Ciaihacliens And Maple Leafs lnCup

Defeat. Detroit Red

Wings 3-2 S

aturday In

Drama-Packed Thriller

By W. l. Wheatley MONTREAL. April 8 - (CPl- i'Montreal Canadiens defeated De-

troit Red Wings 3-2 Saturday night in I sensational. drama- packed thriller that carried the: underdog Canadians into the Stanley Cup final.

l A roaring. frenzied crowd of H.448 kept the big Montreal

Forum in it bedlam throughout a dazzling third period in which all five goals were scored.

The result left the best-of-seven semi-final series in Canadiens' hands by a 4-2 margin on games. Montrc-:il next meets the winner of the Toronto-Boston series.

Game Without Penalties

There wasn't a penalty called by referee Bill Chadwick in this

came played at brcakncck spccdl

by two powerful clubs, 3 game that will rank as one of the hoc- key classics in Stanley Cup hist- ory.

Little Billy Rcay scoreless deadlock in the third period. His goal was quickly matched by veteran Sid Abel of the Wings.

Then Caiiadicns” brilliant Mau- rice Richard pokcd ilic puck be- invecn gotilte 'lici'ry Sawchtikis skates. Six minutes later Ken Mosdell pill. Canadians ahead 3-1 on I bred:-.away. But the Wings were far from bcatcn. Ted Lind- say scored from a swarm of play- e:'s at 19:15 and in the last half minute, with Sawchuk out of the net, six Red Winzs stormed the Montreal zone in a last gallant bid.

Both teams played inspired hoc-

brokc the

key for this grime. the first won-

by a club on its home ice during the S('I'iCF. Cnnadicns

fiiiisncd llic Nation-

al Hockey League in third placc-.. 18 games behind the leading Redi

Wings. On goals by Richard, they iion two long OVCl'Iifll9 battles in Detroit. Thcy dropped the next. two in Montical and (ion the fifth hack in Detroit.

King Clancy. who headed the N. H. L. staff. said flatly: "That arcatest game I ever saw life.” Nc:'oo:ly disagreed him.

In front of brilliant goal-tend- ing by Gerry McNeil of Cana- rtiens and the Wings Sawchuk. the teams fought at top speed through the first two periods without a goal. The advantage .-wuii: first one '.('a)' and thcn the otl'iei'.

formerly referceinz was the in mv with

Late in the second period Bob-

Goldham of Wings was struck in

the forehead. over the right eye.l the .

He had ll. stitches taken in V('0lInCi but was back in the game in the third period.

Saints Semi-Finals Hoop Opener

The St. Dunstan's University hoop train will take an ll-point. c-clap into their home game of the semi-final series for the Island championship played with the R. C. A. F. team as a result of their 59-48 victory in Summersidc Sat- urday night. The S. D. U. boys

trailcd tho Aii'i'nen for the first five inimites, hiit aftrr grabbing the learl were never headed

tliough the R. C. A. F. hoopstcrs came close on two occasions. The shooting of both teams was con- sidcrably below par but the S. T). U. boys wtrc niiich more ef- fective in sn:-irziig rciboimds un- der the basket. . lso the shoot- in.: of the I)'niwrsity boys im- proved as the game progressed. Mclsaac sinking tliiec shots on brilliant efforts in the second half.

Bill Cainpbcll of the Airforcc miiiid led all snipers with 18 poiiiis and Grccn of the R. C. A. I-”. ainiissrd I0. Mulilally was top man for the varsity crew with 13, closcly followed by Dunphy with

ll. Mclsaac and Reardon 10 each and Coylc I). S. D. 1'. FG FS PF Pts Rcardon . ii (I 0 10 Ready I 0 I Mullally 6 I 0 13 Coylc 4 1 0 Dunphy .'i I 0 ll Kennedy 0 0 I Mclsaac . 5 0 0 10 McDonald . 2 .0 I 4 ' Totals .. ..--. , ,. 29 3 3 C. R. C. A. I-'. PG F5 PF Pts Campbell . 0 0 0 18 Button 2 1 3 5 Wilson 0 1 3 I , Evans 3 0 t (I ' Home . 4 0 1 0 Svlrhenuik 0 0 0 0 Mccauley .. 0 0 0 0 Green II 0 4 10 Totals . . . . .. .... 23 2 12 48 Referedsz. Reg. Doucetle

and g Donald.

i The fans were preparing forl another overtime struggle when: Cancidic-ns' third line broke 1, through for a score at 6:49 of the ilast period. Paul Meger sent the ltroit blue

line. The

i rookie let fly and the puck click- ;

1 ed into the net off Rcay's stick. 1 i Scarcely a minute later Abel:

bulled his way through to ram; . in the rebound off Gordie I-Iowelsi 1 shot.

