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April 13, 1963

The Hockey News April 13, 1963

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01522/2233133-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</figcaption></div>ACROSS1&mdash;Canadien forward shown in centre.7&mdash;Nickname of an AHL club.8&mdash;Number of goals scored by Stanley in 1961-62 season.10&mdash;Bob Baun excels at this.12&mdash;Initials of player who wears No. 7 for Detroit.13&mdash;One of the horse family.14&mdash;Nickname of a Montreal forward.15&mdash;NHL club once coached by Sid Abel (abbr.)16&mdash;22nd and 15th letters of the alphabet.17&mdash;Playoff games seldom end in one.18&mdash;Date in July when Red Kelly celebrates his birthday.22&mdash;Name given Wentworth, NHL player of the 1930&rsquo;s.23&mdash;Punch Imlaeh appears on a weekly&hellip; show (abbr.)24&mdash;Clarence Campbell has fought many a legal battle here.26&mdash;Name given Sloan, former NHL star.28&mdash;Elmer Vasko fractured this last December.29&mdash;Initials of Hull of Chicago.DOWN1&mdash;Type of fur coat Mrs. Allan Stanley wears.2&mdash;Red Kelly sustained a&hellip; last Jan. 12.8&mdash;Initials of Bouchard, ex-Montreal defenseman.4&mdash;Initials of a Chicago rearguard.5&mdash;This Providence player hails from Toronto.6&mdash;Length of time Harvey coached Rangers (abbr.)9&mdash;5th and 15th letters of the alphabet.11&mdash;This Bruin defenseman wears a helmet.12&mdash;John Hanna&rsquo;s native province(abbr.).13&mdash;Leon Rochefort speaks with a French16&mdash;Terry Harper&rsquo;s second name.19&mdash;Coach of the 1951-52 Stanley Cup winners.20&mdash;Initials of Campeau, former Canadien forward.21&mdash;Detroit&rsquo;s top scorer in 1961-62.25&mdash;Wing played by 21 down (abbr.)27&mdash;Initials of 1961-62 Norris Trophy winner.<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S ANSWERS</h2>ACROSS1&mdash;Cahan4&mdash;N.B.6&mdash;A.P.7&mdash;Farm8&mdash;Andre10&mdash;No.11&mdash;Pucks13&mdash;Yet14&mdash;Age16&mdash;Na.17&mdash;Gil.19&mdash;ET.21&mdash;One23&mdash;Canney25&mdash;Mar.27&mdash;E.V.28&mdash;Amadio30&mdash;In32&mdash;DannyDOWN1&mdash;Champagne2&mdash;Hadfield3&mdash;Apr.4&mdash;Nancy5&mdash;Broken9&mdash;E.P.12&mdash;Stanley15&mdash;G.I.18&mdash;Boone20&mdash;Team22&mdash;Nevin24&mdash;Avid25&mdash;May26&mdash;Ran.29&mdash;O.A.31&mdash;N.Y.<h2>Looking At The IHL Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03388/2233126-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="582" height="557"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04294/2233119-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="590" height="89"></div>LEAGUE LEADERSMOST POINTS&mdash;Moe Bartoli, Minneapolis, 130.MOST GOALS&mdash;Joe Kastelic, Muskegon, 63*.MOST ASSISTS&mdash;Gerry Glaude, Muskegon, 86.MOST WINNING GOALS&mdash;Ken Yackei, Minneapolis, 10.MOST HAT TRICKS&mdash;Moe Bartoli, Minneapolis, 7*.BEST GOALTENDER&rsquo;S AVERAGE&mdash;Glenn Ramsay, Omaha, 3.54.MOST SHUTOUTS&mdash;Norm Jacques, Port Huron, 4.MOST PENALTIES IN MINUTES&mdash;Ted Lebioda, Omaha, 308*.(*) Indicates new record. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

HOCKEY CROSSWORD

The Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks had the dubious distinction of setting a new Stanley Cup series record for penalties In their semi-final playoff. In all the two teams drew 97 penalties to shatter the old mark of 87 set in a six-game Toronto-Chicago final last spring. &#9632;

Wings, Hawks Set Penalty Record

&ldquo;you like 7up 7up likes you&rdquo;<h2>Playoff Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01581/2232436-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="604" height="1075"></div><h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02509/2232429-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="618" height="1717"></div> &#9632;

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02530/2232743-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="553" height="809"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK MEISSNER&hellip; Playoff Hat Trick</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, Pa&mdash;The Hershey Bears ended the American Hockey League season in second place in the league&rsquo;s Eastern Division, one point behind the Providence Reds, and there were games the Bears could have won during the season that would have gotten them over the hump.The Bears missed chances against Buffalo and Springfield even on the final weekend to sew up the first place spot.Hershey met Baltimore in the first round playdowns. The winner of this best-of-three series will meet the winner of the Cleveland-Rochester series, which was Cleveland, in a best-of-five games series, with the dates to be announced later.Hershey veteran center Willie Marshall ended the season with 36 goals and 56 assists for a total of 92 points. 20 goal scorers for the Bears this year included Marshall, Keke Mortson, Myron Stankiewicz, Roger DeJordy, Dick Meissner, Pete Conacher, Les Duff and Yves Locas. Meissner scored a hat trick as the Bears won their playoff opener from Baltimore. The Bears scored a total of 262 goals this season with 464 assists for 727 points. The Bears started the season with seven rookies in the lineup and have not added one player through the season just ended. &#9632;

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Bears Look Back At Missed Chances To Clinch Lead

<h2>The Hockey News</h2>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYVol. 16-No. 28 MONTREAL, APRIL 13, 1963 PRICE: 15&#576;<h2>Gordie Howe &hellip; Player Of The Year</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01383/2233288-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="571" height="1457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch Imlach &hellip;Best Coach</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-02270/2233281-1-eng-US/cover-022.jpg" title="Cover-02" width="1127" height="1302"></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-03106/2233274-1-eng-US/cover-032.jpg" title="Cover-03" width="535" height="1463"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Norris &hellip;Best Executive</figcaption></div><h2>Detroit, Toronto Clash In Stanley Cup Final (see page 8) &#9632;</h2>

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Howe, Imlach, Norris Named Top Men

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZlE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Gordie Howe, Punch Imlach and Jim Norris add up to a lot of hockey class and in the estimation of the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS, they were the outstanding men in hockey this past year.All three have been selected as winners of the annual HOCKEY NEWS awards for their on and off the ice efforts in the National Hockey League during the 1962-63 season.Howe, the great right winger of the Detroit Red Wings who won the NHL scoring championship this season for the sixth time at the ripe age of 35, has been named the player of the year.Imlach, the manager-coach of the Maple Leafs, has been chosen as coach of the year in a close battle with Detroit&rsquo;s Sid Abel.Norris, the chairman of the board of the Chicago Black Hawks and co-owner of the club, has spent millions making the Hawks a contender in the NHL after years in the league doldrums. An energetic hockey man and staunch follower of the fortunes of the club, he has been singled out as the outstanding executive of the year by THE HOCKEY NEWS.(For Complete Story See Pages 2-3) &#9632;

Hockey News Choses Trio For Awards

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Jim Norris, the chairman of the Board of the Chicago Black Hawks and co-owner of the team, is one of hockey&rsquo;s most ardent boosters and workers. He has shown through the years that if spending his millions will give Chicago a better hockey club, he isn&rsquo;t averse to the idea of taking the band off the pocketbook to get results.In fact, Norris has spent untold dollars making the Black Hawks a contending team in the NHL today and his efforts in elevating in the NHL today and his efforts m elevating the Tribe from a perennial also ran to a top line power in the league today has won him the honor of &lsquo;executive of the year&rsquo; from the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01506/2231974-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="377" height="381"></div>In winning the outstanding executive award for the first time, Norris also is the first owner to achieve the feat since the HOCKEY NEWS honors were set up 13 years ago.The Hawks have become a box office nugget under Norris&rsquo; guidance these past two years and this season when the Black Hawks drew more people at the box office for their 35 home games than any other NHL team, it was a tribute to the top Chicago executive&rsquo;s perseverance.Norris was elected to hockey&rsquo;s Hall of Fame on June 5, 1962.Thus, the millionaire Chicago sportsman joined his father, the late James Sr., in the select list of those in the Hall of Fame. They are one of two father-son combination in these ranks. James D. as was his father, was voted in as a builder.Big Jim has been associated with hockey since his knee breeches days. He was active with the old Chicago Shamrocks when they played in Chicago back in 1930-31 and 1931-32, winning the American Hockey League title in the latter season.With his father, Norris acquired the Detroit Red Wings in 1932-33 and in a very short time built them into a power in the National Hockey League.Three times under the Norris ownership&mdash;1935-36, 1936-37 and 1942-43&mdash;the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup.It was during the long span with the Red Wings that James D. either signed or helped develop such players as Sid Abel, Gordie Howe, Ted Lindsay, Red Kelly, Black Jack Stewart, etc.Norris, along with his partner, Arthur M. Wirtz, took over the Black Hawks in 1946, and has built the Chicago franchise into one of the most valued in hockey. The rebuilding program in Chicago has followed the same design that was so successful in Detroit. Among the players James D. signed and developed for the Hawks are: Bobby Hull, Glenn Hall, Stan Mikita, Red Hay, Elmer Vasko, Pierre Pilote and a flock of highly rated rookies who are destined to lift Chicago&rsquo;s hockey welfare to the top.Inl960-61, the Black Hawks won the Stanley Cup beating Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings in the series, marking the first time in 22 years Chicago had a cup winner.Jim Norris is undoubtedly one of hockey&rsquo;s finest gentlemen and a great sportsman. A genial, friendly person who is extremely popular in hockey, boxing and horse racing circles, he has shown over the years that his heart belongs in the game of hockey and the Black Hawks are his first love always.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02485/2231967-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="1752" height="1169"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chicago&rsquo;s JIM NORRIS, right, is one of the men who make hockey&rsquo;s big time game flourish and this season the co-owner of the Hawks saw his team reach its box office pinnacle playing at home. Norris, is shown with Boston&rsquo;s WALTER BROWN, left, and STAFF SMYTHE of the Toronto Leafs, during one of their many hockey gatherings.</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Jim Norris Built Hawks Into NHL Power

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03432/2232005-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">One of Toronto&rsquo;s best rated television sports programs is the &rsquo;Punch And Johnny&rsquo; show which features Toronto manager-coach PUNCH IMLACH, left, and JOHNNY ESAW, here displaying a copy of THE HOCKEY NEWS during the show. Esaw is highly-rated football announcer in Canada and top sportscaster.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Winning the Stanley Cup last season and the National Hockey League championship this year has established George (Punch) Imlach as the outstanding coach in the NHL and because of his masterminding feats, the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS have added to Imlach&rsquo;s laurels by selecting him the coach of the year.The colorful manager-coach of the Leafs, who hasn&rsquo;t missed the Stanley Cup playoff round since taking over the club in 1958-59, is the recipient of THE HOCKEY NEWS award for the third time. He previously won it in 1961 with the Leafs and in 1952 as boss of the Quebec Aces, who were the best minor hockey club that year.Imlach is the big reason the Maple Leafs are a power again in the NHL. It is primarily because of his efforts that the club&rsquo;s rebuilding program turned a dividend last season with the winning of the Stanley Cup. A supremely superstitious man but also keenly optimistic, Imlach is currently enjoying his fifth year at the helm of the Leafs and he can look back on five years of success.He finished fourth in 1959, second in 1960, 1961 and 1962 and this year ended on top to bring the club its first NHL Prince of Wales Trophy win in 15 years.Imlach is a born handler of hockey men. He has demonstrated since his early days in the old Quebec Senior Hockey League with Quebec Aces that he rightly belonged behind a player&rsquo;s bench.Punch learned the game first hand having been a top senior player before moving into the executive field. Imlach spent 12 years in the Quebec picture before accepting a new challenge in the American League with the Springfield club in 1957-58. It was a stepping stone to the big time for the likeable Imlach and when Staff Smythe of the Leafs urged him to come to Toronto, he promptly moved up to the big time and the Leafs never regretted the move. &#9632;

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Hockey News Cites Imlach Again For Giving Leafs Cup, NHL Title

Top Executive1950&mdash;Jim Hendy, Cleveland1951&mdash;Jack Adams, Detroit1952&mdash;Kenny Mackenzie, N. West.1953&mdash;Frank Selke, Canadiens1954&mdash;Al Leader, Pres. WHL1955&mdash;Kenny Reardon, Chicoutimi1956&mdash;Rudy Pilous, St. Catharines1957&mdash;Jim Hendy, Cleveland1958&mdash;Lynn Patrick, Boston1959&mdash;Ruby Pastor, Buffalo1960&mdash;Frank Selke, Canadiens1961&mdash;Tommy Ivan, Chicago1962&mdash;Frank Selke, Canadiens1963&mdash;Jim Norris, ChicagoTop CoachMud Bruneteau, OmahaBun Cook, ClevelandPunch Imlach, QuebecSid Abel, ChicagoFrank Eddolls, BuffaloBud Poile, EdmontonPhil Watson, RangersMilt Schmidt, BostonToe Blake, CanadiensToe Blake, CanadiensToe Blake, CanadiensPunch Imlach, TorontoToe Blake, CanadiensPunch Imlach, TorontoTop PlayerCharley Rayner, RangersHowe-Richard&mdash;tieElmer Lach, CanadiensGordie Howe, DetroitRed Kelly, DetroitHarry Lumley, TorontoeanBeliveau, CanadiensGordie Howe, DetroitDickie Moore, CanadiensAndy Bathgate, RangersGordie Howe, DetroitBernie Geoffrion, Cdns.Jacques Plante, CanadiensGordie Howe, Detroit &#9632;

