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May 1, 1962

The Hockey News May 1, 1962

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, m.&mdash;The Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; &lsquo;Cinderella&rsquo; hockey team of 1961, went down like champions in defense of their Stanley Cup trophy in the 1962 playoffs.When it was over and they had lost out in the finals to the Toronto Maple Leafs in a rugged six-game series they had no beefs and no alibis.Nor was there any reason to alibi. The third-place Black Hawks had come through in amazing fashion to win four straight from first place Montreal after losing the first two semi-final series games. The task of coming back against second-place Toronto after losing the first two games on Maple Leaf ice was just too much. The Black Hawks raised hopes with victories in games No. 3 and 4 on their friendly home ice but the 8-4 loss in the fifth game in Toronto apparently proved the clincher. They were a tired team in the finale, losing 2-1 to an inspired Toronto team after pulling out in front 1-0 in the final period.When it was over the Black Hawks had nothing but praise for the new champion Maple Leafs.Said Chicago captain Pete Pilote:&ldquo;They had the legs in that last game and I guess they might even have been a little hungrier than we were. Just as hungry to win the Cup as we were last year when we hadn&rsquo;t won it for a long time. In that last game we were half a step behind Toronto in getting to the puck. They played inspired hockey and we didn&rsquo;t.&rdquo;Said Black Hawk scoring champion Bobby Hull, who led both teams with eight goals for the playoffs:&ldquo;Toronto&rsquo;s defense was stronger than Montreal&rsquo;s physically. And their forechecking was exceptional.. They kept us from freewheeling like we did against Canadiens.&rdquo;Stan Mikita, who set a National League playoff scoring record of 21 points on six goals and 15 assists and who earned at least one scoring point in 11 of the 12 games he played in, echoed Hull&rsquo;s comment:&ldquo;It was difficult to get started against Toronto. In this respect they are tougher than Montreal. They grab, hold and slow you down and are on top of you all the way. They played good hockey the entire series.&rdquo;Said goalie Glenn Hall, whose heroic feats almost won Chicago a victory in the sixth game:&ldquo;The Leafs played good, solid hockey. You can&rsquo;t take it away from them. They earned everything they got.&rdquo;<h2>Toronto Harder Than Montreal</h2>Most of the Black Hawks tended to rate Toronto as a more difficult team than Montreal and credited the Maple Leafs&rsquo; close forechecking and their rugged defense corps of Carl Brewer, Allan Stanley, Bobby Baun and Tim Horton as major factors in the victory.Said veteran Chicago defenseman Jack Evans:&ldquo;Toronto isn&rsquo;t as fast a skating club nor does it have as good scorers as Montreal. But it plays good position hockey and is tough to play against. They make it difficult for you to clear the puck from your own end and play for that one break. They are not an aggressive offensive team. I think we played better in our away games against Montreal than we did in Toronto but we played about as well at home against both clubs.&rdquo;When Chicago Coach Rudy Pilous was asked if Toronto was a better team than Montreal, he replied only: &lsquo;&lsquo;Who is to judge that? There are a lot of circumstances to answering such a question. But let&rsquo;s say that Toronto proved something by winning four games from us and Montreal didn&rsquo;t. You can&rsquo;t argue with the facts.&rdquo;Neither Pilous nor General Manager Tommy Ivan made any alibis. Ivan, however, had these comments:&ldquo;I felt our 1961-62 team, when we started out in training camp, was a better club than the one which won the Stanley Cup last year. Our key personnel was more experienced and we had strengthened during the offseason with players like Horvath and Turner.&ldquo;I thought this year&rsquo;s team was good enough to finish second. I&rsquo;m still not sure why we didn&rsquo;t but I have some ideas on the matter. We&rsquo;re shooting for improvement and we&rsquo;re starting tomorrow, not next week or next month. Tomorrow. We should climb at least one notch in the regular season standings. We&rsquo;ve been third the last four seasons.&rdquo;Ivan didn&rsquo;t specify any particular players but did indicate he felt the team needed strengthening at right wing, and on defense. Two players sure to get a good shot in training camp next fall are defenseman Wayne Hillman and right wing Chico Maki, both at Buffalo and both of them performed exceptionally well in extended stays of a dozen or so games this year when regulars were injured.Chicago&rsquo;s right wingers are Murray Balfour, who missed 20 games but still managed 15 goals, veteran Eric Nesterenko who scored 15 goals, and little Kenny Wharram who had 14 goals while missing eight games. Another veteran performer whose goal production was off this year was left wing Ron Murphy, who fell from 21 goals a year ago to 12 this past season.<h2>In Teepee</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-09135/1982727-1-eng-US/f0004-092.jpg" title="f0004-09" width="541" height="572"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chico Maki</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Leafs ‘Hungrier Say Hawk Stars. Offer No Alibis

EDMONTON, Alta.The Ed-monton Flyers ended a seven-year championship famine in the Western Hockey League by beating the Spokane Comets in the deciding game of their best-of-seven final series.The Flyers won the WHL title for a record third time with a 4-2 win against Spokane after each team had won three games in the climatic series.While the Flyers had previously won in 1953 and 1955, it was the seven years since they had their hands on the Lester Patrick Trophy&mdash;emblematic of the playoff championship of the League.WHL President Al Leader was on hand at the final game to present the coveted trophy to Edmonton Captain Chuck Holmes in a centre-ice ceremony at which many of the 4,000 fans jumped over the boards to join in the celebrations, hugging and shaking the Flyers hands as they left the rink surface.Portland Buckaroos won the Patrick Trophy in 1961, Vancouver in 1960, Seattle in 1959, Vancouver in 1958, Brandon in 1957, Winnipeg in 1956 and Edmonton in 1955.The final win capped a great comeback effort by Edmonton, who lost the first two games of the series 3-1 and 9-4 in Spokane. Flyers then won three straight games in Edmonton by scores of 11-2, 7-5 and 5-3. Spokane forced the deciding game with a 7-4 victory in Edmonton.Veteran Don Poile scored what proved to be the winning goal at 11:08 of the third period while Flyers were playing a man short. With Howie Young sitting out an interference penalty. Holmes stole the puck in the Spokane zone and passed to Poile who rifled a close-in shot into the net.The goal gave Flyers a 3-2 lead and they held on as Comets fought back for the equalizer. Spokane pulled goaltender Ed Johnston with one minute to play but the move backfired when Len Lunde hit the empty net at 19:23.Ed Joyal and Roger DeJordy scored the other Edmonton markers. Comet scorers were Colin Kilburn and Yves Locas. The teams played to a scoreless draw in the first period and shared four goals in the second session.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-08120/1983276-1-eng-US/f0008-082.jpg" title="f0008-08" width="280" height="445"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Poile</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Edmonton Captures Third League Title In Thrilling Final Against Spokane

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0738/1982530-1-eng-US/f0003-072.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES PLANTE.&hellip;Goalkeeper</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0826/1982523-1-eng-US/f0003-082.jpg" title="f0003-08" width="1067" height="1401"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL.&hellip;Left Wing</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0916/1982516-1-eng-US/f0003-092.jpg" title="f0003-09" width="544" height="530"><figcaption class="caption-body">DOUG HARVEY&hellip;Defense</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-1012/1982509-1-eng-US/f0003-102.jpg" title="f0003-10" width="586" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">JEAN GUY TALBOT&hellip;Defense</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-117/1982502-1-eng-US/f0003-112.jpg" title="f0003-11" width="590" height="570"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN MIKITA&hellip;Centre</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-127/1982495-1-eng-US/f0003-122.jpg" title="f0003-12" width="588" height="574"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDY BATHGATE&hellip;Right Wing</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Looking At The First Team

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Thoroughly delighted with their first playoff in four years, the New York Rangers are seriously thinking about making a habit of the unusual experience.First order of business is the annual NHL draft, June 4-6, for which the Blues must protect 18 players and two goalkeepers.Ordinarily this would be a simple task for a fourth place club but the Rangers find themselves suffering from a surplus of bountiful crops on their farms.Their Kitchener outpost in the Eastern Pro League has been so productive that the talent-starved Boston Bruins have publically warned the Blues that they plan a raid.Lynn Patrick, the Bruins&rsquo; head head-hunter, has been casting covetous eyes on several of brother Muzz&rsquo;s blue-ribbon babies. These include robust defenseman Jim Nielson and forwards Rod Gilbert, Jean Ratelie, Bob Cunningham and Bryan Hextall, Jr.Barring an attack of outrageous philanthropy, it is inconceivable that Muzz will allow playoff star Gilbert, a right wing, to go unprotected. The 21-year-old French-Canadian already has betrayed enough symptoms of greatness to qualify him for the 1962-63 rookie award.The much-abused &ldquo;untouchable&rdquo; tag also figures to be pinned on Ratelle, Cunningham, Nielson and Hextall if only because they are young, talented and Rangers have spent much time nursing them along. It would be a tragic waste to lose them now.Although Rangers&rsquo; official protected list has not yet been made public, certain educated (?) guesses can be made about it, based on Patrick&rsquo;s statements.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think I&rdquo;1I cover Pat Hannigan, Ted Hampson, Ken Schinkel and Guy Gendron,&rdquo; Patrick disclosed. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not sure about Larry Cahan or Irv Spencer. That&rsquo;ll probably be a last minute decision.&rdquo;Which means the Blues will protect goalies Gump Worsley and Marcel Paille (leaving Jack McCartan uncovered), Doug Harvey (assuming he&rsquo;ll be back) Harry Howell, Al Langlois, Dave Balon, Andy Bathgate, Earl Ingarfield, Andy Hebenton, Dean Prentice, Vic Hadfield and Camille Henry.Adding the five Kitchener kids makes for 15. The Blues likely will cover defenseman Pete Goegan, who finished the season in Springfield and two other minor leaguers, possibly including young defensemen George Konik and Al Lebrun.This would enable the Rangers to protect the good kids while taking a gamble that some of the fringe players might be caught in the draft. To me this could be dangerous.Any Broadwayite worth his weight in playoff stubs remembers that fateful June a few years back when the Blues protected the youths and obliged their enemies by failing to cover such &ldquo;fringe&rdquo; skaters as Jack Evans, Danny Lewicki, Dave Creighton and Guy Gendron.The following season the Blues wound up in fifth, a result that was attributed in part to their June actions.Amazingly, the Rangers at the time also failed to cover Worsley, their 1962 playoff MVP, but none of the NHL clubs chose to claim him, and consequently a number of hockey men have been kicking themselves ever since.<h2>Untouchable</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01469/1983369-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="512" height="534"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Gilbert</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Rangers Flourishing Minors Presenting Draft Problems

