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NEW YORK MEMORIES ... Shared by @HockeyMagazinesA CITY GAME : Roller hockey has be•en a city game for years and years . . . and the rink
(Continued from Page 16) can be a street, a schoolyard, or a vacant lot. Joe Falls of the Detroit Free Press recounts his
fond memories of roller hockey-and the Rangers-in the accompanying article.
now to all the cars which would turn
into a street where we were playing, eight years ago, I went to New York kids walking up the hill. They had
stop, back up, turn around and go for the funeral. I walked around the roller skates and sticks slung over
the other way. I lived on roller skates old neighborhood. I wanted to see if their shoulders and even though I
from September until May. I played the kids still played hockey. My neigh- was on the way to the cemetery to
every day of my young life--so•much borhood had changed hut street bury my brother, I couldn't help but
so that I never once went onto a hockey was flourishing. smile. I know Buddy would have
basketball court. Not once, mind you. understood.
The day of the funeral, the cortege
I didn't have the time. made a turn around the bridge, the Even if Aldo Forte doesn't.
The memories are sweet and sad. scene of so many beautiful days, and
I got started because a neighbor- as we were drawing away, I saw two
hood kid, John King, got into a fight
with the guys on his team. He wanted time Ranger favorites and most color- dashery, but like many youngsters
to start his own team and go back ful performers in the NHL. Louie was then new to the NHL, he couldn't find
and beat them. He asked me to play an expert at smashing attacking puck the net. After a dozen games, Gooden
for him. carriers against the boards with his was sent to the minors for more sea-
"I don't know how to skate." patented leaps. He was a highly effec- soning. He came hack for 1943-44 to
"I don't care," he said. "You can tive policeman and fighter in addition a Ranger club that was so weak Coach
be the goalie. Just show up under the to his defensive skills. One of his more Frank Boucher reactivated himself at
bridge at 10 o'clock Saturday morn- celebrated contretemps involved man- age 44 after five years of retirement.
ing." gling a Canadiens jersey with his
Several years later, John King was skates after forcefully removing it The popular Gooden had only a so-so
convicted of murder and electrocuted from a humiliated Montrealer. I think season with a so-so club. He was the
in Sing Sing Prison ... and you can it was Claude Provost. Fontinato was National League's one and only "Zoot-
imagine the thoughts that went unjustly criticized for his penalties as suit Kid."
through my mind the night of his most of the time he took an opponent
execution. Without him, there'd be with him. He served the Rangers from
no hockey, without hockey there'd be 1954 to 1961. Lou was traded to Mon-
no happy child,hood, without a happy treal where his career was premature-
childhood-well, I felt just awful that ly terminated by a broken back.
night. When my brother died about
BERNARD (BOOM BOOM) GEOF-
FIVE DECADES . . . FROIN came to the Rangers in 1966-
(Continued From Page 8) 67 after he had been in retirement as
an active player with Montreal. He
suited the balcony experts of the was one of hockey's most prolific
"old" Garden and there was universal scorers using an effectively controlled
regret when he retired after two sea- slap shot. Geoffroin and his imitators
sons with the Ranger defense corps. forced goaltenders to resort to the
The following year a "Bring Back mask to retain their sanity and pre-
Egan" sign was displayed hut Pat was serve facial structure. After two sea-
comfortably settled in a coaching job. r r; ns as an active Ran ger player Bernie
retired for keeps. He also coached the
REGINALD STEPHE (REGGIE) Rangers and the Atlanta Flames.
FLEMING wore the Ranger uniform
from 1965-66 through 1968-69. With WILLIAM FRANCIS (BILLY)
GOODEN reported to the Rangers in
Lou Billy the fall of 1942 wearing a zoo t suit Ivan Ching
featuring a coat that was so long it Irwin Johnson
Fontinato Gooden resembled a full length topcoat. His
skating was as flashy as his h aher-
Chicago he once held an NHL record IVAN (THE TERRIBLE) IRWI
by accumulating 37 minutes in pen- spent four seasons in a New York uni-
alties in one game against the Rangers form and established himself as a
in 1961. His hustling, aggressive style favorite with his rough and ready
of play excited the fans hut his im- style of play. Ivan and Lou Fontinato
pressive penalty total included too imposed a virtual police state on
many unnecessary infractions. In ad- Garden ice which kept opposition
dition to the Rangers, his 12-year
career included stops at his native heads up and scores down. Irwin was
Montreal, Chicago, Boston, Phila- one of a number of American born
delphia and Buffalo. players who matured and learned
their hockey in Canada. After leaving
LOUIS (LEAPI ' LOU ) FO - New York in 1958, he played and
TINATO is in the front rank of all-
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IDqr §tx Between periods fans wondered if
<&rratrnt it was going to be another long over-
time session. The Rangers second
shift was the line of Phil Watson,
Hextall and Dutch Hiller. Watson got

