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April 11, 1964

The Hockey News April 11, 1964

<div class="byline">BY HUGH TOWNSEND</div>HALIFAX, N.S. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-068/3141569-1-eng-US/c0004-062.jpg" title="C0004-06" width="273" height="459"><figcaption class="caption-body">Johnny Wilson</figcaption></div>Windsor Maple Leafs, a team with capabilities of making a serious challenge for the coveted Allan Cup, are having trouble finding a team that will give them a strong test on the ice.After breezing through New Glasgow Rangers and Halifax Schooners for the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League title, Leafs humiliated Charlottetown Royals in capturing the Maritime championship.Royals, who didn&rsquo;t belong on the same ice surface as Leafs, were battered 11-3, 16-1 and 23-0.by the NSSHL champs. The final game saw Charlottetown take only four regular players to Windsor. As a result the Maritime Amateur Hockey Association suspended the Prince Edward Island club and awarded the best-of-seven round to Leafs.Windsor began its Allan Cup bid in a best-of-five set with Montreal Boisclairs, a team bolstered with six players from within their own league. For the first time this season it appeared Georges Roy&rsquo;s Leafs might get a serious opposition.But it was the same old story. The Maritimers won the opening game, 11-2, on their own ice, and then moved their &ldquo;home&rdquo; to Halifax Forum where Leafs moved ahead 2-0 in the series with an easy 7-1 verdict.The third game was the same as the first. The leafs clobbered Montreal 11-4 to wrap up the set in straight games. It was on to the Eastern Canada semifinals with the Ottawa Montagnards as their next opposition. The mounties are coached by ex-NHL &lsquo;iron man&rsquo; Johnny Wilson, who only plays when the situation requires it.With 14 straight victories in the playoffs &mdash; after a season that saw them lose only nine times in 70 games &mdash; Leafs were beginning to become a club that doesn&rsquo;t know what defeat is.However, coach Roy and his employees realize that the battle for the Allan Cup will become tough from here on. And in an attempt to make Leafs the most serious Maritime threat for the silverware in years, the team added four players for the battles ahead.The Valley club added high scoring Oscar Gaudet from the Moncton Hawks, who had scored 182 points in the regular schedule to finish only one point behind scoring champion Jacques Allard.Also added were forward Alf Flanagan and defenceman Luke Hayden from the Halifax Schooners, and goalie Don Frizzel from the Charlottetown club. Roy didn&rsquo;t know where he would place his new material &mdash; but they were ready for action in case the injury bug or a slump hits one or more of the Leaf regulars.<h2>Playoff Races</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0004-12/3141562-1-eng-US/c0004-122.jpg" title="C0004-12" width="136" height="621"></div> &#9632;</div>

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IN THIS ISSUE

Windsor Leafs Bowl Over Ice Rivals

<div class="byline">By HARVEY POLLACK</div>CLINTON. N.Y. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06417/3141386-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="304" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Don Davidson</figcaption></div>The Clinton Comets and the Greensboro G enerals, two teams that were several times on the brink of extinction i n their playoff competition, are the final two survivors of the Eastern HockeyLeague playoffs just as they were a year ago.The Comets had more narrow ascapes than &lsquo;Hairbreath Harry&rsquo; in providing the big upset of the playoffs and eliminating Johnstown, 3-2, Greensboro, down 2-0 to Knoxville, rallied to take the final three games and kill Knoxville&rsquo;s dreams of its first EHL crown.Clinton&rsquo;s path to the finals was strewn with roadblocks all the way. Earlier the Comets had lost the first two games ot their series with Long Island and appeared set for an early demise. But goalie Norm DeFelice righted the ship as the Comets won a 9-0 verdict that turned the tide. The club went on to two additional triumphs to gain the right to meet Johnstown.This time the Comets didn&rsquo;t have the home ice edge. Instead the Jets did and the teams each won at home for a 2-2 standoff prior to the finale at Johnstown. The Jets were heavily favored since they had won both games on their home ice easily and had dropped both games at Clinton by scant margins.But the Comets, runners-up in the league race, rose to the occasion with a 5-3 verdict that dashed Jet hopes and ended any problems the Northern Division team had of a site for their final playoffs.Meantime, Greensboro, handicapped for two games by the absence of Don Davidson, came off the floor to whip Knoxville after the Knights had copped the first two games in the series. The Generals won the third game at home, and, inspired by the return of Davidson, upset the Knights at Knoxville in game No. 4. This win gave the Generals a great psychological edge and the decisive fifth fray proved a 10-2 runaway as Greensboro thus gained a chance to repeat its playoff title of a year ago.Greensboro viewed Johnstown&rsquo;s defeat with mixed emotions. The Genetals were delighted to see the Jets lose since they have regained the odd home game advantage in the best of seven series with Clinton. (The Generals finished with 84 points to lead the South compared to 81 for Clinton as the North&rsquo;s runner-up). But even the ice dis advantage didn&rsquo;t deter the Generals in their hopes of beating Johnstown since they had won five games and tied the other in the six-game season series.It was a different story agains Clinton in regular season play The Comets gained 2-1 advan tages on both Greensboro and Clinton ice to win seasonal play by a 4-2 count. The series should be a battle of the Generals&rsquo; high scoring front line against Clin ton&rsquo;s staunch defense headed by; DeFelice.Jacques Monette got the Generals off to a good start in the final series by turning away 20 shots in Greensboro&rsquo;s 7-0 conquest at home. Ron Spong and Gary Sharp each tallied twice for the victors. But the Comets won 3-1 the next night on the Generals&rsquo; ice.NASHVILLE: Coach John McLellan, coach of the Year ii EHL, went home to Canada without signing a pact for rext&rsquo; year. He will work with gov ernment as forest ranger. Prexj Dave Patterson says: &ldquo;I mad John what I consider a reason able offer and he wants time to think about it.&rdquo; Red Murphy question mark for next season Patterson likely to continue a: G.M.KNOXVILLE: Ray Miron&rsquo;s contract up for renewal. Knights kicking themselves for letting Greensboro get up after having 2-0 lead in series. Lynn Davis had 3.0 average in seven games prior to 10-goal outburst by Greensboro in finale. Pat Quinn nixed plans to fly to Greensboro instead of going by bus with &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve been travelling by bus and winning. Let&rsquo;s not change.&rdquo; But they did lose.GREENSBORO: Don Labelle calls Ron Spong the best in the league on faceoffs. Don Cartel and Garry Sharp each had hat tricks in deciding game versus Knights. Big change in tide came when Generals won 4tl game at Knoxville. Pat Kelly was top EHL scoring defensemar with 62 points followed by La belle with 61. Jackie GordonCleveland GM, watched playoff game. The Generals have work-feting connection with the Barons.CHARLOTTE: Checkers board-of directors will meet in early May to go over financial reports and discuss next year&rsquo;s &mdash; coach and GM. Checkers feel they can&rsquo;t afford a GM and Z non-playing pilot like Turk Broda. Turk says he rejected coaching slot at Rochester.CLINTON: Dom DiBeradino&rsquo;s overtime goal in the second u, game With Johnstown saved series for Comet&rsquo;s. Club scored 3 goals in 1:49 of fourth game. Balanced scoring attack paid off. Norm DeFelice came up with the big game in the finale at Johnstown just as he did in the decisive fray with Long Island. Pete Babando and Hec La-lande each scored twice in clincher. John Ayotte charged with seven penalties in one contest.JOHNSTOWN: Jets plans for final playoffs submarined by upset loss to Clinton. Club planned to play four playoff games in 4 days in order to take advantage of home ice. Joe Daley played well in nets throughout series. Billy Ives performed his breakaway successfully in series for several goals. Daley had 52 saves in one game including 23 in a period.PHILADELPHIA: No decision reached as yet on operation of club for next year by Louis Lasch and Len Tose, who control 80 percent of club. The team will be back but the nine stockholders have to iron out details. Club intends to start promtion of ticket sales shortly instead of waiting until later. Doug Adam&rsquo;s trip to Canada could pay off with good material at fall training camp.LONG ISLAND: Sid Payne, Long Island Press writer, put a line on the playoffs and rated Greensboro 3-1, Johnstown, 7-2, Knoxville 4-1 and Clinton 5-1. The others were rated from 8-1 to 50-1. Buzz Deschamps was first Duck ever to make league all-stars. This was second straight year that Ducks faltered after getting playoff lead with Clinton. &#9632;

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Clinton Comets Topple Jets To Join Greensboro In Final

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01831/3141196-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="290" height="453"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike Nykoluk</figcaption></div>HERSHEY, Pa-Hershey Bears&rsquo; captain Mike Nykoluk came through with his biggest goal of the season on Mar. 25 when he rapped the puck past goalie Roger Crozier early in the third period in a game against tne Pittsburgh Hornets.It was Nykoluk&rsquo;s first goal of the campaign against the Hornets, but the game-winning shot paid off with a $6,000 bundle for his teammates. The $300 per man share was the club&rsquo;s bonus for closing out second in the Eastern Division.The veteran Nykoluk, one of the league&rsquo;s finest all-around centermen, wound up as the club&rsquo;s leading scorer. The 28-year-eid skater showed 72 points on nine goals and 63 assists. The closest player to him was linemate Myron Stankiewicz with 66 points. Nykoluk&rsquo;s assist total also was tops for the entire nine-club circuit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02757/3141189-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="648" height="656"><figcaption class="caption-body">DANNY POLIZIANI&hellip; Hot Goal Streak</figcaption></div>&ldquo;Mike has given us one of his greatest seasons,&rdquo; said coach Frank Mathers. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a fine leader and I hope he keeps up the pace in the Calder playoffs.&rdquo;At the same time, Bears&rsquo; goalie Ed Chadwick came off the injured list for the third time just as the playoffs got underway. Chadwick, who missed 15 games, appeared to have regained his sharpness and if he plays as he has in past playoffs, the strapping six-footer could take the club all the way to the Cup finals.The talk of the Bears&rsquo; camp is the play of centre Bob Leiter, shipped to Hershey in February to replace the recalled Wayne Rivers.The 22-year-old Leiter, a fantastic skater and playmaker, averaged a point a game in his last 12 starts. He rapped in six goals and set-up a like number. At the same time his line of Gene Ubriaco, a converted centre, and rookie winger Keith McCreary, has been a sharpshooting array. The line amassed 35 points in its last dozen starts rapping in 14 goals and assisting on 21.&ldquo;Leiter really picked up the club the last month,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a tireless skater. He works well with Ubriaco and McCreary. At the same time I can use Chuck Hamilton as a spell man on the line.&rdquo;Another player, Danny Polizi-ani. has had a hot hand in the stretch with five goals and eight assists to show for the last ten games.Defenseman Marc Reaume. who played in every game, was forced to sit out the season finale against Rochester with a muscle injury of the leg. However, he was expected to be in A-l condition for the playoffs. &#9632;

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Ny koluk’s Goal ruts Extra Cash In Pockets Of Hershey Players

