The Kingston Whig-Standard from Kingston, Ontario, Canada • 10

AWNINGS ILJ TINTS BOAT TOPS jQS TARPAUUNS iw too ift roiinft KINGSTON ONTARIO MONDAY APRIL 28 1980 PAGE 10 3 IlllOT AVI NIM6ST0N ONT UHjin-Stnnilarti SPORTS King is dead Youthful North Stars knock Habs out of Cup contention 1 1 -y By MARK HARDING -r worked extremely hard on both teams but it was Meloche who made save after save and kept them in there Even in the two games we won in Minnesota he didn't play 'a i Y'A -t-' '-A fc s' 4 1 MONTREAL (CP) A1 MacAdam put Toronto Maple Leafs out of the playoff picture with an overtime goal in preliminary-round action and it was his goal at 18:34 of the third period Sunday night that dashed Montreal Canadiens' hopes of a fifth consecutive Stanley Cup title 'They are MacAdam said Early in the game Minnesota hardly looked like a team determined to oust the champions Urged on by the cheers of 17465 fans Montreal took a 1-0 lead on Mark Napier's goal at 9:12 of the first period Then from 15 feet to the right of net goalie Denis Herron attempted a pass that hit the side of the goal and rebounded to an onrushing Tom Younghans who fired the puck into the vacant net After goal Pierre Mondou had an excellent opportunity to put Montreal ahead while Minnesota's Paul Shmyr was off for tripping Steve Shutt but Meloche slid to the side of the crease to make a chest save of the Canadiens stressing every rict word after a 3-2 victory over the sjsrf t4 WWf a r- lv HmF S'-: vv: 1 A -X- Vi 'I 1 A "i v- Minnesota 3 Habs 2 With just more than five minutes left in the second period Napier was robbed fay Meloche who got a pad on his point-blank blast Pf i A "vV A a vV '4- 1 defending Stanley Cup champions Minnesota won the best-of-seven National Hockey League series quarter-final series 4-3 the best until someone proves said MacAdam whose North Stars open a best-of-seven semi-final series against the Flyers at Philadelphia on Tuesday night Buffalo Sabres play to New York Islanders in the other semi-final opener the same night This marks the first season that four post-1967 teams have constituted the pool for the was just thinking about getting the puck behind the net and around on the Herron said was a very embarrassing stupid mistake that happened in a game that was far too important for it to happen just did it throughout the said Herron of stops it wasn't Larouche in the earlier games it was somebody else" As might be expected the Canadiens were a sombre group in their dressing room but few were as downcast as defenceman Gaston Gingras 4i "iv i i VV my career probably made that around-the-net pass 1000 times but tonight it just work The puclMvas on end and spinning when I pass and it just went off my stick the wrong way I actually thought it was going in the net when I first released The young rearguard was i a holding penalty against Bobby Smith 13 seconds after Shmyr and Mario Tremblay were penalized for roughing minors giving Minnesota a five-on-four advantage that resulted in goaL On the winning goal Gingras thought he had MacAdam tied in knots The Canadiens entered the seventh game without injured right winger Guy Lafleur and centre Pierre Larouche while the North Stars put their faith in netminder Gilles Meloche and brash youngsters short on playoff experience lot of people have said that young and that we have much playoff said coach Glen Sonmor "but what we do have is a remarkable amalgamation of extremely intelligent and competent kids who expect to do nothing else than While Montreal Canadiens' Larry Robinson and team- gratulating goaltender Gilles Meloche North Stars hriates headed out of the playoff picture for the first time in eliminated the Habs last night at the Forum with a 3-2 vie-five years Minnesota North Stars whooped it up by con- tory Napier who had several excellent scoring chances almost put Montreal ahead early in the second period but like many others was thwarted by Meloche care what anyone says Meloche was the difference in the series and is the backbone of that said Langway whose goal at 5:23 of the third period tied it 2-2 after Minnesota defenceman Hartsburg gave his team a 2-1 lead at 16:46 of the second period was a hell of a game and a hell of a Langway said I think the first time that the better team has lost I still think the better team "1 had him coming in from the side and I was thinking there was no way he was going to have a chance at the net but somehow he got his stick on the rebound and it was in the Gingras said Third straight year Petes on way to Memorial Cup feel really bad right now but the guys are behind me and I just want to forget about it and think of next Tom Younghans and Craig Hartsburg also scored for Minnesota with Mark Napier and Rod Langway scoring for the Canadiens Playoff matchups COMMENCING APRIL 30 WILL BE OPEN Minnesota vs Flyers Islanders vs Sabres net with 1:39 to play Mark Reeds Brad Ryder Carmen Cirella and Andre Hidi scored the other goals Paul Gagne with two and Glen Cutting scored for Windsor Petes were led by goaltender Rick LaFerriere the first star who kicked out 34 of 37 shots including 14 in the first period Peterborough fired 29 shots at Windsor goaltender Shawn MacKenzie Although his team fell behind early Petes coach and general manager Mike Keenan said he worried that point we were just trying to chip away and keep them off the he said after the game "We were down 3-0 in the last game of the Ottawa series and came back to win one guy did the job tonight Our conditioning helped us especially in the