<div class="image-hero"><img title="Cover-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01308/1983996-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toronto Coach Punch Imlach joyfully clutches Stanley Cup after Leafs beat out Chicago Black Hawks in thrilling six-game final. It was first time Leafs won the cup since 1951. Imlach said he is confident Toronto will hold on to the famed Silver ware. (For more pictures of Leafs see back page).</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Abel Doubles In Brass For Wings

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Sid Abel, one of Detroit&rsquo;s all-time hockey greats, has become the second manager-coach in existence today in the National Hockey League.The astute, mild-mannered hockey veteran, now the present coach of the Red Wings, was named general manager of the NHL team to succeed Jack Adams, who has retired from the post he has held for the past 35 years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02209/1984051-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="275" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>Abel, 44, will assume the dual front-office and bench-coach roles with the Wings next season putting him on a level with Punch Imlach of the Toronto Leafs, who also doubles in brass for the NHL team.Asked if the thought the job would be too difficult to handle, Abel told newsmen, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think so, others are doing it and rather successfully I would say.&rdquo; Abel was obviously referring to Imlach in his remarks.<h2>To Get Assistant</h2>Indications are the Wings will provide Abel with an assistant similar to Imlach, who has King Clancy as assistant-general manager to take some of the load off his shoulders while he directs the team from the bench.Adams, the man who made the Red Wings a National League power over the years, announced his resignation following a meeting with club owner Bruce Norris. Adams is 66.He said Norris had asked him to be available in an advisory capacity &ldquo;so I will not be completely out of the picture. I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;d last long if I completely retire. Hockey has been my life and I want to stay in it in some way.&rdquo;A member of Hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame, the fiery native of Fort William. Ont., has had his name on the Stanley Cup nine times&mdash;twice as a player, as manager coach three times and as general manager four times. Under Adams, the Wings won 12 NHL titles.Abel has coached the Wings for four seasons. He was a former all-star centre for Detroit.Adams said his two biggest thrills in a 44-year-hockey career were &ldquo;discovering Gordie Howe and putting together the 1951-52 club, perhaps the greatest team in NHL history.&ldquo;I picked Howe out of a group of youngsters at training camp in 1945 and saw him develop into the greatest player in the history of the game,&rdquo; Adams recalled. &#9632;

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Assumes Dual GM-Coaching Roles On Club

<div class="byline">By JIM PROUDFOOT</div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Now that the Maple Leafs have won the Stanley Cup, can they keep it?Punch Imlach, who has announced he will be back as coach and general manager next season, with King Clancy returning as chief assistant, thinks so. He is certain Leafs will be difficult to dislodge, now that they have acquired that intangible, that certain something that goes with being champions. As a matter of fact, Imlach talks of establishing a hockey dynasty.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the confidence of knowing they&rsquo;re tops&rdquo;, Imlach said.Captain George Armstrong put it another way: &ldquo;A lot of fellows grew up. became men, when we won the Cup in Chicago Stadium. I know I did. There&rsquo;s a difference between being a National League player and being a Stanley Cup champion&rdquo;.&ldquo;There are other good reasons for thinking we&rsquo;ll be tough to beat&rdquo;, Imlach said. &ldquo;We have strength down the middle and a good mixture of youth and experience&rdquo;.It&rsquo;s true no team in hockey matches Leafs&rsquo; four centres&mdash;Dave Keon, Red Kelly, Bob Pulford and Billy Harris. And it&rsquo;s equally true Leafs blend the poise of veterans like Kelly and Bert Olmstead and Al Stanley with the vigour of youngsters like Keon and Pulford and Carl Brewer. It&rsquo;s a powerful combination, indeed.Of all the so-called old-timers, who performed so energetically in the playoffs, only Kelly and Olmstead have declined to make their future plans clear. Stanley and goaltender Johnny Bower expect to play next year.Olmstead has dropped frequent hints that this was to be his final season as an active player. However, he has said this before, only to have a change of heart when training camp time rolled around in September. And he is only halfway through a two-year contract signed last summer.Kelly is running for the Canadian House of Commons in Toronto&rsquo;s York West riding. Should he win the election, he would not be compelled to quit hockey. At 34 years of age he obviously would have to consider retirement. On the other hand, his 1961-62 season was an excellent one.Two days after the Cup was won, Imlach, Clancy and chief scout Bob Davidson sat down to dissect the Leaf organization and determine what personnel changes are necessary, what replacements are available and which players need to be kept on the reserve list at the NHL player draft in June.First of all, the draft shouldn&rsquo;t be a problem. Stanley, Bower, Olmstead and Kelly probably could be left off the reserve list without fear of another NHL club exercising its drafting privilege. All four are doubtful factors and carry high salaries, in addition to the $20,000 purchase price.In goals, Leafs have Bower backed up by Don Simmons and Jerry Cheevers.Defence, Tim Horton has broken through as a top defenceman and a leader. He was Leafs&rsquo; best player in the Stanley Cup series. Carl Brewer and Bobby Baun are a solid and improving two some. Suppose Stanley slips. Larry Hillman and Al Arbour are competent major-leaguers and Leafs&rsquo; farm system contains promising rearguards like Bill White, Roger Cote and Arnie Brown.Centre: No problems at all with Harris backing up Kelly, Keon and Pulford.Right Wing: Leafs could improve here. Armstrong has just completed the greatest season of his career. Bob Nevin did a good defensive job late in the schedule and in the Ipaydowns. Ron Stewart had a so-so year until he was moved in at right wing with Kelly and Frank Mahovlich. Eddie Shack concluded the season resting on the bench.Left Wing: Another possible trouble spot. Frank Mahovlich and Dick Duff are solid but Olmstead and Ed Litzenberger don&rsquo;t look like good bets over the 70-game 1962-63 campaign.Chances are that Imlach will make two or three changes before the 1962-63 season begins next October. &#9632;

Confident Leafs Can Defend Cup

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01409/1982271-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACK ADAMS</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Adams Known Far As ‘Mr. Hockey’

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Jack Adams was no ordinary sports figure here in the Motor City. He was known to all as &lsquo;Mr. Hockey&rsquo;.The senior statesman among the general managers in point of continued service in the National Hockey League, the 67-year-old Adams has jus completed his 43rd season of direct association with pro hockey and his 36th year at the helm of the Red Wings. In this, his record of longevity is greater than that of any man who has served the game.His departure from the Detroit scene brings to an end a record that made the genial Fort William Irishman one of hockey&rsquo;s living legends.His Red Wing teams won seven Stanley Cups and a dozen NHL titles. Under Adams, the Wings missed the playoffs only twice in the past 24 years.From his initial playing days in the Copper Country of Michigan through his brilliant ten-year professional span in Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa, Adams left behind him an outstanding playing record when he came to Detroit in the fall of 1927.At that time he boasted a wealth of hockey knowledge gained the practical way, on the ice. He had set a Western League record for scoring, and he had started and finished his playing span in identical fashion, by being a member of a Stanley Cup winning team.This, however, was only a prelude to a more brilliant career in the professional ranks. Adams almost single handedly built the Red Wing organization and the game of hockey in the midwest. He made his team the best-known of the United States&rsquo; clubs in the National League. Certainly, it has become the most successful in achieved results.His play patterns and his unerring judgment of personnel as well as his farm system became models for the other teams.However, Adams&rsquo; record of achievement in hockey was not limited to his contributions to Detroit and its organization. While the Red Wings were his first love, his all-encompassing regard for the game of hockey itself kept him with a youthful, ever-changing outlook. This reflected itself in many contributions at a league level, which in turn led to the overall progress and prestige growth of the game.Examples are the present penalty rule whereby a man is discharged from the box following an opponent&rsquo;s score; ice resurfacing between periods; the players&rsquo; pension society; television of home games; many of the phases of agreement between professional and amateur hockey and between the National and minor leagues.All of these have stemmed from Adams&rsquo; unceasing devotion to the game. He is dedicated not only to his team and his game but to the progress of each. Many promotional schemes of present day hockey can also trace their beginnings to his theories.An avid reader with a most general taste in literature, he is a regular theater goer who prefers live spectator entertainment.Jack and Mrs. Adams have made their permanent residence in Detroit for over 20 years.His long and brilliantly successful association with the Red Wings is perhaps equalled for sports longevity only by the late Connie Mack in devotion to a single club. &#9632;

Wings Won Seven Cups Under GM; Built Team To Top Attraction

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;Now that the Stanley Cup shennanigans are over hockey minds once again are turning to the puzzling question of expansion.Aside from the ice battles between Toronto and Chicago, Topic A at the Cup finals was the possibility of the NHL pushing its frontiers beyond its present six cities.Although ideas varied from mogul to mogul, the consensus among NHL people was that expansion still is a long way away. With due apologies to the West Coast lobby, at least five years away.&ldquo;Where will they get the players?&rdquo; asked Detroit&rsquo;s Jack Adams. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t say expansion is bad but it must be done right. Maybe they ought to form a second major league.&rdquo;The big argument thrown up by the California-Portland contingent is attendance. &ldquo;We drew over 13,000 per game at the end of the season,&rdquo; said George Agar, coach of the Los Angeles Blades, &ldquo;and our team was out of contention by that time.&rdquo;But practical NHL people are not impressed with Western League figures.&ldquo;What does 13,000 mean,&rdquo; replied Adams, &ldquo;when a lot of fans are in on an oil company deal? The important question is how much money does the team take in, not how many fans.&rdquo;Even Agar admitted that NHL expansion is more fantasy than anything else at the moment.&ldquo;We dont even have enough players for a Western League, le along an NHL team,&rdquo; he said.&ldquo;It would be nice to go out in the market with a wad of bills and buy &rsquo;em. But you just can&rsquo;t buy players. Look at Pittsburgh. They tried to buy players and where did they get?&rdquo;Just about the only point everyone agrees is that hockey has grown to be a good enough major league attraction anywhere from California to New York, if conditions are met.What nobody seems to know is how it can be done; where it should be done or whether it should be done at all. Opinions ere endless. Take your pick.Jim Norris: &ldquo;Why not consider cities like St. Louis and Pittsburgh when we&rsquo;re thinking about new teams.&rdquo;Harold Ballard: &ldquo;If the right people come to us with $5,000,000 and the right kind of plans, we&rsquo;ll listen.&rdquo;Conn Smythe: &ldquo;There aren&rsquo;t enough players. Too many clubs are now short of good players. Take Howe away from Detroit, and they&rsquo;d have nothing.&rsquo;Glenn Hall: &ldquo;Players are no problem. Add teams and you&rsquo;ll see how many more players will be available. I&rsquo;m all for expansion&mdash;it would be great for hockey.&rsquo;Aside from players and rink size problems the NHL is logically concerned about upsetting its own golden egg.This past season was the most lucrative in history. What does sell-out happy Toronto or Montreal stand to gain from additional teams except headaches?And why should New York or Chicago, both of which had record gates, or Detroit and Boston, which are finding the skilled labor force limited, consider a change that would endanger their stability.These are questions that expansionists must answer. If they can do it, there&rsquo;s always a chance of an okay. For the door to the majors is not locked.&ldquo;The League,&rdquo; said NHL President Clarence Campbell, &ldquo;is prepared to consider each individual application on its own merits.&rdquo;Now all they need are the merits. &#9632;

