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April 28, 1951

The Hockey News April 28, 1951

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded..October 1, 1947Published by Hockey News Company, 603A Sun Life Building, Montreal, Que.Yearly Subscription Price $2.50 in Canada &mdash; $3.50 in U.5.A.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.Return ail U.S. undeliverable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey New Company, 603A Sun Life Bldg:., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.Printed in CanadaVol. 4 April 28. 1951 No. 30That was a gallant, stubborn struggle the Montreal Canadiens waged in the Stanley Cup finals, but it wasn&rsquo;t quite enough. Toronto Maple Leafs, second-place finishers in the regular National Hockey League schedule, had just that slight edge needed to nip the challengers in the see-saw overtime brand of hockey. So the famed mug returns to Toronto for the fourth time in five years&mdash;in fact, the fifth time in seven years!&mdash;to occupy what is by now nearly a permanent place of honor in Maple Leaf Gardens.Leafs proved they are still great money players by hauling down four victories out of five in the unprecedented extra time Cup final. Scarcely ever in Stanley Cup play have the two teams been so closely matched, and never before has each game in the series been so keenly and closely contested.Not only did Leafs and Canadiens shatter all previous marks in post-season play by battling it out in overtime for five successive games &mdash; they also set up a mark for future finalists to shoot at by forcing the issue into overtime in every game they played. To add a further strange quirk to the already unusual, every contest but one was decided by the identical score &mdash; 8 to 2 !Nothing else is needed to show just how evenly matched these two great teams were&mdash;the powerful Maple Leafs who threatened Detroit Red Wings right down to the wire and finished second by a few points, and the underdog Canadiens who as the season began weren&rsquo;t even given a chance to finish in the playoff circle! But Dick Irvin&rsquo;s battling Habs surprised everyone by upsetting the highly-favored Wings and then making things uncomfortably warm for the Leafs.There were many moments during the torridly-played series when the balance could have been tipped the other way. With the score so close every time, an extra &ldquo;break&rdquo; one way or the other could have been decisive, especially so in the sudden-death overtime.But, in the final analysis it was that little &ldquo;extra&rdquo; the Leafs had which won for them. Where Canadiens had to rely mainly on their big gun, Maurice Richard, the Toronto crew had a potential and potent scoring punch at nearly every position. In fact, it was a defenseman &mdash; Bill Barilko &mdash; who banged home the clinching overtime goal in the fifth and final game at Toronto last Saturday night.Despite their loss, Montreal Canadiens deserve an extra special accolade for their determined fight and a large bouquet to their sparkplug goaltender, Gerry McNeil, who rose to ths heights time and again to keep his team in the running. Little Gerry, almost overlooked previously beside the brilliant performances of rookie goalies at Detroit and Toronto, proved beyond doubt in the semi-finals and again in the finals that he is a really great player.While the loss was bitter for the Canadiens and their backers, it was especially sweet for Manager Conn Smythe and rookie Coach Joe Primeau of the Leafians.It was the seventh Stanley Cup victory for Smythe since he took over the reins at Toronto &mdash; thus equalling the mark set by puck entrepreneur Tommy Gorman with the Ottawa Senators, Chicago Black Hawks, Montreal Canadiens and Montreal Maroons.Primeau, the coach, achieved his fondest dreams by racking up a Cup &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; &mdash; adding the Stanley silverware to his previous triumps in Canadian Memorial Cup junior and Allan Cup senior play.So the 1950-51 Stanley Cup playoffs have gone down into history, taking their place alongside other memorable struggles of the past. This year&rsquo;s series carved a distinguished niche in the annals of the game to keep the fans talking for many a year.<h2>THE BARONS COME THROUGH</h2>The past weekend also saw the final drama played out in the American Hockey League. Bun Cook&rsquo;s Cleveland Barons came through with the deciding victory in a gruelling sevengame series against Pittsburgh Hornets, the team which was first rulled out of the playoffs on a player technicality and then re-admitted to play sensational hockey.By turning back the threatening Hornets to capture the Calder Cup, the Barons showed their right to the league title which they nailed down in the regular schedule. They had to fight like champions to come through to victory although outgunned at many times, as shown by the big margin the Hornets had on them in the shots-on-goal column.Only masterly direction by Cook &mdash; chosen by THE HOCKEY NEWS as Coach of the Year &mdash; and superb netminding by veteran Goalie Johnny Bower gave them the spark they needed to come through. &#9632;

IN THIS ISSUE

THE CUP RETURNS TO TORONTO

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0122/1157074-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rocket Rocks The TurkThe Montreal Canadiens in action as Maurice Richard (9) scores against Turk Broda, top picture. The puck is seen behind Richard and most of the experts are still trying to figure out how it went in. ((photo by Michael Burns))</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0216/1157067-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="2274" height="1440"><figcaption class="caption-body">In the bottom picture Richard leaves Broda behind as he sweeps in to score the winning goal in the second game which the Canadiens won 3-2. Ray Timgren (22) was too late to take Richard out of the play. (photo by Turofslcy)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hab Hopes Die “Sudden Death” - 4 Out Of 5

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0646/1155787-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="292" height="381"></div>MOST ENJOYABLE MOVIE:&ldquo;Born Yesterday&rdquo;.TWO BEST ACTORS:Alan Ladd and James Cagney.TWO BEST ACTRESSES:Jane Russell and Elizabeth Taylor.PREFERS TO WEAR:Sports clothes in bright colour.FAVORITE HOBBY:Likes to play cards.BEST GIRL VOCALIST:Sara Vaughn.BEST MAN VOCALIST:Perry Como.FAVORITE TYPE OF MUSICPopular.BEST CLASSICAL COMPOSITION:Rhapsody In Blue.BEST POPULAR COMPOSITION:Be My Love.FAVORITE ORCHESTRA:Tex Beneke.BEST COMPOSER:Rogers and Hammerstein.LIKES TO READ:Sports stories and mysteries.TWO BEST RADIO PROGRAMS:Jack Benny and Life Of Luigi.WHEN RETIRED FROM PLAYING, WOULD LIKE TO:Own a business.FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT:Lake Louise.SHOOTS GOLF:Around ninety.IN THE SUMMER:Plays golf and baseball.BEST COMIC STRIP:Dick Tracy.FAVORITE PLACE TO LIVE:Calgary. &#9632;

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INSIDE STUFF ABOUT

<div class="byline">By LEN TAYLOR</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0728/1156960-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">CHAMPS COME HOMEThe World Hockey Champion Lethbridge Maple Leafs arrived at Montreal aboard the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of France after a victorious tour of Europe. Led by 31-year-old Dick Gray, manager and playing coach of the team, the group are enroute to Lethbridge where a civic reception awaits them. Citizens of the community raised $10,000 to send the boys overseas where they lost only seven games of the 56 they played. Left to right, front row: Bill Gibson, Don McLean, Bill Chandler, Maillie Hughes, Nap Milroy, Karl Sorokoski, Bert Bibbs. Back row: Tom Wood. Dick Gray, Whitty Rimstad, Lew Siray, Hec Negrelio, captain; Don Vogan, Stan Obodiac and Micky Roth. ((Canadian Pacific Photo))</figcaption></div>KITCHENER, Ont.&mdash;Plans for the funeral of the O.H.A. Major Series have been shelved, probably permanently, after an enthusiastic meeting of the Major Council in Toronto recently.Delegates from the K. W. Dutchmen, Hamilton, Toronto Marlboros and Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s were Informed that at least five clubs have a definite interest in joining the circuit. Business Manager George Panter said that Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Kingston, Niagara Falls and Syracuse, N.Y., all want to enter.Delegates authorized him to proceed with the organization of a circuit comprising one Toronto team, the K-W entry, Hamilton, Kingston, Niagara Falls and Syracuse. The U.S. entry, if It goes through, will probably be sponsored by Art Chapman of the A.H.L. Buffalo Bisons.Only one Major team will operate In Toronto next year, Ballard told the delegates. It is considered possible that the other Leafian farm team may be moved to Niagara Falls. Panter revealed that a Niagara group, headed by a newcomer who will start the financial ball rolling with $10,000, is Interested in getting a team there.The club delegates, loath to discourage the northern teams, suggested that the Soo, Sudbury and North Bay form a Major Series sub-division and that the southern clubs make one visit north to each centre and play Friday and Saturday night games. This would give each of the three centres a dozen extra home games during the winter against the best provincial competition.Ballard stated that a definite limitation of salaries will be enforced for the Toronto team which will put them In line with remuneration paid by rival clubs.Panter said that Peterborough will be a definite Major entry when it gets a new rink but that the present structure is not large enough to make operation of a top-bracket non-professional club a possibility.Delegates were informed that while the Quebec Senior Hockey League is interested in transferring the Sherbrooke Major franchise to Kingston the city comes within O.H.A. territory and that the team there would be placed in the O.H.A. if the clubs desired. &#9632;

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O.H.A. Major Expansion Likely To Include Syracuse, Kingston

<div class="byline">By SYD THOMAS</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;&ldquo;Sudden-death&rdquo; overtime, the rulemakers called it a few years back when they laid down the regulations for Stanley Cup playoffs, and it was &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; with a vengeance in this year&rsquo;s finals between Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. Every game of the tight-as-barlc series went into overtime, and in each and every case the end came with all the suddenness of a good clean are murderThe boys just didn&rsquo;t waste any time when they skated out on the ice for the extra time, and if the customers were expecting some ot those contests dragging on into the wee small hours, they were in for a disappointment.Of the record-making five-in-a-row overtime games played as Leafs took their best-of-seven round by tour games to one, two of them w&rsquo;ere broken up in short order under the three-minute mark, and the others only got as far along as the five or six-minute stage before that crowdpleasing sudden-death goal popped into the nets.The cash customers couldn&rsquo;t have asked for any more in the way of thrills and drama than they got in these five evenly contested games. Ladling out action, in gobs right up to the 60-miuuto buzzer as-they battled it down to the wire all even, the teams reserved their most intense excitement for that bonus addition after regular time when the stakes were high and riding on a siugle goal.<h2>Stage Is Set</h2>The theme was set right from the opening game. Sid Smith of the Leafs marked out the pattern then as he banged home the decisive counter on Toronto ice just five minutes and 51 seconds from the time the two clubs skated out on the deep freeze to start their do-or-die struggle for dear old Alma Mater.Right from there to the end it was the same, and as if coincidence wasn&rsquo;t being given enough of a workout, the final result in every game except the third one was racked up in that identical, familiar 3-2 pattern. Only the third struggle, which wound up 2-1 in favor of the Leafs, broke the odd-goal-in-five tradition.In the second game Canadiens&rsquo; mighty Rocket Richard broke up that overtime production at the 2:55 mark, even as the Toronto fans were just nicely settling into their seats.Came the third game as the teams moved on to Montreal, and this time it was Leafs&rsquo; great centerman, Teeder Kennedy, who sent the Hab followers home sad as he waited until the 4:47 mark before getting that vital clincher. In number four it was big Harry Watson who pulled the trigger at the 5:15 mark to break it up and send the two contenders back to Toronto for what proved to be the decisive game.And in that, the fifth and final game of a really terrific series, with the Toronto curfew law looming on the horizon, colorful defenseman Bill Barilko made the shortest work of any of the snipers by hammering the puck behind Gerry McNeil at 2:53.So the always-colorful, always-fighting Toronto Maple Leafs proved once again that they are perhaps the greatest money team to come down the pike this present generation. They haven&rsquo;t won the historic Stanley Cup every year, but of recent semesters they&rsquo;ve been doing it frequently enough to make them feel it&rsquo;s practically private property right now.<h2>Monopoly Is Born</h2>This year marked the fourth time in five years the Leafs have tippled champagne out of the coveted old mug; the fifth time in seven years; and in fact the sixth time in 10 years, if you want to go meandering back that far along the Cup trail.Starting with that 1941-42 season, the mighty combine welded together by canny Conn Smythe and the astute Happy Day started out on a Cup-winning rampage that is without parallel in Stanley Cup history since the professionals took it over.After that initial capture in their current drive-of-the-decade, Leafs fell on comparatively lean years as they saw Detroit Red Wings and then Canadiens take the silverware in the next two seasons. But they came back in 1944-45 for another victory, gave way to Canadiens again in 1945-46, and then roared back for three wins in a row to set a mark for future contenders to shoot at.Last season, they fell before Detroit in the semi-finals as the Wings went on to take the Cup, but came the Spring of 1950-51 and those familiar blue and white-shirted figures were back on top of the heap again. There was a new coach, quiet Joe Primeau, but the scrappy tradition of the Men of Day was well followed.Counting in their victory of 1931-32, when Conn Smythe notched his first Stanley Cup triumph, and all the years between when Leafs were usually a threat to the peace of mind of the other contenders, Leafs have time and again proved their ability to come through when the big money and the glory is on the line.<h2>Out Only Four Times</h2>Since 1927, when the present six teams first were all in the league together, Toronto has missed the playoffs on only four occasions. &mdash; 1927, 1928, 1930 and 1946. And in the years they&rsquo;ve been in the thick of things, Leafs have won 91 of the 159 games they have played, losing only 65 and tieing three of them.Two of those ties were back in the days when sawoff contests were perfectly legitimate under the two-game, total-goals rules, and the other of course came in this year&rsquo;s semi-final round against Boston, when the curfew blacked the teams out one Saturday night at Toronto.By their win this Spring, Leafs also maintained the mastery they have shown over Canadiens on the all-too-infrequent occasions they have met in the finals. Until this one, the two Canadian clubs had met in the crucial set to only once before &mdash; in 1946-47 &mdash; and that year the Leafs came through victors in six games. The two other times they met in the playoffs, both semi-final efforts, the two clubs split the honors evenly. Leafs lost out in five games in the 1943-44 preliminaries and took the duke four games to two in the following season. &#9632;

Leafs Nab Cup By Early KO’s In Extra Time

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01107/1155534-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Great CaptainCaptain Teeder Kennedy, called the greatest playoff payoff man in hockey by Conn Smythe, poses with the Stanley Cup after the final game against the Canadiens. Kennedy was the major force in the Leafs&rsquo; victory as he time and time again came racing in on the Habs. Even in defeat the Canadiens heaped praise on Teeder. They called him the best they had gone against in the playoffs and took their hats off to the Captain of the dub that has won the Stanley Cup four times in five years. In his short tenure in the N.H.L. Kennedy has played on five Cup teams. He took over from Syl Apps as head man of the club and has been their leader ever since. Teeder broke up one game, the second, in overtime as he blasted a shot past McNeil. ((Photo by Michael Burns))</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Terry Sawchuk has undergone another elbow operation, but the Detroit goalie still will be a crippled-wing player when the 1951-52 season opens.A week after the Detroit team slipped so abruptly from the Stanley Cup playoffs, Sawchuck had his second operation on the right elbow which originally was injured in an accident when he was a youngster.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0293/1155527-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="572" height="569"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY SAWCHUK</figcaption></div>A Detroit surgeon removed several bone chips which had bothered Sawchuck the last two months of the campaign. A similar operation was performed the summer before in Toronto. Neither has been 100 percent successful.&ldquo;This latest operation should remove some of the stiffness from Sawchuk&rsquo;s elbow, and should relieve some of the pain which must have been terrific on him the past few weeks,&rdquo; stated the surgeon after the operation.&ldquo;There still is a partial dislocation of the elbow which won&rsquo;t permit him to extend it fully. Some chips attached to the bone also remain in his elbow,&rsquo;but those were not removed since such an operation might cause him a permanent injury.&rdquo;The status of Sawchuk&rsquo;s elbow has been a closely kept secret in the Red Wing family late in the season. Sawchuk had requested that it not be mentioned for a couple of reasons. It might become a magnet for opponents to throw bodychecks or sticks at, and also, as Sawchuk stated &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not complaining, and don&rsquo;t want anyone saying I&rsquo;m alibiing.&rdquo;After the operation Sawchuk spent five days in a local hospital recovering, and will remain in town for a couple of weeks for later examinations. Then he will go home to Winnipeg to take special exercises for the rest of the summer. &#9632;

