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[ CROWD CHEERS ]
>> 20,000 FANS JAMMED
CHICAGO STADIUM TO SEE THIS
FINAL GAME OF PERHAPS THE MOST
EXCITING AND DRAMATIC
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS IN NHL
HISTORY.
BECAUSE OF THE EXCITEMENT, THE
CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
PRE-EMPTED I PRIME-TIME
THIS GAME.OGRAMMING TO CARRY
THAT, COUPLED WITH THE TWO
CANADIAN TELEVISION NETWORKS,
ENABLED RE THAN 25 MILLION
VIEWERS TO SEE HOCKEY AT ITS
BEST.
THE GAME OPENS WITH A GREAT
OFFENSIVE MOVE BY HULL, BUT,
SOMEHOW, DDEN MANAGES TO KEEP
THE PUCK OUT.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
ESPOSI COMES OUT TO CUT DOWN
THE ANGLE ON FRANK MAHOVLICH.
IT WAS ONEIG SAVE AFTER
ANOTHER.
DURING THE FIRST PERIOD, BOTH
GOALIES MADE SAVES THAWERE
NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACULOUS.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
[ INDISTCT SHOUTING ]
NOW IN THE FINAL MINES OF THE
FIRST PERIOD, WATCH AS
DENNIS HULL, NUMBER 10, MEETS
DRYDEN FROM AN UNLIKELY ANGLE TO
VE CHICAGO A 1-0 LEAD.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
THE BIG QUESTION IN THIS GAME
WAS, WOULD HOME ICE NTINUE TO
BE A DECIDING FACTOR?
BOTH TEAMS HAVE WON EVERY GAME
ON THEIR HOME ICE SO FAR.
MARTIN CTERS THE PUCK TO
O'SHEA.
HE KNOCKS IT DOWN, GETS CONTROL,
D FIRES IT HOME!
AND IT'S 2-0 FOR THE BLACK HAWKS
AT 7:33 OF THE SECOND PERIOD.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
ONLY THE CROSSBAR SAVED DRYDEN
ON THAT BLAST BY BOBBY HULL.
CHICAGO SEEMED TO BE COMPLETELY
IN CONTROL UNTIL LAIRE
SURPRISED EVERYBODY, INCLUDING
ESPOSI, WITH A BULLETLIKE SHOT
FROM JUST OVER CENTER ICE, AND
THE COMPLEXION OF THE GAME
STARTED TO CHANGE.
THAT UNEXPTED GOAL MAKES IT
2-1, WITH SLIGHTLY OVER
5 MINUTES LEFT TO PLAY IN THE
SECOND PERIOD.
PAPPIN, AT THE SIDE OF THE NET,
MISSES AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO
PUT CHICAGO FURTHER AHEAD.
BUT 1:40 BEFORE THE SECO
PERIOD ENDED, RICHARD HAD TIED
THE SCOR 2-2.
NOW IT'S DOWN TO THE FINAL
20 MINUTES OF THIS TENSE DRAMA,
AND THTENSION MOUNTS.
HOULE FIGHTS FOR THE PUCK.
FEEDS IT TO FERGUSON.
BUT ESPOSITO MAKES THE STOP.
NADIENS ARE CARRYING THE
ATTACK.
THAT'S HENRI RICHARD GOING IN ON
LEFT WING.
HE MANAGES TO ELUDE MAGNUSON'S
DIVING CHECK AND SHOOTS THE PUCK
OVER THE FALLING ESPOSITO.
MONTREAL GOES AHEAD,-2!
NOW THE PRESSURE IS ON CHICAGO.
THEY HAVE TO ATTACK.
AND THIS SAVE ON PAPPIN IS
TYPICAL OF THE WAY DRYDEN IS
FRUSTRATINTHE BLACK HAWKS.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
CHICAGO'S BEST CHANCE TO TIE THE
STOPPED BY DRYDEN -- THIS TIME,S
>> OHH!FANTASTIC LEG SAVE.
>> TIMIS RUNNING OUT, AND
ESPOSITO IS TRYING TO GET TO THE
BENCH FOR SIXTH ATTACKER, BUT
HOULE AND FERGUSON FORCE TONY TO
STAY IN HIS GOAL.
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
LESS THAN A MINUTE REMAINING.
ESPOSITO RACES TO THE BENCH, AND
CHICAGSENDS 6 MEN INTO THE
CANADIENS ZONE.
PETEAHOVLICH CLEARS THE PUCK
DOWN ICE.
ONLY SECONDS REMAIN.
INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
HERE COMES MIKITA.
OVER TO MARTIN.
HEOSES CONTROL, AND THE PUCK
COMES OUT OF THE MONTREAL END.
AND THE GAME IS OVER!
[ CROWD CHEERS ]
THE MONTREAL CANADIENSAVE WON
THE STANLEY CUP FOR A RECORD
16th TIME.
[ CHEERS CONTIE ]
THESE GREAT CHICAGO FANS STAND
TO CHE THE CHAMPIONS AND THEIR
VALIANT BLACK HAWKS.
AS THE PLAYERS EXCHANGE
CONGRATULATO HANDSHAKES, THE
TENSION AND FATIGUE SHOWS IN THE
FACE OHENRI RICHARD, WHO,
TONIGHT, LET HIS ACTIONS SPEAK
LOUDER THAN HIS WOS.
NHL PRESIDENT CLARENCE CAMPBELL
PRESENTS THE STANLEYUP TO
CAPTAIN JEAN BELIVEAU, HIS 10th
STANLEY CUP, A RECORD HE SHAS
WITH RICHARD.
[ BELL RINGING ]
[ CROWD CHEERS
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
IN THE DRESSING ROOM, THE
CANADIENS WERE EXHAUSTED, BUT
HAPPY.
THEY'D GIVEN THEIR ALL ON THE
ICE.
NOBODY COULD BLAME THEM FOR
BEING WEARY.
>> WHOO-HOO! WHOO-HOO!
>> AND BELIVEAU TUGGED OFF HIS
SWEATER FOR THE FINAL TIME.
SOON AFTER THIS VICTORY PARADE,
THE 39-YEAR-OLD BELIVEAU, ONE OF
THE GREATEST NAMES IN THE NHL,
ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT.
T MONTREAL FANS HAD A NEW
YOUNG HERO IN THEIR MIDST,
23-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE GOALTENDI
SENSATION KEN DRYDEN, THE
AYOFFS' MOST VALUABLE PLAYER.
COACMacNEIL ROLLED WITH
CANADIENS PRESIDENT DAVID MOLSON
AND THE 500,00PROUD CITIZENS
OF MONTREAL, WHO TURNED OUT TO
PAY TRIBUTE TO THEIRELOVED
CANADIENS -- SO JAMMED THE
STREETS TH IT TOOK 2 1/2 HOURS
TO GO ONLY 2 MILES.
BUT WHO CARED?
THE CUP WAS BACK IN MONTREAL.