the puck to Hex and he slipped it past
Turk Broda for the Cup.

"What I remember most about win-
ning that Cup was the champagne
party later," recalled Watson. "It
cost about 3,500 depression dollars.
Lester (Patrick) was roaring when
the bill came. Everyone in Toronto
seemed to crash the party."

By NORMAN MAC LEAN/The Hockey News Shared by @HockeyMagazines April 23, 1950

Fifty years is a "All right, I'll play," announced Game three also took place on the
long time, but the silver-haired Patrick. But check road-and once more the Cup was de-
for Ranger fans its as you never checked before and help cided. It was a Sunday, April 23,
been exciting-and protect an old man." 1950. Tied going into the final game
what's more impor- hr the Cup at three victories apiece,
tant, it's been fun. Patrick got through the second New York was the underdog. They
In all those years, period and Bill Cook scored early in had eliminated Montreal in the semi-
certain games stand out. the third for a 1-0 lead. But at 14.20 finals. then forced the Red Wings of
Picking six games from the 3,207 Stewart pounced on the rebound of Ted Lindsay and Sid Abel to the ut-
played by the Rangers through the a Hooley Smith shot and tied it up. most because of great individual ef-
close of 1974-75 is a nearly impos- The pressure on Patrick mounted. forts from Ed Laprade who won a
sible task, but the following blue-rib- "home" game in Toronto with two
bon selections are this fan's choices. In overtime, the Maroons, who were goals, superior goaltending from
the representatives of English speak- Chuck Rayner and two sudden death
April 7, 1928 ing folks in Montreal, put four tough winners from Bones Raleigh.
shots on Patrick, but he held his
ground. Then it was over up the other The Rangers' Cup runneth over
end. Boucher deked Clint Benedict, when Allan Stanley and Tony Leswick
the Montreal goaler, and the Rangers scored in the first period. Suddenly
won, 2-1. The time was 7 :05. the game turned at the five-minute
mark of the second period. Referee
Game number one is probably the April 13, 1940 Bill Chadwick, now the Rangers color
greatest Ranger game in history, and analyst, called a two minute cross
one of the top three in the history of Twelve years lat!!r, Davey Kerr was checking penalty on Stanley. In those
the National Hockey League. It is the Rangers' goalie and Game number days, a player served his full two
simply called The Lester Patrick two on our premium list took place. minutes and didn't return to the ice
game. Like so many big games, it It was played April 13, 1940 at Maple when a goal was scored. When Stanley
took place under the pres&ure of Leaf Gardens in Toi:onto. Hextall got had served his time, both Pete
Stanley Cup competition, coming in a goal at 2 :07 of overtime which gave Babando and Abel had tied the game
the finals in 1927-28 on April 7. The the Rangers their last Stanley Cup. for Detroit.
Rangers were visiting the Montreal As usual, in those days the Rangers
Forum, playing the now defunct Mon- played the Bruins in the semi-finals, But the Rangers, coached by Lynn
treal Maroons. The Maroons had a beating Boston four games to two, Patrick, fought back. Buddy O'Con-
one game lead with the match score- with Muzz Patrick and Bahe Pratt nor made it 3-2, ew York. But late
less, in the second period, when it winning two 1-0 games with blue line in the second period, Jimmy McFad-
happened. shots. den tied it again.

