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April 25, 1964

The Hockey News April 25, 1964

<div class="byline">&#x2014; BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich &mdash;Two opposite philosophies met in the Stanley Cup finals again this season &mdash; easy - going Sid Abel&rsquo;s and stern Punch Imlach&rsquo;s.Both must have merit.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02737/3230006-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="279" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Sid Abel</figcaption></div>Abel, making the most of what he has, put his Detroit Red Wings in the finals for the third time in four years and the Wings had been fourth-place regular season finishers each time.Imlach was going for his third straight Stanley Cup with the Toronto Maple Leafs.The two philosophies were well-illustrated in Toronto during the break between the first and second games.The Wings had lost the opener, 3-2, on penalty-killer Bob Pulford&rsquo;s dramatic breakaway dash and perfect backhander over goalie Terry Sawchuk&rsquo;s shoulder at 19.58 of the third period.The Leafs were back on the ice at noon the next day while the Wings loafed at their suburban motel, some of them not getting up until mid-afternoon.The next day the Leafs were back at work at 11 a.m.Abel meanwhile chartered a bus and took the Wings to the shipyards at Welland where they toured owner Bruce Norris&rsquo; Seaway Queen and his new Cape Breton Miner, an oceangoing freighter.Then it was an afternoon at the Fort Erie race track and back to the motel.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m in business. That&rsquo;s why we practice every day,&rdquo; said Imlach when told of the Wings&rsquo; excursion. &ldquo;When the playoffs are over we&rsquo;ll go sightseeing.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll do our skating during the games,&rdquo; said Abel in explaining his light hand on the reins. &ldquo;If they&rsquo;re not in shape by the time the playoffs start they never will be.&rdquo;But another part of the Abel philosophy is fraternity. The Wings have been together since the end of the season, kissing their families goodbye like warriors off to a crusade.When the games are in Detroit. the Wings stay together at a Toledo hotel, some 60 miles south of Detroit, and bus up just before the games.Abel also switches roommates on trips so that players get to know each other better.His deft handling has produced one of the happiest clubs in sports and the Wings seem willing to go through brick walls for him.&ldquo;They say you&rsquo;ve got to be a Simon Legree to coach.&rdquo; Abel said, &ldquo;but I just couldn&rsquo;t be that way.&rdquo;And, the Wings, despite unfavorable looks from the odds-makers, had a good chance to win the Cup this year. If they do. they&rsquo;ll be ahead of Abel&rsquo;s schedule.Last year, after losing to the Leafs in five games, Abel figured it would take two to three years to build the Wings to a club capable of taking hockey&rsquo;s top prize.But his manoeuvering, trade acquisitions Al Langlois and Roger Crozier and the play of rookies Pit Martin and Paul Henderson, both just a year out of junior hockey, plus the holdovers have put the Cup in reach. &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Leafs Stick To Rigid Ice Drills While Red Wings Relax At Races

<div class="byline">BY BOS KRAGH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02706/3231096-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="254" height="444"><figcaption class="caption-body">Len Ronson</figcaption></div>OMAHA. Neb. &mdash;The Omaha Knights wrapped up the Central Professional Hockey League&rsquo;s opening season by walking off with all the laurels as Coach Bill McCreary&rsquo;s hustlers won their final playoff game 6-2 against the St. Paul Rangers April 14 to take the best of seven final series 4-1.The Knights won the regular season championship by 17 points over the second place Rangers. Each winning Omaha player received $1,000 while the losing Rangers collected $850 apiece.The Knights battled the Minneapolis Bruins in the opening round semi-final set taking the series four games to one. Meanwhile, the Rangers were fighting the St. Louis Braves in the other semi-final best of seven elimination. After six games, the last two overtime thrillers, the Rangers took their set four games to two.The Knights and Rangers squared off for the final round for the Jack Adams Cup and the Rangers, playing on Omaha ice, took the opener, 2-1. The Knights charged back the following night to take an 11-0 victory from Coach Fred Shero&rsquo;s New York farm club. The series moved to St. Paul for the next two games. The Knights took both, 3-0 and 7-4. The stage was set for the fifth game in Omaha and a chance for the Montreal farm club to wrap it up on its own ice. And wrap it up the Knights did taking a 6-2 victory over the Rangers.During the ten playoff games, left winger Len Ronsom led the team in scoring with eight goals, nine assists for seventeen points. Claude Larosee a right wing, right wing Bob Courcy and centerman Gary Peters were tied with fourteen points each.Ronson and Larose led the team in goals with eight apiece. Defenseman Barclay Plager repeated as the player with the most assists during the playoffs. The team leader and also the league holder for most assists (61), Battling Bare added another eleven to his tally sheet during the post season play.Ernie Wakely, the Knights&rsquo; &rsquo;Thin Man&rsquo; in the goal, allowed a mere 1.90 goals against per game for the ten post season outings. He also had three shutouts to&rsquo; run his season total to five.Most of the bad moments for the Knights came in the opening game as they lost 2-1. &rsquo; We simply couldn&rsquo;t put the puck in their net,&rdquo; commented Player Coach Bill McCreary after the game. McCreary, hobbled by torn ligaments in his knee in the first semi-final game, had not seen action since. &ldquo;You can&rsquo;t take anything away from Pelletier (St. Paul goaler) either,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;He made the big saves when called on and, although we had some bad breaks where the puck trickled away from the net instead of into it, played his usual steady game.&rdquo;The following night was a different story however. The Rangers had played two overtime games against St. Louis earlier in the week and then had to skate, skate, skate to&rsquo; take the opener.The Knights, looking like an entirely different club, completely dominated play. Courcy picked up the hat trick, his first of the playoffs and fourth of the year. Rookie Billy Inglis scored two goals and nearly had the hat himself.And, Wakely continued his blanking of the Rangers. It marked Wakely&rsquo;s third whitewash of the Rangers this year: his first in playoffs. Ernie bested the Rangers on two consecutive outings in Omaha during the regular season to post his only two regular season shutouts, 1-0 and 5-0.Both games saw some new faces in the lineups and some old ones gone. For the Knights, Larose, the highflying winger was gone, called up to Montreal when team captain Jean Beliveau was injured. Claude Cardin. left winger playing senior hockey in Sherbrooke, Quebec, came in and played a tremendous game. Bob Jamieson, rugged defenseman from Peterborough of the OHA. saw action in the second game for the Knights.With the series tied at one game apiece both clubs journeyed to the Twin Cities.The Knights again blanked the Rangers in the St. Paul opener April 10, as Larose, returned from Montreal, scored two for the Omaha skaters enroute to a 3-0 victory.Then, in the fourth game, also at St. Paul, the Knights had to overcome a two goal deficit. The Omaha skaters walked off with win number three taking a 7-4 contest from the Rangers to completely sweep the two games set in the Twin Cities.The biggest thrill probably went to rookie left winger Germain Gagnon of Omaha who scored his first hat trick in pro hockey. Naturally the puck from the third goal was kept to send back to Chicoutimi. Que.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-05290/3231089-1-eng-US/f0014-052.jpg" title="f0014-05" width="382" height="282"></div><h2>Wings Eye Memphis For CPHL Franchise</h2>MEMPHIS, TennAre the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League planning a Central Hockey League entry for this city next season?Rumors were rampant that the NHL team was considering moving its CPHL farm team here although neither Detroit team officials nor city sport promoters were saying anything about it.The Wings last year operated a CPHL club in Indianapolis but an explosion during a skating show wrecked the ice arena and forced the Detroit team to move its franchise to Cincinnati for the rest of the season. The Wings, hampered by an inexperienced club and smalt crowds, flopped and finished last well out of the playoff race. &#9632;

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Omaha Knights Cap Big First Season Winning Title In Final With St. Paul

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-04448/3231203-1-eng-US/f0015-042.jpg" title="f0015-04" width="520" height="610"><figcaption class="caption-body">MOE BENOIT</figcaption></div>FORT WAYNE, Ind.Toledo&rsquo;s Blades and the Fort Wayne Komets were tangling in the final playoff series of the International Hockey League, which was not too surprising, since the pair had been battling one-two for virutally the entire season.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-03577/3231196-1-eng-US/f0015-032.jpg" title="f0015-03" width="291" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Ramsay</figcaption></div>All the figuring favored the Blades in the final series. They had the odd game advantage as a result of finishing on top. They held a season margin of 8-3-1 over the Komets, including a sweep of six games on Toledo ice. They had won six and tied one in their last seven meetings with them and had a winning streak of 13 straight, with 18 wins in their last 19 on home ice. Toledo coach Moe Benoit was confident of winning.But the Komets, riddled by injuries in the final month of the campaign, were the healthiest they had been in weeks and were prepared for a hard fight to retain the Turner Cup.Third place Port Huron and fourth place Windsor had given the finalists the toughest competition imaginable in the semi-finals, carrying them down to the seventh game.Every game in the opening series was decided on a home ice basis, with the hosts winning and the visitors losing. Toledo, with the advantage of the odd game at home, took the decider from the Flags, 3-0.But the Komets, ready to engage the Windsor Bulldogs in the seventh of the series at Fort Wayne, moved into the finals with a startling development. Commissioner Andy Mulligan declared the sixth game, won by Windsor. 5-3, forfeited because of the Bulldogs&rsquo; use of an ineligible player, giving the Komets their fourth victory.The Bulldogs had sought permission to use player Norm Ryder as a replacement for defenseman Terry McGuire, who was reported unable to play becouse of an injured ankle. Mulligan stated that he had never received a doctor&rsquo;s certificate covering the injury and in a telephone conversation with the club doctor was informed that it was not a hairline fracture, as first reported.The commissioner said that in the absence of a doctor&rsquo;s certificate, he had no recourse but to wire the Windsor Club that Ryder was ineligible and could not be used. The Windsor management claimed that the wire was not received until 8:27, after the game had started but did not withdraw Ryder from the lineup.Komet coach and general manager Ken Ullyot made a formal protest, which was upheld by the commissioner in forfeiting the game.Ullyot said &rsquo;&rsquo;I hate to win the series by forfeit but I owed it to my players to give them the right to get into the final series. I allowed St. Paul to get away with a similar action in 1960 and it cost us the championship. Windsor was clearly in the wrong in using Ryder without a clearance".Fort Wayne was preparing for a capacity crowd of 8,000 and the forfeit meant the sacrifice of a gross gate of approximately $12,000. Windsor was entitled to a third of the net, which meant a loss to them of about $3,500.While the Bulldogs were still engaged in the playoff with Fort Wayne it was announced that Windsor had applied for Junior A franchise in the OHA for next season, indicating the Bulldogs, miffed by Mulligan&rsquo;s stern ruling, may not be back in the IHL next year.In the six games played the Komets led in goals scored, 20 to 17.Goalie Glenn Ramsay was the star in Toledo&rsquo;s victory over Port Huron. He scored two shutouts, his sixth and seventh of the season and allowed only 13 goals, for an average of 1.85. Walter Bradley topped the scoring with six goals.Komet goalie Chuck Adamson also distinguished himself. Forced out by an injury half way through the first game he came back to allow only 11 goals in five games and to score his first shutout of the season in his 75th game. &#9632;

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Figures Favor Toledo To Topple Fort Wayne In Turner Cup Action

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03524/3230420-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACQUES LAPERRIERE</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04363/3230413-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="1151" height="1894"><figcaption class="caption-body">TERRY HARPER</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Canadiens Got Big Mileage Out Of These Rookie Stars…

