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April 18, 1953
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
Five Remain The last time Montreal met Boston in the Stanley Cup final was 1910. live members of the Canadiens are still with the team Maurice Richard, Billy Reay, Butch Bouchard, Elmer Lach and Ken Mosdell. Back In Time Gerry McNeil, Montreal goaler, missed the first two games of the current Stanley Cup final with an injured ankle, hurt when hit by a Richard shot in practice. He returned and shut out the Bruins 3-0. HOW THE RACE GOES Final Series April 9—Canadiens 4. Boston 2. April 11—Boston 4, Canadiens 1. April 12—Canadiens 3, Boston 0. SERIES “A” March 24—Detroit 7, Boston 0. March 26—Boston 5, Detroit 3. March 29—Boston 2, Detroit 1. March 31—Boston 6, Detroit 2. April 2—Detroit 6, Boston 4. April 5—Boston 4, Detroit 2. SERIES “B” March 24—Canadiens 3, Chicago 1. March 26—Canadiens 4, Chicago 3. March 29—Chicago 2, Canadiens 1. March 31—Chicago 3, Canadiens 1. April…
King Clancy Draws 50 Votes As Coach
MONTREAL, Que.— Although he wasn’t eligible, not being an NHL mentor as yet, Frank ‘King’ Clancy had his supporters in the sixth annual Fans’ All-Star Poll. The colorful coach of the Pitts-burgs Hornets drew 50 first place votes and one second. That he should draw such a number of votes despite the fact that he is not in hockey’s big league is a tribute to Clancy’s feat of getting the Hornets into the American League Calder Cup finals against the Cleveland Barons. Next week in these pages be eligible, since he’s taking over from Joe Primeau as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs at the end of the current campaign.…
Player-Of-The-Week
Edward Michael Sandford is the name but during the 1953 Stanley Cup playoffs the trademark has been ‘goals’ and this is one reason the Boston Bruins are in the Finals against the Montreal Canadiens. “Sandy’ has been with the B’s six seasons now after coming up from the St. Michael’s juniors and had not shown the promise expected of him until the playoffs got underway. Not that this wasn’t a good time to start, for to date the big centre has potted eight goals and has had three assists for eleven points, two better than Montreal’s Bernie Geoffrion and teammates Johnny Peirson and Fleming Mackell. His eight goals is three better than Geoffrion who is runner-up in this department. in the one game the Bruins have salvaged in the Finals to date,…