The Maroons' Nels Stewart, the In the finals the Rangers and Tor- The third p~riod was so tense that
Phil Esposito of his time, smashed a onto met with ew York winning the Jack Adams, the Red Wings general
backhander which caught Ranger first two at the Garden. Then the manager, left the building and walked
goalie Lorne Chabot above the eye. circus took over and the Ranger had around the street to relieve the pres-
Chabot was bleeding profusely as he to win it on the road. The Leafs took sure. Tommy Ivan, the present Black
was carried off the ice and rushed the next two, but Muzz Patrick won Hawk GM, was the Detroit coach. The
to the hospital. the fifth game in sudden death with a game dragged on into overtime, with
goal at 11 :43, for a 2-1 win. Rayner stopping three shots to one
In 1927-28 teams carried only one for Detroit's Harry Lumley. Suddenly
goalie, even in the playoffs. Alex Con- The stage was set for Hextall. But Raleigh threw the puck ahead to
nell of Ottawa and minor leaguer Toronto wanted it badly, also, and Pentti Lund. Lund drew Lumley ou t,
Hughie McCormick were in the Sy! Apps, Sr. and ick Metz gave the but his shot hit the post. Marty
stands, but Eddie Gerard, the Maroons Leafs an early 2-0 lead. Then gray Pavelich had Ra yner out of the net,
coach coldly refused to let them play. haired eil Colville and Alf "the Em- and shot it over the top.
balmer" Pike tied it up in the final
Frank Boucher, the Ranger center stanza. In the second overtime, George Gee
finally said, "Lester, it has to be you." won a faceoff and passed it back to
Babando. Pete's screened shot went
Patrick the ew York manager
was 45 years old, and hadn't played (Continued on Page 132)
in three years. But he had little choice.

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Season

By HUGH DELANO/New York Post He collided with Chicago's Pit Martin and Dennis Hull
on March 14, 1974, and fractured his jaw. He missed six
Some athletes never admit -their short- games and was weakened physically because the injury
comings. They refuse to acknowledge limited him to a liquid diet. He had to play with a bird-
that they are disappointed with their cage protective mask for the rest of the season and in
play. The blame an unproductive season the playoffs. He was not himself.
on bad luck, injuries or lack of team-
mates' help. Last season was a physical disaster for Walter. On
November 24, 1974, in Madison Square Garden against
Not Walt Tkaczuk. Pittsburgh, he was checked by Barry Wilkins and broke
his right leg. He did not play in 16 games during a five-
Listen to what the Rangers' center says about himself. week period and when he did return to the lineup, the
healing broken bone in his leg limited his skating and
"I've got to do something this season . The last couple maneuverability.
of years I haven't done a thing. I'm not happy at all with
what I've contributed. In my mind I haven't done enough. Then on Feb. 8 he sprained his left knee in collision
This year is going to be a big proving year for me. I with Montreal's Jim Roberts. On March 7 he needed 12
need to have a great year so they'll wan t to keep me." stitches in his nose and eyelid from a stick wound inflict-
ed by Guy Charron of Kansas City. He had his dental
Okay. So Tkaczuk's last two seasons have not been up plate broken and had to undergo painful root canal dental
to his personal standards. His goals dwindled to 21 in surgery after Philadelphia's Ed Van Impe sticked him
1973-74. It was even worse last season: only 11 goals on April 3.
and 36 points.
(Continued on Page 134)
But there is a legitimate reason for the last two sea-
sons which, in his own words, Tksczuk describes as 123
very, very disappointing to me."