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01770/3141486-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION NEXT WEEK</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-05327/3141479-1-eng-US/f0015-052.jpg" title="f0015-05" width="274" height="562"></div> &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01170/3141638-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Chicaao qoalie GLENN HALL is tested by Detroit veteran NORM ULLMAN in playoff series.</figcaption></div><h2>Hodges Ploy Rated Tops In Playoffs</h2>MONTREAL. QueBefore the start of the Stanley Cup semi-final play offs Chi cago coach Billy Reay predicted the teams with the best goal keeping would emerge with the victories.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-02142/3141631-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="273" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body">Charlie Hodge</figcaption></div>With both semi-final rounds nearing the limit, Reay could be right in his prognostication.The Montreal Canadiens were ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs and little Charlie Hodge, who has been the outstanding goaler of the playoffs, has played a big hand in the Habs&rsquo; successes. The Black Hawks pulled in front of Detroit and again, it was Glenn Hall&rsquo;s netminding, though not as sharp as Hodge&rsquo;s, that made the difference in the teams.Scores have been comparatively low this season compared to last year&rsquo;s semi-final playoffs when a total of 64 goals were scored in 11 games. This year the current pace is 51 goals in 10 games.Hodge has allowed the least number of goals, 11, in five games, and has been the steadiest.<h2>Howe Erases Richard&rsquo;s Stanley Cup Record For Points</h2>DETROIT, Mich-Gordie Howe, the indestructible Red Wing, has become the highest point scoring player in Stanley Cup playoff history.The 36-year-old scoring great has now scored a total of 127 points in playoff action to surpass the record of 126 held by the retired Maurice Richard of Canadiens. While it took Richard 133 games to achieve his mark, it required only 122 for Howe, who this season wiped Richard&rsquo;s name out of the record books as hockey&rsquo;s all-time goal scoring champion.Howe has scored three times in the current semi-final series with the Black Hawks to raise his lifetime total to 51 goals in playoff competition. He also has 76 assists, also a cup record.Richard is still the NHL&rsquo;s best playoff scorer, however, with a total of 82, a record that may withstand the test for all time. Closest to Richard is Bernard Geoffrion of Canadiens, who has 56 and Howe with 51.. &#9632;

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Goalies Hold Key To Cup Wins

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01768/3140629-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="296" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jacques La perriere</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. Que. &mdash;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&rsquo; 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 equalled. These were for most penalties by one team in a game; and most penalties by one team in a period. Habs incurred 16 penalties in the game, to match a mark set by the Bruins in 1927. And, both Habs and Leafs picked up eight penalties apiece in the first period, which also tied a Bruin effort of 1927. This latter mark had been equalled by Toronto in 1951 and 1952.There was a feeling among optimists that the teams would settle down to hockey after their uproarious opening clash, and they did &mdash; briefly. A meagre dozen penalties were called in the second game, and there were 14 infractions in the third. But. the war games resumed in the fourth outing, with 30 penalties dished out, including six majors and three misconducts. It brought the total to 87 penalties for both teams over a four-game stretch. The record for most penalties in a single playoff series was ninety eight. This was set last year by Detroit and Chicago. It was erased in the fifth game as 15 penalties were handed out raising the &lsquo;sinbin series&rsquo; total to 102.Meanwhile, Habs could look back on the first five games with t mixed feelings. They had wont three of them, for which the; e could be thankful. There had been brilliant individual performances from Richard, Hodge and Laperriere. Balon, Hicke, Back e strom and Provost had turned ii e driving efforts, and Beliveau and Geoffrion had flared intermit I, tently. But, injuries were takin; y their toll.In addition to the second am fourth games which they lost Canadiens were on the brink of defeat in the third outing, until pulling it out of the fire in the. dying moments. A screened shot by J. C. Tremblay with less than three minutes to go, gave the Habs a 2-2 tie and Richard capped it by scoring the winner with 25 seconds remaining. It was Tremblay&rsquo;s first play-off goal in his four-year career, and for Richard his first of the series. Marring the joy of victory, however, was the plain fact that Canadiens had been outplayed for almost 57 minutes, and only some horrendous shooting on the part of Toronto had kept the score down.Perhaps the most comforting feature of the series, from a Montreal standpoint, has been the spirit displayed by the team in every game. &ldquo;This club won&rsquo;t quit,&rdquo; promised Toe Blake, and Habs have lived up to that promise. It&rsquo;s a spirit that won them a league championship over powerful outfits like Chicago and the Leafs in the regular schedule, when the odds were stackedagainst them. It formed the keystone for Charlie Hodge&rsquo;s glittering performance, especially in the second half, when he overcame Glenn Hall for the Vezina Trophy. The spirit is still there. It&rsquo;s been displayed by Habs as a team right through the playoff battling. But, on an individual basis, it&rsquo;s been particularly evident in the work of Henri Richard.The Pocket Rocket has been a dynamo for Habs in this series, despite the handicap of injuries. Bothered by a groin injury which slows his skating, and hampered by a bruised elbow, Richard has nevertheless sparked the Canadiens&rsquo; attack. He has been the most effective member of Montreal&rsquo;s best line in the playoffs, the Richard-Provost-Balon unit. With a fired-up Henri showing the way, Canadiens can overcome many obstacles.<h2>Playoffs Rugged, Not Dirty-Campbell</h2>TORONTO. Ont.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02714/3140622-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="425" height="611"><figcaption class="caption-body">Clarence Campbell</figcaption></div>National Hockey j League President Clarence Campbell &lsquo;isn&rsquo;t alarmed by the sudden upsurge in playoff penalties.The playoffs have been rugged but not I dirty in the estimation of Campbell.The NHL chief executive lauded his officials for their t work in the playoffs and said they had called them as they save them.Newsmen attempted to pin Campbell down &lsquo;after the rough fourth game of the Toronto-Montreal series at which Campbell was a ; spectator.&ldquo;I was calm throughout. I didn&rsquo;t leave my ; seat. I thought it was an excellent game.&rdquo;Continuing, he said: &ldquo;The standard of officiating in this series has been very high.&ldquo;Certainly they have called a lot of penalties, but that indicates to me that they are sharp.&ldquo;This has been a chippy series with a lot of small fouls and officials have always had complete control of the situation.&rdquo;In reference to the semi-finals generally, he continued: &ldquo;Neither series has been really dirty. Sticks have been carried low most of the time. Oh, there have been a few chops, but usually they have been carried low.&rdquo;In respect to moral lessons to be derived from it all. he told the gathering: &ldquo;What were there tonight, four power-play goals? They should learn something from that?&rdquo;Speaking of fights that were allowed to go their way. he shaid: &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t lecture and reason with men when they are in this frame of mind. You must let them go. They are worked up and have to get it out of their systems. You just can t lecture at this time.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03574/3140615-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="586" height="577"><figcaption class="caption-body">J. C. TREMBLAY&hellip; Blooper Scorer</figcaption></div><h2>Habs&rsquo; Rearguard Becomes Leading Playoff Scorer</h2>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;J. C. Tremblay, who went three playoff years without a goal to his credit, was the leading marksman for Habs after four games of the semifinal against Leafs.The 25-year-old defenseman had two goals and one assist, which was tops for the club. In other years, he had managed just two assists in 16 playoff games.Tremblay&rsquo;s goals were scored on two successive nights on Toronto ice, and both were of the blooper variety. His first was a screened shot from just inside the Leaf blueline, that tied the score with less than three minutes remaining in the third game of the series. Habs won the game 3-2 on a clutch goal by Richard at the tail end of the contest. J.C.&rsquo;s second marker also tied the score two nights later. It came at 9:42 of the first period, when he looped a 70-footer towards the Toronto-net that bounced crazily past Bower. Later, J.C. set up a goal by Beliveau in the second period, but Habs eventually dropped the game by a score of 5-3.Tremblay has another first to his credit in the series against Toronto. It involves the major penalty he picked up in the wild opener in Montreal. It was his first major in a playoff. &#9632;

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Whopping 102 Penalties Called

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01774/3140688-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="436" height="385"></div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;Toronto Maple Leafs have had some great hockey teams down through the years. Because of its depth, there is a suggestion that the current team may yet turn out to k be the greatest one of all.They are still alive in their Stanley Cup series with Montreal Cana-diens even though the road ahead is an uphill one. Certainly if they succeed they will rate serious consideration says Milt Dunnell in his Toronto Daily Star sports column.They could be the greatest but they&rsquo;ll have to prove it in the eyes of Conn Smythe, who once proclaimed the 1947-48 Leafs were the choice of the cuppers who campaigned for him.Smythe, who preceded the Gold-Plated (previously Silver) Seven, used to say his 1947-48 troupe was the best of the Leafs. That would mean they&rsquo;re the best up to now, at least. To even suggest the 48-ers now may be the secona-raters should bring Smythe roaring back from Florida on the next jet says Dunnel.Here&rsquo;s the pitch, Smythe selected that &lsquo;47-48 outfit because of its solid keel. He had four of the game&rsquo;s greatest centres &mdash; Syl Apps, Max Bentley, Ted Kennedy, and Nick Metz &mdash; with Turk Broda in goal. That&rsquo;s strength down the middle. Bentley had been brought in from Chicago, at great cost in manpower, because Smythe had heard a whisper that Apps might retire &mdash; which he did, at the end of the season.This was the club with which Hap Day created a fur or by winning the Stanley stovepipe three times in a string. There were screams that Leafs should be broken up because they were ruining the league. Father Time took care of that. At their peak, though, they were tyrants, in the spring of &lsquo;48, they beat Boston four out of five &mdash; then clobbered Detroit in straight heats.<h2>Centre Spot Crowded</h2>MAYBE THE LEAFS of the moment don&rsquo;t have three pivots to offset Apps, Kennedy and Bentley, who potted 77 goals &mdash; Bentley and Apps getting 26 each. It&rsquo;s necessary to remember, also, that a full season was only 60 games in those days. Metz was the penalty-killing centre. He had only four goals.What the Leafs of this spring lack in individual lustre at centre is more than balanced by greater depth. After you have mentioned Frank Mahovlich, with 28 goals, Dave Keon (28) and Bob Pulford (18), you can keep right on going. Red Kelly was a serious candidate for all-star centre, a year or two ago. He can go back there, if needed, and do a big job.Don McKenney has been one of the league&rsquo;s most productive centres for the last decade. He&rsquo;s at left wing &mdash; but could return. Andy Bathgate, 19 goals, has played same centre. The way he throws that puck around &mdash; 58 assists this season &mdash; he&rsquo;s one of the greatest playmakers on skates. And how many teams are so well-heeled at centre that they could keep Billy Harris on the bench?So, if it&rsquo;s ability down the middle that&rsquo;s the yardstick, this team measures up big. In goal, it&rsquo;s Broda versus Johnny Bower &mdash; practically a standoff, Turk had a 2.38 average for 60 games. Bower got into 50 games this season and finished with a 2.14.<h2>Horton Makes Difference</h2>Smythe&rsquo;s Superbas had the best defence in the league: Jim Thomson, Gus Mortson, Wally Stanowski, Bill Barilko, and Garth Boesch. Barilko was the wrecker. Bob Baun hits just as hard and does it with more polish. Tim Horton, Carl Brewer, Al Stanley and Larry Hillman would just about check off the other four. Because of Horton&rsquo;s strength and steady play, the defenders of &lsquo;64 might even rate a little edge.Along the rails, it would be no contest. Leafs of today win in a walk. Except for Harry Watson (21), the wingers of Day&rsquo;s Dragoons were not big shooters. Joe Klukay bagged 15 goals, in addition to killing penalties. The others were Howie Meeker, with 14; Vic Lynn, an even dozen; Bill Ezinicki. 11; and Don Metz with four.You would have to take today&rsquo;s Bathgate (19), George Armstrong (20), Don McKenney (18), Red Kelly (11), with Ron Stewart (14), Jim Pappin (11) and Eddie Shack (11) rounding out the roster. Smythe won&rsquo;t have to disprove this argument on ice. It&rsquo;s just as well. He might lose adds Dunnel.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02648/3140681-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="580" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRANK MAHOVLICH &hellip; Balance at Centre</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03438/3140674-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="593" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body">TIM HORTON&hellip; Gives Team Edge.</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04254/3140667-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="578" height="952"><figcaption class="caption-body">MAX BENTLEY&hellip; Chicago Impart</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-05148/3140660-1-eng-US/f0003-052.jpg" title="f0003-05" width="613" height="605"><figcaption class="caption-body">TED KENNEDY&hellip; One Of Top Pivots</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Conn Smythe Favored 1947-’48 Club

