Three Year Contract For Flaman

PROVIDENCE, R.I.— Rhode Island Reds hockey owner Lou Pieri has announced the signing of veteran player and coach Ferny Fla-man to a three-year contract as general manager and coach of the Providence club. The 36-year-old Flaman, a successful player-coach with the Reds the past two seasons, led Providence to the Eastern Division championship last year in the American Hockey League. At the conclusion of the season, however, the veteran of 19 years of professional hockey announced his retirement as an active player. It will be from the player’s bench that Flaman will conduct his new duties as manager and coach. Pieri said that Flaman will act as the club’s “director of hockey”, in that he’ll be responsible for the overall operation of the team, the development of scouting and a farm system, and his…

Harvey Keeps Blues Guessing About Future

Well, kiddies, it’s time for the annual summer guessing game. Will Uncle Douggie Come Back To New York? Every summer—or so it seems—Doug Harvey keeps his New York constituents wondering whether he’ll retire or return to play defense for the New York Rangers. Some people think Harvey won’t be back this Fall, because when it came time to protect him at the NHL draft meetings, the Rangers left him off their list. It was a clever play by the Rangers, who rightly estimated that nobody in his right cerebrum would shell out $20,000 plus a $30,000 contract for Harvey who’s going on 39 years old. Not even if he did once own the Norris Trophy. But Harvey was hardly amused by the action. Matter of fact, he was downright disenchanted. At least that’s what…

NHL Stars Meet Their Fans Down East

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