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THE VIVID MEMORIES . . . Shared by @HockeyMagazinesblue-shirt after blue-shi1t knifing intinato, but it was a hell of a fight.
(Continued From Page 15) on Terry Sawchuk and him deflectin g I remember Fontinato, injured by
away puck after puck. I can see
Harry Howell. Laprade was qne of Rayner, eyes glinting like coals, Bert Olmstead, looking for revenge
the last of the great stickhandlers, but facing attack after attack that shifted for a full year, then getting it with the
he never passed the puck. One Christ- through our defense. I can see The most vicious body-check I've ever
mas his teammates presented him a Gumper bouncing on the ice like a ~een. It finished Olmstead for the
stick with a puck taped to it. little uniformed rubber ball. year. I remember the awful look on
his face as he sailed through the air,
Bill Cook coached. Frank Boucher. I can see the beauty of Bathgate, just before he hit the boards. Fonti-
Muzz Patrick. Phil Watson. "Fiery his grace in defeats. I still feel the nato was tough.
Pheeleep," the iron hand in the iron fury of Fontinato, the guts of the
glove. He took a young team and won guy. I recall all the faces of all the Montreal had The Rocket, Boom
with it. Gump Worsley. Howell. Bill fellows who failed, the budding stars Boom, Jean Beliveau, Dickie Moore,
Gadsby. Lou Fontinato. Camille who never sparkled, who came and Doug Harvey, Tom Johnson, Jacques
Henry. Andy Hebenton. The line of went: Jimmy Bartlett, Danny Belisle, Plante. Detroit had Howe, Ted Lind-
Andy Bathgate, Dean Prentice and Gordie Bell, Ron Howell, Ralph say, Red Kelly , Terry Sawchuk. They
Larry Popein. They finished four th, Kell er, J ohn Hann a, Hank Ciesla, may h ave been the best teams of all
third, second. They lost in the first Jimmy Conacher, Billy Dea, Jerry time.
round of the playoffs every year, but Foley, Jean Guy Gendron, Art Strat-
I remember a goal by Andy Hebenton ton . .. Chicago had Bobby Hull when Hull
late in the first period of overtime in had hair. He is still around, but in
a 1957 playoff game against Montreal I remember Bill Moskienko of Chi- another league. There are as many
as my greatest thrill. cago setting a record with three goals great players today as there were
in 21 seconds against Lorne Anderson yesterday, but they are spread over
The Range~s blew a nine-point lead of the Rangers early in 1952. They many more teams. I get the game in
with two weeks left to drop a playoff came late in the third period- bang, Los Angeles now, not New York, but
spot to Toronto early in 1959 and bang, bang- yet the Black Hawks it is still a grea t game. There are new
Watson was on his way out and the only won by one. I remember R on Rangers now, and a new Garden. The
team was on the way back to the Murphy hammering Bernie Geoffri on balcony is gone. My uncle is gone.
bottom. I remember an easy shot until Boom Boom turned around Where is Ivan "The Terrible" Irwin?
getting by the Gumper that hurt swiped at Ron twi ce, and broke his Where has Steve Kraftcheck gone?
horribly. The team didn't get back to jaw with the ~econd one. I remember And Julian Klymkiew? Too many are
the top until Emile Francis took over Eddie Shack starting fi ghts he didn't gone. Too much is gone. Memories
after I left town. want to finish. I remember his start- remain. The great game goes on, and
ing one with Gordie Howe that Louie will go on after I am gone.
I close my eyes and I can see Fontinato finished. That finished Fon-
Laprade, shifting through a defense, ■
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FIVE DECADES ... ular bodychecks. Bill would take out at T oron to, Los Angeles, Buffalo and
an attacking puck ca rrier, usually the P i t tsb u rg h.
(Continued From Page 119) center, b y hittin g low and strai ghten-
in g up. Th e target would som ersault WALTER EDWARD (WALLY )
coached in the Ranger farm system in mid-air and make an embarassing STA\OWSKI is best remembered as
at Providence wh ere he is still fondly and sometim es painful three-point a rushing defenseman whose scoring
remembered. landin g. Moe received nationwid e sorties brou~ht the crowd to its feet
notice when a photograph showin g only to gro;n in disappointment. In
IVAN WILFRID (CHING) JOH i _ him upen ding Gaye Stewart of Tor- three seaso ns with the Rangers he
SON was the Rangers' top defense- onto was pi cked up by the wire serv- scored one goal in each. Thi s appar-
man and most popular player during ices in 1948. ent lack of success never slowed Wally
the club's first decade in the National clown and several tim es a game he
Hockey League. This bi g, ru gged bald WALTER (BABE ) PRATT is the would circle his net and race down the
man, with an almost constant smile, big man who took up the slack in the ice with the puck. During game de-
was a fine checker, rusher and play- la ys due to goaltender injuries or re-
maker in an era when the defense was Rangers' defense when Chin g John- pairs to the rink, Stanowski occasion-
expected to stay behind the blue line. ally entertained the crowd with a
A rookie at the age of 29, Ching is son was slowing down. A fine rusher, skillful exhibition of fi gure skatin g.