Six minutes later came the tie- lbreaking goal by Richard, whose tfianiing play throughout the game lwas a big part in the Montreal idrive. Elmer Lach fed the puck? I to Richard behind the Detroit neti iand the Rocket swung it around: .the goal post and between Saw-'

Ci')Llii('S skates.

Desperate Power Play:

The Red Wings drove in with desperate power plays. One sud- A 'dciily backfired. Floyd Curry shoved a forward pass to Mosdeil who broke away in the clear. raced in iiii-iiiolcstcd on Sawchuck und scored.

The Wings attacked with renew- ed fury with little more than four minutes of Iitc ,QalllC left. Cana- cliens fought off the storm iinlil

') wlicn from a maze of play- caziic tiic sczecned shot that into the iii-t before McNeil

ct".-' w eni

.,caw ii. The goal was credited to llsindsay, Wliil assists to Abel and George Gcc.

Linc-lips:

Dctru.t; Goal. Sawchuk; de- fcncc. Rt-isc, Kelly; centre. Abel. wiiigs. Hiowe. Lindsay. Subs: Goldhziin, Martin. Gee, iPeters. Stewart, Skov, Paveiich. McFad- den. Couture, Pronovost. Wilson, Glover.

Montreal: Goal. McNeil: de- fcncc. Hfll'Y(3)', Maclllierson; cen- tre. Mosdcll: wiiigs, Curry, Mac- Kav Subs: Bouchard, Gcoffrion, Ric .it'd, Johnson, McNa-bncy. Reay. ()lnisic2id. Ltlfil, Loiic. Kalstr, Mezor. MaofIl('k. !

Rcfcrcr. Bill ('li.in'-wick: lincs-; men. George Hayes and Saml Babcock. 1

First Period Scoring: None. i Penalties: Non". I l Second Period Scoring: None. . i Penalties: None. . I Third Period l 1-Montreal, Rcay i IMcgei', Gcoffrion) ...... .. 6:49 2-Dclruif. Abel . il-lowo) ...... .. 7231 3-Moiitrcai. Richard lLach) . . 9:85l 4-Montreal, Mosdell 1 (Curry) 15:45l 5-Detroit. Lindsay l9:15

(Abel. Gee! Penalties: None.

From RCAF

1P.w.c. Wins :Hoop Game With Truro

The P.W.C. Welshincn trounced. a fiszhtiiig Nova Scotiii Agricultiirali College tcam 57-43 iii an exciting: exhibition hoop fixture played ail pthe P. W.C. court on Saturdayl .night. The game was the second in 5. home and home series. the Welsh-I men having won an earlier fixtiircl played at the AEglPS' home court. The game was a see-saw affair for the better part until, in a ter- rific fourth quarter drive. the nityi pcollegians ran wild in the last five! pminutes of the game to rack up scvcntccn points to their oppon- .ent.s' three and win going away. P. W.C. counted a 38 percentage ifrom the floor while the Angles were hitting on 22 percent. Forty-four fouls were called by officials Goss innd Ready. p.w.c. offending 2i ltlmcs, and the Aggics 23. with Bon-3 lncymiin. Youlds. MacNaught

and i B. McAndrew drawing five each. Top scorers for the winners were icharlie Hinc and Jack McAndrew with 17 each. Crockett had 8 anti iWood 7. 5 Agglcs split, their points up more lcvenly. Bonneyman and Yould be- llng high with eight and seven rc- Lapectivelv. Langille was good in t1 ppluy-making role and Morehoiisc starred on defence. 5 I.lne-ups: ' P.W.C. B. McAndrew 4. J McAndrcw I7. I-line 17. Crockett 8.

l lwood 7, Macl-laught 3, Hoyt l. - 157.

