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July 1, 1973

The Hockey News July 1, 1973

<p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The formation of a seven team inter-city American Junior Hockey League was announced on June 4. Teams representing New York, Philadelphia, South Jersey Baltimore, Marlboro, Mass., Portland, Me. and Nashua, N.H. the charter members.</p><p>Norman MacLean was elected interim president with a new meeting set for July 8. Additional memberships are expected from Washington, D.C., Binghamton, N.Y. and Rochester, N.Y.</p><p>Play will start in November with plans calling for a schedule through February.</p><p>&ldquo;This is a giant step forward for American hockey,&rdquo; said MacLean. &ldquo;This league has been in the talking stage for years, because of the ever continuing flow of good American players to Canada. This season Max Hansen, a former N.Y. Metro player was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars. Last season it was Chris Ahrens, also drafted by Minnesota, after learning his early hockey in the N.Y. Metro and then playing in the OHA. The object of the American Junior Hockey League will be to supply faster competition for the American boy who has the ability.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

IN THIS ISSUE

American Junior League Formed With Seven Teams

<div class="byline">By ALEX HARDY</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0020-03" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-03259/3417467-1-eng-US/f0020-032.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>There were smiles all around as the Minnesota Fighting Saints pulled off their latest hockey coup &mdash; the landing of the Walton brothers. At official signing ceremony from the left were, ALAN EAGLESON, BOBBY WALTON, MIKE WALTON, coach HARRY NEALE and general manager GLEN SONMOR. Addition of Waltons, who were represented in contract negotiations by Eagleson, is certain to enhance Saints.</b></figcaption></div><p>ST. PAUL&mdash;</p><p>The World Hockey Association&rsquo;s West Division clubs continue to make big news.</p><p>&ldquo;It was obvious to anyone watching us last year that we needed more scoring power and physical strength,&rdquo; said Minnesota&rsquo;s Harry Neale as he signed a new two-year contract to coach the fighting Saints. No sooner said than done. Saints picked up the scoring power by grabbing brothers Mike and Bob Walton, both prolific snipers, and added muscle to their roster with the signing of Rick Smith and Steve Cardwell. General manager Glen Sonmor calls Mike Walton a potential 50-goal scorer in the WHA.&rdquo; Younger brother Bob, 24, scored 40 goals and 61 assists while earning the first-team all-star center berth in the Western League with Seattle. Smith, rugged 200-pound defenceman, was a regular with Boston Bruins for four seasons and California Seals for one. Cardwell, 190-pounder, has been regarded as a &ldquo;physical&rdquo; player during his three-year pro career with Pittsburgh. Saints, meanwhile, will hold their training camp in St. Paul in September.</p><p><b>ALBERTA:</b> Oilers are one of few WHA clubs who are not signing big-name newcomers. They went that route last year, signing more NHL players than any WHA team except New England, but they still missed the playoffs and had poor crowds until they started winning late in the season. Management has decided winning is the key, and General Manager Bill Hunter says this will happen with only half a dozen changes. Holes on left wing have been plugged with the addition of Ron Climie and Brian McKenzie. Hunter also plans to add two new right-wingers and is seeking to trade for a big gunner who would make the power play click. A big, tough defenseman and another pro goalie fill out his shopping list. Speculation continues to mount that captain and center Billy Hicke won&rsquo;t be back. Oilers added a tough, young center-winger in Bob Fitchner, who gained fame at Fort Wayne last year when he challenged the entire Flint team. Oilers might also bring Len Lunde into the fold. The veteran forward is back in Edmonton with a brewery. There is also a good chance the team will be able to move from the tiny (5,200-seat) Edmonton Gardens to the new 16,000 seat Coliseum before the end of the schedule.</p><p><b>WINNIPEG:</b> Jets are signing few new men, although coach Bobby Hull admits a need for a hard hitting blueliner. More than one trade has been rumored. Left winger Dune Rousseau and speedy center Danny Johnson underwent surgery for an ailing knee and shoulder, respectively. Hull was also scheduled for the surgeon&rsquo;s knife to remove bone chips from an elbow, although the Golden Jet has put it off as long as possible and admits that rarely is a player the same after surgery. Norm Beaudin, who tied Hull for the team scoring title (103 points) wanted the club to re-negotiate his salary, but the executive stood firm. Rangy defenseman Jim Hargreaves, ex-Winnipeg junior star who spent the past two seasons with Vancouver Canucks, inked a two-year contract with Jets. Meanwhile, honors continued to be paid to the Jets. Owner Ben Hatskin was named Winnipeg&rsquo;s Man of the Year for bringing major league hockey and signing Hull. Hull was named WHA MVP.</p><p><b>LOS ANGELES:</b> &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be doing my level best to bring the WHA championship to Los Angeles,&rdquo; smiled young (23) Marc Tardif in true public relations form after signing a three-year pact for a reported $350,000. Sharks GM and president Dennis Murphy is right in calling the former Montreal Canadiens left-winger &ldquo;the biggest name in hockey in Los Angeles.&rdquo; He was a playoff hero in Canadiens march to the Stanley Cup, and according to L.A. coach Terry Slater, &ldquo;should be good for 50 goals with us.&rdquo; Murphy added that Sharks, who somehow made the playoffs with little-known players last year, will be bringing more top-name men to training camp this fall. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re not through signing top-notchers,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;Our goal is to bring the WHA title to Los Angeles.&rdquo;</p><p><b>CHICAGO:</b> &lsquo;If fan support con tinues to grow as it did for Cougars during their inaugural season,&rdquo; reads the flashy pamphlet recently distributed to prospective season ticket holders, &ldquo;tickets at the Amphitheatre will be sold out.&rdquo; Cougar fever is spreading fast, and the club is fanning the flame by signing some improved talent such as defenseman Darryl Maggs and goalie Cam Newton, both former NHLers. Maggs, 24, formerly played with the crosstown Black Hawks and admits he&rsquo;s happy to be back in the Windy City. Newton will team with veteran Jimmy McLeod, who was recently named Cougars&rsquo; Most Valuable Player in a poll of sportswriters and broadcasters. He received all but one of the votes cast. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re just getting up our momentum for the coming season,&rdquo; says Jacques Demers, director of playing personnel. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll be improved greatly by the time training camp rolls around.&rdquo;</p><p><b>HOUSTON:</b> The Aeros&rsquo; signing of the Howes was the biggest item of a news-filled summer in the WHA to date. Much of the credit is given to Doug Harvey, former defense great who is now an Aeros coach. Harvey has shown superb imagination at Houston, and it was his idea to also approach Montreal&rsquo;s great veteran Henri Richard. In signing young Mark Howe, who is only 18, Aeros may have gotten themselves hockey&rsquo;s next super star. Despite his age he was voted best player in the Memorial Cup tournament to determine Canada&rsquo;s junior champions, and scouts rate him the best young player in the game.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Minnesota Grabs Waltons, Smith To Raise

<h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-01121/3419462-1-eng-US/f0037-012.jpg" title="f0037-01" width="593" height="124"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0293/3419455-1-eng-US/f0037-022.jpg" title="f0037-02" width="593" height="129"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0365/3419448-1-eng-US/f0037-032.jpg" title="f0037-03" width="587" height="76"></div><p><b>(Thunder Bay wins best-of-three series 2-0)</b></p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p>Chicago 4, Thunder Bay 2</p><p>Thunder Bay 6, Chicago 3</p><p>Thunder Bay 7, Chicago 1</p><p>Chicago 4, Thunder Bay 2</p><p>Thunder Bay 6, Chicago 2</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0452/3419441-1-eng-US/f0037-042.jpg" title="f0037-04" width="593" height="78"></div><p><b>(Thunder Bay wins best-of-seven series 2-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0539/3419434-1-eng-US/f0037-052.jpg" title="f0037-05" width="598" height="76"></div><p><b>(Chicago wins best-of-three series 2-0)</b></p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0633/3419427-1-eng-US/f0037-062.jpg" title="f0037-06" width="596" height="287"></div><h2><b>TOP LEAGUE SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0727/3419420-1-eng-US/f0037-072.jpg" title="f0037-07" width="597" height="536"></div><h2><b>SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h2><b>CHICAGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0823/3419413-1-eng-US/f0037-082.jpg" title="f0037-08" width="602" height="723"></div><h2><b>WATERLOO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-0920/3419406-1-eng-US/f0037-092.jpg" title="f0037-09" width="603" height="628"></div><h2><b>GREEN BAY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-1017/3419399-1-eng-US/f0037-102.jpg" title="f0037-10" width="585" height="662"></div><h2><b>SIOUX CITY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-1112/3419392-1-eng-US/f0037-112.jpg" title="f0037-11" width="596" height="603"></div><h2><b>THUNDER BAY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-1211/3419385-1-eng-US/f0037-122.jpg" title="f0037-12" width="581" height="613"></div><h2><b>SAULT STE. MARIE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-139/3419378-1-eng-US/f0037-132.jpg" title="f0037-13" width="604" height="1069"></div><h2><b>MARQUETTE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-149/3419371-1-eng-US/f0037-142.jpg" title="f0037-14" width="592" height="613"></div><h2><b>CALUMET</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-159/3419364-1-eng-US/f0037-152.jpg" title="f0037-15" width="592" height="1066"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Final United States League Statistics

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-01863/3416976-1-eng-US/f0013-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>Looking At NHL Goalers</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL TOP 10 GOALING LEADERS</b></h2><h2><b>COMPLETE FINAL GOALKEEPING RECORDS FOR ALL NHL TEAMS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-02760/3416969-1-eng-US/f0013-022.jpg" title="f0013-02" width="1117" height="2077"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

<p><b>Vol. 26 &mdash; No. 35 JULY, 1973 14210 Price: 50 &cent;</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/cover-01591/3419789-1-eng-US/cover-012.jpg" title="Cover-01" width="429" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>26 YEARS</b></figcaption></div><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-03488/3419782-1-eng-US/f0003-032.jpg" title="f0003-03" width="1944" height="1002"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The NHL has taken on a new coaching look since the season closed. Here are the four new bench bosses. From left, Al Arbour, N.Y. Islanders, Ted Garvin, Detroit, Bill McCreary, Vancouver, N.Y. Rangers, Larry Popein.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b><i>Final NHL Lists After Trades, Drafts</i></b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-01851/3419775-1-eng-US/f0003-012.jpg" title="f0003-01" width="2975" height="1292"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL AFTER NEW PLAYER DEAL

<div class="byline">BY BOB VERDI</div><p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>P</span>opular was not the word for him. Whenever he hopped on the ice, for whatever his appointed task, there was just a little bit of electricity in the Chicago Stadium atmosphere. A star he isn&rsquo;t; a worker he is.</p><p>And now he&rsquo;s no longer a Black Hawk buzzsaw. Opting for youth over age, the Chicago Six gambled and lost Lou Angotti, the whirlwind on skates who had played on five first place teams in as many years with the club.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-02778/3415996-1-eng-US/f0002-022.jpg" title="f0002-02" width="259" height="468"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Lou Angotti</b></figcaption></div><p>The 35-year-old center, left available in the June National Hockey League intra-draft, was gobbled up by the St. Louis Blues. His new club wasn&rsquo;t sure how it would employ Angotti &mdash; as an irregular regular, as a specialist, or just what. All that was definite was that he would be missed by his legion of Chicago fans.</p><p>&ldquo;We hated to lose him, he was always a tremendous help to us,&rdquo; said Chicago Coach Billy Reay. &ldquo;Believe me, nobody appreciated him more than me. We&rsquo;d left him unprotected before and didn&rsquo;t lose him. We hoped that we wouldn&rsquo;t lose him this time; we didn&rsquo;t think we would.</p><p>&ldquo;But we were faced with protecting him or Mike Baumgartner (a young defenseman from Chicago&rsquo;s Dallas farm club in the Central League). We knew there was a lot of interest in Baumgartner by a few other teams, and besides you have to protect your future. This is a business. Anyway, Angotti was talking about retiring.&rdquo;</p><p>But Angotti punctured that theory with dispatch.</p><p>&ldquo;No way I told them I was going to quit,&rdquo; said the veteran. &ldquo;I signed a two-year contract last year, so I wasn&rsquo;t planning to retire after one. Maybe they&rsquo;re just saying that.</p><p>&ldquo;I certainly plan to talk to St. Louis. There might have been some clubs that I wouldn&rsquo;t consider going to, but St. Louis isn&rsquo;t one of them. I feeel, on the basis of what I did last season, I can still help someone.&rdquo;</p><p>Angotti notched 15 goals and 22 assists in spot duty last season. He played with a first place Chicago team in 1966-67 then, after turns in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, returned to the Windy City for division champions starting in 1969-70.</p><p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;d like to think that after being a part of something like that, there&rsquo;d be a place for you,&rdquo; said Angotti, sounding disappointed but not totally bitter. &ldquo;I see what the Hawks were up against. They have some good kids and it&rsquo;s part of the game. But I certainly don&rsquo;t want to be where I&rsquo;m not wanted.&rdquo;</p><p>Oddly, this marks the third time that Angotti has been property of the Blues, but he has yet to play a game for them. The Flyers traded him to St&rsquo;. Louis in 1968, but he was promptly dealt to the Penguins. The following year, he was sent to St. Louis by Pittsburgh, but then drafted by the Hawks.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been through this before&rdquo;, concluded Angotti. &ldquo;Every year after not being protected, I went to training camp realizing that Chicago must not have really wanted me, but neither did anybody else. I just tried to do my best, and there is pressure in a situation like that because when you&rsquo;re not a regular, you have to do well when you do get in.&rdquo;</p><p>The complete Hawk protected list was as follows: Ralph Backstrom, Baumgartner, J.P. Bordeleau, Len Frig, Dennis Hull, Doug Jarrett, Cliff Koroll, Dave Kryskow, Keith Magnuson, Chico Maki, John Marks, Pit Martin, Stan Mikita, Jim Pappin, Dick Redmond, Pat Stapleton, Dale Tallon and Bill White.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NHL Teams

Popular Angotti ‘Victimized’ As Hawks Protect Young Legs

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0002-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0002-01846/3416027-1-eng-US/f0002-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Buffalo&rsquo;s Gilbert Perreault won the Lady Byng Trophy this season. For NHL awards stories see page 12.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Peter Wolley)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>PENGUIN WINS AWARD</b></h2><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>Lowell MacDonald of the Pittsburgh Penguins was awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy as the NHL&rsquo;s &lsquo;Unsung Hero&rsquo; of 1972-73.</p><p>The veteran Penguins&rsquo; left winger pocketed a bonus of $1,000, which accompanies the award. McDonald made a brilliant comeback to the NHL this season with the Pens scoring 34 goals, the most ever by a Penguin left winger, after sitting out two years with knee problems.</p><h2><b>GOALER GETS JAIL TERM</b></h2><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;</p><p>In a precedent-setting decision, goalkeeper Bob Taylor of the Philadelphia Flyers was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $500 for his part in an NHL game brawl involving fans and the Vancouver Canucks last Dec. 29.</p><p>Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a peace officer. The Flyer goaler was among six players from the Philadelphia club who climbed into the stands after fans and which resulted in $3,000 in fines being levied against them. The sentence against Taylor will be appealed.</p><h2><b>NHL MAY BUY OUT SEALS</b></h2><p>OAKLAND&mdash;</p><p>The California Seals could be in the hands of the National Hockey League soon and if the switch in ownership is made, owner Charles O. Finley will receive $6.5 million for his troubled big league club.</p><p>The move is reported under way according to a story that appeared in the Oakland Tribune. Finley said he and the league are doing everything in their power to keep NHL hockey in Oakland.</p><p>Finley declined to comment on the $6.5 million buyout by the NHL. He originally bought the club for $4.5 million three years ago. The Seals have finished last twice and sixth once under Finley&rsquo;s ownership. He said his hockey losses the last two seasons run over $2 million.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Deadline Stoppers

<p>CHICAGO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>uring the June draft, the Hawks inked Dale Tallon to a multi-year contract. But there were still three vital cogs left unsigned: Ralph Backstrom, Stan Mikita and Pat Stapleton. Backstrom appeared close to jumping to the Los Angeles Sharks after revealing that the WHA offer was better than the Hawks&rsquo; &hellip; It&rsquo;s unconfirmed, but the Hawks are reportedly going to boost ticket prices &hellip; Tony Esposito signed a five-year contract just before the draft &hellip; Ivan said Esposito will be backed up by one of three youngsters: John Garrett, Michel Dumas or Mike Veisor. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll all be even when we come to training camp,&rdquo; said Ivan. That is, if Garrett signs. He, too, was flirting with the WHA.</p><p>&mdash;VERDI<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Three Hawks Still Unsigned

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he National Hockey League came away from the summer hockey meetings still searching for a solution to head off a simmering player bidding war.</p><p>The NHL, buffeted by the rival World Hockey Association&rsquo;s surprising signing of the Howe brothers, Mark and Marty, both of whom are underage according to pro draft hockey rules, has confronted the governing Canadian Amateur Hockey Association with the problem and they want a solution in a hurry.</p><p>The current NHL-CAHA agreement, which binds a player to junior hockey until he reaches his 20th birthday, is about to expire and the National League barons have let it be known they want some new form of legislation that will block future draft manoeuvering such as that pulled off by the Houston Aeros.</p><p>An NHL spokesman said things will have to change because there is no way the league can live with the present agreement with the WHA becoming more defiant in player matters.</p><p>NHL President Campbell said the league would have to take steps of its own if the CAHA couldn&rsquo;t resolve the situation.</p><p>Campbell, however, said finding a solution may not be as easy as the hockey people think. &ldquo;Legally, he says I&rsquo;m not sure the Federal Government can do anything. I just don&rsquo;t see a legal right to intervene,&rdquo; added Campbell.</p><p>The WHA, obviously aware the Canadian Government has little or no jurisdiction over its activities &mdash; except possibly for the five Canadian cities in the league &mdash; has defended its drafting of the Howes saying the junior players are in a sense professionals since they accept $60 a week expense money from their clubs. WHA President Gary Davidson said the CAHA&rsquo;s agreement can&rsquo;t hold players and alleges the NHL was signing players before the 1973 draft was staged.</p><p>The NHL cannot draft a junior until his eligibility runs out, a situation that has existed since the agreement went into the books in 1967. It was an expansion move and was followed by a Government suggestion that junior teams in Canada be compensated for players drafted by NHL clubs.</p><p>The Howe situation may force the NHL to resort to a special clause in its CAHA agreement which allows an early draft of players with exceptional talent as in the case of both Howe boys, particularly 18-year-old Mark Howe, who was chosen the outstanding player in the 1973 Memorial Cup playdowns. The NHL has never imposed the rule but may have to to keep the WHA from grabbing prized junior talent in the future.</p><p>At any rate, the bubbling player hostilities between the NHL and WHA brought a glimmer of excitement as an aftermath to the summer hockey picture, which seemed dull as compared to past years when the hockey delegates converged on Montreal&rsquo;s plush Queen Elizabeth Hotel for a week of solid hockey activity. This year it was all very limited.</p><p>The absence of the summer amateur draft, the premier event at past hockey gatherings here, from the NHL meeting agenda removed much of the spectacle at the hockey meetings. It had been advanced to May 15 at another hotel to allow more freedom of business&rsquo;by the NHL teams at the June 10-13 confab. There was no official word it would be reinstated as part of the regular summer meetings in 1974 but certainly it will come up for discussion during the winter months.</p><p>The regular NHL drafts were far from eventful and would have been a complete bust had it not been for a flurry of pre-draft trading that saw Montreal unload some of its excess farm club talent in the persons of Tony Featherstone, Chuck Arnason, Randy Rota, Dale Hoganson, Bob Murray and even regular Bob Murdoch. All wound up on the rosters of other NHL teams and were protected for the Intra League Draft. Rangers, too, rid themselves of extra talent by dispatching the likes of Steve Andrascik, Gary Coalter and Dave Hrechkosy to rival NHL teams to complete player deals the New Yorkers arranged coming down the home stretch when they loaded their lineup for the big push on the Stanley Cup with Sheldon Kannegiesser, Bert Marshall and Ron Harris, inserted into their defense.</p><p>In the actual Intra League Draft, six players changed hands. Bert Marshall went to the New York Islanders from the Rangers, California claimed Ray McKay from Buffalo, Atlanta grabbed Doug Mohns from Minnesota, Pittsburgh took rookie Ron Jones from Boston, Lou Angotti passed from Chicago to his fifth NHL team, the St. Louis Blues, and Buffalo claimed defenseman Joe Noris from the Blues.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

NHL Striving To Head Off Player Signing War With WHA

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0003-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0003-02722/3416106-1-eng-US/f0003-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Detroit scoring ace MICKEY REDMOND, center and his attorney, BOB WOOLF, left, with Wings&rsquo; General Manager NED HARKNESS at summer hockey meetings where club announced Redmond has signed whopping new 5-year contract for a reported $1 million dollars.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photos by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><p>DETROIT&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>ll Star right winger Mickey Redmond of Detroit, who once felt too sheepish to ask for a $30,000 contract when he was with Montreal Canadians, has signed a lucrative 5-year pact with the Red Wings for a reported $1,000,000.</p><p>The 25-year old Redmond, represented by Attorney Bob Woolf of Boston, stated he was very happy with the agreement and looked forward to continuing as a member of the Detroit Red Wings.</p><p>Wings&rsquo; General Manager Ned Harkness was also pleased to have his top scorer in the fold. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ve long considered Mickey to be the best right-winger in the league and he justified our confidence last season by becoming the first rightwinger in League history to score 52 goals. We&rsquo;re obviously happy that Mickey has signed.&rdquo;</p><p>The 5&rsquo;11&rdquo; 185-pounder climaxed his finest season by being named to the NHL First All Star team. His 93 points was tops on the club while exceptional skating ability and blazing slap shot made him a favorite with fans in Detroit and around the NHL.</p><p>Redmond appeared with Woolf, Red Wings&rsquo; President Bruce Norris, Harkness and Coach Ted Garvin at a press conference in Montreal during the NHL annual meetings where the Wings disclosed Mickey&rsquo;s signing.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Mickey Redmond Inks Million Dollar Contract

<div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-01904/3416158-1-eng-US/f0004-012.jpg" title="f0004-01" width="295" height="354"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ken McKenzie&rsquo;s</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull;<b>MANY ARDENT</b> hockey fans disappointed because the Montreal Canadiens will not be playing one of the Russian teams coming to North America later this year. Pitting the Stanley Cup champions against the best from Russia would have been a natural &hellip; Referee-in-Chief of the National Hockey League Scotty Morrison doesn&rsquo;t think he will lose any members of his staff to the rival World Hockey Association &hellip; This is the last season for Bill Beagan as Commissioner of the International Hockey League &hellip; Larry Popein, New York Rangers&rsquo; new coach is very big on physical fitness. The 42-year-old native of Yorkton, Sask, is directly opposite to Emile Francis in personality hut his thinking about the game is very similar. He will be a loyal hardworking mentor and the aide that Francis has been seeking for sometime &hellip; Fred Grothe, board chairman of the Minnesota Fighting Saints, denied rumors that a Detroit group planned to buy the WHA club and move it to the Motor City. &ldquo;We rejected their offer and do not plan to move from St. Paul,&rdquo; stated Grothe &hellip; At least 22 players from Metro Toronto minor amateur teams have accepted scholarship offers to play with United States college teams this coming season. Bowling Green State University in Ohio leads the recruiting charge with four players &hellip; Bob Wilson of WBZ, Boston, hopes to have a National Hockey League Sportscasters Association formed shortly &hellip; There are still a few NHL play-by-play jobs up for grabs&hellip; NBC will have the same crew of Tim Ryan, Ted Lindsay and Brian McFarlane back again next season &hellip; Charlie Finley, owner of the California Golden Seals, keeps talking about moving his NHL franchise to Indianapolis but the NHL Governors have talked him out of it for the time being at any rate &hellip; Phoenix, Denver and San Diego are all after NHL franchises in the near future. If these cities don&rsquo;t receive some sort of assurance that they&rsquo;ll be getting an NHL franchise they are talking of joining the WHA &hellip; Vince Abbey, longtime hockey leader in Seattle, is after the same thing for his city&hellip; According to Marc Lalonde, Canada&rsquo;s Health Minister the Canadian Government will not allow professional hockey clubs to return to their former practice of recruiting junior hockey players. He did not indicate what action the government might take.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-02860/3416151-1-eng-US/f0004-022.jpg" title="f0004-02" width="255" height="446"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Scotty Morrison</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull;<b>MEMBERS OF</b> the Central Hockey League are excited about the new season now that they&rsquo;ve added two more clubs making it a six-team league. Added to Fort Worth, Dallas, Omaha and Tulsa will be Oaklahoma City and Albuquerque N.M.&hellip;Albuquerque will be operated by the Kansas City scouts, who make their NHL debut in the 1974-75 season along with Washington &hellip; Bob Woolf, the Boston attorney who represents more professional athletes than anyone, engineered Mickey Redmond&rsquo;s million dollar contract with Detroit, and he told us it was four in the morning before it was finalized &hellip; &ldquo;Hockey is getting more like basketball every day,&rdquo; Woolf revealed. &ldquo;Never has the competitive war been like it is this year,&rdquo; he added &hellip; Most all the NHL teams will hike ticket prices for next season &hellip; Bobby Clarke, THE HOCKEY NEWS player of the Year and Hart Trophy winner for 1973, was a popular visitor at the NHL meetings. The Philadelphia Flyers management are so pleased with the terrific job that Clarke has done for them that they tore up his contract which had three years to run and gave him a new increased five-year pact &hellip; Minnesota North Stars are the only NHL team not to lose a player off their major league roster to the WHA. Gilles Gilbert was apparently headed to the WHA until Wren Blair dealt him to Boston for Fred Stanfield &hellip; Blair extended Stanfield&rsquo;s contract as soon as he joined the North Stars. Stanfield, who had four years to go on a Boston contract, signed a six-year agreement with the Stars. General Manager Wren Blair feels that his team is loaded at center with Stanfield, Dennis Hextail, Jude Drouin, Murray Oliver and rookie Blake Dunlop &hellip; Toronto Maple Leafs will sign two Swedish players to pro contracts this month. They are Inge Hammarstroem, a 25-year-old forward and Boerje Salming, a 21-year-old defenseman. Both are expected to stick with the Leafs. Sweden has one player in the National Hockey League right now in defenseman Thommie Bergman with Detroit &hellip; Carl Brewer expects to have 150 boys from Canada and the United States attend his hockey school in Finland this summer. Brewer, the ex-Leaf and Red Wing who was in Finland as a player-coach, figures at least two Finnish amateur clubs could beat Toronto &hellip; Frank McCool, who was the key figure in Toronto Maple Leafs winning the Stanley Cup in 1945, died of cancer in Calgary at the age of 54. The gentlemanly McCool had three shutouts in a row against Detroit in the Stanley Cup finals.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-03755/3416144-1-eng-US/f0004-032.jpg" title="f0004-03" width="255" height="436"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Fred Stanfield</b></figcaption></div><p>&bull;<b>NEW YORK ISLANDERS</b> revealed that Denis Potvin, the first draft choice of the National Hockey League, has a contract patterned after the one which Rusty Staub had when he joined the Montreal Expos. Potvin is expected to sell hockey on Long Island as Rusty sold baseball in Montreal &hellip; Medicine Hat&rsquo;s Lanny McDonald is said to have received the highest contract ever given a junior draft choice by the Toronto Maple Leafs &hellip; Rhode Island Reds signed John Muckler to a three year contract as general manager-coach of their American Hockey League entry &hellip; Kansas City Scouts hope to sign Johnny Wilson as coach. Wilson lost out to Al Arbour as coach of the Islanders. The Islanders signed the experienced Arbour tor three years. His ability in handling young defenseman was one of his main qualities along with his long record of making the playoffs both as a player and hockey executive &hellip; Vancouver Canucks surprised many hockey people when they signed Billy McCreary, one-time coach of the St. Louis Blues, to a two-year term. Most thought the job would have gone to Phil Maloney &hellip; Al MacNeil is reported ready to make a move if the right National Hockey League coaching job came along. He&rsquo;d be a good bet for Toronto &hellip; Bobby Kromm of Dallas is also wondering when he&rsquo;s going to get a chance to move into the NHL coaching ranks. He&rsquo;s certainly served his apprenticeship&hellip; Henri Richard&rsquo;s $200,000 two year pact was the highest ever given a player on the Montreal Canadiens&hellip;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-04653/3416137-1-eng-US/f0004-042.jpg" title="f0004-04" width="260" height="442"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John Wilson</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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PASSING THE PUCK

