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Having survived their closest brush with elimination in four years by edging once-and-probably-not-future Bruin coach Don Cherry's skaters four games to three, the Canadiens now move on to the NHL finals, where they will face the upstart New York Rangers beginning tomorrow night...
...they did. Stan Jonathan, known more for connecting on uppercuts than wristshots, lost his two front teeth but found the net for his first career hat trick to lead Boston to a rousing 5-2 stomping of the Montreal Canadiens. With their best-of-seven NHL semifinal series tied at three victories apiece, the two teams now travel to the Forum for Thursday night's deciding contest...
...result was inevitable. The Boston Bruins have not won a playoff contest in the Montreal Forum in a long time, and the Canadiens continued their winning habit with a tightly contested 4-2 victory last night in the first game of the NHL semifinals...
...RESULTS NHL SEMIFINALS...
...Kids, what do you call it when a gelatinous, undulating mass of 17 hockey teams has shrunk to a compressed--but not radioactive--bubble of four squads, all confident, all talented, all more than a bit nervous? You call it the NHL semifinals, and that's where we begin tonight...