NHL Expansion Distant, ‘Coast’ Five Years Away

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TORONTO HOCKEY SCHOOLS

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Disappointment about the club&rsquo;s second straight playoff loss has soured Montreal fans on some of the Canadiens with the result that trade and sale rumors have started and will be flying until the annual June draft meetings in about six weeks time.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02391/1982350-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="300" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al MacNeil</figcaption></div>However, the brass can hardly be as fickle as the fans in evaluating its hockey employees who, despite their Stanley Cup playoff setback, did managed to win the league championship for the fifth straight season. And they did so, despite fears of fans and scribes last fall that the Habs wouldn&rsquo;t finish higher than second place and possibly as low as third.Considering that Canadiens wound up the 70-game schedule for 1961-62 13 points ahead of Toronto Leafs&mdash;the eventual Stanley Cup champs&mdash;and 23 points better than the third-place Chicago Hawks, most of their jobs are assured at least until training camp in September.<h2>No Big Changes Planned</h2>Coach Toe Blake, Managing-Director Frank Selke, farm directors Ken Reardon and Sammy Pollock would need their heads read if they contemplated any wholesale shuffles in the Habs for 1962-63. The grapevine has it that the swami will not be needed.While Selke & Co. are continually scanning the rosters of Canadiens NHL team and the various farm clubs, knowing full well that they can&rsquo;t protect them all, only three of last season&rsquo;s regulars are likely to be off the 18-man protected list in the June draft.Speculation is that Marcel Bonin, Phil Goyette and Al MacNeil will be left open to draft or dealt elsewhere before that annual hockey market opens next month.Bonin, the plucky left-winger, underwent a serious back injury in February and his hockey status&mdash;whether he will ever play again&mdash;won&rsquo;t ke known for a month or two until he has fully recuperated from the operation. Thus Bonin hardly needs draft protection.Goyette, a utility player for several seasons with the Habs, may be left open&mdash;or sold as rumored recently to the New York Rangers. Goyette may be let go in order to protect Gordon (Red) Berenson, the standout rookie from Michigan University who was impressive in late season games and in the playoffs.Berenson was used mostly as a winger in his debut with Canadienes but he&rsquo;s basically a centre where Blake intends to try him next season. With Berenson in tow, the Habs will have four pivotmen including Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard and Ralph Backstrom. Bill Masterton, the standout US college player two years ago who enjoyed a fine season at Hull-Ottawa, may also go to training camp as a possible pivot-man.MacNeil, reportedly eyed by Boston and New York, will likely give way on the draft list to big Jean Gauthier whom he beat out for the fifth rearguard spot at. training camp last fall.MacNeil impressed Blake with his ruggedness at training camp and in early-season games but failed to play up to expectations towards the close of the schedule. Gauthier has been rated by opposing scouts as the best defenceman outside the NHL and the Habs can&rsquo;t afford to leave him unprotected.Jacques Plante, who made a brilliant comeback to regain the Vegina Trophy with Canadiens, and Cesaro Maniago whom the Habs drafted from Toronto last June will be the protected goalies. This means that Charlie Hodge, who enjoyed a fine season with Quebec Aces, or Eddie Johnston, who sparked Spokane Comets to the Western League finals, may be up for grabs by Boston.As mentioned earlier, the rumors will be flying until the June draft. The latest one has Bernie (Boom Boom) Geffrion going to Boston&mdash;but don&rsquo;t believe a word of it. &#9632;

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Habs To Leave Three Off Player Protected List

MONTREAL, Que&mdash;The Boston Bruins were ignored again this season by the All-Star selectors in the National Hockey League and for the Hub squad, it isn&rsquo;t anything new.Last season the Bruins also drew a blank. It has been 10 years since the Boston team last placed a man on the first NHL all-star team and that was Fleming Mackell, who was named centre on the 1952-53 team.Bronco Horvath was the last Boston player to be given all-star recognition. Horvath was second-team centre in 1959-60.The all-star years have been lean for the Bruins, who made their last post-season selections flourish back in 1950-51 when Bill Quackenbush and Milt Schmidt were picked on the first team.Boston fans like to remember the 1938-40 era when the Bruins placed two players on both the first and second teams every year. &#9632;

Boston Draws All-Star Blank

Following is the Official First and Second All-Star Teams for 1961-62 with the number of points compiled by each player in parenthesis:<h2>First Team</h2>Jacques Plante, Canadiens (157) Goal.Doug Harvey, Rangers (127) Defense.Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadiens (90) Defense.Stan Mikita, Chicago (108) Center.Andy Bathgate, Rangers (151) Right Wing.Bobby Hull, Chicago (116) Left Wing.<h2>Second Team</h2>Glenn Hall, Chicago (86) Goal.Carl Brewer, Toronto (79) Defense.Pierre Pilote, Chicago (69) Defense.Dave Keon, Toronto (60) Center.Gordie Howe, Detroit (115) Right Wing.Frank Mahovlich, Toronto (105) Left Wing. &#9632;

How They Picked Them

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;There is a virtual &lsquo;new look&rsquo; to the 1961-62 National Hockey League All-Star team.Only defenceman Doug Harvey of the New York Rangers was selected again from last year&rsquo;s first team. Missing were such favorites of the fans in 1960-61 as Johnny Bower, Marcel Pronovost, Bernie Geoffrion, Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard, Allan Stanley and Dickie Moore.The Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks each placed two men on this year&rsquo;s first team. Toronto Leafs, newly-crowned Stanley Cup champions, collected three second-team berths, Chicago two and Detroit one.The first team included Jacques Plante of Canadiens in goal, Harvey and Jean Guy Talbot of Montreal, defence; Stan Mikita, Chicago, at centre; Andy Bathgate of the Rangers, right wing, and Bobby Hull of the Hawks, left wing.On the second team, it was Glenn Hall of Chicago in goal; Carl Brewer of Toronto and Chicago&rsquo;s Pierre Pilote on defence; Dave Keon of the Leafs at centre; Gordie Howe, Deltroit, right wing; and Frank Mahovlich, Toronto, left wing.Voting was closest for one of the defense positions and for left wing. Talbot nosed out Brewer by 11 points, 90 to 79, for the first team and Hull edged the first-half leader, Mahovlich, at left wing by 11 points, 116 to 105.Bathgate and Hull have been members of previous All-Star aggregations. Bathgate was a member of the first team in 1958-59 and a second team member in 1957-58. Hull was the left wing on the first all-star team in 1959-60.This is the first time for Talbot and Mikita. Plante has been on several. The Montreal goalkeeper was on the first team twice previously and the second team three times.Each member of the first team receives $1,000 from the National Hockey League while players on the second team each receive $500. Voting was carried out by a panel of hockey writers and broadcasters and points were awarded on the basis of five for a first choice, three for a second and one for a third. A unanimous choice would poll 180 points.The voting is divided into two halves. The first half consists of games up to and including those of December 29, 1961, while the second half is for games from that time until the close of the regular championship schedule. A perfect choice for each half would poll 90 points.Plante, Harvey and Bathgate are the only members of the first All-Stars to hold down similar positions at the halfway mark of the 1961-62 season. In the first-half voting Brewer was named to a defense post Red Kelly at center and Mahovlich at left wing.Talbot, who was on the second squad at the mid-way period, finished strongly in the voting to edge Brewer. Mikita was back of Kelly and Henri Richard at the half-way mark. The rugged Chicago center had 26 points for the first half. He polled 82 out of a possible 90 in the second half for a total of 108 points.Hull picked up a mere 26 points in the first-half voting to a walloping 77 for Mahovlich and it looked like the &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; was a shoo-in. The selectors reversed themselves in the second half and awarded 90 points to Hull, making him a unanimous choice for this period while Mahovlich picked up 28 points. This gave Hull a combined total for 116 for both halves to 105 for Mahovlich.Pilote is another member of the Black Hawks who made a great second-half finish. Almost overlooked in the voting in the first half, Pilote received a paltry six points by the selectors. In the second half the Hawk captain polled 63 out of a possible 90 points for a terrific comeback. This gave him a total of 69 points and a berth on the second team.Hall, goalie on the second team, is another to come from behind. Hall polled 32 points in the first half and was back of both Plante and Bower. He added another 45 points in the second half for a total of 86 points and the runner-up spot to Plante.This marks the second year in a row that Howe has made right wing on the second team. The veteran Detroit captain has made a total of 13 NHL All-Star teams. He has made the first team seven times and the second team six times during his 16-year tenure in the league.<h2>Second Team</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01408/1982440-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="268" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Hall</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02332/1982433-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="262" height="410"><figcaption class="caption-body">Carl Brewer</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03216/1982426-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="271" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Pierre Pilote</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04135/1982419-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="245" height="395"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Keon</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0587/1982412-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="270" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-0657/1982405-1-eng-US/f0003-062.jpg" title="f0003-06" width="275" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Harvey Sole First-Team Repeater As NHL All-Stars Get ‘New Look’

THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published Weekly, except monthly May through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.1434 Ste. Catherine Street West.Montreal 25. Que.Ken McKenzie, President and PublisherWill V. Cote, Vice-Pres.& Gen. Mgr.Len Bramson, Editor-in-ChiefYearly Subscription Rates: $3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth: $4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign Countries$4.00 in the U.S.A. and Foreign CountriesPostage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash.Printed in CanadaVol. 15 MONTREAL. MAY 1962 No. 31<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01472/1982585-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="152" height="54"></div> &#9632;