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0004-05" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0004-05527/3416189-1-eng-US/f0004-052.jpg"></div><p><b>OFFICIAL NATIONAL HOCKEY WEEKLY</b></p><p>Founded October 1st, 1947</p><p><b>Vol. 26</b></p><p><b>No. 35</b></p><p><b>JULY, 1973</b></p><p><b>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</b></p><p><b>Kenneth William McKenzie</b></p><p>President and Publisher</p><p><b>Charlie Halpin</b></p><p>Editorial Director</p><p><b>United States Advertising Representatives: Boston: Steve Ganak, Ad. Reps, 479 Statler Office Bldg. Boston, Mass. 02116, telephone (617) 542-6913; Chicago: Hooper Janos & Associates, 3322 W. Peterson Ave., Chicago. III. 60645, telephone (312) 47S-5544.</b></p><p><b>Yearly SUBSCRIPTION Rates: $7.00 in Canada $8.00 in the U.S.A, and $10 00 in Foreign Countries.</b></p><p>Postpage paid at Rouses Point, N.Y. 12979. <b>SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO 1</b> 131 <b>ST. CATHERINE STREET WEST, SUITE 212, MONTREAL 107. P.Q.</b> Second class mail-Registration No. 132..</p><p><b>Printed in Canada</b></p><h2><b>Canadiens Greatest Says &lsquo;Boston&rsquo; Fan</b></h2><p>I think all Montreal Canadiens&rsquo; fans have a right to stand up and cheer for their Stanley Cup champions! We have every reason to be proud. Scotty Bowman did a masterful job and he deserves to be congratulated. Several of the players enjoyed exceptional seasons.</p><p>But I want to say a few words about my favorite player, Serge Savard &mdash; tout simplement formidable &mdash; in other words, he was outstanding! Serge did not get as much ink as certain other defensemen on the team, but he has a great number of admirers and something to be remembered is this: When Canadiens won the cup two years ago, he watched the team from the press box, and at that time, everyone was saying he would never play hockey again. But his comeback was unbelievable, beyond our wildest dreams, and now he&rsquo;s better than ever! To me he is a bona fide All Star, a super player, and a super guy off the ice as well.</p><p>Unfortunately, there aren&rsquo;t too many people in the Boston area who care to share my joy over Serge or the Canadiens. I am very anxious to correspond with other Canadiens&rsquo; fans, especially from the Monreal area, if they would care to write to me.</p><p><b>JEAN CARDILLO,</b><br><b>35 Boston Ave.,</b><br><b>Somerville, Mass. 02144</b></p><h2><b>Barber&lsquo;Cheated&rsquo; Out of NHL Awa rd</b></h2><p>It appears that Bill Barber of the Philadelphia Flyers has just been cheated out of the Calder Trophy. Barber truly deserved this award and should have received it because of his brilliant play and sportsmanship.</p><p><b>DALEKOUHI,</b><br><b>JOEY BRZOZA,</b><br><b>Nakina, Ont.</b></p><h2><b>Bobby Orr Not True Norris Winner</b></h2><p>I was quite disappointed when the NHL announced &lsquo;Bobby Orr&rsquo; as the league&rsquo;s best defenseman and the winner of the Norris Trophy. I feel Orr is a fine defenseman, and obviously in a class by himself, but I think he had a bad season as did his team. Orr played half lame most of the year and missed a lot of games. I feel Guy Lapointe had a terrific season and was probably the most consistent defenceman in the league, so I suggest these NHL trophies should not be given out according to who has the best reputation or the biggest name and start giving them to the most deserving players.</p><p><b>R. SMALLWOOD,</b><br><b>Edmonton, Alta.</b></p><h2><b>St. Louis Fans Loyal To Blues</b></h2><p>In response to a letter written by Ed Renner of St. Louis, Mo. in the June issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS.</p><p>He puts down the St. Louis fans for not booing the Blues. I completely disagree with Mr. Renner. I feel it should be a tribute to the fans of St. Louis for not booing their team whenever it had a bad game or is on a losing streak. I hope they stay exactly they way they are, always behind the Blues, regardless if they win or lose.</p><p>It is disagraceful how fans in cities like Boston and Philadelphia are always booing their teams when they play bad or start to lose a few.</p><p>Since Mr. Renner seems to enjoy hearing hometown fans boo their home team, I suggest that he go back to Boston.</p><p><b>DANGUINNER,</b><br><b>St. Louis, Mo.</b></p><h2><b>Hockey Selectors Too Often Wrong</b></h2><p>I have been astonished by the terrible polling by the so-called sportscasters and writers when picking the All Star teams. They&rsquo;ve been almost as bad when picking the trophy winners. In the Central Hockey League, Danny Gruen of Fort Worth and Lyle Moffat of Tulsa were tied for the scoring championship but neither made the All-Star team. In the American Hockey League, Virginia Red Wing goalie Doug Grant was tied with two other forwards for rookie of the year honors. Yet, Michel Larocque beat him out for first All Star position in goal even though Larocque was a rookie! Recently in the NHL, Bobby Clarke was named the league&rsquo;s MVP. However, the &ldquo;professional&rdquo; writers voted Phil Esposito the first NHL, Dream Team&rsquo; center position instead. They even left Dave Keon and Ron Ellis out of the voting.</p><p>In the WHA Norm Beaudin of the Winnipeg Jets wasn&rsquo;t mentioned until the third All Star team was picked. Beaudin probably was the most consistent and hustling right winger the WHA had. He made an enormous contribution to the Jets and his selection to the third team certainly degraded his talent. Also, many said the Winnipeg Jets have the best 12 goalie combination in Ernie Wakely and Joe Daley. Yet, neither was picked to even the third team!</p><p>Come on, fellows, let&rsquo;s start giving our selections a little more thought.</p><p><b>TIM FROESE,</b><br><b>Altona, Man.</b></p><h2><b>One Rah For Vickers Two For Schoenfeld</b></h2><p>Vickers got &ldquo;The Rookie of the Year&rdquo; award. Vickers, I know is a fine rookie and a great hockey player. He did a fine job for the Rangers. He&rsquo;ll have a lot of great seasons with the Rangers and will score goals, hat-tricks, and sometimes he&rsquo;ll have to go into the penalty box, but there&rsquo;s a great guy and a fabulous hockey player in Buffalo. His name is Jim Schoenfeld, a tremendous hockey player who I feel should have gotten the rookie award. He didn&rsquo;t score 44 goals like his teammate Rick Martin, but he contributed just as much. When he was injured and couldn&rsquo;t play we didn&rsquo;t win one darn game. That was eight long games. We really missed Schony. Anyway he kept the pucks from going into the net Joseph Catalona said in the May 18 edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS,&rdquo; In a year filled with many talented rookies I hope justice will prevail and Schoenfeld is the Calder Trophy winner.&rdquo; Sorry Joe, justice didn&rsquo;t prevail.</p><p><b>SUSAN KNASZAK,</b><br><b>Tonawanda, N.Y.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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FAN FORUM

<div class="byline">BY BILL FLEISCHMAN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0006-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-01934/3416251-1-eng-US/f0006-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>CLARKE WINS NHL&rsquo;S COVETED HART TROPHY</b></figcaption></div><p>PHILADELPHIA&mdash;</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ve known it, now others around the league are learning what a classy guy he is.&rdquo;</p><p>Philadelphia Flyers&rsquo; GM Keith Allen was referring to Bobby Clarke, the club&rsquo;s super star and the first Hart Trophy winner from theNHL&rsquo;s West Division.</p><p>Some-examples of Clarke&rsquo;s Class:</p><p>He wrote to the Toronto Star&rsquo;s Red Burnett, president of the Professional Hockey Writers Assoication, thanking the writers for voting him the most valuable player award. Burnett said that&rsquo;s the first time any MVP was moved to correspondence.</p><p>During the NHL amateur draft in May, Clarke volunteered to &ldquo;baby sit&rdquo; the Flyers&rsquo; selections and advise them on the merits of playing hockey in Philadelphia. A few weeks later, the Flyers announced the singing of their top six choices.</p><p>Coach Fred Shero remembers Clarke&rsquo;s visit to Shero&rsquo;s first suburban Philadelphia hockey school: &ldquo;We weren&rsquo;t drawing that well. When Bobby came in (as arranged), he took one look. I asked what I owed him and he said &lsquo;Nothing&rsquo;. And he&rsquo;d come all the way from Flin Flon. I had to force money on him.&rdquo;</p><p>Clarke surely is a remarkable young man and Philadelphia, a city whose super stars have been rationed lately, is treasuring him. One Flyer fan&rsquo;s prophetic Spectrum banner summarized the city&rsquo;s opinion of him: &ldquo;Bobby Clarke: the Heart of the Flyers&rsquo; the Hart of the NHL.&rdquo;</p><p>Naturally, Clarke&rsquo;s breaking of the eight-year Boston-Chicago Hart Trophy monopoly was greeted with rejoicing around Philadelphia. Reaction around the league was favorable, too.</p><p>Scotty Bowman, coach of the Stanley Cup champion Montreal Canadiens, said, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s a very logical winner. I&rsquo;m not surprised he won. You&rsquo;ve got to look at the team&rsquo;s position, the player&rsquo;s contribution and where they&rsquo;d have been without him.</p><p>&ldquo;The team only finished eight points behind Chicago, he was second or third (second) in scoring. He was instrumental in killing off a lot of penalties with a club that gets a lot of them. He plays on the power play besides a regular shift. He&rsquo;s an all-around player.&rdquo;</p><p>All this from a man who had said in mid-season &ldquo;It&rsquo;s brutal what Clarke gets away with on the ice.&rdquo; Bowman insinuated that Clarke&rsquo;s pesky checking tactics were often less than legal.</p><p>Of course, Bowman saw more of, Clarke than he expected during the well-played Flyers &mdash; Montreal semi-final series. Afterward, Bowman said, &ldquo;There was no question &mdash; his play against us was tremendous.&rdquo;</p><p>Clarke, at 23 the Flyers&rsquo; acknowledged leader and the youngest NHL captain, will never win a &ldquo;Mr. Clean&rdquo; award. As Jerry Melnyk, the bright Flyers&rsquo; front office aide who scouted Clarke as a junior, said &ldquo;Bobby&rsquo;s mean in a cute sort of way.&rdquo;</p><p>When Clarke&rsquo;s name was mentioned to Valery Kharlamov whose ankles became painfully familiar with Clarke&rsquo;s stick during the Team Canada series, the Russian smiled and made a slashing gesture.</p><p>The handsome, blond-haired Clarke just smiles when such incidents are related. A friend has thought that during his successful junior days in Flin Flon, the son of a mining compagny foreman decided that as a diabetic he&rsquo;d have to play extra hard to convince scouts he belonged in the NHL.</p><p>&ldquo;I just wanted to play&rdquo;, Clarke recalled. &ldquo;Out Vest we only saw a few NHL games so we never knew how great the players were.&rdquo;</p><p>In four years as a Flyer., Clarke has gone all-out every game. He has missed only three games in four years while boosting his point total (46-63,81,104) each season.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0006-02743/3416244-1-eng-US/f0006-022.jpg" title="f0006-02" width="1798" height="959"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>When Flyers&rsquo; captain BOBBY CLARKE was chosen the National Hockey League&rsquo;s MVP winner and hoolder of the Hart Trophy, Philadelphia coach FRED SHERO, left, and club president ED SNIDER, right, agreed. We&rsquo;ll drink to that said the Flyers&rsquo; executives and they did as they toasted the smiling Clarke&rsquo;s selection as the NHL&rsquo;s overall MVP, the first expansion player to ever win the coveted hockey award.</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Clarke’s Hart Trophy Award Hot Surprising Around NHL

<p>Following are the latest off-sea son hockey movements:</p><h2><b>NATIONAL LEAGUE</b></h2><p>TORONTO &mdash; <b>Larry Mclntyre</b>, defenseman, and <b>Murray Heatley</b>, forwards, traded to Vancouver in exchange for <b>Dunc Wilson</b>, goalkeeper, <b>Willie Brossart</b>, defenseman, purchased outright from Philadelphia.</p><p>MONTREAL &mdash; <b>Chuck Arnason</b>, forward, and <b>Bob Murray</b>, defenseman, sold to Atlanta along with <b>NHL</b> rights to negotiate with Dale Hoganson, defense man, in return for player to be named later and a future draft choice. Bob Murdoch, defenseman, and Randy Rota forward, sold to Los Angeles for player to be named later and a future draft choice. Tony Featherstone, forward, sold to Minnesota for player to be named later.</p><p>N.Y. ISLANDERS &mdash; <b>Billy MacMillan</b>, forward, secured from Atlanta to complete previous deal for Arnie Brown. <b>Glen Irwin</b>, defenseman, secured from Philadelphia to complete previous deal for Terry Crisp.</p><p>CHICAGO &mdash; <b>Gary Smith</b>, goalkeeper, and Jerry Korab defenseman, traded to Vancouver in exchange for Dale Tallon, defenseman.</p><p>N.Y. RANGERS &mdash; <b>Steve Andrascik</b>, forward, sent to Pittsburgh to complete previous deal for Sheldon Kannegiesser. <b>Gary Coalter</b> and <b>Dave Hrechkosy</b>, forwards, sent to California to complete previous deal for Bert Marshall.</p><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; <b>Bob Sneddon</b>, goalkeeper, and <b>Gary Bredin</b>, forward, sold outright to Rochester of AHL.</p><p>DETROIT &mdash; <b>Serge Lajeunesse</b>, defenseman, traded to Philadelphia in exchange for Rick Foley, defenseman. <b>Murray Wing</b>, defenseman, secured from Boston, to complete Gary Doak trade.</p><p>BOSTON &mdash; <b>Fred Stanfield</b>, forward, traded to Minnesota in, exchange for Gilles Gilbert, goal keeper. <b>John Adams</b>, goalkeeper, sent to San Diego of WHL to complete previous deal for Ken Broderick. <b>Eddie Johnston</b>, goalkeeper, sent to Toronto to complete previous deal for Jacques Plante.</p><p>PHILADELPHIA &mdash; Secured NHL rights to negotiate with <b>Bernie Parent</b>, goalkeeper, from Toronto as well as Leafs&rsquo; second, round amateur draft pick in exchange for Flyers&rsquo; first round amateur draft pick. <b>Bruce Cowick</b>, forward, secured from San Diego of WHL in return exchange for <b>Jim Stanfield</b>, <b>Tom Trevelyan</b>, <b>Bob Currier</b> and <b>Bob Hurlburt</b>, forwards.</p><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; <b>Paul Curtis</b>, defenseman, traded to Buffalo in exchange for <b>Jake Rathwell</b>, forward. <b>Francis Ouimet</b>, defenseman, signed as free agent from Sir George Williams University.</p><p>LOS ANGELES &mdash; Rick Charron, goalkeeper, claimed on waivers from Providence of AHL.</p><h2><b>WORLD HOCKEY ASSN.</b></h2><p>CHICAGO &mdash; <b>Butch Barber</b>, defenseman, traded to New York in exchange for Wally Olds, defenseman, and future considerations.</p><p>WINNIPEG &mdash; <b>Steve Cuddie</b>, defenseman, and <b>Wally Boyer</b>, forward, traded to Toronto in exchange for Ken Stephanson, defenseman.</p><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; <b>Andre Lacroix</b> and <b>Don Herriman</b>, forwards, traded to New York in exchange for <b>Ron Ward</b>, forward and <b>Pete Donnelly</b>, goalkeeper.</p><h2><b>WESTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; <b>Lynn Margarit</b>, defenseman, secured from Muskegon of IHL.</p><h2><b>INTRA-LEAGUE DRAFT</b></h2><p>N.Y. ISLANDERS &mdash; <b>Bert Marshall</b>, defenseman, drafted from New York Rangers.</p><p>CALIFORNIA &mdash; <b>Ray McKay</b>, defenseman, drafted from Buffalo.</p><p>ATLANTA &mdash; <b>Doug Mohns</b>, defenseman, drafted from Minnesota.</p><p>MINNESOTA &mdash; <b>Bill Plager</b>, defenseman, claimed off un protected list of Atlanta after Mohns drafted.</p><p>PITTSBURGH &mdash; <b>Ron Jones</b>, defenseman, drafted from Boston.</p><p>ST. LOUIS &mdash; <b>Lou Angotti</b>, forward, drafted from Chicago.</p><p>BUFFALO &mdash; <b>Joe Noris</b>, defenseman, drafted from St. Louis.</p><h2><b>INTER-LEAGUE DRAFT</b></h2><p>CALIFORNIA &mdash; <b>Hartland Monahan</b>, forward, drafted from, Salt Lake of WHL.</p><h2><b>REVERSE DRAFT</b></h2><p>PORTLAND &mdash; <b>Charlie Burns</b>, forward, drafted from Minnesota. Wayne Schultz, forward, drafted from Los Angeles.</p><p>BALTIMORE &mdash; <b>Barry Salovaara</b>, defenseman, drafted from, Detroit.</p><p>SEATTLE&mdash;<b>Jacques Caron</b>, goalkeeper, drafted from St. Louis. Gene Sobchuk, defenseman, drafted from New York Rangers. <b>Ray DeLorenzi</b>, forward, drafted from Vancouver.</p><p>SPRINGFIELD &mdash; <b>Al Beaule</b>, defenseman, drafted from Los Angeles. Bob Nevin, forward, drafted from Minnesota.</p><p>SAN DIEGO &mdash; <b>Al Simmons</b>, forward, drafted from California, <b>Bernie Gagnon</b>, forward, drafted from St. Louis.</p><p>JACKSONVILLE &mdash; <b>Lyle Carter</b>, goalkeeper, drafted from California.</p><p>SALT LAKE &mdash; <b>Rick Kessell</b>, forward, drafted from Pittsburgh.</p><p>PHOENIX &mdash; <b>Wendell Bennett</b>, forward, drafted from New York Rangers. <b>Mark Steinborn, Mike Ruest, Jack DeCloe</b> and <b>Brian St. John</b>, forwards, drafted from Toronto. <b>Angus Beck</b>, forward, drafted from California.</p><p>ROCHESTER &mdash; <b>Murray Kuntz</b>, forward, drafted from Buffalo. <b>Art Stratton</b>, forward, drafted from Detroit. <b>Ron Dussiaume</b>, forward, drafted from Los Angeles.</p><p>BOSTON &mdash; <b>Peter Gaw</b>, forward, and <b>Chuck Goddard</b>, goalkeeper, drafted from Boston Bruins.</p><p>VIRGINIA &mdash; <b>Doug Hinton</b>, defenseman, drafted from Detroit.</p><p>NOVA SCOTIA &mdash; <b>D&rsquo;Arcy Ryan</b>, forward, drafted from Montreal.</p><p>CINCINNATI &mdash; <b>Larry Hill-man</b>, defenseman, drafted from Buffalo.</p><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; <b>Curt Ridley</b>, goalkeeper, drafted from Boston. Bob Craig, forward, drafted from New York Rangers.</p><p>RICHMOND &mdash; <b>Steve Eckerson</b>, forward, and <b>Bert Scott</b>, defenseman, drafted from Philadelphia.</p><p>NEW HAVEN &mdash; <b>Terry Gray</b> forward, drafted from St. Louis.</p><h2><b>COACHING CHANGES</b></h2><p>N.Y. RANGERS &mdash; <b>Larry Popein</b> named to replace Emile Francis, who remains as general manager.</p><p>VANCOUVER &mdash; <b>Bill McCreary</b>, named to replace Vic Stasiuk as coach.</p><p>N.Y. ISLANDERS &mdash; <b>Al Arbour</b> named to replace Earl Ingarfield as coach.</p><p>DETROIT &mdash; <b>Red Garvin</b>, nab med to replace John Wilson as coach.</p><p>PROVIDENCE &mdash; <b>John Muckler</b> named general manager and coach of <b>AHL</b> club replacing Larry Popein.</p><p>DENVER &mdash; <b>Bob McCord</b> named general manager and coach of WHL club replacing John Choyce.</p><p>MOHAWK VALLEY &mdash; <b>Brian Conacher</b> named general manager and coach replacing Pat Kelly.</p><p>CHARLOTTE &mdash; <b>Pat Kelly</b> named general manager and coach replacing Jack Wells.</p><p>LEWISTON &mdash; <b>Michel Harvey</b> named playing-coach and general manager of new NAHL team.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Off-Season Movements

<div class="byline">BY DAN PROUDFOOT</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-02740/3416282-1-eng-US/f0007-022.jpg" title="f0007-02" width="568" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>DUNC WILSON&hellip;Coming Home</b></figcaption></div><p>&mdash;TORONTO</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>im Gregory&rsquo;s public transformation from villain to hero in the Maple Leafs&rsquo; scheme of things may eventually be traced back to this summer, when fans someday set out to examine the rebuilding of the team from its lowest point, the 1972-73 season.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0007-01864/3416289-1-eng-US/f0007-012.jpg" title="f0007-01" width="222" height="435"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Ed Johnston</b></figcaption></div><p>Gregory, the Leaf general manager, suffered through most of his first four seasons of running the team, during which time he was ridiculed by the press, fans and attorneys who dealt with him and concluded he was little more than a glorified office boy.</p><p>Suddenly, though, Gregory&rsquo;s various moves are adding up to testimony illustrating his wisdom. Even his shaky relations with some reporters can&rsquo;t hide the fact.</p><p>Leafs aren&rsquo;t ready to run for the Stanley Cup, of course, and it&rsquo;s probable they won&rsquo;t make the playoffs in the upcoming year. But, it&rsquo;s equally probable they won&rsquo;t be humiliated as they were in the 1972-73 campaign and that the team now has a solid foundation.</p><p>John McLellan, the coach during the first four years of Gregory&rsquo;s regime, was the sacrificial figure during the bad years. His successor will have it much, much easier.</p><p>As for Gregory, he always has been appreciated by Maple Leaf Gardens brass for his unquestioned loyalty and his diligence. The fact that he has assembled a young, promising team assures him of even more confidence.</p><p>&ldquo;In five years Jim Gregory will be one of the top general managers in hockey, maybe the best,&rdquo; says Bill Ballard, vice-president of the Gardens. &ldquo;Right now he&rsquo;s doing a fine job.&rdquo;</p><p>Enough players are competing for positions to assure the proper team attitude. Gregory signed the first three amateur draft choices, Lanny McDonald Bob Neeley and Ian Turnbull, to long-term contracts, beating heavy WHA competition. McDonald, a right-wing whose shot should give him plenty of NHL goal production from the start, was pursued aggressively by Nick Mileti of the Cleveland WHA teams, but Gregory and his Leaf executive associations won with a contract believed to extend over five years.</p><p>Neeley, a defenseman, was the first choice in the WHA draft, but the Leaf executives&rsquo; fast moves led to Chicago Cougars owners establishing themselves as the first WHA team ever to complain that a player promised to get back to them and didn&rsquo;t. Last year, it was Leafs who were complaining that negotiating players promised to continue meeting with them, only to sign with the WHA.</p><p>Gregory&rsquo;s pursuit of Borge Salming and Inge Hammarstroem of the Swedish National team extended to trips to Sweden. Hammarstroem, an intense, hard-skating defenseman, is rated as NHL calibre even by opposing scouts.</p><p>From Philadelphia Flyers, Gregory acquired defenseman Willie Brossart. Also, in a deal giving Flyers the NHL rights to Bernie Parent, Gregory obtained a first-round draft choice in May.</p><p>From Vancouver Canucks, Gregory picked goaltender Dune Wilson, who has never completely fulfilled his NHL promise but may be motivated by his return to his home in the Toronto area. Leafs sent Larry McIntyre, a defenseman, and Murray Heatley, a high-scoring forward in the Western Hockey League, to the Canucks.</p><p>From Boston Bruins, Gregory took goaltender Ed Johnston, as delayed payment for Jacques Plante, who visited Boston briefly before moving on to the WHA Quebec Nordiques.</p><p>The Plante deal gave Gregory his second trade in two years in which the player he gave up moved on to the WHA. In 1972 he sent Jim Dorey to New York Rangers for Pierre Jarry, who started slowly with Leafs in the past season but finished with 19 goals and a vastly improving attitude that suggests better things for 1973-74. Dorey moved to the WHA New England Whalers.</p><p>Leafs shape up as follows:</p><p>Goal&mdash;Johnston, Wilson, Gord McRae, Ron Low.</p><p>Defense&mdash;Brian Glennie, Jim McKenny, Mike Pelyk, Joe Lundrigan, Dave Fortier, John Gris-dale, Brossart, Turnbull, Neeley.</p><p>Centers&mdash;David Keon, Norm Ullman, Darryl Sittler, George Ferguson.</p><p>Wings&mdash;Ron Ellis, Rick Kehoe, Paul Henderson, Garry Monahan, Denis Dupere, Errol Thompson, Randy Osburn, McDonald, Jarry.</p><p>Gregory hadn&rsquo;t signed Sittler, Monahan or Pelyk or announced the team&rsquo;s new coach as the annual summer meetings concluded in Montreal. But, the difference between this and last year was that this time around there was ample evidence he would succeed in meeting problems head on, and handling them. Last year, Leafs chose to ignore most problems, and the results were disastrous.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Gregory’s Rebuilding Job Taking Shape

<p>ST. LOUIS&mdash;</p><p>The St. Louis Blues emerged virtually unscathed from the recent June drafts in Montreal, and, in fact, added a popular journeyman to their roster.</p><p>Lou Angotti, veteran pivot who has worn a number of NHL uniforms, was grabbed from the Chicago Black Hawks and will be wearing the St. Louis Blue next season.</p><p>Lost in the Intra League Draft to Buffalo was Joe Noris, a 22-year-old native of Denver, Colorado, who can play either defense or forward.</p><p>Gone, by means of the reverse draft, was goalie Jacques Caron and forward Bernie Gagnon. Caron went to Seattle, while Gagnon, who played last season for Fort Worth and Denver, went to San Diego.</p><p>Jean-Guy Talbot, who survived an &ldquo;admittedly tough&rdquo; first season as coach of the Blues, told newsmen at the annual draft meetings in Montreal that he was looking forward to the challenge of a new campaign.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be out to improve our standing in the Western Division,&rdquo; said Talbot, &ldquo;and, I believe that we have the team to do it.&rdquo;</p><p>The blues also have a new look up front. They acquired a new general manager in the person of Chuck Catto during the off-season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

St. Louis Breezes By Drafts

<div class="byline">BY BILL LIBBY</div><p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>You win some and lose some.</p><p>The Los Angeles Kings have been losing more than they&rsquo;ve won. Recently the Kings may have won more than they lost, but what looked like a good score was shadowed by Serge Bernier&rsquo;s defection to the Quebec Nordiques of the WHA.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-01923/3416351-1-eng-US/f0008-012.jpg" title="f0008-01" width="591" height="820"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB MURDOCH&hellip;Five-YearContract</b></figcaption></div><p>The Kings obtained right defenseman Bob Murdoch and leftwinger Randy Rota from Montreal. These are the two positions they felt they had to fill to continue their improvement of last season, which left them just short of a playoff position they should have gained.</p><p>The deal was begun by owner Jack Kent Cooke before he had a heart attack and concluded by &lsquo;manager Larry Regan late in May in negotiations with Montreal manager Sam Pollock. Cooke has been well enough to visit his offices a few times and presumably passed final approval.</p><p>Pollock doesn&rsquo;t want to surrender future super stars, but does have talented players to spare. Murdoch, who was a teammate of Bob Berry&rsquo;s on a past Canadian national amateur team, was a regular defenseman on a Montreal team which lost only 10 games and gave up only 184 goals, second lowest in the league, throughout the last regular season.</p><p>He is good-sized, 6-0 and 190 pounds, and a defensive defenseman. He is 26, from Kirkland Lake, Ontario, and got a late start as a pro, playing two seasons in the minors before last season, so is not greatly experienced.</p><p>He and Terry Harper give the Kings two right-handed shooting defensemen for first time in their history. With Gilles Marotte and Larry Brown, and possibly with Harry Howell as a spot player, the Kings defense in front of their good goaltenders could be outstanding. Murdoch is certain to be around for a lengthy period. He signed a five-year contract with the Kings to head off any attempt by the WHA&rsquo;s Chicago Cougars to lure him over to their side.</p><p>Howell had not been expected to be back, but the 40-year-old veteran now is listed as a player-coach and now is expected to be a part-time player and an assistant to coach Bob Pulford. This would be a splendid setup, since hockey coaches should, but seldom have had assistants, and Howell has a lot to offer as a coach, and may yet have something left as a player.</p><p>Young Neal Komadoski and Barry Long also are available on defense.</p><p>Left-winger Rota is 23 and less proven as a prospect because he has not yet made the majors. He is small at 5-8 and 170, but the Creston, British Columbia, native is a swift skater and accurate shooter and in three years in the American League has scored 31, 32 and 34 goals. He could be a clutch player since he scored 10 goals in 13 playoff gamethis past season and 20 goals in 38 playoff games over the last three seasons.</p><p>The Kings gave up an undisclosed amateur draft choice and a player to be named later in the deal. Such outlandish mystery should be outlawed. Since we do not know what they gave up, we cannot judge the deal. If it is another number one pick their chances of coming up with a super star around whom a pennant-contender can be constructed has again been pushed further into the future. If the player named later in a promising one, it detracts from the deal, too. For the moment the Kings appear to have acquired promising players who will help them where they needed help.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-04439/3416344-1-eng-US/f0008-042.jpg" title="f0008-04" width="583" height="589"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RANDYROTA&hellip;Clutch Scorer</b></figcaption></div><p>However, right wing now needs bolstering with the defection of Bernier, the big seven-year pro veteran who had not reached his potential although he was second in points on the team last season. Bernier scored 23 goals each of the previous two seasons and 22 last season so he may have reached his level.</p><p>When he scored only one goal in 20 games late in the season&rsquo;s stretch run, he was deemed deeply disappointing. He was considered for a trade, but club officials were hesitant because he seemed the sort who might mature into super star status suddenly with a 40-goal season.</p><p>He should score that many in the WHA, certainly, and now the Kings have lost him without getting anything in return.</p><p>Swiftly, the Kings sought security by signing Juha Widing to a four-year contract and Gilles Marotte to a five-year pact. However they were stung some when a player they wanted from Montreal, talented young Marc Tardif, jumped to the WHA and the crosstown rival L.A. Sharks, who are seeking to attract the area&rsquo;s hockey fans, of course, and helped themselves by adding a 24-year-old left wing who has scored 31 and 25 goals the last two seasons, although not playing full-time.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Kings Eyeing Future With Murdoch, Rota

