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September 1, 1966
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Reds Set Four Exhibition Tilts With AHL Foes
—PROVIDENCE, R.I. The Rhode Island Reds of the American Hockey League will play pre-season exhibition games in the local area, it was announced by Buster Clegg, general manager of the Roosters. The Reds, who open training camp in Providence, Sunday, September 255, will meet the Baltimore Clippers and Cleveland Barons of the American League each twice before inaugurating their 41st season in pro hockey against Baltimore on Oct. 14th at R. I. Auditorium. After seven days of double training camp sessions, the Reds will meet Terry Reardon’s Baltimore team at the Four Seasons’ Arena in Walpole, Mass, on Sunday, October 2, after which the two teams will square off again on Tuesday, October 4, at Hockey Town, USA, in Melrose, Mass.…
Philadelphia’s New NHL Team Inks Agreement With Jersey
—PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League have entered into a working agreement with the Jersey Devils of the Eastern Hockey League. Flyers’ president William R. Putnam announced that the NHL club will supply the Devils with a coach and a minimum of five players for the ensuing campaign. Putnam also said the Flyers have purchased an interest in the Devils in association with Rex Van Zant of Cherry Hill, N.J. The Eastern League club recently underwent a change of ownership but will continue to play its home games at the Cherry Hill (N.J.) Arena.…
Leafs’ Carl Brewer Demands Amateur Status
TORONTO, Ont. Carl Brewer, center of hockey’s hottest new controversy, is preparing to sue for his freedom from professional hockey—and two unnamed wealthy Canadian businessmen are ready to pay his legal expenses. Allan Eagleson, Brewer’s lawyer and the man credited with negotiating Bobby Orr’s record contract with the Boston Bruins, says Brewer will go to court if that’s what it will take to break a suspension that could keep him from joining Canada’s national team this season. Brewer was suspended by the Toronto Maple Leafs a year ago for quitting the team to return to college. The former NHL all-star defenseman said he wants to be reinstated as an amateur so he can join the Canadian team as a player and assistant coach to Jackie McLeod, who is both coach and manager of the…
Champion Leafs Expecting 26 At Camp Start
—VICTORIA, B.C. Victoria Maple Leafs, the defending Lester Patrick Cup champions, are planning a brief but rugged training camp. General Manager A.J. “Buck” Houle announced a total of 26 players are expected to report for the camp’s opening at Victoria’s Memorial Arena on Sept. 26. Coach Frank Mario, returning for his second season at Victoria, will have 20 days in which to pick the players he hopes will repeat Leaf’s play-off success of last spring. Five exhibition games are included in Leafs’ pre-season plans. They include games in Victoria against San Diego Gulls (Oct. 5) and Seattle Totems (Oct. 8). Three other pre-season clashes will be on the road. These are: Saturday, Oct. 1, San Diego at Chilliwack; Tuesday, Oct. 11, Spokane Comets at Spokane, and Wednesday, Oct. 12, Trail Smoke Eaters at…
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