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The Hockey News

<h2>SERIES &ldquo;A&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05276/1982696-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="544" height="84"></div>Tuesday, March 27Chicago 1 at Montreal 2(Montreal leads best of seven series 1-0)Thursday, March 29Chicago 3 at Montreal 4(Montreal leads best of seven series 2-0)Sunday, April 1Montreal 1 at Chicago 4(Montreal leads best of seven series 2-1)Tuesday, April 3Montreal 3 at Chicago 5(Best of seven series tied 2-2)Thursday, April 5Chicago 4 at Montreal 3(Chicago leads best of seven series 3-2)Sunday, April 8Montreal 0 at Chicago 2(Chicago wins best of seven series 4-2)<h2>SERIES &ldquo;B&rdquo;</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06235/1982689-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="541" height="87"></div>Tuesday, March 27New York 2 at Toronto 4(Toronto leads best of seven series 1-0)Thursday, March 29New York 1 at Toronto 2(Toronto leads best of seven series 2-0)Sunday, April 1Toronto 4 at New York 2(Toronto leads best of seven series 2-1)Tuesday, April 3Toronto 2 at New York 4(Best of seven series tied 2-2)Thursday April 5New York 2 at Toronto 3(Toronto leads best of seven series 3-2)Saturday, April 7New York 1 at Toronto 7(Toronto wins best of seven series 4-2)<h3>FINAL SERIES</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07194/1982682-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="547" height="87"></div>Tuesday, April 10Chicago 1 at Toronto 4(Toronto leads best of seven series 1-0)Thursday, April 12Chicago 2 at Toronto 3(Toronto leads best of seven series 2-0)Sunday, April 15Toronto 0 at Chicago 3(Toronto leads best of seven series 2-1)Tuesday, April 17Toronto 1 at Chicago 4(Best of seven series tied 2-2)Thursday, April 19Chicago 4 at Toronto 8(Toronto leads best of seven series 3-2)Sunday, April 22Toronto 2 at Chicago 1(Toronto wins best of seven series 4-2)<h3>FINAL SCORING</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-08152/1982675-1-eng-US/f0004-082.jpg" title="f0004-08" width="552" height="1375"></div> &#9632;

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Final Results, Scoring Records For Stanley Cup

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02439/1982644-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="364" height="397"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-10101/1982637-1-eng-US/f0004-102.jpg" title="f0004-10" width="512" height="74"></div>&bull; JACK ADAMS&rsquo; sudden retirement as General Manager of the Detroit Red Wings after 35 years came as a great shock to everyone in the hockey world. Jack had been taking in all the various professional and amateur playoffs right up until the time of his announcement and he had no idea of retiring when we spoke with him last&hellip;A man of his experience, talents and hockey knowledge will be greatly missed and it is to be hoped that he will remain close to the game in some capacity&hellip;In the 35 years that Adams ran the Red Wings they won seven Stanley Cup championships and 12 National Hockey League titles&hellip;The Wings missed the playoffs but twice during the last 24 seasons&hellip;Adams built up an enviable record in the Motor City and he was known everywhere in Michigan as &lsquo;Mr. Hockey&rsquo;&hellip;Len Gaudette was not fired as manager of the Galt Arena as previously reported. In fact he received a $1,000 raise&hellip;He was fired from his &ldquo;do it for nothing&rdquo; volunteer job as manager of the Galt Terriers&hellip;Just four members of the Stanley Cup champion Maple Leafs had ever played on a Cup winner before&hellip;They were Bert Olmstead, Red Kelly, Ed Litzenberger and Al Arbour&hellip;Litz and Al were both members of last year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup champion Black Hawks&hellip;The Hawks did them a favor as it turned out&hellip;Allan Stanley, standout defense veteran of the Leafs, waited a long time to become a member of a Cup champion&hellip;He had just completed his 13th season in the NHL and had been in the Stanley Cup playoffs a total of seven times&hellip;87 percent of all the seats in the six National Hockey League arenas were filled during the past season which was the greatest in the League&rsquo;s history&hellip;The recently concluded Stanley Cup playoffs were also the best box office playoffs in history&hellip;With the four largest arenas in the loop involved and with overflow crowds attending every game&hellip;Be sure to get your free handy pocket-sized copy of the 1961-62 NHL statistics&hellip;Write to NHL Information Bureau, 601 Sun Life Bldg., Montreal, Canada.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03363/1982630-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="292" height="431"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack Adams</figcaption></div>&bull; EDDIE SHORE&rsquo;S SPRINGFIELD Indians made American Hockey League history when they won an unprecedented third straight Calder Cup championship&hellip;The astute Shore has built himself a powerful aggregation in the Massachusetts city which is often referred to as the best franchise in hockey outside the NHL&hellip;Owner Jim Norris of the Black Hawks was more disappointed in his club&rsquo;s losing the Cup finals than anyone we encountered afterwards&hellip;The recently-retired Johnny Wilson of the Rangers has landed a sales job in Ontario with a brewery&hellip;They say that Bill Fryday and Ron Wicks will both be added to the National Hockey League refereeing staff for next season&hellip;Hamilton Red Wings and Edmonton Oil Kings currently meeting in the Memorial Cup finals are both sponsored clubs of the Detroit Red Wings&hellip;Edmonton Flyers, Western Hockey League champs, are owned by Detroit&hellip;which looks promising for the Red Wings future&hellip;There should be some good NHL prospects to come off these clubs&hellip;WHL followers can&rsquo;t understand the collapse of Portland in the playoffs&hellip;Tommy Ivan and Rudy Pilous started working on the 1962-63 roster of the Black Hawks the day after the last game of the playoffs&hellip;The City of Toronto gave the champion Maple Leafs the greatest reception in the city&rsquo;s history with over 50.000 people on hand&hellip;Bob Nevin and Dick Duff who accounted for the Leafs&rsquo; two goals in the 2-1 final are roommates on the road&hellip;George Armstrong, captain of the Maple Leafs, was the star of the playoffs in our book&hellip;The Chief failed to play one poor game and starred in all of them. Besides, he was a natural leader&hellip;Anyone telephoning Maple Leaf Gardens for a few days after the Cup finals was greeted as follows: &ldquo;Good morning (or afternoon, depending) Home of the Stanley Cup champions.&rdquo;&hellip;Bob Baun, Carl Brewer, Tim Horton, Dick Duff, Ron Stewart and Dave Keon to mention a few, all played standout hockey during the series and particularly in the games when it really counted&hellip;This was Bert Olmstead&rsquo;s fourth Stanley Cup&hellip;He certainly made his presence felt once he rejoined the Leaf lineup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04305/1982623-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="279" height="415"><figcaption class="caption-body">Geo. Armstrong</figcaption></div>&bull; TIM HORTON set two NHL playoff records for a defenseman. Tim scored three goals and had 13 assists for 16 scoring points. The 16 points betters by one the record set by Pierre Pilote of Chicago a year ago and the 13 assists betters by one the mark set by Pilote last season&hellip;Stan Mikita set a new record for most points in a playoff series. His six goals and 15 assists gave him 21 points, one more than the record held by Gordie Howe&hellip;The 15 assists also bettered by one the former mark set by Fleming Mackell with Boston in 1958&hellip;Oshawa, Ont., will build a new $1,000,000 arena&hellip;The Toronto Maple Leafs very wisely got around the problem of taking a winning team picture with Bert Olmstead in it. They snapped the photo with Bert but without the Stanley Cup&mdash;because they hadn&rsquo;t won it yet&mdash;before the series swung back to Chicago ice, where the Leafs ultimately wrapped it up. Olmstead has always made it a practice in the past of taking off for his Western farm right after the last game. When he was with the Canadiens, he never once made their team cup pictures&hellip;Hockey observers pointed out that Nels Stewart would have liked the display of Goalie Don Simmons in the final against Chicago. Stewart was the one who recommended the goalkeeper to Alfie Moore, when the latter was running the Galt juniors. Stewart also sent Bronco Horvath to Galt.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02437/1982616-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="274" height="440"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bert Olmstead</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">MILT DUNNELL</div>IN THE TORONTO STAR<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01429/1982765-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="318" height="460"></div><h2>Even Victory Pains Punch</h2>Punch Imlach was as effervescent in victory as he&rsquo;d have been in defeat. This was the first time he had touched the Stanley Cup without being cautioned by a security commissioner. Outwardly, it brought him all the joy of a nail in his boot or a cockroach in his clam chowder. All of which is no rap against the little man from the wrong side of the shinny tracks who led Leafs out of the bullrushes.Imlach is unlike many coaches and managers who are approachable only when they win. He can discuss a debacle as dispassionately as he can rehash a route of the enemy. Only once, during the winter, did the power of speech desert him. This was during the Yule season. It was the night of the traditional ribs and roast dinner, at which press, radio and television buffs stage skits to lampoon the Leafs and all their connections.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02395/1982758-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="522" height="842"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch Imlach</figcaption></div>It was also Young Canada night. It was the night Leafs picked to have their winning streak on home ice broken by the tail-end Boston Bruins. Leafs not only lost: they looked terrible. After the game, Imlach was standing in the middle of the dressing room, trying to decide what horrible form of punishment to inflict on his sad-sacks.A scout for a minor league club came in and shattered his meditation by saying: &ldquo;Punch?&rdquo; When Imlach snorted: &ldquo;Yeah?&rdquo; the scout replied: &ldquo;Just wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas.&rdquo; He ran for his life because he&rsquo;s an old friend of Imlach&rsquo;s.Emotion is something which Imlach bottles up like homebrew. Sometimes the stuff ferments and threatens to blow the cork, but, win or lose, Punch plays it straight. He&rsquo;s as liable to be critical of the referee when he rakes in the pot as he is when he goes for the coconuts.So, while more flexible characters clowned and celebrated a Stanley Cup win, after 11 years, Imlach stood in the middle of the dressing room and threatened to abandon any player who didn&rsquo;t get out of his soggy gear and dress for the dash to the airport. He put the blast on Eddie Shack for hanging around after he was ready for the road. Even a director of the hockey club couldn&rsquo;t convince Imlach that Leafs should stay in Chicago overnight for a victory ball.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got all these guys together now; in the morning I won&rsquo;t be able to find them,&rdquo; he retored. &ldquo;Any celebrating they could do here can be done just as well in Toronto.&rdquo;<h2>His Health Is The Only Question</h2>Punch was right. Thousands of fans who turned up at the airport. shortly before dawning, proved it. He&rsquo;s been right so often that one more time won&rsquo;t alter the score materially. While doubling in brass as general manager and coach of the club, Imlach has manoeuvred the deals for manpower which he fitted into his patchwork quilt until he had a championship pattern. Now that he has reached his goal, will he be content with one job and get a second man to do the coaching?&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not in favor of tampering with success,&rdquo; Stafford Smythe, head of the new setup at the Gardens, says frankly. &ldquo;My only concern is Imlach&rsquo;s health. If he tells me he&rsquo;s working too hard, a coach will come in immediately. Right now, Punch doesn&rsquo;t feel that way. He wants to do both jobs as long as he thinks the players are going all-out for him.&rdquo;The man Smythe has in mind is Johnny Crawford, long-time Bruin, who is coaching the Leaf farm club at Rochester. However, there is little likelihood of Crawford&rsquo;s getting the call. Imlach loves the excitement of competition at the bench level. Confining him to the front office would be like putting him in a strait jacket.Because he&rsquo;s on top. the task becomes tougher. There&rsquo;s no place to go but down. He has to win again&mdash;just to break even. A few Leafs could be showing their age before another campaign is completed. No sure-fire big leaguers&mdash;no Carl Brewers, Davey Keons, or Frank Mahovliches&mdash;are romping on the Leaf farms, unless somebody is doing a cover-up job. Imlach may get some bodies from the proving grounds but he doesn&rsquo;t figure to find any pheenoms, as the baseball scouts say.Smythe claims to be unperturbed by the light crops on the experimental acres. He deliberately spread his junior talent thin, so more teams and more kids could play. Result: The Hamilton Red Wings, a Detroit production, are far stronger than any single club in the Leafs&rsquo; junior farm system.Compared to what Leafs had when Imlach arrived, they are well-stocked now, in Smythe&rsquo;s estimation. Punch will be expected to take any chattels that come up and use them either to fill gaps that occur&mdash;or trade them for personnel that will fit into his architecture.As Archie Moore said of his wily manager. Doc Kearns: &ldquo;Give him a package of steel wool and he&rsquo;ll knit you a stove. &lsquo;Smythe doesn&rsquo;t say that of Imlach&mdash;just thinks it. &#9632;

