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March 29, 1952

The Hockey News March 29, 1952

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03171/1417579-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="292" height="401"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pronovost</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;The Canadiens lost the services of Johnny McCormack for the playoffs in the&rsquo; last a home game in Montreal. He collided with defensemanMarcel Pronovost of the Detroit Red Wings and fractured his left arm just above the elbow. The loss of McCormack meant that Coach Dick Irvin had to re-shuffe his lines. He was using McCormack at center between Olmstead and Curry. After McCormack was injured Irvin had to break up his first line of Richard, Lach and Moore. He put Moore at center to replace McCormack and put Gamble on the first line. Although it worked out satisfactorily it&rsquo;s doubtful Irvin will let it remain that way. When Richard returned from has injury the first thing the Haba&rsquo; coach did was put him back on a line with, Lach and threw young More into left wing. Dickie had been playing right wing until then. The line clicked with both Richard and Moore scoring In two games. In all probability Ken Mosdell will be returned to work with Curry and Olmstead with Gamble being used with Olmstead, on left wing.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04141/1417572-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="531" height="883"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOHNNY McCORMACK</figcaption></div>McCormack&rsquo;s loss will not hurt the Habs in an offensive way as much as defensive. He was their outstanding defensive forward and was beginning to play the kind of hockey he had played in the seasons gone by.Johnny, rated the best forechecker in the League was particularly brilliant against his old teammates, the Toronto Maple Leafs. His poke check was most effective against Ted Kennedy and the latter, after being held in check one night remarked: &ldquo;I wonder what that McCormack has against me.&rdquo;McCormack, in hospital in Montreal for two days wasn&rsquo;t quite sure how the collision came about.&lsquo;I think it was at center ice,&rdquo; said John. &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t his stick. He just hit me with his body and my arm went numb. I went to the bench and sat there for a minute.&rdquo;&ldquo;He told me he couldn&rsquo;t feel his arm,&rdquo; said Dickie Moore, &ldquo;So I told him to go into the room. Sure enough it was broken.&rdquo;McCormack, who hails from Edmonton was not too happy about his season in Montreal from a points angle.&ldquo;Didn&rsquo;t do too well in that department this season,&rdquo; says John.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what I&rsquo;ll do this summer, I lived in Toronto last summer. I don&rsquo;t know if I&rsquo;ll stay in Montreal or not.&rdquo;McCormack, who was purchased from the Leafs for $25,000 proved full value for the Habs if only in the games against the Leafs. But in the goal scoring department he was a bit of a disappointment. He was shipped to Buffalo at mid season and then recalled when Ken Mosdell injured his shoulder in Boston last December. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Habs Lose John With Broken Arm

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1070/1417838-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="292" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Ivan</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs, the defending&rsquo; Stanley Cup holders, will not be lacking in playoff experience&hellip; Sixteen members of the Leafs have played on at least one Stanley Cup winner. Six of the Leafs, Ted Kennedy, Jim Thomson, Gus Mortson, Harry Watson, Howie Meeker and Joe Klukay have played on four Stanley Cup teams &hellip; Kennedy, captain of the Leafs, has played on five Cup champions. No other player in modern hockey has played on as many Cup winners &hellip; Conn Smythe, Toronto manager, shares with Tommy Gorman the distinction of managing the most Stanley Cup teams. Smythe has managed every Toronto Maple Leafs team to annex the Cup and the Leafs have won it seven times &hellip; The Leafs were Cup winners in 1932, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1951. Toronto became the first team since the National Hockey League was formed in 1917 to capture Lord Stanley&rsquo;s pewter three successive years &hellip; Leafs have missed the playoffs once in the last 21 years and that was in 1946.Winners of the National Hockey League championship for the fourth straight year, Detroit Red Wings will be attempting to win their fifth Stanley Cup &hellip; Detroit were winners in 1936, 1937, 1943 and 1950 &hellip; Jack Adams managed all four clubs &hellip; Detroit has been defeated in the Cup finals on six occasions and four of the six were by Toronto &hellip; This is the 13th straight appearance of Detroit in the playoffs. No other club can match this record for the past 11 years &hellip; Tommy Ivan, Detroit coach, has appeared in five Cup playoffs in as many years. The Wings won the Cup once and were finalists twice during Ivan&rsquo;s regime.Montreal Canadiens, Stanley Cup finalists of 1951, are making their 22nd appearance in the playoffs &hellip; Canadiens copped the Cup in 1930, 1931, 1944 and 1946. They also won the Stanley Cup in 1924 prior to the expansion of the NHL&hellip; This is the 22nd Stanley Cup playoffs as a coach for Dick Irvin of Canadiens The 59-year-old Montreal mentor has piloted three clubs to the Stanley Cup. Toronto in 1932 and Canadiens in 1944 and 1946 &hellip; Frank Selke has managed Canadiens to the playoffs five times in the six years he&rsquo;s been at the team&rsquo;s helm.Boston Bruins have participated in the Cup playoffs in 23 years of the 28 they&rsquo;ve been a member of the National Hockey League &hellip; Art Ross has managed every one of those teams. Ross managed the Bruins to the Stanley Cup in 1929, 1939 and 1941 He coached the &rsquo;29 and &rsquo;39 winners &hellip; This is the third playoff series in a row for Lynn Patrick, Boston coach.Largest attendance at a Stanley Cup series was in 19 45 when 247,805 spectators viewed 20 games. Canadiens, Toronto, Detroit and Boston took part in this series &hellip; Longest overtime game went 116 minutes and 30 seconds. Mud Bruneteau scored the winner for Detroit to give Red Wings a 1-0 win over Montreal Maroons. Game was played in Montreal and teams played a total of 176 minutes and 30 seconds of hockey. Game started on March 24 and finished at 2.25 a.m. on March 25 &hellip; Shortest overtime game on record lasted 25 seconds. Syd Howe scored for Detroit to give Red Wings a 2-1 win over New York Americans, on March 19 1949, at Detroit&hellip; Latest date a Stanley Cup final was played was on April 23, 1950, at Detroit.It was after midnight on April 24 when game actually finished.First United States city to win Stanley Cup was Seattle in 1917&hellip; U.S. teams have captured the ancient mug 13 times in all&hellip; 12 times since the NHL was formed In 1917-18 &hellip; Last United States final was between Detroit and New York Rangers in 1950.. Canadiens and Toronto met in final in 1951&hellip; Only time a deciding game in Stamey Cup final series went into overtime was in 1950 at Detroit&hellip; 17 games were played in 1951 Cup playoffs &hellip; Average number ol games in last nine playoff series is 16 &hellip; Seven of the 16 games in 1951 were decided by sudden death overtime. A game in Toronto on March 31 was halted after one period of overtime on account of the Toronto Curfew Law. Toronto and Boston were tied 1-1&hellip; All five games in last year&rsquo;s finals between Toronto and Canadiens went into overtime. Longest game was 5 minutes and 15 seconds of extra play.Maurice Richard scored the winning goal for Canadiens in three Cup games last spring. Two of these were in a row against Detroit in the semi-finals &hellip; Fastest goal in a playoff game was scored by Sid Smith of Toronto against Canadiens on April 11, 1951. He scored 15 seconds after game started &hellip; Most penalties in one series are 61 and were set in 1951 in first five games ot Boston-Toronto semi-finals &hellip; 50 minors, eight majors and three misconducts were handed out by the referees 21 penalties in Toronto-Boston game in Toronto on March 31, 1951, are the most penalties in one playoff game .. 16 minors, four majors and one misconduct were meted out by Referee Red Storey &hellip; Most penalties in one period are 15 and this took place in Boston on April 1, 1951, in same Boston-Toronto series. Referee Bill Chadwick imposed 12 minors, two majors and one misconduct.Maurice Richard with nine goasls was top goal-getter in 1951 playoffs &hellip; Richard holds record of most goals in playoff series &hellip; Richard also holds record of most goals in a playoff series and most goals in a playoff game. He tallied 12 goals in nine games in 1943-44 and five against Toronto on March 23, 1944, at Montreal.. Richard&rsquo;s linemate on Canadiens, Elmer Lach, holds playoff record for most assists in playoff competition and most assists in a playoff series. Lach racked up 35 assists in eight playoff series and 12 in nine games in 1945-46 &hellip; Toe Blake holds record of most assists in a game &mdash; 5. Blake assisted on Richard&rsquo;s five goals on March 23, 1944 &hellip; Most points in a playoff game is five and is shared by Richard, Blake, Eddie Bush of Detroit and Don Metz of Toronto &hellip; Toe Blake established a playoff record when he chalked up 18 scoring points in 1943-44 series. He had seven goals and 11 assists&hellip; Richard has most points in playoff competition. The Rocket has 43 goals and 22 assists for 65 points. This figure was made in seven series.Playoff hockey usually features plenty of outstanding goalkeeping. Frank McCool of Toronto and Dave Kerr of Rangers hold the record for most shutouts by a goalie in a playoff series. McCool registered four shutouts in 1945 and Keer the sam number in 1937 &hellip; McCool recorded three shutout in a row over Detroit in 1945 &hellip; The Stanley Cup final of 1945 &hellip; The Stanley Cup final of 1945 between Toronto and Detroit saw five shutouts recorded in seven games. Besides MvCool&rsquo;s trie, Harry Lumley of Detroit racked up two iu succession &hellip; Toronto&rsquo;s Turk Broda piled up 12 shutouts in 12 playoff series&hellip; He had two goose-eggs last spring&hellip; Terry Sawchuk, Detroit; Jack Gelineau, Boston; and Gerry McNeil, Canadiens, all registered one shutout during the &rsquo;51 playoffs. &#9632;

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1951-52 Playoff Dots and Dashes

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01294/1418069-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"></div><h2>His Reason</h2>Dear Sir,Regarding to the March 8 issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, a fan had that they ought to write less on the Montreal Canadiens and more on the other five teams, for my money if I ran the paper it all be on the Canadiens because in the future the Habs will have the best team in the LeagueRobert Witmer.Lititz, Penna.<h2>The lost Players</h2>Dear Sirs,Would some Kind hockey fans from the Dominion and the U.S., please let me know the address or addresses of any of the following ex-hockey stars who have long retired from the game. Business or home address would be sufficient. If you know of only one of the following stars whom. I could contact I&rsquo;d be very grateful. They are as follows:&mdash;Vic Ripley, Jimmy Fowler, Gordon Reid, Earl Bartholome, Red Beattie, &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Green, Dune Munro, Rabbit McVeigh, Charlie Sands, Roger Jenkins, Art Wiebe, iSordon Pettinger, Frank Finnigan, Pit Lepine, Art Somers, Glen Brydson, Neil Colville, Joe Lamb, Lionel Hitchman, Marty Barry, Billy and George Boucher.Trust some kind hockey tans and followers of the HOCKEY NEWS will help me on the above.With many thanks,E. Robert Hamlyn.St. John&rsquo;s. Nfld.<h2>Cup Broadcasts</h2>Dear Sir;Lets have a million letters to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation protesting the failure to broadcast Stanley Cup hockey games. First for failure to broadcast them all. Second the failure to broadcast from start to finish the ones they do broadcast.Baseball world series is broadcast every game and every game from start to finish.The old cry of not being able to obtain time is all rubbish let a visiting Monarch come over here, then everything else is off the air all day for two months. Then the C.B.C. has the nerve to say it cannot get perhaps Twenty one hours a year for broadcasting the Stanley Cup finals.O.D. Eliason.Picardville, Alta.<h2>Leaf and Elmer Fan</h2>Dear Sir,I am a Leaf fan. But my favorite player is a Montreal great, Elmer Lach, he sure deserved a night, he sure is great.Congratulations on the fine story about Dave Creighton of the Bruins, in the March 15 edition.How about a story on Metro Prystai of the Red Wings.Kenwood Corbett.Bass River, N.S.<h2>In His Opinion</h2>Dear Sirs,I have never written to you, although I have read the paper for two years. I really would like to congratulate you on the wonderful work you are doing in making THE HOCKEY NEWS such a hit everywhere.It seems to me that Mr. Charles Nolan picked the wrong number of the News to read about the Red Wings. In my opinion, Montreal deserved more space in the March 8th edition, because Boston or Detroit had more previously. I am a Detroit fan, and there is enough about every NHL or AIIL team and player to satisfy everybody.Victor Nischik.Detroit 4, Mich.<h2>Mosie&rsquo;s 200th</h2>Dear Sirs,Many thanks for devoting some space to our beloved Chicago Black Hawks in your March 8th issue. I certainly enjoyed the stories as did all other Hawk rooters. However, I noticed a slight error in Dan Desmond&rsquo;s excellent Bill Mosienko article. Dan stated that Mosle scored number 200 against Jim Henry and the Bruins on January 17. Unless I&rsquo;m having optical illusions, I believe Charlie Rayner was the victim of Willyum&rsquo;s blast on the 17th, when the Hawks and Rangers knotted at 6-6. In fact, I could hardly forget the goal, as it was the most beautiful effort I have ever had the pleasure to witness. Bill took the puck at the blue line of the Rangers, went to the outside, swerved around a defense man and let it go. He did this while holding his stick with one hand. Just to make sure, he skated in back and came around and slapped it in again. He scored in the first minute and in the last two of that rugged battle. This all leads up to one thing. We should have a &ldquo;night&rdquo; for Bill. He surely deserves it.Bill Martin, Jr.Oak Park. Ill.<h2>Three Loop Men</h2>Dear Sir,In Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s column, &ldquo;Passing the Puck&rdquo; In the Feb. 16th issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS, he stated that Frank Eddolls had played in three pro leagues this year and he doubted if anyone ever did that before. In checking the records I find that just last year Frank King and Gordie Fashoway performed in three different pro leagues. King in the National, American and Pacific Coast Leagues and Fashoway in the American, United States and Pacific Coast Leagues.With the Chicago Black Hawks so concerned over their lack of good young players, how do they explain the selling of Guyle Fielder, brilliant young forward to the New Westminster Royals?Cpl Charles Goodison.Camp Drum, N.Y.<h2>Underrated Max</h2>Dear Sir,I am a Montreal hockey fan and I like nothing more than see the Canadiens beat the Maple Leafs, But, when it comes to judge the value of a player, one must be objective. I wonder why an outstanding player like Max Bentley is so underrated. Since the end of the war, Max has played two years beside high-scoring mates (D. Bentley and Mosienko) and both years he won the scoring championship. Since 19 4 7 with the Leafs, he has been the closest thing to a one-man forward line and none of his wings can take much credit for his success. He has to do the playmaking and the scoring and even so, he is up among the top scorers and goal getters fighting the other centers who have better wings than he does.In 1947-48, Syl Ap.ps was hurt and Max took his place on the first line between Ezinicki and Watson. When Apps came back, after switching the two centers from one line to the other, Conny Smythe decided that the team was showing more balance with Max feeding the second-string players. Max Bentley belongs to the class of Maurice Ricnard, Gordie Howe, Elmer Lach, Ted Kennedy, Milt Schmidt. If there is a distinction to make, I would put Max in the upper bracket.Bernard Garceau.Montreal, Que.<h2>Plans for Frank</h2>Dear Sir,Will Frank Boucher keep his word and retire from hocaey now that his Rangers have failed to make the playoffs again this season. I know that it was at the beginning of last season that he made his famous &lsquo;I will retire&rsquo; statement but couldn&rsquo;t he do us all a favor and put his words into effect this season.We&rsquo;ve changed players, trainers, stick boys, coaches now what about managers? Maybe that&rsquo;s the trouble.Harvey Capel.Bronx, N.Y.<h2>That Married Life</h2>Deaf Sir,That story on Ed Slowinski was simply terrific &mdash; but I can&rsquo;t figure out how married life helped his play. The first thing I did when I got hitched was quit the game. Smythe and Slowinski obviously don&rsquo;t see eye to eye on martial futures. If I remember rightly Smythe send Johnny McCormack to Pittsburgh because he got married.Leo Jackson.Winnipeg, Man.<h2>He&rsquo;ll Deal. Anybody</h2>Dear Sir,I&rsquo;ve been reading about the Hawks plans for remodelling their club for so long that I have now began to wonder if maybe it isn&rsquo;t just a dream of some sort. At any rate I want to see it before I&rsquo;ll believe it. And don&rsquo;t think he won&rsquo;t trade Lumley. He&rsquo;d trade anybody.Leonore MarchantChicago, Ill. &#9632;

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THE FAN FORUM

CHICAGO &mdash; When Bill Mosienko scored his &lsquo;hat trick&rsquo; last Sunday night in New York he boosted his goal scoring, output to 31. He became the first Chicago player to go over the 30 mark since the 1945-46 season.Max Bentley was the last player to score over 30 for the Hawks. When he led the League in scoring in 1945-U6 Bentley scored 31 goals &mdash; same as Mosienko &mdash; and added 30 assists for 61 points in 47 games.Since then Bentley has scored 29 goals and so did Metro Prystai when they were Hawks. &#9632;

Mosie First Hawk to go Over 30 Since Max Bentley

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0146/1419301-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">That Old Familiar Table</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-0239/1419294-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="1690" height="1310"></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; When the Canadiens started this season they knew they were going to have to beat out the Leafs it they were going to finish second. But more than that they knew that the only way to stop the Leafs was to stop Kennedy. In the first four game against the Habs Kennedy couldn&rsquo;t be stopped. He scored five points. But then Irvin put Johnny McCormack into action againt Teeder. The results are unbelievable. In the next ten games the two teams played McCormack limited Kennedy to one goal. The last time Kennedy got a point against the Canadiens was back on the night of January 17th. &#9632;

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McCormack Stopped Ted Cold in Last Ten Games

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;.With the final standings of the National Hockey League in the books THE HOCKEY NEWS&rsquo; editors looked into the old copies of the paper to find out the right and wrongs of the experts who picked the finish before the start of the season. In the October 13th issue of the paper we carried the order of finish by 16 writers around the circuit. Not one proved to be exactly right in the final analysis. To top that only two chose the right tour teams in the playoffs. The Boston Bruins upset the biggest dope pot by making the post season classic and the Chicago Black Hawks reddened the faces of the experts by missing out.The man closest to the right order of finish was Bobby Hewitson, sports editor of the Toronto Telegram. But even Bobby was out ou one choice. Hewitson picked the Red Wings to finish first with Toronto second, Montreal third. Boston fourth. New York fifth and Chicago sixth. His order was good until the 69th game of the schedule. Not until tnen was the second and third place finish, decided. Had the Leais finished second Bobby would have been 100% right in his score.<h2>Pick First Three Easily</h2>Only one other expert, Jim Vi-pond, sports editor of the Toronto Globe and Mail came close. Ha picked the right order of the first three finishers but chose New York ever Boston for fourth.Of the 16 experts nine of them picked the last place Chicago Black Hawks to make the grana. Teu of the writers chose the Boston Bruins to finish the season in the cellar and only three of tha writers were sure the Hawks would finish last. No fewer than 14 of the experts picked the Wings, Leafs and Canadiens to make the playoffs and seven of them picked the Wings to finish on top.The experts chose the Wings to finish first, Toronto second, Montreal third, Chicago fourth, New York fifth, and the Boston Bruins in last place. They were right in only two positions. They chose the Wings in their proper place aud the Rangers in fifth where the Blues actually did end up.Only three writers picked the Montreal Canadiens to finish in second place and nine chose them in third. Only one writer picked them to finish out of the playoffs.Only three writers picked the Bruins to finish in the playoffs and ten could not see them landing anywhere but iu the cellar. &#9632;

