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July 1, 1971
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NHL Teams Pick 22 Players From U.S. Colleges In Draft
MONTREAL— National Hockey League teams have, apparently, decided that the American college hockey system is now a bona fide development ground for future NHL talent. The trend, started by Michigan Tech grad Red Berenson, then nurtured by such recent products as Keith Magnuson, Cliff Koroll, George Morrison and, of course, Ken Dryden, may soon turn into a Hood. NHL scouting personnel rated US trained college players high enough that a total of 22 of them were selected in the recent NHL draft of overage amateur talent. Though none were selected among the first 30, of the next 40 picked, 10 came from American educational institutions. Heading the list was Jim Cahoon of North Dakota University who was Montreal Canadiens’ seventh pick and No. 31 in the entire draft. Next, Los Angeles Kings — in their…
Flyers Pick Fred Shero After Success In Minors
PHILADELPHIA— The National Hockey League will have still another new coach when the 1971-72 big league season gets underway. He’s Fred Shero who has been named to take over the Philadelphia Flyers. Shero, a quiet, studious man of 45, will attempt to prove with the Flyers that a good, solid minor league hockey coach can become just as successful in the big time. Shero’s record below the NHL level has been strewn with championship teams and it's his ticket to the majors for the first time in his career as a coach. The Flyers signed Shero to a three-year contract to succeed Vic Stasiuk at the helm of the club after Shero completed another winning year by coaching Omaha Knights to the Central League title. Shero becomes the third new NHL coach for the…
Final 1970-71 AHL Statistics
Bears, Penguins Sian Full Ice Pact HERSHEY— Maybe Leonard (Red) Kelly has struck on a new format for producing winning hockey teams. At least the general manager-coach of the National League Pittsburgh Penguins has high hopes for his theory. “We own 43 players out right and our idea is to stock two teams with the best talent possible, ” he said shortly after Pittsburgh announced it had signed a full working agreement with the American League Hershey Bears. This arrangement is in sharp contrast to the thinking of other major league clubs which have at least three farms teams feeding the parent organizations. “We dropped our working agreement with Amarillo in the Central League which means that many of the young players who don’t make the Penguins will wind up in Hershey. “Hershey will get first…
Greensboro Deals For Nashville Players; Houston Rejection Brings New Reaction
GREENSBORO— Playoff statistics Carl Scheer, the new general manager of the Greensboro Generals, hasn’t wasted any time making an impact on the Eastern Hockey League. Scheer, who is also president and the general manager of the Carolina Cougars of the American Basketball Association, has been highly critical of the EHL magnates because they turned down Houston’s bid to join the circuit. The owners rejected the Texas city but admitted St. Petersburg, Fla., into the loop to replace the defunct Nashville franchise. FINAL EHL STATISTICS While Scheer was sounding off on his newly-acquired hockey cohorts, he also engineered a deal whereby the Generals have secured some top player talent by announcing that the Greensboro club had purchased outright all the players on the disbanded Nashville club for the 1971-72 season. No cash amount was disclosed, but…
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