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June 1, 1972
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EHL Realigned Into Three Divisions
NEW YORK— The Eastern Hockey League will have a definite new look about it next season but one thing will remain unchanged—Tom Lockhart will be back as president. The off-season developments were the aftermath of the EHL’s annual meeting at Bermuda during which the league was realigned into three four-team divisions—North, Central and South—and two new clubs were officially admitted to the circuit while another changed name and location. The EHL, through returning president Lockhart, announced that Rhode Island and Cape Cod would be the new teams raising the league’s strength to an even dozen clubs. The New Haven Blades were to become officially known as the New England Blades with its new home playing rink at West Springfield, Mass. The EHL will become a three-division circuit in 1972-73 with four teams operating in…
Denver’s Huck Named MVP; Hebenton Wins 4th Award
DENVER— The magic names in the Western Hockey League awards selections this season included Fran Huck. Bob Whitlock, Sandy Hucul and Andy Hebenton—all pretty good choices. The dynamic little Huck, 5’7” and only 165, did it all for the title-bound Spurs. He killed penalties, skated on the power play, played his regular shift, was a top scorer and became the prime candidate for the Al Leader Cup as the WHL’s most valuable player, an award he won easily. Huck polled 287 points in the all-opponent player balloting to 198 for Portland’s Art Jones. Five points are awarded for a first place vote, three for second and one for third. The Phoenix Roadrunners, second place finishers this season, claimed three of the top six players in the balloting. Larry Lund, runnerup to Jones in the scoring,…
NHL Teams Eye Rochester Franchise
ROCHESTER— The only thing certain about the Rochester Americans at this point is that everything is uncertain. That goes for the owners, the general manager, the coach and the players. The Amerks, last-place finishers in the American Hockey League the past four seasons (all four of their years as a farm club of the Vancouver Canucks), have a “For Sale” tag on them The Toronto Maple Leafs have expressed an interest. So have the new National League New York Islanders. And the Detroit Red Wings. And the Buffalo Sabres, who since have retrenched in Cincinnati. And there’s an independent New York City group which reportedly has offered the most thus far. The asking price, of course, is a secret, but one educated guess is $700,000 for the franchise and 10 players. Compare that figure with…
BOOK REVIEW:
With the pulsating BostonNew York Stanley Cup final series still fresh in every hockey fan’s mind, it is difficult to imagine a more timely book than John Devaney’s WE LOVE YOU BRUINS (Sport Magazine Press, 183 pages). As a team history, Devany’s treatment of the amazing vicissitudes in the fortunes of the Boston Bruins during their colorful 47-year tenure in the National Hockey League is just about perfect. With a light but extremely readable touch, the author brushes relatively quickly over the early Bruin years and the team’s first idols such as Eddie Shore (the original Big, Bad Bruin), Dit Clapper, and the Krauts, but saves his best for the analysis of the contemporary galaxy of stars that currently shine in the Boston black and gold livery. While avoiding many of the…
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