Hockey News Award Winners

<div class="byline">By BOB HARRIS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01505/2232036-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Detroit&rsquo;s great right winger GORDIE HOWE drops puck for his two sons, MARTY, 8, and MARK, 7, who play on a Detroit squirt league team. Howe, keenly interested in youngsters, is a fine family man and has two other children, a daughter, Cathy, and another son, Murray. Gordie himself was the sixth of nine children In the Howe family.</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;When hockey buffs sit around discussing the game&rsquo;s great players the name of Gordie Howe invariably comes to mind. Some will argue into the night that he is the greatest ever produced and some will dispute the claim, because of the many oldtimers before him, but certainly modern day hockey fans are unanimous that he is the finest player to lace on a pair of skates today.In the process of winding up his 17th season as a big name in the National Hockey League, the brilliant Detroit right winger appears to be getting better with age, if that&rsquo;s possible. This season, Howe won the NHL scoring title for the sixth time in his illustrious big league career and he gave the impression that he was more like 25 than 35, the way he moved about the ice.His over-all performance this year not only put the Red Wings into the playoffs and eventually gained them a berth in the Stanley Cup finals, but it also won Gordie the distinction of being named player of the year by the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS, an honor already bestowed on the big Red Wing ace four times previously.Howe was also the HOCKEY NEWS top player in 1960, 1957, 1953, and in 1951 when he tied with Canadiens&rsquo; famed Maurice &ldquo;Rocket&rdquo; Richard. Howe this season scored 38 goals in a 70-game schedule to raise his all-time record to 540, just four behind the mark of 544 held by the retired Richard.There isn&rsquo;t much doubt that Howe will reach another milestone early next fall when he starts the 1963-64 campaign in quest of the five goals he needs to become hockey&rsquo;s greatest goal scorer in history.Howe said he hopes to play 20 years in the NHL and again it appears certain he will reach his goal the way he came out of the recently completed 70-game campaign without even missing a regular turn on the ice. The big man seems indestructible and his amazing ability to keep going at an age when most hockey players have already embarked on retirement, makes him all the more astonishing as a hockey player.&ldquo;Mr. Wonderful&rdquo; among the Red Wings, the superlative right wing&rsquo;s name is synonymous with Detroit hockey. In Howe&rsquo;s case, mere words cannot express his astounding abilities&mdash;he has to be seen to be believed! There is the Gordie Howe switching hands in mid-stride and shooting lefthanded. There is the Gordie Howe dropping back on defense to help protect a slim lead. There is the Gordie Howe taking his regular turn, working on the power play and helping kill off a penalty. There is the Gordie Howe setting up a teammate with a perfect pass.All these Gordie Howes are the same: short-of-unbelievable. What makes this all-time great hockey player tick? To find out, let&rsquo;s start at the beginning&mdash;Howe was born March 31, 1928, to Katharine and Albert Howe of Floral, Saskatchewan. He was the sixth of nine children, five girls and four boys. Brought up in a poor environment with none of life&rsquo;s little pleasures, it soon became Gordon&rsquo;s sole idea to improve his family&rsquo;s lot when he was able. Extremely well-coordinated, Howe had started skating at four. He progressed so well in hockey that it soon became obvious to him this his future rested in hockey, and that it was as a hockey player he could accomplish his earliest dreams of helping his family.At 14 he was playing on five local teams and at 15 he was invited to his first NHL try-out camp, New York&rsquo;s at Winnipeg. But he was sent home by the Rangers, Then a Red Wing scout, the late Fred Pickney, who should be in the Detroit Hockey Hall of Fame In gratitude for his discovery, saw Howe playing juvenile hockey in Saskatoon. He was sent to the Detroit training camp in Windsor in 1944 where he came under the practiced eye of Jack Adams who at once knew this shy, muscular youngster was almost too good to be true. Signed by the Red Wings. Howe had to sit out the 1944-45 season as an ineligible transfer from West to East. With no junior hockey experience, he attended Detroit&rsquo;s camp the next fall and made the Wings&rsquo; Omaha farm club.Then at 18, suddenly he was a National Leaguer, scoring his first big league goal in his initial game, Oct. 16, 1946. Three years later, Howe blossomed into the amazing and thrilling star that he is. In the 1949-50 season, he gave an idea of his rapid development and an indication of things to come when he equalled in one year his goal output of his first three years in the league. But before he could continue his climb to fame, fate stepped in and nearly forced a budding career to end at age 22. He suffered a severe skull fracture and brain concussion in the first game of the 1950 playoffs, and the hockey world spent the summer wondering if he would ever skate again. Shrugging off the injury as easily as he does opposing defensemen, Howe came back better than ever. Amazingly, he accomplished the following in the four seasons after his near-fatal accident: played all 70 games every year, led the league in scoring every year, led in goals three of the four and in assists in two, and scored a total of 172 goals in those years! Incredible? Yes, but just another brilliant chapter in the Gordie Howe story.Since this has been going on for the past 17 seasons, Gordie&rsquo;s list of honors, titles and achievements is longer than Olympia&rsquo;s ice surface. On the Detroit team Howe is the acknowledged leader, the strong-man, the &ldquo;Big Guy&rdquo;. He has achieved heights unapproached by any other Red Wing in the 36-year history of the club. He has led the Wings in goals, assists and points 10 times, including this year. In the league, he is holder of records for games played, assists, and points; moreover, he was the first player to pass the 1000 mark in games and also in points. He has paced the league&rsquo;s sharpshooters in scoring a record six times. Another five times he&rsquo;s taken the Hart Trophy as most valuable player. His record of durability is truly remarkable: he has missed but 40 games in his career, 20 of them in one of his first seasons, and he has been forced to the sidelines only 18 times in the past 14 years. In 12 of his 17 seasons, he went through the full schedule. An AllStar&rsquo;s All-Star, he has been named to the select squad on 13 occasions, making seven first teams and six seconds.On the home front, Howe has to take a back seat to his two eldest sons in one respect. While Gordie was 18 when he first played at Olympia, eight-year-old Marty and seven-year-old Mark Howe have already made their local hockey debuts. They played in a &ldquo;squirt&rdquo; league last winter and showed promise of following in their father&rsquo;s footsteps. Gordie and his Detroit-born wife, Colleen, have two other children, a daughter, Cathy and another son, Murray. Howe has made his permanent home in suburban Detroit for several years. &#9632;

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Howe Wins Player Of Year Award For Fifth Time

<div class="byline">&#x2014;Fischler</div><h2>The Hockey News</h2>THE INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLYFounded October 1st, 1947Published weekly, except monthly Mey through September byKen-Will Publishing Co. Ltd.,1434 Ste. Catherine Street West,Montreal 25, Que.Kenneth William McKenzie, Will V. Cote,President and Publisher Vice-Pres, and Gen. Mgr.Yearly Subscription Rates; S3.00 in Canada and the British Commonwealth;$5.00 in the U.S.A, and Foreign Countries.Postage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y.Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa,end for payment of postage In cash.Printed in CanadaVol. 16 MONTREAL, APRIL 13, 1963 No. 28NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;Doug Harvey, the world&rsquo;s oldest baby-faced defenseman, has Indicated he may return to the NHL next season, if he&rsquo;s wanted. However, the Rangers have not made it clear whether they want the itinerant Harvey or not.&ldquo;I feel great,&rdquo; Doug proclaimed at the season&rsquo;s end, &ldquo;better now than last year at this time. If they (the Rangers) want me, m consider.&rdquo;This past season Doug managed to both infuriate and delight New York audiences with his erratic play. At one point, Garden rooters were so disturbed by Harvey&rsquo;s ineptitude they suggested he grab the first sled to the Yukon.But Doug impassively played his game and wound up the season one of the better defensemen on the Rangers. Whether this influences g.m. Muzz Patrick remains questionable.&ldquo;It&rsquo;s much too early to talk about him now,&rdquo; said Patrick. &ldquo;Ask me in August.&rdquo;Muzz conceded he&rsquo;d be willing &ldquo;to talk things over&rdquo; with Harvey but intimated Doug&rsquo;s defects had him worried. &ldquo;Our future,&rdquo; said Patrick, &ldquo;has to lie in youngsters, not in players of Harvey&rsquo;s age.&rdquo;&ldquo;He&rsquo;s reached the age,&rdquo; Patrick continued, &ldquo;where he can&rsquo;t play a 70-game schedule.&rdquo;Patrick didn&rsquo;t discuss the most vexing aspect &ldquo;L&rsquo;incident Harvey,&rdquo; namely Doug&rsquo;s regular jaunts to his family in Montreal at the expense of team practices. And this, at a reported $30,000 salary.The situation proved unpalatable all around Several Rangers expressed dismay, Harvey was not in the best condition and the team, generally, suffered. When Red Sullivan became coach, Doug modified his schedule and attended more practices.Harvey was asked what arrangement he would find suitable if he returned?&ldquo;There could be a happy medium,&rdquo; Doug explained. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d attend practices but I&rsquo;d ask for a week off if there&rsquo;s a break in the schedule so I could go home to the family.&rdquo;Even if he chooses to return, Harvey is aware the final decision in the matter lies with Patrick and Ranger president, Bill Jennings.&ldquo;They must be figuring on changes,&rdquo; said Doug. &ldquo;If we had a good year it would be different. Frankly, I&rsquo;ll admit I missed a few too many practices in the first half.&rdquo; &#9632;

Harvey Would Return If Rangers Want Him

<div class="byline">By STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK, N.Y.&mdash;George &ldquo;Red&rdquo; Sullivan, the fourth Ranger coach in the last four years, has been rehired by the New York hockey club to try and ressurect the team for the 1963-64 season. The Rangers signed Sullivan to a one-year contract a week after the club concluded its NHL schedule in fifth place. Salary terms were not disclosed.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01568/2232115-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="264" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Sullivan</figcaption></div>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m looking forward to starting the training camp fresh with the Rangers,&rdquo; said the energetic coach who was promoted from Baltimore last Dec. 29th.&ldquo;I learned a lot in the half season. Starting from scratch I should be a better coach. I really think we&rsquo;ll be moving up next year.&rdquo;Among the bits of knowledge Sullivan must have accumulated in three month&rsquo;s duty was the fact that his club was not in a class with the four playoff contenders.Nowhere was this better proven than in comparative figures. With Muzz Patrick coaching, the Rangers had a 10-19-5 record. Sullivan&rsquo;s count was 11-17-8.Taking into account the loosening up of players after the Rangers were eliminated from a playoff berth, the team&rsquo;s output with Patrick was almost identical to what it was under Sully.&ldquo;It was a most unsatisfactory season,&rdquo; admitted Patrick. &ldquo;We had expected to do better. Why didn&rsquo;t we? First, we expected the Rangers to have a better year. Second, we didn&rsquo;t expect Detroit to have the year they had.&rdquo;Muzz Admires WingsPatrick was torn between envy and admiration for several of the Detroit players.&ldquo;I never expected (Gordie) Howe to have the season he did,&rdquo; Muzz said, &ldquo;nor (Terry) Sawchuk or (Alex) Delvecchio. And who would have expected Parker MacDonald to do what he&rsquo;s done?&rdquo;These and other revelations were offered by Patrick at the closing luncheon of the New York Hockey Writers Association. It was then that Muzz disclosed that the Rangers had an eye on a Swedish hockey player.Ulf Sterner, the 6-2, 190 pound star of the World Hockey Tournament in Stockholm, is the boy. Rangers have the inside track should Sterner decided to try pro hockey. The word is he&rsquo;s interested.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll invite him to camp,&rdquo; said assistant g.m. Emile Francis. &ldquo;He wants to be a pro.&rdquo;Someone in the audience suggested that the Swedes don&rsquo;t like to play the hitting style of hockey popular in the NHL.&ldquo;Then he&rsquo;ll be right at home with the Rangers,&rdquo; offered exAssociation prexy, Mel Woody. &#9632;

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Blues Hire Sully Again For Season