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speaking on SPORT

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03320/1982803-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">New York&rsquo;s Andy Hebenton has performed in 490 consecutive National League games and has his sights set on Johnny Wilson&rsquo;s NHL endurance record of 580.</figcaption></div>NEW YORK. N.Y.&mdash;Johnny Wilson has retired from the National Hockey League after 11 seasons and his departure has raised the question, &ldquo;who will be the NHL&rsquo;s next Ironman&rdquo;.Chicago netminder Glenn Hall and New York&rsquo;s Andy Hebenton rate as the next most durable performers in the NHL behind Wilson, who holds the record of 580 games.Hall has now suited up for 492 straight games over a seven year period in which he has played the entire 70-game schedule. Hebenton is close behind Hall with a mark of 490. Like Hall, the Ranger hard-rock has not missed a game in seven years.Hall was called up by the Red Wings for the final two games of the 1954-55 season from Edmonton of the Western League, which actually provides him with his edge over Hebenton. Neither player will be able to pass Wilson&rsquo;s mark before the 1963-64 season providing they both play every game.Wilson, an industrious hockey player, has decided he&rsquo;s had enough of the big league ice wars.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s time I settled down,&rdquo; said Wilson who will be 33 in June, &ldquo;and stopped living out of a suitcase.&rdquo; Wilson told friends he&rsquo;d been offered a full-time job in hometown Windsor for the third straight year and felt he couldn&rsquo;t turn it down.&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t let it go by again.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;And I think it&rsquo;s time I was closer to my family.&rdquo;But many seasoned observers believe it&rsquo;s not time for Wilson to leave the NHL, at least not the way he comported himself in the playoffs.Playing on a makeshift line with rookie Dave Balon and Rod Gilbert, Wilson popped in a couple of goals and was a leader in New York&rsquo;s two victories over Toronto.When word of Wilson&rsquo;s retirement was passed around the NHL press room during the playoff finals, members of the stickhandling clan were suitably amazed.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s still got a lot of hockey in him,&rdquo; said Frank Mahovlich, the Leafs&rsquo; atomic weapon. &ldquo;I think he&rsquo;d still be a help to us if we hadn&rsquo;t let him go in 1960.&rdquo;Still on part-time employment he managed 14 goals and looked like he was ready for better things this past season until he suffered a serious shoulder injury in training. It sidelined him for two months.When Wilson finally returned, he scored a goal in his season debut, a feat that generally results in more work. But for some inexplicable reason he was consigned to bench duty for many games.Later in the season John was granted a reprieve and saw more ice. He rang up an amazing 11 goals and three assists.By playoff time he was prancing around like a thoroughbred and looked good for a few more years.&ldquo;He was a fine hockey player,&rdquo; said Jack Adams of Detroit, the man who promoted Wilson out of the Red Wings Windsor farm team in 1949 for a one-game tryout.Wilson played the 1949-50 season in Omaha and the next two at Indianapolis before joining the Wings at the end of the 1951-52 year.His future was secure after a stirring Stanley Cup series in which he scored four goals and an assist.In 1955-56 Wilson was traded to Chicago, spent two seasons there and then returned to Detroit in 1957-58 for two more years.&ldquo;He seemed tight when he got back with us,&rdquo; Adams revealed. &ldquo;The crowd got on him and we felt he&rsquo;d do better elsewhere.&rdquo;New Yorkers never had a complaint about John&rsquo;s work although Wilson always played down his effectiveness.<h2>He&rsquo;s Quitting</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04230/1982796-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="548" height="554"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Wilson</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hall, Hebenton Near 500 In Bid For Ironman Honors

NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Johnny Wilson remembers the 1960-61 hockey season only too well. It was a dark day in his career when he was sent to Rochester of the American League. It ended his NHL endurance record.Wilson can&rsquo;t help feel a little bitter about it since he had counted 15 goals the previous season with Toronto but it didn&rsquo;t stop Leafs&rsquo; GM Punch Imlach from demoting Johnny to Rochester.Before going down for the first time since 1951-52. Wilson had played in 580 successive NHL games, which still stands as the league record today. &#9632;

Demotion To Rochester Ended Wilson’s Record

GORDON&rsquo;S DRY GIN Perfect with any mixGORDON&rsquo;S DRY GIN Makes a Martini Perfect<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>SERIES &lsquo;A&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01499/1982900-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="559" height="124"></div>(Springfield wins best of seven series 4-2)WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4Cleveland 4 at Springfield 3SATURDAY, APRIL 7Cleveland 1 at Springfield 3SUNDAY, APRIL 8Springfield 4 at Cleveland 3WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11Springfield 2 at Cleveland 4SATURDAY, APRIL 14Cleveland 3 at Springfield 4SUNDAY, APRIL 15Springfield 4 at Cleveland 0<h3>SERIES &lsquo;B&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02380/1982893-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="557" height="126"></div>(Hershey wins best of three series 2-1)TUESDAY, APRIL 3Providence 2 at Hershey 7THURSDAY, APRIL 5Hershey 1 at Providence 3SATURDAY, APRIL 7Providence 2 at Hershey 3<h3>SERIES &lsquo;C&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03276/1982886-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="554" height="127"></div>(Buffalo wins best of three series 2-0)WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4Rochester 2 at Buffalo 3FRIDAY, APRIL 6Rochester 1 at Buffalo 5<h3>SERIES &lsquo;D&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04191/1982879-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="548" height="105"></div>(Buffalo wins best of five series 3-1)TUESDAY, APRIL 10Buffalo 2 at Hershey 3THURSDAY, APRIL 12Buffalo 5 at Hershey 1SATURDAY, APRIL 14Hershey 0 at Buffalo 1SUNDAY, APRIL 15Hershey 1 at Buffalo 2<h3>SERIES &lsquo;E&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05161/1982872-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="554" height="127"></div>(Springfield wins best-of-seven final 4-1)WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18Buffalo 0 at Springfield 4SATURDAY, APRIL 21Buffalo 1 at Springfield 2SUNDAY, APRIL 22Springfield 3 at Buffalo 2WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25Springfield 0 at Buffalo 1THURSDAY, APRIL 26Buffalo 2 at Springfield 3<h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 Springfield 0 at Buffalo 1</h3>(Springfield leads best-of-seven final 3-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-06128/1982865-1-eng-US/f0006-062.jpg" title="f0006-06" width="533" height="390"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 26 Buffalo 2 at Springfield 3</h3>(Springfield wins best-of-seven final 4-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0767/1982858-1-eng-US/f0006-072.jpg" title="f0006-07" width="544" height="502"></div> &#9632;

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CLEVELAND, Ohio.Baron players are due for surgery this summer. Winger Jim Mikol, one of the brightest young stars in the American Hockey League, is due to enter a Cleveland hospital for a hernia operation. Defenseman Gary Bergman will undergo an operation in Montreal for a removal of a cyst near the base of his spine. &#9632;

Cleveland’s Stars Set To Undergo Operations

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Springfield Captures Third Calder Cup

<div class="byline">By SAMUEL POMPEI</div>SPRINGFIELD, Mass.The Springfield Indians rewrote the American Hockey League record book in the past three seasons but their final chapter was the toughest to write.The Indians had to go to 11 games, six of them in overtime, to retain the Calder Cup playoff championship for an unprecedented third straight year.It took them six games to send the Cleveland Barons to the sidelines, winning two of three in overtime, and it took them five contests, also two of them in overtime, to beat the Buffalo Bisons.In winning the Cup three years ago, the Indians put Providence and Rochester down in 10 games, 4-1, in each series and last year they needed the minimum eight to rout Cleveland and the Hershey Bears.The Tribe used pretty much the same formula in all of their conquests&mdash;a strong mobile defense, a hard checking game and a well-balanced scoring attack.All of that, of course, was backed up by brilliant goaltending by Marcel Paille who established a new shutout record in playoff hockey with 207 minutes and 27 seconds, bettering the nine-year mark set by Gil Mayer, then with Pittsburgh, of 173 minutes and 28 seconds.Paille accumulated his record over parts of four games, including back-to-back 4-0 shutouts over Cleveland and Buffalo.It would be difficult to pick out a hero in the Indians&rsquo; triumph, however, because of the fact that practically every player made valuable contributions.Denis Olson fired two &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; overtime tallies, Bruce Cline another and Jimmy Anderson, the one which settled the final game against Buffalo.Bill Sweeney, the leading scorer in the series, with five goals and six assists for 11 points, also was a valuable contributor.Kent Douglas, the runner-up to Sweeney with two goals and eight assists for 10 points, was another brilliant performer.Anderson was the leading goal scorer with seven and had one assist for eight markers.No other team in the history of AHL, spanning 26 years of operation, had ever enjoyed such fabulous success as three straight regular league titles and three Calder Cup championships in as many years.It was indeed a great tribute to Owner Eddie Shore&rsquo;s genius to put a club together and Coach Pat Egan&rsquo;s ability to keep it going.Will the Springfield Indians be shooting for a fourth straight title next season?Shore isn&rsquo;t so sure. He says that his declining health may force him to sell out and go into retirement.<h2>New Record</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-0922/1982986-1-eng-US/f0006-092.jpg" title="f0006-09" width="530" height="538"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Paille</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Defeat Buffalo In Finals; Eddie Shore May Sell Club

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VANCOUVER. B.C.The hockey world was saddened by the death of Gordie Hudson, 32-year-old former defenceman with Quebec, Ottawa and Vancouver, who died in hospital here April 28 following a lengthy illness.Hudson, a burly defenceman who went 200 pounds and stood 6&rsquo;1&rdquo;, ended his hockey career three years ago with the Vancouver Canucks of the Western League.Born in Ottawa, he played junior hockey with Inkerman Rockets and Quebec Citadels and senior with Ottawa Senators of the old Quebec Senior Hockey League in 1951-52. He later performed with Quebec Aces before turning professional with Ottawa in the Quebec Hockey League in 1953. Hudson came to Vancouver in 1956 and was forced to drop hockey after 1959 because of an illness. &#9632;

