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June 1, 1984
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Baldwin Reminded Of Past With Oiler Win
HARTFORD—For 12 years, the length of the Whalers’ franchise, Howard Baldwin has headed the organization, but for the first seven of those years he was involved in a life-or-death struggle known as the World Hockey Association. When the Edmonton Oilers, one of four WHA teams to join the National Hockey League in a well-chronicled expansion five years ago, part of Baldwin was delighted. “On one hand. I feel incredibly good about what Edmonton accomplished,” said Baldwin, the chairman and managing general partner of the Whalers. “When we joined the NHL, guys like Harry Sinden were widely quoted as saying that there was no way that our teams would even be on a par with the established teams. Now five years later, here’s Edmonton holding onto the Stanley Cup. You have to give…
Wolves Howl About Defenseman Moylan
Louisville Hockey TORONTO—The midget draft was a howling success for Tillsonburg’s Dave Moylan. Moylan joined a select company that includes Dan Quinn, Brian Bellows, Mark Hunter, Kirk Muller, Craig Hart-sburg and Mike Allison as former first picks overall in the Ontario Hockey League’s annual midget draft. Sudbury Wolves, the team with the worst record in the OHL this past season, chose Moylan, a 6-foot, 180-pound defenseman from St. Mary’s Lincolns of the Western Junior B League to kick off the draft. In all, 270 players from the Ontario and Maritime provinces and the U.S. were chosen by the 15 league members. “It’s a privilege and an honour,” said Moylan, who had been considering U.S. college opportunities. “What changed my mind was the fact I was rated number two (by the OHL Central Scouting Bureau)…
Jets Make History By Signing Pooley Twins
WINNIPEG—A six-month wooing job ended with the announcement that the Jets signed a set of twins, Paul and Perry Pooley, 23-year-old forwards from Exeter, Ont., via Ohio State University. “This will be the first set of twins ever to be turned professionally by the same team,” said general manager John Ferguson. Ferguson first became enamored with the twins during the Great Lakes Tournament at Christmas. “They’ve been getting better and better,” he said. “We had the two of them rated exactly at the top of our free agents’ list.” At this juncture, Ferguson feels both players will command a place in the lineup when the season begins. Paul is a center who led the entire NCAA in scoring with 32 goals and 64 assists in 41 games. He was named Player of the Year by…
Quebec League Pioneering Exclusive American Team
PLATTSBURGH—The Pioneers are straggling out of a wilderness of red tape on the last leg of their journey into the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The franchise is the first at the major junior level to be stocked exclusively with American players and that is reflected in the team’s name, selected by owner Denis Methot of Trois-Rivieres. “We chose the name because of the concept and the area’s history,” Methot said. Methot’s last portage is to get his affiliation with the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States (AHAUS) approved so his squad can skate in September in the Northern New York center, about an hour’s drive south of Montreal. “Everything is in order with the league,” said Paul Dumont, the QMJHL’s director-general. “We have written acceptance from the New York State Amateur Hockey…
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