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Last Six-Team Season Long In NHL Memory By BRUCE LEVETT comin, a desparation replace- said his team would concen- Canadian Press Sports Editor |ment for Cesare Maniago onj|trade on fundamentals. A rush- The 1966 - 67 National Hockey|whom Francis had pinned his|ing defenceman himself, al- League season will be remem-|hopes in vain. Geoffrion, the|though he never made it to the bered as one of upset and in-|former Montreal star, gave the;NHL, Sinden keyed his attack jury, comeback and color with/team the ice leadership itjon Bobby Orr, 18-year-old high- not a little surprise and disap-|nceded and, in the first half of|priced rookie a year out of jun pointment mixed in. jthe season Rod Gilbert gave it/ior ranks. Orr provided the One thing appears certain--|the scoring punch. Gilbert hadjonly color on the team and, de- there probably never. will be/been pronounced fit after a sec-|spite injuries, scored goals and another season like it. For /ond spinal fusion operation and|picked up a spot on the all-star starting next year, after 50 proved he was with 24 goals in|team halfway through the sea- years of more-or-less stable |the first half. son. performance, the league| Detroit--Johnny Mitchell, as- doubles to 12 teams from the/sistant general-manager diag- familiar six and under a new|nosed the problem before the| S ] C season opened when he pointed tan ey up player draft system, old favor- ites will be turning up inj|to the retirements of hardrock strange and unfamiliar uni-|defencemen Bijl Badsby and Playoff Dates forms. all-star Doug Barkley and pond- In addition, television cover |ered moving forwards Gordie} MONTREAL (CP)--The Na- Howe and Alex Delvecchio to|tional Hockey League an- defence. At season's end the|nounced Sunday night 'that the in the United States and Can-|Red Wings goals--for total was'stanley Cup semi . finals will ada. jone of the best in the league jopen in Chicago and Montreal Two of the biggest surprises|with Norm Ullman third behind/Thursday night. of the season were Chicago{hull and Mikita in scoring with} The A series will have Tor- Black Hawks winning their first|69 points and both Howe andionio Maple Leafs at Chicago league championship and New|Delvecchio high among the Black Hawks 'Thursday and York Rangers hurtling out of|!eaders. But their goals-against|/ sunday, April 6 and 9, with the the league cellar to lead the|--241--was second only to that|third and fourth games at Tor- league for a time and finally|Of Boston Bruins as the.league's/onto April 11 and April 13. settling for the fourth and final| worst. If a fifth game is necessary, playoff berth. | Boston--Harry Sinden, at -34 i, will be played Saturday aft-| Among the unexpected ga youngest coach in the NHL, ernoon, April 15, at Chicago. A| -- _-- a ag he = a sixth game, if necessary, would! ress of defending Stanley Cup FINAL HOCKEY STANDINGS be played April 18 at Toronto,| champion Montreal Canadiens, and should the best-of-seven se-!_ who needed 11 straight vic-| ries go the seven-game limit the) tories to close out the season in! second place, just ahead of Tor- By THE CANADIAN PRESS National League 'inal § ings es are A pt the Maple Leafs finished third) age of the game will follow the expansion from coast to coast final game wov" be played! onto Maple Leafs. April 20 at Chicago. The Black Hawks clinched the | MISS PLAYOFFS regular season championship) Detroit Red Wings and Bos-| ton Bruins missed the playoffs, District Bailey Howell of Boston Celtics handles a loose ball during a National Basket- ball Association playoff shawa Wins this year with 94 points while| Hoop Crown Oshawa Simcoe Hall Club captured the Toronto and} Centennial!in the first game Bantam TT'S NOT A BOMB game as if it were a live Boys' |26-13 to win the title. By CLIFF GORDON WHITBY --lIt was cham- pionship playoff night at the Whitby Arena on Saturday, as four divisions of the Whitby Minor Hockey Association de- cided their "Champs" for~ the 1966-67 season. During the course of the evening, nearly 800 people took in the attractions with fans coming and going with the completion of each game. NOVICES UNDEFEATED #| In the Novice division, Cor- ner Pizza under coach Mike Taylor, downed a hard-fighting Local 53 team by a score of 4-1. For coach Taylor and his Pizza boys it marked the end of a perfect year. They never lost a game during the regu- lar season, winning ten. They won one and tied three in the round-robin playoff series and then downed Sunnybrook Food Market 3-2 in a playoff game last Thursday, for the right to meet Local 53 for the cham-) pionship. i In Saturday night's game, it was Tommy Schroer who sparked the Pizza team with two goals. Brian Brassier and Simcoe Hall held a 12-3 lead at half time in the final game. Marlowe was top point get- ter with eight, followed by Mel- nychuk six, Jordan four, Peter DePrato, Doug Ross and Buta roared into the Eastern Di- vision final against Phila- delphia. bomb. Howell and _ team- mates didn't react this way too often however, as they (AP Wirephoto) ae LOULiuwcAl a eon Leroy while Nick Melnychuk|two each borough's Winston Churchill|added seven. Richard Buta drop- d A . a during the weekend. |ped in three, Dave Ross and Ken es Gene es | Oshawa defeated West York|Jordan two each. chuk, DePrato, Steve Hercia, |24-22, Scarborough 18-15 and; In the second game, Melny- Boivin, Buta and Ross. Doug |chuk, Marlowe, Jordan and Buta|Finney coached the team and Whitby's Hockey Minors Settle 1967 Championships Fred Humphries each added singles. Paul Ravary for Local 53 scored his team's only goal. This little fellow would have to be one of the better and more aggressive players in the league. PEE WEE CHAMPIONSHIP