Were Chosen To Trail in Race

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;Final result of Gordie Howe&rsquo;s bid for the National Hockey League&rsquo;s most-valuable player award won&rsquo;t be known for several weeks. But, as they say in election circles, the results are in from one precinct. He rates high in Detroit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01202/1417541-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="290" height="432"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Goldham</figcaption></div>Howe has been named the most valuable player on the Red Wing team. He was selected by the Detroit Hockey Writers Association as the 1951-52 winner of the Hockey Writers Trophy, an annual award.Presentation was made at the final home game of the regular season when Detroit met Montreal on March 23. That&rsquo;s the regular &ldquo;trophy night&rdquo; at Olympia, and this time Howe skated away from the center-ice ceremonies well loaded down with silverware.<h2>Won Tiro Automatically</h2>The rugged right winger from Saskatoon also pulled down two awards which are decided automatically. They were the Frank J. Murphy Memorial Trophy for the Red Wing who scores the most goals, and the Harry A. Gormley Trophy for the leading point-getter.The statistics with which Howe won life Murphy and Gormley cups tell pretty much the story about how Howe won the Hockey Writers award. They were good enough to also win the Art Ross Trophy, an NHL donation to the loop&rsquo;s leading point-maker, and if they gave any NHL trophy for the most goals, he&rsquo;d have it too. Howe was tops in the League in both, departments by an almost fantastic margin.Two other players also came in for glory as a reward for their play with the Wings. Defenseman Bob Goldham was picked as the most sportsmanlike member of the team, and received the Citron Trophy. Selection was made by the Hockey Writers Association.Center Glen Skov was tagged the outstanding rookie by the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association, and received their annual plaque.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02186/1417534-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="544" height="1163"><figcaption class="caption-body">Value Plus PlentyGORDIE HOWE</figcaption></div>Another reward is made annually by the For &rsquo;Em Club, a fan organization, to &ldquo;an unsung nonplaying member of the Detroit Hockey organization.&rdquo; This year it went to Fred Hubert, the team publicist.For a backward glance at some of the individual high spots in Detroit&rsquo;s hockey history, following are the players who have received the most-valuable and most-sportsmanlike awards the past 10 seasons:Hockey Writers Trophy (most valuable) &mdash; Jack Stewart (1943), Carl Liscombe (1944), Sid Howe (1945), Bill Quackenbush (1946), Ted Lindsay (1947), Sid Abel (1948, 1949 and 1950), Red Kelly (1951) and Gordie Howe (1952).Citron Trophy (most sportsmanlike) &mdash; Mud Bruneteau (1943), Bill Quackenbush. (1944), Murray Armstrong (1945), Carl Liscombe (1946), Bill Quackenbush (1947), Jim McFadden (1948), Bill Quackenbush (1949), Red Kelly (1950 and 1951) and Bob Goldham (1952). &#9632;

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Motor City Scribes Tab Howe Wings ‘MVP

<div class="byline">By LEN BRAMSON</div>MONTREAL, QUE&mdash;The Montreal Canadiens finished the season in second place because they knew how to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs. If they could have done the same with the Detroit Red Wings there is no telling just how much of a race they would have given the League champs for the title.The Canadiens, strangely enough, had a comparatively easy time with the Leafs this season. Comparatively easy when you look down the records of how they fared against the constant Stanley Cup winners last season. It could be summed up easily by the Leafs: Nothing. That&rsquo;s exactly what the Habs got out of the Torontonians in Maple Leaf Gardens last season. As a matter of fact the Habs only won two against the Leafs all season and tied another two. This season they have wallopped the Leafs with almost monotonous regularity. For a stretch the Leafs couldn&rsquo;t beat the Canadiens for trying. The Habs won seven in a row and then tied one and lost two in Toronto. The worst shallacking they took all season came at the hands of the Leafs on March fifth in Toronto. They were soundly trounced 6-2 but exactly two weeks later, to the night they went back into the same Gardens and whipped the Leafs 3-0 in the key game of the year for both clubs. The Canadiens went into Toronto with a one point lead in second place over the Leafs. A loss would have sunk them. They would have been one point behind with two games to against the Detroit Red Wings while the Leafs finished against the Hawks and Bruins.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-05110/1417617-1-eng-US/f0002-052.jpg" title="f0002-05" width="552" height="560"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG HARVEY</figcaption></div><h2>Habs Found Rollins Easier Than Broda</h2>But the Canadiens came up with, what Torontonians called a poor game which was better than the Leafs who &mdash; the joint out. One Montreal newspaperman called it the most perfect hockey game he has ever seen a club play. The perfection was on behalf of the Canadiens. Dick Irvin&rsquo;s comment was: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s never a good game when you lose.&rdquo; If the game proved nothing else it did show that the Habs have the best clutch goaler in the National Hockey League in one Gerry McNeil. It was just about this time last season that the little guy started to show his real brilliance.There is much speculation around Montreal as to what and who should get the credit for the success the Habs had over the Leafs this season. The Habs stopped Kennedy and found Rollins much easier than Broda. But the biggest percentage of the pats on the back should go to the defense. It seems that they came up with a good game every time they met the Leafs. Before their last game in Toronto they played two poor games against the Bruins and were defeated twice. But only two nights before those two Bruins defeats they had played great in defeating the Leafs in Montreal 3-1.Some players believe Al Rollihs held the Habs a little below their true ability. Although the lanky guy, who spouts a little too often to make the Canadiens&rsquo; players vote him the guy most likely to make friends, played some sensational hockey in the 14 games between the two teams he failed to impress on the shots he should have stopped with ease. Some of his saves bordered on the miraculous and others ranked with the boobs of the year.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-0675/1417610-1-eng-US/f0002-062.jpg" title="f0002-06" width="1742" height="779"><figcaption class="caption-body">How Harvey&rsquo;s Dribbler Went In</figcaption></div>The Habs, too, have never gotton over Rollins remarks after the Leafs defeated them for the Stanley Cup last season. Rollins was reported to have said: &ldquo;Without Richard the Canadiens are just a good senior team.We can remember last Summer after Floyd Curry had heard the remark. He came back With:We&rsquo;ll make that guy eat those words next season &rdquo;Just to make things more humiliating the Canadiens defeated the Leafs four times this season without Richard &mdash; twice right in Toronto.The Canadiens give Doug Harvey&rsquo;s 95 foot dribbler from the line in the Forum on March 13 some credit for helping the Leafs sag against them. The goal made it 2-0 for the Canadiens and it turned out to be with winner. It did much to deflate the Leafs who were in the game until then. It gave the Canucks a five point lead in second and the one point edge they had going into Toronto Jast time.Harvey, a almost certain All-Star winner played his best hockey against the Leafs this season &mdash; even though he couldn&rsquo;t be patted on the back for his action against Fern Flaman. He too has turned out to be a great player in the clutch. When the Habs are up a goal with seconds to go Doug is the guy who seems to come up with the puck most.Generally the Canadiens played the Leafs at their own game this season. It was heavy hitting most of the time and the improved defense this season plus Gerry McNeil are credited with being the deciding factor in the race for second. &#9632;

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Habs Beat Leafs More Often is Story of 2nd Place Race

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Newspaper Clippings Prove Patrick Never Faltered in Belief Bruins Would Make It

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass &mdash;The roundabout path which the Boston Bruins took to the Stanley Cup playoffs this season was lined with skeptics standing three deep, but there was one interested bystander who never doubted their destination.He is Lynn Patrick, coach of the Bruins, who sang the same refrain from opening night on October 11 until clinching night on March 18.When the Bruins finally sewed up first place, the only man in Boston who could prove that he had always been sure they would was probably Patrick. He had a sheaf of newspaper clippings for testimony.Even in the dark days of February, when the Bruins were struggling in the wake of the New York Rangers, Patrick crooned to the Boston press:&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll make the playoffs. We have a better goal-tender, a better defense, better forward lines than they have. We&rsquo;re a better team. We&rsquo;ll beat them out.&rdquo;On the night of March 18, when the old Kraut Line bore out his prophesy, Patrick admitted:&ldquo;I was worried, plenty of times, plenty worried, but I was always sure that we would do it.&rdquo;At the same time Patrick added, &ldquo;This has been my toughest year in hockey, but now that&rsquo;s all behind me.&rdquo;Patrick&rsquo;s toughest year also looked like the Bruins&rsquo; toughest year until they straightened out in late February. He had to make more decisions this year than a Russian interpreter, and in the long run he came up with more good ones than bad ones, because the Bruins made the playoffs.It is doubtful that any other coach has ever made as many personal changes in a comparable length of time as Patrick did this year. He shifted, experimented, until the phrase &ldquo;The Bruins will present revamped lines tonight&rdquo; became sort of a joke.But after nearly five months of changes, Patrick was able to send the Bruins into the playoffs with three effective forward lines, a sound defense, and lots of spirit.The two most Important decisions which Patrick made were probably a pair spread a month apart. One affected Bruins&rsquo; strategy, the other affected his third line.In early February, when the Bruins were really on the ropes, the big coach, went into the dreambook for one of those moves which occurs frequently&mdash;in fiction.He called a meeting of his dispirited squad, then didn&rsquo;t show up himself. Instead, he let the players talk things over by themselves.&ldquo;I figured that they&rsquo;d be more outspoken if I weren&rsquo;t around,&rdquo; he explained. I know that there&rsquo;s a natural reluctance against a player&rsquo;s letting his hair down when he knows the coach is listening to him.&rdquo;<h2>Changed Playing Tactics</h2>Out of the meeting came a suggestion, presented to Patrick the following day, that the Bruins change their setup on the ice to one similar to that of the Toronto Maple Leafs.Patrick considered the idea, weighed the effects of an assent on his team, then adopted it.Since then the Bruins have played with their defenseman stationed at mid-ice, their wings drifting back, their center forechecking. Their defensive play picked up promptly, their offense a short time later.The other big move came at the start of this month, when he decided on drastic action in an effort to equip his third line with more punch. Doing that entailed shifting a natural center, Ed Sandford, to left wing and making a center of a natural left wing. Woody Du mart.It is doubtful if even Patrick had the faintest idea of how successful that decision would be, because it was probably the actual move which put the Bruins in the playoffs.Patrick has received considerable criticism in his two years as Bruins&rsquo; coach, but it is only fair to point out that he hasn&rsquo;t had a fair chance yet to display his wares.A year ago he Inherited a team which finished fifth the year before, and this year lie wasn&rsquo;t overburdened with talent, either.On the other hand, he has left himself open to censure, which he hasn&rsquo;t always taken with a smile, by consistently overrating his team. A year ago he predicted that the Bruins would be in contention for the championship and they finished fourth; this season he predicted that they would finish nearer the top than the bottom, and he was wrong again.Boston writers, taking Patrick at his word&mdash;with their tongues in check, perhaps&mdash;haven&rsquo;t been hesitant to remind him of his predictions.In the main, Patrick&rsquo;s attitude has probably been that of any other coach, pleasant when the Bruiris have won, not too unpleasant when they have lost.Lynn hasn&rsquo;t had enough leeway to give definite character to his coaching methods yet. There isn&rsquo;t much doubt but that he bases winning on defense, but so does Red Auerbach, his Garden-Arena Corporation co-worker, who coached the Boston Celtics to new basketball scoring records this winter by stressing defense.On the other hand, at times he has gambled openly, as when he came up with the only &ldquo;power&rdquo; play in the league which has five forwards for skaters.Patrick has already put himself on record as wanting to stay here and coach the Bruins, and it is extremely likely that he will do do so next year. With younger, more talented players than he had last fall, he may find the future easier, for even though he is one of the youngest coaches in hockey, seasons like the past one can be trying. &#9632;

Was Worried at Times but Always Confident

BOSTON, Mass. &mdash; Samuel James &ldquo;Sugar&rdquo; Henry the Boston Bruins has climaxed the year&rsquo;s most amazing hockey comeback by winning the Elizabeth C. Dufresne trophy, awarded annually to the Bruin judged most outstanding in home games.The 31-year-old Henry, purchased from the Detroit organization last fall for a reported $6,500, was this year&rsquo;s choice of Boston hockey writers and sportscasters.He is the fourth goalie in 18 years to be given the honor, Tiny Thompson receiving the first award in 1936, Frank Brimsek winning it in 1943 and 1948. &#9632;

Hub News, Radio Men Vote Jim Outstanding Home Man

BOSTON &mdash; Lynn Patrick&rsquo;s sporting life has been truly unusual. He didn&rsquo;t start to play hockey until he was 21. In the meantime he became one of Canada&rsquo;s best basketball players and was an outstanding trackman, starring in the 100, 220, and 440 yard sprints. In Victoria B, C., his city records in the city stood until just two years ago.He was also a star in English rugby.He also played Canadian football for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. &#9632;

Patrick Starred in Other Sports Before Hockey

<div class="byline">BY Ken Mckenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01272/1417807-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="400" height="415"></div>BEFORE CANADIENS recent 3-0 win over Toronto, Coach Dick Irvin of the Habs, is said to have called a players meeting and told six members of the team that unless they played an outstanding game that night it would be the last time they ever wore a Canadiens uniform &hellip; Irvin, the master strategist, is pulling out all the stops to have Canadiens at peak form for the playoffs &hellip; An inveterate Toronto needier, Irvin recently remarked: &ldquo;I wonder whether Toronto hockey writers are critics or reporters.&rdquo; &hellip; Frank Boucher headed for Western Canada immediately Rangers playoff hopes flew out the window. The New York G. M. is looking for a goalkeeper and a couple of hard hitting defensemen &hellip; It appears as if Emile Francis has had his last chance in the NHL. The diminutive puck-blocker has been up several times but just doesn&rsquo;t have the ability for the National League &hellip; Charlie Rayner&rsquo;s injury is believed by many to be the No. one reason Rangers collapsed in the playoff stretch. A great money player, Bonny Prince Charlie would have supplied the Blue Shirts with the goaltending necessary to make the post-schedule series &hellip; Boston Bruins have the best record in the NHL since March 1st. The Bruins won six, tied three and lost two in 11 starts since the first of March &hellip; Boston had a better record than Canadians in games between the two clubs this season. In 11 tilts, the Bruins won seven, lost five and tied two &hellip; Canadiens will have their cut out for them in this semi-final round.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02245/1417800-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="279" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hy Buller</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03172/1417793-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="287" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gord Howe</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04126/1417786-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="289" height="452"><figcaption class="caption-body">Herb Dickenson</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05111/1417779-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="276" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Henry</figcaption></div>TWO PLAYERS not in the NHL last season were selected as the most valuable to their team this season &hellip; Jim Henry, 31-year-old goalie of Boston, won the award in Beantown and Hy Buller, standout rookie defenseman with Rangers, copped similar honors in New York &hellip; Henry should also win the award as the &ldquo;Greatest Come back in Hockey&rdquo;. His career believed finished due to severe burns suffered last summer, Henry was purchased by the Bruins from Detroit for $6,500 &hellip; That was the best buy Boston ever made&hellip; Canadiens will sorely miss Johnny McCormack in the playoffs. One of the best forecheckers in hockey, McCormack repeatedly handcuffs offensive stars on opposing teams &hellip; Linesman Sam Babcock says McCormack is a wit on the ice. Milt Schmidt was using a battered old stick the other night against Canadiens. It was all taped up and the blade wasn&rsquo;t much more than an inch-and-a-half in height. McCormack noticed Schmidt&rsquo;s stick just as Babcock was about to drop the puck for a face-off and causally enquired: &hellip; &ldquo;Say, Miltie, that isn&rsquo;t the stick you started your career with, is it?&rdquo; &hellip; Another time Babcock called an off-side and told the questioning McCormack that &ldquo;it was off-side by two foot.&rdquo; &hellip; &ldquo;The word is feet, Sammy,&rdquo; Johnny saucily corrected &hellip; Art Ross will vote against any draft system in hockey. The Bruins&rsquo; General Manager figures his club can build a winning team without it.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0694/1417772-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="293" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rudy Migay</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0785/1417765-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="291" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Irvin</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0878/1417758-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="289" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chuck Rayner</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0977/1417751-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="274" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Raleigh</figcaption></div>GORDIE HOWE&rsquo;S main meal before a game always consists of eggs in place of the convential steak. &ldquo;Steaks make me feel too sluggish,&rdquo; the NHL scoring leader informed &hellip; &ldquo;I had a steak-and-a-half just for a change the other night in Montreal and felt slow and tired all through the game,&rdquo; related Gordie &hellip; Although they failed to make the playoffs, Rangers are expected to show a profit of close to $100,000. This includes television and radio rights. Herb Dickensont, one of the better players to come up to the Rangers this season, will drive his father&rsquo;s trotting horses at Yonkers, N.Y. this summer&hellip; Wally Hergesheimer will clerk in a Winnipeg liquor store and Paul Ronty will sell insurance in Boston during hockey&rsquo;s off-season &hellip; Edgar Laprade and Hy Buller will be active in the sporting goods field during the summerwhile Ed Kullman will work in a railroad office &hellip; N.Y. Coach Bill Cook will operate his farm near Kingston, Ont.&hellip; Defensemen Murray Parker of Saskatoon and Louis Fontinato of Guelph will receive strong consideration for defense berths with Rangers next fall&hellip; Roger Leger will definitely not be back as coach of Victoria ffbugars next Beason. Lester Patrick will apply the broom in vigorous fashion on his team&rsquo;s personnel before next season starts&hellip; Newsy Lalonde is of the opinion that Charlie Conacher had a much harder shot than Boom Boom Geoffrion &hellip; Geoffrion with his 30 goals looks like a shoo-in for the Calder Memorial Trophy, but many believe Dickie Moore is the best player to come into the NHL this year.BESIDES setting a new New York Ranger record for most assists in a season, Bones Raleigh won the Frank Boucher Trophy as the most popular Ranger. Raleigh ended the season with 15 assists &hellip; Dune MacIntyre, left winger of the Sydney Millionaires of the Maritime Major League, scored three goals in 42 seconds the other night against Glace Bay Miners &hellip; Bill Moslenko holds the NHL record with three goals in 21 seconds last Sunday night &hellip; Toledo Mercurys won the Eastern League championship for the fourth time in five years. Andy Mulligan and Alex Wood have done a grand job in promoting hockey in the Ohio city. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL-SPORTS EDITOR (Toronto Star)</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1147/1417876-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg"></div><h2>Cook Sees Himself Conked in Old Film</h2>&ldquo;YOU know, &rdquo; Bill Cook told little Aurel Joliat, &ldquo;I was on TV the other day in New York with Bill Stern. We did that fight I had with Nels Crutchfield back in 1934, during playoff game at Madison Square Garden.&rdquo;&ldquo;You mean you fought again?&rdquo; Joliat asked, looking puzzled. &ldquo;Naw. They run in a piece of the film that was taken the night of the fight. Then I come in live an&rsquo; explain how come I&rsquo;m gettin&rsquo; whacked over the head when we&rsquo;re supposed to be playin&rsquo; hockey. Makes a pretty good show. But, brother, I never see so many people gettin&rsquo; belted on the ice as I did in that film.&rdquo;&ldquo;You saw the real thing when it happened,&rdquo; Joliat argued, &ldquo;How come you get such a kick outa seein&rsquo; it in a movie?&rdquo;&ldquo;I saw it?&rdquo; Cook scoffed. &ldquo;All I see is a million stars as I get conked on the head. When I finally come around, all I see is the stockings of the players who are still scrappin&rsquo;.&rdquo;For the benefit of those who came in late, the Cook-Crutchfield set-to was one of the more famous brawls on ice. It happened during a game between the Rangers, for whom Cook then starred and now coaches, and Montreal Canadiens, with whom Joliat became one of the greatest left-wingers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1223/1417869-1-eng-US/f0004-122.jpg" title="f0004-12" width="364" height="591"><figcaption class="caption-body">BILL COOK</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I never denied givin&rsquo; Crutchfield a butt-end,&rdquo; Cook admitted. &ldquo;Crutchfield was running interference on me&mdash;just like they do on Rocket Richard a few years ago. I brought it to the attention of the referee several times, but he wouldn&rsquo;t do anything about it. In those days, it seemed, they wouldn&rsquo;t call interference in the playoffs. So I finally catch Nels with a butt-end. He hits me right over the bean with his stick. That&rsquo;s why I didn&rsquo;t know much of what happened. I got eight stitches an&rsquo; lost a lot of blood. I know when I came back in the third period, wearin&rsquo; a headgear, I was kinda groggy. But we won, an&rsquo; I got the winnin&rsquo; goal. So I guess it made quite a story.&rdquo;<h2>It Was Something He Ate, Aurel Thinks</h2>JOLLAT, who had been studying Bill&rsquo;s scalp, looking for scars, thought he had a new angle on the Crutchfield case.&ldquo;I had dinner with Nels that night,&rdquo; he recalled. &ldquo;Nels ordered a great big steak. They musta given him a side of leather, because he had to saw away at it. After he&rsquo;d eaten half of it, he made them take it back and bring him another. He ate all of that, an you know I&rsquo;ve always figured that meat made him kinda loco.&rdquo;&ldquo;It must have been buffalo meat,&rdquo; Frankie Boucher snorted. The general manager of the Rangers, at the time of the hey-rube, was middle man of the Cook brothers and Boucher combo.&ldquo;Frank tells me,&rdquo; Bill resumed, &ldquo;that he had to stop my brother Bun from crossing the ice. Bun would have killed Crutchfield. Frank tripped Bun. The film shows Bun failin&rsquo; on his kisser.&ldquo;Crutchfield had the makin&rsquo;s of a great player,&rdquo; Joliat mused. &ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t get to see whether the second-year jinx would get him, because he was badly hurt in an automobile accident before his second season opened. That finished him for big-league hockey. Canadiens signed him an&rsquo; Jack McGill for what was big money in those days. McGill said he&rsquo;d play three years, and then he&rsquo;d have enough money to open a business. That&rsquo;s what he did, too.&rdquo;&ldquo;I never held it against Crutchfield,&rdquo; Bill grinned, returning to the Garden incident. &ldquo;He wasn&rsquo;t the only man who played me that way. Eddie Oatman did the same thing out on the coast, Lester Patrick, who was managing the coast team at the time, told me he instructed Eddie to keep Interferin&rsquo; with me. Lesver said he figured I was the only one likely to score enough goals to hurt them. In the playoffs, the referees didn&rsquo;t call too much of that stuff.&rdquo;Since Cook is now a coach, it was suggested he might do the same thing to a player like Gordie Howe, who is liable to roar up any time and break up the ball game.&ldquo;We do something of the same thing,&rdquo; Bill admitted. &ldquo;Only you don&rsquo;t get away with as much. There isn&rsquo;t as much of that interference in the playoffs as there used to be.&rdquo;Joliat laughed off an old libel: that he and the great Howia Morenz had frequent tiffs during which they didn&rsquo;t speak to each other.&ldquo;Morenz never took time to fight with anybody,&rdquo; Joliat insisted. &ldquo;All Howie wanted to do was play hockey. He&rsquo;d start pacing around at 4 o&rsquo;clock in the afternoon. Couldn&rsquo;t sit still. He&rsquo;d even go for a fast walk to kind of warm himself up. Then he&rsquo;d be at the rink half an hour before any of us. There was no reason why anybody would fight with Howie.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON, Mass. &mdash;The most decisive date on the Boston Bruins&rsquo; calendar this season may have been that of a game with the Detroit Red Wings, February 26.That was the date on which Coach Lynn Patrick of the Bruins put Woody Dumart, a 35-year old left wing, into his lineup as a center.Patrick didn&rsquo;t realize it at the time, but he was also putting the Bruins into the Stanley Cup playoffs.Of all the moves which Patrick has made this season &mdash; and they were count-less &mdash; the most profitable was probably that of reactivating Dumart, who hadn&rsquo;t played for 20 days after scoring his 200th regular-season goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01222/1417914-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="292" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fleming Mackell</figcaption></div>Until the Bruins&rsquo; coach put the big veteran to work as a center, he had a throbbing headache in a third line which, at that time, represented a total of only four goals for the season.In the following three weeks his third line, with Dumart playing center for Eddie Sandford and Fleming Mackell, scored nine goals, or more than one-third of the Bruins&rsquo; total for that period.<h2>Jumped Into Contention</h2>On February 26, when Dumart debuted as the middleman of the new third line, the Bruins were in fifth place, three points behind the New York Rangers.After less than three weeks of the Dumart-Sandford-Mackell combination, they were in fourth place, five points ahead of the Rangers.The Bruins didn&rsquo;t celebrate Dumart&rsquo;s coming-out party with a victory, losing by a goal to the Red Wings, but in the next three weeks they lost only one other game, again to Detroit, again by a goal.Gone was Patrick&rsquo;s headache, gone the lack of balance up front which had been a chronic problem, gone Sandford&rsquo;s tightness, Mackell&rsquo;s ineffectiveness. All the ills disappeared with, the presence of ol&rsquo; Doc Dumart.To the harried Patrick the sudden development of his third line came in the nature of a miracle. When discussing it he wore the look of the fellow who fell down a well and came up spouting oil.&ldquo;That old son of a gun (Woody) looks as good at center as he ever looked at left wing,&rdquo; exclaimed Patrick, taking in a lot of territory. &ldquo;The way that line has worked out is great, simply great.&ldquo;Sandford is absolutely relaxed at left wing, not doing any worrying, just playing at has best. Mackell has been terrific at right wing, terrific. And that old son of a gun at center, he&rsquo;s been great!&rdquo;The &ldquo;old son of a gun&rdquo; was pretty well relegated to the boneyard last fall, when the Bruins had a wealth of forwards. He was assigned to the &ldquo;rubber chicken&rdquo; circuit as the Bruins&rsquo; ambassador of good will and blossomed out as a 200-goal scorer in the speechmaking league, too.Dumart was put back in harness in mid-season when injuries hit Boston&rsquo;s forward squad, and during that stint he scored his 200th goal. Then he went back on the inactive list.As Dumart played regularly in early March, the Bruins shaped up more and more as a winning team. Their other two lines, with some of the pressure off, gained in effectiveness, and their superlative defense stayed steady.They climaxed their uphill fight by winning a home-and-home weekend series from Montreal in which Sugar Jim Henry gave the fiery Canadiens only one goal, with their soundest hockey of the season.&rsquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02198/1417907-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="490" height="803"><figcaption class="caption-body">Woke MatesupWOODY DUMART</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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B’s Collar Last Spot Then Blame it all on Woody’s Pivot Shift

