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June 1, 1964

The Hockey News June 1, 1964

<div class="byline">BILL GADSBY </div><div class="byline">&#x2026; Great Performer</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-011659/9440663-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg" title="f0002-01" width="559" height="829"></div>TORONTO. Ont.-The most valuable player in the 1964 Stanley Cup Final playoffs was a toss-up be-tween Bob Pulford of the Leafs and Detroit's Gordie Howe with the Toronto player getting the nod.Pulford edged Howe 7-6 in a poll taken among 19 newspapermen covering the final series by Jim Vipond of the Toronto Globe and Mail, a long-time hotkey writer. Toe Blake and Chicago's Bill Reay were also included in the vote taking by Vipond.The idea to poll the press and coaches was to get a reaction to Clarence Campbell's proposal that an award be made each year to the outstanding player in the Stanley Cup final.It has been suggested that a trophy named for Conn Smythe. former league governor and retired head of Maple Leaf Gardens, be presented to the winning player with a cheque for $1,000."Nothing has been decided." Campbell emphasized after the finals were completed. "We are merely seeking ideas. Several names have been advanced I including Mr. Smythe. the late Lester Patrick, first manager of New York Rangers and Leafs I defenseman Bill Barilko who was killed in a plane accident in 1951."Campbell said the idea will probably be discussed by the governors at the league's annual draft meeti.ng in Montreal in June.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-021398/9440656-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="271" height="505"><figcaption class="caption-body">Gordie Howe</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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IN THIS ISSUE

Pulford Selected Outstanding Star Of Final Series

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-03876/9441301-1-eng-US/f0009-032.jpg" title="f0009-03" width="299" height="525"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leo LaBine</figcaption></div>LOS ANGELES, Calif.Leo LaBine, rightwinger for the Los Angeles Blades, and former NHL Star, led the play-off scoring parade with 22 points made up of 10 goals and 12 assists in 12 games. He also led in goals during the 1963-64 play-offs while centerman Norm Johnson of the Blades led in assists with 14 in 12 games played.Blades&rsquo; defenseman Connie Madigan led in penalties with 49 minutes in 12 games while Jimmy McLeod, in 4% games, sported the best goalie average in the play-offs with a 3.3 average. &#9632;

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LaBine Leads WHL Playoff Scorers

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-04695/9441522-1-eng-US/f0011-042.jpg" title="f0011-04" width="556" height="880"><figcaption class="caption-body">BERNIE FALONEY</figcaption></div>Be a regular reader of Canada's breezy, fact-filled football weekly. This outstanding Football newspaper is now starting its 14th year of publication. Every pro team in Canada is covered thoroughly each week by the nation's foremost football writers.GAME BY GAME STATISTICS &bull; CARTOONS &bull; REPORTS ON U.S. PRO LEAGUES BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOGRAPHS &bull; BEST FOOTBALL COLUMNS IN COUNTRYFOLLOW THE STARS EVERY WEEK<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-05537/9441515-1-eng-US/f0011-052.jpg" title="f0011-05" width="1831" height="703"></div> &#9632;

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL NEWS

The Tam O&rsquo;Shanter Summer Hockey School opened its doors May 4 in anticipation of another great season catering to youngsters across the country.The school, which will hold forth at the Tam O'Shanter Country Club on Kennedy Road in Metropolitan Toronto, is divided into two groups &mdash; namely evening monthly school and international intensive hockey training camps.The evening schools consist of eight sessions per month of hockey instruction and skating periods. Boys are taught power skating for hockey and all hockey fundamentals. These sessions run from May 4 to Sept. 30.The intensive training camp operates nine weekly sessions from July 3 to Sept. 5. Boys ranging from 7 to 18 are eligible. Besides hockey instruction, there are other facilities for the boys, like bowling, swimming and golf.The Tam staff has a fine array of directors. Chief hockey coach is former Leafs&rsquo; star Sid Smith, who is assisted by such well-known ice favorites as Harry Watson, John Henderson and Kent Douglas.Chief aim of the school is to teach boys the proper methods of skating and hockey fundamentals. &#9632;

Tam O'Shanter Doors Open Again For Summer Hockey School Program

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0001-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-01220/9441646-1-eng-US/f0001-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">LEAFS WHOOP IT UP: Members of the Toronto Maple Leafs congregate around the famed Stanley Cup after their seven-game final victory over Detroit Red Wings. Joining in post-game celebration are BILLY HARRIS, (white helmet), RON STEWART, JOHNNY BOWER, CARL BREWER (2), in front, and ALLAN STANLEY, in rear.</figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0001-02189/9441639-1-eng-US/f0001-022.jpg" title="f0001-02" width="319" height="458"><figcaption class="caption-body">Punch lmlach</figcaption></div>TORONTO. Ont. -Now that they have packed the Stanley Cup away among their proud possessions for another season, the Toronto Maple Leafs can start looking ahead for new fields to conquer.On the immediate horizon are two records held by the Montreal Canadiens, which the cup-winning Leafs cherish and both are within their grasp as long as they keep winning for another two years.The Leafs with three straight Stanley Cup victories to their credit are fast approaching the NHL playoff record of five in succession set by the power-laden Canadiens of the 1955-60 era when great names like Richard, Beliveau, Plante, Harvey, Bouchard, Moore, Olmstead, Johnson and Geoffrion r.1ade the 'Flying Frenchmen' the indestructible hockey machine that monopolized the NHL.Leafs&rsquo; manager-coach Punch Imlach with three cups in his hip hockey, is also taking dead aim at Toe Blake&rsquo;s once seemingly invincible record of coaching five Stanley Cup winners in successions. As long as the Leafs continue as they did this year when they defeated the Detroit Red Wings in a seven-game cup final, Imlach can keep whittling Blake&rsquo;s mark down, although many are convinced it isn&rsquo;t likely Punch will make it.Another record which the Canadiens are fast in danger of losing is most Stanley Cup final victories by a team. The Habs have won 12 down through history but the Leafs are rapidly closing the gap with this year&rsquo;s triumph their 10th leaving them only two off the Montreal mark.The Leafs knocked the Canadiens out of the record book in the matter of most playoff game victories by a team with their seventh-game decision against Detroit that won the cup. The Leafs now have won 128 playoff encounters compared to 127 for the Canadiens. Detroit ranks third with 122 wins.Both Imlach and Detroit&rsquo;s Sid Abel commented briefly on their plans for next season. Both insisted they would ice stronger teams and quite conceivably end up fighting for the cup again for the third straight year.Imlach said he planned to inject more youth into his club meaning that some of the aging Leafs would move on either to retirement or to minor hockey posts as coaches. Imlach stated earlier that may carry a complete &lsquo;kid line&rsquo; made up of juniors next season.As for the amazing Johnny Bower, the veteran goalie wasn't too talkative after his tremendous playoff showing. He commented that he would be back with the Leafs again next season. Some of the other Leafs, notably the injured Red Kelly, said they would wait before making any decision.Abel predicted his Wings would be a tougher club next year. He praised his young players, whom he thinks will bear fruit with one season of NHL play under their belts. &#9632;

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Leafs Eye Habs' Record After Win

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT. Mich.Detroit&rsquo;s first Stanley Cup finals meeting with the Toronto Maple Leafs was a memorable one &mdash; since then, the Wings would like to forget the whole thing.The first one was in 1936.Detroit eliminated the Montreal Maroons in three straight games in the semi-finals. Actually, it was more like five games since one of them went until 16.30 of the sixth overtime period before Mud Bruneteau scored for a 1-0 victory in the longest NHL game ever played.Syd Howe, Marty Barry, Herbie Lewis, Bucko McDonald, Larry Aurie, Normie Smith and Ebbie Goodfellow were some of the stars of the 1935-36 team. Bruneteau, who was the big hero in the semifinals, had only two goals during the regular season.After disposing of Montreal, the Red Wings went on to whip Toronto in the best-of-five finals, three games to one. Detroit ran up 3-1 and 9-4 victories before losing the third game, 4-3, in overtime to the Leafs. Then the Wings clinched it, 3-2.It was a big year for Detroit &mdash; the Red Wings&rsquo; first Stanley Cup.Since then, the Wings and Leafs have met six times in the finals and all were disastrous for Detroit.There was 1942 when fifth place Detroit zipped to 3-2, 4-2 and 5-2 victories in the first three games. Defenseman Eddie Bush, now coach of the Hamilton Red Wings, scored a goal and assisted on the other four in the third game, a record for defensemen in Stanley Cup play that still stands.The roof fell in then, spiced by Jack Adams' charge across the ice at referee Mel Harwood after Detroit lost, 4-3, to the Leafs. Toronto went on to win the next three, 9-3, 3-0 and 3-1 to become the first and only team ever to win the Cup after losing the first three games.Detroit tried to reverse that in 1945 as the Leafs scored three straight shutout victories, 1-0, 2-0, and 1-0. The Wings won the next three, 5-3, 2-0 and 1-0 but Toronto took the deciding game, 2-1.The Wings were just starting to build their muscles toward an unprecedented string of seven straight league titles when they met the Leafs in the 1948 and 1949 finals with Toronto winning four straight each year.After that, Detroit and Toronto met seven times in semifinal play with the Wings eliminating the Leafs six times.But in the finals, the nod has gone to the Leafs even though, entering this year's series, the teams were even in victories after 90 playoff games, 45 wins each. &#9632;