<div class="byline">&#x2014;By Bill Libby</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-03687/3416389-1-eng-US/f0008-032.jpg" title="f0008-03" width="284" height="370"></div><h2><b>The Quotebook&hellip;</b></h2><p>Henri Richard, Montreal captain and 18-year NHL veteran, before Canadiens captured another Stanley Cup:</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m ready to retire. I&rsquo;m 37 and I&rsquo;ve slowed some. It comes harder these days and maybe it&rsquo;s time to let the kids take over. However, one thing I&rsquo;d like to do first is carry that Stanley Cup around the ice after my club has won a playoff final. Maybe it sounds selfish, but I&rsquo;ve played on a lot of championship teams in Montreal and I&rsquo;ve seen others do it and it&rsquo;s just something I&rsquo;ve always dreamed of doing and if we win this vear I guess I&rsquo;ll get to do it. The last time we won I watched Jean Beliveau carry that cup around with the cheers coming down and I just felt like, well, I&rsquo;d really like to do that, it would be a real thrill. I&rsquo;ve been fortunate enough to play on so many championship, teams, which you only do if you play for Canadiens, so I can&rsquo;t complain, and I&rsquo;ve had a great career and I have no complaints about that, and I know it has to end sometime, but we&rsquo;ve the best team and we should win again and if we do and I get to carry that Cup around that will cap everything.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0008-02824/3416382-1-eng-US/f0008-022.jpg" title="f0008-02" width="365" height="523"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>STANMIKITA&hellip;Proud Of Hawks</b></figcaption></div><p>The Canadiens captured the Cup, of course, and Richard carried it triumphantly around the ice with a wide smile splitting his face, and not many weeks later he informed the club that he would be back for one more year, at least.</p><p>Bob Clarke of Philadelphia, before winning The Most Valuable Player award from the National Hockey League and The Player of the Year award from THE HOCKEY NEWS this past season:</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nice to hear I&rsquo;m in the running for awards, but I&rsquo;m only 23 and I&rsquo;m only in my fourth year in the majors and it really will surprise me if I&rsquo;m honored ahead of people like Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr and Ken Dryden and some others. I was surprised when I won the Masterton Trophy last year, but that was something else. It was an honor, but it&rsquo;s given for different reasons than Most Valuable Player or Outstanding Player awards. I don&rsquo;t think of myself that way, I really don&rsquo;t. I know my faults and I have plenty of them. I&rsquo;m just learning and I hope I am improving. My record has gotten better every year. But I don&rsquo;t ever expect to lead the league in scoring goals and I don&rsquo;t think I&rsquo;m a flashy player who attracts attention. I try to be a team player. I try to help my team win. And we&rsquo;re winning now, though we may have a way to go before we can challenge for the championship. I think of fellows who lead their team to championships as the ones who will win the big awards. I worry, really, that I get some support out of sympathy for my diabetes. I don&rsquo;t even like to talk about that, you know that. It doesn&rsquo;t handicap me in any way. I think my play shows that. And I want to be judged strictly for my play. I&rsquo;m flattered that some think I should be considered for honors, but I hope it is strictly for my play.&rdquo;</p><p>He scored just 37 goals, but he assisted on 67 others and was second in scoring in the league with 104 points and he inspired Philadelphia to its finest season, in which the Flyers finished only eight points behind the established power in the west, Chicago&rsquo;s Black Hawks.</p><p>Stan Mikita, veteran center of the Chicago Black Hawks, after his side was beaten out by Montreal for the Cup:</p><p>&ldquo;Well, they won their pennant by a wide margin they had the best record in the National Hockey League, and they went on to win the Stanley Cup playoffs, so there is no way to say they are not the best team. They deserve all the credit they get. But I&rsquo;m rather proud of my team, too. It was disappointing to lose in the finals again, but after losing Bobby Hull we won our division again and upset the New York Rangers, who were supposed to win everything this year, in the playoffs, and we extended Montreal in the finals a lot more than people expected. Without Bobby we were supposed to be through, and we missed him, but we had other good players and I think we showed we were far from through and that&rsquo;s something, anyway.&rdquo;</p><h2><b>Dryden Gives Credit</b></h2><p>Ken Dryden of Montreal, The Vezina Trophywinner as the NHL&rsquo;s most effective goaler, with a 2.26 goals-against average:</p><p>&ldquo;You don&rsquo;t win awards without help. I played most of our games in goal, but Michel Plasse and Wayne Thomas played a lot, too, and had great records. We had great defensemen in front of us and great forwards who monopolized the puck. Maybe it&rsquo;s a cliche, but you don&rsquo;t win much without the help of others. Few forwards could score much without getting the good passes. And few goaltenders could stop scoring without getting support from their defensemen and backchecking forwards goaltending a tough job and I feel for some good goaltenders who don&rsquo;t get the support I get and so don&rsquo;t have the record of the recognition.&rdquo;</p><p>Steve Vickers, New York Ranger youngster before being voted the latest NHL Rookie of the Year:</p><p>&ldquo;Scoring the hat-trick two games in a row early in the season got me a lot of publicity and I&rsquo;m sure it pushed me into prominence. Not many ever have done it. I&rsquo;m not sure how I did it. I just did it. I didn&rsquo;t do it again. Maybe it was luck, I&rsquo;ve had a good year, but so did other rookies. I got 30 goals, but now 1 have to start all over again and prove myself all over again. Winning is what counts anyway. Winning the Cup is what counts.&rdquo;</p><p>Phil Esposito, of Boston, with 55 goals and 130 points the goals scoring and point-scoring champ again:</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s good to do good, but what do individual titles matter if you lose the pennant and the playoffs? What the heck does it matter if I&rsquo;m MVP or not if we don&rsquo;t win? All I got out of it was a bum knee.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hockey Ad Lib

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Russians are coming back for another shot at National Hockey League competition but don&rsquo;t expect to see them performing in Canada this time around.</p><p>The NHL disclosed that eight league cities have been selected to host the Soviet teams when they visit starting Nov 27. None of the three Canadian cities &mdash; Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver &mdash; are one the NHL&rsquo;s Russian tour program meaning Canadian hockey fans won&rsquo;t get a chance to see the top Soviet players perform on their eight-game trip.</p><p>NHL President Clarence Campbell said that teams selected to participate against the Russians will inculde Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and St-Louis Blues.</p><p>Each of the NHL teams will play one game against two teams to be selected from the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation. The Soviets will be picked from the top three finishers in the Moscow league and will come from the central Army Sports Club which was first, Spartak, which was second or the third-place Dynamos.</p><p>Campbell said the NHL had entered the agreement as a &ldquo;joint venture&rdquo; with the NHL Players&rsquo; Association and had received prior approval for the upcoming series.</p><p>The visit by the two teams will begin Nov 27 and finish Dec. 8.</p><p>Team A from the Soviet Union will open Nov. 27 at New York against the Rangers, move on to Boston against the Bruins Dec. 1 and then play in Buffalo against the Sabres Dec. 4, before completing the schedule in Philadelphia against the Flyers Dec. 6.</p><p>The B team schedule takes the visitors to Detroit for a game against the Red Wings, Nov. 27. The team then opposes the Black Hawks in Chicago, Nov. 29, and visit Minnesota North Stars, Dec. 4, and St. Louis Blues, Dec. 8.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Soviets Play In 8 NHL U.S. Cities

<div class="byline">BY DICK JOHNSTON</div><p>BUFFALO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>B</span>iggest news to come out of the National Hockey League&rsquo;s June meetings for Buffalo hockey fans was that Joe Crozier finally signed a contract to coach the Sabres for 1973-74.</p><p>Crozier, THE HOCKEY NEWS Coach of the Year in the NHL, operated without a contract from the end of the regular season in April until finally coming to terms June 13. No one connected with the club would explain why the coach who guided the Sabres to the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time wasn&rsquo;t signed. And Joe, in his usual enigmatic way, would only say, &ldquo;No comment&rdquo; when he was asked almost daily if he had sipied yet.</p><p>Anyway, he and his old friend, Punch Imlach, finally got together and Joe put pen to paper on the same day that Bill McCreary was announced as coach of Vancouver Canucks.</p><p>Crozier said there was no connection between the two actions but there had been speculation that Joe might return to the city where he coached the Canucks with much success in their Western Hockey League days.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-01914/3416451-1-eng-US/f0010-012.jpg" title="f0010-01" width="274" height="461"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Joe Crozier</b></figcaption></div><p>Crozier said he was very happy over one of the few personnel changes effected in the June meetings. The Sabres obtained Joe Noris from St. Louis in the intra-league draft. &ldquo;I got the man I wanted,&rdquo; said the Buffalo coach, &ldquo;I watched Noris play for Hershey when I was coaching Cincinnati and I liked him then.&rdquo;</p><p>Noris, originally a defenseman, played center and right wing, as well, in the last couple of years. He was owned by Pittsburgh when Crozier said the Sabres first tried to get him but was traded to St. Louis and then played with the Blues and for three minor league clubs &mdash; San Diego and Denver of the Western and Hershey of the American &mdash; in 1972-73.</p><p>&ldquo;I expect to use Noris at center,&rdquo; saidCrozier.</p><p>The Sabres lost Ray McKay to the California Golden Seals in the intra-league draft. McKay was named the outstanding defenseman in the American Hockey League last season when he helped Cincinnati to the Calder Cup but he failed in two previous tries with the Sabres.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m glad McKay is getting a chance to make it with California,&rdquo; commented Crozier. Both he and General Manager Imlach liked McKay&rsquo;s enthusiastic attitude but they felt he just wouldn&rsquo;t make it with the Sabres.</p><p>The Buffalo club also announced the signing of three rookies from the Quebec Remparts during the June meetings. With defenseman Jean Landry, left wing Andre Deschamps and right wing Yvon Dupuis in the fold, the Sabres had their first four choices in the amateur draft under contract.</p><p>Morris Titanic, the No. 1 pick, from the Sucbury Wolves, a left winger, signed earlier.</p><p>With the three Quebec players joining the club, the Sabres have nine French-Canadians on their roster.</p><p>Landry, with Crozier interpreting, mentioned that all three of the Remparts had good offers from the World Hockey Association but they wanted to play for Buffalo. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a young team and has good guys to play with,&rdquo; Landry explained. &ldquo;Gil Perreault, Rick Martin and others.&rdquo;</p><p>Perreault, Martin, and their French Connection linemate, Rene Robert, are French-Canadians. as are such other Sabres as Norm Gratton and Larry Carriere. Crozier, who once coached in Quebec, speaks French quite well.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0010-02769/3416444-1-eng-US/f0010-022.jpg" title="f0010-02" width="562" height="595"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JOE NORIS</b><br><b>Grabbed In Draft</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Buffalo Rewards Joe Crozier With New Contract

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0011-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-01892/3416482-1-eng-US/f0011-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>It&rsquo;s nice to be a winner as Cincinnati coach FLOYD SMITH found out after his team skated off with the Calder Cup, emblematic of the American Hockey League championship. Two members of the Swords&rsquo; front office, BETH RUTTLE, left, and ANN DOUGLAS, bestow victory congratulations on Smith after his Swords took cup away from Nova Scotia Voyageurs.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Robert Shaver)</span></figcaption></div><h2><b>14 PAGES OF STATISTICS INSIDE!</b></h2><p><b>MONTREAL CANADIENS Stanley Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>NEW ENGLAND WHALERS First WHA Champs</b></p><p><b>CINCINNATI SWORDS Calder Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS Patrick Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>OMAHA KNIGHTS Adams Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>SYRACUSE BLAZERS EHL Champions</b></p><p><b>THUNDER BAY TWINS USHLChampions</b></p><p><b>ORILLIA TERRIERS Allan Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>TORONTO MARLBOROS Memorial Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>PORTAGE TERRIERS Centennial Cup Champs</b></p><p><b>WISCONSIN BADGERS NCAA Champions</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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HOCKEY NEWS SALUTES

<div class="byline">BY GIL SMITH</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-02805/3416520-1-eng-US/f0011-022.jpg" title="f0011-02" width="260" height="393"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Rejean Houle</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>here&rsquo;s nothing like a good playoff and a six-figure salary offer to change a guy&rsquo;s mind about retirement, so Henri Richard has decided not to hang up his skates, after all.</p><p>The veteran Pocket Rocket, whose six goals in the playoffs nearly equalled his career-low eight goals during the past season, had hinted strongly that he would retire from active competition.</p><p>&ldquo;I want to go out in winner,&rdquo; he said, as the playoffs got underway. I want to carry the Stanley Cup around the ice, like Jean Beliveau did before he quit. That&rsquo;s the way to end your hockey career.&rdquo;</p><p>And that was the way he appeared to have ended it, after Habs nailed down their Stanley Cup triumph last May on Chicago ice. Richard was a key figure in the playoff rounds however, and his productive effort evidently started him thinking that the old legs would carry him for another campaign, or two. But, it was an offer from the WHA that touched off the series of events that ended with Henri&rsquo;s re-signing with Canadiens.</p><p>&ldquo;Doug Harvey contacted me on behalf of the Houston Aeros,&rdquo; said Richard. &ldquo;He asked me to name a figure that I would play for, I gave it to him, and he didn&rsquo;t seem to think it was out of line.&rdquo;</p><p>Speculation has it that the 37-year-old Richard asked for $200,000 a year for two years. The Canadiens, of course, were given a chance to match it, and while they didn&rsquo;t do so on a dollar-to-dollar basis, they came close enough to make Henri sign on the dotted line.</p><p>&ldquo;You have to consider a lot of things in these situations,&rdquo; Richard told newsmen. &ldquo;The costs of moving, the inconvenience, the fact that Canadiens are a top team and almost always in line for a good shot at the Stanley Cup; it all adds up.</p><p>&ldquo;And, I&rsquo;ve been happy with Canadiens through the years,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Underpaid, but mostly happy.&rdquo;</p><p>An educated guess concerning the figure that Henri finally did sign for, was $165,000 per year. That&rsquo;s about twice as much as he made last season, and about five times as much as his illustrious brother, the Rocket, made in his heyday as a Montreal superstar.</p><p>Meanwhile, Marc Tardif, a 25-goal man with Habs last season, jumped to Los Angeles Sharks of the WHA for a reported $350,000 for three years.</p><p>The 24-year-old native of Granby, Quebec, who never quite seemed to achieve his full potential with Habs, despite obvious scoring ability, seemed surprised that Habs didn&rsquo;t fight to keep him.</p><p>&ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t make much of an effort to prevent me from going to the WHA,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t really try to stop me.&rdquo;</p><p>Canadiens did keep Tardif on their protected list during the June draft, however. Had they not done so, and should things not work out with Tardif and the WHA for any reason, a rival NHL club might&rsquo;ve grabbed him for the $40,000 draft price.</p><p>Tardif said that a key factor in his decision to jump to the WHA was a no-trade, no-cut clause in his contract with the Los Angeles Sharks. There was no way he could get that with Canadiens.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0011-03650/3416513-1-eng-US/f0011-032.jpg" title="f0011-03" width="1117" height="882"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>HENRI RICHARD&hellip;Rejects Houston Offer</b></figcaption></div><p><b>HAB-BITS:</b> Tardifs great, good friend Rejean Houle was unsigned as this edition of THE HOCKEY NEWS went to press, and had offers from the WHA Nordiques to think about &hellip; How-The-Mighty-Have Fallen Dep&rsquo;t: Available, but unclaimed in the June draft were Dave Balon, Harry Howell, Bob Nevin, Bobby Rousseau, as well as Larry Mickey, coming off his best NHL season &hellip; The Forum is raising ticket prices, no doubt to cover the increased cost of players&rsquo; salaries &hellip; Jean Beliveau&rsquo;s car recently collided with another, which in turn crashed into an ambulance on Montreal&rsquo;s Dorchester Blvd., causing several thousand dollars damage but, fortunately, no injuries &hellip; Habs signed amateurs Ron Andruff, James Cahoon, Richard Latulippe and Michel Belisle, none of whom were their top picks in the recent amateur draft.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Richard Puts Off Retiring To Sign Rich $200,000 Pact

<h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS FOR 1972-73 SEASON</b></h2><h2><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-01885/3416740-1-eng-US/f0012-012.jpg" title="f0012-01" width="597" height="305"></div><h2><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-02760/3416733-1-eng-US/f0012-022.jpg" title="f0012-02" width="596" height="303"></div><h2><b>HOME RECORD</b></h2><h2><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-03597/3416726-1-eng-US/f0012-032.jpg" title="f0012-03" width="602" height="301"></div><h2><b>AWAY RECORD</b></h2><h2><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-04416/3416719-1-eng-US/f0012-042.jpg" title="f0012-04" width="595" height="306"></div><h2><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-05305/3416712-1-eng-US/f0012-052.jpg" title="f0012-05" width="605" height="305"></div><h2><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-06250/3416705-1-eng-US/f0012-062.jpg" title="f0012-06" width="584" height="305"></div><h2><b>TOP 25 SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-07216/3416698-1-eng-US/f0012-072.jpg" title="f0012-07" width="587" height="670"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 IN EAST</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-08188/3416691-1-eng-US/f0012-082.jpg" title="f0012-08" width="594" height="283"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 IN WEST</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-09157/3416684-1-eng-US/f0012-092.jpg" title="f0012-09" width="596" height="262"></div><h2><b>SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h2><b>ATLANTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-10144/3416677-1-eng-US/f0012-102.jpg" title="f0012-10" width="584" height="588"></div><h2><b>BOSTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-11132/3416670-1-eng-US/f0012-112.jpg" title="f0012-11" width="576" height="676"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-12113/3416663-1-eng-US/f0012-122.jpg" title="f0012-12" width="591" height="698"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-13102/3416656-1-eng-US/f0012-132.jpg" title="f0012-13" width="588" height="596"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1495/3416649-1-eng-US/f0012-142.jpg" title="f0012-14" width="589" height="631"></div><h2><b>DETROIT</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1588/3416642-1-eng-US/f0012-152.jpg" title="f0012-15" width="582" height="651"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1679/3416635-1-eng-US/f0012-162.jpg" title="f0012-16" width="584" height="592"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1765/3416628-1-eng-US/f0012-172.jpg" title="f0012-17" width="582" height="675"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1854/3416621-1-eng-US/f0012-182.jpg" title="f0012-18" width="577" height="727"></div><h2><b>N.Y. ISLANDERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-1948/3416614-1-eng-US/f0012-192.jpg" title="f0012-19" width="585" height="676"></div><h2><b>N.Y. RANGERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2045/3416607-1-eng-US/f0012-202.jpg" title="f0012-20" width="586" height="737"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2134/3416600-1-eng-US/f0012-212.jpg" title="f0012-21" width="588" height="675"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2221/3416593-1-eng-US/f0012-222.jpg" title="f0012-22" width="576" height="680"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2316/3416586-1-eng-US/f0012-232.jpg" title="f0012-23" width="578" height="675"></div><h2><b>TORONTO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2411/3416579-1-eng-US/f0012-242.jpg" title="f0012-24" width="591" height="676"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-2510/3416572-1-eng-US/f0012-252.jpg" title="f0012-25" width="575" height="651"></div><h2><b>TEAM PENALTIES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-269/3416565-1-eng-US/f0012-262.jpg" title="f0012-26" width="581" height="477"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 BAD MEN&rsquo;</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-279/3416558-1-eng-US/f0012-272.jpg" title="f0012-27" width="581" height="287"></div><h2><b>Barber Topped Rookie Scorers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0012-288/3416551-1-eng-US/f0012-282.jpg" title="f0012-28" width="555" height="369"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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NHL FINAL STATISTICS

<p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>S</span>teve Vickers wound up as the National Hockey League&rsquo;s outstanding rookie last season and for the New York Rangers it ended a 19-year drought in Calder Trophy voting.</p><p>Vickers, a 22-year-old left winger who scored 30 goals on only 131 shots this season for the Rangers, was the first New York recipient of the Calder award since Camille Henry won it last in 1954.</p><p>Vickers polled 103 votes to edge Philadelphia&rsquo;s Bill Barber, who had 74. Billy Harris of the New York Islanders was third with 48 and Buffalo&rsquo;s big Jim Schoenfeld finished fourth with 46.</p><p>In other NHL awards, Bobby Orr captured the Norris Trophy as the NHL&rsquo;s premier defenseman for a record sixth time in succession. Bobby Clarke of Philadelphia won the Hart Trophy as the league&rsquo;s most valuable player and Gilbert Perreault of Buffalo took the Lady Byng Trophy as the most sports manlike and valued performer to his team in the NHL.</p><p>The NHL&rsquo;s All Star teams had a familiar look. They were dominated by members of the Montreal Canadiens and Chicago Black Hawks, this season&rsquo;s Stanley Cup finl finalists.</p><p>On the first team were goaler Ken Dryden, defenseman Guy Lapointe and left wing Frank Mahovlich of Montreal. Others were Orr on defense, Esposito at center and Mickey Redmond of Detroit at right wing.</p><p>On the second team the Hawks showed their Western Division might. Tony Esposito was picked for goal and Bill White shared defense with Rangers&rsquo; Brad Park. Clarke was named to center with Montreal&rsquo;s Yvan Cournoyer on ritht wing and Dennis Hull of the Hawks on left wing.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Vickers NHL’s Rookie Of Year

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0013-20" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-2045/3416795-1-eng-US/f0013-202.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The Montreal Canadiens regained the Stanley Cup this season by disposing of Chicago in the NHL playoff finals. Here are the cup champs from the left, first row, vice-president and general manager SAM POLLOCK, YVAN COURNOYER, coach SCOTTY BOWMAN, HENRI RICHARD, president JACQUES COURTOIS JACQUES LAPER-RIERE, vice-president JEAN BELIVEAU, FRANK MAHOVLICH, director EDWARD M. BRONFMAN. Second row, DALE HOGANSON, MARC TARDIF, CLAUDE LAROSE, JACQUES LEMAIRE, REJEAN HOULE, JIM ROBERTS, MURRAY WILSON. Third row, trainer EDDIE PALCHACK, BOB MURDOCH, STEVE SHUTT, GUY LAPOINTE, MICHEL PLASSE, GUY LAFLEUR, CHUCK LEFLEY, WAYNE THOMAS, trainer BOB WILLIAMS. Fourth row, SERGE SAVARD, KEN DRYDEN, PETE MAHOVLICH. LARRY ROBINSON, PIERRE BOUCHARD.</b></figcaption></div><p>How the selectors voted for the various NHL individual awards:</p><h2><b>HARTTROPHY</b></h2><p>Bobby Clarke. Philadelphia (158); Phil Esposito. Boston (96); Bobby Orr. Boston (63); Ken Dryden. Montreal (53); Gilbert Perrault, Buffalo(25); Mickey Redmond. Detroit (8); StanMikita, Chicago(5); Dennis Hex tall. Minnesota (5); Tony Esposito Chicago (3); Yvan Cournoyer. Montreal (3); Jean Ratelle. New York Rangers (2); Jacques Lemaire. Montreal (2); Phill Myre, Atlanta (1); Rick MacLeish. Philadelphia (1). Walt Tkaczuk, Rangers (1); Tim Horton. Buffalo (1); Frank Mahovilch. Montreal (1); Dennis Hull. Chicago (1); Garry Unger, St Louis (1); Terry Harper. Los Angeles (I); Jim Pappin. Chicago (1).</p><h2><b>CALDERTROPHY</b></h2><p>Steve Vickers, NY Rangers. 103; Bill Barber. Philadelphia, 74; Bill Harris, NY Islanders. 48; Jim Schoenfeld, Buffalo, 46; Dan Bouchard. Atlanta, 42; Greg Sheppard, Boston, 36; Phil Russell, Chicago, 36; Hilliard Graves, California 16; Henry Boucha. Detroit, 14; Vic Venasky. Los Angeles. 5; Thommie Bergman, Detroit, 4; Ray Comeau, Atlanta, 3; Chuck Lefley. Montreal, 3; Tom Bladon. Philadelphia, 1; Wayne Stephenson. St Louis. 1.</p><h2><b>NORRIS TROPHY</b></h2><p>Bobby Orr, Boston 224; Guy Lapointe, Montreal, 58; Bill White, Chicago 36; Brad Park, Rangers 36; Jacques Laperriere, Montreal 25; Serge Savard, Montreal 22; Rod Selling. Rangers IL; Dave Burrows, Pittsburgh Penguins 6; Tim Hotton, Buffalo Sabres 4; Terry Harper. Los Angeles Kings 4; Gary Bergman. Detroit Red Wings 2; Larry Hillman, Buffalo 2; Pat Stapleton, Chicagol; Barcaly Plager, St Louis Blues 1.</p><h2><b>BYNGTROPHY</b></h2><p>Gilbert Perreault Buffalo 118; Jean Ratelle, Rangers 94; John Bucyk. Boston 53; Jacques Lemaire. Montreal Canadiens 27, Dave Keon, Toronto Maple Leafs 21; Lowell MacDonald, Pittsburgh Penguins 15; Fred Stanfield, Boston 13; Dennis Hull, Chicago Black Hawks 11; Mickey Redmond, Detroit Red Wings 11; Butch Goring, Los Angeles Kings 9; Alex Delvecchio, Detroit 9; Pat Stapleton. Chicago 8; Stan Mikita, Chicago 7; Ralph Backstrom, Los Angeles-Chicago 6; Marcel Dionne, Detroit 5; Dean Prentice, Minnesota North Stars 5; Walt Tkaczuk, Rangers 5; Simon Nolet, Philadelphia Flyers 3; Pit Martin, Chicago 3; Ken Dryden, Montreal 3; Norm Ullman, Toronto 1; Syl Apps, Pittsburgh 1; Craig Patrick, California Golden Seals 1; Dan Grant, Minnesota 1; Tim Horton, Buffalo 1; Yvan Cournoyer, Montreal 1.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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How They Voted For NHL Awards

<h2><b>FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-03680/3416938-1-eng-US/f0013-032.jpg" title="f0013-03" width="595" height="76"></div><p>(Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Sun. Apr. 29</b></p><p>Chicago 3 at Montreal 8</p><p><b>Tue. May 1</b></p><p>Chicago 1 at Montreal 4</p><p><b>Thur. May 3</b></p><p>Montreal 4 at Chicago 7</p><p><b>Sun. May 6</b></p><p>Montreal 4 at Chicago 0</p><p><b>Tue. May 8</b></p><p>Chicago 8 at Montreal 7</p><p><b>Thur. May 10</b></p><p>Montreal 6 at Chicago 4</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-04608/3416931-1-eng-US/f0013-042.jpg" title="f0013-04" width="588" height="79"></div><p>Montreal wins best-of-seven series 4-1</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-05500/3416924-1-eng-US/f0013-052.jpg" title="f0013-05" width="605" height="82"></div><p>(Chicago wins best-of-seven series4-1)</p><h2><b>QUARTER-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-06424/3416917-1-eng-US/f0013-062.jpg" title="f0013-06" width="602" height="74"></div><p>(Montreal wins best-of-seven series4-2)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-07391/3416910-1-eng-US/f0013-072.jpg" title="f0013-07" width="604" height="76"></div><p>(New York wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-08367/3416903-1-eng-US/f0013-082.jpg" title="f0013-08" width="599" height="71"></div><p>(Chicago wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-09348/3416896-1-eng-US/f0013-092.jpg" title="f0013-09" width="597" height="74"></div><p>(Philadelphia wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-10327/3416889-1-eng-US/f0013-102.jpg" title="f0013-10" width="580" height="466"></div><h2><b>SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h2><b>MONTREAL</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-11299/3416882-1-eng-US/f0013-112.jpg" title="f0013-11" width="588" height="560"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-12261/3416875-1-eng-US/f0013-122.jpg" title="f0013-12" width="583" height="497"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-13225/3416868-1-eng-US/f0013-132.jpg" title="f0013-13" width="580" height="556"></div><h2><b>N.Y. RANGERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-14192/3416861-1-eng-US/f0013-142.jpg" title="f0013-14" width="577" height="569"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-15159/3416854-1-eng-US/f0013-152.jpg" title="f0013-15" width="584" height="490"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-16117/3416847-1-eng-US/f0013-162.jpg" title="f0013-16" width="584" height="506"></div><h2><b>BOSTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1796/3416840-1-eng-US/f0013-172.jpg" title="f0013-17" width="597" height="488"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1882/3416833-1-eng-US/f0013-182.jpg" title="f0013-18" width="591" height="485"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0013-1965/3416826-1-eng-US/f0013-192.jpg" title="f0013-19" width="581" height="654"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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STANLEY CUP STATISTICS

<div class="byline">BY HARRY KLAFF</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0014-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-01869/3417007-1-eng-US/f0014-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Islanders&rsquo; general manager BILL TORREY, left, is a happy man as he announced his new coach AL ARBOUR, at Montreal summer hockey meetings. Arbour inked three-year contract.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Peter Wooley)</span></figcaption></div><p>LONGISLAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>lthough the New York Islanders have only one full year&rsquo;s experience under their belts, they have had more than their share of coaches. When General Manager Bill Torrey announced at the NHL summer meetings in Montreal that Al Arbour would take over for Earl Ingarfield, the Isles had their third coach in less than a year.</p><p>Phil Goyette began last season behind the bench, but was replaced at the All Star break by Ingarfield, under whom the club improved tremendously. But Ingarfield never really wanted the job, and will assume the post of Director of Player Personnel which will allow him to spend more time at his Alberta home.</p><p>In another move, Torrey also announced that Aut Erickson would take over as assistant general manager. &ldquo;With these moves, we have completed our team off the ice,&rdquo; said Bill.</p><p>Arbour, who has signed for three years, will begin his third coaching stint. He first guided the St. Louis Blues for more than half of the 1970-71 campaign, but was needed more as a player for the stretch run and was reactivated.</p><p>After being named assistant GM for the Blues in 71-72, he was asked to return to the bench after the dismissal of Bill Me Creary. Al started the next season, but was fired after his club got off to a poor start.</p><p>Things might be a little different with the Islanders since Arbour didn&rsquo;t have a top amateur draft pick to help him over the hurdles. With New York he will have in the person of Denis Potvin.</p><p>The rumors started to flow out of Montreal during the Stanley Cup playoffs that the Canadiens were preparing a neat package to deliver to the Islanders if they would change their mind about their No. 1 draft pick. People then noticed when Islander GM Bill Torrey made a visit to Medicine Hat to watch center Tom Lysiak in action.</p><p>But when Torrey was called to the microphone at Montreal&rsquo;s Mount Royal Hotel May 15 to announce his club&rsquo;s selection in the amateur draft surprise, &ldquo;The New York Islanders select Denis Potvin from the Ottawa 67&rsquo;s,&rdquo; said Bill loud and clear.</p><p>As early as November, there had been little doubt that the 5-11,190 pound brother of the Islanders&rsquo; Jean Potvin would be the first selection in this year&rsquo;s lottery. Considered the best prospect since Bobby Orr, young Denis broke all the Boston Golden Boy&rsquo;s OHA scoring records last winter, compiling 35 goals and 88 assists for 123 points. In addition, he spent 232 minutes in the penalty box.</p><p>&ldquo;Being compared with Orr is nice, but it&rsquo;s going to put the pressure on me my first year with the Islanders,&rdquo; sait Denis after the draft. &ldquo;I know I can cope with the pressure. I hope the fans in New York can appreciate playing in the NHL will be a whole new thing for me.&rdquo;</p><p>It was a foregone conclusion that Potvin would eventually sign with the NHL. The WHA was so certain of it, in fact, that his name couldn&rsquo;t be found among that league&rsquo;s top draft choices. The only questions were when would he sign, and how much would the contract be worth.</p><p>The Islanders finally unveiled their new protege at a lucheon at the Dover House in Westbury, L.I. on June 6. The handsome defenseman shared the stage with his parents, Armand and Lucille, and brother Jean.</p><p>Although no numbers were announced, it is believed that Denis&rdquo; ontract runs tor three years at approximately $500,000 over that stretch. Contract dollars sometimes do get out of hand at the speculative level, however, as it now appears that Billy Harris &mdash; last year&rsquo;s super-rookie &mdash; did not receive as much as was originally assumed.</p><p>According to Dave Schatia, who served as one of Denis&rsquo; negotiators, Potvin&rsquo;s contract also provides for some public relations appearances. If Denis can come off as well as he did at the luncheon, he will have no trouble selling season tickets for the rapidly-filling Nassau Coliseum. He is warm, sophisticated, intelligent, and most of all, articulate.</p><p>Last year the Islanders were perhaps the most timid club in the NHL. If Denis can play his game, that shouldn&rsquo;t be the case this year.</p><p>&ldquo;My style is hitting, something which I&rsquo;d like to see come back in style,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Playing for a last place team is a challenge for me. I enjoy such challenges. When I joined the Ottawa 67&rsquo;s, they were a last-place team, but they became contenders.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really looking forward to playing with Jean,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;I was only 14 when we last played on the same team. We might even play as a pair, Jean shoots right and I shoot left.&rdquo;</p><p>Denis&rsquo; contract also contains a no-cut, no-trade, no minor league clause, but Torrey doesn&rsquo;t feel that the rookie needed such a written safeguard. &ldquo;I sense in Denis a desire to come to the NHL and show that he&rsquo;s what a lot of people have been saying for a long time,&rdquo; said Bill.</p><p>Torrey said all last year that the only way to build an expansion club is through the draft, pointing to the success of the Buffalo Sabres as a model. With Harris doing all that was expected of him and more last season, and Denis Potvin in the fold for the coming year, Islander fans in increasing numbers will finally have something to cheer about.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Arbour Faces Challenge As New Club’s Third Coach