<div class="byline">By DANA MOZLEY</div>NEW YORK. N.Y.-More consistent than conspicuous, the Rangers have just finished out of the playoffs for the seventh time in nine seasons. Of course, the customary hue and cry df &ldquo;Wait Till Next Year&rdquo; has already echoed from the gallery. Frank Boucher, too, can hardly wait.As Ranger manager and director of all player personnel through a far-tlung farm operation, Boucher has a considerable interest in the team&rsquo;s welfare. He feels it&rsquo;s his responsibility the team didn&rsquo;t wind up higher this year and he intends to see that it doesn&rsquo;t happen again.<h2>Not Enough Changes</h2>&ldquo;I know now that the changes we made &mdash; and we made a lot &mdash; weren&rsquo;t enough,&rdquo; Frank admits. &ldquo;Sure, we probably had more than our share of injuries, but that&rsquo;s no excuse. While we were improving, so was the rest of the league.&ldquo;The one happy thing about this season was that most of our best players, the core of the team, were younger ones. We&rsquo;ll start with them and build. In another year, I think we&rsquo;ll have a good, strong, representative club.&rdquo;There is no extent to which Boucher will go to procure the players he thinks the Rangers need. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll give up any players we have now, and there is no exception, to get what I want,&rdquo; he promised.&ldquo;More than anything else, we must have another top-grade defenseman,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I just don&rsquo;t mean any defenseman, or some promising young player we may bring up from the minors. I mean Kelly or Reise or Harvey or Thomson or Quackenbush. I don&rsquo;t expect to get one of them for almost nothing, either.&rdquo;The Ranger needs for 1952-53 (and Boucher hopes to fulfill all of them) are, besides this one top-grade defensemen with NHL experience: (1) another young defenseman; (2) at least three forwards of good size who can put the puck in the net and (3) depending upon Chuck Rayner&rsquo;s revival from a knee operation, a goaltender.<h2>Ross Will Stay</h2>Allan Stanley and Hy Buller must be considered a nucleus for the next defense. It wouldn&rsquo;t be too surprising to see Steve Kraftcheck and Jack Evans farmed out for a year of experience and Frank Eddolls, no longer a youngster, given a coaching job in the chain.That would leave only Jim Ross, besides Stanley and Buller, of the present corps. &ldquo;It Ross could be only my fourth or fifth defenseman next year, I&rsquo;d be happy,&rdquo; Boucher says. &ldquo;That would indicate we&rsquo;d have a sound defense.&rdquo;Although the Rangers were the League&rsquo;s third best goal-getters this season, where they were the worst only a year ago, they still are short on good forwards. The present bunch has no size, overall, and a few have other deficiencies.&ldquo;We need a couple more with some weight,&rdquo; Boucher said, &ldquo;They should also be able to pop them in when they get a chance. We&rsquo;ve had at least our share of scoring chances in most games this year. But we&rsquo;ve had too many players who get &lsquo;rattled&rsquo; around the net.&rdquo;The doctor promises that Rayner&rsquo;s knee, instead of being as good as it was before the cartilage injury, will be stronger. It that is so, the goalkeeping problem next year will hardly be acute.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0586/1417952-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="529" height="561"><figcaption class="caption-body">Both Will Have to FightCHUCK RAYNER</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-0652/1417945-1-eng-US/f0005-062.jpg" title="f0005-06" width="532" height="567"><figcaption class="caption-body">EMILE FRANCIS</figcaption></div><h2>Francis Won&rsquo;t Be Back</h2>One thing is sure, there&rsquo;s little chance that Emile (The Cat) Francis will be given the regular job. Although the little guy filled in nobly for Rayner&mdash;matching Chuck&rsquo;s three-goal-per-game record &mdash; he still is a little guy. And neither Boucher nor coach Bill Cook is enthusiastic about little fellows, particularly in the nets.No matter what success Boucher has in trade with other NHL teams, he expects to get considerable help for next season from sponsored players. Most of the promising material that&rsquo;ll report to camp in Guelph next Fall are juniors.In a review of the leading candidates from the farm, Boucher recently put his finger on the following:(1)Ron Murphy, left winger, and Andy Bathgate, center and right winger, at Guelph. Both have size, poise and rare skills for juniors and Boucher is certain each can make the jump into the majors. Bathgate, who has been bothered by a bad knee for two seasons, will have an operation in New York this Spring to correct the recurring trouble.(2)Gordie Haworth, center of Quebec Aces. A puck carrier in the mold of Bill Cowley, he has some size, too. His chances of making the Rangers are good.(3)Nick Mickoski and Jackie McLeod, forwards sent down to Cincinnati for further seasoning, will be coming back. Wiggy Wiley, another forward at Cincy, will also be given a thorough trial.(4)Defensemen Dale Anderson (Prince Albert Mintos), Murray Parker and Howard Milford (Saskatoon) and Louis Fontinato and Harry Howell (Guelph) will ba looked at. All are young, big and tough and such traits just can&rsquo;t be overlooked these days by the Rangers.(5)Goaltender Lome Worsley, who had an excellent year at Saskatoon, will pass in review, also. He hasn&rsquo;t much size, but, he&rsquo;s a lot heavier and wider than Francis. And Boucher liked him when Lome was goaltending in New York for the senior Rovers. &#9632;

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Garden Chorus Echoes Together “Wait ‘Til Next Season” Song

NEW YORK, N.Y. &mdash; Defenseman Hy Buller, who spent so many years in the minors he should have developed an inferiority complex, has become the Rangers&rsquo; first rookie ever to be named the team&rsquo;s most valuable player. As a result of the unanimous vote of the New York Hockey Writers, he was presented the 11th annual West Side Association of Commerce Trophy before the Cookies&rsquo; final game with the Hawks, March 23.A prominent Calder Trophy candidate, the 26-year-old Buller not only is the first freshman to be so honored but is only the second defenseman to receive the award. Even when Ott Heller was selected in 1943-44, he had to share the award with left winger Bryan Hextail.MOZLEY &#9632;

NY Writers Choose Buller as Rangers’ Most Valuable

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;When Terry Sawchuk came up with his 12th shutout of the season for the Red Wings, he had achieved the greatest number of shutouts posted in the NHL in 21 years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03156/1418014-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="256" height="416"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Brimsek</figcaption></div>He broke his own record of 11, set a year ago, and the total became the best in the League since 1930-31. That was the season in which the late Charles Gardiner, of Chicago, made 12.From there the record goes back to 1928-29, the year goalies set records which still exist for five of the six NHL teams. George Hainsworth, of the Montreal Canadiens, was tops with 22 in 44 games, the official NHL mark.<h2>Rules Different Then</h2>The rules were so much different then that all such records really belong to another era. There can be no comparison of records, but no one is&rsquo; to stop the arguments which flare continually about which goalies were the best &mdash; the old or the new.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04124/1418007-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="529" height="851"><figcaption class="caption-body">Topped His MarkTERRY SAWCHUK</figcaption></div>For other reasons, Sawchuk&rsquo;s record is open to some argument as he had more games to get his shutouts than some of his contemporaries who have played under the modern rules. Terry got his 12th in the 67th game, after getting the first 11 in 51 games.Frankie Brimsek, Boston&rsquo;s great Mr. Zero, chalked up 10 shutouts in his best year, doing it in the 48-game schedule of 1938-39.Bill Durnan, who earned All Star acclaim and the Vezina Trophy in six of his seven years with Canadiens, also made 10 once. They came in the 60 games 1948-49.Turk Broda hit his high of nine for Toronto in 1949-50, a 70-game card.Harry Lumley&rsquo;s best was seven, achieved twice with Detroit in 60-game campaigns.Chuck Rayner also made seven in a 60-game schedule.The record book does not list the most number of shutouts in any goalie&rsquo;s career, but again the modern records are available.Broda had 61 in 13 seasons; Brimsek, 40 in 10; Durnan,&rsquo;34 in 10; Lumley, 31 in eight, and Rayner, 24 in nine.Sawchuk, in the big-time only two seasons, has 23.Terry&rsquo;s goals-against figures &mdash; 1.98 last year and about 1.87 thia season&mdash;also stacks up with the best which any of the modems ever have done.All of which adds up to more proof that the crippled-arm kid from Winnipeg actually may be as great as some of the experts are calling him.As for Terry&rsquo;s ideas about all this, confidentially, this is the report: He&rsquo;ll trade all those records just for a string of shutouts in the current Stanley Cup scramble. Say about eight&mdash;that would&rsquo; insure bringing the Cup to Detroit again. &#9632;

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Terry’s 12th Zero is Loop’s Best in 21 Yrs

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1, 1947Published by Kenneth W. McKenzie and Will. V Cote HOCKEY NEWS COMPANYCirculation Room 204, King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg., 1231 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25. Que.Advertising & Editorial 603A Sun Life Bldg., 1155 Metcalfe St.. &mdash;. Montreal 2, Que.Average Weekly Circulation 35,000Yearly Subscription Price $3.00 in Canada &mdash; $4.00 In U.S.A.Authorized as second class mail Post Office Department OttawaEntered as second class mail at the Post Office in Ogdensburg, N.Y.Return all U.N. undellvcrable copies under Form 3579 to the Hockey News Company Room 204. King&rsquo;s Hall Bldg.. 1231 Ste. Catherine Street West. Montreal 25 Quo Printed in CanadaVolume 5 March 29. 1952 Number 26The good burghers of Boston planned a &ldquo;Night&rdquo; to honor their favorites, Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart &mdash; out they didn&rsquo;t realize just how well they were slated to succeed. When the celebration came off, during a game against Chicago at the Hub on March 18, it&rsquo;s safe to say that the results certainly exceeded all expectations of those who organized it. For sheer drama and suspense, it couldn&rsquo;t have turned out any better if a Hollywood script writer had set out to create the most amazingly unbelievable episode he could think of!In fact, if events turned out in a studio flicker the way they did at the Schmidt-Dumart Night, nobody would have believed it. Reunited with their old linemate, Bobby Bauer, the one-time &ldquo;Kraut Kids&rdquo; took virtual command of the game on the ice surface as well as in the presentation shindigs.The venerable Schmidt, Bruins Captain and one of the most popular players ever to wear the grizzlybears&rsquo; coat, not only scored the two-hundredth goal of his career before the delighted eyes of the crowd, but assisted in all three others to make it a perfect evening. Dumart didn&rsquo;t score, but got in on the playmaking, while Bauer came through in flying colors to score a goal himself in his one-game &ldquo;comeback tryout.&rdquo;After it was all over, he had impressed so much that offers were made to him to stay and finish out the season with the Maulers. But Bauer who knows when to pick and choose his moments, decided to quit while he was still ahead and let the others carry the ball.The entire evening was a success with the Bostons clinching the fourth and last playoff spot. It had the Bruins and their fans in just about as happy a frame of mind as they have seen in sometime. Schmidt and Company really gave them something to cheer about in the gripping, unrehearsed drama they threw over the boards for that one Big Night.It&rsquo;s a fitting tribute to the greatness of Schmitty and his linemates that they could rise to the occasion in such a spectacular fashion &mdash; and a pleasing climax to their great hockey careers.<h2>ALMOST REPEAT PERFORMANCE</h2>It took just about six months to do it, but the National Hockey League entries hit right into the final week of the schedule before deciding there would be a slight change in the playoff playbill from that presented in the Spring of last year. For a time it looked like a repeat performance, with Detroit and Montreal slated for one playoff battle and Toronto and Boston resuming their feud within the framework of the other semi-final fixture.But Montreal Canadiens finally changed the bill by trampling the defending Cup holders, Toronto Maple Leafs, in a crucial game right in Leaftown. That left the way open for a new act, with Canadiens and Boston meeting and Leafs and Red Wings forming the other half of the pot-of-gold trial run.Even at that, there was a certain &ldquo;cliff-hanger&rdquo; flavor to the whole situation right up to the last weekend. Because, if Toronto could have won both their games in the season&rsquo;s final windup while Detroit cooperated and trimmed the Habs twice &mdash; Leafs would have wound up in second place and the coast would have been clear for a revival of last season&rsquo;s twin hits.Which would have been a popular performance (with the possible exception of Montreal) since the two squads staged such a knock-down-and-dag-out affair last year that a renewal promised to be a thriller. In 1951&rsquo;s event, it will be remembered, the series developed into almost a perpetual-motion overtime affair as the two squads battled it out. Habitants finally came out on top, but so exhausted that they fell before Toronto in the Cup Final.This season, Montreal stands to gain some of that advantage back &mdash; always providing they aren&rsquo;t given a surprise knockout by the Bruins. History stands to repeat in Canadiens&rsquo; favor this year, because the Toronto-Detroit series should be an equally tough one, with the winner possibly in no fit condition to meet the other finalist after all the smoke clears away.Whatever comes out of it, the next two or three weeks should produce something glittering in the way of hockey entertainment as the four chosen teams put aside all the preliminary training and skating of the 70-game warmup. &#9632;

SHEER DRAMA — UNREHEARSED

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 comp&rsquo;eted; 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="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02184/1418124-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="580" height="269"></div><h2>April 2 to April 8</h2>3&mdash;CHRYSTAL, Bob, Cleveland, defense, 1930; FILION, Rudy, Seattle, forward, 1927.4&mdash;SIMPSON, Cliff, St. Louis, forward, 1923.6&mdash;REARDON, Terry, Providence, coach, 1919; TOMIUK, Nick, Seattle, forward, 1925; STEVENSON, Doug, Tacoma, goaler, 1924.7&mdash;ARMSTRONG, Bob, Hershey, defence, 1931.8&mdash;KAISER, Carl, Saskatoon, defence, 1927. &#9632;

