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May 3, 1969
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Canadiens Enter 20th Cup Final By Ousting Pesky Boston Bruins
BOSTON, Mass. — The Montreal Canadiens skated into the Stanley Cup finals for the 20th time in history last week as they ousted the Boston Bruins 4-2 in a hard-fought Eastern final series that ranked as one of the best contested playoff series in many years. The Canadiens put the best-of-seven series on ice when big Jean Beliveau tallied the deciding goal in the sudden-death second overtime period in the sixth game of the series after the Bruins had come back from a two-game deficit to pull even in the series by winning twice here in Boston. The Canadiens went home to grab the fifth game of the series 4-2 before returning here to wrap up the series and move into the cup finals against the St. Louis Blues. Beliveau’s electrifying overtime goal came…
Powerful Junior Habs Eye Memorial Cup
MONTREAL, Que. For the first time in the history a team based in the province of Quebec has won the Ontario Hockey Association junior A championship. Montreal Canadiens, after placing first during the regular schedule, breezed through three playoff rounds without a defeat to win the title which had eluded them since they were granted entry into the Ontario junior A league in the 1961-62 season. It was only the fourth time in the past 11 years that the pennant-winners have also won the playoff championship. During the 54 game schedule the Canadiens won 37, lost 11 and tied six, finishing six points ahead of second place St. Catharines Black Hawks. They won three and tied two games with Hamilton Red Wings in the quarter-finals, swept four straight over Peterborough in the semi-finals then won…
Despite Promise Of Shake Up Most Penguins Hope To Return
PITTSBURGH. Pa.— Despite General Manager Jack Riley’s announced plans to shake up the team, most of the Pittsburgh Penguins left the city optimistic about next season. Several were wary about their chances to remain in a Pittsburgh uniform. But, for the most part, they were anticipating the start of training camp — after a restful summer. Riley says he plans to strengthen the club one way or another. His course will be guided in part by the coach he chooses to replace Red Sullivan and in part by the results of the summer draft in Montreal. Changes are almost mandatory after the team’s sad finish this year. The last place division windup, coming on the heels of a fifth place finish the previous year, didn’t win the Penguins many new friends in Pittsburgh. Still, most…
NHL Ployer Of The Week — IN THE EAST
The Montreal Canadiens crashed the Stanley Cup finals for the 20th year last week and the man who put them there was big Jean Beliveau. The six-foot-three captain of the Canadiens broke up the sixth and deciding game of the Eastern finals against the Boston Bruins by scoring in the second overtime period to give Montreal a 2-1 decision and the best-of-seven series 4-2 in games. For Beliveau it was the first overtime goal of his brilliant 16-year NHL career and it couldn’t have come at a more appropriate time than in the sixth game at Boston. The Bruins had battled the Canadiens on even terms for four and a half periods of playoff hockey before Beliveau connected with the payoff goal—his fifth of the 1969 playdowns and the 73rd of his career. Beliveau…
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