<div class="byline">By Kon Mc Kenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01832/3140740-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="449" height="474"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02784/3140733-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="289" height="447"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Norris</figcaption></div>&bull; CHICAGO &mdash; &ldquo;WE were lucky to win on a performance like that but it was encouraging to finally get some goals from our big guns,&rdquo; said mild-mannered Billy Reay after the Hawks 3-2 win over Detroit in the fifth game of the round &hellip; The Big Guns (Mikita, Wharram and Hull) scored a total of 121 goals during the regular scheduled play but up to the fifth game had produced but one important goal &hellip; The Red Wings were unfortunate in losing both the fourth and fifth games by identical scores. Both were heartbreakers to lose &hellip; Two of the unsung heroes with the Hawks have been Al MacNeil on herose and Chico Maki at center&hellip; MacNeil has been the most aggressive Chicago player in the series &hellip;and Maki has been putting out 100 percent in all games. Chico has developed into a big favorite with the Chicago fans. Not as big a one as Reg Fleming but he&rsquo;s far bahind Sid Abel was highly incensed at Frank Udvari in allowing Kenny wharram s tying in the fifth contest &hellip; &ldquo;In all the years I&rsquo;ve been in hockey I&rsquo;ve never seen anything as bad as that,&rdquo; Abel stormed &hellip; The Chicago Stadium never looked better with the red, white and blue bunting draped from the various balconies. Looked like the ball parks al World Series time &hellip; The Chicago fans were the best behaved it years. The Chicago management is deserving of praise in the waj they have policed the building and the excellent job they have don&rdquo; in stopping things being thrown on the ice &hellip; Jack (Tex) Evans and Gus Kyle, coaches of two of Chicago&rsquo;s affiliates (Buffalo ant St. Louis respectively) watched the fifth game here &hellip; All minor officials working the playoff games this year are attired in neat Navy-blue blazers with the NHL crest appearing under the left-breast pocket &hellip; Young Bruce MacGregor has played exceptionally well for the Red Wings throughout the series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03681/3140726-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="299" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Al MacNeil</figcaption></div>&bull; WE PRESENTED Jim Norris of the Black Hawks with THE HOCKEY NEWS Top Executive Award while here. Jim is the dean of the National Hockey League owners. His interest in the NHL dates back to the late twenties. Not only does Norris rate an out standing hockey executive but he is exceptionally well-informed on most all sports and can talk authoritatively on horse racing, football, boxing and baseball &hellip; When a Chicago reporter put him on the spot recently by asking him which was the better player, Bobby Hull or Stan Mikita, the millionaire sportsman got off the hook by answering: &lsquo;&rsquo;Hull is like Babe Ruth. He hits the home run for us. Mikita is like Ty Cobb. He&rsquo;ll leave the other guy sliced up like ribbons. Anything to get the puck in the net.&rdquo; &hellip; Incidentally, Norris missed but one Hawk home game this season and that was Christmas Night. For most of these games he would fly un from his home in Coral Gables, Florida, and return immediately after the game. Talk about a sportsman! &hellip; All games played in Chicago during the playoffs are shown on closed circuit television in four theatres &hellip; Repartee between Billy Reay, Chicago coach, and Carl Voss, NHL referee-in-chief, after Detroit&rsquo;s 3-0 win in the third tilt: &ldquo;Your officials were a disgrace last night,&rdquo; Reay said to Voss &hellip; &ldquo;I could say your team was a disgrace last night,&rdquo; snapped back Voss. Now, now boys &hellip; Hawks have benched John McKenzie in place of Doug Robinson.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04582/3140719-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="301" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>&bull; DETROIT &mdash; THEATRE television of games played here in the playoffs seems to be going over very well and Gene Osborn, the play by play announcer, doing an excellent job &hellip; Sonny Eliot, our favorite TV weatherman, pleased to see his picture in goalie&rsquo;s garb in the April issue of HOCKEY PICTORIAL &hellip; Guested with Gene Osborn on the top rated WWJ-TV sports show while in Detroit. Over 300,000 viewers watch Osborn&rsquo;s nightly sportscast &hellip; Jack Waina, popular PA announcer at Olympia Stadium, has been a Red Wing follower since the days of Syd Howe &hellip; Chicago&rsquo;s overtime win here in the fourth game was the first playoff overtime game at Olympia since March 29, 1960 &hellip; Sid Abel has done a splendid coaching job during the playoffs and is certainly getting maximum mileage out of his charges &hellip; Due to TV blackout of Montreal-Toronto series in nearby Windsor as a result of Wings theatre TV, many ardent fans are renting a motel room in neighboring cnatnam, uni. to watch the games &hellip; Jack Adams has been covering the Wings-Hawks series for the Detroit Free Press. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY HARRY MOLTER</div>Moose Vasko, big defenseman of the second-by-one-point-again Chicago Black Hawks, talking:&ldquo;It&rsquo;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.&rdquo;&ldquo;This is rougher on Glenn Hall than it is on anybody else,&rdquo; 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&rsquo;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:&ldquo;You&rsquo;ve got to win this yourself. You can&rsquo;t depend on the others to heln vou.&rdquo;It s been a great season for everybody,&rdquo; said scoring ace Bobby Hull. &ldquo;All that keeps it from being perfect is that we I finished second and Glenn lost I the Vezina trophy? But we can I make up foT part of it in the playoffs and I think we will.&rdquo;&rsquo; In looking back over the sea? son, Vasko told Chicago American hockey writer Dan Moulton:&ldquo;At a time like this you think j back over the year to all the, chances that got away frorn us j and it kills you. There was the 3 time in Toronto when Dave 1 Keon scored for them in the last minute to get a 3-3 tie. And &lsquo;the game hero in the Stadium &lsquo;when Red Berenson of Canadiens stole the puck late in the 3 game, when we had a man ad&rsquo; vantage, and got Montreal a 2-2 &lsquo;tie.&rdquo;But if Moose could recall some last-minute losses the Black Hawks had more than their share of last-moment victories or co&rsquo;me-from-behind ties. There was one in particular when they pulled goalie Hall for a sixth man up front and Bobby Hull, who had just come on the ice, tied the game with seconds to play.It worked both ways and probably was balanced in Chicago&rsquo;s favor this season.Looking toward their semifinal playoff series against the Red Wings of Detroit, &ldquo;Golden Jet&rdquo; Hull who scored eight playoff goals against the Red Wings despite a broken nose as Chicago was eliminated last year, commented:&ldquo;We just let the Wings beat us to the puck in the Olympia,&rdquo; referring to the fact the Black Hawks have failed to win in Detroit this season. &ldquo;We can overcome that though, and I&rsquo;m sure I we will this season. &lsquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05463/3140778-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="507" height="616"><figcaption class="caption-body">ELMER VASKO&hellip; Long, Rough Season</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06362/3140771-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="534" height="612"><figcaption class="caption-body">GLENN HALL&hellip; Losing Cup Cost Money</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Black Hawk Players Lament Losing Vezina For Hall In Stretch Slump

As seen in The Montreal GazetteMONTREAL, Que.Something new &mdash; theatre TV &mdash; 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.&ldquo;Olympia isn&rsquo;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,&rdquo; said Lincoln Cavalieri, promotion manager of Olympia, the Red Wings&rsquo; home rink. &ldquo;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&rsquo;ll add them.&rdquo;Cavalieri explained that in setting up the theatre television,} the Red Wings worked with President Clarence Campbell of the&rsquo; National Hockey League, but the decision on how the home games ; will be televised rests entirely with the home team.&ldquo;The blackout of home sets for home games may be a little rough, but it&rsquo;s becoming a fact of life,&rdquo; added Cavalieri. It&rsquo;s being done in other league cities, too such as Toronto. And it&rsquo;s done in pro football as well.&rdquo;Plans for telecasting the Red Wings&rsquo; away games in their series with the Chicago Black Hawks fell through.&ldquo;None of the three Detroit television stations is able to pro-j vide time for telecasts of road games,&rdquo; said Cavalieri. &ldquo;And the Canadian station, CKLW, has restrictions on U. S. sponsors, making it impossible to secure financial support for such telecasts.&rdquo;<h2>CBC TO THE RESCUE</h2>But there was still a ray of hope for Red Wing followers. The I CBC televised the semi-final playoff games, beginning 30 minutes after the start of play. If the Toronto-Montreal series ends first, the CBC will cover the rest of the Detroit-Chicago games and some of the Wings&rsquo; away games may be shown on CKLW.Jim Norris, president of the Chicago Black Hawks, announced that the Black Hawks&rsquo; playoff games at home will be carried on closed-circuit television in four Chicago theatres and one in Milwaukee. The total number of seats is 13,000. Tickets will cost $3.50 and there will be no reservations.Boston Garden, home of the Bruins, planned to show the closed-circuit telecasts of the playoff games, but the plan was abandoned.&ldquo;We thought it was too expensive,&rdquo; said Lynn Patrick, general j manager of the Bruins. &lsquo;&rsquo;It was going to cost us $14,000 a game and I we didn&rsquo;t think we could make money on the operation.&rdquo;It was pointed out to Patrick that a crowd of over 8,000 had I paid $40,000 to watch the closed-circuit telecast of the Sonny Liston-1 Cassius Clay heavyweight fight in the Forum.&ldquo;We had an even bigger crowd in Boston Garden for the fight,&rdquo; he replied. &ldquo;But you can&rsquo;t charge as much for a hockey game as for a heavyweight title fight. The Garden made money on the fight.&rdquo;Detroit&rsquo;s Mr. Cavalieri must have been misinformed when he | said there was a blackout of home sets for home games in Toronto. That never happened during the regular schedule and no such arrangement has been made for the playoffs.<h2>THE TORONTO EXPERIMENT</h2>But we think we know what may have confused him. The first experiment with closed-circuit television in Canada was started five years ago in Etobicoke, a Toronto suburb, by Trans-Canada Telemeter and one of the big attractions was the Leafs&rsquo; out-of-town games.Home pay-TV in Etobicoke has not progressed as Trans-Canada Telemeter hoped it would, and last year the management of the Maple Leafs made an arrangement with the company to have the Leafs&rsquo; away games shown in a theatre on Sunday nights. The seats were scaled from $1.25 to $3 and the place was packed.The success of this venture prompted the Leafs and Trans-; Canada Telemeter to show all the Leafs&rsquo; games except the I seven the Leafs played against the Canadiens here on Wednesday night, in nine theatres &mdash; six in Toronto and one each in Hamilton, Oshawa and St. Catharines. At an average of $2 a seat, the nine theatres have been grossing $17,500 per game.But home viewers in Toronto and Montreal are getting a better break than those in Detroit and Chicago. The CBC is carrying the Montreal-Toronto series on its network.-All games are televised from 30 minutes after the opening faceoff, and if there is a seventh game it will be carried in its entirety. When the dates don&rsquo;t conflict the Chicago-Detroit series will be shown,AU the games in the Stanley Cup final series will be shown in fuU. If it were any other way, it could become an election issue. &#9632;

