Frank Brimsek’s availability for the series is up in the air. He suffered some knee soarness at the end of the semi finals, and is day to day.
Baz Bastien, who won 14 games this season, will play if
Brimsek can’t go.
Brimsek and LoPresti might end up watching their teams in the finals.
Brimsek is out for Game one, but it didn’t matter.
Howie Meeker scores twice,
Ted Lindsay records 4 points, and the
Habs walloped
New York by a score of 8-1!
Game two is crazier then that score.
Montreal jumps out to a 3-0 lead. It’s actually 4-0 before
Maurice Richard gets the
Rangers on the board. Still,
Montreal leads 6-2 after two. The
Rangers cut the lead to 2 with a couple of early period goals, then, with just 70 seconds remaining,
Richard and
Harry Watson score 13 seconds apart to tie it. What a comeback from the
Rangers. A minute into overtime,
Ted Lindsay makes it all for naught, winning it, 7-6 for
Montreal.
Richard spearheads a amazing Ranger comeback that ends up falling short.
Rangers new starting goalie,
Jack Gelineau has now given up 14 goals in 5 and a half periods in the finals.
Sam LoPresti, where are you!? Game three starts with the
Rangers on fire.
Maurice Richard dishes out 3 first period assists, and the
Rangers lead 4-1 after a period. They manage to hold that lead the whole way through, winning the game 4-2.
With
Brimsek still out, coming off a loss,
Montreal decides to start third string goalie
Al Rollins. It’s a bad idea.
Alex Kaleta gets a hattrick and the
Rangers tie the series with a 6-3 win. Neither team seems to have any idea what to do with their goaltending!
Montreal ends up using both of their goalies not named
Brimsek in game 5, but it didn’t matter to
Maurice Richard who was in net. He gets 2 goals and 4 assists in a 8-3 route of the
Habs. All that scoring went out the window in a close checking game 6. After exchanging first period goals, the goaltenders finally showed some ability to win a game for their squads. Both teams are held off the scoreboard in the 2nd and the third. Halfway through OT,
Fern Gauthier scored for
Montreal forcing a 7th game.
Gauthier forces a game 7!
Game 7
Frank Brimsek is back and starting game 7 for
Montreal!! That’s huge news heading into the game.
Brimsek is rusty, as he allows
Bill Ezinicki to beat him 2 mins in. 1-0
Rangers early.
NY peppers with 16 shots in the opening frame, and
Brimsek would not allow another one past him. Now the
Habs need some offense.
Max Bentley deflects a point shot in to make it 2-0
Rangers halfway through the 2nd. Through two, the
Ranges hold the shot advantage 26-8.
Brimsek wont matter if the
Habs play like that infront of him.
More of the same in the third.
Maurice Richard scores on
NY’s 39th shot of the game. 3-0.
Montreal finally breaks the shutout, but it’s too little, too late.
Ny wins it 5-1 to win their 2nd straight Stanley Cup!
