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April 14, 1956

The Hockey News April 14, 1956

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Montreal Canadiens, the 1955-56 National Hockey League champions, made almost a complete runaway of positions on the annual Hockey News Fans&rsquo; All-Star team, capturing six of a possible seven spots on the first team, including the coaching berth.</p><p>Named to the first team by the fans were Jacques Plante in goals; Doug Harvey on defense; Jean Beliveau at centre; Bert Olmstead and Maurice Richard on the wings; and Toe Blake as the coach.</p><p>The only player to shatter the Hab monopoly on first team positions was Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; outstanding jack-of-all-trades, Len (Red) Kelly, who was named to, partner Harvey on defense.</p><p>One Hab also made the second team. He was Tommy Johnson, who earned a defense berth along with Bill Gadsby of the New York Rangers. The goaler on the second team is Lorne (Gump) Worsley, also of the Rangers while the forward line is made up of Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay on the wings flanking Tod Sloan of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Fiery Phil Watson of the Rangers was selected as the second team coach.</p><p>If a third team were to be named it would have Glenn Hall of Detroit in the nets; Fern Flaman of the Boston Bruins and Marcel Pronovost of Detroit on defense; Dutch Reibel of Detroit at centre; Dean Prentice of New York and Andy Bathgate of New York on the wings; and Jimmy Skinner of Detroit as the co ach.</p><p>In addition to naming their All-Stars, the fans this season also voted for the players they considered the loop&rsquo;s most valuable and the top first year man.</p><p>Jean Beliveau, the Canadiens&rsquo; big siege gun centre, was the fans&rsquo; choice as the Most Valuable Player to his team in the NHL, but he won out over Tod Sloan of the Leafs by a very narrow margin (See page 4).</p><p>Glenn Hall, the young netminder who stepped into the big shoes vacated by Terrific Terry Sawchuk when he was traded to the Boston Bruins, was the fans&rsquo; choice as the league&rsquo;s Top Rookie. He nosed out Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard of the Canadiens for the honor.</p><p>Kelly, Harvey, Richard and Beliveau were holdovers from last year on the first team All-Stars. Olmstead moves up from the second to the first team this season.</p><p>Missing from the list of players who were named to the initial squad at this time last year are Sid Smith, left wing, and Harry Lumley, goals. Both players were this season well below their form of 1954-55 and drew scant mention from the balloteers.</p><p>Dick Irvin, who was last year named first team coach, this season switched allegiance from the Canadiens to the Chicago Black Hawks and his place on the first team was taken over by his successor with the Habs, Toe Blake.</p><p>Missing from the second team lineup of a year ago are Ted Kennedy, at centre; Bob Goldham and Tim Horton, on defense; Terry Sawchuk in goals and Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion at right wing.</p><p>Second team coach last year was Jim Skinner. This season the jovial Red Wing mentor slipped slightly to the third squad.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

Habs Dominate Fans’ All-Star Selections

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“Learn To Play The Big League Way”

<p>MONTREAL. Que.&mdash;</p><p>The Canadiens powered four straight goals in the final period to open the Stanley Cup finals with a 6-4 victory over Red wings.</p><p>With the Detroiters holding a 1-2 lead and bidding tor a stunning upset against sizeable uvlds. Montreal unleashed its famed power as Jackie Leclair, Bernie Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau and Claude Provost scored successive goals.</p><p>The first three came in a space of slightly more than two minutes&mdash;between 5:29) and 7:31 of the third period. The teams were at full strength all this time as well as when Provost&rsquo;s clincher came at 10:49.</p><p>Beliveau and Alex Delvecchio each scored twice. Henri Riehadd got the other Montreal tally while Bill Dineen and Ted Lindsay also clicked for Detroit.</p><p>The 13.964 fans at the Forum were shocked as Detroit mvoed into the lead three different times. Delvecchio got the only firstperiod tally before five goals went home in the early stages of the second period. Detroit&rsquo;s leads were 1-0, 2-1, 3-2 and the latter later was stretched to 4-2.</p><p>Referee Jack Mehlenbacher administered the game, calling 1 I penalties, seven on each side. They came early and Rocket Richard was serving the seventh penalty of play when Delvecchio got the opening goal at 3:17. Detroit scored twice on tower plays, Montreal once.</p><p>It was far from a goalies&rsquo; battle but Detroit&rsquo;s Clenn Hall still stopped 33 shots while Jacques Plante turned back 22.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Game No. 1

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01344/1602505-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="968" height="783"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MARTY PAVELICH</b> of the Red Wings stares off into the corner at the puck which has just been deflected by Doug Harvey of the Canadiens (right) who managed to get in fast and prevent Sabu from getting away a shot at Jacques Plante in the Montreal cage. Plante seems a little puzzled as he gazes over his shoulder. <span class="photo-credit">(&mdash;Photo by Gerry Donati)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Habs’ Harvey Stops Sabu

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01189/1603766-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN BELIVEAU</b> groans as he gazes down al a loose puck (circle) just lying there waiting for someone to grab. Unfortunately for the Hab centre, he was unable to free his stick before Glenn Hall in the Red Wing nets gathered in the stray rubber. Bert Olmstead, shown being tied up in front of the cage, was also unable to get a whack at the loose disc. <span class="photo-credit">(—Photo by Gerry Donati)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>Loose Puck&ndash;No Luck!</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></h2>

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HOME ICE “JINX” SNAPPED

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Who says 13 isn&rsquo;t lucky?</p><p>Not the Detroit Red Wings and that&rsquo;s for sure! Maybe the Montreal Canadiens!</p><p>Because of that pesky number, or at least partially because of it, the Wings find themselves on the short end of the 3-1 count in games in the Stanley Cup final series against the mighty Canadiens.</p><p>Where does the 13 center the picture?</p><p>In twelve playoff meetings between the Habs and Wings prior to the fourth game of this year&rsquo;s final, the home team had always triumphed.</p><p>This long series of &ldquo;home ice wins&rdquo; goes all the way back to April 9, 1954, the last time a visiting team managed to come up with a victory in a Detroit-Montreal series.</p><p>On that occasion Ken Mosdell scored in overtime to give the Habs a 1-0 victory over the Motor City crew.</p><p>Now the string has been broken. By blanking the Wings 3-0 on Olympia ice in the fourth game of this year&rsquo;s final, the Habs snapped the skein at 12.</p><p>Thus the reason for &ldquo;13&rdquo; being considered lucky in Montreal, unlucky in Detroit.</p><h2><b>In Deep Hole</b></h2><p>The loss to the Habs put the Wings deep in the hole in the series and it will take an almost miraculous recovery for them to overcome that 3-1 deficit in games, especially with two of the three remaining games (if necessary) slated for Montreal Forum ice, where the Habs are next to invincible.</p><p>If it was indeed fate that caused the Wings to drop this tilt to the league-champion Habs, then Jean Beliveau and Jacques Plante must certainly rate as the tools of same.</p><p>It was Beliveau, the big, freewheeling centreman, who fired a brace of goals to give the Montrealers an early lead they never relinquished. And it was Plante, known in hockey circles as Jake the Snake, who turned aside everything the Red Wings could muster to throw at him and then some.</p><p>It was also power, too much all around power, which was on the Habs&rsquo; side all the way. They checked the Wings hard, took full advantage of every opportunity, and played generally sound, offensive hockey throughout the piece, fully deserving their advantage.</p><p>It was this power that gave the Habs a stranglehold on the coveted Stanley Cup&hellip;with an assist from old number &ldquo;13&rdquo;, although, it might be added, they made their own luck.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Montreal Ends 12-Game Skein In Motor City

<div class="byline">MARSHALL DANN</div><p class="dropcap"><span>H</span>ockey&rsquo;s &ldquo;War of 18:12&rdquo; saw Doug Harvey, a Montreal defenseman turned toward offense, leading a Canadien raiding party into the no-man&rsquo;s land of the Olympia promenade.</p><p>So named because it took place at 18:12 of the final period of a Stanley Cup playoff game here, the skirmish possibly had the greatest audience i of any hockey melee in history.</p><p>There were a mere 14,544 fans in the Olympia but the witnesses also included countless hundreds of thousands who watched on a television network of 12 cities (including Montreal).</p><p>This is what they saw:</p><p>With Detroit holding a 2-1 lead Gordie Howe made a downice rush in which he eluded Harvey several times before firing a goal that gave Detroit its final 3-1 margin of victory.</p><p>Harvey retired to the Montreal bench to mull over the action. He wrapped a towel around his neck, took a couple of swigs of the water bottle and began a silent review of how things all seem to go wrong for a fellow some nights.</p><p>This commiserating reverie was shattered by a disturbing outside force. A few seats away sat Steve Kemeny, a 37-year-old hockey fan from the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte. Kenmeny said later that he was a fan of 20 years and also a somewhat impartial one since he had even cheered Jean Beliveau&rsquo;s magnificent goal for Montreal some two periods earlier.</p><p>Kemeny was not cheering now, however, but jeering. And Harvey was his target.</p><h2><b>A Challenge</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Whatta All-Star defenseman you are, Harvey&hellip;on the ice for all three Detroit goals,&rdquo; he jibed.</p><p>Harvey, who takes pride in the distinction as well as the cash which goes with All-Star selection, considered it a classic insult. Also a challenge.</p><p>Stepping carefully so as not to tred with his blades on the feet of two women at the end of the row of seats, Harvey climped quickly to Kemeny&rsquo;s seat (fifth from the end).</p><p>&ldquo;Shut up and sit down,&rdquo; Harvey thundered, blood in his eyes, fist and stick at the ready.</p><p>At this point, unfortunately, there are two versions as to what happens next. Since police, lawyers and maybe a judge will finally decide which version is accurate, here are both:</p><h2><b>&ldquo;White As A Ghost&rdquo;</b></h2><p>Harvey: &ldquo;He became white as a ghost and sat down. I turned to leave but was surrounded by more fans. In the mixup they grabbed me and my stick. 1 didn&rsquo;t hit anybody.&rdquo;</p><p>Kemeny: &ldquo;After he said sit down, he shoved me down. Then 1 found my cheek bleeding where he had hit me.&rdquo;</p><p>By this time other Canadiens were rallying at platoon strength. Jean Beliveau went down the aisle after Harvey and others followed. Bert Olmstead attempted a flank maneuver but was discouraged in his attempt to clear a seven-foot fence. Rocket Richard leaped astride the dasher and jabbed once with his stick coward the crowd.</p><p>Olympia ushers and Detroit police swarmed up from the rear, separated players from fans and finally escorted Kemeny to the first-aid room where three stitches closed the cut on his cheek.</p><h2><b>Scene Shifts</b></h2><p>The scene moved from Olympia to a police station and the Wayne County prosecutor&rsquo;s office the next day. Kemeny sought a warrant and Harvey appeared to file his statement. Since the Canadians don&rsquo;t have the foresight Io include a lawyer in their traveling party, Olmstead and Coach Toe Blake accompanied him to counsel.</p><p>Ralph Garber, chief assistant prosecutor, listened to all concerned. He postponed action on the warrant five days, requesting police to seek more witnesses with substantiating evidence.</p><p>Possible charges: Assault and battery (90 days and $100 fine) or assault with a deadly weapon (a felony&mdash;four years.)</p><p>Likely outcome: Dismissal.</p><p>Clarence Campbell, National League president, was at rink side but indicated that he would take no disciplinary action until all legal aspects of the case were closed.</p><h2><b>Denies Claim</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02253/1602035-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="305" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG HARVEY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Charges Montreal Player Assaulted Him with Stick

<div class="byline">VINCE LUNNY</div><p>DETROIT. MICH.&mdash;</p><p>Sport folk believe in jinxes. Psychiatrists say they don&rsquo;t exist, that matters aren&rsquo;t influenced by such intangibles.</p><p>How then can they explain the fact that the Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings can&rsquo;t win playoff games on each other&rsquo;s ice?</p><p>The jinx&mdash;you can&rsquo;t tell hockey players it&rsquo;s a product of the imagination&mdash;persisted at least through the third game of the current final series for the Stanley Cup.</p><p>It operated for the Red Wings when they shattered a 1-1 draw in tile third period and defeated the Habs, hard and haughty National Hockey League champions, 3-1.</p><p>The victory was the 12th favorable home ice playoff decision between the two clubs, dating back to the fifth game of the 1954 set. Kenny Mosdell won that contest for the Habs 1-0 on a sudden death overtime goal in Detroit.</p><p>The home ice streak then began, extending through the last two games of the 1954 final, all seven clashes in 1955 and the first three of 1956.</p><p>Coach Toe Blake of the Habs accepted the reversal philosophically.</p><p>&ldquo;We didn&rsquo;t expect to win four straight games against the Wings.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;After all Detroit finished second in the National Hockey League. They were belter than four other major league clubs.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Hostile Crowd</b></h2><p>Even before the clubs left Montreal, after the first two games, general manager Frank Selke said: &ldquo;The Wings will be tougher at home and our younger players will find things a little more difficult before a hostile crowd.&rdquo;</p><p>With Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe, two indominatable veterans, scoring the decisive third period goals, the Wings were just as tough as advertised.</p><p>The loss was the first for the Habs in six playoff games. They had rebounded off the deck to take three straight from the New York Rangers in the semi-final, following a split in the first two games, and then dipped the first two games against Detroit in the familiar confines of the Forum.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Dick Irvin Jinx&rdquo;</b></h2><p>There could be another jinx at work, too. Canadiens have never won a final series from Detroit. However may be that one can be classed as a Dick Irvin jinx, one eliminated with the departure of the dour, bitter coach. Irvin never took a championship from the Wings in his nine seasons at Toronto either.</p><p>Detroit writers seem to relish the departure of Irvin from the Stanley Cup scene. Lyall Smith wrote: &ldquo;Darned if it isn&rsquo;t hard to get all riled up about Montreal any more. They not only have one of the greatest hockey teams of all-time but they now have come up with a new coach, Hector Biake, who has once - hostile writers eating out of his hand.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Drained of Poise</b></h2><p>And this is what Harry Stapler wrote: &ldquo;Under sharptongued Dick Irvin in the last two playoff series against Detroit, the Canadiens lived uncertainly. They often were drained of poise.</p><p>&ldquo;Blake peacefully forced a change. His notable job has been to pour into the temperamental French-Canadians who dominate the club confidence, stability and poise.&rdquo;</p><p>That&rsquo;s a nice tribute to a hardworking sincere man who is trying to equal a record in his rookie year, to match the feat of Jim Skinner of Detroit. Skinner, another sincere fellow, was the first NHL coach to win the league championship and the Stanley Cup in his first year.</p><p>Blake thought he failed to play his line of Dickie Moore and the Richard brothers enough in the third game of the series, won by Detroit on the goals by Lindsay and Howe.</p><p>&ldquo;Perhaps I should have used them more,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;but 1 relied on Floyd Curry, Jackie Leclair and Claude Provost, who played such terrific hockey in the first two games in Montreal.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Will Play More</b></h2><p>The Richard-Moore-Richard line was slated to see more action as the series wore on.</p><p>That remark was typical of Blake. No alibis. No excuses. No recriminations. No putting the blame or. his players. It is statements like that, assuming full responsibility for strategy and tactics, that have endeared Blake to management, to his players, to the writers.</p><p>So far, with Frank Selke lending his sound judgement to the over-all picture and with Blake directing the club without Interference, the series has been a pleasant one&mdash;marred by only one incident.</p><h2><b>Jack Blasts Junior</b></h2><p>That was Jack Adams&rsquo; blast at Frank Selke Jr. for an article in the Forum program. The general manager of the Wings took exception to Junior&rsquo;s remarks in which he cited an imaginative interview with Ted Lindsay, exhorting the Wings to chop down the Canadiens.</p><p>Most observers saw nothing particularly wrong in the article. It was strictly imaginative, written in a light vein. Few would take it seriously. It wasn&rsquo;t meant to be.</p><p>In the Montreal camp the thought was that Adams had just seized upon it to add fire to his Wings by injecting a little more rivalry into the set.</p><p>The article contained no charges against the Wings, no definite statements that they planned to rough up the Montrealers. Just some words attributed to Lindsay but in such vein that the reader couldn&rsquo;t possibly construe them as anything but mild humor.</p><h2><b>Wins New Friends</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01269/1602004-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="640" height="776"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TOE BLAKE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“Never Expected Clean Sweep” Says Philosophical Toe Blake

<p><b>Goal</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02223/1602101-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="641" height="897"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES PLANTE</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Defense</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01268/1602094-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="466" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG HARVEY</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Defense</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03150/1602087-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="465" height="464"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RED KELLY</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>FIRST TEAM</b></h2><p><b>Goal&mdash;Jacques Plante, Mtl. Canadiens</b></p><p><b>Defense&mdash;Douq Harvey, Mtl. Canadiens</b></p><p><b>Defense&mdash;Red Kelly, Detroit Red Winqs</b></p><p><b>Centre&mdash;Jean Beliveau, Mtl. Canadiens</b></p><p><b>Riqht Winq&mdash;Maurice Richard, Mtl. Can.</b></p><p><b>Left Winq&mdash;Bert Olmstead, Mtl. Can.</b></p><p><b>Coach&mdash;Toe Blake, Mtl. Canadiens</b></p><h2><b>SECOND TEAM</b></h2><p><b>Goal&mdash;Lome Worsley, N.Y. Ranqers</b></p><p><b>Defense&mdash;Bill Gadsby, N.Y. Ranqers</b></p><p><b>Defense&mdash;Tom Johnson, Mtl. Canadiens</b></p><p><b>Centre&mdash;Tod Sloan, Toronto Maple Leafs</b></p><p><b>Riqht Winq&mdash;Gordie Howe, Red Winqs</b></p><p><b>Left Winq&mdash;Ted Lindsay, Dt. Red Winqs</b></p><p><b>Coach&mdash;Phil Watson, N.Y. Ranqers</b></p><p><b>Left Wing</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0493/1602080-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="464" height="938"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BERT OLMSTEAD</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Centre</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0563/1602073-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="480" height="960"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN BELIVEAU</b></figcaption></div><p><b>Right Wing</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0641/1602066-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="482" height="951"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAURICE RICHARD</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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1955-56 All-Stars

