan Acts Up</i></b></p><p><b>Gus Fan gets into the act: The above shot shows just how fans end up in trouble at hockey games. Here, an onlooker grabs Johnny McLellan&rsquo;s stick as he and Doug McKay of Omaha lock grips. The picture was taken during the fourth playoff game between the Tulsa Oilers and Omaha Knights.</b></p> <span class="photo-credit">(Photo by Engler)</span></figcaption></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 29</b></h3><p>OMAHA &mdash; The Omaha Knights beat the Tulsa Oi&rsquo;Iers 5-3, leaving a oIngle game between them and the league play-off champions.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defence, Bloomer, Davidson; centre Haldorsen; wings, Gronsdaihl, Young; subs.: Dralnvile, Telfor, Bradley, Butler, McClellan, Dllbon, Polle.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goa, Brennan; defence, Forbes, Coburn; centre, O&rsquo;Grady; wings, McLean, Unlac; subs.: Durham, Folk, Giesebrecht, Bruneteau, McLeod, Relbel, Taylor, McKay, Hinchberger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0573/1153943-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="576" height="512"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY. MARCH 81</b></h3><p>TULSA &mdash; Fighting with their backs to the wall, the crippled Tuflsa Oilers outpointed the Omaha Knights, 4 to 2, In their U. S. Hockey league playoff game at the Coliseum.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goad, Brennan; defence, For-bes, Coburn; centre, O&rsquo;Grady; wings, McLean, Uniac; subs.: Durham, Folk, Glesebrecht, Bruneteau, McLeod, Relbel, Taylor, McKay, Hinchberger.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defence, Bloomer, Drainville; centre, Bradley; wings, Dillon, McLellan; subs.: Haldorsen, Polle, Gronsdahl, Macey, Young, Butler, Jones, Davidson, Telford.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0659/1153936-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="580" height="181"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0752/1153929-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="588" height="356"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, APRIL 1</b></h3><p>TULSA &mdash; The Tulsa Oilers defeated Omaha, 5 to 4, hers In a slashing, overtime championship oplayoff game to even the five-game series; at two each.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Forbes, Coburn; centre, O&rsquo;Grady; wings, McLean, Unlac; subs.: Dunham, Folk, Glesebrecht, Bruneteau, McLeod, Relbel, Taylor, McKay, Hinchberger.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goafl, Little; defence, Bloomer, Dralnville; centre, Bradley; wings, Dillon, McLellan; subs.: Haldersen, Polle, Gronsdahl, Macey, Young, Butler, Jones, Davidson, Telford.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0844/1153922-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="575" height="565"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, APRIL 2</b></h3><p>OMAHA &mdash; The Omaha Knights won their first double championship they overpowered Tulsa, 6-2, in the playoff finals.</p><p>They had the count at 4-0 before the Oilers could solve the close checking Omaha game and break through the solid Omaha blue Mne defence and goalie Bill Brennan.</p><p>A crowd of 4,059 watched the Knights win their first playoff title since 1942.</p><p><b>Tulsa:</b> Goal, Little; defence, Bloomer, Dralnville; centre, Bradley; wings, Dillon, McLcllan; subs.: Haldersen, Polle, Gronsdahl, Macey. Young, Butler, Jones, Davidson, Telford.</p><p><b>Omaha:</b> Goal, Brennan; defence, Forbes, Coburn; centre, O&rsquo;Grady; wings, McLean, Unlac; subs.: Dunham, Folk, Glesebrecht, Bruneteau, McLeod, Relbel, Taylor, McKay, Hinchberger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0941/1153915-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="582" height="357"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1037/1153908-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="576" height="223"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><h3><b>FINAL OFFICIAL PLAYOFF SCORING</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1134/1153901-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="583" height="1519"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1228/1153894-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="579" height="148"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0015-01