credited with a dozen years in the he ran up an impressive assist total in In 1951 he retired to his native Win-
big league. Johnson closed his career six full seasons with the club start- nipeg, Manitoba.
with the ew York Americans in ing in 1936-37. His effectiveness was
1938 on a club that had some of not impaired by a heavy assessment GEORGE (RED ) SULLIVAN, the
the game's greatest players, most of of penalties. Opposin g players avoided pepperpot forward, learned his hoc-
whom were well past their prime. fights with Babe due to his size and key with the Bruins and Chicago be-
reach. A sunny di sposi tion and a fore being traded to New York. As a
ALEX (KILLER) KALETA, also fa cility for making friends meant a Bla ck Hawk , Red once threw a punch
known as "Seabiscuit", joined the la rge following for Pratt in ew York. or two at Ranger coach Phil Watson
Ran gers via the trade route from He was traded to Toronto in 1942 and in response to Phil's chippy remarks
Chicago, in 1948. The side balcony closed his lHL career with the Bruins from the bench. Watson decided then
sages liked what they saw and roared in 1947. and there that Sullivan was the type
encouragement to the hustling left of player he wanted on his club. With
wing. He came to play and the fans JEAN PUSIE played only a part of the Ran gers, Red was welcomed and
appreciated his efforts. In his final the 1933-34 season with the Rangers went on to become team captain for
season, 1950-51, Alex was used spar- and then moved on for consecutive four seasons. He proudly wore jersey
ingly aii.d only scored three goals in Shared by @HockeyMagazines number 7. Upon retirement from the
58 games. Garden crowds were not at Babe Jean NHL Sullivan stayed in the organiza-
all pleased to see their favorite re- Pratt Pusie tion as a minor league coach and
duced to penalty killing duties and scout and later was promoted to
they frequently called for him but seasons with Boston and the Can- Ranger coach.
coach Neil Colville had other ideas. adiens. Big league hockey cramped
his style and upon returning to the LORNE (GUMP ) WORSLEY was
ANTHO Y JOSEPH (TONY) minors he became one of hockey's the ~onl y player to win the Calder
LESWICK stands 5 and 6½ inches legendary characters. In the course of Memorial Trophy and then spend the
tall but he more than made up for his a game he was known to pause and following season in the minors. Gump
size in aggressiveness and ability. He comb his hair, chase after spectators was rookie of the year in 1952-53
teamed with Edgar Laprade and in response to unkind commentary, with a 3.06 goals against average but
Grant Warwick to form one of hoc- shake hands with rinksiclers after Ran ger management felt that a year
key's skilled "little" forward lines. ccoring and then beat his chest in the at Vancouver under the stern eye of
Their size was not a measure of their best traditions of King Kong. He may the late Art Chapman, away from the
effectiveness as the statistics will at- well be the first player to take to the bright lights of Broadway, would re-
test. Pound for pound, Tony was one ice with a long, flowing beard. Pusie solve some problems. The stra tegy
of the toughest forwards in the league died prematurely at the age of 43 worked as Gump returned to spend
during the late forties and early fifties. while employed as a professional over twent y seasons in the NHL
He was seld om put upon by the big wrestler. with lew York, Montreal and Minn-
,men as they could expect quick re- esota. Always colorful , the diminutive
taliation. Leswick led the Ran gers in EDDIE SHACK is the most re- Worsley once blasted coach Phil Wat-
scorin g for 1946-47. cently retired Ranger alumnus who son in the press when accused of be-
qualifies for the "character" group. ing a "beerbelly." Gump indi gnantly
WILLIAM CARL MOE, a no-non- A much heralded rookie in 1958-59 claimed that he never touched any-
sense defender, joined the Rangers in with only a minimal ed ucation ,
1944 and stayed through 1948-49. He Eddie's fast and furious style of play thing weaker than "V.0."
was neither a fighter nor a rusher but often had the Garden buzzing with
he could deal out some very spectac- excitement. He always gave 100%
effort but his play was inconsistent
from year to year partly due to in- Wally Gump
juries. In addition to the Rangers, Stanowski Worsley
Shack's 16 year career included stops
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TGhIeACVOeMzinINa h" hi" hts in Ed Giacomin's 10-yeor coreer with the Rongers. Two first team All-Star selections.
.Tr•o.phUyNMinAS1K9E7D0-:71T. hAerned hsaovme eb e5e0n smhuatnoyuts ,~ ,Rganger 1,·very. " Fast Edd"e" is the sub1'ect of the accompanying article by Hugh Delano .
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FAST EDDIE ... T he first of his 49 regular-season more on defense this season. With a
shutouts did not com e until the defensive guy like Stewie (new coach
(Continued From Page 73) Ron Stewart), I know we will."
1966-67 season, his second as a
injured his neck and missed two
games. Ranger. Eddie shut out the Toronto