<div class="byline">BY GEOFFREY FISHER</div><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0014-02745/3417038-1-eng-US/f0014-022.jpg" title="f0014-02" width="247" height="443"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Gary Coalter</b></figcaption></div><p>OAKLAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>I</span>n France the supreme punishment used to be banishment to Devil&rsquo;s Island. In Russia the dread sentence is being sent to Siberia. In the National Hockey League, there has been a flourishing school of thought that the ultimate penalty in ice hockey is to be playing for Charley Finley&rsquo;s California Golden Seals.</p><p>That feeling was so prevalent last summer that eight of the Seals skipped merrily away from the inley igloo to accept enticing offers from the upstart World Hockey Association. That mass evacuation left the Seals with so many problems they had to struggle just to keep from falling out of the league standings.</p><p>Of what remained, there was something to cheer about. Nowhere in hockey could anyone claim a brighter goaltending prospect than young Gilles Meloche who may very well prove to be the finest anywhere at blocking frozen chunks of vulcanized rummber.</p><p>There was rookie-candidate-of-the-year Hilliard Graves, a brilliant performing right wing, and Bobby Stewart, the quick-fisted rearguard, and Stan Weir, the fine young rookie center and Pete Laframboise with great potential at left wing. They are all signed.</p><p>While the future ownership of the Seals continued to be a matter of general conjecture and rumors persisting that Finley was to be bought out, the Seals&rsquo; checkbook was flashing a new and intriguing message that had virtually plugged the flow of defections.</p><p>General Manager and Executive Vice-President Fred Glover had signed just about everything in sight with the exception of defensemen Rick Smith and Darryl Maggs. Maggs skipped to the WHA Chicago Cougars and Smith to the WHA Minnesota Fighting Saints.</p><p>Glover had his entire front line of Joey Johnston, Walt McKechnie and Craig Patrick under contract and this was a goal-a-game unit last season. Another frontliner who may prove to be one of the big names in the game is Reggie Leach, a right wing who was among the early signers.</p><p>But Glover was pursuing a special mission this summer and that mission was to come up with some strong, thick-muscled skaters who along with whatever hockey talent they might possess also carried credentials as capable alley fighters.</p><p>In the amateur draft the Seals picked nine players, who as Glover put it, fell into the category of big and tough.</p><p>&ldquo;We came out of the amateur draft with basically what we wanted to and we&rsquo;re very happy with what we got,&rdquo; Glover said.</p><p>The Seals also came up with two young players from the N.Y. Rangers as payoff for the deal that sent their captain, Bert Marshall, to the Rangers late last season. Left wing Dave Hrechkosy, 21-year-old 6-2, 204-pounder and Gary Coalter, a right wing who is 5-10, 185-pounds and is described by Glover as &ldquo;a real tough player, an excellent checker, fine skater and a crowd-pleasing hustler.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Seats Have Brighter Outlook After WHA Raids Taper Off

<div class="byline">BY TONY PETRELLA</div><p>ATLANTA &mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-01844/3417069-1-eng-US/f0015-012.jpg" title="f0015-01" width="570" height="894"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bill McCreary</b><br><b>&hellip;Surprise Choice</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>om Lysiak is the archtypical hockey player. He neither follows the machinations of the National Hockey League, nor worries about not being able to name more than two or three of his new Atlanta Flames&rsquo; teammates.</p><p>He chooses, instead, to make his home on a rambling farm in Medicine Hat, Alberta, with nine other persons. Some of them, such as Stan Weir of the California Golden Seals, are hockey players. But hockey talk does not abound.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m really quite ignorant about the game. Naive. But, we really have a great time,&rdquo; Lysiak said recently. &ldquo;We have chickens and pigs and cows, the whole works. It&rsquo;s a great life.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re not really out in the backwoods. Just two miles away from town, but on a dirt road. I had to sell my car because of the potholes in that road. It really tore the thing up.&rdquo;</p><p>If intuition and insuation is accurate, young Lysiak won&rsquo;t have to scrounge up means of transporting himself around Atlanta when the hockey season comes around again. The three-year contract he was awarded for being the Flames&rsquo; No. 1 draft choice was enough to make any capitalist preen. &ldquo;The organization was more than generous,&rdquo; he said with a touch of modesty. &ldquo;I just hope I can play well. I want to score enough goals so the Flames don&rsquo;t feel cheated.&rdquo;</p><p>According to those within hockey, Lysiak has about as much chance of bombing in the NHL as Liza Minnelli flopping in Veaga. He&rsquo;s a big, strong 20-year-old who enjoys throwing wlbows and doesn&rsquo;t mind trading punches. &ldquo;I had a bit over a 100 minutes in penalties this year,&rdquo; he admitted with a short laugh, &ldquo;but I earned them. Nothing cheap.&rdquo;</p><p>Lysiak, who led the Western Canada Hockey League in scoring for each of the past two seasons (58 goals and 96 assists last year), appears so good he was the draft&rsquo;s most wanted man. That&rsquo;s a statement Flames&rsquo; general manager Cliff Fletcher swears to.</p><p>&ldquo;They tell me I could have made the club in Montreal because Henri Richard was thinking of retiring and Rejean Houle was leaving&rdquo; &mdash; for the World Hockey Association&mdash;&ldquo;but I just didn&rsquo;t want to play in Canada,&rdquo; Lysiak said. Richard has since reconsidered and inked a new two-year contract at $200,000.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why I made those statements about preferring to play in America. It sounds strange now, but I really wanted to come to Atlanta. I had heard it was a terrific place, and I also heard they could use more help up te middle.&rdquo;</p><p>After getting the financial details over with, Lysiak took off for a vacation in Hawaii, then came to Atlanta early in June for the formal press conference to which all No. 1 draft picks are subjected.</p><p>The Flames had taken no chances in losing Lysiak to the WHA, and signed him almost immediately after the draft meeting. Atlanta really didn&rsquo;t have much to worry about. Lysiak already had told his agent (Dick Sorkin) to advise the Los Angeles Sharks he had no desire to play anywhere but the National Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s still pretty hard for me to grasp,&rdquo; Lysiak said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve only seen two NHL games in my whole life. One was Minnesota and Boston, and the other was Montreal and Chicago in the Stanley Cup playoff this year.</p><p>&ldquo;When 1 look at the guys in the NHL, I just don&rsquo;t envision myself out there with them. I guess that is pretty strange, but that&rsquo;s just the way it is.</p><p>&ldquo;I really don&rsquo;t follow hockey as much as I should. But I imagine that will change now. I&rsquo;ll have to get pretty involved in the NHL. If I stay there.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Lysiak Admits NHL ‘Strange’

<div class="byline">BY HAL SIGURDSON</div><p>VANCOUVER&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0015-02734/3417100-1-eng-US/f0015-022.jpg" title="f0015-02" width="262" height="449"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Bob Dailey</b></figcaption></div><p>After a search that lasted two and a half months and several false alarms, the Vancouver Canucks finally have a coach.</p><p>Officially, they still don&rsquo;t have a permanent general manager, but chances are that by the time you read this Hal Laycoe, who has held the post on an interim basis since last November, will have been confirmed in the job for a one-year term.</p><p>Their new coach, signed to a two-year contract is Bill McCreary, one of the few people in hockey who had not been rumored as a candidate. All through their search for a coach, names like Red Kelly, Al Arbour, Johnny Wilson, Phil Maloney and Roger Neilsen kept popping up.</p><p>Although he had been on their list of possible candidates for more than a month, McCreary wasn&rsquo;t viewed as a serious contender even by the people who hired him.</p><p>But when the blond, intense young man was finally called in for his first interview, that attitude changed in a hurry. Very quickly president Tom Scallen, senior vice-president Lyman Walters, director Coley Hall and Laycoe decided he was their man.</p><p>McCreary, 38 and only two years removed from the playing ranks, is bright, articulate and full of new ideas that sound almost like heresay in the staid little world of professional hockey.</p><p>For years now McCreary has been launching himself into self-improvement programs. He&rsquo;s taken courses on public speaking and he&rsquo;s learned enough French to be able to converse in the language. He&rsquo;s learned the stock brokerage business and currently he&rsquo;s deeply involved in absorbing as much as he can from scientific research into what makes the body tick and how it can be made to tick better.</p><p>For example, the Canucks may have to learn to live without their tradition al pre-game steak. Research into the matter has long since established that a high carbohydrate diet makes a better pregame meal.</p><p>McCreary says he&rsquo;s familiar with only two of the Canucks current players. Andre Boudrias played with and for him in Houston and he spent a season on the same team as Orland Kurtenbach in Springfield.</p><p>But through his scouting role in St. Louis, he&rsquo;s completely familiar with the abilities of Dennis Ververgaert and Bob Dailey, the Canucks two first round amateur draft choices. Because he is, he&rsquo;s delighted both youngsters have been signed to multi-year contracts.</p><p>He&rsquo;s confident Ververgaert, a right winger from London, and Dailey, a defenceman with the Toronto Marlies, can step right into Vancouver&rsquo;s NHL lineup.</p><p>The Canucks are going to have a new look on the bench as well as behind it. They figure to have at least five and probably eight new faces in the lineup.</p><p>In goal will be Gary Smith, acquired from Chicago in the Dale Tallon trade. His back-up man will likely be Jacques Caron whom the Canucks claimed from St. Louis in the reverse draft.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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New Canucks Coach Bill McCreary Never Candidate For Post

<p>VANCOUVER&mdash;</p><p>Remember Wayne Maki, the stricken Canucks&rsquo; forward.</p><p>He&rsquo;s currently taking part in two summer hockey schools on the West Coast&mdash;golfing daily &mdash; and has just returned from Hawaii following a Holiday presentation from his fellow Canuck players at the conclusion of the regular NHL schedule.</p><p>He&rsquo;s still under contract to the Vancouver club and will be meeting with management sometime early in the fall.</p><p>Maki was felled by a brain tumor at the outset of the 1972-73 NHL campaign and underwent surgery that kept him out of action for the rest of the year.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Wayne Maki Ska

<div class="byline">BY CHARLIE HALPIN</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0016-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-01675/3417281-1-eng-US/f0016-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The NHL has taken on a new coaching look since the season closed. Here are the four new bench bosses. From left, Al Arbour, N.Y. Islanders, Ted Garvin, Detroit, Bill McCreary, Vancouver, N.Y. Rangers, Larry Popein.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photos by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he National Hockey League came out far ahead of the rival World Hockey Association in signing their top amateur draft picks. In fact, there was a distinct possibility the WHA would be blanked as far as acquiring the signatures of first round players.</p><p>A survey of the recent NHL amateur draft held prior to the regular league meetings indicated the National League had already signed 15 of the top 16 choices with the 16th &mdash; forward Bob Gainey of Peterborough, who was drafted No 1 by Montreal Canadiens &mdash; on the verge of putting his name on an NHL contract.</p><p>It seems Gainey&rsquo;s legal representative, Bob Woolf of Boston, had started preliminary negotiations with Canadiens but both sides wanted more time before the actual signing. If such was the case then the NHL could count 16 first-round picks putting the WHA on the outside looking in as far as Canada&rsquo;s showcase of leading junior talent was concerned.</p><p>Most players have signed multiyear contracts insuring their length of stay in the NHL from three to the next five years. Lanny McDonald, the swift skating youngster from Medicine Hat, is reported to have landed the &lsquo;big contract&rsquo; in this year&rsquo;s junior crop. McDonald reportedly inked a $600,000 package as compared to $500,000 for New York Islanders&rsquo; Denis Potvin, who went as No. 1 in the 1973 amateur grab gab. Potvin, however, has a different type contract than McDonald in that it include all sorts of bonuses for special events such as public speaking, ticket selling, etc.</p><p>But no matter what kind of a contract was signed by either McDonald or Potvin, one thing was certain. All the top Canadian junior skaters came away with their pockets bulging with NHL dollars.</p><p>The WHA wasn&rsquo;t completely shut out in signing young draft picks, however. Four who decided to throw in with the new pro circuit included defenseman Colin Campbell of Peterborough, a second-round pick of the Pittsburgh Penguins, goaler Ed Humphreys from Saskatoon Blades, a third-round selection by Montreal and Robbie Neale, whom the Detroit Red Wings chose as their No 3 pick. Lou Nistico, Minnesota&rsquo;s seventh round choice, also bolted to the WHA. Campbell and across the NHL podium in the draft room at Montreal&rsquo;s Mount Royal Hotel.</p><p>A few of the amateurs were holding out while pondering offers from the WHA. Among them were Glen Goldup and Pete Marrin, both second round selections by the Canadiens, Paulin Bordeleau, Vancouver&rsquo;s No 2 pick, Reg Thomas, Chicago&rsquo;s second choice, Pat Hickey, whom Rangers drafted in the second round, and Jim Jones, a forward with Peterborough Petes who has declared he would probably go with the WHA rather than sign with Boston Bruins.</p><p>Humphreys signed with the Vancouver Blazers, Neale with Cleveland Crusaders.</p><p>Most NHL clubs wasted little time sitting down with their draft choices. Tom Lysiak of Medecine Hat, whom the Atlanta Flames took as the No 2 pick, was inked the very minute his name came.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-02587/3417274-1-eng-US/f0016-022.jpg" title="f0016-02" width="1180" height="925"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>The New York Islanders grabbed defenseman DENIS POTVIN, above, of the Ottawa 67s in the draft and promptly signed him to a multi-year contract reported at $500,000. Potvin went as the No. 1 selection. Three lesser picks inked by the Boston Bruins below included, left to right GARY CROSBIE, AL SIMS and STEVE LANGDON.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photos by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-03472/3417267-1-eng-US/f0016-032.jpg" title="f0016-03" width="1189" height="857"></div><h2><b>NHL Amateur Draft Picks</b></h2><p>Following players were selected by the 16 National Hockey League teams in the summer amateur draft. Number shown before names indicates when player was drafted.</p><p><b>Pos.</b></p><h2><b>ATLANTA (12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-04364/3417260-1-eng-US/f0016-042.jpg" title="f0016-04" width="869" height="412"></div><h2><b>BOSTON (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-05265/3417253-1-eng-US/f0016-052.jpg" title="f0016-05" width="847" height="371"></div><h2><b>BUFFALO (8)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-06212/3417246-1-eng-US/f0016-062.jpg" title="f0016-06" width="840" height="285"></div><h2><b>CALIFORNIA (9)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-07190/3417239-1-eng-US/f0016-072.jpg" title="f0016-07" width="847" height="306"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO (12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-08172/3417232-1-eng-US/f0016-082.jpg" title="f0016-08" width="840" height="406"></div><h2><b>DETROIT (15)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-09150/3417225-1-eng-US/f0016-092.jpg" title="f0016-09" width="841" height="506"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES (5)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-10128/3417218-1-eng-US/f0016-102.jpg" title="f0016-10" width="850" height="173"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA (12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-11114/3417211-1-eng-US/f0016-112.jpg" title="f0016-11" width="844" height="413"></div><h2><b>MONTREAL (16)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1298/3417204-1-eng-US/f0016-122.jpg" title="f0016-12" width="831" height="554"></div><h2><b>N.Y. ISLANDERS (10)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1387/3417197-1-eng-US/f0016-132.jpg" title="f0016-13" width="845" height="350"></div><h2><b>N.Y. RANGERS (6)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1481/3417190-1-eng-US/f0016-142.jpg" title="f0016-14" width="830" height="213"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1571/3417183-1-eng-US/f0016-152.jpg" title="f0016-15" width="850" height="380"></div><h2><b>PITTSBURGH (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1668/3417176-1-eng-US/f0016-162.jpg" title="f0016-16" width="853" height="381"></div><h2><b>ST. LOUIS (7)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1760/3417169-1-eng-US/f0016-172.jpg" title="f0016-17" width="839" height="243"></div><h2><b>TORONTO (12)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1853/3417162-1-eng-US/f0016-182.jpg" title="f0016-18" width="846" height="412"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER (11)</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0016-1948/3417155-1-eng-US/f0016-192.jpg" title="f0016-19" width="850" height="374"></div><p><b>Draft Breakdown By Leagues: OH A 56, WCHL 51, Colleges 29 (25 American, 4 Canadian), QMHL 24, Tier Two 6, U.S. Amateur 2. Total drafted&mdash;168. Position Key&mdash;G&mdash;Goaler. D&mdash;Defenseman. F&mdash;Forward.</b><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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NHL Teams Sign 15 Of Ton 16 Juniors

<div class="byline">BY NORM MACLEAN</div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0017-01576/3417312-1-eng-US/f0017-012.jpg" title="f0017-01" width="214" height="419"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Steve Vickers</b></figcaption></div><p>Emile Francis, the last of the dynamic breed which once dominated the National Hockey League as general manager-coach, has stepped down from the coaching portfolio and handed it over to Larry Popein.</p><p>Popein, 42, is the 13th coach in Ranger history, all of whom have previously played for New York. Larry, who was the center of the New York line of Popein, Andy Bathgate and Dean Prentice in the mid fifties, has coached for five seasons. In 1972-73 he was with Providence of the AHL, after serving three seasons with Omaha of the CHL and one with Seattle of the WHL. He had one championship, at Omaha, to his credit.</p><p>&ldquo;Popein knows our system perfectly,&rdquo; said Francis. &ldquo;He has come up through the Ranger ranks as a player and coach. I know he can carry on the success of the New &lsquo;York sextet.&rdquo;</p><p>Popein, smiling and obviously happy, said, &ldquo;I run a tight ship. If every one of our players gets one hit (body check) and one shot on goal per period, we would hardly ever lose a game. I will run a tough training camp as the guys who played for me at Omaha will attest.&rdquo;</p><p>Both Billy Fairbairn and 1972-73 Calder Memorial Trophy winner Steve Vickers, as Rookie of the Year, will attest to this. Both men played for Popein with the knights.</p><p>&ldquo;Larry does know how to chew you out,&rdquo; said Fairbairn, &ldquo;but he does it privately, just as did Francis. He can be tough, but that never hurt anyone.</p><p>&ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t talk much, but he can be a tough man,&rdquo; recalled Vickers, who played for Pope in 1971-72 at Omaha. &ldquo;He can really crack the whip.&rdquo;</p><p>Vickers was sporting a summertime beard which he says will come off at training camp time in order to honor Popein&rsquo;s dictum on short hair.</p><p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s not a big thing,&rdquo; noted Larry. &ldquo;But I just think that success is a journey not a short trip. The hair rule will stand.&rdquo;</p><p>Pete Stemkowski added, &ldquo;Popein has a tough reputation. You have to be tough to coach. I don&rsquo;t imagine any of us are untouchables, but we&rsquo;ll get to know him at training camp. We&rsquo;ll have to meet each other halfway.&rdquo;</p><p>Francis&rsquo; stepping down was a surprise in Rangerville. Bill Jennings, the Rangers president had given no indication that the Cat, who revived a dead franchise in 1965, would lessen his load.</p><p>&ldquo;With the advent of the other league (the WHA) the work load had become too much,&rdquo; said Francis. &ldquo;This will give me the opportunity to get out and assess the juniors.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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‘Cat’ Steps Down To Make Way For Popein As Coach

<div class="byline">BY TODD HILL</div><p>PITTSBURGH &mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Pittsburgh Penguins are hoping their annual reach into the excess talent bag of the National Hockey League, better known as the Intra-League Draft, will provide the same results as that of two years ago.</p><p>Pittsburgh claimed 22-year old defenseman Ron Jones from the Boston Bruins for the claiming price of $40,000. Jones comes highly rated, having been Boston&rsquo;s No 1 draft pick in the 1971 Amateur Draft and picked sixth overall that year.</p><p>Jones played four seasons with the Edmonton Oil Kings and in his final year was the best defenseman in the Western Canada Hockey League. The past two seasons he played with the Boston Braves of the American Hockey League.</p><p>Jones is 6&rsquo;2&rdquo; and weighs 190 pounds. He is a left handed shooter, but has played on the right side. His versatility of playing either side could be a key factor when training camp rolls around in September.</p><p>The last defenseman Pittsburgh acquired in the Intra-League Draft was Dave Burrows from Chicago, who has developed into one of the best backliners in the game.</p><p>General Manager Jack Riley also picked up some strength and muscle up front with the acquisition of Steve Andrascik from the New York Rangers. Andrascik was also a first round draft pick in the Amateur Draft in 1968. He has spent the past three seasons in the New York Rangers farm system. This year he scored eight goals and nine assists in 41 games with Providence (AHL) while missing part of the season with a broken hand.</p><p>The only loss suffered by the Penguins was Rick Kessell who was claimed in the Reverse Draft by Salt Lake City. Kessell had scored only one goal while seeing limited action throughout the season.</p><p><b>IGLOO INK</b> &mdash; Seating increases in the Civic Arena within the next two years will hike attendance to 16,450 &hellip; Jack Riley received the James G. Balmer Memorial Award for his contribution to hockey in Pittsburgh &hellip; Kessell and Jim Rutherford represented Pittsburgh on this year&rsquo;s USO tour of Thailand and Hawaii &hellip; Brian Walker, a 1972 draft choice and standout with fort Wayne this year, was hit by an automobile and will be hospitalized with a fractured hip for at least two months after being run down by a hit and run driver. Syl Apps, Dave Burrows and Ron Schock top the list of unsigned players in the organization<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Pens Crab Ran Janes In Draft Raping History Will Repeat

<div class="byline">BY JACK McCARTHY</div><p>BOSTON &mdash;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0018-01584/3417367-1-eng-US/f0018-012.jpg" title="f0018-01" width="243" height="388"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Andre Savard</b></figcaption></div><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Bruins didn&rsquo;t make much news over the latter part of the hockey season, being ousted from the Stanley Cup playoffs by the Rangers, but there has been plenty of action since the season ended.</p><p>The have &mdash; and take a deep breath and settle down for an hour or so &mdash; signed their No. 1 draft choice, Andre Savard of the Quebec Remparts; inked Dallas Smith and Don Awrey to multi-year contracts; traded Fred Stanfield to the North Stars for goaltender Gilles Gilbert; sent Eddie Johnston to Toronto in the deal for the long-gone Jacques Plante; discovered that Wayne Cashman has a ruptured disc in his back, and, lost Mike Walton to Minnesota of the W.H.A.</p><p>That may not be the order of importance, but you can take your choice. We will even throw in the incidental intelligence that soonto-be-wed Bobby Orr showed up at a golf tournament wearing a new mustache.</p><p>The Savard signing was held at the same golf tournament, and was reported to be for three years at a reported $420,000 total, which is supposed to be slightly exaggerated. It is also not supposed to be a no-cut deal on paper, but there is a verbal agreement in there somewhere.</p><p>The wiry 19-year-old center was the Bruins top choice and the sixth player taken in the amateur draft. He came to Boston after long thought given to an offer from the Plante and the Quebec Nordiques. He was represented in negotiations by Montreal lawyers Larry Sazant and David Schatia.</p><p>The Quebec Junior League scoring champion will probably be placed at center between Johnny Bucky and Freddie O&rsquo;Donnell.</p><p>He said. &ldquo;I could not pass up the chance to play in the National League.&rdquo; He said that he had lost eight pounds while making his choice at home in Temiscamingue, Que. &ldquo;I play at 180 pounds, but I am much under that now.&rdquo;</p><p>Several of the Bruins players talked with Savard, who may have been apprehensive about the reception a French player would get in Boston. Carol Vadnais was one, and Phil Esposito was another.</p><p>Espo, incidentally, had the cast taken off his left knee and replaced by a brace. He was reportedly not happy with the early results of his conditioning, but that&rsquo;s Espo. He tore ligaments in the f2 knee in the second game of the playoffs when he was checked by Ron Harris of the Rangers.</p><p>Meanwhile, Savard said that he &ldquo;ohas always played center and is a left shot. &ldquo;I know that Boston has a lot of centers and that I have to make the club. But I give myself a good chance.&rdquo;</p><p>He should give himself a better chance now that Boston has traded Stanfield to Minnesota for Gilbert, a goaltender they need desperately now that Plante and Eddie Johnston have departed.</p><p>Gilbert was reported to have been signed to a six-year, no-trade contract by Boston. This is similar to a pact Stanfield held with Boston. There are reports that Freddie got $100,000 in one way or another before he would go with Wren Blair.</p><p>Gilbert, of course, was being romanced by the Los Angeles Sharks, and Blair, no dummy, he, made sure he got to Boston where he, Wren, could get something for him in return.</p><p>For Gilbert, he thought he was dreaming when he heard he had been dealt to Boston. He will not miss playing against the gunners from Boston, who had some wide-open shooting nights against him. He said, &lsquo;Til get a big thrill playing for these people. It&rsquo;s a brilliant team. Guys like Orr and Esposito gave me a rough time. You give them a couple of inches and it&rsquo;s too bad&hellip;&rdquo;</p><p>Then there is Eddie J., most unhappy with his lot in Boston last season, and bitter toward Harry Sinden. Noting that Harry has never been a booster of his, Eddie said, &ldquo;He forgot me when Gerry Cheevers came.&rdquo; And doesn&rsquo;t that seem like a long time ago?</p><p>Eddie has a night club in a town near Boston and it has been picking up in business lately &mdash; another reason he didn&rsquo;t want to leave. In fact, he was demanding that the Leafs make it worth his while to leave his busines interests in the Boston area, unless he got the equivalent of $100,000 a year.</p><p>He was reported to be getting $70-80,000 with Boston. And, he also was making noises about dickering with the New England Whalers, the WHA champs. But, Toronto called and he went.</p><p>Now we come to Awrey, the 30-year-old defenseman, now a sevenyear regular veteran. He had been reportedly headed for the Sharks, with another team also in on the action. But he finally signed what was described as a multi-year contract, as did the other veteran blue-liner, Dallas Smith, another rumored jumper.</p><p>Cashman is something else, however. He hurt his back last season early, and played most of the year with pain in the back, and shooting pains in his legs. It was reported once that he had fractured veterbrae, but post-season diagnosis at Massachusetts Teneral Hospital disclosed a ruptured disc.</p><p>Cash, one of the roughest, toughest corner-diggers in the N.H.L., must have been in agony over the latter part of the season.</p><p>Finally, Coach Bep Guidolin, who will meet the noble athletes in September in the Bruins&rsquo; new camp in Fitchburg, Mass., says, the picnic is over. Training camp won&rsquo;t be any party. I&rsquo;ll be struct and we&rsquo;ll have fines. We&rsquo;ll have to work to beat those Frenchmen. The trade? Looks like both sides benefitted.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Johnston, Walton, Stanfield Move Out In Bruins’ Shuffle