It's An Old Story - Leafs Beat Wings For 6th Time

<div class="byline">BY JACK BERRY</div>DETROIT. MichClarence Campbell, thinking aloud one night in Toronto after the Red Wings had beaten the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime in the Stanley Cup finals, wondered what the verdict among the writers and talkers would be on a most valuable player award for the playoffs.The gathering, and those who heard of it later, thought it a worthy cause - - something like a $2,000 bonus plus a trophy.It wasn&rsquo;t meant for this year but for future years.It's too bad. There was a great candidate this year.Not Gordie Howe, Gordie the Incomparable, or Terry Sawchuk, or Johnny Bower. Dave Keon, Bob Pulford or Norm Ulman.But Bill Gadsby.Gadsby, who didn&rsquo;t make the Stanley Cup finals until last year, his 17th season in the National Hockey League, will be 37 years old this summer.He thought of retiring at midseason when bedded down at Detroit Osteopathic Hospital. He was in traction, for a bad back.Gadsby, who took on NHL scoring champion Stan Mikita in the semifinals against Chicago as a personal objective and rattled Mikita time after time after the blue line with crunching checks.Gadsby, described by Red Wing manager-coach Sid Abel as &ldquo;a master of the game&rdquo; and&rsquo;he&rsquo;d be one of the finest coaches in the NHL.&rdquo;&lsquo;&lsquo;He'd eat the puck to stop it,&rdquo; said Abel.And he would.It wasn&rsquo;t for the $2,000 that goes to the Cup winner &mdash; Gadsby played with the abandon of a youngster, diving in front of shots, breaking them up at the blue line and dashing back with the viger of long-gone youth.You expect Howe to be great &mdash; he&rsquo;s the best the game has seen &mdash; and he was.But Gadsby labored for years with poor teams. He was with Chicago before the Hawks grew strong. He toiled in New York and the Rangers have known little but mediocrity or worse for more years than they care to remember.He survived a ship torpedoing at the start of World War II as a child. countless broken noses and other fractures in hockey and better than 500 stitches.The contagion to win the Cup goes through the Gadsby household. Bill&rsquo;s wife, Edna, took their daughters home to Edmonton at the close of the season and missed all the semifinal games.When she returned to Detroit for the finals, the excitement and nervousness over Bill&rsquo;s desire to win the Stanley Cup caused her to pass out in the stands during the game.Gadsby was going for one line of engraving on one of the many bands on the Cup.&lsquo;&lsquo;When you see those old guys playing like that, you know you&rsquo;ve got to do your best,&rdquo; said one of the Wings&rsquo; fleet of youngsters.The Great Gadsby played like a human vacuum sweeper. No one played harder. &#9632;

Wings Tout Veteran Gadsby Over Howe And Sawchuk As Most Valuable In Playoffs

TORONTO, Ont. -Sid Abel wasn't too disappointed in his Red Wings after they were defeated by the Maple Leafs in the cup final.Oh. don't get Sid wrong. He would have liked to win. Every coach likes to bring back the Stanley Cup.But the Detroit coach was looking ahead now. The past was behind him. "I think we'll be the team to watch next year," he told writers after the Wings dropped the seventh and deciding game of the series to the Leafs."If we can slay clear of injuries and with our great young players, I think this team will be tough to handle next season," he added.What of the team's two ice leaders, Bill Gadsby and Gordie Howe. Abel wouldn't comment on either only to say, "they'll be back for sure."Howe, the scoring leader in the Stanley Cup playoffs with 19 points, admitted he was exhausted."I can't remember the last time I was this tired. These playoffs were really tough. Especially on an old guy like me."That fluke goal by (Bobby) Baun in overtime is what killed us. lt gave the Leafs the momentum they needed for this game and seemed to take a Jot out of us."Gadsby, an 18-year veteran in the NHL. is still looking for his first championship."I'll be back trying again next year. Retirement? Ha, not on your life I want a title and I think we can do it next season"If there was any sadness after losing the cup to the Leafs it was among the younger players. many of whom were getting their first taste of the Stanley Cup playoffs.The older Red Wings like Howe. Gadsby, Terry Sawchuk. Norm Ullman, Alex Delvecchio and Marcel Pronovost were busily engaged in trying to explain away their loss in the seventh game.Abel. who did a tremendous job piloting the Wings this season. was emphatic"That second goal by Keon (Dave) in the final period finished us. We had a few chances in the second to tie ii 1-1 but couldn't connect."Sure the Leafs played well. But once they got in front everything seemed to go right for them,"' added Abel."At the beginning of the season I was sure this club was going to give a good account of itself, Then we had all those injuries (over 100-man games lost and the use of 38 players during the year)."But rm not disappointed in the club. How could I be? They put on one heck of a display in the last half of the season and in the playoffs."Doug Barkley, sophomore defense man. said his groin injury was to the point where he could hardly skate."I kept getting worse, I got by with it in the sixth game, but tonight it was just too much. I told Sid after the first period to spell me off. I didn't want to cost the club more goals."One of the more dejected Red Wings was defenseman Al Langlois. who let Andy Bathgate get away from him for his break-away goal in the first period that started the Wings on the down-grade.Langlois, a veteran of cup playoffs with Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers. said he did not remember the play that enabled Bathgate to get away.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-031037/9440694-1-eng-US/f0002-032.jpg" title="f0002-03" width="302" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Borkley</figcaption></div><h3>Coming Next Month</h3><h2>OUR STATISTICAL ISSUE</h2>Hockey fans are reminded that the June issue will contain final records of all pro and amateur leagues. This valauble and informative edition is one all true hockey fans will cherish. &#9632;

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Detroit Coach Looking To Next Year, Sees Team Better With 'Kid' Stars

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-04790/9440725-1-eng-US/f0002-042.jpg" title="f0002-04" width="289" height="469"><figcaption class="caption-body">Red Kelly</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont. -The illustrious career of Red Kelly may be at an end.Not long after the Maple Leafs defeated Detroit, 4-0, in the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final playoff series. Kelly, one of the Leafs stars in the game and playoffs had to go to the dressing room in a wheelchair Later he was taken to Toronto General Hospital.The 38-year-old Kelly was in severe pain as a result of an injury to his left leg suffered when checked by Bill Gadsby and Gordie Howe in the sixth game.Kelly, who had been contemplating quitting hockey to concentrate on his political career, he is a member of Parliament for Toronto York District. He had suffered either twisted or torn ligaments.Kelly's injury was described by a Leaf spokesman as "serious." It is expected that Kelly will undergo surgery before announcing his future hockey plans. &#9632;

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Leg Injury May Mean End Of Kelly's Hockey Career

<div class="byline">BY BOB HARRIS</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-012128/9440770-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="473" height="407"></div>TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;No Stanley Cup victory is complete without the post-game dressing room hijinks and the Toronto Maple Leafs were no exception after winning their third straight world hockey championship.The Leafs&rsquo; room was as crowded as the CNE midway on Labor Day Weekend. Everyone and their friends were attempting to squeeze into the enclosure where the players were kicking up their heels, sipping champagne, lighting big cigars and playfully tossing club officials and members of the press into the steaming showers.Prime Minister Lester Pearson was a caller. He was taken from player to player on a conducted tour of the dressing room with a one-man police escort. He greeted players and congratulated most of the Leafs.The celebrations continued long after the game&rsquo;s conclusion. Carl Brewer, the Leafs&rsquo; solid defenseman, shoved a lighted cigar into trainer Bobby Haggert's mouth and came away with a slightly burned palm for his efforts.Leafs&rsquo; top brass, Harold Ballard. John Bassett and Staff Smythe, were tossed into the showers with all their clothes on but none protested the soaking considering the occasion. More champagne flowed into the festivities with the executive partaking.And so it went with the Leafs as they-whooped it up after winning their third Stanley Cup in a row and their 10th in history, six of which have come at the expense of the Red Wings.Andy Bathgate, who scored the important first goal for Leafs said: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m just thankful to be here. It's not only the first time I've ever been on a Stanley Cup winner, it&rsquo;s the first time I&rsquo;ve ever been in the final. I&rsquo;ve been with Rangers, y&rsquo;know.&rdquo;Bathgate said he scored on a good wrist shot.Don McKenney, who had been tied with Frank Mahovlich as Leafs' top scorer in the playoffs when he was knocked out of the series with torn knee ligaments, was smiling in the dressing room. It was a big day in his life.Earlier, in the afternoon, he became father of a baby girl.Toronto Coach Punch Imlach. whose rigid training program had been freely criticized when Leafs trailed the series 2-1, felt vindicated. While he worked Leafs every off day, Detroit coach Sid Abel took his players to the racetrack.&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no substitute for hard work,&rdquo; said Imlach. &ldquo;We were up for this one, and we were in shape.&rdquo;Captain George Armstrong raised the big cup time and again to quaff champagne as new waves of photographers made their demands. Finally he had to call for help.&ldquo;Someone else hold this thing,&rdquo; the Chief shouted. &ldquo;You guys have been fighting for this thing all year. Now the least you can do is hold it a second.&rdquo;Imlach continued his praise. Perhaps never since the night of last year&rsquo;s Stanley Cup victory had he been so free with friendly words for his minions.&ldquo;They showed all the signs of true champions. Bob Baun, Carl Brewer and Red Kelly all had needles to deaden the pain of their leg injuries, and then they told me they all wanted to play.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve never seen them up as high as they were before tonight&rsquo;s game. They clomped around here on their skates and hollered. Usually, you know, they just sit around and act casual. But tonight, boy, they were really going.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-021602/9440763-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg" title="f0003-02" width="1801" height="1594"><figcaption class="caption-body">Two of Leafs' high scorers in playoffs were BOB PULFORD, left, and team captain GEORGE ARMSTRONG, who collected 10 goals between them in 14 games.</figcaption></div><h2>Stanley Cup Story By Years</h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-031003/9440756-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1819" height="2173"></div>* &mdash; Cup final was enlarged to a best-of-seven series for the first time.** &mdash; Cup final was decided on a total-goals basis. &#9632;

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Champagne Flows After Leafs' Cup Win

