European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday May 14, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 21 Lafleur gets 2 goals 1 assists canadians dump Bruins Lead 3-0 Boston up Guy Fleur held without a shot on the Boston goal in the first two games notched a pair of goals and added two assists in Montreal s 4-2 Vic tory Over the Boston Bruins thursday night the Victory gave the canadians a 3-0 Lead in games and left them Only one game away from their second straight Stanley cup which would be the 20th in the club s Bob Myers whistled 12 penal ties six against each team in the first period but Montreal scored on three of its four Power plays while Boston could not score on three including a 1 06 Span when the Bruins had a two Man advantage. The canadians fired Only six shots a goalie Gerry checkers in the decisive first period. But half of them went in on each off the Sticks of Lin mates Lafleur Steve Shutt and Jacques Lemaire. Lafleur held to three assists in the first two games scored his first goal of the series at 4 08 of the opening period. Boston got its first goal in the second period from Gregg Sheppard and the other in the third period from Peter Mcnab. But in Between Lafleur had scored his second goal at 12 52 of the third period to Seal the was serving a Bench minor pen Alty for getting caught with too Many men on the ice when Lafleur connected on a 15-foot wrist shot from the Edge of the right face off Circle that went by checkers on his right Side. Montreal weathered a penalty to Murray Wilson then scored again after Boston s Wayne Cashman was penalized for holding. Shutt scored on a rebound of a Lemair shot 56 seconds into the penalty at 7 58. Cheevers had caught Lemaire s shot from More of that old Montreal magic Jacques Lemaire fires the puck Over the outstretched leg of Gerry Cheevers and into the Boston net at 18 29 of the first period in the Boston Garden thurs Day night. Gregg Sheppard is standing by to Clear a possible rebound. A the left but dropped the puck out of his Glove and Shutt had an open shot from 10 feet. The Bruins who have lost their first three games to Montreal after winning three of five from the canadians during the regular season squandered 3 07 Worth of penalty minutes against Montreal Midway through the first period before the Cana Diens struck again at 18 29. Lemaire fired a 15-footer from the left Side after a picture pass from Lapointe near the Blue line. Boston scored on Ken Dryden for the first time in 109 minutes and 57 seconds dating Back to the second period of the first game when Sheppard Slid a 10-Fooler past the Montreal goalie at 6 32 of the second session. Lafleur the National hockey league s leading scorer during the regular season scored his ninth goal in this year s playoffs Midway through the third period with a 10 foot Backhander on a pass from got Boston s Loo Little too late tally with 1 26 left to play popping a Short shot Over Bruins Are now faced with the task of winning four straight games a feat accomplished Only once in the history of the Stanley cup finals and Only twice in All professional Toronto Maple Leafs lost the first three games of their 1942 cup series to de troit before winning the title at Home in the seventh game. And on a lower level the new York islanders rebounded from an 0-3 deficit in the 1975 quarterfinals against the Pittsburgh outplayed again the Bruins held Montreal to the Low total of 19 shots on goal for the second straight game. Canadians 4, Bruins 2 Mon Reah 3 0 i--4 Botlon 0 i 1 first period 1. Montreal Talleur i Ila polite. Maho lien4 m. 1. Montreal. Shutt i Lemaire Lall Eurl 7-m 3. Montreal Tomele i i Prinle. . Penal lit Smith Dot. 1 34 Boston Bench waved by Wentink. 3 40 Wilton. Mod s 14 Canman hot 7 01 Gedney Mon. 9 11 Robeton Mon 17 gunman Sot. � Galley. Won m 10 Caiman Bot n Bliwn. Won. 11 56 gained. Mon. 13 37 Jonathan. Bot i6 i. Second period 4. Boilon. Sheppard 5 f Middle Lon. Cam Man. 6 11. Pen Alliev Robert. Mon Smitn. Bot of Galley won. 10-31, Dock. Bot. 11 36. Third periods Montreal. Valleur e snut. Lemaire. 11 s3.6. Botlon. Mcnab 1 Middleton park18.34. Penal by Robertl. Mon. 16 13. Snotty naval Montreal 6ei-l Botlon 10/t-b Colliet Montreal. Dryden. Botlon Cheevers. A Al. Stockton it la be Hollywood Joe As Namath works to get Anco rams agree on conf race Ferms by Drysdale Tymi Terabun Dallas up Dick Stockton finally wore Down a surprisingly Tough Cliff Drys Dale thursday night to score a 7-5, 6-7, 7-6, 6-2 decision and set up a world Champion ship Tennis semifinal with Vitas Gerulaitis. The Mutch Friday night in the ail Amer ican semifinals will bring together top seeded Jimmy Connors and Eddie Dibbs. Gerulaitis downed Poland s Wojtek Fibak earlier thursday night coming from two sets behind to win 1-6.3-6, fro 6-2, 6-3. The 35-year-old Drysdale called on All his cunning to make a match of it with Stockton and won the support of the near sellout after winning the second set tie breaker 7-4, and moving ahead one serv ice break in the third set Drysdale finally began to run out of steam. Stockton rallied to Force the third set tie breaker which he won 7-2 and then broke Drysdale s serve in the second game of the continued on Page 211 los Angeles last Joe Namath one of the most colourful and controversial players Ever in pro football officially became a member of the los Angeles rams thursday when owner Carroll Rosenbloom announced the quarterback had agreed to 34-year-old Namath known As Broadway Joe during his Long tenure with the new York jets thus will end his National football league career As hol Lywood terms of Namath s contract with the rams were not announced and Rosen Bloom said he d met with Namath s attorney Jimmy Walsh to Iron out a final agreement wednesday night. The jets failed to pick up the flamboyant quarterback s contract at nearly $500,000 annually this year after a two year pact expired and he became a free agent april every player dreams of being part of an organization like the rams Namath told a news conference. They have a very Hidi Caliper of players Fine personnel. I am grateful to or. Rosenbloom and the rams organization for bringing me Here. I am also grateful to the new York jets. They were Good to me while i was during talks with Namath. The rams publicly maintained they would never pay the free agent the High salary he received in new York and would go no higher than $200.000 a was said to be willing to take less Money because playing in los Angeles would put him in closer Contact with the motion picture and television industries. Namath will be one of four los Angeles quarterbacks. Pat Haden was the starter at the end of last season when the ram reached the National conference finals and James Harris was his backup. The rams also selected Nebraska quarterback Vince Ferragamo in the collegiate draft. Namath s role with the team was not clearly defined but it was believed he would play behind and instruct Haden. The Rhodes scholar from the University of Southern . Who led the jets to the 16-7 super bowl Iii upset Victory Over Balti More in 1969, has had problems with his Knees throughout his career. He has under gone several knee operations but rams officials maintain he is still Able to move by Alabama coach Bear Bryant the greatest athlete i be Ever Namath was drafted no. 1 by the new York jets in the 1965 american football league draft and also no. 1 by the nil s St. Louis cardinals. He chose the jets and the s427.000 con tract they offered him. When the figure a Bonus and three year contract were announced it shocked pro sports. It was an outrageous sum of Money for the time. When the jets sought Namath. It was an assistant coach named Chuck Knox who was assigned by the new York club to keep a watch on their potential quarterback. Now Knox is the head coach of the rams. The jets successful Pursuit of Namath started a War Between the Al and nil that did t end until the merger agreement in 1966.although Namath was the Premier passer in pro football for a number of years his frequent knee injuries and a poor jets line in front of him made him largely ineffective the past few seasons
