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Friday, April 13, 1973 The Ottawa Journal 23 LEADS RANGERS TO WIN

They'll be honoring Vic Hadfieid ends scoring drought one of the greatest By IAN MacLAINE ter passing-to the winger at is awfully important," he larly since being felled by a to play but Martin "wasn't "There was a minimum CHICAGO (CP) — the Chicago blueline and was said. "You go into another Tkaczuk shot on Feb. 28. He ready." number of scoring chances in ended a playoff calling for the puck. team's building looking for a Members of L'institut Canadien-Francais in a ges- suffered a slight concussion "I couldn't really take off," the game," coach drought to break a 1-1 tie ear- "I guess I upset Esposito ture typical of the interest it hat shown in the sports split and they already have and has been bothered by diz- Martin said. "What I mean is, Emile Francis said later, em- that." life of the Capital area, tonight will be honoring one ly in the third period Thurs- because be came out to cover ziness and headaches since. that I wasn't skating good phasizing the closeness of the of the greatest of all hockey players. The recipient of day night and start New York me and Vic had a good shot." He said Hadfield's Hw was used sparingly in enough for the playoffs." game. "It was 1-1 until Had- Rangers off to a 4-1 victory wrapped it up the Boston series and started this honorary life membership will be Ottawa's Aurel "was the type you can't stop," The speedy little centre field's goal, so the score Joliet, whose experience it has been to never wear over Chicago Black Hawks in for the Rangers with two late but the Hawks "gave away" paying regularly only in wasn't really indicative of the Thursday's showed the effects of the in- the red, white and black colors of Ottawa in National the first game of their Nation- goals, his second into an emp- Rousseau's tying goal when game. jury through most of the play." League play but to achieve greatness in the livery of al Hockey League semi-final. ty Chicago net in the final the shifty Ranger forward MARTIN NOT READY game and had trouble pivoting Reay agreed that the game Canadiens during a glittering career with "I knew it was in as soon as minute with Esposito benched Mocked a clearing pass by Martin and team-mate Cliff and returning with his checks. was closer than the score. I shot it," the 32-year-old left in favor of a sixth attacker. Montreal for 16 years, beginning in 1923. Chicago defenceman Keith Koroll played despite groin in- Reay did not say if Martin "They were only ahead 2-1 The National League never has produced a hockey winger said of the goal that Pit Martin opened the scor- Magnuson and skated unmo- juries. Reay said Koroll,'who would play in the second until less than three minutes player to refute more effectively the claim that size is came from just inside the Chi- ing with Chicago's only goal to go in the game so we lested on Esposito. picked his up in the series fi- an indispensable asset to a player achieving stardom cago blueline. "I could hear at 12.37 of the first period, game, scheduled for Sunday weren't really out of it at any in the game's highest level than Aurel Joliet. He was yelling that he blasting a shot from near the Hadfield hasn't played regu- nale with St. Louis, was ready at 2 p.m. CST. time." , a compact 136 pounds. and five feet six inches when was in the clear and Tony Es- New York blueline. The rising Canadiens first signed him after his amateur hockey posito had come out to cover shot, from behind Ranger de- fortunes had led him from Ottawa City League, to him." fenceman Jim Neilson, start- Iroquois Falls and then to Western Canada. It was Hadfield's first point led goaltender Eddie Giaco- Actually Joliet was in the West playing football in six playoff games, in- min. when he turned out with Saskatoon Sheiks. There are cluding a 4-1 quarter-final "I managed to get the glove several stories about how Joliet