<div class="byline">Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01336/1602209-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="243" height="234"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02301/1602202-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="339" height="76"></div><p><b>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p>Founded October 1st 1947</p><p>Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.</p><p>1434 Ste. Catherine Street West Montreal 25, Que.</p><p>Yearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire: $4.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.</p><p>Entered as second-class matter, October 3. 1953, at the Post Office ar Rouses Point, N.Y.. under the Act of March 3rd. 1879 Authorized au second-class mail. Post Office Department, Ottawa Printed in Canada.</p><p><b>VOL. 9 MONTREAL, APRIL 14, 1956 No. 29</b></p><p><b>DETROIT&mdash;THE MOVING</b> mountain that skates, Jean Beliveau, is leading Montreal to the Stanley Cup much the same way he paced the club to the National Hockey League championship&hellip;The method is quite simple&hellip;He just scores more goals than anyone else&hellip;The modest giant scored two goals in Sunday&rsquo;s 3-0 Montreal win on three shots on the net&hellip;Thirteen proved unlucky to Detroit. Sunday&rsquo;s game was the thirteenth between these annual rivals in Cup finals that had seen the home team winners every time. The last time the visiting team skated off as winners was in the fifth game of the 1954 finals at Detroit when Ken Mosdell scored in overtime to give Canadiens a 1-0 win&hellip;Toe Blake, who has done a terrific coaching job with Canadiens may lick Detroit in his first try. This is something Dick Irvin was never able to do in a championship (final) series&hellip;There seems to be more harmony and a better spirit in the Montreal camp this year than in past playoff series&hellip;By winning the Cup, Blake will duplicate Jimmy Skinner&rsquo;s feat of winning both the NHL crown and the Stanley Cup in his first season as a National League coach&hellip;Red Kelly is once again proving his true greatness. Old Reliable has been the standout member of the Wings. He never quits and plays with all he&rsquo;s got if his team is winning or losing. Kelly, great competitor that he is, has been hampered throughout the finals by a black eye, swollen lip and loss of three teeth&hellip;Gordie Howe has been a workhorse for the Wings. The big fellow hasn&rsquo;t had too much luck around the goal but lie&rsquo;s played brilliantly in every game of the finals.</p><p><b>&ldquo;A LOT</b> of people are going to miss the big rally,&rdquo; solemnly remarked Fred Huber as the fans made their way to the exits in the closing minutes of Sunday&rsquo;s game. The witty Huber, Detroit&rsquo;s crack publicist and telecaster, made this statement midway through the second period of Sunday&rsquo;s 3-0 game when an octopus was hurled on the Olympia ice: &ldquo;Gentlemen, our annual octopus has arrived. This is the third Cup final in which this has happened and is the first time that Detroit was losing when it happened&rsquo;&rsquo;&hellip;Danny Gallivan did a superb job on the play by play simulcast. The former Cape Bretoner is now the best hockey announcer in the land&hellip;Linesman Doug Davies has been in stitches ever since the playoffs started. He took three in his chin during Sunday&rsquo;s contest and six over the eye in the Toronto-Detroit series&hellip;When the puck broke in half during the third game of the finals it marked the first time that it has ever happened in the National Hockey League&hellip;Reason given for it happening was that it wasn&rsquo;t frozen enough&hellip;Do you know that every puck used in the NHL is placed in a refrigerator around 4:30 p.m. on the afternoon of a game&hellip;Detroit defenseman Warren Godfrey who suffered a double fracture of the jaw several weeks ago has lost over 2 0 pounds. He is still on liquids and will continue to be so a few weeks yet. His teeth are still wired together&hellip;Jack Adams figures his club isn&rsquo;t hungry enough this year after capturing everything in sight the last two years&hellip;Frank Selke Jr. did a fine job on a Toronto hockey telecast during the playoffs&hellip;Dollard St. Laurent played well for the Habs when given the opportunity to show what he could do.</p><p><b>COACH TOE BLAKE</b> has maintained all along that his team must win games on the road. His team isn&rsquo;t letting him down, either&hellip;Amiable Butch Bouchard and Blocky Bucky Hollingworth almost came to blows in a mid-ice harangue at the end of Sunday&rsquo;s tussle&hellip;Both are noted bench warmers and were the freshest men involved in the short-lived tussle&hellip;Too bad the TV cameras missed this as they hurried the game off the air&hellip;Henri Richard sprained his thumb during this post-game altercation&hellip;Metro Prystai is a tough luck guy. His NHL career has been dogged with injuries. It is hoped that the Injury to his left eye will not have any permanent effects&hellip;Montreal boasts one of the best balanced teams of all time&hellip;Three members of the club, Beliveau, Harvey and M. Richard, are probably the finest players ever&hellip;Rookie Bob Turner, who entered the NHL with absolutely no fan fare, has been a crackerjack on the Montreal defense&hellip;Turner must be one of the fastest defensemen in hockey&hellip;The two best rookies of the 1955-56 season are opposing each other in the finals. They are Henri Richard of Canadiens and Glenn Hall of Detroit&hellip;Allan Stanley, Glen Skov and Johnny Wilson are some of the NHL players taking in the finals. Skov and Wilson were both with the Wings this time last year&hellip;Murph Chamberlain, Wilt Cude, Jack Stewart and Howie Meeker are other ex-NHL&rsquo;ers on hand for the games&hellip;Jacques Plante played 1ms best game of playoff hockey when he shut out Detroit, 3-0&hellip;Boom Boom Geoffrion also played his best game on Detroit ice Sunday&hellip;Conn Smythe and Tommy Ivan were noted at the games&hellip;Al Arbour has played well for the Wings since joining the team. He wears glasses and has them taped to his head.</p><h2><b>Second Team All-Stars</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03226/1602195-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="328" height="322"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>TOM JOHNSON</b></p><p><b>Defense</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04173/1602188-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="328" height="324"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>LORNE WORSLEY</b></p><p><b>Goal</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05151/1602181-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="326" height="317"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>BILL GADSBY</b></p><p><b>Defense</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06123/1602174-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="310" height="296"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>TED LINDSAY</b></p><p><b>Left Wing</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07102/1602167-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="303" height="302"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>TOD SLOAN</b></p><p><b>Centre</b></p></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0889/1602160-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="312" height="309"><figcaption class="caption-body"><p><b>GORDIE HOWE</b></p><p><b>Right Wing</b></p></figcaption></div><h2><b>Top Coach</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-0986/1602153-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="311" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toe Blake</b></figcaption></div><div class="sidebar"><h2><b>TOP FRESHMEN</b></h2><p><b>1&mdash;Glenn Hall (956)</b></p><p><b>2&mdash;Henri Richard (902)</b></p><p><b>3&mdash;Andy Hebenton (694)</b></p><p><b>4&mdash;Dick Duff (634)</b></p></div><h2><b>Rookie</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1078/1602146-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="303" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GLENN HALL</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Runner-Up</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1154/1602139-1-eng-US/f0004-112.jpg" title="f0004-11" width="288" height="283"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PHIL WATSON</b></figcaption></div><div class="sidebar"><h2><b>MOST VALUABLE</b></h2><p><b>1&mdash;Jean Beliveau (891)</b></p><p><b>2&mdash;Tod Sloan (869)</b></p><p><b>3&mdash;Red Kelly (321)</b></p><p><b>4&mdash;M. Richard (320)</b></p></div><h2><b>MVP</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-1229/1602132-1-eng-US/f0004-122.jpg" title="f0004-12" width="311" height="321"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JEAN BELIVEAU</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<p><b>Next week&rsquo;s edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS will carry the 1956 AWARDS I WINNERS, an annual feature of the paper.</b></p><p><b>As is customary, THE HOCKEY NEWS each year awards beautiful certificates to the three top figures in hockey.</b></p><p><b>The first goes to the &ldquo;executive of the year&rdquo; while the second is awarded to the &ldquo;coach of the year.&rdquo; The third is awarded to the &ldquo;player of the year.&rdquo;</b></p><p><b>Last year&rsquo;s winners were Ken Reardon (executive). Bud Poile,.coach of the Edmonton Flyers (coach) and Harry Lumley of the Toronto Maple Leafs (player).</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Hockey Awards Next Week

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01289/1602264-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>THE MAN IN THE MASK</b> above is All-Star defenseman Red Kelly, shown rushing in to pick up a rebound deflected by Detroit Red Wings goaler Glenn Hall. Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard, who made the shot is shown circling behind Kelly. <span class="photo-credit">(—Photo by Gerry Donati)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Man In The Mask Rushes For Rebound

<p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>Canadiens kept up their highscoring tactics to defeat Detroit, 5-1. and seize a two-game lead in their best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup.</p><p>It was Detroit&rsquo;s sixth straight playoff defeat on Forum ice over a span of three years.</p><p>Unlike in the opener. Canadiens didn&rsquo;t wait for the third period this time. By that time they held a 3-0 edge. Norm Uullman interrupted Montreal scoring with the lone Detroit goal but Jean Beliveau and Rocket Richard went on to increase the Canadian margin.</p><p>Donnie Marshall. Henri Richard and Bernie Geoffrion built up the early lead, with Marshall&rsquo;s starter coming under unusual circumstances.</p><p>Detroit had iced its power-play crew for the first time in the game after Floyd Curry&rsquo;s penalty at 7:02 and Marshall waited only 21 seconds to score while his team was shorthanded. He got behind the Detroit rearguards For a breakaway with an intended clearance.</p><p>It was Marshall&rsquo;s second playoff goal, both coming while on a penalty-killing assignment.</p><p>Of the 13 penalties assessed by Referee Frank Udvari&mdash;seven to Montreal&mdash;that was the only one which figured in the scoring in any way.</p><p>Again Glenn Hall had the hardest work in the nets since Montreal built up a 33-20 edge in shots.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Game No. 2

<div class="byline">MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Whenever Red Kelly and Jean Beliveau get together 10 years or so from now, they can stage a merry debate on an exceedingly unpleasant topic.</p><p>Both have become qualified experts about how to work in playoffs on an empty stomach.</p><p>Since hockey players are a great steak-eating crowd, any kind of diets are involuntary. Which was their case. Both already were known as &ldquo;hungry&rdquo; players in the accepted hockey sense. Then they made it literal.</p><p>Beliveau, Montreal&rsquo;s classy center, took up the diet fad in the Stanley Cup round a year ago. His trouble was an allergy which caused painful blisters to form on the inside of his mouth. He could not eat solid foods and embarked on liquids which he found were anything but filling and satisfying.</p><p>Kelly joined the lodge this spring. The starry Detroit defenseman caught a stray shot by Sid Smith flush on the mouth in the last game of the semifinal round against Toronto. It ripped him for 12 stitches inside and outside the mouth and knocked out three teeth.</p><p>His gums sore and his mouth painful and swollen, Kelly also was forced to turn to liquids. He faced three choices at every meal&mdash;mush, soup and milk. For energy, raw eggs were whipped into the milk and he took down a dose of this several times a day.</p><h2><b>Wore Face Mask</b></h2><p>The facial injuries also required a protective mask and this grotesque cage was dubbed his Easter bonnet since it was donned the first time on Easter Eve.</p><p>&ldquo;I was hungry all the time, lost about 12 pounds the first six days and was always weak in my knees,&rdquo; Kelly said. &ldquo;Then that mask seemed to suffocate me. It was hard to get a deep breath while wearing it.&rdquo;</p><p>Under this setup it was considered something of a marvel that Kelly was even able to play. But he managed against those handicaps for two games in Montreal. Detroit lost them both but no one could blame Red, who was the outstanding Red Wing both times,</p><p>&ldquo;It was a gutty performance,&rdquo; insisted Jack Adams, who for once found agreement on both sides of the fence in his comment.</p><p>&ldquo;Some of our players should have been ashamed of themselves to be wearing the same uniform as Kelly Adams added in a stinging slap at some of his healthy regulars who failed to come up to the standards he expected.</p><p>Kelly finally threw off his mask and daylight streamed through on the Red Wings in the third game of the series. Kelly wore the cage for his first two turns, then ditched it and went in to score a goal that started Detroit to its victory.</p><h2><b>Ice Chips</b></h2><p>Capt. Ted Lindsay scored what proved to be the key Detroit goal of the semifinals against Toronto. Now the Wings are hoping that the fiery little veteran already has scored Detroit&rsquo;s key goal of the finals against Montreal.</p><p>Lindsay&rsquo;s big goal against the Maple Leafs came in the third game. Detroit had won a pair at home and the scene had shifted to Toronto. With the Leafs holding a 4-2 lead in the final period Gordie Howe and Lindsay sniped counters that sent the contest into sudden-death overtime.</p><p>Lindsay ended the suspense after 4.22 with the winning goal. It became the big goal of the series which the Wings eventually won by a 4-1 margin of victories.</p><p>Now shift the scene to the finals. Montreal won the opening pair on Forum ice by 6-4 and 5-1 scores. The Wings were making a backs-to-the wall stand when they came home to Olympia. Midway in the third period it was a 1-1 game, Kelly and Beliveau having sawed with first-period tallies.</p><p>Suddenly Marty Pavelich poked the puck free on the left boads and drove toward the Montreal zone. He fired from 40-foot range and Jacques Plante blocked the shot. The rebound dropped a few feet in front and Lindsay got it before the Canadien goalie could regain his feet. He slipped it home at 11.36 for what, proved to be the winning goal of a 3-1 game. Howe clinched it with another at 18.12.</p><h2><b>Timely Contributions</b></h2><p>This vital series of contributions by the firm of Lindsay, Howe & Pavelich was timely from a couple of viewpoints. Only that day Gener-Manager Jack Adams bad spoken out against players who devote time to their outside business connections during the hockey season. Lindsay, Howe and Pavelich are partners in a Detroit firm (Mapco) which supplies parts to the auto industry.</p><p>Against Montreal, as against Toronto, the Wings dug into their minor-league stockpile and hauled out a replacement. Defenseman Al Arbour followed Center Gerry Melnyk here from the Edmonton Flyers of the Western League.</p><p>The call went out for Arbour when Detroit came up with a defense which had a one-eyed player (Marcel Pronovost), a one-legged (Larry Hillman) and a third man who was near suffocation (Kelly and his mask). Pronovost&rsquo;s left eye was closed from successive wounds on either side and Hillman&rsquo;s wrenched knee took a turn for the worse.</p><h2><b>A Problem</b></h2><p>Getting Arbour was a problem. He had left Edmonton by auto for his home in Sudbury, Ont. When the Wings called there his wife said that Al had telephoned that his ear was broken down in Upper Michigan. Arbour arrived home a day later and switched horses. He grabbed a Toronto-bound airplane which reached North Bay where weather grounded it. Then he changed to trains and finally arrived in Montreal the morning of the second game. Althuogh he had not been on skates for 10 days, he was rushed into action and gave a creditable performance.</p><p>The Detroit defense situation was extra critical because Warren Godfrey was lost just before the. playoffs started. There had been hopes that his jaw fracture would heal fast enough to allow him to return for the finals. Doctors dashed those hopes last week when Godfrey underwent an Xray study. They said that he will be OK by next season, however.</p><h2><b>Started Same Way</b></h2><p>Alex Delvecchio, who paced the Wings in scoring against Toronto, started off the same way against Montreal with two goals in the opener which Capadiens took by a 6-4 score.</p><p>Delvecchio was the only center whom Coach Jimmy Skinner didn&rsquo;t tinker with in frequent juggling Of the lineup. Alex is shifted under normal procedure anyway when he moves in to center between Howe and Lindsay on the regular power-play.</p><p>For a while Skinner kept switching Dutch-Reibel and Norm Ullman between the first and third lines. Then he inserted Rookie Melnyk in both those spots. Finally he shifted Pavelich to center for a spell.</p><p>When Montreal grabbed the first two games by 6-4 and. 5-1 scores, there were prospects of the highest-scoring playoff series in history. Just last year these same two teams ran up the all-time high count of 47&mdash;27 by Detroit and 20 by Montreal over a seven-game run.</p><p>After 16 goals in the first two games, the boys hit a more normal playoff pace when Detroit took the third game,.3 to 1. If the series went seven games again, however, the record would be in danger.</p><p>Home ice continued to exert its mysterious magic. The home club has won the last 12 playoff games hetween these teams. Montreal tast. won a playoff game in I lie Olympia when Ken Mosdell threw in a blind whirling shot in over! line for a 1-0 decision April 1 1. 1 954. Just the night before Detroit posted its last playoff triumph in the Forum by a 2-0 score.</p><h2><b>Liquid Diet</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02261/1602295-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="311" height="301"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RED KELLY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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‘Hungry’ Red Kelly Paces Wings To Lone Series Victory To Date

<div class="byline">By MILT DUNNELL</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01360/1602381-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="618" height="193"></div><p><b>(As Seen in the Toronto Star)</b></p><h2><b>Habs Are Insurance Against Boredom</b></h2><p>BEFORE Red Dutton got rich, he used to offer what he considered foolproof evidence that hockey was a more exciting game than baseball. Red would say: &ldquo;People eat peanuts at baseball games. There&rsquo;s no time to eat peanuts in hockey.&rdquo; There have been nights when Red would have to admit he was wrong. Not only was there time to eat peanuts, there was time to grow them.</p><p>That was when the advocates of defence, were flaunting their charts in the faces of yawning customers. Those days apparently are gone. They&rsquo;d better be gone if the hockey brass is concerned about what happens in the box office. The best guarantee against their return is Montreal Canadiens. As long as Les Habs are shooting pucks like a pinball machine that&rsquo;s running amok, the freight-paying fans have insurance against coaches who would settle for a one-all draw or figure a two-goal lead should be enough to win any hockey game. You never have enough goals against the Habs until the final buzzer has gone, and you&rsquo;re still in front of them.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02245/1602374-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="304" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIM SKINNER</b></figcaption></div><p>Only twice in 14 years have as many as 10 goals been scored in any game of a Stanley Cup final. It&rsquo;s more than a coincidence that Habs won both of them. They did it in the first game of the finals with an outburst of counter-punching that knocked the Red Wings loose from their pin feathers. The last time the score in a final heat had gone to double digits was in&rsquo;53, when the French Fusiliers put the boots to Boston by a 7-3 score. Prior to that, you had to go all the way back to 1942 for a goal total that exceeded nine. That was when Leafs, with producers such as Syl Apps, Nick Metz, Sweeney Schriner, Gaye Stewart and Lome Carr, finally got trigger-happy after blowing the first three games to Detroit. In the fifth game, at Toronto, they blasted the Redbirds, 9-3. The Red Wings are still getting even.</p><h2><b>Red Wings Jarred By Their Own Thunder</b></h2><p>THE team that licks the Habs will have to go for the long ball. It&rsquo;s not going to be done by tapping singles. Red Wings fired enough goals in the opener to win most hockey games&mdash;especially in playoff competition. When they stepped back to admire the score, and sneak a look at the clock, there was a swoosh and a swish. The Habs, by gar, they went that-away. And the Red Wings are pretty good at that sort of thing themselves. They licked Leafs two games in which Toronto held a two-goal edge as late as the third period. This time, the birdshot was in the other barrel. And the Redbirds seemed stunned, even before Canadiens tied the score.</p><p>It&rsquo;s all good clean fun for the people who buy the tickets, but a trifle rough on folks such as Jimmy Skinner, who seemed on the verge of putting the Habs over a barrel by taking away the advantage of one extra home game which goes to the league champions. It was a heart-breaker, too, for rookie Glenn Hall, whose magic melted under the barrage of Toe Blake&rsquo;s big shooters. The comeback win should give the Habs an important psychological edge. Their four-goal blitz in less than six minutes could make the Detroits gun-shy.</p><p>It probably won&rsquo;t have any such effect. Those things don&rsquo;t seem to work that way in hockey. Only last year the Habs laced the Red Wings, 6-3, in the sixth game of the series at Montreal. The shellacking was supposed to have crushed the spirit of the Detroit club. There was no evidence of it when the Red Wings went home and clinched the cup with a 3-1 verdict. To the contrary, the costly lesson in the opening game may be useful to the Wings. They know that four goals are not enough to lick the Habs when the Mesieurs Beliveau, Richard, Geoffrion, etc., are rolling. But they didn&rsquo;t have to lose to learn that. They must have suspected it all season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Speaking on Sport

<div class="byline">By BUD BOOTH</div><p>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;</p><p>The dressing room is dark and desolate, the uniforms are packed away in their trunks for a summer&rsquo;s rest, the men that wore them have gone their seperate ways and the big Chicago Stadium is no longer a point of interest to the throngs that saw National League hockey there the past season.</p><p>Ah yes!&hellip;a rather dramatic and picturesque way to paint the conclusion of another Black Hawk campaign, but it just doesn&rsquo;t do a thing when the club involved finished last for the sixth time in the last seven years. Some gains were made, but were viewed with little importance due I to the final result.</p><p>With the cagy experience of ageless Coach Dick Irvin secured from Montreal and Tommy Ivan rolling into his second schedule as a rebuilding general manager it was felt in many circles that the Hawks, if nothing else, would at least desert the NHL cellar.</p><p>As looks of disgust and discouragement became more regular on the faces of Messrs., Irvin and Ivan as the season progressed it became more obvious that the team would again inherit the oblivion of the league basement and miss the Stanley Cup playoffs.</p><h2><b>Number of Gains</b></h2><p>For purposes of acknowledging that hope still springs eternal and that the Black Hawk future is still existent, we want to point to a few points to back up these impressions. There were really a number of gains over accomplishments listed in the records of the previous 1954-55 campaign.</p><p>The number of victories posted during the 70 games of the regular season advanced from 13 to 19. With a drop from 40 to 39 defeats the Hawks were able to notch 50 points in NHL standings. Just as in 54-5 5, however, this was no better than nine points behind the fifth place club.</p><h2><b>Three Improved</b></h2><p>Defensively the squad chopped off 19 goals scored by the opposition, but this didn&rsquo;t do too much good since six goals were lost offensively. Only three of Irvin&rsquo;s nine regular forwards improved as goal snipers, two bettered their assist records and only one forward was better in overall points.</p><p>This was the speedy Johnny Wilson who had his best season with an increase last season to this of 12 to 24 goals and 27 to 33 scoring points. Nick Mickoski jumped his goal-getting from 10 to 19 and the veteran and spunky Tony Leswick, only Hawk to get a hat trick the past year, potted upward from 10 to 11.</p><p>Ed Litzenberger and Glen Skov, although their scoring was definitely down improved as assisters. &ldquo;Litz&rdquo; piled up 29 as compared to 28 when he was ajudged &ldquo;rookie of the year&rdquo; in 54-55 while Skov&rsquo;s gain was from 16 to 20. The latter star is still coveted as a defensive skating center.</p><h2><b>Rollins Impressed</b></h2><p>Coach Irvin, riled several times during the season over the play of goaler Al Rollins, revised his judgement when the overall picture came into view. Al played in more games in the season just closed and improved his goals against average per game from 3.41 to an even 3.</p><p>Al is one of the men Irvin is expected to continue counting on barring an unforeseen deal for the likes of Gerry McNeil, Johnny Bower or Charlie Hodge. Other Chicagoans, however, may not found their futures so secure as another thorough shuffling in personnel seems set to take to the ice.</p><h2><b>Enjoyed Best Season</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03160/1602412-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="640" height="836"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOHNNY WILSON</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Wholesale Player Shake-Up Almost Certain For Hawks

