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August 1, 1966
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Hockey Pot Boiling With Blades, Kings Both Gearing In L.A.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. There will be two hockey clubs operating in Los Angeles next season, one coming and one going. Jack Kent Cooke’s L.A. Kings, without general manager, coach, players or even a place to play as of this writing, will be preparing for the first season of the National League’s new sister circuit in the West, scheduled to open in the fall of 1967. Meanwhile, the L. A. Blades, with a new coach, players of a sort, and a nice home, but without the NHL berth they wanted so much, will be preparing for their sixth season in the Western League. Cooke’s Kings will not even have a place to play when the new NHL division opens, if it opens on time, but it does appear they will have a place…
Apollos Name Kinasewich Coach, McCreary Gets Front Office Role
HOUSTON, Tex. The Houston Apollos have announced the signing of Ray Kinasewich as coach for the 1966-67 hockey season. Bill McCreary has been appointed assistant general manager and publicity director, it was announced by Sam Pollock, general manager of the Montreal Canadiens. Last season McCreary acted as player-coach for the Apollos and was selected left winger of the CPHL’s first all-star team. He will continue playing for the 1966-67 season. Kinasewich was born in Smokey Lake, Alberta. He became a professional hockey player in 1955, and retired in 1965 while playing with Seattle Totems. During his ten year span, he played 729 games, scored 263 goals, and 280 assists for a total of 543 points. Ray was appointed coach of the Edmonton Oil Kings of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League last season, and…
Seattle To Help San Diego Gulls Launch New $6,500,000 Ice Rink
SAN DIEGO, Calif. The new $6.5 million San Diego International Sports Arena will stage its grand opening on November 17 with the first game of the San Diego Gulls as the featured attraction. The announcement of the opening night for the multi-purpose indoor arena was made by Robert Breitbard, president of the Gulls, when he released the club’s 1966-67 Western Hockey League schedule. The Gulls will play 36 home games—six against each WHL opponent—in the new arena, now in the final construction stages in the Midway-Frontier section of Pt. Loma. The Seattle Totems, under the direction of new coach Bill MacFarland, will provide the opposition for the Gulls when professional hockey returns to San Diego after a 17-year absence. The Gulls will play again against Seattle on November 19. Gull hockey games will start at 8…
Philly Starts Rink Building; Cooke Breaks Ground In L.A.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. The wheels of expansion are picking up speed for the National Hockey League’s six fledgling clubs. Establishment of minor farm teams, new amateur leagues, construction of rinks and many other progressive moves have brightened the NHL’s expanded hockey picture for 1967. The biggest and most pleasing news to the ears of the present NHL hockey family is the advancement made by Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Minnesota in regards to getting work under way for the cities’ proposed new rinks. Philadelphia is already ahead of schedule in its plans to erect a spanking new 15,000-seat rink, which will be completed by Labor Day of next year in time for the city’s plunge into major league hockey. Arena president Hal Freeman, the McCloskey Construction Co., who are building the rink and club president Bill…
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