Despite an injury-plagued season, Maple Leafs, 1-0, on Oct. 23, ,19~6,
Eddie added to his distinguished
record as the Rangers' goalie. He has stopping 29 shots. The ~angers wrn- RANGERS' CAREER
been the winning goalie 266 times in SHUTOUTS
his career, more than any goaltender nin u goal was a deflect10n that car-
in Ranger history, and the 535 gam es (Regular Season Only)
he has played is second only to Gump om; d off defenseman Waye Hillman's
Worsley's Ranger record of 582.
skate and eluded Johnny Bower, the
Eddie came into the current season
as the Ran gers' leader in regular- Toronto goalie. Ed Giacomin ............. . 49
season career goaltending shutouts
with 49. He would like to make his Giacomin achieved stardom in his Dave Kerr .... ..... ... ... . 40
50th shutout a part of the Ran gers'
50th anniversary celebration. second Ranger season by leading the John Ross Roach ....... .... . 30

The 1975-76 season is an anniver- NHL with nine shutouts. H e led the Chuck Rayner ................. .. 24
sary yea r of sorts for Giacomin, as
well as for the Rangers. league with eight shutouts in 1967-68 Gump Worsley 24

He played his first game as a and led a"ain with eight in 1970-71 , Lorne Chabot ............ .. 21
Ranger goalie on Oct. 24, 1965, los-
ing, 4-3, to Montreal on a goal b y the year in which he and Villemure Gilles Viii emu re .. .. ...... . 13
Claude Provost. He registered his first
winning game as Ran ger goalie on shared the Vezina Trophy as the Andy Aitkenhead 11
Oct. 30, 1965, m an 8-2 victory in
Boston. leao-ue's lead ing goaltenders. r Fco·iuar- Johnny Bower 5
tim0es during his 10-year caree
130 Jacques Plante .......... ..... . 5
comin has been named to the NHL
Jim Henry 4
All-Star team.
Cesare Maniago 2
Like his room-mate, W alt Tkaczuk,
Marcel Paille ................ ... . 2
Giacomin believes th e Rangers must
Hal Winkler . 2
reduce their goals-against average
Bill Beveridge ........ ..... ...... . 1
this season and concentrate harder on
Ken McAuley .. ..... .. ....... . 1
team defense.
Jack Mccartan 1
"We can't give up as many goals
Terry Sawchuk .. ........ . 1
as we did last season," he said . "All

