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September 1, 1971
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Ranger Tieup Boosting Reds’ Sales; Providence Swans Two For Paterson
PROVIDENCE— In the distance these days at ancient R.I. Auditorium, one can almost sense the pounding of hammers, the lurching of cranes and the pouring of cement buckets as work goes on at an accelerated pace on the new down-town Providence Civic Center. Opening date is due in early October, 1972. leaving the old R.I. Auditorium without ahockey team for the first time since 1926. As the Reds get set to celebrate a 46th straight year in the pro hockey ranks, this final year in the place some players call “The Pit” should really be something. Now aligned with the New York Rangers in a five year agreement destined to make Providence one of the great minor league hockey towns in the universe, the Reds are selling season tickets at a record breaking pace.…
Detroit Great Going To Camp To Find The Answer
DETROIT— Summer-long, the question in Detroit has been “will he?” or “won’t he?” It’s Gordie Howe, of course. Will he play a 26th season in the National Hockey League or will he call it quits now at a round 25? Not even Howe knew as the Red Wings made preparations for their fall camp at Port Huron. But the scale leaned heavily toward retirement. All of Howe’s friends were in on the guessing and Bill Gadsby, former teammate and coach and a fast friend, said he felt “98 percent sure” that Howe will retire. But the other two percent, Gadsby pointed out, was a big two percent—that $100,000 a year contract. Howe has a year remaining on his pact which made him one of the highest paid players in hockey history and he admitted “it’s…
Gray Named Non-Playing Columbus Coach
COLUMBUS — The International Hockey League coaching picture was completed recently with the appointment of Terry Gray to handle the new Columbus Golden Seals. The 33-year-old former National Leaguer has decided to hand up his skates in favor of a coaching career and will guide the Columbus club from the bench after 12 years in professional hockey as a player and a coach. Gray becomes the second new IHL coach for the 1971-72 season. Bill Needham, the former Cleveland Baron’s defenseman. was named to take over the Toledo Hornets. A native of Montreal. Gray will be at the helm of a Columbus team which is returning to the IHL after a year’s absence under the supervision of the California Golden Seals of the NHL. California owner Charles O. Finley purchased the Columbus franchise to…
Mikita Gears For Another Painful Yeat
CHICAGO — During the last couple years, hockey has been a pain in the back for Stan Mikita. But almost everything else has been, too, so the classy veteran center is far from ready to forsake his livelihood — though it would probably save him plenty of anguish. What he’d like more than anything is a remedy, but that has been as elusive as the aggravation has been perpetual. “I never really had any relief from the pain,” noted Mikita, “ever since it first happened. It was a game against Montreal in February of ‘69 and I got crosschecked a couple of times in a row. “Ever since then I’ve had the pain at the base of my back. It hasn’t only been when 1 play. In fact, when I get warmed up and…
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