The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-03
MEL HILL GETS SUDDEN DEATH
 OVERTIME GOAL
Boston Bruins Win Odd" Game of Series Game
 Was Thriller

Boston, April 3 = (UP) = A weary but triumphant band of Bos- ton Bruins were Stanley Cup final ists for the fourth time in IS years after eliminating the courageous New York Rangers, 2~1, early today in a best-of-seven series that lasted 553 minutes, 28 seconds.
 The Bruins, who last won the cup emblematic of world ice hockey supremacy in 1929, meet the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening game here Thursday night. A second -ame of the hockey world series" will be played here Saturday night. Time and place of the other five games were undecided.
 Mel Sudden Death) Hill, rookie winger whom Manager Les Patrick of the Rangers once rejected as "too frail for big-time hockey. scored the decisive tally after 48 minutes of overtime in the seventh game of the bitterly fought series. A season record crowd of 16,981 turned Boston Garden into a mad house as the slender winger's shot thumped the netting.
 Revenge!
 For Hill, whose sensational shots had won two previous series over time battles, 1t was a glorious re- venge. And for Center Bill Cowley, who set up the winning goal on all three occasions, there was glory too. The end came exactly after 108 minutes of play. Cowley recovered wild shot by Winger Roy Coma cher and fed Hill, coasting in on the right side, a perfect pass. Hill skated a few feet and fired the shot heard round the hockey world from 10 feet out into the right and corner.
 The Bruins, who broke five rec- ords in winning the National Hockey, League pennant, and the determined Rangers, who evened the series at three all after dropping the first three games, had battled grimly until Hill struck pay dirt. Another Patrick Discard, Ray Getliffe, who was slated to be trad- ed after disappointing season, put the Brunis in front at 15:52 of the second period when he def1ected Gordie Pettinger's shot from 25 feet past Goalie Herb Gardiner. Pettin- ger started the scoring thrust from scrimmage, but it was Getliffe an- chored in front of the net who com- pleted the tally. Gardiner protested strongly.
 Queer Shot
 Less than two minutes later, the Rangers evened the count at 1-1 on another tainted" goal Defenseman Murray Patrick smashed dunker from the boards just inside the blue line which hit the right post and trickled in at 17:45. Mac Colville got an assist.
 The Bruins had a wide edge in offensive play, particularly in the overtime. Manager Art Ross cent the Bruins up in f1ve-man waves consistently in the sudden death" Gardiner, who substituted in the Ranger net for the injured Dave 1AC1A, WdS otIlSdClOIldl. lIIle dIU6r ! time as the Bruins knifed through or skated around his outer guard, he put up an impregnable defense. Gardiner made 49 saves, 23 of them with the chips down in the over- time. Frankie Brimsek, the leagues leading goalie, had 27 saves, but a tight Boston defense helped him considerably.
 Both teams played cleanly, taking few chances of penalties being call- ed. Only six-minor penalties were handed out all night.
 The Bruins. who last won the cup emblematic of world ice hockey su- premacy in 1929, meet the Toronto Maple Leafs in the opening game of the finals here Thursday night. The second game of the "hockey world series" also will be played here Sum- day night. The thiru and fourth games will be played at Toronto April II and IA. Other scheduled dates are April Is, Boston; April IS Toronto and April 20, Boston.