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September 1, 1973
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NAHL Takes On WHA Flavor, Four Clubs Sign Agreements
LONG ISLAND— Four North American Hockey League teams have signed working agreements with WHA clubs this season. Syracuse Blazers have linked up with the New York Golden Blades in an agreement that guarantees the Blazers eight pro and amateur players from the Blades. Syracuse will be the top farm team of the Blades. Chicago Cougars recently signed an agreement with the Long Island Cougars along with an agreement to play the farm club October 5 at the Long Island Arena. Mohawks Valley Comets now have a working agreement with the Toronto Toros and will train with the big league club in either North Bay or Sudbury, Ont. The other NAHL team affialiated with the WHA is the Maine Nordiques, farm club of the Quebec Nordiques. The Cape Cod area will get its first taste of major…
PASSING THE PUCK
● THE STANLEY CUP (and the Avco Trophy (WHA) will both be on display at Hock ey Expo 73 in Toronto which is the first show of its kind ever presented. Terry Rodgers, major domo of the show, advises that interest in the show has been extremely keen … John Newkirk is doing a tremendous job as acting president of the North American Hockey League. Newkirk is president of the Cape Cod Coliseum and is one of the leading citizens of the Cape Cod area. The NAHL is seeking a fulltime president., Montreal’s Ken Dryden is unhappy with the $85,000 he’s contracted to play for next season and is negotiating a new contract with the club… The annual American Hockey League Booster Club convention is being held Sept. 7 through…
WORLD HOCKEY ASSOCIATION
New WHA Signings CHICAGO PAT STAPLETON, Chicago RALPH BACKSTROM, Chicago ERIC NESTERENKO, Switzerland DAN JUSTIN, Minneapolis Jrs. FRANCOIS ROCHON, Sherbrooke DARRYL MAGGS, California CAM NEWTON, Pittsburgh CLEVELAND BILL HEINDL, Providence TOM EDUR, Toronto Marlies BOB SMULDERS, Peterborough RUSS WALKER, Saskatoons ROBBIE NEALE, Brandon EDMONTON BLAIR McDONALD, Cornwall BOB FITCHNER, Fort Wayne BRIAN McKENZIE, Omaha JIM McCRIMMON Medicine Hat HOUSTON GORDIE HOWE, Detroit MARK HOWE, Tor. Marlboros MARTY HOWE, Tor. Marlboros LOS ANGELES DON GORDON, Dallas PAUL HOGANSON, Hershey MARC TARDIF, Montreal REG THOMAS, London MINNESOTA BOB BOYD, Michigan State STEVE CARDWELL, Pittsburgh JOHN GARRETT, Chicago RICK SMITH, California BOB WALTON, Seattle MIKE WALTON, Boston NEW ENGLAND HUGH HARRIS, Buffalo DON BLACKBURN, Minnesota GERRY GRAY, New Haven NEW YORK HARRY HOWELL, Los Angeles KEVIN MORRISON, Fort Worth QUEBEC REJEAN HOULE, Montreal AL BEAULE, Springfield DENIS PATRY, Drummondville SERGE BERNIER, Los Angeles MICHEL DEGUISE, Nova Scotia GIL GILBERT, Hershey DALE HOGANSON, Montreal TORONTO PETE MARRIN, Toronto Marlies CARL BREWER, retired GERRY GIBBONS, St. Mary’s University PAT HICKEY, Hamilton LOUNISTICO, London GORD TITCOMB, St. Catharines VANCOUVER BRENT LEAVINS, Swift Current PETE McNAMEE, Penn. Univ. JEAN TETREAULT, Drummondville JIM JONES, Peterborough COLIN CAMPBELL, Peterborough ED HUMPHREYS, Saskatoon CINCINNATI DENNIS SOBCHUK,…
Hat Trick Puck Winners
PARRY SOUND— Last season, for the first time in NHL history, every goal-scoring puck was removed from play and kept for posterity. Hockey Diversified Inc., of Parry Sound, Ont., came up with the novel idea and collected almost 4,000 pucks from last year’s NHL campaign. Offered to fans at $9.95 (including a parchment registration certificate with full scoring details) exclusively through THE HOCKEY NEWS, hundreds were sold this past spring. As part of that exclusive HOCKEY NEWS offer, Hockey Diversified agreed to give away three complete hat tricks — all three pucks from the hat tricks. Because pucks were not taken out of play after a goal was scored (prior to last season), this is the first time that NHL fans have had on opportunity to obtain a complete hattrick, with all three pucks. The…
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