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Sawchuk Under Knife As Elbow Acts Up Once Again

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;The Boston Bruins, and perhaps the National League, may have seen the last of one of the best little competitors hockey has ever had.Pistol Pete Horeck packed his 147 pounds off for his home in Chicago last week with the announced intention of not coming back here &mdash; except as a visitor.The little man with all the hustle said that he hoped to find a business opportunity awaiting him in Chicago, and that unless he changed his mind there would be no hockey in his future.&ldquo;After all these years I&rsquo;ve had enough,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Right now there is very little possibility that I&rsquo;ll play at all next year. I might come back to say &ldquo;Hello&rdquo;, but that&rsquo;s all.&rdquo;<h2>Made Many Boston Friends</h2>Horeck isn&rsquo;t the first first professional athlete to announce his retirement at the end of one season, then change his mind at the start of the next. Elmer Lach of Montreal, for example, has been &ldquo;retiring&rdquo; for years.This was Horeck&rsquo;g first gesture in that direction, however, and it created a stir of alarm among his legion of admirers here.In his two seasons with the Bruins the 27-year old Horeck made considerably more friends and admirers than he did goals, and he made most of them on his hustle. His complete disregard for his own health resulted In several serious injuries for him, but he never stopped trying.Midway through the past season Coach Lynn Patrick of the Bruins came up with a novel personnel shift involving Pistol Pete which revolutionized a standard strategy. He teamed him with Eddie Kryz-anowski for the purpose of killing penalties, and a routine defensive move suddenly became a means of attack.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0387/1155572-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="562" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hangs &rsquo;Em UpPETE HORECK</figcaption></div>In the three months which followed Horeck and his husky sidekick made the opposition pay for penalties on the Bruins. In that period they scored more than a dozen goalB while the Bruins were short-handed, outscored the opposition by better than four goals to one.There were trying moments for Patrick when the best offensive weapon that he had was the &ldquo;two-man line&rdquo; of Horeck and Kryzanowskl, but he had to wait until his team was short-handed to use it.The Pistol, who played all three forward positions for the Bruins last winter, bowed out in spectacular fashion against the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the playoffs.At 16:42 of the first period of the first game he created what for a while looked like an International Incident by putting Al Rollins, Toronto&rsquo;s Vezina trophy-winning goalie, in the hospital with a knee injury.Horeck and Rollins pursued a loose puck, and in the resulting brush collision, Rollins was hurt. He was replaced by Turk Broda, and the break turned out to be a good one for the Maple Leafs. The Toronto indignation at the damage which Pete had done on the 185-pound Rollins was considerable.In resulting games Horeck feuded, fought and fumed with assorted Maple Leafs, but he had to do his fuming from the sidelines for the last two games, because of a Charley horse.<h2>Makes Announcement In Boston As He And Pal Ez Chatter Over Golf Season</h2>Before Horeck toted his injured leg, badly swollen and black above and below the knee, off to Chicago, he heard the news that the one man in Toronto to whose word all defer had adjudged him not guilty of malicious conduct in the Rollins affair.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think he was concentrating on hitting Rollins,&rdquo; said Conny Smythe after viewing movies of the game. &ldquo;I thing he was caught between two thoughts. The mistake was Rollins&rsquo;, in hesitating. This is a game of contact, and a goalie, like everyone else, has to be ready for it.&rdquo;<h2>Stays In Boston</h2>Horeck stayed here through the annual Professional Golfers&rsquo; Association dinner, which he attended with Bill Ezinicki, his chum. Ezzie is one of the Bruins who will be here through the summer, for he is expected to take a professional&rsquo;s job at a Greater Boston course.Besides Ezinicki, who will play a full schedule of New England tournaments, Kryzan-owski will also spend his first summer here. The rugged utility man will work for Trainer Hammie Moore, who manages the Idle Hour golf club in Saugus.Other members of the Bruins&rsquo; summer colony are Patrick, who lives in Wellesley, and Capt. Milt Schmidt, Woody Dumart and Paul Ronty, all residents of Newton. Toronto and New York are both represented, by Fernie Flaman of Westwood and Pat Egan of West Roxbury, respectively.Patrick left Boston as quickly as the bulk of the squad, which dispersed without the customary breakup dinner, but his absence is temporary. He and General Manager Art Ross headed North on a scouting trip, planning to look in on the Toronto-Montreal series at he same time.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0468/1155565-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="1672" height="1345"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Long And Short Of ItAl Rollins and Turk Broda, the Leafs mighty goalers, hug each other in the dressing room after the Cup victory. Broda played two games against the Canadiens and then Rollins returned to finish out the series. (Photo by Michael Burnas)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Horeck Goodbyes Bruins, Will Be Back Just To Say Hello

<div class="byline">By DINK CARROLL</div>(Sports Editor, Montreal Gazette)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01107/1155617-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="832" height="1404"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Leaf NightGentleman Joe Primeau, left, holds the Stanley Cup after his lads whipped the Habs 3-2 in the fifth game, it was a dream come true for him. He had previously led clubs to the Memorial and Allan Cups. Above: Bill Barilko goes down after scoring the winning goal that gave the Leafs their fourth cup in five years. Richard is in the background while Bouchard watches from the left. On the right, Bill Barilko is hoisted on Cal Gardner&rsquo;s and Bill Juzda&rsquo;s shoulders after netting the winner.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0289/1155610-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1254" height="1122"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0358/1155603-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="742" height="1416"></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs are the new Stanley Cup champions. They came from behind to beat Canadiens, 3-2, after two minutes and 53 seconds of overtime play to wind up the best-of-seven series, four games to one. A goal by Bill Barilko, the burly, blond Toronto defenceman, broke up the grim struggle.All the excitement, all the thrills and all the drama that can come out of hockey were crammed into the last three minutes and 24 seconds of the game. During that stretch there didn&rsquo;t seem to be a sane person.among the 14,577 witnesses. A seasoned and cynical reporter unable to make himself heard above the din to his next door neighbor in the press box, scribbled on a piece of paper!&ldquo;If the man from Mars were to walk in here, what would he think?&rdquo;But there was reason enough for the uproar. Canadiens had taken the lead in the second period on a goal by Maurice (The Rocket) Richard, but Tod Sloan had tied it up before the period ended. Canadiens took the lead again on a marker by Paul Meger, rookie forward, and from then on Maple Leaf Gardens was a madhouse.Could Canadiens protect that slimmest of margins? Could Gerry McNeil, their great little goaler, hold the Leafs out?The Leafs stormed to the attack, but they couldn&rsquo;t nudge the rubber past McNeil. It began to look as if, almost single-handed, he was going to beat them. How he stopped some of the shots they fired at him nobody knew, but stop them he did. There were times when he went to the ice and players of both teams, battling desperately, piled up in the crease. At the bottom of the pile would be little Gerry with the puck.One minute and 30 seconds before the end of the period Coach Joe Primeau removed Al Rollins from the net. The faceoff was in Canadiens&rsquo; defence zone. There was another quick switch in the Leafs&rsquo; personnel. Max Bentley was back alone at point. In a straight line were Ted Kennedy, Tod Sloan, Sid Smith and Harry Watson. They represented a big part ot the Leafs&rsquo; firepower.Kenny Mosdell got the draw ftrom Kennedy, but there was another pileup and another faceoff, this time at the blue line. Rollins came back on the ice. But when another faceoff was called in Canadiens&rsquo; defence zone Rollins once more left the ice, Dick Irvin sent Elmer Lach, Maurice Richard, Bert Olmstead, Doug Harvey and Butch Bouchard out for this important play. There was only about half a minute left to play.This time Ted Kennedy got the puck back to Max Bentley, who passed to Sid Smith. The latter&rsquo;s shot hit the post, but Tod Sloan waa there to bang it into the net for the equalizer with only 32 seconds left to play. Wild-eye fans showered papers and programs down on the ice. The band played. Several minutes elapsed while the ice was being cleared before the teams could finish out the period.What the fans said out in the corridors during the 10-minute interval sounded like gibberish. They mouthed words that made no sense, whacked each other on the back and their hands shook when they lighted cigarettes.<h2>Leafs Pressed Hard</h2>The Leafs pressed from the first second of the overtime. They worked the puck over Canadiens blue line and Howie Meeker was in for a shot that Gerry McNeil kicked out. Canadiens couldn&rsquo;t get the puck out of their own defence zone. Then big Harry Watson grabbed a rolling puck and passed to Meeker, who went around the back of Canadiens&rsquo; net. Bill Barilko came rushing in to taka Meeker&rsquo;s passout and drilled a shot that landed high in a corner of the rigging to win the game and the series.The walls of the rink vibrated with noise. Toronto players left the bench and swarmed on the ice to join their teammates as they mobbed Barilko. The defeated Canadiens stood still, looking disconsolate, until they remembered their manners and skated over to congratulate the winners. Then they headed for the exit.The crowd was reluctant to leave, Joe Primeau went out on the ice and was chaired by the Toronto players. He had achieved to Tom Johnson and Bill Barilko. This came in the third period after Bob Dawes had suffered a fractured leg, and was lost to Canadiens. They needed Reay then, and he was missed during those 10 minutes he spent in the box.Dawes came out of a tangle with Ted Kennedy near the boards with his leg broken in four places. Kennedy himself was carried off the ice on a stretcher in the first period, but he wasn&rsquo;t seriously hurt. He returned almost immediately. &#9632;

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Garden’s Walls Vibrate As Barilko Nets Winner

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;When Toronto Maple Leafs defeated Montreal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, April 21, it brought the Stanley Cup to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the fourth time in five years. It also brought to Joe Primeau, the freshman Toronto coach, the honor and distinction of being the first coach in history to pilot teams that have won the Stanley Cup, Allan Cup and Memorial Cup. Many coaches have attempted this feat but Primeau is the first to accomplish the Grand Slam of the coaching profession.Gentleman Joe. the 45-vear-old mentor of the Leafs, has just concluded his first season as coach in professional ranks. His previous experience all took place in Toronto handling amateur sauads. In 1945 and 1948. Primeau coached Powerful Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s to the Memorial Cup. This Cup is emblematic ot junior supremacy in Canada and both times that Joe&rsquo;s teams won this trophy they did so by a wide margin. Last year ho guided the Toronto Marlboros to tho Allan Cup, symbolic of the senior championship of Canada. The 1950-51 Leafs were the first N.H.L. club or even pro for that matter, that he had coached and the Leafs triumph gave him the &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of the coaching realm.Hockey fans will recall Conn Smythe&rsquo;s startling post-season statement at the close of last season when he said he was thinking of easing up and wanted Hap Day to take over a greater load of the front office responsibility of the Leafs. The plan called for Day to act as Smythe&rsquo;s assistant and to bring in a new coach.Primeau was named by Smythe as the logical man for the job. At the time Smythe indicated that an executive shuffle might take place at any time but there was a strong belief that it might be a year or two away.Most people were unable to picture the hard-driving Smythe sitting back and taking it easy. It wasn&rsquo;t in his make up they maintained, even though recurring war injuries were the under-lying cause in any decision to share his arduous duties with others. That was what Primeau thought. Smythe&rsquo;s announcement in tha press was read by Primeau in a western newspaper. He was in Calgary at the time with the Marlboros playing off with Edmonton for the Allan Cup. It was the first indication he had that he was even being considered as a possible successor some day to the very popular and successful Hap Day.&ldquo;I never had any idea of coaching the Leafs until I read that article.&rdquo; Joe recalled. &ldquo;When I came back from the west I had a talk with Conn and the first thing I knew I was the coach. &ldquo;But I won&rsquo;t feel I&rsquo;m in until I&rsquo;ve made a success of the job.&rdquo; he added at that ime. Well, now he doesn&rsquo;t have to worry. If winning the Stanley Cup in your first attempt isn&rsquo;t a success of the job, we&rsquo;d like to know what Is necessary or has to be accomplished before you can say you made a success of the job.Primeau was the first player ever signed by Conn Smythe to a professional contract. He was signed originally to the New York Rangers but when Smythe was fired by the Rangers before tha season even started in favor of Lester Patrick, one of the first things Smythe did was to repurchase Primeau&rsquo;s contract out of his own pocket. Gentleman Joe was a star with the Leafs and centered hockey&rsquo;s famed Kid Line with Charlie Conacher on right wing and Busher Jackson on left wing. In 1931-32 the Leafs won the Stanley Cup and Primeau captured the Lady Byng Trophy as the most gentlemany player in the league. Before he turned professional, he played amateur hockey for the teams he coached to the Memorial and Allan Cup titles. He played junior for St. Mikes and senior for the Marlboros.Joes retired from the N.H.L. after the 1935-36 season to go into the cement-block business. He now owns one of the biggest cement-block businesses in the Toronto area.Although this is Primeau&rsquo;s first season coaching In professional ranks, it&rsquo;s not because he hasn&rsquo;t had chances to handle the coaching reins of pro teams. Frank Selke tried very hard to get him to ink a contract as coach of the Cincinnati Mohawks when that team made its entrance into the American League. Art Ross made him an excellent offer to coach the Boston Bruins two years ago. Primeau even made a trip down to Boston to talk things over with Ross before declining the offer. His excuse was that he didn&rsquo;t want to be so far away from his cement-block business.Several of the Leafs played for Joe when he coached the Toronto St. Mikes to the Memorial Cup. Jimmy Thomson, Gus Mortson, Fleming Mackell and Tod Sloan are members of the 1951 Stanley Cup champions who played junior hockey for Joe at St. Mikes.Winning a Stanley Cup in your first time out is a feat and an accomplishment that&rsquo;s hard to beat, but hockey&rsquo;s winning three major trophies in a lifetime 13 really something for the books. However, Primeau takes it all in his stride. For silver trophies come to him like violins to a pawn shop. &#9632;

