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Monday, February 2, 2004 Sports Leader-Post C3 REGINA 1, MOOSE JAW 0 (OT) OBITUARY Sugar Jim will always be linked with Rocket saved Richard from certain grievous injury. The Rocket was tripped by a Bruin and sent sliding toward the Boston net, which in those days was anchored almost immovably to the ice. It just occurred to me that I couldnt let Maurice crash into the goalpost," Henry recalled four years ago upon the death of Richard. So I slid out and let his body hit mine, to protect him. He got up and thanked me, as did a few others on the ice.

It was the greatest ovation I ever had in Montreal." And now, with a hockey game and the season on the line, Richard rumbled from the Canadiens dressing room with five minutes remaining in regulation time, six stitches crudely sewn into his left brow, blood trailing down his cheek. Canadiens coach Dick Irvin tapped Richard on the back, sending him onto the ice. His linemate, Elmer Lach, would recall, Rocket was squinting at the scoreboard. It was obvious he couldnt read it, so I told him the score was still 1-1." Richard scored 82 playoff goals during his career, dozens of them spectacular efforts. Now, with 3 12 minutes left in the game and the puck on his stick, passed there by captain Butch Bouchard, he was a runaway freight train even if his glazed eyes blurred his destination.

Richard swept through the Bruins like a winter wind threading between skyscrapers, unable to see linemates Lach or Toe Blake to pass the puck. He rushed end to end and finally eluded defenceman Bill Quackenbush, who had knocked him cold, before cutting across the ice to snap an ankle-high shot past Henrys flailing glove. Billy Reay scored into an empty Bruins net for insurance, eliminating Boston and sending the Canadiens to the Stanley Cup final. In an anticlimax, they would lose four straight games to the Detroit Red Wings. There was not the processional handshake that follows a series today, but Hemy and Richard did meet briefly on the ice.

In one of hockeys most compelling photos, the goalie is bowed in exhaustion, seemingly in reverence, his eyes a pulpy black; Richards brow is heavily bandaged, and blood trails to curl beneath his chin. Moments later, the Rocket went into convulsions in the Canadiens dressing room, in shock before he was sedated. Predeceased by his wife and a brother, Henry is survived by a son, two granddaughters, four great-grandchildren. He also leaves behind indelible memories of the Rockets most dramatic goal, one that defined not just two NHL stars, but also the magical era in which they shone. Montreal Gazette By DAVE STUBBS CanWest News Service MONTREAL On the rink of the great beyond, Sugar Jim Henry is lacing up his skates today with Maurice (Rocket) Richard, the late Montreal Canadiens legend, and the two men are turning lazy circles on the ice, reminiscing.

Two warhorses of the National Hockey Leagues six-team era share a 1952 playoff goal that a half-century later still glistens in the mist of hockey lore. It likely was the greatest goal in the Rockets ethereal career; it was a failed save for which Sugar Jim will always be remembered, no matter the thousands of pucks he stopped. Theirs is a moment that will be frozen forever in perhaps hockeys most compelling photo, one that again comes to light following the death in Winnipeg last week of Sugar Jim Henry. He was 83. Richards splendid goal was also Henrys defining moment.

In time, Sugar Jim came to embrace it, and how he loved that his name and the Rockets were spoken in the same breath, joined by a puck that slipped past him into hockey legend. Samuel James Henry was born in Winnipeg on Oct. 23, 1920, given his nickname by neighbourhood girls who took to dipping the toddlers pacifier in a sugar bowl. He would grow sweet, too, in the junior and senior nets of the Winnipeg Lombards, Brandon Elks and Regina Rangers, winning an Allan Cup national senior title with Regina in 1941. Henry saw action for the NHLs New York Rangers before and after his war service, played for the Chicago Black Hawks in 194849, and tread water in the minor-pro backwaters of New Haven, Kansas City, Omaha and Indianapolis before landing with the Boston Bruins in 1951-52.

It was at the Montreal Forum on April 8, 1952, in the seventh and deciding Stanley Cup semifinal game that playoff season, that Sugar Jim Henry and Rocket Richard would forge a bond that linked them the rest of their days. Staggering out of the Canadiens dressing room in the dying minutes, the game then tied 1-1, came Richard concussed and bloodied in the second period and now driven only by instinct, having been knocked colder than a bailiffs heart, according to one newspaper report. Shivery-legged in the Bruins goal was Henry, his two eyes blackened by his broken nose suffered one game earlier. Bostons trainer had spent the day applying hot and cold towels to reduce the swelling around his eyes. Earlier in the season, Henry had Moose Jaw Hmes-Herald Photo Pats goalie Dustin Slade sparkled in Saturdays 1 -0 victory over the Warriors.

