Toronto Marlies Win Title In Rebuilding Year Sweep Past Hamilton; Face Thetford Next Ontario Junior Hockey League

(As Seen In The Toronto Star) TORONTO, Ont.— Back in October when manager Jim Gregory and coach Gus Bodnar were building their Marlboro hockey team, they had few thoughts about ending up in the throne room of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A series. Marlies made it to the title whipping Hamilton Red Wings, 6-3, to sweep the best-of-seven series with four consecutive wins. Marlies meet the Quebec champions, Thetford Mines, in the Eastern Canadian finals before advancing to the Memorial Cup, a series to be played in the home of the western champion. This was supposed to be a rebuilding year for Marlies. They had lost eight players from the fifth-place team of last season. This meant eight freshmen in the lineup plus seven second-year players, hardly a depth of experienced talent. Usually…

IHL Playoffs

Habs, Maple Leafs In ‘Showdown’ Final

MONTREAL, Que. The rivalry between Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs in playoffs is exceeded only by that which exists between the two cities they represent. In this, the 11th playoff meeting between the two clubs since 1927, the competition is even keener than usual because each has won five of the previous ten series. Thus, the current round table can be regarded as a showdown affair in every sense of the word. The last time the teams met in a final series was in 1960, and Canadiens won it in four straight. That brought them their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup, which, of course, is still an alltime record. Six Canadiens remain from that 1960 team, and they are Jean Beliveau, Henri Richard, Ralph Backstrom, Claude Provost, Jean-Guy Talbot and Charlie Hodge. The…

Calder Cup Playoff Summaries

Tues. April 18 BALTIMORE 5 at ROCHESTER 3 FIRST PERIOD No scoring. Penalties: Polano 2:45, Bartlett, Blackburn 6:47, Brinkworth 10:41, Rupp 17:23. SECOND PERIOD 1—Baltimore, Marshall …… 1:14 2—Rochester, Gamble (Cherry, Ehman) …… 3:18 3—Baltimore, Bartlett (Cunningham) …… 4:38 4—Rochester, Joyal (Smrke, Brenneman) …… 11:16 Penalties: Sly 6:19, 14:21, Guidolin 17:00. THIRD PERIOD 5—Baltimore, Robinson (Marshall, Hicke) 2:07 6—Baltimore, Marshall (Robinson, Polano) 16:25 7—Rochester, Carleton (Douglas, Rupp) …… 18:16 8—Baltimore, Hicke (Ingram) …… 19:00 Penalties: None. Shots against: Perreault 29, Villemure 32. Attendance: 5,347. (Best-of-five semi-finals tied 1-1) Fri. April 21 ROCHESTER 4 at BALTIMORE 0 FIRST PERIOD 1—Rochester, Horvath …… 16:26 Penalties: Duff, Hicke 16:53, Ehman 18:22. SECOND PERIOD 2—Rochester, Ehman (Smrke) …… 8:40 3—Rochester, Gamble (Carleton, Brenneman) …… 18:50 Penalties: Duff 3:30, Arbour 13:13. THIRD PERIOD 4—Rochester, Joyal …… 2:23. Penalties: Plager 13:55, Plager, Carleton (majors) 16:22. Shots against, Villemure 26, Perreault 24. Attendance: 9,475. (Rochester leads best-of-five semi-finals 2-1) Sun. April 23 ROCHESTER 7 at BALTIMORE 5 FIRST PERIOD 1—Baltimore, Seiling (Marshall, Ingram) 4:46 2—Baltimore, Knibbs…