Gentleman Joe First Coach To Win Three Top Ice Trophies

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01175/1155756-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="262" height="417"></div>TORONTO&mdash;&ldquo;THAT GOAL was a long time coming for me but It sure was worth waiting for,&rdquo; said a jubilant Bill Barilko in the Toronto dressing room after his overtime goal had given Toronto Maple Leafs their fourth Stanley Cup in five years&hellip; The fifth and final game of the 1951 finals was as torrid and hectic a game as you would ever hope to see. Montreal ahead 2 to 1 with less than a minute to play. A faceoff in the Montreal end. Goalie Al Rollins yanked from the Toronto goal. Ted Kennedy facing off with Elmer Lach and Leafs&rsquo; power players, Sloan, Smith, Watson, Mortson and Bentley were on the ice along with Kennedy. Kennedy took the faceoff neatly and whipped the puck to Max Bentley. Wiry Max stickhandled around two Montreal players, slipped the disc over to Smith. Sid drove hard at the goal. It hit the post and lay right in front of the Montreal goal. Alert Tod Sloan was right on the spot and flicked the puck into the net to tie up the game. Only 32 seconds of regulation time remained &hellip; The crowd went wild and were still talking to themselves when overtime resumed. This was the fifth overtime session in the five games. Toronto were full of zip after pulling the game out of the fire and carried the play to the Canadiens goal and it was only two minutes and 53 seconds after the overtime started that Harry Watson grabbed a loose puck, passed over to Howie Meeker and the speedy little right winger flew around the Montreal goal, put a perfect pass out in front of the Canadiens net and burly Bill Barilko raced in to snare the puck and drive the puck into the top part of the goal for the winner &hellip; All bedlam broke loose. Coach Joe Primeau of the Leafs raced onto the ice to congratulate his players. The band started to play some victory marches&hellip; The Montreal players, stunned that it was all over so soon, congratulated the Leafs. An usher wheeled out a table with the shiny Stanley Cup gleaming from above. Bill Juzda and Cal Gardner chaired the hero of the fray, Barilko, as a dozen cameramen took snapshots of the winners &hellip; The crowd started to chant: &ldquo;We Want Broda!&rdquo;, and it was just about this time that the smiling Turk and Manager Conn Smythe strode out on the ice amidst a thunderous applause from the crowd&hellip; Clarence Campbell, N.H.L. president, presented the Cup to Captain Ted Kennedy at center ice &hellip; Upon accepting the trophy, Kennedy made a speech that will be hard for other Stanley Cup captains to duplicate in future years &hellip; In an assured confident manner&rsquo;Ted started off by asking the 14,577 in attendance to give a hand to a grand team who went down fighting all the way, the Montreal Canadiens. The crowd responded with a terrific ovation. Kennedy then went on to pay tribute to Coach Primeau. &ldquo;He deserves all the credit,&rdquo; the Leaf skipper stated &hellip; Primeau then made a brief speech at center ice in which he said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never had a better year or worked with a finer bunch of fellows. This has been my greatest thrill in hockey.&rdquo; &hellip; The band played &ldquo;Auld Lang Synne! as the team left the ice.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02156/1155749-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="247" height="408"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ted Kennedy</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0395/1155742-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="268" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Irvin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0465/1155735-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="280" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Barilko</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0556/1155728-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="271" height="423"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry McNeil</figcaption></div>FESTIVITIES WERE resumed in the Maple Leaf Gardens press room after the victorious players had showered and come in for more than their share of back slapping in the dressing room. The wives and sweethearts of the players joined in the traditional drink of champagne from the Stanley Cup&hellip; Conn Smythe, Ted Kennedy, George McCullaugh and Turk Broda made brief speeches &hellip; Broda brought a round of laughs when he said: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice to be able to play for the Toronto Maple Leafs, one of the best organizations in the National Hockey League.&rdquo; &ldquo;One of the best?&rdquo; shrieked his teammates &hellip; Bill Barilko&rsquo;s mother accompanied him and was mighty proud of her son as they posed for pictures together&hellip; It was discovered that Barilko had broken his nose in the third period &hellip; The three stars of the game were Barilko, Tod Sloan and Gerry McNeil &hellip; McNeil was sensational in the nets. It appeared for a while as if he was going to beat Toronto all by himself. Milt Dunnell, sports editor of the Toronto Star, had this to say about McNeil&rsquo;s play It was the greatest exhibition of Stanley Cup goalkeeping that I&rsquo;ve ever seen.&rdquo; &hellip; Turk Broda came into the Canadiens room alter the game. He too W&rsquo;as lavish in his praise of McNeil&hellip; Montreal players felt very badly about losing and they had good reason to feel that way. It looked as if they had the game won. Toronto had all the breaks at the right time. Not that they didn&rsquo;t deserve to win as they outshot the Canucks, 41 to 19, but still, in all the overtime sessions but one, the break came the Leafs&rsquo; way &hellip; Dick Irvin did a tremendous job in piloting the Canadiens to the finals. A hard loser at all times, he felt bitter about dropping the final game. What bothered Dick was that he had his five best players on the ice when Toronto tied up the game. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll worry about that all summer wondering if I did the right thing in sending those five players on the ice,&rdquo; he said after the contest &hellip; The five Montreal players on the ice at the time the game was tied were Butch Bouchard, Doug Harvey, Elmer Lach, Maurice Richard and Bert Olmstead &hellip; Billy Reay&rsquo;s misconduct penalty in the third period for shoving Linesman Bill Morrison may have been costly to Canadiens, as the veteran center might have come in mighty handy in taking some of the laeeoffs in the dying minutes &hellip; Ted Kennedy is regarded as the best in the business in winning the faceoff&hellip; This is the fifth Stanley Cup team that Kennedy has played on. His first one was in 1945. It is the second team he has captained&hellip; He also skippered the 1949 Stanley Cup winners&hellip; &ldquo;That was the best playoff series I&rsquo;ve ever seen and I&rsquo;ve been watching hockey for 25 years,&rdquo; said George McCullugh, vice-president of the Toronto Maple Leafs.<h2>Along the Rails&hellip;</h2>YOU&rsquo;VE GOT TO give a lot of credit to Frankie Selke and Dick Irvin for the job they did in getting the Canadiens into the finals and the way they played against us. We just had more luck than they did,&rdquo; stated Conn Smythe&hellip; Smythe still picks his 1948 Stanley Cup champs as the greatest Maple Leaf team of all time but there are nine members of that great team who were members of the 1951 winners &hellip; The nine are Turk Broda, Jim Thomson, Gus Mortson, Harry Watson, Ted Kennedy, Howie Meeker, Bill Barilko, Max Bentley and Joe Klukay &hellip; Sid Smith was brought up for the playoffs that year, too&hellip; Each Toronto player pocketed $2,500 for his share of the spoils&hellip; The players received $500 for finishing second during the regular championship schedule, a $1,000 for winning their semi-final round with Boston and another $1,000 apiece for eliminating Canadiens in the final &hellip; Each Montreal player is the recipient of $1,850&hellip; They picked up $350 for ending the season in third place, $1,000 for downing Detroit in the semifinals and $500 for reaching the finals&hellip; &ldquo;Sid Smith is the most improved player I&rsquo;ve ever seen&rdquo;, said Smythe after the game when discussing the different players on the club &hellip; Kennedy is a modest fellow. He was quiet and unaffected in the dressing room after the finale&hellip; Handsome Jimmy Thomson said: &ldquo;I figured we had it after we tied it up in the final minute. It took the heart out of them.&rdquo; &hellip; Gerry McNeil broke down and cried after the game. The game little guy who has been nothing short of miraculous throughout the entire playoffs couldn&rsquo;t stop the flow of tears&hellip; McNeil became the father of a baby girl a few hours before Saturday&rsquo;s game got underway &hellip; New York minor officials handled the last game &hellip; Bob Dawes had tough luck when he broke his leg in four places when he collided with the boards in the second period. He was going after Kennedy when he fell over him and slid into the boards. Ted Reeve calls Dawes the &ldquo;Black Horse&rdquo; of Canadiens &hellip; Senator Donat Raymond accompanied Canadiens on the trip to Toronto. It was one of the few times he&rsquo;s watched Canadiens on the road.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01184/1155721-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="259" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Elmer Lacli</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02145/1155714-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="265" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tod Sloan</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03125/1155707-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="253" height="430"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Primeau</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0495/1155700-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="265" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Dawes</figcaption></div>TURK BRODA and Bill Durnan watched the fourth game of the series in Montreal together from the press box &hellip; It was in 1947,the last time Toronto and Montreal clashed in the final, that these two great goalies were starring for their respective teams. It was quite a Bight seeing these two fellows together&hellip; Ted Kennedy was carried off the ice on a stretcher after 23 seconds of the final game and returned two minutes later as large as life. A quick recovery, eh what? &hellip; Fern Flaman played well for the Leafs in the final two games. Eddie Mazur, the Canadiens rookie who played for Victoria this season, looked pretty good in the times when he was on the ice &hellip; One of the real stars of the finals was hurtling Howie Meeker of the Leafs. Meeker was flying all over the ice in every game. He had more scoring opportunity than any player on either team. He must have had 10 shots at McNeil alone in the fifth tilt&hellip; There was a rumour that Meeker might not be back with Leafs next season but you can discount that. He&rsquo;ll be back &hellip; Joe Primeau also is said to have told friends that he would not be retiring as coach after the story spread that he was going to quit after this season &hellip; Primeau is very pleased at performing the &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; of the coaching profession. He is the only coach in history who has piloted teams to the Stanley, Allan and Memorial Cups. It Is quite an achievement and &ldquo;Gentleman Joe&rdquo; is quite tickled, especially as this was his rookie year as a mentor in the National League &hellip; Canadiens played 11 games in the playoffs against Detroit and Toronto and seven of these went into overtime. The first two games in the Detroit series were marathon affairs. The first game was actually two games in one&hellip; Maurice Richard, who broke up three of the playoff games and sent Canadiens off the ice as winners, scored another picture goal on Saturday. He picked up Bud MacPherson&rsquo;s pass and went around Jim Thomson, like he does every other defenseman in the league, drew Rollins out of position and drove the rubber home. Thomson is one of the best defensive defensemen in the N.H.L. but even he looked inept when Richard came charging in on him&hellip; Richard proved to some of his severest critics that he has what it takes and can carry the label as the greatest offensive threat in hockey today.TN THE FIRST six minutes of every game, Toronto Maple Leafs put on the ice every player they plan to use during that game. They want every player ready to go on if called and believe that by putting the player on once in the first six mihutes it reduces his chances of getting cold and stiff&hellip; Bucko McDonald was a visitor in the Leafs dressing room. Now an M.P., Bucko played a prominent role in Toronto&rsquo;s Stanley Cup victory in 1942 &hellip; Richard, who will soon be holding all the N.H.L. scoring records, bypassed Toe Blake&rsquo;s record for most points in Stanley Cup play in the 19 51 playoffs. In 58 Cup games the &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; has scored 43 goals and assisted in 22 others for 65 points. Blake scored 2 5 goals and had 37 assists for 62 points in 57 playoff tussles. Blake took part in 10 playoff series, while Richard has been engaged in seven &hellip; Leafs won the fourth game of the series played in Montreal for old McGill. Just before the Leafs took the ice Ted Kennedy read his mates a telegram. He read: &ldquo;As Stanley Cup hockey is reducing studying time for all-important final examinations next week. request immediate elimination of unworthy opposition. (Signed) Three hard-pressed McGill Seniors&rdquo;&hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0579/1155693-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="259" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Smith</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0672/1155686-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="265" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Billy Beay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0755/1155679-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="259" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Conn Smythe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0849/1155672-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="274" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Max Bentley</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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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/f0005-01128/1155825-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry McNeil Puts On One Man ShowLittle Gerry McNeil of the Canadiens deflects a puck to one side during the Stanley Cup final. Harvey is number two. ((Photo by Turofsky))</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02111/1155818-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="1686" height="1987"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fernie Dumps HarveyDefenseman Doug Harvey takes a flyer during the second game of the series. Dumping him is Defenseman Fernie Flaman. ((Photo by Turofsky))</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Out of the Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; defeat in the 1950-51 Stanley Cup playoffs emerged the greatest star in the history of the post season run for the ice glory. In defeat, Gerry McNeil, a little bit of a guy with a heart a thousand times his size, whom the experts predicted would never do, outshone, outworked and performed as magnificently as any goaler has ever performed down through the glorious Stanley Cup road. In defeat this little guy was a hero who has justified the confidence shown in him by Dick Irvin and Frank Selke.<h2>Will Talk About His Play</h2>When they sit down to talk about goalkeepers in the years to come the 1950-51 effort put up by the handsome little guy from Quebec City will top them all. Those who saw him performed against the Red Wings and Leafs, and among them were veterans of the hockey wars such as Baz O&rsquo;Meara, Elmer Ferguson and Ted Reeve just to name a few, unanimously agree that it was the greatest show of netminding they had ever seen. And they have seen just about every goaler of any consequence.In 11 playoff games McNeil failed to come up with a bad one. His first against the Wings was probably his best ever. In fact some authorities call it the greatest game they have ever seen played. His last against the Leafs was nearly as outstanding. But in between his first and last games he shone just as brightly. It&rsquo;s hard to unfold McNeil&rsquo;s great playoff story in words. There are few who would do him justice. Possibly the best way to visualize his performances is to vizualize the greatest players in the N.H.L. today coasting in on him and time and time again being foiled. Ted Lindsay, Gordie Howe, Sid Abel, Red Kelly, Ted Kennedy, Max Bentley and Tod Sloan. He stopped them, but not In the ordinary manner. He foiled them when they had time to make plays. When they were to the clear he outfoxed them.Gerry McNeil weeped after the Leafs had beaten his club in the fifth game of the Cup round. But he may well hold his head high for had he not performed as he did the Canadiens would never have written such a glorious chapter in the history books. Terry Sawchuk may win the Rookie Award and Al Rollins may make the all-star team but both are doing so on their season performances. Neither would come close to McNeil after that. He outshone them, outplayed them from start to finish. In the last game alone he stopped 42 shots. In the first he was pelted with 69. Out of those 111 shots he let only five pucks get past him. In the last game Rollins had a comparatively easy time only being asked to stop bu 19 shots.The Leafs-Canadiens feud was boiling hot last week-But in the crowded Maple Leaf Gardens over 14,000 fans marvelled at McNeil&rsquo;s work. They gave him one of the greatest ovations a visiting player has ever received on foreign ice.<h2>His Outstanding Play</h2>It would be hard to call McNeil&rsquo;s greatest play during the playoffs. The most talked about one came during the first overtime period of the first game, That game went into the fourth extra session before Richard broke it up. The play itself was the outstanding one amongst about 10 or 15, It came as the players were battling inside the Detroit zone. Ted Lindsay picked up a loose puck and coasted in on Gerry from the red line. No other players were within yards of the Wings&rsquo; star and as he swooped in on the unguarded McNeil faithful Detroit fans, who had seen Lindsay pop the disc behind some pretty good goalers, Btarted to head for the exits. It looked as though It was all through.Lindsay had time to think about his play. It was up to him to make McNeil move first. But Gerry refused to. Lindsay cut wide from the blueline and decided to pull McNeil instead of shooting. As he cut in front of the Habs&rsquo; goaler Gerry fell into the puck and he pulled it into his body. The game was still on. Gordie Howe, George Gee and Sid Abel did the same thing, before it was all over.In the fourth game of the Leafs&rsquo; series he stopped Howie Meeker in the same manner. Meeker, who can cut in from the blueline sharper than - most other players in the league; had McNeil at his mercy. But as he passed in front of Gerry and flipped the puck McNeil once again pulled it in with his right hand.On another occasion he picked a pick out of the air off Bentley&rsquo;s stick. The disc was headed for the top right hand corner when he grabbed it.When it was all over McNeil was a downhearted little fellow, and as usual will probably be lost in the thick headlines that will rave about the performances of the winners. He may be given ail oscar as the outstanding bit player.But the Leafs can pray for thanks. They don&rsquo;t know how close the little guy came to snatching the Stanley Cup from their very grasp. &#9632;

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McNeil Greatest Hero Even In Habs Stanley Cup Defeat

