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or mA I COERCION ger BOBBY HULL, left, scores his 54th goal of the season Saturday night as Montreal Canadiens' Gump Worsley (30) sprawls on the ice, and J, C. Tremblay (3) of Montreal moves in front of the net. Chicago's Ken Hodge skates toward the Bobby Eyes Playofts, melee, in front of Jim Roberts and Ted Harris of Canadiens. Montreal defeat- ed Hawks 8-3. HOCKEY STANDINGS By THE CANADIAN PRESS AE OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, April 4, 1966 9 Habs Sweep To League Title, Raatan LIVLJDLUVALEL By THE CANADIAN PRESS Montreal Canadiens are let- ting everyone concerned know that they will be out to keep the Stanley Cup they won last year as they head into the Na- tional Hockey League playoffs this week. The Canadiens swept to their eight championship in ll years Saturday night by dump- ing Chicago Black Hawks 8-3 and then added a 4-1 victory over New York Rangers Sun- day night for good measure, as the 1965-66 NHL season came to a close. In other weekend games, Tor- onto Maple Leafs tied 3-3 in both of their outings--against New York Saturday night and Sun- day night against Detroit Red Wings. Boston Bruins escaped the NHL cellar for the first time in six years by defeating the Black Hawks 4-2 in the other Sunday game, | Although the Hawks lost both | weekend games, Bobby Hull was jable to score a goal and pick Tremblay, Join Ferguson--and Ralph Backstrom, Hull scored his 54th goal while Stan Mikita notched his 29th and Kenny Wharram his 26th. Yvan Cournoyer, Montreal's power - play specialist, scored twice against New York Sunday. The goals were Cournoyer's 17th and 18th of the season and in- cluded his 16th power-play goal of the year. Claude Provost and Duff com- pleted Montreal scoring. Phil Goyette's third - period goal averted a shutout for the hapless Rangers, who failed to win a game in their last eight of the year. New York's Sunday loss cpu- pled with Boston's win over the Black Hawks, moved the Bruins into fifth place in the final By THE CANADIAN PRESS SUNDAY National League |Toronto 3 Detroit 3 Chicago 2 Boston 4 standings, .one_point ahead of the Broadway Blues. The Bruins won the game with a pair of third - period goals within a 30-second span by John McKenzie and Ron Stewart, with his second of the night. Ron Shock got the other. Mikita and Lou Angotti were the Chicago scorers. The third period was marred by a brawl. between Boston's Forbes Kennedy and Doug Jar- rett of Chicago, who left the ice for repairs. The Chicago bench drew a penalty for failing to box. Val Fonteyne and Bruce Mac- Gregor scored 42 seconds apart in the third period to earn the Red Wings their tie with Tor- onto. The two goals were scored HOCKEY SCORES | SATURDAY | National League Chicago 3 Montreal 8 New York 3 Toronto 3 American League replace Jarrett in the penalty against Bruce Gamble, Tor- onto's third goaltender in the game. Veteran Johnny Bower started the game but was re- placed by Terry Sawchuk for the second period While Bower coached the Leafs as manager- coach Punch Imlach sat in the stands, ULLMAN GETS 318T Norm Ullman scored his 3ist of the year to complete the De- troit scoring, Brit Selby, George Armstrong and Eddie Shack scored for Toronto, Billy Hicke's goal mid-way through the final period earned Bobby Hull of Chicago Black Hawks scored a goa! and picked up an assist in two weekend games to set a record for most points in a season as the 1965- 66 national hockey league sea- Bruins Escape Cellar the Rangers. their tie with the Leafs Saturday. Vie Hadfield and Don Marshall were the other New York scorers. Dave Keon, Ron Ellis and Armstrong replied for Toronto. Gamble shared netminding chores with Sawchuk and was the victim of two of the three Ranger goals. The Canadiens now meet the Leafs in the best-of-seven seml- final series "" starting in Mon- treal Thursday, while Chicago and Detroit open their best-of- seven "B" series in Chicago Thursday. Hull Gets Goal, Assist To Set Another Record Gordie Howe of Detroit Red Wings, who completed his 20th NHL season Sunday night, took fifth place in the scoring with 75 points, followed by team- mates Norm Ullman and Alex Delvecchio pvith 72 and 69 re- spectively. The leadtrs National League jup an assist to set a record for! srontreal 4 New York 1 WLT FAPt most