Something New Added To NHL Cup Playoffs-Pay TV

<div class="byline">BY JIM PROUDFOOT</div>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&rsquo;t be forced to operate more than two men short and so, when three or more are penalized, their sentences must be delayed. What&rsquo;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&rsquo;s Dave Keon off the ice an extra 33 seconds and Montreal scored an important goal during his absence.Campbell hopes he can convince all NHL members to copy the Maple Leaf Gardens arrangement, which provides separate, automatic clocks for each penalized player. These are mounted in the end of the stadium so every person present, including the timekeeper and referee, knows the exact situation.There was a minor rhubarb here when Red Wings had three men off simultaneously.The timekeeper, who must write down the time of each penalty, then watch the clock to see when they&rsquo;re finished, sent the wrong man out at the wrong time. Fortunately, no scoring resulted. &#9632;

Campbell Hoping To Convince Teams They Should Use Leaf Penalty Clocks

<div class="byline">BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01862/3140864-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="490" height="630"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE&hellip; Scuffled With Fan</figcaption></div>Strange are the ways of the Stanley Cup playoffs.The first goal scored in the Red WingBlack Hawk semifinal series was pumped in by Andre Pronovost..Pronovost, in the third last game of the regular season, had just scored his first goal in 30 games.Pit Martin and Paul Henderson, the two Red Wing rookies in their first professional playoff appearance, assisted on Pronovost&rsquo;s goal.Pronovost then scored again and in the second game, finishing off Bruce MacGregor s rebound while the Wings were killing a penalty.The Wings&rsquo; &ldquo;money&rdquo; players were dominant in the second game with Norm Ullman getting the hat trick, including the winning goal, and Gordie Howe tipping in a Bill Gadsby shot after the Hawks had cut Detroit&rsquo;s lead from 3-0 to 3-2.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02702/3140857-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="303" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Delvecchio</figcaption></div>Ullman started the play despite a shout from Alex Delvecchio to freeze the puck. The Wings had their five best players on the ice trying to last out the period &mdash; Howe, Ullman, Gadsby, Delvecchio and Marcel Pronovost.Ullman had the puck in his skates at the boards and Delvecchio yelled to freeze it &mdash; only seconds were left.&ldquo;I saw Gordie loose so I kicked it to him,&rdquo; Ullman said.Howe fired it back to Gadsby closing in from the point and then skated in front of Glenn Hall to screen him.Gadsby&rsquo;s shot hit Howe on the back and Hall, crouching to try to see the puck, had the disc flop over him and into the net.Howe was engaged in a brief fight following the game with a 20-year-old fan as the Wings were boarding their bus for the railroad station.&ldquo;He was swearing at Alex Faulkner and Marcel &lsquo;Pronovost and blocking the door of the bus,&rdquo; Howe said.&ldquo;Then he asked me if I thought the refereeing was all right. I said it was.&ldquo;I had my suitcase in one hand and a clothes bag in the other and gave him a little tap to get out of the way.&ldquo;He was swearing at me and hit me on the back so I put down the suitcase and hit him on the beak.&ldquo;Fans have the right to boo you but I don&rsquo;t think they have the right to sivear at you and I&rsquo;m not going to stand for it when they use my parents&rsquo; name in vain,&rdquo; said Howe who also was spat upon in Chicago.The fan. who had a split lip, sought a warrant against Howe but it was denied by a Chicago judge. &#9632;

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‘Money’ Players Keeping Red Wings In Playoff Title Hunt

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03514/3140895-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="540" height="966"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB CHAMPOUX&hellip; Big Hockey Bow</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;&ldquo;I tried to pretend it was just a practice but it wasn&rsquo;t,&rdquo; said 21-year-old Bob Champoux. just one year out of Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; hockey, in explaining how&rsquo; it feels to be called out of the stands and into a Stanley Cup playoff game.Champoux was the Red Wings&rsquo; 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.&ldquo;I was sitting with Alex (Faulkner) up behind our bench and I told him something was wrong with Terry,&rdquo; Champoux said.&ldquo;Sid (Abel) had told me to go down to the room if Terry had to go off but they didn&rsquo;t stop the game for awhile. Then, when Terry went down, I did too and started dressing.&ldquo;They were working on Terry&rsquo;s shoulder while I was dressing and he looked me in the eye, smiled and said I&rsquo;d be all right.&rdquo;Sawchuk went off at 4:06 for treatment, came back and played one minute and 14 seconds before having to call it quits. Then Champoux moved up out of the Red Wing room, greeted by a roar from the packed house in Chicago Stadium.Champoux was making his NHL debut under the most trying conditions &mdash; on an enemy rink, in the playoffs, against the highest-scoring club in hockey and with the Hawks in power play formation. There was no score at the time.In addition, the game was being telecast coast-to-coast in Canada.&ldquo;I knew that my parents and friends in Montreal would be watching and I was all the more nervous,&rdquo; Champoux said.&ldquo;I told myself to act like it was a practice and even though they had guys like Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita, I had faced Gordie Howe in practice with Detroit.&ldquo;But I was nervous, very, very nervous. And it was so hot out there. I wore my mask for the first time in a game and that made me sweat more.&rdquo;Champoux was nervous but he had enough presence of mind tc figure he&rsquo;d be better off with the mask.&ldquo;These NHL players shoot the puck a lot harder and there are deflections and tips &hellip; zoom, zoom, zoom,&rdquo; he gestured with his hand showing pucks flying in every direction.The Wings put up a stonewall defense for him. Sawchuk had made eight stops in his five minutes and 20 seconds. Champoux had only three in the final 14 minutes and 40 seconds of the period, a total of 14 for the game. Four shots got by him.The Wings, playing one of their best games of the year, built a 3-0 lead for Champoux early in the second period. Then Red Hayhit for two 47 seconds apart late in the second period.Champoux was really sweating.But the Wings got one back three seconds before the period ended when Bill Gadsby&rsquo;s shot deflected in off Gordie How&rsquo;e and that cut the Hawks&rsquo; momentum.Detroit regained a three goal edge when Norm Ullman completed his hat trick at 2:59 of the final period but again the Hawks struck for two quick ones by Eric Nesterenko at 4:01 and 4:34.&ldquo;There w&rsquo;as a lot of pressure then,&rdquo; Champoux said. &ldquo;I really felt down when Pit (Martin) got a penalty.&rdquo;That was at 14:59 but Nesterenko was chased 30 seconds later and that ended the Hawks&rsquo; advantage and the Wings rode out the storm.Champoux was surrounded by reporters following the game and still w"as so nervous he had a hard time taking off his equipment.There had been nothing like this in his career. A native Montrealer, he was under Canadiens&rsquo; sponsorship until cut loose a year and a half ago. The Wings picked him up as a free agent, turned him pro in September and he was sent to Cincinnati.Even that hadn&rsquo;t been planned and was a big jump from Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; but Detroit&rsquo;s goalie situation was muddled because Hank Bassen. tagged for Pittsburgh, was holding out and Roger Crozier, who was supposed to have the Central Pro League post, was promoted to the Hornets.Cincinnati was a nightmare. In 60 games, Champoux had 324 shots go by him for a balloon-like 5.34 average. Crowds measured in the hundreds.&ldquo;I got pretty disgusted at times,&rdquo; Champoux said. &ldquo;Some nights we were outshot 65-20.&ldquo;But it w&rsquo;as good experience&mdash; I sure got enough shots.&rdquo;Champoux had nothing but praise for the Wing defense, especially Bill Gadsby, the second goal-keeper.&ldquo;He helped me a lot,&rdquo; Champoux said, making motions with his stick as if he were deflecting and blocking shots.This was the morning after the big night. Champoux was wearing a numberless red practice sweater. Instead of the Black Hawks on the ice, only Irv Spencer, Faulkner, John Miszuk and Eddie Joyal were out there with him. They had seen little or no duty in the game and were out for a light workout.Instead of 16,241 fans watching and a big television audience, only thousands of empty seats and a few&rsquo; workmen were watching him.It was back to normal for Bob Champoux. &#9632;

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Champoux Nervous In NHL Debut, Put On Face Mask For First Time

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div>NEW YORK. N. Y.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01807/3140926-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="301" height="479"><figcaption class="caption-body">Rod Seiling</figcaption></div>Every so often the New&rsquo; York Rangers hatch a prize rookie on their farm or in a trade and fervently hope he will develop into a reasonable facsimile of Bobby Hull.Sometimes the finished product turns out to be a super-star, as did Andy Bathgate. Other times &mdash; take the case of Les Hunt obtained for Bill Gadsby &mdash; the player never makes it to the NHL.Next season all eyes will be on Rod Seiling, the defenseman-forward prodigy obtained from Toronto in the Andy Bathgate deal. Seiling is 19, robust and just this side of cocky.He played a couple of games for the Blues last month and performed better than most of the veteran wage-earners. In his debut. March 4. against the Chicago Black Hawks, Seiling burst from the Ranger bench on his first turn and promptly nailed Chicago&rsquo;s All-Star meanie, Pierre Pilote.It Was a calculated move by a thinking young man whose philosophy is hit first and keep your guard up afterwards.&ldquo;I went out there with the idea of nailing somebody,&rdquo; Seiling confessed later. &lsquo;&rsquo;Usually, the other guys are looking for a kid so I thought I&rsquo;d reverse.&rdquo;Seiling was well aware that policeman. Pilote. keeps a memo on such misdemeanors but he hardly seemed distressed by it all. &lsquo;&rsquo;Pilote was looking for me after that,&rdquo; Rod continued. &ldquo;And Eric Nesterenko threw an elbow at me right away. But he missed.&rdquo;The kid. developed on Toronto&rsquo;s Marlboro farm, played left wring against Chicago but dropped back to defense in a later appearance against the Bruins. Nobody in the Ranger office offered a demerit.&ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t throw&rsquo; the puck away,&rdquo; said coach Red Sullivan, &lsquo;&rsquo;and he&rsquo;s not afraid to take a check to come up with the puck.&ldquo;I think his position will be left w&rsquo;ing eventually. But I don&rsquo;t know&rsquo; for sure yet. We&rsquo;ll probably try him on defense when we get him to training camp with us next fall.&rdquo;An egghead. Seiling now attends Waterloo, Ontario University,-but likely will either drop his studies or do part-time work at a New York College.&ldquo;I wished him good luck three more years at Waterloo,&rdquo; joked Ranger Captain Camille Henry, &ldquo;after all, he&rsquo;s a left wing and so am I.&rdquo;Other Rangers turned serious when discussing the kid. &ldquo;He checked like he&rsquo;s been in the league 10 years,&rdquo; said Dick Duff. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s got the fundamentals.&rdquo;The words are pretty and fresh but they will only have real meaning after Seiling is tested over the long haul. Too often, rookies have come up. sparkled in their debut and then fizzled out like carbonated water.Does anyone remember Aggie Kukulowicz? &#9632;