UNITED STATES LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01177/1154009-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02127/1154002-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="546" height="867"></div><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Pictured Boston forward.</p><p>4&mdash;Member of the Vancouver Canucks, called Norm.</p><p>7&mdash;Denotes number worn by Calum MacKay.</p><p>8&mdash;Initials of a Chicago forward.</p><p>9&mdash;Once played for Rangers, called Bert.</p><p>11&mdash;Initials of a St. Louis forward.</p><p>12&mdash;Member of the Rangers in 1928-29.</p><p>14&mdash;Roman numerals for number of goals scored by Reise last season.</p><p>16&mdash;Member of the Springfield Indians.</p><p>17&mdash;League in which Emil Iverson once coached (abbr).</p><p>18&mdash;Initials of Gariepy, once with Buffalo.</p><p>19&mdash;Spanish article.</p><p>21&mdash;Short for given name of Rodden of 1928-29 Bruins.</p><p>23&mdash;Month in which Jack McLeod celebrates birthday (abbr).</p><p>26&mdash;Number of games Emile Francis played for Rangers in 1949-50</p><p>27&mdash;Second name of Jim Bedard.</p><p>28&mdash;Birthplace of Kilby MacDonald, former Ranger.</p><p>31&mdash;Initials of a Red Wing.</p><p>32&mdash;Initials of a New York rearguard.</p><p>33&mdash;Sam Casanato&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>34&mdash;Native province of Rudy Migay (abbr).</p><p>36&mdash;Initials of a Cleveland defenseman.</p><p>38&mdash;Home state of club with whom Donat Deschenes plays (abbr).</p><p>39&mdash;Gordie Howe had one over all scorers in point race.</p><p>41&mdash;Name given Wares, ex-Van-couver player.</p><p>43&mdash;What Murdo and Calum MacKay are.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Birthplace of Ray Laplante.</p><p>2&mdash;Number worn by DeLory of Kansas City.</p><p>3&mdash;Glen Harmon is in his &mdash; season with Canadiens.</p><p>4&mdash;Bernie &mdash; is the publicity director of Omaha Knights.</p><p>5&mdash;This NHL goalie once played with Kenora Thistles.</p><p>6&mdash;Initials of Ballance of Vancouver.</p><p>10&mdash;Broda learned to play goal when one.</p><p>13&mdash;Country in which Normie Mann, ex-Leaf, was born (abbr).</p><p>15&mdash;Given name of &ldquo;Vai&rdquo; Delory.</p><p>20&mdash;Short for first name of a Bruin.</p><p>22&mdash;NHL team with whom Jimmy Orlando once played.</p><p>24&mdash;Wally Stanowski&rsquo;s second name.</p><p>25&mdash;This NHL goalie played for Kansas City in 1948-49,</p><p>26&mdash;Denotes score between Canadiens and Leafs on Nov. 30th.</p><p>29&mdash;Initials of &ldquo;Wimpy&rdquo; Jones.</p><p>30&mdash;Name given McK night, sportscaster.</p><p>34&mdash;Fred Glover is 23 years &mdash;.</p><p>35&mdash;Marcel Dheere plays for this PCHL club (abbr).</p><p>37&mdash;Victoria Cougars president answers to this.</p><p>40&mdash;To perform.</p><p>42&mdash;Initials of an NHL coach who once played for Regina Vics.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0016-01

Hockey Crossword

<p><b>(Includes all regular schedule games)</b></p><h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03100/1154103-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="574" height="502"></div><h2><b>CINCINNATI</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0483/1154096-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="576" height="601"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0549/1154089-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="578" height="447"></div><h2><b>HERSHEY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0628/1154082-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="574" height="395"></div><h2><b>NEW HAVEN</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0722/1154075-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="584" height="304"></div><h2><b>PROVIDENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0821/1154068-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="578" height="427"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0917/1154061-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="576" height="426"></div><h2><b>SPRINGFIELD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1014/1154054-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="580" height="579"></div><h2><b>INDIANAPOLIS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1111/1154047-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="580" height="597"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1211/1154040-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="575" height="567"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0016-03

