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April 26, 1974
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Constant Player Changes Blamed For Blues’ Fall
ST. LOUIS— For the first time in their history the St. Louis Blues are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs. They’ve been in the National Hockey League seven years. In their six previous playoff appearances they’ve gone to the Cup finals on three glorious occasions. But this year is different. The Blues season ended at the end of the season. Fans and hockey men in St. Louis have been pondering the reasons for the Blues’ fall. Mentioned most frequently is the disruption caused by so many changes in personnel during the season. The Blues took part in several big trades. They got rid of Steve Durbano. Battleship Kelly. Ab DeMarco. Jean Hamel. Chris Evans and Jack Egers plus others. Bugsy Watson came in one trade and left shortly in another. Indeed, the Blues were not shortchanged…
HOCKEY CROSSWORD
SOLUTION IN MAY 3 ISSUE Across 1. Former NHL goaltender. 5. First name of one of the Leafs. 7. 1960-61 Calder trophy winner. 10. One of the Sabres, (init) 11. One of the North Stars answers to this. 13. Infraction. 14. Every team needs one. 15. Initials of 5 across. 16. Number worn by Carol Vadnais. 17. Number worn by Magnuson. (Rom. Num.). 19. Number of playoffs goals scored by ex-NHL forward Nick Mickoski. 20. Initials of a Leaf forward. 21. Initials of Gratton of Buffalo. 22. Former NHL goaltender. 26. One of the Habs. 27. An NHL city. (abbr.). 28. A U.S. State, (abbr.). 30. An NHL 50-goal scorer. Down 1. An NHL coach. 2. An Edmonton forward. 3. Former NHLer Boivin answers to this. 4. A former Chicago defensemail 6. 1959-60 Byng trophy winner. 8. First name of one of the Leafs. 9. A U.S. State, (init). 12. Initials of Ash of Winnipeg. 16. Initials of a…
Toros Get Big Jump On Crusaders As Cougars Surprise Whalers
TORONTO — The Toronto Toros and the Chicago Cougars have one thing in common — they’re the hot teams in the first round of the World Hockey Association’s East Division playoffs. The Toros were proving more than troublesome for the Cleveland Crusaders in their best-of-seven series winning the first three games before the Crusaders finally got untracked. In the other division semi-final. Chicago Cougars dropped the first two games of their best-of-seven set to New England Whalers then came roaring back to take the next three games in succession. Toros won the opener 4-0. took the second 4-3 before the series swung to Cleveland for games three and four. Toros won the third one. too. 4-2 and held a commanding 3-0 edge before the Whalers put it all together in game four for a…
Veteran Ramsay Hanging Up Goaler Pads After 18 Years
TOLEDO — Glenn Ramsay, the first to play in LOGO International Hockey League games, has retired after 18 seasons with eight different teams. The 39-year-old goalie was plagued by a bad back and knee injury which forced him out for five games and later for the last month of the season. He was named to the All Star first team nine times and to the second team twice. Ramsay, who has a railroad job during the off-season, said the injuries might jeopardize his job if he continued to play. He played in 56 games this season and has a 3.67 goals-against average. His career included 1.053 regular-season games and 97 in playoffs for a total of 1.150.…
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