TORONTO. ONT &mdash;Everything went wrong for the Red Wings. Even the celebrated octopus pitcher deserted them in their hour of distress.It has been Pete Cusimano&rsquo;s Stanley Cup custom, for 13 years, to salute Detroit goals with a barrage of octopi. Every time he threw his high, hard, squirming pitch. Wings won a playoff game.Cusimano, 37, brought his unbeaten record and a slightly extinct octopus to Maple Leaf Gardens for the 7th game. It was his first road trip in 13 years.Cusimano habitually heaves the long-armed seafood after the first Detroit goal, but in this game the Wings scored no goals. Perhaps sensing a shutout against his heroes. Cusimano reared back in his pew in the blues and flung the octopus after Leafs' first goal, scored by Andy Bathgate.This was at 3:04 of the first period. The octopus sailed over the Toronto blueline and Bill Harris, thinking it resembled a hockey glove, skated over to pick it up.Harris reached down, then jumped back as a man jolted by an electric impulse. George (The Retriever) Hayes, a linesman who has had some experience with octopi in the Detroit Olympia, removed the coiling debris from the playing surface. Hayes held the octopus with delicate care, aware that it has enough hands to pick all his pockets.Why did Cusimano pitch the octopus so soon, and in respect to a Leaf goal?&ldquo;Mainly because of the smell.&rdquo; he said. &#9632;

Even Octopus Quit On Wings In Last Hour

<div class="byline">By Ken McKenzie</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-012151/9440849-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="444" height="501"></div>Passing The Puck will not appear this month. Ken McKenzie, publisher of THE HOCKEY NEWS. is currently in Europe on an extended business trip. His column will be resumed in the June issue. &#9632;

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="byline">BY STAN FISCHLER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-021826/9440887-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="282" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Arnie Brown</figcaption></div>NEW YORK, N. Y.Were it not for the residue of the Bathgate-McKenney-Duff-Nevin trade, the cupboard on the Rangers' vital Baltimore farm would be bare.The Baltimore Clippers, the Blues talent supplier in the American League, offered few quality products for New York consumption this season, especially where most needed - up front and on defense. Nor is the future promising.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-031469/9440880-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="273" height="456"><figcaption class="caption-body">Mike McMahon</figcaption></div>One requires a magnifying glass to discern a Ranger product in the top half of the AHL scoring list; the leading point man being Ken Schinkel, a Ranger reject who finished in the number 30 spot.Loping behind Schinkel was Jean Ratelle, who failed in several New York auditions, but may be invited back next Fall just to be sure.After Ratelle in scoring, believe it or not, are Baltimore-owned Creighton, converted defenseman George Konik (also owned by Baltimore) and 100% defenseman Noel Price, already snubbed by the Blues.Perhaps the most intriguing aspect of the Baltimore story is that player-coach Aldo Guidolin was able to keep the Clippers in playoff contention until the final week-end of the season.Ironically, Guidolin, long ago by-passed by the Blues, remained the Clippers' top defenseman. Of the other back-liners, only Price and Arnie Brown appear capable of serious NHL consideration.Mike McMahon, another defense possibility, was promoted to New York late this season and proved to be consistently mediocre.Shortly after completion of the Bathgate deal, the Rangers dispatched ex-Leaf farmhands Bill Collins and Brown to Baltimore.However, none performed nobly enough to lift the Clippers into a playoff berth.Of the Ranger prospects, goaltender Gilles Villemure appears most ripe for immediate delivery to the NHL. But with Jacques Plante commanding a healthy payroll, Villemure will not immediately depose "King" Jacques. That is unless Jacques is traded.As for the other Baltimore prospects, their meagre point accumulation bespeaks lengthy careers in the AHL or below. The Rangers have some fuzzy-cheeked prospects at St. Paul in the CPHL but they are not ready for the NHL yet.Thus, the Rangers' main source of farm material at the moment must be among the ex-Toronto farmhands, Collins, Brown and Rod Seiling, who, perhaps, will show to advantage in training camp. &#9632;

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Farm Club Prospects Thin, Rangers Hoping Ex-Leafs Come Through To Fill Void

<div class="byline">- MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, Ill.The Black Hawks, with a collection of individual All-Stars but no league championship and first round elimination in the Stanley Cup playoffs, need a team leader more than anything else.So said co-owner James D. Norris in a recent newspaper interview following Chicago's disappointing one-point runnerup position in the league championship and subsequent loss in seven games to Detroit in the opening playoff round."We need some help. We need leadership. We don't have a real leader like Gordie Howe (of Detroit). I don't know where you get a person like that. I'd give a lot for one. We get occasional leadership from Pierre Pilote, Bobby Hull and Glenn Hall - but not all the time."Hull is a leader by his ice time, his scoring ability and his dashing style of play. But he is not an aggressive player and perhaps is too modest and easy going to fit the need.Hall is the man the Black Hawks built around to rise from an also-ran to a title challenger the past several years. He is deeply respected by his teammates. But by his position and, again, his mild manners on the ice he is not a true team leader. He is in the background of the play - not the forefront of the attack.Pilote probably comes closest to the "leader" category. He is team captain. His playmaking ability from the defense position is important. He has set up and scored many key goals in important games. He is the elder statesman in point of service with Chicago.His major drawback to being a consistent team leader is his style of play. Pilote is a gambler. He often tries to outsmart the opposition. When he does he looks great. But when he is outsmarted, he sometimes looks foolish. This has made him the occasional target of boobs, justified or not, in his own home Stadium - a difficult handicap for a man who could be a team leader.In the same interview, General Manager Tommy Ivan stated, in answer to the question: Can you win the championship next year with the same personnel?&hellip;"No. We need a consistent scoring performance. We are not as consistent as we should be. We're going to do everything we can to improve the team."Will you do any trading?"It's possible. There are a very limited number of untouchables we wouldn't trade." He wouldn't name them.On the subject of coach Billy Reay, Norris stated: ''I'm very satisfied with Reay and Ivan. I was 100 per cent pleased with them." &#9632;

Norris Says Black Hawks Hurting For Lack Of Team Leader On Ice

CHICAGO, Ill.Recent speculation in some out of town newspapers of a &ldquo;feud&rdquo; between scoring aces Bobby Hull and Stan Mikita of the Black Hawks is so much smoke without fire.This is the feeling of those close to the Chicago hockey scene and the two Chicago super-stars.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-012133/9440949-1-eng-US/f0005-012.jpg" title="f0005-01" width="645" height="639"><figcaption class="caption-body">BOBBY HULL</figcaption></div>Hull and Mikita have been friends since they were in high school at St. Catharines, Ont., where Mikita was growing up and Hull had come to play for the TeePees.When Mikita was honored with a press luncheon for the showing of the TV film. &ldquo;Fire on Ice,&rdquo; in which he was the star performer, he spent most of the time talking about Hull. Much of the talk was about their high school football days when, according to Mikita. The line would clear a hole on the left side of the line and Hull, with his bull strength, would run right through the opposite side.There was some criticism at season&rsquo;s end &mdash; in the non-Chicago press &mdash; that Hull and Mikita were not passing to each other. This is a laugh. In the first place, they do not play on the same line and so are usually only on the ice together for the Chicago power play &mdash; and then one is on the point while the other is up front.&ldquo;If anything," said one member of the Chicago management, &ldquo;Stan and Bobby leaned over backwards in the last few weeks of the season to pass off to each other or to teammates too much.&rdquo;Other unfounded criticism of the two aces came as they were battling for the individual scoring championship, won by Mikita with Hull second. Talk of a feud started when it was reported the two had not made a pre-agreement that they would split the cash award from the NHL for first and second place which goes to the scoring leaders.In the first place, both Hull and Mikita are in the salary brackets where, while money is not ignored, a few hundred dollars is not that important to them. The pride of winning is the important thing.&ldquo;Mikita is a gambler by nature. The incentive of winning is the big thing to him. And. if he gambles and wins the top money, that's fine. Just as it is if he takes his chance and loses it,&rdquo; said one Black Hawk official.Hull is too easy going to get excited about such a matter.Both Hull, who has won the league scoring title twice before, and Mikita laughed off any talk of hard feelings. In fact all during the last half of the season they joked about it after games &mdash; where they sit in the Chicago locker room separated only by Kenny Wharram.&ldquo;Anytime Stan scores a goal or gets an assist I&rsquo;m all for it,&rdquo; Hull used to say. &ldquo;It means we get another goal toward winning the championship.&rdquo; And his smile was genuine.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-021553/9440942-1-eng-US/f0005-022.jpg" title="f0005-02" width="637" height="639"><figcaption class="caption-body">STAN MIKITA</figcaption></div> &#9632;

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Hull-Mikita Feud Denied By Hawks' Super Stars

