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March 4, 1967
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Movements of Players
Following are the latest player movements in hockey: NATIONAL LEAGUE DETROIT—Val Fonteyne, Peter Mahovlich, Ted Taylor and Craig Cameron, forwards, and Pete Goegan, defenseman, sent to Pittsburgh of AHL. NEW YORK—Bob Plager, defenseman, returned to Baltimore of AHL. CHICAGO—Bob Sneddon, goalkeeper, and John Miszuk, defenseman, returned to St. Louis of CPHL. TORONTO—John Brenneman, forward, sent to Rochester of AHL. MONTREAL—Carol Vadnais, defenseman, recalled from Houston of CPHL. AMERICAN LEAGUE PITTSBURGH—Gerry Abel and Dave Rochefort, forwards, and Irv Spencer, defenseman, returned to Memphis of CPHL. CENTRAL LEAGUE OMAHA—Bill Fairburn, forward, recalled from Winnipeg Juniors for five-game pro tryout. INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE MUSKEGON—Ray Crew, defenseman, secured from Knoxville of EHL. COLUMBUS—Barry Zoback, forward, sent to Jacksonville of EHL. EASTERN LEAGUE CLINTON—Hugh Riopelle and Billy Watson, forwards, dropped.…
Western League Summaries
Tues. Feb. 14 SAN DIEGO 3 at VANCOUVER 7 FIRST PERIOD 1—Vancouver, Cahan (Vejprava, Maloney).. 5:09 2—Vancouver, Popein (Watson)…… 6:17 3—Vancouver, Cahan (Johns, Duke)…… 9:32 4—Vancouver Vejprava (Maloney, Popein) 18:05 Penalties: MacMillan 3:38, Watson 4:46, McNabb 8:08, Nicholson 17:34. SECOND PERIOD 5—San Diego, Ronson (Hynes)…… 3:10 6—San Diego, MacMillan (Gustafson, Watson)…… 18:50 7—Vancouver, Picard (Boehm, Popein)…… 19:40 Penalties: Dufour 1:22, MacMillan 11:39. THIRD PERIOD 8—San Diego, Hynes (Ronson, Sinclair) 5:40 9—Vancouver, Watson (Picard, Duke)…… 5:59 10—Vancouver, Popein (Boehm, Maloney).. 9:40 Penalties: Boehm 4:14, Watson 9:14 McNabb 11:08, Blackburn 16:03. Saves: Champoux 27, Simmons 10. Attendance: 2,320. Wed. Feb. 15 VICTORIA 4 at CALIFORNIA 1 FIRST PERIOD 1—Victoria, Wilcox (Polonic)…… 5:00 Penalties: Hucul 7:26, Swarbrick 15:03, Erickson 15:27. SECOND PERIOD 2—Victoria, Carmichael (Erickson, Hebenton)…… 8:05 Penalties: La8rosse 4:17, Mantha 7:23, Evans 11:34, Lamoureux 12:19. THIRD PERIOD 3—Victoria, Labadie (Jankowski, Barlow)…… 7:28 4—Victoria. Carmichael (Marcetta, Labadie)…… 9:10 5—California, Burns (Odrowski)…… 11:32 Penalty: Lamoureux 13:03. Saves: Smith 24, Henderson 23. Attendance: 4,887. Thurs. Feb. 16 PORTLAND 5 at LOS…
Eastern, Western Races Heading For Showdown As NCAA Finals Near
TROY, N.Y— With the post-season college tournaments just around the corner, Boston University and Cornell—coached by Ned Harkness—continue their commanding lead in the eastern race while out west North Dakota and Michigan are locked in a tight race for the McNaughton Cup. The eastern championships are set for March 9 and 11 in Boston Garden. Western colleges will playoff on March 7 and 9 with two final games scheduled on March 11 at the home sites of the first round winners. The eastern champion is an automatic selection to the NCAA Championships in Syracuse, N.Y. on March 17-19. The other eastern entry and the two western participants will be picked by regional Selection Committees. The feud between the NCAA and the Ivy Colleges over the controversial 1.6 academic rule has been settled—temporarily at…
No Immediate Expansion Seen For Loop
FORT WAYNE, Ind.— On the occasion of the International Hock ey League’s All-Star game and mid-season meeting in Muskegon, there was some talk of possible league expan sion and some reports had it that the loop was practically ready to take in at least one of three cities that were mentioned. Subsequent investigation, however, revealed that the expansion business was in very much of a nebulous stage and what had been reported in some quarters as formal application for membership were merely “feelers”. Cities which had shown interest were Cincinnati, Duluth and South Bend. There may be some further discussion along this line when the league holds its annual meeting May 25-28 in Colorado Springs. In the meantime the league governors were mulling over the future of the All-Star game, which drew only 1,186…
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