VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Boston Bruins had waited 39 years for another drink from the Stanley Cup, and Tim Thomas was awfully thirsty. When the Bruins and their brilliant goalie barged into a hostile Canadian rink surrounded by another 100,000 screaming fans outside for Game 7, they emerged with the championship they wanted. Thomas …
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Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Wayne Gretzky has virtually every honor the game of hockey has to offer. He has smashed individual scoring records, he has collected Most Valuable Player awards, he even has helped change the way the game is played in North America. But when Gretzky stood on the ice of the Northlands …
PHILADELPHIA (AP) -Philadelphia has ceased to be a bad sports joke. The implausible Philadelphia Flyers are champions of the National Hockey League, owners of the biggest prize in hockey—the Stanley Cup. The Flyers, only seven years old, became the first expansion team to win the storied Cup, and their amazing drive to the title surprised …
It’s been 25 years since Canadiens changed the face of hockey with Cup victory over Flyers The defining moment 25 years ago was an explosion of body on wood, when Canadiens defenceman Larry Robinson nearly drove Philadelphia Flyers forward Gary Dornhoefer clear through the unforgiving boards of the Forum. In his book The Game, former …
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IN BASEBALL they play for pennants and bunting and now a World Championship Trophy that the Yankees currently own. The Vince Lombardi Trophy is a $10,000 piece of silver that’s now in the possession of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who have won the Super Bowl three times. The Washington Bullets have the silver-and-gold 1978-79 NBA trophy …
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By MICHAEL BENNETT ST. LOUIS (CP) — The rookie with the most successful season in the National Hockey League was virtually ignored Sunday afternoon as television cameramen shot defenceman Serge Savard pouring Stanley Cup champagne over John Ferguson’s head in Montreal Canadiens’ dressing room. Claude Ruel had become only the third first-year coach in the …
TORONTO (CP) — Toronto Maple Leafs, backed by the inspired goaltending of veteran Terry Sawchuk, won the Stanley Cup Tuesday night by defeating Montreal Canadiens 3-1. The Leafs, who were underdogs at the start of the best-of-seven series, took the cup 4-2 by winning the second, third, fifth and sixth games. It was the 11th …
Toronto Toasts Hockey Champs By BILL MacDOUGALL – Nanaimo Daily Free Press TORONTO (CP)— Before the Stanley Cup finals began, the experts figured Toronto Maple Leafs would wear Detroit Red Wings down with brute strength. But when the assets were weighed after Toronto’s clinching 3-1 victory that closed out the five-game series Thursday night, the …
Defeat Red Wings, 3-1 As 14,500 Fans Go Wild By Fraser MacDougallCanadian Press Staff Writer TORONTO—Toronto Maple Leafs beat down the leg-weary Detroit Red Wings, 3-1, Saturday night and became the first team to win the Stanley Cup three times in a row since it became the symbol of world professional hockey supremacy. The crowd …
Bruins Drink Champagne From Stanley Cup After 1O-Year Wait, Beating Leafs 3-1 at Garden CONACHER, HOLLETT, HILL SCORE FOR B’S Huge Crowd Goes Wild as Bruins Take Stanley Cup by 3-1 By VICTOR O. JONES 17 Apr 1939, Mon The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) After 10 long years of waiting, the Boston Bruins last night …