American League Final Statistics

<h2><b>New Record</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><span>L</span>ucien Dewhene, New Westminster goalkeeper, set a new record for playoff series in shotting; out the Tacoma Rockets for 110 minutes and 46 seconds without a goal. The New Westminster Royals have played 10 overtime games in the past three Seasons in playoff series and have won them all.</p><h2><b>Leaders</b></h2><p>Bobby Love, Gordon Fashoway and Ollie Dorohoy, of New Westminster, led the scorers in the New Westminster-Tacoma Meries with four points each. Bob Koch, also of New Westminster, was the leading goal getter with three. Dorohoy&rsquo;a four assists were tops in that department.</p><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>STANDINGS ON SUNDAY, APRIL 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01142/1154211-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="594" height="451"></div><h3><b>RESULTS OF GAMES</b></h3><p>Mar. 27&mdash;Victoria 5, Portland 4</p><p>Mar. 28&mdash;Tacoma 2, New West&rsquo;er</p><p>4 Mar. 29&mdash;Portland 3, Victoria 4</p><p>Mar. 31&mdash;New West&rsquo;er 3, Tacoma 2</p><p>Apr. 1&mdash;Victoria 1, Portland 2</p><p>After dropping the first two games of their play-off series, the New Westminster Royals bounced back to defeat the Tacoma Rockets four straight games to qualify for the final round of the play-offs with either Victoria or Portland for the Phil. Henderson Memorial Trophy.</p><p>Victoria and Portland are deadlocked at three victories apiece in the closest and hardest fought Play-off series in the history of the League. The seventh and deeding game will be played in Victoria Tuesday night with the winner to battle New Westminster for the title.</p><p>Four of the six games in the Cougar-Eagle series have gone into overtime and only one game has been decided by more than ono goal, that the 4-1 victory by Victoria over the Eagles in the third game of the series.</p><p>Victoria holds a decided edge over the Royals in the season&rsquo;s play as the Royals were unable to defeat the Cougars in Victoria tho past season. Victoria winning five and tieing two. In New Westminster tho Cougars won three and lost four for an overall record of eight victories, four losses and two ties against the Royals.</p><p>Against Portland the Royals fared much better winning ten, closing three and tieing one game. In New Westminster the Royals won six games and loet one. In Portland they won four, lost two end tied one.</p><p><b>PLAYOFFS</b></p><h3><b>TUESDAY. MARCH 27</b></h3><p><b>Victoria 5, Portland 4 (Overtime)</b></p><p><b>(Best-of-seven series tied 2-2)</b></p><p>PORTLAND &mdash; The Eagles and Cougars were up to tlhelr old tricks, playing into overtime before Victoria finally won 5-4. to pull alii, even with the Portlanders In their aet.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02112/1154204-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="1663" height="987"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>Whew! Says Hugh</b></p><p>(Courtesy Victoria Daily Times) <b>IN AN UNENVIABLE POSITION at the bottom of this scramble, Portland&rsquo;s Hugh Sutherland flops on the puck as Eddie Mazur of Victoria tickles his ribs in an effort to get the puck and drive it past goalie Hec Highton. Jack McIntyre (10) of the Cougars, has Highton backed into the nets, while Wait Samanski rushes to the defense as he checks Mazur.</b></p></figcaption></div><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnor; defence, Long, Lepine; centre, Burman; wings, Evans Medynski; subs.: Leger, Webster, Goegan, Strongman, Hebenton, McIntyre, Mazur. Frampton, Dorohoy, Abbott.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Highton; defence. Conn, Sutherland: centre, Kubasek; wings, Hartsburg, Fairburn; subs.: Tarala. Sprout, Brodeur, Homenuke, Silvestri, Samanski, Hopper, Boyce, Ciuxnan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0386/1154197-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="590" height="616"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28</b></h3><p><b>New Westminster 4, Tacoma 2</b></p><p><b>(New Westminster leads best-of-seven series. 3-2</b></p><p>NEW WESTMINSTER &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets have to win at the Tacoma Arena or close up their hockey shop for the season.</p><p>That was taken care of by the New Westminster Royals here as Coaoh Babe Pratt&rsquo;s skaters handed the Tacomans a 4-2 licking to take a 3-2 edge In their semi-final series In the league playoffs.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Bell, Giokas; centre Adams; wings, Webster, Dheere; subs.: Gustavsen, Toole, Read, Johnson, Andrews, Johns, Rowe, Lambrecht.