<div class="byline">by Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02532/2232174-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="445" height="429"></div>&bull; TORONTO&mdash;&ldquo;BEATING Canadiens makes it all the more enpoyable&rdquo; said a jubilant Punch Imlach after the Leafs blanked Canadiens, 5-0, and sidelined Canadiens from further Cup action&hellip; &ldquo;This is the first time we&rsquo;ve beaten Canadiens in a playoff series since I&rsquo;ve been here and I couldn&rsquo;t be happier,&rdquo; admitted THE HOCKEY NEWS Coach of the Year&hellip; Canadiens&rsquo; Toe Blake had this to say after the game: &ldquo;It was a terrible way to finish off a series.&rdquo;&hellip; This marked the third straight year that Canadiens have been eliminated in the semi-final round &hellip; It was the first time in the three years they went out in five games&hellip; Ageless Johnny Bower was sensational in registering his second shutout of this series&hellip; We saw two games in this series and both times Bower racked up a shutout&hellip; Dave Keon starred in the series finale just as he has throughout the entire season and every playoff game&hellip; Bower&rsquo;s nine-year-old son John Jr. was probably the happiest and proudest person in the Leafs&rsquo; dressing room after the victory. The chunky youngster sat with his arm around his father and posed for a number of photos&hellip; Gump Worsley picked Keon, Bower and Duff as the three stars in that order&hellip; Leaf players mobbed Bower after his shutout as Organist Horace Lapp played &ldquo;Oh Johnny!&rdquo;&hellip; Jean Beliveau has decided not to retire after this season which should be good news for Montreal&hellip; When Jacques Plante was asked about his plans for next season, he answered: &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know. I don&rsquo;t think I want to talk about hockey again this year.&rdquo;&hellip; Bob Pulford was a standout for Leafs throughout the series&hellip; Ron Stewart played some of his finest hockey in a Toronto uniform during this series&hellip; Stan Obodiac and Al Stewart do a splendid job assisting Ed Fitkin in the Maple Leaf Gardens publicity dept&hellip; Both are extremely courteous and helpful.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03455/2232167-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="253" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dave Keon</figcaption></div>&bull; HAROLD BALLARD, genial executive vice-president of Maple Leaf Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs, was telling us that they plan to add another 3,800 seats to the Gardens. These extra seats will be located at the north and south ends and Ballard is hopeful that they will be ready in time for the start of next season. Plans call for work to start immediately after the Stanley Cup finals&hellip; These additional seats would boost the Gardens seating capacity to over 18,000&hellip; Red Kelly, who played for both, thinks this year&rsquo;s edition of the Leafs is a better balanced team than the great Red Wing clubs of 1949-57&hellip; Bob Pulford almost didn&rsquo;t make the Leafs because they thought he was too slow a skater&hellip; Terry Harper, Canadiens&rsquo; rookie defenseman, proved he belongs in the NHL. He was selected as a star in two of theTerry Harper playoff games&hellip; Frank Mahovlich had a disappointing series against Canadiens but there are many who look for him to have a great final series&hellip; Kent Douglas was mighty happy after scoring his first playoff goal (the 5th) in the 5-0 triumph&hellip; &ldquo;Next time I score in the playoffs I hope the goal will prove more valuable,&rdquo; he stated&hellip; Toe Blake took Canadiens defeat to heart&hellip; &ldquo;I couldn&rsquo;t get them up. No matter what I told them, I couldn&rsquo;t seem to help them,&rdquo; he said grimly&hellip; Canadiens will take plenty of time before making any personnel changes for next season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04396/2232160-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="253" height="413"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Harper</figcaption></div>&bull; DETROIT&mdash;SOME of the Chicago-Detroit telecasts are being taped and shown a couple of nights later in their entirety over Station KTLA, Channel 5, in Los Angeles&hellip; Harry Omest of Los Angeles worked out the details with the Norris brothers, Jim of Chicago and Bruce of Detroit&hellip; This might be the start of something new&hellip; The Red Wings have been staying at Toledo and bussing over to the Olympia just prior to game time. This is a practice they&rsquo;ve employed for years&hellip; Rudy Pilous has switched his forward units around a great deal during the series&hellip; Glenn Hall has been phenomenal in every game played&hellip; The Wings have outshot the Hawks by a considerable margin in some of the games &hellip; It was 72 degrees inside the Olympia for the fourth game. Usually it is just 45 degrees. That was the day the temperature reached 83.3 in Detroit&hellip; Pierre Pilote is wearing a helmet for the series as a result of several recent cuts about the head&hellip; Bobby Hull displayed plenty of courage in returning to action so soon after his severly broken nose.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05360/2232153-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="277" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bruce MacGregor</figcaption></div>&bull; EXCELLENT story appearing in the May issue of Sport Magazine about &ldquo;The Remarkable 1938-39 Boston Bruins&rdquo;&hellip; It&rsquo;s all about Line&rdquo; and &ldquo;Mr. Zero&rdquo; Frankie Brimsek &hellip; Makes fine hockey reading&hellip; and Sport Magazine is now on sale everywhere&hellip; Jim Norris, Hockey&rsquo;s Top Executive for 1962-63 as selected by THE HOCKEY NEWS, is more than a little disappointed with the way his club has finished the present season&hellip; Brian Shaw, a Detroit scout who runs their Juvenile &ldquo;A&rdquo; team at Jasper Park, Alta., outside Edmonton, making his first visit to the Motor City&hellip; Tommy Ivan says Howe is playing as well as he ever did. &ldquo;And I&rsquo;ve been watching him since he turned pro at Omaha in 1945,&rdquo; said Ivan&hellip; John Ashley and Art Skov did a fine job of refereeing in their first Cup playoffs&hellip; Both will see more action next season&hellip; Norm Ullman, always a good money player, has been sensational for the Wings in this year&rsquo;s playoffs. He is a tireless skater and seems to be flying faster than ever this year&hellip; Alex Faulkner has done his share for the Wings in his first taste of Stanley Cup action.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06301/2232146-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="274" height="424"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Faulkner</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">By PAT CURRAN</div>MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The final buzzer had hardly sounded at Maple Leaf Gardens to signal elimination of Canadiens from the playoffs before rumors started to fly thick and fast about a heavy shakeup in the former Montreal powerhouse.While such rumors were nothing new to the Canadiens&mdash;subject to the same treatment when they lost out to Chicago the last two seasons&mdash;there&rsquo;s both smoke and fire in them this time. The club brass was disappointed more by the way the Habs went out 5-0 in the fifth game of the series than the fact that they were eliminated from Stanley Cup play by the Leafs.Coach Toe Blake, who barred the dressing-room to reporters and just about everyone else after the humiliating setback, said that a change of attitude was needed by several of the Habs if they hoped to stay with the team.Blake revealed that he was thinking seriously of retiring as coach of the club he led to six league titles and five Stanley Cup crowns in eight years at the helm. The third place finish in the league standing and elimination by the Leafs marked Canadiens worst showing in a dozen years and the only really losing season for Toe since he took over the Habs in 1955-56.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to commit myself fully until I&rsquo;ve made up my mind one way or the other,&rdquo; said Blake. &ldquo;But there will be an announcement in a week or two&rdquo;.Toe who also thought briefly of retiring last spring&mdash;after Canadiens bowed to the Black Hawks in six games of the semi-final&mdash;is just finishing up a one-year contract as coach.&ldquo;I felt I couldn&rsquo;t get through to my players this season,&rdquo; said Toe. &ldquo;And when that happens it may be time to get out.&ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t the same team as we used to be and I feel I&rsquo;m partly to blame for it. I couldn&rsquo;t get my message across the way I used to.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t blame the players. Most of them gave it everything they have but two or three of them didn&rsquo;t have the right attitude.&ldquo;It just wasn&rsquo;t the same as the old days.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01526/2232226-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="498" height="559"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOM JOHNSON&hellip; May Be Through</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02487/2232219-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="481" height="549"><figcaption class="caption-body">PHIL GOYETTE &hellip; Likely To Depart</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03391/2232212-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="513" height="533"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICKIE MOORE &hellip; Years Catching Up</figcaption></div>Rumors about Blake&rsquo;s future covered everything from a jump to Canadiens&rsquo; front office to replacing Rudy Pilous as coach at Chicago.Managing Director Frank Selke said he wasn&rsquo;t at all pleased the way the Habs finished the season. He said some of the players weren&rsquo;t giving full efforts in the 5-0 loss at Toronto.He said that Canadiens&rsquo; whole performance in the Stanley Cup playoffs &ldquo;is not in our tradition&rdquo;.Selke said it would be premature to announce personnel changes immediately after a game like the 5-0 setback but that news about the team could be expected in a week or two.However with sure-fire changes forthcoming in the Montreal roster by next season, three players appeared most likely to leave the club or retirement or new hockey surroundings.Veteran Dickie Moore is the most obvious question mark. The 32-year-old winger has been fighting knee trouble for two seasons and has had trouble going all out through the 70-game schedule. Although he scored 24 goals, 19 in the second half of the season, Moore was like some of the other veterans who couldn&rsquo;t get untracked in the playoffs.Dickie said simply &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know&rdquo; when asked about his future. But Bill Head, the club physiotherapist, said that only an all-out conditioning program during the summer months would give Moore a chance to play again next season.Defenseman Tom Johnson and centre Phil Goyette are others most likely to leave the Canadiens.Johnson was haunted by injuries all season and played in only 43 games.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-05176/2232205-1-eng-US/f0005-052.jpg" title="f0005-05" width="1128" height="1553"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOE BLAKE &hellip; Ponders Future in Game</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Blake Admits “Wasn’t Getting Through To Players”

MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;Rumors going the rounds of the Canadiens were that Bernard (Boom Boom) Geoffrion, a big disappointment in the last month of the schedule and the playoffs, might be traded and that team-captain Jean Beliveau was going to retire from hockey.Beliveau said that he expected to be back.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll talk to Senator Molson (club president)and Mr. Selke and decide what to do,&rdquo; said Beliveau who has just wound up his second five-year contract with the Habs.Despite the rumors Beliveau told friends he felt he wanted to continue playing. &#9632;

Rumors Persist Boomer On Block

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;These are small souvenirs, like the postcards people pick up in far places and carry home to remind them where they&rsquo;ve been.Lou Fontinato has been out of sight in the Stanley Cup playoffs, but not altogether out of mind. Montreal Canadiens could have used the robust rearguard who lies in a Montreal hospital, recovering from a broken neck.The question was put to Frank Selke Jr., the agreeable Montreal telecaster by Dick Beddoes, Toronto Globe and Mail sports columnist: &ldquo;What&rsquo;s the state of the paralysis in Fontinato&rsquo;s arms?&rdquo; &ldquo;Paralysis isn&rsquo;t the correct word,&rdquo; Selke said. &ldquo;He can move his hands and lower arms, but there is stiffness in his shoulders. Stiffness, not paralysis.&rdquo;Fontinato has been confined flat on his back since colliding with Vic Hadfield of New York on March 9. He has been fitted for a Minerva Jacket, which will allow him to sit up.A Minerva Jacket? It&rsquo;s nothing you&rsquo;d buy in Brooks Brothers, Clyde. Simply a cast covering the upper chest, neck and head, a sort of plaster-of-Paris parka.&ldquo;When Louie gets the jacket on,&rdquo; Frank Selke said, &ldquo;he can begin the diathermy treatment needed to get the stiffness out of his shoulders.&rdquo; However, club officials said his playing days are over.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-04275/2232281-1-eng-US/f0005-042.jpg" title="f0005-04" width="271" height="420"><figcaption class="caption-body">Lou Fontinato</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Fontinato Still Flat On Back, Hockey Career Finished

<div class="byline">By HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Pierre (Pete) Pilote gets into his hockey uniform at 174 pounds. At this playing weight he is one of the lightest defensemen in the National Hockey League.Pete, however, carries a lot of &ldquo;weight&rdquo; on the ice as captain of the Chicago Black Hawks and as one of the top defensemen in the NHL. In fact, Pilote, who is also one of the smallest blueline bumpers in the league at 5 feet, 10 inches, was voted the NHL&rsquo;s leading defenseman at the midpoint of the current season in balloting for the James D. Norris Trophy.Pilote, 31, has been around the National Hockey League for eight seasons and is the elder statesman of the Chicago Black Hawks.As such he has seen Chicago develop from the league doormat (11 of 12 years out of the Stanley Cup playoffs) into a potential hockey dynasty.Although the Black Hawks slumped momentarily the last two weeks of the current season, blew an eight point lead and eventually finished second one point behind champion Toronto Maple Leafs, they have firmly established themselves as one of the teams to beat for the next several years.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01595/2232312-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="589" height="585"><figcaption class="caption-body">PIERRE PILOTE &hellip; Sees Bright Future</figcaption></div>&ldquo;We led the league most of the season,&rdquo; says Pilote in unabashed frankness. &ldquo;Toronto and Montreal are good hockey clubs and so is Detroit. Nobody is easy in this league. We just lost our momentum at the wrong time. Nobody can explain it. We just let down when we got so far ahead and all of a sudden we couldn&rsquo;t win no matter what we did.&ldquo;But we have the nucleus and young legs and good farm system to be a real contender for years to come. I still honestly feel we were the best team in the league this year and so do most of the other players.&ldquo;We should be able to keep good team balance with seasoned players on hand and good rookies battling to work their way into the lineup. Look at Chico Maki and Wayne Hillman this year. Maki has a lot of flexibility and a scoring knack which will develop. He played right wing all his career and then made it with us as a center. And Hillman fit in so well with Al MacNeil (obtained in the offseason from Montreal) on defense you would have thought he&rsquo;d been up for several years. That pair added a great deal to our overall team effectiveness this season.&rdquo;Pilote came to the Black Hawks for the last 20 games of the 1955-56 season&mdash;the same year Tommy Ivan came over from coaching Detroit to rebuild the Black Hawks as general manager.As such, Pilote was the first of the rookies to come to the Black Hawks from their once impotent farm system. Pilote had played four seasons at Buffalo in the American Hockey League before coming up to Chicago.Since that time the farm system has produced such current Black Hawk regulars as big Moose Vasko, Pilote&rsquo;s defense partner who came up the next season, two-time scoring champion Bobby Hull, Kenny Wharram who scored 20 goals this year, all-star center Stan Mikita, and current rookies Maki and Hillman.&ldquo;And there are more to come,&rdquo; says Pilote. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve seen them in training camp&mdash;Doug Robinson and Murray Hall and several others.&rdquo;But the good rookies aren&rsquo;t the only reason Pilote gives for the promising future of the Black Hawks.&ldquo;We have strength down the middle and that&rsquo;s where you build from. Both Mikita and Bill Hay are excellent playmakers at center and good skaters. Mikita, of course, has controlled his temper and become a really great player. His development as a scoring threat to go with his playmaking ability stamp him for continued stardom. Remember, he&rsquo;s only 22 and already one of the game&rsquo;s top players.&rdquo;Pilote rates Chicago&rsquo;s &ldquo;Mr. Goalie,&rdquo; Glenn Hall, as the league&rsquo;s best and the anchor in Chicago&rsquo;s strength down the middle.&ldquo;I notice some of the opposing players shaking their heads in disbelief at some of the saves he makes on them. He should have a few good years still and now we have a proven fill-in goalie in Dennis DeJordy who spelled Hall several games this year in great fashion.&rdquo;Pilote has seen a lot of players come and go on the Chicago roster. When did he notice a change from doormat to contender?&ldquo;During the 1957-58 season,&rdquo; he recalls. &ldquo;That was the year Rudy Pilous was brought up as coach in midseason. He got us thinking aggressively. We also had better players than in my first two seasons when veterans were playing out their string and life was pretty easy going. But we had a good attitude that season and our big line of Tod Sloan, Ted Lindsay and Ed Litzenberger was one of the best in the league.&ldquo;That was also Hall&rsquo;s first year with us and we had a pretty fair rookie center named Bobby Hull who could free wheel around that ice pretty good. We didn&rsquo;t make the playoffs that year but everybody felt we were on our way and we made it (for the first time in six seasons) the next spring, finishing third and carrying Canadiens to six games in the opening round.&rdquo;Another turning point, according to Pilote, came in the middle of the 1959-60 season when rookies Red Hay and Murray Balfour, obtained from the Montreal organization, were teamed with Hull to form the &ldquo;Million Dollar Line.&rdquo; That was also Mikita&rsquo;s rookie season with Chicago.Pilote is quick to give credit to the other players on the Black Hawks but he still remains the elder statesman in point of service and it is fitting that he should be team captain, a responsibility he takes very seriously. &#9632;

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Elder Statesman Of Club, Pilote Helped Hawks Rise But Remembers Lean Years

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02467/2232343-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chicago Trainer NICK GAREN administers to injured BOBBY HULL while Hull&rsquo;s wife, Joanne, looks on after Black Hawkace suffered broken nose in second game of Stanley Cup playoffs.</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, III.&mdash;In a bold strategy move, the Chicago Black Hawks juggled their three forward lines on the eve of the Stanley Cup playoffs and it paid off with victories in the two opening semi-final games against Detroit Red Wings, but it didn&rsquo;t last.The moves were borne out of three factors&mdash;injuries, the prolonged March slump which cost the Black Hawks first place during the regular National Hockey League season, and the gambling instinct of coach Rudy Pilous.For the opening game of the series Million Dollar Line center Red Hay found himself with Eric Nesterenko of the checking line and Ab McDonald of the Scooter Line for wings. To complicate this line further, Nesterenko and McDonald switched wings, Nester playing left side and McDonald the right side.Scotter Line center Stan Mikita kept right winger Ken Wharram by his side and picked up Ron Murphy from the checking line for his left wing.Rookie Chico Maki, center for the checking line, ended up with Murray Balfour from the Million Dollar Line on right wing and everybody from Bobby Hull to Reg Fleming and Bob Turner on left wing. And when Hull was injured in the second game, Murray Hall was called up from the minor leagues to fill in.&ldquo;Golden Jet&rdquo; Bobby Hull was the big story of the semi-finals. Hull missed the final three games of the regular season with an injured right shoulder.On the morning of the opening playoff game he tested it out and decided he would give it a try that night.As it turned out Hull was the only bright light in Pilous vain attempt to put life into the club by juggling lines. Hull led the Hawks with eight goals in six games. &#9632;

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Pilous Frantically Shuffled Lines In Vain Bid To Shake Hawks Loose

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;Amazing, isn&rsquo;t it, the way a game looks from the winning bench and the losing bench?With a good part of the playoffs over, here&rsquo;s how much of the post-game conversation has gone&hellip; and it&rsquo;s good for next year&rsquo;s playoffs, and ones after that and on and on.Winner: It was a well-refereed game.Loser: He let the fans call the game.Winner: He (the referee) let the boys play hockey.Loser: They were cross-checking, hooking and holding all night and he let them get away with it.Winner: Joe&hellip; was really checking tonight. He makes them keep their heads up&mdash;he&rsquo;s a real hard-nose.Loser: That guy knows every dirty trick in the book and uses them.Winner: The way we were going, no one could have stopped us. If we keep going like this, we&rsquo;ll win it all.Loser: We made too many mistakes. We beat ourselves&mdash;they didn&rsquo;t beat us. It&rsquo;ll be different after the next one.Winner: My goaltender was just great&mdash;they couldn&rsquo;t get a B-B by him.Loser: That guy was so jumpy out there we should have filled the net but he had every break in the world.Winner: Our penalty killers did a great job and gave us a big lift when we needed it.Loser: Our power play has been terrible lately. No one wants to carry the puck and then when we do take it in, we&rsquo;re delaying our shots, giving them a chance to get set.Winner: Our big guy really made a play on that winning goal&mdash;did you ever see anything like it?Loser: How about that? The guy throws the puck out from the corner, it hits our defenseman on the leg, takes a right hand turn and deflects in off their guy and he&rsquo;s standing in the crease!You see, it depends on the point of view&hellip; and who won the game. &#9632;

