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April 23, 1966
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Tulsa-Oklahoma City Final Set Up As Oilers Stun Minnesota Rangers
ST. PAUL, Minn. The Central Pro Hockey League’s finals playoff plot was cast and unbelievable as it may seem, the pennant winning Minnesota Rangers were not included. The Rangers, defending CPHL titleholders were bumped out of the championship round in a major playoff upset by the inspired Tulsa Oilers in what CPHL observers claim is the biggest playoff reversal of form ever seen in the league. Tulsa came through to deck the Rangers 5-2 in the seventh and deciding game of their best-of-seven semi-final and the right to advance into the Jack Adams Trophy finals against Oklahoma City Blazers. The Blazers made it to the finals by ousting St. Louis Braves in five games. Incredible part of the Minnesota defeat was the fact the Rangers had taken a 3-2 lead in the series and needed…
L.A.’s Orban Leading Rookie
SEATTLE, Wash. — Bill Orban, Los Angeles left-winger, has been named the winner of $300 and the rookie-of-the-year trophy in the Western League for the 1965-66 season in the first announcement of the league’s annual, official awards as voted by the players. Of a possible 918 points cast, Orban received 258, Earl Heiskela of Seattle 249, Bobby Schmautz of L.A. 225, Dave Paraneteau of Victoria 102, Stan Gilbertson of San Francisco 44 and Doug Favell of S.F. 29.…
Gamble Oldest AHL Scoring Champion At 37
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Dick Gamble is taking a bit of kidding from his Rochester American teammates these days, but after becoming the oldest player in professional hockey history to win a scoring championship, the 37-year-old left winger doesn’t mind at all. His mates are planning to buy him a rocking chair, which they will put at the enemy’s blueline. That way “Old Folks” can just sit and rock until his mates come up ice with the puck. Then he can whirl in and score. Gamble also became the first left wing since Eddie Olson of Cleveland in 1954-55 to capture the American Hockey League’s point crown and the John B. Sollenberger Trophy and $300 league bonus which go with it. Like the man said, ‘they’re kidding him about his age … and he’s…
First NHL Goal Delights Red Wing Rookie
DETROIT, Mich. — Bert Marshall was as proud as the NBC peacock over his first NHL goal. Big Bert from Kamloops, B.C., scored his first one in living color during the first nationally telecast and colorcast Stanley Cup playoff game. Marshall’s goal was a 55-foot slap past Chicago Black Hawk goalie Glenn Hall and completed Detroit’s 7-0 rout of the Hawks in the TV opener. It was Easter and the Wings paraded their best while gooseegging the Hawks. Wing manager-coach Sid Abel keeps finding new ways to ease the between-games monotony during the playoffs. Abel organized a “mystery bus ride” to the Niagara Peninsula during the finals against Toronto two years ago that included a tour of one of owner Bruce Norris’ lake freighters and a trip to the Fort Erie race track. Abel booked another “mystery…
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