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Blues Holding High Hopes For Rookie Rod Seiling; May Become Left Winner

NEW YORK, N.Y.At this time next year prudent shinny observers will have a more conclusive report on the celebrated Toronto-Ranger trade Presently, however, it can be stated that all principals are delighted.&ldquo;I like to play a lot", said Dick Duff, the ex-Toronto left wing who now skates for the Rangers, &ldquo;in New York I&rsquo;ll be getting a chance to play.&rdquo;Duff and his repatriated colleague. Bob Nevin skated on a line with Jean Ratelie I at centre. Ratelie&rsquo;s return next season is questionable. The other two are sure-returnees.&ldquo;The morale of the team seemed to change for the better when Duff and Nevin started going for us,&rdquo; said chief analyst, Jacques Plante.&ldquo;The change helps,&rdquo; added Duff. &ldquo;I feel I&rsquo;m on the spot to produce.&ldquo;New York seemed to think they got the worst of the deal. But maybe they didn&rsquo;t. Well be all right next season.&rdquo;A major cause for dismay on Eighth Avenue was the sprightly efforts of Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney once they shedded a Ranger uniform for a Leaf Jersey. McKenney scored nine goals for the Torontos in 15 games; as many as he tallied in 55 games in New York. Bathgate scored 15 assists on 15 games. He had 43 in 56 Ranger games.&ldquo;I was in a rut in New York,&rdquo; Bathgate explained. &ldquo;I had been hoping for a trade out of New York.&rdquo;McKenney was less restrained. &ldquo;My year with the Rangers took five years off my life,&rdquo; he said, alluding to the incessant razzing he absorbed from Garden fans.Duff contends that the success or failure of the deal, Ranger-wise, hinges on rookie, Rod Seiling.The deal&rsquo;s worth it for the Rangers if Rod plays in this league 12 years for them. Then, Bobby Nevin and I will be a bonus,&rdquo; said Duff.Which means, for final results, tune in in 1976.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02701/3140964-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="564" height="927"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOB NEVIN&hellip; He&rsquo;ll Be Back</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-03522/3140957-1-eng-US/f0007-032.jpg" title="f0007-03" width="587" height="940"><figcaption class="caption-body">DICK DUFF&hellip; Likes To Play</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Duff, Nevin Lifted Ranger Morale, Point Anxiously To Next Season

<div class="byline">BY HARRY MOLTER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01849/3141009-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="573" height="954"><figcaption class="caption-body">MURRAY BALFOUR&hellip; Idleness Discouraging</figcaption></div>CHICAGO III. &mdash;&ldquo;Chicago goal by Murray Balfour &hellip; assisted by Bill Hay and Bobby Hull at 6:42.&rdquo;These words over the public adress system at Chicago in the third period of the Black Hawks&rsquo; 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 &ldquo;forgotten man&rdquo; of the Chicago team this year.Once a 21-goal scorer as right wing on Chicago&rsquo;s &ldquo;Million Dollar Line&rdquo; 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 checked into the post by Red Wings&rsquo; Howie Young, set off a series of hampering injuries which have plagued him ever since.This season he lost his job to newcomer Johnny McKenzie. He got a second chance when McKenzie was sidelined for two months with a spleen operation but then was sidelined himself with a groin injury.That was in mid-January and by the time he had recovered McKenzie was back on the job and Balfour became a &ldquo;forgotten man&rdquo; &mdash; watching most of the Black Hawk games from the press box. The last few weeks of the season he did not even make the road trips.Balfour suited up for the first time since Jan. 23 when Chicago opened its Stanley Cup series with Detroit at home on March 26. He didn&rsquo;t get in the game until early in the third period when McKenzie seemed to tire.&ldquo;It had been a long time,&rdquo; said Rockey Balfour later in the dressing room. &ldquo;When I finally got on the ice I wasn&rsquo;t sure which way to skate at first.&rdquo;But Balfour soon found the right direction. He handled the puck once behind the Chicago net, clearing it well. Then, less than one minute after his return to action following his twomonth layoff, he moved in from right wing as linemates Hull and Hay maneuvered the puck down ice. At the last moment center Hay slipped a cross-rink &lsquo;pass right in front of Detroit-goalie Terry Sawchuk and Bal-r four poked it in the net. He had been on the ice 59 seconds.&ldquo;It was a beautiful pass,&rdquo; said Balfour. &ldquo;Right on my stick. I : just pushed the puck in the net.&rdquo; &lsquo;the goal made it 3-1 for Chi-cago.During his long vigil from the &gt; press box, and sidelines, Bal four tried hard not to become discouraged but often felt like a fifth man at a game of bridge.&ldquo;Staying in condition was tough enough without any action. Keeping from getting discouraged was even harder,&rdquo; said the stocky five-foot, 178 pound forward from Regina, Sask.Balfour, a bachelor, skated extra hard in practice and on off-days went to the YMCA in suburban LaGrange where he stays during the hockey season to work out. He played basketball and swam with teammates Ab McDonald and Al MacNeil.&ldquo;It isn&rsquo;t as good a conditioner as playing hockey but it&rsquo;s more fun,&rdquo; says Rockey.In 41 regular season games this year Balfour had scored only 2 goals &mdash; his last one on Dec. 15. It was, incidentally, against Detroit. He had 10 assists. Following his opening game goal Balfour added two assists in the 5-4 second game loss.Balfour and Hay, then rookies, were united with left wing Bobby Hull in December of 1959. The trio scored 50 goals in Chicago&rsquo;s final 50 games and for three seasons the &ldquo;Million Dollar Babies&rdquo; were one of hockey&rsquo;s top lines.Balfour hit for 18 goals that rookie season, 21 in the Stanley Cup year of 1961 and, in only 49 games the next season, a creditable 15 goals despite arm and groin injuries.Although Balfour suited up for 65 games last season his goal output dropped to 10 and Rudy Pilous, then coaching the Black Hawks, broke up the &ldquo;Million Dollar Line&rdquo; several times. As a spare forward this season Balfour was in only 41 regular season NHL games.<h2>Frank Mahovlich &hellip; Toronto Maple Leafs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03625/3141002-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="296" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mahovlich</figcaption></div>Frank Mahovlich has begun to make his presence felt on the ice in the current Stanley Cup playdowns.Manager-coach Punch Imlach has always maintained that if the &lsquo;Big M&rsquo; rolls, so will the Leafs. Mahovlich has shown in two of the Leafs&rsquo; last four playoff games with Montreal Canadiens that he doesn&rsquo;t intend to relax until the Leafs make it into FinnicMahovlich came through with a goal and an assist in the second game of the series &mdash; including the game winner &mdash; to spark the Leafs to a 2-1 victory. When the action started in the fourth game, it was Mahovlich again in the forefront. The giant-sized winger turned centre figured in all five goals as the Leafs dumped the Habs 5-3 scoring twice and assisting on three others.The Habs silenced the big Leaf winger in the fifth game but he has left his mark to the extent he has three goals and four assists for seven points, topped only by Pierre Pilote of the Black Hawks.Selected as player-of-the-week in the Stanley Cup playoffs, Mahovlich will be a vital factor for the Leafs in their efforts to hurdle Montreal and win a spot in the finals.<h2>Stanley Cup Playoff Races At A Glance</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04426/3140995-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="1898" height="1036"></div> &#9632;

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Balfour Showing Life In Playoffs After Riding Bench Most Of Year