5 Aggleiz - 3. MacDonald e, Yotlld I7. Langille 5. Piers G. Elckertson 2. tRoope. Smith. Morehouse 5. Bon- liieyman 8, Chlency. C. MacDonald 4. - 43.

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SPLINMD ICI. Skate or

TOIIIGIIT

GOOD MUSIC

puck to Geoffrion inside the De-- Montreal I

lin three places. they

i f-it-tics, coach Leo Lamoureux sent

p complete . ious ; strir-tly hockey : made it pay off wit.h success. Skat. :ing and forcing all the time, the

' up with the goal that deadlocked

. the way. that

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THE GUARDIAN, CHARLOTTETOWN

APRIL . 9, 1951

bunch of Islanders

A larruping Ducksters lived up to their vance predictions to garner out of their three home games over Sydney Millionaires. and send their best of seven series for the Maritime Major hockey crowd into a tight knot at five points each to put themselves on an even

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keel with the Moneymen going into the two final games of the SPIIPS over Sydney icn, The 15.

land:-rs did it the hard way too. Losing the Opening game here on Tuesday night by a 4-It count, to

trail by four points. they went into the following game with a V('n23IICt' on Wednesday night.

Backed by a crippled Hal Gordon in the nets. who suffered an in- jury that fractured his shoulder smothered the Cape Breton champions un- der an 8-1 defeat.

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Coming up with B. bruising per- formance. which is credited with being the roughest Maritime con- test in recent years. they outplay- ed and battered the Sydney club with powerful. damaging body checks that saw the visiting team wilt for the worst trimming of illf.'ll' is.-ircer. Coniplctcly whipped. the Sydtlcy club came out on the ice again on Friday night prepar- ed to withstand another such on- slaught and detcnnined to hand it back bump for bump. But in-

stead. they got the surprise of their life. 0 I Q Discardiniz the hammering

his men out to put into force a reversal of their prev- performzince and play it

all the way. He

Islanders went after that opening goal that permitted them to play st-rrii-defensive hockey and keep the Sydney ti-am off balance and disorganized. Sydney, however. al- thought being outplayed by a con- siderable margin. were in there

battling the whole way and came

a

the count in the first period. l . . .

But once again the local crewi put on the pressure to come upi rwiih the goal that put them in

front again in the second frame. and nnce again played it close to the vest by iitallzlng the breaks to keep Sydney off stride until the final minutes of the period when a strictly "pot luck" goal beat Dennis Brodeur to deadlock the count. Going into the third frame Johnny 1-Ioreck was the man who hit pay dirt that put the Islanders in front again that held up des- pite late pressure in the canto by Sydney.

Johnny's goal was a fitting climax to a game that proved to be a smart contest every inch of- pleased visiting Sydney fans almost equally as much as it did the local followers. with the exception that they were on the losing and of things. It was really a fine game to watch. and it is safe to say that it was it 100 per cent crowd please: no matter what side of the fence the individual spectator was on. Both teams earned merit for their per. formance, with the more iig-grciis- Ive team winning the verdict. be- intz the sum and substance of the contest.

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Making his first appearance with the Islanders as I. replace- ment to an Injured Hal Gordon. Dennis Brodeur carried the local banner high for his excellent per- formance. Playing with make- shift equipment-Gordon's didn't fit and his own hadn't arrived from Saint John in time-the Saint John Beaver-'.x regular custodian was superb In some of his stops during the contest and a strong cog in the efforts of a winning club. '

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But a report on that game wouldn't be complete oi accurate. If lop mention were not made of Nick Pidaodny's performance In the Sydney cagc.- Performiniz brilliantly. as he has done all through the iierles. he was the major factor In stopping Islanders from piling In at Ieiut three or four more tallies than thev did. In both the second Ind third period: in particular. It was a source of amazement to both players and fans alike how he barred the door to some of the driving attempt: made by Islanders around the imouth of hi! cage. It is true that he let in eight on Wednesday night. but even in that game too he was more than effective on -other attempts for the amount of protection he not from his com- pletely bewildered and battered forward and defence . efforts. In In ii clever goalie and nobody can

take that any Mm Nick. :v

Ilown With Them I

naovpiue

Hockey i Scores

SATURDAY

National League Playoffs Detroit 2. Montreal 3. (Montreal wins best-of-seven semi-final 4-2).