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01200/1155887-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>HAS A POINT</h2>Dear Sir,I think that Herb Cain&rsquo;s record of 82 points in 50 games in one season, should not be regarded as bettered by Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe, who scored 86 points in 70 games. Both should be entered as separate records in the old and the new schedules.Archie Harvey.Kirkland Lake, Ont.<h2>RETORT</h2>Dear Sir,I am writing this in regard to a letter penned by Joan Whibbs. I agree with her when she states that Schiller of St. Mikes, McIntosh of Oshawa and Robertson of St. Catherines deserve a lot of credit, but I do not agree with her when she mentions Lumsden.Every time I saw Toronto Marlboros play, toughie Lumsden was always in the thick of the arguments or fights which occured. I wonder what the OHA Junior league would be like if all players were as hot tempered as Lumsden.Don GravettKitchener, Ont.<h2>ORCHIDS</h2>Dear Sir,An orchid to J. E. Koehler for his suggestion in your paper that scoring-averages of hockey players be published, just as batting averages are in baseball.However, anyone who owns a Hockey Record Book can have a lot of fun figuring them out for himself. For Instance, here are the lifetime scoring averages of some of the top players of today:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0295/1155880-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="564" height="163"></div>Close study of this remarkable book reveals that less than a dozen players in N.H.L. history have averaged one point per game over a period of five years or more.Fred W. LawrenceCamp Borden, Ont.<h2>SUSPENSE</h2>Dear Sir,When, oh when, is somebody going to release the&rsquo; official allstar team. I&rsquo;m up on my toes in suspense waiting to see who gets the nod as goalie, Terry Sawchuk of Detroit, who deserves it, or Al Rollins of Toronto, who won the Vezina the easy way. Also, will the dream conform with that just released by your paper which had Gordie Howe finally ousting Rocket Richard, as it should be, from the first team.Just waiting.Detroit, Mich.<h2>RE&mdash;HABS BROADCASTS</h2>Dear Sir,I am sure that there must be, like myself all over the west, many thousands of loyal Montreal Canadien fans who would like to hear the Canadien games in Montreal broadcasted like the Toronto Maple Leafs have for years. The Canadiens founded by a great hockey player, Newsy Lalonde, is oldest team in the league and over the years has produced very many outstanding stars, too many to. enumerate. The Canadiens also have many affiliated junior teams in different Western Cities and it&rsquo;s only natural they would also like to hear broadcasts&rsquo; of the team that they hope Borne day to play for.. I think we are entitled to at least 50% of the Saturday night broadcasts and I am sure fans, if we all get togehter and write letters to the HOCKEY NEWS and also to the Imperial Oil Co., from whom many of us buy their products, that we should get some action. How about it, Canadien fans? Let&rsquo;s get together and insist we hear broadcasts about the team we all admire.Canadien FanWinnipeg, Man.<h2>SHE LISTS LIKES</h2>Dear Sir,I just wish to thank you very much indeed for using stronger wrappers on the copies of &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS&rdquo; coming to this country. The last two issues, iii the new type of wrappers, have arrived in excellent condition. I don&rsquo;t know, of course, if the change was made on account of the letter that I wrote you, but I can assure you that this courtesy will be appreciated not only by me, but by other readers in Great Britain.Probably most of your readers here are Canadians resident in this country, but no doubt there are many others who, like myself, are entirely English, and have never been in Canada, but who continue to read &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS&rdquo; in the hope of crossing the Atlantic some day to see players who are at present nothing but names. I wonder if it would interest you to know what I like best in &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS?&rdquo; Here are some of the items:(1) Your editorials, as I almost always agree with everything you say.(2) Kavetski&rsquo;s cartoons.(3) Action pictures.(4) The Crossword, (although I have never succeeded in finishing one, as there is always somebody&rsquo;s second initial that I do not know.)(5) Articles that give the whole life and hockey career of players.The only Item I don&rsquo;t like at all is the new one, &ldquo;Inside stuff about,&rdquo; which seems very dull because I think the wrong questions are asked.I sometimes wish you would give just a little less prominence to the NHL, in order to have a little more space for the other professional Leagues, and the Amateurs. I also wonder why the players do not have a new official photograph taken each season, as you seem to be using the same ones as last season, but I, expect there is a good reason for this.With best wishes ror the continued success of &ldquo;HOCKEY NEWS,&rdquo;(Miss) I. Beveridge London, Eng.<h2>WAS PAVE LICH</h2>Dear Sir,In your April 7 issue of the HOCKEY NEWS, you had on the back cover a picture of the Red Wings, and Montreal Canadiens in one of these playoff games.You said that the Red Wing flying through the air was Ted Lindsay. I believe that if you check that again you&rsquo;ll find that it&rsquo;s Marty Pavelich instead of Lindsay.Barbara WelchDetroit, Mich(You are wrong, we checked with the players and they agreed it was Lindsay).<h2>WANTS CLEAN HOCKEY</h2>Dear. Sir,Reports are spreading fast that Joe Primeau will quit at the end of this season because of Smythe&rsquo;s rough tactics. I am certainly not the one who will blame Primeau! Everybody is just fed up to the ears with Smythe&rsquo;s theory. &ldquo;Get rougher, get tougher, smash the opposing players up, kill them if you can. When there is nobody of the other team left on the ice it will be easier for us to win games!&rdquo; No wonder Primeau is quitting!While other teams are doing all they can to play cleanly and to play better hockey, Mr. Smythe is doing his best to ruin the game. Then the Toronto team starts to cry because Rollins got hurt, and deliberately, they say. Well frankly isn&rsquo;t it a wonder that they don&rsquo;t find more players who are willing to give them, their money back! On my part it will be a great cheer of joy when I hear that Mr. Smythe has decided to retire. We like hockey, but clean hockey. Don&rsquo;t you see, Mr. Smythe, that even your own dear Toronto fans are asking for cleaner play, or are you that blind?Yolande LaplanteVerdun, Que.<h2>ARGUMENT SETTLED</h2>Dear Sir,To settle an argument, could you please tell me where the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; training camp is? Do the Montreal Canadiens train at St. Hyacinthe? Thank you.M. G. HoogMontreal, Que.(Detroit train at Sault Ste. Marie while Canadiens train in The Forum).<h2>BARON FAN</h2>Dear Sir,I am enjoying reading &ldquo;THE HOCKEY NEWS&rdquo; very much.As a Baron fan, I believe Harry Taylor has been quite an outstanding player. Would you be so kind as to print a story on him sometime in the near future.Frances RoweCleveland, O. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0358/1155918-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="574" height="265"></div><h2>MAY 4 to MAY 15</h2>4&mdash;SMITH, Don, St. Paul forward, 1929; MICHALUK, Art, Providence, defence, 1923.5&mdash;CONACHER, Jim, Chicago, forward, 1921.6&mdash;STEWART, Jack, Chicago, defense, 1917; WATSON, Harry, Toronto, forward, 1923.8&mdash;SMITH, Ken, Pittsburgh, forward, 1924; POGUE, Eric, St. Louis, forward, 192 9; MARIUCCI, John, St. Paul, defence, 1916.10&mdash;LITTLE, Freckles, Tulsa, goaler, 1924; BABANDO, Pete, Chicago, forward, 1925; DEMARCO, Ab, Buffalo, forward, 1916; GRONSDAHL, Lloyd, Tulsa, forward 1921.11&mdash;AILSBY, Lloyd, St. Paul, defense, 1917.12&mdash;WHITE, Sherman, St. Louis, forward, 1923; GOLDHAM, Detroit, defense, 1922.13&mdash;McATEE, Phil, Seattle, goaler, 1919.14&mdash;WORSLEY, Lome, St. Paul, goaler, 1929; ANDREWS, Neil, Tacoma, forward, 1921.15&mdash;BRODA, Turk, Toronto, goaler, 1914. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

It is our policy to notify all subscribers well in advance of the expiration of their subscriptions.The ever-increasing demand for THE HOCKEY NEWS means that most issues are practically sold out before the printing is completed; and that copies are seldom available for mailing to subscribers who are even one issue in arrears.Subscribers receiving &ldquo;expiration&rdquo; notification are reminded that, to make certain of continued receipt of THE HOCKEY NEWS it is necessary to send us their renewal orders promptly.If you have renewed your subscription then disregard our notice. &#9632;

DID YOU RECEIVE A NOTICE?

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01151/1155987-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Smith Starts Off On Right FootSid Smith riaht of the Leaf blast a shot past Gerry McNeil during the first game of the final series. The puck sailed past Tom Johnson center, as Richard skate in from the right. (Photo by Turofaky)</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02128/1155980-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="1704" height="1837"><figcaption class="caption-body">In The Nick Of TimeBashtn&rsquo; Bill Barilko has just saved a goal but took a penalty. Above, he lays flat on the ice in front of Goaler Turk Broda after pulling Maurice Richard down when the latter looked to be in all alone. Bert Olmstead is Number 15. ((Photo by Twotsity))</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;There is a small band of so called hockey experts who are blaming Coach Dick Irvin for their 3-2 overtime loss in that fifth Stanley Cup game. There was strong talk against Irvin&rsquo;s choices to stop the powerhouse Leafs during that last 32 seconds of play as the Blue and White team swooped down on the Habs like buzzards diving upon their prey.When Joe Primeau took Goaler Rollins from the Leafs&rsquo; cage in favor of six forwards it became the task of Irvin to throw his best men against the coming onslaught. And that he did. He picked his five best, Boucher, Harvey, Lach, Richard and Olmstead. And because they failed to stop the Leafs from scoring that equalizer Irvin has now become the choice for argument as to whether or not he used the right men.Irvin himself was quite dissappointed in the five. &ldquo;They were the five best players I had,&rdquo; he said after it was all over. &ldquo;What more could I do. I was hoping Richard or Olmstead would get hold of the puck and whip it down the ice.&rdquo;Most of the authentic hockey experts agreed that Irvin made the right choices, but that the players themselves just didn&rsquo;t come through. A Montreal cab driver the morning after the game reported that Irvin should have thrown out four defensemen to stop the Leafs.<h2>Two Were Rookies</h2>But Irvin was a little leery in taking a chance. Two of his defensemen were rookies and at a time like that experience was sure to tell.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll kick myself all summer,&rdquo; said Irvin. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know whether I should have left Bouchard out there or MacPherson.&rsquo;But that&rsquo;s the way it always goes. If Irvin&rsquo;s choices had of come through then he would have had to beat the back patters from his doorstep. Since they didn&rsquo;t come through then to a certain degree Iryin is a bum.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-0396/1155973-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="529" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body">Right or WrongDICK IRVIN</figcaption></div>In the Montreal front office Irvin wasn&rsquo;t criticized one bit.&ldquo;There is no guarantee it would have worked had he let Macpherson out there,&rdquo; said General Manager Frank Selke.&ldquo;It may or may not have been the same strategy that I would have used. But I was not running the team and I wasn&rsquo;t going to interfere. I remember some years ago when I was coaching a team and the manager started to interfere. I just told him to either handle the business end of the club or coach the team.. That&rsquo;s the way it is here. I&rsquo;m the manager, not the coach.&rdquo;And so that play will go down in history. That last minute of play in which the Leafs tied the score on Sloan&rsquo;s goal at 19.28 broke the Habs.Was Irvin right or Wrong? We think he was right. &#9632;

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Irvin’s Choices To Stop Leafs -- Were They Right?

<div class="byline">By AL NICKLESON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01184/1156053-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="274" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Juzda</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Ever wonder why a player appeared to improve, sometimes greatly, after he came to the Maple Leafs from another N.H.L. team ?We did while watching Fern Flaman, the ex-Boston bash baby, show himself as one of the stars of the series with a fine performance of blocking both puck and player from his defense slot.Ask such fellows as Flaman, Cal Gardner, Bill Juzda, for instance, and they&rsquo;ll tell you that better coaching is the main reason. They believe that the Leafs have the best coaching system in hockey today.There&rsquo;s another example of that in Al Rollins, who never played in the N.H.L. before he took over goal for Leafs. One of the reasons was that the Chicago Black Hawks, who once owned him, had given up on him. Leafs, seeking an eventual replacement for aging Turk Broda, acquired him in a trade with Cleveland Barons of the A.H.L. Patient coaching, with Hap Day and Joe Primeau in the main tutoring roles, changed Rollins&rsquo; style and have made him into a sensation. The long-limbed kid is right in line for the rookie and All-Star awards in his first N.H.L. semester.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02134/1156046-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="412" height="601"><figcaption class="caption-body">FERN FLAMAN</figcaption></div>Gardner was just another centre with New York Rangers where his best effort was 13 goals in one season. Acquired by Leafs three seasons back, he showed almost immediate improvement although hampered by injuries over the last two years. This season has been his big one and, although he missed a few games because of a cracked rib, he developed into one of the top goal-getting centers in the league. His evasive, shifty playmaking, the finished product as compared to Manhattan days, also put him up high in the assists department.Juzda is another Ranger who found his true form with the Leafs. The Tank, sometimes called &ldquo;The Beast&rdquo; by his teammates because he never would take a prize in a beauty show, came to Leafs at the same time as Gardner in a trade. There was thought then that Juzda was just something in on the deal and that, getting along in years, he would be tough material to finish out his playing days on the farm at Pittsburgh.As every one knows, it didn&rsquo;t work out that, way. Juzda&rsquo;s work was so rugged and honest that he earned a regular spot on the rearguard by sheer try.He has improved all the time, too, while listening to helpful hints of Day and Primeau, and, of course, Conn Smythe. At 31, he would appear to have a few good seasons left before he devotes full time to firing a locomotive back home in Winnipeg.Flaman, acquired earlier this season, joined the Leafs as a farmhand at Pittsburgh. That was his initiation into the Toronto style. An &ldquo;unpolished roughian! at Boston, he has developed tremendously with Leafs as a still-rough, but much more effective defenseman.&ldquo;Frankly, I didn&rsquo;t like it at first,&rdquo; Said Flaman. &ldquo;At Boston we practised maybe twice a week and had a lot of time on our hands. Then, I got to like this idea of practising every day between games. Even got so that I didn&rsquo;t mind missing that afternoon show.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03101/1156039-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="271" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Cal Gardner</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0471/1156032-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="259" height="418"><figcaption class="caption-body">Aii Rollins</figcaption></div>&ldquo;After all, practise makes perfect. I think that&rsquo;s a big point in the Leaf system and is what helps to make them the best-coached team.Flaman also agreed with Juzda, Gardner and Rollins that, in Toronto, &ldquo;there is a more personal touch to the coaching.&rdquo;&ldquo;There&rsquo;s more interest taken in the individual,&rdquo; said Bill.That helps a lot. It not only makes you a better player but it makes you want to be a better player so you can. show them their personal instruction hasn&rsquo;t been wasted.&rdquo;Added Gardner: &ldquo;Other N.H.L. cities, such as New York, are too big, too. You can&rsquo;t get settled in them and, because the teams don&rsquo;t practise as often as the Leafs, you&rsquo;re on your own more. That&rsquo;s not good. Leafs are together so often, they&rsquo;re like one family. They get to know each other, both on and off the ice. That&rsquo;s good.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0544/1156025-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="1710" height="925"><figcaption class="caption-body">Held, Or Not HeldOne of the many controversial issues that arose during the Stanley Cup final series between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs is pictured above. Was Bud MacPherson (21) holding Cal Gardner insibe Gerry McNeil&rsquo;s crease or was Gardner in there trying to jostle McNeil around, in Toronto movies showed that Gardner was held and that a goal scored by Defenseman Gus Mortson at the moment should have counted. It all happened in the first game of their terrific series. The score ended 3-2 in favor of the Leafs but they had to go into overtime to get the win. Referee Bill Chadwick called back the goal on the above pEay. Number 22 is Ray Timgren. (Photo by Turofsky)</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-0633/1156018-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="1698" height="940"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gravel Gets A BeefThe above picture was taken during the second game and this time the Canadiens put up the beef. Ted Kennedy has just scored on McNeil on a pile up around the cage. The Montrealers claimed that Teeder kicked the puck into the cage and insisted that Gravel call it back. After consulting his linesmen Gravel allowed the goal to count. McNeil can be seen with his head over Linesman George Haye&rsquo;s shoulder. On the left is Elmer Lach. Number 16 is Fleming Mackell and on the right is defenseman Jim Thomson. Number seven is Max Bentley. Although the goal counted the Habs came back strongly and won the game. Maurice Richard broke through for the most spectacular goal of the series. (Photo by Turofsky)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Leaf Players Laud Expert Handling As Reason They Fly