<div class="byline">By KEN McKENZIE</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="C0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0002-0120/3231379-1-eng-US/c0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOP PRO PLAYER: Chicago&rsquo;s STAN MIKITA has been named the outstanding player in professional hockey for 1963-64 by THE HOCKEY NEWS in its 15th annual players&rsquo; awards selections announced this week. Mikita won the NHL scoring championship during the past season. Toe Blake of Montreal Canadiens was picked as coach of the year while Cleveland Barons&rsquo; hustling general manager, Jackie Gordon, was chosen top hockey executive.</figcaption></div>MONTREAL. P.Q. -Stan Mikita, the dashing centre of the Chicago Black Hawks, Toe Blake, the astute coach of the Montreal Canadiens and Cleveland Barons&rsquo; eager-beaver general manager, Jack Gordon, are the names that symbolized success in professional hockey this past year.All three men have been selected for the 15th annual HOCKEY NEWS awards covering the 1963-64 season.Mikita. the fiery but rugged Black Hawk pivot who won the NHL scoring title this season, has been chosen as pro hockey&rsquo;s outstanding player.Blake, who did such a magnificent job of directing the Canadiens into first place this year, has been selected as coach of the year while Gordon. a former Cleveland star in his own right but now the Barons&rsquo; highly competent GM, has been picked as the top executive in pro hockey.For Mikita and Gordon. THE HOCKEY NEWS awards are the first of their brilliant hockey careers but for the &rsquo;Old Lamplighter&rsquo;, Blake, it marks the fifth time he has been honored as the best coach by the hockey bible.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0002-0214/3231372-1-eng-US/c0002-022.jpg" title="C0002-02" width="484" height="858"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOE BLAKE &hellip; Coach Of The Year</figcaption></div>Last year&rsquo;s winners of the awards were Gordie Howe of Detroit. Jim Norris, the Black Hawks&rsquo; club owner and Punch Imlach of the Leafs, who coached a Stanley Cup winner.Mikita&rsquo;s selection by the editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS was made with such great performances this season by players like Jean Beliveau, Frank Mahovlich. Howe, Bobby Hull and others in mind To them, the aggressive Mikita was the top performer having won the scoring crown as well as being one of the leading lights in the Black Hawks&rsquo; resurgence as an NHL power. Mikita, already a two-time all-star centre at age 24. is certain to make it again this year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/c0002-034/3231365-1-eng-US/c0002-032.jpg" title="C0002-03" width="541" height="840"><figcaption class="caption-body">JACKIE GORDON &hellip;Executive Of The Year</figcaption></div>The Hawks&rsquo; star joins such great hockey names as Howe, Maurice Richard, Dickie Moore, Andy Bathgate, Bernard Geoffrion, Jacques Plante, Red Kelly, Harry Lumley, Elmer Lach and Chuck Rayner as past winners of THE HOCKEY NEWS top player award.Blake had previously been honored as coach of the year in 1962, 1960, 1959 and 1958.Gordon, who did such a tremendous job along with his coach, Fred Glover, in bringing the third-place Cleveland Barons into the Calder Cup finals this year, is the first minor league executive to win THE HOCKEY NEWS award since Ruby Pastor of the Buffalo Bisons was honored in 1958-59. &#9632;

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MIKITA, BLAKE, GORDON SELECTED GAME’S TOP MEN BY HOCKEY NEWS

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01793/3229975-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="495" height="628"><figcaption class="caption-body">GORDIE HOWE &hellip; Outplayed Bobby Hull</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;The Red Wings have twisted that woman&rsquo;s magazine slogan to &ldquo;Never Underestimate the Power of the Red Wings.&rdquo;The Chicago Black Hawks did for the second straight year and Red Wings banged the regular season runnersup out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.&ldquo;We outgutted them,&rdquo; said happy Red Wing boss Sid Abel after the seven game semi-final. &ldquo;We wanted to win it more than they did.&rdquo;Neutral observers said the Wings outplayed the Hawks in all but one game but it still took seven games to drop Chicago.Abel&rsquo;s strategy was to concentrate on Hawk captain Pierre Pilote and after the first game, during which Pilote scored the winning goal and had two assists, Abel detailed his centers to watch Pilote.Norm Ullman&rsquo;s line handled Chicago&rsquo;s Scooter unit and Ullman, with two hat tricks, outscored Ross Trophy winner Mikita, 6-3 in goals and 13-9 in points.Left wing Larry Jeffrey stopped 39-goal Kenny Wharram with two goals and one of those was hotly disputed.Gordie Howe completely outplayed Bobby Hull, scoring five goals himself while Hull, the regular season leader with 43, collected only two markers.What surprised the Wings was that the Hawks didn&rsquo;t bother once during the series to put either the Hull or Mikita lines on against Detroit&rsquo;s third line and the Hawks had four games at home during which they could control the lines.Detroit, best team In the league during the second half of the season and the only one to hold an edge over Chicago, won the semi-finals the hard way &mdash; beating the Hawks twice in raucous Chicago Stadium and despite injuries to goalie Terry Sawchuk.A goal call by Frank Udvari in the fifth game, which enabled Chicago to tie the score in the third period and go on to win, fired up the Wings to a 7-2 home ice victory and then they ended it, 4-2 in Chicago.The Hawks seemed more intent on mayhem in the finale than hockey. Reg Fleming ran into Sawchuk behind the Wing net in the second period with freight train force, knocking Sawchuk out.Sawchuk wound up with double vision and had to be replaced for the third period by rookie Roger Crozier.Fleming got a two minute minor for his charge and three Hawks drew majors, the final crushing one going to Wayne Hillman who rammed Jeffrey at the boards where Jeffrey and Wharram were struggling for the puck.Parker MacDonald deflected a Howe shot during the major to put the game out of reach.&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what they were trying to prove,&rdquo; Abel said afterward of the Hawks&rsquo; gashouse play, &ldquo;but it worked against them.&ldquo;I preached to our guys during our meeting that day to take everything &mdash; just make sure they stayed on the ice and out of the penalty box.&rsquo;&rsquo;The seventh game isn&rsquo;t any time to try and run a team out of the building.&rdquo;In a last parting shot. Abel said &ldquo;the Hawks have too many stars. They thought they were going to walk all over us and I can&rsquo;t figure that out &mdash; we won the season series both this year and last.&rdquo;<h2>May Issue - Next Week</h2>Readers of THE HOCKEY NEWS are reminded that the May issue will be available on newsstands next week as usual. However, this is the final weekly edition for the season.Complete results, summaries, pictures and stories covering the Stanley Cup finals will be carried in the May edition.THE HOCKEY NEWS will publish monthly issues through May, June, July. August and September, resuming weekly publication next October.We thank you for your patronage during the recent hockey season and trust you will go on reading THE HOCKEY NEWS during the summer months. &#9632;

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Wings Had Desire - Hawks Didn’t

<div class="byline">BERRY.</div>DETROIT, Mich.&mdash;ICE CHIPS: Carl Liscombe, a Red Wing from 1937 to 1946, was voted into the Detroit Hockey Hall of Fame.Liscombe, now a suburban Detroit resident, still holds the club record for most points in a game &mdash; seven on three goals and four assists against New York on Nov. 5, 1942.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-03591/3230037-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="236" height="393"><figcaption class="caption-body">Corl Liscombe</figcaption></div>Liscombe had 137 goals and 140 assists in nine seasons and scored 36 goals in 1943-44. He also holds the American League one-season goal record of 55 set at Providence in 1948-49.Ex-Red Wing great Ted Lindsay handled the closed circuit television for the Wings during the finals. Lindsay, a manufacturer&rsquo;s agent in Detroit, also has a weekly television sports show. &#9632;

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Liscombe Joins Wings’ Ice Greats

<div class="byline">BY HARRY MOLTER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03455/3230075-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN MIKITA &hellip; Player Of The Year</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.Nobody has ever accused Stan Mikita of backing down when the going got tough.In fact, the fiery Chicago centerman seems to be at his best when the chips are down. As proof, you need only check his individual Stanley Cup playoff record of 6 goals and 15 assists for 21 points a couple of seasons ago&mdash;bettering a record previously held by none other than Gordie Howe.As a scorer Mikita is a superlative performer who is destined to put his name high on hockey&rsquo;s all-time gial-scoring lists. Although he has been an NHL player for five seasons, Mikita has already exceeded the 100-goal mark.This season he collected 39 goals to raise his career total to 122 while winning the league scoring championship with 89 points.Mikita is an intense athlete who came up through life the hard way&mdash;coming to Canada from Czechoslovakia at the age of eight and scrapping his way through boyhood on the streets of St. Catharines while learning to talk English.All this has contributed to the chip Mikita has carried on his shoulder since the day he broke into the National League with the Black Hawks right out of their St. Catharines farm team at 19 years of age.He was a scrapper from the start&mdash;first fighting to stay in the league and now, as an established All-Star, scrapping to keep his team in the NHL championship race. Mikita doesn&rsquo;t go around looking for trouble as he perhaps once die but he is a tough 167 pounds who won&rsquo;t back away from anyone or anything.Although Mikita has calmed down somewhat since his marriage last spring to the former Jill Cerny of suburban Berwyn, he still likes things riled up on the ice.&ldquo;Stan seems to thrive when things are not too calm,&rdquo; says Chicago coach Billy Reay.Probably the greatest tribute to the young Chicago fireball is the fact he has been the NHL&rsquo;s No. 1 all-star centre the past two years, a tremendous feat for a youngster when you are competing against the likes of the Richards, Beliveaus. Keons, Kellys and all the rest.<h2>Awards&rsquo; Winners Over The Years</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01799/3230068-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="1138" height="735"></div> &#9632;

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Mikita Is Fiery Competitor On Ice, At Best When The Chins Are Down

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02674/3230106-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="594" height="596"><figcaption class="caption-body">TOE BLAKE &hellip; Five Cup Winners</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que.Hockey&rsquo;s most winningest coach&rsquo; is a tribute that may be rightly applied to Hector &rsquo;Toe&rsquo; Blake of the Montreal Canadiens.The 52-year-old coach of the Canadiens has a record that is the envy of the bench set far and wide in hockey. In all the history of professional hockey there has not been a coach to match the record of Blake since he took over the helm of the Canadiens in June. 1955.During his nine years of directing the Canadiens, the team has won five Stanley Cups &mdash; all in succession &mdash; six times the Habs have been in the cup final and in seven of those nine years Toe led the Canadiens to a first-place finish.His worst year was in 1962-63 when the Canadiens ended in third place.Blake&rsquo;s teams have played a total of 630 leagues games, won 349, lost 164 and tied 117 for a remarkable record in the NHL.Toe&rsquo;s five cup winning teams constituted a record that may stand for all time.This season, the former left wing of the one-time famed &rsquo;Punch Line&rsquo; of the Canadiens clearly demonstrated that a coach many times can make something out of very little.With age creeping up on. his super stars and trades taking others to various NHL teams, Blake still managed to get the Canadiens down in front for the seventh time in nine years and he did it with a handful of rookies whom many never thought would do the job. In fact several hockey experts actually picked the Canadiens to end up outside of the playoffs this year.Blake&rsquo;s is a born handler of players. He was the acknowledged leader of his teams as a player. Now as a coach, the competitive drive and wholehearted dedication to the job which made him an all-star hockey player, have made him a superlative leader of men. a skilled handler of players and a clever, though not careless tactician.The astute Montreal coach never fails to pass on the credit for winning to his players. He admits he had some of the NHL&rsquo;s greatest during his five-year cup texture, but they, too, know that any credit for winning must also be shared with the coach. Blake has shown over the years that he has merited all honors and tributes that have come his way.Blake had a full career in the NHL as a player as well.He played 14 years with Canadiens during which time he scored a total of 235 goals and accumulated 527 scoring points while performing with two ice greats, Elmer Lach and Maurice Richard, to form hockey s famed &rsquo;Punch Line&rsquo;.What of the future for Toe Blake? Only the Canadiens&rsquo; coach himself can answer that one but whatever his decision, he can look back on a brilliant record as both a player and a coach in big time hockey. &#9632;