SERIES &lsquo;A&rsquo;Game ThreeTUES., MARCH 31 Montreal 3, Toronto 2TORONTO Ont &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01826/3141082-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="311" height="475"><figcaption class="caption-body">Henri Richard</figcaption></div>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&rsquo; clear the puck out of his own end of the rink, allowed Montreal&rsquo;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 the other I Canadiens scorers. Bob Pulford, celebrating his 28th birthday, collected both Toronto goals in a scintillating performance that eventually proved in vain.With Canadiens taking a 2-1 lead in the series, the pressure appeared to be on the Leafs the rest of the way.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower: defense: Brewer. Baun. Horton, Stanley, Hillman: forwards: Keon, Bathgate. McKenney. Mahovlich. Armstrong, Kelly. Pulford, Stewart, Shack, Pappin. Harris.MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Hodge: defence: Laperriere. J. C. Tremblay. Talbot. Harper. Roberts, Watson: forwards: Richard, G. Tremblay. Rousseau. Beliveau. Geoffrion. Ferguson, Berenson. Provost, Balon, Hicke, Backstrom.Reference: Buffey; linesmen: Wicks, Pavelich.<h2>First Period</h2>1&mdash;Toronto: Pulford (Stanley) 3:402&mdash;Montreal: Provost(Richard. Laperriere) 4:21Penalties: Balon 0:42. Bathgate 6:18. Baun 9:14, Richard 11:27, Pulford 19:20.Second Period&bull; Toronto: Pulford&bull;Shack. Stewart) 16:55Penalties: Backstrom. Brewer. 3:23, Baun 6:09, Shack, Harper 12:57, Baun 17:29.&bull; Montreal: J. C. Tremblay&bull; Hicke. Backstroml 17:25&bull; Montreal: Richard 19:35Penalties: Balon (minor and misconduct* 0:43. Talbot 7:35.Saves:HODGE 12 8 8&mdash;28BOWER 7 10 9&mdash;26Game FourTHURS. APRIL 2 Toronto 5, Montreal 3TORONTO. Ont.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02741/3141075-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="300" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Kelly</figcaption></div>The Toronto Maple Leafs bounced back to tie up their semi-final playoff series with the Canadiens and they did it by capitalizing on Montreal penal-tipsScoring four of their five goals while the Canadiens had men in the penalty box, the Leafs triumphed 5-3 to deadlock the best-of-seven series at 2-2 and send the teams back to Montreal for the fifth game.Led by big Frank Mahovlich, who figured in all five goals, the Leafs broke loose for three second-period goals to topple the Habs in a penalty-filled game that produced 30 penalties, one short of the record set by these same two teams March 26 in the first game of the series.Mahovlich scored twice with Red Kelly, Andy Bathgate and George Armstrong adding singles, Kelly also had two assists. Jean Claude Tremblay, Jean Beliveau and Jacques Laperriere fired the Canadiens&rsquo; goals &mdash; all on long shots.MONTREAL &mdash; Goal: Hodge: defense: Tremblay, Talbot, Laperriere, Harper. Watson; forwards: Beliveau. Geoffrion, Ferguson. Richard. Balon. Provost. Backstrom. Rousseau. Hicke. Berenson.TORONTO: Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley. Baun, Brewer, Hillman: forwards: Mahovlich, Armstrong. Kelly. Keon. Bathgate, McKenney, Pulford, Stewart. Shack. Harris, Pappin.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Pavelich. Wicks.First Period&bull; Toronto: Bathgate&bull; Mahovlich. Kelly). 2:59&bull; Montreal: J. C. Tremblay. 9:42&bull; Toronto: Armstrong(Mahovlich. McKenney) 16:34 Penalties: Horton, Richard 1:15, Harper 2:27. Stewart (major and minori Shack (major) Richard (major! Balon (majori Provost. Pulford 3:47. Baun 6:33, Berenson 8:41, Beliveau (minor and misconduct) 16:12, Brewer 19:09.Second Period&bull; Toronto: Kelly(Armstrong. Mahovlich).. 8:42&bull; Toronto: Mahovlich&bull; Kelly) 10:08&bull; Montreal: Beliveau(J. C. Tremblayi 19:15&bull; Toronto: Mahovlich&bull; McKenney. Bathgate). 19:40 Penalties: Baun. Bathgate, Balon5:40. Geoffrion 7:20, Brewer 10:59. Hicke 11:18. Baun 14:04. Provost j (minor and misconduct) 19:34.Third Period&bull; Montreal: Laperriere 0:26Penalties: Baun 4:03. Horton 17:20,Ferguson (major and minor! Stewart (major and misconduct) 19:55.Saves:HODGE 10 12 12&mdash;34BOWER 11 8 12&mdash;31<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04492/3141068-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="1842" height="1563"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leafs Goalie JOHNNY BOWER Lunges For Puck In Playoff Action</figcaption></div>Game Five SAT. APRIL 4 Montreal 4, Toronto 2MONTREAT, Due &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03597/3141061-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="303" height="486"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bobby Rousseau</figcaption></div>Scoring three times in the second period, the Montreal Canadiens again forged to the front in their semi-final playoff series with the Toronto Leafs as they won 4-2 in the fifth game to take a 3-2 lead.As the teams headed back to Toronto for the sixth game &mdash; and what could be the last for the Leafs unless they pull out a win &mdash; the Canadiens emerged full value for their fifth game victory. They outskated and outhustled the Leafs, who failed to show the desire they displayed in the two games played in Toronto.Dave Balon, Bobby Rousseau, rookie Claude Larose and Claude Provost were the Montreal goalgetters. It was the first Stanley Cup playoff goal for both Rousseau and Larose, a muscular, right wing called up from Omaha of the CPHL to replace injured Jean Beliveau. Provost&rsquo;s goal was scored in the final minute with the Toronto net emptied of Johnny Bower for an extra attacker.The game was devoid of the rowdiness that marked the first and fourth games when the two teams racked up a record 31 and 30 penalties respectively. Referee Vern Buffey only called 15 in this one.First Period&bull; Toronto: McKenney _&bull; Bathgate. Horton) 5:37Penalties: Pulford, Tremblay 0:47,Stanley 2:20, Laperriere 6:37, Balon 8:48. Mahovlich. Backstrom 9:08, Horton 13:06, Ferguson 17:37.Second Period&bull; Montreal: Balon 3:25&bull; Montreal: LaroseiRousseau i 12:03&bull; Toronto: McKenney &lsquo;&bull; Horton, Armstrong) 17:20&bull; Montreal: Rousseau _&bull; Roberts). 19:35Penalties: Ferguson 4:24, Baun 6:41. Balon 18:43.Third Period&bull; Montreal: Provost 19:30Penalties: Kelly 9:39, Roberts &bull;minorand misconduct) 11:35.SERIES &lsquo;B&rsquo; Game ThreeTUES., MARCH 31 Detroit 3, Chicago 0DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05381/3141054-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="300" height="466"><figcaption class="caption-body">Terry Sawchuk</figcaption></div>The spell of Terry Sawchuk over the Chicago Black Hawks&rsquo; this season was extended to another &lsquo;game when the veteran &lsquo;netmintister stepped out of hospital and blanked the Hawks 3-0 as Detroit Red Wings grabbed the third game of their best-of seven semi-final series.Sawchuk bedded down with a pinched nerve in his shoulder was allowed to-leave a Detroit hospital for the game. He later returned for further treatment in order to be ready for the fourth game of the series, which the Wings led 2-1.The Hawks tormented by the fact they haven&rsquo;t been able to beat Sawchuk since March 1962 on Olympia ice, fell flat again before the 38-year-old goalkeeper, who has now extended his streak over the Hawks to 13 wins and a tie in 14 Detroit starts.DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk: de. fense: Langlois, Gadsby, M. Prono-vost, Barkley, Miszuk; forwards: Delvecchio. Howe, MacDonald, Ullman. Jeffrey. Smith, Joyal, A. Pronovost, b MacGregor, Faulkner, Henderson, &lsquo;Martin, Spencer.CHICAGO &mdash; Goal: Hall; defense: Pilote, Vasko, MacNeil, Hillman, &lsquo;Erickson; forwards: Mikita. Wharram, McDonald, Hay. Hull, Balfour. Murphy. Maki, McKenzie, Nesterenko, &lsquo;Fleming. Esposito.Referee: Udvari; linesmen: Armstrong. Hayes.First Period1&mdash;Detroit: MacGregor&bull; Martin. Howei 5:10Penalties: MacNeil 1:54, Mikita 4:23, 7:07. Martin 6:42, Ullman 8:07. Gadsby &lsquo;8:39. M. Pronovost 12:25. Hull 14:56, MacDonald, Fleming 16:20, A. Pronovost 18:44.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: A. Pronovost 7:06. McKenzie 10:49. Smith 12:34, Mikita,14:44 MacNeil 17:50.Third Period2--Detroit: Henderson iM. Pronovost. Ullman).. 4:513&mdash;Detroit: DelvecchioHowe. Gadsby) 17:43Penalties: A. Pronovost 7:24. 16:15, Vasko 18:37.Saves: r HALL 10 7 9&mdash;26SAWCHUK 13 9 4&mdash;26THURS. APRIL 2 Chicago 3, Detroit 2DETROIT. Mid<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-6/3141047-1-eng-US/f0009-62.jpg" title="f0009-6" width="259" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Murray Balfour</figcaption></div>Murray Balfour a virtual bench warmer this season after being part of Chica-go&rsquo;s &lsquo;Million Dollar&rsquo; line for two years, emerged as the hero of the fourth game ox the semi-final playoff series between the Hawks and Detroit.Balfour &mdash; collecting his second goal of the series &mdash; shot the game winner after eight &lsquo;minutes and 21 seconds of sudden-death overtime to allow the Hawks to tie their best-of-seven series at 2-2 and send the teams back to Chicago for game five.Parker MacDonald and Gordie Howe had scored for the Wings and Ab McDonald and Pierre Pilote for Chicago.Standby netminder Roger Crozier had to rush into the breach for the Wings when ailing Terry Sawchuk was forced to give up after two minutes of play in the second period. Sawchuk, hospitalized with a pinched nerve in his shoulder that forced him out of the second game, was again bothered by the injury and had to leave the ice with the likelihood he would also miss the fifth game in Chicago.First Period&bull; Detroit: P. MacDonald(Ullman. Delvecchio* 7:15&bull; Chicago; A. McDonald&bull; Wharram. Mikita). 8:04Penalties: Barkley 1:35. M. Pronovost 3:31, Wharram 3:31, Vasko 5:56, Pilote 8:34. MacNeil (double minor) A. Pronovost (double minor) 10:47, A. Pronovost 15:06, Maki 18:57.Second Period&bull; Detroit: Howe(Ullman, MacDonald) 1:19Penalties: Fleming (misconduct) 1:19. Wharram 5:48. Smith 5:48, Barkley 11:22. Hillman 13:00, Joyal 13:00, Mikita 19:58.Third Period&bull; Chicago: Pilote 9:24 Penalty: MacNeil 5:01.Overtime Period&bull; Chicago: Balfour&bull; Mikita. Hull) 8:21Penalty: Gadsby 6:17.Saves:HALL 11 10 13 5&mdash;39SAWCHUK 11I CROZIER 8 4 7&mdash;36Game Five SUN. APRIL 5 Chicago 3, Detroit 2GUTGAGG III &ndash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-07285/3141040-1-eng-US/f0009-072.jpg" title="f0009-07" width="279" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Stan Mikita</figcaption></div>Chicago Black Hawks pulled ahead of the Detroit Red Wings again in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup semifinal series by winning 3-2 in a fifth game that was high-lighted by a disputed goal.Star centre Stan Mikita fired a late third-period goal to provide the Hawks with their margin of victory. Bobby Hull and Ken Wharram were the other goal scorers for Chicago. Gordie Howe and Andre Pronovost, each with their third playoff goals, were the snipers for the Red Wings.The victory gave the Hawks a 3-2 edge in games and sent the teams back to Detroit for the sixth and what could possibly be the final game of the series.Rookie netminder Roger Crozier was in the Detroit nets again in place of the injured Terry Sawchuk and was the victim of the disputed goal which came in the third period and was credited to Wharram.The Wings were on top 2-1 when the Hawks stormed the Detroit net. Crozier stopped the puck and Referee Frank Udvari blew the whistle. When the smoke had cleared the puck was in the Detroit net. Udvari said it went in before he whistled the play down. Crozier claimed it was scored after the whistle, thus setting off the controversy that followed with the Red Wings loud in protest.First Period&bull; Chicago, Hull&bull; Mikita, Pilote) 2:52Penalties &mdash; Jeffrey 1:45, Murphy 3:27. Barkley 12:03. 15:06 and major 18:11, Langlois 14:50. Maki 15:06. major and minor 18:11, Miszuk 19:29.Second Period&bull; Detroit, Howe&bull; Smith. Ullman) 5:48Penalties &mdash; Fleming 4:54, Barkley 8:21. Balfour 11:01, Henderson 14:11, Gadsby 15:45.Third Period&bull; Detroit, A. Pronovost(Joyal, MacGregor) 5:12&bull; Chicago, Wharram(MacDonald) 5:29&bull; Chicago. Mikita&bull; Hillman) 16: &#9632;

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Stanley Cup Playoff Story Summarized Game By Game…

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01839/3141113-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="511" height="773"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOE SZURA&hellip; Playoff Hero</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND, Ohio &mdash;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&rsquo;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&rsquo; opener, in a rink in which they had not won a game all season, the Barons profited by Szura&rsquo;s three-goal &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; to whip the Amerks by a 6-3 score.On their own ice for the second game, they again got a &ldquo;hat trick&rdquo; performance from Szura as they defeated Rochester by a 4-1 count.The two &ldquo;hat tricks&rdquo; by the Fort William, Ontario, native were the first he ever registered as a professional. Szura also picked up two assists, giving him eight points for the two games against Rochester.Szura&rsquo;s was by no means the only fine performance turned in by a Baron player. Everyone on the roster played well against Rochester, as the Barons outshot the Amerks decisively and checked the energetic Rochester forwards closely whenever they pressed the attack.Much credit goes to pint-sized goalie Jean-Guy Morissette. who subbed brilliantly for the injured Les Binkley, and to veteran defenseman Larry Zeidel, who added experience and poise to the Baron blue-line contingent.Zeidel&rsquo;s presence in the Cleveland lineup added considerable lustre to the semi-final series against the Hershey Bears. For eight years, Zeidel was a thorn in the side of the Barons as he toiled for Hershey. Zeidel, in fact, was one of the Hershey stalwarts who helped dump the Barons from the 1962-63 title picture.The Barons were remembering last season as they faced the Bears for the right to advance into the Calder Cup finals.Cleveland held a 2-1 advantage in victories in the 1962-63playoffs when a long series of crippling injuries caught up to them and Hershey stormed back to take the last two games and skate into the finals against Buffalo.Injuries to Binkley, defenseman Tommy Williams and Wayne Larkin this season again threatened the Barons&rsquo; chances, but the threat has been somewhat alleviated through the fine jobs being turned in by Morissette and Zeidel.Another Baron coming in for special praise is Ray Brunel, who stepped into Larkin&rsquo;s position at left wing on the second line and came up with his best hockey of the season. Always a scoring threat, Brunel also turned in a fine defensive job against Rochester, stealing the puck several times from Amerk attackers and setting up important scoring plays that usually saw Szura on the scoring end.The Cleveland club, surprisingly strong through mid-season, suffered a let-down late in the campaign and sputtered hot and cold through the final quarter of the regular schedule.A &ldquo;bounce back&rdquo; club throughout the season, the Barons appeared to have recovered their poise in their series, against Rochester. &#9632;