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<div class="byline">By JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, Pa.&mdash;The Hershey Bears brass is figuring on quite a few new faces &lsquo;or the 1962-63 American League season, especially after the outfit ell flat on its face in the Calder Cup semi-finals against Buffalo.The Bears are on the prowl for goal scorers and a couple of defensemen.All season long Hershey&rsquo;s headache was a lack of a sustained offense. Though the club closed out third in the eight-team loop&rsquo;s overall standings, it was fifth best in goal scoring with 236 markers.The outfit didn&rsquo;t fare much better in the playoffs, scoring only 16 goals in seven games. In the Buffalo semi-final matches. Hershey dropped three straight after taking the opener and garnered only five goals in 285 minutes and 44 seconds.Coach Frank Mathers said he &ldquo;will trade anyone if it will improve the club.As reported in THE HOCKEY NEWS early in Aprli. the Boston Bruins have shown interest in latching on to goalie Bob Perreault. The Three Rivers product, perhaps the most underrated netminder in minor league hockey, was scouted by Bruins&rsquo; coach Phil Watson and general manager Lynn Patrick during the Providence and Buffalo series.Hershey can&rsquo;t blame Perreault for blowing the Buffalo series. The 31-year-old cage cop closed the series with a 2.50 goals against mark, allowing ten goals and making 111 saves. He was never given a lead to work on. But for his play, the New Yorkers might easily have polished off Hershey in the first three games.That the Bears need a lift on defense can be gleaned by Perreault&rsquo;s 2.124 saves in 66 games. He closed the season with a 2.86 goals against mark, allowing 189 goals in posting a win-loss-tie standard of 36-25-5.Boston&rsquo;s reportedly willing to give up Ed Chadwick and another player to land Perreault, who certainly deserves a major league chance.Emil (Cat) Francis, one-time star goalie and now with the New York Rangers in a scouting capacity, said he &ldquo;can&rsquo;t understand why Perreault never got a shot at the National League.After watching young Denis DeJordy, the 24-year-old Buffalo ace netminder in action, against Perreault, Francis tabbed the Bears cageman &ldquo;better&rsquo;&rsquo; mainly because of experience.<h2>Bruins Not Offering Enough</h2>&ldquo;I know Watson was in looking at Perreault,&rdquo; said Mathers, &ldquo;but what they&rsquo;re willing to give up for him is something else. I want a first class goalie and one or two other players. Chadwick would be acceptable. He&rsquo;s a good goal tender.&rdquo;Mathers said a great deal on the makeup of next year&rsquo;s squad will depend on what the Detroit Red Wings assign here.Hershey owns 14 of 16 players who closed the season. The only two exceptions are Jack McKenzie and Al Johnson, both of whom could be traded by the Wings.Mathers would like to have both return to the fold. It appears that won&rsquo;t happen. Rumor has it the Wings will peddle McKenzie, who is good enough to make the Boston team.&ldquo;We only had five players who scored 20 or more goals this season,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to find some help up front. We need a couple of good, young skaters.&rdquo;It&rsquo;s known Mathers would love to get his hands on young Bob Dillabough, who skated for Sudbury. He came in for a short four game stand here and punched in two goals.&ldquo;No one has a job sewed up for next year,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll trade to strengthen the team and that means anyone as I said before.&rdquo;<h2>Hub Bound?</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01450/1983065-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="553" height="580"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Perreault</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Mathers Plans To Boost Bears With New Faces

<div class="byline">By SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, Ohio.&mdash;Completing his first full year as combination general manager&mdash;coach of the Cleveland Barons, Jack Gordon had more than one reason to be pleased with the 1961-62 season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02415/1983096-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="277" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jackie Gordon</figcaption></div>Artistically, the Barons did well, winning their first division championship under Gordon&rsquo;s direction and pushing the Springfield Indians to the hilt before losing the first round playoff.Financially, the 1961-62 season also showed an improvement over the previous campaign.&ldquo;I still haven&rsquo;t had a chance to study all the figures, says Gordon, &ldquo;but there was a definite upswing both in attendance and in box office receipts. The overall picture is much brighter than it was a year ago.&rdquo;The Barons&rsquo; management is looking for even more improvement next season. The club has a strong nucleus on which to build an increased fan interest is in evidence. Certainly, the 1962-63 Barons will take the ice with fewer question marks than did the 1961-62 edition. &#9632;

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Barons Show Big Season At Box Office

SPRINGFIELD, Mass.&mdash;The Springfield Indians may have to get along next season without their mighty miite&rsquo; of the ice lanes, Bruce Cline.The 5&rsquo;7&rdquo; Indian forward said he is seriously thinking of retiring from the American Hockey League.The right wing star said he would like to go out with a winner and since the Indians beat Buffalo last week to clinch their third straight Calder Cup, Cline has realized his ambition and followers believe he will go through with his decision to call it a career.Cline scored five goals in playoffs this year as Springfield won the Cup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03332/1983127-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="297" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce Cline</figcaption></div>Previously he bad never scored more than one goal in playoff competition.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m seriously thinking of retiring,&rdquo; the 30-year-old Cline said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m beginning to feel the aches and pains of hockey. This season has been so tough that I&rsquo;m now about 15 pounds underweight.&rdquo;Cline has spent all of his 10 seasons in pro hockey with minor-league clubs except for 30 games with New York Rangers during the 1956-57 season when he was with Providence Reds of the AHL. &#9632;

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AHL Vet, Bruce Cline, Thinking Of Retiring

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-04251/1983165-1-eng-US/f0007-042.jpg" title="f0007-04" width="464" height="1136"></div>Get in on the ground floor and become a regular reader of Canada&rsquo;s informative football weekly. We are planning bigger and better things for 1962 with many new features which cannot be divulged at this time. This fact-filled football newspaper will be starting its 12th year of publication the first week of August.Don&rsquo;t miss getting your subscription early. There will be 18 Thrilling issues for only $2.00.&bull; Game by game statistics.&bull; Special weekly features.&bull; Behind The Scene Photographs.&bull; Reports On U.S. Pro Leagues.&bull; Best Football Columns In Canada.The acquisition of All-American Sandy Stephens by Montreal was the big story of the off-season. Can Stephens make the Als a threat for the title?<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-05173/1983158-1-eng-US/f0007-052.jpg" title="f0007-05" width="994" height="720"></div> &#9632;

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THE CANADIAN FOOTBLL NEWS

Before you say SCOTCH &ldquo;say &ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S it never varies<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>SPOKANE&mdash;SAN FRANCISCO</h3>Best-of-three quarter-final series<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01484/1983245-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="557" height="130"></div>(Spokane wins best-of-three series 2-0)TUESDAY, MARCH 27Spokane 4 at San Francisco 1THURSDAY, MARCH 29San Francisco 3 at Spokane 7CALGARY&mdash;SEATTLEBest-of-three quarter-final series<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02417/1983238-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="562" height="104"></div>(Calgary wins best-of-three series 2-0)THURSDAY, MARCH 29Calgary 2 at Seattle 1SATURDAY, MARCH 31Seattle 2 at Calgary 5PORTLAND&mdash;SPOKANEBest-of-seven semi-finals<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03336/1983231-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="567" height="132"></div>Spokane wins best-of-seven series 4-3)SATURDAY, MARCH 31Portland 1 at Spokane 2TUESDAY, APRIL 3Spokane 1 at Portland 0THURSDAY, APRIL 5Spokane 4 at Portland 6SATURDAY, APRIL 7Spokane 2 at Portland 7SUNDAY, APRIL 8Spokane 2 at Portland 3TUESDAY, APRIL 10Portland 1 at Spokane 4FRIDAY, APRIL 13Portland 2 at Spokane 3EDMONTON&mdash;CALGARYBest-of-seven semi-finals<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04264/1983224-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="567" height="124"></div>(Edmonton wins best-of-seven series 4-1)MONDAY, APRIL 2Calgary 4 at Edmonton 5WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4Calgary 4 at Edmonton 2FRIDAY, APRIL 6Edmonton 4 at Calgary 2MONDAY, APRIL 9Edmonton 5 at Calgary 2WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11Calgary 2 at Edmonton 9SPOKANE&mdash;EDMONTONBest-of-seven finals<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05205/1983217-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="551" height="98"></div>(Edmonton wins series 4-3 and title)SUNDAY, APRIL 15Edmonton 1 at Spokane 3TUESDAY, APRIL 17Edmonton 4 at Spokane 9THURSDAY, APRIL 19Spokane 2 at Edmonton 11MONDAY, APRIL 28Spokane 5 at Edmonton 7WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25Spokane 3 at Edmonton 5FRIDAY, APRIL 27Spokane 7 at Edmonton 4SATURDAY, APRIL 28Spokane 2 at Edmonton 4<h3>TUESDAY, APRIL 17 Edmonton 4 at Spokane 9</h3>(Spokane leads best of seven final 2&mdash;6)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06168/1983210-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="565" height="799"></div><h3>THURSDAY, APRIL 19 Spokane 2 at Edmonton 11</h3>(Spokane leads best of seven final 2-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-07139/1983203-1-eng-US/f0008-072.jpg" title="f0008-07" width="561" height="700"></div><h2>How They Did It</h2>Spokane&mdash;goal: Johnston: defense: Kaiser, Madigan, Holdaway. Bell; forwards: Kilburn. Locas. TopolL Lamoureux. Witiuk. Mekilok, Brisson, Beaudin, Stratton.Edmonton&mdash;goal: Boisvert; defense: Miszuk, Walsh. Maroon, Young; forwards: Messier. DeJordy, Holmes, Poile. Chiz, Lunde, McNeil, Burgess, Joyal, Hynes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-09100/1983196-1-eng-US/f0008-092.jpg" title="f0008-09" width="560" height="635"></div> &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By BOB HULEN</div>PORTLAND, Ore.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-1086/1983307-1-eng-US/f0008-102.jpg" title="f0008-10" width="306" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gord Fashoway</figcaption></div>Unlike the season before when a rambunctious goalkeeper b goalkeeper by the name of Don Head vitually swept all honors possible, it was a pair of high scoring forwards who gained the majority of awards for the highly successful 1961-62 Portland hockey season.National League teams may have snubbed centerman Art Jones and unorthodox right wing Tommy McVie, but this pair provided impetus comparable to that of major leaguers in leading the Buckaroos to a first place finish in the Southern Division of the Western Hockey League.And, they were fittingly honored at banquets sponsored by the club and by the Buckaroo Boosters which marked the climax of another fine year for hockey in the Rose City.McVie and Jones tied for most valuable player honors while McVie gained the trophy presented for the most popular player. Jones, in turn, received the trophy for the individual getting the most votes Over the season for game performances.Other trophy winner was Captain Gordon Fashoway who was voted the most gentlemanly player. Like old wine, the 35-year-old Fashoway, a veteran of 15 years of professional hockey, seems to get better with age.Even with a six week layoff because of a knee injury&mdash;the first major setback in his career&mdash;Fashoway had 29 goals for the season. This kept him in the race with Detroit&rsquo;s Gordie Howe to see who can overtake Maurice Richard&rsquo;s all-time pro hockey goal scoring record of 544.Jones, a one-time chattel of the Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL. finished third in WHL scoring with 86 points and beat McVie out for Portland team honors by a lone point.And, it was McVie. second to Seattle&rsquo;s Bill MacFarland in the WHL scoring race, who passed to Jones for a goal in the final game of the regular season at San Francisco which gave Art the team championship.In addition, Jones led the Bucks in their losing playoff effort against Spokane with two goals, both in the same game, and five assists for seven points. He was easily the most brilliant player for both teams in this playoff set.McVie, was second in playoff scoring with three goals and two assists.Tommy a lacross player at Nanaimo, B.C., in the summer months, missed tieing the amazing MacFarland by one goal in the WHL race. He caused the red light to flash 45 times.The 27-year-old Jones, a product of Saskatoon, Sask., who now makes his home in Portland. had his second best season in five years of professional hockey. Last season, when the Buckaroos surprised everyone by winning the playoffs, he led the WHL in scoring with 36 goals and 64 points for 108 points.Not an extremely fast skater, the 5-10, 160-pound centerman shifts so well that he usually winds up with more and better shots than speedier individuals. As Portland Coach Hal Laycoe explains, &ldquo;Jones is more of a waltzer than a fox trotter.&rsquo;In his last season of senior amateur hockey, he played with Spokane (in 1956-57), &ldquo;I sure wish we had him back,&rsquo; sighed a sportswriter from the Inland Empire city after watching Art tirelessly work 45 of the 60 minutes of the final playoff game between the two teams this season.Jones is modest about his success on the ice. He has no explanation for it. And for his scoring ability he merely comments, &ldquo;They just seem to go in.&rsquo; &#9632;

