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August 1, 1974
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Flags May Return Coach To Ice In Attempt To Quit IHL Cellar
PORT HURON— Chances of the Port Huron Flags escaping the cellar in the North Division of the International Hockey League got a major boost when coach Bobby McCammon hinted about a return to active playing status for 1974-75. The 33-year-old McCammon, who starts his second season as bench boss, refused to rule out permanent retirement when he agreed to terms. He and General Manager Morris Snider discussed his return to the ice. McCammon said, “We decided to wait until training camp when we see how the team is shaping up. If we think my playing can help the club, then I’ll suit up.” Snider said, “We’re out to build a winner. We lost 25 games by one goal or an empty net goal last year. If it looks like McCammon can help make a…
Deadline Stoppers
GOLDY A RICH STAR TWIN CITIES— The Minnesota North Stars moved swiftly to lock up super scorer Bill Goldsworthy with a multi-year contract calling for an approximate $175,000 per season. Goldy, the Stars’ No. 1 sniper with 210 goals in the last six seasons, hit a career high of 48 this past year and soon became the target of the rival WHA teams. The Stars headed off any WHA bidding by giving Goldsworthy a lucrative contract. ANOTHER BOBBY ORR PARRY SOUND— The world has another Bobby Orr. He’s only eight and a quarter pounds but if he’s anything like his great father by 1994, he’ll be some hockey player. The Orrs gave birth to their first son at a Parry Sound hospital. Both baby and mother, the former Peggy Wood of Florida, were doing well. The proud…
WHA To Eliminate Red Line In Training Camp Experiment
EDMONTON— Meanwhile, in a bold step designed to make hockey a more superior spectator attraction, the WHA’s rules committee-headed by New England General Manager Jack Kelley - have adopted two new rules for the 1974-75 season and will experiment with a third during the exhibition season. Adopted rules concern the elimination of alternate team captains and permission for teams to dress a third goaltender in event of injury of one of the prior two dressed netminders. Elimination of the center red line will be experimented with in exhibition games through Oct 8. Team captains, heretofore, bolstered by alternate captains, will have to go it alone in the WHA. Only the team captain, or a delegated one if he is not dressed, will be permitted to exchange views with the referee. There are just too many…
PASSING THE PUCK
FRED SHERO’S $100,000 offer to coach the Minnesota Fighting Saints of the WH A was a great temptation to hockey’s hottest coach, but he loyally stayed with the Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers. He received a sizable salary increase from the Flyers. Commenting on the offer from the Fighting Saints, Shero said: “This may become a break-through for coaches. It’s about time that we started getting the money that’s been lavished on untried junior graduates. It’s ridiculous how much money they’ve been signing for while men who’ve dedicated their lives to this game have been paid like poor relations”… Shero is the most refreshing coach to enter the NHL in years. He’s just returned from Russia with a number of innovative ideas that he plans to put into action next…
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