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April 18, 1964
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‘Cinderella’ Barons Gain Playoff Finals Against Aces By Ousting Hershey Bears
CLEVELAND, O. — The Cleveland Barons — a team that was good enough to finish only third in the American Hockey League this season — I has become the ‘Cinderella’ team of the Calder Cup playoffs. The Barons completed their second straight playoff sweep when they defeated the Hershey Bears in three games to reach the cup finals against the Quebec Aces. Previously, the Barons had swept the Rochester Americans onto the sidelines in straight games in their best-of-three quarter-finals. Then they toppled Hershey in a similar fashion in a best-of-five semi-final series to extend their Calder Cup playoff streak to five games without a Ioss. The Aces, first-place finishers in the Eastern Division, made the finals for the first time by eliminating Pittsburgh Hornets 4-1 in games in their best-of-seven semi-finals. The Barons…
Wing Conch Gets Value For Money
DETROIT, Mich.— The Detroit Red Wings’ advance into the Stanley Cup final playoffs against Toronto Leafs more than soothed Sid Abel’s feelings after he had been slapped with a $500 fine — the first of his National Hockey League career— for statements which “vigorously impugned the integrity’’ of Referee Frank Udvari. The Wings knocked off the Chicago Black Haîwks in a seven-game series and Abel admits he didn’t have to worry about giving his players any pep talk. “I simply read the telegram to the players before they took the ice,” Abel said. “I told them, ‘that’s all I have to say.’ “ The “pep talk” had the desired result as Wings clipped Hawks. 7-2. Two nights later they did it again 4-2 and the Hawks were out of the semi-final playoffs for the…
Playoff Ouster Stuns Amerks New Faces For Next Season
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Joe Szura, a natural let-down and the pressure of the tight race. That about explains the Rochester Americans’ sudden and shocking elmination from the American Hockey League playoffs. The Amerks, sizzling finishers in the regular season, exited in two straight games to the Cleveland Barons—suffering a 6-3 whipping here and then bowing out 4-1 in Cleveland. Joe Szura, lanky Baron centerman who finished his fifth season in pro hockey with a not-too-impressive 23 goals in 72 games, was the magician who caused the Amerks to vanish so quickly. Big Joe, with nary a three-goal single game performance in his personal record, hardly endeared himself to red-hot Amerk goalie Gerry Cheevers. All Szura did was to score the three-goal hat trick and assist on two other tallies in the 6-3 victory, then…
Habs Went Out Fighting As ‘Little Men’ Made Big Try
MONTREAL, Que. The Canadiens will be watching the Stanley Cup finals from in front of their T.V. sets again this year, but, they’ll be doing it with a clear conscience. Though they failed to get past the semifinal round of a playoff for the fourth year in a row, they gave it a terrific try. And. while the ultimate result was the same as in other years — elimination — their spirit was something to be proud of. It enabled them to skate off the Forum ice with dignity after losing to the Leafs, and it proved something that the hard-crusted men of professional sports don’t like to admit, namely, it IS how you play the game, and not only the results that are important. The Canadiens could’ve thrown in the sponge at the…
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