Word: playoff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dozen-odd playoff games are the only really significant ones of the year. In them the half-dozen leading teams battle for possession of the world's championship Stanley Cup. The Brobdingnagian encounter between Maroons and Red Wings last week was the first of a three-out-of-five series between the group leaders. The Red Wings-ablest team in the League on their pre-playoff record, built around a crack forward line (Larry Aurie, Herb Lewis, Marty Barry) which scored no points during the season-won the second game, 3-to-0 and the third, in Detroit...
...Harvard team had the upper hand throughout the game and literally monopolized the puck during the second and third periods. The five goal rally in the middle frame left the Tigers in such a sorry state that the playoff was announced over the loudspeaker system just before the third period started. During the last period, Princeton was on its side of the blue line 80 per cent of the time...
...fastest, scrappiest game of the year, the Crimson sextet skated away with an 8-0 victory at the Arena Saturday evening and avenged the 4-3 Tiger upset of six weeks ago. A playoff will be held in the Garden Wednesday evening but it should be little trouble to Joe Stubbs' skaters if they continue to show the same spirit and ability...
...playoff games, in which Harvard has defeated Dartmouth, and Yale has defeated Princeton, will not count except in the case of teams tied for the League Championship...
...Princeton team, which defeated Yale 5-1 last Saturday and lost to the Elis in the playoff Wednesday 4-3, are expected to put up a good fight tonight in this crucial League tilt. With the four teams neck-and-neck and the season nearing its close, every game from now on will be significant in the final standings...