Boston 1, Toronto 4.

(Toronto leads best-of-seven semi-final 3-1; one game tied). American League Playoffs Pittsburgh 3, Cleveland 2 (over- time).

(Pittsburgh leads best-of-seven finial 1-0).

Pacific Coast League Playoffs

Victoria 3. New Westminster 2.

(Victoria leads best-of-seven final 2-0).

American Hockey Association

Playoffs

Atlantic City (IHL) 5.'

(Toledo wins semi-final 4-3).

MEMORIAL CIT 0. H. A. Final Barrie 2. Toronto Marlboros 5. (Best-of-seven series tied 2-2). Eastern Canada Final

Inkerman 4, Quebec 16.

(Quebec leads best-of-five 2-0)

Western Canada Semi-Final

Port Arthur 0. Winnipeg l.

(Winnipeg leads 3-2).

Western Canada Intermediate

Trail 6. Dauiphine 3 (at Brand- on, Man.)

ilFirst game of best-of-fivc play- off series).

Thunder Bay Juvenile (Final)

Port Arthur Bruins 4. Frances Legion .5.

(Port Arthur wins two-game total-goal series 12-9).

(Sunday)

best - of - seven

Alennde Que-her. Major Fin I Valleyfleld 2, Quebec 3 (over- time) (Best-of-nine serii-I Allan Cup Eastern Sc-ml-final Smiths Falls 3. Dolbmu 7 (Dolbeau leads beat-of-five 2-0) National League Toronto 6 Boston .0 (Toronto wins but ofisevcn ser- Ies 4-1).

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(EHL) 3. Toledo-

best-of-seven i

AGED

Islanders leave By Bus For Games IL Sydney

The Islanders set out on the last 5 lap of their campaign to bring this province its first major or senior league hockey title in history when they left the Forum by bus for Sydney yesterday afternoon shortly after three olclock.

Faced with the huge task of best- lng the Millionaires In the series that has been hammered down to a best of two affair from the best lot seven starter. the Islanders were lzzlven ii hearty send off by local : backers who gathered at the Foriim and followed the bus out of town lby car. The teams stand on even 3 footing with five points each as the result of two wins each and a tie.

Coach Leo Lamoureux will send his team into action tonight with- out the services of centre Frank Bathgate and goalie Hal Gordon. Bathgate worked out with the team yesterday morning but did not feel fit enough to play tonight.

Both boys are still under hos- pital care. Team physician Dr. -Frank Maclvlillan stated Bathgato was still suffering -from the effects of a bruised back while Gordon! shoulder was coining along nicely.

I Jack Morrow and Denny Brodeur ihave proved capable substitutes for both boys. ”Red" Favero again will take ver Bathguteb job of center- ing laments and Benton while ilvlorrow will move into l"svero's lrlght Wing spot on the Trainer- ? Pawlyshyn line.

Islanders. who have become .known as the most air-minded

weather kept them grounded. They walted as long as they could for the weather to lift but were forced to leave around three o'clock in order to make the boat.

"Millionaires, too. had sir ti-oiiblc on Bstui-day. Arriving over the Syd- ney airport on their return from the games here. they were kept in the air by fog. They circled the air- norh for a whIla,but were forced to fly to New Glasgow. They drove from New Glasgow to Sydney by bus.

The Islanders Intended to spend last night in either New Glance-Iv

the trip today.

"9WF-"'9 . v. M.-.(:. A. Allen may Afternoon mane

1'-2. ' ' - .- winner ofiziid section. , Stngle-A. isuthlelliid Hlth”'.l'fIPH'i-"0 'lIIIwtn,'IM:'

major league team in Canada. In- ... tended to leave by plane but poor

or Truro and complefetho rest of V

A number of club officials and supporters left with the team. Am- ong those boarding the bus were: Messrs. Bill Massey, acting presid- ent of the club: Somerled Tralnor, legal advisor; Bill Brown, Forum Manager; Frank Trainor, and T. L. FitzGerald. Guardian sports editor.

