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February 18, 1977
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Trois-Rivieres, Concordia Headed For Quebec Conference Showdown
TROIS-RIVIERES— What do Ann Arbor, Mich., Lincoln, Nebraska and Trois-Rivieres, Quebec have in common? They all are small towns which house universities and thrive on one thing: The betterment of the institution. In the case of the University of Quebec at Trois-Rivieres, or UQTR as the sports buffs around Canada refer to it, the sport which draws the school s backing is hockey. And because of this, Canada’s fourth French-speaking school of the 38 participating in the ice sport this year, has become the talk of the town. Normand Meunier and his club currently rank fourth in the nation. With a decisive win over the Toronto Varsity Blues (ninth in the nation), impressive come-from-behind ties with second-rated York 6-6 in Toronto and with third-ranked Concordia 4-4 in Montreal and a narrow 4-3 loss to those…
CHL Gets Go-Ahead From NHL For Next Season
DALLAS— President Bud Poile has succeeded in achieving the deserved recognition for the Central Hockey League since taking the position last August. His latest acclaim is perhaps the best news yet. In an attempt to relieve the many anxious minds concerned for the future of the CHL, Poile announced following a series of meetings in Vancouver held in conjunction with the NHL All Star game that the CHL board of governors had approved plans for the operation of the league for the 1977-78 season. Amid great speculation, especially following the demise of the Southern Hockey League, skeptics had begun their annual words of doom for hockey in general including the Central League. Spiraling expenses and salaries have caused serious cutbacks at all levels of professional sports. However, in making this present announcement, Poile…
DEADLINE STOPPERS
TURNBULL SETS RECORD TORONTO- When the Toronto Leafs drafted Ian Turnbull off the Ottawa 67s four years ago they knew he could score but until this past week they didn’t really find out how offensive minded the young defenseman was. Turnbull scored five times in one game as the Leafs bombed Detroit 9-1 and the feat was unprecedented. No other NHL defenseman in history had ever been able to score that many goals in one game. The record of four was set 60 years ago and equalled six times since but the last time was 50 years ago. Any wonder when Turnbull riddled the Wings for five goals that he had to be proud. Going back over the years none of the great ones—Red Kelly, Doug Harvey, Bobby Orr or Brad Park—ever achieved…
Cougars’ Trafford Loses Right Eye; Rookie Propp Scores Record 7 Goals
VICTORIA— Here, on Jan. 25, tragedy. On the same night, at the other end of the Western Canada Hockey League’s broad spectrum, ecstasy. Two separate events. One junior hockey league. Some were joyous to the point of tears at one game. Some were tear-ridden with grief at this city’s Memorial Coliseum. Ron Trafford of the Cougars, acquired earlier this season in a six-player deal with Regina Pats, underwent surgery Jan. 28 for the removal of his right eye, struck by a teammate’s stick in a freak accident at the Tuesday night game against Calgary Centennials. In Brandon, meanwhile, 17-year-old rookie Brian Propp exploded for seven goals, a new league record, as the Wheat Kings dropped Portland Winter Hawks 12-6. Victoria defenseman Lorry Gloeckner and Calgary’s Grant Morin began fencing with their sticks with just 11…
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