STANLEY CUP SUMMARIES

Fans Go Wild As Buffalo Ends Best Season

BUFFALO — The Buffalo Sabres this year came through with by far their best season since entering the National Hockey League in 1970 and their fans certainly showed the club they appreciated what it had done. Through the final 28 seconds — which took several minutes to play — of their sixth Stanley Cup playoff game against the Montreal Canadiens, the 15,668 fans who packed Memorial Auditorium for the 42nd straight game chanted: “Thank you Sabres.” They gave the team a standing ovation that lasted 90 seconds when it skated out on the ice for that game and stood and applauded for more than two minutes when the game ended with their Sabres a 4-2 loser to the Canadiens. After the fifth game, when the Sabres beat the Canadiens in overtime, 3-2, in Montreal, a…

Saskatoon Blasts Into First WCHL Final Cup Series

SASKATOON — Jack McLeod had a vision three years ago … and it had nothing to do with sugar plums or siestas in the sun. McLeod accented the coaching position with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League prior to the 1970-71 season and laid some facts on the line. He outlined a ‘New Deal’ to any interested listeners and indicated building a junior hockey winner in Saskatoon was a three-year proposition. The former coach of Canada’s National Team, where he pulled the strings for five seasons before the club folded in 1970, does not profess to be a gypsy or fortuneteller of any sort. But his three-year plan with a WCHL championship in mind appears to be right on schedule. Blades captured the Eastern Division playoff championship by eliminating the Flin…

HOCKEY CROSSWORD

SOLUTION IN MAY 11 ISSUE ACROSS 1—Pictured player. 7—One of the Seals. (init) 8—An NHL goaltender. 10—Nickname of a WHA team. 13—Initials of one of the Bruins. 14—Plays forward for Richmond. 15—Senior baseball league, (init.) 16—An NHL coach, (init.) 17—Pronoun. 18—Initials of one of the Kings. 19—A young child. 20—Former Vancouver defenseman. 21—An NHL right winger. (init.) 22—Denotes scoreless tie. 23—American Football League. (init.) 27—Golf ball stand. 28—One of the Houston Aeros. 30—Girl’s name. 31—Ratelle won this trophy last season. 32—Initial sofa former Hawk. DOWN 1—One of the Leafs. 2—Former team in the Central League. 3—Initials of former pro Cushenan. 4—Chicago used to play in this division. 5—Initials of one of the Canadiens. 6—Scored an overtime playoff goal against Minnesota this year. 9—A Philadelphia Flyer. 11—Preposition. 12—Initials of an NHL city 17—Led Virginia of AHL in points this year. 24—Scored 23 goals for California. 25—A U.S. State, (init.). 26—A former Bruin line. 28—Former Hawk rookie award winner. 29—Hodge was born here, (abbr.) LAST WEEK’S ANSWERS ACROSS 1—BACKSTROM 8—IVAN. 9—R.E. 10—L’E. 11—I.A. 12—DEJORDY. 14—LEE. 16—D.I. 17—ERR. 18—ONE. 20—Y.I. 21—NEB. 22—C.L. 25—REDMOND. 31—R.C. 33—REID. 34—RED 36—A.K. 38—CONNELLY. DOWN 1—BINKLEY. 2—A.V. 3—CALDER. 4—KNEE. 5—TRIO. 6—REARDON. 7—MARY. 13—DINEEN. 15—ERIC. 19—E.B. 23—L.R. 24—OREE. 26—E.R. 27—DEAN. 28—MIKE. 29—O.D. 30—D.D. 32—CEC. 35—DO. 37—A.L.…