<div class="byline">BY HARRY MOLTER</div>CHICAGO, Ill.Will the Chicago Black Hawks stand pat or try to make some trades this summer?The Black Hawk brass is on the spot. When you finish one point out of first place for two straight years and have six members of the first two All-Star teams on your roster, you have a pretty good team.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0005-031009/9440980-1-eng-US/f0005-032.jpg" title="f0005-03" width="285" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Doug Robinson</figcaption></div>If they trade and drop down in the standings or finish farther back &mdash; the critics have a field day.If they stand pat and don&rsquo;t trade, then finish second, or lower, again &mdash; the critics have a field day, too.There are several forces at work in the Chicago picture, as follows:1. The great desire of co-owner Jim Norris to have a first place team during the regular 70-game NHL schedule. No Black Hawk team has accomplished this since Chicago entered the league as a charter member in 1926. Nori is has been keenly disappointed the last two years at the near misses.2. Tommy Ivan. Chicago&rsquo;s general manager and the man credited with rebuilding the Black Hawks personnel from doormats to perennial challengers, is by nature a conservative man. He has made shrewd trades along the way and is not adverse to making a deal, however. But he will not jump into one from panic or the pressure of fans or disappointment.3. Frustration is a major factor gnawing at the Black Hawk brass. When you come within one point two years running for a championship you have never had, the mental anguish can burn hard. This is especially true since Chicago led by nine points with a month to play last year; and by ten points after an early spurt at midseason this year and again, was in front until the final weeks.4. Disappointing playoff showings the past two years have compounded the frustration. After winning the first two semifinal games last spring, the Black Hawks lost four in a row as they were eliminated by fourth place Detroit last year. Virtually the same thing happened this year &mdash; also against fourth place Detroit &mdash; although the Hawks were in the driver&rsquo;s seat with a 3-2 series edge yet lost the last two games by 11 goals to four. Worse, they looked good only in the opening game and-for brief flashes in the others. Their big scoring guns were silenced for the most part and they were completely outhustled and outskated by the faster Red Wings.5. Top player talent. If any club has top individual performers in spades, it is the Black Hawks. Bobby Hull led the league in goals scored with 43. Year in and year out, he is one of the three best players in the National Hockey League. Stan Mikita led the league in total scoring. Hull. Mikita 1 39 goals' and Ken Wharram (39 goals' were the only players in the league to score more than 30 goals. Pete Pilote was the league&rsquo;s outstanding defenseman. Glenn Hall was the All-Star goalie over the first half of the season and came within three goals of winning the Vezina Trophy. Even Chicago's second line players are capable, experienced performers &mdash; Eric Nesterenko. Ron Murphy, hustling Chico Maki: and players like Al MacNeil. Wayne Hillman and Aut Erickson on defense. And they had a goalie, Dennis Dejordy, who played in only six games but who many considered as good as half the other goalies in the NHL.6. Promising minor league talent. The Black Hawks have a thriving farm system. Phil Esposito. the lanky center, was called up during the middle of the season and performed capably when given ice time. Left wing Doug Robinson, who netted 22 goals in half a season at Buffalo, almost made it this year and was called up and given playing time in the Stanley Cup playoffs. He is the most likely bet to be with the club next fall. Alain Caron, in two years of professional hockey at St. Louis, has totalled 138 goals. He led the league with 77 goals and 48 assists this year. He is a fiery French Canadian who is not particularly fast, can obviously score goals, needs polish defensively and will most certainly get a good look-see at training camp.Caron&rsquo;s linemates, left wing John Brenneman and center Ray Cullen, also will be watched closely. It&rsquo;s possible their next stop will be Buffalo. Murray Hall, who disappointed in the first half season with the parent club, regained his scoring touch at St. Louis in the last half and is still a good prospect. On defense Ed Van Impe and Paul Popeil give Chicago lee-way in possible trades for their current regulars.There are three avenues open to G.M Ivan.*He can stand pat and do absolutely no trading &mdash; going with his one-point-behind team again next year and hoping it avoids a slump. This is not likely.*He can go middle-of-the-road by bringing up youngsters like Robinson and Esposito, and possibly Caron and Hall and Brenneman &mdash; and trade off a Murphy or Nesterenko or Murray Balfour. He wouldn&rsquo;t likely get any front line players in return but he could stock up with good youngsters to put in the farm system for the future.*He can really shake things up with a trade for one of his established stars. It isn&rsquo;t likely to be Bobby Hull or Stan Mikita. But both Norris and Ivan have admitted that there &ldquo;aren&rsquo;t many untouchables on our squad&rdquo; so the rest are wide open. Even All-Star goalie Glenn Hall or top defenseman Pete Pilote are candidates on the basis of two theories &mdash; you have to give something to get something; and you trade veteran players while they are at their peak in order to get maximum return.With five good defensemen, any of them become expendable including Pilote, who is the team captain and as close to a team leader as Chicago has. &#9632;

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Black Hawks Seen Likely To Make Off-Season Trades

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-021611/9441049-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">Goalie JOHNNY BOWER appears to be berating Leafs' defenseman ALLAN STANLEY for blocking his vision during this Stanley Cup final playoff action. Bower and Stanley, the grand 'old men' of the Leafs, were an integral part of Toronto's third cup win.</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont&mdash;The Toronto Maple Leafs did it again in the Stanley Cup finals as they defeated the Detroit Red Wings 4-0 in the seventh and deciding game to capture their third straight cup.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-04610/9441042-1-eng-US/f0006-042.jpg" title="f0006-04" width="269" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body">Andy Bathgate</figcaption></div>With veteran goalie Johnny Bower hanging another collar job on the tired Red Wings, the Leafs proceeded to pump four goals past Terry Sawchuk&mdash;one in the first period and three in an all-out final period&mdash;to win the best-of-seven series 4-3.The Leafs, beset by injuries throughout the series, showed their determination to overwhelm the fading Wings, who obviously ran out of gas in the last game.Andy Bathgate rifled a first-period goal past Sawchuk on a breakaway and the Leafs nursed the edge until the final stanza when Dave Keon, Rea Kelly and George Armstrong broke the game wide open with single goals without a reply from the Red Wings.Kelly, a former Red Wing great, was outstanding in his 142nd Stanley Cup Playoff game&mdash;a record&mdash;although he was a doubtful starter until the opening whistle because of a severely wrenched knee picked up in the sixth game. With the knee frozen, he played a solid two-way game, especially in keeping Detroit leader Gord Howe in check.Hardrock Bob Baun require a similar needle to deaden the pain of a suspected broken bone in his lower right leg, but played a crashing game on Leafs&rsquo; defence. His partner, Carl Brewer, also shone, with Reedies numbing rib and leg injuries.Armstrong accepted the Stanley Cup from NHL President Clarence Campbell in a centre ice ceremony immediately after the game, as 14,571 fans roared approval.The Leafs have won the historic trophy 10 times, second only to Montreal Canadiens, who have won it 12 times.The Wings lacked Gordie Howe&rsquo;s leadership in the climatic game as the big right winger, obviously bone-tired from playing close to 40 minutes in each of the 13 previous playoff games, could muster only a half-dozen dangerous rushes.Wings&rsquo; younger players, notably Ed Joyal, Paul Henderson and Andre Pronovost, tried to take up the slack but they were no match for the fired-up Leafs, or for Bower, why played one of his steadiest games of the playoffs.Bower handled 33 shots in posting the shutout. Many were from long range, but he made some excellent saves, including two each on Howe and Norm Ullman.Detroit goalkeeper Terry Sawchuck also stopped 33 shots, most of them more difficult than the ones Bower handled.Referee John Ashley called nine minor penalties&mdash;five to Toronto. None figured in the scoring.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-012125/9441035-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="1678" height="1736"><figcaption class="caption-body">Leafs' rearguard TIM HORTON shoots the puck out of range after spilling Detroit's great winger GORDIE HOWE (9) in hectic final playoff series. Howe emerged as leading scorer of the post-season round with 19 points. Horton was defensive bulwark.</figcaption></div><h3>Sat., April 25</h3><h2>TORONTO 4. DETROIT 0</h2>DETROIT&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. Litzenberger. Armstrong, Pulford, Shack, Harris, Pappin, Ehman.Referee: Ashley; linesmen: Armstrong, Hayes.First Period1&mdash;Toronto: Bathgate 3:04Penalties: Horton 5:05. Joyal 6:34, Harris 8:51, Gadsby 8:51.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Harris 4:00. MacMillan 15:29.Third Period2&mdash;Toronto: Keon iHarris) ....... 4:263&mdash;Toronto: Kelly (Mahovlich) Stanley* ....... 5:534&mdash;Toronto: Armstrong (Mahovlichi) ....... 15:26Penalties: A. Pronovost 11:41. Horton 15:36. Brewer 18:44.Saves:SAWCHUK ....... 12 10 11&mdash;33BOWER ....... 8 12 13&mdash;33 &#9632;

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Bower Banks Wings In Finale For Leafs' Third Straight Cup

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-03953/9441094-1-eng-US/f0006-032.jpg" title="f0006-03" width="295" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body">Eddie Joyal</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont.The Detroit Red Wings mixed age with youth and came up with the desired results as they triumphed 2-1 in the fifth game of the Stanley Cup finals &mdash; putting them one game away from the world&rsquo;s championship.With veteran Gordie Howe and rookie Eddie Joyal scoring the goals, the Red Wings toppled the Leafs to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, which returned to Detroit ice for the sixth game.The Red Wings produced a superior skating effort and some brilliant defensive play by the likes of Goalie Terry Sawchuk, Bill Gadsby and Marcel Pronovost among others, to surprise the Leafs on their home ice.The Leafs, who trailed throughout the game and were only able to manufacture one scoring thrust &mdash; a third-period marker by captain George Armstrong &mdash; did everything but put the puck in the Detroit. They shot wide and high. They hit the post and the crossbar but they didn&rsquo;t get the puck past Sawchuk more than once much to the dismay of Leafs&rsquo; manager-coach Punch Imlach. who was still taking pot shots at Referee Frank Udvari.Imlach, who criticized Udvari for his work in an earlier game, said, &ldquo;his (Udvari&rsquo;s) work in tonight&rsquo;s game just substantiates what I said the other night, that Udvari is blind.&rdquo;The Leafs&rsquo; lone goal by Armstrong came while the Red Wings had their two veteran defensemen, Marcel Pronovost and Gadsby in the penalty box simultaneously.The loss proved doubly costly to the Leafs. They lost centre Don McKenney, who has been outstanding since the playoffs started. McKenney limped off the ice with torn knee ligaments and will be out for the season.Sawchuk handled 34 shots in the game, the same number the Wings directed at Bower.<div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-05481/9441087-1-eng-US/f0006-052.jpg" title="f0006-05" width="2807" height="1160"><figcaption class="caption-body">Masked netminder TERRY SAWCHUK of Detroit, one of the stars of the 1964 Stanley Cup playoffs for the Red Wings, forces EDE SHACK of the Leafs to skate wide as he kicks out Shack's shot in series play. Sawchuk was credited with holding Wings in series.</figcaption></div><h3>Tues., Apr. 21</h3><h2>DETROIT 2, TORONTO 1</h2>First Period1&mdash;Detroit: Howe (Delvecchio) 10:52Penalties: M. Pronovost 4:57, Langlois 15:35. Howe, Pulford 17:24, Pulford 19:42.Second PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Baun 7:57, Henderson 12:15.Third Period2&mdash;Detroit: Joyal (A. Pronovost) ........ 7:503&mdash;Toronto: Armstrong (Mahovlich. Bathgate) ........ 14:57Penalties: Gadsby 13:56, M. Pronovost 14:23.Saves:SAWCHUK ........ 12 11 10&mdash;33BOWER ........ 12 8 32&mdash;32<h2>NHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-012378/9441080-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg" title="f0006-01" width="694" height="3990"></div><h2>Giving Credit</h2>The editors of THE HOCKEY NEWS wish to give JOHNNY MAIOLA of Toronto credit for his expert camera work in shooting the Stanley Cup playoff pictures that appear on the pages of this playoff issue. &#9632;

