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April 11, 1964
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Something New Added To NHL Cup Playoffs-Pay TV
As seen in The Montreal Gazette MONTREAL, Que. Something new — theatre TV — has been added to the Stanley Cup playoffs this year. All playoff games of the Detroit Red Wings are being carried on closed-circuit television for the first time in two Detroit theatres. “Olympia isn’t big enough to accommodate all the fans who want to see the playoffs and this way 5,500 more will have a chance to watch the action,” said Lincoln Cavalieri, promotion manager of Olympia, the Red Wings’ home rink. “This is an experiment. We feel that if the Wings go on to the finals of the playoffs, more theatres will be needed and we’ll add them.” Cavalieri explained that in setting up the theatre television,} the Red Wings worked with President Clarence Campbell of the’ National Hockey League,…
Knights Show Power With 11-Goal Playoff Flurry
OMAHA, Neb. — The Omaha Knights, upset by the St. Paul Saints in the opening game of the Central Hockey League final series, struck back with a vengeance that almost blasted the Saints right out of the rink. The Knights walloped St. Paul 11-0 to square their best-of-seven title series at 1-1 after the Saints had squeaked out a 2-1 victory in the series opener. Both games were played on Omaha ice. The series moved to St. Paul for games three and four April 10 and 12. Omaha right-winger Bob Courcy exploded for three goals as Go’alie Ernie Wakely registered his second playoff shutout and third of the year against the Rangers. Rookie centre Bill Inglis scored twice. The Rangers were outplayed from the opening faceoff in a spirited game in which referee Bruce…
Champoux Nervous In NHL Debut, Put On Face Mask For First Time
DETROIT, Mich. — “I tried to pretend it was just a practice but it wasn’t,” said 21-year-old Bob Champoux. just one year out of Junior “B” hockey, in explaining how’ it feels to be called out of the stands and into a Stanley Cup playoff game. Champoux was the Red Wings’ standby goalie during the first two games of the semi-final series in Chicago but he had no thought of getting into the game. Then, right at the start of the second game, Terry Sawchuk reached down to smother a Stan Mikita passout at the corner of the net, pulled a back muscle and it resulted in a pinched shoulder nerve which made his left arm virtually useless. “I was sitting with Alex (Faulkner) up behind our bench and I told him something was…
Campbell Hoping To Convince Teams They Should Use Leaf Penalty Clocks
DETROIT, Mich. Five National Hockey League teams wiU be instructed to install $50,000 timing devices, similar to that now in existence at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. NHL President Clarence CampbeU has indicated he wiU seek standardization of timekeeping equipment before the 1964-65 season begins. His decision is based on the embarrassing mixup which developed in the opening playoff game at Montreal, March 26. League rules say a club can’t be forced to operate more than two men short and so, when three or more are penalized, their sentences must be delayed. What’s more, they serve the additional time until their actual penalties start. In the Montreal match, the timekeeper became confused as his penalty box filled with players. He wound up keeping Toronto’s Dave Keon off the ice an extra 33 seconds and Montreal…
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