third Windsor coach and general manager Wayne Maxner said his team gave a fine effort despite losing the first half of the game we played with a lot of he said "Realistically I just felt that for us to beat a hockey club like that we needed at least five more quality Maxner said Petes goaltending surprised' him "I think LaFerriere Was that he said "He surprised me not just a good goaltender a great Referee Tom Brown handed out 110 minutes in penalties including 62 minutes in the first period WINDSOR Ont (CP) Peterborough Petes defeated Windsor Spitfires 6-3 to win the Ontario Major' Junior Hockey League championship and a trip to the Memorial Cup for the third straight year The win was 11th straight in the playoffs including four straight in the best-of-seven final series with Spitfires Windsor took a 3-0 lead early Saturday night and then watched helplessly as Petes stormed back with six unanswered goals Peterborough's superior physical conditioning was especially evident in the third period when they scored three goals and dominated play Jim Wiemer led Petes with two goals the final one into an empty WEDNESDAY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY EVENINGS UNTIL 9:00 PM SHOPPING CENTRE STORE 0NL E20T0 50 OFF JOea STOCK WALLCOVERINGS OFF SELECTED WALLCOVERING CATALOGUES mLl APRIL 30 RON DECORATING CENTRE! 1412 PRINCESS STJM OLD YORK RD PLA2AB DIALt 544 0001 New post for busy OHA We can put cs stop to impleasemf smpnses Preventive Maintenance Brake Inspection Removal of a front and rear wheel assembly for check of disC pads and brake linings rotor and drum TORONTO (CP) The Ontario Hockey Association has created a new 'senior executive post to handle the increasingly complex business of the association Former president Larry Bellisle said the addition of a chairman made at the annual meeting during the weekend will cost the association between $20000 and $25000 Bill Ruddock was named chairman and becomes official head of the organization Brent Ladds was named the new president Bellisle said Ladds will serve as a fond raiser public-relations man and technical co-ordinator More than 200 delegates attended the meeting and rejected several proposals affecting their pocket books including a suggested increase in association entry fees and a doubling of the two-game suspension fine However the fines for clubs dressing fewer than the number of players allowed on the bench for a game was doubled to $50 suspensions will now include exhibition and tournament games and players who sit out a year now are to be considered clear players Delegates also approved the decision to enter into negotiations with the Ontario Women's Hockey Association which has applied to become the fourth hockey body affiliated with the association The association governs more than 250000 players Metro The All-Weather tire for city cars get caught with the wrotw tires on Whatever the weather Metro is always In season expecting the unexpected- in season expecting tne Beavers thump Cornwall 10-1 unexpectea-economically durably and very quietly A tire designed for year-round city driving And the end to seasonal tire-changing 4 Wheel Drum Type Brake Service Installation of new brake linings on all 4 wheels and a check of wheel and Robbie MacKenzie added singles before a crowd of 4709 Dale Hawerchuk scored for ComwalL gg SizeP19575R14 Vw Whitewall cylinders springs brake hoses and drums Da )rum re-surfacing extra if required Each Installed SHERBROOKE Que (CP) Bernard Gallant scored three goals to pace Sherbrooke Beavers to a 10-1 victory Sunday that cut Cornwall Royals' lead in the best-of-seven Quebec Major Junior Hockey League final to 3-1 Serge Boisvert scored two goals for the winners while Louis Begin Richard Secco Normand Aubin Brian Johnson 1 Including parts and labour Oldtimcrs win titles 2 Wheel Disc Brake Service Installation of new disc pads on 2 front wheels and a check of rotors calipers and brake hoses Rotor re-surfacing extra if required Most domestic cars Induding parts and labour The sixth game of the series is at Cornwall on Tuesday night If a seventh game is necessary it will be played here Thursday night Begin opened the scoring at 8:00 of the first period and Hawerchuk evened it at 1-1 only 43 seconds later But Gallant and Boisvert gave the Beavers a 3-1 lead after the first period Sherbrooke put the game away with four more goals by 10:43 of the second period and Aubin made it 8-1 before the period ended The Beavers fired 58 shots at Ron Scott and Tom Graovac in the Cornwall goal while the Royals had 33 shots at goaltenders Corrado Micalef and Michel Voyer of Sherbrooke The Beavers were over-all and Dilio Division champions in the regular season Cornwall was second over-all and first in the LeBel Division The winner of the final represents the QMJHL in the Memorial Cup tournament for the national junior championship at Brandon Man and Regina in May Offers expire May 2 1980 ST PETERSBURG Fla (Staff) It had been four years and Ernestown 01dtimers still hadn't won a tournament championship but now there may not be 'enough room in the team trophy case Ernestown and Cataraqui Old Puckers Were both successful in their bid for a division championship at the annual Florida Classic Oldtimers Hockey -Tournament which concluded here yesterday For Ernestown it was the third tournament win in a month following victories at Potsdam and Gananoque Ernestown shaded Nova Scotia 4-3 to capture the division title while Cataraqui won 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