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Howe, Joyal Click For Wing Goals As Detroit Pulls Ahead In Finals

TORONTO, Ont. &mdash;Winning the Stanley Cup put an extra $4,000 in the pockets of the Toronto Maple Leafs.Each member of the Leafs received that amount while the vanquished Red Wings collected $2,750 apiece.The Leafs each picked up $2,000 for winning the cup and the other $2,000 for finishing third in the regular schedule and beating Canadiens in the semi-finals.Detroit players each received $1,000 as losers in the cup final and the rest for finishing fourth and beating Chicago in the semifinals. &#9632;

Leafs 7 Winning Share $4,000 Each

DETROIT, Mich -Bobby Baun has scored only two goals in Stanley Cup playoffs during his eight-year NHL career but he picked the right time to get his third here in the sixth game of the final series.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-021440/9441149-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="255" height="404"><figcaption class="caption-body">Bob Baun</figcaption></div>Baun shot the game-winning goal after one minute and 43 seconds of sudden-death overtime play to give the Leafs a 4-3 victory over Detroit and extend the best-of-seven final series for the cup to the limit.Baun, who had been carried from the ice on a stretcher after stopping a shot with his ankle, sent the teams back to Toronto for the seventh and deciding game when he let fly with a screen shot that beat Goalie Terry Sawchuk.The Leafs, defending cup champions, refused to yield to the cup-hungry Wings, who fooled most of the experts by getting this far.The Wings, who showed indomitable spirit throughout the six games, battled from behind, took a 3-2 lead in the second period and battled the Leafs to a standstill in the nerve-wracking third.The end was anti-climactic and came so quickly many of the 15,222 fans could hardly believe it had happened.Baun took a pass from Bob Pulford, and rapped home a high one that Sawchuk apparently did not see until it went over his shoulder.Billy Harris, a perennial benchwarmer for the Leafs all season, came off the bench late in the second period to tie it up after Pulford had scored both of Toronto&rsquo;s earlier goals.The Wings scored all their goals in the second period with rookies Paul Henderson and Pit Martin and old pro Gordie Howe providing the fire-power.The Leafs once again proved that they play best with their backs to elimination. They duplicated their feat of the semi-finals when they came back from a three-to-two game deficit to beat Montreal Canadiens, the league champions.Most of the goals were from close in and neither Sawchuk nor. Toronto&rsquo;s Johnny Bower could be labelled for putting on a poor show.<h3>Thurs., April 23</h3><h2>TORONTO 4. DETROIT 3</h2>DETROIT &mdash; Goal: Sawchuk: defense: M. Pronovost. Gadsby: centre: Delvecchio: wings: MacDonald. Howe; subs.: Langlois. Barkley, Ullman, Martin, Jeffrey, A. Pronovost, Mac-Gregor. Smith. Miszuk, Henderson, Joyal, Spencer, MacMillan.TORONTO &mdash; Goal: Bower: defense: Horton. Stanley: centre: Bathgate; wings: Mahovlich, Stewart; subs.: Brewer, Arbour. Kelly, Ehman. Armstrong. Keon. Harris, Litzenberger, Pappin. Douglas, Pulford, Baun. Hillman, Shack.Referees: Buffey; linesmen: Pavelich, Wicks.First Period1&mdash;Toronto: Pulford &lt;Stanley) 17:01Penalties: Ehman 4:40, Gadsby 8:48, Baun 15:10.Second Period2&mdash;Detroit: Henderson (Martin) ............ 4:203&mdash;Detroit: Martin (MacMillan, Howe) ............ 10:564&mdash;Toronto: Pulford (Stewart, Brewer) ............ 14.365&mdash;Detroit: Howe (Delvecchio. Gadsby) ............ 15:566&mdash;Toronto: Harris (Armstrong, Baun) ............ 17:48Penalties: Baun 9:59, Litzenberger (misconduct) 15:56, Langlois 19:15.Third PeriodScoring: None.Penalties: Martin (misconduct) 3:07, Brewer 6:04.First Overtime7&mdash;Toronto: Baun (Pulford) .. 1:43Penalties: None.Saves:BOWER 8 ..... 13 16 1&mdash;38SAWCHUK ...... 14 10 8 0&mdash;22 &#9632;

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Baun Drills Winner In Overtime As Leafs Force Series To Limit

<div class="byline">BY SHEL FULLERTON</div>CLEVELAND, O.&mdash;The Cleveland Barons captured the Calder Cup for the ninth time in the history of the American League and the manner in which they did it stunned the hockey world and the Quebec Aces.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-012269/9441180-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="280" height="429"><figcaption class="caption-body">Fred Glover</figcaption></div>Sweeping a best-of-seven final series, the &lsquo;Cinderella&rsquo; Barons took the pennant-winning Quebecers by storm and left the Aces reeling wondering what had hit them. The Aces slumped in the series with Cleveland unfortunately for Coach Floyd Curry, and never came out of it.The series clinching victory a 5-2 decision on their home ice &mdash; enabled the Barons to extend their playoff victory streak to nine straight games for a new Calder Cup record. It was the Barons&rsquo; first cup win since 1957.The Barons, led by player-coach Fred Glover, have been a truly amazing hockey team since the playoffs began. One person who has been impressed by their play has been tiny Jean-Guy Morissette, their French-Canadian standby goalkeeper.Morissette, the wee goalie who stepped into the skates of injured Les Binkley * in the Cleveland Barons' cage in late season, shook his head in wonderment.&ldquo;Thees Cleveland team.&rdquo; he muses, &ldquo;one. two, three goals behind &mdash; no deeference. Come back and win: Always win!&rdquo;&ldquo;Always" is an all-encompassing word, but as the Barons sailed through nine playoff games without defeat to win the Calder Cup. Jean-Guy was right.The American Hockey League&rsquo;s Cinderella team had proved beyond a doubt that it is a comeback club without a present day peer.Perhaps its most notable effort was the victory in the backyard of the redoutable Quebec Aces on Sunday, April 19. when the Barons overcame a 3-0 deficit to down the Aces 5-4 and take a 2-0 lead in games in the finals.Two victories in a row over the Rochester Americans, three in succession against the Hershey Bears and four straight over Quebec gave the Barons a string of nine consecutive playoff wins.Jean-Guy. himself, was one of the big reasons for the Barons&rsquo; success but he was far from the only one.Morissette, playing superbly behind a hard-working defense, allowed only 17 goals in the Barons&rsquo; nine playoff victories, an average of 1:80 goals per game. Even Binkley, valuable as he has been throughout the year for Cleveland, would have been hard-pressed to do better.Morissette was one of several defensive heroes, but there was absolutely no doubt as to the offensive star of the playoffs for Cleveland.That would be Joe Szura, who set a new AHL playoff record of 12 goals in one series as he tallied twice against Quebec in the series opener. Szura upped his goal production to 13 in the second Quebec game, maintaining his record of scoring at least once in seven straight playoff clashes. He had "hat tricks&rdquo; in the Barons&rsquo; two wins over Rochester.Szura&rsquo;s feat enabled him to crack the AHL record of 11 playoff goals set by Cleveland&rsquo;s Wally Hergesheimer in 1950-51. His 19 playoff points in nine games was short of the league mark of 20 held jointly by Zellio Toppazzini and John Mc-Kenzie.Rugged Larry Zeidel was another Baron standout as the Cleveland club won its first Calder Cup since 1956-57. Brought in from Seattle to replace the injured Tommy Williams, Zeidel proved himself to be a standout on defense and a fierce competitor.The latter quality was no surprise to Cleveland fans, who quickly took to heart a man who was once their bitterest of enemies.Among other Baron heroes were Ray Brunel and Ray Kinasewich. Szura&rsquo;s linemates, who trail him in that order in the Calder Cup scoring figures. Both have been instrumental in setting up Szura&rsquo;s thrilling scoring plays.Both other Baron lines have contributed valuable goals, with the unit of Cec Hoekstra. Guy Rousseau and Bob Ellett kicking in with three tallies in the 5-4 comeback effort against Quebec. Each man scored once.Coach Glover. Ron Attwell and Jim Mikol also scored some key goals, although generally the subject of attention from the opponent&rsquo;s top line.<h2>Calder Cup Summaries</h2>Wed., April 22CLEVELAND 2, QUEBEC 1First Period1&mdash;Quebec: E. Hoekstra (Harvey. Hanna) ...... 18:43Penalties: Harvey 1:57, Gray and Ellett 9:53, Holdaway 13:14. Brunei 17:12.Second Period2&mdash;Cleveland: Rousseau (C. Hoekstra. Ellett) ....... 19:02Penalties: Hanna and Glover 3:44, Blackburn 6:48. Sutherland 8:43. Mattiussi 19:50.Third Period3&mdash;Cleveland: Kinasewich (Harris, Szura&raquo; .... 2:11Penalties: Mortson 0:47. Zeidel 3:27.Saves:WORSLEY .... 14 11 15&mdash;40MORISSETTE .... 6 11 12&mdash;29Sat., Apr. 25CLEVELAND 5, QUEBEC 2First Period1&mdash;Quebec, Hicks (Hanna) ... 1:26Penalties: Morrison and Zeidel 2:27, Mortson 3:44. Gray and Ellett 7:07. Holdaway 7:33. Hanna and Holdaway 9:43, Blackburn 16:09.Second Period2&mdash;Cleveland. Ronson (MikoL Harris) ..... 10:493&mdash;Cleveland. Glover (Mikol) Attwelb ..... 18:07Penalties: Mattiussi 0:57. Harvey 5:23, Glover 6:26. Hicks 9:06. Harvey 13:26.Third Period4&mdash;Cleveland. Rousseau (Brunell ..... 1:355&mdash;Quebec, Morrison ..... 12:576&mdash;Cleveland. C. Hoekstra (Mattiussii) ..... 17:317&mdash;Cleveland, Ellett (Rousseau. C. Hoekstra) ..... 17:40Penalties: Harris and Hicks 5:54.SAVES:WORSLEY 7 11 6&mdash;24MORISSETTE 9 8 7&mdash;24 &#9632;

