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July 1, 1965

July 1, 1965

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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More Than 900 Mourners Pay Tribute To Balfour At Regina Funeral Service

REGINA, Sask. Murray Balfour loved the game of hockey. He liked the big crowds, too. Even to the end, he attracted a full house. More than 900 persons jammed their way into St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church to pay final tribute to the 28-year-old former National Hockey League star who died of cancer. Friends, relatives and hockey people who had come in contact with this vibrant hockey performer came to say goodbye and as had been the case many times in his NHL career, the crowd overflowed the church. Death seemed strangely out of place in the solemn assemblage with young strong men like Bobby Hull, Billy Hay and Bob Turner slowly pacing the casket as it was taken into the church. Hull, Hay and Turner had played with Balfour during his career and…

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New Group Pumps Life Into Toledo

TOLEDO, O.— To1edo’s Blades, who skated through the past International Hockey League season on thin ice, financially speaking, appear to be on a sound basis for the upcoming season, following the announcement that two young businessmen will reorganize the club and operate it as a locally owned entry in the IHL. The men behind the reorganization are Steve Stranahan, 31, president of National Flight Services, Inc and John F. Savage, 35, general agent in this area for the Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co. They said a new corporation, Toledo Enterprises, Inc. has been formed to operate the hockey team and has been authorized to issue 3,000 shares of common stock and 4,497 shares of non-voting preferred stock, which can be converted into common stock at a later date. The preferred stock, designed to pay…

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NHL Player Changes

DETROIT RED WINGS (11) Trades: Ab McDonald, Bob McCord, Andy Bathgate, Billy Harris, Ken Stephanson, Gary Jarrett. Draft: Don McKenney, Bryan Watson, Pat Hannigan, Irv Spencer, Dune McCallum. CHICAGO BLACK HAWKS (6) Trades: Dick Meissner, Dave Richardson, Tracy Pratt, Mel Pearson. Draft: Pat Stapleton, Ernie Wakely. NEW YORK RANGERS (9) Trades: Johnny McKenzie, Ray Cullen, Gary Peters, Cesare Maniago, Ed Giacomin. Draft: Earl Ingarfield, Billy Knibbs, Don Simmons, Larry Mickey. MONTREAL CANADIENS (5) Trades: Don Johns, Dave McComb, Gord Labossiere, Noel Price. Draft: Keith Walsh. TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS (8) Trades: Marcel Pronovost, Larry Jeffrey, Eddie Joyal, Lowell MacDonald, Orland Kurtenbach, Andy Hebenton, Aut Erickson. Draft: Larry Johnston. BOSTON BRUINS (11) Trades: Parker MacDonald, Al Langlois, Ron Harris, Bob Dillabough, Ron Stewart. Draft: Jerry Cheevers, Paul Popeil, Norm Schmitz, Keith Wright, Claude Dufour, Glen Sather.…

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How They Picked Them

AMERICAN LEAGUE TEAMS WESTERN LEAGUE TEAMS NUMBER OF PLAYERS DRAFTED (29) American League Picks (20) Western League Picks (9)…