Boston, Mar. 23.
The Boston Bruins beat the New York Rangers, 3-2, after an overtime period before 'a howling mob of home town spectators tonight to score their second victory in the play-off series for the Stanley Cup, symbolic trophy of national professional ice hockey supremacy.
The Bruins, hottest favourites in years to clinch the Stanley Cup, again waged a furious battle before emerging victorious against the fighting Rangers. The Bruins need only two more victories in the remaining five games of the series to enter the finals of the play-off competition.
Odds on the Bruins rose and they were generally expected to win the right to play in the finals in not more than five the seven-game series.
As in the opening game in the series last Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden, the score was deaalocked when the crock of the gun announced the end of the tussle. In the overtime period, however, the Bruins came through with their famous battering-ram offensive and smashed through the defence in a grand exhibition of speed and skill They put in the puck for the decisive goal in a rally that brought the spectators to their feet. In the first game, the Bruins won, 2-1
The Toronto Maple Leafs won their second game from the New York Americans, 2-0, and thus entered the semi-final of the play-off series. The Leafs triumphed in the best two out of three games between the fifth and sixth teams to finish in the League. The Leafs won the opening game, 4-0.
The Leafs will now face the winner of the series between the Detroit Red Wings and the "Montreal. Canadiens, who are deadlocked.
he Red Wings'and the Canadiens will clash. in a decisive tussle Friday night to see which team plays the Maple Leafs in a bid to enter-the finals.—United Press.
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