The Archive · 1938

Wings Crushed

Playing in their home arena, the league-leading Boston Bruins crushed the Detroit Red Wings, 6-2. The Wings, holders of the Stanley Cup, symbolic trophy of hockey supremacy, for the last two years, again showed lapse of form after their rally of the previous week when they made a determined effort to climb out of the bottom rung of the American Division ladder.

The revamped Americans, despite the advantage of their home rink, could not whip the Chiezgo Black Hawks at New York and had to be content with splitting the decision. Each team scored a goal By dividing the points, the Amerks only came within two points of the league-leading "Maple Leafs in the Canadian Division, although they had fully expected to cut the margin still more by taking the Hawks into camp.

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