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Happy Birthday to You

MONTREAL, Que. &mdash; Records show that no fewer than seven of the last 14 rookie award winners were traded to other NHL clubs after winning the honor Only three of those seven are still in the League and one other is in the American League.Gaye Stewart was traded from Toronto to Chicago then to Detroit and finally the Rangers. Grant Warwick was traded to Boston from New York and then to Montreal. He is now with Buffalo of the American League. Johnny Quilty was traded by the Canadiens to Boston and suffered a broken leg and had to quit. Jim McFadden was traded from Detroit to Chicago. Gus Bodnar was traded from Toronto to Chicago. Frank Brimsek was traded from Boston to Chicago. However, Brimsek was traded on request so he could be near his family and carry on his business. &#9632;

Seven of Last 14 Winners Were Dealt to Other Clubs

<div class="byline">By MARGARET SCOTT</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0007-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01245/1418155-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Last 14 Top First Year MenPictured above are 14 rookie award winners going back over rhe last 14 seasons. Bottom row, left to right: Syl Apps, Frank Brimsek, Gaye Stewart and Cully Dahlstom. Middle row left to right: Gus Bodnar, Johnny Quilty, Howie Meeker and Jim McFadden. Top row, left to right: Edgar Laprade, Grant Warwick, Frank McCool and Jack Gelineau. Top circular pictures are Terry Sawchuk on the left and Kilby MacDonald on the right.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;One of the most interesting topics for hockey followers is the annual debate over the selections of the rookie award winner of each season. Comes the time when the thunder of the hockey battles is silenced, and the colorful crowds have deserted the arenas, the experts put together their hoary heads and&mdash;rightly so &mdash; award the pick of the newcomers with the pot of gold at the end of the fresh man&rsquo;s rainbow &mdash; the Calder Memorial Trophy.While the expert&rsquo;s Choice may be the obvious winner for that particular season, lurking in the background, frequently unnoticed, are players who often emerge as stars of the game, merely taking longer to develop. The following rundown show how some of the winners have fared, and compare the merits of winners and losers of the past.The 1944-45 season saw a Toronto netminder receive the Calder as Frank McCool emerged victorious. McCool played sensational hockey, especially during the playoffs when life registered four shutouts, three in succession against Detroit as he helped Toronto win the coveted Stanley Cup. A victim of ulcers, McCool found it necessary to retire from pro hockey after one year in the NHL.<h2>Lindsay Closest Competitor</h2>McCool&rsquo;s closest competitors for the experts&rsquo; nod were Ken Smith, then with Boston and Ted Lindsay of Detroit.Lindsay played 45 games that year, amassing 17 goals and 6 assists. A rugged competitor, he has weathered many a hockey battle and has been selected on three All-Star teams and one alternate team. The starry left winger topped the League in points in 1949-50. Renfrew, Ont., can look with pride upon its NHL representative.When Grant Warwick won the aftward in 1941-42, he collected 16 goals and 17 assists, and was one of the most promising players on the Ranger team. After several seasons with that club he was sent to Boston, then to Canadiens. He is now with the Buffalo Bisons of the AHL. During those years Warwick was a steady, dependable player, but did not attain great heights.Harry Watson, Kenny Mosdell, Emile Bouchard and &ldquo;Buddy&rdquo; O&rsquo;Connor were freshmen of the same season.Now in his eleventh season, &ldquo;Butch&rdquo; Bouchard has been a tower of strength on the Habitants&rsquo; blueline, and has been selected on three All-Star teams and one alternate team.<h2>Apps Didn&rsquo;t Disappoint</h2>One rookie winner who did not disappoint his selectors was Toronto&rsquo;s Syl Apps, winner in 1936-37, and the first player to receive the Calder Trophy. Apps showed a brilliance in his initial campaign which remained for all of his ten years with the Leafs and gained him the nod over his opponents. A very popular player, he was able to combine his effective style of play with clean checking, and was considered one of the most sportsmanlike players in the league. Apps retired at the end of 1947-48 season after he had captained Toronto to another Stanley Cup victory.Other stars who received their NHL initiation with Apps were &ldquo;Turk&rdquo; Broda of the Leafs, Ranger&rsquo;s Neil Colville and Milt Schmidt of Boston, who did not play a full season.Montreal Canadiens had a rookie winner in 1940-41, when Johnny Quilty was triumphant. Quilty scoring 18 goals and 16 assists, was expected to play a prominent role in the Canadiens plans for the future. At the end of the season he joined the R.C.A.F. and upon his return did not seem able to regain his form. He was sold to the Boston Bruins, but a broken leg brought his pro career to an early conclusion.Three top stars &mdash; Max Bentley, Kenny Reardon and Elmer Lach made their debut with Quilty, but failed to impress the experts sufficiently.Max Bentley began with Chicago, joining Toronto in the 1947-48 season. One of the league&rsquo;s best centers, he has a deceptive style of play and provides the fans with spectacular exhibition of stickhandling. Bentley is a valued member of the Leafs&rsquo; ganging attack and a formidable figure to the opposition.In his rookie season Kenny Reardon was not too impressive, but became one of the most colorful players ever to wear the uniform of the Flying Frenchmen. He was the ice general of the Canadiens, spearheaded many rushes and gave defensive strength when the enemy attacked. His efforts netted him a berth on two All-Star teams and three alternate teams.Elmer Lach&rsquo;s 7 goals and 10 assists in his first year was not sufficient to overshadow Quilty. However, he found fame as pivot on the &ldquo;Punch Line,&rdquo; having a great deal to do with Its success. In his eleven seasons with Montreal, Lach has twice won the scoring championship; was selected twice on the All-Star team; twice on the second team and won the Hart Trophy once.<h2>McFadden Topped Kelly</h2>Detroit iced a large contingent of newcomers in 194748, and it was not suprising to see the Calder winner wearing a Red Wing sweater. Jim McFadden scored 24 goals to come out on top. McFadden was traded to Chicago during the past summer and to date has not shown the same scoring punch.One of McFadden&rsquo;s rookie teammates was &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Kelly, now regarded by many as one of the outstanding rearguards in hockey. The 5&rsquo;11%&rdquo;, 180 pound graduate of St. Michael&rsquo;s College is probably the most versatile player in the league. An outstanding defenseman, he appears equally at home on the forward line; on ganging attacks and in killing off a penalty to his club. Combining scoring power with defensive strength, Kelly is the highest scoring defenseman in the&rsquo;history of the Detroit team. Last season he received the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy and was placed on the All-Star team.At the end of the 1939-40 season Rangers&rsquo; Kilby MacDonald received the award, as he collected 15 goals and 13 assists. Unfortunately, he faded almost as quickly as he appeared.Doug Bentley joined the NHL in the same season, scoring 12 goals and 7 assists for Hawks. He failed, to outshine MacDonald, but developed into a star performer and spent almost twelve years in the league. He gained a berth on three All-Star teams and won the 1942-43 scoring championship.In 1945-46 Leafs&rsquo; Howie Meeker collected 27 goals and 18 assists to garner the Calder Trophy, but he has dropped off considerably from the pace which made him the choice freshman and is not such an outstanding performer today.<h2>Meeker Won Over Howe</h2>With the spotlight on Meeker, high scoring Gordie Howe missed out in the voting. A native of Floral, Sask., Howe accomplished a feat last season when he outscored Maurice Richard and won the right wingberth on the All-Star team. A severe head injury in the playoffs of 1949-50 failed to halt the Howe career. Last season he romped off with the scoring championship &mdash; 20 points ahead of the pack.When the experts decided upon Gaye Stewart as the winner in 1942-43, it was a popular decision. Stewart, a native of Ft. William, Ont. seemed headed for great things, and while he has not lived up to expectations he has become a reliable player.Stewart&rsquo;s closest rivals were Glen Harmon, Don Gallinger and Cully Simon.Lost in the shuffle was a man who played only 16 games in the season. He was Maurice Richard &mdash; Montreal&rsquo;s famed &ldquo;Rocket,&rdquo; one of the most prolific scorers in hockey. Completely overshadowed by Stewart, few would have thought Stewart&rsquo;s lustre would be dimmed by the Habs&rsquo; awkward rookie. Richard has established records galore, and despite his fiery temperament, is a coach&rsquo;s dream; a goaltenders headache and a delight to his followers.Ft. William again produced a rookie winner as Gus Bodnar copped the Calder in 1943-44, establishing a record by scoring the most points ever amassed by a rookie in modern hockey &mdash; 22 goals and 40 assists. He figured in the famous five for two deal when Toronto obtained Max Bentley, but has not been outstanding since.The brilliant Bill Durnan arrived in the NHL that year, but failed to beat Bodnar In the trophy hunt. In his seven year career, Durnan was placed on six All-Star teams and won the Vezina six times. A record which will be hard to duplicate.<h2>Bad Luck To Gelineau</h2>Winning the Calder Trophy did not bring luck to Jack Gelineau, who began as custodian of the Boston goal in 1949-50. He was replaced during the play-offs by &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Henry, and before the start of the present campaign Boston acquired Jim Henry, so Gelineau retired.Bert Olmstead and Phil Maloney gave Gelineau a race for top honors. Another rookie was Gus Kyle, Who received only 14 votes out of a possible 50, compared to &lsquo;Gelineau&rsquo;s impressive 39 votes. Kyle started with Rangers, but is now one of Boston&rsquo;s best rearguards.When Edgar Laprade won the Calder in 1945-46, he was living up to the expectations of the New York management. For seven years he had turned a deaf ear on the plea to turn pro with the Rangers. On their negotiation list since 1938, he was an amateur star with the Port Arthur Bear Cats. It was a very close race that year, with Laprade nosing out Chicago&rsquo;s prize rookie &mdash; George Gee &mdash; by a scant four points.Cully Dahlstrom of the Black Hawks was top rookie of 1937-38, but failed to keep the pace which made him the selectors&rsquo; choice. Among the newcomers that same season were &ldquo;Murph&rdquo; Chamberlain and Bryan Hextail.Hextail played 48 games for the Rangers that year, beginning a fine career. He was scoring champion of 1941-42, and placed op, three All-Star teams and one alternate team.Chamberlain was not a prolific scOrer, but a good team player with an abundance of spirit. He turned pro with Toronto, but spent his best years with Canadiens.<h2>Brimsek Was Great</h2>The outstanding newcomer of 1938-39 was Frank Brimsek, Boston&rsquo;s great goaltender. He was highly regarded by opposing forwards and was selected on six alternate AllStar teams and won the Vezina Trophy twice.Jack Stewart and Sid Abel were freshmen with Brimsek.A star center, Abel has been invaluable to Detroit, being a big factor in the developement of Howe and Lindsay. Born in Melville, Sask., the 33-year-old veteran has collected more points than any other player in the Red Wings&rsquo; history.Jack Stewart also started with Detroit, spending ten years on their defense. Traded to Chicago two years ago, he was plagued by injuries, but established a record of which he may be proud, gaining a position on two All-Star teams and three alternate teams.Last season saw Terry Sawchuk win over his close rival Al Rollins. A few who arrived at the same time were Tom Johnson, Marcel Pronovost, &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Macpherson and Gerry McNeil. &#9632;

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Syl Apps, Brimsek Among Few Who Became Big Stars

<div class="byline">By JACK KINSELLA</div>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;Believe it or not, there are dark, deep rumblings of discontent in the Qeubec Senior League, one of puckdom&rsquo;s strongest bulwarks. If only half of the rumors are true, you can expect to see several major changes in the loop before next October. Ottawa Senators, for example, claim they may not be around next season, and down Sherbrooke way things look even bleaker. Valleyfield, too, is a big question mark.Rated one of the top senior circuits in the country, the popular QSHL loop appeared to have one of its best seasons in history this year, and crowds, with the exception of three cities, were well above last year&rsquo;s figures.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01278/1418210-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="260" height="414"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Gorman</figcaption></div>The Aces, of course, headed the field with their big star Jean Beliveau packing them in wherever he played.Rovals, too. had a big season. while Chicoutimi and Shawinigan Falls were the.other two teams over last year&rsquo;s figures.Ottawa, Valleyfield and Sherbrooke all had lower attendances in 1951-52, which is likely the reason for the rumblings.Down Ottawa way, T. P. Gorman, major-domo of the Senators recently predicted that there would be a major shakeup in the QSHL before next season.&ldquo;We can&rsquo;t go on this way,&rdquo; commented T.P., warming to his subject. &ldquo;Before we know it, everyone will go broke. Things are just getting out of hand.&rdquo;Gorman went on to point out that salaries had gone far beyond reason, now that professional players could drop down to the league without the necessity of re-instatement, and it was breaking the backs of the smaller operators.&ldquo;Why, we&rsquo;re paying more in salaries now,&rdquo; quipped Tay Pay, than the old NHL Senators got when they were here.&rdquo;Expenses, too, have climbed terrifically. It cost Ottawa something like $1,500 every time they make the long jaunt to Chicoutimi.Gorman has threatened to withdraw from the QSHL and play in a loop nearer home, something like the Eastern Canada circuit, but whether he would go this far, of course, is anyone&rsquo;s guess. It hardly seems likely.Ottawa drew fairly well this season, and with one of the bigger rinks on the circuit, can manage to survive. But it is places like Sherbrooke and Valleyfield which will really fold unless some help is given them.&ldquo;Sunday hockey would be the greatest aid we could get right now,&rdquo; said Gorman. &ldquo;Without it, we have to make those long weekend hauls.&rdquo;Sherbrooke and Valleyfield look to be In the toughest shape. Small rinks, and local economic conditions, have been major factors in the decline, not to mention a large investment needed to attract top notch players.One solution offered was a plan in which each visiting club would share twenty to thirty per cent of the gate as they do in professional baseball. Then a team with a small rink, but with a good drawing team can help themselves.The other suggestion is a salary limit, but the headaches attached to this would likely make it prohibitive. Can you imagine Quebec telling everyone that Beliveau only draws $4,500 a year?The next loop meeting should be a hot one, but when the smoke of battle clears, it&rsquo;s likely that the roster will line up something like this &mdash; Quebec, Montreal, Chicoutimi, Shawinigan Falls, Valleyfield, Sherbrooke, and oh, yes, Ottawa.Where would the Quebec League be if T.P. wasn&rsquo;t around to keep things lively?They&rsquo;d fold in a year. &#9632;

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‘We’ll All Go Broke’ Warns Gloomy Tay Pay

<div class="byline">By BOB HESKETH</div>(Toronto Telegram)TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The saga of Sweet William Ezinicki, it seems, will have a happy ending. Willie, currently helping the Pittsburgh Hornets in their quest of the Calder Cun. is included in the Leaf management&rsquo;s tentative blueprints for future rebuilding. He may make it back to Toronto this season depending on whether or not the Hornets get knocked out of their playoffs. At any rate he&rsquo;ll be on the list of invites for the Leaf training camp at St. Catharines next fall and if he can rip himself away from the golf course in time, he&rsquo;s got a regular job again at a major league salary.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02220/1418248-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="282" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">King Clancy</figcaption></div><h2>Failed to Show Up</h2>It was Willie&rsquo;s failure to accept such an invitation with fitting promptitude which actually led to his temporary downfall. Ezzie, who was busily playing golf at the time, failed to show up at the set date for the training camp in St. Catharines a year ago last fall. He was the object, for a couple of days, of one of the most intense manhunts in hockey. He was finally cornered and interviewed on a fairway by a Winnipeg newspaperman and explained that he didn&rsquo;t consider himself in good enough health, generally, to start playing hockey just yet.To say that Smythe took a dim view of such independence would be putting it mildly. When Ez did show up, he was despatched without further ado to the Hornet farm club to &ldquo;work himself into shape&rdquo; but before he could get to pick up his old Leaf sweater again, he found himself in Boston along with another former Leaf Vic Lynn, as trading material for defenseman Fern Flaman.His return to the Leaf chain was just as sudden. Art Ross, the Boston manager, happened to mention to Smythe one night in Boston that he was uncertain as to what he was supposed to do with Ez who, at the time was missing with a groin injury and generally, in Ross&rsquo; opinion, didn&rsquo;t seem to be much of an asset. He had served the purpose for which he was intended the year before, to wit: helping to put the Bruins in the playoffs. But that, said Ross, was all.Smythe, at the moment was lost in thought as to how to get a right winger for his Leafs. He could foresee a weakness in that department and for weeks had had Hap Day, his lieutenant, attempting to get rid of $10,000 for any respectable right winger in the league. It hit him like a hammer when Ross said Ezinicki. The deal was consummated on the spot, and Ezinicki joined the Hornets.He&rsquo;s had reasonable success there. Smythe credits Hornet coach King Clancy with some of that.&ldquo;Clancy,&rdquo; he says with a knowing wink, &ldquo;knows how to handle Ezzie. They&rsquo;re both the same type.&rdquo;<h2>Right Wing Critical Problem</h2>Even with the probability of Ezinicki&rsquo;s return, Smythe is still faced with a critical problem at right wing. He&rsquo;s set on making a center out of Tod Sloan, wants to put George Armstrong on his right wing and fill in the left side with a big bruising type who can keep people worried while the other two go about the business of scoring goals. He has Joe Klukay for right wing duty and Howie Meeker but the latter, who is having a great season now, has already voiced his intentions of hanging up to devote all his time to being a Member of Parliament.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03165/1418241-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="550" height="848"><figcaption class="caption-body">One More ChanceBILL EZINICKI</figcaption></div>Smythe thinks he might be induced to take on another season come contract signing time but if Meeker ignores the cash at stake and gets stubborn, it will be quite a battle. Howie is quite set in his ideas too.Ezinjcki, if he has returned to his old hitting form (and reports out of Pittsburgh are to the effect that he has) can be invaluable. The Leafs have been shy of bulldozers this season having lost their best in Bill Barilko. Fern Flaman can handle some of it and Armstrong is rounding out into a tough type to handle now that he has found his footing in the big league.But that&rsquo;s for next year. This season no one is saying too much about Stanley Cup but there is an air of confidence through the whole camp which was set up in St. Catharines a week earlier than in preceding years. The Leafs are thick in depth comparatively but some members of the club, even at this point, aren&rsquo;t pulling their full weight.Defensively they&rsquo;re pretty well set with Fern Flaman back after an operation for a fractured cheekbone which Canadien Doug Harvey&rsquo;s stick caused. With him are Hugh Bolton, Jim Morrison (the defensive find of the year according to maestro Smythe), Jim Thomson, a great playoff man, Gus Mortson and Bill Juzda. Coach Joe Primeau will likely go with four of those and settle for extra strength up front.Al Rollins in the nets has been on a terrific streak recently staying on his feet more and kicking out shots with the old spring he had in last season&rsquo;s playoffs. Sid Smith, Tod Sloan and Ted Kennedy up front are setting a highly respectable record in goals for and against, Teeder seeming to be concentrating on making Canadien Coach Dick Irvin eat his comment of some weeks ago that as a center, he was a detriment to his linemates. Max Bentley and Armstrong are a good pair though the left wing spot on that line has been fluctuating between Dan Lewicki and Ray Timgren. Smythe wants another bulldozer there to cut Armstrong loose.Short Shots&mdash;Smythe says he offered the Boston Bruins a considerable sum of money a couple of months ago for Milt Schmidt &hellip; the deal was that the Bruins would get more if Schmidt decided to play another season &hellip; Smythe thinks he&rsquo;s good for five more at the rate he&rsquo;s going &hellip; the Bruins refused the offer &hellip; while in that department he says two seasons ago he offered Bill Tobin of the Black Hawks Sid Smith &hellip; asking price was $20,000 and the stipulation was that Tobin had to make up his mind on the spot &hellip; Tobin, though, wanted to have a look at Smith first that night &hellip; Smythe said nay and Smith went out in that playoff game and scored two goals and got an assist &hellip; he also says! that the Black Hawks could have had Tod Sloan &hellip; he made the offer to Charlie Conacher when he was manager of the Hawks but when Charlie quit, it fell through. &#9632;