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Portland Forwards Hot

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COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

One could hardly get poeticWhen the Hawks were so pathetic,From Montreal it would surely seemChicago was the only team;But Imlach&rsquo;s Leafs were on the ballThe writing soon was on the wall.Perhaps to some it may have been wittyTo see the fans in the Windy CityEngender themselves into such a titterlceward they cast assortment of litter,But the hi-jinks were all to no availTwo Stanley Cups Chicago did fail.Alas, when all was said and doneThe Leafs alone had all the fun,And I another buck had spentA lesson now I must repent;My pocketbook again was fleecedBy those whose bet was on the Leafs.&mdash;Contributed by Edwin C. Robinson, Regina, Sask. &#9632;

A Loser’s Lament

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Don&rsquo;t be vague... say HAIG & HAIG SCOTCH WHISKY<h2>How The Race Goes</h2><h3>SERIES &lsquo;A&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01483/1983542-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="565" height="135"></div><h3>SERIES &lsquo;B&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02414/1983535-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="562" height="132"></div><h3>SERIES &lsquo;C&rsquo;</h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03347/1983528-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="568" height="127"></div>(Hull-Ottawa leads best of seven final series 3-2)FRIDAY, APRIL 20Kingston 3 at Hull-Ottawa 4SUNDAY, APRIL 22Kingston 3 at Hull-Ottawa 1WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25Hull-Ottawa 0 at Kingston 3FRIDAY, APRIL 27Hull-Ottawa 3 at Kingston 1SUNDAY, APRIL 29Kingston 2 at Hull-Ottawa 8<h3>WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 Hull-Ottawa-0 at Kingston 3</h3>(Kingston leads best-of-seven final 2-1)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04263/1983521-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="553" height="352"></div><h3>FRIDAY, APRIL 27 Hull-Ottawa 3 at Kingston 1</h3>(Best-of-seven final tied 2&mdash;2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05196/1983514-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="546" height="460"></div><h3>SUNDAY, APRIL 29 Kingston 2 at Hull-Ottawa 8</h3>(Hull leads best-of-seven final 3-2)<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06157/1983507-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="562" height="710"></div> &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;For the first time since the Eastern Professional Hockey League established an award for the best defenceman of the year, two players will share the honor for the 1961-62 season.Rugged Harry Sinden of Kingston Frontenacs and big Jean Gauthier of Hull-Ottawa Canadiens were declared co-holders of the award after each received the maximum 30 votes for the annual all-star teams.Sinden set a league record for defencemen in scoring when he compiled 72 points. His 61 assists established a league mark for rearguards.Al MacNeil of Hull-Ottawa won the EPHL top defenceman award last year and Jean Claude Tremblay, also a Hull product, won it in 1959-60. &#9632;

Sinden, Gauthier Share Top Defenceman Award

<div class="byline">By PAUL RIMSTEAD</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07118/1983604-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="268" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Gray</figcaption></div>KINGSTON, Ont.&mdash;Everyone connected with the Eastern Professional Hockey League is pulling for young Brian Smith these days, the bright young star of the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens who suffered a fractured skull.Smith, son of former Boston Bruin Des Smith, was injured in the first game of the finals against Kingston Frontenacs.It was the opening period of the game, played at Hull April 20, and Smith and Kingston&rsquo;s Terry Gray were racing for a loose puck along the boards.Smith was skating parallel to the boards and Gray was skating towards the boards from centre ice.Gray crosschecked Smith and the young winger&rsquo;s head hit the boards when he tried to duck under the check.He then hit his head on the ice and Gray landed on top. Hull fans were worked up and one went as far as to hurl a cowbell at Gray as he stepped into the penalty box.Luckily, the missile missed Gray by a few inches.Smith was taken to hospital after the game where it was reported he had a four-inch fracture at the back of his skull.It was expected he would spend at least a month in hospital.While the Hull fans went on a &lsquo;We-Hate-Gray&rsquo; campaign, Hull manager-coach Sam Pollock absolved the Kingston winger of all blame.&ldquo;It was an accident,&rdquo; said Sam, &ldquo;There was no injury intended. It was just hard luck.&ldquo;These things go on all the time but I don&rsquo;t think any player wants to crosscheck a man with an intent to injure.&ldquo;Gray received a minor penalty and that&rsquo;s all there was to it.&ldquo;We certainly hope this doesn&rsquo;t affect Brian&rsquo;s career in any way.&rdquo;Manager-coach Wren Blair of the Frontenacs also defended Gray.&ldquo;Sure he took him out hard,&rdquo; said Blair. &ldquo;But that&rsquo;s part of the game. This isn&rsquo;t tiddlywinks.&rdquo;Smith is one of the most promising young players in minor hockey and rated high on the parent Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; list.He was the hero in the rugged semi-finals agianst the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers when he scored an overtime goal in the sixth game to force the series to the limit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0892/1983597-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="524" height="810"><figcaption class="caption-body">Orval Tessier</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Habs Pollock Absolves Gray After Check Fractures Skull Of Hull Rookie Brian Smith

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0010-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-0970/1983635-1-eng-US/f0010-092.jpg"></div>OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;All-Star selectors in the Eastern Professional Hockey League knew what they were doing when they selected three members of the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens and three from Kingston Frontenacs to make up the first league &lsquo;dream team&rsquo;.As it turned out the Habs and Frontenacs outclassed the rest of the league to gain the championship final and make the EPHL &lsquo;star&rsquo; selection&rsquo;s look like a million dollars.Cesare Maniago, in goals, Jean Gauthier on defence, and Keith McCreary on right wing, were the three Canadians named to the first team. Maniago and Gauthier were unanimous choices, with 30 points, where as McCreary picked up 23 points out of a possible 30.Harry Sinden on defence, Orval Tessier at center, and Tom McCarthy on left wing, were the Kingston representatives on the first team, and all were unanimous selections.Five players from the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers made the second All-Star team, with Bob Attersley of Kingston, at center, the only outsider.Maniago, the lanky goalie plucked from the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Montreal Canadiens in last June&rsquo;s draft, more than justified the claims of the experts who say he is ready for the NHL as he compiled a 2.47 average. The 23 year old goal-tender from Trail, B. C., allowed only 168 goals in 68 games, while chalking up three shut-outs.Following are the selections: &#9632;

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Hull, Kingston Players Sweep First All-Stars

OTTAWA, OntJim Neilson, the young defenseman whose backline play was an inspiration to the Kitchener Beavers this season, was named the Eastern Professional Hockey Lea gue&rsquo;s rookie of the year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-1058/1983666-1-eng-US/f0010-102.jpg" title="f0010-10" width="294" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Neilson</figcaption></div>Neilson beat out Hull-Ottawa Canadiens&rsquo; highly-touted forward, Bill &lsquo;Bat&rsquo; Masterton, in the final balloting. Neilson polled two first-place votes and three seconds for a total of 19 points, four more than Masterton.Carl Wetzel, the fine young Sudbury netminder, was third in the voting followed by Bobby Leiter of Kingston and Doug Robinson of Sault Ste. Marie.Last year&rsquo;s rookie winner was Fred &lsquo;Skippy&rsquo; Burchell of Montreal Royals, who have since dropped from the EPHL. Burchell played in the American League this season with Quebec Aces.Neilson, the big, tough rearguard of Swedish-Indian descent, appears to be a sure-fire NHL prospect and. one player who should know is Neilson&rsquo;s coach at Kitchener, Red Sullivan, a veteran of the NHL who has seen them all come and go.&ldquo;That&rsquo;s right,&rdquo; said Sully, &ldquo;Jim has everything going for him. He&rsquo;s a tremendous skater for his size (200 pounds plus), has a terrific shot and has a good head on his shoulders,&rdquo; added Sullivan in extolling the big Prince Albert defenseman.&ldquo;He&rsquo;s also a tough guy and is one of only two or three players we had who played all 70 games this year.&rdquo;Neilson, a rookie who played junior hockey with Prince Albert in the Saskatchewan Junior League last season, was a workhorse in the playoffs. &#9632;