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Toe Blake’s Coaching Record Unmatched In Bia Leagues

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, O.To some extent, the job of a hockey general manager is a pushbutton opera t i o n combined with a willingness to work 24 hours a day.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-04265/3230137-1-eng-US/f0003-042.jpg" title="f0003-04" width="296" height="454"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jackie Gordon</figcaption></div>The trick is in knowing what buttons to push &mdash; and what buttons not to push.Jack Gordon of the Cleveland Barons has proved, over the 1963-64 season, that he knows when &mdash; and when not to push buttons.First of all, a general manager picks a coach &mdash; the right coach. Then he picks the players the right players.If he chooses coach and players wisely, he then lets nature take its course.And if things start going bad, if attendance suffers, if the team has trouble winning, the good general manager refuses to push the panic buttons. He trusts his coach, and his players, to work out of their difficulties.He refuses to pad attendance with short-sighted gimmicks that cheapen the attraction.Gordon picked his coach wisely. Fred Glover, boss of the Cleveland Barons on the ice, has proved beyond all doubt that he is one of the most astute hockey mentors in the business.The two go hand-in-hand, with no friction Glover runs the Barons firmly but fairly, earning the respect of his players and setting an example for them through his own brilliant play and desire to excel.Gordon also picked his players wisely. In addition to the players the Barons own, he had to assemble another group of players from the Montreal Canadians, with whom the Barons have a working agreement.At times it took courage to refuse a player from Montreal when it appeared he could help the Barons over a short haul, but Gordon did not hesitate in turning down a player who he figured would not fit into the Barons&rsquo; long-range plans.As a result of&rsquo; his foresight. Gordon accumulated a group of players that have given Cleveland fans some of the most exciting hockey they have seen in many years.Several of the Baron regulars did not figure &mdash; on paper &mdash; to produce as they have on the ice.But there is not one of them now toiling with the Barons who has surprised the Cleveland general manager. Every one of them is producing like Gordon knew he could produce, if given the chance and the proper coaching.Gordon also, as was pointed out, has worked long, arduous hours promoting hockey as it should be promoted &mdash; without gimmicks.He knew from the start that it would be the way the team came through, on the ice, that would determine crowd reaction. He also knew that solid promotion through clubs, groups, churches and anyone else who would listen to the Barons&rsquo; story, was the key to success.Freak promotions, pony nights, cut-rate tickets and other short-range promotions have been kept to a minimum. The result has been that Cleveland crowds, up considerably over the past few seasons, for the most part are the most hockey-wise and vociferous in the league.In getting them that way, Gordon &mdash; together with President Paul Bright and other Barons&rsquo; executives and players &mdash; never refuses, if it is humanly possible, to speak before any group of any size at any time and at any place that the group requests.Gordon has helped spread the hockey story. He has pushed the buttons that produced an exciting team. He has refused to panic at times when panic seemed to be the only solution.In short &mdash; Gordon has proved to be a solid executive.His efforts have resulted in a winning team and in a bustling box-office, biggest Cleveland crowds for 13 years &mdash; (since days of Al Sulphin). &#9632;

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Barons’ Success Tribute To Gordon’s Wise Planning

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02808/3230196-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="455" height="448"></div>DETROIT &hellip; SCORING the first goal in a Stanley Cup game is really important and it was proven once again here in the third game of the finals &hellip; When Floyd Smith scored for the Red Wings in the first three minutes it was the eighth time in 10 games against Chicago and Toronto that the Wings have tallied first and they managed to win six of those 10 games &hellip; In going ahead, two games to one in the series, Detroit played a whale of a game. In fact both clubs played their finest hockey of the series in the third game &hellip; It was also the third straight contest that was decided or tied in the last two minutes of play &hellip; The Leafs won the opener at 19:59 of the third period; tied the second one at 19:17 and the Wings won it in overtime &hellip; When Alex Delvecchio scored the winner with only 17 seconds of regulation time remaining almost everyone at Olympia were readying themselves for overtime &hellip; Delvecchio also came out of the game with a huge bump on the side of the head and ironically &ldquo;Fats&rdquo; couldn&rsquo;t remember when it happened. He was too elated after scoring the winner to even care about it &hellip; Marty Howe, Gordie&rsquo;s young son, was in the Wings&rsquo; dressing room after the game. He helped strip the tape off his dad and Delvecchio &hellip; Bill Gadsby and Marcel Pronovost continued to play brilliantly on the Detroit defense and it appears to most observers that Gadsby is currently playing the finest hockey in his 18-year NHL career &hellip; He has never been on a Stanley Cup champion team during all that time and guess he figures the time is running out and he better make it this year &hellip; Norm Ullman still rates as hockey&rsquo;s most underrated player. He&rsquo;s been terrific in every playoff game &hellip; The Wings returned to Toledo immediately following the game &hellip; Toronto continued their practice of holding workouts on the days between games &hellip; It was 10 years ago that Tony Leswick scored the winner here against Canadiens to give Detroit the Stanley Cup (April 16) &hellip; Larry Jeffrey is being hailed as Detroit&rsquo;s &rsquo;new Ted Lindsay&rsquo; &hellip; Chief scout Jimmy Skinner maintains Jeffrey will be a real NHL star of the future &hellip; &ldquo;All he needs is maturity,&rdquo; enthuses Jimmy &hellip;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03704/3230189-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="289" height="470"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tonny Leswick</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04604/3230182-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="296" height="470"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bill Gadsby</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05481/3230175-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg" title="f0004-05" width="308" height="471"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pronovost</figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-06366/3230168-1-eng-US/f0004-062.jpg" title="f0004-06" width="293" height="487"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm Ullman</figcaption></div>THE NHL THREW a nice luncheon here between the third and fourth games &hellip; Four of the six NHL coaches were in attendance. Besides Imlach and Abel were Toe Blake and Billy Reay &hellip; &ldquo;If we win the game here Saturday, we&rsquo;ll see how good a club Toronto has. They&rsquo;ll have to win three straight,&rdquo; said Abel &hellip; Imlach still maintains &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what happens as long as I win the last game&rdquo; &hellip; There are two vets on the Red Wings who might make excellent coaches in future years. They are Howe, Gadsby and Marcel Pronovost &hellip; Pat Connolly of Chatham, Ont., one of hockey&rsquo;s better play-by-play announcers, is taking in the series &hellip; Don (Count) Grosso, one of Detroit&rsquo;s former stars is taking in the games. Don is now a salesman in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont&hellip;. Sid Abel is hoarse from yelling &hellip; &ldquo;I can&rsquo;t take too many more of those thrillers,&rdquo; he remarked &hellip; Bryan Hall, former sports director of Toronto Radio Station CHUM and one-time play-by-play announcer of Edmonton Flyers&rsquo; games in the WHL, has revealed that he is anxious to return to the hockey play-by-play announcing field. He has aired games in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle in past years.HAL LAYCOE, THE FORMER NHL defenseman who coaches Portland of the WHL, was a playoff visitor. Laycoe had considerable success with a rookie goalie named Dave Kelly this season and if he makes the grade to the NHL. he becomes Leafs&rsquo; property. He hails from the Toronto area &hellip; Detroit&rsquo;s. Norm Ullman wasn&rsquo;t the first to have two three-goal nights in a playoff series. Doug Bentley did it for the old Black Hawks back in 1944 &hellip; Toe Blake found after his television appearance in the Stanley Cup finals that his severest critic wasn&rsquo;t the hockey public but his own son, Bruce, who criticized that no one could get a word in edgewise when Toe took the mike. &ldquo;I thought I had to give them their money&rsquo;s worth,&rdquo; was Blake&rsquo;s excuse. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT, Mich. &mdash;Roger Crozier doesn&rsquo;t need a numerologist to tell him his unlucky number combinations are 3-2 and 2-1.The little goaltender with the quick hands, the man with the best average in the American Hockey League last season and owner of two National Hockey League shutouts, has had a nightmare since the playoffs started.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-07264/3230227-1-eng-US/f0004-072.jpg" title="f0004-07" width="301" height="467"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roger Crozier</figcaption></div>And not just one playoff series but two &mdash; the Stanley Cup between the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks and the Calder Cup between the Pittsburgh Hornets and Quebec Aces.The nightmare started in Que-games, three of them. And in each one. the sophomore pro had a 2-1 lead in the third period only to lose. Further, when he went in to the Wings nets on an emergency basis, the Wings had a 2-1 lead in games on Chicago.The nightmare started in Que bee City when, with minutes to play, Leon Rochefort scored on a high shot that bounced in off Crozier to tie the game and then the Aces won on Wayne Hicks&rsquo; overtime goal.The next night, in Detroit. Crozier went in for injured Terry Sawchuk before the second period was two minutes old and the Wings led. 2-1.It stayed that way until midway in the third period when Pierre Pilote intercepted Alex Delvecchio&rsquo;s passout at the blue line and fired a high shot which Crozier gloved.But it popped up, Grozier lost it and it hit his shoulder and fell behind into the goal to tie it. The Hawks then won in overtime when Stan Mikita&rsquo;s 40-footer hit Murray Balfour and whistled past Crozier.That made two 3-2 overtime losses in two different leagues on successive nights.To make it tougher, Crozier had been bouncing between Quebec and Detroit like a ping-pong ball, getting up at 6 a.m. for three straight days to make the 900 mile air trip and he had to transfer at both Montreal and Toronto en route.To prove there was no justice for Crozier, he lost again in Chicago, the fifth game of the Wing-Hawk series by that 3-2 count and that gave the Hawks a 3-2 series lead.Again there was the 2-1 third period lead and then came Kenny Wharram&rsquo;s disputed goal that set off the Wings like a missile from Cape Kennedy.The Wings contended Wharram&rsquo;s backhand slap at the puck, which had been covered on the side of the net by Crozier, came after referee Frank Udvari whistled play dead. As you know they lost the discussion.The Hawks&rsquo; first goal of that game came when Bobby Hull&rsquo;s pass-in hit Wing defenseman Marcel Pronovost in the stomach and deflected past Crozier and the winner by Stan Mikita, came with Pronovost partially screening Crozier.&ldquo;Roger couldn&rsquo;t be faulted on any of those goals,&rdquo; Pronovost said later. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t have a chance.&rdquo;Red Wing manager-coach Sid Abel seconded it and said Crozier, the 22-year-old heir-apparent to Sawchuk, had turned in a superb game.Boston coach Milt Schmidt, who made the three-star selection for television, must have felt the same&mdash;he picked Crozier as the game&rsquo;s second star.Nevertheless, Crozier&rsquo;s introduction to the pro playoffs will remain a sour memory for the little goaltender. &#9632;

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NHL AHL Playoffs Provide Nightmare For Wings’ Standby Goalie Crozier