points in a season. Hull's American League two points gave him 97 for the Quebec 7 Buffalo 4 41 21 8 239 173 90| 7 37 25 8 240 187 g2/Sca80N, One more than lormer| Hershey.,3. Pittsburgh 2 Cleveland 7 Providence 0 495 11 268.187 eer Dickie Moore scored Sees jin 1958-59. Baltimore 3 Rochester 4 Western League 31 27 12 221 194 74) 'The Canadiens' victory Satur- Rochester 4 Buffalo 2 |Baltimore 2 Cleveland 5 |Pittsburgh 3 Hershey 5 Quebec 5 Springfield 5 | Central League | Houston 3 Minnesota 0 |Tulsa 3 Oklahoma City 1 | Eastern League |Nashville 4 Long Island 2 (Nashville leads best-of-seven |final 1-0) Western League son came to a close Sunday night. Hull finished the season with) 97 points, including a record 54| |goals, to break the mark of 96 | points in a season set in 1958-59 by Dickie Moore, a former Montreal Canadiens star. Hull's 97 points also won him |his third scoring championship |in nine seasons with the Hawks. Stan Mikita, Hull's teammate, and Montreal's Bobby Rousseau finished in a tie for second) place with 78 points, one more than Jean Beliveau of Montreal. Mikita, Rousseau and Beliveau finished the season as_ the league's top playmakers with 48) assists each. Hopes To Face Habs fis BOSTON (AP) -- Bobby Hull)4-2 to finish out of the cellar,the coming semi. - final serles| chicago hasn't set any more goals for/for the first time, in six omg] agree goer eg gn ast|TOFONtO 5 -- except a _ winner's : 7 , 4 we: inst) A ane the Stanley Cup playoff| Hull was obviously proud of netroit," he said. "We always| Detroit ee purse. hed 97th point in one season--an) play well against the Red Wings| Boston rk 7 = 7 ae 261 7 day won them the Prince of|Los Angeles 7 Portland 13 The Chicago scoring ace, who| assist on a goal by Stan Mikita|at home and we have our first) * : Wales Trophy -- emblematic of/San Francisco 3 Seattle 5 previously set a National Hockey|--but he was a bit downcast |W games S regime ok eli Saturday's Results first place in regular - season| International League League record with 54 goals, es-jover Chicago's failure to catch tM val," ii aid ler crac Chicago 3 Montreai 8 play--and boosted their indivi-/Muskegon 2 Port Huron 5 tablished a scoring mark Sun-|Montreal Canadiens in the bat-|*" ° ontreal," he said, assuming) New York 3 Toronto 8 dual incomes $2,250 a man, The| (Port Huron wins best - of-) 1 | sh capa rege jthe Canadiens will win their , Hawks get $1,250 a man for fin-|Seven semi-final 4-0) |San Francisco '5 Los Angelus 4) day. night while Boston Bruins) lolayort series agaiist the third- Sunday's Results ; 8 , phe ' shipping the Black Hawks! ine eee |Montreal 4 New York 1 ishing second. Fort Wayne 1 Dayton 7 Vancouver 1 Portland 2 Were Wiipping bi sacle |place Toronto Maple Leafs. lmaponts 3 Detroit $ (Dayton leads best - of - seven |Seattle 6 Victoria 4 | Hull's assist against Boston! Gnicas * Roston 4 VEZINA TO MONTREAL semi-final 3-1) | International League jenabled him to eclipse the 96-| ie Montreal's weekend victories| Ontario Senior Port Huron 9 Muskegon 2 point record. set by Dickie} American League also enabled goaltenders Lorne} Collingwood 8 Sudbury 1 (Port Huron leads best - of- Moore with Montreal in the} Eastern Division |Worsley and Charlie Hodge to} (Collingwood leads best - of-|seven semi-final 3-0) 1958-59 season. | W LT F A Ptiwin the Vezina Trophy, awarded|seyen semi-final 2-1) [Dayton 4 Fort Wayne 5 "But it wasn't the same thrill) Quebec 47 19 4 328 214 98\annually "to the goalkeeper(s) Manitoba Senior | (Dayton leads best - of - seven jI got. from my 5lst goal," he| Hershey 35 29 5 255 226 75\having played a minimum 25/Selkirk 4 Winnipeg 6 semi-final 2-1) 30 38 3 203 235 63/games for the team with the| (Best-of-seven series tied 3-3) Ontario Junior A Last Try For Franchise Ends In Early Fail nds n ar y al ure jsaid. "And that wasn't one of| Springfield my best shots. In fact, I didn't| Baltimore 27 41 2 205 245 56| fewest goals scored against it."