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December 24, 1976
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Two G Ms, One Coach Heavily Fined; Rookie Kasycki Ties Point Record
DALLAS- Two Central Hockey League general' managers and one coach awakened one December morning to discover that their purses were short some funds. Some heavy Christmas shopping, perhaps. However, in this situation such was not the case. All three found themselves rocked by fines from the CHL office. League president Bud Poile levied a series of fines in the league's attempt to preserve the best interests of the highly-rated developmental hockey league. Feeling the weight of the fines were general manager-coach Murray Davison, Oklahoma City Blazers ($250), coach John Choyce, Fort Worth Texans ($250) and general manager Bobby Gilbert, Tulsa Oilers ($500). Both Davison and Choyce received their fines for the abusive actions and language directed at the officials following recent Central Hockey League games. According to the CHL office these coaches were somewhat…
Three Teams Show Gate Increase; Hershey Pulling Away From Indians
HERSHEY— Three of the American Hockey League's six teams showed a substantial increase at the gate according to the figures released by the AHL offices here last week. Hershey, the AHL's perennial leader at the box office and a top contender on the ice as well, moved back into its accustomed spot on top. The Bears showed an increase of more than 600 persons per game in their six home games during the month of November. Specifically the Bears average increase went from 3,916 in October when they staged only four home games to 4,558 in the six games in November. Incidently the Bears' record in the standings also showed a marked increase. The New Haven Nighthawks, bolstered by the largest crowd of the season. 7,585 versus Nova Scotia on Friday, Dec.…
New Generals Give Club Size, Muscle; Burnett Named Charlotte Player-Coach
GREENSBORO- Before the 1976-77 season started. Greensboro's new GM-coach John Voss stated that no one in the Southern Hockey League was going to push his team around and everybody on his squad was going to be able to handle himself. But little did the rest of the SHL know that Voss was not just giving the local press some pre-season PR. but in fact, he went out and got himself the biggest squad in the SHL Starting with the likes of Jamie Bateman. Bim McFall, and Bruce Grieg. Voss, a former netminder himself, still didn't have a big enough club in front of his two goalers. Nick Sanza and Ernie Miller. As an ex-goalie, Voss set out to put together a club that he himself would like to have playing in front…
Soviets Sending Strongest Team For Tour of WHA
HARTFORD- The names of the players who will comprise the Soviet national team which will tour eight World Hockey Association cities in December and January have been released by the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation in Moscow. As promised, all of the top Soviet stars familiar to North American fans will be appearing. International super stars like Tretiak, Kharlamov, Mikhailov, Yakushev, Shadrin, Petrov, and several more, many of whom did not play in Canada Cup '76, will be in the lineup when the Soviets open their tour on Dec. 27 at Hartford against the New England Whalers. Coaching the Soviets once again will be Boris Kulagin, the famed disciple of the 'godfather' of Soviet hockey. Anatoli Tarasov. Kulagin, long time coach of the Soviet Nationals, did not accompany the Soviet team to the Canada…
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