<div class="byline">BY DWAYNE NETLAND</div><p>TWIN CITIES&mdash;</p><p>If there is any single distinction that the Minnesota North Stars have achieved in six years of National Hockey League competition, it is the remarkable stability of the organization.</p><p>The North Stars have truly a unique record for keeping their administrative personnel.</p><p>President Walter Bush has been the chief administrative officer since the franchise was granted in February of 1966, operative for the 1967-68 season.</p><p>General manager Wren Blair shares fourth place with Larry Regan as the fourth-ranking GM in seniority in the entire NHL. The only others who have been around longer successively with the same club are Sammy Pollock of Montreal, Tommy Ivan of Chicago and Emile Francis of New York.</p><p>With Francis&rsquo; recent abdication as coach, Jack Gordon of the North Stars is the second-senior coach in the NHL. Only Billy Reay of the Black Hawks has been with the same club longer than the genial Gordon, who joined the Minnesota organization in June of 1970.</p><p>That same trend of stability continues right on down the line at Metropolitan. Sports Center. With the club since its founding, in the same positions, are ticket manager Dick Arneson, controller Orrin Wichelmann, special assistant John Mariucci, publicity director Dick Dillman and front office assistants Dick Meredith, Beth Kibler and Marilyn Vaughan. Bob Reid, administrative director when the club was formed, is now the manager of Met Center.</p><p>Blair&rsquo;s original scouting staff of Ted O&rsquo;Connor and Gerald Blair is still intact, augmented by veteran Harold (Baldy) Cotton, who came out of retirement to join the club early in the 1967-68 season and is still beating the bushes for young recruits.</p><p>At the player level, the North Stars have fared rather well in the stability area, too. Bill Godsworthy and Cesare Maniago, taken in the original expansion draft of 1967, have achieved stardon with the North Stars. J.P. Parise, who played with Team Canada, joined the North Stars in the third month of the 1967-68 season.</p><p>A check of other expansion teams reveals that California and St. Louis have none of their 1967 charter players. Real Lemieux and Mike Corrigan are with Los Angeles but they were each dealt away by the Kings before returning. Pittsburgh&rsquo;s Ken Schinkel is the only Penguin still around from the 1967 draft, but he is now a nonplayingcoach.</p><p>Philadelphia leads the Expansion Class of 1967 in retaining charter members, with Doug Favell, Ed Van Impe, Joe Watson and Gary Dornhoefer heading into their seventh season in Flyer uniforms.</p><p>Parker MacDonald, a North Star expansion draftee in 1967, has remained on the Minnesota payroll all these years, mostly as a farm team executive. MacDonald will return as coach and general manager this season at New Haven of the AHL, which is now a Minnesota farm club.</p><p>Blair, and the North Stars, had an extremely busy off-season. The Minnesota G.M. drafted and signed his top two junior picks, center Blake Dunlop of Ottawa 67s and right winger Johnny Rogers of the Edmonton Oil Kings. Dunlop lead all Canadian juniors in scoring last season with 159 points.</p><p>Veteran goalie Gump Worsley was lured out of retirement to sign a five-year contract, the last four for a scouting position, and goalie Gilles Gilbert was traded to the Boston Bruins for center Fred Stanfield.</p><p><b>NORTH STAR NOTES:</b> Another new face on the Minnesota roster will be right winger Tony Featherstone, who was acquired from Montreal&rsquo;s Nova Scotia farm team for a player to be named later. Featherstone will be the se-player picked in the 1969 junior draft &hellip; &ldquo;We may have quite a few venth new face on our club next season,&rdquo; Blair observed. &ldquo;We had a good year in 1972-73, but I thought we needed a little spark Stanfield. Featherstone, Dunlop, Rogersand Jerry Byers all have excellent chances of displacing regulars for jobs&rdquo; &hellip; Featherstone was the No. 2 scorer in the AHL last season with 103 points &hellip; Dunlop&rsquo;s junior A coach at Ottawa was Leo Boivin, former North Star defenseman and scout who gave the sturdy center a strong recommendation.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0019-01564/3417398-1-eng-US/f0019-012.jpg" title="f0019-01" width="556" height="573"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>TONY FEATHERSTONE &hellip; Likely regular</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0019-01

Stanfield Gives Stars Death

<h2><b>WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION</b></h2><p>HOUSTON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he hockey public was still gasping over the bold move by the World Hockey Association&rsquo;s Houston Aeros in luring the young Howe brothers away from their amateur hockey club &mdash; the Toronto Marlboros.</p><p>But the best is still to come as far as the Aeros were concerned. They had made definite contract offers to the National Hockey League&rsquo;s greatest player of all time &mdash; Gordie Howe and it was expected the 45-year-old all-time scoring leader of the NHL was ready to jump for a reported $1,000,000 contract offer.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-01407/3417436-1-eng-US/f0020-012.jpg" title="f0020-01" width="542" height="657"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>GORDIE HOWE&hellip;Pondering Offer</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0020-02310/3417429-1-eng-US/f0020-022.jpg" title="f0020-02" width="560" height="684"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MARK HOWE&hellip;Signs Rich Pact</b></figcaption></div><p>Howe had bid the Detroit Red Wings farewell as their vice-president, a position he held since retiring two years ago after firing 786 goals in 25 NHL seasons.</p><p>Howe is expected to follow his two sons, Mark and Marty, to the Aeros. The elder Howe is reported to have been offered a $1 million package &mdash; $500,000 bonus to sign and another $500,000 spread over the next four years. Howe was anxious to play one year with his boys and then pack it in for a front-office job with the club.</p><p>The Howe boys, Mark, 18, and Marty, 19, were signed by Aeros&rsquo; general Jim Smith to multi-year contracts amid charges that they had violated the pro-amateur hockey agreement that existed between the NHL and Canadian Amateur Hockey Association that junior players could not be signed until they were 20 years of age.</p><p>The WHA club claimed both youngsters were American born and not governed by the CAHA edict despite the fact they performed for the Memorial Cup champion Toronto Marlboros this past season.</p><p>The signing of the underaged Howes has set off considerable speculation that the whole issue could land up in court. But the Aeros are standing firm on their choice of the sons of hockey&rsquo;s most famous competitor and hope to bring their talented father into the fold.</p><p>Gordie dropped his 27-year affiliation with Detroit as a player and later an executive to follow his sons to Houston. He said he was not happy with the Wings since he quit playing and felt he was doing no service to the NHL team despite his $50,000 salary.</p><p>Howe said he was &ldquo;90 percent sure&rdquo; of signing with the Aeros and said the only details he had to work out with Houston GM Smith was how the money would be paid to him. The ex-Detroit star said he would go to Houston to find a home and planned on moving from Detroit in the next few weeks with his family, providing he sticks to his decision to leave the NHL.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0020-01

Other Leagues

Houston Rotks Hotkey World By Luring Howe Boys to WHA

<p>LOS ANGELES&mdash;</p><p>When the World Hockey Association closed out its first season officials set out with one goal in mind: to improve the product before the 1973-74 campaign.</p><p>Their objective was mildly to secure more experienced National Hockey League talent. One spokesman said: &ldquo;we have set a target of 30 more National League players and we intend to get them.&rdquo; Well as the month of July rolled near, the league was more than one third the way there.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-01255/3417512-1-eng-US/f0021-012.jpg" title="f0021-01" width="565" height="727"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RICK SMITH &hellip; Joins Minnesota</b></figcaption></div><p>In all, WHA teams had grabbed 11 established National League players signing most of them to lucrative multi-year contracts. The total of&lsquo;NHL&rsquo; affiliated players lured over to their side numbered 23 for the WHA and among their grab bag was some pretty imposing hockey names.</p><p>For example, the Los Angeles Sharks wooed left winger Marc Tardif away from the Montreal Canadiens with a three-year contract calling for $150,000 per season.</p><p>The Sharks&rsquo; president and general manager Dennis Murphy called the former Canadiens&rsquo; star &ldquo;the biggest hockey name in Los Angeles. He is aggressive, has muscle and skating ability and can be compared to any of the great young talents in hockey,&rdquo; said Murphy.</p><p>The Minnesota Fighting Saints were the busiest negotiators getting the likes of defenseman Rick Smith of California, the Waltons, Bobby from Seattle of the WHL and brother Mike from the Boston Bruins. They also enticed Steve Cardwell to come over from the Pittsburgh Penguins.</p><p>Quebec Nordiques landed a big one when they signed high scoring Serge Bernier to a three-year pact. Bernier was No. 2 point-getter on the L.A. Kings last season. The Quebecers also have defenseman Dale Hoganson, goaler Michel Deguise and veteran winger Jeannot (Gil) Gilbert from Hershey Bears on their roster. Hoganson and Deguise were Montreal property.</p><p>Chicago Cougars picked off Darryl Maggs from California and goaler Cam Newton from Pittsburgh. Alberta Oilers took Bryan McKenzie from Omaha and Bob Fitchner, a promising youngster with Fort Wayne last year. Winnipeg Jets signed defenseman Jim Hargreaves from Vancouver Canucks and New England Whalers added more strength by securing Al Karlander from Detroit, goaler Gerry Gray from New Haven and Don Blackburn from Minnesota North Stars.</p><p>Houston Aeros acquired the young Howe brothers, Mark and Marty, as a forerunner to landing big daddy himself, Gordie Howe. Vancouver Blazers took a pair of top amateur draft picks, goaler Ed Hutnphreys and Colin Campbell, and Cleveland signed Detroit&rsquo;s No. 2 pick, Robbie Neale.</p><p>Like the man said at the outset, the WHA has set out to get 30 National Leaguers and while they may be shooting a little high, there&rsquo;s a good chance they&rsquo;ll get at least three quarters of the way there or in other words &mdash; 20 NHL players. Time will tell.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-02187/3417505-1-eng-US/f0021-022.jpg" title="f0021-02" width="553" height="612"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MARC TARDIF &hellip; Jumps To L.A.</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-03133/3417498-1-eng-US/f0021-032.jpg" title="f0021-03" width="568" height="582"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>SERGE BERNIER &hellip; Inked By Quebec</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0021-01

Tardif, Bernier, Smith Head New ‘Jumpers’

<p><b>LOS ANGELES</b></p><p>MARC TARDIF, Montreal</p><p><b>MINNESOTA</b></p><p>RICK SMITH, California</p><p>BOBBY WALTON, Seattle</p><p>MIKE WALTON, Boston</p><p>STEVE CARDWELL, Pittsburgh</p><p><b>QUEBEC</b></p><p>DALE HOGANSON, Montreal</p><p>SERGE BERNIER, Los Angeles</p><p>MICHEL DEGUISE, Nova Scotia</p><p>GIL GILBERT, Hershey</p><p><b>CHICAGO</b></p><p>DARRYL MAGGS, California</p><p>CAM NEWTON, Pittsburgh</p><p><b>VANCOUVER</b></p><p>ED HUMPHREYS, Saskatoon</p><p>COLIN CAMPBELL, Peterborough</p><p><b>ALBERTA</b></p><p>BRIAN McKENZIE, Omaha</p><p>BOB FITCHNER, Fort Wayne</p><p><b>WINNIPEG</b></p><p>JIM HARGREAVES, Vancouver</p><p><b>HOUSTON</b></p><p>MARK HOWE, Tor. Marlboros</p><p>MARTY HOWE, Tor. Marlboros</p><p><b>NEW ENGLAND</b></p><p>AL KARLANDER, Detroit</p><p>DON BLACKBURN, Minnesota</p><p>GERRY GRAY, New Haven</p><p><b>CLEVELAND</b></p><p>ROBBIENEALE, Brandon<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

New WHA Signings

<div class="byline">BY WALT BURROWS</div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>The reorganized New York Golden Blades apparently didn&rsquo;t waste much time waking up the rest of the World Hockey Association.</p><p>The Golden Blades swapped their high scoring Ron Ward and goalie Pete Donnelly to the newly franchised Vancouver Blazers for the WHA&rsquo;s scoring champion Andre Lacroix, Don Herriman and the rights to Bernie Parent, who left the (then) Philadelphia Blazers in a contract dispute during the playoffs in early April.</p><p>The trade was shocking, to say the least, since it involved the two top scorers in the league, but to Lacroix, &ldquo;it was beautiful.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;I had a clause in my contract last year whereby, if I scored 50 goals I could renegotiate it,&rdquo; said the talkative Frenchman. &ldquo;We talked it over, although not in a renegotiating manner, and thought a trade would be the best for all concerned if it could be worked out to everyone&rsquo;s satisfaction.</p><p>&ldquo;I have a home in the Philadelphia area and also a partnership in an ice rink with Ed Van Impe. Naturally, I didn&rsquo;t want to leave Philly, but when the Blazers were sold to interests in Vancouver, it clouded the picture.&rdquo;</p><p>Lee Matison, the new vice-president and treasurer of the Golden Blades, didn&rsquo;t waste any time talking with the Blazers&rsquo; general manager Phil Watson and the deal was consummated.</p><p>It was one of two things the Golden Blades did the last two days in May. They also named a general manager, Jerry DeLise.</p><p>A week prior to those developments, the Golden Blades inked Camille Henry to a one-year contract with a substantial raise. Henry coached the &ldquo;Raiders&rdquo; to a sixth place finish last year when they last in defense and second in offense in the East.</p><p>The acquisition of Lacroix and Herriman gives the Golden Blades two-thirds of the Blazers-Ureune, the third member being Danny Lawson.</p><p>DeLise comes to the Golden Blades as managing director of hockey personnel, and will handle all transactions involving players.</p><p>The 52-year-old DeLise has been owner and general manager of Muskegon in the International Hockey League for the past 12 years, during which time the Mohawks won 11 division and playoff titles.</p><p>While at Muskegon, he has also been special assistant to hockey&rsquo;s well-know general manager, Sam Pollack of the Montreal Canadiens.</p><p>As for building the team, DeLise said: &ldquo;I would rather go with younger players than established ones when building a team. The WHA, surviving the first year, is now in a better position to sign juniors than it was a year ago.&rdquo;</p><p>DeLise&rsquo;s first challenge will be trying to sign Parent, who had been, in his own words &ldquo;close to signing&rdquo; with the Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League.</p><p>Golden Blades&rsquo; fans should have a good feeling, too. After original general manager Marvin Milkes r3signed in the infant stages of the 1972-73 season and the league took over the club&rsquo;s operation, the team had no general manager and because of a dubious financial situation, could not make any trades.</p><p>Now, everything has changed.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-04105/3417574-1-eng-US/f0021-042.jpg" title="f0021-04" width="272" height="427"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Jerry DeLise</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0021-0590/3417567-1-eng-US/f0021-052.jpg" title="f0021-05" width="559" height="600"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>RON WARD &hellip; Vancouver Bound</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0021-04

Revamped N.Y. Blades Swap Ward In Exchange Of Leading Scorers

<div class="byline">BY WALT BURROWS</div><p>CLEVELAND&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>C</span>leveland Crusader owner Nick Mileti never operated with a general manager last year and the decision cost him the services of Chuck Catto, one of the most knowledgeable individuals around when it comes to hockey players.</p><p>When Catto resigned his post as Assistant GM and Director of Player Personnel, Mileti decided right then and there he would hire himself a general manager.</p><p>Catto, who undoubtedly would not have left the Cleveland organization if he had that title (and authority) last year, but he didn&rsquo;t, so he left.</p><p>Catto claimed his role with the Crusaders was not authoritative enough to warrant his remaining with the World Hockey Association club. Several suggested trades of his were questioned by Mileti and thus never made.</p><p>This will not happen this year. Mileti has himself a general manager to run the show in Jack Vivian, former hockey coach at Bowling Green State University.</p><p>Vivian, 32, is a native of Strathroy, Ontario. He is the only hockey coach in Bowling Green history and under his leadership the Falcons have developed into one of the finest hockey schools in the country. The Falcons recorded over 100 victories during his six years at the helm.</p><p>&ldquo;We have been talking to Jack Vivian since we first entered hockey over four years ago,&rdquo; Mileti said. &ldquo;His abilities on the administrative, coaching, scouting and recruiting levels are reflected in his record at Bowling Green.&rdquo;</p><p>Vivian was philosophical about his new position.</p><p>&ldquo;I am here because 1 have the ambition to climb the mountain,&rdquo; Vivian stated. &ldquo;This is the top of my profession and lam grateful for the opportunity. I believe in Nick Mileti and what he is doing. This is already a great hockey area and, with hard work, can become even greater.</p><p>The Crusaders have given Vivian a good opportunity to show his recruiting abilities. They drafted several good-looking prospects from the amateur draft and he&rsquo;ll have the responsibility of signing them.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0022-01280/3417605-1-eng-US/f0022-012.jpg" title="f0022-01" width="574" height="897"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>JACK VIVIAN&hellip;Hired By Cleveland</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0022-01

Inking Kids First Task For New GM

<p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>ollowing are the players, both amateurs and pros, selected by the World Hockey Association teams during their summer drafts. Numbers beside players names indicate when they were selected.</p><h2><b>CHICAGO</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Bob Neely, Peterborough</p><p>15&mdash;Larry Goodenough, London</p><p>27&mdash;Francois Rochon, Sherbrooke</p><p>40&mdash;Terry Ewasiuk, Victoria</p><p>66&mdash;Keith Smith, Brown Univ.</p><p>79&mdash;DenisDesgagnes, Sorel</p><p>92&mdash;Jean-Pierre Burgoyne, Shawinigan</p><p>105&mdash;Gord Halliday, Penn. Univ.</p><p>118&mdash;Mike Haramis, Laval</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Darryl Maggs</p><p>2&mdash;J.P. Bordeleau</p><p>3&mdash;Brian Glennie</p><p>4&mdash;Phil Russell</p><p>5&mdash;Bill Clement</p><p>6&mdash;Rene Villemure</p><p>7&mdash;Richard Wilson</p><p>8&mdash;Claude Houde</p><p>9&mdash;Barry Merrell</p><p>10&mdash;Jean Lemieux</p><p>11&mdash;Jacques Royer</p><p>12&mdash;NedYettin</p><p>13&mdash;Rick Newell</p><p>14&mdash;Larry Cahan</p><p>15&mdash;Gerry Andreatta</p><p>16&mdash;Dick McGlynn</p><p>17&mdash;Pierre Viau</p><p>18&mdash;Keith LeLievre</p><p>19&mdash;Bill Coakley</p><h2><b>NEW YORK</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p><b>16&mdash;Al Sims, Cornwall</b></p><p><b>28&mdash;John Wensink, Cornwall</b></p><p><b>54&mdash;Doug Marit, Regina</b></p><p><b>67&mdash;Dennis Ververgaert, London</b></p><p><b>80&mdash;Lowell Ostlund, Saskatoon</b></p><p><b>93&mdash;Frank Grandchukoff, Medicine Hat</b></p><p><b>106&mdash;Richard Austin, Swift Current</b></p><p><b>119&mdash;Brian Dick, Winnipeg</b></p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Mike Pelyk</p><p>2&mdash;Wayne Hillman</p><p>3&mdash;Steve Vickers</p><p>4&mdash;Larry McIntyre</p><p>5&mdash;Gary Kilpatrick</p><p>6&mdash;Murray Keogan</p><p>7&mdash;Tony Esposito</p><p>8&mdash;Bob Paradise</p><p>9&mdash;John Bennett</p><p>10&mdash;Steve Andrascik</p><p>11&mdash;Serge Lajeunesse</p><p>12&mdash;Pete Stemkowski</p><p>13&mdash;Thor Lindstrom</p><p>14&mdash;Lowell MacDonald</p><p>15&mdash;Lynn Margarit</p><p>16&mdash;Juha Widing</p><p>17&mdash;Roy Edwards</p><p>18&mdash;Ed Hays</p><p>19&mdash;Eddie Bumbacco</p><p>20&mdash;Jarda Krupicka</p><h2><b>QUEBEC</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>3&mdash;Andre Savard, Quebec</p><p>14&mdash;Blaine Stroughton, Flin Flon</p><p>17&mdash;Morris Titanic, Sudbury</p><p>29&mdash;Eric Vail, Sudbury</p><p>42&mdash;Jean Landry, Quebec</p><p>55&mdash;Denis Patry, Drummondville</p><p>68&mdash;Dale Cook, Victoria</p><p>81&mdash;Andre Deschamps, Quebec</p><p>94&mdash;Bob Stumpf, New Westminster</p><p>107&mdash;Guy Ross, Sherbrooke</p><p>120&mdash;Michel Belisle, Montreal</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Simon Nolet</p><p>2&mdash;Pierre Jarry</p><p>3&mdash;Carol Vadnais</p><p>4&mdash;Don Marcotte</p><p>5&mdash;Red Berenson</p><p>6&mdash;Claude Larose</p><p>7&mdash;Nick Beverley</p><p>8&mdash;Eddie Shack</p><p>9&mdash;Tim Ecclestone</p><p>10&mdash;Jean Hamel</p><p>11&mdash;Larry Robinson</p><p>12&mdash;Guy Lapointe</p><p>13&mdash;Gregg Sheppard</p><p>14&mdash;Steve Durbano</p><p>15&mdash;Paul Larose</p><p>16&mdash;Punch Cartier</p><p>17&mdash;Frank Golembrosky</p><p>18&mdash;Michel Haryey</p><p>19&mdash;Jacques Lemelin</p><p>20&mdash;Mike McNamara</p><h2><b>TORONTO</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>4&mdash;Paulin Bordeleau, Toronto</p><p>18&mdash;Pat Hickey, Hamilton</p><p>43&mdash;Pete Marrin, Toronto</p><p>52&mdash;Bob Dailey, Toronto</p><p>56&mdash;Lou Nistico, London</p><p>69&mdash;Doug Ferguson, Hamilton</p><p>78&mdash;Gerald Gibbons, St. Mary&rsquo;s Univ.</p><p>82&mdash;Gord Titcomb, St. Catharines</p><p>95&mdash;John Campbell, Sault Ste-Marie</p><p>108&mdash;Guido Tenesi, Oshawa</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Paul Henderson</p><p>2&mdash;Tony Featherstone</p><p>3&mdash;Billy Orr</p><p>4&mdash;Jim McKenny</p><p>5&mdash;Brian St. John</p><p>6&mdash;John Wright</p><p>7&mdash;Ronnie Leblanc</p><p>8&mdash;Gary Monahan</p><p>9&mdash;Harvey Bennett</p><p>10&mdash;Inge Hammarstrom</p><p>11&mdash;Lars Erik Sjoberg</p><p>12&mdash;Morris Stefaniw</p><p>13&mdash;Ron Ramsey</p><p>14&mdash;Dean Blais</p><p>15&mdash;Ron Riley</p><p>16&mdash;Frank Blum</p><p>17&mdash;Mike Boland</p><p>18&mdash;Kas Lysionek</p><p>19&mdash;John Hutton</p><p>20&mdash;John Donnelly</p><h2><b>VANCOUVER</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>5&mdash;Colin Campbell, Peterborough</p><p>19&mdash;Brent Leavins, Swift Current</p><p>31&mdash;Ed Humphreys, Saskatoon</p><p>44&mdash;Jean Tetreault, Drummondville</p><p>57&mdash;Jimmy Jones, Peterborough</p><p>70&mdash;Ian Turnbull, Ottawa</p><p>83&mdash;Mike Korney, Winnipeg</p><p>96&mdash;Andre St. Laurent, Montreal</p><p>109&mdash;Pierre Langiere, Sherbrooke</p><p>122&mdash;Brian Moluik, Calgary</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Dave Fortier</p><p>2&mdash;Mike Keenen</p><p>3&mdash;Glenn Hall</p><p>4&mdash;Peter McNamee</p><p>5&mdash;Jim Sundstrum</p><p>6&mdash;Bill Hogoboam</p><p>7&mdash;Hank Nowak</p><p>8&mdash;Ron Huston</p><p>9&mdash;Don Borgeson</p><p>10&mdash;John Van Horlick</p><p>11&mdash;Barry Wilkins</p><p>12&mdash;Doug Grant</p><p>13&mdash;Bruce Bullock</p><p>14&mdash;Peter Vipond</p><p>15&mdash;Larry Bignell</p><p>16&mdash;Andre Boudrias</p><p>17&mdash;Dave Ferguson</p><p>18&mdash;Nick Hara mis</p><p>19&mdash;Camille Lapierre</p><p>20&mdash;Pierre Paiement</p><h2><b>ALBERTA</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>6&mdash;John Rodgers, Edmonton</p><p>20&mdash;Jim McCrimmon, Medicine Hat</p><p>30&mdash;Larry McDonald, Cornwall</p><p>32&mdash;Dave Lewis, Saskatoon</p><p>39&mdash;Bill Lang, Saskatoon</p><p>45&mdash;Jim Moxey, Hamilton</p><p>58&mdash;Ken Houston, Chatham</p><p>65&mdash;Dave Pay, Wisconsin Univ.</p><p>71&mdash;Yvan Bouillon, Cornwall</p><p>84&mdash;Dwayne Pentland, Brandon</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Bill Lesuk</p><p>2&mdash;Brian McKenzie</p><p>3&mdash;Mickey Oja</p><p>4&mdash;Dan Maloney</p><p>5&mdash;Bryan Watson</p><p>6&mdash;Larry Wright</p><p>7&mdash;Chris Worthy</p><p>8&mdash;Bobby Schmautz</p><p>9&mdash;Bruce MacGregor</p><p>10&mdash;Rocky Farr</p><p>11&mdash;Bill Brossart</p><p>12&mdash;Brian Walker</p><p>13&mdash;Bill Orban</p><p>14&mdash;Jacques Plante</p><p>15&mdash;Wayne Zuk</p><p>16&mdash;Danny Gruen</p><p>17&mdash;Bob McAneeley</p><p>18&mdash;Bernie Blanchette</p><p>19&mdash;BillHicke</p><h2><b>MINNESOTA</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>7&mdash;Bob Gainey, Peterborough</p><p>21&mdash;Rick Middleton, Oshawa</p><p>33&mdash;Bob Gasoff, Medicine Hat</p><p>46&mdash;Steve Langdon, London</p><p>59&mdash;Nelson Pyatt, Oshawa</p><p>72&mdash;John Flesch, Superior State College</p><p>85&mdash;Tom Machowski, Wisconsin Univ.</p><p>98&mdash;Bob Young, Denver Univ.</p><p>111&mdash;Neil Korczak, Peterborough</p><p>124&mdash;Pat Phippen, St. Paul</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Dave Burrows</p><p>2&mdash;John Garrett</p><p>3&mdash;Jerry Butler</p><p>4&mdash;Bob Gryp</p><p>5&mdash;Bob Boyd</p><p>6&mdash;Ron Busniuk</p><p>7&mdash;Paul Shakes</p><p>8&mdash;Jim Cahoon</p><p>9&mdash;Jean-Paul Parise</p><p>10&mdash;Gary Gambucci</p><p>11&mdash;Jim Roberts</p><p>12&mdash;Randy Murray</p><p>13&mdash;Lou Nanne</p><p>14&mdash;Murray Oliver</p><p>15&mdash;Tom Williams</p><p>16&mdash;Mike Veisor</p><p>17&mdash;Gerry Teeple</p><p>18&mdash;Gord Clark</p><p>19&mdash;Craig Falkman</p><p>20&mdash;Carl Wetzel</p><h2><b>LOS ANGELES</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>8&mdash;Reg Thomas, London</p><p>22&mdash;Paul Sheard, Ottawa</p><p>34&mdash;Doug Gibson, Peterborough</p><p>47&mdash;Jim Cowell, Ottawa</p><p>50&mdash;PeterCrosbie, London</p><p>60&mdash;Dennis Abgrall, Saskatoon</p><p>73&mdash;Stuart Davidson, Cornwall</p><p>86&mdash;David Lee, Ottawa</p><p>99&mdash;Sam Clegg, Medicine Hat</p><p>112&mdash;Randy Aimoe, Medicine Hat</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Bill Inglis</p><p>2&mdash;Lyle Bradley</p><p>3&mdash;Steve Shutt</p><p>4&mdash;Denis Desrosiers</p><p>5&mdash;Walt Ledingham</p><p>6&mdash;Len Fontaine</p><p>7&mdash;Jerry Byers</p><p>8&mdash;Denis Herron</p><p>9&mdash;John Gould</p><p>10&mdash;Randy Wyrozub</p><p>11&mdash;Gilles Villemure</p><p>12&mdash;Rick Dudley</p><p>13&mdash;Nels Debenedet</p><p>14&mdash;Bernie Gagnon</p><p>15&mdash;Ian McKegney</p><p>16&mdash;Wally Sprange</p><p>17&mdash;Danny Grant</p><p>18&mdash;Howie Heggedal</p><p>19&mdash;Pierre Sigman</p><p>20&mdash;Jerry Zyrmiak</p><h2><b>HOUSTON</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>9&mdash;Darcy Rota, Edmonton</p><p>23&mdash;Tom Lysiak, Medicine Hat</p><p>35&mdash;Vic Mercredi, New Westminster</p><p>48&mdash;Don Cutts, RPI Univ.</p><p>61&mdash;Paul O&rsquo;Neil, Boston Univ.</p><p>74&mdash;DennisOwchar, Toronto</p><p>87&mdash;Dan Hinton, Sault Ste. Marie</p><p>100&mdash;Lee Palmer, Clarkson College</p><p>13&mdash;Shaun Shanahan, Providence College</p><p>126&mdash;Yvon Dupuis, Quebec</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Mark Howe</p><p>2&mdash;Bob Murray</p><p>3&mdash;Tom Peluso</p><p>4&mdash;Rene Drolet</p><p>5&mdash;Vic Venasky</p><p>6&mdash;Mike Lampman</p><p>7&mdash;Wayne Thomas</p><p>8&mdash;Jude Drouin</p><p>9&mdash;Robin Burns</p><p>10&mdash;Marcel Dionne</p><p>11&mdash;Keith Magnuson</p><p>12&mdash;Henri Richard</p><p>13&mdash;Rick Preston</p><p>14&mdash;Marty Howe</p><p>15&mdash;RickMacLeish</p><p>16&mdash;Pat Quinn</p><p>17&mdash;Michel Belhumeur</p><p>18&mdash;Jack Stanfield</p><p>19&mdash;Keke Mortson</p><p>20&mdash;Ed Hoekstra</p><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>10&mdash;Lanny McDonald, Medecine Hat</p><p>24&mdash;George Pesut, Saskatoon</p><p>36&mdash;Robbie Neale, Brandon</p><p>49&mdash;Russ Walker, Saskatoon</p><p>62&mdash;Richard Latulippe, Quebec</p><p>75&mdash;Bob Smulders, Peterborough</p><p>88&mdash;Ron Serafini, St. Catharines</p><p>101&mdash;Michel Latreille, Montreal</p><p>114&mdash;Bruce Greig, Vancouver</p><p>127&mdash;Henry Durkin, Swift Current</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Pete McNabb</p><p>2&mdash;Bob Berry</p><p>3&mdash;Richard Leduc</p><p>4&mdash;Doug Jarrett</p><p>5&mdash;Jim Nahrgang</p><p>6&mdash;Jim Murray</p><p>7&mdash;Bill Nyrop</p><p>8&mdash;Larry Sacharuk</p><p>9&mdash;Rey Comeau</p><p>10&mdash;Stan Weir</p><p>11&mdash;Terry Holdbrook</p><p>12&mdash;Norm Cherrey</p><p>13&mdash;Bill MacKenzie</p><p>14&mdash;George Ferguson</p><p>15&mdash;Ron Stackhouse</p><p>16&mdash;Terry O&rsquo;Reilly</p><p>17&mdash;Chuck Ness</p><p>18&mdash;Bill Hap</p><p>19&mdash;Mike Bartley</p><p>20&mdash;Randy Osburn</p><h2><b>WINNIPEG</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>11&mdash;Ron Andruff, Flinonton</p><p>37&mdash;Kelly Pratt, Swift Current</p><p>63&mdash;Randy Smith, Edmonton</p><p>76&mdash;Ron Kennedy, New Westminster</p><p>89&mdash;Jeff Jacques, St. Catharines</p><p>102&mdash;Terry McDougall, Swift Current</p><p>115&mdash;Russ Wiechnik, Calgary</p><p>128&mdash;Mike Kennedy, Kitchener</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Mike Bloom</p><p>2&mdash;Steve Stirling</p><p>3&mdash;Gary Bromley</p><p>4&mdash;Gene Carr</p><p>5&mdash;Chuck Lefley</p><p>6&mdash;Doug Horbul</p><p>7&mdash;Phil Esposito</p><p>8&mdash;Ted Irvine</p><p>9&mdash;Luc Simard</p><p>10&mdash;Yvon Lambert</p><p>11&mdash;Peter McDuffe</p><p>12&mdash;Pierre Plante</p><p>13&mdash;John Marks</p><p>14&mdash;Bill Fairbairn</p><p>15&mdash;Dave Kryskow</p><p>16&mdash;Neil Komadoski</p><p>17&mdash;Larry Carriere</p><p>18&mdash;Andre Dupont</p><p>19&mdash;Andre Aubry</p><h2><b>CINCINNATI</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>13&mdash;Dean Talafous, Wisconsin Univ.</p><p>91&mdash;Norm Barnes, Michigan State</p><p>104&mdash;Mitch Brandt, Denver Univ.</p><p>117&mdash;Jack Johnson, Wisconsin Univ.</p><p>130&mdash;Bob Bilodeau, New Westminster</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Larry Johnston</p><p>2&mdash;Murray Wilson</p><p>3&mdash;Rick Kehoe</p><p>4&mdash;Al McDonough</p><p>5&mdash;Don Kozak</p><p>6&mdash;Jacques Caron</p><p>7&mdash;John Van Boxmeer</p><p>8&mdash;Glen Sather</p><p>9&mdash;Ron Anderson</p><p>10&mdash;Doug Volmar</p><p>11&mdash;Nick Harbaruk</p><p>12&mdash;Tom Bladon</p><p>13&mdash;Pierre Bouchard</p><p>14&mdash;Bob Taylor</p><p>15&mdash;Butch Deadmarsh</p><p>16&mdash;Greg Polis</p><p>17&mdash;Steve Butler</p><p>18&mdash;Stan Gilbertson</p><p>19&mdash;Jake Rothwell</p><h2><b>NEW ENGLAND</b></h2><h3><b>Amateurs Selected</b></h3><p>2&mdash;Glen Goldup, Toronto</p><p>12&mdash;Blake Dunlop, Ottawa</p><p>26&mdash;Mike Clarke, Calgary</p><p>38&mdash;Tom Colley, Sudbury</p><p>41&mdash;Randy Holt, Sudbury</p><p>51&mdash;Alan Hangsleben, North Dakota Univ.</p><p>53&mdash;Larry Patey, Boston Univ.</p><p>64&mdash;Cap Raeder, New Hampshire Univ.</p><p>77&mdash;Rick Chinnick, Peterborough</p><p>90&mdash;Steve Alley, Wisconsin Univ.</p><h3><b>Pros Selected</b></h3><p>1&mdash;Bill Berglund</p><p>2&mdash;Dan Brady</p><p>3&mdash;Ed Johnston</p><p>4&mdash;Rick Kessell</p><p>5&mdash;Don Lever</p><p>6&mdash;Doug Roberts</p><p>7&mdash;John Martin</p><p>8&mdash;Brian Stapleton</p><p>9&mdash;Brian Watts</p><p>10&mdash;Gary Winchester</p><p>11&mdash;Bert Wilson</p><p>12&mdash;Dave Dryden</p><p>13&mdash;Geoff McMullen<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