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><p>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>The Hot Stove (Spring edition) has been rekindled in the Gotham by Muzz Patrick and Phil Watson who returned with encouraging scouting reports on Ranger prospects in the hinterlands.</p><p>Muzz was impressed with right wing Bruce Cline, left wing Jim Bartlett, defenseman Bob Robertson and goalie Johnny Bower, all with Providence of the American Hockey League.</p><p>Watson liked defenseman Ian Cushenan and forwards Gordie Vejprava and Gerry Prince of Cleveland.</p><p>Of the six, one, possibly two, will likely wear a Ranger uniform next season. Our guess is Bartlett and Bower.</p><p>One of the leading aspirants to au NHL berth is Cline. On appearance&mdash;he&rsquo;s 5-7, 137 pounds&mdash;Cline doesn&rsquo;t stand a chance but lie caught Patrick&rsquo;s eye so there must be something to him.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s got a lot on the ball,&rdquo; Muzz admitted. &ldquo;I was skeptical at first because of his smallishness. But the more I see him. the more lie reminds me of Mush March, the old Black Hawk star.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Can Stand Up</b></h2><p>Aside from scoring ability (27 goals, 30 assists in 64 games), Patrick wanted to see whether the compact 24-year old could stand up to the rugged going. Muzz is convinced he can.</p><p>&ldquo;Mind you, he won&rsquo;t go around belting a Beliveau or Flaman,&rdquo; Patrick advised, &ldquo;but lie won&rsquo;t back away from anybody either and lie&rsquo;s always on the puck.&rdquo;</p><p>We tabbed Cline on Dee. 17 after journeying with Watson to see Providence play at Springfield.</p><p>At the time Watson was skeptical about Cline although he had him as a junior when Phil coached Quebec Citadels.</p><p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s an honest worker,&rdquo; said Phil, &ldquo;but I don&rsquo;t think he has enough beef to make the NHL.&rdquo;</p><p>In this case there is no penalty for changing your mind and it is entirely possible that Watson will exercise the right after watching Cline in training camp.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Rocky&rdquo; May Return</b></h2><p>The Providence player who would figure to make the majors on potential and size is Bartlett, the turbulent left winger who had a brief stint with the Blues in mid-season.</p><p>Bartlett is rugged, a strong skater, has a good shot and loves to play the game. What more could a manager want?</p><p>&ldquo;I want him to stay in his lane,&rdquo; wailed Patrick with Torontonian overtones. &ldquo;When lie sees the puck, no matter where he is, Bartlett goes after it&mdash;and often pulls himself&rsquo;way out of position.</p><p>&ldquo;In camp we&rsquo;re going to paint a line on the ice, marking off the left wing alley. Everytime Bartlett crosses the line we&rsquo;il fine him a dollar. Maybe that&rsquo;ll cure him.&rdquo;</p><p>If Camille Henry returns to New York it will soothe the hearts of those who feel that the crafty center was &ldquo;railroaded&rdquo; out of the NHL.</p><h2><b>Superior Scorer</b></h2><p>Everyone from Patrick: down agrees that Henry is a superior goal scorer and playmaker. However he has to prove he can stand up to the heavy NHL bodychecks.</p><p>Someone suggested that Henry would be useful to the Blues if used only on the power play. It is a thought and Patrick is considering it. Henry led the AHL in goal scoring with 50 goals in 59 games and tallied a total of 91 points.</p><p>&ldquo;Henry belongs to Providence,&rdquo; Muzz explained. &ldquo;We sold him to them with the condition that we had the right to repurchase. If we feel he can help our club in September we&rsquo;ll buy him back.</p><p>&ldquo;Right now I&rsquo;d say he&rsquo;s got a 50-50 chance of making the Rangers.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>All-French Line</b></h2><p>It was rumored that Rangers would ice an all-French line of Henry, Guy Gendron and Ray Cyr, the latter with Vancouver.</p><p>Muzz doesn&rsquo;t think it will happen but allows that it isn&rsquo;t an impossibility. He has received nothing but good reports about Cyr although he hasn&rsquo;t seen him play this year.</p><p>Robertson, a 28-year old, 6-2 176 pound backliner has spent six years in the minors. He is not Ranger property so that if the Blues want him he&rsquo;ll have to be purchased.</p><p>Johnny Bower is an important figure in Blueshirt plans at the moment.</p><p>One gets the impression from talking with the Ranger brass that the 30-year old&mdash;he&rsquo;ll be 31 in November&mdash;goal tender will be back in the New York nets in 1956-57.</p><h2><b>Taboo With Phil</b></h2><p>Patrick was impressed with what he saw of Johnny and Watson thinks he&rsquo;s a &ldquo;good goaltender&rdquo; although Phil admitted to the writer that Bower has a bad habit of looking into the net after he&rsquo;s lost sight of the puck. That&rsquo;s a defeatist move and taboo with Phil.</p><p>It appears that Worsley and Bower again will battle for the goalie&rsquo;s spot. There is also the possibility that one will be traded. Last year the Black Hawks were after Bower but the Blues decided to keep him as insurance&mdash;which they never used. Now it&rsquo;s rumored that Worsley will go to Chicago.</p><p>Ray Mikulan of Vancouver is a promising goalie who is about two years away from the NHL. He is ready for delivery to Providence and Bruce Gamble, a young Ranger farmhand in Port Arthur, could step up to Vancouver.</p><p>It&rsquo;s all problematical but that&rsquo;s what Hot Stove Leagues are for, aren&rsquo;t they!</p><h2><b>Rocky May Return</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01311/1602443-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="636" height="954"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIM BARTLETT</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Abundance Of Promising Talent Encouraging To Rangers’ Brass

<div class="byline">By ROGER BARRY</div><p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Before the Boston Bruins departed for their extensive exhibition tour of Canada&rsquo;s Maritime Provinces, their unofficial coach conferred with their official coach, who wasn&rsquo;t going.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be short of defensemen, with Bill Quackenbush and Leo Boivin not making the trip,&rdquo; said Hal Laycoe to Milt Schmidt, &ldquo;so will it be all right with you if I use Doug Mohns on defense?</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;ll be great.&rdquo; replied Schmidt. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re planning to try him on defense in the fall anyway. See what you can do with him.&rdquo;</p><p>So while the Bruins were spending three week in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland. Mohns played left defense with Bob Armstrong as his partner.</p><p>At a position at which he will also receive fall training, the 22l year old forward had spring training, and it is possible that in the Bruins&rsquo; first stop in St. John, New Brunswick, the husky blond was embarked on a new career.</p><p>Laycoe&rsquo;s report is that as a defenseman the enigmatic forward looked not fair, not good, but great.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d say he was the star of the team,&rdquo; said the combination traveling secretary and unofficial coach. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t even act like the same player he was all season. He was obviously happier on defense.</p><h2><b>Told Him Everything</b></h2><p>&ldquo;He scored some of the most beautiful goals I&rsquo;ve ever seen with that terrific shot, and he seemed to catch onto defense tricks. We told him everything we could.</p><p>&ldquo;But just so no one will doubt that I&rsquo;m talking about the same Mohns,&rdquo; added Laycoe with a chuckle, &ldquo;in one of our games in St. John lie hit a kid on the other team with one of his shots and the kid had to leave the ice. About 10 of us knew just how the kid felt.&rdquo;</p><p>When Laycoe shifted Mohns to defense he also made another change, with the approval of Schmidt. He advanced Lionel Heinrich from defense to left wing, and of the blocky rookie he said:</p><h2><b>Turned On Speed</b></h2><p>&ldquo;The people up there went mad over him when he turned on his speed. He played on a line with Fleming Mackell and Jerry Toppazzini, and when lie was skating his wing and Mohns was coming down from defense we looked like the Olympic speed skating champions.&rdquo;</p><p>Of the 16-man Bruins&rsquo; party&mdash;the 14 players, Trainer Hammy Moore and Jack Johnson, a fan&mdash;the visit to the Maritimes was an innovation for all but Moore, last there when the Bruins trained up there more than 20 years ago. They enjoyed their trip.</p><p>&ldquo;We left here with snow everywhere. but up there we found nice clear roads for the most part and the driving was usually good. We had one tough drive from Fredericton (N.B.) to Bathurst (N.B.) when we ran into a blizzard and another tough one from Bathurst to Halifax, but no trouble in general.&rdquo;</p><p>The group traveled in five cars, the station wagons of Vic Stasiuk and Mackell, the sedans of Laycoe and Johnson and Moore&rsquo;s Cadillac. The players took turns driving. Ferny Flaman and Toppazzini alternating at the wheel of Moore&rsquo;s boat.</p><p>&ldquo;The crowds were wonderful everywhere,&rdquo; enthused Laycoe. sounding more like Manager Lynn Patrick than Coach Schmidt. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s real Bruins&rdquo; territory up there because our radio broadcasts are beamed to the Maritimes, and they knew us everywhere.</p><h2><b>Turned Fans Away</b></h2><p>&ldquo;They turned customers away for our opening game in St. John and when we played in Summerside on Prince Edward Island they were asking people all through the first period to sit closer together so more people could get in.</p><p>&ldquo;We played St. John&rsquo;s Beavers in many of our games, and they had a good little team, well organized with plenty of hustle. In other places we played All-Star teams, and sometimes we split up our squad. When we did that we usually put on a little show, such as a race between Heinrich and Mohns or the shooting drill we use in practice in which each men takes a turn at going in on Terry Sawchuk from mid-ice.&rdquo;</p><p>In St. John (N.B.) the Bruins had a pleasant visit with Gordon Drillon, one-time scoring ace of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Drillon is now in the city recreation department.</p><p>&ldquo;And in Summerside we met Mrs. Gertrude Cahill, whose late husband played for the Bruins a long time (1925-26) ago,&rdquo; reported Laycoe. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s a wonderful person and she sat in a box with the mayor at our game. Her husband is the only native of Prince Edward Island ever to play tn the National league.</p><h2><b>Logical Leader</b></h2><p>As an ex-coach of the old New York Rovers with additional experience as coach of a junior team in Timmins, Ont., Laycoe was the logical man to run the Bruins&rsquo; bench, but the veteran admits to a difference in assignments.</p><p>&ldquo;Coaching without formal authority&mdash;which I didn&rsquo;t have&mdash;is a little different,&rdquo; he laughed. &ldquo;This time I had to beg sometimes to get things done. But I&rsquo;m only kidding. We all had a good time.&rdquo;</p><p>The Bruins headed south after their half-dozen games in Newfoundland with their knowledge of geography increased, their circle of friends and acquaintances broadened and their pocket books fatter than when they left.</p><p>It also looks as though they may have arrived home with a new defenseman in Mohns and a new forward in Heinrich for next season.</p><h2><b>Defenseman</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02278/1602474-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="329" height="328"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DOUG MOHNS</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Doug Mohns Impresses As Rushing Rearguard On Bruins’ Maritime Trip

<p>BOSTON, Mass.&mdash;</p><p>Manager Lynn Patrick of the Boston Bruins is a hockey executive who believes in permitting his athletes to pursue their own courses during the off-season, but this spring Patrick has issued one ultimatum.</p><p>The ultimatum: Absolutely no playing baseball.</p><p>&ldquo;A few years ago Paul Routy broke an ankle playing baseball and last summer Don Cherry broke his shoulder.&rdquo; explained Patrick. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s enough bad breaks for me.</p><p>&ldquo;My players can fish, play golf, even work if they want to, but if I find that any of them are playing baseball they&rsquo;ll have to answer to me. We&rsquo;ve had enough unpleasant experiences with losing players during the hockey season without losing them during the baseball season as well.&rdquo;</p><p>Patrick formulated the new Bruins&rsquo; policy last fall after Cherry&rsquo;s injury kept the young defenseman from making the team. Cherry spent the past winter with Hershey of the American League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Bruins’ Lynn Patrick Vetoes Ball Playing

<div class="byline">By MARSHALL DANN</div><p>DETROIT. Mich.&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;Is it good or bad?&rdquo;</p><p>That was Jimmy Skinner&rsquo;s quick reaction when someone mentioned that he now had the longest tenure of any coach in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Many may still regard Skinner as a newcomer to the fraternity, but it has been almost two years since he replaced Tommy Ivan on the Detroit bench.</p><p>When King Clancy moved upstairs in the Toronto organization, Skinner became top man in seniority with his present club.</p><p>He shades Boston&rsquo;s Milt Schmidt by a few months. The three other coaches&mdash;Montreal&rsquo;s Toe Blake, Chicago&rsquo;s Dick Irvin and New York&rsquo;s Phil Watson&mdash;all were serving the first year on their present job this season.</p><h2><b>Could Be Fall Guy</b></h2><p>There are two ways to answer Skinner&rsquo;s &ldquo;good or bad&rdquo; question about the future. There are two ways he can head eventually.</p><p>When a hockey team wins, players get the credit; when a team loses, the coach often is nominated as the fall guy.</p><p>Several NHL coaohes in the past have been derricked after their teams fell down below expectations.</p><h2><b>Better Jobs</b></h2><p>Several others, however, have moved into better jobs. Among those in recent years are Clancy, who became assistant general manager at Toronto; Lynn Patrick, who became Boston GM; brother Muzz Patrick, who got the same position at New York, and Ivan, who shifted to Chicago as general manager.</p><p>The latter thought may give Skinner some solace but he couldn&rsquo;t help keep his eye on the other possibility.</p><p>&ldquo;Sometimes I&rsquo;m glad I&rsquo;ve kept my drive-in restaurant back home in Edmonton,&rdquo; cracked the hotdog king of Manitoba.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Jim Skinner Now Veteran NHL Mentor

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Red Wings borrowed a familiar Montreal trick&mdash;the third-period rally&mdash;to beat the Canadiens, 3 to 1, in the third game of the Stanley Cup finals. It was Detroit&rsquo;s initial victory after losing a pair in Montreal.</p><p>This marked the 12th straight playoff game between these clubs in which the homb team was victories. That streak stretches back to 1954.</p><p>It also snapped a six-game Montreal winning streak against Detroit&mdash;the last four at the end of i he regular season before the opening pair in the playoffs.</p><p>Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe both scored in the last nine minutes to break a 1-1 tie that had existed since late in the first period.</p><p>Red Kelly shot Detroit to an early lead which was wiped out by Jean Beliveau with the prettiest goal of the game.</p><p>Lindsay got the winner on a crack at Marty Pavelich&rsquo;s rebound.</p><p>Beliveau&rsquo;s goal ran his consecutive scoring streak to live games in a row in the 1956 playoffs. With nine goals he leads all scorers as well as with his 14 points.</p><p>Red Storey made his debut as a referee in the final round and called 13 penalties, seven on Montreal. Kelly got his goal while Montreal was short handed and both sides had a man missing when Beliveau scored.</p><p>All hough Detroit carried a 25-21 shooting margin, Glenn Hall bad a rougher siege in the Detroit nets than did Jacques Plante in the Montreal cage.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Game No. 3

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Montreal Canadiens took a stranglehold on the Stanley Cup as they whitewashed the Detroit Red Wings 3-0 to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven final round.</p><p>The Habs, who bounced back after dropping the third game of the set, scored once in each period to earn I he win.</p><p>This was the first away-from-victory for either team in 13 straight playoff games.</p><p>Once again it was just too much Jean Beliveau for the Wings. The big center ran his playoff goal production to 11. one short of the all-time record held by teammate Maurice Richard, as he fired a pair. The other marker went to Floyd (Busher) Curry.</p><p>Beliveau put the Montrealers off on the right foot at the 15:52 mark of the opening period when he pounced on Doug Harvey&rsquo;s rebound and whipped it by Glenn Hall, who had little chance for a save.</p><p>He added another at the 11:39 mark of the middle session when he once again swooped in to luck a rebound in I he webbing, this time off a shot by Bert Olmstead, who had received a perfect goalmouth pass from Bernie Geoffrion.</p><p>Floyd Curry made it 3-0 at 11:34 of the final frame as he finished off a play with Claude Provost and Ken Mosdell.</p><p>It was the first shutout of the series and Jacques Plante was called upon to handle 24 shots in earning it. Hall stopped 27 Hab drives.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Game No. 4

<p class="dropcap"><b><span>J</span>acques Plante, the nomadic netminder of the Montreal Canadiens, scored his first shutout of the Stanley Cup final series in the fourth game of the set, blanking the Detroit Red Wings 3-0, thus giving the high-flying Habs an almost insurmountable 3-1 lead in games.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1434/1602782-1-eng-US/f0009-142.jpg" title="f0009-14" width="157" height="229"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jacques Plante</b></figcaption></div><p><b>In this game, Plante came up with the &lsquo;big&rsquo; saves, the ones that so often spell the difference between victory and defeat.</b></p><p><b>It was undoubtedly his best showing of the playoffs and allowed the Habs to gain a split of their two games on Detroit ice and return home to the Montreal Forum with a comfortable &lsquo;cushion&rsquo; on which to work.</b></p><p><b>On one occasion Jake the Snake pulled off a split-second manoeuvre, pulling his pads together, to rob Gordie Howe from close in. He gobbled up a point-blank blast by Dutch Reibel on another occasion. Howe was the victim again as he slid along the ice to deflect a shot with the blade of his skate. All &lsquo;big&rsquo; saves, all on drives that could have completely changed the complexion of the gome.</b></p><p><b>Montreal managing director Frank Selke summed up Plante&rsquo;s performance in one sentence when he said after the game.</b></p><p><b>&ldquo;Jacques looked like a million bucks out there tonight&rdquo;.</b></p><p><b>Even with taxes the way they are, that&rsquo;s pretty high praise, especially when it comes from the boss!</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Player-of-the-Week