How Game Looks From Bench If Team Is Winner Or Loser

<div class="byline">By JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The traditional playoff octopus appeared on Olympia ice seconds after the 10.46 mark of the second period of the Red Wings&rsquo; first home game with Chicago Black Hawks, much the worse for wear.&ldquo;It looked like the guy bought it last year figuring the Wings would be in the playoffs,&rdquo; said Stadium superintendent Red Tonkin, &ldquo;and when we didn&rsquo;t make it, he must have kept it for a year.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01547/2232398-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="273" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Val Fonteyne</figcaption></div>The small octopus was hurled after Gordie Howe broke in alone on Glenn Hall and burned a 15-footer between Hall&rsquo;s pads for Detroit&rsquo;s first goal of the game.Howe skated down and took a cautious look at the dead octopus before attendants swept it off the ice along with a load of other litter.The octopus throwing started years ago and the tosser is a mystery man.Bad Man Howie Young went 1-for-l in the Wing home opener. Manager-coach Sid Abel, unhappy with Young&rsquo;s play in the first two games at Chicago during which he was in the penalty box for three goals, used Young only once in the first Olympia game.It came during a power play late in the second period and Young went to the right point The result of one of his shots was a goal by Parker MacDonald who scored on the rebound.Abel praised the play of Bruce MacGregor and Val Fonteyne in the series with the Hawks.&ldquo;Those boys killed Chicago,&rdquo; Abel said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve got a little pattern all worked out. They&rsquo;ve used it all season. That Fonteyne is as fast a skater as anyone in the league.&rdquo;Norm Ullman, sporting a gash across th# stomach, was nonchalant about the hand he played in all four Detroit goals in the fifth game of the series.&ldquo;It was just one of those nights,&rdquo; Ullman said. The Detroit centre scored two goals and had two assists in the Wing victory.As usual, the Wings elected to stay away from home during the playoffs, setting up headquarters in Toledo and bussing up to Detroit just before the game.The idea is to cut down on the number of telephone calls the players receive asking for tickets and to keep their minds on hockey.The Red Wings, one of the first sports teams to use commercial aviation&mdash;the Wings started flying in the 1930s&mdash;sometimes have second thoughts about flying.Their flight to Chicago for the first game was cancelled because of trouble with the plane.&ldquo;Better on the ground than up there,&rdquo; said Howe, who isn&rsquo;t convinced flying is here to stay anyway. &#9632;

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Fun-Loving Fan Up To Old Tricks Hurls Dead Octopus On Olympia Ice

DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The stage was set for the start of the 1962-63 Stanley Cup final playoffs this week after the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs pushed into the title series by ousting their semi-final rivals, the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks.Punch Imlach&rsquo;s Leafs were hardly extended by a withering Montreal team as they took the best-of-seven semi-final series 4-1 in games, losing only once to the Canadiens in the fourth game on Montreal ice. The Leafs left little doubt which team was superior as they crushed the Canucks 5-0 in the windup game with little Dave Keon playing a standout role with two goals and an assist.The Red Wings were almost as impressive in eliminating the crippled Chicago Black Hawks in six games. Except for a superior goal-scoring spree by Bobby Hull&mdash;who played despite a broken nose and shoulder injury&mdash;the Hawks would have been left at the starting gate entirely.Hull pumped in eight goals in the six games but his efforts weren&rsquo;t enough to overcome the spirited Red Wings, who counted a total of 25 goals in the series. The playoff wasn&rsquo;t a &ldquo;goalkeepers&rdquo; series as Glenn Hall and Terry Sawchuk allowed a total of 44 goals in the six games with Hall, the Vezina Trophy winner, yielding the most 25.Manager-coach Sid Abel said his Red Wings were ready for the Leafs in the Stanley Cup final.A roaring Olympia Stadium crowd of 13,884 was in on the kill as the Wings stomped the Black Hawks 7-4 in the final game with Normie Ullman taking the spotlight with two goals and three assists while rookie Alex Faulkner shot what proved to be the winning goal.Abel said the Wings &ldquo;deserved to win the series and I know they&rsquo;ll put out just as much, if not more, in the next series.&rdquo;&ldquo;They were all wonderful,&rdquo; Abel beamed after six different players pumped in goals to hand the Wings the series victory.&ldquo;Imagine a playoff game decided by a 7-4 score,&rdquo; he laughed.But Abel was already looking forward to the Stanley Cup series with the Maple Leafs starting at Toronto.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be ready for them, don&rsquo;t take anything away from us. We&rsquo;ve been counted out too many times before this year,&rdquo; he said.Detroit was a distant fourth in the National Hockey League race most of the season but won six of its last seven games to finish just five points out of first while remaining fourth. The Wings then trailed Chicago 2-0 in the series and then won four straight.Abel&rsquo;s best move in the series may have come as general manager last year when the club drafted Faulkner, the rookie from Newfoundland.&ldquo;He turned out to be quite a bargain,&rdquo; Abel said, &ldquo;after his goal things started turning our way.&rdquo;Faulkner scored three goals in the series and two turned out to be the winning ones.The Black Hawk dressing room was almost silent after the final game as Coach Rudy Pilous explained his club&rsquo;s failure in a whisper.&ldquo;After (Bobby) Hull and (Stan) Mikita, who did the scoring,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They had balanced scoring and that made a big difference.&rdquo;Hull scored three of the four Chicago goals for the hattrick in the last game but had to practically carry the load alone after Mikita twisted his knee in the first period.It was obvious the Hawks couldn&rsquo;t match the younger Red Wings speed throughout the series. &#9632;

Wings Confident For Cup Final With Leafs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03423/2232498-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg"></div>Playing in the shadow of Detroit stars like Terry Sawchuk, Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio and others hasn&rsquo;t deterred Normie Ullman&rsquo;s desire to take the Initiative for the Red Wings when he gets the chance.The 27-year-old centre of the Wings showed this past week that he can prove just as valuable to the team as Howe and the rest by figuring in five goals as the Wings ousted the Chicago Black Hawks In their best-of-seven Stanley Cup semi-final series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04332/2232491-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="273" height="425"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div>Ullman shot two goals and assisted on three others as the Wings whomped the Hawks 7-4 in the deciding sixth game of their series with Chicago. Ullman&rsquo;s outburst pushed him to the front of the Stanley Cup playoff scoring race with 12 points in six games&mdash;four goals and eight assists.The curly-haired Detroit pivot, a star for the Wings in the closing games of the regular schedule, picked up where he left off when the playoffs got underway and his presence on the ice was a thorn in the side of the crippled and disorganized Hawks.An eight-year veteran of the NHL, Ullman finished In a tie for 16th place In the scoring race with 26 goals and 30 assists in 70 games&mdash;the sixth straight year he has exceeded the 20-goal mark.Player&rsquo;s Is pleased to salute Norm Ullman, a fine journeyman hockey player as this week&rsquo;s player-of-the-week. &#9632;

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Norm Ullman…… Detroit Red Wings

TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;Following are the dates for the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final playoff series:First game, April 9&mdash;Detroit at Toronto.Second game, April 11&mdash;Detroit at Toronto.Third game, April 14&mdash;Toronto at Detroit.Fourth game, April 16&mdash;Toronto at Detroit.Fifth game, April 18&mdash;Detroit at Toronto (if necessary).Sixth game, April 21&mdash;Toronto at Detroit (if necessary).Seventh game, April 23&mdash;Detroit at Toronto (if necessary). &#9632;

Dates For Stanley Cup Final

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01566/2232588-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">here&rsquo;s Detroit&rsquo;s great young rookie ALEX FAULKNER (12) working his summer draft from the Leafs&rsquo; organization, scored three times in the way to the puck before scoring on goalie GLENN HALL of the Hawks semi-final series and two of the goals proved to be game winners.</figcaption></div><h2>SERIES &lsquo;A&rsquo;</h2><h2>Game Four</h2>Tues. April 2CANADIENS 3, TORONTO 1MONTREAL, Que.&mdash;The Canadiens staved off elimination from the Stanley Cup semi-final playoffs by turning back the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-1 here in the fourth game of the series.Left winger Gilles Tremblay provided the necessary scoring punch with two goals&mdash;one that deflected into the Toronto net off defenseman Carl Brewer&rsquo;s body&mdash;as the Habs won their first game of the series. Henri Richard scored the other Montreal goal while Ron Stewart connected for the Leafs.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02538/2232581-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="281" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gilles Tremblay</figcaption></div>One of the highlights of the game was Jacques Plante&rsquo;s stop on Dave Keon&rsquo;s breakaway in the third period. Coach Toe Blake termed the play the key save of the game.Canadiens&rsquo; victory kept their flickering playoff hopes alive as the teams moved back to Toronto for the fifth game of their best-of-seven series with Leafs ahead 8-1 in games.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence: Horton, Stanley, Brewer, Baun, Douglas, Hillman; forwards: Kelly, Stewart, Mahovlich, Keon, Duff, Armstrong, Mulford, Shack, Nevin, Harris, Litzenberger.CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Talbot, Harper, Gauthier, Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay; forwards: Richard, Moore. Provost, Beliveau, G. Tremblay, Rousseau, Backstrom, Hicke, Sutherland, Berenson, Geoffrion, Marshall.Referee: Udvari; linesmen Pavelich, Wicks.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Stewart (Kelly, Mahovlich)&hellip;&hellip; 6:12Penalties: Stanley 6:38, Gauthier 12:55.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Canadiens, Richard (Moore, Provost).. 0:263&mdash;Canadiens, G. Tremblay&hellip;&hellip; 14:00Penalties: Gauthier 1:32, Horton 9:44, Moore 11:11, Armstrong 13:46.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Canadiens: G. Tremblay(Beliveau, Rousseau)&hellip;&hellip; 5:29Penalties: Mahovlich 5:25, Talbot 7:56, Armstrong 9:36.Saves:BOWER&hellip;&hellip; 11 15 11&mdash;37PLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 6 9 8&mdash;23<h2>Game Five</h2>Thurs., April 4TORONTO 5, CANADIENS 0TORONTO, Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Leafs wrote finis to the Canadiens&rsquo; playoff hopes as they trounced the five-time Stanley Cup champions 5-0 in the fifth game of their best-of-seven semi-final series.The Leafs left no doubt about the outcome as they outplayed, outskated and outshot the listless Habs throughout most of the game. Little Dave Keon sparked the Toronto offense with two goals and an assist in the series clincher. Dick Duff, also a series standout for Leafs, Ron Stewart and Kent Douglas counted the other goals in the game. It was Douglas&rsquo; first Stanley Cup playoff goal.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03481/2232574-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="277" height="409"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Bower</figcaption></div>Goalie Johnny Bower came up with his second shutout of the series as he stopped the Canadiens with a brilliant effort. In all he handled 35 shots and his net acrobatics proved too much for the Habs.The win gave the Leafs the series 4-1 and sent them into the Stanley Cup final for the second year in succession.TORONTO&mdash;Goal: Bower; defence: Brewer, Baun; centre: Kelly; wings: Mahovlich, Stewart; subs.: Keon, Horton, Duff, Armstrong, Nevin, Harris, Douglas, Pulford, Hillman, Litzenberger, Shack, Stanley.CANADIENS&mdash;Goal: Plante; defence: Talbot, Harper; centre: Richard; wings: Moore, Provost; subs.: Geoffrion, Beliveau, J. C. Tramblay, Backstrom, Hicke, Gauthier, Rousseau, Berenson, G. Tremblay, Marshall, Sutherland, Laperriere.Referee: Buffey; linesmen Hayes, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Armstrong, Kelly)&hellip;&hellip; 6:562&mdash;Toronto, Duff (Keon, Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip; 9:433&mdash;Toronto, Stewart (Kelly)&hellip;&hellip; 10:11Penalties: Harper 6:39, 15:09, Nevin 18:03.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Toronto, Keon (Baun, Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip; 16:37Penalty: Talbot 8:12.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Toronto, Douglas&hellip;&hellip; 11:27Penalties: Provost 6:34, Brewer 9:49, Laperriere 10:50.Saves:BOWER&hellip;&hellip; 10 15 10&mdash;35PLANTE&hellip;&hellip; 9 10 9-28<h2>SERIES &lsquo;B&rsquo;</h2><h2>Game Four</h2>Tues. April 2DETROIT 4, CHICAGO 1DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings squared their semi-final playoff with the Black Hawks as they won their second straight game in the Stanley Cup series 4-1 and the Wings hardly worked up a sweat downing the injury-riddled Hawks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04410/2232567-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="259" height="393"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div>With Alex Faulkner, Floyd Smith, Gordie Howe and Andre Pronovost scoring once each, the Wings virtually coasted over the Hawks. Bobby Hull, who was expected not to play because of a severely broken nose, showed up in uniform and scored the lone Chicago goal. But Ron Murphy and Al MacNeil were kept on the sidelines with injuries.Chicago Goalie Glenn Hall was bombarded with 39 shots for the second straight game. After making 44 stops in the third game, Hall had handled a total of 83 shots in the two games compared to 33 for his goaling counterpart, Terry Sawchuk.The win evened the best-of-seven series at 2-2 with the next game back on Chicago ice.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: G. Hall; defence: Pilote, Vasko, Evans, Ingram, Hillman; forwards: Hay, Hull, Balfour, M. McDonald, Nesterenko, Wharram, Maki, Mikita, Fleming, Lunde, M. Hall, Turner.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk: defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby, Young, Barkley, Goegan; forwards: A. Pronovost, Fulkner, Smith, P. MacDonald, Delvecchio, Howe, Fonteyne, Ullman, Jeffrey, Joyal, MacGregor, L. MacDonald.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Hayes, Armstrong.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Faulkner (Delvecchio)&hellip;&hellip; 12:34Penalties: Goegan 5:47, Fleming 9:40, Evans12:29, A. Pronovost 13:29, Hull 14:26, Hillman 19:36.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Detroit, Howe (P. MacDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 1:113&mdash;Chicago, Hull, Hillman, Balfour&hellip;&hellip; 8:374&mdash;Detroit, A. Pronovost(Gadsby, MacGregor)&hellip;&hellip; 18:20Penalties: Jeffrey 2:40, M. Pronovost 4:53, Nesterenko 6:29, Barkley 6:29, Goegan 7:40, Delvecchio 14:03, Pilote 14:03.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Detroit, Smith (Ullman, Barkley))&hellip;&hellip; 0:18Penalties: Fleming 5:42, 7:52, 18:34, M.MacDonald 5:42, Jeffrey 6:03, Gadsby 7:52, Nesterenko 8:29, Evans 16:33.Saves:HALL&hellip;&hellip; 16 8 11-35SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 4 10 2-17<h2>Game Five</h2>Thurs. April 4DETROIT 4, CHICAGO 2CHICAGO, III.&mdash;Norm Ullman, a journeyman hockey player, enjoyed one of those rare nights in a game&mdash;when you figure in all the team&rsquo;s goals&mdash;to spark the Detroit Red Wings into the driver&rsquo;s seat in their semi-final series with the Black Hawks.Ullman scored twice and assisted on two other goals by Parker MacDonald and Floyd Smith as the Wings beat the Hawks 4-2 to take the lead in the series. Kenny Wharram and Bobby Hull&mdash;with his fifth playoff goal&mdash;were the Chicago scorers.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05330/2232560-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="271" height="417"><figcaption class="caption-body">P. MacDonald</figcaption></div>Goalie Glenn Hall was bombarded for the third straight game by the Wings as he handed 47 shots to increase his three-game total to 130, the most directed at him this season. The old thing that Hall, this year&rsquo;s Vezina Trophy winner, achieved was to stop Wings&rsquo; great Gordie Howe from scoring for the first time in the playoffs.The teams went back to Detroit for the sixth game of the best-of-seven series.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: Hall; defence: Vasko, Pilote; centre: Hay; Wings; Balfour, Hull; subs.: Turner, Evans, Fleming, Wharram, McDonald, Lunde, Mikita, Nesterenko, Maki, MacNeil, Hillman, M. Hall.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: Gadsby, M. Pronovost; centre: Ullman; wings: Howe, Smith; subs.: Young, Jeffrey, Barkley, Delvecchio, Faulkner, A. Pronovost, MacGregor, Goegan, Fonteyne, Joyal, P. MacDonald.Referee: Udvari; linesmen: Wicks, Pavelich.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, Smith (Ullman)&hellip;&hellip; 15:51Penalties: Nesterenko, M. Pronovost 3:54, Barkley 4:43, Nesterenko 7:44, Howe 9:52, Gadsby 10:27, Balfour 18:56.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Jeffrey)&hellip;&hellip; 4:533&mdash;Chicago, Wharram (Piloto, McDonald)&hellip;&hellip; 8:324&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Hay, Hillman))&hellip;&hellip; 15:175&mdash;Detroit, P. MacDonald (Howe, Ullman).. 19:05Penalties: Hay 3:17, Young 4:03, MacNeil 10:45, Pronovost 16:44, M. McDonald (major) 18:38.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Gadsby, Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 17:25Penalties: A. Pronovost 5:42, Gadsby (misconduct) 5:42, Howe 12:55, Vasko 16:32.Saves:HALL&hellip;&hellip; 17 14 12-43SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 15 3 7-30<h2>Game Six</h2>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Detroit Red Wings culminated their rags to riches story in the National Hockey League this season by gaining a berth in the Stanley Cup final and they did it in a rather impressive fashion.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-06281/2232553-1-eng-US/f0009-062.jpg" title="f0009-06" width="269" height="377"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div>Out of the the playoffs last year, the Wings this season returned stronger than ever and their spirited 7-4 win over the Black Hawks was a personal triumph for them as they pushed Chicago out of the Stanley Cup picture and moved on to the &lsquo;showdown&rsquo; for the cup with the Maple Leafs.Veteran centre Norm Ullman was the big gun for the Wings as they wrapped up the best-of-seven series in six games scoring twice and assisting on three other goals. Parker MacDonald, Larry Jeffrey, Alex Delvecchio, Bill Gadsby and Alex Faulkner were the other Detroit marksmen.The great Bobby Hull attempted to shoulder the Hawks&rsquo; cause all by himself as he scored three of the Chicago goals and assisted on the other by Eric Nesterenko but it proved too big a load.DETROIT&mdash;Goal: Sawchuk; defence: M. Pronovost, Gadsby, Young, Barkley Goegan; forwards: Ullman, Jeffrey, Smith, Howe, Delvecchio, Stasiuk, Faulkner, A. Pronovost, MacGregor, Fonteyne, MacDonald, Joyal.CHICAGO&mdash;Goal: G. Hall; defence: MacNeil, Hillman, Turner, Pilote, Vasko, Evans; forwards; Hay, Balfour, Nesterenko, Fleming, Hull, Lunde, McDonald, Maki, Wharram, M. Hall, Mikita.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Wicks, Pavolich.FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Detroit, MacDonald (Howe, Ullman)&hellip;&hellip;. 5:432&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Vasko)&hellip;&hellip; 7:353&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Delvecchio, Howe)&hellip;&hellip; 16:49Penalties: Gadsby 3:04, Maki 6:06, Young 7:15, Vasko 16:11, Gadsby 17:53, Fonteyne 19:30.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Pilote, Nesterenko)&hellip;&hellip; 3:535&mdash;Detroit, Jeffrey (Ullman, Goegan)&hellip;&hellip; 4:126&mdash;Detroit, Delvecchio&hellip;&hellip; 5:017&mdash;Chicago, Hull (Pilote)&hellip;&hellip; 14:348&mdash;Chicago, Nesterenko (Hull)&hellip;&hellip; 17:43Penalties: Balfour and Howe 2:52, Goegan6:02, Wharram 6:50, Fleming (minor, major and misconduct) and MacGregor (major) 16:01, Vasko 18:27.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Detroit, Faulkner(A. Pronovost, MacGregor)&hellip;&hellip; 7:0910&mdash;Detroit, Ullman (Howe, Jeffrey)&hellip;&hellip; 10:4811&mdash;Detroit, Gadsby (Ullman, MacGregor)&hellip; 16:29 Penalties: Balfour 8:52, Howe 18:51.Saves:SAWCHUK&hellip;&hellip; 8 5 7&mdash;20HALL&hellip;&hellip; 15 8 15&mdash;38 &#9632;