Dodd and Souter proved they had too much on the ball for the Kiwanis Club on Saturday night, in the Pee Wee division as they handed the service club team a 6-2 set back. Dave Clark was the big man for the D-S team as he scored three goals and was most effec- tive every time he was on the ice. Bob Purdy added a pair with Jamie Moore getting one. Larry Kennedy scored both his team's goals in a losing cause. ROTARY. WINS BANTAM The Bantam game, between| Plazek and Bob Menard with two goals each and John Good with one, downed the Lions 5-1 to capture the championship. Larry Levitt replied with a solo effort for the Lions Club. REMEMBER WHEN ...? By THE CANADIAN PRESS Nancy Greene of Ross- land, B.C, this year's World Cup winner, won the U.S. combined women's skiing championship two years ago today--in 1965 -- at Crystal Mountain, Wash. Nancy had an unprecedented 0.90 defi- cit points after winning all three events--downhill, sla- lom and giant slalom--and carrying off six of seven women's trophies. Rotary Club and Abner's Esso, was a real hang up affair with the Rotary Club finally com- ing out on top 4-2. Dave Elliott was lamp lighter for the Rotary team, with two goals, while John Reed and Pete Spratt each scored a single tally. Glen Jeffery for Abners matched the output of Elliott as he scored both his team's goals in a losing effort. BANDSMEN TAKE TITLE The Midget game, between the Bandsmen and the Lions Club, was billed as the fea- ture attraction of the evening and it was just that. While the other games were witnessed with considerable enthusiasm, the finer plays took place in Dave Marlow sparked Oshawa |each picked up four points with|Don Ormiston was the manag- with eight|John Boivin adding two. er. this game. Bandsmen, paced by 7 the big, | a community of quiet elegance located in oshawe's northern residential orea. if you are looking for a lot to buy . . . visit cedar ridge -- use a builder of your choice for information. phone 723-1194 OSHAWA Detroit after winning the Stan-|Chicago 41 17 12 264 170 94|with aN a ae Sear An IBCE | ley Cup in 1965 and losing out to|Montreal 32 25 13 202 188 77| Montreal Canadiens. e Montreal four games to two in|Toronto S327 11 seein 7) ne Candulens i apen their last year's final. New York 00 25 18 105 jay Taieelctseven. & auries at home Some of the highlights of the| Detroit 37 0 4 S18 on) Se ueeeny Seal ee | © season, by teams as they fin-|Boston 17 43 10 182 253 44|Rangers, who finished fourth| with 72 points. The second game jof the series will be played Sat- jurday afternoon, also in Mont- A Pt real. 216 86! 'The third and fourth games 247 gq | Will be at New York April 11 jand April 13. ished included: Chicago--The Black Hawks 3 i opened the season without goal-| Eastern Division fe Glen Hall, centre Red Hay,| WLT F and defenceman Elmer Vasko.|Hershey 38 24 10 273 But Hay and Hall returned while|Baltimore --35 27 10 252 American League Final Standings Vasko stayed on the sidelines,/ Quebec 5 30 7 275 249-77!" Tf a fifth. game is necessary The return of Hall was a major |SPringfield 32 31 9 267 261 73): wil be played April 15 at reason for the Hawks' strong|Providence 13 46 13 211 328 39 tontreal. If the A series needs finish since he and alternate| _ Western Division ja fifth game, the fifth game in Denis DeJordy wound up win-| Pittsburgh 41 21 10 282 209 92\the B series will be played at ning the Vezina Trophy as the|Rochester 38 25 9 300 223 85|night. If the A series lasts only stingiest goalies in the league,|Cleveland 36 27 9 283 231 81lfour games, the fifth game of| allowing only 170 goals over the | Buffalo 14 51 7 207 386 35) the B series will be played Sat- 70-game season. Another major| reason was the 50-goal perform- | Western League jurday afternoon. Final Standings Times of the afternoon games ance of Bobby Hull, even though} LT F A Ptiare not immediately known. | suffering part of the season|Portland 41 24 7 255 209 89) Should a sixth game be re- with bursitis, and the emerg-|Seattle * 39 26 228 195 85\quired to determine the winner | 7 ence as a star of his brother|/Vancouver 38 32 2 215 78| of the B series, it will be played Dennis, who wound up with 25| California 32 30 10 228 242 74|April 18 at New York. Should goals. Stan Mikita led the |Victoria 30 34 8 224 232 68|this series go the full seven league in scoring with 97 points), Angeles 29 38 5 260 286 63|games, the final contest will be --making it during the final|San Diego 22 222 266 47|played April 20 at Montreal. game--including a league-lead- ae ing 62 assists. | Montreal--It is said that as centre and captain Jean Beli-| veau goes, so go the Canadiens. | He had only a mediocre season | until the end when he and Henri! Richard caught fire and paced) the team through 14 unbeaten games in the last 15. Injuries played a key part in the team's production problems although it | got fine service out of four} goalies who held _ opposing} teams to just 188 goals and} placed second in the Vezina Trophy race. While Lorne Wors- ley, Charlie Hodge and Gary Bauman were saving the team | through the early going, it was | the flamboyant Rogatien Va- chon who stepped in at the start of the team's late charge to| stimulate both the players and the fans. And added to the out- standing goaltending was what still is the league's most potent power play with Yvan Cour-! noyer scoring 20 times with the} team a man short, two fewer than the record set last year by Bobby Hull. Toronto --Manager - coach George Imlach said when the} season opened that his team! was out of shape. This showed early with a welter of injuries although the Leafs stayed near the top in the early going with a long series of tied games. 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