<h2><b>Zeroed</b></h2><p class="dropcap"><b><span>D</span>etroit Red Wings hadn&rsquo;t been shutout in a playoff game since April 9, 1954 until blanked by Montreal Canadiens in the fourth game of the finals.</b></p><h2><b>Top Scorer</b></h2><p><b>Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; Jean Beltveau leads all playoff goal scorers with 11 to his credit to date, one short of the all-time record.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>STANLEY CUP FINAL</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01329/1602751-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="330" height="163"></div><p><b>SERIES A</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02307/1602744-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="326" height="125"></div><p><b>SERIES B</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03260/1602737-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="329" height="127"></div><h2><b>Series &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST GAME</b></h3><p>New York 1 nt Montreal 7</p><p>(Montreal leads best-of-seven semi-final 1-0)</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Kians, Gadsby, Irwin, Howell, Fontinato; forwards: Murphy, Hebenton, Creighton, Conacher Hebenton, Gendron, Horvath, Popein, Prentice, Hergesheimer, Lewicki, Bell (sub goalie).</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey. Turner, Bomhard, Talbot. St. Laurent: forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, 11. Ridiaid. M. Richard, Moore, Reclair. Curry Provost, Mosdeil. Marshall, Hodge (sub goalie)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04219/1602730-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="337" height="336"></div><h3><b>SECOND GAME</b></h3><p><b>THURSDSY, MARCH 22</b></p><p><b>New York 4 at Montreal 2</b></p><p><b>(Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)</b></p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Bell: defense: Howell, Evans, Irwin, Gadsby, Fontinato; forwards: Creighton, Popein, Prentice, Conaeher, Bathgate, Gendron, Horvath, Hebenton, Murphy, Hergesheimer, Lewicrki.</p><p><b>Montreal</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Turner, Bouchard, Johnson, Talbot, St. Laurent; forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Mosdell, Curry, Provost, Leclair, Marshall.</p><p>Referee: Red Storey: linesmen, Bill Morrison and George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05169/1602723-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="327" height="292"></div><h3><b>THIRD GAME</b></h3><p><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1956</b></p><p><b>Canadiens 3 at New York 1</b></p><p>(Canadiens lead best-of-seven semifinal 3-1).</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Bouchard, oJhnson, Talbot, St. Laurent, Turner; forwards: M. Richard. Moore, H. Richard, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry, Leclair, Olmstead, Mosdeil, Marshall, Provost.</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley; defense: Howell, Evans, Irwin, Gadsby, Fontinato; forwards: Gendron, Bathgate, Hebenton, Conacher, Horvath, Murphy, Creighton, Preutice, Hergeshiemer, Popein, Lewicki.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06145/1602716-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="324" height="272"></div><h3><b>FOURTH GAME</b></h3><p><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1956</b></p><p><b>Canadiens 5 at New York 3</b></p><p>(Canadiens lead best-of-seven semifinal 3-1).</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Bouchard, Johnson, Talbot, St. Laurent, Turner; forwards: M. Richard, Moore, H. Richard, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Curry, Leclair, Olmstead, Mosdeil, Marshall, Provost.</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Worsley: defense; Howell, Evans, Irwin, Gadsby, Fontinato: forwards: Gendron, Bathgate, Hebenton, Conacher, Horvath, Murphy, Creighton, Prentice, Hergeshiemer, Popein, Lewicki.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07135/1602709-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="328" height="367"></div><h3><b>FIFTH GAME</b></h3><p><b>TUESDAY MARCH 21</b></p><p><b>New York 0 at Montreal 7</b></p><p>(Montreal wins best-of-seven semi-final 4-1)</p><p><b>New York</b>&mdash;Goal: Bell: defence: Irwin, Gadsby, Howell, Evans, Fontinato; forwards: Murphy, Fopciu, Gendron, Conadier, Bathgate, Horvath, Hebenton, Creighton, Prentice, Hergesheimer, Lewicki.</p><p><b>Montreal</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante: defense: Harvey, Turner, Bouchard, Talbot, St. Laurent Johnson: forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geofirion, Olmstead, Mosdell, Curry, Provost, Leclail, Marshall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-08126/1602702-1-eng-US/f0009-082.jpg" title="f0009-08" width="331" height="292"></div><h2><b>Series &ldquo;B&rdquo;</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST GAME</b></h3><p><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 20</b></p><p><b>Toronto 2 at Detroit 3</b></p><p>(Detroit leads best-of-seven semi-final 10</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Thomson, Morrison, Bolton, Horton, Remime: forwards: Sloan, Duff, Armstrong, Stewart, Migay, Harris, Smith, James, Hurst, Hannigan, Balfour and Cullen.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall: defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hoiling worth; forwards: Delvecchio, Prystai, Ferguson, Pavelich, Ullman, Dineen, Costello, Bucyk, Burton, Reibel, Howe, Lindsay.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-09123/1602695-1-eng-US/f0009-092.jpg" title="f0009-09" width="331" height="265"></div><h3><b>SECOND GAME</b></h3><p><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 22</b></p><p><b>Toronto 1 at Detroit 3</b></p><p>(Detroit leads best-of-seven series 2-0)</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Thomson, Morrison, Bolton, Horton, Reautne; forwards: Sloan, Armstrong, Duff, Smith, Stewart, Migay, Harris, James, Hurst, Hannigan, Balfour, Cullen.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman Hollingworth: forwards: Delvecchlo, Prystai, Ferguson, Lindsay, Howe, Reibel, Human, Bucyk, Dineen, Costello, Pavelich, Burton.</p><p>Referee, Mehlenbacher ilnesmen, Davies and Roberts.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-10109/1602688-1-eng-US/f0009-102.jpg" title="f0009-10" width="332" height="284"></div><h3><b>THIRD GAME</b></h3><p><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 24 Detroit 5 at TORONTO 4</b></p><p><b>Detroit 5 at Toronto 1</b></p><p><b>(Detroit leads best-of-seven semi-final 3-0).</b></p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Gold, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hollingsworth; forwards: Pavelivh, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, prystai, Fergusoa, Costello, Dineen, Bucyk, Ullman, Burton.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal; Lumley; defence: Thomson, Morrison, Bolton, Reaume, Horton; forwards: Armstrong, Hurst, Duff, Migay, Stewart, Hannigan, Harris, James, Smith, Cullen, Balfour.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1187/1602681-1-eng-US/f0009-112.jpg" title="f0009-11" width="329" height="366"></div><h3><b>FOURTH GAME</b></h3><p><b>TUESDAY MARCH 27</b></p><p><b>Detroit 0 at Toronto 2</b></p><p><b>(Detroit leads best-of-seven semi-final 3-1)</b></p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense:. Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hollingsworth; forwards: Reibel, Howe, Lindsay, Delveechio, Prystai, Ferguson, Ullman, Dineen, Bucyk, Costello, Melnyk, Pavelich.</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defens; Thomson, Morrison, Bolton, Reaume, Horton; forwards: Armstrong, Hurst, Duff, Migay, Stewart, Balfour, Harris, James, smith, Hannigan, Cullen.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1258/1602674-1-eng-US/f0009-122.jpg" title="f0009-12" width="328" height="193"></div><h3><b>FIFTH GAME</b></h3><p><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1956</b></p><p><b>Toronto 1 at Detroit 3</b></p><p>(Detroit wins semi-finals, 4 games to 1)</p><p><b>Toronto</b>&mdash;Goal: Lumley; defense: Thomson, Morrison, Bolton, Hortou, Loeaurne; forwards: Armstrong, Duff, Hurst, Smith, Stewact, Migay, Harris, James, Hannnigan, Balfour, Cullen.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hollingworth; forwards: Delvecchio, Grystai, Ferguson, Lindsay, Reibel, Howe, Pavelich, Ullman, Dineen, Costello, Bucyk, Melnyk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-02193/1602667-1-eng-US/f0018-022.jpg" title="f0018-02" width="330" height="249"></div><h2><b>Series C</b></h2><h3><b>FIRST GAME</b></h3><p><b>SATURDAY MARCH 31</b></p><p><b>Detroit 4 at Montreal 6</b></p><p>(Canadiens lead best-of-seven final 1-0)</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hollingworth: forwards: Delvecchio, Prystai, Ferguson, Reibel, Howe, Lindsay, Ullman, Dineen, Pavelich, Melnyk, Costello, Bucyk.</p><p><b>Canadiens</b>&mdash;Goal: plante: defense: Harvey, Turner, Johnson, Talbot, st. Laurent, Bouchard; forwards: H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, Leclair, Curry, Provost, Mosdell, Marshall.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-03118/1602660-1-eng-US/f0018-032.jpg" title="f0018-03" width="331" height="413"></div><h3><b>SECOND GAME</b></h3><p><b>TUESDAY, APRIL 3</b></p><p><b>Detroit 1 at Montreal 5</b></p><p><b>(Montreal lesds beat-of-seven final 2-0)</b></p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hollingworth, Arbour; forwards: Ullman, Howe, Lindsay, Delvecchio, Dineen, Bucyk, Reibel, Pavelich, Ferguson, Melnyk, Prystai.</p><p><b>Montreal</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante: defense: Harvey, Turner, Johnson, Talbot, St. Laurent, Bouchard; forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, H. Richard, M. Rihard, Moore, Leclair, Curry, Provost, Mosdell. Marshall.</p><p>Referees Frank Udvari; linesmen: Bill Morrison, George Hayes.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0483/1602653-1-eng-US/f0018-042.jpg" title="f0018-04" width="330" height="339"></div><h3><b>THIRD GAME</b></h3><p><b>THURSDAY, APRIL 5</b></p><p><b>Montreal 1 at Detroit 3</b></p><p>(Montreal leads best-of-seven final 2-1)</p><p><b>Montreal</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante; defense: Harvey, Turner, Johnson, Talbot, St. Laurent, Bouchard; forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Leclair, Curry, Provost, Mosdell, Marshall.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Pornovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hollingworth, Arbour; forwards: Delvecchio, Prystal, Ferguson, Ullman, Howe, Lindsay, Reibel, Pavelich, Bucyk, Dineen, Melnyk.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0564/1602646-1-eng-US/f0018-052.jpg" title="f0018-05" width="323" height="261"></div><h3><b>FOURTH GAME</b></h3><p><b>SUNDAY APRIL 8, 1956</b></p><p><b>Canadiens 3 at Detroit 0</b></p><p>(Canadiens lead bost-of-seven final 3-1)</p><p><b>Montreal</b>&mdash;Goal: Plante: defense: Harvey, Turner, Johnson, Talbot, st. Lartrent, Bouchard; forwards: Beliveau, Geoffrion, Olmstead, H. Richard, M. Richard, Moore, Leclair, Curry, Provost, Mosdell, Marshall.</p><p><b>Detroit</b>&mdash;Goal: Hall; defense: Goldham, Pronovost, Kelly, Hillman, Hollingworth, Arbour; forwards: Delvecchio, Prystai, Ferguson, Ullman, Howe, Lindsay, Reibel, Dineen, Pavelich, Bucyk, Costello.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0657/1602639-1-eng-US/f0018-062.jpg" title="f0018-06" width="331" height="265"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(PLAYOFFS)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-1347/1602632-1-eng-US/f0009-132.jpg" title="f0009-13" width="331" height="769"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK HORRIGAN</div><p>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>A partial answer to the question of how Elmer Vasko, the Dick Irvin-termed $100,000 defensive prospect, will fair in pro hockey has been arrived at.</p><p>From the showing the big, blond graduate from Rudy Pilous&rsquo; St. Catharines Teepees made in the waning hours of the American League season and in the playoffs with Buffalo. Dour Dick may one day up his value estimate.,</p><p>Vasko stepped into the Buffalo lineup when the junior Teepeees were knocked out of the OHA playoffs in the first round.</p><p>He looked right at home from the first moment his stick touched the puck.</p><p>Buffalo Coach Frank Eddolls, never one to cast praise upon the undeserving even if it makes good reading, summed up his opinion of Vasko in two words.</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Just Too Good&rdquo;</b></h2><p>&ldquo;Too good. Yeah, I&rsquo;m afraid that Vasko is just too good for the Black Hawks to leave in Buffalo for a-year&rsquo;s experience as much as 1 would like to look forward to him here next season.&rdquo;</p><p>Eddolls hastened to add that Vasko was not without shortcomings at present.</p><p>&ldquo;Elmer naturally still has a lot to learn about playing defense. But the important thing is that he has displayed he has the basic equipment to go a long way in hockey. He&rsquo;s big, yet well co-ordinated. He has good reflexes of both body and mind&hellip; and he has great desire.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Earned Respect</b></h2><p>If Vasko hadn&rsquo;t done anything else to endear himself to Eddolls&mdash;and he did much more&mdash;he earned the onetime New York Ranger captain&rsquo;s respect during the Buffalo-Providence playoff series.</p><p>Vasko had suffered a deep fourstitch cut above the right ankle in the first game of the series. He missed the second and third clashes and was told the night of the third game that he &ldquo;shouldn&rsquo;t put on skates for two more weeks&rdquo; by the Buffalo team physician.</p><p>However, the Bisons, down two games to one and facing immediate elimination, had both Rags Raglan and Al Dewsbury injured in that game.</p><p>Eddolls went to Vasko and asked if he&rsquo;d be willing to try and skate before Buffalo took the ice for the fourth game the next afternoon.</p><h2><b>Not Too Much Pain</b></h2><p>Aware of how he was needed, the burly rearguard gave it a try and reported he &ldquo;didn&rsquo;t feel too much pain.&rdquo;</p><p>He was in Buffalo&rsquo;s starting lineup and capped an outstanding performance by scoring his first pro goal as the Bisons whipped the Reds and sent the series into a &ldquo;showdown&rdquo; fifth encounter.</p><p>&ldquo;When the desire to play and win burns that bright a boy with Vasko&rsquo;s other attributes has to be marked down for future greatness in my book,&rdquo; Eddolls told reporters after the game.</p><p>Vasko, himself, admitted to enjoying playing pro better than junior.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>&ldquo;Stimulating&rdquo;</b></h2><p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s stimulating to play where you have to make your move without hesitation and the play is more organized,&rdquo; he commented.</p><p>Pete Babando, veteran Buffalo left winger, is seldom heard in the dressing room but he was profuse in his praise of Vasko.</p><p>&ldquo;He plays like a well-coached player. He&rsquo;s quick to get the puck up to a forward and if he sees you&rsquo;re covered, he goes with it himself. He&rsquo;ll be a real good pro, I&rsquo;m sure of that.&rdquo;</p><p>Frank Sullivan, the Bisons&rsquo; AllStar defenseman, perhaps, made the most prophetic comment.</p><p>&ldquo;He should be great&hellip; I don&rsquo;t see how he can miss.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>A Natural</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01343/1602813-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="262" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ELMER VASKO</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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“Vasko Can’t Miss” Buffalo Appraisal Of Elmer The Great

<div class="byline">By PAUL G. SULLIVAN</div><p>PITTSBURGH, Pa.&mdash;</p><p>Next time American Hockey League authorities convene on such interesting collateral topics as trophies and awards for outstanding stickmen of one category or another, here&rsquo;s a new bone to gnaw on.</p><p>Row about a memento, with appropriate money to back it up, for the AHL&rsquo;s ablest all-around handyman?</p><p>For years, this observer has been asked to cast ballots for All-Star teams, most valuable players, and rookies of the season&mdash;and as regularly as March has been pulled off the calendar these honors and emoluments have gone to aspirants whose prowess has glared most unmistakably from the statistics diligently compiled by Secretary Jim Ellery.</p><p>Now there is no legitimate objection to rewarding a guy for making goals, which is certainly one of the prime purposes of the pastime, nor. in the case of netminders, is it unseemly to distribute accolades for keeping the other clubs from scoring.</p><p>But what of the unsung journeymen who, so to speak, not only fight in the frenches hut also go out under fire and dig them?</p><h2><b>Emergency Men</b></h2><p>Every team of consequence perennially carries a performer or two versatile enough and willing enough to assume duty wherever emergency may strike or special need arise&mdash;and fill the assignment so that scarcely a stride is lost in the race toward championship or cup distinction.</p><p>Such quiet, selfless operatives are the mortar that holds successful contenders together. Yet too often their worth is known but to their coaches and not always adequately recognized by these, their chief beneficiaries, when contract-making time rolls around.</p><p>It&rsquo;s the old story that, while figures may tell the truth and nothing but tine truth, they don&rsquo;t always tell the whole truth; But figures surely figure when the gravy is being passed!</p><h2><b>Hendy Agrees</b></h2><p>We put this thought of an All-AHL Utility Star&rsquo;s award to Jim Hendy, general manager of the Barons, at Cleveland recently and the response of that keenest and most forward-looking executive&mdash;as it always is to a suggestion slanted toward better hockey and a better league&mdash;was instantly enthusiastic. Said Jim:</p><p>&ldquo;I think that would really go. There are many fellows who play any position where they&rsquo;re needed, shift from forward to defense, defense to forward, left wing to right wing, center ice to wing, and all they have to show for it is a cut in their scoring totals.</p><p>&ldquo;Still, with injuries, slumps, and the need to try different combinations from time to time, no team can get along&rsquo;without at least a couple of willing horses who will sacrifice their own immediate interests for the common good. I&rsquo;m definitely for giving them the recognition they deserve!&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Useful Players</b></h2><p>Handy then went on to extol the great usefulness of Cleveland&rsquo;s Cal Stearns, Johnny McLellan, and Joe Lund; Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Bob Solinger and Jack Price; and Enio Sclisizzi, Aldo Guidolin, Bob McCord, and Ed Kryzanowski of Buffalo, Providence, Springfield, and Hershey, respectively.</p><p>It is hoped that serious consideration will be accorded this plan to front-center the real, hidden merit of the lads who take the bumps and miss the bouquets.</p><p>If such a task of pure critical judgment appears too much for the scribes and radio announcers who determine the other AHL encomia, let balloting for the new diadem be by the coaches or let each of these professional experts nominate from his own squad one candidate, or more to be voted on.</p><p>And while the American League bestows credit and cash where it&rsquo;s long overdue, why not likewise the National?</p><h2><b>Agrees</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02284/1602844-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="306" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JIM HENDY</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Scribe In Favor Of Trophy For Hockey’s Unsung Stars