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Stanley Cup Playoff Picture Game By Game…

GORDON&rsquo;SDRY GINPerfect with any mixGORDON&rsquo;S DRY GIN Makes a Martini PerfectEd MacQueen<h2>Playoff Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01580/2232650-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="614" height="1001"></div><h2>AHL Playoff Summaries</h2>Wed., April 3HERSHEY 4, BALTIMORE 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Mortson, Locas)&hellip; 2:27Penalties: Ford 0:14, Zeidel 1:12, Mortson 4:21, Keller 4:40, Rupp 5:21, Ashbee 5:21, KellerSECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Mortson, Ashbee)&hellip; 7:403&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Locas, Mortson) &hellip; 15:59Penalties: Reaume 4:25, Ashbee 11:36, Johns 7:42, Taylor 15:14, Rivers 17:05, Zeidel 18:31. 14:03, Creighton (major, minor) 16:46, Zeidel (major, minor) 16:56, Ashbee 18:43.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Hershey, Yanosik (Marshall, Conacher).. 8:135&mdash;Baltimore, Ehrenverth(Johns, Rupp)&hellip;&hellip; 13:05Penalties: Stankiewicz 12:08, Boudreault (minor, major, misconduct) 12:59, Duff (major) 12:59, Nykoluk 17:44.BUFFALO 10, PROVIDENCE 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, Robinson&hellip;&hellip; 1:002&mdash;Buffalo, Kachur (Smith, B. Wilson)&hellip;&hellip; 7:51Penalties: Van Impe 1:13, Mazur 5:38, Poliziani (10 minute misconduct) 8:51, B. Wilson 8:51, Pidhirny 11:21, MacQueen 15:24.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Buffalo, Stratton (Cushenan, Erickson).. 0:524&mdash;Buffalo, Melnyk (Dea, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 1:355&mdash;Buffalo, Robinson(McKenzie, Stratton)&hellip;&hellip; 4:406&mdash;Buffalo, Melnyk (Dea, Schmautz)&hellip;&hellip; 5:287&mdash;Buffalo, Robinson(Stratton, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 11:508&mdash;Buffalo, Melnyk&hellip;&hellip; 12:45Penalties: B. Wilson 6:13, Van Impe 14:45, Baluik 15:40.THIRD PERIOD9&mdash;Providence, Mazur (Toppazzini)&hellip;&hellip; 4:3010&mdash;Buffalo, Kachur(B. Wilson, L. Wilson)&hellip;&hellip; 4:4611&mdash;Providence, Brilliant(Ravlich, Poliziani)&hellip;&hellip; 10:4012&mdash;Buffalo, Schmautz (Ford, Dea)&hellip;&hellip; 12:12Penalties: McKenzie 1:39, Ravlich 7:46, Cullen 8:43, Ravlich 13:02.CLEVELAND 6, ROCHESTER 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Ferguson (Bergman, Glover) 12:392&mdash;Cleveland, Stearns (Szura, Williams)&hellip;&hellip; 13:25 Penalty: Brown 12:24.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Cleveland, Masterton(Mattiussi, Williams)&hellip;&hellip; 6:084&mdash;Rochester, Armstrong (Pappin, Jarrett) 10:195&mdash;Cleveland, Van Impe (Ciesla, Hilts)&hellip; 16:486&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 17:03Penalties: Bergman 3:37, Sly, Ferguson (majors) 10:12, Arbour 16:32.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Cleveland, Hilts (Ciesla, Mattiussi)&hellip;&hellip; 12:148&mdash;Rochester, Smrke (Keenan, Draper)&hellip; 14:359&mdash;Rochester, Pappin (Jarrett, Lawson)&hellip; 19:49 Penalties: Brown, Glover, Bergman 3:09, Armstrong 9:38, Pappin 11:09, Armstrong 14:55.Saves: Perreault 37, Binkley 20.Fri., April 5CLEVELAND 6, ROCHESTER 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Cleveland, Hilts&hellip;&hellip; 7:352&mdash;Cleveland, Mattiussi(Masterton, Ferguson)&hellip;&hellip; 13:503&mdash;Rochester, Ubriaco (Gamble)&hellip;&hellip; 16:38Penalties: Sly 6:40, Boddy 16:05, Bergman 19:22.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Cleveland, Ciesla (Hilts, Van Impe)&hellip;&hellip; 6:535&mdash;Cleveland, Glover (Ferguson)&hellip;&hellip; 8:026&mdash;Cleveland, Hilts (Bergman, Ciesla)&hellip;&hellip; 12:14Penalties: Lawson and Olajos 0:27, Brown7:53, Ciesla 16:56, Stearns 18:29.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Rochester, Lawson (Arbour, Jarrett)&hellip;&hellip; 11:118&mdash;Rochester, Jarrett (Pappin, Arbour)&hellip;&hellip; 17:329&mdash;Cleveland, Hilts (Bergman)&hellip;&hellip; 19:38Penalties: None.Saves: Binkley 27, Perreault 29.Sat., April 6BUFFALO 5, PROVIDENCE 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Buffalo, Melnyk (Cullen, Stratton)&hellip;&hellip; 1:502&mdash;Buffalo, McKenzie (Stratton, Cushenan) 10:02 Penalties: Bartlett 0:28, Ravlich and McKenzie 1:39, Van Impe 3:57, Erickson 5:48, Mazur 8:00, Mascotto 9:42, Erickson 13:38, Cullen 15:20, Erickson 15:45.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Providence, Toppazzini(Poliziani, Flaman)&hellip;&hellip; 13:18Penalties: None.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Buffalo, McKenzie (Stratton)&hellip;&hellip; 0:165&mdash;Buffalo, Robinson (Ingram, McKenzie)&hellip;&hellip; 7:016&mdash;Buffalo, Robinson (McKenzie, Stratton).. 11:26 Penalty: Mascotto 17:50.Saves: Giacomin 27, DeJordy 20.HERSHEY 5, BALTIMORE 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hershey, Locas (Mortson, Meissner) 1:502&mdash;Hershey, Conacher (Nykoluk)&hellip;&hellip; 4:503&mdash;Hershey, Stankiewicz (Marshall, Rivers) 6:47 Penalties: Meissner 3:25, 8:49, Stankiewicz and Ford 11:32, Taylor 18:18, Locas 18:25.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Keller 2:00, Duff 9:38, Leidel 12:45, Rupp 17:56, Ashbee 18:13.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Baltimore, Hampson (Cunningham, Johns) 12:465&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Mortson)&hellip;&hellip; 13:126&mdash;Hershey, Meissner (Mortson, Yanosik).. 13:31 Penalties: Hershey (served by Mahoney) 3:55,Locas 11:35, Rupp and Rivers (minors and majors) 13:53, Ashbee 16:24, Duff 17:03.Saves: Chadwick 34, Pelletier 34.Sun., April 7PROVIDENCE 6, BUFFALO 4FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Providence, Ranieri(Toppazzini, Poliziani)&hellip;&hellip; 5:402&mdash;Buffalo, McKenzie (Melnyk, Schmautz).. 10:363&mdash;Providence, Bartlett(Brillent, Kraftcheck)&hellip;&hellip; 17:57Penalties: MacQueen 1:27, Ingram 3:20, Bartlett 7:58, Mascotto 8:21, MacKenzie 8:21, Bartlett 10:14, Erickson 12:48.SECOND PERIOD4&mdash;Providence, Toppanini(Poliziani, Ravlich)&hellip;&hellip; 7:04Penalties: Mascotto 1:29, Kraftcheck and Stratton 13:31, MacKenzie end Bartlett 14:31, MacQueen 17:56.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Providence, Brillant (Bartlett, Baluik).. 6:476&mdash;Providence, MacQueen(Beckett, Pidhirny)&hellip;&hellip; 7:097&mdash;Buffalo, Cullen&hellip;&hellip; 9:378&mdash;Buffalo, Melnyk (Cushenan, Dea)&hellip;&hellip; 11:549&mdash;Buffalo, Schmautz (Dea, Melnyk)&hellip;&hellip; 16:3410&mdash;Providence, MacQueen (Baluik)&hellip;&hellip; 19:42Penalty: Cushenan 5:32.Saves: Giacomin 31, DeJordy 24.<h2>Point Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03427/2232643-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="622" height="1847"></div> &#9632;

