’ The Guardian, Charlottetown, Tus. Apr. 7, 1999, erro ies 3 Boston And Maple Leafs Decide Finalist Tonight
BOSTON (AP) — A trip to mM for a shot at hockey’s 4 i Stanley Cup hangs in the
tired Boston Bruins and Tor- to- Maple Leafs square off at ion Garden. What started as @ best-of-seven -eomep om=-eomes down to @& _ one-hour, shoot-the-works engage- to decide which club moves the finals of the National
' games of a series which the athletes admit is as rough as any | they ever had encountered. ' The Bruins’ ailing list included 'defencemen Fern Flaman and , (groin pulls), ; (swollen mouth) and Doug Mohns (strained leg | ligaments) plus forward Jerry ' Toppazzini (badly-bruised ribs). ' All but Mohns will be ready, ac- | cording to the club. 3 - IMLACH SEES WIN _ As for Toronto, coach Punch Imiach said in an interview " shortly before the Leafs left Tor- onto for Boston: ' “The team is going to win. The know it and I know it. fe are going to have a plane
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waiting at the Boston Airport for use to take us to Montreal for the~ start of the final series Thursday night.”’
Imlach added that centre Larry Regan and right-winger Barry Cullen will play Tuesday. Regan suffered a fractured bone in the right.-hantd. in. the third-game of the series, played in the fifst pe- riod only of the fourth game and missed the next two. He will wear a cast. Cullen suffered a frac- tured right ankle bone_ in the first game of the series and has not played since.
The Leafs had an —- prac- tice Monday, mostly shooting and skating.
SHOOT THE WORKS ‘
“Every player will be giving all he has in this one—neither side will be- sparing. a thing\’’ said Boston coach Milt Schmidt. ‘Who can tell what will happen?
“The home ice is a_ slight advantage,”’ Schmidt conceded, “but we can’t kid ourselves that we’re going to have an easy time with the Leafs.”
Boston’ snapped out of a three game losing streak to edge the Leafs 5-4 Saturday night in Tor- onto and deadlocked the compe- tition 3-3 just when it appeared
the Leafs were a cinch.
SPORTS FRONT
By PIUS CALLAGHAN
UNDOUBTEDLY TOE BLAKE
' mighty proud of their Montreal night. But we'll make
and Milt Schmidt were Canadiens and Boston Bruins on a bet-with anyone that neither
' Toe or Milt had anything on Harry ‘The Barber’ Sentner whose | Abbie Midgets won the New Brunswick-Prince Edward Island | grown by beating Bathurst 6-4 right in their own backyard.
f Harry arvived back Sunday afternoon with his champions ' end his only worry at that time was how to arrange a game _ with Halifax Monarchs, chamgions of Nova Scotia. These Cita-
| dels overwhelmed New
‘ord 18-4 to win their provincial
" erown but the crushing defeat handed the New Waterford boys
wasn’t bothering Sentner one little bit.
He was sure his lads
would take Bathurst and he’s just as confident they can trounce
the Nova Scotians.
MIDGET HOCKEY, while played under the jurisdiction of
the Maritime Amateur Hockey that organization on a i
Association, is only operated by
level. The MAHA doesn’t ar-
range interprovincial games. It leaves that strictly ‘up to the
provincial winners themselves.
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the Island title. He got busy right away, contacted the Bathurst club and arranged the sudden-death affair for last Saturday night. ‘Now with the North Shore club out of the way, Harry is hot after Halifax in an effort to prove he has the best in the
_ Maritimes.
Ice is a problem these days and whether the Abbies’ manager can complete arrangements or not, still remains to be seen. But Sentner is keeping at it and he has high hopes of getting a crack at the Halizonians.
THIS ABBIE TEAM is one of the greatest midget — ever ssembled in this province. It may be quite a time ore as : i cat appears in local circles again. Sentner holds
chance to prove they are the cream of the Maritime crop. Harry is only te happy to attempt to do it. He dearly wants that Mari- time title for his boys and he intends to see they get a chance to eapture it.
The boys appreciate the interest that Harry has in them and naturally they want to repay his @fforts by winning the
ip. If they get a chance, we think they’H do &. MONTREAL CANADIENS can relax tonight as Boston Bruins
Toronto Maple Leafs battle in the deciding game of their -seven semi-final Stanley Cup. set in Boston Gardens.
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of this clincher. The Montrealers undoubtedly feel repeat es Stanley Cup champions regardiess of who neither Boston or Toronto will be thinking of the Can- tonight. It will be strictly a case of first things first.