might have missed series win over the defending of my stick hand on it but it winding up with the powerful Ottawa Senators of that champion Boston bounced off the goalpost and era. Bruins. in," Giacomin said. The Chi- JUST ONE STORY "We got a big goal tonight," cago forwards used most of One man whose knowledge of the situation is Ratelle said later in the their firepower to Giacomin's -once told me that Aurel Joliat's father, unquestioned Ranger dressing room. The stick side and the New York who was later to become big centre for New York's goalie explained that this was Ottawa's police chief, made h i g h-scoring gag (goal-a- a move on his own — and a natural tendency for a club gasne) line said: "We've been perhaps unknown to his : `: with so many right-handed son — that might have re- it getting our chances, but just centres. suited in Aurel joining ot- been missing. STICK GETS HEAVY tawa. He claimed then that ' "The opportunities have "That stick gets to be pretty Aurel's dad, then a detec- been there, now maybe we'll heavy out there and it's natu- tive, had an appointment start connecting. ral for the centres like Chi- with an Ottawa club offi- ''` f: "Fortunately the other lines cago has to concentrate on cial which he kept on time. have been scoring. And that's that side of the goal." "But," our informant said, all that counts, as long as we Chicago coach Billy Reay "Detective Joliet was kept keep winning." was upset after the game, waiting so long in an office DISTRACTED GOALIE saying that his players, com- before being called in for a Of Hadfield's blast, that ing off an easy series with St. talk, that he left. He told seemed to have Esposito Louis Blues, "didn't skate as me that day that his son handcuffed, Ratelle said he well as they might have." would never play with the broke away from his check af- "The first game of a series Senators."' This of course was not * * * * * the real reason for Joliet not playing in Ottawa but this was the story which AUREL 7OLiAT made the rounds at the time. Cup summaries In the meantime, however, Senators were packed DEFLECT with talent in 1923 with one of the greatest teams of all time. And when Leo Dandurand decided to acquire NABS 4; SABRES 2 Third Period Chicago Black Hawks goalie Tony Esposito NHL playoff action at Chicago Thursday night. Keith First Period 3—Rangers. Hadfield 1 (right) deflects shot off stick of Walter Tkaczuk (18) Aurel for Canadiens, even the shrewd Leo underwent 1—Montreal, Sword 2 (Ratelle, Rolfe) 4.04 Magnusson (3) of Chicago makes futile attempts to (F. Me11ovNM, P. Mahovlkh) 1.32 4—Rangers, TkaCzuk S of during semi-final Stanley Cup thwart Tkaczuk. great criticism in Montreal for the deal he negotiated. 2—Montreal,) Wilson 2 (Rolfe. Vickers) 17.45 (AP-Journal Wireghoto) He traded the veteran to Saskatoon (Houle 7.37 5—Rengers, Tkaczuk 6 3—Montreal. Lafleur 2 (Vickers) 9935 for Joliet. As it turned out he never made a greater (RIM _rd, Saved) 453 Penalties — Nee. 4—Montreal, Lapointe 3 Shots on goal by: deal, because Newsy was about through though still (Roberts, Wilson) 16.03 Rapers 9 t 6-25 an idol in Montreal. Penalties — Wilson, Martin -La Ch=p 7 8 7--02 Horton 16.35. — Glacomks Rangers; Espo- With Canadiens, Joliat is always associated as a Second Period 7itî4 CMœ-0o. star linemate of the immortal who was No Attendance — 16,666. f Penaltiesp - Roberts 4.11, Grafton his centre for almost a dozen seasons. Yet when Joliat 6.31 FLYERS 4; STARS 1 Third Period First Period first started skating to fame with Canadiens, the late S—Buttol4 Robert S. 11.41 1—Minnesota, Goldsworthy 2 Billy Boucher of the famous Ottawa hockey family, 6—Bufak4 Martin 3 (Mains, Name) 13.40 played right wing with him. Still later another Ottawa (Lo.•edL Perreault) 119.48 Penalties — Dornhoefer 1.16 Bar- Penalties — Lapointe 15.04 Savard rett 7.26, Harris 10.17, Dupont 12.04 product, Art Gagne played that position for a time minor, Roberts misconduct 19.32 Lonsberry 14.2t while Joliat continued his career with Morenz. Shots on goal by: Second Period Montreal 13 7 4-24 3—Philadelphia. Crisp 2 20-41 (BWiah, Lon$) .. 