<h2>TOP SCORER</h2>Maurice Richard, Canadiens ace scorer, topped all other players in scoring: in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Richard scored nine goals and had four assists for 13 points in 11 games.<h2>FIRST CUP TEAM</h2>Four members of the Toronto Maple Leafs were playing on their first Stanley Cup team. The four are Al Rollins, Danny Lewicki, Fern Flaman and Bob Hassard. The rest of the club were members of the 1949 winners.<h2>HOW THE RAGE GOES</h2><h3>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01169/1156161-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="592" height="83"></div>Canadiens win best-of-seven series 4-2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02149/1156154-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="598" height="739"></div><h3>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03118/1156147-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="596" height="79"></div>(Toronto wins best-of-seven series 4-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04102/1156140-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="592" height="631"></div><h3>SERIES &ldquo;C&ldquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0584/1156133-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="598" height="79"></div>(Toronto wins Stanley Cup 4 games to 1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0674/1156126-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="602" height="273"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0765/1156119-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="594" height="403"></div><h3>TUESDAY, APRIL 1</h3>Toronto 3, Canadiens 8(4.47 minutes overtime)(Toronto leads best-of-seven final series 2-1)MONTREAL. &mdash; Captain Ted Kennedy blerited a 10 foot angle shot past Gerry McNeil at 4.47 of the first overtime period to give the Toronto Maple Leafs a 3-2 victory and a two-one hold in games in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup final series.The shot was blasted after Meeker took a pass from Sloan off the back boards and whipped across McNeil to the far corner of the cage.The game was fast and furious as the Canadiens took an early goal lead when Richard shot Olmstead&rsquo;s rebound into the open gage at 2.18 of the opening frame. Not until the second period did the Leafs get back into the game when Sid Smith poked home a pass from Bentley. The third period was scoreless.The fans had just settled down to watch the extra session when Kennedy brook it up as setnt a stunned crowd home to bet.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, MacPherson: centre, Dawes; wings, Masnick. Meger; subs.: Bouchard, Johnson, Mosdell, Curry, MacKay, Reay, Geoffrion, Mazur.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson; centre, Kennedy; wings, Sloan, Smith; subs.: Juzda, Barilko, Flaman, Bentley. Klukay. Lewicki, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Hassard, Mackell, Timgren.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0860/1156112-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="584" height="303"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 19</h3>Toronto 3, Canadiens 2 (5:15 minutes overtime)(Toronto leads best of seven Stanley Cup finals series 3-1)MONTREAL. &mdash; For the fourth straight time Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs batit&rsquo;led into overtime in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup finall series at the Forum. Then Harry Watson won it for the Leafs with a goal after five minutes and 15 second of extracurricular play and sent the 14,452 fans home In a chastened mood.This fourth consecutive overtime Is a new record for playoff hookey, eclipsing the three straight the Toronto Leafs and the Boston Bruins played in 1933.Toronto: Goal, Rollins: defence, Thomson, Mortson; centre, Kennedy; wings, Smith, Sloan: subs.: Watson, Barliko. Bentley. Klukay, Meeker, Flaman, Mackell, Gardner, Juzda, Lewicki, Timgren. Hassard, Broda (sub-goal).Canadiens: Goal, McNeil: defence, Harvey, MacPherson; centre, Reay; wings. Richard, Olmstead: eubs.: Bouchard, Lowe, Geoffrion, Cunry, Johnson, MacKay, Lach, Dawes, Mosdell, Mazur, Masnick, Meger, Plante (sub-goal).Referee, George Gravel; linesmen, George Hayes and Sam Babcock.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-0960/1156105-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="588" height="447"></div><h3>SATURDAY, APRIL 21</h3>Canadiens 2, Toronto 3 (2:53 minutes overtime)(Toronto wins Stanley Cup 4-1TORONTO. &mdash; Toronto Maple Leafs are the new Stanley Cup champion. They came fron behind here to beat Canadiens, 3-2, after two minutes and 52 seconds of overtime play to wind up the best-of-seven series, four games to one. A goal by Bill Barilko, the burly, blond Toronto defenceman, broke up the grim struggle.All the excitement, all the thrills and all the drama that can come out of hockey were crammed into the last three minutes and 24 seconds of this game. During that stretch there didn&rsquo;t seem to bo a sane person among the 14,577 witnesses.Canadiens &mdash; Goal, McNeil; defence, Harvey, MacPherson; centre, Dawes; wings, Masnick, Meger; subs.: Bouchard, Johnson, Lowe, Lach, Richard, Olmstead, Mosdell, Curry, MacKay, Reay, Geoffrion, Mazur.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Mortson; centre, Kennedy wings, Sloan, Smith; subs: Juzda, Barilko, Flaman, Bentley, Klukay, Lewicki, Gardner, Meeker, Watson, Hassard, Mackell, Timgren.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1055/1156098-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="584" height="503"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><h3>PLAYOFF FINAL SCORING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1144/1156091-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="591" height="1383"></div>Includes one 10-minute misconduct.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1316/1156084-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="1140" height="1672"><figcaption class="caption-body">Thou Shalt Not PassRookie Tom Johnson of the Canadiens tries desparately to break through a staunch Leaf couple. But Joe Klukay, left and Defenseman Gus Mortson, right, decided against it and so it was that Johnson didn&rsquo;t get through. ((Photo by Michael Burns))</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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National League

At 2 minutes and 53 seconds of play in the first overtime session of the fifth game of the Stanley Cup final series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. Bill Barilko, blond brusing defenseman of the Torontonians became a hero. He scored the winning goal and won the Stanley Cup for his club. It was the fourth time the cup went to Toronto in five years. It was Barilko&rsquo;s first goal of the series.Barilko was the hero of the season just as Pete Babando was with the Wings last season. To score the winning goal that gives your teammates that extra cash Is something every player would love to do. Said Barilko after It was all over:<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1220/1156192-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="280" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Barilko</figcaption></div>&ldquo;It was a long time coming. It was something I&rsquo;ve dreamed about doing all my life.&rdquo;To Barilko must go credit for being Johnny on the spot to net the winner. He raced in from the blueline, beat Bouchard on a pass out and blasted the puck into the twine as he was falling to the Ice. To top that off he scored from a backhand position.Oddly enough this had been one of Barilko&rsquo;s poorer seasons. He wasn&rsquo;t hitting the players in his meanest manner and it had drawn comment from all corners of the hockey world. But In that last game Bashin&rsquo; Bill found himself again. He was hitting all comers as they cruised in on him.At a mere 24 Barilko is a veteran of five seasons in the N.H.L. He joined the Leafs from the now defunct Hollywood Wolves of the Pacific Coast League. When the Leafs were a man short on defense Barilko was flown in from the coast to fill in. He never went back. &#9632;

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Player-Of-The-Week

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.&mdash;Hal Jackson, the hockey linesman and former defenseman, who has a new son, is fathering a new idea, too. Jackson has seen the value of salesmanship in the meat business and he&rsquo;s convinced that merchandising is just as important in hockey.&ldquo;Like any other product, the game has to be sold,&rdquo; Jackson explains, &ldquo;and the best market is among the women and children.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0942/1156223-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg" title="f0010-09" width="271" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hal Jackson</figcaption></div>Jackson&rsquo;s plan, which he would like to see tried not only in Indiana polis but throughout hockey&rsquo;s minor leagues, would be to have the players themselves go out as salesmen.&ldquo;Let it be written in their contracts,&rdquo; Jackson suggests. &ldquo;Certainly hockey players have plenty of spare time. They could use this to address women&rsquo;s clubs, high school groups and civic organizations. They might even carry along projectors and show movies that explain the rules of hockey and picture the thrills of the game.&ldquo;Beyond that, they could organize amateur hockey. You&rsquo;d be surprised how quickly some of the kids take to the sport. And I&rsquo;m sure the arena managers would be glad to allot time for games and for expert coaching by the players.&rdquo;Jackson sees many benefits for players who would participate in such a program. He&rsquo;s aware that a continued drop in minor league attendance will be reflected in smaller salaries, maybe even in curtailment of the sport.&ldquo;But if these players can show the management that their selling job is bringing in larger crowds, unquestionably they will be rewarded with better salaries.&rdquo;Then there are longer-range benefits. &ldquo;Every hockey player knows he can&rsquo;t play forever. When he&rsquo;s washed up, what&rsquo;s he to do. He lias excellent chances of getting a good job if he has learned to meet people and has made some contacts.&rdquo;The player-participation program, Jackson believes, has limitless possibilities. He&rsquo;d like to see the day come when the players show enough interest in the administrative and managing problems to have a voice on the league covering boards. &#9632;

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Ex-Player Suggests ‘Merchandising’ Job To Promote Hockey

<div class="byline">By H.H. ROXBOROUGH</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;When Stanley Cup playoffs begin, you can throw the &ldquo;season&rsquo;s records&rdquo; out the window. Past performances usually mean very little, for the most amazing things have happened in the races for Lord Stanley&rsquo;s bowl, just as was almost the case this year as the amazing Canadiens threatened to blast everything in front of them.Remember that Boston-Toronto game in April, 1933, when the two teams battled through more than 8 periods before anyone scored? And who fired the Leafs&rsquo; winning goal? It wasn&rsquo;t Conacher, Jackson, Primeau, Bailey, Clancy, Day, Cotton or Gracie. Instead, it was little Ken Doraty, a forward who had scored but five goals in a 4 8-game season. He scored that many in the playoffs alone.Can you recall that final series of the 1938 playoffs between Chicago and Toronto? That was the Beason when the Hawks finished a lowly sixth in an 8-team league. They had win only 14 games in 48 and were looked upon as pushovers in the Stanley Cup playoffs.However, the Hawks beat Canadiens and whipped Americans; then in the finals faced a strong Toronto team that liad score 54 more goals than Chicago over the regular route. Statistically, Bill Stewart&rsquo;s team didn&rsquo;t have a chance. In addition, when Hawks arrived in Toronto to play the first final game, they didn&rsquo;t have a goalkeeper; for Mike Karakas had broken a toe in New York and nd backstopping replacement had accompanied the team.<h2>Last Hour Miracle</h2>So, at the last hour, just before game time, Alfie Moore, a netminder who had played most of his professional hockey in minor leagues and who had retired for the season, was induced to replace Karakas. To anyone who relied upon form records, that game and the entire series was a gift to the Toronto club.Sure enough Leafs scored In the first two minutes; but that was their only goal in the game. Chicago won that first one by 3 to 1 and captured the Stanley Cup in 4 games.Then there was the year when Detroit Red Wings won the first three games and were leading in the fourth, when the Toronto team &ldquo;caught fire&rdquo; and blazed through 4 winning matches in a row.Pour seasons ago, the Stanley Cup pattern was just as erratic. Red Wings walloped Maple Leafs by 9 goals to 1 and everybody agreed that the Toronto team was all wasted-up and that it was just too bad that other games remained to be played. But the Leafs scrambled to their feet, won the next 3 games and the round. &#9632;

Book Goes By Board When Cuptime Comes

<div class="byline">By ROLLY ETHIER (North Bay Daily Nugget)</div>NORTH BAY, Ont.&mdash;Two Old buddies of many gruelling hockey wars &mdash; Ab DeMarco and Grant (Nobby) Warwick really starte to relax in North Bay recently after six months of action on the ice lanes, which saw the pair wind up one-two in the American Hockey League scoring derby.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01183/1156292-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="262" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Paul Meger</figcaption></div>And a well deserved rest it was, since DeMarco and Warwick were two of Buffalo Bisons&rsquo; most lethal scoring weapons during the season. Despite their work in the first round of the AHL playoffs, Buffalo succumbed to the power of the fast-skating Cleveland Barons. The season finished up for another year, DeMarco has returned to spend another summer with hig family. A visitor with Abner was his close pal and linemate Grant Warwick.Using a beautiful drop-pass to perfection the two former NHL&rsquo;erg helped themselves to some astronomical scoring heights with Buffalo of the AHL this campaign. North, Bay&rsquo;s Ancient Abner finally achieved a burning ambition by leading the scoring race with 113 points, just five less than the record, which he believes he might have set barring an injury late in the season. Warwick was runner-up with 99 points.<h2>Pals Many Moons</h2>Warwick and DeMarco are more than hockey linemates. They have been close friends ever since they started pushing pucks together in the NHL for New York Rangers some seven years ago. They played together for about four seasons, before DeMarco was traded to Cleveland and finally to Buffalo while W&rsquo;arwick was shuffled off to Boston and Montreal, finally landing in Buffalo.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02148/1156285-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="1688" height="1388"><figcaption class="caption-body">Take It Easy NowTOP SNIPERS RELAXING &mdash; Ab DeMarco (left) of North Bay and Grant (Nobby) Warwick of Regina relax at the former&rsquo;s home after another tough hockey season. With Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League, DeMarco was top league scorer with 113 points and right behind him with 99 was his old pal Warwick. DeMarco is one of the few really fine stickhandlers left in the modem slam-bang type of hockey.</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I could hardly believe it when Goldy (coach Leroy Goldsworthy) told me that he had good news &hellip; Warwick was on his way from Montreal to join the Bisons,&rdquo; said DeMarco recently.There was no one happier, of course, to see his old pal join the Bisons than the wily Abner. The 30-year-old Warwick was soon placed on a right wing berth alongside the smooth playmaking DeMarco and peppery Paul Meger, a kid with pistons for legs who burned up the OHA junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; circles with Barrie Flyers for several years. The trio clicked right from the start and it didn&rsquo;t take them long to make their presence felt in AHL circles through their scoring prowess.Buffalo went along quite smoothly over the regular campaign until they were toppled four straight by the classy Cleveland Barons In the first round of the playoffs. In explaining their downfall, Warwick and DeMarco pointout that their cause was crippled considerably when Montreal Canadiens promoted Meger up to the NHL for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Meger was a vital part of the smooth-attacking unit which drove rival goaltenders daffy with their intricate combinations.Vern Kaiser was sent down by the Habitants to replace Meger but he was unaccustomed to DeMarco&rsquo;s and Warwick&rsquo;s play and couldn&rsquo;t begin to plug the gap left by the dashing Meger.Then too, ace defenseman Hugh. Currie was injured in the postseason &ldquo;serious&rdquo; and it left the Bisons in a bad way.Warwick, who recently stayed at DeMarco&rsquo;s home here as hia guest for a brief holiday, has since departed to his home in Regina. He plans to play baseball in Edmonton this summer. Grant is considered a topnotch catcher in the Western Canada League.This year isn&rsquo;t the first time DeMarco and Warwick have been linked together as scoring leaders with a team. Ambling Abner was top point sniper for New York Rangers while Warwick was close behind each time during both of the 1945 and 1946 campaigns. Warwick distinguished himself in the NHL by copping the rookie award in the 1941-42 term while performing for New York Rangers.DeMarco, not getting any younger at 35, was slightly amazing this season with his terrific scoring ability. His crafty stick manipulating served him in good stead, however, and Abner, of course, has always been in the best of shape. A bad knee which, consisted of torn ligaments handicapped North Bay&rsquo;s slippery stickhandling specialist during the latter part of the year.&ldquo;No doubt about it. Why Ab would have easily beaten Carl Liscombe&rsquo;s all-time scoring record had he not received that injury,&rdquo; spoke up Warwick in support of his hockey pal.These two pucksters are real buddies both on and off the ice lanes, and continually carry on a friendly needling. Maybe that&rsquo;s the reason why DaMarco and Warwick click together so nicely on the same line. And when the AHL all-star selections coms out don&rsquo;t be surprised to see DeMarco and Warwick making up the center and right wing positions on the first team.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03123/1156278-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1184" height="984"><figcaption class="caption-body">Famous Inn Signs &hellip; &hellip; No. 11</figcaption></div>OLDEST PUB IN ENGLAND is reportedly at St. Albans &mdash; marked by a pair of Fighting Cocks. This traditional inn sign recalls the days when the village tavern was centre of lustier sport than darts and shove-ha&rsquo;penny. In such inns, eighteenth century soldiers back from frontier service first called for a &ldquo;real man&rsquo;s drink&rdquo; &mdash; the India Pale Ale that had been brewed to stand the long sea voyage to India. And today those who want a zestful ale call for Labatt&rsquo;s India Pale Ale, brewed in Canada to the original English recipe by John Labatt Limited. &#9632;