<h2><b>Big Night</b></h2><p><b>Zellio Toppazzini of Providence scored two goals and three assists in the opening game of the AHL Finals.</b></p><h2><b>Bower Hot</b></h2><p><b>Providence&rsquo;s Johnny Bower has only allowed three goals in two finals games against Cleveland.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RAGE GOES</b></h2><p>(FINALS)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01342/1602976-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="329" height="66"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 27</b></h3><p><b>Buffalo 1 at Providence 5</b></p><p>(Providence leads best-of-five semifinal 1-0).</p><p>PROVIDENCE, R.T.&mdash;The Providence Reds scored in every period to defeat the Buffalo Bisons 5-1 in the first game of their best-of-five semi-final series of their best-of-five semi-final series of the American Hockey League Calder Cup competition tonight.</p><p>Defenseman George McAvoy&rsquo;s 55-foot blast in the final second of the first period gave the Reds a 2-1 edge and they compltely dominated play thereafter.</p><p>Jim Bartlett scored for the Reds and Sam Bettio for the Bisons earlier in the period.</p><p>Aldo Guidolin deflected Ken Davies&rsquo; long shot to give the Reds a 3-1 advantage in the second period. Andy Branigan and Bruce Cline then delivered in the finale Branigan clicked on a 55footer and Cline from 20 feet.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02301/1602969-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="324" height="269"></div><h3><b>THUSDAY, MARCH 29</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03240/1602962-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="326" height="241"></div><p><b>Buffalo 5 at Providence 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04192/1602955-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="322" height="311"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 31</b></h3><p><b>Providence 8 at Buffalo 2</b></p><p>(Providence leads best-of-five semi-final 2-1).</p><p><b>Buffalo</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Sullivan, Pilote, Dewsbury, Dzurko, Vasko; forwards: Wilson, Dabando, Slowinski, Wharram, McIntyre, C. Blair, Sclisizzi, Jankowski, Carter.</p><p><b>Providence</b>&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Branigan, McAvoy, Guidolin, Robertson, Folk; forwards: Larivee, Toppazzini, Henry, Johansen, C. Blair, favies, Ross, Cline, Bartlett.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05159/1602948-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="322" height="383"></div><p><b>Cleveland 6 at Pittsburgh 4</b></p><p>(Best-of-five semi-final tied 1-1).</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>&mdash;Goal: McMeekin; defense: Williams, Cushenan, Kraftcheck, Lee; forwards: Stearns, Gordon, Vejprava, McLenlan, Glover, Karrys, Hildebrand, Lund, Farelli. Prince</p><p><b>Pittsburgh</b>&mdash;Goal: Mayer; defense: Bionda, Mathers, Gariepy, Price, Cahan: forwaids: Hassard, Marshall, Caffery, Foley, MacDonald, Klukay, Bailey, Sabourin, Sollnger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-06144/1602941-1-eng-US/f0011-062.jpg" title="f0011-06" width="320" height="383"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, APRIL 1</b></h3><p><b>Buffalo 4 at Providence 1</b></p><p>(Best-of-five semi-final tied 2-2)</p><p><b>Buffalo</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Sullivan, Pilote, Dewsbury, Dzurko, Vasko: forwards: Wilson, Dabando, Slowinsk, Wharram, McIntyre, C. Blair, Sclisizzi, Jankowski, Carter.</p><p><b>Providence</b>&mdash;Goal: Bower: defense: Branigan, McAvoy, Guidolin, Robertson, Folk; forwards: Larivee, Toppazzini, Henry, Johansen, C. Blair, Davies, Ross, Cline, Bartlett.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-07128/1602934-1-eng-US/f0011-072.jpg" title="f0011-07" width="325" height="291"></div><p><b>Cleveland 5 at Pittsburgh 4</b></p><p>(Cleveland leads best-of-five</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>&mdash;Goal: McMeekin; defense: Williams, Cushenan, Kraftcheck, Lee; forwards: Stearns, Gorden, Vejprava, McLenlan, Glover, Karrys, Hildebrand, Lund, Farelli, Prince.</p><p><b>Pittsburgh</b>&mdash;Goal: Mayer; defense: Biondi, Mathers, Gariepy, Price, Cahan; forwards: Hassard, Ma shall, Caffery, Foley, MacDonald, Klukay, Bailey, Sabourin, Solinger.</p><p>semi-final 2-1)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-08123/1602927-1-eng-US/f0011-082.jpg" title="f0011-08" width="326" height="492"></div><p><b>TUESDAY, APRIL 3</b></p><p><b>Pittsburgh 2 at Cleveland 3</b></p><p><b>(Cleveland wins best-of-five semi-finals 3-1)</b></p><p>CLEVELAND, Ohio&hellip;</p><p>Jack Gordon, Cleveland Barons captain, poked home a goal in the third overtime period to give the Barons a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Hornets and to knock the Hornets out of the American Hockey League playoffs.</p><p>It was the third straight overtime victory for the Barons, who took the best of five series 3-1 from the runnerup Hornets.. Cleveland ran a poor fourth in the regular season.</p><p>The Barons now will meet Providence for the title.</p><p>Gordon&rsquo;s goal in 14:02 of the third overtime session was his second of the night.</p><p>Joe Lund, Cleveland leftwinger, sent the game into extra time when his quick shot at 11:03 of the third period knotted the score at 2-2. Each side had a man in the penalty box at the time.</p><p><b>Pittsbarah</b>&mdash;Goal: Mayer; defense: Mathers, Bionda, Cahan, Gariepy, Price; forwards: Hassard, Marshall, Carrery, Solinger, Duff, Sabourin, Foley, Bailey, Klukay.</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>&mdash;Goal: McMeekin; defense: Williams, Kraftcheek, Cushenan, Lee: forwards: Gordon, Stearns, Vejpravda, Lund, Prince, Karrys, Glover, McLellan, Hildebrand, Hayden.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-09116/1602920-1-eng-US/f0011-092.jpg" title="f0011-09" width="327" height="367"></div><p><b>Buffalo 3 at Providence</b></p><p><b>(Providence wins best-of-five semi-finals 3-2)</b></p><p>PROVIDENCE, R.L&mdash;</p><p>Providence Reds struck, for two goals in the first 62 seconds and went on to beat the Buffalo Bisons 6-3 in the fifth and deciding game of their semi-final series in the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Calder Cup competition.</p><p>Camille Henry and Zellio&rsquo; Toppazzini scored for the Reds in their early strike while Ed Slowinski was serving a tripping penalty.</p><p>Andy Branigan and Red Johansen made it 4-0 before Ken Wharram got a goal for Buffalo.</p><p>There was no scoring in the second stanza as the Reds turned to defensive tactics. But it required stalwart defending by goalie Johnny Bower to repel the all-out efforts of the Bisons.</p><p>Henry delivered again at 15:46 in the finale before the Bisons struck for two quick goals, making it 5-3.</p><p><b>Buffalo</b>&mdash;Goal: Bassen; defense: Sullivanvan, Dewsburry, Pilotte, Dzurko, Vasko: forwards: Wharram, McIntyre, Jankowski, Sclisizzi, Babando, C. Blair, Wilson, Carter.</p><p><b>Providence</b>&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Branigan. Folk, Robertson, McAvoy; forwards: Toppazzini, Larivee, Henry, Johansen, Cline, Bartlett, G. Blair, Davies, Ross, Guidolin.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1099/1602913-1-eng-US/f0011-102.jpg" title="f0011-10" width="319" height="429"></div><p><b>FRIDAY, APRIL 6</b></p><p><b>Cleveland 1 at Providence 6</b></p><p>(Providence leads best-of-seven final 1-0)</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>&mdash;Goal: McMeekin; defense: Kraftcheck, Lee, Williams, Cushenan; forwards: Vejpravi, Hild brand, Glover, Gordon, Price, McLellan, Hayden, Lund, Karrys, Stearns.</p><p><b>Providence</b>&mdash;Goal: Bower; defense: Branigan; Robertson. Folk, McAvoy; forwards: Toppazzini, Larivee, Henry, Johansen, Cline, Bartlett, Ross, Blair, Guidolin, Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1179/1602906-1-eng-US/f0011-112.jpg" title="f0011-11" width="317" height="399"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, APRIL 8</b></h3><p><b>Cleveland 2 at Providence 7</b></p><p>(Providence leads best-of-seven final. 2-0)</p><p><b>Cleveland</b>&mdash;Goal: McMeeicin; defense: Kraftcheek, Williams, Lee, Cushenan; forwards: Vejprava, Hildebrand, Glover, Gordon, Prince, Hayden, Lund, Karrys, Stearns, Farelli.</p><p><b>Providence</b>&mdash;Goal: Rower: defense: Branigan, Robertson, McAvoy, Folk; forwards: Toppazzini, Larivee, Henry, Johansen. Bartlett, Cline, Ross, Blair, Guidolin, Davies.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1269/1602899-1-eng-US/f0011-122.jpg" title="f0011-12" width="314" height="416"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1429/1603007-1-eng-US/f0011-142.jpg" title="f0011-14" width="261" height="372"></div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>N</span>o need now to risk &ldquo;Dry Scalp&rdquo; and unruly hair every time you shower. Just be sure you always use &lsquo;Vaseline&rsquo; Hair Tonic to replace the oil that water washes away. <i>You can&rsquo;t have a healthy, well-groomed head of hair without oil.</i> &lsquo;Vaseline&rsquo; Hair Tonic supplements your scalp&rsquo;s natural oil&hellip;keeps your hair naturally neat, naturally handsome all day. 43&cent;, 65&cent;, 95&cent;.</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-1349/1603014-1-eng-US/f0011-132.jpg" title="f0011-13" width="236" height="371"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Vaseline TRADE MARK Hair Tonic

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>VANCOUVER. B.C.&mdash;</p><p>Pay day in the Western Hockey League won&rsquo;t be long coming. Results of the first two games of the prairie and coast division finals (Winnipeg vs Calgary; and Vancouver vs Victoria) finds Winnipeg and Vancouver, who finished first in their respective divisions, Marciano favorites to advance to the WHL and President&rsquo;s Cup finals.</p><p>Alf Pike&rsquo;s high-scoring Warriors walloped Calgary 7-2 and 6-4, March 29 and 31st on home ice before more than 9,000 happy fans each night. Series now switches to the Corral in Calgary. Paul Masnick, former Montreal Canadien, scored two goals in both games to pace the Pikemen to victory. Masnick is 4-2-6 points for tins series. Another ex-Canadien. Eddie Mazur, got a goal in each game, and the other seven Winnipeg goals were evenly divided amongst seven players.</p><p>Winnipeg has scoring power. The club has been averaging six goals a game in the playoffs. Their power play is TNT. They have depth, youth, sufficient experience, especially on the blue line, to go with the young legs, am) the Warriors have desire. They are going to be mighty tough to beat. They could defeat Calgary four straight, although coach Pike, in a pie-series interview said, &ldquo;No team is going to beat Calgary four straight. We&rsquo;ll take the games one by one.&rdquo;</p><p>What club is going to stop Masnick. Nesterenko, (who hasn&rsquo;t impressed too much to date) Mazur, Mosienko, Nykoluk, Burchell, Barry Cullen, Barlow, Aidcorn and Hoekstra? Burega. Keating. Summers and Sliero give goalie Chadwick ample protection.</p><h2><b>Haven&rsquo;t Quit</b></h2><p>Caigary hasn&rsquo;t tossed in the towel. Sid Finney can break up any game. He leads the Stamps with three goals against the Warriors, which is as many goals as the rest of his team combined. If Couture and McFadden, Finney&rsquo;s linemates can catch fire and if (there are lots of &ldquo;IFS&rdquo; working for Calgary) Barry, Shvetz and Witiuk can recapture their play in the Edmonton series. Winnipeg will find winning at Calgary exceedingly tougher than on its home ice. The Stampeders have been having goal and defence trouble and the Curriemen. to date in this series, have not shown too much fire or desire. It looks like they don&rsquo;t have enough horses to whip the Manitoba supercharger.</p><p>In the other series Vancouver regained the form which won them the division crown with a crushing 7-1 opening game series victory March 30. Victoria scored in the first period, but after that the Canucks fired more pucks by Marcel Pelletier in the Cougar goal than had been scored on the colorful and talented Frenchman in four previous playoff games. Phil Maloney and Gerry. Ehman. Canucks&rsquo; two scoreing stars thus far in the playoffs, each scored twice in the rout.</p><h2><b>Rebounded</b></h2><p>The following evening in Victoria Eddie Olson&rsquo;s Cats rebounded from a 1-0 first period deficit to lead 2-1 late in the third period on the strength of two goals by Doug Macauley. Ehman had scored Vancouver&rsquo;s goal. Then at 17.26, with only 2 minutes and 34 seconds to play, Ehman tied the game, getting his fourth goal of this series and Seventh in six playoff games. In the sudden-death overtime period Phil Maloney, the old master, took advantage of a Cougar penalty (two Cougars and one Canuck were in the penalty box) to let a quick, low backhander go which got by Pelletier for the winner. The shot seemed to be screened from Pelletier who had played another fine game for the vanquished Cats.</p><p>The Cougars have a tremendous job facing them if they hope to knock over the Canucks. In pre-series predictions Victoria&rsquo;s general manager Fred Hutchinson optimistically predicted a victory for his club in five, maybe sis games. Coach Olson just predicted a win. The skate is very definitely on the other foot now. Vancouver is riding high, they are confident, they have the advantage of home ice should the series go the limit, and Pat Egan&rsquo;s club has more scoring punch than the. Cougars.</p><h2><b>Fine Protection</b></h2><p>Mikulan has been receiving fine protection from Egan, Currie, Hudson and Kaiser. Maloney has demonstrated in this series why and how he was able to win the league scoring crown. With rookies Tom McCarthy and Lilley and or liable flanking him this line spelts trouble. Ehman&rsquo;s terrific play-oft play coupled with Cyr and Brown, make up Vancouver&rsquo;s supposed checking line, but this trio can score. Pennell. Marquess and Ford round out the Canuck forwards.</p><p>To stop Vancouver the Olsonmen are going to have to fall back on the system they adopted when they romped through the roundrobin semis undeleated, i.e., great goalkeeping by Pelletier, close checking, hard skating and heads-up-hockey by everybody: and Captain Coiin Kilburn is going to have to score some goals. aVncouver has kept Kilburn scoreless in two games and in the playoffs Kilburn, who is his club&rsquo;s leader, its scoring king and ice general, has managed only one goal.</p><p>It Victoria is to win Kilburn and Pelletier have to pave the way. The Cougars are still confident they can do it&hellip;the hard way. By the time this reaches print the two division finals should be over.</p><p>If class, form and past records mean anything it will be Winnipeg and Vancouver meeting for the WHL championship&hellip;anti Winnipeg to win all the marbles.</p><h2><b>Prolific</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02265/1603076-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="300" height="373"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>PAUL MASNICK</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Winnipeg and Vancouver Favored For Western League Final Round

<div class="byline">By LEO ORNEST</div><p>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;</p><p>The favorites have been coming through in this year&rsquo;s Western Hockey League playoffs. Winnipeg and Vancouver, prairie and coast division league champs, each entered the month of April with identical 2-0 game-win records over Calgary and Victoria, runner-up clubs, in their respective best-of-seven division finals&hellip;Winnipeg defeated Calgary 7-2 and 6-4, March 29 and 31, on home ice. while Vancouver won 7-1 at home, March 30. and the following night in Victoria got the big one in a 3-2 triumph after 6.57 minutes of sudden-death overtime with Phil Maloney scoring. More about these series later.</p><p>The winners will meet for the WHL championship and President&rsquo;s Trophy (won last year by Edmonton), and the right to host the Quebec League kings for the Duke of Edinburgh Cup and the East-West minor professional hockey championship of Canada. Roger Leser&rsquo;s Shawinigan Falls Cataracts won it in 1955, Calgary Stanipeders turned the trick the first year the Edinburgh Cup was put up for competition in 1954, defeating the Quebec Aces&hellip;Our chrystal ball sees Shawinigan defending the trophy against Winnipeg with the Warriors bringing the honored cup west again.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01338/1603045-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="289" height="318"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SKIPPY BURCHELL</b></figcaption></div><p>Reviewing the division semi finals, Alt Pike&rsquo;s Winnipegers won their first five playoff games. They three-timed Saskatoon, 6-1 and 5-3 at home and 6-3 at Saskatoon&hellip;Rookie centre Mike Nykoluk, who captained Toronto, Marlboros to the Canadian Junior and Memorial Cup championship last year, was the series&rsquo; leading scorer with four goals and six points&hellip;Teammates Gary Aidcorn. another freshmen, and &ldquo;Skippy&rdquo; Burchell, each with three goals, and Hugh Barlow and Barry Cullen with a pair apiece, were Winnipeg&rsquo;s leading marksmen&hellip;Rookie Les Colwill. and veteran Eldie Kobussen led the losers with two goals each&hellip;Saskatoon&rsquo;s and one of the League&rsquo;s foieinost lines of &ldquo;Bones&rdquo; Raleigh. Jackie McLeod and Bill McCreary disappointed. Raleigh and McLeod each scored once in the third period of the final game when it didn&rsquo;t mean anything&hellip;McCreary didn&rsquo;t get a point!&hellip;Neither did Winnipeg&rsquo;s celebrated Eric Nesterenko, who did figure in the penalty column, getting a major&hellip;McLeod led in PIMs with 14 minutes, receiving the series only ten-minute misconduct penalty&hellip;Winnipeg had much too much for Saskatoon&hellip;There&rsquo;s no doubt that the better team won.</p><p>Overtime &ldquo;killed&rdquo; Edmonton in its semi-finals round with Galgarv. The Stamps won 5-4 and 3-2 in OT at home and ended Die series with a convincing 5-2 win at Edmonton&hellip;Steve Witiuk and Sid Finney got the sudden-death winners and Finney also scored the winner in the third game&hellip;Iu all three games Calgary scored the first goal with Witiuk, Dave Duke and Fred Hucul doing the honors&hellip;Finney was the scoring hero of the serifes, getting four, including the winning ones in the second and third gaipes&hellip;Finney tied with teammate Witiuk for most points, each had five&hellip;Calgary&rsquo;s power was centred in the Finney, Gerry Couture and Jim McFadden trio and the Ray Barry, Witiuk. Bill Shvetz combo&hellip;Edmonton&rsquo;s best was the Gerry Melynk, Bill Dea and Eddie Stankiewicz line&hellip;Melnyk. who was called up to centre Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay for Detroit in the Stanley Cup finals against Montreal led with one goal and three assists for tour points&hellip;Only minor penalties were called in all three games.</p><p>Meanwhile on the coast Victoria topped the four-games-for-each-team-round-robin (home and home with New Westminster and Vancouver) series, winning all four, defeating NW and Vancouver twice by identical 3-1 and 3-2 scores, respectively&hellip;Vancouver and NW split their games with NW winning, 4-3, and Vancouver walloping the Royals, 5-1, to advance into the coast finals against Victoria because of a better goals-for average than NW, 12 against 7 goals for the Royals.</p><p>Marcel Pelletier, Victoria&rsquo;s colorful goalie, was brilliant in alt four Cougar victories&hellip;The Cougars&rsquo; scoring was divided among nine players with Wayne Brown, Bruce Carmichael and Doug Anderson each getting two goals&hellip;Captain Colin Kilburn led in assists (4) and total points (5)&hellip;Olson, Kilburn, Anderson and Carmichael got Victoria&rsquo;s game-winning goals&hellip;Gerry Ehman led Vancouver with three goals and Phil Maloney and Tom McCarthy each had a pair. Ray Cyr tied Kilburn for most points with his one goal and four assists&hellip;NW&rsquo;s leading scorers were Doug Adam and Hall Tarala with a pair apiece. The Royals&rsquo; ace line of Bob Love, &ldquo;Blinky&rdquo; Boyce and Gord Fashoway, who led league in scoring with 47 goals, did not score one goal in the four games and they managed only one assist each in the roundrobin. The latter is why New Westminster didn&rsquo;t advaned in the playoffs. Their scoring guns were inept.</p><p>Winnipeg&rsquo;s 7-2 prairie final opening game win over Calgary March 29 in Winnipeg was the Warriors fourth straight playoff victory, and it maintained their scoring average at 6 goals per play-off game! Paul Masnick with two goals was the scoring hero&hellip;The Burchell-Mazur-Mosienko line figured in two goals and picked up six assists for an eight point evening&hellip;Defencemau Mickey Keating scored the winning tally. Erie Nesterenko, who was shut-out in the semis against Saskatoon, got the first goal of the game&hellip;Fnney, who was Calgary&rsquo;s ace against Edmonton, scored one of his team&rsquo;s two goals. Veteran Archie Scott got the other&hellip;Emil Francis subbed for Ray Frederick in the Calgary goal, Frederick was called to the bedside of his mother in Ontario. She had been involved in a serious car accident. Frederic returned for the second game, March 31st.</p><p>Determined to end their series with Calgary as quickly as possible, Winnipeg made it 2-0 with a 6-4 win March 31 at home before another banner crowd in excess of 9,000&hellip;Masnick again paced the Pikeman with two goals and an assist to boost his record to four goals andtwoassists for six points in two games against Calgary&hellip;Bariow, Mazur, Burega, who scored the winning goal, and Nykoluk got the other Winnipeg tallies&hellip;Finney kept Calgary in the game with two goals, his third of the series and seventh since the playoffs started&hellip;The Barry-Shvetz-Witiuk line came alive late in the game with two goals.</p><p>Out on the coast Vancouver scored more goals in its opening game victory over Victoria (7-1) than were scored against Victoria in the four round-robin gamer. the Cougars participated in&hellip;After Wayne Brown scored for Victoria late in the first period it was till Vancouver. The Canucks got four in the second and three in the third&hellip;Maloney with two. including the winner, and Ehnian with a pair led Vancouver. In all 11 Canuks figured in the scoring, amassing 17 scoring points&hellip;It gave Ehnian 5, and Maloney 4 goals for the playoffs.</p><p>The second game was entirely different from the first. It was close-checking and penalties played a major part in the final outcome. Vancouver, with Maloney (that man again) pulling the trigger at 7:19 minutes of overtime gave the Canucks a commanding two game lead over Victoria&hellip;Ehman, scoring his third goal of this series and sixth in the playoffs, put Vancouver ahead mid-way through the first period&hellip;Doug Macauley tied it early in the second. And with less than five minutes to play in the third period Macauley, with the assistance of Kilburn and Anderson, put the Cougars ahead. 2-1. and it looked like the series was going to be tied at one victory each&hellip;Then Ehman. who has been one of the brightest stars in Pat Egan&rsquo;s group the last two weeks, scored at 17:36, to tie the game, his shot seemed to deflect in off a Victoria player&rsquo;s skate&hellip;At 6:57 of overtime there was a scuffle around the Vancouver goal. When referee Dalton McArthur restored peace Cougar coach Eddie Olson and defenceman Arnott Whitney were in the penalty box along with Canuck coach Pat Egan. This one-sided&mdash;to the Cougars penalty call is what brought on the rhubarb between McArthur and the Cougars.</p><p>It took Maloney only 22 seconds to score the winner, a quick, low backhander which was screened from Pelletier. So for the second night in succession Maloney, the league&rsquo;s scoring champ with 95 points (37-58) got the payoff goal. Phil now has scored 5 goals in post-season play&hellip;Three of the five goals in the second game were unassisted, an unusual feat, especially in playoff hockey&hellip;The Winnipeg-Calgary series shifts to Stampederville while the Vancouver-Victoria round moves back to Vancouver. The latter alternate home ice each game.</p><p>The individual scoring leaders entering April are: Most Goals Finney and Ehnian, 7 each&hellip;Most Assists&mdash;Bill Mosienko, 7&hellip;Most PointsMasnick and Nykoluk, 10 each&hellip;Most Penalties in Minutes&mdash;Kilburn. 17 minutes, consisting of a misconduct, major and minor&hellip;Most First Goals of a Game&mdash;16 players tied with one each&hellip;Most Game Winning Goals Maloney, 2&hellip;There were no shutouts in the first 16 playoff games.</p><p>SHORT SHOTS&hellip;Detroit has seven WHL graduates on its club I&mdash;Glenn Hall. Gerry Melnyk, Earl Reibel, Norm Ullman and John Bucyk from Edmonton, Warren Godfrey ex-Tacomaite, and Luce DeI chene, reserve goalie, from Brandon&hellip;Reibel, Ullman and Melnyk I are all centermen&hellip;Ullman, Melnyk, Bucyk and Hall played against Montreal&rsquo;s Provost, Talbot and Turner when their club (Edmonton) I played Shawinigan for the Ediburgh Trophy last spring&hellip;Winnipeg I is loaded offensively with: Masnick, Nesterenko, Burchell. Mosienko, I Mazur, Barry Cullen. Barlow, Nykoluk. Aulcorn and Hoekstra&hellip;Burega, Shero, Summers and Keating form the defence. Chadwick is the goalie. They Should go all the way&hellip;Gerry Ehman has been one of the surprises of the playoffs. He, Maloney, Cyr and McCarthy are I Vancouver&rsquo;s leaders offensively, defensively it has been Egan. Currie I&rsquo; and Hudson&hellip;For Victoria to bounce back Pelletier will have to be hot, Kilburn will have to score goals, and the Cougars will have to skate and check Vancouver to a standstill&hellip;Calgary is going to have to find a way to stop Winnipeg&rsquo;s tremendous scoring power. Other-wise it&rsquo;s curtains&hellip;Some-of the experts see Winnipeg winning it all without losing a game, maybe one at the most&hellip;Ever since the prairie teams joined the WHL, fall of 1951, no coast club has won the WHL championship and President&rsquo;s Cup&hellip;Saskatoon, Edinonton, twice, and Calgary have won the honors&hellip;Victoria was the last coast team to win, doing it in 1951 with Roger Leger as player-coach.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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WHL Blueline Banter