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Ezzie Included in Leafs’ Plans for 1952-53 Season

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div>BOSTON. Mass.&mdash;The most elaborate player presentation program ever seen here honored Gapt. Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart of the Boston Bruins at the Garden on March 18.The occasion was Schmidt-Du-mart Night, at which the New England hockey world and the National League paid tribute to the two remaining members of the great Kraut Line.An added feature of the program was the emergence from retirement for one night of Bobby Bauer to revive as a unit the line which has written some of the brightest pages in Bruins&rsquo; annals.Schmidt and Dumart and their families were showered with gifts of an estimated value of more than $15,000, with the Bauers not being forgotten, either.For the two veterans still active there were checks for more than $5,000 each, representing the contributions of the fans who purchased tickets for the game with the Chicago Black Hawks.<h2>Bikes for Kids</h2>From their Bruins&rsquo; teammates, represented by Murray Henderson, they received trans-oceanic portable radios, and from the Bruins&rsquo; management, through President Walter Brown, sterling silver sets.The hockey writers and sportscasters, represented by Tom Fitzgerald of the Boston Globe, gave them silver inscribed trays, and a group of Plymouth, Mass., fans gave each a movie camera. The Garden ushers had bicycles for Nancy and Milt, Jr., and Bruce Dumart.President Clarence Campbell, presented them inscribed gold watches from the National League. From cartoonists Bob Coyne, Gene Mack and Eddie Germano, they received framed drawings.From New England concerns Schmidt and Dumart also received golf shoes and jackets, raincoats, cases of foodstuffs and soaps, sterling silver fruit bowls, woolen shirts, hats, lighter sets, supplies of ice cream, bowling machines and electric juke boxes.The Bauers received a silver pitcher from the writers and sportscasters, a radio and an electric clock from the fans, and the comely trio of Marie Schmidt, Phyllis Dumart and Marge Bauer each received orchids.The honoring of the line by the league was the first such event of its kind, and President Campbell struck the keynote of the evening in his presentation speech when he said:&ldquo;We are happy to honor these men not only because they have been great players but also because they have been great citizens in peace and war.&rdquo;The intrepid hockey veterans, virtually overwhelmed by the scope of the festivities for which 12, 658 fans turned out, all gave appropriate thanks.&ldquo;Instead of thanking me for coming down here to play,&rdquo; said Bauer, &ldquo;I want to thank you for giving me the privilege. I&rsquo;ll try to show my appreciation by making as few mistakes as possible.&rdquo;&ldquo;A lot of times during my hockey career I&rsquo;ve been very, very nervous,&rdquo; said Schmidt, &ldquo;but I&rsquo;ve never been as nervous as I am now. You people have given me what I desired most, friendship and support. You will always be remembered by the Schmidts.&rdquo;&ldquo;This is the biggest thrill of my lite,&rdquo; said Dumart. &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t begin to thank you.&rdquo; &#9632;

‘Krauts’ Have Night Again with Hub Fans Shooting the Works

BOSTON, Mass. &mdash; Despite the urgings of everyone connected with the Boston Bruins, from President Walter Brown to the Garden maintenance crew, Bobby Bauer&rsquo;s &ldquo;tryout&rdquo; with the Bruins will be confined to one game.The 37-year-old right wing laughed at suggestions that he finish the season with the Bruins after his showing in the Schmidt-Dumart Night game against the Chicago Black Hawks.&ldquo;This was enough,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I was lucky to get by for one game, but if I played any more I would get progressively worse.&rdquo; &#9632;

Bauer Turns Down Suggestion That He Finish Out Schedule

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01263/1418341-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="527" height="547"><figcaption class="caption-body">From Start to FameMilt as Herbie</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02243/1418334-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="524" height="545"><figcaption class="caption-body">Milt as Milt</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03200/1418327-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="1562" height="1233"><figcaption class="caption-body">Hub Scribes Say ThanksSUCCESSFUL REUNION: Hockey&rsquo;s famed Kraut line was reunited in Boston last week when Bobby Bauer came out of a five-year retirement to line up with former mates Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart (next to Schmidt). Making a presentation on behalf of Bostons hockey scribes Is Tom Fitzgerald of Boston Globe.</figcaption></div><h2>Schmidt Missed Open Net Game Before so Hawks Are Victims for Second Time</h2>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Just 15 years ago this month a rookie center for the Boston Bruins scored his first two major league goals against the Black Hawks in Chicago, and a Chicago journaliste wrote:&ldquo;Art Wiebe and Earl Siebert went out tor a cup of coffee while a youngster named Herbie Schmidt scored for Boston.&rdquo;When the same youngster, now 34 years old, scored his 200th goal against the same Black Hawks at the Garden on March 18, all Chicagoans were present and no one called Milt Schmidt &ldquo;Herbie.&rdquo;It seems that in the 15 years from Number One to Number 200, Capt. Milt has always been doing bigx things for the Bruins, but none of them touched his personal celebration of. Schmidt-Dumart Night for timeliness.Everything-the big crowd, the intense enthusiasm, the importance of the game-called for a superlative performance by hockey&rsquo;s greatest competitor, and that is what he gave.The Bruins needed a victory over Chicago to put fourth place beyond the mathematical reach of the New York Rangers, and they achieved it with a 4 to 0 shutout. Schmidt&rsquo;s contributions were a goal and three assists.The crowd wanted to see him score Number 200&mdash;he had scored his 199th In Montreal three nights earlier&mdash;and he did that, beating Harry Lumley in the second period on a Kraut Line combination with Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer.Just two nights earlier, again against the Canadiens, Schmidt had a crack at an open net in the last minute of play, with Goalie Gerry McNeil on the Montreal bench, but his shot was. deflected wide by a Canadiens&rsquo; skate.Schmidt-wise writers, suspecting that Milt hadn&rsquo;t liked the idea of beating an Invisible man for such a memorable goal, charged him with missing on purpose after the game.&ldquo;I did not,&rdquo; ha denied. &ldquo;I just missed the shot, that&rsquo;s all.&rdquo; But he grinned as he said It, for he had fired from the mid-ice zone with only one opponent between him and the net.Number 200 was promptly given first preference on Schmidt&rsquo;s list of memorable goals, most of which he shrugs off in characteristic Schmidt fashion.&ldquo;I remember the first two well,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and I was pretty proud of that second one until I was deflated by the story in the paper the next day, but this one tops them all.&ldquo;I guess I was pretty lucky to come up with It on this particular night, because I hadn&rsquo;t dared hope that things would ever work out like this. I&rsquo;m just happy that it helped us make the playoffs.&rdquo;Schmidt is the third active National Leaguer to score 200 goals. He was preceded into the charmed circle by Montreal&rsquo;s Maurice Richard, Toronto&rsquo;s Max Bentley, Chicago&rsquo;s Bill Mosienko and Dumart, the. latter three reaching that figure this season.The only other 200-goaler which has made them all for the Bruins besides Dumart and Schmidt is Dit Clapper, who scored 228 in 19 seasons here. &#9632;

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Milt Nets 200th 15 Years After He Netted 1st as Rook ‘Herbie”

<div class="byline">By VICTOR O. JONES Of the Boston Dally Globe</div>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;Recently at the Boston Garden, such hockey fans as still maintain their rabidity (plus some old crocks) witnessed a rather unusual event in a game which produces some unusual occurrences:The return to actual League competition of a player who has been retired and inactive for five years.The player was the Bruins Bobby Bauer. For years he played right wing with Milt Schmidt and Woody Dumart on one of the game&rsquo;s most famous lines. With plenty of hockey still In his system, he decided to retire. His two mates are still playing&mdash;and playing brilliantly&mdash;for the Bruins. Bobby came back into action as an added attraction for a &ldquo;night&rdquo; given Dumart and Schmidt.There is a saying in sports. &ldquo;They never come back,&rdquo; meaning that it&rsquo;s impossible for an athlete to come successfully out of retirement. In general, the saying holds up, particularly If you scan the long list of retired fighters who failed In &ldquo;come back&rdquo; attempts.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04166/1418372-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="528" height="1045"><figcaption class="caption-body">For One Night OnlyBauer as a Bruin Rook</figcaption></div>Bauer&rsquo;s gesture was largely one of sentiment, and yet it wasn&rsquo;t quite, because the Bruins were still neck-and-neck with the Rangers for a play-off spot and the game was official In every sense of the word.Bobby&rsquo;s reincarnation will hardly beat the best trick along these lines.I am referring to the time that Lester Patrick, then in his fifties, and managing the New York Rangers, went into the nets during a play-off game against the Montreal Maroons. Lester had been retired for 20 years and even In his prime had never played goal&mdash;a rather specialized form of hockey. The Rangers&rsquo; goaltender was injured and Maroons refused the courtesy of allowing an outside goalie to take over.The Rangers won and my recollection Is that Patrick allowed only one goal in more than 40 minutes of goaltending against a team which boasted among others, the famous &ldquo;Big-S&rdquo; line of Stewart, Smith and Siebert.It was nice to see Bobby Bauer again. He and his two pals have gone down in history variously as the Kitchener Kids and the Krauts. Actually they were all born in Berlin, Ont. But just about that time, World War I was on and the same kind of people who changed sauerkraut to liberty cabbage changed the name of Berlin, Ont., to Kitchener, Ont.They were&mdash;and are &mdash; an attractive trio. When they first arrived here, they were all bachelors and inseparable. It you were looking for Schmidt, you could be sure of finding him if Dumart was around. If you wanted to find Dumart, all you had to do was find Bauer. &#9632;

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Bauer’s One Night Stand Holds Un Saving ‘They Never Come Back’

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01277/1418452-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="375" height="705"><figcaption class="caption-body">From Friend and Foe&hellip; &hellip;The Top ChoicesJOHNNY BOWER, Cleveland</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02221/1418445-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="408" height="704"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MATHERS, Pittsburgh</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03189/1418438-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="409" height="702"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOMMY WILLIAMS, Cleveland</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04146/1418431-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="396" height="702"><figcaption class="caption-body">RAY POWELL, Providence</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05117/1418424-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="416" height="698"><figcaption class="caption-body">ENIO SCISIZZI, Indianapolis</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06105/1418417-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="412" height="695"><figcaption class="caption-body">GEORGE ARMSTRONG, Pittsburgh</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0782/1418410-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="391" height="705"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUN COOK, Cleveland</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND, 0.&mdash;Four clubs shared representation on the fifteenth annual Players All-Star American Hockey League team announced today by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, with Cleveland arid Pittsburgh placing two men each on the honor squad and with the Barons grabbing additional recognition by having its brilliant coach, Bun Cook, named as top mentor in the league for the ninth time in 15 years.The Plain Dealer team is chosen each year by a vote of all American League players who have played sufficient games to be eligible for selection on the all-star club. A player was required to play 40 games this year to be eligible.Providence and Indianapolis were the two clubs, in addition to the nowerful Pittsburgh and Cleveland squads, to place men on the first honor team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0865/1418403-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="250" height="390"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tim Horton</figcaption></div>Two members of the Cleveland Barons made the honor team for the second successive year, Johnnv Bower repeating as the all-star goalie and Tommy Williams nosing out Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Tim Horton for a defense post. Bower&rsquo;s 89 votes made him the top man in this year&rsquo;s ballotting.In addition to Bower and Williams, other first team selections were Frankie Mathers of Pittsburgh at a defense position, Ray Powell, Providence center who led the league in scoring at center, Enio Sclisizzi of Indianapolis at left wing and Pittsburgh&rsquo;s George Armstrong at right wing.Chief surprise in the voting was the tremendous majority accorded to Bower as the leading goaltender. Throughout the season, Bower had battled almost on even terms with Gil Mayer of Pittsburgh for the best goaltending average, but the players apparently did not rate them close. Mayer received but two votes in the ballotting, Emile Francis of Cincinnati being named as the second team goalie.Other second team choices, in addition to Francis and Horton, were Eddy Reigle of Cleveland at the other defense post, Buddy O&rsquo;Connor of Cincinnati at center, Jackie Hamilton of St. Louis at left wing and Steve Wochy of Cleveland at right wing. King Clancy, coach of the high-riding Pittsburgh Hornets, placed second to Bun Cook in the voting for coaches.<h2>Williams &mdash; Horton Close</h2>Closest race for all-star honors was staged between Williams and Horton for the second defense position, with Williams emerging the victor by only four ballots. In the fight for the left wing position, which incidentally was the most wide open race on the team, Sclisizzi was a seven vote winner over Jackie Hamilton.Ray Powell, the brilliant Providence center and scoring star, was the only member of an Eastern Division squad to make either the first or second teams. Hershey, Buffalo and Syracuse failed to place representatives on either of the first two teams, which was somewhat of a surprise as far as Hershey was concerned as the Bears led the Eastern Divisioa race all of the way and have battled their way into the first place playoff series. &#9632;

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Barons, Hornets Place Two Men Each on 15th Players’ Sextet

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0954/1418483-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg"></div> &#9632;

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AHL Players’ All-Star Teams

<div class="byline">By REX MacLEOD</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01276/1418514-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Top Men In HockeyKen McKenzie, right, co-publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS presents Bun Cook, left, coach of the Cleveland Barons and Jim Hendy, center, general manager of the club with THE HOCKEY NEWS awards as the outstanding coach and executive in hockey. The presentation was made in Cleveland.</figcaption></div>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;Ken Laufman, the play-making sensation of Guelph Biltmores, winds up a brilliant junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey career this season, but he leaves behind him a dazzling scoring record which succeeding generations of juniors will find difficult to approach.The short, stocky Hamilton native, in his second season with Biltmores, set a scoring record in the star-making OHA, junior &ldquo;A&rsquo; Series this season.In 54 games he scored 53 goals and added 86 assists to lead the 10-team circuit with 139 points, 10 more than the previous record held jointly by Dutch Reibel and Louis Jankowski, now with Indianapolis Capitals in the AHL.The season before Laufman finished third in individual scoring with 113 points, 42 goals and 71 assists in 50 games. That gives him a total of 252 points in two successive seasons &mdash; also an OHA record.The player who executed those remarkable scoring feats is a modest, unassuming Individual with Virtually no trace of temperament &mdash; not exactly a common trait with hockey players, especially those in the age limit group. Unlike many junior players Laufman seldom has an off game. His amazing consistency enabled Biltmores to pull through with victories many times when it seemed that they would be beaten.<h2>Isn&rsquo;t Big Player</h2>Laufman isn&rsquo;t big as hockey players go. He stands about fiverfoot seven but he carries 165 pounds on a husky frame. He can deal out a jarring body check and he derives Immense satisfaction in upsetting opponents of greater bulk.Laufman&rsquo;s scoring exploits were achieved under the most difficult conditions &mdash; especially this year. He was a marked man in the latter half of the season and seldom a game went by without the Opposition giving him a vigorous working over. There wasn&rsquo;t a player in the league watched more closely but he still managed to pile up points and win the crown by a comfortable margin.Laufman was boarded, charged, high-sticked and mauled in a variety of ways as the opposition sought to reduce Biltmores&rsquo; scoring potential. But despite the determined, often crude, efforts of the opposition he didn&rsquo;t miss one game. There were many times when he played with injuries but he never asked for, or gave, any favor. In his two seasons with Biltmores he didn&rsquo;t miss one game &mdash; proof of how rugged he is.There are numerous instances of Laufman&rsquo;s hardy nature and his burning eagerness to play hockey. Guelph fans like to remember his amazing comeback witl Guelph Biltmore B&rsquo;s three seaons back.During the playoffs Laufman was stricken with appendicitis and had to undergo an emergency operation. It was thought he was through for the season but within three weeks of his operatior he was back in the lineup.And if you think he was just along for the ride you don&rsquo;t know what a competitor this nerveless youngster is. In his first three games back, in the provincial &ldquo;B&rdquo; final against Barrie, he scored nine goals!A team-mate of Laufman&rsquo;s this season, goalie Marv Brewer, has reason to remember that series. He was tending goal for the Barrie team that year and he thought there were about six Laurmans on the Guelph club.<h2>Not Goal Conscious</h2>A great many junior hockey players are goal-conscious but that has never been a fault of Laufman&rsquo;s. He is just as satisfied with the much maligned assist. There have been innumerable times in the past two seasons when he has had goalies at his mercy but, if he thought a mate had a better chance, he handed him the puck.Some of his critics have jeered at his assist total but OHA goalies will tell you that there isn&rsquo;t a player in the league more difficult to stop. He packs a wicked wrist shot and he can pick an opening from any angle with unerring accuracy.Laufman has mastered Gordie Howe&rsquo;s favorite manoeuver of switching his shot when he picks up a pass on his wrong side. He has scored several times this season by bewildering goalies with this baffling change. A left shot normally he can drill them hard from the right side too.Although playing with Biltmores, a team sponsored by New York Rangers, Laufman is the property of Toronto Maple Leafs. Originally he was on Rangers&rsquo; sponsored list but they neglected to tie him down and Leafs moved with their customary thoroughness to buy his pro rights last year.Laufman will probably turn pro in the Leafs&rsquo; chain next season, a development that will be awaited with keen interest by all those who have been marvelling at his outstanding play in junior.As is the case with all athletes he has a few detractors who insist that he is too small and too slow to make good in pro hockey, a theory that is ridiculed by coaches and other observers close to the hockey scene. The majority of hockey men feel that he can&rsquo;t miss being a success in pro. Coaches in the OHA, junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; loop selected him as this year&rsquo;s all-star center.You could argue the point around the clock without reaching agreement but Biltmore fans, who have watched with amazement Laufman&rsquo;s development into one of the top junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; stars, react violently if anybody suggests that he won&rsquo;t succeed as a pro.They immediately single out other OHA-matured juniors who jumped to the NHL without any stopovers, players whose junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; records were far inferior to Laufman&rsquo;s.The next few years will end all conjecture about Laufman&rsquo;s hockey destiny. Meanwhile, for every one who subscribes to the theory that he is only &ldquo;a good junior&rdquo; there are 10 others who predict confidently that he will be an NHL star of the future.Guelph hockey fans, for whom he provided many thrilling moments, sincerely hope he makes the grade &mdash; even if it is with Toronto Leafs. If that materializes it might even cause many anti-Leafs in this area to leap on Conn Smythe&rsquo;s band-wagon. &#9632;

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Bilts’ Laufman Ends Junior Career -- but Scoring Feats Stay

<div class="byline">By FRED ROBERTS</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Quebec Aces and the Chicoutimi Sagueneens are finalists in the Quebec Senior Hockey League and they did it the comparatively easy way by winning their semifinal rounds without being forced to the wire.The Aces tangled with the Ottawa Senators in a best-of-nine marathon and came through in handy fashion by winning the series, five games to two.Chicoutimi, who earlier eliminated the Valleyfield Braves had a much easier time with the Sherbrooke Saints by toppling the Eastern Township contenders, 4-0.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02235/1418569-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="256" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jean Beliveau</figcaption></div>If form is to tell, Punch Imlach&rsquo;s Aces should beat the Sags but the way Rollie, Hebert&rsquo;s boys have been playing this year, they might be the team to upset the apple-cart.During the past week, the Aces saw themselves beaten In Ottawa last Saturday night by a 5-4 count but they came back strong on Sunday with Jean Marc Beliveau scoring two goals in the final period to provide the tying marker and the winer in a 2-1 triumph.A crowd of 11,610 fans went wild as their version of Rocket Richard staged a one man show in closing out the series singlehandedly.Leo Gravelie, the former Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; flash had sent Ottawa ahead 1-0 early in the second period and they appeared to be going to prolong the series until Beliveau opened the throttled and blasted home his pair.The Sagueens practically waltzed past Sherbrooke, who had taken the role of Giant Killers by polishing off Frank Carlin&rsquo;s Royals, after being down two games.The Saints luck deserted them completely against Chicoutimi. &#9632;