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

NEW YORK, N. Y.&mdash;Hershey Bears and Cleveland Barons emerged with the first series victories of the Calder Cup playoffs to set the stage for a best-of-five semi-final series between the two teams.Hershey polished off Balti-more Clippers two games to one in their best-of-three quarter-final while Cleveland Barons brushed Rochester Americans aside in two straight games of their best-of-three quarter-final playoff.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02506/2232681-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="269" height="433"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ed MacQueen</figcaption></div>Winner of the Hershey-Cleveland series advances into the Calder Cup finals against, the team that wins the current semi-final series being waged between the two sectional winners, Providence Reds and Buffalo Bisons.The Bisons took the first two games of the best-of-seven series before the Reds came back to win 6-4.Dick Meissner, who connected for a &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; in the series opener against Baltimore, came up with two more goals to lead the Bears to a 5-1 win in the third game which eliminated the &ldquo;Cinderella&rdquo; Baltimore team. Yves Locas, Pete Conacher and Myron Stankiewicz were the other scorers in the last game. Ted Hampson sniped for Baltimore.Fred Hilts was the big gun for the Barons in their series clincher as he scored three times in Barons&rsquo; 6-3 win, their second straight win over the Americans by the same score. Dick Mattiussi, Fred Glover and Hank Ciesla notched the other Cleveland goals. Gene Ubriaco, Garry Jarrett and Ed Lawson scored for Rochester.In the Buffalo series, defensman Ed MacQueen scored two goals to help topple the Bisons in the third game. Pierre Brillant, George Ranieri, Jim Bartlett and Zellio Toppazzini were the other Providence marksmen. Barry Cullen, Gerry Melnyk, Cliff Schmautz and John McKenzie counted for Buffalo.Doug Robinson and McKenzie led the Bisons to a 5-1 win in the second game with two goals each. Melnyk got the other. Toppazzini was the lone Providence scorer. &#9632;

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Hershey, Cleveland Win Openers Ousting Amerks, Clippers Easily

<div class="byline">By GEORGE TAYLOR</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01577/2232712-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="273" height="441"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ralph Keller</figcaption></div>BALTIMORE, Md.&mdash;It was a story-book finish which enabled Baltimore&rsquo;s Cinderella Clippers to clinch a berth In the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Calder Cup playoffs.All but counted out as the League&rsquo;s Eastern Division teams started the struggle for the playoffs, Baltimore came on to win 13 of its last 16 starts, including 8 of its last 9 games.Then, with the fate of the team hanging in the balance of the last game of the season, the Clippers completed their rally by defeating the Cleveland Barons, 5-4, in overtime on Cleveland ice.Knowing that anything short of a win (even a tie would mean elimination), Baltimore came from behind four times to knot the count with Cleveland, already assured of a playoff spot in the Western Division.However, with matters deadlocked at 4-4, and less than three minutes remaining on the overtime period, Clipper Center Dave Creighton gained possession of the puck at a face off in Cleveland&rsquo;s zone, took a few strides towards the net and fired the game and playoff winning goal. Defenseman Ralph Keller had notched the tieing goal in the third period to force the game into overtime and keep the Clippers alive.Amid the din of excitement which followed in the Clipper dressing room, Creighton admitted:&ldquo;I was off balance when I took the face-off. I had no alternative except to take a wild, pop shot at the goal. It hit the post and bounced behind Binkley (Les) and into the cage.&rdquo;The win enabled the Clippers to ring up 77 points, the highest total ever scored by a team making its first start in the American League.It was a bitter disappointment for the Quebec Aces, who held third place going into the final week. Although the Aces also had 77 points, the verdict went to Baltimore by virtue of a league rule which stipulates that ties will be decided on the number of games won, instead of total points.Oddly enough, Quebec, which finished its season four days ahead of the Clippers, had closed with a strong rally of its own, going undefeated in 8 of its last 10 games.Quebec Coach Floyd Curry made the trip to Cleveland to see, first hand, the outcome of the Baltimore game which would make or break his club&rsquo;s chances of being in the playoffs.The night before, the Clippers kept their hopes alive by defeating the Buffalo Bisons, 5-1, before a turn-away crowd of 12,000 in Baltimore. The Clippers opening playoff game was an immediate sellout.Closing as they did the Clippers literally captured the hearts of all Baltimore fans, of whom more than 5,000 turned out at the airport to welcome their triumphant return from the rousing overtime win against the Barons in Cleveland. &#9632;

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Clippers’ Story Book Finish AHL’s High Spot

<div class="byline">By HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER, N.Y.&mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03456/2232774-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="265" height="421"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gerry Ehman</figcaption></div>Gene Ubriaco and Gerry Ehman finished in a deadlock for the Rochester Americans&rsquo; scoring title&mdash;the first time there have been coleaders in the Amerks&rsquo; seven-year American Hockey League history.Ubriaco, previously a left wing during his pro career but shifted to center ice this season, had 22 goals and 48 assists for his 70 points, while Ehman, a right winger, boasted 30 goals and 40 assists.The 70 points were the second liwest needed to lead the Amerks in scoring. Previous Rochester point champs were: 1956-57&mdash;Bronco Horvath 27-44&mdash;81; 1957-58&mdash;Ab McDonald 30-33&mdash;63: 1958-59&mdash;Billy Hicke 41-56&mdash;97; 1959-60&mdash;Stan Smrke 40-36&mdash;76; 1960-61&mdash;Hank Ciesla 30-44&mdash;74; 1961-62&mdash;Alex Faulkner 19-54&mdash;73.Top goal-getter for the Americans this season was Dick Gamble with 35. Jimmy Pappin finished with 34 and Ehman&rsquo;s 30 gave the Amerks three in the 30-goal category.Ubriaco and Ehman ran 1-2 in assists with 48 and 40, respectively.The Amerks set four club records during the regular season, but the ydon&rsquo;t like to be reminded about most of them. They posted the fewest number of victories (24 as compared to 29 back in 195758), most defeats (39 as compared to 36 in 1960-61), fewest points (57 as compared to 64 in 1957-58) and most ties (9 as compared to 6 in both &rsquo;57-58 and &rsquo;61-62).Rochester was 20-9-7 at home, but a miserable 4-30-2 in foreign rinks. It was this latter figure that shuffled the locals all the way back to eighth in the overall standings in the nine-club circuit. &#9632;

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Two Shared Point Title For Amerks

<div class="byline">By CHARLEY BARTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04377/2232805-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="259" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ruby Pastor</figcaption></div>BUFFALO, N.Y.&mdash;The next time somebody labels minor league clubs as the helpless targets of their major league affiliates, the Chicago Black Hawks can be cited as a prime exception to the rule.The beleaguered Hawks, battling to retain second place in the latter stages of the National Hockey League race, and beset by injuries earlier in the season and then in the Stanley Cup playoffs, dipped into the ranks of the Buffalo Bisons only four times.Defenseman Aut Erickson went up twice, and goalie Denis DeJordy and defenseman Ron Ingram were also recalled.Although other NHL clubs have been known to raid their American League farms, it&rsquo;s been a long-standing policy of General Manager Tommy Ivan of the Hawks not to disturb the Bisons, except in case of emergency.The Bisons won the overall and Western Division titles this season, and the Buffalo brass is grateful, quite naturally, for the attitude adopted by the Hawks.&ldquo;The Hawks&rsquo; regard for our welfare has been apparent over the years&rdquo;, said Owner Ruby Pastor of the Bisons, &ldquo;but never more than this season.&ldquo;Time and again Chicago was shorthanded through injuries, often with two or more players out. But they never bothered us, when we felt they might quite properly reach into our ranks.&ldquo;The Buffalo club, and the Buffalo fans, are indebted to the Black Hawks, to Jim Norris and Tommy Ivan, for their continued support despite problems of their own.&rdquo;Coach Billy Reay of the Bisons echoed Pastor&rsquo;s sentiments.&ldquo;Any number of times we were prepared to send players to Chicago, yet despite their own injuries, they didn&rsquo;t bother us,&rdquo; Reay said. &ldquo;Although we had quite a lead in our division, the Hawks remained steadfast In their policy not to recall any players, except in dire emergencies.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m certain our fans in Western New York, aswell as the Buffalo hockey club itself, appreciate how much the Hawks&rsquo; attitude helped us.&rdquo;ALONG THE BOARDSThe Bisons brought up rightwinger Alain Caron and defenseman Peter Ford from St. Louis of the Eeastern Pro League as standby help for the Calder Cup playoffs &hellip; John McKenzie, the rugged Buffalo right-winger who went through the season virtually unmarked, picked up four deep cuts, three over his right eye and one over the left, In the closing two weeks of the regular season &hellip; The Bisons were trying to make arrangements to have one or more road playoff games sent back to Buffalo via theatre TV. &#9632;

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Hawks’ ’Hands Off Policy On Players Helped Bisons Romp To Division Title

Before you say SCOTCH say&ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo;it never variesBefore you say SCOTCH say&ldquo;DEWAR&rsquo;S&rdquo;it never variesPlayoff Race<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01553/2232843-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="608" height="905"></div>Point Race<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04251/2232836-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="618" height="1041"></div>LEAGUE LEADERSMOST POINTS&mdash;Guyle Fielder, Seattle, 97.MOST GOALS&mdash;Bob Barlow, Seattle, 47.MOST ASSISTS&mdash;Guyle Fielder, Seattle, 80.MOST WINNING GOALS&mdash;Nick Mickoakl, San Franciaco, 11.MOST HAT TRICKS&mdash;Bob Barlow, Seattle, 4.MOST SHUTOUTS&mdash;Gilles Villemure, Vancouver, and Claude Dufour, Spokane, 5.MOST MINUTES IN PENALTIES&mdash;Frank Arnett, Loa Angeles, 182. &#9632;

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WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By HUGH WATSON</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0012-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02464/2232874-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">GILLES VILLEMURE&hellip; Got His Bonus Early</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER, B.C.The &ldquo;Max McNab for Coach of the Year&rdquo; faction received an adrenelin shot in Seattle on the final night of the Western Hockey League season when the surprising Vancouver Canucks capture first place in the tightest northern division race seen in years.The Canucks, a dismal basement team last season that was rebuilt by McNab with a large assist by new owner Fred Hume and the parent New York Rangers, waited until their 70th game before clinching first. And they did it the hard way, defeating the Totems 4-1 in Seattle.Going into that game, Seattle and Vancouver were tied for the lead. The Totems needed only a tie to take first on the basis of more wins but the Canucks, with rookie goalie Gilles Villemure and veteran Phil Maloney leading the way, completely dominated the Keith Allen crew.The win allowed Vancouver a brief rest while Seattle moved immediately into what promised to be a tough semi-final against Edmonton Flyers.The Flyers, under coach Charlie Rayner, also came up with a great last game effort. Tied with the Stampeders for the third and last playoff position, the Flyers dumped the Cowboys 4-1 in Calgary, spoiling a late comeback that brought the losers from nine points off the pace in the waning weeks of the season.The Flyers and Totems engaged in a best-of-three semis, the winner to meet the Canucks in a best-of-seven division final.In the southern division, the finish went pretty well as expected with the Portland Buckaroos taking their second straight division championship, mainly on an ability to beat their chief rivals, the San Francisco Seals.The Bucks, the best balanced club in the league, finished three points ahead of the Seals and can look back on their big 9-3 series edge on the San Franciscans as the chief reason.The Seals, completely rebuilt with Coley Hall&rsquo;s money and coach Bud Poile&rsquo;s wisdom, were a strong second all the way. They&rsquo;ll meet Los Angeles Blades in the semi-finals and despite a wide edge during the regular schedule, the Seals could have it rough in this one.Tight checking, something the Blades can come up with wher they put their minds to it, car stop the Seals, and In a short series, anything can happen. The Blades, who started strong, slumped, then rebounded to wallop their third place challengers, Spokane Comets, three times in a row, closed the season by dropping a pair to San Francisco. However, nobody expects them to be pushovers in the semis.The biggest surprise, through, were the Canucks who continually won the big games. Going into the final week of the season the Vancouver club was faced with winning three key games or saying goodbye to their first place chances.They walloped Edmonton 7-2, then exhibited their finest checking game of the season in a 4-2 triumph over Portland, and then followed with their 4-1 triumph in Seattle.&ldquo;I knew that if Villemure came up with the clutch saves and Maloney was healthy, we&rsquo;d take it,&rdquo; said McNab. For a rookie, that Villemure performed wonders. But I knew he would. I was so confident I gave him his bonus before Christmas. Maloney, of course, was simply great. &#9632;

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Canucks Wrap Up Northern Title Culminating Rags To Riches Saga

<div class="byline">&#x2014;Watson</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03352/2232905-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="409" height="405"><figcaption class="caption-body">Guyle Fielder</figcaption></div>VANCOUVER, B.C.&mdash;ICE CHIPS: Guyle Fielder of Seattle was held to just two points in the final two weeks but still won his sixth WHL scoring crown with 97 points&hellip; San Francisco&rsquo;s Nick Mickoski was second with 95 and Phil Maloney of Vancouver third with 90&hellip; Maloney, the early leader, suffered a dislocated shoulder midway through the season and missed six games&hellip; Gilles Villemure and Claude Dufour shared the shutout lead with five apiece&hellip; New York Rangers general manager Muzz Patrick was making a tour of the WHL cities to look over his minor league players&hellip; Bob Barlow of Seattle was the top goal scorer with 47&hellip; Buddy Boone of Vancouver scored 44 to tie the dub record and Bruce Carmichael of Los Angeles got 40, a personal high&hellip; Portland&rsquo;s Don Head walked off with the leading goalkeeper award by posting an outstanding 2.53 average as he allowed 177 goals in the full 70 games in the Portland nets. San Francisco&rsquo;s Jimmy McLeod finished second and was the only other goalie to come close to breaking the 2.00 average, as he ended with a 3.01 mark after allowing 202 goals in 67 contests&hellip; Los Angeles Blades&rsquo; Frank Arnett wrapped up his third penalty crown in his seven seasons in the league as he chalked up 182 minutes in 70 games&hellip; Calgary blew its chances for third place by dropping its last three games in a row&hellip; Edmonton&rsquo;s Bo Elik scored twice in the Flyers decisive 4-1 victory over the Stamps. &#9632;

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Fielder Wins Sixth WHL Scoring Crown