<h2><b>Tops in Stops</b></h2><p><b>Roy Mikulan of Vancouver leads all WHL netminders in the playoffs with a 2.33 average.</b></p><h2><b>Tops In Points</b></h2><p><b>Paul Mosniek of Winnipeg is the top playoff pointmaker to date with six points.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><h3><b>PRAIRIE FINALS</b></h3><p><b>(Best-of-seven series)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01343/1603275-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="324" height="42"></div><h3><b>COAST FINALS</b></h3><p><b>(Best of seven series)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02301/1603268-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="323" height="42"></div><h3><b>RESULTS</b></h3><p><b>March 19th Monday</b></p><p>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 5.53 OT</p><p><b>March 20th Tuesday</b></p><p>Saskatoon 1 at Winnipeg 6</p><p>New West 1 at Victoria 3</p><p><b>March 21st Wednesday</b></p><p>Edmonton 2 at Calgary 3 6.42 OT</p><p>Vancouver 3 at New West 4</p><p><b>March 22nd Thursday</b></p><p>Saskatoon 3 at Winnipeg 5</p><p><b>March 23rd Friday</b></p><p>Victoria 3 at Vancouver 2</p><p><b>March 24th Saturday</b></p><p>Calgary 5 at Edmonton 2</p><p>Winnipeg 6 at Saskatoon 3</p><p>Victoria 3 at New West 1</p><p><b>Tuesday March 27th</b></p><p>Vancouver 2 at Victoria 3</p><p><b>Wednesday March 28th</b></p><p>New West 1 at Vancouver 5</p><p>(Victoria and Vancouver qualify for finals)</p><p><b>Thursday March 29th</b></p><p>Calgary 2 at Winnipeg 7</p><p><b>Friday March 30th</b></p><p>Victoria 1 at Vancouver 7</p><p><b>Saturday March 31st</b></p><p>Vancouver 3 at Victoria 2</p><p>Calgary 4 at Winnipeg 6</p><h3><b>MONDAY, MARCH 19</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 4 at Calgary 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03271/1603261-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="325" height="372"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 20</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 1 at Winnipeg</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04243/1603254-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="330" height="297"></div><p><b>New Westminter 1 at Victoria 3</b></p><p><b>New Westminster</b>&mdash;Goal: Bentley; defence: Creighton, Bergeron, Matthews, Tarala; forwards: McNab, Ivove, Fashwal, Schmautz, Boyce, McLean, Dawes, Roggeveen.</p><p><b>Victoria</b>&mdash;Goal: &ldquo;Pelletier; defence. Whitney, Dobbyn, Bulloch, Davidson; forwards: Kilburn, Anderson, Macauley. Olson, Brown, Carmichael, Teal, Chiup Jca, Robertson, Wonoski.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05211/1603247-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="330" height="227"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21</b></h3><p><b>Edmonton 2 at Calgary 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06181/1603240-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="318" height="299"></div><p><b>Vancouver 3 at New Westminter 4</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07168/1603233-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="319" height="307"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 22</b></h3><p><b>Saskatoon 3 at Winnipeg</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08158/1603226-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="323" height="312"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 23</b></h3><p><b>Victoria 3 at Vancouver 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09152/1603219-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="322" height="223"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 24</b></h3><p><b>Calgary 5 at Edmonton 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10146/1603212-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="326" height="244"></div><p><b>Winnipeg 6 at Saskatoon 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11129/1603205-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="328" height="296"></div><p><b>Victoria 3 at New Westminster 1</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12115/1603198-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="318" height="217"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 27</b></h3><p><b>Vancouver 2 at Victoria 3</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1394/1603191-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="328" height="163"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28</b></h3><p><b>New Westminster 1 at Vancouver 5</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1485/1603184-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="328" height="202"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 29</b></h3><p><b>Calgary 2 at Winnipeg 7</b></p><p><b>Calgary</b>&mdash;Goal: Francis; defence: F. Hucul, Syverson, Miclialuk, S. Hucul; forwards: Couture, Ross, Shvetz, Witiuk Barry, McFadden, McKenzie, Finney, Crawford, Scott.</p><p><b>Winnipeg</b>&mdash;Goal: Chadwick; defence: Keating, Summers, Burega, Voykin; forwards: Cullen. Barlow, Nykoluk, Mosienko, Masniek, Mazur, Burchell, Nesterenko, Hoekstra, Aidcorn.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1570/1603177-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="332" height="333"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, MARCH 30</b></h3><p><b>Victoria 1 at Vancouver 7</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0752/1603170-1-eng-US/f0018-072.jpg" title="f0018-07" width="331" height="297"></div><p><b>Winnipeg 7 at Calgary 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0845/1603163-1-eng-US/f0018-082.jpg" title="f0018-08" width="328" height="244"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 31</b></h3><p><b>Vancouver 3 at Victoria 2</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-0941/1603156-1-eng-US/f0018-092.jpg" title="f0018-09" width="327" height="340"></div><p><b>Calgary 4 at Winnipeg 6</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-1037/1603149-1-eng-US/f0018-102.jpg" title="f0018-10" width="325" height="233"></div><h2><b>THE POINT PARADE</b></h2><p><b>(Both Final Series)</b></p><h3><b>WINNIPEG</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1646/1603142-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="321" height="125"></div><h3><b>CALGARY</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1737/1603135-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="322" height="69"></div><h3><b>VANCOUVER</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1832/1603128-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="321" height="80"></div><h3><b>VICTORIA</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1928/1603121-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="321" height="80"></div><h3><b>GOALKEEPERS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-2016/1603114-1-eng-US/f0013-202.jpg" title="f0013-20" width="321" height="79"></div><h2><b>Playoff Playmaker</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-2110/1603107-1-eng-US/f0013-212.jpg" title="f0013-21" width="588" height="712"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BILL MOSIENKO</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By AL PARSLEY</div><p>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;</p><p>The defending Quebec Hockey League champions, the Shawinigan Cataracts, may have finished the regular season 14 points ahead of their closest pursuers, the Montreal Royals, but that doesn&rsquo;t necessarily mean that they waltz past the Royals in the final.</p><p>Indeed, they might even find themselves on the outside looking in when the Edinburgh Trophy series against the winners of the Vancouver-Winnipeg set plays the QHL.</p><p>The Royals, who staged one of the greatest comebacks since Lillian Roth when they knocked off the Quebec Aces after trailing at one point, 3-1, in the best-of-seven semi-final, bounded back from a two-goal deficit to take the opening game from Shawinigan, 5-3.</p><h2><b>Two Quick Goals</b></h2><p>The Cats had gone ahead 2-0 in the first period and appeared away to a romp when Baldy MacKay sliced the margin to 2-1 in the second period. Baldy tied it up early in the third and a penalty to J. P. Denis paved the way for two quick Royals&rsquo; goals. Phil Goyette&rsquo;s blast into an empty cage closed out the scoring.</p><p>In order to comply with a television committment, the series opened in Montreal instead of Shawinigan and the game drew well, everything considered. Close to 8,000 fans turned out to cheer the Royals.</p><p>The next two games are in Shawinigan.</p><h2><b>Great Performance</b></h2><p>Gerry McNeil, nursing a painfully poisoned hand, numbed by a shot of novacaine, turned in one of the greatest goaltending performances in the long and storied history of the Forum in the final game of the Royals-Aces semifinal.</p><p>As a result, the Royals and not the Aces hosted the league-champion Cataracts when the Quebec Hockey League finals got underway.</p><p>A surprise goal by Calum MacKay at 5:49 of the sudden death overtime, broke a 2-2 tie before the largest QHL crowd of the year&mdash;9,258.</p><p>But the whole story was McNeil. First, allow us to dispense with the necessary details. Royals took a 2-0 lead in the first period on goals by Denis Boucher and Jacques Deslauriers. Quebec chopped the margin to 2-1 on a goal by Dick Gamble in the second period, and the Aces netted the equalizer at 3:17 of the final frame, with Larry Regan converting Gamble&rsquo;s pass.</p><h2><b>Handled 40 Shots</b></h2><p>McNeil handled 40 shots to the 26 directed at Al Millar. Normally, 40 shots wouldn&rsquo;t represent an abnormal figure, but when the experts calculate that at least 15 of the shots he saved were &ldquo;labelled,&rdquo; his claim to greatness gains impetus. If Royals didn&rsquo;t deserve to win a hockey game, this was it. If they did win, McNeil and McNeil alone deserves the credit. On at least seven occasions he was given standing ovations.</p><p>The steam-filled Quebec dressing room was the usual abyss of gloom when a team loses. Coach Punch Imlach paced the floor nervously. When he spoke he was deliberate. &ldquo;You name any goalkeeper in the world and I&rsquo;ll tell you we could have beaten him tonight.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Yes, all of them Hall. Plante. Sawchuk. Lumley&hellip;AU of them! Except McNeil&rdquo;.</p><h2><b>NHL Next Year?</b></h2><p>When Punch loosened up a bit he was a little more expansive. &ldquo;I hear that McNeil is going to be back in the NHL next year. Well, let me tell you that if he gets a good club in front of him he&rsquo;ll still be one of the best in the business. I&rsquo;ve never seen goalkeeping like he showed me tonight.&rdquo;</p><p>Across the hall, Elmer Lacili, the Royals&rsquo; coach admitted that McNeill had won the game for the Royals. When someone said that Royals didn&rsquo;t deserve to win on their defensive play, Elmer nodded his head.</p><p>Sitting off in a corner, McNeil tugged at a cigarette. He modestly refused handshakes since he couldn&rsquo;t move the fingers in his left hand. The freezing was coming out and it was painful. He was so tired he delayed taking off his heavy pads. He just wanted to sit down and rest.</p><p>Tired as lie was,. Gerry had derived tremendous satisfaction out of his performance. Looking back over the years there had been many.</p><p>As one of the thousands who has followed Gerry McNeil&rsquo;s goalkeeping career as far back as 1943 when lie was still a school boy at Catholic High and playing for the senior Royals, we&rsquo;ve watched him in many sensational performances, particularly in 1947 when he was a big figure in Royals&rsquo; winning Montreal&rsquo;s first Allan Cup since MAAA turned the trick back in 1931.</p><h2><b>Bought Gas Station</b></h2><p>Gerry&rsquo;s demise as a National Hockey League netminder came at the end of the 1953-54 season when he turned to the comparatively quiet life of a gas station operator rather than spend another winter catering to the whims and fancies of Dick Irvin.</p><p>His decision to quit the Canadiens wasn&rsquo;t a sudden impulse His nerves had become as taut as a drum under Irvin&rsquo;s consistent needling. The breaking point came in the Stanley Cup final against Detroit in April of 1964.</p><h2><b>Different Story</b></h2><p>Jacques Plante had been just short of sensational as Canadiens swept by Boston in four straight with &ldquo;Jake The Snake&rdquo; getting two shutouts. But the story was different against the Wings. Plante was in the nets for the first four games and Canadiens were trailing in the series, 3-1 when Isvin, faced with elimination called in McNeil.</p><p>The rest is almost history. Canadiens went into Detroit for what many believed would be the final game and McNeil 3tood the Wings on their collective ears for three periods. An overtime goal by Kenny Mosdell prolonged the series and Canadiens came back home to win 4-1, tying the series and forcing the seventh game in Detroit. McNeil was again the dominating figure. With the score tied 1-1, after regulation time, fate stepped in to rob McNeil of the greatest goal-keeping comeback in the history of the game. A shot by Tony Leswick bounced off Doug Harvey&rsquo;s outstretched hand and bounded into the net.</p><p>Shortly after that series McNeil retired and came back this year to man the cage for the Royals. His performance in the game against Aces won&rsquo;t be recorded for posterity&mdash;only because the game wasn&rsquo;t played at National Hockey League level&mdash;had it been. McNeil&rsquo;s name would be deeply etched in the archives of the greats for years to come.</p><h2><b>Sensational!</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01342/1603306-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="936" height="620"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GERRY McNEIL</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Royals Dump Cataracts In First Game Of Finals

<p>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;</p><p>Managing Director Frank Seiko of Montreal Canadiens said here that Eddie Kachur, rightwinger with Shawinigan Falls Cataracts of the Quebec Hockey League, is definitely tagged for the National Hockey League Canadiens next season.</p><p>That was as far as Selke would go in any comment on next season&mdash;regardless of whether his Cauadiens take the Stanley Cup from Detroit Red Wings in the current final.</p><p>He said Kachur, who hailed from Fort William, is one of the best prospects in the Canadians&rsquo; farm organization and is being counted on as a regular with the big club next season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Kachur Will Join Habs