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Deschene; Defence, Pratt, Bergeron; centre, Lavell; wings, Slater, Gruhn; subs.: Dorohoy, Ullyott, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Huddleston, Paul, Houle, Peterson.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0463/1154190-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="589" height="385"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 29</b></h3><p><b>Victoria 4, Portland 3</b></p><p><b>(Victoria leads best-of-seven series 3-2)</b></p><p>VICTORIA &mdash; Victoria Cougars slammed their way Into a 8-2 series lead over Portland at Memorial Arena as they edged the Eagles, 4-3, before a capacity crowd. The victory was their third straight in the best-of-seven P.C. H.L. playoff semi-fina.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Highton; defence, Siprout, Sutherland; centre, Samanski; wings, Summerhill, Silvestri; subs.: Tarala, Brodeur, Conn, Hartsburg, Fairburn, Kubasek, Hopper, Boyce Cluman.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Webster; centre, Burman; wings, Evans: Medynski; sub3.: Lepine, Goegan, Strongman, Long, Hebenton, McIntyre, Frampton, Dorohoy, Mazur, Abbott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0542/1154183-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="588" height="483"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 31</b></h3><p><b>New Westminster 3, Tacoma 2</b></p><p><b>(New Westminster wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><p>TACOMA &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets are now looking for summer jobs.</p><p>The New Westminster Royals put the Tacoma icemen on the unemployed list at the Arena by scoring a hard-earned 3-2 decision.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechesne; defence, Bergron, Pratt; centre, Ullyot; wings, Dorohoy, Koch; subs.: Slater, Love, Fashoway, Lavell, Huddleston, Gruhn, Paul, Houle, Peterson.</p><p><b>Tacoma:</b> Goal, Stevenson; defence, Gustavsen, Johns; centre, Toole; wings, Andrews, Lambrecht; subs.: Bell, Giokas, Adam, Read, Johnston, Webster, Dheere, Rowe.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0625/1154176-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="584" height="356"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, APRIL 8</b></h3><p><b>VICTORIA 8, PORTLAND 0</b></p><p><b>(Victoria wins best of seven series 4-3)</b></p><p>VICTORIA &mdash; Victoria Cougars reached the Pacific Coast Hockey league with a sparkling 8-0 triumph over Portland Eagies In the seventh game of their semi-finall series.</p><p><b>Portland:</b> Goal, Highton; defence, Sprout, Sutherland; centre, Samanski; wings, Homenuke, Silvestri; subs.: Tarawa Brodeur, Conn, Hartsburg, Fairburn, Kubasek, Hopper, Summerhill, Boyce, Cluman.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Webster; centre, Burman; wings, Evans, Medynski; subs.: Lepine, Goegan, Strongman, Long, Hebenton, McIntyre, Mazur, Dorohoy, Frampton, Abbott.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0721/1154169-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="591" height="309"></div><p><b>FINAL SERIES</b></p><h3><b>THURSDAY. APRIL 5</b></h3><p><b>NEW WESTMINSTER 0, VICTORIA 4</b></p><p><b>(Victoria leads best of seven final series 1-0)</b></p><p>VICTORIA &mdash; Victoria&rsquo;s Cougars did a thorough, workmanlike job on New Westminster Royals, clawing them, 4-0, in the first game of the Pacific Coast Hockev league championship final.</p><p><b>New Westminster:</b> Goal, Dechesne: defence, Pratt, Bergeron; centre. Ullyot; wings, Dorohoy, Koch; subs.: Huddleston, Paul, Dufault, Fashoway, Lavell, Slater, Love, Gruhn, Houle, Peterson.</p><p><b>Victoria:</b> Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Tiefence, Leger, Webster; centre, Frampton; wings, Hebenton, Abbott; subs.: Goegan, Strongman, Lepine, Long, Burman, Medynski, Evans, Mazur, McIntyre, E. Dorohoy.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0812/1154162-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="586" height="362"></div><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p><b>(Including Games of Sunday, April 1)</b></p><h3><b>SERIES&ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0910/1154155-1-eng-US/f0017-092.jpg" title="f0017-09" width="590" height="680"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-1010/1154148-1-eng-US/f0017-102.jpg" title="f0017-10" width="598" height="78"></div><h3><b>SERIES&ldquo;B&rdquo;</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-118/1154141-1-eng-US/f0017-112.jpg" title="f0017-11" width="597" height="572"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-128/1154134-1-eng-US/f0017-122.jpg" title="f0017-12" width="591" height="82"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0017-01

