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cooped high-scoring honors with 14 points.Lukasiewicz also look scoring laurels ago ins l Pawtucket with 18 markers.State University star Jim Aian-gum of New Orleans 6 anti 5 while Key whipped former professional Glen Fowler of Oklahoma City 3 and 2.Cleveland Finishes 3rd In AHL But Face Springfield In PlayoffsBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSThe Gevcland Barons wailed until the final week - end of the kir.g American ilackey League season to capture third place in the ftir.riir.ss. And when they have time to think about it today, maybe they'll wish they hadn't.By finishing 1hird ahead of Buffalo hy ihi? slim margin of one cams in the victory column, the Rruvns earned the doubtful privilege of facing the champion Springfield Indians fn the first rcund of the playoffs starling Wednesday, ine llershcy Bears meet Eihfalo in the second vs. f 2\ t:lh playolf series.Spring field woo the league championship and the Caldcr Cup last year and at I this season the Indar.s have been acting as if that was jusl the start. When they blanked Quebec 0 in their firal game Saturday, they finished with an almost incredible S3points and 245 goals for lt;2 games. That gave them an Is? game margin over llcrshey in the final fctAr.dir.gs nr.d on average of -1.73 i goals per game.. Cleveland got within range of ■ third place by whipping the Rochester Americans 7-2 cn Saturday [ while Buffalo arxf Hcrshcy plavvd i a 2-2 tie. Then the Barons rlir.cacd J it Sunday afternoon with a 3 - 11 victory over Hcrshcy.Buffalo downed Rochester 64 in a Sunday night game and t matched Cleveland's final 73; points. But since the Bvran* had. 36 victories and the Birons only, 35, Cleveland gained the’ thi.xi spot.To wind up the regular* season activities, the Quebec Ares scored j four goals in the first period and i beat the Providence Reds 6-4 art | a game in which Provider, rc used ; three goalies for one period each.. Rod McGarry of Brown Univcr-1 sity was the four-goal victim. 1
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Newport Daily News
Newport, Rhode Island, US
Mon, Mar 27, 1961
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