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01550/2232950-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="256" height="412"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Spong</figcaption></div>GREENSBORO, N.C.&mdash;Greensboro didn&rsquo;t win a game throughout the regualr season on Clinton ice but the ability to notch two such triumphs in the playoffs gave the Generals the Eastern Hockey League championship.The Generals coached Ron Spong captured the best-of-seven by a 4-2 margin as the Generals copped four of the last five games. It was appropriate that the clinching 7-3 victory came at Utica for it was there that the tide of the series changed.When the Comets took the first game on Greensboro ice, it looked like another disappointing playoff campaign for the Generals who had won the Southern Division crown three straight years but had fallen by the wayside each year in the playoffs. Greensboro did take the second game, but it was 1-1 going into a vital two-game series at Clinton.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02507/2232943-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="537" height="805"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES MONETTE&hellip; Key Mon In Victory</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03471/2232936-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="552" height="829"><figcaption class="caption-body">BUTCH MACKAY&hellip; Captain Of Winner</figcaption></div>An expected Clinton sweep of the pair would have given the Comets a commanding 3-1 edge. The Comets thought they would do just that because they were playing on their home rink.But the tide of the series changed when Greensboro eked out a 3-2 verdict in the Utica opener. That win restored Greensboro&rsquo;s confidence, gave them back the home ice advantage, and all but killed the Comets hopes.Yet Benny Woit&rsquo;s team didn&rsquo;t give up. They took the fourth game to square the series, and the pivotal fifth game clash here was the crusher. Ron Muir, a big man throughout the playoffs, scored at 4:30 of a sudden death overtime to give the Generals a 3-2 win and a 3-2 series edge. Then they went back to Utica to win the clincher and kill off the necessity of a seventh game here.It was a terrific series with only the final game being onesided. Four of the other five were one-goal decisions and the other a two-goaler. Greensboro had a harrowing time in the playoffs as four of the five Charlotte games also were-one-goal affairs.Goalie Jacques Monette was a tower of strength for the champions throughout the playoffs. He was called upon to stop more shots than his rival goalies and also more difficult ones. As far as Spong was concerned, Monette&rsquo;s play was the key factor in Greens-boros&rsquo; first championship and its status as the successor to Johnstown. Another standout was defenseman Butch Mackay, the captain of the Generals.Clinton ended Its best season since 1959 when it won the title. The Comets were handicapped by the fact that Skip Teal was not up to peak strength, by the loss of John Ayotte troughout the series, and by a twisted knee injury to Bob Attersley.GREENSBORO: The Generals won the title by beating the only two teams in the league that won season play from them. Club played better defense in playoffs than in regular campaign. Bob Boucher&rsquo;s fight with Norm DeFelice was the only rowdyism of the series. Most players relaxed by golfing during layoff between games.CLINTON: Crowds for series were tops here and in Utica. There was an SRO crowd of 2400 here and record 3678 at Utica. Ayotte was suspended for two games for what the club called &ldquo;insubordination&rdquo;. Ayotte was in uniform for a game at Utica and after he was not used in the first period, he left the bench without permission for which he was suspended for two games. &#9632;

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Greensboro Wins Title Hard Way Beating Comets On Clinton Ice

Tues., March 26VANCOUVER 7, EDMONTON 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Boone (Baird, Lebrun)&hellip;&hellip; 2:07Penalties: Plager 6:04, 12:42.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Vancouver, Duke (Maloney, Kabel)&hellip;&hellip; 3:193&mdash;Vancouver, Matthews (Lebrun, Baird)&hellip;&hellip; 4:504&mdash;Vancouver, Boone (Maloney)&hellip;&hellip; 15:285&mdash;Vancouver, Maloney (Beatty)&hellip;&hellip; 16:19Penalties: Messier 1:50, Kinasewich 7:22Hunt 10:42. Elik 11:15.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Vancouver, Baird (Boomer, Maloney)&hellip;&hellip; 10:157&mdash;Vancouver, Kabel (Duke, McCusker)&hellip; 11:208&mdash;Edmonton, Holmes (McNeill)&hellip;&hellip; 13:428&mdash;Edmonton, Messier&hellip;&hellip; 0:17Penalty: Hunt 3:01.Saves: Boisvert 31, Villemure 20.Wed., March 27LOS ANGELES 4, SPOKANE 1FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: none.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, White (Labine, Boileau).. 12:322&mdash;Los Angeles, Arnett (Labine, Boileau) 19:40 Penalties: Witiuk 12:54, Witiuk 17:42, Cherry18:08, O&rsquo;Ree 18:08.THIRD PERIOD3&mdash;Los Angeles, O&rsquo;Ree(Hayworth, Maxwell)&hellip;&hellip; 7:154&mdash;Los Angeles, Mackell(Stankiewicz, Carmichael)&mdash; 11:586&mdash;Sookane. Brunel (Holdaway, Mikilok).. 12:49 Penalties: Boileau 8:34, Holdaway 14:54.PORTLAND 9, CALGARY 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Calgary, Jankowski (Velprava, McAvoy)&hellip;&hellip; 2:532&mdash;Portland, Fashoway(Schmautz, Smith)&hellip;&hellip; 8:573&mdash;Portland, Saunders (McCarthy, Smith).. 9:174&mdash;Portland, Schmautz(Davidson, Laulman)&hellip;&hellip; 13:595&mdash;Portland, Jones (Smith, Schmautz)&hellip;&hellip; 15:156&mdash;Portland, Donaldson (Head)&hellip;&hellip; 16:547&mdash;Portland, Laufman (McVie, Goodwin).. 17:33 Penalties: McAvoy 1:41, McAvoy 9:42.SECOND PERIOD6&mdash;Portland, Goyer (McCarthy, Bionda). 17:019&mdash;Calgary, Johnson(Kosianic, Greco)&hellip;&hellip; 17:30Penalties: Laufman 0:28, Hendrickson 4:55.THIRD PERIOD10&mdash;Portland, Saunders (McCarthy, Goyer).. 15:1711&mdash;Portland, Schmautz (Jones)&hellip;&hellip; 18:48Penalties: Davidson 5:15, McAvoy 15:17, McCarthy 15:57.Thurs., March 28SAN FRANCISCO 7, SPOKANE 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;San Francisco, Mickoski (Belisle)&hellip;&hellip; 2:052&mdash;San Francisco, Belisle(Kurtenbach, Mickoski)&hellip;&hellip; 17:14Penalties: Picard 12:42, McNabb 13:41.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;San Francisco, Mickoski(Belisle, Picard)&hellip;&hellip; 3:144&mdash;San Francisco, Belisle(Kurtenbach, Mickoski)&hellip;&hellip; 5:005&mdash;San Francisco, Haley(Jackson, Cyr)&hellip;&hellip; 9:238&mdash;San Francisco, Haley(Nicholson, Cyr)&hellip;&hellip; 15:22Penalties: Picard 10:37, Witiuk 17:37.THIRD PERIOD7&mdash;Spokane, Witiuk (Brunel, TopoIl)&hellip;&hellip; 7:008&mdash;Spokane, Mekilok (Lamoureux, Hucul).. 11:439&mdash;Spokane, Mekilok&hellip;&hellip; 12:1510&mdash;San Francisco, Edmundson (Mickoski).. 19:08 Penalties: McNabb 11:17, McNabb 13:40.Fri., March 29SAN FRANCISCO 5,LOS ANGELES 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Los Angeles, Solinger(Mackell, Carmichael)&hellip;&hellip; 0:302&mdash;Los Angeles, MacKell(Haworth, Maxwell)&hellip;&hellip; 12:27Penalties: Arnett 3:25, Belisle 7:51, Kurtenbach (major, minor) 10:35, Burega (major, minor) 10:35, Thurlby 10:38.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;San Francisco, Jackson(Edmundson, Panagabko)&hellip;&hellip; 3:334&mdash;San Francisco, Cyr(Nickolson, Haley)&hellip;&hellip; 5:56Penalties: MacKell 13:30.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;San Francisco, Haley(Kurtenbach, Mickoski)&hellip;&hellip; 11:296&mdash;San Francisco, Mickoski&hellip;&hellip; 16:247&mdash;San Francisco, Belisle (Kurtenbach).. 17:19 Penalties: None.Saves: McLeod 34, McCartan 41.SEATTLE 7, CALGARY 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Seattle, Leonard (Sinclair, Fielder)&hellip;&hellip; 3:192&mdash;Seattle, Chiuka (Leonard, Ward)&hellip;&hellip; 4:21Penalties: McAvoy 3:04, Sabourin 5:01, Ward 7:19, Johnson, Kazowskl 7:48, Hay 12:23, McAvoy 19:30.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Chiuka (Leonard, Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip; 5:444&mdash;Calgary, Hucul (Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 8:225&mdash;Seattle, Sabourin(MacFarland, Filion)&hellip;&hellip; 9:149&mdash;Seattle, Sabourin (MacFarland, Filion).. 15:367&mdash;Seattle, Barlow (Powers, Sinclair)&hellip;&hellip; 18:48Penalties: Kilatrick 6:45, Johnson 8.52, Hucul 17:18.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Seattle, Sabourin (MacFarland, Sinclair) 0:54 Penalty: Sinclair 9:05.Saves: Edwards 41, Millar 21.VANCOUVER 4, PORTLAND 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Kabel (Matthews)&hellip;&hellip; 5:062&mdash;Portland, McCarthy&hellip;&hellip; 5:443&mdash;Portland, Fashoway (Schmautz, Jones).. 9:354&mdash;Vancouver, Boone (Matthews, Baird).. 15:535&mdash;Vancouver, Kabel (Beatty, McCusker).. 18:22 Penalties: Donaldson 5:02, Kabel 6:00, McVie 10:12, Davidson 14:41.SECOND PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Hunt 7:07, McVie 13:14.THIRD PERIOD6&mdash;Vancouver, Beatty (Poein, Hutchinson) 18:57 Penalties: Keller, Schmautz 14:31.Saves: Head 21, Villemure 22.Sat., March 30SAN FRANCISCO 3,LOS ANGELES 2FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Picard 14:05.SECOND PERIOD; 1&mdash;San Francisco, Haley (Nicholson, Bedard)&hellip;&hellip; 0:10I 2&mdash;Los Angeles, O&rsquo;Ree (Haworth, Stankiewicz)&hellip;&hellip; 8:553&mdash;San Francisco, Belisle (Mickoski, Kurtenbach)&hellip;&hellip; 12:35Penalties: Kurtenbach 8:27, Bownass 11:53,Picard 13:15, O&rsquo;Ree, Bedard 15:06, Stankiewicz15:48, Arnett. 17:11.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Los Angeles, Carmichael(Stankiewicz, Maxwell)&hellip;&hellip; 9:205&mdash;San Francisco, Mickoski(Kurtenbach, Picard)&hellip;&hellip; 16:26Penalties: San Francisco 14:51. &rsquo;Saves: McCartan 32, McLeod 34.SPOKANE 1, VANCOUVER 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Sokane, Hucul (Stratton). 4:322&mdash;Vancouver, Duke (McCusker. Kabel)&hellip;&hellip; 6:433&mdash;Sokane, Mekilok (Bell, Brisson)&hellip;&hellip; 8:414&mdash;Sokane, Brisson (Mekilok, Shvetz)&hellip;&hellip; 12:23Penalties: Villemure (served by Beatty) 2:59,Matthews 12:12, Matthews, Topoll 16:35.SECOND PERIOD5&mdash;Spokane, Topoll (Brunel, Cherry)&hellip;&hellip; 7:557&mdash;Spokane, Lamoureux(Johansen, Stratton)&hellip;&hellip; 16:24(Stratton, Lamoureux)&hellip;&hellip; 8:406&mdash;Spokane, JohansenPenalty: Mekilok 2:16.THIRD PERIOD8&mdash;Vancouver, Boone (Popein, Baird)&hellip;&hellip; 11:469&mdash;Spokane, Johansen(Brunel, Lamoureux)&hellip;&hellip; 15::26Penalties: Witiuk 0:34, 16:42.Saves: Villemure 35, Dufour 32.EDMONTON 4, CALGARY 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Edmonton, Finney(McIntyre, Kinasewich)&hellip;&hellip; 19:02Penalties: Muloin 4:12, McIntyre 6:24, Kilpatrick 9:34, Messier 14:55.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Calgary, Sutcliffe(Kosianic, Johnson)&hellip;&hellip; 1:513&mdash;Edmonton, Elik (McNeill)&hellip;&hellip; 14:23Penalties: Kilpatrick 7:46, Elik 9:00, Hendrickson 9:00, Miszuk 17:18.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Edmonton, Ross (Burton)&hellip;&hellip; 11:395&mdash;Edmonton, Elik(Finney, Kinasewich)&hellip;&hellip; 19:30Penalties: Ross 8:33. Willies 15:22.Saves: Boisvert 24, Edwards 34.Sun., March 31PORTLAND 5, SPOKANE 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Portland, Saunders (Goyer, McCarthy).. 11:102&mdash;Sokane, Topoll (Witiuk, Hucul)&hellip;&hellip; 19:34Penalties: Brunel 1:53, McVie 1:53, Bionda4:12, Donaldson 11:59, Holdaway 14:22, Witiuk 16:02, Holdaway 19:02.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Portland, McVie (Tessier, Laufman)&hellip; 0:36 Penalties: Bionda 7:36, Cherry 7:36, Witiuk 7:36, Head (served by McVie) 7:36, Lucas 9:27.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Portland, Goyer (Donaldson)&hellip;&hellip; 7:095&mdash;Portland, McCarthy (Goyer, Schmautz).. 7:366&mdash;Spokane, Johansen(Witiuk, Lamoureux)&hellip;&hellip; 8:427&mdash;Portland, McVie (Bionda) 13:008&mdash;Spokane, Johansen (Brunel, Lamoureux) 14:55 Penalties: Holdaway 2:36, McVie 10:45,Shvetz 15:56.Saves: Dufour 40, Head 13.VANCOUVER 4, SEATTLE 1FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Vancouver, Maloney&hellip;&hellip; 8:542&mdash;Vancouver, McCusker (Duke, Kabel).. 17:47 Penalties: Hutchinson 2:20, Keller, Leonard 10:05.SECOND PERIOD3&mdash;Seattle, Hall (Kazowski, Chiupka)&hellip;&hellip; 6:254&mdash;Vancouver, Baird (Maloney)&hellip;&hellip; 12:22Penalty: Fielder 17:20.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Vancouver, Duke (Hunt)&hellip;&hellip; 19:20No penalties.Saves: Villemure 28, Millar 23.Playoff Races<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04431/2232981-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="586" height="2493"></div> &#9632;

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Western League Summaries

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02445/2233019-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="595" height="152"></div><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01545/2233026-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg" title="f0014-01" width="112" height="175"></div>MADE WITH CAM AHO GONSCIENCESHPSY&rsquo;SALL-BEEF FRANKSFor The Best InHockey ReadingBuyHockey PictorialAnd Hockey NewsPlayoff Race</div><div style="clear: both;"></div>GAMES COMPLETEDWed., April 3Sudbury 3, Hull-Ottawa 2Frl., April 5Sudbury 1, Hull-Ottawa 0Sun., April 7Sudbury 5, Hull-Ottawa 3How They Stand<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03330/2233012-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="661" height="2100"></div><h2>EPHL Playoff Summaries</h2>Wed., April 3SUDBURY 3, HULL-OTTAWA 2FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;Hull-Ottawa, McCreary (Senior, Courcy) 6:00Penalties: McComb 5:13, Hamilton 6:57, Labossiere, Dufour, Watson 7:53, Labossiere, Roberts 10:33, Richardson 18:16.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Sudbury, Ronson(Labossiere, Woytowich)&hellip;&hellip; 13:433&mdash;Sudbury, Andrea.(McCallum, Richardson)&hellip;&hellip; 17:50Penalties: Armstrong 4:22, Rodger, Woytowich 6:09, McMahon 10:34, Roberts 14:24.THIRD PERIOD4&mdash;Hull-Ottawa, Ellett (Hamilton. Larose).. 8:06 Penalties: Chevrier 2:40, Labossiere, Courcy4.21, McCallum 7:33.OVERTIME PERIOD5&mdash;Sudbury, Ronson (Labossiere, Dufour).. 4:59 Penalties: None.Fri., April 5SUDBURY 1, HULL-OTTAWA 0FIRST PERIODNo scoring.Penalties: Labossiere and Hamilton 13:56.SECOND PERIOD1&mdash;Sudbury, Andrea (McComb, Richardson) 0:37 Penalties: Richardson 0:47, Labossiere 3:03, Roberts 14:03, Labossiere and Hamilton 15:10, Balon 18:35.THIRD PERIODNo scoring.Penalties. None.Sat., April 6SUDBURY 5, HULL-OTTAWA 3FIRST PERIOD1&mdash;HulJ-Ottawa, Larose (Watson, Rodger)&hellip; 13:50 Penalties: Labossiere 6:28, Ranson 14:16.SECOND PERIOD2&mdash;Sudbury, McMahon (Dufour)&hellip;&hellip; 3:383&mdash;Sudbury, Labossiere (Dufour, Ronson)&hellip; 12:014&mdash;Subdury, Collins (Armstrong)&hellip;&hellip; 18:26Penalties: Roberts 3:05, 4:03, Collins 4:03,McComb 14:01, Larose 16:37.THIRD PERIOD5&mdash;Sudbury, Dufour (Ronson, Labossiere)&hellip; 1:206&mdash;Sudbury, Richardson (Andrea, McComb).. 4:027&mdash;Hull-Ottawa, Watson (McCreary, Courcy) 12:308&mdash;Hull-Ottawa, Beaudin (Rodger, Courcy).. 14:06 Penalties: Beaudin and McCann 11:16, Armstrong 11:44, McCallum 12:43. &#9632;

