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August 1, 1966
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Jersey Devils Back In Good Books Of EHL; Prexy Lockhart Sets Up 72-Game Schedule
CHERRY HILL, N.J. The Jersey Devils aren’t dead after all as far as the Eastern Hockey League is concerned. At least the Devils have complied with the first step for performing in the circuit during the coming campaign. The Devils, like all the other nine clubs from the 196566 campaign, have posted their preliminary escrow money with the league headquarters. As a result, no longer is there talk hereabouts that the club would die due to the coming appearance of a Philadelphia entry in the NHL for the 1967-68 campaign. To the contrary, rumors are making the rounds that perhaps the Philly team is not as disinterested as it was supposed to be at last reports. At that time Bill Putnam, Philly president, said his club was not interested in working with an EHL…
Western Ad Lib
Portland Club Sold The Western League picture continues to shift restlessly. The most interesting development of the past month was the purchase of the Portland franchise by Executive Director Harry Glickman and General Manager-Coach Hal Laycoe from C. Howard Lane, Albert Forman and the estate of the late Ted Gamble. After much debate with himself, Laycoe declined an offer from Jack Kent Cooke to become the leader of Cooke’s new Los Angeles Kings in the new division of the NHL. Glickman was also considered by Cooke. Both are big-leaguers and belong in the big-leagues. But their decision to stay in the Western League strengthens that circuit’s future considerably. In the six years they have run the Portland Club, it has led the league in attendance every year, won four pennants and…
Seals, Blades To Play In L.A. Opener Oct. 23
LOS ANGELES, Calif.— Los Angeles Blades will open their sixth season of Western Hockey League play at the Sports Arena when they host San Francisco-Oakland Seals Sunday night Oct. 23, it was announced by Blade Executive Director, Jack Geyer. The Blades will play 36 home games and 36 road games in a balanced schedule against the other six WHL clubs.…
Newfoundland Fans Wished Royals Could Have Had Shot At Allan Cup
CORNER BROOK, Nfld.— Newfoundland hockey fans figure affiliation with the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association came one year too late. With the champion Corner Brook Royals rated the strongest team ever assembled in Newfoundland, hockey followers here would have liked to have seen the Royals entered in Allan Cup play last season. To quote one official, “it would have been interesting to see how far the Royals would have gone in senior cup competition. This was the best team ever assembled in Newfoundland hockey.” Newfoundland finally linked with the CAHA this spring after years of independnt operation. According to hockey observer Nelson Mudge, the Corner Brook Royals, were a power-packed crew with the likes of Harry ‘The Kat’ Katrynuk, Frank Dorrington, Jim Guy, Bert Blake, Ed O’Quinn and Tony Keough, forming the nucleus of the…
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