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a | Canadiens Shade Red Wings, | Crozier Forced Out In First * tions. Ralph Backstrom Story: _ From A Goat To A Hero By BOB TRIMBEE DETROIT (CP) -- No matter how you look at the current best-of-seven series for the Stanley Cup, you run into ques- Among them: Will the loss of netminder| Roger Crozier end the hopes of} the Red Wings? Can either clud win at home?) Ralph Backstrom took just tive seconds to turn from a goat into a hero when he scored Ca- nadiens' winning goal 1314 min- utes into the final period and gave his team a 2-1 victory Sun- day afternoon before 15,154 fans. Captain Jean Beliveau scored | Montreal generally went with two lines and for part of the final period Blake inserted Rousseau in Backstrom's nor- mal spot between Jim Roberts and Dick Duff. "By the time I threw him back in, Rousseau had been out there for a while and was get- ting tired..." In five seconds Backstrom was a hero as he finished a three-way play with Roberts and Duff, turning the puck into the Detroit goal from just out- side the crease. CALLS IT FLUKE Detroit coach Sid Abel looked upon the goal as a fluke. "Roberts was trying to throw | « Club had played a good game) the other Montreal goal and'the puck to Duff in the slot and Worm Ullman reptied for De-!Floyd Smith got a stick on it poit. and deflected it to Backstrom. SERIES TIED It wasn't the way they were 'The result brought the Cana-| Playing it. oe diens level in games with De-| "The series isn't over. troit for the first time in the|Neither club has been run out series. Each club: now has won|of the house yet. And one goal twice away from home. The| isn't going to make us feel that fifth game is scheduled for 8|we can't win it ail." p.m. EDT Tuesday in Montreal] _ e , with the sixth here Thursday at|his club's scoring. 8 p.m. EST. If a seventh game| is needed, it will be in Montreal|chances today than any of the Saturday night. |previous games. We couldn't The victory re-established the| finish." ; Canadiens as favorites to cap-| Abel said Crozier would un- ture their second consecutive|dergo a medical checkup today, Stanley Cup, their 12th over-all|Prior to the Wings' departure and seventh in 11 years under|from Montreal by air scheduled coach Toe Blake. jfor 1 p.m. EST. After the} The Wings, striving to be-| checkup he'll decide if Crozier come only the second club to} is fit for additional action. finish fourth in the regular sea-| A defensive lapse by Rous- son and pin the playoff. title,)seau and Backstrom led to the have not won a Cup in 11 years./opening goal after Montreal, Crozier was forcec out of the|aided by three Detroit penal- game early in the first period | ties, dominated the opening when he twisted his left knee) Period. and sprained his left ankle stop- Paul Henderson intercepted a ping Montreal's Bobby Rous- Clearing pass and passed to seau on a close-in play. Bruce MacGregor who relayed Both Montreal goals were|it to Ullman, unguarded | di- against Hank Bassen, who last rectly in front of the Canadiens saw action March 31 against/80al. : New York Rangers. He hadn't| It was his fourth goal of the been in a playoff game since| Playoffs, the second consecutive the 1961 semi-finals time he opened the scoring and jhis 13th point in 10 games, to USED LITTLE | give him the points lead in the Backstrom saw service for) playoffs. the Canadiens just twice in the) Beliveau tied the score while game prior to being sent out for | Gordie Howe served a penalty. the play that brought Montreal| Duff relayed the puck from a the winning goal. The second|corner to J. C. Tremblay from time out he let Uliman shake|the blueline and Beliveau got loose and it cost the Habs ajhis stick on the shot to deflect joal. it into the top corner. Blake said Backstrom, 28, a| It was also Beliveau's fourth native of Kirkland Lake, Ont.,| playoff goal and it gave him a was "getting into trouble" early|career iccord of 116 playoff in the game and "I just devided| points, third in the all-time} to eit him out for a while." (Stanley Cup list. | We Lost It On A Fluke, "Blake wasn't satisfied with) "T thought we had more good| JEAN BELIVEAU, | e ft, and Ralph Backstrom get together in the dressing room after each scored a goal to lead Montreal Cana- By AL McNEIL DETROIT (CP) -- A coach's hunch paid off Sunday afternoon and brought Montreal Cana- diens a 2-1 victory and back on even terms with Detroit Red Wings, two games apiece in their best-of-seven Stanley Cup final. Coach Toe Blake threw Ralph Backstrom, the speedy centre back into the game late in the third period because "it's just one of those things you do-on the spur of the moment." "Backstrom was getting into trouble earlier in the game," Blake said, "and I just decided to sit him out for a while. "By the time I threw him back in, Bobb Rousseau had been out there for a while and was getting tired so I threw in some fresh blood." Backstrom responded in fine form, as he scored the winning goal in the 2-1 victory at 13:37 of the third period. 