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February 20, 1976
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Kamloops Lowers Boom On ‘Visitors As Chiefs Close Gap For First Place
KAMLOOPS— Kamloops Chiefs are quickly gaining a reputation as one of the most unfriendly teams in the Western Canada Hockey League. Inhospitable may be a better word. The camaraderie which may exist between two owners, two coaches, two general managers and 40 hockey players on any given night comes to an abrupt halt whenever the Chiefs faceoff at home against a WCHL visitor. Kamloops, you see, is the junction where every team beginning a British Columbia journey first stops. And Kamloops also signals the completion of the westward journeys. And oh, what pastings. Edmonton Oil Kings, just finished with five games against B.C. opposition, skate into Chiefland before heading home. And get pounded 15-6. Calgary, just beginning a jaunt to B.C. with coach Bert Olmstead set to get his WCHL coaching baptism, is whipped 11-4. Winnipeg,…
NAHL Showcases Itself In Major League Arenas
Joe Hardy……Beauce BUFFALO— The North American Hockey League showcased itself in three Major League arenas in a 10-day period in the month of February and in each instance was met by record setting crowds. On Feb. 7 the Philadelphia Firebirds and the Buffalo Norsemen met in a Saturday afternoon matinee at the Philadelphia Spectrum, home of the Flyers. A total of 15,105 fans, the largest crowd ever to see an NAHL game, thrilled to a fast paced 7-3 Firebird win. The Firebirds broke their own crowd record of 9,184 set exactly 11-months before. Less than one week later, on Friday the 13th no less, the Norsemen took the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium ice usually graced by the likes of Gilbert Perreault and Richard Martin. The date held no bad luck for the Norsemen as they…
‘Baby’ Seals On Their Way To Giving Bay Area Fans Best Finish In Seven Years
OAKLAND— They won’t be sipping the bubbly from the Stanley Cup this year and it’s unlikely there will be any one of them whose name is featured on the marquee of the Oakland Coliseum, but this edition of the California Golden Seals is on its way to giving the Bay Area its finest NHL record since the 1968-69 season. These baby Seals, with as many as 10 raw recruits in the lineup at any one time, are heading for a season record in victories and may topple some other club marks enroute. Coach Jack Evans, also in his freshman campaign of NHL warfare. is quick to tell you that he is proud of the way the club has developed. Says Evans: “I’m encouraged in all aspects.” Based upon their impressive sprint through January, when the…
Greensboro Club Facing New Financial Crisis
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada LOUISVILLE SLUGGER HOCKEY STICKS Made in Canada by HILLERICH & BRADSBY. LTD Arnold Street Wallaceburg. Ontario Sold in U.S. and Canada GREENSBORO— In the latest chapter of financial problems to befall Southern League teams, the Greensboro Generals are floundering in the midst of enough financial woes to put them under for good. On Jan. 30. it was announced by Greensboro boss Conway Owings, the man who heads a six-man group that leases the Generals and owns their rink, the Piedmont Sports Arena, that unless the Generals came up with new money or a way to stop losing $2,800 a game, their Jan. 31 contest against Tidewater would be their last. Owings said that the Generals had lost $100,000…
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