Task: Text Simplification
Input (English): after the end of the fifth overtime period , managers conn smythe of the maple leafs and art ross of the bruins asked league president frank calder to suspend the game , but calder refused.
Output (English): after the end of the fifth overtime period , the managers conn smythe of the maple leafs and art ross of the bruins , asked league president frank calder to suspend the game , but calder refused.