'HAD HARD TIME' "We've have a hard time winning here all year," Blake said he Summary Says Red Wing Mentor | DETROIT (CP)--Detroit Red, cold player and today he was) Wings coach Sid Abel said his | hot." ' | Bassen said that with Crozier in the Stanley Cup finals Sun-|playing so well, he had hoped day but Jost it on a fluke play./he could come up with a win. "I'm pleased with the way| «Anyway we'll be there yet," the grag played," f ag said| he added. after his club dropped a 2-1 de- : : cision to Montreal Canadiens, BP girs pac aR oe who evened the best-of-seven! 3 y Wonty pat First period -- No scoring. Penalties--P. MacDonald 4:25, Ullman 10:15, Ferguson 13:21, Howe 14:52. Second period -- 1. Detroit, Ullman 4 (MacGregor, Hender- |son) 11:24; 2. Montreal, Beliy- jeau 4 (J. C. Tremblay, Duff) |19:51. Penaltfes--Watson 7:44, Harper 12:11, Howe 18:23. Third period -- 3. Montreal, \Backstrom 3 (Duff, Roberts) }13:37. Penalties--Ferguson 4:43, final 2-2. But he regarded the game- winning goal, scored in the third period by Ralph Back- strom, as a fluke. He said Mon- treal's Jim Roberts was trying te pass to team-mate Dick Duff and Floyd Smith of the Wings got his stick on it, deflecting it to Backstrom. Abel said he did not think tne loss had placed his club. at a psychological disadvantage, but since they had won the two games played at Montreal, "Maybe it gives us a psy- chological advantage to get the hell out of here." The Detroit coach said neither club had been "'run out) of the house" yet, and one goa! "isn't going to make us feel we) can't win it all." Abel said he did not know yet) whether or rot his number one netminder Roger Crozier, wil! be back in action for the fift! game in Montreal Tuesday} night, TWISTED ANKLE | Crozier left the game at 5 48| of the first period suffering| from a sprained left knee and twisted ankle. The netminder said he did not know how badly his leg had} been injured and he will see! "how it survives overnight." Abel said he thought sub. stitute Hank Bassen played "a real fine game. He's a hot and CUP SCORING By THE CANADIAN PRESS Finals | i oe Detroit 111 Montreal 10 1 (Best-of-seven final tied 2-2). GA Pts. PiM Ullman, Det 4 9 13 Prentice, Det. 5 5 10 Delvecchio, Det 6 10 10 Beliveau, Mtl 4 Howe, Det 4 JC Trmbly, Mtl 4 Rousseau, Mtl 3 Smith, Det 4 Backstrom, Mtl 3 Henderson, Det 3 Stampleton, Chi 2 Harper, Mtl 2 Duff, Mtl 1 M'Gregor, Det 1 ~ BOD AND AA AON DS Ht Oe hed hope to win' with Berman, Provost 16:36. goal. "We'll just have to get after, Shots on goal by them on Tuesday and get our| Montreal guys to get us some goals, then | Detroit we'll be tough to beat." Attendance--15,154. 1213 8&--33 5 9 9--23 1a AVA dD VLIVLY somewhere you'd like to go? LP | nw diens to a 2-1 win over Detroit Sunday. The victory evened the Stanley Cup final series at 2-2, with the series shifting back to Montreal said, referring to the fact his team! won only the last two reg- ular season games and the two playoff contests here in almost two years, "There's no use saying home ice will be beneficial in this se- ries,' he added with a wry grin. Both clubs have scored their victories on foreign ice. Blake paid tribute to sub- stitute Detroit goaltender Hank Bassen who relieved Roger Crozier at 5:48 of the first pe- riod, when the latter was side- lined with a sprained left knee and ankle. "I think Bassen made some for the fifth game on Tues- day. --AP Wirephoto A Hunch Payed Off For Canadien Coach good stops--the two shots that beat him would have beaten anyone," Blake said. Blake said his sew line of Henri Richard, Leon Rochefort and Dave Balon, played well and that Rochefort had checked well on a couple of nlays, _ "Henri Richard is back skat- ing well now," Blake said, add- ing that Balon had added some zip to the left wing side of the line. However, Blake said he still feels his club has not reached its full scoring potential. "We're still not scoring as many goals as we should. "T thought we had more good chances today than any of the previous games." Backstrom said when he scored his winning goal he was "raring to go" after his en- forced rest on the bench. "Someone told me it took five seconds from the faceoff to the time I scored the goal," the Montreal centre said, '"'but it seemed longer than that out there."' By THE CANADIAN PRESS National League wtL Pittsburgh 11 Los Angeles 12 St. Louis © San Francisco 2 . Probable Pitchers Today No games scheduled Tuesday's Games Philadelphia at Atlanta (N) Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (N) New York at St. Louis (N) Chicago at Houston (N) Los Angeles at San Fran- Baltimore Cleveland Chicago Detroit California Minnesota Washington Boston 10 P 8 7 533 5 7 All? 4 10 .286 4 11 .267 BASEBALL SCORES, STANDINGS GENERAL TIRE SERVICE OF OSHAWA 728-6221 534 Ritson Rd. South THE OSHAWA TIMES, Mondey, Mey 2, 1966 @ REMEMBER WHEN. ..?.- By THE CANADIAN PRESS Joe Louis won the 67th 4 bout of his 71 as a B54 weight 15 years ago 4 --in J Yury an e Omelio Agramonte over 10 rounds at Detroit. Baiee Brown Bowker' stiesgied rown comeback until stopped in the eighth round Rocky . Marciene take ts fel : New York 412 .250 9% Kansas City 3 11 .214 9% Saturday's Resulis Kansas City 0 New York 6 California 16 Boston 9 Baltimore 3 Detroit 2 Chicago at Cleveland ppd. Minnesota at Washington ppd. 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