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July 1, 1973
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New Southern League Set With Six Teams
ATLANTA— The 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. 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. 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,…
New Canucks Coach Bill McCreary Never Candidate For Post
VANCOUVER— After a search that lasted two and a half months and several false alarms, the Vancouver Canucks finally have a coach. Officially, they still don’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. 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. Although he had been on their list of possible candidates for more than a month, McCreary wasn’t viewed as…
Former Spurs’ Star Bob McCord Returns As Manager, Coach
DENVER— Bob McCord, who was called up from the Denver Spurs as a defenseman last season, came back as their new general manager and coach. McCord, 39, a 20-year veteran, replaces John Choyce who guided the team to fourth place last season. McCord played 43 games for the St. Louis Blues last season and wound up as an assistant coach. “I’m nervous, but I think I can handle it,” said the 6-1, 205-pound defenseman. “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’ll be in Denver for at least one season.” McCord planned to move his wife, Nancy, and four children, Rob, 18, Maureen, 16, Doug, 15,…
Houston Rotks Hotkey World By Luring Howe Boys to WHA
WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION HOUSTON— The hockey public was still gasping over the bold move by the World Hockey Association’s Houston Aeros in luring the young Howe brothers away from their amateur hockey club — the Toronto Marlboros. 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’s greatest player of all time — 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. 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. Howe is expected to follow his two sons, Mark and Marty, to the Aeros. The…
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