How WHA Teams Drafted

<p>WINNIPEG&mdash;</p><p>Was there really any other choice?</p><p>Bobby Hull, the World Hockey Association&rsquo;s $3 million Super Jet, was selected the league&rsquo;s most valuable player for 1972-73.</p><p>Hull, who played 15 seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League before joining the Winnipeg Jets as player-coach, thus becomes the first player to be the MVP in both major hockey leagues. He was honored as the NHL&rsquo;s MVP in 1965 and 1966.</p><p>Hull also is the first player to score 50 goals in both leagues and shares an honor with J.C. Tremblay of the Quebec Nordiques as the only players to be chosen on the Official All-League team in both leagues. Hull was the only unanimous selection on this year&rsquo;s All-WHA team.</p><p>Sports writers and sportscasters joked that WHA really stood for &ldquo;When Hull Arrived&rdquo; and they were solid in their balloting for the 34-year-old left wing from Point Anne, Ont. He received 119 points in the 5-3-1 tabulation with 20 first place votes, five second and four thirds. Hull pocketed $4,000 and the WHA&rsquo;s Silver Glove Trophy.</p><p>The panel of 36 &mdash; three media members from each WHA city &mdash; voted Cleveland goaltender Gerry Cheevers second with 66 points and Quebec defenseman J.C. Tremblay third with 48 points.</p><p>Tremblay, better known as &ldquo;J.C. Superstar&rdquo; in Quebec City, averaged close to 40 minutes playing time per game for the Quebec Nordiques.</p><p>He was the WHA&rsquo;s highest scoring defenseman with 89 points and led the league in assists with 75. He killed penalties for the Nordiques and played the power play.</p><p>And, at the end of the WHA&rsquo;s first season, sports writers and sportscasters covering the league have named him the outstanding defenseman.</p><p>Already named to the league&rsquo;s first All-League team, the 34-year-old Tremblay will receive $4,000 and a Silver Glove trophy.</p><p>The balloting wasn&rsquo;t even close. Tremblay received 133 points to 56 for runnerup Paul Shmyr of Cleveland and 25 for third place Larry Hornung of Winnipeg.</p><p>Terry Caffery, overcoming &ldquo;too small&rdquo; labels that at one time threatened his major league hockey future, was named the outstanding rookie.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Who Else? — Bobby Hull Named WHA’s First MVP

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0023-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-01257/3417810-1-eng-US/f0023-012.jpg"></div><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS FOR 1972-73 SEASON</b></h2><h3><b>EAST DIVISION</b></h3><h3><b>WEST DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-02200/3417803-1-eng-US/f0023-022.jpg" title="f0023-02" width="1118" height="213"></div><h2><b>TOP 25 SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-03153/3417796-1-eng-US/f0023-032.jpg" title="f0023-03" width="586" height="648"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 IN EAST</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-04120/3417789-1-eng-US/f0023-042.jpg" title="f0023-04" width="587" height="281"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 IN WEST</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0598/3417782-1-eng-US/f0023-052.jpg" title="f0023-05" width="582" height="285"></div><h2><b>TEAM SCORING</b></h2><h2><b>ALBERTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0685/3417775-1-eng-US/f0023-062.jpg" title="f0023-06" width="585" height="595"></div><h2><b>CHICAGO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0773/3417768-1-eng-US/f0023-072.jpg" title="f0023-07" width="595" height="670"></div><h2><b>CLEVELAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0861/3417761-1-eng-US/f0023-082.jpg" title="f0023-08" width="598" height="568"></div><h2><b>HOUSTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-0951/3417754-1-eng-US/f0023-092.jpg" title="f0023-09" width="601" height="607"></div><h2><b>LOS ANGELES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1041/3417747-1-eng-US/f0023-102.jpg" title="f0023-10" width="598" height="650"></div><h2><b>MINNESOTA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1132/3417740-1-eng-US/f0023-112.jpg" title="f0023-11" width="599" height="629"></div><h2><b>NEW ENGLAND</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1227/3417733-1-eng-US/f0023-122.jpg" title="f0023-12" width="603" height="590"></div><h2><b>NEW YORK</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1322/3417726-1-eng-US/f0023-132.jpg" title="f0023-13" width="597" height="736"></div><h2><b>OTTAWA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1421/3417719-1-eng-US/f0023-142.jpg" title="f0023-14" width="591" height="685"></div><h2><b>PHILADELPHIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1519/3417712-1-eng-US/f0023-152.jpg" title="f0023-15" width="595" height="951"></div><h2><b>QUEBEC</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1617/3417705-1-eng-US/f0023-162.jpg" title="f0023-16" width="600" height="761"></div><h2><b>WINNIPEG</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1712/3417698-1-eng-US/f0023-172.jpg" title="f0023-17" width="594" height="600"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECOROS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-1811/3417691-1-eng-US/f0023-182.jpg" title="f0023-18" width="604" height="1400"></div><h2><b>TOP 10 BAD MEN</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0023-198/3417684-1-eng-US/f0023-192.jpg" title="f0023-19" width="602" height="297"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Final World Hockey Association Statistics

<p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>J</span>ohn Muckier, who has been with the Cleveland Barons organization, is the new coach and general manager of the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League.</p><p>Muckier, 39, signed a three year contract at a June 6 press conference held at the Civic Center in Providence.</p><p>Emile Francis, general manager of the New York Rangers, was on hand for the press confab. I he Rangers are starting the third year of a five year pact with the Reds and Francis hopes Muckier can mold a pennant winner in his first year.</p><p>Muckier, who also was coach and general manager of the Barons in Cleveland and in Jacksonville Fla. after the francise was shifted there, will move to Rhode Island the first week of July.</p><p>He called the job with the Reds the &ldquo;best opportunity&rdquo; he has ever had in hockey. &ldquo;This is a hockey town with a long tradition and I&rsquo;m glad to be a part of it,&rdquo; John told the crowded press meeting.</p><p>Muckier has had wide experience in directing teams in the amateur ranks and has been associated with teams in Charlotte, N.C. Waterloo, Iowa and Long Island where he directed a pennant winner in the Eastern League.</p><p>George Sage, owner of the Reds, called Muckier &ldquo;my personal choice&rdquo; and predicted a resurgence of hockey interest for the 1973-74 American Hockey League season.</p><p>Muckier, in his duties with the Reds, will direct all phases of the operation and indicated that the Providence team will go heavy in the promotion of special nights.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

‘Best Hockey Opportunity Muckler Calls Reds’ Job

<h2><b>HOW THEY FINISHED</b></h2><h2><b>AMERICAN LEAGUE</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h3><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-01263/3417970-1-eng-US/f0024-012.jpg" title="f0024-01" width="589" height="183"></div><h3><b>WESTERN DIVISION</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-02199/3417963-1-eng-US/f0024-022.jpg" title="f0024-02" width="579" height="179"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-03141/3417956-1-eng-US/f0024-032.jpg" title="f0024-03" width="576" height="73"></div><p>(Cincinnati wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Fri. May 4</b></p><p>Nova Scotia 3 of Cincinnati 7</p><p><b>Sun. May 6</b></p><p>Nova Scotia 6 at Cincinnati 7</p><p>Wed. May 9</p><p>Cincinnati 3 at Nova Scotia 0</p><p><b>Fri. May 11</b></p><p>Cincinnati 2 at Nova Scotia 5</p><p><b>Tue. May 15</b></p><p>Nova Scotia 1 at Cincinnati 5</p><p>(Game played at Buffalo)</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-04109/3417949-1-eng-US/f0024-042.jpg" title="f0024-04" width="582" height="73"></div><p>(Nova Scotia wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0586/3417942-1-eng-US/f0024-052.jpg" title="f0024-05" width="581" height="105"></div><p>(Cincinnati wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</p><h2><b>QUARTER FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0673/3417935-1-eng-US/f0024-062.jpg" title="f0024-06" width="590" height="73"></div><p>(Nova Scotia wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0759/3417928-1-eng-US/f0024-072.jpg" title="f0024-07" width="590" height="72"></div><p>(Boston wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0854/3417921-1-eng-US/f0024-082.jpg" title="f0024-08" width="590" height="76"></div><p>(Cincinnati wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-0949/3417914-1-eng-US/f0024-092.jpg" title="f0024-09" width="578" height="75"></div><p>(Virginia wins best-of-seven series4-3)</p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1043/3417907-1-eng-US/f0024-102.jpg" title="f0024-10" width="586" height="513"></div><h2><b>AHL&rsquo;s All Star Teams</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1235/3417900-1-eng-US/f0024-122.jpg" title="f0024-12" width="1025" height="616"></div><p>Most Valuable Player &mdash; Billy Inglis, Cincinnati</p><p>Outstanding Defense man &mdash; Ray McKay, Cincinnati</p><p>Rookie of the Year &mdash; Ron Anderson, Boston</p><h2><b>Final American Hockey League Statistics</b></h2><h3><b>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-01214/3417893-1-eng-US/f0025-012.jpg" title="f0025-01" width="921" height="3079"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-02152/3417886-1-eng-US/f0025-022.jpg" title="f0025-02" width="920" height="3145"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-03109/3417879-1-eng-US/f0025-032.jpg" title="f0025-03" width="925" height="2011"></div><h3><b>COMPLETE GOALTENDER&rsquo;S RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0025-0483/3417872-1-eng-US/f0025-042.jpg" title="f0025-04" width="920" height="1102"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY HANS TANNER</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0024-11" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0024-1141/3417841-1-eng-US/f0024-112.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">New Providence coach JOHN MUCKIER, left, meets with Reds&rsquo; owner GEORGE SAGE, second left, club executive vice-president TOM PUCCI, and Rangers&rsquo; general manager EMILE FRANCIS, right, after signing three-year contract to coach and manager AHL Reds. <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><p>CINCINNATI&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>D</span>espite the loss of Ray McKay, a first team All Star and the American Hockey League&rsquo;s Eddie Shore Award winner as the outstanding defenseman and winger Jake Rathwell the Cincinnati Swords are expected, to be nearly as sharp as they were last season when they cut a wide swath through the league.</p><p>McKay was taken by the California Golden Seals for $40,009 in June&rsquo;s intra-league draft. But the parent Buffalo Sabres moved quickly to plug the hole left by his departure and claimed Joe Noris, who plays defense or forward, from St. Louis in the same draft. The Sabres also picked up defenseman Paul Curtis from St-Louis giving up Rathwell in exchange.</p><p>Noris is a 21-year-old who was born in Denver and played for the U.S. National Team in 1970-71. He played his junior hockey for Kitchener and the Toronto Malboros in the Ontario Hockey Association&rsquo;s Junior A League.</p><p>Noris turned pro in 1971-72 and played 42 games for Hershey of the AHL and 35 for Pittsburgh of the National League.</p><p>Acquired by St. Louis from Pittsburgh during this past season, Noris wound up playing for four clubs &mdash; 2 games for St. Louis, 8 for Hershey, 25 for San Diego and 35 for Denver.</p><p>Six members of the Calder Cup champion Swords were among the 18 players protected by Buffalo in the intra-league draft. The Swords made sure they didn&rsquo;t lose Rick Dudley, John Gould, Jim Nichols, and Doug Rombough.</p><p>People here still are talking about the tremendous crowd which watched the Swords win the Calder Cup. Despite the fact the final game against Nova Scotia was played in Buffalo, 15,019 (an all-time AHL attendance record) showed up on May 15 to see the action.</p><p>The Vees took a 1-0 lead in the rough first period, but Cincinnati&rsquo;s Randy Wyrozub tied it before two minutes were gone into the second period and the Swords added two more goals before the period ended for a 3-1 lead. Two more goals in the finale gave the Swords the cup with a 5-1 triumph.</p><p><b>JACKSONVILLE</b> &mdash; The Barons are very definitely in business in Jacksonville, but as the June draft meetings ended in Montreal, they didn&rsquo;t have a coach or many players.</p><p>Nick Mileti, owner of the club as well as of the Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association, does have a general manager for both his hockey clubs, however.</p><p>He&rsquo;s Jack Vivian, who built the hockey program at Bowling Green University. For six years as coach at Bowling Green, Vivian won 112 games, lost only 36 and tied 10 despite starting from scratch.</p><p>And Bowling Green didn&rsquo;t pick its spots for opponents &mdash; playing teams like Denver, Notre Dame, Michigan Tech, St. Lawrence, Clarkson, RPI, St. Louis and Boston University.</p><p>Vivian and Mileti are confident that Jacksonville will support the Barons this season. Attendance was not all that great last season when the club moved there late in January. &ldquo;People know the team is there right from the start this time,&rdquo; Vivian said. &ldquo;We have to make a concentrated effort there, and I&rsquo;m sure it will work out just fine.&rdquo;</p><p>John Muckier, who was the coach and general manager of the Barons, has moved to Providence where he signed a three-year contract to do the same two jobs.</p><p>Ron Ingram, long-time AHL defenseman with Buffalo, Cleveland and Baltimore, met with Mileti and Vivian in Montreal regarding the vacant coaching position.</p><p><b>NOVA SCOTIA</b> &mdash; There&rsquo;ll be a lot of new faces on the Voyageurs this season.</p><p>The parent Montreal Canadiens made sure of that as they dealt off a number of players who spent last season with Nova Scotia.</p><p>Tony Featherstone (the AHL&rsquo;s all-star right wing and who finished second in the scoring race with 49 goals and 54 assists for 103 points) was sold to Minnesota.</p><p>Randy Rota (34 goals and 38 assists) was traded to Los Angeles, Chuck Arnason (18-20&mdash;38) was sold to Atlanta, Bob Murray (the club&rsquo;s top defenseman and team captain) also went to Atlanta, Murray Anderson (a handyman who plays both defense and forward) was sold to Minnesota and goalie Michel Deguise (who later defected to the World Hockey Association) was sold to ST. Louis.</p><p>Morris Stefaniw (30-71-101 and the second all-star center) was with the Vees on loan from Atlanta, so he&rsquo;s gone, too.</p><p>Coach Al MacNeil wasn&rsquo;t making alibis, but he did feel that the loss of Anderson on his first shift in the final playoff game certainly hurt his team. Anderson suffered a broken cheekbone in a collision with Joe Robertson.</p><p><b>ROCHESTER</b> &mdash; Don Cherry, the HOCKEY NEWS coach of the year for the minor leagues, didn&rsquo;t trade his tough left winger, Bob Kelly, before the draft meetings as he had hoped to do, but Kelly did escape the draft.</p><p>New York Rangers, who sold Kelly to Rochester last fall with the right of repurchase, exercised that right and protected Kelly in the inter-league draft. He was available in the intra-league draft, but since each NHL club could lose only one player, his status was determined quickly when the New York Islanders, picking first, took Bert Marshall from the Rangers.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0024-11

Champion Swords Lose McKay, Rathwell From Squad

<div class="byline">BY JOHN TRAVERS</div><p>HERSHEY&mdash;</p><p>The fact defenseman Ralph Keller earned a second team American League All Star berth came as no surprise to coach Frank Mathers.</p><p>&ldquo;Ralph had a fine season,&rdquo; said Mathers. &ldquo;And he was a good captain, too.&rdquo;</p><p>The 36-year-old Keller, also named to the AHL coaches All Star squad, has been flittering with the idea of retirement, but it seems unlikely since he closed strong at the end of the past campaign.</p><p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know about retiring,&rdquo; said Keller, who tied with Gerry Methe for the top scoring role among the club&rsquo;s blueliners. Both ended with 41 points. Keller had nine goals and 32 assists.</p><p>With luck, Keller could become the AHL&rsquo;s all-time leading scoring defenseman next season. He already is the highest goal sniper among defensemen in league annals with 203.</p><p>There&rsquo;s no question that Mathers is counting on Keller to strap on the gear for at least one more campaign.</p><p>Keller has not signed his contract for next season as yet, Mathers reported.</p><p>Neither have Hank Nowak, Ted Snell or Hugh Harvey, all owned by Hershey. Veteran Gil Gilbert has jumped to the World Hockey Association with Quebec Nordiques.</p><p><b>BALTIMORE:</b> Terry Reardon, general manager of the Clippers, was elevated to the post at vice president and elected to the board of directors of Baltimore Ice Sports, Inc. He will not coach the club next season, a task he has performed in the past. Two years ago, Terry piloted the club to the Western Division title. Club president Robert C. Embry called Reardon &ldquo;a dedicated hockey man and knowledgeable in all facets of the sport. We are confident Terry will lead us back to the top of the American Hockey League this winter.&rdquo; Reardon said he is currently seeking a replacement tor Jim Morrison who took over as interim coach late last season.</p><p><b>VIRGINIA:</b> Evidently, the Wings will remain in the Norfolk area contrary to reports from some sources the club might move to another area. The parent Detroit Red Wings apparently have confidence the sport will take a stronger foothold next season, especially after the outstanding job Doug Barkley did the past season with the young, hustling club.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

All Star Selection Likely To Keep Bears’ Keller Active

<div class="byline">by DOUG McCONNELL</div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p>San Diego Gulls continued a re-building job here and Portland Buckaroos apparently found new owners.</p><p>General manager Max McNab drafted defenseman-forward Al Simmons from California Golden Seals&rsquo; organization and winger Bernie Gagnon from St. Louis Blues as he attempts to improve the Gulls who have finished third five times and fourth once in the last six seasons.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0841/3418049-1-eng-US/f0026-082.jpg" title="f0026-08" width="281" height="472"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>John Adams</b></figcaption></div><p>The Buckaroos, taken over by the league last season, will be operated this season by the Los Angeles Kings, although WHL president Bill MacFarland said there were still a few minor details to be worked out.</p><p>Phoenix Roadrunners drafted right wing Wendell Bennett from the New York Rangers&rsquo; organization and center Angus Beck from the California team.</p><p>Goaltender Jacques Caron was taken by the Seattle Totems from the St. Louis Blues but will probably be given an opportunity to play for the parent Vancouver Canucks. Portland drafted veteran forward Charlie Burns from the Minnesota North Stars but Burns is not expected to leave Minnesota although other players are expected to find their way from the North Stars to the Buckaroos for the &ldquo;favor.&rdquo;</p><p>Simmons played every position except goal last season for the Salt Lake Golden&rsquo;Eagles in their second place WHL finish and the 21-year-old six-footer scored 19 goals, 22 assists.</p><p>Gagnon, a 23-year-old center and right winger, did not distinguish himself with three goals in 32 games at Denver but exploded for 25 goals and 20 assists in 36 games at Fort Worth in the Central League.</p><p>Bennett, a 6-3, 190-pound, 23-year-old right wing for Omaha in the CHL last season, caught Sandy Hucul&rsquo;s attention although he only contributed nine goals to the Omaha production.</p><p>Beck, 21, was taken for $7,500 in the supplemental portion of the reverse draft. At 5-9 and 165 he didn&rsquo;t figure in California&rsquo;s plans.</p><p>&ldquo;I think he&rsquo;s a lot better than he showed at Salt Lake last season,&rdquo; said Hucul. &ldquo;He didn&rsquo;t get to play that much, but he can skate and he can handle the puck.&rdquo;</p><p>Beck, employed mostly as a fourth center, scored 16 goals and assisted on 32 others.</p><p>Caron, former Denver Spur, had a 3.53 goals against average for the Blues in the National League last season.</p><p>John Adams was revealed here as the goaltender the Gulls received in the three-for-one deal which sent All Star goalie Ken Broderick to the Boston Bruins. The other two players have yet to be named.</p><p>The Gulls also recently acquired the rights to 5-11, 195-pound defenseman Lynn Margarit, 27, who piled up 244 penalty minutes for Muskegon in the International League last season while scoring 58 points, including 10 goals. Margarit, who is expected to add a lot of muscle to the Gulls&rsquo; defense, led the IHL with 349 penalty minutes in 1967-68 and again in 1968-69 with 293.</p><p>At the same time, the Gulls were re-acquiring Jim Stanfield and sent left wing Bruce Cowick to the Philadelphia Flyers in a four-for-one exchange.</p><p>The Gulls also obtained left wing-center Tom Trevelyan, who played on loan with the Gulls last season, right wing Bob Currier and left wing Bob Hurlburt.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Gulls signed All Star defenseman John Miszuk to a three-year contract.</p><p>Joe Noris, the Denver-born boy who played for the Denver Spurs last season, was the only player taken in the inter-league draft. He was drafted from the Spurs&rsquo; parent St. Louis Blues by the Buffalo Sabres.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0026-08

San Diego On Rebuilding Spree With 8 New Players

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0026-07" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0749/3418167-1-eng-US/f0026-072.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body">New St. Louis general manager CHUCK CATTO, right, poses with BOB McCORD, recently named general-manager and coach of Denver Spurs. Among Catto&rsquo;s duties will be to assign young players to Denver where McCord will have the task of developing them. <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey News Photo by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><p>DENVER&mdash;</p><p>Bob McCord, who was called up from the Denver Spurs as a defenseman last season, came back as their new general manager and coach.</p><p>McCord, 39, a 20-year veteran, replaces John Choyce who guided the team to fourth place last season.</p><p>McCord played 43 games for the St. Louis Blues last season and wound up as an assistant coach.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m nervous, but I think I can handle it,&rdquo; said the 6-1, 205-pound defenseman. &ldquo;I had the opportunity last season to play again in Denver or take the assistant coaching job in St. Louis. Maybe I was sorta reading between the lines, but I took the coaching job, and now I&rsquo;ll be in Denver for at least one season.&rdquo;</p><p>McCord planned to move his wife, Nancy, and four children, Rob, 18, Maureen, 16, Doug, 15, and Cheryl, 6, to Denver.</p><p>McCord played two full seasons in Denver, 1970-71 and 1971-72. He was captain of the 1971-72 Spurs who captured the WHL championship and the Lester Patrick Cup and his selection to the first All Star team left no doubts as to his contribution.</p><p>McCord played for Boston, Detroit and Minnesota, besides St. Louis, in the National League. He was twice the winner of the Eddie Shore Award, presented to the outstanding defenseman in the American Hockey League, in 1960-61 with Springfield, and in 196667 with Pittsburgh.</p><p>&ldquo;What I want to do,&rdquo; said McCord, &ldquo;is develop young players were going to have on this Denver club and I think we have some excellent kids coming out of our draft.</p><p>&ldquo;There will be more players available this year. The Blues are no longer committed to Fort Worth.&rdquo;</p><p>Ivan Mullenix, the Spurs owner, added: &ldquo;Several of the players on last&rsquo;year&rsquo;s team may have trouble making the club.&rdquo;</p><p>McCord was uncertain of his own playing status.</p><p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ll be in shape, but these old legs have to give way to younger men,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t really plan to play much, unless we suffer a rash of injuries as the team did last season.&rdquo;<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0026-07

Former Spurs’ Star Bob McCord Returns As Manager, Coach

<h2><b>HOW THEY FINISHED</b></h2><h2><b>WESTERN LEAGUE</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-01220/3418136-1-eng-US/f0026-012.jpg" title="f0026-01" width="591" height="180"></div><h2><b>INTERLOCKING PLAY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-02168/3418129-1-eng-US/f0026-022.jpg" title="f0026-02" width="584" height="76"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-03134/3418122-1-eng-US/f0026-032.jpg" title="f0026-03" width="587" height="76"></div><p>(Phoenix wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Apr.24</b></p><p>Salt Lake 3 at Phoenix 5</p><p><b>Thur. Apr. 26</b></p><p>Phoenix 4 at Salt Lake 3</p><p><b>Sat. Apr. 28</b></p><p>Phoenix 4 at Salt Lake 3</p><p><b>Wed. May 2</b></p><p>Salt Lake 4 at Phoenix 6</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-04101/3418115-1-eng-US/f0026-042.jpg" title="f0026-04" width="585" height="79"></div><p>(Phoenix wins best-of-seven series4-2)</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0580/3418108-1-eng-US/f0026-052.jpg" title="f0026-05" width="581" height="75"></div><p>(Salt Lake wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0026-0660/3418101-1-eng-US/f0026-062.jpg" title="f0026-06" width="596" height="289"></div><h2><b>Final Western League Statistics</b></h2><h3><b>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-01202/3418094-1-eng-US/f0027-012.jpg" title="f0027-01" width="888" height="2232"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-02158/3418087-1-eng-US/f0027-022.jpg" title="f0027-02" width="894" height="1732"></div><h3><b>COMPLETE GOALKEEPING RECORDS FOR ALL WHL TEAMS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-03121/3418080-1-eng-US/f0027-032.jpg" title="f0027-03" width="886" height="486"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0026-01