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Neilson Top EPHL Rookie

<div class="byline">By PAUL RIMSTEAD</div>KINGSTON, Ont.&mdash;If Orval Tessier had been blessed with speed, he would be a familiar international hockey figure.The playing-coach of the Kingston Frontenacs is, without a doubt, the most accomplished goal-scorer the Eastern Professional Hockey League has ever known.Tessier was named the league&rsquo;s most valauable player last week and also won the most-sportsmanlike award.The balding fellow, who possesses one of the hardest shots in hockey, has been a workhorse for Frontenacs in their finest campaign.Tessier, a rightwinger, played mostly as a centre this season.He also killed penalties and played the point on Frontenacs&rsquo; effective powerplay.Tessier set a professional hockey scoring record two seasons ago with 59 goals and won the scoring title with 128 points.Last year he spent part of the season with the parent Boston Bruins who decided his shooting ability more than made up for his lack of speed.<h2>Failed in Majors</h2>But Tess didn&rsquo;t stick and was returned to Kingston.He didn&rsquo;t play enough games to be a threat to scoring leader Cliff Pennington of the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens (now at Boston), but his points-per-game average was best in the league.This season Tessier played another full year in the EPHL but his age was starting to tell.He scored only 54 goals and had only 114 points!This was enough to give him the scoring title over teammates Tom McCarthy and Bobby Attersley who followed him with 98 and 84 points respectively.Tessier, in addition to his coaching, scoring, penalty-killing and powerplay chores, had only six minor penalties in 66 games.This won him the most sportsmanlike award. &#9632;

Tessier Adds More Honors For Big Year

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01481/1983721-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION NEXT MONTH</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Pictured Toronto netminder.8. This Ranger player spent the off season as a truck driver.10. Short for first name of a Boston forward.12. Number of goals Bob Armstrong scored last season.13. Initials of Canadiens&rsquo; Vice-President.14. A requisite at training camps.15. Initials of Kelly, member of the Red Wings in the &lsquo;30&rsquo;s.16. Initials of Hockey News&rsquo; outstanding coach of 1960-61.17. To make mistakes.19. Number of scheduled games Harry Howell participated in last season.21. Least penalized N.H.L. club of 1960-61 (abbr.).22. Nickname of Mantha of Quebec Aces.23. Initials of a Red Wing forward.24. These could be the initials of a Hawk defenseman.25. This Ranger prospect played 53 gamesc with Springfield in 1960-bl.28. A promising rookie at New York&rsquo;s training camp.29. Denotes number of goals scored by Gary Collins last season.31. Upon.32. Month in which Buffalo&rsquo;s Gary Bergman was born (abbr.).33. Allan Cup winners of 1960-61.34. Pictured star is 5&rsquo; 10&rdquo; in&mdash;(abbr.).<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Ranger prospect Rod Gilbert underwent summer surgery on his&hellip;2. Iridium (Sym.).3. This Chicago forward hails from Edmonton, Alta.4. Initials of Nykoluk of Hershey Bears.5. Initials of Tessier, ex-Bruin forward.6. One of the famed Metz brothers.7. N.H.L. scoring champion of 1936-37.9. Initials of Achtymichuk of Portland.11. A Cleveland forward.15. Chicago&rsquo;s captain.16. Player Rochester received from Buffalo in exchange for Creighton.18. This Boston prospect is called Matt.20. The (Fr.).25. Former Argonaut football star.26. Female relative.27. Battalion (abbr.).30. Nickname of Heller, ex-Ranger defenseman.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Mikita5. W. R.7. H. P.8. Be9. Rangers13. Ronty14. Hay16. A. M.17. Cen.18. Ty19. K.R.20. PI21. In23. Les.25. Ice26. Liberal28. N. S.29. Timmins32. Balon<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Murray2. Kennedy3. They4. Apr.5. W. B.6. Reay10. A. O.11.G. T.12. Shack15. American18. Tie20. Plante22. Nelson24. Slump25. Ir.27. Edna30. I. B.31. SL &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

PORT HURON, Mich.Port Huron will be a new starter in the International Hockey League next season it was disclosed here at a metting of the league&rsquo;s board of governors.The entry of the Michigan city followed on the heels of an announcement that Indianapolis would suspend operations from the IHL.Frank Gallagher of Dearborn, Mich., long-time president of the league, announced he would resign his post to take over the job as general manager of the Port Huron team.Howie Newstate, IHL secretary and publicity director, said the status of the Toledo club was also indefinite and there was a chance it would not operate either next season.Newstate said Toledo general manager Andy Mulligan will confer with his board of directors within the next few weeks to determine whether Toledo will remain in the league.Newstate said that Port Huron, Fort Wayne, Ind., Minneapolis, Minn., Muskegon, Mich., Omaha, Neb., and St. Paul, Minn., definitely will remain in the IHL next year. The 16-year-old league was an eight club loop last season until Nov. 26, when Milwaukee of the Western division suspended operations. &#9632;

Indianapolis Out Port Huron Set For IHL Entry

CHICAGO, Ill.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03366/1983776-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="258" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dick Duff</figcaption></div>Winning the Stanley Cup was a happy evening for the Leafs, however, it was something special for the hero of the game. For a while, it looked as if Richard Duff was due for a horn-fitting.It was Duff who inadvertently shoved the puck out from behind the Toronto net onto Bobby Hull&rsquo;s stick, and almost gave the Hawks the shot in the arm they needed to commit grand larceny.But, less than seven minutes later, Duff came back to redeem himself when he fired home what proved to be the BIG one. It took everyone by surprise, including Duff.&ldquo;I picked up Army&rsquo;s (George Armstrong) pass besind me, whirled, and shot,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;But I didn&rsquo;t know it went in. Glenn Hall had gone down to block and I couldn&rsquo;t see. But, wow, what a thrill when that light went on.&rdquo; &#9632;

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Dick Duff Was Cup Hero But Goathorns Were There

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N.H.L Statistics Available For Fans

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04300/1983831-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg"></div>Keeps you informed on what&rsquo;s happening in the world of hockey during those long, hot summer days. Plan to subscribe now and make sure you&rsquo;re abreast of the hockey news. Remember, THE HOCKEY NEWS can be purchased on the newsstands during the summer months. But be sure you get yours, subscribe now. Just fill in the form below.A year&rsquo;s subscription is for 35 consecutive issues.Canadian Remittances$3.00 Payable by Postal, Bank or Telegraph Money Order.U.S.A. Remittances $4.00 Payable by Postal, Bank or Express Money Order.PACKED FULL OF:&bull; Pictures of your favorites&bull; Summer news features&bull; Cartoons&bull; Hockey Crossword$3.00 Commonwealth) (Canada & British$4.00 (U.S.A. & Foreign Countries)NOW YOU CAN GET THE HOCKEY NEWS FOR JUST$3.00 for 35 hockey packed issues ($4.00 in the U.S.)GET THE INSIDE DOPE ON HOCKEYFill in Form and Send Postal Note or Money Order &#9632;

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TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;Neither the Toronto Maple Leafs nor their followers will soon forget their 1962 Stanley Cup victory.The new world champions brought the Stanley Cup to city hall fighting their way through a crowd that gave them the greatest reception in Toronto&rsquo;s history.Deputy Police Chief John Murray estimated the crowd at between 50.000 to 60,000.It took the players 20 minutes to elbow their way through the crowd that spilled down the city hall steps.The city clerk&rsquo;s office said it was the greatest single crowd ever assembled at city hall.&ldquo;Even the Queen never got a crowd like this,&rdquo; said Metro Chairman William Allen.A St. John Ambulance man said a number of spectators collapsed in the 74-degree heat.The parade route up Bay St. was lined solidly with spectators, many of them school children on holiday.So many people swarmed over the city hall steps that the reception had to be moved inside to the second-floor council chamber. There, spectators spilled in to the gallery and over the floor.&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve had the greatest reception in Toronto&rsquo;s history,&rdquo; Mayor Phillips told the players.The gallery shook with cheers, which echoed from throngs crowding the halls outside.Players were continually signing autographs, especially winger Dick Duff who scored the winning goal in the sixth and final game at Chicago.Red Kelly, Leafs&rsquo; starry centre, said it was as tough to get through the crowd as it was to beat the Black Hawks.The parade started a half hour late and moved through streamers. tickertape and showers of confetti behind a police escort and a band.Team captain George Armstrong was the first Leaf with the Stanley Cup gleaming in his arms.The crowd, led by Controller Philip Givens, broke into a chant of &ldquo;Go. Leafs, Go.&rdquo; They stood on roofs, balconies and leaned out windows as the cavalcade of convertibles rolled by.In the chamber the mayor officially welcomed the team, led by Stafford Smythe and manager coach George &ldquo;Punch&rdquo; Imlach, and presented the players with gold cuff links.Kelly, who had been on four Stanley cup winners during his stay with Detroit Red Wings, had this to say: &ldquo;It wouldn&rsquo;t have been nearly the same if we&rsquo;d won it in the Gardens. By taking it on the road, in Chicago&rsquo;s rink we proved we deserved to be champions.&rdquo;Kelly now enters politics and will seek the Liberal nomination in York West. &#9632;

50,000 Turn Out To Acclaim Leafs For Cup Victory

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;It didn&rsquo;t take the switchboard operators at Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens long to pass on the good news of the club&rsquo;s cup victory.The morning after, the soft-voiced Gardens&rsquo; operators were greeting telephone callers thusly:&ldquo;Good morning. Home of the Stanley Cup champions.&rdquo; &#9632;

Gardens’ Switchboard Hep To Leafs Cup Win

CHICAGO, III&mdash;&ldquo;I wanted to win this one more, because it&rsquo;s my last one.&rdquo;With these words veteran Bert Olmstead may have said farewell to the National Hockey League for all time if he sticks to his word and retires.The oft-injured winger, now 36 years old was a weary figure after the Leafs wrapped up the Stanley Cup by beating Chicago 2-1 in the deciding game. He sat alone in the corner of the dressing room while his younger teammates whooped it up in traditional championship fashion.Leaning back against the wall, he puffed a cigarette, beamed with approval as younger mates celebrated and said: &ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice to win the last big one. I think I&rsquo;ve had it. From now on, it will be hunting and curling for me while the NHL clubs are in action.&rdquo; &#9632;

“It’s My Last” Says Olmstead

<div class="image-hero"><img title="C4-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-01133/1983941-1-eng-US/c4-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Star Toronto centre Red Kelly is flushed with happiness as wife and daughter greet him on his return home after winning Stanley Cup. One of keys to Leafs&rsquo; conquest was strength down the middle partially provided by Kelly, who will toss his hat into political race during off-season.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c4-02132/1983934-1-eng-US/c4-022.jpg" title="C4-02" width="1639" height="1935"><figcaption class="caption-body">Toronto hockey fan carries banner welcoming home new world hockey champions. An estimated 50,000 people turned out downtown to acclaim victorious Leafs in one of the greatest civic receptions seen in the city in nearly a decade.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Happy Scenes For Leafs

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