Show Rangers Stiffen In Title Games Hockey lackey Cup Defenders Play Montreal Again Sunday MONTREAL March 21 P After JP-Arter After being eing almost counted out in advance he the New York Rangers defenders o of the he Stanley cup were back in the playoff layoff argument Wednesday with at least cast an ev even even n chance of going on to the he semifinal round The shaky Blue Shirts stiffened th their heir lr defense when the test came Tuesday night and played th theMon Mon tr real treal al Maroons their riv rivals rivals' Is' Is in the third hird place series to toa a scoreless scoreleSs' draw drawn in n the opening contest of the National Hockey le- le leagues league's gues gue's postseason series The teams will complete their two- two game ame total goal series at New York Sunday night nigh resting Thursday when the he other teanis teams Toronto Detroit Chicago and the Montreal begin their playoff action The defense which looked weakest weakes during luring the regular season proved to tobe tobe be the Rangers' Rangers strongest point last night Andy Aitkenhead the goalie who was reported to be on the verge of a nervous nei breakdown played a coot cool clever game Led Lcd as usual by the speedsters Jimmy Ward and Baldy Northcott the he Maroons had a big edge in the territorial pl play y as they sent one power play after another up the ice when the Rangers ere w-ere were shorthanded The close checking and Aitkenhead's ds goal coal guarding kept them at bay |