<h2><b>Misconduct</b></h2><p><b>Wally Clune of Royals drew a misconductpenalty in the first game of the QHL final series.</b></p><h2><b>Two For Baldy</b></h2><p><b>Baldy MacKoy scored two goals as Montreal Royals downed Shawinigan Cataracts 5-3 in the opener of the finals.</b></p><h2><b>HOW THE RACE GOES</b></h2><p><b>FINALS</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01315/1603459-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="327" height="43"></div><p>(Montreal leads Best-of-Seven QHL Final, 1-0)</p><h3><b>Wednesday March 21</b></h3><p><b>Montreal 2 at Quebec 3</b></p><p>(Quebec leads best-of-seven semi-final 1-0).</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNeil; defense: R. Rousseau, Ingram, Deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson; forwards: Goriveau, Thorndycraft, Goyette, Boucher, G. Rousseau, Denis, MacKay, Laplante, Bradley.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Millar; defense: Schneider, MacQueen, Ernst, Zeniuk, MacNab; forwards: Gamble, Tessier, Po-well, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymuchuk, Buchanan, Cossette, Regan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02278/1603452-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="331" height="299"></div><p><b>Chicoutimi 5 at Shawinigan 1</b></p><p>(Chicoutimi leads best-of-seven semi-final 1-0)</p><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Paille; defense: Glaude, Roy, Taillefer, Hanna, Labrosse; forwards: S. Smrke, Moore, L. Smrke, Topoll, F. Perreault, Locas, Cressman, Hicks, Tkachuk.</p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: R. Perreault; defense: Roche, Hodgson, Lamirande, Langlois, Leger; forwards: Broden, Kachur, Faulkner, Dube, Grosse, Denis, Bouchard, Desaulniers, Wray.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03254/1603445-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="328" height="343"></div><h3><b>THURSDAY, MARCH 22</b></h3><p><b>Shawinigan 4 at Chicoutimi</b></p><p>(Best-of-seven series tied 1-1)</p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: R. Perreault; defence: Lamirande, Langlois, Roche, Leger; forwards: Desaulniers, Wray, Bouchard, Kachur, Thornson, Deris, Broden, Grosse, Faulkner, Dube.</p><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Faille; defence: Claude, Hanna, Roy, Taillefer, Labrosse; forwards: S. Smrke, L. Smrke, Topoll, F. Perreault, Locas, Hicks, Cressman, Maxwell, Campeau, Tkachuk.</p><p>Referee: Corriveau; linemen: Demers, O&rsquo;Doherty.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04206/1603438-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="321" height="252"></div><h3><b>SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1956</b></h3><p><b>Quebec 8 at Royals 3</b></p><p>(Quebec leads best-of-seven semi-final 2-0).</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: MoNeil; Oerence: R. Rousseau, Deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson; forwards: Corriveau. Thorndycraft, Goyette, Boucher, G. Rousseau, Burnett, Denis, MacKay, Bradley, Laplante, Inggram.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Millar; defense: MacQueen, Schneider, Ernst, Zeniuk, MacNab; forwards: Gamble, Tessier, Powell, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Cossette, Regan, Poliezari.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05169/1603431-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="322" height="412"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 1956</b></h3><p><b>Royals 4 at Quebec 1</b></p><p>(Quebec leads best-of-seven semifinal 21).</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Millar; defense: MacQueen, Schneider, Ernst, Zeniuk, MacNab: forwards: Gamble, Tessier, Powell, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Cossette, Regan, Polizeari.</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNeil; defence: R. Rousseau, Deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson; forwards: Corriveau, Thorndycraft, Goyette, Boucher. G. Rousseau, Burnett, Denis, MacKay, Bradley, Laplante, Inggram.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-06149/1603424-1-eng-US/f0015-062.jpg" title="f0015-06" width="321" height="310"></div><p><b>Shawinigan 6 at Chicoutimi 1</b></p><p>(Shawinigan leads best-of-seven semifinal 2-1).</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-07141/1603417-1-eng-US/f0015-072.jpg" title="f0015-07" width="320" height="350"></div><h3><b>WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28</b></h3><p><b>Montical 1 at Quebec 3</b></p><p>(Quebec leads best-of-seven semi-final 3-1)</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNeil; defence: R. Rousseau, Ingram, Deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson; forwards: Thorndycraft, Goyette, Boucher, G. Rousseau, Denis, Mackay, Laplante, Bradley, Burnett.</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Millar; defence; Schneider, MacQueen, Ernst, Zeniuk, MacNab; forwards: Gamble, Tessier, MacNab; forwards; Gatnble, Tessier, Powell, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Regan, Poliziani.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-08130/1603410-1-eng-US/f0015-082.jpg" title="f0015-08" width="324" height="265"></div><h3><b>TUESDAY, MARCH 27</b></h3><p><b>Shawinigan 2 at Chicoutimi 0</b></p><p>(Shawinigan leads best-of-seven semifinal 3-1).</p><p><b>Shawinigan Falls</b>&mdash;Goal: R. Perreault; defense: Langlois, Lamirande, R. Leger, Hodgson, Roche; forwards: Desaulniers, Wray, Bouchard, Kachur, Thomson, Denis, Broden, Grosse, Faulkner, Dube.</p><p><b>Chicoutimi</b>&mdash;Goal: Faille; defense: Roy, Taillefer, Glaude. Hanna, Labrosse; forwards: Locas, S. Smrke, L. Smrke, Topoll, F. Perreault, Campeau, Tkachuk, Hicks, Cressman, G. Leger.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-09122/1603403-1-eng-US/f0015-092.jpg" title="f0015-09" width="320" height="234"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY APRIL 1</b></h3><p><b>Royals 2 at Quebec 0</b></p><p>(Best-of-seven semi-final tied 3-3)</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNeil; defense: R. Rousseau, Ingram. Deslauriers, Clune, MacPherson; forwards: Corriveau, Goyette, Boucher, G. Rousseau, Burnett, Denis, Bradley, MacKay, Laplante.</p><p><b>Quebee</b>&mdash;Goal: Millar; defense: Schneider, MacQueen, Ernst, Zeniuk, McNab; forwards: Gamble, Tessier, Powell, Polliziani, Labadie, Tremblay, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Regan.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-10108/1603396-1-eng-US/f0015-102.jpg" title="f0015-10" width="322" height="266"></div><h3><b>FRIDAY, APRIL 6</b></h3><p><b>Quebec 2 at Montreal 3</b></p><p>(Montreal wins best-of-seven semi-final 4-3)</p><p><b>Quebec</b>&mdash;Goal: Millar; defense: Ernst, Zeniuk. Schneider, MacQueen, McNab, forwards: liegan, Gamble, Tremblay, Tessier, Powell, Pollzzlani, Labadie, Achtymichuk, Buchanan, Cossette.</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNell; defense: Macpherson, R. Rousseau, Ingram, Deslauriers, Clune; forwards: Boucher, Bradley, Goyette, G. Rousseau, Burnett, Mackay, Laplante, Corriveau, Denis.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1189/1603389-1-eng-US/f0015-112.jpg" title="f0015-11" width="321" height="371"></div><h3><b>SUNDAY, APRIL 8</b></h3><p><b>Shawinigan 3 at Montreal 5</b></p><p>(Royals lead best-of-seven final. 1-0)</p><p><b>Shawinigan Valls</b>&mdash;Goal: Perreault; defense: Hodgson, Roche, Lamirande, Langlois; forwards: Broden, Faulkner. Kachur, Desaulniers, Wray, Bouchard, Thorson, J. P. Denis, Dube, Grosse.</p><p><b>Royals</b>&mdash;Goal: McNeil: defense: Clune, MacPherson, R. Rousseau, Des lauriers; forwards: Ingram, Bouchard, G. Rousseau, Laplante, Corriveau, Goyette, Burnett, L. Denis, MacKay, Bradley.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1268/1603382-1-eng-US/f0015-122.jpg" title="f0015-12" width="324" height="404"></div><h2><b>A MAN&rsquo;S ale</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1358/1603375-1-eng-US/f0015-132.jpg" title="f0015-13" width="292" height="278"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>&ldquo;A job like mine takes it out of you&rdquo;</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>with BODY in it</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1448/1603368-1-eng-US/f0015-142.jpg" title="f0015-14" width="288" height="278"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>&ldquo;But labott&rsquo;s IPA puts it right back in,&rdquo; <i>says Henry C. Odell, salesman, Toronto.</i></b></figcaption></div><p><b>Something yearning in you</b> for a <i>man&rsquo;s</i> ale&hellip;an ale with <i>real</i> body and flavour to it? Nothing satisfies a yearning like that better than IPA. Try it. A man-size thirst, a man-size taste in ales calls for Labatt&rsquo;s IPA. Henry Odell knows it. You should get to know it, too.</p><p>Find out about IPA&hellip;<i>the ale that satisfies the man in you!</i> Make the great discovery next time you&rsquo;re at your favourite hotel or tavern, or next time you order ale for your home. Start enjoying the ale with body&hellip;flavour&hellip;<i>ZESTI</i> The man&rsquo;s ale&mdash;IPA!</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-1538/1603361-1-eng-US/f0015-152.jpg" title="f0015-15" width="287" height="297"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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QUEBEC LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By JACK PINER</div><p class="dropcap"><b><span>S</span>WEET REVENGE</b>&hellip;I held up preparing this column for 24 hours so we could work in the final game of the All-Ontario Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Hockey championship series&hellip;Coach Murph Chamberlain, once a Sudbury hero, led his amazing Chatham Maroons to a dazzling 4-1 victory in the seventh and deciding game against Coach Johnny O&rsquo;Flaherty&rsquo;s Sudbury Wolves&hellip;the interesting story is the revenge obtained by the sensational youngster, Marvin Edwards, over another stellar young netminder. Johnny Albani&hellip;last season Albani was in the net for Toronto Marlboros when they eliminated St. Catharines Teepees in the OHA Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; championship series&hellip;just a few minutes before this column was prepared, Marv got back at Johnny with a tremendous game in goal to spark Chatham to their Ontario triumph over a team which had been favored&hellip;fellows like Alex Viskelis and Jimmy Connelly along with Eric Unger and Graham Joyce all deserve a big hand for their attacking power in the &ldquo;Big Game&rdquo; witnessed by 6,500 fans&hellip;It v. as a tough blow for the great Sudbury fans who had been pulling for an Allan Cup&hellip;no better hockey fans exist than in Sudbury&hellip;but we must take our hat off to Murph Chamberlain and his Chatham Maroons&hellip;Murph came up with a mighty great masterminding job in that final game!</p><p>Port Arthur In There&hellip;going to the extreme north for our next item we find the dashing Port Arthur North Stars off on the right foot in the Western Canada Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; championship series against Regina Pats&hellip;Port Arthur from Northern Ontario captured the first game. 8-4, with Bobby Darcis engineering a blazing four-goal performance&hellip;Bobby came through with one of the finest individual performances ever witnessed in Western Canadian junior competition&hellip;Northern Ontario fans are pretty excited right now over the w-ay Port Arthur got away to such a flying start in the crucial series&hellip;Jimmy Shirley, who played for the Sault Ste. Marie (Michigan) Indians in the NOHA Senior &ldquo;A&rdquo;. circuit, will be in goal when St. John Beavers clash with Chatham Maroons for the Eastern Canada Senior title&hellip;Jimmy has a lot of friends up North&hellip;Al Millar, who played goal for the same Indians this season, is burning up the league for Quebec Aces in the QHL. playoffs at this writing, at least.</p><p><b>THOUSANDS PERFORM</b>&hellip;The remarkable total of 15,000 youngsters took part in the Northern Ontario Playground Hockey Association deal this past season&hellip;it is the world&rsquo;s largest organized hockey league&hellip;the boys follow strict rules&mdash;no talking back, no swearing, no fighting; just hockey&hellip;they call it the &ldquo;Silent League&rdquo; for short&hellip;quite a setup!&hellip;Carl Palangio, NOHA President. believes the 60-game schedule in operation may have to give way to a 48-game sked&hellip;he was expressing his own opinion and the matter will come up when the NOHA officials meet&hellip;Carl is working to maintain the five-team setup&hellip;however, the plan to try and convince the moguls they should break away from the NOHA and form a pro setup is being talked up considerably with a lot of pros and cons been voiced and printed&hellip;the plan now is to hold a full scale meeting in Sudbury to discuss the idea&hellip;this will be entirely unofficial, of course, but those interested will be invited to attend to talk the thing out in one big room.</p><p>Another Big Rhubarb&hellip;the CAHA tossed a bombshell Into NOHA ranks with the move that cut short the Eastera Canada Memorial Cup semi-final round between Northern Ontario&rsquo;s Porcupine Combines and Ottawa Shamrocks&hellip;the NOHA will file a strong protest to the CAHA at the next meeting of the latter group&hellip;the CAHA called a halt to the best-of-five series after two games had been played in Ottawa&hellip;the Shamrocks won both by scores of 6-2 and 11-2&hellip;Lome Miller, NOHA secretary-manager, and Clifford Thomson of Timmins who was NOHA representative in Ottawa for the round, charge they were not notified by the CAHA concerning their decision to cut the series short&hellip;a real holler went up throughout Northern Ontario over the action of the CAHA&hellip;and I don&rsquo;t blame the Northern Ontario fans one bit&hellip;here the CAHA is supposed to be an organization designed to foster and build amateur hockey in Canada and yet for the sake of around $200 (a mighty paltry sum these days!) the group called off an important series&hellip;hockey fans aroundo the Gold Belt up around Timmins became incensed and protested to the big brass of the CAHA. namely. George Dudley, secretary-treasurer. and W. B. (Baldy) George. Past President&hellip;Dudley said he consulted with George before making what consider a terribly ill-considered decision&hellip;Dudley explained the CAHA&rsquo;s share of the gate in the first game was $200 and in the second $107&hellip;he went on to say that &ldquo;it was obvious after the first two games that the Northern Ontario team was not capable of putting up a contest&rdquo;. Well, is that so?? The scores have been one-sided but it is not true sportsmanship and fair play to cut any team out of a series as important as the one involved&hellip;a team fights all year to get info the title rounds and no team should ever be forced out on the grounds used by the CAHA in this case.</p><p><b>LOSSES NO EXCUSE</b>&hellip;Dudley went on to say the CAHA lost around $2,000 on the series because around 500 fans took in each game&hellip;Dudley should be reminded of the money his so-called amateur body grabs from these so-called amateur senior hockey teams during the Allan Cup playdowns&hellip;balance that huge pile against a few dollars which helps the &ldquo;kids.&rdquo; NOHA officials stated that they offered to change the venue of the series to the spacious and beautiful rink at Schumacher and that they would guarantee the expenses of the Shamrocks&hellip;Dudley countered by saying he did not hear of this offer&hellip;but the point is he should have contacted NOHA officials first before chasing the Northern Ontario team out of the series&hellip;if he had done this he would have certainly learned of how NOHA leaders felt and what they were prepared to do&hellip;the big danger now is that the sponsorship by Chicago Black Hawks for the Northern Ontario may be withdrawn as the result of the CAHA&rsquo;s action&hellip;there&rsquo;s another very important element to consider in this terrible case of outright distatorship by the CAHA and it concerns the fight to keep Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; Hockey alive in Northern Ontario&hellip;Soutlvern Ontario teams have raided the North of nearly all our fine Junior talent and now the CAHA comes up with a rew decision to rob the North of a few Eastern Canada games which were terribly important to the youngsters, their team officials and sponsors&hellip;the CAHA must be condemned for its action and this column condemns it from top to bottom&hellip;Northern Ontario has been dealt a foul blow and it&rsquo;s up to the NOHA to fight back with every weapon at its command&hellip;we&rsquo;re not going to take this without a fight&hellip;How About It Northern Ontario?<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NOHA Puck Parade

<div class="byline">By JOE MINSTER</div><p>CINCINNATI, Ohio&mdash;</p><p>It&rsquo;s all over but the shouting in the International Hockey League, and there isn&rsquo;t very much of that, either.</p><p>It was the same old story in Frank Gallagher&rsquo;s six-team loop&mdash;too much Cincinnati Mohawks.</p><p>For the fourth straight year, the Hawks completely dominated the 1HL, sweeping both the regular-season and playoff titles with consummate ease.</p><p>Putting the finishing touches on their fourth successive postseason championship. Coach Roly McLenahan&rsquo;s Hawks breezed past Toledo-Marion in four games in a row to put an early end to the scheduled best-of-seven series.</p><p>After taking the first two contests from the Mercs, 3-0 and 5-4 in double overtime in Cincinnati, the action switched to Toledo. Here, the Queen Cityans applied the pressure to wind matters up by downing the northern Ohians, 4-1 and 2-0.</p><h2><b>Won Seven Straight</b></h2><p>The two victories in To&rsquo;edo meant that Cincinnati had raced off with its last seven straight playoff tilts after losing the opener of the semifinal series with Ft. Wayne, 2-1, at home.</p><p>From that time on. the Mohawks were unbeatable, disposing of the. Komets, 4-1, 5-l and 4-2 in the best-of-five set and then moving on to dispose of the Mercurys in quick order.</p><p>To Cincinnati Goalie Jacques Marcotte, little 5-7 giant who packs only about 140 pounds on his frame, must go a large measure of the credit for his team&rsquo;s post-season success.</p><p>&ldquo;Marcotte was great, especially in the clutch, when he repeatedly came up with that big&rsquo; save for us,&rdquo; McLenahan exulted afterwards. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a real&rsquo;money&rsquo; player and certainly turned the tide for us on a number of occasions.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Allowed 11 Goals</b></h2><p>In eight playoff battles, Marcotte permitted only 11 pucks to get past him for a sparkling; 1.37 average, and he marked up those two shutouts to give him five for the year. Against Toledo, Jacques yielded just five goals in four starts and he gave up six more against Ft. Wayne.</p><p>On offense, the line with Capt. Billy Goold centering for Wingers John (Bun) Smith and Reg Grigg was by far the most effective for the perennial champs. Smith was tops with seven goals, while Grigg added five more and Goold three, all of them game-winners.</p><p>&ldquo;This team has really surprised me.&rdquo; McLenahan admitted. &ldquo;When we started out, I thought we were in for a lot of trouble, and I was sure of it after we just managed to break even in our first eight starts.</p><h2><b>Never Stopped</b></h2><p>&ldquo;But these boys have put out 100 per cent right along, and they never stopped trying, so I guess that must be the main reason why they came through the way they did. They deserve all the credit in the world for their spirit and refusal to accept defeat.</p><p>&ldquo;Our veterans&mdash;Smith, Goold, Grigg, Duke Edmundson, Butvh MacKay and Moe Mantha, all played well, and so did the rookie crop of Max Mekilok, Warren Hynes, Lou Marcon, Bill Sutherland, Bill Kurtz, Neil Burke arid Marcotte. They did all what I asked&mdash;and more.&rdquo;</p><p>What McLenahan failed to mention was that he, the coach, contributed more than his share to the successful campaign. One of seven 30-goal men on the club (Hynes, Smith. Mekilok, Edmundson, Gold and Grigg were the others) Roly also was a tower of strength on the rear lines.</p><p>&ldquo;Some of our boys will be pros next season.&rdquo; McLenahan speculated. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s hard to tell just who I will go up, but most of them have a chance, it seems to me.</p><p>&ldquo;Marcon was especially good on defense, and he may have what it takes. The same goes for Marcotte, while Mekilok, Hynes and our holdovers all looked good on offense. Quite a number of those boys could make a respectable showing in the professional ranks, I&rsquo;m certain.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Bennett Looked Good</b></h2><p>As for Toledo, the Mercs never quit trying, right down to the end, against the strong Hawks. Goalie Al Bennett gave a fine account of himself between the pipes, but his teammates, who engineered a semifinal upset over Troy in a tough series, weren&rsquo;t quite up to the task of stopping Cincinnati.</p><p>&ldquo;They were just too much for us.&rdquo; Coach Frank (Butch) Stahan asserted after the handshaking that followed the completion of the final tilt here. &ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t for a lack of effort that we went down. They (Cincinnati) just had us beat in too many phases of the game.&rdquo;</p><p>And so another IHL season came to a close on just the same note on which play has ended since 1952-53, with Cincinnati claiming both crowns and looking for No. 5 in 1956-57.</p><p>Here are brief accounts of the final two games of the championship.</p><h2><b>THIRD GAME</b></h2><h3><b>Cincinnati 4 Toledo 1</b></h3><p><b>(Cincinnati leads, 3-0, in best-of-seven championship series.)</b></p><p>Duke Edmundson and Billy Gool scored for the Hawks in the first period and Bill Kurtz and Butch MacKay added two more in the second period. Gene Miller got the only Merc goal in the final canto.</p><h2><b>FOURTH GAME</b></h2><h3><b>Cincinnati 2 Toledo 0</b></h3><p><b>(Cincinnati wins best of seven championship series in four successive games.)</b></p><p>After two scoreless periods. Defenseman Lou Marcon tallied for the Mohawks at 5:13 of the final stanza on a rink-long dash. John (Bun) Smith made it 2-0 with 5 9 seconds left when he scored into a empty net fater Toledo Goalie Al Bennett had. been lifted for a sixth forward.</p><p>In four straight IHL playoff finals, Cincinnati now has polished off Grand Rapids in 1952-53, Johnstown in 1953-54. Troy in 1954-55 and now Toledo.</p><h2><b>Praised</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01299/1603514-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="304" height="504"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACQUES MARCOTTE</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Cincinnati Mohawks Capture IHL Title In Straight Games

<div class="byline">By HUGH BOWMAN</div><p><b>Are Defending Memorial Cup</b></p><p>GUELPH, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The Memorial Cup was 26 years coming for last year&rsquo;s junior champions, the Toronto Marlboros. They could have the coveted cup back on the shelf again in 2 6 days. Such are the fortunes of hockey.</p><p>The Dukes, for the second sucessive season, hit their peak at playoff time after a mediocre league campaign, to capture the Ontario championship. It&rsquo;s the first time since Barrie turned the trick in 1948-49 that a club has wrapped up two in a row and it&rsquo;s the first time since 1928-29 that the Marlies have scored a doubleheader. In 1928 they were eliminated by Ottawa in the semi-finals and in&rsquo;29 they went all the way. The years were lean between then and 1955 although the Dukes readied the OHA finals five times over that stretch.</p><p>In winning their second OHA crown the Dukes engaged in 11 playoff games, winning eight tieing one and losing two.</p><p>After dropping their opener to St. Catharines and tieing the second one with the Teepees they rang up seven straight playoff victories before being stopped by the surprising Barrie Flyers.</p><h2><b>Extended Series</b></h2><p>They took four straight from the Teepees and then rang up three against Barrie before the Flyers pulled out a 4-2 win on home ice to extend the series to five games. Outclassed and outweighed but never out-gamed, the Flyers, who finished sixth during the regular schedule, put up a stiff battle before bowing out. Only in the third gams, which Toronto won 8-1, was it a One sided contest.</p><p>Marlboros wrapped up the series in Toronto in the fifth game on the strength of a brilliant individual performance by winger Bobby Pulford. Pulford, whose next hockey uniform could well bear a Maple Leaf crest, blasted four goals past Bob Senior to Wreck Hap Emms&rsquo; bid for a fifth championship in ten years. It gave Pulford, a 30 goal scorer in league play, 16 tallies in 11 playoff games, almost a third, of Marl-boros&rsquo; playoff output.</p><h2><b>Future Bruin?</b></h2><p>Along with eight assists it ran his point total to 24, tied with Barrie&rsquo;s Bob Beckett for playoff point getting honours. Beckett&rsquo;s 24 points total on the same number of goals and assists was acquired over 18 play-off contests. Beckett, however, will be given serious consideration by the parent Boston Bruins next fall through his fine playoff performance. His 16-goal playoff output equalled his lamp-lighting figures for the 48-game regular schedule.</p><p>The Fivers offered no excuses Her their defeat although it must be conceded that injuries to kev players hurt their chances. Big John Chasczewski who was a big cog in Barrie&rsquo;s victories over Kitehener and St. Mikes was out with a badly sprained arm after the second game; Dick Cherry played the last two games with a 14-stitch gash on his arm, the result of a skate cut in the midst of a third period brawl in the third game of the series; and George Ranieri broke his leg when dropped by Bobby Baun in the first period of the final game. Ranieri, along with Arnold Smith and Roy Partridre, was benched after the first period of the third game for Bailing to go all out. All three game back for the fourth contest with Ranieri racking up three assists in the lone Barrie victory.</p><h2><b>Solid Contender</b></h2><p>The Flyers did themselves proud this year. They were considered &ldquo;lucky&rdquo; to make the playoffs and were given little chance of going to the finals. With a strong nucleus back from this year&rsquo;s club, the uncanny Hap Emms should have a solid contender next year.</p><p>Marlboros, who were underdogs aginst St. Catharines and favourites against Barrie, will revert to the underdog role in the Eastern Canada finals. They&rsquo;ll be facing what amaunts to a hand-picked All-Star team from the province of Quebec in the Montreal junior Canadiens. The wandering Habs. without a league of their own, won the Laurier Cup in competition with OHA junior teams and have run up an impressive record in exhibition games across the country. Included in their triumphs were a pair of victories over the Chatham Maroons, all-Ontario senior champions, which is an indication of their power and polish.</p><h2><b>Different Team</b></h2><p>There was little similarity, however, between league play and the playoffs in the OHA and the Canadiens will find Marlboros a much tougher club than the one they faced in Laurier Cup competition. The Dukes will have the edge in the defensive department which takes on added importance in the playoffs.</p><p>In eleven playoff tilts Marlboros were scored on only 26 times, an average of 2.4 per game. Len Broderick played well in goal for the Dukes although he was seldom called upon to be spectacular. Marlies&rsquo; defence permitted few breakaways and only on occasional lapses was the opposition given clear-cut scoring opportunities. Their rearguard, particularly Baun and McNeill, will outhit the Canadiens, and Marlboros success in the playoffs against Montreal will depend a great deal on their play back of their own blueline.</p><p>The Canadiens are well staffed up front and can throw three well balanced lines at Marlboros. Speed and scoring punch are their big asset and the Marlboro defence will have to be razor-sharp to tie up speed merchants of the calibre of Andre Pronovost, Forbes Kennedy, Bob Laforge and Bob Bousher.</p><h2><b>Using Two Lines</b></h2><p>Marlboros have nine forwards but haven&rsquo;t settled on three lines. Turk Broda for the most part has been using two with the other three players spelling them off. They haven&rsquo;t the explosive scoring power of Montreal but as is quite evident by his record. Bob Pulford is a dangerour man to have inside your blueline and Ken Girard, Bob Nevin and Charley Burns are capable of getting their share.</p><p>Thus should be a great series and although the Canadiens are the logical choice they may well be overrated off exhibition performances. Playoff hockey just isn&rsquo;t the same.</p><p>Notes&hellip;Chicago scout Bob Wilson has received a tall order for delivery in the fall&hellip;three forward lines and four defencemen&hellip;&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll get&rsquo;em&rdquo;, says Bob, &ldquo;but we&rsquo;ll have to go with a young team in St. Catharines.&rdquo;&hellip;Grant Morton up from Newmarket played well on defence for Barrie in the final two games against Mar lies&hellip;he&rsquo;ll help the Flyers defence next year&hellip;Royden Kealey of Ottawa Shamrocks likely to be in a Marlboro or St. Mikes uniform next year.</p><h2><b>Repeats</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01265/1603552-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="298" height="469"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TURK BRODA</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>Suffered Broken Leg</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-02227/1603545-1-eng-US/f0017-022.jpg" title="f0017-02" width="617" height="602"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GEORGE RANIERI</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Toronto Marlboros Win Second Straight OHA Junior A Title

