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...strategy backfired: Chicago's defense held, and the Hawks poured five goals of their own into the empty Canadien net to win a 10-2 fiasco. For the first time in the history of the league, a play-off spot was determined by goals scored: New York 246, Montreal...
...also the first time in 22 years that Montreal was not a Cup contender. The prospect miffed the Canadiens: many of them felt that Detroit had rolled over and played dead against New York. "That was an awful way for the Red Wings to finish up the season," said Yvan Cournoyer. "Those guys have no pride." His fellow-Canadiens felt that many Detroit regulars-Aging Stars Alex Delvecchio and Gordie Howe among them-had been used too sparingly. They were incensed when Detroit's Gary Unger cheerily admitted on TV that the team had stayed up late the night...
...play-offs began, Boston and Chicago both jumped off to 2-0 series leads, thanks to decisive home-ice victories. Regardless of the outcome, that agonizing last weekend had produced one final twist: with Montreal and Toronto finishing out of the money, the Stanley Cup was a strictly U.S. affair for the first time in the history of the league...
...cast-glass figures of the main pavilion, there is an immense iron bell, which visitors are invited to toll. In Expoland (the amusement area), the Czechs are showing an improved version of Laterna Magika, the combination of multi-projector movie wall and live acting that was the hit of Montreal's Expo...
Another fault is the fair's lack of innovation. Many visitors have complained that they saw little that was basically different from what was presented at Montreal in 1967. Such observations from world travelers matter little to the Japanese, who are enjoying Asia's first world's fair to the fullest. In any case, Expo '70 is well worth the trip for the Westerner who has never seen a world's fair-or Japan. The crowds may sometimes be unnerving, but they are part of the fun. If anyone wanders astray, there is a smoothly...