NEW YORK. N.Y. &mdash;Jim Ellery was a hockey man&rsquo;s hockey man; which is why his death, April 9, left a permanent void on the New York ice scene.For, although he was secretary-treasurer and publicist for the American League, crew-cut Jim was as much a part of Manhattan&rsquo;s NHL hockey picture as the Rangers. In his unobtrusive way he was &ldquo;Mr. Hockey&rdquo; in New York ever since Frank Boucher left a decade ago.Jim alternated as penalty-timekeeper, scorer, a goal judge and just plain spectator at NHL games. On off nights he&rsquo;d motor out to Commack to watch the Long Island Ducks in an Eastern League game. He was a regular at weekly press luncheons of the New York Hockey Writers Association where he always led off the shinny talk.&ldquo;Tell us all about the Ranger&rsquo;s stars in the AHL.&rdquo; the press boys would nudge Jim. And Jim would obligingly reel off the reports on Baltimore, Springfield, Providence or wherever the Blues were sponsoring a farm club.Ellery took his share of ribbing but he never permitted what he considered unfair criticism of his beloved AHL. Occasionally he&rsquo;d prod NHL clubs for overlooking the stars of his American loop.Three years ago Jim openly berated the chronically lastplace Boston Bruin management for relying on unpolished rookie defensemen just out of juniors when seasoned, professional backliners were available in the American League.There are a couple of boys on Springfield who really could help Boston,&rdquo; Ellery insisted, &ldquo;and plenty more NHL-calibre players around our league.&rdquo;The Springfield players were Kent Douglas, who eventually became NHL rookie of the year at Toronto, and Bob McCord finally obtained by the Bruins two years after Jim&rsquo;s suggestion.Final services were held April 13 for Ellery. Among those attending the services were president Clarence Campbell of the National Hockey League; Carl Voss, NHL referee-in-chief; James Balmer, AHL president; Muzz Patrick, general manager of the New York Rangers.Representing AHL teams were owner Eddie Shore of Springfield and general managers Terry Reardon, Baltimore; Robert Martineau, Quebec; Lloyd Blinco, Hershey; Jack Butterfield, Springfield: Baz Bastien. Pittsburgh; Jack Riley, Rochester; Jack Gordon, Cleveland; and Fred Hunt. Buffalo. &#9632;

Popular N.Y. Hockey Figure, Jim Ellerv. Paid Final Rites

<div class="byline">BY HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, Ill.&mdash;Nobody alibied among the vanguished Black Hawks.The Hawks were disappointed but nobody cried over the spilled milk of their semi-final round elimination in the Stanley Cup playoffs by fourth place Detroit.&ldquo;This is a hockey game, not a circus.&rdquo; said Tommy Ivan, Chicago general manager, after the second place Black Hawks bowed to Detroit 4-2 in the seventh and deciding game. &ldquo;We got beat on the ice. If we had played well enough to win we&rsquo;d have won it. We didn&rsquo;t. That&rsquo;s all there is to it.&rdquo;Said Bobby Hull, who scored 43 goals during the regular season: &ldquo;We were outhustled.&rdquo; And Capt. Pierre Pilote told reporters: &ldquo;They outskated us, that&rsquo;s all.&rdquo;Nobody argued with them. The Black Hawks had all the scoring guns and a host of All-Star performers. The Red Wings had Gordie Howe, Norm Ullman, three goalies and hustle.They also had exceptional forechecking and an outstanding blueline defense headed by veterans Marcel Pronovost and ex-Chicagoan Bill Gadsby.The sting of defeat was that much stronger when you counted the ex-Chicagoans playing key roles for the Red Wings: sub goalie Roger Crozier, who went to Detroit in the deal for departed defenseman Howie Young last summer; defenseman Doug Barkley who went in the deal for departed Len Lunde two seasons ago; Gadsby, the durable 37-year-old who vas traded away in 1954 to the New York Rangers and found his way to the Red Wings three seasons ago; and winger Floyd Smith.While Chicago&rsquo;s first round elimination in the playoffs was a major disappointment the Chicago management was taking nothing away from the showing the team made during the 70-game regular season.&ldquo;Those guys in the other room,&rdquo; said head coach Billy Reay, recently given assurance of another contract for next year by owner Jim Norris. &rsquo;&rsquo;They gave us a terrific 70 game season. And that&rsquo;s what we were after.&rdquo;Reay admitted the all-out effort to beat the Montreal Canadiens for first place, which fell short by one point on the final night of the regular season, may have taken its toll on the Black Hawks.&ldquo;I can say this now &hellip; I didn&rsquo;t want to when we were still in the playoffs &hellip; but we may have taken a little out of them by pressing for first. The pressure was on us from the beginning of the season.&rdquo;Asked where the pressure came from and specifically if it came from owner Norris, Reay demurred and Owner Norris spoke up:&ldquo;I told them I wanted that most. I still do,&rdquo; said Norris. &rsquo;&rsquo;A Chicago team has never done that. Whenever Billy (Reay) and Tommy (Ivan) and I talked it was along those lines.&rdquo;At the start of the season G. M. Ivan listed increased scoring as the biggest need for the Black Hawks to move up from their one-point-behind Toronto finish last season. Chicago came up with more goals than any team in the league and came within a couple of goals of having the lowest goals-against record. Yet it wasn&rsquo;t enough. One reason: four players &mdash; Hull (43 goals), Stan Mikita and Ken Wharram (39), and Bill Hay (23) totaled 144 of their goals.The entire Chicago team seemed to lack bounce and hustle in the playoffs. Only in the opening 4-1 victory did they, show any real push. Even in their 3-2 overtime win in Detroit the winning shot bounced in off Murray Balfour&rsquo;s knee. And in the 3-2 fifth game win, which gave them commanding 3-2 series lead and put them one game from victory Hull&rsquo;s opening goal bounced in offa Detroit defenseman on what was intended as a pass to teammate Hay; and the second goal by Wharram was the disputed &ldquo;after the whistle&rdquo; score which went in off sub goalie Crozier&rsquo;s leg.What&rsquo;s ahead for next year? First place in the regular season is still the Norris aim. The big need is for more balance in the scoring column.Whether this will be obtained by trade or farmhands will be determined at a later date by Norris, Ivan and Reay &mdash; and what is available on the open market.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-01792/3230282-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="547" height="598"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL &hellip; Wings Outhustled Us</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hawks To Aim For Top Next Year, Stretch Race With Habs Tired Club

<div class="byline">BY JACK GATECLIFF</div>ST. CATHARINES, Ont.Fred Stanfield, captain of St. Catharines, Black Hawks has been named 1963-64 winner of the Max Kaminsky Memorial Trophy.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-02678/3230313-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="292" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Stanfield</figcaption></div>The award is similar to the Lady Byng Trophy in the National Hockey League and goes annually to the player in the Ontario Hockey Association junior A league who, in the opinion of a panel of sports writers and sportscasters, best combines gentlemanly conduct with a high standard of playing ability.It is named in memory of the late Max Kaminsky who died just one year after coaching St. Catharines Teepees to the Memorial Cup in the spring of 1960.One sports writer and one sportscaster in each of the eight cities here junior A is played is eligible to vote for three players in order of merit.On the basis of five points for first place, three for second and one for third, Stanfield received 36 points.He was named first on five ballots, second on three and third on two.Runner-up was Andre Boudrias, centre with Montreal Canadiens, who led the league in scoring with 38 goals, 97 assists and 135 points in 55 games.Boudrias received four first place votes, two for second for 26 points.Yvan Cournoyer, also of Montreal, and Ron Buchanan of Oshawa Generals were tied for third with 17 points on identical returns of two first place votes, two second and one third.Although the trophy originated in St. Catharines this is the first time a St. Catharines player has been declared the winner.Bruce Draper of Toronto St. Michael&rsquo;s Majors was the first winner in 1961. Two Hamilton players, Lowell MacDonald and Paul Henderson, were given the honor in 1962 and 1963 respectively. &#9632;

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Young Black Hawk Prospect, Stanfield Wins OHA Award

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0005-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-03494/3230344-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Here&rsquo;s muscular REG FLEMING (6) of the Black Hawks exchanging checks with Toronto&rsquo;s RON STEWART. Fleming is a bruising type player on the ice.</figcaption></div>CHICAGO, Ill.As a team the Black Hawks may have lacked bounce in their disappointing loss to Detroit in the semifinal round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.One notable exception was Reggie Fleming. If there has been a game in his career when Fleming wasn&rsquo;t aggressive and giving all-out hustle &mdash; his fans have not seen it.With Chicago losing 3-1 in the deciding seventh game, Detroit goalie Terry Sawchuk went behind the Red Wing net to clear the puck. In swooped Fleming and ran headlong into Sawchuk, knocking the startled Detroit goalie flat on his back. Sawchuk, hampered by double vision, let in Chicago&rsquo;s final goal a few minutes later and did not play the final period. &#9632;

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Sawchuk Saw Stars After Fleming Check

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01886/3230382-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="563" height="599"><figcaption class="caption-body">ANDRE BOUDRIAS &hellip; Hot Junior Scorer</figcaption></div>MONTREAL, Que. &mdash;The Montreal Canadiens,&rsquo; who embarked on the first stage of a rebuilding program in the past season, will likely put the accent on youth, again next year, parti cularly after their luck this season with the likes of Jacques Laperriere and Terry Harper.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02719/3230375-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="302" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jim Roberts</figcaption></div>Cheered by the fine showing of rookies Laperriere, Harper and John Ferguson during the recent campaign. Habs are eyeing the farm for more prospects of like calibre. Among the certanties to receive close scrutiny, are Claude Larose and Gary-Peters of the Omaha Knights, and the &ldquo;twin terrors&rdquo; of the Junior Habs, Yvan Cournoyer and Andre Boudrias.Larose is a 22-year-old right winger, who has already been up for a few whirls with Canucks. He got a goal in the recent playoffs, and saw action in 21 NHL games during the regular season. A native of Hearst, Ontario, he came up through the ranks of the Peterborough Petes (Jrs.) and turned pro with Hull-Ottawa in 1962. During the 1962-63 season, he collected 43 points (19-24l in 49 games. He also had a four-game tryout with Canadiens, that season, and though failing to score, showed plenty of potential. A well-constructed type, he stands six feet tall, weighs 170 lbs., and can handle himself in the heavy going.Gary Peters, the youthful center who played on the same line as Larose at Omaha, is another bright prospect in the Hab chain. A rookie sensation in the CPHL, this year, Peters collected 81 points (32-49) in what amounted to a 72-game stretch. Though this was his first season in pro hockey, he finished as second-highest scorer on his team, and the fifth highest in the league. A native of Regina. Saskatchewan, he&rsquo;s 5&rsquo;10", weighs 170 and is rated a top prospect.Two of the hottest items on the Canadiens list, however, are still in the amateurs. Scoring sensations Yvan Cournoyer and Andre Boudrias are being kept in th* ranks of the simon-pures until after the June draft, so they won&rsquo;t have to be protected. Both had five-game whirls with the parent Canadiens during the pastseason, and showed plenty of hustle. Cournoyer got four goals during his tryout, while Boudrias notched one goal and four assists.So impressive were the pair of baby Habs in their NHL appearances, that Canadiens considered turning them pro for the playoffs. It was decided at the last minute to postpone their contract-signing till the Fall, and so avoid the draft problems. As each had participated in five games at that point, however, they were unable to continue in the NHL without a professional contract.The scoring feats of Boudrias and Cournoyer in the Junior ranks, this year, were phenomenal. Boudrias won the scoring title with a staggering 135 points. Cournoyer was second with 110 points, including a league-leading 63 goals. Both were named to the first all-star team, with Boudrias nailing down the center spot and Cournoyer being voted top right wing.There&rsquo;s only one dark cloud on the horizon of this bright pair, and it concerns their size. Both are small, by NHL standards, and it could work to their disadvantage over a 70-game schedule. Particularly in the case of Cournoyer is this liable to be a problem, for he&rsquo;s the less rugged of the two.&ldquo;He&rsquo;ll have trouble with the checking in the NHL,&rdquo; said a source close to the Junior Habs. &ldquo;He&rsquo;s not equipped for the heavy going up there, and it could very well tire him out.&rsquo;A longer stretch in the NHL next season will prove, or disprove, that theory.Meanwhile, there&rsquo;s another prospect around who finished the season with Canadiens, and showed up well in the playoffs. He&rsquo;s Jim Roberts, a 24-year-o)d native of Toronto, who did a fine job of killing penalties for Canucks in the playoff round. A tough-looking customer. Roberts stands 5&rsquo;10", weighs 185 lbs., and can play either up front or on defence. He is particularly adept at digging the puck out of corners, and was so impressive doing it against the Leafs that he earned the praise of playoff spectator Jacques Plante. &ldquo;This guy,&rdquo; said Plante from his perch in the Forum Press Box, &ldquo;is another Marcel Bonin. He tears right into those corners, and he gets the puck out to his centreman. He&rsquo;s going to be a big help to Canadiens.&rdquo;Young Mr. Roberts figures to help fulltime, next year. &#9632;