<div class="byline">By &#x201C;CHICK&#x201D; APPEL</div><p>STRATFORD, Ont.&mdash;</p><p>The surprising Chatham Maroons, dubbed &ldquo;The Cinderella Team&rdquo; when they upset all the dope by defeating Stratford Indians in seven games and Kitchener Dutchmen in four straight games, to win the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA championship, are still going strong. Maroons climbed another rung in the ladder leading to the Allan Cup, when they disposed of Sudbury Wolves, NOHA champions, in the seventh game of the all-Ontario finals, at Sudbury. It was Maroons&rsquo; third victory as against the Wolves&rsquo; two triumphs, the other two games winding up in overtime ties.</p><p>The Eastern Canada finals started in Chatham, last week, with Saint John, N.B. Beavers, Maritimes champions, as the opposing team for the Maroons. The strength of the Maritimes is nor known yet, but the odds are on the Maroons to cop the series. The Beavers have a good goalie in Jim Shirley, and they have bolstered their original squad with three players from other teams in the Maritime League. Shirley guarded the twine for Brantford Redinen when they were in the senior OHA group, and if the remainder of the New Brunswick team measures up to Shirley the Maroons may have their work cut out for them.</p><p>The balance of the best-of-seven eastern finals will be played in Chatham, April 7, 9 and 11, and if more are needed they are billed for April 13, 14 and 16.</p><h2><b>Will Go West</b></h2><p>The eastern Canada champions will then hike west for the Allan Cup finals, where Winnipeg Maroons and Vernon Canadians are at present locked in the finals to determine the western Canada champions. Bill Juzda, former Toronto Maple Leafs, is playing coach for the Winnipeg team, and should they and Chatham qualify for the Canadian senior finals it will set something of a precedent, because both teams bear the name Maroons.</p><p>Plans for next season&rsquo;s senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA are being laid at the present time, and it is almost certain that Kitchener Dutchmen, Owen Sound Mercurys, windsor Bulldogs and Chatham Maroons will be back. Stratford Indians carry a question mark right now, but interested people have been holding meetings in camera for the last two weeks and from them could come a solution to the grave financial condition of the club, which lost $14,000 on the 1955-56 operations.</p><h2><b>Operate On Community Basis</b></h2><p>Stratford may adopt a similar set up to that now existing in Chatham, where the Maroons were sponsored and operated on a community basis. Already the Chatham club is selling tickets in a car raffle to ensure their continuance in senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; hockey, and reports are that the campaign is meeting with considerable enthusiasm. This is not too surprising in view of the excellent showing the Maroons are making this season when they upset most calculations by roaring from deep in the cellar during the regular schedule to defeat Stratford and Kitchener in the OHA finals and qualify to clash with Sudbury Wolves in the all-Ontario finals and the right to advance into the Allan Cup playdowns against Saint John Beavers, Maritimes Senior Hockey League champions.</p><p>The belief is that all five senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; OHA dubs lost money this year, although Chatham may manage to avoid red ink by their take in the series with Sudbury. Owen Sound, too, may have finished in the black, simply because they have been operating on the share-the-wealth basis for years, whereby the players receive bare travelling expenses during the season and at the conclusion whatever surplus remains is divided evenly among them.</p><p>Windsor also sustained a heavy financial loss, due partly to the fact that they failed to make the playoffs, and it is common knowledge that those two grand sportsmen, the Butcher brothers. Bill and Les, owners of the Windsor arena and the Bulldog franchise, were plainly dissatisfied, and most fans sympathize with them. However, the Butcher brothers have almost completed transfer of their franchise to new organization made up of Windsor business and professional men, whose civic pride was pricked at the dismal finish of the Bulldogs. However, this augurs well for the Windsor entry and there is almost complete assurance that the Bulldogs will face the barrier next season.</p><h2><b>Will Definitely Apply</b></h2><p>Wren Blair, boss of the Whitby Dunlops in the eastern Ontario senior &ldquo;B&rdquo; OHA group, has had ambitions for a couple of years to advance to higher company, and last report is that he will definitely apply for admittance to the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; group next season. Blair&rsquo;s squad almost made a shambles of their league this season, but after winning the semifinal playoffs by default after two games, they ran into some grief when Kingston Goodyears defeated them in two of the first four final games. Whitby struck back with a lopsided victory in the fifth game and apparently have bit their stride, which might suggest that they will wind it up in jig time now.</p><p>About the only objections to Whitby&rsquo;s entry in the senior &ldquo;A&rdquo; group next season, and the decision rests with the current five clubs, who form the senior council, is the long haul to Whitby for teams like Windsor, Chatham and Owen Sound, plus the limited seating accommodation in the Whitby arena. Blair announces that the Whitby arena commission has guaranteed that the number of seats will be materially increased, and with Windsor and Owen Sound quoted as being favorable to the Whitby entry next season, there is a good cshance that they will be accepted.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Chatham Ousts Sudbury From Allan Cup Hunt; Meet Maritime Champs

<div class="byline">By HERB ELK</div><p>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;</p><p>New Haven Blades made a clean sweep of the Eastern Hockey League Honors as they defeated the Clinton Comets, 4-1, to win the Boardwalk Trophy. The Blades had also won the Mayor Walker Trophy as league champions.</p><p>New Haven opened the final round (after having disposed of Johnstown in the semi-finals) with a 9-3 victory on their home ice. The Comets, thanks to some brilliant netminding by Doug Cosoti, tied the series as they: blanked the Blades 1-0 in Clinton.</p><p>After that, it was all New Haven. A 4-1 win On their home ice gave the Blades a 2-1 lead in the series and they took the last two games by 7-2 margins.</p><p>The proposed playoff between the EHL champs and the winners of the International League playoffs had to be shelved as neither New Haven or Cincinnati has their arena available due to previous bookings.</p><h2><b>N.Y. Rovers In</b></h2><p>At an Eastern Hockey, League meeting held on March 31st, a franchise was granted to the New York Rovers for the 1956-57 season. The Rovers will operate out of Commack, Long Island and will probably work as a farm team for the N.Y. Rangers as they had done in previous season.</p><p>The Baltimore Clippers, left homeless after a fire had demolished Carlins Arena, will operate out of Charlotte, N.C. next season. In five home games there this year, the Clippers played before nearly 40,000 fans thus warrenting the switch.</p><p>This year&rsquo;s edition of the Washington Lions (led by general manager Jack Riley and coach Stan Warecki) will play out of Winston-Salem, N.C. next fall as the board of governors also voted that city a franchise. Washington will undoubtedly ice a team with Mike Uline (owner of the D.C. Arena) as head man.</p><h2><b>PLAYOFF NOTES</b></h2><p>March 29th:&mdash;The Blades broke the home ice charm that had held up in the first three games of the series and downed the Comets by a 7-2 count in Clinton. Goals by Bill MaPheisn and Joe Buclioltz gave the New Haven sextet a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period and they held the lead all the way. Willie Pawchuk of the Comets and Ron Rohmer of the Blades exchanged tallies in the middle session and the New Haven lead was 3-1 going into the final twenty minutes. Claude Boileau, Yvan Chable and Buclioltz lipped the margain to 6-1 before Ken Grabeldinger beat Murray Dodd with the 2nd Comet marker. Cler Doyon picked up the final Blade score. Captain Ron Telford was credited with 3 assists and worked a double shift as coach Don Perry sat out the contest. Buclioltz, who last appeared in the lineup against Johnstown in the 1st playoff game, dressed in place of Alt Lewsey who aggravated his injured leg.</p><h2><b>PERRY RETURNS</b></h2><p>March 31st:&mdash;Coach Don Berry returned to the lineup and helped spark his championship club to the EHL play-off victory before a turnaway crowd of over 4,000 at the Arena. The Blades, with the CBS line accounting for 4 goals and 6 assists, took the Boardwalk Trophy as they downed Clinton, 7-2. Chasle led the attack against Comet goalie Doug Coxon with a brace of goals while Sherban, Boileau, Doyon, Maclherson and Rohmer scored one each. Sherban had three assists giving him a total of 13 in the playoffs to go with his 3 goals. Chasle lead the scoring parade with a total of 10 goals and 7 assists. Indian Joe Nolan of the Comets was the badman with 20 minutes in penalties. (Nolan led the league during the regular season with a record 357 minutes in the cooler). Murray Dodd was the lop netminder with a 3.00 goals against mark. Dodd. Coxon and Jiminy-Mattson of Johnstown each accounted for one shutout.</p><h2><b>Goal-Getter</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01273/1603607-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="325" height="318"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLAUDE BOILEAU</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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New Haven Makes Clean Sweep Of Honors In Eastern League

<h2><b>INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p><b>(Playoffs)</b></p><h3><b>Series &ldquo;A&rdquo;</b></h3><p>(Best-of-five semi-finals)</p><p>Thuesday, March 15</p><p>Fort Wayne 2 at Cincinnati 1</p><p>Sunday, March 18</p><p>Cincinnati 4 at Fort Wayne 1</p><p>Tuesday, March 20</p><p>Fort Wayne 1 at Cincinnati 5</p><p>Wednesday, March 21</p><p>Cincinnati 4 at Fort Wayne 2</p><p>(Cincinnati wins series three gamer to one).</p><h3><b>Series &ldquo;B&rdquo;</b></h3><p>Best-of-five semi-finals)</p><p>Thuesday, March 15</p><p>Toledo 2 at Troy 1</p><p>Saturday, March 17</p><p>Troy 2 at Toledo 1</p><p>2.20 3rd Overtime</p><p>Sunday, March 18</p><p>Toledo 1 at Troy 2</p><p>8.21 1st Overtime</p><p>Tuesday, March 20</p><p>Troy 2 at Toledo 3</p><p>Thursday, March 22</p><p>Toledo 3 at Troy 2</p><p>4.09 3rd Overtime</p><p>Toledo wins series three</p><p>games to two</p><h3><b>&ldquo;Series C&rdquo;</b></h3><p>(Best-of-seben finals)</p><p>Saturday, March 24</p><p>Toledo 0 at Cincinnati 3</p><p>Sunday, March 25</p><p>Toledo 4 at Cincinnati 5</p><p>7.08 2nd Overtime</p><p>Tuesday, March 27</p><p>Cincinnati 4 at Toledo 1</p><p>Thursday, March 29</p><p>Cincinnati 2 at Toledo 0</p><p>(Cincinnati wins series four games to none)</p><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>(Playoffs)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01251/1603652-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="325" height="641"></div><h2><b>GOALTENDERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-02204/1603645-1-eng-US/f0019-022.jpg" title="f0019-02" width="322" height="90"></div><h2><b>EASTERN&rsquo; LEAGUE</b></h2><h3><b>Final Play-Offs</b></h3><p>March 20th, Clinton 3 at New Hayen 9</p><p>March 25th, New Haven 0 at Clinton 1</p><p>March 26th, Clinton 1 at New Haven 4</p><p>March 29th, New Haven 7 at Clinton 2</p><p>March 31st, Clinton 2 at New Haven 7</p><p>(New Haven wins play-offs 4 games to 1.</p><h2><b>SCORING LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>(Playoffs)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-03161/1603638-1-eng-US/f0019-032.jpg" title="f0019-03" width="320" height="156"></div><h2><b>LEADERS</b></h2><p><b>Most Goals:</b> Chasle, New Haven, 10.</p><p><b>Most Assists:</b> Sherbau, New Haven, 13.</p><p><b>Most Penalties:</b> Nolan, Clinton, 20.</p><p><b>Best Goals against record:</b> Dodd, New Haven. 3.00.</p><p><b>Most Shutouts:</b> Dodd, New Haven, Coxon, Clinton, and Mattson, Johnson, leach.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Amateur Puck Parade… …At A Glance

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-04140/1603683-1-eng-US/f0019-042.jpg" title="f0019-04" width="618" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>(Solution next week)</b></figcaption></div><h2><b>ACROSS</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Canadien rookie shown in centre.</p><p>7&mdash;Carl Boone&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>9&mdash;Glen Skov&rsquo;s nickname.</p><p>11&mdash;Paid notice.</p><p>12&mdash;Ron Howell&rsquo;s birthplace.</p><p>14&mdash;Number of seasons Tom Johnson has played with Canadiens.</p><p>15&mdash;Pictured star did not play this type of hockey (abbr.)</p><p>17&mdash;Initials of Starr, ex member of the Rangers.</p><p>18&mdash;Initials of Chicago&rsquo;s captain.</p><p>20&mdash;Bucky Hollingworth has never played in this league (abbr.)</p><p>21&mdash;Number of games Gordie Fashoway missed in 1955-56.</p><p>22&mdash;Initials of Tottle of Springfield.</p><p>24&mdash;Hirst name of a member of the Winnipeg Warriors.</p><p>27&mdash;Pronoun.</p><p>28&mdash;Alta, birthplace of Norm Ullman..</p><p>30&mdash;Initials of a Black Hawk defenseman.</p><p>31&mdash;Anno Ordinis (abbr.)</p><p>32&mdash;Requisite for rowing.</p><p>34&mdash;The 14th and 11th letters of the alphabet.</p><p>35&mdash;Manson of Brandon answers to this.</p><h2><b>DOWN</b></h2><p>1&mdash;Marcel Pvonovost is noted for these.</p><p>2&mdash;Name given Burton, Detroit rookie.</p><p>3&mdash;Hart Trophy winner of 1948-49.</p><p>4&mdash;Ruthenium (Sym)</p><p>5&mdash;Initials of a Toronto rookie.</p><p>6&mdash;Short for first name of Howe former Red Wing player.</p><p>8&mdash;Glen Skos is of&rsquo;this descent.</p><p>10&mdash;Initials of Arbour of Edmonton Flyers.</p><p>13&mdash;Floyd Curry played junior hockey here.</p><p>16&mdash;NHL team against whom pictured player scored first goal.</p><p>19&mdash;First name of a Detroit forward.</p><p>23&mdash;This AHL player scored the most goals in the 1955-56 season.</p><p>25&mdash;One of the Black Hawks answers to this.</p><p>26&mdash;Cleveland Baron&rsquo;s coach.</p><p>28&mdash;Mrs. Johnny Wilson.</p><p>29&mdash;Jackie Hamilton once played with, this NHL team (abbr.)</p><p>33&mdash;Anti-aircraft (abbr.)</p><p><b>(Last week&rsquo;s solution)</b></p><h3><b>Across</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Stanley</p><p>7&mdash;Norm.</p><p>8&mdash;Ki.</p><p>9&mdash;Mid.</p><p>11&mdash;Kim</p><p>12&mdash;Morrison</p><p>13&mdash;Ge.</p><p>15&mdash;N.C.</p><p>17&mdash;S.D.</p><p>18&mdash;Sam</p><p>20&mdash;T.D</p><p>21&mdash;D.A.</p><p>22&mdash;Roy</p><p>23&mdash;Six</p><p>24&mdash;In</p><p>25&mdash;Al.</p><p>26&mdash;Doug</p><p>29&mdash;Sloan</p><p>30&mdash;Geo.</p><p>32&mdash;K.A.</p><p>33&mdash;Hill</p><p>34&mdash;Clem</p><h3><b>Down</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Simmons</p><p>2&mdash;Andre</p><p>3&mdash;No</p><p>4&mdash;L.R.</p><p>5&mdash;E.M.</p><p>6&mdash;Jim</p><p>8&mdash;Kingston</p><p>10&mdash;10.</p><p>11&mdash;K.O.</p><p>14&mdash;Eddy</p><p>16&mdash;Cadillac</p><p>19&mdash;Max</p><p>22&mdash;Riggin</p><p>23&mdash;Sask.</p><p>26&mdash;Dale</p><p>27&mdash;On</p><p>28&mdash;Boll</p><p>31&mdash;E.L.</p><div class="sidebar"><h2><b>BOLS ANSWER</b></h2><p><b>Detroit, in 1951-52</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p></div>

f0019-04

Hockey X-Word Puzzle

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0385/1603721-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01162/1603735-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="128" height="151"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02102/1603728-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="135" height="158"></div></div><div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-0471/1603714-1-eng-US/f0020-042.jpg" title="f0020-04" width="1547" height="948"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MAURICE (ROCKET) RICHARD</b> lets go with a low sizzler which is grabbed by Glenn Hall in the action at top. The Detroit netminder had to go to his knees in grabbing the drive in his gloved hand Attempting to halt the Montreal sharpshooter are Bob Goldham, left, and Norm Ullman. In the action below, Jean Beliveau, the Habs&rsquo; ever-dangerous centre prepares to take a swipe at a rolling puck as Hall stares fixedly after having stopped a shot off the stick of Bert Olmstead (background). The starry Detroit cage cop managed to make the stop on this occasion although he&rsquo;s had his share of grief with the big Montreal pivot throughout the series. <span class="photo-credit">(&mdash;Photos by Gerry Donati)</span></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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April 14, 1956

Habs Dominate Fans’ All-Star Selections

“Learn To Play The Big League Way”

Game No. 1

Habs’ Harvey Stops Sabu