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

<h2><b><i>IN THE EAST</i></b></h2><h3><b>EASTERN CANADA JUNIOR</b></h3><p><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></p><p><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 29</b></p><p><b>Halifax 7, Inkerman 3</b></p><p><b>Best-of-seven series tied at 2-2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01150/1154347-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="592" height="631"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 31</b></h3><p><b>Halifax 4, Inkerman 12</b></p><p><b>Inkerman leads best-of-seven series 3-2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0292/1154340-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="590" height="874"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, APRIL 2</b></h3><p><b>Inkerman 7, Halifax 3</b></p><p><b>Inkerman wins best-of-seven series 4-2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0358/1154333-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="591" height="678"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, APRIL 5</b></h3><p><b>Quebec 9, Inkerman 0</b></p><p><b>Quebec leads best-of-five series 1-0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0443/1154326-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="591" height="507"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, APRIL 7</b></h3><p><b>Quebec 16, Inkerman 4 (Quebec leads best of seven eastern Canada semi-finals 2-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0533/1154319-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="592" height="1103"></div><h3><b>O.H.A. JUNIOR</b></h3><p><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></p><p><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 30</b></p><p><b>Marilboros 7, St. Catharines 3 Marlboros win best-of-five aeries 3-1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0629/1154312-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="586" height="519"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0726/1154305-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="590" height="185"></div><h3><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h3><p><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28</b></p><p><b>Barrie 5, Windsor 2</b></p><p><b>Barrie wins best-of-five series 3-0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0820/1154298-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="594" height="459"></div><h3><b>FINALS</b></h3><p><b>MONDAY, APRIL 2</b></p><p><b>Barrie 5, Marlboros 3 Barrie leads best-of-seven series 1-0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0918/1154291-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="590" height="583"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4</b></h3><p><b>Marilboros 7, Barrie 4</b></p><p><b>Best-of-seven series tied 1-1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1015/1154284-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="592" height="612"></div><h2><b><i>IN THE WEST</i></b></h2><h3><b>MAN. THUNDER BAY JUNIOR</b></h3><p><b>FINALS</b></p><p><b>Winnipeg 4, Port Arthur 3</b></p><p><b>Winnipeg leads best-of-seven series 1-0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1113/1154277-1-eng-US/f0018-112.jpg" title="f0018-11" width="598" height="591"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 31</b></h3><p><b>Port Arthur 1, Winnipeg 0</b></p><p><b>Best-of-seven series tied 1-1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1213/1154270-1-eng-US/f0018-122.jpg" title="f0018-12" width="584" height="338"></div><h2><b>MONDAY, APRIL 2</b></h2><p><b>Port Arthur 8, Winnipeg 4</b></p><p><b>Port Arthur leads best-of-seven series 2-1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1313/1154263-1-eng-US/f0018-132.jpg" title="f0018-13" width="593" height="717"></div><h3><b>WESTERN JUNIOR</b></h3><p><b>QUARTERS-FINALS MONDAY, MARCH 20</b></p><p><b>Regina 7, Prince Albert 5 Regina wins best-of-five series 3-2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1412/1154256-1-eng-US/f0018-142.jpg" title="f0018-14" width="582" height="620"></div><h3><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h3><p><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 31</b></p><p><b>Regina 4, Edmonton 0 Regina leads best-of-seven series 1-0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1512/1154249-1-eng-US/f0018-152.jpg" title="f0018-15" width="587" height="389"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, APRIL 2</b></h3><p><b>Regina 6, Edmonton 2</b></p><p><b>Regina leads best-of-seven series 2-0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1612/1154242-1-eng-US/f0018-162.jpg" title="f0018-16" width="591" height="605"></div><h2><b>SURVIVORS</b></h2><h3><b>IN THE EAST</b></h3><p><b>Quebec Citadels, Inkerman Rockets, Barrie Flyers, Toronto Marlboros.</b></p><h3><b>IN THE WEST</b></h3><p><b>Regina Pats, Edmonton Oil Kings, Port Arthur Bruins, Winnipeg Monarchs.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0018-01