| Eastern Junior Toronto 1 Kitchener 3 18 48 3 174 300 39) Jean Beliveau. led the Cana-|Halifax 3 Cornwall 2 (Kitchener wins best-of-seven | involved in Vancouver's first ap-|hit the puck squarely. I've had| Providence plication, would have submitted) much better shots that were} Western Division diens to their one-sided victory! (Cornwall leads best-of-seven|semi-final 4-3; one game tied) | Saturday night with his 28th and| quarter-final 2-1) Ontario Senior | Hull, Chicago Mikita, Chicago Rousseau, Montreal Beliveau, Montreal Howe, Detroit Ullman, Detroit Delyecchio, Detroit tle for first place. And he was looking ahead to ight Canadian whiskies use the word "Gold? So dont be dazzled. Buying @ Cor? SEE STEVE ROSNIK Nurse Chev, Olds, Whitby VANCOUVER (CP) -- What may have been Vancouver's last attempt to get a team in the National Hockey League ended in failure, it was learned Sun- day night. Despite a petition with 60,000 signatures. asking NHL gover- nors for a franchise, the men who had considered making an- other bid decided not to handle it. Businessman Cyrus McLean, who headed Vancouver's first application--the NHL governors rejected it in favor of more U.S. teams--said Sunday night that a second bid at Tuesday's NHL|blocked by a goaltender." Rochester 46 19 4 278 209 96 meeting ye thought it had any) ; ----ICleveiand 38 31 1 238 211 77/29th goals of the season. The Northern Ontario Jr, |Collingwood 3 Sudbury & chance at all." | Pittsbur 36 33 1.226 213 73 Les McDonald, who organized| WEEKEND STAR ete eh 27 40 3 207 LM 57 the 60,000-signature petition and/ : a public meeting which decided| Jean Beliveau, who scored two Saturday's Results to ask Bell and McMahon to|g0als and assisted on another| Rochester 4 Buffalo 2 spearhead a second franchise|as Montreal Canadiens walloped| Baltimore 2 Cleveland § bid, said Sunday night that he| Chicago Black Hawks 8-3 Satur-| Pittsburgh 3 Hershey § had learned definitely that no|day night. Quebec 5 Springfield 5 group would make another bid} Billy Hicke, who scored a} Sunday's Results for Vancouver. jgoal mid-way through the third| Quebec 7 Buffalo 4 He said Senator Hartland Mol-|period to give New York Ran-|Hershey 3 Pittsburgh 2 son of Montreal, who has said/gers a 3-3 tie with Toronto Ma-| Cleveland 7 Providence @ r he would like to see Vancouver|Ple Leafs Saturday night. Baltimore 3 Rochester 4 industrialists Max Bell -andjin the league, wired that NHL| Yvan Cournoyer, who scored F Frank McMahon decided they|President Clarence Campbell | two goals as Montreal defeated} Wednesday's Games Were not interested in a second|confirmed there was no second|New York 4-1 Sunday night. | Quebec at Hershey attempt. bid on file from Vancouver, | Ron Stewart, who scored two| Rochester at Providence McLean said he and Allan} The NHL governors meet/goals to lead Boston Bruins to} Central Professional McGavin, the other businessman| Tuesday in Montreal. \a 4-2 victory over Chicago Sun- WL F A Pt day night. Minnesota 34 25 11 229 197 79 21 26:13 188 203 75 29 29 12 218 198 70 a Bruce MacGregor, who arora Oklahoma National Lea P \® goal mid-way through the fi-| Tulsa gue urse jnal period to give Detroit Red/St. Louns 30 31 9 226 217 69 Wings a 3-3 tie with Toronto| Houston 28 32 10 219 240 66 |Sunday night. |Memphis 25 33 12 198 223 62 Will Open Wide Today | RENT A-CAR | to the goalkeeper(s) having) DAY -- WEEK -- MONTH others went to Jim Roberts,|North Bay 3 Sault Ste. Marie 9) (Best-of-seven semi-final tied} Dick Duff, Henri Richard, Gilles| (Best-of-seven final tied 2-2) 4-1) | This 27° V8-powered four-sleeper is a Chris-Craft, MONTREAL (CP)--Ron An-| drews, National Hockey League publicist, said Sunday night that a decision will be made today on how prize money is to be awarded to the runners-up in the individual scoring and Vez- ina Trophy races. Stan Mikita of Chicago Black Hawks and Bobby Rousseau of Montreal Canadiens finished the 1965-66 season with identical records of 30 goals and 48 as- played.a minimum 25 games for the team with the fewest goals | scored against it. The runner-up in each cate- gory over the season receives $500. "We're still not sure what) money will be awarded to whom | until I speak to Mr, Campbell | (league president Clarence *5.00 PER DAY PLUS LOW MILEAGE CHARGE 725-6553 RUTHERFORD"S 725-6553 14 ALBERT ST, sists, Oshawa In the Vezina race, both the Black Hawks and Toronto Ma- ple Leafs finished in a tie for second place honors behind Montreal. The Hawks and Leafs have 187 goals against each while the Canadiens finished well ahead with 173 goals against. | Greyhounds Even Northern Finals SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. (CP)--Sault Ste. 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