WESTERN LEAGUE

<div class="byline">by DOUG McCONNELL</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0027-04" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0027-04103/3418198-1-eng-US/f0027-042.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Grasping their individual awards for their outstanding play with the Phoenix Roadrunners this past season, are some of the club&rsquo;s top performers in their march to the WHL championship. Standing from left, HOWIE YOUNG, JIM MURRAY, DAVE WOODLEY, ANDY HINSE and JOHN GOFTON. Seated is rookie JIM BOYD, who carted off three team awards.</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Western Hockey League governors voted at the annual National Hockey League draft meetings here to revive overtime play to decide tie games.</p><p>Bill MacFarland, WHL president announced that a 10-minute overtime of sudden-death hockey, will be played before a tie goes into the record books.</p><p>The WHL had eliminated over-time at the end of the 1967-68 season.</p><p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have the travel problems that the National Hockey League does,&rdquo; said MacFarland, &ldquo;but I think our league dropped it on the theory that what&rsquo;s good for the NHL is good for the WHL.&rdquo;</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;ll have to concentrate on eliminating some of the delays,&rdquo; continued MacFarland, &ldquo;but I think the overtime period is a selling point. It&rsquo;s an added excitement to the fan. It won&rsquo;t make games that much longer. An average overtime in the past has averaged about four minutes.</p><p>&ldquo;Another thing it will do is eliminate having a visiting team playing kitty-bar-the-door all through the third period to get out with a point for a tie game.</p><p>&ldquo;An argument against it was if the home team loses an overtime game, it loses fans, but a review of previous seasons when overtime was employed revealed that the home team won most often in overtime.&rdquo;</p><p>Jim Wells, president of the Phoenix Roadrunners, had another objection to it.</p><p>&ldquo;Overtime games are not going to take as much out of those young development teams as it would out of older players such as our team or San Diego,&rdquo; he said.</p><p>Salt Lake City, Seattle and Denver operated as development clubs last year.</p><p>The WHL also uncomplicated its rookie rule to read &ldquo;a first year pro.&rdquo;</p><p>Unlimited rosters, allowed last season, were re-adopted but game lineups are limited to 16 players and two goaltenders while at least two players must be rookies.</p><p>The WHL governors, in a formality, voted to re-hire MacFarland as president.</p><p>Wells was returned as chairman of the board while Denver Spurs&rsquo; owner Ivan Mullenix was named vice-president and Bud Poile secretary. Poile resigned recently due to ill health as general manager of the Seattle Totems&rsquo; parent club, the Vancouver Canucks, but remains in the organization.</p><p>The WHL governors spent most of the three days here chiseling out a new 78-game schedule, an increase of six games per team. Working in three extra home dates is such a problem that the Roadrunners might play three of their games in Tucson, Arizona, their training site.</p><p>Mac Farland also said he has been negotiating for a series of games in late December and early January with the Russian, Czech, Swedish and West German national teams.</p><p>The Russian national team played exhibition dates in Seattle, Portland, Phoenix and San Diego last season.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0027-04

WHL To Revive Overtime Next Season

<div class="byline">&#x2014;McCONNELL</div><p>PHOENIX&mdash;</p><p>Jim Boyd won the recognition which counts the most to a professional athlete.</p><p>From his teammates.</p><p>Boyd, 23-year-old center, was voted the Phoenix Roadrunners most valuable player, most valuable forward and rookie-of-the-year.</p><p>The sandy-haired former University of Wisconsin team captain was runnerup to Salt Lake City&rsquo;s Ron Huston for the Western Hockey League&rsquo;s outstanding rookie honors.</p><p>Spending much of his time killing penalties, Boyd still managed to finish tied for 10th in the WHL points race. He scored 22 goals and 50 assists for 72 points.</p><p>A capacity crowd of 520 attended the season&rsquo;s end awards night sponsored by the Roadrunner Booster Club to honor the Roadrunners for their first Coleman Hall Cup triumph as WHL champions and their first Lester Patrick Cup victory as playoff winners.</p><p>Defenseman Dave Woodley won the unsung hero award, John Gofton the most improved player trophy for his 36-goal performance, a career high, All-Star left wing Andy Hinse the hustle award and Jim Murray the outstanding defenseman award.</p><p>Howie &ldquo;Cowboy&rdquo; Young was honored by the booster club with his third most popular player award. He had already been presented the House of Lords Trophy for the second time in his two years with the club and was the first recipient of the Arizona City &ldquo;Our Hero&rdquo; award, both decided on fan ballots.</p><p>Murray Heatley, recently traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the Vancouver Canucks, broke Larry Lund&rsquo;s team record for points with 98, second high in the WHL last season, and led the league in goals with 43.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Roadrunner Rookie Boyd Tops Awards

<p>OKLAHOMA CITY&mdash;</p><p>The Toronto Maple Leafs will play the Philadelphia Flyers in a National Hockey League exhibition game at the Myriad in Oklahoma City on Friday, October 5, at 8 p.m., Blazer manager Bill Levins has announced.</p><p>&ldquo;The benefits of the new Toronto affiliation are already evident,&rdquo; Levins said, &ldquo;and this game, the first National League game in Oklahoma, is just the beginning of many things the Maple Leafs are going to do for the local fans. There is no doubt in my mind that Toronto is serious about selling the game in Oklahoma City.&rdquo;</p><p>Philadelphia, the most penalized team in the history of the National League last year, was chosen as the opposition because of the many ex-Blazers in their lineup. They include goalie Doug Favell, defenseman Joe Watson, forwards Ross Lonsberry, Terry Crisp and Rick McLeish.</p><p>The Blazers also announced that John Brooks will return as the &ldquo;Voice Of The Blazers&rdquo; for all home and road games during the 1973-74 season. The games will be carried on KOCY.</p><p>Brooks has broadcast every game for the Blazers since their inception in 1965. During last season when the Blazers did not operate, Brooks did the play-by-play for the San Diego Gulls of the Western Hockey League.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

Leafs, Fivers To Play Oke City Exhibition

<div class="byline">BY TOM LOBAUGH</div><p>FORT WORTH&mdash;</p><p>The Central Hockey League will run its own show next season and they&rsquo;ll do it with six teams instead of four.</p><p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;sthe word from President Emory Jones who declared at the conclusion of the NHL summer hockey meetings in Montreal that from now on the CHL will be an independent entity, with its own board of governors and have its own affiliations.</p><p>The move amounts to the league making its decisions instead of the National Hockey League, which has subsidized the league since its outset 10 years ago. All CHL teams will make their own affiliations in the future.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0651/3418260-1-eng-US/f0028-062.jpg" title="f0028-06" width="565" height="1115"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>EMORY JONES &hellip; It&rsquo;s Our Show Now</b></figcaption></div><p>Dallas will continue to work with Chicago, Omaha with Atlanta. Oklahoma City, returning to the league after one-year absence, with be with Toronto and Tulsa will operate as an &lsquo;indepen dent&rsquo;. Fort Worth has switched from Detroit to New York Islanders and the newest league entry &mdash; Albuquerque will be affiliated with the Kansas City Scouts, one of the NHL&rsquo;s two new expansion entries for 1974.</p><p>The inclusion of Albuquerque, New Mexico as the sixth city was an 11th hour decision and knocked San Antonio, Tex., out of the CHL picture for this season at least.</p><p>The Albuquerque team will be operated by Kansas City and will play its home games in the 12,000-seat Tingley Coliseum, which is located in the State Fair Grounds.</p><p>Meanwhile, New York Islanders have taken over operation of Fort Worth as Detroit Red Wings formally ended 10 years of participation in the CHL.</p><p>Aut Erickson, assistant to Islanders general manager Bill Torrey, was announced as executive director of the new Fort Worth setup, and a coach was to be named from within the Islander organization.</p><p>The team will continue to be known as the Wings &mdash; &ldquo;There wouldn&rsquo;t be much point in calling them Islanders,&rdquo; quipped Torrey at a press conference. But the uniforms will be in Islanders black, orange and white, instead of the Detroit red and white.</p><p>Gary Strong, the Fort Worth trainer since the franchise was moved here in 1967, will continue in that post.</p><p>The Islanders decided on San Antonio, where city fathers were apparently reluctant to move too quickly in providing ice for the Convention Center Arena. A deadline of May 15 passed without any positive action, and Torrey & Co. began looking elsewhere. Their development club was New Haven in the American League for 1972-73, but Islanders had to move out in favor of the Minnesota North Stars in that AHL city for 1973-74.</p><p>The pullout was the second time Detroit had abandoned its Fort Worth operation. The Wings withdrew from the CHL last June, only to change their minds in a few weeks, re-establishing the Fort Worth team with the joing support of the St. Louis Blues.</p><p>This join operation, which had numerous complications, came to an end as the 1972-73 season wound up. The Blues announced they were withdrawing from the Fort Worth agreement, and Denver in the Western League would be their only farm club.</p><p>Then the Detroiters moved Fort Worth manager-coach Bob Lemieux to their Virginia farm in the American League as general manager, with Doug Barkley continuing to coach that club.</p><p>Detroit originally said Lemieux&rsquo; successor would be announced at a Fort Worth press conference the following week. That announcement was postponed for a few days, and then came the bombshell announcement that the Islanders were taking over.</p><p>For the past two seasons, the volatile Lemieux had begun the CHL season in a front office position, then moved behind the bench in a dual role after the campaign was under way. He came to Fort Worth as business manager in the fall of 1971, but was named coach, too, when Barkley was promoted to coach the parent Red Wings.</p><p>For 1972-73 Bob was to be general manager at Fort Worth, with Johnny Choyce of the St. Louis system as coach. But the Blues shifted Choyce to Denver early last season, and Lemieux once again had two jobs.</p><p>Detroit was one of the founders of the CHL, back in 1963-64, with a development club planned for Indianapolis. But an explosion ruined the Indy rink before the season ever began, and the franchise spent a dismal season in Cincinnati. The Wings moved to Memphis in the fall of 1964, then to Fort Worth in 1967, when the establishment of a Dallas franchise (Chicago Black Hawks) made possible the profitable (and heated) turnpike rivalry.</p><p><b>ALBUQUERQUE:</b> With the San Antonio prospects dashed, CHL managers were resigned to having only a five-team league in 1973-74. In fact, CHL president Jones had even begun laying groundwork for a five-team schedule until Kansas City came along.</p><p>Suddenly Albuquerque became a live possibility for the sixth spot in the league. The city was expected to become the future development franchise for the new Kansas City Scouts, when that team enters the National League in 1974-75.</p><p>But the New Mexico fans don&rsquo;t want to wait a year for pro hockey in their city. A five-man delegation was in Montreal for the June 10 CHL meeting petitioning for Albuquerque&rsquo;s entry into the CHL.</p><p>Backers say they have the promise of 1,000 season-ticket purchases (obtained when Albuquerque was expecting to enter the Western League, which rejected the city&rsquo;s bid last spring) and $300,000 banked as financial support.</p><p>Naturally, the five current CHL members were anxious to get a sixth team.</p><p>&ldquo;With a five-team league,&rdquo; pointed out Tulsa manager-coach Ray Miron, &ldquo;one of our clubs would be idle every Friday and every Saturday. The prospects of getting four more Saturday dates at home, and four more Fridays, would more than offset the cost of traveling to Albuquerque.&rdquo;</p><p><b>OKLAHOMA CITY:</b> The newlook Blazers hired Gerry Moore as coach for the coming campaign, surprising no one. Moore came into the league last fall as coach of the Tulsa Oilers, the Toronto-backed franchise which was shifted to Oklahoma City in April.</p><div class="figure-block image-bleed"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0744/3418253-1-eng-US/f0028-072.jpg" title="f0028-07" width="1799" height="1104"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Kansas City Scouts don&rsquo;t enter the NHL until 1974 but they already have a CHL farm club. Here are team officials together with representatives of the new Albuquerque club that was accepted into the CHL as the sixth team during the recent Montreal Hockey meetings. From the left, EDWIN THOMPSON, owner of the Kansas City club, DICK RANSOM, secretary of the Albuquerque team, DR. ED JOHNSON, Albuquerque president and new KC general manager SID ABEL.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey New Photos by Peter Woolley)</span></figcaption></div><p>After two years as successful coach for Dayton in the International League, the CHL debut was painful for Moore. Toronto, hard hit by World Hockey Association raids, could not provide enough talent to make the Oilers competitive. Even though Tulsa picked up a few players from outside the system, the Oilers finished last in the four-team CHL.</p><p>Oklahoma City was without pro hockey last season, after seven years as a farm club of the Boston Bruins. With the completion of the sparkling new 13,000-seat Myriad downtown, the city was too attractive to be overlooked by hockey interests.</p><p>Since Toronto reportedly is expecting its best crop of rookies in many years, Moore is confident his cellar finish won&rsquo;t be repeated.</p><p>Still to be answered in how Oklahoma City fandom will rally to the support of the new-look blue-and-white Blazers. Those uniforms are the same ones CC supporters booed lustily when worn by Tulsa in seven previous seasons of turnpike feuding.</p><p><b>TULSA:</b> No one was blue in the front office of the Tulsa Oilers. In fact, the prevailing color was green. Toronto&rsquo;s blue-and-white was being replaced by the new green-and-white emblems of the independent Oilers on the club stationery, matching the new uniforms ordered by manager-coach Ray Miron.</p><p>Someone even suggested changing the blue lines on the ice to green lines, but that proposal wasn&rsquo;t getting very far.</p><p>Miron, a Toronto employee until July 1, when his leave of absence officially begins, had a busy week at the June meetings in Montreal.</p><p>Ground rules for the selection of players to go to the independent Oilers from various NHL parent clubs were worked out by Miron and the various general managers.</p><p>Although many of the Oilers will be amateurs who were drafted in May, Miron has already conferred with various NHL teams about some experienced players who could come to Tulsa.</p><p>&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t give you names,&rdquo; the Oiler boss said, &ldquo;because all of these players are going to camp with the hope of making the big club. But I can promise you we&rsquo;ll get some experienced players who can help us.</p><p>&ldquo;Most of the NHL clubs have a lot more players under contract right now than they did a year ago. Toronto, for instance, has more experienced players than they will have room for, either on their own club or in Oklahoma City.&rdquo;</p><p>But Miron (and Tulsa fans) won&rsquo;t be satisfied with a collection of leftovers. Ray is working out a program to insure a fair share of the better prospects from the parent teams. Also, he and the various general managers were working on the conditions under which a player could be recalled from Tulsa by the parent club, and how much a player would be replaced.</p><p>As members of the Central League, the Maple Leafs, Atlanta Flames, Chicago Black Hawks and New York Islanders are pledged to supply players to the Oilers, who will be operated by the league.</p><p>Miron has also been promised players by the Montreal Canadiens, Philadelphia-Flyers and New York Rangers. With Detroit no longer obligated at Fort Worth, the Red Wings might have a player or two for the new setup, and the St. Louis Blues are also a possibility.</p><p>Miron will spend much of September at the various rookie camps, looking at youngsters in the several systems. The Oilers aren&rsquo;t expected to open their own training camp until Sept. 27, probably in Toronto, although the site was still to be announced.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0028-06

Albuquerque Becomes 6th League Team

<h2><b>HOW THEY FINISHED</b></h2><h2><b>CENTRAL LEAGUE</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-01193/3418364-1-eng-US/f0028-012.jpg" title="f0028-01" width="581" height="117"></div><h2><b>INTERLOCKING PLAY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-02131/3418357-1-eng-US/f0028-022.jpg" title="f0028-02" width="599" height="74"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0397/3418350-1-eng-US/f0028-032.jpg" title="f0028-03" width="584" height="72"></div><p>(Omaha wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Apr. 17</b></p><p>Omaha 7 of Dallas 2</p><p><b>Fri. Apr. 20</b></p><p>Omaha 2 at Dallas 5</p><p><b>Sat. Apr. 21</b></p><p>Dallas 1 at Omaha 6</p><p><b>Sun. Apr. 22</b></p><p>Dallas 4 at Omaho 3</p><p><b>Wed. Apr. 25</b></p><p>Omaha 4 at Dallas 3</p><p><b>Fri. Apr. 27</b></p><p>Omaha 2 at Dallas 4</p><p><b>Sat. Apr. 28</b></p><p>Omaha 6 at Dallas 0</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0477/3418343-1-eng-US/f0028-042.jpg" title="f0028-04" width="588" height="78"></div><p>(Omaha wins best-of-five series 3-1)</p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Tue. Apr. 10</b></p><p>Omaha 4 at Fort Worth 3</p><p><b>Wed. Apr. 11</b></p><p>Fort Worth 2 at Omaha 1</p><p><b>Fri. Apr. 13</b></p><p>Fort Worth 3 at Omaha 4</p><p><b>Sat. Apr. 14</b></p><p>Omaha 8 at Fort Worth 2</p><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0028-0564/3418336-1-eng-US/f0028-052.jpg" title="f0028-05" width="596" height="412"></div><h2><b>Final Central League Statistics</b></h2><h3><b>INDIVIDUAL SCORING AND PENALTY RECORDS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-01160/3418329-1-eng-US/f0029-012.jpg" title="f0029-01" width="911" height="1665"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-02128/3418322-1-eng-US/f0029-022.jpg" title="f0029-02" width="895" height="1194"></div><h3><b>COMPLETE GOALKEEPING RECORDS FOR ALL CHL TEAMS</b></h3><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0029-0386/3418315-1-eng-US/f0029-032.jpg" title="f0029-03" width="878" height="448"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0028-01

CENTRAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY BILL PHELAN</div><p>NEW YORK&mdash;</p><p>In a pair of meetings in Binghamton, N.Y. the governors of the North American Hockey League have formed a seven team circuit, taking in Lewiston, Maine, Syracuse and Long Island to go along with Charter NAHL members, Cape Cod, Mohawk Valley, Johnstown and Binghamton.</p><p>Jack Newkirk, the president of the NAHL, happily stated, &ldquo;We are fortunate that Long Island has been able to join us and both Syracuse and Lewiston have been accepted.&rdquo; Rhode Island has suspended operations for one year.</p><p>Ed Stanley was confirmed as treasurer of the NAHL with Jack Sheehan of Rhode Island elected secretary. B.T. Dupont of Johnstown is chairing a committee to select a commissioner for the NAHL.</p><p>The new Syracuse group is headed by Frances Ravette. Both GM Bill Charles and coach Ron Ingram have resigned from the club.</p><p>Gerry Lamoureux will be the general manager of the new Long Island Cougars with the team playing in the Long Island Arena, the old home of the Long Island Ducks. John Brophy, long time EHL bad man is the new coach of the Cougars.</p><p>&ldquo;There is room for minor professional hockey on Long Island despite the presence of the New York Islanders,&rdquo; said Lamoureux. &ldquo;We plan to play mostly on Friday Nights which doesn&rsquo;t conflict with the Islanders and we will promote heavily.&rdquo;</p><p>The Mohawk Valley Comets, formerly Clinton, have appointed Brian Conacher as their new general manager. Conacher, a hero with the 1966-67 Stanley Cup winning Toronto Maple Leafs and later a figure with Hockey Canada, sat out four years and then tried a comeback two seasons ago with Detroit. He wound up in the Central Hockey League and played part of last season with Ottawa of the WHA. The Nationals worked part time with Clinton and from this association Conacher was able to land the job as general manager. He will also coach the Comets.</p><p>&ldquo;My philosophy of coaching is to give the player the same consideration I wanted when I played. But I want 100 percent effort at all times. The Comets have a winning tradition and I intend to see that it continues.&rdquo;</p><p>The Quebec Nordiques are backing the entry of the Lewiston, Maine sextet, which will be also called the Nordiques. The WHA team will supply most of the players. An Investigation by a NAHL membership committee showed that semi-pro hockey in Lewiston was averaging 25,000 fans on Saturday nights. A new 4,000 seat arena is blue-printed for the future.</p><p>The Maine Nordiques also announced that Michel Harvey, a long-time American Hockey League performer with Hershey Bears, has been appointed their new coach by the parent WHA club. Harvey played for the Quebec team last season and will likely assume a playing-coach role with Maine.</p><p>At present Long Island is looking for a major league tie, Johnstown is working with St. Louis of the NHL, Cape Cod has made no commitment after splitting a working agreement with Boston and New York of the NHL in 197273.</p><p>Binghamton, under the direction of former OHA magnate Fred Muller, will be an independent. Muller already has 32 players inked to contracts or tryout forms.</p><p>The Mohawk Valley Comets have confirmed that they will have a farm club agreement again this season with a WHA club. The Comets were aligned with the Ottawa Nationals last year but the club has since been moved to Toronto and will be known as the Toronto Toros. The Toros will work with the NAHL Comets as the result of landing Conacher as general manager and coach. Billy Harris, a former teammate of Conacher&rsquo;s in their NHL playing days, is the coach of the WHA Torros.</p><p>Meanwhile, a 10-minute sudden death overtime period will be used in an effort to minimize the number of tie games in the new NAHL.</p><p>&ldquo;The overtime period should provide a source of considerably more excitement for the fans,&rsquo; said John M. Newkirk, Jr., newly elected President of the Cape Cod Cubs who earlier was also elected first president of the NAHL. &ldquo;The International Hockey League, using sudden death overtime, had only 13 tie games during the 197273 season whereas the old Eastern Hockey League had 50,&rdquo; Newkirk explained. Newkirk replaces Richard Terrio as president of the Cubs. Terrio remains as club vice president. A number of other rules variations are being studied by the Governors of the NAHL, which presently lists seven member teams. Officials of the new circuit are hopeful that an eighth team will be added.</p><p>Newkirk said present plans call for each NAHL club to play a 74-game schedule starting on Friday, Oct. 12.</p><p>A new two-year contract and additional duties for Bronco Horvath were announced by Cape Cod Cubs.</p><p>Horvath, the former NHL and AHL scoring star who coached the Cubs to the Eastern Hockey League Central Division championship in their first year of existence, will return as coach while also assuming the role of Director of Player Personnel.</p><p>&ldquo;We are delighted to have Bronco returning,&rdquo; said Newkirk. &ldquo;His coaching record last season speaks for itself, and we are confident he will be able to keep the Cubs on top in the new North American Hockey League.</p><p>&ldquo;To help him do just that,&rdquo; Newkirk continued, &ldquo;we feel that it is important that he be given a free hand in recruiting player talent. As director of player personnel he will be involved in the scouting and procurement of players.&rdquo;</p><p>Working closely with Horvath in the Cubs&rsquo; streamlined front office will be Joseph W. Sherman of West Yarmouth, the club&rsquo;s Director of Communications for the past year. Sherman has been named Business Manager of the Cubs and as such will be responsible for the day-to-day operation of the team. He will also continue to serve as Communications Director for the Cape Cod Coliseum.</p><p>&ldquo;Bronco and Joe have been given the responsibility and the authority to run the hockey club,&rdquo; Newkirk said. &ldquo;We are confident they will do an outstanding job.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-02135/3418402-1-eng-US/f0030-022.jpg" title="f0030-02" width="550" height="725"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BRIAN CONACHER&hellip;To Pilot Comets</b></figcaption><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-03103/3418395-1-eng-US/f0030-032.jpg" title="f0030-03" width="543" height="724"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>MICHEL HARVEY&hellip;Sent By Nordiques</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0030-02

New North American League Swelled To Seven Teams

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0030-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0030-01187/3418433-1-eng-US/f0030-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Charlotte President AL MANCH, right, expects his new coach PAT KELLY, to bring the Checkers back into contention this season. Kelly jumped from Clinton to take over dual job of manager and coach with the Southern Checkers, who missed the playoffs last year.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey New Photo by Peter Wooley)</span></figcaption></div><p>ATLANTA&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>T</span>he Southern Hockey League, which contrary to reports, will not be a professional circuit in its first year of operation, is set to go with six teams for the 1973-74 campaign even though the loop is jtill searching for a commissioner.</p><p>The new southern loop has indicated it will carry on with its present governing body until a commissioner is named. Atlanta will be the head office for the SHL.</p><p>Until the league comes up with a new head man, the operation will be in the hands of its newly elected executive. They elected Norman Curtis of Greensboro as president with Al Manch of Charlotte as vice president and Gene Hawthorne of Roanoke Valley as secretary-treasurer. So far, six teams have declared themselves with the charter members being Greensboro, Charlotte, Roanoke Valley, Winston-Salem, Macon, and Sun Coast.</p><p>Charlotte has Pat Kelly formerly of Clinton as general manager coach with Gregg Pilling returning at Roanoke Valley as coach and Colin Kilbrun as GM. Greensboro is now looking for a coach with Don Carter having accepted the position with the newly formed Winston Salem franchise. The Winston Salem package was put together by Herb Smith of Baltimore with extensive local backing. Former NHL linesman Pat Shetler has moved into the club&rsquo;s front office from Saginaw of the IHL.</p><p>Macon has put together a package under the direction of Tom Pinkerton. The Georgia outfit is also looking for a coach. Sun Coast reportedly has had a change of management and so far has not rehired Lloyd Hinchberger as GM-Coach. Hinch was perhaps the best in the old EHL at getting extra mileage out of his players.</p><p>Apparently the new Southern league has informed the rival North American Hockey League, both outgrowths of the disbanded Eastern Hockey League, that it will not enter into a player agreement with the NAHL. Both leagues will be bidding for the services of old EHL players and it seems the situation has boiled down to whichever league comes up with the best offers will get the top named skaters.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0030-01

New Southern League Set With Six Teams

<h2><b>Final Eastern League Statistics</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>NORTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-01168/3418614-1-eng-US/f0031-012.jpg" title="f0031-01" width="588" height="128"></div><h2><b>CENTRAL DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-02129/3418607-1-eng-US/f0031-022.jpg" title="f0031-02" width="600" height="126"></div><h2><b>SOUTHERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-03107/3418600-1-eng-US/f0031-032.jpg" title="f0031-03" width="593" height="125"></div><p><b>(*withdrew from league).</b></p><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0484/3418593-1-eng-US/f0031-042.jpg" title="f0031-04" width="600" height="80"></div><p><b>(Syracuse wins best-of-seven series 4-2)</b></p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Sun. Apr. 1</b></p><p>Roanoke Valley 5 at Syracuse 4</p><p><b>Wed. Apr 4</b></p><p>Roanoke Valley 1 at Syracuse 17</p><p><b>Thur. Apr. 5</b></p><p>Syracuse 7 at Roanoke Valley 4</p><p><b>Sun. Apr. 8</b></p><p>Syracuse4 at Roanoke Valley 6</p><p><b>Tue. Apr. 10</b></p><p>Roanoke Valley 1 at Syracuse 15</p><p><b>Thur. Apr. 12</b></p><p>Syracuse 4 at Roanoke Valley 1</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0571/3418586-1-eng-US/f0031-052.jpg" title="f0031-05" width="603" height="77"></div><p><b>(Syracuse wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0650/3418579-1-eng-US/f0031-062.jpg" title="f0031-06" width="597" height="70"></div><p><b>(Roanoke wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h2><b>QUARTER-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0739/3418572-1-eng-US/f0031-072.jpg" title="f0031-07" width="589" height="71"></div><p><b>(Syracuse wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0833/3418565-1-eng-US/f0031-082.jpg" title="f0031-08" width="593" height="77"></div><p><b>(Cape Cod wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-0923/3418558-1-eng-US/f0031-092.jpg" title="f0031-09" width="597" height="73"></div><p><b>(Roanoke wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1017/3418551-1-eng-US/f0031-102.jpg" title="f0031-10" width="603" height="69"></div><p><b>(Johnstown wins best-of-seven series 4-3)</b></p><h2><b>FINAL SCORING</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1114/3418544-1-eng-US/f0031-112.jpg" title="f0031-11" width="589" height="1359"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-1211/3418537-1-eng-US/f0031-122.jpg" title="f0031-12" width="595" height="2965"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-139/3418530-1-eng-US/f0031-132.jpg" title="f0031-13" width="598" height="2959"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-148/3418523-1-eng-US/f0031-142.jpg" title="f0031-14" width="597" height="203"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-158/3418516-1-eng-US/f0031-152.jpg" title="f0031-15" width="597" height="954"></div><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-166/3418509-1-eng-US/f0031-162.jpg" title="f0031-16" width="592" height="405"></div><h2><b>SYRACUSE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-175/3418502-1-eng-US/f0031-172.jpg" title="f0031-17" width="601" height="394"></div><h2><b>ROANOKE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-184/3418495-1-eng-US/f0031-182.jpg" title="f0031-18" width="590" height="467"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-193/3418488-1-eng-US/f0031-192.jpg" title="f0031-19" width="595" height="362"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0031-01

EASTERN LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0031-20" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0031-203/3418645-1-eng-US/f0031-202.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ARNE STROMBERG&hellip;Master Of European Hockey</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>W</span>hat would happen if the Europeans were asked to come up with Team Europe &mdash; like Team Canada last year? Who would be the man to put it together and to coach it? Who would be Europe&rsquo;s Harry Sinden?</p><p>Undoubtedly, Arne Stromberg. Harry Sinden knows who Stromberg is. So does John Ferguson and the Czechs, the Russians, the Finns and so on. People who know hockey know Stromberg.</p><p>&ldquo;Our style of hockey will have to be altered, it must follow more the Canadian style&rdquo;, says Stromberg, a 51-year-old Swede who certainly knows what he is talking about.</p><p>When the outstanding European hockey men are counted, the Swedish born Stromberg, most likely, will rank as the No. 1 coaching talent.</p><p>&ldquo;Our players train more and more year by year, they are getting better facilities and their play is getting faster and harder,&rdquo; says Arne. &ldquo;But we still find it a little tough to adapt to the regular Canadian man-against-man style. This is going to dictate the future of European hockey. We must lear it.&rdquo; &ldquo;Only about a couple of years ago, or so, the European ruls were changed, or modified to follow more the Canadian line&rdquo;, continues Arne. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s true that our bigger rinks give more chance to an imaginative pass-play but, nevertheless, the differences between European style and Canadian style are not so apparent anymore than they were a few years ago.&rdquo;</p><p>In Canada interest in European hockey truly was awakened by the Team Canada series against the Russians last year, spiced up by demonstration matches against the Czechs and the Swedes. Stromberg was totally sold by the Canadian style of hockey already in the 1950&rsquo;s when the Swedes imported Ed Riegle from Canada to coach the Swedes. Ed stayed in Sweden for two years as chief coach with Arne as his assistant and right hand and when Ed left, it was time for Arne to take over. Ever since, he has been the chief coach of the Swedish National Team &mdash; for years now &mdash; and it is apparent that he is the coach-select for the brand new European professional team that will start their first regular season this fall.</p><p>Looking back over those 11 years Arne has altogether nine Olympic medals and world championships to his credit.</p><p>Of the European hockey men, Arne is perhaps the best known in Canada due to his frequent visits to North America. He keeps in touch &mdash; and the purpose of his visits are not altogether social; he comes here in order to learn.</p><p>&ldquo;Every year new talent pops up here&rdquo;, he says. &ldquo;Take youngsters like Orr, Clarke, Dryden, Perreault and the rest. What a tremendous amount of talent these kids represent. And at the same time, each one of them contributes something new to the game, new finesses of style, new passing combinations, new techniques. I try to absorb that and bring it back with me, to the benefit of hockey in general and our Swedish boys in particular.&rdquo;</p><p>When Arne works, he combines this with his own instinct, his eye for hockey and his technical and tactical experience. He employs the most modern and most sophisticated hardware obtainable &mdash; closed circuit TV with instantaneous playback, slides, films and even an automated puck shooting machine which he introduced a few years ago for the special training of goalies.</p><p>Three years ago, Arne started his own hockey school for youngsters between 10 and 18 years. He began with one school in Sweden, but soon his popularity and outstanding pedagogical qualities bore beautiful fruit: he now runs Europe&rsquo;s biggest hockey school throughout the summer season and in three countries with kids from all over the world attending.</p><p>Stromberg is running his kids&rsquo; hockey school again this year and he&rsquo;s getting ready for his first professional season in the fall at the same time.</p><p>Talk of the pros brings a smile to Arne&rsquo;s face. He still would like to see Canada back playing in the world hockey tournament even with their professionals in the lineup. The World tourney hasn&rsquo;t been the same since Canada dropped out of it and Stromberg and the rest of the European officials are aware of it.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0031-20