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Beliveau-Chicks Ready For Final QSHL Series

<div class="byline">By DAN DESMOND</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;You would think the Chicago Black Hawks had more than enough hockey in the late lamented National League season &mdash; but such is not the case.Two days after they wound up their schedule in New York, 10 of the Hawks along with President Bill Tobin&rsquo;s assistant, Johnny Gottselig, and trainer Nick Gurenovich took off on a barnstorming tour that might last as much as a month.It began in Lewiston, Me., March 2 5 and at this writing 15 games had been arranged with a possibility that eight or 10 more might be added. Bookings were arranged by Jerry Regan, a Halifax, N.S., radio man, and the traveling is being done in three automobiles.Tobin and Manager Ebbie Goodfellow, attending the Stanley Cup playoffs, told Gottselig and the players to keep an eye out for any likely prospects along the way. The bookings take the Hawks to points in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and as Gottselig pointed out:&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going into places in the bush that may never have been scouted because of their comparative obscurity.&rdquo;Players on the trip are goalie Harry Lumley, forwards Pete Horeck, George Gee, Jimmy Peters, Bep Guidoliu, Jim McFadden and Gus Bodnar and defensemen Bill Gadsby, Lee Fogolin and Al Dewsbury. On a routine of one night stands, that might seem like a woefully undermanned roster but, of course, the competition will be mainly amateur and not as strenuous as what they faced in the National League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01277/1418614-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="476" height="921"><figcaption class="caption-body">Will She Have Anything to Cheer for Next Year?What is in store for this young lady ? Miss Charlotte Schneller emotes as her beloved Black Hawks try to do battle at Chicago Stadium. For seven seasons Charlotte has been cheering the Hawks from a balcony seat.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02214/1418607-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="568" height="913"><figcaption class="caption-body">She hardly missed a game in that time and even the last four seasons have not dismayed her.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03173/1418600-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="528" height="937"><figcaption class="caption-body">With a wholesale shapeup in store will miss Schneller have anything to cheer for next season ?</figcaption></div><h2>Lum only Cinch</h2>There is no doubt that the Hawks of 1952-53 will be overhauled as no Chicago team in recent years. Neither Tobin nor Goodfellow would &ldquo;finger&rdquo; the players who&rsquo;ll be among the missing next fall but it appears there will be at least a 50 percent turnover and that not more than four of the squad that staggered into the fifth last place finish in six seasons are sure of jobs next year.Harry Lumley obviously leads the cinches. The aggressive, taciturn goalie wouldn&rsquo;t talk much about the season just ended but it was plain to see that it left him no happy memories. In fact, a goal tender whose nerves were less steady would have called it quits long before March 23. An unofficial recap showed that Lumley&rsquo;s saves per game average between 35 and 40. On at least a dozen occasions, he was extended to as many as 45 stops.It&rsquo;s a tribute to Lumley that down to the bitter end at home, he retained the favor of the fans. They realized he couldn&rsquo;t do the job alone.Bill Mosienko was another bright figure in the otherwise drab picture. He had one of his best scoring seasons of all time and once he had shaken off the effects of the head injury inflicted by Gordie Howe&rsquo;s stick during a training camp exhibition, he swept triumpantly uninjured to the finish.Of the disappointments, Jim McFadden probably was the greatest. He had been figured, along with George Gee, to give the Hawk attack speed and substance. Yet late in the season, he went 25 consecutive games without a goal and finished with his lowest scoring total of his five years in the National League.Most of the youth next season probably will be installed on the forward lines although there might be some minor revisions of the defense corps.During their attendance at the playoffs, Tobin and Goodfellow expect to renew their efforts to coax away some proven big league talent from other members. They&rsquo;ll have to do it with cash since their trading bait is something less than attractive with one or two exceptions. And those exceptions&mdash;most notably Lumley &mdash; are so vital to keeping the Hawk machine from falling apart completely, there just won&rsquo;t be any thought of dealing them away.Black Hawk home attendance was 297,316 fans with about one fourth of the total tabulated at six Sunday matinee games. It&rsquo;s certain there will be more matinees in 1952-&rsquo;53. &#9632;

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Hawks Start Barnstorming Tour

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04129/1418645-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg"></div><h2>That&rsquo;s Right -- You&rsquo;ll Be Sorry, if you don&rsquo;t subscribe to THE HOCKEY NEWS Today.</h2>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; $3.00 Payable by Postal Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U. S. A. Remittances &mdash; $4.00 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.Fill in Form Above and Send Postal Note or Money Order &#9632;

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YOU’LL BE SORRY!

This was truly a great season for Bill Mosienko of the Chicago Black Hawks, in fact it was one of the greatest he&rsquo;s had. Mosienko finished the season in a brust of glory and became THE HOCKEY NEWS player-of-the-week and O&rsquo;Keefe&rsquo;s award winner for the third time. He was the only player to do so.Mosienko rewrote a page of hockey history in New York last week when he scored three goals in 21 seconds. He broke a recard held by Carl Liscombe Who scored three times in 112 seconds in a game against chicago on the night of march 13, 1938. Mosienko&rsquo;s scored his three against the Rangers last sunday when the Hawks Whipped the blues 7-6.But Mosienko weekend was not confined to scoring just three goals against the Rangers. The night before the Hawks upset the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in Toronto and mathamatically eliminated the Leafs from the second place race with the Canadiens. In this game Mosienko scored two goals. In the Sunday game he also scored one assist. In two games he scored five goals and one assist for six points.In the official scoring Mosienko finished in a tie with Sid Abel of the Wings for seventh place in the final statistics. He scored 31 goals, second, to Gord Howe in the League and added 22 assists for 53 points.Mosienko was undoubtedly the brightest star in another rather dismal year for the Hawks. He was bidded for by the Canadiens but Bill Tobin refused to trade him.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1195/1418798-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="285" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Mosienko</figcaption></div>The 30-year old Winnipeg veteran also broke into the 200 goal circle this year as well.Lost Sunday Mosienko broke in on Ranger goaler Lome Anderson three times in the last period and didn&rsquo;t miss once.He broke in the first time at 6.09 of the last period and converted Bodnar&rsquo;s pass. At 6.20 he broke in again on a pass from Bodnar and scored. Ten seconds later linemates Gee and Bodnar combined to give Mosienko clear vision in front of the nets again and Mosienko set the record. By assisting on all three goals Bodnar broke a record previously held by Rangers&rsquo; Don Raleigh for the fastest three assists. Raleigh&rsquo;s record was made in 81 seconds. &#9632;

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Player - of - the - Week

<h2>Point In Series</h2>Toe Blake of the Montreal Canadiens holds the record for the most points in a playoff series. In the 1943-44 playoffs against the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hanks Toe scored seven goals and had 11 assists for 18 points in nine games.<h2>Playoff Points</h2>The record for points In playoff competition is held by Canadiens&rsquo; Maurice Richard. In seven playoff series since he came into the League Richard inis totaled 65 points. He has scored 43 goals and another 44 assists for his record.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>FINAL STANDINGS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01285/1418767-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="584" height="181"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>March 18&mdash;Chicago 0 at Boston 4 March 19&mdash;Canadiens 3 at Toronto 0 Boston 4 at Rangers 6March 20&mdash;Rangers 3 at Detroit 7March 22&mdash;Detroit 3 at Canadiens 3March 22&mdash;Chicago 3 at Toronto 2Canadiens 2 at Detroit 7March 23&mdash;Toronto 2 at Boston 4Chicago 7 at Rangers 6It was all the Detroit Red Wings in the final analysis of the 19 51-52 season in both the scoring race and the actual championship race. The Wings finished out in front of the NHL with 100 points and Gordie Howe captured another league scoring title by tieing his own. points record of 86. Ted Lindsay finished second to Howe with Elmer Lach of Montreal third.The Montreal Canadiens came through in the clutch and tied the Detroit Red Wings in Montreal last Saturday night and thus clinched second place in the race and the right to meet the fourth place Boston Bruins in the first round of the playoffs. The Wings meet the third place Toronto Maple Leafs in the best of seven series that will eventually lead to the Stanley Cup final.Gordie Howe with three goals in the last game of the season ended the year with 47 goals in the net. Although he failed to break Maurice Richard&rsquo;s record of 50 in a season he is the player who came closest.Bill Mosienko scored three goals in 21 seconds in New York last Sunday night and netted himself a record. He broke Carl Liscombe&rsquo;s old record. It took Liscombe one minute and 52 seconds to produce the faster three goals by a player back in 1938. Mosienko, in boosting his goal scoring to 31 ended second in that department.Montreal&rsquo;s Elmer Lach ended the season with the most assists when he netted one in the last game of the season. He finished tne year with 50.<h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Chicago 0 at Boston 4BOSTON. &mdash; Boston Bruins clinched fourth place in the National Hockey League and a berth in the Stanley Cup playoffs by blanking Chicago Black Hawks 4-0. Capt. Milt Schmidt of Boston scored the 200th goal of his N.H.L. career.Schmidt celebrated a &ldquo;Schmidt-Woody Dumart Appreciation Night&rdquo; by combining with Dumart and Bobby Bauer for his 200th marker at 12:58 of the second period to put Boston into a 2-0 lead. Bauer returned from five years of hockey retirement to reunite the famed Kraut Line which first played together in 1936.Chicago: Goal, Lumley, defence, Gadsby, Raglan, Fogolin, Dewsbury; forwards, Mosienko, Bodnar, Gee, Hucul, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, MacFadden.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Dumart, Schmidt, Bauer, Creighton, McIntyre, Peirson, Sandford, Sullivan, Chevrefils, Mackell, Kryzanowski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02246/1418760-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="588" height="345"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19</h3>Montreal 3 at Toronto 0TORONTO &mdash; The Toronto Maple Leafs found themselves three points behind the Montreal Canadiens as the Habs defeated them 3-0 right in Toronto before a capacity crowd. Geoffrion, Bouchard and Richard scored.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, Bouchard, Johnson, Harvey, St. Laurent, Lowe; forwards, Richard, Lach, Olmstead, Geoffrion, Curry, McCormack, Mosdell, Meger, Reay, Moore.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Thomson, Flaman, Juzda, Bolton, Morrison; forwards, Kennedy, Meeker, Sloan, Bentley, Watson, Gardner, Balfour, Armstrong, Tinigren, Smith.Referee. Bill Chadwick; linesmen, George Hayes, Doug Davies.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03220/1418753-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="580" height="347"></div>Boston 4 at New York 6NEW YORK &mdash; Rangers defeated Boston Bruins 6-4 in a wide-open National Hockey League game &mdash; that had little importance to either team.The Bruins had clinched the fourth and last playoff slot wlt.h their victory over Chicago.New York: Goal, Anderson: defence, Eddolls, Sinclair, Stanley, Ross; forwards, Laprade, Kullman, Conacher, Raleigh, Ronty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence. Quackenbush, Henderson, Laycoe, Kyle; forwards, Fisher, Chevrefils, Sandford, Sullivan, Dumart, McIntyre, Mackell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04194/1418746-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="586" height="607"></div><h3>THURSDAY. MARCH 20</h3>Detroit 7 at New York 3DETROIT &mdash; The Detroit Red Wings tuned up for the forthcoming playoffs by hitting for their highest scoring total of the season as they blasted the New York Rangers and sub goalie Lome Anderson. 7 to 3, here.Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay each scored twice as the Wings poured 47 shots on the New York goalie, drafted only two days ago from amateur ranks.New York: Goal. Anderson; defence. Ross, Stanley, Eddolls, Evans; forwards, Laprade, Sinclair, Kullman, Conacher, Rjeleigh, Ronty. Dickenson, Stewart, Hergeshelmer, Slowinski.Detroit: Goal. Sawchuk: defence, Zeldel, Kelly, Goldham, Woit, Pronovost; forwards, Abel, Howe. Lindsey, Skov, Les wick, Pavelich, Delvecchio, Prystai, Wilson.Referee: George Gravel: linesmen, George Hayes and Doug Davies.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05166/1418739-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="575" height="587"></div><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 22</h3>Detroit 3, at Canadiens 3MONTREAL. &mdash; The final two Stanley Cup playoff positions were settled when the Canadiens played to a 3-3 draw with the league-leading Detroit Red Mings before 14,716 fans at the Forum to clinch second position on the second-to-last dayDetroit: Goal, Sawchuk: defence, Kelly, Relse, Pronovost, Woit; forwards, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Leswick, Prystai, Pavelich, Skov, Delvecchio, Wilson, Stasiuk, Zeidel.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, St. Laurent, Bouchard, MacPherson, Harvey, Johnson: forwards, McCormack, Curry, Olmstead, Lach, Richard, Moore, Reay, Geoffrion, Meger, Gamble.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06138/1418732-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="580" height="225"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07128/1418725-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="586" height="205"></div>Chicago 3 at Toronto 2TORONTO. &mdash; Goalie Harry Lumley and right wing Billy Mosienko led Chicago Black Hawks to a 3-2 victory over Toronto Maple Leafs in a NHL game before 12,786 fans. The result dashed Toronto&rsquo;s last faint hope of finishing second in the league race and sends the Leafs against Detroit Red Wings in the Ctanley Cup playoffs.Chicago: Goal, Lumley; defence, Gadsby. Raglan, Fogolin, Dewsbury; forwards, Mosienko, Bodnar, Gee, Hucul, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, McFadden.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Morrison, Bolton, Thomson, Mortson, Juzda; forwards, Kennedy, Sloan, Smith, Watson, Bentley, Meeker, Gardner, Armstrong, Lewicki, Timgren.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03158/1418718-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="595" height="400"></div><h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 23</h3>Chicago 7 at New York 6NEW YORK. &mdash; Bill Mosienko scored three goals in 21 seconds to set an NHL record as the Hawk defeated the New York Rangers 7-6.Chicago: Goal. Lumley; defence, Dewsbury, Fogolin, Gadsby, Raglan; forwards. Gee, Mosienko, Bodnar, Witiuk, Horeck, Peters, Finney, Guidolin, McFadden,New York: Goal. Anderson; defence, Eddolls, Ross, Stanley; forwards, Laprade, Sinclair, Kullman, Conacher, Raleigh, Jtonty, Dickenson, Stewart, Hergesheimer, Slowinski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04132/1418711-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="593" height="616"></div>Toronto 2 at Boston 4BOSTON.&mdash;Boston&rsquo;s revitalized Bruins closed out their regular home season on a satisfactory note, defeating the third-place Toronto Maple Leafs, 4-2. It was the final regularly-scheduled game for both clubs before the Stanley Cup playoffs.Boston: Goal, Henry; defence, Henderson, Quackenbush, Kyle, Laycoe, Kryzanowski; forwards, Chevrefils, Schmidt, Fisher, Sandford, Sullivan, Dumart, McIntyre, Creighton, Mackell, Peirson.Toronto: Goal, Rollins; defence, Juzda, Bolton, Thomson, Morrison: forwards, Bentley, Armstrong, Timgren, Watson, Kennedy, Meeker, Sloan, Gardner, Lewicki, Smith, Sabourin.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05110/1418704-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="596" height="522"></div>Canadiens 2 at Detroit 7DETROIT.&mdash;Gordie Howe scored three goals and linemate Ted Lindsay two as the Detroit Red Wings wrapped up season activities in the NHL by blasting the Montreal Canadiens 7-2 here.With the &ldquo;hat trick,&rdquo; Howe boosted his season total to 47 goals, second only to Rocket Richard&rsquo;s 50 in 1944-45 among the all-time goal scorers in one season.Canadiens: Goal, McNeil; defence, St. Laurent, Johnson, Bouchard, Lowe, Macpherson; forwards. Mosdell, Curry, Geoffrion, Olmstead, Gamble, Richard, Reay, Lach, Edmundson, Achtymichuk.Detroit: Goal, Sawchuk; defence, Ref Re, Goldham, Pronovost, Woit, Zeidel; forwards, Skov, Leswick, Pavelich, Abel, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Wilson, Stasiuk, Prystai.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-0692/1418697-1-eng-US/f0014-062.jpg" title="f0014-06" width="595" height="427"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>FINAL SCORING STATISTICS<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08120/1418690-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="582" height="1253"></div><h3>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09114/1418683-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="588" height="451"></div>Penalties In Minutes Bv Clubs<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10109/1418676-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="532" height="156"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By STAN MOHER</div><h2>Will Mark Second Time In Five Seasons Calgary Vet Has Won Top Point Honors</h2>EDMONTON, Alta.&mdash;That old collector of scoring championships &mdash; Calgary&rsquo;s George Agar was at it again as the curtain slowly descended on regu1ar season play in the Pacific Coast Hockey League.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01285/1418836-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="286" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gord Fashoway</figcaption></div>With less than a week to go &lsquo;Gorgeous George&rsquo; had opened up a commanding nine point lead on Eddie (Pistol) Dorohoy, the Victoria whiz-kid, last season&rsquo;s point monarch.The count stood at 91 to 82, with Gordon Fashoway, New Westminster&rsquo;s deadly sniper, just a whisper to Dorohoy&rsquo;s rear, with 81 points, including 49 goals.Johnny Chad, veteran winger of the Saskatoon Quakers, had boomed his way up into fourth place. Chad had 78 points, on 33 goals and 45 assists.<h3>Close Race Once</h3>Up until a couple of weeks ago it seemed that Dorohoy and Fashoway, particularly, meant to make it a close fit at the wire with Agar. However the latter just took a new stick out of the rack and went to work a little harder at the business or scoring goals or setting them up for the other Stampeders. Pretty soon, as mentioned, the Calgary powerhouse had drawn away again.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02215/1418829-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="542" height="849"><figcaption class="caption-body">Keeps Stamping AlongGEORGE AGAR</figcaption></div>Agar&rsquo;s winning of a scoring championship will mark the second time in the last five seasons that he has worn the toga.While with Houston, or the U.S. circuit, in the 1947-48 season, the Saskatoon-born pivot shot up rival defenses for 112 points. This was good enough to top the circuit.Two years later at Minneapolis he put together 109 points, including 44 goals, and had to settle for the runner-up role. Ray Powell, Kansas City, another connoisseur of point titles, roared in with 111.Despite the lofty output of goals and assists there was a chance that Agar might view the impending league playoffs from a bleacher seat. The Stampeders were locked in a grim, three-way struggle with Vancouver Canucks and Victoria for the sixth, and last, playoff post.<h2>Stamps, Canucks and Cougars Still Fight Grim Battle to Make Sixth Playoff Position</h2>Neither did there appear any likelihood that the question of occupancy of the last &lsquo;money&rsquo;rung would be settled until the very final games of the schedule.Upstairs &mdash; on the front end of the pennant chase &mdash; It seemed definite that New Westminster Royals, Saskatoon, and &lsquo;Muzz&rsquo; Patrick&rsquo;s Tacoma Rockets would wind up the 70-game schedule in 1-2-3 order. This would pit the Royals against the winner of the battle for sixth place in the first round of the playoffs.Edmonton Flyers and Seattle Ironmen were neck and neck, with a fourth place finish hanging in the balance.Ballots for voting on the allstar teams were mailed out last week from league headquarters at Seattle.Sportswriters and radio men, who will do the selecting, were asked to name their first and third choices for the various positions. Tabulation will be made on a 5-3-1 basis.Players who catch a place on the all-stars will each receive one hundred dollars. Similarly the most-valuable-player award carries a $100 bonus tag, as do rookie and leading-goalkeeper awards.New Westminster netminder Lucien Dechene stood a good chance of winning three of the C-notes. He was virtually certain of the goalkeeping laurels, on the basis of his superior goals-against average. Likewise he shaped u.p as the logical all-star choice at his position. And neither would it come as any great surprise were he to be adjudged the most valuable player.Dechene has had a terrific season.Recently, when New Westminster owner Kenny MacKenzie announced that forwards Gordon Fashoway and Guyle Fielder were headed for Detroit Red Wings next season, he also admitted that he had had a &ldquo;number of feelers about Dechene.&rdquo;<h3>Coburn, Hard Luck Guy</h3>Red-line ramblings: Edmonton defenseman Pat Coburn has earned the &lsquo;Hard-Luck Guy&rsquo; tag. Injured six weeks ago, when he cracked up on a steel dasher in the Seattle rink, the Ottawa Irishman was optimistic until recently that he would be able to get back in uniform, at least in time tor the playoffs. The eye-specialists who have been treating him have ruled against this possibility.Coburn was going at a good clip until injured and appeared headed for a major league chance at Detroit.Burly Cy Thomas, Calgary winger, after a slow early season start, has made his way steadily up the point ladder since Christmas. Latest averages show him with 63 points, including 24 goals &hellip; Veteran Norm Larson, of the Cowboys, notched his 30th goal &hellip; Jim Uniac is back in the. Flyer line-up, after being sidelined for a length period, following an appendectomy. &#9632;

