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July 1, 1974
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NHL’s Secret Amateur Draft No Secret As Record 247 Selected
MONTREAL — Remember how simple life was in the National Hockey League a few years ago? Come Amateur Draft time, NHL teams would gather in Montreal, invite the world to listen in and draft the top amateur hockey players in the country knowing full well they could sign as many as they wanted. Those days have long since passed. Any resemblance between the 1974 amateur draft and its predecessors was completely coincidental. First of all there was the first draft choice that wasn’t a first draft choice, then there was a secret draft that wasn’t secret and finally there were the top graduating juniors that weren’t tops. Because of increasing competition from the World Hockey Association, the NHL held this year’s draft behind closed doors with each team making its “secret” selections over the…
Kings Staying Home To Train In L.A.; Randy Rota Drafted
LOS ANGELES— The front office of the Los Angeles Kings was busy before the annual meetings. After a year in New York tending to other interests, owner Jack Kent Cooke returned to his desk in his suburban Forum for the first time the first week in June. He swiftly settled with Bob Pulford, who was wanted elsewhere, but agreed to become the first Kings’ coach to return for a third season. His contract extends three more seasons. Cooke also met with manager Jake Milford, but no agreement had been reached. Milford rebuilt the team successfully last season. He had other offers, but wanted to return. Pulford promptly took off for Toronto and signed veteran Bob Nevin, who was saved in the expansion draft when the Kings filled their roster with his name…
Denver, Seattle Granted Franchises In NHL For 1976
MONTREAL — The National Hockey League has opened the doors to two more teams for the 1976-77 season and in so doing wrote finis to the existence of the Western Hockey League. The NHL granted conditional franchises to both Seattle and Denver, charter members of the WHL, at the league’s annual summer hockey meetings here and the move helped seal the fate of the fading WHL. Coupled with a decision not to operate the Portland Buckaroos’ franchise this season by Los Angeles Kings and the intrusion of the World Hockey Association into San Diego, which pushed the WHL Gulls right out of the picture, the WHL asked permission to suspend operations. The likelihood was Denver, Seattle and Salt Lake will operate teams but in the Central Hockey League while Phoenix, also a member of…
No-Shows Detract From Awards Gala
MONTREAL — It was supposed to be a star-studded luncheon to honor to National Hockey League awards winners, but the players who stole the show were the ones that didn’t show. The NHL handed out nine individual awards at the luncheon, at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel, but only three players were on hand to receive them in what was supposed to be a showcase of the league’s top stars. Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins was there to pick up his second Hart Trophy as the most valuable player in the league and his fifth Art Ross Trophy for leading the league in scoring. And Montreal Canadiens’ venerable captain Henri Richard was in attendance to receive the Bill Masterton Trophy. New York Islanders, defenseman Denis Potvin showed up to collect the Calder Trophy…
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