Sweden’s Stromberg Likely Country’s First Pro Coach

<div class="byline">BY LEN HOYES</div><div class="image-hero"><img title="f0032-01" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-01170/3418676-1-eng-US/f0032-012.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>IHL Commissioner BILL BEAGAN, left, congratulates Toledo owner PAUL BRIGHT, second left, after his selection as the league&rsquo;s &lsquo;executive of the year&rsquo;. Also on hand to laud the Hornets&rsquo; president was FRANK GALLAGHER, of Hint, and MOOSE LALLO of Muskegon right. Bright was first recipient of Andy Mulligan Trophy, which will honor top IHL executive each year.</b> <span class="photo-credit">(Hockey Nows Photos by Potor Woofloy)</span></figcaption></div><p>TOLEDO&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>fter having stable leadership for the past four seasons, the International Hockey League will spend the 1973-74 season looking for a new commissioner.</p><p>Bill Beagan, boss since the 196970 season, told the IHL&rsquo;s Board of Governors that he will resign, effective June, 1, 1974.</p><p>That was the most startling news from the IHL&rsquo;s annual summer meeting at St. Charles, Ill., which moved smoothly through its agenda. The fact that the Governors solved most of their problems with a minimum of difficulty was the best indication that the IHL is in excellent condition as it prepares for its 29th consecutive season of operation.</p><p>Beagan indicated he&rsquo;s considering another position in professional hockey although he declined to be specific.</p><p>Because the IHL boss spent some time in Europe during the 1972-73 season and because it&rsquo;s well known that he&rsquo;s close to the Detroit Red Wings&rsquo; organization, speculation has Beagan connected with a National Hockey League attempt to organize a &ldquo;European branch.&rdquo; Bruce Norris, owner of the Red Wings, is a prime mover in that project and Beagan, who has an excellent reputation as an organizer, would fit in perfectly.</p><p>Beagan is only the third holder of the IHL&rsquo;s title of commissioner. Frank Gallagher, now general manager of the Flint Generals, was the first to hold that title when it was changed from president. Gallagher was full-time commissioner for two seasons, then Andy Mulligan of Toledo became commissioner in addition to duties as manager of the Toledo Sports Arena</p><p>Mulligan, now retired, remained a key part of the IHL meetings.</p><p>The Governors decided that the Andy Mulligan Trophy, which was proposed for several individual awards, should honor the IHL&rsquo;s executive of the year. The first Mulligan Trophy went to Toledo&rsquo;s Paul Bright.</p><p>Bright, in two seasons there, has rescued the Toledo franchise which was in danger of folding. Although Bright maintains he still hasn&rsquo;t reached the break-even point, the Hornets ranked sixth in attendance in the nine-team league.</p><p>After struggling to maintain a 2,000 average for the first half of the season, Toledo&rsquo;s attendance averaged 2,613 for the last 17 regular-season games.</p><p>The Mulligan Trophy will be part of the exhibits at the United States Hockey Hall of Fame which was dedicated June 21 at Eveleth, Minn.</p><p>Of interest to IHL fans was a change in the playoff structure. The key points are a format which makes it possible for the North and South divisional champions to reach the Turner Cup finals and a &ldquo;wild card&rdquo; system which will qualify a seventh team for the playoffs.</p><p>The three top teams in each division continue to team automatic playoff berths plus the best record among the other three clubs which earns the &ldquo;wild card&rdquo; distinction.</p><p>After all seven playoff teams are arranged in order of success, the Nos. 6 ans 7 teams play a best-of-three series and that winner meets No. 1 in a best-of-five series and those winners play another best-of-five semifinal.</p><p>Nos. 2 and 3 and Nos. 4-5 are matched in best-of-five series and those winners play another best-of-five semifinal.</p><p>The championship series is best-of-seven.</p><p>The Governors also retained the 10-minute &ldquo;sudden death&rdquo; period for possibly reaching a decision in tie games and awarded the annual all-star games in consecutive years to Columbus (1974), Dayton (1975) and Muskegon (1976).<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0032-01

Beagan To Serve Last Season As IHL Commissioner

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0032-02" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0032-02117/3418707-1-eng-US/f0032-022.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>New Port Huron coach BOB McCAMMON, left, shakes hands with club general manager MORRIS SNIDER after the former Wings&rsquo; defenseman retired as a player to take over coaching job with club vacated by Ted Garvin, who went to Detroit of NHL.</b></figcaption></div><p>MUSKEGON&mdash;</p><p>The International Hockey League&rsquo;s coaching lineup has became clearer.</p><p>Moose Lallo, already general manager, announced that he&rsquo;ll return officially as coach of the Muskegon Mohawks. Lallo relinquished the coaching to veteran right winger Brian McLay at the start of 1972-73 but was behind the bench most of the time as the Mohawks struggled to get untracked from a slow start. When McLay suffered a knee injury and was hospitalized, Lallo took over the reins completely.</p><p>Columbus Owner Albert Savill scored a significant coup by retaining General Manager Don Scott and Coach Moe Bartoli. Both were members of the California Golden Seals organization but joined Savill&rsquo;s group which purchased the franchise. The team also signed a one-year agreement to become a farm club for the St. Louis Blues of the NHL.</p><p>Savill also announced that Columbus will now be the Owls, and will switch to red, white and black uniforms. &ldquo;We want a completely new image.&rdquo;</p><p>Don Perry is set with the Saginaw Gears through the 1975-76 season, having signed a two-year contract. Skippy Burchell is also returning with the Toledo Hornets.</p><p>Bobby McCammon, an 11-season veteran in the IHL and its top defenseman in 1972-73, will relinquish active playing to re; place Ted Garvin as coach of the Port Huron Wings. General Manager Morris Snider announced McCammon&rsquo;s appointment following the annual meeting.</p><p>Snider said, &ldquo;He&rsquo;s through as an active player because we want a coach behind the bench. Bob had a couple offers from the World Hockey Association but turned them down. He wants to open a new door by trying coaching and we have every confidence that he can do the job.&rdquo;</p><p>McCammon&rsquo;s absence from the ice should please rivals. At age 32, he seemed to be getting better. He was named to the All-Star first team for the first time last season and voted the Governors&rsquo; Trophy as top defenseman.</p><p>Not especially robust at 5-10 and 170, McCammon nevertheless was a key to Port Huron&rsquo;s success as a puck carrier, power-play specialist and penalty killer.</p><p>Other IHL coaching situations have not been confirmed but it&rsquo;s probable that two or three other new faces will appear for 1973-74.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

f0032-02

Lallo Back Behind Bench, McCammon New Wings’ Coach

<h2><b>Final International League Statistics</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>NORTH DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-01150/3418864-1-eng-US/f0033-012.jpg" title="f0033-01" width="598" height="155"></div><h2><b>SOUTH DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-02111/3418857-1-eng-US/f0033-022.jpg" title="f0033-02" width="589" height="129"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0380/3418850-1-eng-US/f0033-032.jpg" title="f0033-03" width="595" height="74"></div><p><b>(Fort Wayne wins best-of-seven series 4-0)</b></p><h2><b>GAMES COMPLETED</b></h2><p><b>Fri. Apr. 6</b></p><p>Port Huron 3 at Fort Wayne 5</p><p><b>Sat. Apr. 7</b></p><p>Port Huron 3 at Fort Wayne 7</p><p><b>Tue. Apr. 10</b></p><p>Fort Wayne 2 at Port Huron 1</p><p><b>Sun. Apr. 15</b></p><p>Fort Wayne 5 at Port Huron 1</p><h2><b>SEMI-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0464/3418843-1-eng-US/f0033-042.jpg" title="f0033-04" width="602" height="77"></div><p><b>(Port Huron wins best-of-five series 3-0)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0554/3418836-1-eng-US/f0033-052.jpg" title="f0033-05" width="616" height="78"></div><p><b>(Fort Wayne wins best-of-seven series 4-1)</b></p><h2><b>QUARTER-FINALS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0642/3418829-1-eng-US/f0033-062.jpg" title="f0033-06" width="587" height="79"></div><p><b>(Port Huron wins best-of-five series 3-1)</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0736/3418822-1-eng-US/f0033-072.jpg" title="f0033-07" width="595" height="85"></div><p><b>(Dayton wins best-of-five series 3-0)</b></p><h2><b>FINAL SCORING</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0832/3418815-1-eng-US/f0033-082.jpg" title="f0033-08" width="612" height="1785"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-0927/3418808-1-eng-US/f0033-092.jpg" title="f0033-09" width="625" height="3024"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1025/3418801-1-eng-US/f0033-102.jpg" title="f0033-10" width="594" height="1038"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1124/3418794-1-eng-US/f0033-112.jpg" title="f0033-11" width="596" height="786"></div><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1223/3418787-1-eng-US/f0033-122.jpg" title="f0033-12" width="597" height="533"></div><h2><b>PLAYOFF SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h2><b>FORT WAYNE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1316/3418780-1-eng-US/f0033-132.jpg" title="f0033-13" width="590" height="486"></div><h2><b>FLINT</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1414/3418773-1-eng-US/f0033-142.jpg" title="f0033-14" width="611" height="517"></div><h2><b>DAYTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-1511/3418766-1-eng-US/f0033-152.jpg" title="f0033-15" width="600" height="462"></div><h2><b>DES MOINES</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-168/3418759-1-eng-US/f0033-162.jpg" title="f0033-16" width="596" height="493"></div><h2><b>PORT HURON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-178/3418752-1-eng-US/f0033-172.jpg" title="f0033-17" width="598" height="488"></div><h2><b>TOLEDO</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-186/3418745-1-eng-US/f0033-182.jpg" title="f0033-18" width="594" height="438"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-195/3418738-1-eng-US/f0033-192.jpg" title="f0033-19" width="585" height="286"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

f0033-01

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

<div class="byline">BY GREG FARLEY</div><p>PROVIDENCE&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>A</span>merican Hockey League teams picked off 17 of the 32 players who were up for grabs in the annual reverse draft held at the summer meetings in Montreal.</p><p>Providence landed Boston goaling prospect Curt Ridley after the Reds lost veteran Rick Charron to Los Angeles Kings on waivers when New York Rangers took his name off the protected list and dangled him before the pro hockey takers. The Kings jumped at the bait and claimed Charron.</p><p>As expected the independent Rochester Americans were the most active drafting three players Murray Kuntz from Cincinnati, Art Stratton from Virginia and Ron Dussiaum from Springfield.</p><p>Other players who came up in the draft included Barry Salovaara, a defenseman with Virginia last year, who was picked by Baltimore; Springfield acquired right wing Bob Nevin of the Minnesota North Stars drafting sixth but it is questionable if Nevin will actually Cerform with the AHL Kings. It is believed the move was a pre-arranged deal with Minnesota for future considerations&rsquo; on the part of the NHL Kings. Portland Buckaroos of the WHL did likewise for the North Stars when they grabbed Charlie Burns leading off the reverse draft. Jacksonville Barons drafted goaler Lyle Carter of Salt Lake and New Haven took Terry Gray off the St. Louis roster in a reduced $7,500 draft.</p><p>In several other draft movements which amounted to &lsquo;book-keeping&rsquo; deals, AHL clubs selected players from within their own organization to keep them out of the hands of rival pro clubs.</p><p>Providence took Ranger chattel Bob Craig, Springfield claimed Al Beaule for L.A., Virginia took Doug Hinton, a Detroit farmhand, Boston Braves &lsquo;protected&rsquo; forward Peter Gaw and goaler Chuck Goddard for the NHL Bruins by drafting the pair, Cincinnati drafted seasoned defenseman Larry Hillman for Buffalo, Nova Scotia Voyageurs held on the D&rsquo;Arcy Ryan for Montreal by picking the youngster and Richmond took Steve Eckerson and Bert Scott, two Philadelphia products in the $15,000 reverse draft.</p><p>Among the AHL players lost in the draft to the Western Hockey League were Wayne Schultz of Springfield, who went to Portland, Gene Sobchuk of Rochester, who was drafted by Seattle, Connie Forey of New Haven, who was selected by Denver, and of course Charron by L.A.</p><p>The AHL lost no players in the inter league draft but two top AHL league performers, defenseman Ray McKay of Cincinnati, a first-team All Star, was grabbed by California Seals from Buffalo and Ron Jones, also a defenseman, was taken by Pittsburgh from Boston Bruins. The ex-Boston Brave rearguard had signed a contract with the Bruins to keep him from jumping to the rival WHA but was strangely left unprotected in the intra-league draft.</p><p><b>BOSTON:</b> &mdash; Two Harvard hockey stars, the first recruited by the Bruins since George Owens back in 1929, have signed contracts and are expected to be assigned to the Braves, roster at the Bruins&rsquo; Fitchburg, Mass, training camp in September. Left wing Dave Hynes, a Cambridge product, and right wing Bill Corkery, an Arlington native, will bring additional local flavor to the team which already boasts several ex-local college favorites, including BU&rsquo;s Ron Anderson, who captured the Garrett Trophy as the league&rsquo;s outstanding rookie this past season.</p><p><b>NEW HAVEN:</b> &mdash; With the apparent weakening of AHL eastern division champion Nova Scotia through several transactions completed by Sam Pollock, plus a full-scale affiliation with the North Stars, Parker MacDonald is hoping to mold a definite playoff and possible pennant contender out of his new troops this season &hellip; Hawks are expected to announce the date shortly for their second annual fall exhibition tilt with the parent Stars&hellip;Last year&rsquo;s result was a 1-1 stalemate.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0033-205/3418895-1-eng-US/f0033-202.jpg" title="f0033-20" width="601" height="586"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>BOB NEVIN&hellip;Will He Report?</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Springfield ‘Drafts’ Nevin As AHL Clubs Pick 17 Players

<h2><b>ECAC CONFERENCE</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS DIVISION I</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-01162/3419010-1-eng-US/f0034-012.jpg" title="f0034-01" width="581" height="471"></div><h2><b>DIVISION II</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-02113/3419003-1-eng-US/f0034-022.jpg" title="f0034-02" width="611" height="984"></div><h2><b>TEAM SCORING</b></h2><h2><b>BOSTON UNIVERSITY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0385/3418996-1-eng-US/f0034-032.jpg" title="f0034-03" width="573" height="555"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0464/3418989-1-eng-US/f0034-042.jpg" title="f0034-04" width="576" height="100"></div><h2><b>HARVARD</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0550/3418982-1-eng-US/f0034-052.jpg" title="f0034-05" width="584" height="538"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0636/3418975-1-eng-US/f0034-062.jpg" title="f0034-06" width="584" height="84"></div><h2><b>NEW HAMPSHIRE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0730/3418968-1-eng-US/f0034-072.jpg" title="f0034-07" width="583" height="664"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0825/3418961-1-eng-US/f0034-082.jpg" title="f0034-08" width="589" height="108"></div><h2><b>ST. LAWRENCE</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-0915/3418954-1-eng-US/f0034-092.jpg" title="f0034-09" width="575" height="664"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-1014/3418947-1-eng-US/f0034-102.jpg" title="f0034-10" width="601" height="76"></div><h2><b>WCHA CONFERENCE FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-1115/3418940-1-eng-US/f0034-112.jpg" title="f0034-11" width="601" height="276"></div><h2><b>FINAL SCORING</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-1214/3418933-1-eng-US/f0034-122.jpg" title="f0034-12" width="615" height="752"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0034-139/3418926-1-eng-US/f0034-132.jpg" title="f0034-13" width="590" height="1946"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Final College Hockey Statistics

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0035-09" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0933/3419041-1-eng-US/f0035-092.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Toronto Marlboros put it all together this past season winning the Memorial Cup in a three-way playoff with Medicine Hat and Quebec Remparts. The Marlies took the round-robin tournament to win Canada&rsquo;s major junior hockey championship. Here are the new champions, front row, from the left, KEVIN NEVILLE, asst, manager JACK WHITE, PETE MARRIN, general manager FRANK BONELLO, BOB DAILEY, president HAROLD BALLARD, PAULIN BORDELEAU, coach GEORGE ARMSTRONG, MIKE PALMATEER. Middle row, administrator PAUL McNAMARA JR., equip, manager GEORGE HANNAH, BRUCE BOUDREAU, GEOFF GREEN, DAN GLUGOSH, GLENN GOLDUP, JEFF WOODYATT, MARK HOWE, JOHN HUGHES, KEVIN DEVINE, AUSTIN KIMMIS, statistician. Back row, club physician DR. LEO HALL, asst, trainer PAT REILLY, MARTY HOWE, TOM EDUR, JIM CLARKE, DICK DECLOE, WAYNE DILLON, BRAD WINTON, DENNIS OWCHAR, trainer DAN LEMELIN, KARL ELIEFF, psyciotherapist. Marlboros lost half dozen players in drafts and will have new look for next season.</b></figcaption></div><p>MONTREAL&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>F</span>ive new members, including three players, a builder and a referee, were admitted to the Hockey Hall of Fame, during the recent NHL annual June meetings.</p><p>Doug Harvey, former defense great with Montreal Canadiens and various other NHL clubs, headed the list of players Claude &ldquo;Chuck&rdquo; Rayner, one-time net-minder with the New York Rangers, also made it, while among Oldtimers, Tommy Smith, a former playing star of the old Quebec Bulldogs, was admitted.</p><p>The Honorable Hartland De. M. Molson, former owner of the Montreal Canadiens and the Montreal Forum, was elected to the builders section of the Hall.</p><p>Frank Udvari, former NHL referee and presently the Supervisor of league officials, was voted to the referee&rsquo;s section.</p><p>Harvey, 47, has long been regarded as one of the all time greats among NHL defensemen. A veteran of some 18 NHL seasons, his peak years were during the period from 1947 to 1961 when he performed for the Canadiens.</p><p>A cool, heady type of player, Harvey could and did control the pace of a game; slowing the action down to give his teammates a chance to recover, when necessary, or speeding up the tempo to further their attack when required.</p><p>He was an almost perennial All Star, during his heyday, and a seven time winner of the Norris Trophy as the NHL&rsquo;s best defenseman.</p><p>Rayner, 52, achieved prominence as a goalie with the N.Y. Rangers in the post World War II period. In 1950-51, he won the Hart Trophy as the NHL&rsquo;s most valuable player, becoming only the second netminder in league history to capture the award.</p><p>Smith, deceased, was a left wing and center, and member of a<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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Hall Berth For Harvey, Four Others

<p>Final scoring records combine league and playoffs. Top 50 league scorers are listed elsewhere on this page.</p><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-01151/3419121-1-eng-US/f0035-012.jpg" title="f0035-01" width="595" height="293"></div><h2><b>FINAL SCORING</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-02124/3419114-1-eng-US/f0035-022.jpg" title="f0035-02" width="611" height="1846"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0392/3419107-1-eng-US/f0035-032.jpg" title="f0035-03" width="616" height="2276"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0475/3419100-1-eng-US/f0035-042.jpg" title="f0035-04" width="601" height="2294"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0562/3419093-1-eng-US/f0035-052.jpg" title="f0035-05" width="609" height="788"></div><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0650/3419086-1-eng-US/f0035-062.jpg" title="f0035-06" width="591" height="580"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0745/3419079-1-eng-US/f0035-072.jpg" title="f0035-07" width="595" height="837"></div><h2><b>OHA&rsquo;s Top 50 Point Scorers</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0035-0833/3419072-1-eng-US/f0035-082.jpg" title="f0035-08" width="608" height="1328"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Final OHA Major league Statistics

<div class="byline">BY BOB STRUMM</div><p>SASKATOON&mdash;</p><p class="dropcap"><span>V</span>ancouver Nats have become the Vancouver Nots. Nat Bailey, two-year owner of Vancouver&rsquo;s Western Canada Hockey League disaster, has folded his tent and silently stole away from the junior hockey scene.</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-184/3419159-1-eng-US/f0036-182.jpg" title="f0036-18" width="262" height="463"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Nat Bailey</b></figcaption></div><p>The Nats will be relocated in Kamloops, subject to the approval of the British Columbia Amateur Hockey Association. Joe Tennant, general manager and coach of the Kamloops</p><p>Rockets of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League Eldon Dever and Ephriam Streinke, head of Kamloops Development Ltd., are reportedly involved in the purchase.</p><p>The BCJHL team will in turn be moved to Prince Geotge or Revelstoke. The Tier Two league has given the Kamloops operators until July 1 to finalize the shift.</p><p>Bailey could hardly be blamed for his willingness to extricate himself from the WCHL BROTHERHOOD, Since his entry into the league during the 1971-72 season, the likeable hamburger king was promised player help which would rejuvenate his lacklustre Nats. But the first-aid came in the form of crippled castoffs.</p><p>In two seasons, the Nats won only 27 games, tied four and lost 105. They were last-place finishers in the WCHL Western Division on both occasions, and were familiar only with the butt-ends of each opponent.</p><p>Most of the Vancouver fans would rather have watched hockey sticks warp. The Nats were not an exciting club, and played before empty seats at the spacious Coliseum. The coffee vendors often outnumbered the fans.</p><p>When the cash register finally quit playing taps, Bailey was somewhere between $200,000 and $350,000 in the hole depending on whose financial report you cared to believe. Even Nat Bailey had had enough.</p><p>The future of junior hockey in Vancouver became even more clouded when the Blazers of the World Hockey Association invaded the scene in May. Blazers increased the count of pro clubs in town to two (the NHL Canucks are the other club) and both teams will play in the Coliseum.</p><p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re sorry to lose the Vancouver franchise,&rdquo; said Ed Chunoweth, incoming commissioner of the WCHL. &ldquo;No league likes to lose the big-city markets. But Kamloops is one of Canada&rsquo;s fastest growing cities, and we feel the WCHL can be a major success in i that area.</p><p>&ldquo;The Rockets averaged more than 3,000 fans in the BCJHL last season. Their rink seats 4,500 and I there&rsquo;s no reason why their aver: age can&rsquo;t be close to 4,000,&rdquo; added? Chynoweth, who replaces out-going Del Wilson as head man of the WCHL.</p><p>Good point &hellip; except that the Kamloops average won&rsquo;t amount to a dribble in a rain barrel if the new entry doesn&rsquo;t have any more &gt; talent than its predecessor in Vancouver. The onus falls on the shoulders of the other 11 WCHL owners to assist Kamloops and make a bonafide contender out of their new neighbor.</p><p>Another hot topic of conversation out West is the insinuation that the WHA and WCHL will lock arms in a pro-amateur courtship. Every WCHL executive denies the mere mention of the subject but the whispers still linger.</p><p>The suggestion first came from Gary Davidson, president of the WHA. Each member club of the WHA would supposedly toss in the neighborhood of $60,000 in the WCHL pot in return for a working agreement with the juniors.</p><p>The WCHL in turn would become a semi-pro operation with a certain number of over-age players allowed on each club. In that way, the WHA would have one training ground on which to breed its young prospects who aren&rsquo;t quite ready for the pro game.</p><p>&ldquo;There has been nothing concrete cross my desk,&rdquo; said Chynoweth. &ldquo;All I know about it is what I read in the papers. There would be a lot of intricate details involved in such a move.&rdquo;</p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-193/3419152-1-eng-US/f0036-192.jpg" title="f0036-19" width="562" height="603"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>ED CHYNOWETH&hellip;New Commissioner</b></figcaption></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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Vancouver Moves To Kamloops

<h2><b>Final WCHL Statistics For 1972-73</b></h2><h2><b>FINAL STANDINGS</b></h2><h2><b>EASTERN DIVISION</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-01131/3419302-1-eng-US/f0036-012.jpg" title="f0036-01" width="613" height="186"></div><p><b>WESTERN DIVISION</b></p><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0290/3419295-1-eng-US/f0036-022.jpg" title="f0036-02" width="593" height="198"></div><h2><b>TOP 25 SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0370/3419288-1-eng-US/f0036-032.jpg" title="f0036-03" width="581" height="675"></div><h2><b>SCORING BY TEAMS</b></h2><h2><b>MEDICINE HAT</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0450/3419281-1-eng-US/f0036-042.jpg" title="f0036-04" width="594" height="528"></div><h2><b>REGINA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0535/3419274-1-eng-US/f0036-052.jpg" title="f0036-05" width="598" height="613"></div><h2><b>EDMONTON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0623/3419267-1-eng-US/f0036-062.jpg" title="f0036-06" width="581" height="606"></div><h2><b>FLINFLON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0720/3419260-1-eng-US/f0036-072.jpg" title="f0036-07" width="596" height="690"></div><h2><b>NEW WESTMINSTER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0815/3419253-1-eng-US/f0036-082.jpg" title="f0036-08" width="583" height="866"></div><h2><b>BRANDON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-0915/3419246-1-eng-US/f0036-092.jpg" title="f0036-09" width="585" height="779"></div><h2><b>CALGARY</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-1013/3419239-1-eng-US/f0036-102.jpg" title="f0036-10" width="583" height="559"></div><h2><b>SWIFT CURRENT</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-1112/3419232-1-eng-US/f0036-112.jpg" title="f0036-11" width="586" height="868"></div><h2><b>VICTORIA</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-1211/3419225-1-eng-US/f0036-122.jpg" title="f0036-12" width="588" height="767"></div><h2><b>SASKATOON</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-139/3419218-1-eng-US/f0036-132.jpg" title="f0036-13" width="597" height="490"></div><h2><b>WINNIPEG</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-147/3419211-1-eng-US/f0036-142.jpg" title="f0036-14" width="578" height="723"></div><h2><b>VANCOUVER</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-157/3419204-1-eng-US/f0036-152.jpg" title="f0036-15" width="593" height="844"></div><h2><b>TOP PLAYOFF SCORERS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-166/3419197-1-eng-US/f0036-162.jpg" title="f0036-16" width="595" height="699"></div><h2><b>GOALKEEPERS&rsquo; RECORDS</b></h2><div class="figure-block image-block"><img src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0036-174/3419190-1-eng-US/f0036-172.jpg" title="f0036-17" width="589" height="701"></div><span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span>

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WESTERN CANADA LEAGUE

<div class="image-hero"><img title="f0037-16" src="/var/site_2854/storage/images/media2/images/f0037-166/3419333-1-eng-US/f0037-162.jpg"><figcaption class="caption-body"><b>Last season an American team, the Spokane Jets, dominated a Canadian league and even went on to win the Allan Cup. This year the Thunder Bay Twins reversed the procedure when they won the United States Hockey League title even though they lost out to Orillia for the Allan Cup. The Ontario-based Twins monopolized the USHL throughout the year. Here are the new champions, first row, from the left, DOUG LONG, president JACK MASTERS, manager RUSS POOLE, coach LEE FOGOLIN, general manager BERT SLIVINSKI, LOU MARCON, chief scout LOU NESTICO, JOE BAMFORD. Second row, trainer AL MARTIN, DWIGHT STIRRETT, MURRAY McLEOD, DREW TRAPP, CHUCK KELNER, JOHN FERGUSON, MIKE MITHRUSH, trainer VIC FORTES, vice-president BILLPERISTY. Third row, BARRY HOGAN, DAVE NUTTALL, JACK BYERLEY, DAVE VAILLANT, JACK OWCHAR, BOB BYERLEY, trainer DINO MARTIN. Fourth row, secretary RAY FLOYD, STEVE RUBINECK, BRIAN DePIERO, DAVE BRAGNALO, GARY LINDQUIST, treasurer PETER DUNNILL.</b></figcaption></div><p>GREEN BAY&mdash;</p><p>The United States Hockey, League will be expanded to nine teams for the 1973-74 campaign with the addition of two new cities &mdash; Milwaukee and Madison, both out of the state of Wisconsin.</p><p>The addition of two more teams plus the withdrawal of the Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Greyhounds from the USHL, created an unbalanced divisional alignment. To offset the loss of the Sault, the Green Bay Bobcats, a long time league power, shifted over to the North Division putting the new franchises in the South Division.</p><p>The divisional lineup of the USHL will comprise Thunder Bay, Calumet, Marquette and Green Bay in the North while Chicago, Marquette, Sioux City, Madison and Milwaukee, will shake up the South section.</p><p>The 1973-74 schedule will include 48 games for each team, three at home and three away against each other. The schedule officially opens Oct. 13 and finishes March 24. Final playoff arrangements will be discussed at the league&rsquo;s next meeting to be held at Lake Geneva, Wis., in September.</p><p>Meanwhile, Bob Kasubeck of sault Ste. Marie was appointed commissioner of the league at the spring meetings held May 25 and 26 in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He succeeds Robert Hoppe who has been president for the past four years. It was decided by the league governors to create the position of commissioner because of the expansion of the league from five to line teams in the last two years. Closer control could be effected with a commissioner in the estimation of the governors.</p><p>Kasubeck has been associated with the USHL as an active official (referee) for the past 12 years the last as referee-in-chief) and mows the problems of the league in growth and expansion. Kasuieck also officiated in the strong Western Collegiate Hockey Association in the USA for 12 years; the Northern Ontario Hockey Association Junior &ldquo;A&rdquo; League for nine years; and four years in the old Eastern Professional Hockey league under Carl Voss, who was then NHL referee-in-chief.</p><p>The other executives, which include treasurer Jim Van Essen of Green Bay, recording secretary John Madacy of Marquette and public relations director Morley Howe of the Sault, remain the same.<span class="end-marker"> &#9632;</span></p>

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