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Tonight’s game threatens to rival any game in the Stanley finals for thrills. This Boston-Toronto series has caught the of hockey fans and everywhere you go, folks are talking
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ME ICE TONIGHT seems to have made the Bruins fav- to advance into the Staniey Cup finals. But those who making the Bostonians favourites had better not forget that is same ice surface that Leafs humbled the same Thursday night. We will readily grant that this wasn't ; practice for Leafs in Boston Gardens, but now that
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repeat the performance.
petart kids from Toronto have done a lot of things
season that weren't in the books for them to do. The very
tting in the playoffs was the year’s biggest surprise they’ve been battling those second place Bruins
few hockey experts scratching their heads.
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GHT. It’s now a sudden death matter with no the One of the competing clubs will p their skates after the final siren screams in the Boston These Gardens will have more hockey this season if
ins can top Leafs but if they fail, Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens will join Montreal Forum as the site of Stanley Cup
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’ Boston has more eripples than the Leafs but very often this
_» serves to put additional fight into a team. However Schmidt
would be much happier # all his boys were healthy for this
only worry tonight will be the Maple Leafs and Toronto's |
all-important clagh.
ON aS Ce ee Re,
Skowron Set To Play
NEW: YORK (AP)—First base-| , Man. Bilk-Skowron, sidelined for Bass days with a sore back, will able to open the season Friday for New York Yankees. Dr. Sidney Gaynor, club physi- cian, examined Skowron and] | found marked improvement in his} condition since his return during the weekend from the St. Peters- burg training amp. Dr. Gaynor said Skowron was suffering from “a mild lumbar strain.” He was injured April 2 in a pre-game workout at St. Peters- . —~— 0S
Hampshire Nips Nine Mile Creek
Hampshire Bulldogs stopped Nine Mile Creek Bulldogs 5-3 at SDU rink last night in the fifth game of the finals to decide the W.R. Shaw ¢rophy. |
series 3-2, The sixth game will be played at North River rink, likely Wednesday night.
Johnson,.and. Balderson each scored twice for “the winners while Corbett fired a single. F. Taylor hit twice for Nine Mile
a single.
Perry, six to each team.
RIFLE SCORES
‘The following are the results| of the last shoot of the civilian! small bore rifle club held at the)
R.C.M.P. barracks. | Prizes are awarded to the win-| mers in each of the five classes. |
Leonard McDonald there's a small piece of paper er
Paul Jenkins g9|scmething on the ice he starts CLASS : {berng-banging with his stick. He's Perley Taylor ertitied to draw attent.oa te the | Lorne Doiron g2 | Situation. Allison Gillis 92; “That's exactly wht he did Sheila MacDonald g9|jus: when referee Red Storcy| CLASS 4 |was ready to face off the puck | Ted Carter o¢| 2fier Montreal's goal had bees Clifford Birt q1| scored. The teams were in posi- Ben Dickieson 93| tion when Plante started clunk- Fred Ranahan $0| cluoking with his stick. } Phil Barlow 80' STOREY IGNORED ' Stephen MacLaine — 80 ‘The fans began/ bombarding
Gary Meredith Ralph Dickieson Leith Dickieson
80, Plante primarily. Tues were 80) throwing nothing at’ Canadiens’ 80\ bench or at the penaity bench
Richard Brown 80! where Storey was s'anding.” CLASS 5 (Special Target) Montreal coach Toe Blake was Bill’ Murley 100| pretty much in ag-eement with) Sidney Carter 99 | Campbell. ' Lloyd Shields 99| “If Plante haan” attracted the Andrew Arsenault 98 referee’s attening the uproar Derek MacQuarrie 96| might have stopped. but I don’t oe of Say it would,” said Blake. “Bu: David Clow 90 Plante was rigat in wanting te
have paper removed. It coull have caused inju.y to any of the players and coud have caused him to slip and miss a shot.”
At the time of Claude Provost's winning goal, at 18:32 of the last period, the fans began roar- ing a protest over what they cor- sidered Storey’s failure to call a Seantlebury, J. Squarebriggs, Jr.| tripping penalty against Montreal
Ice 3 — E. Tanton, E. McLeod,|on a play just befo.e the goa Geo. Kays, A. Balylem, Addie|was scored. Caaad:iens won the MacDonald, FE. Gillespie, Don|game 54 and the best-of-seven Smith, L. Johnston. Stanley Cup sem:-finals 4-2.
Tee 4 — G. Stewart, 0. K.| Campbell said he thouzht the Presby, A. Burke, B. Moore, K./¢ans demons.catica stemmed Acorn, P. O'Rourke, S. Carson,|¢rom frustratioa and disappoint- B. Acorn. aniah.