Road To The Memorial Cup

<h2><b><i>IN THE EAST</i></b></h2><h3><b>QUEBEC MAJOR</b></h3><p><b>FINALS</b></p><h3><b>TUESDAY, APRIL 3</b></h3><p><b>Quebec, Valleyfield 3</b></p><p><b>Best-of-nine series tied 2-2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01129/1154500-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="600" height="659"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, APRIL-5</b></h3><p><b>Valleyfield 4, Quebec 1</b></p><p><b>Valley field leads best-of-nine series 3-2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0292/1154493-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="599" height="417"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, APRIL 8</b></h3><p><b>Valleyfield 2, Quebec 8</b></p><p><b>(Beet of nine Quebec finals seriestied 3-3)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0371/1154486-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="599" height="491"></div><h3><b>O.H.A. MAJOR</b></h3><p><b>FINALS</b></p><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28</b></h3><p><b>St. Michael&rsquo;s 7, Hamilton 6</b></p><p><b>St. Michael&rsquo;s leads best-of-seven series 3-1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0457/1154479-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="596" height="1057"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY. MARCH 30</b></h3><p><b>St. Michael&rsquo;s 2, Hamilton 0</b></p><p><b>St. Michael&rsquo;s wins best-of-seven series 4-1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0543/1154472-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="591" height="390"></div><h3><b>MARITIME MAJOR</b></h3><p><b>FINALS</b></p><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 30</b></h3><p><b>Sydney 2, Charlottetown 1 Sydney leads best-of-seven series 1-0</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0629/1154465-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="590" height="397"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 31</b></h3><p><b>Sydney 2, Charlottetown 2</b></p><p><b>Sydney leads best-of-seven series 1-0 plus one point enels for the tie</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0727/1154458-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="594" height="549"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, APRIL 3</b></h3><p><b>Sydney 4, Charlottetown 3</b></p><p><b>(Sydney leads best-of-seven series 2-0, one game tied)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0825/1154451-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="594" height="621"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4</b></h3><p><b>Charlottetown 8, Sydney 1</b></p><p><b>Charlottetown leads best-of-seven series 5-3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0921/1154444-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="594" height="762"></div><h2><b><i>IN THE WEST</i></b></h2><h3><b>WESTERN CANADA MAJOR</b></h3><p><b>ROUND-ROBIN SERIES</b></p><h3><b>MONDAY, MARCH 26</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 4, Calgary 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1016/1154437-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="597" height="326"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 27</b></h3><p><b>Sawkatoon 7, Edmonton 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1116/1154430-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="584" height="575"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 4, Calgary 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1216/1154423-1-eng-US/f0019-122.jpg" title="f0019-12" width="589" height="407"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 29</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 5, Calgary 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1315/1154416-1-eng-US/f0019-132.jpg" title="f0019-13" width="591" height="353"></div><h3><b>MONDAY, APRIL 2</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 3, Saskatoon 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1415/1154409-1-eng-US/f0019-142.jpg" title="f0019-14" width="595" height="353"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon wins 12-game round-robin series with six wins.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1513/1154402-1-eng-US/f0019-152.jpg" title="f0019-15" width="589" height="479"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0019-01

On The Alexander Cup Trail

<p>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;</p><p>Calgary Stampeders, league pennant winners, dominate the first team of the 1950-51 Western Major Hockey League all-star selections announced by the league president Al Pickard.</p><p>Five Stampeders, including coach Byron (Butch) McDonald, gained berths on the first team. Saskatoon Quakers and Edmonton Flyers each placed one man to complete the squad.</p><p>Saskatoon and Edmonton are represented by three men each on the second team. Calgary by one. The last-place Regina Caps failed to land a berth on either team.</p><p>The balloting was done by 15 sports writers and broadcasters in the four league cities. Two points were given for a first-team vote and one for a second-team vote, making 30 points the maximum one player could receive.</p><p>Only holdovers from the first all-star team of last season are Russ Dertell, the unanimous choice in goal, and Colin Kilburn, who gained 29 out of a possible 30 points at left wing.</p><p>Highest vote received by any player went to Dertell, who was first choice on all 15 ballots for goal.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Champ Stamps Snare Honors in Balloting

<p>Here&rsquo;s the way the dream teams of the Western Canada Senior Hockey League lined up, as picked by the writers: &mdash;</p><h2><b>First Team Second Team</b></h2><p>Russ Dertell. Calgary Goal Ray Frederick, Edmonton</p><p>Bill Heindl, Saskatoon Defence Larry Zeidel, Saskatoon</p><p>Julian Sawchuk, Cal. Defence Gordon Watt, Edmonton</p><p>Sid Finney, Calgary Centre Ray Barry, Edmonton</p><p>Norm Larson, Calgary R. Wing Chuck McCullough, Sask.</p><p>Colin Kilburn, Edmon. L. Wing Archie Scott, Calgary</p><p>Butch McDonald, Cal. Coach Riley Mullen, Saskatoon<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Western Canada All-Stars

<p>VOLUME 4 MONTREAL, APRIL 14, 1951 NUMBER 28</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01103/1154600-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="254" height="282"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0243/1154593-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="261" height="304"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0329/1154586-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2298" height="1395"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Defenseman Bill Barilko of the Leafs, although Gat in the above picture, has just scored to put the Leafs up 1-0 in the second game of the semi-final series between the Bruins and Leafs. Referee Red Storey is in on the play and watches as the disc hits the twine. A!so watching are Gelineau, Lcycoe, Henderson (A) Tod Sloan (15) and Dumart on the right.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0419/1154579-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2274" height="1242"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Little Dune Fisher is carried from the ice after being bounced into the boards by Rearguard Bill Barilko. Fisher needed 12 stitches to close a cut in the back of his head as an aftermath of the rough battle.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Photos by Turofsky)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

Search for your favorite player or team

April 14, 1951

Takes RW Berth On Fans’ Team By Eight Points

Edmonton Backer Has 3 Clubs On Co At Once

Moose Jaw Juniors Should Be Nearly Intact Next Year

Happy Birthday to You