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Cleveland Ready For Hershey Bears After Puttinn Amerks On Sidelines

NEW YORK, N.Y.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-05343/3141158-1-eng-US/f0010-052.jpg" title="f0010-05" width="294" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Glover</figcaption></div>A team that has not won the title for the past four years will be the Calder Cup champion this season. Neither Springfield, which won three straight Calder cup Calder Cup Championships from 1959 to 1962, nor Buffalo, which won last year, are in the playoffs this season.Based on regular season play, the Quebec Aces must be accorded an edge for the Calder Cup playoffs.In 20 of 27 previous American Hockey League seasons, teams that finished first in the standings went on to win the playoffs. This would establish the Quebec Aces as slight favorites to go all the way in their first year in the Calder Cup series.The league record for overtime games in a playoff series is eight, with the longest over, time game coming in 1937-38, when Syracuse defeated Cleveland by a 3-2 score in a game that required 122:42 minutes. The Barons came close to that in 1961-62, when they needed 110:16 minutes to turn back Springfield. 4-3.As far as individual players are concerned, Cleveland&rsquo;s Fred Glover has participated in more series than any other player, this being his 15th series in his 16 years in the league. Bob Solinger has played in the most games, 97: Glover has scored the most goals, 44: Willie Marshall of Providence the most assists, 56. and the most points. 93; and Glover has served the most penalty minutes, 245.John McKenzie of Buffalo tallied 20 points last year to tie the playoff mark previously set by Zellio Toppazzini of Providence in 1955-56. Fred Thurier of Buffalo in 1943-44 and Ray Hannigan of Pittsburgh in 195051 each scored six points in one game for the playoff record.The top goal-scorer for a single playoff series was Wally Hergesheimer of Cleveland in 1950-51. Hergesheimer tallied 11 goals, five of which were game winners, during his rookie season with the Barons.Four players, Johnny Sorrell, Camille Henry, Gerry Ehman and Bill McCreary, each scored four goals in one game for the league mark. Sorrell&rsquo;s all coming in one period when he played for Indianapolis in 1943-44.Billy McComb of Providence scored the fastest goal in playoff history, tallying a marker in six seconds in 1945-46.Rudy Migay&rsquo;s record of scoring 15 assists in a single series in 1950-51 was equalled last season by Buffalo&rsquo;s Art Stratton.<h2>Playoff Races</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-08146/3141151-1-eng-US/f0010-082.jpg" title="f0010-08" width="632" height="1671"></div><h2>American League Playoff Summaries</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07192/3141144-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="1861" height="2268"></div> &#9632;

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Records Show Aces Should Win Playoff Honors

<div class="byline">BY GEORGE TAYLOR</div>BALTIMORE, Md.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04520/3141227-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="304" height="457"><figcaption class="caption-body">Aldo Guido tin</figcaption></div>Ordinarily, a hockey general manager who has just seen his team miss making the playoffs, is in a mood for wholesale changes.But, such is not the case with Terry Reardon of the sunken Baltimore Clippers.Reardon showed his faith in the club, beaten out of the playoffs by a single game, when he said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to have this same squad to start next season.&rdquo;It was a frustrating, rather than a disappointing, season for the Clippers. Despite a glaring lack of scoring punch, the team repeatedly bounced back within the brink of landing a playoff berth. The team&rsquo;s last three deciding games all resulted in one goal setbacks. A victory in any one of them would have supplied enough points to edge Providence for the final qualifying spot.This prompted Reardon to add:&ldquo;Evidently, we must have worn out all our good luck charms last year. Nothing seemed to break in our direction this time. It amazed me that with so many frustrations, Aldo (Clipper player-coach Aldo Guidolin) was able to keep the team in contention as long as he did. A lot of coaches might have thrown in the towel long ago under such adverse conditions.&rdquo;However. Reardon and Guidolin weren&rsquo;t the only faithfuls with the leaking Clipper ship. The fans stuck to the bitter end, producing almost 30.000 customers above last year&rsquo;s figures, which led the 1962-63 gate receipts for the league.Reardon&rsquo;s desire to have the same club back centers around his belief that too many late season additions to the team did not have sufficient time to adjust themselves. Arnie Brown. Billy Collins, Dick Meissner. Red Bownass and Larry Cahan all joined the team in the last month of the season. Reardon is confident that the same combination of players, with a chance to work together from the start, would be hard to hold next year.CLIPPER CLIPS &mdash; Player-Coach Aldo Guidolin underwent an operation for removal of a tumor on his shoulder immediately following the last game of the season &hellip; He had been hampered by the ailment for three months &hellip; Goalie Gilles Villemure was voted the team&rsquo;s most valuable player&hellip; A poor home record (19-15-2), plus a disastrous series with Rochester (defeats in 9 games&rsquo; hurt Baltimore&rsquo;s chances &hellip; Ken Schinkel closed as the team&rsquo;s leading scorer with 23 goals and 32 assists for 55 points. &#9632;

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Clipper GM Terry Reardon Says He’d Like Same Club To Start Out Next Season

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03629/3141258-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="276" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Joe Crozier</figcaption></div>ROCHESTER. N. Y.A movie producer probably would have made only one change in the script for the Rochester Americans&rsquo; final game of the regular season.How could he improve on:1&mdash;The Amerks whipping Cleveland. 4-2. in a head-to-head battle for second place in the American Hockey League&rsquo;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&mdash;Rochester s largest hockey crowd ever &mdash;7,883 &mdash; 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 to win the AHL&rsquo;s individual scoring championship. Gerry finished with 85 points to best linemate Bronco Horvath by a single point in the tense race that saw&rsquo; six players bunched within three points.4.Horvath picking up two assists to first tie then beat Rudy Migay&rsquo;s Amerk assist record for a single season. Horvath closed with 58.Actually a Hollywood producer wouldn&rsquo;t have done a thing to change the Rochester game itself. But he would have had Pittsburgh lose in Springfield that very same night. Because had the Hornets dropped that game, Rochester would have captured the Western Division crown.Amerk coach Joe Crozier, who deserves a great deal of the credit for his club&rsquo;s late season drive which resulted in seven victories in the last eight games, an 11-2-1 record for the last 14 and a 15-4-2 mark for the final 21.This marks the sixth appearance of the Americans in the playoffs. They went all the way to the finals before bowing to Cleveland in 1957, Rochester&rsquo;s first season in the league. The Amerks were first round losers in 1959, went to the finals against Springfield in 3966, then w&rsquo;ere eliminated without winning a game in both 1962 and 3963.But a powerful offense (second most goals in the league this season), a healthy team (Crozier had nobody out with an injury for only seven games prior to the closing weekend) and Gerry Cheevers&rsquo; emergence as an outstanding goaltender (he gave up only 24 goals for the last 14 games &mdash; 10 of them in two games and a meagre 14 in the other 12) made the Americans the No. 1 pick before they ran out of steam against Cleveland in the playoffs.<h2>Balmer Hits Herd With $1,000 Fine, Suspends Melnyk</h2>BUFFALO. N.Y.Buffalo Bisons were fined. $1,000 by the American Hockey League on a charge of violating the AHL&rsquo;s affiliation agreement with the National Hockey League.AHL President Jim Balmer, also announced suspension of Gerald Melnyk. Buffalo center, for an indefinite period.The fine and suspension resulted from Buffalo&rsquo;s loan of Melnyk to St. Louis of the Central Professional Hockey League during the 28-day period prior to the AHL season s end.During this period AHL players may be sent only to the NHL under emergency conditions, Balmer said. &#9632;

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Amerks Season Finish Like ‘Hollywood’ Plot

<div class="byline">BY PAUL LIPPMAN</div>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01812/3141317-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="319" height="491"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Paille</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02703/3141310-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="1164" height="876"><figcaption class="caption-body">AL MILLAR &hellip; Sad Ending To Big Season</figcaption></div>The Western Hockey League sat back and rubbed its palms in anticipation of a &lsquo;rich championship series with an all-California fina made to order for the WHL.Los Angeles Blades and San Francisco Seal&rsquo; &mdash; the big rink cities &mdash; battled their way ink the best-of-seven WHL final for the title in rather surprising ending to the semi-final round in which the two &lsquo;favorites&rsquo;, Denver and Port land, bit the dust.The Blades polished off the runaway Denvei Invaders in six games while the Seals were all the more convincing by ousting Portland Buck arose in five games.The California teams opened the finals in Los Angeles April 8.The defeat of Rudy Pilous&rsquo; Invaders, winners of the regular season Governor&rsquo;s Cup in a breeze, was the big surprise. The WHL champs had to play through the final three games of the series with the Blades without top netminder Al Millar, who suffered a broken bone in his hand in the third game, and had to be replaced by Marcel Paille of Vancouver Canucks, the WHL&rsquo;s playoff standby netminder.Paille was the victim of an aroused Los Angeles team led by Leo LaBine and Stan Maxwell.Millar&rsquo;s injury was a crippling blow to the Invaders, who had I been installed as heavy favorites to win the playoff title. The cool I Denver goalkeeper was recently named winner of the WHL&rsquo;s three-star selection contest.The three stars of each game during the 1963-64 season were chosen by a hockey expert in each city, named by management, | and votes were awarded on a 5-3-1 point basis.Millar polled 76 votes in the 70 games he played for the Invaders this season, which included eleven selections as the first star of the game.The leading scorer in the League. Guyle Fielder, who notched 102 points for the Seattle Totems in the 66 games he played, was a close second in the race as he received 70 voting points, which included ten selections as the first star of the game.Two other goalkeepers, Paille and Dave Kelly, of Portland, finished the season tied for third place in the contest. Each player received 68 voting points.For the first place finish Millar will receive a check for $100 from the league and. Fielder, in second place, will receive $50.In winning the three star contest Millar was selected as one of the three stars in 18 games. Nine of the eighteen selections came in performances on the road.Most Valuable Player had not yet been announced at this writing.Nick Mickoski finished the regular season as player-coach for San Francisco with a very creditable 8-4-1 record. Major factor in Nick&rsquo;s success was inspiration. The Seals went out and gave him a good effort and landed in the finals.Gerry Brisson, Len Haley, Ed Panagabko and Charlie Burns were the kingpins for San Francisco in the semi-final playoff series with Portland Brisson and Haley getting the goals, Panagabko making the key assists and Burns doing the checking. For all of his hockey, incidentally, Burns is competing in his very first playoffs.<h2>Playoff Summaries</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11128/3141303-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="629" height="1361"></div><h2>WHL Playoff Summaries</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10139/3141296-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="1891" height="2163"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02723/3141289-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1229" height="1684"></div> &#9632;

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Los Angeles, San Francisco Meet For Title

