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June 1, 1978
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STANLEY CUP 1978
Stanley Cup Champions FINAL PLAYOFF LEADERS Stanley Cup Scoreboard Preliminary Round SERIES ‘A’ SERIES ‘B’ SERIES ‘C’ SERIES ‘D’ SERIES ‘E’ SERIES ‘F’ SERIES ‘G’ SERIES ‘H’ SERIES ‘I’ SERIES ‘J’ SERIES ‘K’ GAMES COMPLETED Sat. May 13 Boston 1 at Montreal 4 Tue. May 16 Boston 2 at Montreal 3 Thu. May 18 Montreal 0 at Boston 4 Sun. May 21 Montreal 3 at Boston 4 Tue. May 23 Boston 1 at Montreal 4 Thu. May 25 Montreal 4 at Boston 1 FINAL TEAM SCORING MONTREAL BOSTON COLORADO LOS ANGELES ATLANTA RANGERS CHICAGO ISLANDERS BUFFALO DETROIT PHILADELPHIA TORONTO SERIES ‘K’ Sat. May 13 BOSTON 1, MONTREAL 4 FIRST PERIOD Boston, 1—Park (Schmautz, Ratelle) 2:31, Montreal, 2—Lafleur (Lapointe) 4:31, 3—Lambert (Lafleur, Shutt) 9:53. Penalties: Mondou, 38, Smith 4:26, Nyrop 6:27, Smith 9:21, Boston bench (served by Cashman) 9:53, Savard 13:05, Smith 15:16. SECOND PERIOD Montreal, 4—Shutt (Lemaire, Lafleur) 13:54. Penalty: Park 9:34. THIRD PERIOD Montreal, 5—Cournoyer (Lambert, Jarvis) 3:55. Penalties: Lemaire 13:57, Park 14:35. Attendance: 17,168. (Montreal leads best-of-seven series 1-0) Tue. May 16 BOSTON 2, MONTREAL 3 FIRST PERIOD No scoring. Penalties: Robinson 4:13, Houle…
Pens’ Owner Seeks Reduced Team Costs, Greater Ice Efforts
Special To The Hockey News PITTSBURGH— Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. the Youngstown, Ohio shopping mall developer who is principal owner of the Pittsburgh Penguins says the club will cut losses next season both on the ice and at thebox office. DeBartolo, who acquired majority interest in the club at midseason, and who shares the investment with coowners Nick Frenzel and Al Savill said he inherited a mess, calling it the worstrun organization he had ever seen. “There was no organization…people weren’t coming to work in the morning,” sais DeBartolo. The club’s financial figures reveal a gross revenue of $2.7 million from season ticket and gate receipts and a net revenue of $2.4 million after tax payments of $344,486 and radio and television contract payments of $96; 188. Overall expenditures, however, totalled $4.7 million with the largest…
NHL PLUS AND MINUS STATISTICS
ATLANTA BOSTON BUFFALO CHICAGO CLEVELAND COLORADO DETROIT LOS ANGELES MINNESOTA MONTREAL ISLANDERS RANGERS PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH ST. LOUIS TORONTO VANCOUVER WASHINGTON…
PASSING THE PUCK
● MONTREAL CANADIENS won their 21st Stanley Cup in convincing fashion over the Boston Bruins, four games to two. The Boston club played a lot better than many expected and gave an excellent account of themselves in a final series which was expected to be Montreal’s all the way…Larry Robinson and Bob Gainey were the big heroes for the winning Habs. Both players were outstanding two-way performers and Robinson was a most worthy winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs…Gerry Cheevers and Brad Park were the pick of the Bruins. Neither Player ever performed better…This year’s Cup final was the most exciting in years…Cheevers had this to say after the series: “If we had Robinson we would have won the Stanley Cup. Everything…
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