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More New Faces Expected In Habs’ Swing To Youth

<div class="byline">BY JACK COOK</div>SASKATOON, Sask.Surprises were the exception, not the rule this month as the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League carried regular seas o n&rsquo;s performances right through five sets of playoffs with nary a slip.Scotty Munro and his Estevan Bruins, pennant winners for the fourth straight year, knocked over Regina Pats in a six-game final, giving Bruins a second consecutive title.Next step for Estevan is the Western final where once again they will face Edmonton Oil Kings, the reigning Memorial Cup champions.Other SJHL playoffs held true to form on the basis of league standings, although a couple of the top dogs were pushed to the limit.Quarter-final play saw&rsquo; Regina. which placed second, edge fourth-ranked Weyburn in eight games and third-place Saskatoon down sixth-ranked Flin Flon in seven games.Estevan ousted Moose Jaw Canucks, the fifth-place finisher, in a semi-final which lasted five games, and Regina stopped Saskatoon in similar short order.Centre Frank Huck of Pats, along with mate Stan Gilbertson. were named by Munro as two of three replacements allowed for the Edmonton series. Larry Mickey of Moose Jaw&rsquo; was also picked up while Regina&rsquo;s Peter Sternig was named as stand-by goaltender.Huck and Mickey were both members of the first all-star team, picked at centre and right wing, respectively. The other forward was Ron Gross of Melville Millionaires.Wayne Doll of Estevan nailed down the No. 1-goaltendingspot as well as rookie-of-the-year honors. The defence combination was Doug Piper of Regina and Jim Cardiff of Weyburn.Members of the second team were Ron Boehm and Skip Krake of Estevan and Bill Orban of Saskatoon up front, Terry Simpson of Estevan and Ron Meier of Saskatoon on defence, and Gary Holland of Flin Flon in goal.Huck won out over Krake as most valuable player to his team, while Ted Hargreaves of Melville and Gabby Schall of Regina shared the most gentlemanly player award.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01828/3230451-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="612" height="616"><figcaption class="caption-body">SCOTTY MUNRO &hellip; Ready For Test</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Estevan Eyeing Oil Kinas After Second Title Win

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02717/3230482-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="285" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Yvan Cournoyer</figcaption></div>TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;Yvan Cournoyer, right winger with Montreal Junior Canadiens, is the 20th winner of t h e Red Tilson Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player voted most valuable and gentlemanly in the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A series.The trophy perpetuates the memory of Albert (Red) Tilson who played for junior teams in Regina and Oshawa. He was killed in action in World War II while serving with the Canadian army.Cournoyer was the overwhelming choice in a poll of sports writers covering the Junior A league in eight cities.Runner-up was teammate Andre Boudrias. league scoring champion. Third was Fred Stanfield. St. Catharines Black Hawks centre.Nines others received votes Ron Buchanan and Bobby Orr, Oshawa: Ron Ellis, Rod Seiling. Peter Stemkowski and Wayne Carleton of Toronto Marlboros: Ron Schock. Niagara Falls Flyers and Jim Paterson of Peterborough Petes. &#9632;

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‘Tilson’ Award To Cournoyer As OHA’s MVP

TORONTO. Ont.&mdash;The Toronto Marlboros have set their sights on the Canaian junior hockey final and there doesn&rsquo;t seem to be much any club in the East can do about it.After knocking off the Niagara Falls Flyers in four straight games and the Montreal Canadiens in five to capture the Ontario Hockey Association Junior title in nine games without a loss, the Marlies skated roughshod over North Bay Trappers 13-3 in the start of the Eastern Canada semifinals.The Marlies, a power-laden crew with eyes only for the Western Canada champions&mdash;either Edmonton Oil Kings or Estevan Bruins&mdash;have been far superior to any hockey club in the East this season. Their devastating offense has trampled one opponent after another into the ice in recent weeks.Their stars were many in the OHA final with the Canadiens, who discovered a hockey team needs more than a one-two punch (Andre Boudrias and Yvan Cournoyer) to survive against a club like the Toronto Dukes.Names like Andre Champagne, Rod Seiling, Gary Dineen. Ron Ellis. Grant Moore, Peter Stemkowski, Barry Watson. Mike Walton and Wayne Carleton, just to mention a few, were just too great a collection of hockey stars on one team for the Canadiens and more recently the North Bay Trappers.The Marlies hardly worked up a sweat in their first series outing against the NOHA champion Trappers, who were expected to go down in four straight games.The Marlies&rsquo; opposition in the Eastern final will laughlingly be provided by Montreal&rsquo;s N.D.G. Junior Monarchs, a team that is staffed by players who were not good enough for the Montreal Junior Canadiens this season. The Monarchs are actually a Junior &ldquo;B&rdquo; club.The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association has declared the NDG team Eastern finalists on the strength of a six-game round-robin tournament victory over Ottawa Mounties Centre Fran Huck of Pats, and Summerside, P.E.I. &#9632;

Toronto Juniors Face ’Soft’ Opposition In Memorial Cup Bid

DETROIT, Mich.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02774/3230544-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="286" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Dove Keo</figcaption></div>The Toronto Maple Leafs bounced back into contention in the Stanley Cup final playoff finals by defeating the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 in the fourth game of the series, which stands tied at 2-2.With the best-of-seven series swinging back to Toronto for the fifth game, the Leafs appeared to be holding the upper hand again. Two of the last three games will be played in Toronto if the series goes the limit and there were indications it would.Andy Bathgate, the ex-Ranger who is hitting the high spots for the Leafs now, collected the deciding goal with a bristling 45-foot shot that beat Golie Terry Sawchuk in the third period to win the game. It was Bathgate&rsquo;s fourth playoff goal.Frank Mahovlich came along eight minutes later to put the contest beyond reach of the Red Wings with the insurance goal, which was also his fourth of the playoffs.For the first time in the series, the Leafs looked like defending champions and kept up a sustained barrage throughout the game after a strong first period.Little Dave Keon scored twice for the Leafs, once while they had a two-man advantage giving him a total of six playoff goals.Bruce MacGregor and Gordie Howe scored for the Wings, giving them a 2-1 lead in the second period and boosting Detroit hopes for its first Stanley Cup in nine years.Successive penalties to defenceman Bill Gadsby and Doug Barkley spoiled the Wing rally.While both were in the box, the Toronto line of Keon, Don McKenney and George Armstrong&mdash;the best unit on the ice for either club&mdash;buzzed around Sawchuk. Keon tied it 10 seconds after Barkley seated himself in the box Bathgate then followed with the winner.After taking a pass from Red Kelly in his own zone, Mahovlich swept the puck around a Red Wing and laid a pass along the right boards, Bathgate snared it at the Detroit line and made his move. Defenceman Marcel Pronovost, the only defender in front of Sawchuk, backed up a step, expecting Bathgate either to move in closer or wait for Kelly on the left, Bathgate elected to shoot from 45 feet out.The Leafs continued to press although the Wings sent out their big five&mdash;Howe, Gadsby, Pronovost, Norm Ullman and Alex Delvecchio&mdash;late in the game to push for the tie.Ron Stewart and Bob Pulford broke away with the puck and had Sawchuck at their mercy. Both Leafs shot, and twice Sawchuck got in the way. Mahovlich swept in behind as a one-man cleanup crew and flipped the clincher into the corner.Referee Art Skov called only 13 minor penalties, nine in the third period, and sentenced Toronto defenceman Allan Stanley to a 10-minute misconduct for arguing an Eddie Shack penalty. Howe scored his power-play goal while Shack was off.Norm Ullman assisted on Howe&rsquo;s goal, giving him 17 playoff points and Howe 16. The all-time record, set by Stan Mikita of Chicago in 1962, is 21.Sat., April 18TORONTO 4, DETROIT 2DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk; defense: M. Pronovost. Gadsby. Barkley, Spencer; forwards: Delvecchio, Howe, MacDonald. Ullman, Martin, Mac-Millan, Jeffrey, A. Pronovost, Mac-Gregor, Smith, Henderson, Joyal. TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower; defense: Brewer. Baun, Horton, Stanley, Hillman; forwards: Mahovlich, Stewart, Kelly, Keon, McKenney, Armstrong, Pulford, Shack, Harris, Pappin, Ehman.Referee: Skov; linesman: Pavelich, Wicks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-06262/3230537-1-eng-US/f0008-062.jpg" title="f0008-06" width="599" height="1222"></div> &#9632;

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Bathgate’s Goal Puts Leafs Back In Series Contention With Wings

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0008-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05325/3230582-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg"></div>When the Toronto Maple Leafs engineered their five-for-two trade with the Rangers, hockey experts said the swap would probably mean the difference between winning and losing the Stanley Cup for the Leafs.Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney, they reasoned, would give the Leafs the edge they needed to take the NHL playoff title for the third straight year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03642/3230575-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="277" height="450"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>Both players have lived up to expectations as far as the Leafs are concerned. Bathgate, the perennial super-star of the Rangers, came through with a big goal for the Leafs in the fourth game of the Stanley Cup finals against Detroit.Bathgate&rsquo;s goal, his fourth of the playoffs, proved to be the winner as the Leafs bounced back to win 4-2 and tie the best-of-seven final at 2-2. The blazing shot that eluded goalie Terry Sawchuk for the goal was a typical Bathgate goal. Like McKenney, who has 12 playoff points, Bathgate has been playing a big role in the Leafs&rsquo; playoff successes.Leafs&rsquo; manager-coach Punch imlach credits Bathgate, who has been selected player-of-the-week, with giving the Toronto offense a big lift. Imlach points out that Andy is always dangerous on the ice and when he takes his place on the Leafs&rsquo; power play. &#9632;

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Andy Bathgate … Toronto Maple Leafs

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Stanley Cup Playoff Picture At A Glance

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0009-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-01849/3230651-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leafs&rsquo; RON STEWART attempts to manoeuvre the puck past Goalie TERRY SAWCHUK of Wings during Stanley Cup final playoff action.</figcaption></div><h2>Stanley Cup Summaries</h2>Tues. Apr. 14Detroit 4, Toronto 3DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk; de-dense: Langlois, Barkley, M. Pronovost. Gadsby, Spencer; forwards: Delvecchio. Howe. MacDonald, Ullman. Jeffrey. Smith. MacGregor, A. Pronovost, Henderson, Joyal, Martin. Dillabough.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower: defense: Horton. Stanley, Baun, Arbour, Hillman: forwards: Mahovlich, Kelly, Pulford, Bathgate. Stewart, Ehman. Keon. Armstrong. McKenney, Pappin, Harris. Shack.Referee: Buffey; linesmen: Pavelich. Wicks.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04497/3230644-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="622" height="2458"></div>Thurs. Apr. 16Detroit 4, Toronto 3DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk: defense: M. Pronovost, Gadsby; centre: Delvecchio; wings: MacDonald, Howe; subs.: Langlois, Barkley, Ullman, Martin. Faulkner. Jeffrey, A. Pronovost, MacGregor. Smith, Miszuk, Henderson. Joyal, Spencer.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower; defense: Horton, Stanley; centre: Bathgate: wings: Mahovlich. Stewart; subs.: Brewer, Arbour. Kelly, Ehman, Armstrong. Keon. Harris. McKenney. Pappin. Douglas, Pulford, Baun, Hillman, Shack.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Armstrong. Hayes. &#9632;