Bulb Bownesa (19) 'out of tlieplay allowing Bi-odeur to.;pIckiup loose

er, -Jailiitiiyi 14, i 4 -1: let with-tour

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- manshlp and fnirplay.

Mayor Urges Sportsmanship In Games '

Mayor B. Earle MacDonald yes- terday wired Sydney's Mayor Gallagher and Dr. C. A. MacDon- ald. President of the Sydney Hockey Club asking them for their co-operation to see that the remaining games In the Island- ers-Mllllonaircs series he conduct- ed In a manner befitting sports- Following is the text of the message: Mayor Gallagher, Sydney Dr. C. A. MacDonald. Pres., new Hockey Club.

Our hockey team left here by bus today short two of our play- ers. Gordon and Buthgate. sev- erely injured find in hospital. and with two other players badly cut from the games played here this week.

Would appreciate your personal interest to see to it (hut nothing more is done to mar the balance of the games being" played as they should be. I am sure you will agree that the. best interests of the game will he served by a closer application of the rules of sportsmanship and fair play.

MAYOR MMDONALD.

Nickel Coin Buns Away With Grand National

AINTREE. England. April 8- (Reutera)--Nickel Coin. a sturdy nine-year-old more who thrives on duck eggs and Irish beer. emerged Saturday from a pack of slitherlng, tumbling horses to run away with the Grand Nat- ional sfecplcchuse. Only two oth- crs finished. one II rcmount.

Under the eiipable hands of Johnny Bullock. Nickel Coin plunged over the 30 fences on the course of four miles 856 yards and in the straight drew away from the Irish-owned Royiil Tan to win by six lengths. Nearly 250

Syd-

yards behind came Derrlnstown in third place. Thirty-one horses fell or lost

riders in the first 2 1-4 miles of this sensational race. The crowd of 250.00 -screamed and waved arms in tense excitement.

Nickel Coin was it 40-to-1 shot and Royal Tan 22-to-1. Jockey Tony Power was thrown clear by Derrinstown about one-half mile from home. He remounted and the home finished third. Der- rinstown started at 66 to 1.

Five were scratched from the final running. They were T.O.D.. Knight's Pass, Hal's Venture. September Air, and Lucky Pur- chase.

Jill pinnm. Jlireak-up

Leafs Shutouti Bruins 6-01 In Final Game

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BOSTON. April 8-(CP)-Tu.- onto'a Maple Leafs swarmed-ov I' the Bruins tonight, blasting): e "ostoriians 6-0 to quality for the National Hockey League's Stan. ley Cup finals. Leafs. who down. ed the Bruins 4-1 In the best-of. seven series "B" semi-finals. Svm oppose Montreal Canadians)...-in the finals tentatively scheduled to begin Wedneday night 1;; Toronto's Maple Leaf Gardens.

The conquering Leafs outclasii. ed the Bruins almost from ':the opening faceoff to the final buzz.- er. disappointing the great major. ity of 10.557 fans.

Joe Klukay. normally a pen. alty-killer. who plays only when the Leafs are short-handed. lcor. ed twice for Leafs. Klukay. who registered only 14 goals through the regular '70-game season. also scored twice against Bruins Sat. urday night In Toronto.

Other lamplighters for th.- Leafs were Captain Teeder Ki-n. nedy. Fleming Mackell, Sid smiii. and Tod Sloan.

In this series Boston won thi- opener 2-0. The second game was tied 1-1 in overtime and then Lents won by scores of 3-0. 8-1, 4-1 and 6-0.

Bruins were able to get only four goals past the veteran Turk Broda In 5 2-3 games-six hours. three minutes and 16 seconds of play.

Broda replaced rookie AI Roi. lins after the latter was hurt in

the first period of the opening game. Summary: - g First Period - 1-Toronto, Kennedy. (Smith) ............... 10.16 2-Toronto-Klukay, .. (Barilko) ............. 14.36 Penalties: None. Second Porlod 3-Toronto. Mackell. - (Bentley. Klukay) . . . . 12.22 Penalties: None. ' Third Period 4-Toronto. Smith ........ 6.42 5--Toronto. Sloan. (Kennedy, Smith) . ... . 9.42 6-Toronto. Klukay, ., , (Mackell) ............. 15.01 Penalties: None. : W