DICE Hockey - NHL - Mar 17th 1963

Sunday March 17th 1963

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
MON	5	1	1	7
BOS	1	0	1	2

A win over the Maple Leafs in three days time in Toronto will seal the Canadiens place in the standings behind Chicago after crushing the Bruins for a fifth win in their last six games. Eddie Johnston was peppered throughout the first two periods before his night was over, facing thirty-seven efforts on goal; more shots in forty minutes than he has in some full outings.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  1:59 MON Moore (25), Talbot
  4:41 MON Backstrom (22), Harper
10:06 MON PPG Richard (36), Gauthier
13:33 MON G Tremblay (21), JC Tremblay
13:58 BOS Burns (10), Godfrey
18:45 MON Hicke (10), Marshall
2nd Period
12:16 MON PPG G Tremblay (22)
3rd Period
  4:23 BOS PPG Oliver (28), Williams, Boivin
  7:58 MON PPG JC Tremblay (5), Beliveau, G Tremblay

POWERPLAY
MON 3/9
BOS 1/2

SAVES
MON Plante 26/28
BOS Johnston 31/37, Perreault 8/9
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	1st	2nd	3rd	T
CHI	1	1	1	3
DET	3	1	0	4

Detroit end their winless streak after four games where they just picked up two points by defeating the Blackhawks who fail to register at least a point for the third time in ten games. The Red Wings have the two point advantage over New York for the final playoff place and they must play Chicago and Toronto on the road, Maple Leafs at home.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  1:07 CHI Mikita (48), Hull
  7:24 DET Howe (23), Delvecchio, P MacDonald
14:50 DET PPG Barkley (6), Fonteyne, Smith
19:52 DET Fonteyne (11)
2nd Period
  2:23 CHI PPG Balfour (17), McDonald
12:16 DET PPG P MacDonald (47), Gadsby
3rd Period
  8:15 CHI Fleming (6), Hay


POWERPLAY
CHI 1/2
DET 2/7

SAVES
CHI Hall 47/51
DET Bassen 26/29
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	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TOR	2	0	1	3
NYR	1	1	0	2

Don Simmons pulled off a wonder save in the final second of the game to rob New York of a valuable point. Camille Henry became the first player to score fifty goals this season, tying the game at 2-2 in the second period, but Tim Horton had the last word with his second game-winner of the campaign. With three games left for all sides the Maple Leafs and Rangers are two points back of second place and fourth place respectively. New York finish up against Toronto, Boston and Montreal, all at home.

Neither team could generate much offense on the man advantage but the teams now share a pair of stats. They have both been on the powerplay 255 times; shorthanded 245.

SCORING SUMMARY
1st Period
  0:44 TOR Armstrong (21), Brewer, Keon
  2:45 NYR Cahan (10), Hebenton
  8:32 TOR Nevin (11), Pulford, Stanley
2nd Period
  6:43 NYR Henry (50), Hadfield, Bathgate
3rd Period
  9:10 TOR Horton (7), Armstrong, Mahovlich


POWERPLAY
TOR 0/3
NYR 0/2

SAVES
TOR Simmons 35/37
NYR Worsley 32/35

	GP	W	L	T	Pts
Chicago Blackhawks	67	38	20	9	85
Montreal Canadiens	67	32	23	12	76
Toronto Maple Leafs	67	32	25	10	74
Detroit Red Wings	67	29	30	8	66
New York Rangers	67	28	31	8	64
Boston Bruins	67	14	44	9	37