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March 27, 1965
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Wings Drop Rest Plans For Crozier
DETROIT, Mich.— ‘Operation Rest was scrapped by the Red Wings and Roger Crozier himself is partly to blame. The rookie goalkeeper who just turned 23 on March 16, has played so superbly that he helped carry the Wings into the thick of the pennant picture and boss Sid Abel couldn’t afford to give him a rest then. Abel planned to give Crozier four or five days off in the closing weeks of the season so that he’d be sharp for the Stanley Cup playoffs. So he tried to buy Ed Giacomin from Providence as a relief man for a couple of games and when that failed, it was decided that Hank Bassen would fill in for Crozier. But Roger kept grabbing and blocking shots and the Red Wings kept winning and climbing so Crozier’s second…
Playoff Races
ONTARIO JUNIOR LEAGUE SEMI-FINALS (Best-of-seven semi-finals series tied 2-2). GAMES COMPLETED Fri., Mar. 12 Oshawa 0 at Niagara Falls 5 Tues., Mar. 16 Niagara Falls 3 at Oshawa 4 Fri., Mar. 19 Oshawa 2 at Niagara Falls 7 Sat., Mar. 20 Niagara Falls 2 at Oshawa 3 GAMES REMAINING Tues., Mar. 23 Oshawa at Niagara Falls Sat., Mar. 27 Niagara Falls at Oshawa Sun., Apr. 2 Oshawa at Niagara Falls QUARTER FINALS (Peterborough wins best-of-seven quarter-finals 4-1). GAMES COMPLETED Tues., Mar. 9 St. Catharines 2 at Peterborough 3 Thurs., Mar. 11 Peterborough 3 at St. Catharines 10 Sat., Mar. 13 St. Catharines 2 at Peterborough 3 Sun., Mar. 14 Peterborough 5 at St. Catharines 2 Tues., Mar. 16 St Catharines 1 at Peterborough 6 (Toronto wins best-of-seven quarter-finals 4-2, one tied). GAMES COMPLETED Tues., Mar. 9 Montreal 5 at Toronto 5 Thurs., Mar. 11 Toronto 4 at Montreal 3 Sun., Mar. 14 Montreal 5 at Toronto 3 Tues., Mar. 16 Toronto 5 at Montreal 1 Wed., Mar. 17 Montreal 1 at Toronto 4 Fri.,…
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National Hockey League Game Summaries
Wed., March 15 CHICAGO 1 AT BOSTON 2 CHICAGO—Goal: Hall; defence: Vasko, Pilote, Jarrett, Ravlich, MacNeil; forwards: R. Hull, McKenzie, Wharram, Mikita, Mohns, Maki, Hay, Esposito, D. Hull, Henry, Nesterenko, Stanfield. BOSTON—Goal: Norris; defence: Boivin, Woytowich, Green, Awrey; forwards: Oliver, Westfall, Bucyk, Williams, Kurtenbach, McDonald, Schock, Rivers, Maxner, Knibbs, Fleming. Referee: Skov. Linesmen: Morrison, Armstrong. Thurs., March 18 BOSTON 3 AT DETROIT 10 BOSTON—Goal: Norris; defence: Woytowich, Boivin, Green, Awrey; forwards: Oliver, Westfall, Bucyk Williams, Kurtenbach, McDonald, Schock, Fleming, Maxner, Knibbs. Rivers. DETROIT—Goal: Crozier; defence: Gadsby, Langlois, Pronovost, Barkley; forwards: Ullman, Murphy, Smith, Howe, Delvecchio, Fonteyne, Lindsay, MacGregor, Henderson, MacDonald, Joyal, Bergman. TORONTO 1 AT MONTREAL 4 TORONTO—Goal: Sawchuk; defence: Horton, Douglas, Brewer, Batin: forwards: Stewart, Shack, Armstrong, McKenney, Kelly, Bathgate, Mahovlich, Stemkowski, Ellis, Moore, Keon, Pulford. MONTREAL—Goal: Hodge; defence: Laperriere, J. C. Tremblay, Harris, Harper. Picard; forwards: Rousseau,…
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