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Nobby, Ab Pals On and Off the Ice

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01194/1156323-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wonder If Hawks Need Any Braves!ON THE WARPATH ! These young Indian braves from the Sioux Lookout Black Hawks hockey squad invaded Ottawa recently &mdash; but their mission was entirely friendly. They earned a three-day visit to the Capital for their good work hi capturing the bantam championship for the Northern Ontario town. Front row, left to right, are Walter Kakekapetum, Ernest Wesley, George Carpenter, Kelly Bull and Albert Carpenter, captain; second row, from left, Ivan Sparks, Matthew Strang, Frank Wesley, Eddie Mandamin, David Wesley, Jerry Ross, Henry Spence and Bruce McCulley, coach. Missing somewhere when the picture was taken was Johhny Yesno. (Photo by Newton)</figcaption></div>(Ottawa Evening-Citizen)OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;Future Canadian historians (ugh) may choose to ignore the event, but s&rsquo;matter of fact, this Nation&rsquo;s Capital (ugh) was stormed successfully last week by a band of real, live Indian Braves.It takes some races a long time to settle an old score, so when those twelve little Indians from Sioux Lookout, Ontario, hit the warpath &mdash; hockey, that is &mdash; to Ottawa, a million or three copper-colored ancestors must have stood up in their graves and cheered.The youthful band of puck chasers from the Anglican Indian Residential School at Sioux Lookout (1,000 miles from here as the canoe travels) journeyed to the Capital to play two exhibition games against local bantam squads.The diminutive Black Hawks did right well, too. They trounced the Ottawa East Browns, city champions, 5-3, in the first game, and then dropped a close 8-7 duke to an all-star aggregation the next day.Two Cabinet ministers, Paul Martin and Walter Harris, fathered the whole idea. Assisted by the Ottawa Playgrounds Department and the Department of Indian Affairs, they gave the visiting braves a never-to-be-forgotten experience.Seems the Black Hawks were adjudged tops in ability, behaviour, and sportsmanship in their own district circuit, and someone decided something should be done about it.Before you could say Sioux Lookout, Eddie Daugherty of the Playgrounds had dug up the opposition, T. P. Gorman had come forward with the Auditorium, and M.P.&rsquo;s Bucko McDonald and Lionel Conacher had offered their services as referees.Even the Governor-General got into the act, and agreed to perform the opening ceremonies at the first game.It was like something out of a book for the wide-eyed braves when they hit town. They were given the keys of the city by Mayor Grenville Goodwin, made guests at numerous banquets, taken on tours of the Capital and various public buildings, and generally shown the works.You know, watching those Indian kids, well, maybe, just maybe, all those NHL scouts are missing a bet or two. It&rsquo;s a well known fact that scouts have ventured as far north as Toronto and Montreal in search of talent, but it&rsquo;s a moot point whether they&rsquo;ve screened these forgotten citizens of Canada.The Hawks had a couple of youngsters who played with dash and spirit. Walter Kakekapetum (try that one on the mike, Foster) Kelly Bull, Albert Carpenter, Eddie Mandamin and Johnny Yesno were some of the players who showed plenty of talent.By way of interest, one of the outstanding achievements of the Indian team was their record of only six penalties all season. The accent at the Mission is on clean play (lucky they&rsquo;ve never seen a pro game) and authorities try to impress this on the youngsters.In the two games here, only one penalty was handed out, and that to young Kakekapetum who was so bewildered that he couldn&rsquo;t find the sin-bin. Ironically enough, who should lead him to it but Bucko McDonald and Lionel Connacher, though how they would know where it was located is beyond comprehension!Most impressed person in the audience was none other than T. P. Gorman.&ldquo;Wouldn&rsquo;t an Indian team be a great addition to the NHL?, quipped the man who should know. &ldquo;Be a wonderful thing. Wonderful thing. Great Show. They could use it In Chicago.&rdquo;What&rsquo;s that, Mr. Tobin?Ugh! &#9632;

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Twelve Little Indians Take Ottawa By Storm During Peaceful Foray

<h2>FIFTH FOR BARONS</h2>When the Cleveland Barons whipped the Pittsburgh Hornets 3-1 last Saturday night they won their fifth playoff title since the origin of the league in 1936. It was also the Barons third title under Coach Bun Cook.<h2>SOLINGER WINS OUT</h2>Bob Solinger of the Pittsburgh Hornets won the American Hockey League playoff individual scoring race even though he failed to garner a point in the last game. Solinger ended up with 10 goals and 7 assists for 17 points.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01200/1156403-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="607" height="880"></div>The Cleveland Barons, who failed in their attempt to win the Calder Cup in 1949-50 made sure this season. Although they were taken right down to the wire by the Pittsburgh Hornets the Barons finally came though winning their fifth championship since 1936.The big gun for the Barons was Rookie Walt Hergesheimet. (Young Hergy who is reported headed for the N.H.L. next season, scored 11 goals and was tied In this department with Andy Barbe of the Hornets.Johnny Bower was the out-Btanding star defensively during the series. The Hornets outplayed the Barons on many occasions but always were halted in their tracks by Bower. The great backstopping he gave his club was a big factor in their cup win. He stopped over twice as many shots as Mayer did in Pittsburgh&rsquo;s goals. During the seven games eeries Bower was called upon to halt no fewer than 289 shots while his opponent was Induced to Btop 132 shots.Another star for the Barons was Defenseman Hy Buller also reported on his way to the majors nest season. The Montreal born Jewish rearguard was great on the blueline.<h3>TUESDAY, APRIL 17</h3>Cleveland 3,Pittsburgh 1Cleveland leads best-of-seven series 3-2PITTSBURGH. &mdash; Cleveland&rsquo;s Barons nipped the Pittsburgh Hornets, 3-1, to gain a one game edge In the American Hockey League Calder Cup playoffs.The Barons now lead, 3-2, In the best-of-seven games series. They need only one more victory to clinch their fifth A.H.L. title.An overflow crowd of 5,109 saw a Baron player break one playoff record and the Hornets tie another.Rookie Wally Hergeshelmer of the Barons set a new scoring record In the Calder Cup playoff record of 50 goals made by Buffalo In the 1946 playoffs on Andy Barbe&rsquo;s marker in 7:47 of the second stanza.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0689/1156396-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="551" height="892"><figcaption class="caption-body">The Biggest ThreeBUN COOK</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0779/1156389-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="581" height="590"><figcaption class="caption-body">HY BULLER</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-0873/1156382-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="1149" height="1180"><figcaption class="caption-body">Three gentlemen who had much to do with the Barons from Cleveland winning their fifth playoff title are Coach Fred Bun Cook, upper left, Defenseman Hy Buller, lower left and Goaler Johnny Bower, above. This three along with Walt Hergesheimer, Joe Lund, Fred Thurier and others, were outstanding as the Barons sailed into the Hornets and won the Calder cup four games to three. It was quite an upset, too. The Hornets, favoured to win after they had defeated the Springfield Indians and Hershey Bears in straight games, just couldn&rsquo;t break through Bower&rsquo;s great goaling. They outshot the Barons 38 to 15 in the last game and didn&rsquo;t score on him until 17.50 of the last period.</figcaption></div>The Barons jumped into the lead in less than a minute of the first period on a shot by Joe Lund, aided by Murdo MacKay and Eddie Olson.Ray Ceresino made it 3-1 for the Barons tn 12:21 of the second period after picking up a loose puck and scoring unassisted.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Lavitt, Samis; centre. MacKay: wings, Olson, Lund; subs.: Buller, Williams, Hergesheimer, Douglas, Taylor, Ceresino, Thurier, Sonmor, Busch.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Bolton, Backor; centre, Migay; wings, Barbe, Solinger: subs.: Mathers, Horton, Blair, Hannigan, Armstrong, Kobussen, Smith, Maloney, McCormack.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02164/1156375-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="593" height="348"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 19</h3>Pittsburgh 8, Cleveland 1(Best of seven series tied 3-3)CLEVELAND. &mdash; Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Hornets rallied with three goals 1-n ithe last period to defeat the Cleveland Barons, 3 to 1, and tie the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Calder Cup champlonship playoff at three games each.A crowd of 8,328 saw the Hornet victory which sends the best-of-seven series into a finall game.Joe Lund scored for Cleveland at 6:33 of the first period, but after that the Hornets dominated the game, being held at bay only by the expert goaltending of Johnny Bower.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Lavltt; centre, MacKay; wings, Lund, Olson; subs.: Buller, Williams, Thurier, Hergesheimer, Sonmor, Douglas, Tooniuk, Ceresino, Busch.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Mathers; centre, Migay; wings, Barbe, Solinger; subs.: Backor, Bolton, Maloney, Blair, Smith, McCormack, Armstrong, Hannigan, Kobussen.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03141/1156368-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="589" height="428"></div><h3>SATURDAY, APRIL 21</h3>Pittsburgh 1, Cleveland 3(Cleveland wins Calder Cup 4-3)CLEVELAND. &mdash; Cleveland Barons captured the Calder Cup and the American Hockey League championship by defeating Pittsburgh Hornets 3-1 in the seventh before 9,689 here.It was Cleveland&rsquo;s fifth playoff title since the origin of the league In 1936. The Barons led all the way, but as throughout the series, were aided by the superlative goaltending of Johnny Bower.Cleveland took a 1-0 lead at 1.06 of the first period when defenceman Phil Samis went down the middle and scored on a long pass from Eddie Olson.Barons added two more markers in the second period, one an unassisted goal by Les Douglas at 10.25, and the other a short shot by Ray Ceresino at 17.15.Pittsburgh&rsquo;s lone score came at 17.50 of the final period when Andy Barbe capitalized on the rebound of a shot by Tim Horton, Pittsburgh&rsquo;s young defence ace.Goalie Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh was removed for a sixth attacker for ons minute and - 50 seconds at the finish but the Hornets&rsquo; managed to protect their open net.Bower had 38 saves against only 15 for Mayer. For the seven games of the series, he had 289 stops to Mayer&rsquo;s 132.It was Cleveland&rsquo;s third title under the coaching of Fred (Bun) Cook, who also won two championships for Providence before he took the Cleveland job in 1943.. .Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Horton, Mathers; centre, Migay; wings, Barbe, Solinger; subs.: Backor, Bolton, Maloney, Smith, Blair, Armstrong, McCormack, Hannigan, Kobussen.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Samis, Lavitt; centre, Mackay; wings, Olson, Lund; subs.: Buler, Williams, Doran, Hergesheimer, Sonmor, Douglas, Taylor, Ceresino, Tomiuk.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04123/1156361-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="595" height="468"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2><h3>Final Scoring</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05103/1156354-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="591" height="766"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01204/1156469-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"></div><h2>DENVER FALCONS</h2><h2>KANSAS CITY ROYALS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02144/1156462-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="1202" height="592"></div><h2>MILWAUKEE SEAGULLS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03104/1156455-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="1196" height="703"></div><h2>OMAHA KNIGHTS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0487/1156448-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="1193" height="533"></div><h2>ST. PAUL SAINTS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0576/1156441-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="1194" height="620"></div><h2>TULSA OILERS</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0667/1156434-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="1196" height="468"></div> &#9632;

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USHL Final Point, Penalty Statistics

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;For the fourth straight year Sydney Millionaires are senior or major hockey champions of the Maritimes. Hut before the title was decided the fans had seen and heard the most rabid playoff series of them all. It even overflowed into the courts, where cases are still pending against two Charlottetown players in Sydney for assault and obscene language. One game was declared &ldquo;no contest! after Sydney fans had littered the ice with debris, and a few of the more daring had cleared the barriers and attempted fistic combat with a few of the fiery Islanders.The final score was Sydney four victories and a tie for nine points; Islanders two victories and a tie for five. The replay of the &ldquo;no contest! was staged at Halifax and attracted an estimated crowd of 8,700. The paid attendance was slightly over the eight thousand mark, one of the largest crowds in Maritime history but still short of the record established in Halifax in 1941 when the Sydney Millionaires played Halifax Navy.<h2>Hard On Blood Pressure</h2>Here is a rundown on this tempestuous series, one that raised the blood pressure of fans, players and officials practically all the way. Sydney won the first game, the second was a tie. Sydney won the third, first of the series at Charlottetown. In the fourth game the Islanders swamped the Millionaires 8-1, most one-sided playoff score in years.When tike Islanders won the fifth game it tied the round at five points apiece. Back on Sydney ice the Millionaires prevailed again. Then came contest number 7 and chaos. Needing only a tie to take the honors, Millionaires squared the count at 3-3 with less than two minutes to play. The tying goal touched off the fireworks.Fans started to litter the ice with debris. A few poured over the boards to do battle with the Islanders. The referees lost control of the situation. The teams left the ice while the officials talked it over. While the officials debated what to do, the Islanders dressed quietly and left the rink, claiming the referee had awarded them the game because of the action of the Sydney fans.The officials went into session. The majority vote was for a replay in Sydney. President Bryce Love, trying to bring peace to the scene, ordered the game for Glace Bay. Sydney refused to consent and Love resigned. First vice-president Walter Lawlor of Charlottetown moved into the presidency and ordered the game for Glace Bay.That brought demands for a full-dress meeting. While it was being held in New Glasgow the Islanders emerged onto the ice at Glace Bay, skated through an imaginary Sydney lineup and scored a goal. They claimed the game. At about the same time the emergency meeting decided that all previous orders had been cancelled. A new deal was on the fire.<h2>Last Game Letdown</h2>Out of the meeting came the decision to play the game in Halifax. At first the Islanders balked, especially when they learned that if they won the decider would be played on Sydney ice. Finally they consented to play in Halifax but, they said, they would not return to Sydney. The Millionaires saved another flareup by winning the Halifax game 7-2 by staying on the ice while the Islanders were getting penalties and by using their greater experience to full effect.And so it ended. The final game was the anti-climax, the poorest game of the series. The Millionaires had it, the Islanders had lost their fire. They made a brief stand in the second period but that was about all. The r 14 penalties to seven for Sydney told the tale.Officials had reasons to fear another outbreak, even though the game was on neutral ice. But referees Leo Murray and Kenny Mullins were flown in from Montreal and had the game under control all the way. There was a flareup behind the Sydney cage late in the third period. But almost as quickly as it started it was over, with four players, two from each side, serving major sentences. That broke it up. The game ended quietly, with the Islanders shaking hands warmly with the players they had fought tooth and nail for two weeks. After all the firing sportsmanship prevailed at the end.That the Marltimes house some of the most rabid sports fans in the country is an established fact. This Sydney-Charlottetown series aroused more bitter feelings thaU any playoff in years.Now Sydney Millionaires are battling it out against Valleyfield Braves, led by Old Lamplighter Toe Blake. It should be a good series because the Millionaires are big, powerful and experienced, and from the way it has started, the fans aren&rsquo;t going to be disappointed. &#9632;

