This day in hockey
Apr 14, 2005 8:14:06 GMT -5
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Their Cup Runneth Over
April 14, 1960
TORONTO (UPI) - Led by Jean Beliveau, the Montreal Canadiens swept to their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup tonight with a 4-0 triumph over the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was the first time that any National Hockey League team had won the cup five times in a row. Beliveau, a center, scored twice. Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard and Doug Harvey counted one apiece as the Canadiens completed a four-game sweep. The Flying Frenchmen also needed only four games to knock off the Chicago Black Hawks in the semi-final round of cup play.
The 1951-52 Detroit Red Wings were the only other squad to win the cup in eight games since the league was founded forty-two years ago. Immediately follow-ing the game, the league president, Clarence Campbell, handed the cup to the Montreal captain, Maurice (Rocket) Richard.
The Canadiens dominated the action despite the Leafs' frantic efforts to make a contest of it. As they had in the three pre-vious games, the Habs skated to a quick lead and then coasted. Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion did not score, but the Montreal right winger collected three assists to tie a teammate, Henri Richard, and Red Kelly of Toronto in the race for the individual point title.
Montreal wheeled in front to stay in the first period, scoring twice on long screened shots from the points. Beliveau clicked at 8:16, with Junior Langlois and Geoffrion assisting. Then at 8:45, Harvey drove home a long shot that Toronto's goalie, Johnny Bower, could not see. Again, Langlois and Geoffrion assisted.
The Leafs had three great chances in the middle period; Dickie Duff picked a post and Carl Brewer hit the crossbar behind Jacques Plante, the Montreal goalie. But it was the Canadiens who scored. The Pocket Rocket took the Rocket's pass, worked in close and fooled Bower. The final period was less than two minutes old when Montreal made it 4-0 on Beliveau's second counter of the game. The husky center took a relay from Geoffrion and Marcel Bonin to beat Bower with an angled shot from 20 feet out.
The Montreal Canadiens, one of the original four teams in the N.H.L.'s first season, 1917-18, have won 24 Stanley Cup titles. Besides the five straight from 1956 to '60, the Canadiens won four consecutive titles in 1976-79. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the next most successful Cup team with 13 championships, though none since 1967.
Deja vu: Maurice Richard, left, and Jean Beliveau of the Canadiens with the Stanley Cup after beating the Bruins in 1958. Beliveau played on 10 Cup-winning teams and Richard was a force on eight during the team's dynasty years.
Their Cup Runneth Over
April 14, 1960
TORONTO (UPI) - Led by Jean Beliveau, the Montreal Canadiens swept to their fifth consecutive Stanley Cup tonight with a 4-0 triumph over the Toronto Maple Leafs. This was the first time that any National Hockey League team had won the cup five times in a row. Beliveau, a center, scored twice. Henri (Pocket Rocket) Richard and Doug Harvey counted one apiece as the Canadiens completed a four-game sweep. The Flying Frenchmen also needed only four games to knock off the Chicago Black Hawks in the semi-final round of cup play.
The 1951-52 Detroit Red Wings were the only other squad to win the cup in eight games since the league was founded forty-two years ago. Immediately follow-ing the game, the league president, Clarence Campbell, handed the cup to the Montreal captain, Maurice (Rocket) Richard.
The Canadiens dominated the action despite the Leafs' frantic efforts to make a contest of it. As they had in the three pre-vious games, the Habs skated to a quick lead and then coasted. Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion did not score, but the Montreal right winger collected three assists to tie a teammate, Henri Richard, and Red Kelly of Toronto in the race for the individual point title.
Montreal wheeled in front to stay in the first period, scoring twice on long screened shots from the points. Beliveau clicked at 8:16, with Junior Langlois and Geoffrion assisting. Then at 8:45, Harvey drove home a long shot that Toronto's goalie, Johnny Bower, could not see. Again, Langlois and Geoffrion assisted.
The Leafs had three great chances in the middle period; Dickie Duff picked a post and Carl Brewer hit the crossbar behind Jacques Plante, the Montreal goalie. But it was the Canadiens who scored. The Pocket Rocket took the Rocket's pass, worked in close and fooled Bower. The final period was less than two minutes old when Montreal made it 4-0 on Beliveau's second counter of the game. The husky center took a relay from Geoffrion and Marcel Bonin to beat Bower with an angled shot from 20 feet out.
The Montreal Canadiens, one of the original four teams in the N.H.L.'s first season, 1917-18, have won 24 Stanley Cup titles. Besides the five straight from 1956 to '60, the Canadiens won four consecutive titles in 1976-79. The Toronto Maple Leafs are the next most successful Cup team with 13 championships, though none since 1967.
Deja vu: Maurice Richard, left, and Jean Beliveau of the Canadiens with the Stanley Cup after beating the Bruins in 1958. Beliveau played on 10 Cup-winning teams and Richard was a force on eight during the team's dynasty years.
