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June 1, 1968
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Four In A Row
MONTREAL, Que.— Montreal Canadiens are champions of all they survey in hockey, again, after eliminating St. Louis Blues in four games to capture the Stanley Cup. It marks the 13th time in the modern era of hockey, which dates from 1927, that Canadiens have won the coveted Stanley Cup Trophy, and 15 all told It was the eighth Cup victory for the team in the last 13 years, since Toe Blake took over the coaching reins. They won it a record five times in a row, from 1956 to 1960, inclusive, then went through a four-year famine before capturing it again in 1965 and 1966. J.C. Tremblay, who had his troubles against St. Louis in the series, emerged as the hero of the final game, as he set up the tieing goal and scored…
Jack Adams Left Indelible Mark On Detroit, CPHL Ice Scenes
DETROIT, Mich — The man who made hockey in Detroit is gone but he left an indelible mark. Jack Adams, in his 73rd year, dies of a heart attack at his desk in Central Professional Hockey League headquarters in Detroit and that’s exactly the way Jack would have had it. Throughout his life, first as a star player, then as explosive coach and fiery general manager, Jack Adams played the game only one way — all out. Adams’ greatest fame came through his association with the Red Wings, span that covered nearly half his life. He liked to recall that when he started with the club in 1927 he did everything but scrape the ice. Adams sold hockey in Detroit both on and off the ice. He built winning teams — 12 regular season championships including…
Victoriaville Cops Allan Cup Laurels
ST. BONIFACE, Man. — Victoriaville Tigers became the third team from Quebec Province in four years to win the Allan Cup when they easily disposed of St. Boniface Mohawks in five games in their bestof-seven final series. The Tigers, coached by Leo Poliquin, clinched the honors when they blanked St. Boniface 2-0 in the fifth contest behind the sparkling goaltending of veteran Andy Payette. Victoriaville had fairly romped to its three previous series victories, by scores of 6-2 in the opener, 4-1 in the third game and 7-2 in the fourth encounter. The lone St. Boniface triumph came in the second game of the series and saw the Tigers fall by 5-1 count. “We just didn’t have the legs,” lamented St. Boniface playing coach Gary Aidcorn following the series. “They have a good skating club,…
Crozier Strategy Sparked Amerks To Third Cup Win In Four Years
ROCHESTER, N.Y.— Joe Crozier proved his selection as minor coach of the year by The Hockey News was a worthy one with some fancy behind-the-bench work as his Rochester Americans won their third American Hockey League playoff championship in the past four years. To list all the great moves made by the Amerk owner-general manager-coach would take far too much space, but these will give an idea of a just what kind of coach Joe Crozier is. 1—Les Duff, a veteran of 13 AHL campaigns, seldom saw much ice time during the regular schedule, and sometimes didn’t even get a uniform for a game. He scored just five goals — two of them while on the Ice for his specialty as penalty killer. But when the Calder Cup playoffs began, Crozier quickly inserted Les…
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