Millionaires Have Stormy Time Collaring 4th Straight Title; Court Cases Pend After Series

<div class="byline">By EATON HOWITT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Riley Mullen, coach of the Saskatoon Quakers of the Western Major Hockey League is a fine example of that old saying about looks being deceiving.Mullen is a loose-limbed easy-going looking sort of a fellow who you&rsquo;d think at first just didn&rsquo;t care particularity what happened.An outspoken sort, the big coach had something to say about tha brand of hockey played by the St. Michael&rsquo;s Monarchs and about officiating.He thinks the referees in the west are far stricter than their eastern counterparts, and he claims they should be, too. He was surprised at the way the Toronto players carried their sticks. &ldquo;Once a stick Is lifted oft the ice at home it&rsquo;s a malicious act. A stick isn&rsquo;t to break your way through the defense with, he said.There is a vast difference in the styles of hockey played here and in the west he thinks. &ldquo;Checking is closer and the game more rugged the way it&rsquo;s played in the east. He thinks that if his team reaches the peak it reached in the western final, the Quakers will &ldquo;chase the Monarchs right off the ice.Mullen took over as coach of the Quakers last season when Nick Metz quit. He coached Edmonton Flyers for two seasons. He should know what he&rsquo;s talking about along refereeing lines, too, for he was an official in the United States League and in the Western Canada senior loop. As a player, he jumped from Central Alberta League to the Pacific Coast League, where he played for Oakland, Seattle and Portland. &#9632;

Riley’s Easy-Going Mentor, No Furrowed Brow For Him

<div class="byline">By JIM KEARNEY</div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;Victoria Cougars have proven to the satisfaction &mdash; if not the delight &mdash; of New Westminster Royals that there are no substitutes in hockey for youth, speed and a hitting defense. In beating the defending champion Royals four games to one in their Pacific Coast Hockey League final, the Cougars had too much in all three departments.They also had playing coach Roger Leger, backbone of the club, playoff standout and, in the opinion of many who have seen him operate in the east, playing the finest bockev of his career.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02142/1156579-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="283" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Leger</figcaption></div>The more experienced Royals, a clever passing but light club with the ability to finesse their way past opposition, were never ffiven a chance by Victoria. The Coupars hustled them off the puck. When the Royals did get possession they ran afoul of the Victoria defense every time they came across the blueline.Leger was outstanding both ways, breaking up New Westminster plays and feeding his forwards for the goals that won them the series.He meant as much to the Cougars as New Westminster playing coach Babe Pratt meant to the Royals until this season. Pratt&rsquo;s 36 years finally presented themselves this year and his legs just wouldn&rsquo;t do what his head wanted them to do.Only once did his team get rolling in their accustomed manner. After losing tlje first three games of the best-of-seven series by scores of 4-0, 3-2 and 5-2, they romped to a 7-3 win in the fourth game at home.But prosperity died to the tune of a 3-0 score in Victoria as 5,500 of the league&rsquo;s most partisan fans thronged the rink and more than 1,000 milled around the doors, unable to get in.Friday, April 13, the night the series ended, was Indeed an unhappy one for Pratt. However, he was able to survey the scene with a certain amount of detachment, enough in fact to opine that five members of the Cougars have the ability for a serious crack at the NHL a couple ot seasons from now.His choices are defenseman Stan Long, a tall, raw-boned left winger from Winnipeg by the name of Eddie Mazur and the Cougars&rsquo; kid line of Reg Abbott, Bob Frampton and Andy Hebenton. All belong to Montreal Canadiens, who have a working agreement with the Cougars.Mazur, along with little centerman Eddie Dorohoy, was responsible for most of the scoring against the Royals. The kid line, besides checking New Westminster&rsquo;s most dangerous men dizzy, scored several clutch goals. Long played defense when Leger rested. Over the season he developed into the best body checker in the league.<h2>Reardon Supports Him</h2>If Pratt&rsquo;s evaluation seems over-optimistic, he has considerable support from Kenny Reardon, who scouted the VictoriaPortland semi-final for the Canadiens.Kenny, who had seen all five of Pratt&rsquo;s candidates earlier In the season or last season, was frankly amazed at their improvement.The past season couldn&rsquo;t have been better for the Cougars. Picked by most &ldquo;experts! at the start of the season to finish last, they stayed in second place most of the way and then beat out New Westminster for first in the last week of the schedule. While doing this they drew more customers than &ldquo;any other team in the league, more than 140,000 during the schedule and more than 35,000 during the playoffs.The playoff loss will probably bring about, several player changes for next year&rsquo;s Royals. However, they should have no complaints about the work of goalie Lucien Dechene.For much of the series he was alj that stood between Victoria arid a basketball score.And Pratt, always a man to have the last word, says of him:&ldquo;Those Victoria kids may be ready for the NHL in another year or two. Dechene is ready right now.! &#9632;

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5 Cougars NHL Grist; In Year Or So - Pratt; ‘Dechene Ready Now’

<div class="byline">By JIM KEARNEY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01174/1156548-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">A Pair Of MacsKENNY MacKEEZiE guiding genius of the PCHL New Westminster Royals, looks happy enough here as he talks it over with his namesake, Ken McKenzie of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</figcaption></div>NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C.&mdash;Known as the boy promoter when he managed his first team in Edmonton in 1913-14 at the age of 19, Kenny MacKenzie has lost his boyish looks but none of his enthusiasm.Enthusiasm, combined with love and knowledge of hockey, have made him and his teams a success in New Westminster, despite warnings from other PCHL magnates that he would lose his shirt and everything else he owned if he persisted in promoting hockey in the Fraser Valley city.After being out of hockey for almost 15 years, Kenny strolled into New Westminster in the summer of 1946, told the burghers he was going to give them a hockey team, adding jauntily that within three years it would win ths league championship for them.His promises fell upon deaf ears. The team made the playoffs, failed to survive the semifinal round and left Kenny the entire summer to ruminate over a $14,000 deficit.Shuddering as he looked at his bank balance at the start of the next season, Kenny decided in the interests of economy that he had better coach the club himself as well as own and manage it.<h2>He&rsquo;s No Coach !</h2>Now, Kenny&rsquo;s players will testify that he is a good and generous owner. Recent results testify that he is an excellent manager with an eye for recognizing talent when he sees it. But as a coach! Well, a man can&rsquo;t be perfect at everything. With Kenny opening and closing the little gate, the Royals succeeded in losing their first 19 games.MacKenzie realized something was wrong somewhere, ran to the nearest telegraph office and within a couple of days had the exNew York Ranger shooting specialist, Alex Shibicky, in town.Alex, who can hardly to described as taciturn, dicated enough noise to make the customers (who were staying away in droves) listen. It also impressed the Royals, who began to win games. The fans turned out, the team made the playoffs, were beaten again in the first round, but this time MacKenzie broke even.Two years of Kenny&rsquo;s threeyear plan were used up and although the team had improved immensely, it. still didn&rsquo;t look like a league champion.Without bothering to notify anyone, MacKenzie slipped off to Eastern Canada one August day in 1948. He returned in September and the guy who followed him off the train looked suspiciously like Walter (Babe) Pratt. And, as a matter of fact it just happened to be Pratt.Well, that fall Shibicky taught the team the pattern passing of the New York Ranger clubs of his era, Pratt made the system work and the Royals galloped home so far in front in the Northern Division it was no competition.They lost out to San Diego in the league final, but made up for it last season, with Pratt playing and coaching by beating Los Angeles in the final round.This year, they wound up In second place, knocked off Tacoma in the semi-finals, only to lose out to Victoria.Even though they didn&rsquo;t win the playoffs, Kenny has now spent three happy seasons with wonderful crowd support, re couping with Interest the $14,000 he lost in his first year.Kenny likes it fine in New Westminster, but he&rsquo;s a man whoves to reminisce. And when he it is usually about the great teams he had in Edmonton in the early 20&rsquo;s and the feats of such players as Duke Keats, Art Gagne, Archie Briden, Bullet Joe Simpson and Ty Arbour.In almost 40 years of watching hockey, he still rates Keats as the greatest center he&rsquo;s ever seen.When the Western Canada League folded in 1926, two years after his Eskimos had lost out to Ottawa in the Stanley Cup final, MacKenzie travelled extensively, operating teams in Los Angeles, St. Louis, Regina (where he turned Jean Pusie pro) and Vancouver.He gave up in 1933 at the depth of the depression when people just didn&rsquo;t have the money to spend on hockey.&ldquo;Since then,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been like the Arab, travelling all over. I&rsquo;ve been in the fur and lumber business. In fact I&rsquo;ve been just about everything but a preacher.&rdquo;When he&rsquo;s not busy with hockey, Kenny devours books on history, especially Scottish history. They call him the canny Scot. He was born in Bruce County, Ontario, and although he&rsquo;s seen Scotland only as a soldier in the first World War, ther&rsquo;s nothing about his parents&rsquo; country he doesn&rsquo;t know.In between his hockey and his reading he has been known to confer with co-owner Fred Hume, who, as mayor of Vancouver but a native of New Westminster, finds himself torn between two allegiances whenever the two cities meet.The attendant publicity and MacKenzie&rsquo;s long-standing feud with Vancouver Canucks&rsquo; owner Coley Hall mean nothing but big gates and profits for both clubs.&ldquo;As long as Coley stays in the league and as long as I keep coming up with players like our goalie, Lucien Dechene, and our rookie defenseman, Butch Houle, I&rsquo;ll do all right,&rdquo; Kenny asserts confidently.He is sure those two players are headed for the NHL. In fact in the case of Dechene, he is sure that his rotund goalie could do nothing but good for one or two NHL clubs right now. &#9632;

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Title Still Eludes NW Royals Owner, But At Least He’s Tossed Out Red Ink

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01178/1156624-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02128/1156617-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="529" height="880"></div>(Solution in our May issue)<h2>ACROSS</h2>1&mdash;Pictured Ranger player.5&mdash;Exists.7&mdash;In 1933-34 Babe Siebert was&mdash;to Boston by Rangers.11&mdash;Pete Babando will become one soon.12&mdash;Name given an NHL goalie.13&mdash;One of the Red Wings answers to this.14&mdash;Number of games Gil Mayer played for Leafs last season.15&mdash;Name given Milwaukee Sea Gulls&rsquo; business manager.16&mdash;Half an em.18&mdash;NHL club with whom Lou Jankowski played recently (abbr).19&mdash;This Hershey player was once a member of the New York Rangers.21&mdash;Exclamation !22&mdash;Initials of Red Wings&rsquo; hockey announcer.23&mdash;Old time player known as &ldquo;Curley!.27&mdash;Stanley Cup champions of 1901-02 were Montreal A&mdash;.28&mdash;Member of Victoria Cougars, first name Fiori.30&mdash;Initials of a PCHL coach.32&mdash;Nattrium (Sym.).33&mdash;Mile (abbr).34&mdash;Players often a bone.36&mdash;Initials of left winger on AHL All-Star team 1949-50.37&mdash;Short for first name of scoring champion ot 1934-35.38&mdash;Initials of Evans of Victoria.<h2>DOWN</h2>1&mdash;Nickname of McLean of Omaha.2&mdash;Given name of &ldquo;Ragsy&rdquo; Raglan.3&mdash;Name given AHL scoring champion of 1948-49.4&mdash;Initials of Schultz, ex-CIeve-land player.6&mdash;In 1933 the Maple Leafs trained at Ont.8&mdash;Second name of Marcel Pro-novost.9&mdash;Initials of a Ranger forward.10&mdash;&ldquo;Jo-Jo! Graboski - once injured one.11&mdash;This Red Wing spent part of 19 45-46 season with Kansas City.13&mdash;This NHL goalie was born in Brandon, Man.17&mdash;Jim Uniac plays for this USHL team.20&mdash;Guarded the goal in six games for Springfield last season.22&mdash;Left winger on PCHL AllStar team last season, Northern division.24&mdash;Initials of Gronsdahl, exBruin.25&mdash;First name of Gottselig (Scot.)26&mdash;Art Coulter spent five of these with Chicago.29&mdash;Silvio Bettio scored this number of goals in 1949-50.31&mdash;Marcel Pronovost was born in a la Tortue, P.Q.34&mdash;Initials of Hrymnak, former New Haven player.35&mdash;Initials of a Bruin who was born in Massey, Ont.<h2>SPORTS PHOTOS</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03101/1156610-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="127" height="248"></div>FREE LISTOver 3000 6x10 glossy photos of the world&rsquo;s greatest, past and present, sport stars. Send a postal card Today for our free list. All Sport Photo Studio Box 61 Fordham Station York 58 N. Y &#9632;</div>

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Hockey Crossword

<div class="byline">By ARTHUR MORRISON</div>WINNIPEG, Man.&mdash;Take sixteen earnest young men, add one outstanding coach, one shrewd manager and equal parts of ability and tradition and you brew one of junior hockey&rsquo;s most palatable concoctions &mdash; the Winnipeg Monarchs.As this is written, the Regals, seven times champions of Manitoba since they were organized in 1931, are shooting for their fourth Memorial Cup. National titlists in 1935, 1937 and 1946 and runners-up to Sudbury Wolves in 1932,the Monarchs own one of Canadian junior hockey&rsquo;s finest records.This year&rsquo;s squad is determined to add some gloss to the fine record set by its predecessors. They won the Manitoba League crown after finishing in second place behind Brandon Wheat Kings, and then knocked over Port Arthur in the Western semifinal.The frequent trips that chief scout Squib Walker and General manager Hap Day have made to this territory to study this Toronto Maple Leaf-sponsored organization may hint that the Leafs feel that some of these young fellows some day will wear Toronto livery.<h2>They&rsquo;re Speed Artists</h2>Monarchs always have been known for a deft, speedy style of attack rather than clutch and grab and they are well-stocked with tricky forwards.Elliot Chorley, 190-pound wingman finishing his junior career, is the big gun on attack. He finished second to Brandon&rsquo;s Ron Rohmer in the individual scoring race. Charley has teamed with Jim Zarie and Dave Trainor, while Laurie Mitchell, Johnny Novak and Bruce Bell form another potent combination. Ron Barr, Ross Parke and Johnny Mozol team on the third string, noted for its defensive abilities and penaltykilling tactics.Don Johnston, Bill Burega, Blair Mitchell, (no relation to Laurie) and Johnny Riley form the defense. Johnston is highly-rated in Toronto Leaf plans.Don Collins, an angular acrobat, is in goal. After a so-so season, Collins caught fire and played terrific goal in the playoffs and contributed considerably to Brandon&rsquo;s downfall in the league final.Ron Stephanson is an extra forward, while Vic Fredette and Terry Hannah are available for defense duties if needed. Leu; Caley is the reserve goalkeeper.Chorley, Laurie Mitchell, Riley, Bell, Barr and Novak and subgoalie Caley are the lads who will be lost to the team through, the age limit next season.Coach of the squad is the veteran Walter Monson, who has handled the team since the beginning of the 1945-46 season, Monson starred in local junior, senior, English National and U.S. hockey circles and a member ot the 1932 Winnipegs&rsquo; Olympio champions.Man behind the blueshirts is junior hockey&rsquo;s big Irishman, Pat Lyon. Trainer and friend and counsellor to each of the kids la Ed Haverstock, who has beea rubbing out the aches and listen!ing to the troubles of hockey players, big and little, for longer than he can remember. &#9632;

’Peg Monarchs Carry Famed Name Into Hunt For 4th Memorial Cup

This is a naw rink and will ba open in September next. Any players who will be interested to play in Scotland and any experienced coach desiring to come to Scotland, should communicate withMr. FESTUS MOFFAT,F.S.A.A., Secretary,Scottish Ice Hockey Ass.,High Street,Falkirk, Scotland. &#9632;

MURRAYFIELD ICE RINK, Edinburgh.

