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Larouche Acquisition Bolsters Habs’ Offense

MONTREAL— Grey Cup Week in Canada is the focal point of the football season in the Canadian Football League, a celebration which combines the biggest football game of the year with a week of dinners, dances, partying, etc…sort of an amalgamation of the Super Bowl and Mardi Gras rolled into one. The Combination of the city of Montreal hosting Canada’s Grand National Extravaganza and the fact that the team representing Montreal, the Alouettes won the Grey Cup by a totally unforseen lopsided 41-6 score, were enough to interrupt the city’s late November thoughts which are usually attuned to the hockey Canadiens and Christmas shopping—in that order. So you’re Sam Pollock, general manager of the Canadiens and what are you going to do to get the people thinking about hockey, again? Simple, says Sam,…

OHA Clubs Contribute 16 Players To Team Canada’s World Cup Team

TORONTO— Sixteen of the 32 hopefuls who will attend the Team Canada junior tryout camp later this month, are from the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League. The remaining 16 players were chosen equally from Quebec and the West. However, when one considers the larger population base which Ontario has to draw from, the apparent discrepancy appears more realistic. Wayne Gretzky, the rookie center sensation who continues to lead the league’s scoring parade, heads the list of OMJHL players selected by Team Canada’s general manager Walter “Punch” Scherer and the three coaches—Ernie McLean, Gus Bodnar, and Orval Tessier. The Team Canada hierarchy, which announced it was unanimous in its’ selections, also took two of Gretzky’s Soo Greyhound teammates, defenseman Craig Hartsburg and winger Dan Lucas. Three of the four goaltenders invited to Team Canada’s tryout camp…

Wings’ Lemieux Steps Up - Slater New Coach

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 KALAMAZOO— Bob Lemieux’ coaching career with the Kalamazoo K-Wings is over. Pete Slater’s has just begun. And the faithful Wing fans hope the recent change in job descriptions will reap dividends on the ice. Lemieux, who brought hockey to the Michigan city and has served as both coach and general manager during the team’s four years in the International Hockey League, has been moved upstairs. He will remain as general manager but has been given additional duties of chief administrative officer of Wings Stadium and as a vice-president on the stadium’s board of governors. The announcement in the change…