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Wings, Leafs Battle In Stanley Cup Final

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-02759/3230682-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="282" height="438"><figcaption class="caption-body">Larry Jeffrey</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.The Detroit Red Wings - - getting a maximum effort from their money players - - pulled up on even terms with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Stanley Cup finals as they toppled the Leafs 4-3.Sparked by Norm Ullman&rsquo;s tremendous two-way game and Larry Jeffrey&rsquo;s overtime-period goal, the Wings came back to tie their best-of-seven final series at 1-1 with the teams headed for Detroit ice, site of the next two games of the series.Ullman was the key man for the Wings as he scored twice - - his seventh playoff goal - - and set up the winning goal by Jeffrey at 7.52 of the sudden-death overtime.The veteran Red Wing centre admitted after the game, &ldquo;it was one of the best games I&rsquo;ve ever played.&rdquo; The Leafs concurred with the Detroit star, who did just about everything with such perfection, the Leafs were probably wondering what had come over the 28-year-old pivot. Ullman was everywhere for the Wings, scoring, stealing pucks, killing penalties, working the power play and skating relentlessly.The game belonged to Ullman and the Wings from the opening faceoff, but a two-goal splurge by the Leafs late in the third period threw it into overtime and threatened to overshadow Ullman&rsquo;s performance for the hundred and umpteenth time in his career.The overtime was a sorry mess for the champions. They managed only one weak shot on Ten-y Sawchuk while the determined Wings fired eight hot ones at Bower and hogged the puck as if they had a mortgage on it.Then Ullman grabbed it along the boards, dodged a check, flipped around another Leaf and dumped a perfect shot to Howe in the corner.So many Leafs were chasing Ullman that Jeffrey found himself uncovered in front of the net He screamed at Howe. The puck was relayed, the red light flash ed and the jubilant Wings wen, into a communal bearhug.Other Detroit scorers were Eddie Joyal and Floyd Smith Gerry Ehman. Allan Stanley and Red Kelly scored for Toronto The Wings outshot the Leafs 49 29. &#9632;

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Detroit Squares Final Series On Jeffrey’s Overtime Goal

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03605/3230713-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="287" height="437"><figcaption class="caption-body">Alex Delvecchio</figcaption></div>DETROIT, Mich.The Detroit Red Wings proved to be a great comeback club in the third game of the Stanley Cup finals and it was the old pro &mdash; captain Alex Delvecchio&mdash;who provided the winning goal with 17 seconds left to play in the game that lifted the Wings in a 4-3 win.The Wings, who had jumped the Leafs 3-0 for what appeared to be a commanding playoff lead, suddenly lost their touch as Toronto came back to score three times in succession to tie the score and make a new hockey game put of the affair.The game-tieing goal at 18.47 &mdash; by Don McKenney &mdash; had hardly been announced over the Olympia public address system when Delvecchio, standing in front of the Toronto net, tipped in a perfect passout pass by big Gordie Howe at 19.43 to send the Leaf&rsquo;s hopes up in smoke-The win, second in succession by the Wings, enabled them to take a 2-1 lead in the series for the cup as play returned to Toronto ice for the fourth game.The Red Wings gave the Leafs a skating and forechecking lesson for two periods and dominated play for the best part of the game, building up a 3-1 lead by the end of the second period. The Leafs staged one of their famous last-period drives on goals by Dave Keen and McKenney, then seemed to let up in the last minute and allow the Wings to again take command.Bower had just made a save on Howe and was trying to regain his position when Delvecchio flipped in his third goal of the playoff series and the game winner.The Wings raced into action early with the same fire they demonstrated in the first two games in Toronto.They scored three times in the first period, two by right winger Floyd Smith and one by right winger Bruce MacGregor.In the second period Andy Bathgate scored on a long screened shot but the play still belonged to the Wings who seemed to find reserves of energy that Leafs were unable to tap.Toronto finally started to I warm up to the action in the third period and Keon&rsquo;s goal came while the Leaf&rsquo;s swarming around Terry Sawchuk in the Detroit net.McKenney finally connected at 18:47 when Tim Horton shot from the centre of the blueline. Sawchuk did not appear to see the puck which rebounded to McKennev about 10 feet in front.For the third time in the final series, the course of the game was decided in the final minute of regulation time.In the first game in Toronto, Bob Pulford won it for the Leafs at 19:58 and in the second game also in Toronto. Gerry Ehman tied iit for Toronto at 19:17 to send it into overtime where Detroit won it 4-3 on a goal by Larry Jeffrey.Shots on goal were even at 34 but many of the Toronto shots come from the centre ice area or fired from the blue line.Detroit&rsquo;s Norm Ullman assisted on Smith&rsquo;s second goal to give him 16 playoff points, just five short of the record 21 established by Stan Mikita of Chicago in the 1962 series against Montreal and Chicago. Referee John Ashley called only nine minor penalties, five I against the Wings. &#9632;

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Delvecchio’s Late Tally Pushes Red Wings Ahead

<h2>Game Two</h2>QUEBEC, P.Q.&mdash;The Cleveland Barons contined to be the surprise team Of the Calder Cup playoffs much to the dismay of the Quebec Aces.The Barons dumped the Aces 5-4 in the second game of the best-of-seven final series to stretch their playoff victory streak to seven straight games and extend their lead over the Eastern Division titleholders to 2-0 in the series, which swings back to Cleveland for games three and four.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-06269/3230758-1-eng-US/f0010-062.jpg" title="f0010-06" width="398" height="682"></div>Dick Mattiussi provided the Barons with their margin of victory in the second game as he scored the game-winning goal with less than two minutes left to play and the score knotted at 4-4.Joe Szura, the Barons&rsquo; sizzling playoff goal scoring leader who set a new Calder Cup record in the series opener with 12 goals, added his 13th to help put the Aces squarely behind the proverbial eight ball.The Barons, third-place finishers in the Western division, started their playoff romp by sweeping past Rochester in the quarter-finals in two straight games before ousting Hershey Bears in three games in the semi-finals to make it five in a row before meeting the Aces.The slumping Aces blew a 3-0 lead and later had the Barons on the ropes with a 4-3 edge before losing their edge.Bob Ellett, Guy Rousseau and Cec Hoekstra were the other Cleveland scorers. Bill Sutherland. Leon Rochefort, Wayne Hicks and Keke Mortson were the Quebec marksmen.Cleveland came to life in the second period to score three times in eight minutes to wipe out the Aces&rsquo; big early game lead. Hoekstra tied the score in the final period to set the stage for Mattiussi&rsquo;s winner at 18.5S with coach Fred Glover and Ron Attwell assisting.<h2>Game One</h2>QUEBEC, P. Q.With Joe Szura setting a new Calder Cup record for most goals scored in the playoffs, the Cleveland Barons went on to surprise the Quebec Aces 4-2 in the opening game of the best-of-seven championship final.Szura scored twice to raise his playoff count to 12, breaking the record of 11 set by-Wally Hergesheimer with the same Cleveland Barons back in 1951 before Hergy moved into the NHL with New York Rangers.While a crowd of 8,683 looked on in the Quebec Coliseum, the Barons - - a third place club but the big surprise team of the playoffs - - dominated the Aces, Eastern Division pennant winners.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-07195/3230751-1-eng-US/f0010-072.jpg" title="f0010-07" width="379" height="634"></div>Ron Attwell and Guy Rousseau were the other scorers for the Barons, who increased their win streak to six straight in the playoffs. Leon Rochefort and JeanGuy Gauthier collected the Quebec goals.The Barons dumped Rochester Americans 2-0 in a best-of-three set and Hershey Bears 3-0 in a best-of-five series to advance to the final while Quebec knocked off Pittsburgh Hornets the Western Division leader, 4-1 in a best-of-seven semi-final.Against the Aces, Szura beat Gump Worsley twice in the second period, piling up a ,3-0 lead. Attwell got Cleveland&rsquo;s first goal in the opening period &mdash; 42 seconds after the start of the game &mdash; and the tally by Rousseau was sandwiched between the two Quebec goals in the final period.<h2>AHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-03596/3230744-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="628" height="2184"></div> &#9632;

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Cleveland Upsets Quebec Aces Twice To Continue Surprising Playoff Pace

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02740/3230789-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="312" height="482"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Faille</figcaption></div>NEW YORK. N. Y.The Cleveland Barons and their coach, Fred Glover, hold a conspicuous place in the Calder Cup all-time playoff records. Barons for example, have won the Cup eight times in history. More than any of the other five teams in this year&rsquo;s playoffs. Quebec is looking for its first playoff title.Cleveland, in the playoffs more often than any other team, has played the most games, 189: won the most victories, 102: suffered the most defeats, 87: scored the most goals, 583: and allowed the most enemy goals, 600.The Pittsburgh Hornets&rsquo; 54 goals scored in the 1950-51 series stands as an all-time high. Cleveland allowed 50 enemy goals in 1945-46, another league record. Many clubs have won eight playoff games in one season for the league mark, but only Indianapolis in 1949-50 and Springfield in 1960-61 won the title in eight straight games. Under the present playoff system. it is possible that a second or third place team could post nine victories.Buffalo defeated Cleveland 12-2 in 1943-44 in the highest scoring playoff game in AHL history, with the 12 goals scored by the Bisons standing as the most registered by a single team in a playoff game.As far as individual players are concerned. 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 1950-51 each scored six points in one game for the playoff record.Barons&rsquo; Joe Szura last week replaced Wally Hergesheimer, also with Cleveland in 1950-51, as top goal-scorer for the playoffs. Szura counted 12 compared to Hergy&rsquo;s 11.Four players. Johnny Sorrell, Camille Henry, Gerry Ehman and Bill McCleary, 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. Frank Mario of Hershey in 1946-47 and Doug McMurdv of Springfield in 1948-49 each registered five assists in a single game.Marcel Paille set the consecutive minutes shutout record of 207:27 minutes with Springfield in 1961-62.Cleveland&rsquo;s general manager, Jack Gordon, is the only player to lead playoff scorers for two consecutive seasons. Gordon turned the trick in 1952-53 and 1953-54, while playing for the Barons. &#9632;

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Barons Bidding For Ninth Calder Cup