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Cleveland Takes Ninth Calder Cup Stunning Aces In Four-Game Sweep

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div>HERSHEY, PaCoach Frank Mathers took off for Puerto Rico for a rest, while the rest of the Hershey Bears headed for the Canadian hinter-lands with an extra $800 in the sock for off-season groceries.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-021728/9441232-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="294" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body">Frank Mathers</figcaption></div>Perhaps, beneath the swaying palm trees, rustled by the Caribbean warm winds, Mathers may find time to contemplate exactly what is needed to shore up his club for the 1964-65 American League season.After the dismal showing of his forces against the Cleveland Barons in the Calder Cup semifinals &mdash; the Barons won in three straight games &mdash; its obvious help is needed in the defensive ranks, not to mention the offense.Goalie Ed Chadwick exited for the Canadian border on the verge of shell shock. In a half-dozen playoff games, the veteran cage cop watched the opposition. Providence in the first round, gun 206 shots his way, a fraction off an average of 35 a game. Maybe in pee wee or bantam ranks this sort of thing is accepted. But in the pro ranks, especially the AHL &mdash; socalled Triple-A of hockey &mdash; it&rsquo;s pathetic to put a goalie through such torture.As their reward for closing out second in the Eastern Division ($6,000&gt;, turning back Providence in the playoff | quarter-finals ($5,000) and getting stomped by Cleveland ($5,000), the Bears each pocketed $800 a man. It was balm to their wounds. Their pride? That&rsquo;s another story.Before sailing off for the land where Columbus and Blackbeard once roamed, Mathers admitted some changes have to be made.&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve got to help ourself on defense,&rdquo; he admitted. &ldquo;Trades will have to be made, but it remains to be seen what we can obtain.&rdquo;Hershey&rsquo;s defensive crew was composed of Marc Reaume, Canadiens property: Barry Ashbee. Boston owned; Howie Yanosik. Nick Polano and Ralph Keller, Hershey hands.Up front it&rsquo;s anyone&rsquo;s guess who will be placed on the block.The three most effective skaters with nine goals in the playoffs were Gene Ubriaco. Bob Leiter and Keith Mc-Creary. Only Ubriaco belongs to Hershey. Leiter will be in Boston next season, while Mc-Creary probably will get a shot with the Canadiens who own him. He had ten game winning goals among the 25 he scored this season. He is a leading candidate for "Rookie of the Year&rdquo; honors.Four disappointments in the playoffs were Bruce Cline, Pete Conacher, Myron Stankiewicz and Michel Harvey. In regular season play they combined for 105 goals. In the playoffs Harvey and Stankiewicz each scored once.The other forwards are captain Mike Nykoluk, Chuck Hamilton. Roger DeJordy and Dan Poliziani. Hamilton is, Canadiens property.Actually, with the squad Vlathers had, the one-time AHL tar defenseman did a commendable job in getting the outfit as far as he did. Eight of the skaters were new to the club, which only a year ago took the Buffalo Bisons to the seventh and final game in the Calder Cup finals before bowing.Financially, Hershey rolled in the green stuff. In regular season play &mdash; 36 home games &mdash; the team set a new attendance record of near 215.000. With the three home playoff games, the 39 game aggregate house was 233.750 for a 7,200 seat arena. Only the Quebec Aces with their much larger building out-drew Hershey.It will be interesting to watch the Hershey brass in action at the National League draft meetings. What&rsquo;s needed most is a bonafide working agreement with an NHL club. Otherwise, dealing on a hit and miss proposition could shove the Bears into the also run class. Boston and Montreal saved Hershey this past season, sending in good players.And look what Detroit did for Pittsburgh! From last to first. Ditto for the Quebec-Montreal hook-up.It&rsquo;s obvious Hershey will be looking to woo some NHL club. The bet here is it&rsquo;s Boston, which in a year or so could be the big league powerhouse. The Bruins have a heap of great group of rookie stars in the minors.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-031217/9441225-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="519" height="765"><figcaption class="caption-body">JOE SZURA&hellip;Top Playoff Scorer</figcaption></div><h2>AHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04679/9441218-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="651" height="2052"></div><h2>Calder Cup Champions</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-05480/9441211-1-eng-US/f0008-052.jpg" title="f0008-05" width="546" height="819"></div> &#9632;

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Hershey's Pathetic Playoff Performance Stresses Need For Stronger Team Defense

<div class="byline">BY PAUL LIPPMAN</div>SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-021422/9441270-1-eng-US/f0009-022.jpg" title="f0009-02" width="263" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ray Cyr</figcaption></div>Don&rsquo;t look now, but the San Francisco Seals have copped an unprecedented second Lester Patrick Cup.This despite the fact the Seals failed to place one player on anybody&rsquo;s Western League All-Star team.&ldquo;I hope they take us this lightly in the playoffs,&rdquo; was Bud Poile&rsquo;s comment at the time, and they did &mdash; take the Seals lightly.The score in games was 4-2 over Los Angeles, with three games played in each arena, and all but one of them closely contested.The league office very nearly was panic stricken when the Seals ran up that 3-1 series lead, but the Blades won at home to force another game.As it was, the WHL is $40,000 poorer for lack of a seventh game, which would have been the gate of a predicted sellout in the Sports Arena had the Blades tied it up in the sixth game.The two big games of the series were the 5-4 San Francisco victories, one on Los Angeles ice, and the other at home in overtime, the latter issue finally being resolved at 15:34.The final game in the Cow Palace was the most exciting but at that point the clubs were so badly battered &mdash; San Francisco skated with eight injured players &mdash; that the calibre of hockey was down from the earlier contests.Ray Cyr was the star of this final outing, potting two goals, while Al Nicholson and Gerry Brisson each chipped in one. For Los Angeles, the standout throughout the series was Leo LaBine, who canned 10 goals, two of them in the finale.Series stalwarts for San Francisco were Ed Panagabko (eight goals), Nicholson (6), Brisson (6), Len Haley (4), Tom Thurlby (4), Larry McNabb on defense and goalie Bob Perreault, the latter probably making most of the difference between the two clubs. Perreault was outstanding in all but one game, the 8-2 loss in which Los Angeles broke a WHL record by scoring five goals in two minutes, 16 seconds. The old mark for five quickies was 3:34.Blade defenseman Frank Arnett was the villain of the set, the L.A. rearguard putting the slug on referee Bill Papp in the fifth game and receipting for a quick $300 fine and an indefinite suspension. A second-time offender in this department, his fate will be decided at the league meeting in May.Total attendance for the six-game series was 53,179 for a per-game average of 8,863. Of the three games in each city, San Francisco drew 28,361, while Los Angeles pulled 24,- 818.<h2>WHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-012041/9441263-1-eng-US/f0009-012.jpg" title="f0009-01" width="646" height="1749"></div> &#9632;

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No All-Stars, But 'Frisco Seals Class Of Loop

<div class="byline">BY BOB KRAGH</div>DETROIT, Mich &mdash;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-04664/9441339-1-eng-US/f0009-042.jpg" title="f0009-04" width="295" height="465"><figcaption class="caption-body">Marcel Pelletier</figcaption></div>Coaches of the five teams in the Central Professional League have picked the A 11 - Star team for the first year the circuit has been in operation and strangely only two members of the playoff and pennant winning Omaha Knights received any consideration.Here&rsquo;s the way Bill McCreary (Omahai), Fred Shero (St. Paul), Harry Sinden (Minneapolis), Gus Kyle 'St. Louis) and Tony Leswick (Cincinnati) selected the first team only:Goaltender: Marcel Pelletier, St. PaulRight Defence: Bob Woytowich, St. PaulLeft Defense: Barclay Plager, OmahaRight Wing: Al (Boom Boom) Caron, St. Louis.Centre: Ray Cullen, St. Louis Left Wing: John Brenneman, St. Louis; Bill McCreary, Omaha, tied).Marcel Pelletier, at 37 one of the oldest netminders in minor pro hockey, becomes the first All-Star netminder named in the Central Pro League. He played brilliantly all season long and, barring several injuries. was a pillar in the nets for the St. Paul Rangers.Pelletier scored more shutouts than any other goaltender in the League, a total of eight.On defense the coaches chose two rugged individuals, Bob Woytowich from St. Paul at right defense and Omaha&rsquo;s Barclay Plager on the left side.Barclay Plager of Omaha turned in one of his top performances since turning pro three years ago. Hailed in preseason press releases as &ldquo;a defenseman who is still trying to keep the ancient art of body-checking alive &rdquo;, Battlin&rsquo; Bare lived up to his notices. Although he piled up a league record 208 minutes in the penalty box, Barclay, oldest of the two Plager Brothers (Bob plays for St. Paul), also set another league record, this one for most assists as he help set up a record 61 goals. Bare also put the puck in the net 14 times.At centre Ray Cullen, the league&rsquo;s third highest point-maker, got the nod. Cullen collected 46 goals and added 52 assists for 98 points. The first year pro ran into a late season injury that stopped his playing after 63 games.A tie developed between Cullen&rsquo;s linemate, John Brenneman, and Omaha&rsquo;s playing-coach Bill McCreary. Brenneman, a 21 year old rookie with the St. Louis Braves, scored 28 goals and had 47 assists for 75 points. The son of a former St. Louis favorite, Brenneman seems destined for greater things in hockey. McCreary, in his first year with the Knights as a coach was credited with a remarkable job of combining both coaching and playing. He scored 24 goals and added 51 assists for 75 points.Right wing on the All-Star team was of course Al (Boom Boom) Caron, flashy slapshot artist from St. Louis who scored more goals than any other player in pro hockey during the season. Caron led the league in goals. 77, and most points, 125. He also' helped set up 48 goals for his teammates.<h2>CPHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0009-05498/9441332-1-eng-US/f0009-052.jpg" title="f0009-05" width="612" height="930"></div> &#9632;

