Ok, forget about all that crap I wrote in the cup preview. The
Rangers will be just fine.
Stan Mikita scores three times, and
Bobby Orr gets a goal in his 5th straight game, along with 3 assists. The
Rangers don’t spend a minute in the penalty box, and roll the
Leafs, 7-1!
Dunc Edwards was pulled in game one, and
Gary Smith will start for
Toronto in game two. That game woke the
Leafs up. The stars in Blue and White came to play in game two.
Jean Ratelle gets 2 goals.
Garry Unger, Bobby Hull and
Jim Dorey also score.
Toronto has an easy game two win, 5-1.
Mikita opens the finals with a hatty!
Game three is
New York’s turn to dominate, and that’s what they did. The
Leafs spent all game in the penalty box, while the
Rangers again, didn’t spend a second.
Dan Maloney had a goal and a assists, while
Gary Edwards stopped 32 shots.
Rangers win it 4-1. The
Rangers were probably the better team in game four, but that doesn’t mean they will get the result.
Gary Smith, still in net, was excellent, allowing a single goal after the game was essentially over.
Frank Mahovlich had two points. The
Leafs tie the series, winning 3-1.
Mahovlich setting up timely goals in game 4!
Before game 5,
Bobby Orr commits a cardinal sin for hockey players in this world. He got on his roof.
Bobby falls off the roof, which is actually the 121st player to fall off a roof in this game!!
Orr will be out for a few weeks, easily long enough to end his season.
Toronto just got a huge break.
a sign every nhl should heed.
The closest game of the series didn’t start that way.
Toronto took a 1-0 lead, but the
Rangers exploded with 4 straight goals in the 2nd.
Frank’s kid brother,
Pete, scored 3 of them, giving the
Rangers a nice lead.
Toronto responds in the third. They cut the lead to one, and with 45 seconds left,
JP Parise ties it! Overtime is needed.
Ken Hodge would complete the
Toronto comeback halfway through,
Toronto wins 5-4! Game 6 in
New York was a back and forth affair.
Toronto scores, the
Rangers score two,
Toronto responds… Tied at 3,
Gary Sabourin scored the winning goal at the 17:37 mark of the third. 4-3
Rangers force a game 7!
Sabourin's late goal keeps the Rangers alive!
Game 7
Early in the contest, the
Leafs get alot of pressure, but can’t score.
Nick Libett finds
Gery Bergman on a outlet, who gets in on
Gary Smith and finds a hole. 1-0
Rangers three mins in. Near the end of the period,
Bobby Hull gets some room and beats Edwards with a wicked wrist shot. 1-1 after a period.
Hull ties it at one!
Toronto goes ahead 2-1 after
JP Parise scores on a goal mouth scramble. That goal seemed to energize the
Leafs. They don’t score again this period, but outshoot the
Rangers the rest of the way 9-1. In the third, the
Rangers don’t get many chances. They spend 4 minutes in the sin bin, which only added to
Toronto controlling the play. The
Leafs end up getting 48 shots, 46 of the stopped by
Gary Edwards, but
NY can’t manage another goal.
Toronto wins it 2-1, and take the Cup in seven games!