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George Agar Opens Wide Gap on ‘Pistol’ in Coast Scoring

<h2>Sorrell Scored Four</h2>Johnny Sorrell who has been serving as a linesman in Indianapolis for the past few seasons, is the only player to ever score 4 goals in an AHL playoff game. Sorrell tallied his foursome in a single period also.<h2>Hergy Netted 11</h2>The record for goal scoring in an AHL playoff series is 11, and is held by Wally Hergesheimer who starred for Cleveland last season and is now with New York Rangers. Five of them were game winners, another season record.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01256/1418951-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="595" height="382"></div><h3>RESULTS OF GAMES</h3>Mar. 18&mdash;Cincinnati 2, Buffalo 1(Overtime)Pittsburgh 2, Hershey 1 (Overtime)Mar. 20&mdash;Cincinnati 2, Buffalo 1Cleveland 3, Providence 2Pittsburgh 3, Hershey 1.Mar. 22&mdash;Cleveland 7, Providence 2Cincinnati 6, Buffalo 4 (Overtime)Pittsburgh 4, Hershey 1Mar. 23&mdash;Providence 5. Cleveland 1The Cincinnati Mahawks pulled the biggest upset of the Calder Cup playoffs so far dumping the Buffalo Bisons out of the race In three straight games. Two of the game wdht Into overtime and both times the, Mohawks came through. They whipped the Bisons 2-1 twice and then last Saturday came through in overtime for a 6-4 win.The Pittsburgh Hornets and Hershey Bears, front runners in the Western and Eastern divi Bions on the League respectively are 3-0 in favor of the Hornets. The Hornets won the first three games on brilliant goaling by Cil Mayer. In the first three games he allowed but three goals past him. The scores were 2-1, 3-1 and 4-1. The first game went into overtime.The Providence Reds came through with a 5-1 with over the Cleveland Barons last Sunday to stay in the race. The Barons lead the series 2-1 by virtue of 3-2 and 7-2 wins last week.Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Bob Hassard scored five goals and one assist to lead the playoffs scores. He has spent only two minutes in the penalty box.<h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Hershey 1 at Pittsburgh 2(Pittsburg leads best of seven semifinal 1-0).PITTSBURGH. &mdash; The Pittsburgh Hornets had to battle until 6:16 of the third overtime period when Bobby Hassard scored nls second goal to give his team a 2-1 victory over the Hershey Bears In their opening game of the AHL&rsquo;s &ldquo;A&rdquo; series for the Calder Cup.Hershey&rsquo;s lone goal of the drawnout game came at 1:30 of tha first period when Andy Branigan shot the puck from 40 feet outside past goalie Gil Mayer.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence Horton, Backor, Mathers, Boivin, Sullirvan; forwards, Hassard, Ezinicki, G. Hannigan, Blair, Maloney, Migay, Solinger, McLellan, Barbe.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Branigan, Schertzl, Gariepy, Crawford; forwards, Mario, J. Brown, Bettio, Barry, Labine, Corcoran, Toppazzini, O&rsquo;Brien, A. Brown.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02221/1418944-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="1704" height="1317"><figcaption class="caption-body">Come To My Open ArmsGoaler Glen Hall of the Indianapolis Caps goes down on one knee and begs for the puck in the air. Laying on the ice is defenseman Hugh Coflin while Bill Folk (5) keeps Hershey&rsquo;s Norm Corcoran at bay. Chap with the headpiece on Is Lou Jankowski.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03200/1418937-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="597" height="541"></div>Buffalo 1 at Cincinnati 2(Cincinnati leads best of five quarterfinal 1-0).CINCINNATI. &mdash; Chick Webster&rsquo;s sudden second-overtime period goal gave Cincinnati Mohawks a 2-1 victory over Buffalo and first blood in their AHL Calder Cup first-round playoff.Webster drilled his first shot home after 13:47 of the second overtime period.Prior to-that the Mohawks had come from behind, just when the game appeared to be lost, to tie the count only a minute and a half before regulation time ended.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Lavitt, Bergeron, Long, Durham; forwards, DeMarco, Warwick, Pargeter, Pennell, Kaiser, MacKay, Davis, Mazur.Cincinnati: Goal, Blbeault; defence, Martin, McNeil, Irwin, Lanefen; forwards, Macintosh, Masnick, Schwartz, Brown, Harrison, Mickowski, Wylie, McLeod. Stone.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04157/1418930-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="585" height="504"></div><h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Hershey 1 at Pittsburgh 3(Pittsburgh leads best of seven series 2-0)PITTSBURGH &mdash; Pittsburgh Hornets came from behind to beat Hershey 3-1 and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven &ldquo;A&rdquo; aeries of the AHL&rsquo;s Calder Cup playoffs.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Gariepy, Schertzl, Branigan, Armstrong, Crawford; forwards, Corcoran, Labine, Barry, A. Brown, Bettio, Toppazzini, J. Brown, Mario, O&rsquo;Brien.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer; defence, Mathers, Horton, Backor, Boivin, Sullivan; forwards, R. Hannigan, Blair, Migay, Solinger, G. Hannigan, Ezinicki, Barbe, Hassard, McLellan.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05125/1418923-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="594" height="423"></div>Buffalo 1 at Cinnati 2(Cincinnati leads best of five series 2-0)CINCINNATI. &mdash; Emile (The Cat) Francis returned to the nets for Cincinnati and turned in a brilliant performance as the Mohawks edged Buffalo Bissons 2-1.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence, Long, Durham, Bergeron, Lavitt, Dick; forwards, Pennell, Kaiser, MacKay, DeMarco, Warwick, Pargeter, McNabney, Davis, Kobussen.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence, MacNeil, Irwin, Lancien, Martin, Barlow; forwards, Wylie, McLeod, Harrison, Masnick, Schwartz, Macintosh. Webster, Brown, Mickoski.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06108/1418916-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="585" height="384"></div>Providence 2 at Cleveland 3(Cleveland leads best of five series 1-0)CLEVELAND. &mdash; Cleveland Barons won the first game of their best-of-five Becond-place playoff series, edging Providence Reds 3-2.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, Egan, Morris, Michaluk, Lund, Reardon; forwards, Laplante, McGill, Smith, Gladu, Kapusta, Toppazzini, Sullivan, Scherza.Cleveland: Goal, Bower; defence, Williams, Samis, Reigle, Chrystal, Shero; forwards, Stearns, Reid, Gordon, Lynn, Davies, Olson, Wochy, Couture, Hildebrand.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0799/1418909-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="589" height="406"></div><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 22</h3>Providence 2 at Cleveland 7(Cleveland leads best of five series 2-0)CLEVELAND. &mdash; Cleveland&rsquo;s Barons swept over Providence Reds 7-2 to make it two in a row in the second-place playoff series in the AHL. The teams meet again in the best-of-five series.Providence: Goal, Perreault; defence, Egan, Morris, A. Michaluk. Lund; forwards, Powell, Laplante, McGill, Smith, Gladu, J. Michaluk, Kapusta, Scherza, Toppazzini, Denis.Cleveland: Gbal, Bower: defence, Samis, Reigle, Chrystal, Shero, Olson; forwards, Stearns, Reid, Gordon, Thurier, Lynn, Davies, Wochy, Couture, Hildebrand.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0889/1418902-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="599" height="460"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02198/1418895-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="600" height="232"></div>Pittsburgh 4, at Hershey 1(Pittsburgh leads best of seven series 3-0).HERSHEY, &mdash; Pittsburgh Hornets defeated Hershey Bears 4-1 and took their third straight game in the class-A series in the semi-final playoff of the AHL.The Hornets need only one more victory in the best-of-seven series to qualify for the final and a chance at the Calder Cup.Pittsburgh: Goal, Mayer, defence, Horton, Backor, Mathers, Boivin, Sullivan; forwards, Ezinicki, G. Hannigan, Blair, R. Hannigan, Migay, Solinger, McClellan, Barbe, Hassard.Hershey: Goal, Henry; defence, Armstrong, Barnnigan, Gariepy, Schertzl, Crawford; forwards, Mario, G. Brown, Bettio, Kullman, Labine, Corcoran, Toppazzini, O&rsquo;Brien, A. Brown.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03162/1418888-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="600" height="504"></div>Cincinnati 6 at Buffalo 4(Cincinnati wins best of five series 3-0).BUFFALO. &mdash; Cincinnati Mohawks advanced to the semi-final round of the AHL playoffs, defeating Buffalo Bisons 6-4 in overtime. Mohawks swept the series in three straight games.Cincinnati: Goal, Francis; defence, McNeil, Irwin, Lancien, Martin, Barlow; forwards, Masnick, Schwartz, Macintosh, Webster, Brown, Mickoski, Wylie, Fryday, Harrison.Buffalo: Goal, Crowdis; defence. Long, Durham, Lavitt, Finkbeiner; forwards, DeMarco, Warwick, Pargeter, MacKay, McNabney, Pennell, Davis, Kobussen, Mazur, Douglas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04135/1418881-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="601" height="649"></div><h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 23</h3>Cleveland 1 at Providence 5(Cleveland leads best of five series 2-1).PROVIDENCE. &mdash; Paul Gladu, veteran right winger, scored the three fastest goals In AHL playoff history in leading Providence Reds to a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Barons In thw third game of their series &ldquo;B&rdquo; Calder Cup competition.Clevelenad: Goal, Bower; defence, Reigle, Uhrystal, Samis, Shero; forwards, Reid, Hildebrand, Lynn, Thurier, Davies, Couture, Wochy, Schultz, Olson, Stearns.Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, Morris, A. Michaluk, Egan, Lund; forwards. McGill, Smith, Toppazzlni, Gladu, Sullivan, Powell, Laplante, Kapusta, Scherza, Reardon.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-0592/1418874-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="599" height="499"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>(Including Games of Sunday, March 23)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-0984/1418867-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="589" height="844"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ACE FOLEY</div>HALIFAX, N.S.&mdash;They&rsquo;re calling Pete Langelle the &ldquo;comeback-kid.&rdquo; The old dipsy-doodler of the Toronto Maple Leafs was brought out of retirement by the Saint John Beavers, and coach Peanuts O&rsquo;Flaherty&rsquo;s daring gamble is bringing dividends to the Maritime front-runners,Pete was refereeing when he got the call from Saint John. It took him a long time to find his stride, and Pete didn&rsquo;t speed things up because he&rsquo;s the type who must be needled to produce.Finally, Langelle began to arrive, began to show the form that carried him to the big time. In the closing weeks of the historymaking Maritime Major (Big Six) Hockey League schedule, Laugelle has been a standout.If there is a faster skater on the Beavers roster today you&rsquo;d have trouble spotting him. The veteran with the springy legs, the long stride, the bobbing, weaving style of play and the hard shot has come a long way down the comeback trail, thanks to a little man who thought he could do it and never let him relax.Going into the final week of play the slumbering giants, alias the Sydney Millionaires, finally found themselves. It was too late, of course, but the surge carried them out of last place, past the sagging Moncton Hawks. Then, they plumped right back In when Moncton dropped out.If they could play Halifax Saint Mary&rsquo;s all the time they&rsquo;d be leading the league. But they had to take their turn, and they didn&rsquo;t fare too well against the others. When they skated against Wilf Field&rsquo;s men they always seemed to have what it takes.The Mills never did get used to the rigors of travel. For four years, when they dominated the Cape Breton League, their longest road jaunt was a 15-mile spin to nearby Glace Bay. If they realized what travel takes out of a player, they wouldn&rsquo;t have started with so many veterans.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01251/1418982-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="547" height="564"><figcaption class="caption-body">Comeback KidPETE LANGELLE</figcaption></div>Glace Bay Miners stopped their amazing slide toward the bottom and now look strong enough to clinch the fourth and last playoff position. And the Charlottetown Islanders are finishing so strongly they look as if they might take it all in the playoffs.Halifax added late strength through replacements. Ralph Hosking, late of the Syracuse Warriors, is playing a sound defense as a replacement for Eric Unger. George Ford, a right winger, is expected to help a lot as a replacement for defenseman Frank Bergeron, moved back to Buffalo.Halifax Saint Mary&rsquo;s have brushed aside the last challenge to their Maritime junior supremacy and are representing these parts for the seventh straight time in Memorial Cup play. After their rugged series with Mickey Roach&rsquo;s North Sydney Franklins, the Saints knocked off Trenton Scotias, Maritime Junior B champions, in two games.The Halifax-Trenton series was noted for its rough play. Seventeen penalties were called, nine in the last 10 minutes and many for major offences. Two of the players, one from each side, were escorted to their dressing-rooms by police when referees were unable to break it all up.The 1952 edition of the Santamarians may lack the finesse of the other teams but it will give nothing away in fighting qualities. Frankly, the teen-aged Saints play it rough.In the first round of the Memorial Cup playoffs the Saints were drawn against the Ottawa and District champions, for the sixth time in seven years. Because the Ice Cycles are playing in the Maritimes, the entire series will be played in Ontario. &#9632;

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Langelle No Laggard, Beavers Find Oldie Still Full Of Life

MONTREAL &mdash; Gordie Howe, a much respected hockey player in Montreal was guest on a radio program here recently. It was on the program that the great right winger showed another side of his character &mdash; the dry humorous side.As guest of sports announcer Keith Dancy of CFCF in Montreal Howe was asked if he alway played rignt wing.&ldquo;No. I haven&rsquo;t,&rdquo; said Gordie in his famous slow drawl. &ldquo;I started out as a goalkeeper in Saskatoon. That was at high school. I&rsquo;m a little proud of that season &mdash; you see I made the all-star team that year.&rdquo;&ldquo;What made you quite goal?&rdquo; he was asked.&ldquo;Think it was the cold weather&rdquo;, snapped Howe. &#9632;