4110 MISSED SOMETHING B l — Oryden, Montreal;B rozzi 3—PMsodelphIa, nberry g Few fortunate enough to have seen 3oliat In action Buffets. (Dornhoefer) 16.Q Attendance — 13664 4—Philode(phia Schultz 1 will forget him. The black baseball cap be wore was to RANGERS 4; HAWKS 1 (Flett, lance) gate become synonymous with his appearance with Les First Period Penalties — Harvey 1:10, Perta 1—Chicago, Martin 4 234 Harts 7.39, Ashbee 10.30. Canadiens. He was an uncanny stickhandler, a good (Hull, Peppin) 112.37 Third Period 14.09 ! shot, and always a fiery little performer who avoided ayersapR None. 2, S—Philadelphia Loreberry 3, 99.46 74 PenalflesSecond None. Penalties — MacLellan, Hextell Yes, Joe Feller Springs the heavy checkers with brilliant moves. But he took ta015 Asthma 14.48. No Shots on god by: nothing from any opponent. Peenalt~ies~- Vickers, Mlkito 7.44 Pi ilo 4 11 3-06 tomorrow's fashions ... today! You can still remember Joliat coming back to Tkaczuk 8.1, White 47.01, Parks Minnesotad — 3 12 17.40. Fend!, Philadelphia; Mb- haunt Ottawa with his brilliant displays. He'd leave oGpoo A dressing room, often giving the appearance MAttendanceA.ttend — 15.664 the Canadien of being dour when fans or friends yelled a greeting. And on the ice was something to remember. Mark Usherwood Aurel had grown up in New Edinburgh, the spawn- Stanley Cup Be one step ahead of the rest! 4 ing grounds of so many of the greatest in Ottawa in leads Satellites those days, and one of those stars was the great Buck Results of the YMCA Roe hockey Go with our Young Guy's Boucher who made his name as a defenceman with statistics semi-fkel puy: JUNIOR DIVISION Ottawa. There were few men in hockey that didn't feel Satellites, 1a; Redhots, 7; Top the numbing effects of a check by Buck Boucher in OUA RTE R-FINALS scow, Mark Usherwood, (S) 6. "SEVEN-UP" MODEL SUIT C'JE TS, 8;; Stan, 4; Top scans. those days. Yet in later years, Buck was to sit one Series A tlsb g - or night after his career was over and say: "I tried my G WLF A Pt. SENIOR DIVISION in Powerhouse Plaids Montreal 6 4 2 21 1%5 e Rebels, 7; Chiefs. 6; Top Kati. JI best for 15 years to catch Joliat with everything I had Buffalo 6. 2 4 16 21 4 John DlGlueeppe,(R) 2. in one check, but I never did once ever get him RESULT THURSDAY Cannucka, 6; Cnpltde. 5; Tap scorer, Ken Mancuso, (C) t If you're fat and forty, squarely." Montreal 4 Buffalo 2. Seras B forget it! This all-wool If you knew the colorful and unforgettable Buck G W L F A Pt. Boucher, that was something in the way of a compli- suit is strictly for • ~ ment. So was the fact that in their years together the BstM 6 1 4 11 22 2 Seins C young men with tapered great Morenz scored just four more goals than the 269 G W L F A Pt. bodies and strong head. netted by Joliat who, at one time or another on that Chicago 9 9 8 uts 6 1 4 22 2 line had as his wing mates, such stars as Johnny Gagnon St. L With hair. The 2-button or Nick Wasnie. ~~G W L F A Pt. high-front styling and the =hie 2 12 6 2 2 1 8 posties bold plaids make you come SADDEST OCCASION RESULT THURSDAY Back in 1937 Howie Morenz, who had been traded Phllotklphi: 4, Minnesota 1. alive. And the baggy look to Chicago a few years before, was re-united on a SEMI-FINALS SeriII pants with 3 inch wide Montreal line with Joliat and Gagnon. There are parts G W L F A Pt beat NS cuffs are strictly Wow! of that story that Aurel still will not talk about. But Chicago 1 0 6. 