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June 1, 1971
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Punch Imlach Eager To Trade, Filling Draft List No Problem
BUFFALO — Punch Imlach was worrying more about making some deals before the trading deadline than about his protected lists as the Buffalo Sabres prepared for the annual June draft meeting. Imlach and his assistants scouted extensively following the of the regular schedule and had complete books on all the amateur leagues, as well as the pro circuits. “We might as well be frank about it, we won't have any problems about who we will protect and who we won't.” said Imlach, the general manager and coach. “We've just completed our first season, and while we were more than pleased with our artistic accomplishments, we're looking for help, and will have plenty of room to protect the players we need and want.” Imlach has made it clear defensemen and left-wingers are his primary needs, and…
Columbus Back In IHL With Seals' Hookup: Champion Port Huron Flags Become 'Wings'
FORT WAYNE— The International Hockey League has returned to an eight-team circuit for the 1971-72 season with Columbus coming back under the banner of the California Golden Seals. The defunct Columbus, Ohio franchise, idle last season because of financial difficulties, has been purchased by Charles O. Finley, owner-president of the NHL Seals, and will return to the IHL fold to create a balanced league. IHL Commissioner Bill Beagan announced that franchise had been granted to Columbus and to Saginaw, Mich. Wren Blair, general manager of the Minnesota North Stars, will operate the 'Saginaw entry and will commence operations in the IHL only in the 1972-73 season. The franchise fee for both cities was announced at $50,000 each. Plans call for Columbus to play its home games in the Ohio State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Columbus where…
Flurry Of NHL Trades Likely To Trim Available Draft Picks
MONTREAL — If the National Hockey League‘s have nots were to get a crack at the existing protected lists before the trading deadline, it is a fair guess to say some valuable hockey talent would be grabbed up. But don’t be fooled by what you see before the draft. It probably won't be there when the 14 NHL teams sit down to pick from one another in the annual in-tra-league draft in which each team may lose three players or more depending on how active they are in the selecting. The expected rash of pre-draft trades will no doubt materialize to keep coveted players — those who couldn't be squeezed on to the allowed 18 players and two goalkeepers protected list — from getting away to rival NHL clubs. Many teams have been talking…
Hockey Ad Lib
New Yorkers Wanted Winner NEW YORKERS ARE THE MOST provincial of people. There is a feeling there that what is beyond is not. In the big city, everything has to be the biggest. When one of its teams — the Jets, the Mets, the Knicks — win a title, it is hailed as the down of a dynasty. The team is trumpeted beyond reason. Books are published even on its bench-warmers. And when one as these teams falls short, not of what it really is, but of what we have been told it is, its critics turn on it with ridicule. The Knicks lost in a seventh game of the NBA semi-finals with its key player crippled and the headline read, “Knicks All Washed Up?” The Rangers also lost in the seventh…
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