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March 30, 1967 SPORTS | By Glen May Assassins unlimited An impeccable defense will not win the Stanley Cup this year. Today there are just too many crafty snipers with tele- scopic sights roaming the big pond. Each NHL club is loaded with highly capable assassins ready to administer the coup de grace. Toronto Maple Leafs, Mont- real Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers are preparing to head into the semi-final rounds of Stanley Cup play. Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins have retired to the Land of Nod. The four surviving clubs from league play are predomi- nately high scoring outfits al- though only Chicago has avoid- ed a slump during the sched- ule. If the final round winds up with a Canadian team against an American squad there should more cannonad- ing than in the War of 1812. Overall the playoffs will be spotlighted by high scores 'this year. Usually playoff hock- ey produces a_ kitty-bar-the- door style. with 3-2 and 2-1 re- sults not being uncommon. And so often the Saturday night heroes shoot nothing but blanks during the dollar series. Play- off hockey is just not like any- thing witnessed during the reg- ular 70 game schedule. Opposing forwards have a Batman and Robin relationship, so close is the checking. De- fencemen become second goal- ies, halting rubber barrages with their bodies and sticks. Goalies appear capable of catch- ing a piece of lint in a tornado. Such is life in the playoffs. But this year, as the man once said, there'll be some changes made. Toss the past performance charts away and forget about the defensive qualities of the four best teams in hockey. Man, it will be wil- der than any LSD trip and these fans who don't appreci- ate wide open hockey should stay in the bathroom. The '67 struggle for shiny supremacy will be nothing but superb of- fensive hockey played the way they don't like it in Europe. You'll see Robert Marvin Hull whirl around his net and head up ice in one of his patented adrenalin pounding dashes toward the enemy. As he crosses the opposing blue- line his North American boomerang is brought back 'and suddenly the tiny black rubber disc is swatted toward the net leaving only a blurr for the fans to see. The goal- ie's right leg darts out intent on impeding the projectile -- too late. The red light flashes and a gummy grin from Hull tells the tale. On his next dash down the ice he is met square- ly by one of the many rugged defensemen the enemy has on duty. A sturdy hip sends him thudding unglamourously into the boards and then down to ice in a horizontal position. That's hockey the way the game should be played! Let's take five and compile a short list of the offensive stars who will be soon displaying their talents. We'll start with the Leafs for no other reason than y'r 'umble scribe predict- ed during the big snow they would win it all. Although To- ronto doesn't possess a one- man wrecking crew they have a few architects of destruction. There's Dave Keon, Ron Ellis, Jim Pappin, Bob Pulford and Frank Mahovolich. Any of them is capable of winning a contest. Les Habs have Henri Ri- chard, Bob Rosseau, Jean Bel- iveau, Yvan Cournyer, Ralph Backstrom and Claude Larosse. The Broadway Blue-shirts have Bobby Nevin, Bernie Geoffrion, Rod Gillbert, Donnie Marshall and Jean Ratelle. Down Chicago way there's Bobby Hull (and that should be plenty), Stan Mikita, Dennis Hull, Kenny Wharram, Doug Mohns, Phil Esposito and recently Ken Hodge. Those names alone would cause any goalkeeper to tear up his $30,000 contract and head for the jungles of Viet- nam insisting he would be saf- er. Close scores this year in the playoffs. Yea, like maybe 9-7. TERRACE BAY NEWS INSTITUE VIEWS ANTIQUES (from Page 14) family for 125 years, an autograph album used by Mrs . Harvey Stevenson's mother, then Jennie Zant, 75 years ago in Amsterdam, a tray in the Riley family brought from Ireland 135 years ago, a Jesuit Holy Medal of 1892, a Family Bible brought from Ireland by Mrs. C. Todesco's great grandmother in 1840 and a plate given to Mrs. Bill Thrower's mother in 1892 as a wedding gift. This was interesting because it had a picture of Kakabeka Falls much different from the Falls of today. Mrs. Jack Corbett, tea hostess, had set the table with very old china to add to the occasion. PARTIES HONOUR RESIDENTS Mrs. John Maclsaac and Mrs. Neil Ross arranged a farewell party recently honouring Mrs. Naldo Stortini who is taking up residence in Terrace Bay. Twenty- three friends were present with Mrs. Ross making formal presentation of television tables and a money corsage in token of their good wishes. Peter Wojciechowski, who taught adult book-keeping classes this winter, was given a party by his students, arranged in Mr. & Mrs. L.R. Tremblay's home. On behalf of the others the host presented cufflinks and a cravat and among smaller amusing gifts, a bottle of Easter cordial and an Easter egg. ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE REPORT Corp. M.Kulmatycki, O.P.P. Detachment Command er, Schreiber reports that from March |2 to 18 - 3,812 | miles were patrolled in 225 duty hours. Two accidents were reported with property damage. Nine motorists were warned regarding equipment on their vehicles, six motorists charged under the Ontario Highway Traffic Act, and 44 vehicles given safety checks. One charge was laid under the Ontario Liquor Control Act. Eight transients were given funds in the form of. meal tickets from the Transient and Welfare Fund. Death recently brought to an end an interesting correspondence carried on for years between Mr. Schreiber, of Willoughby, Ohio and Mrs. Willoughby of Schreiber. The correspondence arose from the similarity in names. Mr. Schreiber died. The Dept.of Lands & Forests report that 7,791,671 visitors used provincial parks last year - a 10% in- crease over 1965.