Howe Shows Humorous Side to Montreal Radio Audience

<h2>First Goal</h2>Bill Shvetz, Calgary defenceman scored his first goal of the season against Edmonton in Calgary. Murray Parker of Saskatoon and Orville Lavell of Vancouver are the only other regulars who have not scored at least one goal this season.<h2>Equal Shutouts</h2>Lorne &lsquo;Gump&rsquo; Worsley, Saskatoon goalie, shut out the Calgary Stampeders in Saskatoon for his fifth shutout of the season to tie Lucien Dechene of New Westminster.<h2>HOW THE RACE GOES</h2>STANDINGS ON TUES, A.M., MAR. 18<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01217/1419149-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="605" height="228"></div><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S GAMES</h2>Mar. 10&mdash;New Westm&rsquo;ter 5 at Calgary 7Mar. 11&mdash;Victoria 2 at Vancouver 4 New Westm&rsquo;ter 1 at Edm&rsquo;ton 0Mar. 12&mdash;N. Westm&rsquo;ter 1 at Saskatoon 3Mar. 13&mdash;Edmonton 2 at Calgary 4Mar. 14&mdash;Tacoma 7 at Victoria 1 N. Westm&rsquo;ter 4 at Vancouver 1 Calgary 3 at Edmonton 4Mar. 15&mdash;Seattle 1 at Tacoma 3 Victoria 2 at New Westm&rsquo;ter 1 Calgary 0 at Saskatoon 8Mar. 16&mdash;Vancouver 3 at Seattle 4George Agar, Calgary centerman, took a nine point lead In the individual scoring race the past week and appears almost a cinch to lead the&rsquo;league. Agar has 86 goals and 55 assists for 91 points. Eddie Dorohoy, Victoria centerman, in second place has 82 points and Gordie Fashoway of New Westminster 81. Agar has two games left to play. Dorohoy 3 and Fashoway 4. Fashoway leads the goal getters with 49, Agar and Dorohoy are tied in assists with 55 each. Lucien Det chene continues to lead the goalkeepers with a goals against average of 2.74 per game. Bill Shvetz of Calgary is leading the &ldquo;bad men&rdquo; with 142 minutes in the &lsquo;sin bin.&rsquo;PLAYOFF DATES Best of five series between SASKATOON and EDMONTON1.Tuesday, March 25th at SASKATOON2.Thursday, March 27th at SASKATOON3.Saturday, March 29th at EDMONTON4.Monday, March 31st at EDMONTON If necessary5. Wednesday, April 2nd at SASKATOON If necessaryBest of five Games series between TACOMA and SEATTLEShould Tacoma finish Third.1. Tuesday, March 25th at TACOMA2. Friday, March 28 at SEATTLE3.Saturday, March 29th at TACOMA4.Sunday, March 30th at SEATTLE If necessary5.Tuesday or Wednesday, April 2nd or 3rd. If necessary. At TACOMAShould Seattle finish Third.1. Friday, March 28th at SEATTLE2. Saturday, March 29 at TACOMA3. Sunday, March 30th at SEATTLE4. Tuesday, April 1st at TACOMA If necessary5. Wednesday, April 2nd at SEATTLE If necessaryBest of seven games series between NEW WEST&rsquo;ER and Sixth Place Club Should Vancouver finish sixth.1.Wednesday, March 26th at NEW WESTMINSTER2.Friday. March 28th at VANCOUVER3.Saturday, March 29th at NEW WESTMINSTERDates for fourth and succeeding fames, If necessary, to be set later.Should Victoria finish sixth.1.Wednesday, March 26th at NEW WESTMINSTER2.Friday, March 28th at VICTORIA3.Saturday, March 29th at NEW WESTMINSTERDates for fouth and succeeding games, if necessary, to be set later.Should Calagry finish sixth.1.Thursday, March 27th at NEW WESTMINSTER2.Saturday, March 29th at NEWWESTMINSTERDates and location of the third and fourth game and succeeding games, if necessary, wll be set later.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02183/1419142-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="2184" height="831"><figcaption class="caption-body">Turned Jeers to Cheers</figcaption></div><h3>MONDAY, MARCH 10</h3>New Westminster 5 at Calgary 7CALGARY &mdash; The Calgary Stampeders kept their playoff hopes alive in the Pacific Coast Hockey League by coming from behind in the third period to defeat the top-riding New Westminster Royals 7-5.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Houle. Bedard; forwards, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Lavell, Boyce, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.Calgary: Goal, Hendry; defence, Dickens, Moe, Shvetz, Gilhooley; forwards, Thomas, Larson, Blade, Ashworth, Pehet, Agar, Goodacre, Brown, Scott.Referee: Ed. Powers; linesman, Jerry Trudell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-04106/1419135-1-eng-US/f0017-042.jpg" title="f0017-04" width="594" height="589"></div>Victoria 2 at Vancouver 4VANCOUVER &mdash; Vancouver Canucks regained possession of sixth place and last playoff position in the Pacific Coast (Prairie) Hockey League, when they defeated Victoria Cougars 4-2 on home Ice.The Vancouver victory boosted the team to sole possessions of sixth place, one point ahead of Calgary Stampeders and three up on the cellar-dwelling Cougars.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Roche, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Hickey, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Medynski.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence, Lavell, Brklacich, Lofvendahl, Tarala, Currie; forwards. Groves, Smith, Popein, Carveth, Leier, Hartsburg, Manson, Hagen, Plumb.Referee: Bill Knott; linesman, Merrick Cranston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0580/1419128-1-eng-US/f0017-052.jpg" title="f0017-05" width="595" height="440"></div>New Westminster 1 at Edmonton 0EDMONTON &mdash; The leading New Westminster Royals hung up a close 1-0 decision over Edmonton Flyers on Edmonton Ice.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Bedard; forwards, Fashoway, Fielder, Paul, Boyce, Lavell, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Houle, Cabana.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, McCaig, Cox, Pettinger; forwards, Kilburn, Raynak, Podolsky, McLean, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.Referee: Eddie Powers and Hank Wilson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0661/1419121-1-eng-US/f0017-062.jpg" title="f0017-06" width="592" height="259"></div><h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12</h3>New Westminster 1 at Saskatoon 3SASKATOON &mdash; The gentlemen of the Pacific Coast (Prairie) Hockey League clashed again, with New Westminster Royals bowing to Saskatoon Quakers 3-1.It was the second successive game between the two clubs without a penalty being called. And there was nothing wrong with the referee&rsquo;s eyesight. The teams played it clean throughout.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron, Forbes, Bedard; forwards, Fashoway, Fielder, Paul, Boyce, Lavell, Ullyot, Love, Dufault, Houle, Cabana.Saskatoon: Goal. Worsley; defence, Heindi, Milford, Parker, Rafter; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain, Hunter, Kuzma, Manson, McCullough, Fowler, Senick, Bentley.Referee: Eddie Powers and Hedley MacDonald.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0756/1419114-1-eng-US/f0017-072.jpg" title="f0017-07" width="596" height="347"></div><h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 13</h3>Edmonton 2 at Calgary 4CALGARY &mdash; Stampeders clambered back into the last playoff position of the Pacific Coast (Prairie) Hockey League with a thrill packed 4-2. decision against Edmonton Flyers at the Corral to make the Alberta tally in games this season 10 for Calgary against eight for the north and one drawn game thrown in.Edmonton: Goal, Brennan; defence, Cox, Pettinger, McCaig; forwards, Kilburn, Backor, Raynak, Podolsky, McLean, Thomas, Joss, Johnson, McLeod, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Gilhooley, Tuckes, Larson, Anderson, Blade, Ashworth, Peohet, Agar, Brown, Scott.Referee: Knott and Trudell.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-0835/1419107-1-eng-US/f0017-082.jpg" title="f0017-08" width="600" height="199"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03122/1419100-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="595" height="158"></div><h3>FRIDAY. MARCH 14</h3>Tacoma 7 at Victoria 1VICTORIA &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets shook out of their slump, skating to a convincing 7-1 win over the Victoria Cougars.Tacoma: Goal, Stevenson; defence, Pratt, Tones, Davidson, O&rsquo;Connor, Godfrey; forwards, Brown, Bradley, Johnston, Kerr, Marquess, Adam, Young, Del Monte, MacDonald.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Strongman, Roche, Goegan; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Hickey, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas, Medynski.Referee: Dick Davis; linesman, Merrick Cranston.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04103/1419093-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="595" height="416"></div>New Westminster 4 at Vancouver 1VANGOLA&rsquo;ER &mdash; Three goals in the last period were enough for the New Westminster Royals to go on to a 4-1 win over the Vancouver Canucks.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defence, Roberge, Houle, Bedard, Bergeron, Fprbes; forwards, Ullyot, Love, Cabana, C. Lavell, Fashoway, Fielder, Paul, Dufault, Boyce.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence. O. Lavell. Brklacich, Lofvendahl, Tarala, Currie; forwards, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Carveth, Leier, Hartsbrug. Manson. Hagen, Plumb.Referee: Eddie Powers; linesman, Paul Waldner.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0586/1419086-1-eng-US/f0019-052.jpg" title="f0019-05" width="592" height="458"></div>Calgary 3 at Edmonton 4EDMONTON &mdash; The Edmonton Flyers got a 4-3 win over the Calgary Stampeders with three goals in the middle frame.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Shvetz, Dickens, Moe, Gilhooley; forwards, Cy Thomas, Juckes, Larson, Anderson, Blade, Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Brown, Scott.Edmonton:Goal, Brennan; defence, Cox, Pettinger, McLeod, McCaig; forwards, Kilburn, Raynak, Podolsky. McLean, E. Thomas, Joss, Johnson, Kubasek, Giesebrecht.Referee: Hank Wilson and Bill Knott.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0671/1419079-1-eng-US/f0019-062.jpg" title="f0019-06" width="588" height="438"></div><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Calgary 0 at Saskatoon 8SASKATOON. &mdash; Alex Kaleta led the Saskatoon Quakers to a 8-0 win over the Calgary Stampeders two goals and three assists.Calgary: Goal, Dertell; defence, Dickens, Shvetz. Moe, Gilhooley; forwards, Thomas, Juckes, Goodacre, Anderson, Blade. Ashworth, Pechet, Agar, Scott.Saskatoon: Goal. Worsley; defence, Heindl, Milford, Parker, Kaiser; forwards, Kaleta, Chad, Strain. Hunter, Fowler, Kuzma, Manson, McCullough, Se nick. Bentley.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0768/1419072-1-eng-US/f0019-072.jpg" title="f0019-07" width="592" height="100"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0864/1419065-1-eng-US/f0019-082.jpg" title="f0019-08" width="597" height="424"></div>Seattle 1 at Tacoma 3TACOMA. &mdash; The Tacoma Rockets came from behind to scored 3-1 win over the Seattle Ironmen.Seattle: Goal., Hughes; defence, Taillefer, Sprout, Jackson, Conn; forwards, Shero, Bell. Fillion. Fairburn, Maxwell, Ceresino, Tomiuk, Homenuke, Richardson, Samanski.Tacoma:Goal, Stevenson; defence, Godfrey, O&rsquo;Connor, Jones, Davidson; forwards, Kerr, Brown. MacDonald, Haldorsen, Young, Marquess, Pratt, Johnston, Bradley.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-0955/1419058-1-eng-US/f0019-092.jpg" title="f0019-09" width="594" height="293"></div>Victoria 2 at New Westminster 1NEW WESTMINSTER. &mdash; The Victoria Cougars strayed in the playoff hunt with a 2-1 win over the New Westminster Royals. Walt Atana&rsquo;s goal in the second period proved to be the winner.New Westminster: Goal, Dechene; defence, Roberge, Bergeron. Forbes. Houle, Bedard; forwards, Dorohoy, Slater, Ullyot. Love, Dufault, Fashoway, Fielder, Paul, Cabana.Victoria: Goal, Cotnoir; defence, Leger, Bouchard, Roche, Goegan, Strongman; forwards, Hebenton, Frampton, Abbott, MacIntyre, Balance, Dorohoy, Anderson, Evans, Atanas.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1047/1419051-1-eng-US/f0019-102.jpg" title="f0019-10" width="586" height="315"></div><h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 16</h3>Vancouver 3 at Seattle 4SEATTLE. &mdash; Bill Richardson&rsquo;s goal in the dying minutes of the last period gave the Seattle Ironmen a 4-3 win over the Vancouver Canucks.Vancouver: Goal, Pidsodny; defence, Lavell, Bloom, Lofvendahl, Tarala; forwards, Groves, Gordon, Smith, Popein, Leier, Hartsburg, Manson, Hagen, Carveth, Plumb.Seattle: Goal, Hughes; defence, Taillefer, Sprout, Conn, Tomiuk; forwards, Homenuke, Bailey, Fillion, Fairburn, Maxwell, Ceresino, Richardson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-1140/1419044-1-eng-US/f0019-112.jpg" title="f0019-11" width="593" height="499"></div><h2>THE POINT PARADE</h2>INCLUDING GAMES OF SUN. MAR. 16<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-03144/1419037-1-eng-US/f0017-032.jpg" title="f0017-03" width="602" height="540"></div><h3>THE LEADERS</h3>Leading Goalkeeper GP GA AVELucien Dechene, N.W.&hellip;. 66181 2.74Most Goals: Gordon Fashoway, N.W. (49).Most Assists: Eddie Dorohoy, Vic. (55); George Agar, Calg. (55).Most Winning Goals Scored: Gordie Fashoway, N.W. (11).Most Hat Tricks: George Agar, Calg. (3).Most Shutouts: Lome Worsley, Sask. (5); Lucien Dechene, N.W. (5).Most Hat Tricks Against: Russ Dertell, Calg. (10).Most Penalties: Bill Shvetz, Calg. 142 min; Doug McCaig, Edm., 137 min; Carl Kaiser, Sask., 134 min; Duck Jones, Tac., 136 min. &#9632;

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PACIFIC COAST LEAQUE

<h2>QUEBEC SENIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 13</h3>Ottawa 4, Quebec 2(Quebec leads best of nine semi-final series 3-1)Chicoutimi 4 Valleyfield 2(Chicoutimi wins best of seven quarterfinal series 4-2)<h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 16</h3>Sherbrooke 5, Montreal 3(Sherbrooke wins best of seven quarterfinal series 4-3)Quebec 3, Ottawa 0(Quebec leads best of nine semi-final series 4-1)<h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Chicoutimi 3, Sherbrooke 0(Chicoutimi leads best of seven semifinal series 1-0)<h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Chicoutimi 5, Sherbrooke 1(Chicoutimi leads best of seven semifinal series 2-0)<h2>QUE. LAKE ST. JOHN SENIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Dolbeau 8, Jonquiere 3(Best of seven final series tied 3-3)<h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 16</h3>Jonquiere 5, Dolbeau 1(Jonquiere wins best of seven final series 4-3)<h2>EASTERN CAN. SR. QUARTER FINALS</h2><h3>(ALLAN CUP)TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Jonquiere (Que. St. John) 4, St. Jerome (Que. Prov.) 2(Jonquiere leads best of seven series 1-0)<h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19</h3>Jonquiere 2 at St. Jerome 1(Jonquiere leads best of seven series 2-0)<h3>FRIDAY, MARCH 21</h3>Jonquiere 4, St. Jerome 2(Jonquiere leads best of seven series 3-0)<h2>MARITIME SENIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>St. Francois Xavier 4, New Glasgow 3(St. Francois leads best of seven final series 3-2)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>St. Francois Xavier 5, New Glasgow 3(St. Francois wins best of seven final series 4-2)<h2>EASTERN CANADA QUARTER FINALS</h2><h3>(ALLAN CUP)THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Pembroke (Eastern Canada Sr) 4St. Francois Xavier (Maritime Sr) 3(First game best of seven quarter final series)<h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO SENIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Sault Ste. Marie 3, Noranda 2(First game best of seven final series)<h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Noranda 4, Sault Ste. Marie2(Best of seven final series tied 1-1)<h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Noranda 4, Sault Ste. Marie 2(Noranda leads best of seven final series 2-1)<h3>FRIDAY, MARCH 21</h3>Sault Ste. Marie 2, Noranda 1(Best of seven final series tied 2-2).<h2>MANITOBA PROV. ALLAN CUP</h2><h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Letellier 10, Flin Flon 5(First game best of three series)<h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Letellier 11, Flin Elin Hon 6(Letellier wins best of three series 2-0)<h2>ONTARIO SENIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Owen Sound 6, Stratford 3(Owen Sound leads best of seven series 1-0).<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Stratford 8, Owen Sound 4(Best of seven series tied 1-1).<h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19</h3>Stratford 4, Owen Sound 3(Stratford leads best of seven final series 2-1<h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Stratford 3, Owen Sound 1(Stratford leads best of seven series 3-1).<h3>FRIDAY, MARCH 21</h3>Owen Sound 5, Stratford 3(Stratford leads best of seven series 3-2).<h2>BRITISH COLUMBIA SENIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Trail 5, Kelowna 2(First game best of five finals series)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Kelowna 3, Trail 3(Trail, leads best of five series 1-0. One game tied)<h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19</h3>Kelowna 4, Trail 1(Best of five series tied 1-1. One game tier)<h2>THUNDER BAY SENIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Fort Francis 5, Fort William 3(Fort William leads best of seven final series 3-1)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Fort Francis 2, Fort William 1(Fort William leads best of seven final series 3-2)<h3>WEDNESDAY, 31 ARCH 19</h3>Fort Francis 9. Fort William 4(Best of seven final series tied 3-3)<h2>WESTERN CANADA SENIOR QUARTER FINALS</h2>(ALLAN CUP)<h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Edmonton 8, Melville 3(Edmonton leads best of seven series 3-0)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Edmonton 10, Melville 3(Edmonton wins best of seven series 4-0)<h2>OTTAWA DISTRICT JUNIOR</h2><h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>East view 4, Inkerman 3(Eastview wins best of seven final series 4-3)<h2>EASTERN CANADA JUNIOR QUARTER FINALS</h2><h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19</h3>Eastview-6, Halifax 1(East view leads best of five quarter finals 1-0)<h2>NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR</h2><h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Porcupine 4, Sudbury 3(Best of seven final series tied 1-1)<h3>FRIDAY, MARCH 21</h3>Porcupine 10, Sudbury 2(Porcupine leads best of seven series 2-1).<h2>SASKATCHEWAN JUNIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Flin Flon 6, Humboldt 5(First game best of five final series)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Humboldt 4, Flin Flon 0(Best of five final series tied 1-1)<h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19</h3>Humboldt 4, Flin Flon 3(Humboldt leads best of five final series 2-1)<h2>QUEBEC JUNIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Quebec 3, Nationales 1(Nationales leads best of nine semi-final series 4-3)<h3>SUNDAY. MARCH 16</h3>Quebec 5, Nationales 0(Best of nine semi-final series tied 4-4)<h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Quebec 3, Nationales 2(Quebec wins best of nine semi-final series 5-4)<h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Quebec 3, Canadiens 1(First game best of seven final series)<h2>OHA JUNIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>St. Catharines 6, Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s 2(First game best of seven semi-finals series)<h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 16</h3>Toronto Malboros 7, Guelph 3(Best of seven semi-final series tied 2-2)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s 3, St. Catharines 1(Best of seven semi-final series tied 1-1)<h3>TUESDAY, MARCH 18</h3>Guelph 5, Toronto Marlboros 1(Guelph leads best of seven semi-final series 3-2)<h3>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19</h3>Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s 4, St. Catharines 0(Toronto leads best of seven series 2-1)<h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>St. Catharines 5, Toronto St. Mike&rsquo;s 1(Best of seven semi-final series tied 2-2)<h3>FRIDAY, MARCH 21</h3>Guelph 3, Toronto Marlboros 1(Guelph wins best of seven series 4-2).<h2>THUNDER BAY JUNIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Port Arthur Bruins 7,Fort William Hurricanes 3(Fort William leads best of seven final series 3-2)<h2>MANITOBA JUNIOR</h2><h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Winnlped 4, Brandon 1(Winnipeg wins best of seven final series 4-1)<h2>WESTERN CANADA JUNIOR</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Regina 9, Edmonton 3(First game best of seven final series)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Edmonton 5, Regina 4(Best of seven final series tied 1-1)<h3>THURSDAY, MARCH 20</h3>Regina 5, Edmonton 5 (overtime tie)(Best of seven final series tied 1-1. Ono game tied)<h2>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</h2><h3>SATURDAY, MARCH 15</h3>Troy 2, Grand Rapids 1(Troy leads best of seven semi-final series 2-1)Toledo 7, Chatham 2(Toledo leads best of seven semi-final series 3-0)<h3>SUNDAY, MARCH 16</h3>Grand Rapids 3, Troy 0(Best of seven semi-final series tied 2-2)<h3>MONDAY, MARCH 17</h3>Toledo 7, Chatham 6(Toledo wins best of seven semi-final series 4-0) &#9632;

Minor League Parade At Quick Glance

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0019-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01203/1419211-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg"></div><h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S X-WORD KEY</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02162/1419204-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="565" height="849"></div><h3>ACROSS</h3>1&mdash;Pictured Detroit player.4&mdash;Dickie Moore&rsquo;s hockey playing brother is called this.6&mdash;That is.7&mdash;Initials of Armstrong, Leaf rookie.8&mdash;Name given a teammate of pictured star.10&mdash;One of the Colville&rsquo;s.12&mdash;When Lumley was injured Chicago &mdash; &ldquo;Moe&rdquo; Roberts as a replacement.13&mdash;Played defense for Pittsburgh last season.14&mdash;Eric Pettinger played for this NHL team in 192 8-29.15&mdash;Short for first name of an NHL linesman.17&mdash;Cerium (Sym.).18&mdash;Period of time.19&mdash;Gordie Howe celebrates his birthday in this month (abbr.).20&mdash;&rdquo;Pop&rdquo; Backor spent four of these with St. Louis.22&mdash;Artificial language.23&mdash;Pete Horeck is this in relation to Moncton Hawks&rsquo; coach.27&mdash;Charlie Conacher owns some of this out West.29&mdash;Indefinite article.30&mdash;Short for first name of 23 down.31&mdash;This is what the Leafs were on Feb. 17 th.33&mdash;Initials of Ferguson of Hershey.35&mdash;Number of goals scored by Allan Stanley last season.<h3>DOWN</h3>1&mdash;Pittsburgh Hornets sold this player recently.2&mdash;Patsy Callighen is one In the AHL.3&mdash;Amateur clubs sometimes &mdash; a player to an NHL team.4&mdash;Ray Hannigan&rsquo;s second name.5&mdash;Chicago recently tried to purchase this Canadien player.9&mdash;Initials of a Bruin center.11&mdash;Initials of Leaf player given a match penalty on Feb. 19th.13&mdash;A player sometimes does this to an opponent (abbr.).16&mdash;Initials of a member of the Leafs.17&mdash;This former NHL player operates a billiard parlor in Calgary.19&mdash;Pronoun.21&mdash;Russ Blinco, ex-NHL player, was born in &mdash; Mere, P.Q.23&mdash;This ex-Leaf is Syl Apps&rsquo; cousin.24&mdash;Upon.25&mdash;Initials of Demers, former NHL player.26&mdash;Name given Trigg, AHL linesman.28&mdash;A Boston defenseman.32&mdash;Initials of Zeldel of Indianapolis.34&mdash;initials of Nighbor, old-time player. &#9632;

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Hockey Crossword Puzzle

VOLUME 5 MONTREAL, MARCH 29, 1952 NUMBER 26<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01136/1419263-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="257" height="294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0276/1419256-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="264" height="296"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0361/1419249-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg" title="f0020-03" width="3012" height="1650"><figcaption class="caption-body">Wings Popular in Enemy TerritoryWho says they don&rsquo;t like the Detroit Red Wings in Montreal. Take a look at the above pictures and guess where they were taken. You&rsquo;re right &mdash; right in little old Canadiens&rsquo; town. The Wings &mdash; five of them &mdash; Howe, Kelly, Pavelich, Abel and Sawchuk accepted on offer to sign autographs for a few kids at Gerry Snyder&rsquo;s new sporting goods store in Montreal. But they didn&rsquo;t figure one a few thousand turning up. The kids swarmed all over the place, held up traffic and nearly broke down the store.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0447/1419242-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="2994" height="1830"><figcaption class="caption-body">Advertisements that the players would be on hand gave the kids time to plan their attack. In the lower picture a pee-wee from Snyder&rsquo;s sponsored little National League shows off his number nine to our cameraman. Howe, who the kid says stole his number looks on with Kelly, Pavelich and Abel and Sawchuk in the background. The kid plays for the Wings the kid next to him for the Hawks and the pair of the right for the Bruins. Where were the Canadiens ?</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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