of us-the forwards, the defensemen ■

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best to the 1976
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The U.S. Olympic Team will be at the next through everyone and past Rayner
Olympic Games in 1976 as our continuing who never saw it. Detroit 4, New Late in the final period the score
people-to-people representatives to the York 3. is 2-2. Dean Prentice, playing with
Nations of the World . Andy Bathgate, is foiled when Red
jJanuary21, 19541 Wing goalie Hank Bassen illegally
Something like 1200 men and women throws his stick, and the referee
Olympic Team members will be involved. Game four was a happy one, played calls a penalty shot. Bathgate takes
This requires development, selection, in the old Garden. It was a reunion of the shot, which was against the r.ules,
transportation to and from the Games. sorts for the Bentley brothers. Max, as Prentice should have taken it. He
Also uniforms, housing, food, medical then 33, was playing for the 1953-54 glides in from the center red line on
care. Rangers when Boucher, the ew York Bassen who goes for his deke and
GM, talked his older brother Doug, fl ides to the left. Andy shoots right
What is needed now is financial 37, into joining the Blueshirts. The and the Rangers win, 3- 2. They
support. USA " people" support. Dollars. Bentley freres had played together make the playoffs,
with the Chicago Black Hawks until
To be a part, fill out the coupon below Max had been traded to Toronto in April 29, 1971
and mail it back now with an Olympic 1947. They were reunited seven years
contribution (tax deductible). We'll later on January 21, 1954. It was Game six was played at the new
acknowledge with a distinctive "thank Rangers against the Bruins, with Madison Square Garden in the semi-
you " award. fourth place and the playoffs at stake. finals of the 1970-71 season. It was
In those days, with both Boston and a do or die effort for the Rangers,
' rn, ""'"" °""'"Olympic Houses.mes COMMom, New York having fallen on evil times, who were down three games to two
fourth place was the goal-just make aga in st the Chicago Black Hawks.
57 Park Aven ue . the playoffs. April 29, 1971 would be the last game
of the season for New York, or a re-
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night was Laprade, another old Chicago.
PLEASE CLIP AND MAIL THIS COUPON WITH YOUR master. When it was over-and they
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CrO-N-T-R-IB-U-T-IO-N-.-----------------------~ went to both Bentley brothers who went into overtime. Pete Stemkowski
skated out to center ice to the standing had won a previous overtime contest
Acknowledgment Awards for All ovation of the appreciative crowd of in Chicago on April 18.
Contributions. Please Check. 13,463 fans. The Rangers had won,
8-3, tied Boston for fourth and given The game dragged on and on as
For sing le contribution of $2 .00 the Bruins a lesson in passing, finesse the defensive-minded Hawks sat at the
and hockey skill. blue line and tried to make the des-
□ Traditional Olympic pin, colorfully enameled perate Rangers make a mistake that
Max Ben tley broke into tears right co uld be converted into the winner-
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□ Embroidered cloth emblem marking dits of the crowd. He had scored period came to an end and then a sec-
1976 Games twice and gotten two assists, Doug ond. Just a minute and twenty-nine
Bentley had one goal and three assists seconds into the third extra session,
For single donation of $1 o·.oo -and the Ranger power play had the red light flashed behind the fallen
demoralized the Bruins. Tony Esposito in the Chicago net.
□ Gold and black wall or desk plaque Stemkowski, following the play, had
March 14, 1962 banged home a rebound with Ted
For single contribution of $25 .00 Irvine and Tim Horton getting the
□ Heavy gold-plated cuff links and tie-tac in Game five was almost ten years later assists. The Rangers had won and the
3/s·· circle. -and it was over the same thing-a Garden crowd of 17,500 celebrated
spot in the playoffs. This time it was into the night.
□ Award for contributions of larger amounts. the Rangers and the Red Wings at the
old Garden. The date was March 14, The Rangers lost that seventh
UNITED STATES OLYMPIC COMMITTEE 1962. Gordie Howe was going for game to Chicago, but a year later
Box 1976 goal number 500, Ranger captain came back and went to the finals,
Cathedral Station Andy Bathgate was fi ghting for the losing four games to two, to Bobby
Boston, Mass. 02118 scoring title and the ga me was de- Orr and the Boston Bruins. The B's
cided by a penalty shot. That's right, won the Cup on MSG ice, after a
Right' I want to see U.S .A.'s best at the 1976 a penalty shot. brilliant Ranger effort in game five
Olympic Games. My check in the amount of had forced a return home. Two years
$ _ _ _ is enclosed and I have marked my Howe got his 500th goal, on the later Rod Gilbert gave the Rangers
selection of contributor acknowledgment award. way to the HL record of 786. He life against the Philadelphia Flyers
went in alone on Doug Harvey, the with a clutch sudden death goal on