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05489/3141355-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="508" height="734"><figcaption class="caption-body">PAT KELLY&hellip; First Team Berth</figcaption></div>NEW YORK. N.Y.Greensboro placed two men on the Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s first All-Star team in Don Davidson at center and Pat Kelly at defense.Other members of the first squad were Marv Edwards, Nashville, at goal; Dave Lucas, Johnstown, defense; Reggie Grigg, Knoxville, right wing, and Buzz Deschamps, Long Island, left wing. John McLellan, Nashville, was voted coach of the year and Joe Daley, Johnstown, rookie of the year.The second team included four Clinton players &mdash; Norm DeFelice at goal, Lennie Speck at defense, John Ayotte at left wing and Benny Woit tied for a defense slot with Fred Creighton, New Haven and Lloyd Hinchberger, of Nashville. Others picked were Gene Achtymichuk, Knoxville, at center and Butch Martin was runner-up for Stankiewicz, Long Island, coholders of the right wing slot. Martin was runnerup for coaching laurels and Gerry Rafter, Long Island second in the rookie race.<h2>Playoff Race</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01795/3141348-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="631" height="1516"></div> &#9632;

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Generals Place Two All-Stars On First Team

OMAHA, Neb. &mdash;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&rsquo;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 Hood assessed a total of 52 minutes in penalties. St. Paul defenceman Tracy Pratt was the main culprit, picking up 26 minutes.St. Paul reached the CPHL final by oaisting St. Louis Braves in six games while Omaha dusted off Minneapolis Braves in a five-game set.Meanwhile, if the National Hockey League is seeking added scoring punch for next season, a close look at the performances of certain individuals who performed in the Central League this season, would certainly not be a waste of time.Next fall when the Chicago Black Hawks send out their camp invitations, a right-hand shotmaker who answers to the name of &lsquo;&rsquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; Caron will reply. When he displays his credentials, duly authorized by his coach Gus Kyle, a few eyebrows will be lifted: &ldquo;77 Goals in 71 Games". He will also carry papers.testifying that he was the scoring champion of the CPHL and how much more can be asked? &hellip; Could be the only group of individuals who would not vote in his favor are the St. Louis Braves hockey fans &hellip; They like &ldquo;Boom Boom&rdquo; and want him to return.Caron had a teammate fresh out of the Canadian junior ranks, named Ray Cullen. He completed his first season in the play-for-pay ranks, firing 46 goals and setting up 52 others having a hand in nearly one-third of his club&rsquo;s total output. Injuries had him on the sidelines for the season&rsquo;s windup: but the records mark him as major league potential.Boston Bruins finished last in the National Hockey League giving ample evidence that they need strengthenening and Jean-not Gilbert has earned a right to try for one of the center positions. Over the 72-game schedule, he flashed the light 50 times and helped teammates put the puck into the net on the same number of occasions.Then Gerry Ouellette, who also brightened the coaching nights-for Harry Sinden at Minneapolis, fully deserves a chance for the big time with 32 goals and 47 assists for 79 points. Gilbert and Ouellette sewed up second and seventh spots in the scoring parade.League champions Omaha Knights had Bob Courcy, a veteran forw&rsquo;ard at the age of 28, their individual point-getting winner. Thirty-six goals and 46 assists gave him fourth spot behind Caron, Gilbert and Cullen in the league race.But a rookie named Gary Peters blossomed into a steady performer and extended Courcy before bowing out by a single point turning in figures of 32-49 for 81 points and Montreal Canadiens will be waiting for them when they start looking for &ldquo;new blood&rdquo; next fall.Goalie, Ernie Wakely, had the puck-fending position under control all season but he readily will admit help along the way from defenseman Barclay Plager. Besides ending up as the most penalized player in the circuit, Plager found time to wander down the ice often enough to score 14 goals and help his mates score 61 goals.The top ten men in the Central Professional Hockey League reflect the class of the circuit and over a rugged 72-game schedule deserve their honors and the fans will echo the same sentiments.<h2>Playoff Races</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02683/3141417-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="112" height="249"></div> &#9632;</div>

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Knights Show Power With 11-Goal Playoff Flurry

GREEN BAY, WisPocket-sized Billy Reichart of Rochester, perennial kingpin, has been dethroned as the United States Hockey League&rsquo;s scoring champion &mdash; by the slenderest of margins.The Green Bay Bobcats&rsquo; burly Gene Rebellato, recent Michigan Tech stalwart, shaded Reichart for 1963-64 honors by 1-100th of a point per game, according to final USHL statistics released today.Rebellato, w&rsquo;ho missed the Bobcats&rsquo; last five games because of a broken jaw suffered in the Bobcats&rsquo; 7-4 victory over Wate. loo Feb. 22, emerged with 35 points in 18 games on a collection of 9 goals and 26 assists&mdash; and an average of 1.94 per game. Waterloo captured USHL &lsquo;team honors over Green Bay.The 5-7, 145-pound Reichart, USHL champion the last three years, who appeared in exactly half of the Mustangs&rsquo; 30 games and thus satisfied the league&rsquo;s minimum requirements for consideration in the scoring derby, finished with 29 points in his 15 appearances and a 1.93 average.Reichart, who rejoined Rochester in mid-Fegruary after performing for the United States Olympic team, collected 12 goals and 17 assists.Although he finished fourth on an average basis, with 1.63. Rochester&rsquo;s Ken Johannson was I the USHL&rsquo;s leading point pro-ducer with 49 in 30 games, his output including 25 goals (top; total in the league) and 24assists.Another Mustang, recent GI Dave Frank, ranked third in average with 1.65. The fleet forward, who joined Rochester in December after finishing an Army stint in Germany, rammed home 20 goals and added 18 assists for 38 points.Although Waterloo&rsquo;s Jim Coyle was voted the USHL&rsquo;s most valuable goalie for a brilliant overall performance, South St. Paul&rsquo;s Gaston (Gus) Rheaume emerged with statistical honors &mdash; the best shotsscored-against percentage, 11.8, and the lowest goals-allowed average, 4.00. Coyle who appeared in 30 games compares to Rheaume&rsquo;s 10, was runnerup in both categories with 4.20 and 13.2 marks.Green Bay&rsquo;s hardnosed Gerard (Gerry) Frenette appropriated &ldquo;bad man&rdquo; laurels for the second straight year.<h2>How They Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05283/3141448-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="610" height="1444"></div> &#9632;

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Rebellato Grabs Point Scoring Title As Waterloo Carries Off Team Honors

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02688/3141531-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="277" height="455"><figcaption class="caption-body">Len Thomson</figcaption></div>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&rsquo;s Blades finished three points ahead of last year&rsquo;s Fort Wayne champions for their regular season&rsquo;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 high praise for playing coach Moe Benoit, who he said, played well and did a great job in handling the team He also praised his rookies, Don Westbrook, Larry Mavety and Don Currie, the goal tending of All-Star Glenn Ramsay, and the play of Chick Chalmers, who came back from an operation for cancer.Wilson was cheered by the big increase in attendance ovei two years ago. &lsquo;We drew 37.70 more than two years ago.&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We averaged 5.000 for out last four home games.&rdquo;FORT WAYNE: With firs place already decided the Komets and Blades staged a sizzling 3-3 overtime tie before : sellout crowd of 8.013. third of the season. Attendance total reached 163.614 for the 35 horn, games &hellip; Len Thomson finish ed with 108 for the league scoring championship &hellip; Goalie Chuck Adamson pulled a ham string muscle in the final regular season game, making hi playoff condition doubtful.. Defenseman Cal Purinton missed the last two games with : hand injury &hellip; Bobbie Rivard won a contest for &ldquo;most popular player.&rdquo;PORT HURON: Lloyd Max field had the hat trick agains Toledo for his 49th goal, to give him the league goal-scoring titl &hellip; Bill Sinnett had his firs hat trick of the season agains Windsor &hellip; The Flags use Wilf Keating in goal two game to replace Norm Jacques, out with a strained arm muscle. The Flags trailed Toledo, they first playoff opponent, only 6-5-1 over the season.WINDSOR: The Bulldogs ha only one point over Des Moines and two over Muskegon for fourth place &hellip; A 5-2 win over Port Huron clinched it.. Irwin Grosse cracked the league&rsquo; Top Ten with his 80th point.. Tommy Walker had the hat trick against Fort Wayne &hellip; The Bulldogs held a 6-5 season edge over Fort Wayne, first round opponents &hellip; Jim Helkie re placed Wayne Rutledge in goa for two games in Des Moines.DES MOINES: A sellout crowd of 4.114 brought season attendance to 95,084 &hellip; John Bailey had a one-game suspension and $25 fine for hitting Jim Sanko with his stick.. The Oak Leafs set a new league penalty mark when they hit total of 1,198 minutes in 61 games &hellip; Pat Ginnell had for goals in the final game.. Without overtimes, the Lea would have finished fourth.MUSKEGON: The Zephyr finished the season with a 10 10 tie against Chatham, the 21 goals approaching the league record of 24 &hellip; George Aitken and Don McGregor had hat tricks for Chatham &hellip; The Zephyrs missed the playoffs fo the first time in four years..Ken Campbell got his fourth hat trick to lead the league.<h2>How IHL Playoff Races Stand</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03566/3141524-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="263" height="141"></div><h2>Point Races</h2><div class="container"><div class="figure-block image-float"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04440/3141517-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="110" height="149"></div> &#9632;</div>

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Toledo Climaxes Hockey Comeback With Title Win, 37,700 More Fans

ORONTO. Ont. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02524/3141600-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="289" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yvan Cournoyer</figcaption></div>The pennant-winning Toronto Marlboros found out that a team can&rsquo;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 OntarioJunior 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&rsquo;s goal with 25 seconds remaining in the game and the Toronto net empty gave the Marlboros their tie as 10.000 fans looked on in Maple Leaf Gardens. The Canadiens had overcome a 4-3 edge by. The Dukes when Jacques Lemaire scored two goals in the final period to push the Montrealers into what appeared to be a safe 5-4 lead. But the Habs hadn&rsquo;t figured on a fellow named Stemkowski.The Canadiens had entered the finals by virtue of a thrilling 6-4 win over St. Catharines 24 hours earlier in Montreal. The win gave the Canucks the best-of seven series 4-2 with one game tied. Trailing the Junior Hawks 4-1 at one time in the game, the Canadiens led by strrry Yvan Cournoyer&rsquo;s three-goal hat trick, stormed back to score five times without a reply to subdue the Hawks.Cournoyer scored the game deciding goal in the third period while lieing flat on his back.Dates for the next three games in the best-of-seven final between the Marlies and the Canadiens were April 8 in Montreal; April 10 in Toronto; April 12 in Montreal. Dates for the remaining games have not been set as yet.<h2>Big Playoff Pool For EHL Players</h2>GREENSBORO, N.C.The player pool in the Eastern Hockey League comes from the first three games in each best-of-five series and from the first four games of the final round bestof-seven set between Greensboroand Clinton.The players collect 50 percent of the gate of the games noted. Losers in the first round (Long Island, Charlotte, New Haven, and Nashville) will get 5 percent of the players pool. Losers in the second round (Johnstown and Knoxville) will get 12 percent each. Then Clinton and Greensboro are battling for 29 percent for the champion and 24 percent for the runnerup.Johnstown gets an extra two percent for compiling the most points and Greensboro one percent for second high points to account for the 100 percent of the players pool. &#9632;

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April 11, 1964

Windsor Leafs Bowl Over Ice Rivals

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