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St. Paul Players Dominate CPHL's All-Star Team Picks

<div class="byline">BY HARVEY POLLACK</div>JACKSONVILLE, Fla.The Eastern Hockey League&rsquo;s annual meeting opened here on Tuesday (May 5) and when it's all over the host city may have a team in the circuit.In fact, that's one of the reasons president Tom Lockhart scheduled the meeting here instead of its normal New York locale. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re working on getting a team here,&rsquo;&rsquo; he said, &ldquo;and we hope to solve the difficulties which have kept them out thus far at the meeting.&ldquo;You need another team in the Southern Division to create more interest in the playoffs,&rdquo; Lockhart said. &ldquo;Ideally you need six teams in each division. That way you have a better race.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-021633/9441377-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="291" height="460"><figcaption class="caption-body">Tommy Lockhart</figcaption></div>Jacksonville is the prime candidate for admission to the circuit which would raise the Southern Division to five members on the assumption that Charlotte will remain active along with Nashville, Knoxville and Greensboro. There have been reports about Atlanta, Ga., Columbia, S.C., and Memphis, Tenn., but they'll have to be future possibilities and not this year.As for Jacksonville which has been rumored as a prospective member for the past three years, Lockhart said: &ldquo;Originally we had a group in Jacksonville which was supposed to have 60 or 70 thousand dollars in the bank, but there was a difference of opinion on the rental deal. Now we apparently have that straightened out and we hope to get a final answer at the meeting.&rdquo;The league also is hopeful of getting closer working connections with National and American Hockey League teams. Lockhart said one of the league&rsquo;s objectives is to produce more players for the higher leagues and that&rsquo;s why the older players, who once completely dominated the loop, are disappearing and being replaced by youngsters.&ldquo;We were providing more players for the big leagues before the war,&rdquo; Lockhart said. &ldquo;At one time the New York Rovers had 82 boys playing in the higher leagues. We&rsquo;d like to see that happen again and we are getting around to it.&rdquo;Just this past season Johnstown had three players sent by Detroit. Lockhart also pointed out that the league moved into the developing field by requiring two juniors on each team two years ago and then last year raised the figure to three.&ldquo;There are a lot of boys in that category looking for places to play,&rdquo; Lockhart said, &ldquo;and there are many who would be able to work their way up. It is only a question of time until the big leagues notice.&rdquo;Lockhart, however, is against baseball&rsquo;s farm system. &ldquo;We wouldn&rsquo;t want changes during the season and we would want to work independently. We&rsquo;d also like to see more U. S. youngsters playing in the league.&rdquo;In addition to expansion and major league tieups, the EHL moguls also will take up the 1964-65 schedule. There is strong support both in the South and the North to cut down the number of inter-division games and to increase the intra-division contests. In this way, travel expenses would be sliced considerably.CLINTON: Fan club gave special radio awards to Benny Woit, for his &ldquo;capable leadership;&rdquo; Jack Kane and Pete Babando. Woit will work as a stevedore grain trimmer at Port Arthur in off season. Ted Szydiowski will have an operation to correct the shoulder that continually went out of joint during the season. Norm DeFelice stayed around town until the doctors deemed his knee had healed enough to go to St. Catharines where he is working for the Jockey Club.GREENSBORO: They're still talking here about Tom Lockhart&rsquo;s decision to remove a veteran penalty timekeeper from his capacity in mid-game to be replaced by Butch MacKay, former Generals&rsquo; defenseman. Coach Ron Spong said the timekeeper's remarks &ldquo;were nothing compared to what we've heard in other towns.&rdquo; Generals not certain whether Jack Caffery will play next year since they don&rsquo;t know if his leg is equal to the grind.JOHNSTOWN: Dave Lucas is working as a farmer in Lindsay, Ont., and Arlie Parker is running a painting business in Canton, N. Y. while working on his masters degree in education. Danny Patrick doing construction work in Newmarket, Ont. Dick Roberge now has 970 points in 9 seasons, 95 short of the 1,065 alltime record of Don Hall set in 11 years. Coach Butch Martin working in family lumber mill in Floradale, Ont. Joe Daley to wed this summer and also work for railroad.KNOXVILLE: A recheck of EHL statisticians changed final scoring totals of nine Knights. Most important moves give starry Gene Achtymichuk 118 points and Chuck Stuart 111 to place them 2-3 in the EHL face. Achtymichuk finished behind Don Davidson of Greensboro. Other new totals were John Lumley 90, Les Calder 89, Clare Wakshinski 77, Eddie Burr 48, Norm Giumond 38, Pat Quinn 37 and Bob Rawson 25.NASHVILLE: Ted McCaskill and Red Murphy working here. Norm Ryder visited mother in Chicago and then went to Long Island to live in off-season. Reports say the obstacle in signing coach John McLellan for next year is his desire to bring his family here. Dave Patterson says he&rsquo;s definitely in the market for deals to strenghten the team. He wants to play home games Saturday nights during November and December and then switch to Sunday afternoons when pro football is over.CHARLOTTE: Turk Broda is playing a lot of golf in Canada. Gus Brassard also playing the game. Checkers have big hopes for Bill Flett next year when they hope he won&rsquo;t be hampered by injuries. Checkers have eyes peeled for rought and tough defensemen to serve as policemen for small &ldquo;old pro&rdquo; line. Reports here also indicate Gaetan Dessureault will be available as goalie next year and won&rsquo;t &ldquo;retire&rdquo; as he did at the start of the current campaign.PHILADELPHIA: Big question here is whether Pat Rupp will return here as goalie next season. He&rsquo;s talking of keeping his draftsman&rsquo;s job in Detroit and playing hockey part-time which would eliminate him from here. Bud Dudley will go to league meeting in Jacksonville and news on club&rsquo;s plans may be announced when he returns.<h2>EHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-012240/9441370-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="652" height="1384"></div> &#9632;

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EHL Hopes To Add Jacksonville Entry, Arrange Better Deal With NHL, AHL

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-031041/9441415-1-eng-US/f0010-032.jpg" title="f0010-03" width="283" height="448"><figcaption class="caption-body">Ron Spong</figcaption></div>GREENSBORO, N. C.When Don Carter was selected to play with the Eastern Hockey League All-Stars in Russia, Coach John McLellan of the Nashville Dixie Flyers had some pertinent remarks to make about the Greensboro Generals ace.&ldquo;He is the one player Greensboro could least afford to lose, &ldquo;McLellan said. &ldquo;Of the others* who went, there wasn&rsquo;t one as valuable to his team as Carter. He&rsquo;s the leader and he&rsquo;s giving it everything he&rsquo;s got out there every minute whether the game is at home or on the road. You miss a player like that.&rdquo;Well, Greensboro certainly did miss Carter when he was abroad and it wasn't until his return that the club made its pennant drive. And when Don was hurt during the final playoffs with Clinton, it was clearly evident the Generals couldn't defend their title successfully.Despite the ankle injury which slowed him down during the title series, Carter still wound up with 23 points to tie Pete Babando and John Ayotte, both of Clinton, as the leading playoff scorer. Yet Carter scored his total in 13 games compared to 15 for his Clinton rivals. And he wasn&rsquo;t at full strength whereas they were.Carter is a fellow who is admired throughout the league. Here&rsquo;s what Ray Miron, Knoxville general manager, says about the aggressive forward: &ldquo;If we had a good hard-checking forward like Carter to go with our centermen, I don&rsquo;t think Knoxville would lose any games.&rdquo;Don Labelle, Knoxville coach, says: &ldquo;Carter is my kind of player. He'll hit anybody in the league and doesn&rsquo;t have to resort to dirty tactics to get his job done. He&rsquo;s definitely one of the best checking forwards in the league.&rdquo;<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-04722/9441408-1-eng-US/f0010-042.jpg" title="f0010-04" width="838" height="1145"><figcaption class="caption-body">DON CARTER&hellip; Injury Hurts Team&rsquo;s Title Hopes</figcaption></div>Certainly Carter was a key figure as the Generals maintained their Southern Division laurels, and the club is counting on him to return next year for another big season. Coach Ron Spong feels Don would have finished in the top three in scoring if he hadn&rsquo;t gone away, and that next year he stands an excellent chance of winning the pointmaking crown. &#9632;

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Carter Wins Acclaim From EHL Rivals As Most Valuable Member of Generals