<div class="byline">By RAY GUAY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01143/1156752-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="535" height="811"><figcaption class="caption-body">JULIAN SAWCHUK : All-Star defenseman.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02113/1156745-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="532" height="814"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL HEINDL : The ex-Quebec senior player grabbed a defense spot on the first dream team.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0387/1156738-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="562" height="811"><figcaption class="caption-body">COLIN KILBURN : Second straight year as All-Star left wing.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0464/1156731-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="526" height="811"><figcaption class="caption-body">SID FINNEY : All-Star centre, scoring champion, tied for most valuable player award.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0543/1156724-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="529" height="801"><figcaption class="caption-body">NORM LARSON : All-Star right wing.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0626/1156717-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="541" height="797"><figcaption class="caption-body">COACH BUTCH McDONALD : He accompanied four of his Calgary players on the first All-Star team.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0722/1156710-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="512" height="797"><figcaption class="caption-body">LARRY POPEIN : The Regina rookie was named rookie of the year.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0813/1156703-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="501" height="805"><figcaption class="caption-body">RUSS DERTELL : All-Star goalin and best goalkeeper for second straight year, tied for M. V. P.</figcaption></div>CALGARY, Alta.&mdash;Calgary Stampeders, who ended in last place in the three team Western Canada Major Hockey League playoff round-robin, showed their heels to the rest of the pack when the time came to pass the regular schedule awards. Stampeders ended the regular season on top of the four-team circuit and were strong favorites to represent the league in Alexander Cup playoffs until Riley Mullen&rsquo;s fightIng Saskatoon Quakers came along to upset the applecart.The only individual award which escaped the Cowboys was the rookie award which went to Larry Popeln of the last place Regina Caps.Sid Finney, the league&rsquo;s scoring champion, and Russ Dertell, the starry Calgary netminder, shared top honors for most valuable player honors while Dertell retained his laurels as top goalkeeper of the circuit.The Stamps also grabbed more than their share of the positions in the All-Star teams.<h2>A Calgary Roundup !</h2>No less than five Calgarians were on the first dream selection including Dertell, Finney, defenseman Julian Sawchuk, right winger Norm Larson and coach Butch McDonald. The other two vacancies went to defenseman Bill Heindl of Saskatoon, former Quebec Senior League star, and Colin Kilburn of Edmonton. The Foothills City crew also placed one man on the second squad, Archie Scott at left wing.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. A maximum of 30 points was possible.Only unanimous choice was goalie Russ Dertell, one of two holdovers from the previous season&rsquo;s selections. The other was the 194 9-50 scoring champion, Colin Kilburn, who received 29 votes.Gordie Watt, Edmonton&rsquo;s perennial all-Star defenseman who made the first team in 1949-50, was relegated to the second team. Ray Frederick of Flyers retained his spot in goal for the second squad.The other former Quebec Leauer on the Saskatoon squad, Larry Zeidel, received enough votes to place on the second team. Larry set a new record for time spent in the penalty box the past season with 169 minutes 22 more than served by Edmonton&rsquo;s Pug Young in 1948-49.The only bright light in an otherwise bleak picture at Regina was the performance of Larry Popein which earned him the rookie award. Larry, who starred for Moose Jaw Canucks in junior ranks, had a hard time adjusting himself to senior company at the start of the season, but it didn&rsquo;t take him long to learn all the tricks and prove himself a valuable man both on the attack and defence.His closest rival in the race was Murray Parker, Saskatoon Quaker defenseman, and forward Lloyd Ferguson of Edmonton who each polled two votes.Brent Macnab of Calgary and Jack Shupe of Saskatoon were the only other two players eligible for the award. Ferguson accounted for 34 points on 21 goals and 13 assists during the season and Park saw action in 35 games for Quakers.<h2>Rope In Nearly All Top Honors On Season Play</h2>The selectors couldn&rsquo;t decide on which player was most valuable to his team in the league and consequently Finney and Dertell of the Cowboys will share the Gordon Efficiency award and McSherry trophy, emblematic of the award, for the coming year.Dertell, however, was the unanimous choice for the Dave Dryburgh Memorial Trophy which goes to the goalie adjudged best in the league. He was named on all 15 ballots cast. &#9632;

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Calgarians Cop 5 Of 6 Places On Dream Squad

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0293/1156783-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg"></div>You know right well that you&rsquo;ll want to know what your favorite hockey star is doing during the summer months; what players are being traded; what players are being given their unconditional release. You&rsquo;ll also be eager to find out what plans your team is making for the coming season and what players they plan to bring up next season.The Only Way To Know All This is by becoming a Year-Round Subscriber to THE HOCKEY NEWS. You see, THE HOCKEY NEWS is not sold at arenas during the summer months or on the newsstands and the only possible way you can get a copy is by becoming a regular subscriber. This way you will be sure of receiving the five snappy monthly summer issues just as soon as they&rsquo;re off the press.THE HOCKEY NEWS features plenty of lengthy profiles on players in the summer issues and oodles of candid pictures showing that favorite puck star of yours in such poses as playing baseball, on the golf links, milking cows, pitching hay running the store, and countless others. We at THE HOCKEY NEWS do our utmost to see that you don&rsquo;t lose track of your favorite players during those five months that THE HOCKEY NEWS suspends weekly publication (May to September).A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances &mdash; $2.50 Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U. S. A. Remittances &mdash; $3.50 Payable by Postal Note, Bank or Express Money Order or personal cheque in U.S. funds. Postal Money Orders must be drown on the Postmaster at New York in U.S. funds. &#9632;

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YOU’LL BE SORRY!

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0018-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01151/1156863-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">After Their Sixth Safari</figcaption></div>Six times in a row Halifax St. Mary&rsquo;s have captured the Maritime Junior puck title for their backer, Colonel Vic Oland of Halifax, only to go down fighting in Hie Memorial Cup preliminaries. This year, the Oland men bowed to Oiiawa in the Eastern Canada quarterfinals, but the Colonel is hoping next year will be the year he has been waiting for.Organized seven years ago, the Scntamarians have been a power in Maritime hockey ever since. Bert Hirschfeld, Dugger McNeil, Hugh Campbell and Johnny Young were a few of the stars who started St. Mary&rsquo;s on the way, and then moved on up the ladder themselves.The team is shown here in front of the familiar Oland bus which carries them and their coach, Marty Barry, back and forth in the hockey wars.<h2>IN THE EAST</h2><h3>EASTERN CANADA</h3>FINALSTUESDAY, APRIL 17Quebec 4, Barrie 6Barrie leads best-of-seven series 2-0Quebec: Goal, Paille; defence, Plante, Hudson; centre, Haworth; wings, Cline, Dubeau; subs.: Amadio, Henri, B. Guay, Leyte, Beliveau, Makila, R. Guay, Gervais.Barrie: Goal, Howes; defence, Morrison, Stanutz; centre. White; wings, Chevrefils, Labine; subs.: O&rsquo;Connor, MeKnight, Toppazzlnl, D. Emms, Hagan, Barber, Towers, Wood.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0359/1156856-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="577" height="644"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 10</h3>Barrie 2, Quebec 7(Barrie leads best of seven series 2-1)Barrie: Goal, Howes; defence, Morrison, Stanutz; centre, Whbte; wings, Labine, Chovreflls; subs.: O&rsquo;Connor, McKnlght, Wood, Towers, Barber, Topazzlnl, Emms, Hagan.Quebes: Goal, Paille; defence, Plante, Hudson; centre, Beliveau; wlings, Makila, B. Guay; subs.: Dubeau, Amodlo Henri, Leyte, Haworth, R. Guay, Gervais, Cline.Referees: Hap Shouldloe and Stan Praiht Ottawa.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0444/1156849-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="579" height="646"></div><h3>SATURDAY, APRIL 21</h3>Barrie 2, Quebec 4Best-of-seven series tied 2-2<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0534/1156842-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="573" height="480"></div><h2>IN THE WEST</h2><h3>WESTERN CANADA</h3>FINALS<h3>TUESDAY, APRIL 17</h3>Winnipeg 2, Regina 1 (Best-of-seven series tied 1-1 One game tied)Winnipeg: Goal, Collins; defence, B. Mitchell, Johnston; centre. Bell; wings, Mitchell, Novak; subs.: Riley, Burega, Zarie, Trainor, Chorley, Barr, Parke, Mozol.Regina: Goal, Tyler; defence, Reeve, Grebinsky; centre, Edmundson; wings, H. Cowan, McDonald; subs.: Schneider, King, G. Cowan. Lltzenberger, Smith, Dowie, Papp, Killoh.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0630/1156835-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="571" height="326"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 19</h3>Regina 0, Winnipeg 2 (Winnipeg leads best-of-sevent series 3-1 2-1. One game tied.)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0727/1156828-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="571" height="160"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0821/1156821-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="573" height="258"></div><h3>SATURDAY, APRIL 21</h3>Regina 2, Winnipeg 5(Winnipeg leads best-of-seven series 3-1 One game tied)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0919/1156814-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="581" height="478"></div> &#9632;

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Road To The Memorial Cup

<h2>SEMI-FINAL SERIES</h2><h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18</h3>Saskatoon 2, St. Michael&rsquo;s 48t. Michael&rsquo;s leads best-of-seven series 3-0Saskatoon: Goal, Gibson; defence,Heindl, Milford; centre, McCullough; wings, Bentley, Rouse; subs.: Zeidel, Parker. Hunter, Shupe, Ramsden, Senlck. Wiest, Kuzma.St. Michael&rsquo;s: Goal. Goal, Hughes, defence, Mesich, Arundel: centre, Ubriaco; Wings, Hannigan. Meldrum; subs.: Sullivan. Wilson, Blair, Mulligan, Watson, Fowler, Kennedy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01130/1156929-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="596" height="482"></div>Valleyfield 3, Sydney 2Valleyfield leads best-of-seven series 1-0Valleyfield: Goal. Leclerc; defence, Ernst, Orlando: centre, Kwong; wings. Irvine. Schmidt: subs.: Joannette, Bisaillon. Corriveau, Bougie, Menzies, Larivee, Bourassa, Deslauriers.Sydney: Goal, Pidsodny; defence,Hockey, McBride; centre, Whalen; wings, MacIntyre, McRae; subs.: May, Matthews. Dinning, Cupolo, Birukow, Roach, Hilderbrand. Robertson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0293/1156922-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="594" height="340"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 10</h3>Valleyfield 2, Sydney 8Best of seven series tied 1-1Valley field: Goal, Leclerc: defence, Ernst, Orlando; centre, Kwong; wings, Bchmidt, Irvine; subs.: Bourassa, Joanthe, RiFftiRon, Corriveau, Bougie, Menics, Larlve, Deslauriers.Sydney: Goal, Pidsondny; defence, Hockey, MacBrlde; centre, Whelan; wings, MacIntyre, MacRae; subs.: May, Matthews, Dimning, Cupolo, Birukow, Roach, Hildebrand, RobertsonOfficials: Andy BeHlemer and Fred Mellenbacher.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0372/1156915-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="590" height="280"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0458/1156908-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="588" height="144"></div><h3>SATURDAY, APRIL 21</h3>Sydney leads best-of-seven-semi-flnal series.2-1Valleyfield: Goal, Leclerc; defence, Ernst, Orlando; centre, Kwong; wings, Irvine, Schmidt; subs.: Joannette,, Blsaillon, Corriveau, Bougie, Menzies, Larlvee, Bourassa, Deslauriers.Sydney: Goal, Pidsodny; defence, wings, MacIntyre, MacRae; subs.: May, Matthews, Dinning, Cupolo, Birukow, Roach, Hilderbrand, Robertson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0544/1156901-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="600" height="514"></div>Saskatoon 3, St. Michael&rsquo;s 9St. Michael&rsquo;s win best-of-seven series 4-0Saskatoon: Goal, Gibson; defence, Heindl, Milford; centre, McCullough; wings, Bentley, Rouse; subs.: Zeidel, Parker. Hunter, Shupe, Ramsden, Benick, Wiest, Kuzma.St. Michael&rsquo;s: Goal, Hughes, defence, Mesich, Arundel; centre Ubriaco; wings, Hannigan, Meldrum; subs.: Sullivan, Wilson, Blair, Mulligan, Watson, Fowler, Kennedy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0630/1156894-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="600" height="924"></div> &#9632;

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On The Alexander Cup Trail

<div class="byline">By ROLLY ETHIER</div>NORTH BAY, Ont.The reaction here to a suggestion by Sudbury hockey mogul Max Silverman that a big North-South Major Hockey League operate next season has been frowned on by Pete Palangio, sponsor and coach of North Bay&rsquo;s senior Black Hawks.Silverman proposed a league embracing Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener in the south with Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie and North Bay in the north for the 1951-52 campaign.&ldquo;Under present conditions as far as I&rsquo;m concerned Maxie&rsquo;s big plan seems to be nothing more than a pipe dream, Palangio has remarked.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s just a case of Silverman being a little too over-enthused about Sudbury having a big new rink next season, he added.Palangio is certain that the travelling costs and operational expenses involved in making such a circuit possible would be too much. He figures that even big gate receipts at Sudbury and the Sault where the new rinks exist&mdash;the profit would be swallowed up by the operational overhead.Palangio, former Chicago Black Hawk and minor-pro. star, plans to operate the Black Hawks again next season and is keen on a league comprising two Sudbury clubs, the Ontario Sault, and possibly Sault, Michigan. This scheme, Pete believes, would stir up just as much enthusiasm among the fans as a Major loop in which the northern squads would be outclassed. &#9632;

Palangio Turns Down Silverman’s Major Idea

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0244/1157029-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="253" height="294"></div>VOLUME 4 MONTREAL, APRIL 28,1951 NUMBER 30<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01104/1157036-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="237" height="282"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0330/1157022-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="2917" height="1748"><figcaption class="caption-body">As The Battle Raged OnRookie Paul Masnick of the Canadiens causes Leafs a few anxious moments in the top picture. Joe Kiukay is way out of the play on the left while Broda lays on the ice as the puck sails over his head but not into the cage. Flaman is the player coming in to take Masnick out of the play.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0420/1157015-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2933" height="1684"><figcaption class="caption-body">In the bottom picture Elmer Lach clears the puck from McNeil&rsquo;s vicinity while Ray Timgren tries to get at it from between Elmer&rsquo;s legs. Behind Lach is Rookie Tom Johnson and in the background are Cal Gardner and Referee Bill Chadwick. (Photos by Michael Burns)</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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April 28, 1951

THE CUP RETURNS TO TORONTO

Hab Hopes Die “Sudden Death” - 4 Out Of 5

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O.H.A. Major Expansion Likely To Include Syracuse, Kingston