Black Hawks Send Series with Red Wings to Seventh Game

Apr. 14, 1965 - The Chicago Black Hawks stayed alive last night, blanking the Red Wings at Chicago Stadium, 4-0, to send their Stanley Cup semifinal series to the seven-game limit Thursday at the Detroit Olympia.

Kenny Wharram scored at 3:18 of the second period on the favorite shot of the series — a partially screened ice-skimmer from near the blue line — and then the Hawks wrapped it up with a three-goal outburst in the last eight minutes of the contest.

The home team has won all six games of the series. That is the way it went last year, only the Wings broke the trend by winning the final game on Chicago ice to eliminate the Hawks for the second straight year.

The three-goal barrage that put the game away started with Phil Esposito’s goal at 12:18 of the third period. It was followed by Stan Mikita at 15:15 and penalty-killer Red Hay at 16:48.

The Wings had finally stopped Bobby Hull — not one goal for the Blond Bomber for the first time in the series — but this time, the Hawks found some other contributors.

“You can’t win if you can’t score goals,” said Wing coach Sid Abel. “We’ll just have to go back and regroup again. We had the shots, but Glenn Hall made a lot of big saves.”

The Hawk goalie made 33, but one slid by him in the second period. Norm Ullman had flipped a long shot which Hall juggled, and the puck dropped in the crease.

“Hall pushed it over with his glove,” explained Abel, “but the whistle had blown. It was just that nobody heard it.”

At the other end of the stadium, Hawk coach Billy Reay was claiming nothing.

“All I know is that there’s another game coming up Thursday night,” he said.

Despite Hall’s shutout, Reay was more impressed by the play of Bill Hay.

“Both goalkeepers played well, but I thought Red Hay was tremendous,” he said. “He was the outstanding man on the ice. I was sure glad to see Esposito’s goal go in. It took a lot of the pressure off.”

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