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July 1, 1966
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Hamilton Juniors Under Bush Again; Guidolin Quits Post
HAMILTON, Ont.- Veteran hockey man Eddie Bush has decided to return to his first love—coaching junior hockey. Bush’s appointment as general manager-coach of the Hamilton Red Wings fills another void in the Ontario Junior Hockey Association’s coaching ranks. Bep Guidolin of Oshawa resigned to take up a business position and was replaced by Ted O’Conner, a former senior hockey star. Scotty Bowman quit Montreal Canadiens to join the NHL’s expansion program by accepting a coaching job with St. Louis. His successor has not been named. Roger Bedard has announced he has been re-hired to coach Peterborough Petes again butother clubs are con-templating coaching changes. Bush steps back into the Hamilton picture to relieve Rudy Pilous, who has left to become manager-coach of San Francisco-Oakland in the NHL when expansion comes to the NHL next…
San Diego Signs Six Puck Stars
The San Diego Gulls acquired their fifth and sixth players for their first season in the WHL. Veteran wingers Al Nicholson and John MacMillan were purchased from National Hockey League teams for $20,000 each. Nicholson, who scored 51 points for San Francisco of the Western Hockey League last season, was bought from the Boston Bruins. MacMillan, 30, a 5-9, 185-pounder, was bought from the Detroit Red Wings. He scored 26 points for Memphis of the Central League last year. Earlier, Max McNab, general manager-coach of the Gulls, purchased Warren Hynes (Detroit via Los Angeles), Fred Hilts (Detroit via Portland) and Len Haley and Ed Ehvenverth (Montreal via Seattle.)…
Columbus Grabs Six Players In Draft
COLUMBUS. O.— About a dozen players changed uniforms as a result of the annual league draft session held by the Internation a 1 Hockey League in Co lum-bus, newest addition to the IHL. The Columbus Checkers, as the new entry will be called, did the heaviest business, taking six players at a cost of SI.000 each. The Checkers got Pat Gin-nell, fiery, high-scoring winger of the Des Moines Oak Leafs: Gary Mork. who played for both Toledo and Des Moines last season; Bert Fiz-zell. an 85-point man from Port Huron; Mike Rouleau and Roger Ouimet from Dayton and Ray Win terstein of Toledo. Des Moines took Alton White, only Negro player in the league, who was with Fort Wayne and also Lome Weig-hill from Muskegon. Toledo’s Blades, last place finisher, picked Lou Kazow-ski. Port Huron…
Poile Picks Keith Allen As Philly Coach
PHILADELPHIA, PA. Norman (Bud) Poile, who always was the club’s No. 1 choice, is the new general manager of the Philly NHL team. Poile was sought by Bill Putnam, Philly prexy, almost from the outset of his search for a GM. As Putnam said, “First I made a list of things I wanted in the man for the job, then I made a list of the men available. Bud was the No. 1 choice all the way. Everyone connected with hockey recommended him.” Poile, who had been GM of the San Francisco Seals in the Western League for four years, was delighted with a chance to move into the major leagues. Although his duties are similar to that of a GM, Putnam has designated him as Vice-President of Personnel. His duties, according to Putnam,…
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