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October 29, 1971
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Guidolin Lauds Club’s Play Despite Loss
BOSTON— The Braves had just come from behind to tie the Cleveland Barons with a pair of goals in the final ten minutes, and coach Bep Guidolin was beaming. “Naturally we would’ve liked to win the home opener,” he confessed, “but I’m quite happy with the way things turned out. We had that bad middle period, which probably cost us a victory. Still, we didn’t quit when we fell behind, and that’s the mark of a good hockey club.” An enthusiastic gathering of 9,046 fans showed up to back the Braves, and they weren’t disappointed. Even when the Barons took a 3-1 lead midway through the last period, the audience urged the Braves on. “They gave us a real lift,” observed left winger Don Tannahill, who sent the crowd into ecstasy when he rifled…
HOW THEY STAND
WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE (Standings on Sat. Oct. 16) EASTERN DIVISION WESTERN DIVISION GAMES COMPLETED Tues. Oct. 12 Flin Flon 3 at Calgary 5 Regina 5 at Brandon 3 Wed Oct. 13 Flin Flon 7 at Medicine Hat 5 Calgary 5 at Victoria 4 Thurs. Oct. 14 Swift Current 5 at Brandon 6 Fri. Oct. 15 Flin Flon 3 at Saskatoon 2 Swift Current 3 at Winnipeg 2 Victoria 0 at Edmonton 3 ONTARIO SENIOR LEAGUE (Standings on Fri. Oct. 15) SOUTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR (Standings on Thurs. Oct. 14) NORTHERN ONTARIO JUNIOR (Standings on Wed. Oct. 13)…
Leafs’ President Staff Smythe Dies At Age 50 After Surgery
TORONTO— Stafford Smythe died Oct. 13 at the age of 50. which was too young for two reasons. At such an age there is much left for any man to do. And. secondly, as president of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Smythe was well on his way to building a team which he could call his own. Smythe, whose father Conn constructed Maple Leaf Gardens and founded the club, became chairman of the Leaf management committee in 1957 and four years later became president. Under his leadership the team won Stanley Cups in 1962. 1963, 1964 and 1967. But those teams bore the mark of George Imlach, the manager-coach with whom Smythe often quarreled and finally fired in 1969. In the past two seasons, and until he entered Wellesley Hospital Oct. 6 with a bleeding…
PASSING THE PUCK
• NEW YORK—UNHAPPILY for the Rangers the Boston Bruins spoiled the opener on the 46th season for the Broadway Blueshirts…Goalie Ed Johnston played his finest game in years as the Bruins stormed over the Rangers, 6-1. It marked the Rangers’first loss of the season and the Bruins’ first win…Tickets were as hard to come by as for a Stanley Cup playoff game…Last season the Rangers set a new record with 38 sellouts and a new home attendance record of 672,432…bettered this season…Youngest squad in their 46-year-history, the average Ranger is 27.6 years…A great rivalry exists between the Bruins and the Rangers and in their last 27 meetings (including this season’s opener) the Rangers hold a slim 12-11-4 edge. Last season the teams split six games down the middle with two…
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