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August 1, 1979

August 1, 1979

The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.

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HOCKEY EQUIPMENT SPECTACULAR!!!

In the September issue of THE HOCKEY NEWS we will present a special supplement dealing with hockey equipment. It will comprise an inside look at what’s new in the equipment field and will contain many feature stories on helmets, sticks, masks, skates and their…

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JUNIOR JOTTINGS

National Junior Champs The Allen Park, Michigan Saints are feeling a little like the Montreal Canadiens. They are masters of all they survey and that takes in the junior ‘A’ domination of United States amateur hockey. The Saints won it all—the U.S. National Junior ‘A’ championship of the U.S.—by defeating Austin, Minn. Mavericks of the United States Hockey League at the Wallace Civic Center in Fitchburg, Mass., in the final. Allen Park went undefeated in its five games en route to the title, the highest grade in U.S. junior hockey. This marked the first time New England hosted the junior ‘A’ championships. New England Jr. Hockey League (NEJHL) champions, the South Shore Braves, had high hopes for the national title, but settled for third place by whipping the Oyster Bay, N.Y., Gulls of the…

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NHL Arranging Training Games

TORONTO— The National Hockey League has come to the aid of Canada’s 1980 Olympic team by approving a series of exhibition games with teams from its league. Alan Eagleson, president of the NHL Players’ Association, said that the Olympians, who begain training for the Lake Placid, N.Y. event on Aug. 1 in Calgary, will oppose five or six NHL teams in warm-up games in September and play three more with the NHL in the month of October. The games in Calgary and Regina are part of an exhibition program that will also include outings against the U.S. Olympic team, the Soviets, Czechs and Japanese Olympic teams and still another with the Ontario Hockey Association senior All Stars. The NHL teams have agreed to waive their normal $15,000 to $25,000 exhibition game fee for their…

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Montreal, Pittsburgh Without First Round Entry Draft Picks

MONTREAL— Neither the Montreal Canadians nor the Pittsburgh Penguins have a first round pick in the 1978 entry draft. For the Canadiens, it is a strange turn of events. One season, the Habs had as many as four first-round picks. Here’s how the 21 NHL teams will draft this year through the first three rounds: Here are the various draft choices for the first three rounds that were transferred to other clubs: First round—Boston’s 8th pick from L.A.; Minnesota’s 10th pick from Pittsburgh; Los Angeles’ 16th pick from Montreal. Second round—Philadelphia’s 1st pick from Colorado; Atlanta’s 2nd pick from St. Louis; Washington’s 3rd pick from Detroit; Islanders; 4th pick from Washington; Los Angeles’ 9th pick from Toronto. Third round—Montreal’s 1st pick from Colorado; Montreal’s 2nd pick from St. Louis; Detroit’s 4th pick from Washington; Minnesota’s 9th…