Ice 5 — H. Peters, A. Love, L. Llewellyn, D. Jardine, Had Mc- a4 ERSTANDABLE hn: ites Innis, F. Cox, W. Rogerson, N. Was a8 U.vonunee a Kelly. but I think understandable. The Spares — Al. A.A.|fans thought there had been a McLeod. couple of bad calls. They felt ; frustrated and disappointed alse DOCTORS’ AID after years of being m the hockey wilderness. oe The stethoscope used by physi- | “There’s nothing you can do cians for checking the heart was} about a crowd reac ivn. Certainly | invented by the French doctorjin this case there-was nothing Laennec in 1819. that was under control of any-
CURLING DRAW
Tuesday April 7, Closing Konspiel 7 P. M.
Ice 2 — D. Wonnacott, A. Well- mer, C. Cudmore, N. McKay, vs. G. Storey, A. Anderson, W.
Saunders,
FERN FLAMAN was noticealby slower. during Saturday's game. He received a groin injury last Tuesday in the fourth game in Toronto but played in the fifth and ‘sixth games. What he'll be like for tonight’s battle is a big question mark
Defenceman Bob Armstrong and right winger Jerry Top~
pazzini both were injured in the second period on Saturday. They were back, however, in the third but they could be of doubtful value tonight. Doug Mohns, out with torn ligaments since the
game, has high hopes of
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getting into action tonight. If he
and he’s in even fair shape, it will be a tremendous boost
- On the Toronto side of the ledger, Bob Baun has been play- ing with a bruised right instep, which has been frozen during the games to deaden the pain. Centre Larry Regan mised games
five and six with a broken right night with the aid of a cast.
hand but he hopes to perform to-
There you have it. The money is right on the line and the question 1s who will pick it up. We still think Leafs will do the job.
BASKETRALL FANS saw a
couple of fine performances by
Saint F.X. and Saint Dunstan’s on Friday and Saturday last.
The local Saints gave the
visiting collegians a real battle
~ in both tilts and the Xaverians really earned their way into the Dominion Senior ‘3’ finals The Antigonishers were heavy favour-
ites en the series but the @ stern fight on both nights.
Red and White outfit gave them
In the Island Basketball League finals. Trotters and RCAF Sultané are tied at one game apiece im their best-offive set.
' Both teams have proved perfect hosts, losing on their own floor. Trotters were pre-series favourites and still are the top choice
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did lose the second one at the margin.
-gepeat as Island champions. However, the Sultans showed respect for them in the opener here in Charlottetown. They
airport but only by a nine-point
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: ! Toronto Maple Leaf goalie te recover the puck by another;Boesten im the fifth came
Creek with J. MacDonald getting Johnny Bower (right) sprawts on]|Toreate player durag National|semi-final series. Boston al
; the ice to stave off an attack by| Hockey League action in Bocten|back te wim Saturday nicht i
Twelve penalties were called by| Jerry To ini : j a 3 > : rs 3 pazzini of Boston Bruins} April 2. Bewer’s fine sool Terente and ferce a < va
referess Walter Lawlor and Art| who is blocked from his attemot| helped Leafs te a #1 victory ome henithe. et
Jacques Plante Is Blamed
For Adding Fuel To Fire
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i Beliveau; Rocket May See Action '
MONTREAL (CP) — Jean Beli-)no danger of aggravating the in- veau, injured Montreal Canadiens} jury.
“T can’t yet say just when he'll
get into the Stanley Cup final. |b@ back but there is a good Beliveau injured his spine|chance he will get into the final March 28 in the semi-final series] at some stage.
Sian Chicago. “The same goes for Rocket “| was surprised when I walked} Richard. He has been skating for imto the Forum and saw Beliveau} some time now and will join our
‘ice,” said coach Toe Blake. | practice Tuesday.
cou The Rocket suffered a broken back is still sore but he has|bone in his foot in a game Jan. been told by the doctor there is! 18. :
oe CLASS I i MONTREAL ‘CP: — Pres:den , body in the game ™ reached the stage fer termination
P. J. Landrigan Clarence Campbeli of the Na} Campbell Storey ' ganre al neazh
Bob Barwise 98 | tious, Hockey League says he _ -_ sa 29 we _ -_ “
D. O. Clark 97| hisses if 4 hada't ween ter Mon:. | “ners te terminate the game be considered a possibility.
oo sae 4B res: goalie Jacques Plante’s ar-| Sree of the demonstration (CEOUD COOLED OFF
* a Sectilins | tion in Saturday's Stauey Cus) “That author ty rested with me Campbell sad be thonzht the ¢ Landrigan 94) 24mic in Chicago, the-Ieng dem-|as supervisor ef the series, OF incident of 2 fam geting conked oy Coles 93 | onstration by fans might havejcourse I had te keo> im mindjaiter restime om the ice t at-
91| beei. avoided! }what might have to be done = |e Stecex Gai to cool ine CLASS 2 | “st am fot quar-elling with/|timately bet the situation hadn ti crowd oui! Berbera Place ‘ | Plante,” Campbell! said Monday Barbara Jenkins 91/ ‘He's rather finicky and if 2
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