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EASTERN PRO LEAGUE

<div class="byline">By ALLAN DICKIE</div>SUDBURY, Ont.&mdash;The Sudbury Wolves, looked upon as the &ldquo;dark horse&rdquo; team for the EPHL playoff race, were already showing their claws to the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens and the post-season round had barely begun.Murph Chamberlain&rsquo;s Wolves, a third-place finisher this season, ravished the Canadiens twice in the first two games of their best-of-five semi-final round and it was obvious the Habs, weakened by player call-ups by the parent NHL Canadiens, were fighting for their lives as this was written.Len Ronson emerged as the hero of the first game firing the winning goal In overtime. For the former Baltimore Clipper winger who joined the Wolves late in the season, it was his second goal of the game. Another standout figure was Goalie Jerry Cheevers, who stopped the Habs cold In the first game which Sudbury won 3-2 and then came back to slam the door on the Canucks in the second contest 1-0. Paul Andrea notched the lone goal of the game to share the spotlight with Cheevers.It was some sort of a record seeing the Hull Canadiens lose two games in a row in EPHL playoffs, which they have dominated for the past few years, but then records have been the story of the league all season long.In a sense, this was a record year for the EPHL.Records were broken all over the place&mdash;some of which figured to stand for quite a while.The most impressive achievement belonged to Alain (Boom Boom) Caron the sharp shooting right winger with the dead last St. Louis Braves. Caron became the highest goal scorer In professional hockey history when he finished with a total of 61.That broke the old mark of 59 set by Orv Tessier, former Kingston Frontenac star. Tessier did that in 1959-60, also with a team! that finished in last place.Tessier, though, played the full 70 game schedule that year. Caron missed the first 18 games of this season and had the astounding average of more than a goal a game.He also set another EPHL record, that of most goals scored in a &rsquo; single game. He scored five in a game against Kingston. The stocky right winger broke the record in Sudbury during the last week of the season when he scored four times in a game.As a team, Kingston Frontenacs broke a Couple of previously impressive records.Frontenacs amassed more wins (42), totalled less losses (19) and more points (95) than any other club in history while finishing first. The previous records were owned by the 1960-61 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens.EPHL LEFTOVERS: When Sudbury and Hull-Ottawa conclude their best-of-five semi-final series, the winner will meet Kingston in a best-of-seven set for the Tom Foley Memorial Trophy beginning in Kingston on April 12 &hellip; Alain Caron and Peter Ford of St. Louis have joined Buffalo Bisons of the AHL for the balance of the season &hellip; St. Louis netminder Roger Crozier has gone to Chicago to act as stand-in goalie for Glenn Hall&hellip; he joints teammate Murray Hall.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04248/2233057-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg" title="f0014-04" width="545" height="737"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEN RONSON&hellip; Two Big Goals</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Sudbury Wolves Howl In Playoffs Putting Hull Habs On Fence Early

OTTAWA, Ont.&mdash;Gordon Labossiere of Sudbury Wolves, a 23 year old forward from St. Boniface, Manitoba, put together a great last week of the regular schedule and ended as the scoring champion of the EPHL for the 1962-63 season.Second a week ago with 91 points and two behind the leader, teammate Marc Dufour, Labossiere had himself a week of 10 points, six goals and four assists, to finish on top with a total of 101 points, two more than Dufour.Labossiere, who played the full 72-game schedule, finished with 34 goals and 67 assists, while Dufour, who had a week of three goals and three assists; finished with 50 goals and 49 assists.Murray Hall, of the last place St. Louis Braves, was third with 98 points, on the strength of one goal and seven assists in his last four games.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05189/2233088-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="589" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body">ALAIN CARON</figcaption></div>His teammate Alain Caron, the big noise in the league in the last half of the season, ended in fourth spot with 97 points, and that in only 54 games. He had a tremendous week of eight goals and seven assists in five games to go from 82 to 97 points. He established a new league record by scoring 61 times in 54 games, breaking the previous record, set by Orval Tessier, of 59 goals. Hall led in assists with 69.Dune McCallum, of Sudbury, was the &lsquo;bad man&rsquo; of the league with 153 minutes, one more than Nick Polano, of the Braves. &#9632;

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Labossiere Spurts To Win Point Title

<div class="byline">By BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02464/2233164-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="545" height="665"><figcaption class="caption-body">MOE BARTOLI&hellip; New Scoring Champ</figcaption></div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.&mdash;Home ice didn&rsquo;t mean a thing in the opening playoff games of the International Hockey League but it didn&rsquo;t take the home sides long to catch up to the visitors as the semi-finals moved to their climax.Fort Wayne Komets, who edged out the league championship by one point in their very last game of the schedule, lost the first game of their best-of-seven series 7-4 to Muskegon and when the series moved to Muskegon they went down again 5-0. But the Komets counced back to take three straight, two here on Fort Wayne ice, to grab the lead in the series.The Minneapolis Millers and Omaha Knights were in the same situation in the other semi-final, which went down to the seventh and deciding game after each club won three times. The Knights, who jolted the Millers 6-4 in the series opener on Minneapolis ice, won two more at home and the Millers did likewise sending the teams to the wire in the &lsquo;sudden death&rsquo; seventh game at the St. Paul arena, with the Millers having the advantage.Muskegon&rsquo;s vaunted scoring power, which had topped the IHL all season in goals scored, was un-; loosened with full fury in the first game against the Komets, getting away to an early lead of 2-0, which was boosted to 6-2 at one stage.But the real hero was goalie Dennis Jordan, playing by far his best game of the season in the opinion of Fort Wayne fans. He held off continued Komet assualts and finished with 36 saves. Komet goalie Chuck Adamson was not up to his usual fine form. Officially, the Zephyrs were credited with four goals in four shots in the second period, with no saves, although press and radio men covering the game credited Adams with four stops.The Knights surprised the Millers on their own ice. Pat Ginnell paced them with the hat trick and Coach Moe Benoit scored two. Moe Morrissette had the sixth. Miller goals were by Nelson LeClair, Bert Aikens, Moe Bartoli and Cy Whiteside. Glenn Ramsay had 29 saves and Ray Mikulan 25.In the second game at Minneapolis the Millers outscored the Knights, 4-1 in the third period for the one-sided victory. The Knights&rsquo; loss probably also cost them the services of defenseman Ted Lebioda for the rest of the playoffs. He was struck in the head by a flying puck in the first period and suffered a compound fracture of the skull.MINNEAPOLIS: The Ice Follies, moving in for 19 days, made the Arena unavailable for the Millers after April 3 &hellip; Moe Bartoli won the league scoring title with 130 points on 56 goals and 74 assists. Ken Saunders placed second with 124 points &hellip; Saunders was named &ldquo;most popular player&rdquo; in a Booster Club poll. Ken Yackei placed second.MUSKEGON: Four goals in the final game against Omaha gave Joe Kastelic 63 goals, topping Len Ronson&rsquo;s league mark by one &hellip; Lyle Porter picked up a hat trick &hellip; Gerry Glaude finished with 101 points, a new IHL record for defensemen &hellip; In addition to Kastelic, three other Zephyrs&mdash;Bryan McLay, Stan Konrad and Ken Hayden&mdash;had more than 40 goals each &hellip; The Zephyrs&rsquo; 328 goals were only eight short of the league record, held by Cincinnati.FORT WAYNE: Len Thomson wound up Komet scoring leader with 115 points, third time in his career over the century mark. Eddie Long was second with 101&hellip; Long&rsquo;s IHL career record is 407 goals. &#9632;

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Home Ice Proves Major Factor As Komets Roar Back In Playoffs; Millers, Knights Showdown Set

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont.&mdash;The Niagara Falls Flyers and Neil McNeil Maroons will decide in the next 10 days which league is superior&mdash;the Ontario Hockey Association or the Toronto Metro Junior League.The two teams emerged with the championships of their respective leagues. The Flyers, coached by Happy Emms, polished off the Montreal Canadiens to win the Ontario Hockey Association title while the Maroons beat the Toronto Marlboros to take the Toronto Metro Junior Hockey League honors.Dates for the best-of-seven junior playdown between the two Ontario powers are April 7 in Toronto&rsquo;s Maple Leaf Gardens, April 10 at Niagara, April 13 at Toronto, April 15 at Niagara, April 17 at Toronto, April 19 at Niagara and April 21 at Toronto if the series goes the limit.It is likely that each club will name an alternate goaltender from its respective group in the event of an injury to the regular netminder. Neil McNeil will probably ask Dave Kelly to stand by while Niagara Falls will select either Jocelyn Cardinal or George Holmes, both of Montreal junior Canadiens.The winner of this series will play a best-of-five series against the Northern Ontario Hockey Association winner for the Eastern Canada title and the right to journey west for the Memorial Cup.Here in this hockey hotbed, there isn&rsquo;t any doubt of the outcome.The reason, of course, is the hard-rock Flyers of coach Leighton (Hap) Emms. The league champions of the Provincial loop added playoff honors to their laurels by beating Montreal Canadiens in for a four-game sweep of the final series.When the club returned from Montreal, over 1,000 bell-ringing, horn-blowing and wildly cheering fans were at the station when the hockey train pulled in. Thousands more lined the streets for the motor cavalcade that carried owner Emms, coach Bill Long and the Flyers through the main streets.Flyers have moved up the ladder in each of the three years they have played in Niagara Falls. The first season they were beaten in the first playoff round by Guelph, last year they went to the league finals and this season are the dual champions.Over the regular season, Flyers played before nearly 70,000 fans in their 25 home games. Many of their Friday night games resulted in standing room crowds in the 2,998 seat arena.Two of their playoff games topped the 4,000 mark in attendance. Loyal fans have followed the club to Guelph, Peterborough and Montreal with much larger numbers being at games in Hamilton and nearby St. Catharines.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f00c4-01156/2233195-1-eng-US/f00c4-012.jpg" title="f00C4-01" width="541" height="721"><figcaption class="caption-body">HAPPY EMMS</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Niagara Falls-McNeil Final To Serve As League Yardstick

<div class="byline">By JACK THOMSON</div>FORT WILLIAM, Ont.&mdash;The Fort William Canadiens&mdash;perennial Thunder Bay champions&mdash;did it again as they eliminated the Fort Frances Royals in seven games to win the Jack Adams Trophy, emblematic of the Thunder Bay junior title. The Canadiens advanced against the Manitoba Brandon Wheat Kings in the next best-of-seven round.Coach Mickey Hennessey of the Canadiens has chosen his six pickups for the Brandon series. They are defensemen Lorne Caruso and Bruce Chiquine from the Port Arthur North Stars, centre Norm Bonsteel, of the Stars probably the most underrated player in the league, forward Roger Vinasky of the Fort William Hurricanes and Bob O&rsquo;Leary of the Fort Frances Royals. O&rsquo;Leary had more scouts look at him during this playoff, than most kids get in a lifetime of hockey.Dennis Gibson, North Star goaltender, joined the Canadiens as a replacement in the sixth and seventh games of the series against Fort Frances, and rather than loose his goaltending ability from here on they have named him as a pickup, instead of leaving him on the eplacement statis.Thunder Bay Amateur Hockey association cracked down on the final two games of the junior series and reverted to the two man referee system, which worked very well&hellip; CAHA Vice President Fred Page, of Fort William, is in charge of the Western Canada Senior finals &hellip; Port Arthur Bearcats were defeated in straight games by the Winnipeg Maroons, who advanced into the Western final against Saskatoon &hellip; Joey Bamford, the Fort William Beaver goaltender, was brilliant for the Bearcats, in the two games in Winnipeg stopping a total of 75 shots, with Winnipeg outscoring the bearcats 23-2. In the last period of the fourth game the Bearcats were outshot eighteen to one.A long time dream of Cal Marvin was to win in Canadian hockey and this year his Warroad Lakers won the Thunder Bay intermediate title, defeating the Canadian champion Marathon Mercuries four to one in the best-of-seven series. &#9632;

Canadiens Again Win Ice Honors

<div class="byline">By HUGH TOWNSEND</div>MONCTON, N.B.&mdash;The city of Moncton has been hit with a hockey craze unmatched since the old Hawks won the Allan Cup in two successive years in the early 1930&rsquo;s.And the sudden surge in fan interest may have come at a time when the new Hawks could go all the way to the prized mug!Hawks, Maritime hockey titleholders, brushed past two Allan Cup foes and moved in to the coveted eastern final against Ontario in a period of two weeks.Moncton was hard pressed by Prescott-Kemptville Combines in the early stages of their best-of-five series but the Hawks ended the round on an easy note.On came the Sherbrooke Beavers and the toughest competition to date, with the best-of-five Eastern Canada semi-finals slated for the Quebec centre.Oscar Gaudet, the young right wing ace who paced Hawks to the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League and Maritime crowns, broke loose for three goals in the series opener as Hawks spilled Beavers 5-2. The youngster came back with another important marker as Moncton staged a 5-3 come-from-behind verdict in the second frame.The Hawks then wrapped up the count winning 3-1 in three straight games to move against Windsor Bulldogs, Ontario champions and players like young Gaudet, his older brother and linemate Ronnie, Phil Doiron, Jacques Allard, Simon Nolet and goalie Jean Guy Morrissette were playing some of their best hockey of the season.Hawks have the best chance at the trophy that a Maritime representative has had for a long time.The best-of-seven Eastern final with Windsor was slated to be played in its entirely in the Ontario centre. Dates for the series were April 7, 8, 10, 14 and if necessary April 15, 17 and 21. &#9632;

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April 13, 1963

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