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August 1, 1968
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Kings Swap Two Wingers For Cahan
MONTREAL, Que.— Larry Cahan, one of the National Hockey League’s more robust defensemen, will be playing with his fourth big league hockey club this season when he performs with Los Angeles Kings. Cahan, who formerly played with Toronto and New York and participated in all 74 games with Oakland Seals last season, was traded to the Kings by the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for two players—both wingers. The 34-year-old 200 pounder ranked as the fifth highest scoring rearguard in the NHL’s Western Division last season with 9 goals and 15 assists for 24 points. Cahan, who was picked up by the Stanley Cup champions in the summer draft meetings from Oakland, heads to the Kings in return for a pair of left wingers, Brian Smith and Yves Locas. General manager Sam Pollock of the Canadiens,…
St. Louis Blues Revamp Top Ice Posts To Develop Farm System
ST. LOUIS, MO. — The St. Louis Blues will launch their second season in the National Hockey League next October with a new general manager, a new assistant coach and a newly-created position of Managing Director and there will be familiar faces in all places. In a major realignment of top level posts, Lynn Patrick will become Managing Director, Scotty Bowman will add the general manager’s job to his coaching duties, and the great All-Star Doug Harvey will be on full-time duty as assistant coach and sometime player. Sidney Salomon, Jr president of the Blues, said that in order to enable the Blues to be a continuing success, “it is most important for us to further develop our farm system.” Salomon said that Patrick would be freed from his other duties to enable him…
Kings Figure Goaling Problems Eased With Desjardins, Rutledge For Net
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Gerry Desjardins, the MVP in the American league last season is the outstanding new player available to the Los Angeles Kings at this writing. By the conclusion of the NHL draft meetings, the Kings had added three new pros, including center Philip (Skip) Krake and winger Ted Snell, and had surrendered three old pros, winger Terry Gray, center Brian Kilrea and defenseman Roger Cote. They also got defenseman Larry Cahan from Montreal. Prior to the draft, the Kings acquired Krake from Boston for a player yet to be chosen, and Desjardins, former Toronto amateur, from Montreal for their first draft picks in 1969 and 1972 in the new amateur grab-bag. They also traded Gray to St. Louis for winger Myron Stankiewicz, but then die not protect Stankiewicz, and he immediately was…
Lowly Seals Confident 14 New Hockey Faces To Put Western Team In Thick Of NHL Race
OAKLAND, Calif. — The Western Division race is going to be as tight this year as it was last, with one major difference: there’s going to be another team in the race — the Oakland Seals. That’s Teddy Hampson’s view of things to come for the scraggly National Hockey League tailenders. After several months of uncertainty, a financial crisis or two, and a hideous debut in expansion, the Seals believe they can see a little light peeking in from behind all those black clouds. And Hampson, the 32-year-old ex-Red Wing pivot who gave the Oaklanders such a lift last season, is typical of the enthusiastic pros who are eagerly awaiting the Sept. 13 Oshawa, Ont. training camp. “I can’t wait to get going,” says Billy Harris, “I’ve got a few things to prove.” Harris had a…
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