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April 11, 1964
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Black Hawk Players Lament Losing Vezina For Hall In Stretch Slump
Moose Vasko, big defenseman of the second-by-one-point-again Chicago Black Hawks, talking: “It’s been a long, rough winter and everybody on this team worked like a dog. But we wind up second again and by that same lousy point.” “This is rougher on Glenn Hall than it is on anybody else,” said Capt. Pierre Pilote, as goalie Hall not only lost out on the championship with his teammates but the $1,006 Vezina trophy honors by two goals to Montreal’s Charlie Hodge. Coach Bill Reay put it a little differently, recalling perhaps the 11 point lead the Black Hawks had in November and the four losses and one tie Chicago had in its final nine games: “You’ve got to win this yourself. You can’t depend on the others to heln vou.” It s been a great season…
Amerks Season Finish Like ‘Hollywood’ Plot
ROCHESTER. N. Y. A movie producer probably would have made only one change in the script for the Rochester Americans’ final game of the regular season. How could he improve on: 1—The Amerks whipping Cleveland. 4-2. in a head-to-head battle for second place in the American Hockey League’s Western Division. Rochester went into the game 6ne point ahead, so the winning team would get the important No. 2 spot for the playoffs. 2—Rochester s largest hockey crowd ever —7,883 — turning out for the crucial game. The largest previous regular-season War Memorial crowd was 7,695 on March 19, 1957, and the largest previous hockey crowd was 7,762 on April 10, 1960, for the seventh game of a Cleveland-Rochester playoff series. 3. Popular Amerk right winger Gerry Ehman coming up wnn a goal and two assists…
Marlboros, Canadiens Set For ‘Showdown
ORONTO. Ont. — The pennant-winning Toronto Marlboros found out that a team can’t lay off league action for two weeks and not feel it. The Dukes ad to settle for 8 5-5 tie with the Montreal Canadiens as the two top teams in the Ontario Junior Association this season clashed in the start of the best of-seven league finals. Marlboros, who swept Niagara Falls out of the semi-final playoffs in four straight games, have been sitting idle for two weeks awaiting their semi-final opponent, the Canadiens. The Canadiens looked the sharper of the two clubs after polishing off Peterborough and St. Catharines in preliminary round series. It took the Junior Habs 12 games to make the finals while the Marlboros needed only four. Peter Stemkowski’s goal with 25 seconds remaining in the game and the Toronto…
Toledo Climaxes Hockey Comeback With Title Win, 37,700 More Fans
It was first place Toledo against third place Port Huron and second place Fort Wayne playing fourth place Windsor in the fifth play-off series of the International Hockey League. Toledo’s Blades finished three points ahead of last year’s Fort Wayne champions for their regular season’s championship in the IHL, although they took a division title in 1960-61 when the league was split. The old Toledo Mercurys won the Eastern Hockey League title in 1950-51. It was a remarkable resurgence for hockey in Toledo both on the ice and at the gate. The Blades won 41 to capture the title, whereas two years ago, their last in the IHL, Toledo won but 17. Owner and general manager Ken Wilson, who brought the team here from Omaha, was extremely happy over the outcome. He had…
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