Please print carefully and be sure to include Zip number Rangers' player-coach. One on one. April 28, 1974.
He cut to Doug's right, but Doug got
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stick to the left side and shoots as he a game seven to this collection-the
Address _ _ _ _ _ _ ____ _ _ __ one giving New York the Stanley Cup.
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two of the league's best penalty killers, experts in ragging
(Continued From Page 123} the puck to the delight of ew York fans and the dismay
of the opposition. They once played keepaway with the
Tkaczuk was forced to sit out 18 games beca use of puck for 1 :44 of a Los Angeles Kings' two-minute power-
injuries last season. That's four more he missed through play.
injuries in one season than he did in his first six full
seasons as a Ranger. "I've never seen penalty killers keep the puck away
from the team with the power play that long," said
"I was always very durable until last season," he said. General Manager Emile Francis.
"I'd like to believe that last year was just one of those
injury years that happens to most of us at sometime. Tkaczuk was b orn in Emsdetten, Germany, and emi-
But I still can't use injuries as an excuse. I just haven't grated to Canada with his parents when he was a small
been pleased with what I've done to help the team in the boy. His father, Mike Tkaczuk, was a Ukrainian oil-driller
last two seasons." and miner who was imprisoned by the az1s in a labor
camp in World War II.
Tkaczuk is the old-school type of center and hockey
player. Strength and stamina are his two greatest qual- Walter's dad got a job in the mines in orthern
ities. He's a dedicated two-way player who excels de- Ontario when he came to Canada and, as a kid, Tkaczuk
fensively and puts as much effort into backchecking as worked as a dynamite man' helper in the mines, often
he does into forechecking. descending as far as 3,300 feet underground. He was
first scouted by the Rangers when he was a 13-yea r-old
He's the unselfish type of player whom many coaches hockey player.
regretfully feel is becoming a vanishing breed. He'll hold
the puck an extra few seconds on a rush just to make the He entered the 1975-76 season, his eighth in the NHL,
play work, even if it does mean he'll take a bruising check as the Rangers' seventh highest career scorer. Last season
in doing so. Some centers, sensing they are about to be he passed legendary Frank Boucher on the Rangers' all-
bodychecked, dump the puck to avoid the hit and the time scoring list with 419 points. He is only three away
play fails. from Dean Prentice, the sixth-highest Ranger career
·!;;corer.
"He's a lot like Bobby Clarke in one respect," said Fred
Shero, the former Ranger minor league coach who has "To me, assists are more important than goals for a
guided the Philadelphia F1yers to two consecutive Stan- center," said Tkaczuk. "I always keep track of my assists.
ley Cup championships. "Bobby and Walt are both un- The mark of a center who is doing his job is the center
selfish players. They could score more goals themselves who has a lot of assi ts."
but they know the center's main job is. to set up his wings
for goals." Tkaczuk has had four assists in one game four times
in his career and tied a Ranger record with five assists
The revolving door of more than 20 players who at against Pittsburgh on Feb. 12, 1972. With 272 career
one time or another have played left wing on Tkaczuk's assists, he ranks seventh on the Rangers' all-time list.
line is another reason why Walter's goal-scoring has
tailed off. He and right wing Bill Fairbairn have played Tkacz.uk says the Rangers' biggest need for improve-
on the same line since 1969 but, except for Dave Balon ment this sea on is to strengthen their overall team de-
and Steve Vickers, Walter often has had to become ac- fense. Last season the Rangers surrendered more goals
customed to changing left wings. than they had in nine years.

"I don't want to make excuses," said Tkacz.uk, "but " I don't know how it happened ," said Walt. " J.ust a
I'd love to sta rt off the year and finish the yea r with the few years ago (1970-71) we had the best defensive record
same two wingers . It would help my game, offensively in the league. Somehow we just got away from playing
and defen ively, and it would help the team to play a full good team defense. It really hurt us. Look at the F1yers
season with the same two g uys as wings instead of having and Islanders. They're both good defensive clubs and
to change back and fourth." look how far their defense to ok them."

Some fans and sports writers believe that Tkaczu k has _Tkaczuk believes Ron Stewart, the Ran gers' new coach,
been over-worked because he regularly kills penalties in will help the team because he is a defense-oriented coach
addition to centering his line. Walter does not agree. who was a defensive star as a player.

" I feel I'm capable of doing both and doin" a good "Stewie will definitely help us. He's always been a
job," he said. "I like killing penalties. I think Billy (Fair- def nse-minded guy," sa id Walt.
bairn) and I work pretty well out there together."
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