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March 7, 1953
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Habs Infuriated Over Officiating As Wings Triumph
MONTREAL. Que.— When the Detroit Red Wings successfully repelled Montreal’s desperate bid to forestall the clinching of their fifth staright NHL· crown by edging Canadiens 4-3; recently, they unwittingly contributed to one of the stormiest aftermaths to take place at the Montreal Forum this year. And while the Wings may not be aware of it, they also took part in one of the longest periods in the annals of the NHL. Before the opening chukkler was over the clocked had ticked oft close to 55 minutes. An audience of 14,751 had turned out to make “Butch Bouchard Night” a success and their lively spirits quickly turned to scorn when Referee Frank Udvari chased Dickie Moore and Tom Johnson, leaving the Montrealers two men short. Ted Lindsay pumped home a double relay from Gordie…
Calgary Ousted From Playoffs By Lethbridge
REGINA, Sask.— Already teams are beginning to fall to the sidelines in the long playoff chase that leads to the Memorial Cup. The first teams to be eliminated in Western Canada were the Crows Nest Bass Coalers and the Winnipeg Barons, who finished at the bottom of their respective leagues. They have since been joined by the Calgary Buffaloes, who dropped three straight games to the Lethbridge Native Sons in their best-of-five semifinal playoff. The scores were 1-0, 7-6 and 3-1. That 7-6 Lethbridge victory was the only one they scored in Calgary all season, with four-year junior veteran Billy Dea potting the winning goal in the last minute of play. In recent years the Lethbridge club, then under coach Pete Slo-bodian, folded badly in the playoffs. Twice they finished on top of the…
Marty Pavelich One Of NHL’s Most Underrated Stars
DETROIT, Mich.— If the NHL awarded a trophy to its most underrated player, left winger Marty Pavelich of Detroit’s Red Wings would be a top candidate. Though his diligent work is frequently overshadowed by his All-Star teammates, as a checker he has few peers and has been a great factor in the Wings success story. Now in his sixth season, Pavelich is a product of the Detroit farm system. He learned his hockey in Sault Ste Marie, Ont., and was guided to a pro career by Fred Cox of the Soo and Carson Cooper, ex-Detroit scout. When he graduated to junior ranks he was sent to the Galt Red Wings of the OHA. At the start of the 1947-48 season the 19-year-old Pavelich joined the Indianapolis Capitals of the AHL, and after…
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Rookie Hotshot Guyle Fielder of the St. Fouls Flyers seems a certainty to take the rookie of the year award. At present he leads all AHL players in points. League Badmen The Pittsburgh Hornets continue to lead the American League’s badmen. To date the steel city sextet has managed to spend a total of 758 minutes in the sin bin. HOW THE RACE GOES STANDING ON TUES. A.Μ. MARCH 3 THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26 Buffalo 1 at Providence 6 PROVIDENCE—The Providence Reds, held scoreless in the first period clicked for six goals to the Buffalo Bisons 1 to trim them, 6-1 in an American Hockey League game. Buffalo: Goal, Plante; defence, Ed-dolls, Lavitt, MacNeil, Pilote; forwards: Kaiser, Davis, MacKay, Conacher, Davies, Fryday, Achtymichuk, Pennell. Providence: Goal, Bennett; defence, Egan, Bourassa, Morris, Kryzanowski, Bloomer forwards: Sullivan, Gladu, Laplante, Kapusta, Baccari, Scherza, Toppazzini,…
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