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April 11, 1964
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Stanley Cup Playoff Story Summarized Game By Game…
SERIES ‘A’ Game Three TUES., MARCH 31 Montreal 3, Toronto 2 TORONTO Ont — A final minute defensive lapse by veteran Allan Stanley set the Montreal Canadiens up for a 3-2 victory over the Toronto Leafs in the third game of their best-of-seven semi-final play off series. Stanley, attempting to’ clear the puck out of his own end of the rink, allowed Montreal’s Henri Richard to intercept the pass and skate in alone on Johnny Bower to sink the gamewinning goal with 25 seconds left to play in regulation time. The Leafs, striving to take advantage of home ice with the third and fourth games of the series here, led the Canadiens throughout the game before first Red Kelly, then Stanley were guilty of miscues that led to Montreal goals. Claude Provost and Jean Claude Tremblay were…
Whopping 102 Penalties Called
MONTREAL. Que. — It seems as though the penalty bench is the most popular seat in the house for the Habs-Leaf playoffs. By the time five games of the series had been played, the penalty box score was: Three new records set. Two old records tied. Two of the new records were established in the opening game. The 31 penalties meted out by referee Frank Udvari set a new’ mark for most penalties by both teams in a playoff contest. It wiped out the previous record of 2S. set by Toronto and Detroit in 1952. The second mark consisted of penalties to both teams in one period. Habs and Leafs took 16 between them. The old mark was 15. chalked up by Toronto and Boston in 1951. The riotous opening contest also saw two former records…
Cleveland Ready For Hershey Bears After Puttinn Amerks On Sidelines
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Whether they win or lose in their battle for the Calder Cup championship, the Cleveland Barons gave a tremendous thrill to their followers as they rode roughshod over the red-hot Rochester Americans in the quarter-final round. The hero’s laurels rested squarely on the head of lanky 25-year-old center Joe Szura as the Barons ousted the Amerks from the playoffs in two straight games. The Barons meet the Hershey Bears in a best-of-five series for the right to oppose the Quebec-Pittsburgh winner in the Calder Cup finals. Hershey ousted Providence Reds 2-1 in games in their quarter-final playoff. Quebec Aces lead Pittsburgh 3-0 in their best-of-seven semi-final playdown. Going into Rochester for the series’ opener, in a rink in which they had not won a game all season, the Barons profited by…
Balfour Showing Life In Playoffs After Riding Bench Most Of Year
CHICAGO III. — “Chicago goal by Murray Balfour … assisted by Bill Hay and Bobby Hull at 6:42.” These words over the public adress system at Chicago in the third period of the Black Hawks’ opening semifinal 4-1 Stanley Cup playoff victory against the Detroit Red Wings were music to the ears of Murray Balfour. Balfour, now in his fifth season with the Black Hawks, has been benched much of the past two seasons and had become the “forgotten man” of the Chicago team this year. Once a 21-goal scorer as right wing on Chicago’s “Million Dollar Line” with Bill Hay at center and Bobby Hull on left wing, Balfour reached a peak with five goals in the Hawks triumphant 1961 Stanley Cup conquest. But an injury in the final series against Detroit, when…
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