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01852/3230827-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg" title="f0011-01" width="290" height="470"><figcaption class="caption-body">Roy Brunel</figcaption></div>CLEVELAND, OhioThere was a time in the latter stages of the American Hockey League title race when it appeared that the Cleveland Barons were destined to wind up on the outside &mdash; looking in &mdash; on the Calder Cup throne room.That was before Coach Fred Glover got his charges to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps &mdash; and before the line of Joe Szura, Ray Brunel and Ray Kinasewich set out to prove themselves a three-man gang.Whether Glover inspired his players to superior play in the post-season series, whether the fire of Szura and Co. lit burners under the other Baron players, or whether the team as a whole suddenly came alive, the result was the same.The Barons, after riding herd on the Rochester Americans, continued their winning ways in dumping the Hershey Bears in three straight games.Now engaged in the Calder Cup finals with the Quebec Aces, Teddy Oke Trophy winners, the Barons are no worse than an even bet to take all the marbles.The Cleveland Barons have the disadvantage of opening the final series in Quebec, where they play their first two games, but the way in which they polished off Rochester and Hershey in games in those two cities gives rise to the hope that winning in Quebec will not be an impossibility.Quebec, winners of tne league and Eastern Division crowns, captured 19 of its last 21 home games during the regular season. The two games it lost both were to the Barons.The way the Barons were playing in the first five games of the playoffs, the location of the ice surface meant little difference. On the other hand. Quebec figures to be much more of a problem than Hershey, which had been relatively easy for the Barons all season.Rochester looked like a tough opponent, but even the Amerks could not withstand the Barons&rsquo; onrush in the short opening series.To date, the playoffs have been a happy hunting ground for Szura. Brunel and Kinasewich. who combined for 18 of the Barons&rsquo; 26 goals in the battles against Rochester and Hershey.Szura personally accounted for 10 of these goals. He also had piled up a total of 15 playoff points in five games, only five under the total registered by Zellio Toppazzini of Providence in 1955-56 and John McKenzie of Buffalo last season.Brunel and Kinasewich were not far behind him, with four goals and seven assists apiece in five games.Over the season, Quebec and Cleveland toiled on equal terms in games against each other. Each team won four, lost four and tied one, with the Barons taking two out of five at Quebec and the Aces winning one and tieing one in Cleveland.The Barons headed into the final series with rookie JeanGuy Mo-rissette still guarding the nets in place of the injured Les Binkley. Binkley, injurec late in the regular season, stil was finding it difficult to wort in the nets any length of time without suffering a recurrent! of the dizziness that has plaguet him since he sustained a seven head injury in a game agains Pittsburgh.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03637/3230820-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1158" height="1905"><figcaption class="caption-body">FRED GLOVER &hellip; Leadership Paying Off</figcaption></div><h2>Barons&rsquo; Centre Szura Sets New Playoff Goal Mark With 12</h2>CLEVELAND. OhioOne of the big reasons for Cleveland s success has been the performance of centre Joe Szura. new AHL record-holder for goals scored in playoff competition.Szura broke the old record of 11. set by ex-Baron Wally Hergesheimer in 1951. in the first game of the finals against Quebec with two goals for a total of 12. The lanky centre finished the regular season schedule with 23 goals, 44 assists for a total of 67 pointe, fourth in the Cleveland scoring department. &#9632;

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Barons Made Own Breaks In Gallant Climb To Finals Szura-Brunel-Kinasewich Line Sizzles To Give Offense Lift

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div>ROCHESTER. N.Y.Injuries, injuries and more injuries.That was the story of the 1963-64 Rochester Americans, who despite a ridiculous rash of ailments, still missed the American Hockey League&rsquo;s overall championship by only one victory.Until the final three games of the schedule, Coach Joe Crozier had everybody available only seven times in 70 games.And not once from Dec.7 through March 24 did Crozier have a &ldquo;healthy&rdquo; squad.For the 10 games in which the Amerks were at full strength, eight resulted in Rochester wins, including four in five tries on the road.The injury jinx reached its peak late in January when Al Arbour. Red Armstrong. Eddie Litzenberger, Stan Smrke and Gerry Cheevers all were sidelined for the same game. The club had three or more regulars out for a half dozen games near the end of January.Among the more serious problems were Lou Angotti&rsquo;s shoulder dislocations, Wally Boyer s torn knee ligaments, Les Duff&rsquo;s fractured left ankle, Eddie Litzenberger&rsquo;s broken ribs and torn knee ligaments and Stan Smrke&rsquo;s kidney infection.That the Amerks were able to finish with as fine a record as they did is a credit to Crozier.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02774/3230858-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="659" height="650"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN SMRKE &hellip; Kidney Infection</figcaption></div>ICICLES &mdash; Gerry Ehman is the Rochester Americans&rsquo; alltime goal scorer with 127 during regular season as an Aroerk. Stan&rsquo; Smrke isn&rsquo;t far betiind with 122, and Dick Gamble has 108 &hellip; Crozier&rsquo;s contract as coach here expires Jine 1, and he&rsquo;s not commenting on his plans until he sits dawn with Toronto Maple Leaf officials in the near future. He kept better morale on the club than any other coach in Rochester history. &#9632;

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Injury Jinx Hard On Amerks, Club Hurt In 63 of 70 Games

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02721/3230896-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="510" height="930"><figcaption class="caption-body">NICK MICKOSKI &hellip; Rookie Coach Winner</figcaption></div>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.The San Francisco Seals have won the Western Hockey League championship for the second straight year to become the first fourth-place team to annex the Lester Patrick Cup since 1952-53 when Edmonton Flyers turned the trick.Coached by Nick Mickoski, the old pro who took over the club&rsquo;s reins halfway through the year from manager-coach Bud Poile, the Seals climaxed another amazing hockey season as they ousted Portland Buckaroos in five games and then turned back the Los Angeles Blades in a six-game final, the first all-California final in the 16year history of the league.The Seals defeated the Blades 4-2 in a best-of-seven series in which they lost the opener 3-1 to Los Angeles before coming back with a vengeance to win three straight, 5-4, 4-2 and 5-4. The Blades connected in an 8-2 home ice decision in the fifth game to prolong the series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03568/3230889-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="577" height="571"><figcaption class="caption-body">MOE MANTHA &hellip; Broke Series Open</figcaption></div>&rsquo;Frisco wrapped it up April 17 at the Cow Palace by winning 4-3 with a capacity crowd of 9,000 looking on.The Seals had many heroes in the cup final but the two-goal effort by defenseman Moe Mantha in the third game of the series proved to &rsquo;be the turning point for the WHL champions. With the series deadlocked at 1-1, the Seals won the third game 4-2 to go ahead as Mantha drilled the winning goal at 19.01 of the final period followed by Eddie Panagabko&rsquo;s clincher at 19.30.The Seals never looked back after that win even though they stumbled in the fifth game.Len Haley, another &rsquo;Frisco star, came up with the winning goal in the sudden-death overtime of the fourth game to push the Seals ahead 3-1 in the series. Tom Thurlby, Gerry Odrowski, Mantha and Goalie Bob Perreault were others who stood out along with Haley, Mickoski and Panagabko in the series.The victory for the Seals had an ironic twist as far as Poile was concerned. He was the rookie coach of the Edmonton team which won in 1952-53, the last fourth-place club to cop the Patrick award. This year Mickoski as rookie pilot of the Seals duplicated Poile&rsquo;s feat after the latter stepped up into the club&rsquo;s front office as GM leaving the coaching role to Mickoski, a 17-year&rdquo; veteran of pro hockey.The 1962-63 season was big for &rsquo;Frisco. The Seals finished in second place in the League&rsquo;s Southern Division. They defeated Los Angeles, 2 games to one, in the Divisional semi-finals. In the divisional finals they defeated the Portland Buckaroos, first place finishers in the Southern Division, four games to three. Then, in the final series for the championship the Seals defeated the Seattle Totems in sudden-death overtime in the seventh and final game of the series, 4-3, to become the new champions. &#9632;

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San Francisco Beats LA. Blades To Win Second Straight WHL Title

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WHL Playoff Summaries

LOS ANGELES, Calif.Frank Arnett, perennial &rsquo;bad man* of the Los Angeles Blades, was fined $300 and placed on an indefinite suspension for charging Referee Bill Papp in the fifth game of the final AHL series.Arnett was ejected in the first period of the playoff game against the San Francisco Seals for charging into Papp and arguing over a call by the referee. Other officials and Arnett&rsquo;s teammates restrained the player and Papp then ejected him for misconduct, which calls for an automatic $25 fine.Western Hockey League President Al Leader, who was at the games, levied the larger fine plus the suspension that put Arnett on the sidelines for the season. &#9632;

Leader Slaps $300 Fine, Suspension On Blades Arnett For Charging Ref

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>GREENSBORO, N. C.Plans to add a new team in the Southern Division of the Eastern Hockey League were discussed here at a meeting of executives of the four southern clubs.Dave Patterson, Nashville prexy, said the details of how to stock a new entry, most likely Jacksonville, Fla., will be discussed at the league&rsquo;s annual meeting on May 5 in Jacksonville. But the informal session of the southern owners caused Patterson to issue this statement:&ldquo;We definitely want Jacksonville to come into the league next year and, we in the Southern Division realize that the city should not be asked to play with as weak a team as Nashville had in 1962-63. The Flyers were lucky to survive that disastrous start and everyone knows it.&rdquo;Patterson pointed out that Nashville&rsquo;s improvement to contending status this past season helped all the Southern teams financially.&ldquo;We realize that the only way to get people into the Arena is to have strong teams from top to bottom and we are all aiming in that direction,&rdquo; Patterson said.No plan was announced but Pateerson indicated that the new club would have a much better selection of players than Nashville had two years ago. At that time each league member designated two men who could be drafted by the Flyers and the list was so weak that the club only picked Alex Kuzma from Knoxville. This time Patterson wants the new team to draft enough strong men to be able to field a representative team in its first year of operation.Attending the meeting with Patterson were Paul Buck of Charlotte; Ray Miron, of Knoxville, and Stanley Frank of Greensboro. Chances of Memphis entering the circuit were dampened with the report that Detroit has chosen the city for its Central League farm. &#9632;

Jacksonville May Be New Eastern League Entry

<div class="byline">&#x2014; Pollack</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01818/3231027-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg" title="f0013-01" width="268" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">Norm DeFelice</figcaption></div>CLINTON, N.Y.The Clinton Comets are the new champions of the Eastern Hockey League thanks to their ability to conquer the Greensboro Generals in playoff competition for the first time in three campaigns.The Comets won the final series in convincing fashion by a 4-1 margin and the triumph avenged their failures against the same club for the past two years. Last winter the Generals took the Comets 4-2 in the playoff finals, while the previous season the Greensboro six eliminated Clinton 5-1 in the series between the two first place clubs.It was a different story this year as the Comets won four straight games after a rocky 7-0 loss in the opener. Greensboro was handicapped by injuries to Don Carter and Pat Kelly, but the Comets also had a major mishap in the absence of goalie Norm DeFelice for the last three games. The difference however, lay in the fact that the Generals couldn&rsquo;t replace their injured men, while the Comets were able to use Nashville&rsquo;s Marc Edwards in the cage. As far as the Generals were concerned, DeFelice couldn&rsquo;t have been any tougher than Edwards.Pete Babando, John Ayotte, and Hec Lalande also had spectacular scoring series. Babando and Ayotte tallied 23 points in 15 games to tie Greensboro&rsquo;s Carter for the most points in the playoffs. Ayotte&rsquo;s 15 assists also were tops. Lalande was right behind with 21 points.Coach Benny Woit was confident of the crown once his club eliminated Johnstown, the Northern Division regular season king The Comets had handled Greensboro well all year and felt that they could continue the superiority in the playoffs. Woit&rsquo;s assurance was demonstrated when his club won two of their three games at Greensboro including the 8-3 deciding fray. The lone loss came after an all-night bus ride.The tide of the series might have turned had Greensboro been able to win one of the two games on Clinton ice. Both frays went into overtime but it was Clinton that came up with the big goal each time, once by Babando for a 5-4 verdict and once by Jack Kane for a 3-2 decision. These triumphs plus the injuries took the starch out of Greensboro and made the finale almost expected.In 10 seasons in the EHL, the only other time Clinton won the playoff title was 1959. Woit straightened out his club after a slow start and the loss of Art Rose to bring the team to its seasonal peak for the playoffs. Twice the club came off the floor to get past Long Island and Johnstown and now they have a leg on the Boardwalk Trophy which league president Tom Lockhart will officially present to them at the team&rsquo;s home opener next year.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02738/3231020-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="580" height="637"><figcaption class="caption-body">PETE BABANDO &hellip; Hot Playoff Scorer</figcaption></div>GREENSBORO: The Generals were crippled in the late stages of the playoffs. Captain Pat Kelly missed the finale with ankle injury, while Don Carter played series under handicap of aching ankle. Ray Germain had his nose broken, Don Davidson carried a five-stitch souvenir on his nose and Jackie Nairn broke his toe. Prexy Tom Lockhart ordered penalty timekeeper replaced here in final game for using abusive language on linesmen. Jacques Monette had 51 saves in one game.CLINTON: Fan here tossed beer in ref Ron Telford&rsquo;s face. Hec Lalande had hat trick in finale along with three assists. Comets drew more than 6,800 fans for their two games with Greensboro. Players and fans engaged in a hunt to recover Bill Glashan&rsquo;s contact lens on the ice. Pat Egan, Springfield scout, watched series. Tim Hook and Ted Szydlowski finished series ailing. Greensboro fans amazed at how close to ice Comet fans sit.JOHNSTOWN: Tony Bukovich scheduled for Army pre-induction physical. Last time a back ailment deferred him. He will work for dad in bar and motel in Haughton, Mich., if he isn&rsquo;t inducted. Billy Ives, Jack Faulkner and Ernie Dyda vacationed in Florida before going home. Dick Roberge lone Jet to stay here to work in paint store. Neil Forth will manage motel and restaurant in North Bay, Ont.KNOXVILLE: Don Labelle, Chuck Stuart, Glen Cressman and John Lumley will stay here in off-season. Pat Quinn is attending University of Tennessee. Reggie Grigg back in Montreal in dad&rsquo;s plumbing business. Lynn Davis working in St. Paul. Turk Broda, Charlotte pilot, says Grigg&rsquo;s the kind of winger a coach likes to have. &ldquo;The centre always knows where he is and he&rsquo;s always back checking. I&rsquo;d like to have one like him.&rdquo;PHILADELPHIA: Nearby Ice House, in Haddonfield, N.J., former home of Jersey Larks, would like to host some Ramblers games next season. Reggie Meserve is back in his drafting position. Don Chiupka selling beer in Seattle. Doug Adam, a top notch golfer, will play in several tourneys here. Jerry Wakshinski, who was here on loan from Knoxville, may return. Talk around town that owners are seeking to sell club for $50,000.NASHVILLE: Marv Edwards played for Clinton with mask. He&rsquo;s back in St. Catharinesworking as a dairyman. His 3-0 playoff record was further proof, according to Flyer fans, of his top goalie stature. The use of Norm Ryder by the Windsor Bulldogs caused that IHL club to forfeit a playoff game. Norm was employed as a sub for an ailing defenseman. Edwards fined in final game for leaving net.<h2>EHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03671/3231013-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="615" height="1668"></div> &#9632;