1 4 0 St. Louis 9 1 0 4 1 From $110 Morenz had seen his best days by then, and one of Re gs 4, LTC RSDAY HALIFAX (CP) — Ron Cor- the saddest occasions of Aurel's life was that night ger GAMS SUNDAY mier's Nova Scotia foursome when Morenz broke his leg and later died in hospital. Rapers at Chicago. went down to their first defeat There'll be no greater memory ot the veteran Joliat Series 12-9 here Thursday as the Ca- for this corner than one night in a playoff at Montreal. Game Saturday Philadelphie al Montreal. nadian national postal curling It was the unforgettable picture of Joliat working his The Leaden: G championship moved into its way towards the Detroit net, and Detroit defenceman Peeoult,rr Buf 7PÔ Bucko McDonald taking as hard a run at a player as Mine, C 1 e 9 final day. Vkkers, R S 3 8 ever Bucko did In his career. Robert, Buf 6 The loss at the hands of Pe- H ~ ~Ç 1 7 u8 ter Power's Ontario rink gives Joliat got a peek at the onrushing Bucko, and FaÎrbakr R 0 8 e THE DOORWAY TO A MAN'S WORLD dodged as Bucko missed him and wdlmd up in the ► 7 Cormier an 8-1 record so far Ô w yerRM 5 2 7 corner against the boards. Big E le Goodfellow took Pappin, C 5 2 7 in the tournament. Mean- dead aim right afterwards but onl succeeded in knock- M 7 while, British Columbia won St~em~kowskl, R ~22 ing Joliat's black cap off. All a while Joliat was exlcshom, ÇC 4 2 6 both of its games Thursday to feinting and still had the puck. By then more were Martin. C 4 2 6 establish a 7-1 record and a closing in and finally he had to fire. He didn't get the virtual tie with the leaders. goal but there was nothing more typical of Joliat in Alberta, with a 7-2 record, action. Come to think of it, few ever managed to also remains in contention for knock his cap off, something that irritated this won- Lanark edges derful little performer. the championship. Cormier dropped the game to Ontario after picking up an Rockland 4-3 early 3-1 lead. In the third end Lanark edged Rockland 4-3 Ontario picked up a four- Wednesday night to take a 2-0 ender to go ahead 5-3, and the Amhurst, N.S. crew never SNE clirectes agree lead in their best-of-seven caught up after that. OD H A Intermediate "B" hockey final. Cormier had a chance to tie the score in the rural end with The third game of the series to renovate arena a three-ender, but missed his is scheduled for Friday at 8.30 last shot. p.m. in Lanark. ~ TORONTO (Q3) — Jobn Sportsmen's Show and other Mike Brazes;, S. Paterson, Other results Friday were, Bassett Jr. and a group of To- in the eighth round: Sas- attractions which normally Mike Cyr and D. Kerfoot were ronto businessmen overcame katchewan S, Prince Edward talcs place in the Coliseum so the marksmen for the win- the first hurdle Thursday in a . , hockey games do not conflict nets. Paul Payer scored two Island S; Nova Scotia 9, New plan to convert the coliseum Brlmswick 6; Alberta 13, New- • ,~: / Bassett and his backers will err . at the Canadian National Ex- and Pierre Vlau one for Rock- pay for renovations at the Co- land. foundland 7; Manitoba 13, hibition into an ice arena, liteum. They want to cover 5; and British Colum- ~ : •.. ,.• . % • Ise aimed at housing Ottawa Na- the cost by deductions from bia 11, Northern Ontario 6. tionals of the World Hockey the rent during the next six Ontario bad the bye. r Association. STAMPS SIGN TWO years at a rate of 15 per cent Ninth round results were: ... and Joe Feller's newest addition The CNE's board of direc- of the first $1.5-million reve- CALAGRY (CP) — Half- British Columbia 10, Alberta tors approved the proposal, nue and 17 per cent of any- back Frank Mdniski and 3; Prince Edward Island 16, RIDEAU ST. • ST. LAURENT LES GALERIES de HULL which now must be passed by thing over that. tackle Fred James have been Quebec 7; Manitoba 13, New AT NICHOLAS SHOPPING CENTRE SHOPPING CENTRE Metropolitan Toronto council. signed for the 1973 Western Brlanswick 7; Saskatchewan Toronto's Maple Leaf Gar- The group has agreed to Football Conference season, 13, Newfoundland 4; Ontario accommodate the Royal Agri- dens also want the Nationals Calgary Stampeders an- 12, Nova Scotia 9. Northern OPEN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY UNTIL9P.M. cultural Winter Fair, the as a tenant for next season. nounced today. Ontario had the bye. ('