Pats finally answer the Warriors challenge Scouting Report MOOSE JAW (9-1S-7-I) at REGINA (17-29-4-J) Today, 7 pm, Agridome Key Injuries: REGINA None to report; MOOSE JAW John Boychuk (ribs, day-to-day). Overview: Tonight's game Is the seventh meeting of the season in a 10-game series between Regina and Moose Jaw. The contest was originally scheduled for Friday but was postponed due to poor travelling conditions Moose Jaw saw Its five-game winning streak come to an end Saturday with a 1-0 overtime loss to the visiting Pats Dustin Slade made 40 saves for his first shutout as a member of the Pats and his third overall this season Slade is among the league's top 10 In GAA (2J8) and save percentage He's tops among rookie goalies Tonight's game Is the first of seven straight road outings for Moose Jaw By shutting out the Warriors on Saturday, Regina held the high-scoring trio Of Kytt Brodzlak (33-39-72), Tomas FWschmn) (21-37-58) and Troy Brouwsr (19-22-41) off the score-sheet Dan Wasdn and Mck Ryplon lead the Pats with 34 points each. Waschuk has a team-high 17 goals. By Leader-Post staff The Regina Pats said they were sick and tired of being abused by the Moose Jaw Warriors.

On Saturday, the Pats did something about it Regina posted its first win of the season over the arch-rival Warriors, emerging from the lions den with a 1-0 overtime victory before 2,571 WHL fans at the Civic Centre. The result ended Reginas seven-game losing streak against Moose Jaw, a skein which included two games at the tail end of last season. It was also the Pats first win at the Crushed Can since Jan. 19 of the 2001-02 campaign they had nine losses and one tie in the 10 previous games. Its a real tough place to win," offered Pats assistant coach Chad Merci-er.

We havent had a lot of success there so it's great to see (the players) get rewarded for putting in that kind of ef-fort. They have a great hockey team," said of the Warriors. They're 'definitely a contender so to show we can play with them should do a lot for -our confidence and give us something to build on. Perry Faul scored the only goal of the -game, slipping in from the point and Tburying a screen shot past goalie Mike 'Brodeur at the three-minute mark of overtime. Fauls goal also preserved the shutout victory for goaltender Dustin Slade, who made 40 saves while outlasting Brodeur in a stellar goaltenders duel.

The War- lately. The Warriors get another shot at Regina tonight when the teams play a makeup game at the Agridome. The contest was originally scheduled for Friday but it had to be postponed due to blizzard conditions. (Tonight) its time for payback, Brodeur told the Moose Jaw Times-Her-ald. We need to come out harder.

We need to get some more traffic at Slade. Hes a good quick little goalie, but we need to go to the net And we need to hit more. That and bury our chances. The game was a relatively quiet affair by Moose Jaw-Regina standards, with both sides forgoing some of the usual extracurricular activity. The only fight of the contest came when Warriors heavyweight Ken Patza-ck dropped the gloves with Reginas Britt Dougherty just 329 into the game.

After that, there were just 16 minutes in penalties, eight per side. Theres a lot on the line for both teams," noted Mercier. Were playing to get some wins and get our game where we want it and make sure we keep our lead on Saskatoon and maybe look to close on Brandon. They're playing for first place. At this point in the year, discipline is a big key and both teams tried to play like that The Warriors (29-10-7-1) entered the weekend tied for first place in the East Division but have fallen three points back of the Prince Albert Raiders.

It was Moose Jaw's first overtime loss of the season. Regina (17-294-3) is six points back of the third place Brandon Wheat Kings. CanWest Photo Sugar Jim Henry (left) congratulates Maurice (Rocket) Richard after their legendary encounter. 1 albTtTo IblmTdin'c -EXHiemONJMRK- j'2' hi riors nctmindcr stopped 35 shots. Dustin Slade was tremendous for us but we had a lot of great efforts from a lot of other guys too, added Mcrcier, whose team is now the proud owner of its First winning streak (two games) since early December.

We gave up some chances and when we did, Dustin was there. But I thought we also created a lot of offensive opportunities, we Just werent able to conveit Throughout the game we bent at times but didn't break and we were able to find a way to win. That's something we've been doing a little better job of -a 1 37 wg Gaia? I I I ED JOVANOVSKI PIN COUPON or valid for any previously released pin. Present this coupon at any of the participating retailers listed below and purchase this or any previously released pin for only $2.99 There are 20 pins to collect, a new one every publishing day, with coupons from the Leader-Post. Be sure to collect the whole set.

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