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Victory Sweet For Clinton On Third Try

NEW HAVEN, Conn.New Haven&rsquo;s Jim Armstrong posted a 2.40 average to top all goalies in the final Eastern Hockey League playoff statistics.Jim allowed just 13 goals in five games and posted one shutout to beat out Johnstown&rsquo;s Joe Daley who had a 2.70 norm and a shutout. Jacques Monette, Greensboro, 3.15; Norm DeFelice, Clinton 3.75; Lynn Davis, Knoxville, 3.75; Marv Edwards, with Nashville and Clinton, 3.83; Ricky Charron, Long Island, 4.80, and Gaetan Dessureault, Charlotte, 6.00, were next in line.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04602/3231058-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="288" height="462"><figcaption class="caption-body">John Ayotte</figcaption></div>In the scoring department, there was a triple tie at 23 points among Don Carter, of Greensboro and Pete Babando and John Ayotte of Clinton. Garry Sharp led in goals with 13 and Ayotte&rsquo;s 15 assists were tops. Larry Johnston, of Johnstown, who led the regular EHL season in penalties, added 50 more minutes in the playoffs to top all rivals. &#9632;

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Armstrong Top EHL Playoff Goaler, Ayotte Leads In Points, Assists

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-04403/3231134-1-eng-US/f0014-042.jpg"></div><h2>CPHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-03553/3231127-1-eng-US/f0014-032.jpg" title="f0014-03" width="394" height="980"></div> &#9632;

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CPHL Playoff Summaries

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02705/3231165-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION MAY ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Pictured Red Wing forward.4. Month in which Camille Henry was born (abbr.)7. Company (abbr.)8. Bower was hit in the by a stick on Mar. 21.9. Pictured star makes his summer home here.11. Initials of a Boston forward.12. Initials of player who wears No. 2 for Canadiens.13. Glen Harmon&rsquo;s former NHL team (abbr.)14. Pictured star&rsquo;s first NHL club (abbr.)15. Given name of LaBine, ex-Bruin.18. Initials of Labadie of Springfield.17. Teams often hit a season slump.18, Double 14th letter of the alphabet.20. Mrs. Punch Imlach was born in this month (abbr.)22. Pictured player likes to do this in the summer.25. Initials of No. 9 for Chicago.26. Preposition.27. Number of goals Rousseau scored on Feb. 1.29. Sun God.30. Initials of No. 17 for New York.32. Duff of Rochester answers to this.33. One of the Red Wings.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Boston gave this player a late season trial.2. Former Ranger defenseman.3. An imposed duty.4. What Mrs. Arbour calls Al.5. Initials of Champagne, Leaf prospect.6. This Ranger makes his home in Prince Albert, Sask.8. Eddie Shack celebrates his birthday in this month, (abbr.)10. Given name of 1 down.12. Name given Rochester&rsquo;s coach.14. Colour of Hull&rsquo;s hair.16. Current NHL scoring champion.19. Sawchuk suffered a pinched during recent playoffs.21. Wharram played for a time with a injury.22. Bucyk holidays each summer on a fruit.23. Bob Pulford was one on April 11.24. Initials of a Hawk penalty killer.28. Glenn Hall&rsquo;s condition on April 7.31. Pictured star played with this NHL team in 1960-61 (abbr.)<h2>LAST WEEK&rsquo;S SOLUTION</h2>1. Blake5. Mon.7. Ullman9. Tod.11. Aces13. Harper14. Tie15. Any17. TO.18. T.C.A.20. E.R.21. Tor.22. M.A.24. Lad25. Ran.26. Piece28. A C.29. HS.30. Pilote33. Pies34. Det.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Bathgate2. Audrey3. K.L.4. E.L.5. Mac.6. One8. Mar.10. OA.12. Stewardess14. Tottle16. Norma19. Coach23. Ankle25. Rupp26. Pat.27. Iced31. 11.32. Os. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY HUGH TOWNSEND</div>HALIFAX. N.S. &mdash;The ice was ready in the Halifax Forum: fans throughout the Maritimes were ready to gobble up the best seats available: everything appeared set for the biggest hockey series to hit this area for years&mdash;Only one thing went wrong: the Maritime champion Windsor Maple Leafs didn&rsquo;t make the grade past the Ottawa Montagnards in the Eastern semi-finals.Georges Roy&rsquo;s Leafs bowed out of the hockey picture in the nation&rsquo;s capital, losing the best-of-five series in the final game.The elimination of Leafs came as a shock to Maritime fans, many of whom were picking the Nova Scotians to go all the way.As far back as October the Maple Leafs were being touted as the strongest team in the Atlantic area for many seasons. Yet in the final analysis they didn&rsquo;t get as far as Moncton Hawks, last year&rsquo;s Maritime titlists who reached the Eastern finals with the Allan Cup-bound Windsor Bulldogs.What happened to the powerful Leaf machine?Early estimates were Leafs bowed out because they were too powerful for their own good.Their overall strength and balance left them head and shoulders above teams they faced all season. Never did they have a &rsquo;must&rdquo; game; never were they seriously challenged.For six months they did what every team tries to do &mdash; win. But they apparently won too easily.The lack of competition all winter left Leafs without the knowledge of what it is like to be hard pressed on the ice, until they met Johnny Wilson&rsquo;s Mounties.But Leafs gave it a good try. Roy had a strong club that picked up many many admirers along the way. Maybe other teams in the Nova Scotia Senior Hockey League will strengthen forces for next year and give Leafs the one thing they badly needed this season, but didn&rsquo;t receive until it was too late &mdash; opposition. &#9632;

Ottawa Too Tough For Windsor Leafs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0015-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01795/3231258-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg"></div> &#9632;

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IHL Playoff Picture

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01626/3231296-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg" title="f0016-01" width="636" height="4622"></div><h2>OHA Junior Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03436/3231289-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="1230" height="636"></div> &#9632;

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Playoff Races

<div class="byline">BY JACK COOK</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02544/3231334-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="319" height="486"><figcaption class="caption-body">Vic Lynn</figcaption></div>SASKATOON, Sask.A couple of old foes are back at ringside this month to decide a western representative for Allan Cup competition.Saskatoon Quakers and Winnipeg Maroons, who along with Trail Smoke Eaters have dominated western playoffs in recent years, will battle it out in a best-of-seven series.Quakers and Maroons will be on opposite playoff sides for the fourth time in the last five years.A year ago, Quakers lost in seven games to Maroons, who in turn knocked over Trail. The year previous, in 1961-62, Quakers eliminated Winnipeg but lost in seven games to Smoke Eaters.Quakers failed to survive their own Saskatchewan Senior League in 1960-61, bowing to Moose Jaw which in turn was beaten by Maroons. In 1959-60, the first for the SSHL, Quakers squeezed past Maroons but lost to Port Arthur Bearcats in the western semifinal.Despite regular visits to the western final, Quakers have yet to win one, losing each of the last two sets in the seventh and deciding games. The ironical part was that both games were played in Saskatoon.This year Quakers saved Maroons until the last.With Trail out of serious competition, Quakers met Kimberley Dynamiters in the western semifinal, and breezed through that series in four straight games.Maroons, who almost didn&rsquo;t compete for the Allan Cup because of a February tour overseas, sidelined the Lakehead with ease to earn the right to meet Saskatoon once again.Either Winnipeg or Saskatoon will play host to the Allan Cup final this time around.Lineup juggling because of injuries and the pressure of business resulting from the tour, has given the Maroons a new &ldquo;payoff&rdquo; line. It consists ofAggie Kukulowicz between Chuck Lumsden and Ross Parke.Kukulowicz, who generally played with Elliott Chorley, lost his mate for the Lakehead series and was placed alongside Lumsden and Parke. The trio worked so well together that it is still intact.Quakers are basically the same outfit that lost to Maroons a year ago.The main additions are Tommy Rendall, a former Winnipegger; Alex Kuzma, an oldtime Saskatoon senior star; Rudy Balon, a former Prince Albert junior defenceman, Bill Dixon from Colorado University, and Don Wilson, an ex-Saskatoon junior.Two regulars who figured high in the club&rsquo;s success were Bob Kortje and Bobby Dawes.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04335/3231327-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="565" height="748"><figcaption class="caption-body">AGGIE KUKULOWICZ</figcaption></div>Kortje, a former Saskatoon junior and Winnipeg professional, didn&rsquo;t play too often last year, but has blossomed into one of the club&rsquo;s steadiest blueliners. Dawes, well-known in National League circles, missed last year&rsquo;s final because of an injury but is in fine fettle at the moment.Coach Vic Lynn has decided against making full use of the six replacements allowed under Canadian Amateur Hockey Association regulations.In the past Quakers made generous use of the rule, but this year only forward Rollie Wilcox of Yorkton and defenceman George Hunchuk of Moose Jaw dressed against Kimberley. &#9632;

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April 25, 1964

Leafs Stick To Rigid Ice Drills While Red Wings Relax At Races

Omaha Knights Cap Big First Season Winning Title In Final With St. Paul

Figures Favor Toledo To Topple Fort Wayne In Turner Cup Action

Canadiens Got Big Mileage Out Of These Rookie Stars…