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October 6, 1972
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WHA To Experiment With Tie-Breaking Shootout
NEW YORK— World Hockey Association teams will experiment with a shootout to break ties if regulation 60-minute play and a 10-minute overtime period fail to produce a winner in pre-season games. “The experiment will be only for exhibition games,” emphasized James W.Browitt. executive vice-president and administrator of the WHA. Here’s how it will work: If the score is tied after completion of the third period, the two-teams will enter a sudden death overtime period. But it neither team has scored after 10 minutes of play, they 11 line up for the shootout. Each coach will designate a shooting order and the teams will alternate moving in on the opposing goaltender one-on-one. similar to penalty shot situations. The visiting team will test the home team goalie first, then the home team will get its chance against the…
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VOL. 26 No. 1 OCTOBER 6, 1972 OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY Founded October 1st, 1947 Published weekly except monthly June through September by Ken-Will Publishing Co. Ltd. 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal 107, Canada. U.S. Office: 16 Maple Street, Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979 Charlie Halpin Editorial Director Kenneth William McKenzie President and Publisher Lyndon Little Assistant To Editor United States Advertising Representatives: Boston: Stephen Ganak, Mediarep Center Inc., 1425 Statler Office Bldg., Boston, Mass. 02116, telephone (617) 482-5233; New York: Raymond Ogren, Sports Communications Inc, 770 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. 10021, telephone (212) HA 1-7800. Yearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $7.00 in Canada $8.00 in the U.S.A. and $10.00 in Foreign Countries. Postpage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979. Send address changes to 1434 St. Catherine Street West, Suite 212, Montreal. 107, P.Q. Second class mail—Registration No. 1327 Printed in Canada…
NHL, AHL Teams Contribute To Huge Coaching Turnover
MONTREAL— The big turnover in hockey coaches continued throughout the off-season with both the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League helping contribute to the changes. Both leagues will have six men at the helm of their clubs who weren’t there at the start of last season. It’s a major changeover but apparently quiet common in hockey from the NHL right down to the junior leagues. With the help of two new franchises, the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League actually led the way with seven new coaches slated to head up OHA clubs for the start of the 1972-73 campaign. Here is a complete breakdown of the coaching changes since last season: NATIONAL LEAGUE California —Garry Young replaced Vic Stasiuk as coach. Young also serves as GM. Vancouver—Vic Stasiuk replaced Hal Laycoe as coach. Laycoe named vice-president…
Finger Licking Good!
TOLEDO— Among the many letters owner Paul Bright of Toledo received from aspiring hockey players seeking places on his IHL club’s roster was this one from a young goaler in Canada, who wrote: “If at all possible, I would desire to know if I could attend your hockey club’s training camp and vie for a position on your team’s roster. “This past season I tended nets for two teams. I played the complete season with the University of Detroit varsity. The other team was the Kentucky Fried Chicken of the Civic League.”…
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