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October 11, 1974
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Chynoweth Prepares For Grand Encore; Winnipeg, Edmonton Division Favorites
SASKATOON— There’s skeleton rattling in the Western Canada Hockey League’s closet. It’s the memory of an outstanding 1973-74 season. Attendance figures were up in six of 12 league centres. WCHL president Ed Chynoweth led the way in pioneering the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League concept which will undoubtedly grow in the West. Quebec and Ontario. Regina Pats climaxed the WCHL’s surge into national promirence last season by winning the Memorial Cup. emblematic of national julior supremacy. That particular victory, a triumph over Quebec Remparts, was watched on country-wide television by thousands of Canadians. At first glance, it appeared this year would bring dismal encore. Besides losing number of players through legitimate graduation, the WCHL saw nine of its under-age stars drafted by the National Hockey League and World Hockey Association. Five of those players —…
Team Canada Heads For Russia With New Hope After Ice Showing
MONTREAI— Although Team Canada ‘74, hockey’s version of the Over-thehill Gang, heads for the Soviet Union with a 1-1-2 record against the USSR’s finest, the team’s record is being considered somewhat more meaningful than just a tie. Team Canada ‘74 can rest assured in the knowledge that it hasn’t been outclassed by the Soviets and will not be the victim of the eight game sweep many had predicted. And Team Canada is also unrestfully assured that had its players been a little sharper, just a little, it would be heading for the other side of the Iron Curtain with a 3-1 lead. Despite averaging a greying 30 years of age, the Canadians dominated the first half of Summit Series II. They tied the first game in Quebec City 3-3, but easily could have…
WHA 1974-75 SCHEDULE
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JUNIOR HOCKEY Jottings
Ontario Provincial League “The Centennial Cup in North Bay’s Centennial Year — 1975”. The 90 skating hopefuls reporting to coach Jim Talentino’s training camp were greeted by the slogan, and just perhaps, this could be the year for the Trappers. Seventh place finishers last spring, North Bay proceeded to knock off the pennant-winning Vaughan Nationals in the first round of the playoffs and then forced Wexford to seven games before bowing to Ted Tobias’ ultimate champions. Coach Talentino has four veteran forwards returning who totalled 58 goals last year — Joe Omiciolli, Larry Joy, Dave Nadeau and Rich Poliquin — while blueline vets include Greg Dow and Barry Callahan, back from St. Catharines’ major camp. couple of a new 20-years-olds should help the Trappers, Joe Thoma, a big defenseman up from…