Flags Sign Veteran Fontaine For Two Years

PORT HURON— Speculation over where Len Fontaine, the International Hockey League s scoring champion last season, would ply his trade in the coming campaign has ended. The five-foot-eight 170-pound star will play the next two season’s in Port Huron, where he skated during his entire IHL career Port Huron general manager Norris Snider announced Fontaine has signed a two-year contract to perform for the Flags. Snider said this is the first two-year pact he has completed. The announcement followed a series of meetings between the 28-year-old Fontaine and Snider during which there was considerable speculation Fontaine might play elsewhere. That possibility was confirmed when Morris said: “Len s a dedicated player with a lot of pride. That, combined with his major-league playing ability, naturally prompts interest from other teams in other leagues. We were…

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JUNIOR JOTTINGS

New England League Charlie Scoggins PR director for the New England Junior Hockey League sends word that five new head coaches - three of whom played professional hockey made their debuts, when the NEJHL opened its fourth season the first weekend in October New to the NEJHL coaching fraternity are Tom Williams at Tri-Valley. Boh McKenna at South Shore Glenn Hunter at Great Bay Jeff Kravitz at Springfield and Jean Guy Gagnon at Eitchburg. In addition. Alex Kolger will coach owner Richard “Bud’’ Terrio’s Cape Cod Cubs, who will play an all-exhibition schedule against NEJHL clubs during the 1976-77 season and then enter the league officially next year The only returning coach is Tyngsboro’s Bob Dupuis, who will guide the Huskies for the third time 1’here will be six teams in the circuit…

Injuries Will Play A Monumental Part In Barons’ Success

CLEVELAND- How well the Barons perform this season, will to a large degree, depend on how well they stay away from injuries. And based on pre-season and post-season surgeries, that might not be very well. Last season, the old California Golden Seals were hurt most when they lost their veteran defensemen at various periods during the season. Even a move to Cleveland hasn’t helped that. Rearguards Jim Neilson. Bob Stewart and Len Frig underwent off-season knee surgeries and all. at one time or another, have been hurting. Only Frig, in fact, has been able to play. But the fourth-year backliner’s knee has been acting up and his status is somewhat shaky. Neilson and Stewart did not play in any of the Baron’s six exhibition games, although Stewart did participate in a couple of intra-squad scrimmages. Neilson reported…