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-011899/9441446-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"></div><h2>SOLUTION JUNE ISSUE</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Canadian defenseman shown in centre.6. Bob Champoux had to lor Sawchuk on Mar. 29.8. Montreal penalty killer.11. Post Office (abbr.)12. Beliveaus position in 1963-64 scoring race.14. Allan Stanley once fractured one.15. An NHL manager answers to this.16. Yale.17. Initials of Kraftcheck, ex-AHL coach.19. Scold.21. Initials of a Providence defenseman.23. Camille Henry prefers not to do this.24. Initials of Dahlstrom, former NHL star.25. A New York rearguard.27. Otherwise.28. Yes (old form)29. Floyd Smith plays this in the off season.30. Billy Harris&rsquo; game day beverage.<h3>DOWN</h3>1. NHL team affiliated with 18 down 1 (abbr.)2. A penalty is given for this.3. Name given Olmstead, ex-Leaf.4. Bathgate collected 58 of these in 1963-64.5. 25th & 21st letters of the alphabet.7. Played 68 games with Cleveland in 1962-63.9. Glenn Hall's birthstone.10. Initials of a teammate of pictured star.13. Stan Baluik will summer as a golf pro in this state (abbr.)14. Mrs. Ken Wharram.18. Portlands goaltender.20. Given name of Boudrias who had trial with Habs.22. Another name for Tim Horton.23. Iron (Sym.)24. Springfield defenseman.25. Alex Faulkner injured one earlier in the season.26. Dave Baton summers in this region of Canada.<h2>LAST WEEKS SOLUTION</h2><h3>ACROSS</h3>1. Smith4. Jan.7. Co.8. Face9. Hershey11. O.K.12. J.L.13. Can.14. Bos.15. Leo16. M.L.17. Mid18. NN.20. Dec.22. Fish25. R.H.26. At27. Five29. Ra30. R.N.32. Les.33. Joyal<h3>DOWN</h3>1. Schock2. Moe3. Task4. Jay5. A C.6. Neilson8. Feb.10. Ronald12. Joe.14. Blond16. Mikita19. Nerve21. Chest22. Farm23. Hero24. R.F.28. Bl31. N.Y. &#9632;

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HOCKEY CROSSWORD

<div class="byline">BY BOB REED</div>TOLEDO, O.&mdash;The Toledo Blades put the finishing touches to their comeback to the International Hockey League this season by winning the league&rsquo;s playoff championship from Fort Wayne Komets.<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-021375/9441484-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="296" height="473"><figcaption class="caption-body">Glenn Ramsay</figcaption></div>The Blades, coached by Moe Benoit, never were headed by the Komets in the best-of-seven final series for the Joseph Turner Memorial Cup as they stormed back to win two straight games to take the series 4-2 in games.The Blades moved ahead by one game when they won 3-1 April 24 here on Toledo ice. Two nights later they wrapped it up by beating the Komets 3-2 in Fort Wayne at the same time dethroning the Komets as IHL titleholders. It was Toledo's first cup victory since 1951-52.Both netminders, Chuck Adamson of Fort Wayne and Toledo's Glenn Ramsay were outstanding in the series despite the fact they needed some relief to get them through the six-game final.Goalies &mdash; or substitute goalies &mdash; were the key men for the Blades and Komets in the championship final.The Blades&rsquo; Glenn Ramsay and the Komets&rsquo; Chuck Adamson, who had played through 69 and 71 games, respectively, in the regular season without crippling injuries, were both stricken and had to call for relief in the final series.Ramsay, who handled the nets in the first two games at Toledo, came up with what was described as a pinched nerve in the shoulder that rendered one hand almost useless. Adamson, who had missed one game and two-thirds of another in the first series against Windsor with a pulled hamstring muscle, wrenched a knee in the first game at Toledo.That brought in Jim Helkie to tend goal in the third and fourth games for the Blades, played in Fort Wayne. Helkie, who played for Halifax in the Nova Scotia Senior League, had engaged in 13 games as relief man in the IHL, giving up 63 goals for a 4.85 average. In his first start he was tremendous and backed by the Blades third period blitz of five goals, he beat the Komets, 6-2.But the next night it was the Komets who broke open a tight battle with six goals in the second period and they scored a 7-0 shutout. It was the second for Adamson in the playoffs, he having blanked Windsor in the first series, 3-0.Adamson had to retire at the end of the first period in the opening game at Toledo and, Wilf Keating took over, with the Blades leading, 3-2. Keating allowed five more goals while the Blades were winning, 8-4.Next night, with Adamson back in the nets, the Komets, after losing seven straight games on Toledo ice, rallied with a spectacular 11-4 triumph which gave them a home ice advantage as they moved to Fort Wayne but this was soon lost when they dropped the first game at home.With the first four games split even, the surprising development was the high scoring &mdash; a total of 41 goals, 23 for the Komets and 18 for the Blades. All the games started as tight defensive battles, then were broken wide open by the winning teams. Ramsay, whom Toledo general manager Ken Wilson said shouldn&rsquo;t have been used in the first two games, gave up 14 goals, after yielding only 13 in the seven-game series against Port Huron.Adamson had a record of 24 goals and a 2.66 average for his nine games.In the scoring department for the two playoff series Chick Chalmers led the point parade with 16 points on two goals and 14 assists in 11 games. Len Thornston, leading IHL scorer, had 5-9-14. The Blades&rsquo; defenseman John Gravel, one of the scoring surprises, had 5-8-13.<h2>IHL Playoffs</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03920/9441477-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="621" height="1120"></div> &#9632;

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Win Turner Cup After Six Games To Dethrone Fort Wayne Komets

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-021714/9441553-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="291" height="498"><figcaption class="caption-body">Jack McIntyre</figcaption></div>TORONTO, Ont &mdash;Canada&rsquo;s senior and junior hockey finals were beginning to take shape in both East and West.In Allan Cup senior play, the Woodstock Athletics, Senior Ontario Hockey Association champions, won the right to represent the East in the national final, which will be played in the West this season, by defeating the Ottawa Montagnards four straight games in their best-of-seven Eastern Canada final series.The Athletics by virtue of their romp over Ottawa will depart for the West to face the Western senior champions, either the Winnipeg Maroons or Saskatoon Quakers. The Maroons appeared to be the logical contender on the strength of three victories in the first four games of the Western final.The Woodstock team, given a big lift by former NHL star Jack McIntyre, who returned to amateur ranks this season after more than a decade in the pro ranks, had little trouble disposing of the Monties, a team that shunted the highly-touted Windsor Maple Leafs, Maritime champions, by the wayside.McIntyre banged in two goals to personally lead the A&rsquo;s to victory in their fourth series game as they completely dominated Johnny Wilson&rsquo;s Montagnards, Ottawa District champions. The Woodstock team is coached by Ted Power, a long-time Ontario senior hockey star.Power was anticipating a tough Allan Cup final although he expressed confidence in his Woodstock team. The Athletics figured the Winnipeg Maroons will be no easy mark once they knock over the Saskatoon Quakers in the finals.In Memorial Cup action, the Toronto Marlboros and Edmonton Oil Kings were set as national finalists for the junior championship. The Marlies, a powerful squad of young giants with an eye for the net, pulverized both the North Bay Trappers and Montreal Notre Dame de Grace Monarchs on their way to winning the Eastern Canada title and the right to oppose the Oil Kings in the cup final in Toronto.The Oil Kings, also reputed to be a strong junior machine, disposed of the Estevan Bruins in five games to take the Western Canada junior championship for the fourth straight year. &#9632;

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Woodstock Captures Eastern Senior Crown; Marlies, Oil Kings In Junior Title Showdown

TORONTO, Ont.What National Hockey League player scored the most points in a playoff series?Who scored the greatest number of goals in a single playoff game?What was the longest N.H.L. game ever played?How long has George Armstrong been captain of the Maple Leafs?If you don&rsquo;t know the answers to these questions and want to have them, two new handbooks are now available to supply just about every bit of information that can be dug up about the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Montreal Canadiens, and the National Hockey League in general.One is the Toronto Maple Leafs 1963-64 Information Book and the other is the 1963-64 Canadiens Year Book. The first is published by Maple Leaf Gardens Publicity Department and the other by the Canadien Hockey Club Inc. Co-operating with the two sports organizations in compiling and distributing the book were the Schick Safety Razor Company, makers of the now famous Schick Stainless Steel Blades, and its advertising agency, Walsh Advertising Company Limited.Each book is similar and yet different. The Leafs Information Book, prepared by Ed Fitkin and Al Stewart of Maple Leaf Gardens, in collaboration with Dan Poyntz of Walsh, is packed with statistics about the Toronto team and about Stanley Cup playoff and final games. There&rsquo;s a two page spread about each Leaf player, including his picture, biography and autograph; stories and photos of the men behind the Leafs, and a full color picture of the entire team.The Canadien Yearbook is bilingual, the English pages edited by Frank Seike Jr., and the French by Camil des Roches of Canadiens staff, working with Dan Poyntz. It has vital statistics about every Canadien, and argument-settling facts about Canadiens&rsquo; records since the team first skated on the ice in 1917.There are two ways of obtaining a copy of one of these invaluable handbooks. The Maple Leafs book is on sale at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto and the Canadiens book at the Forum in Montreal, at the modest price of 60 cents a copy. &#9632;

Schick ‘Handbooks' Aid Hockey Fans

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.&mdash;Jeannot Gilbert, the 20-year-old centre of the Minneapolis Bruins, was chosen the most valuable player in the Central Professional Hockey League. Gilbert scored 100 points during the season&mdash;50 goals and 50 assists.He is the property of the Boston Bruins and played all his junior hockey in Barrie and Niagara Falls, Ontario. Jeannot turned pro with Kitchener in the Eastern Professional Hockey League in 1962-1963.<h2>Playoff Races</h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-012187/9441608-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="645" height="3508"></div> &#9632;

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June 1, 1964

Pulford Selected Outstanding Star Of Final Series

LaBine Leads WHL Playoff Scorers

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Tam O'Shanter Doors Open Again For Summer Hockey School Program