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September 1, 1967
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New EHL Coaches
NASHVILLE, Tenn. The Eastern Hockey League has three new coaches for the start of the 1967-68 season. Veteran defenseman Lloyd Hinchberger will step up to take over the head coaching job with the Nashville Dixie Flyers following the appointment of John McLellan as coach of the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Pro Hockey League. Hinchberger has played under McLellan for the past two years. Pat Egan, the one-time NHL rearguard and former Florida Rockets’ coach, has replaced Doug Bentley with Knoxville Knights. Bentley was ousted during the off season. Third newcomer in the coaching ranks will be Dave Lucas, who will handle the Salem Rebels, one of the two new EHL teams this year. Lucas formerly played with Johnstown. Only the Syracuse Stars, admitted along with Salem to give the EHL a 12-team circuit, are…
Canucks To Screen 56 But Few Places “Open”
MONTREAL, Que. Though expansion has siphoned off some of the talent normally available to established clubs like the Montreal Canadians, there’ll be no shortage of players when training camp opens on September 15th. Fifty-six players, including four goalies, will take to the ice in the Montreal Forum when Canadlens start pre-season workouts this month. They’ll engage in four-a-day sessions for roughly a week, then launch into a 12-game exhibition schedule that will include nine meetings with other NHL teams. They open the exhibitions against New York Rangers in Montreal on September 23rd and close against Toronto Maple Leafs on October 8th. The Canadlens’ player needs, however, will be limited. At most three new faces will dot the lineup. Perhaps the most significant difference between this training camp and previous ones is that most of…
Kings Lean On NHL ‘Regulars’ Will Bank Heavily On Sawchuk
LOS ANGELES Calif. As the Los Angeles Kings open their first pre-season training camp in Guelph, On-tario, they probably will have more players on hand, 73, than any of the fire other new National Hockey League expansion clubs, but only one of them, Terry Sawchuk, is an established big-leaguer, and he certainly will be the key figure in the preliminary going. Of the 73, there are 43 professionals, Including 20 acquired in the expansion draft from the rosters of established NHL clubs and 23 acquired in the purchase of the Springfield club of the AHL. For awhile, it appeared the Kings would have another dozen pros on hand, but when the majority ownership of Seattle of the WHL vetoed a prospective sale to Cooke and the Kings, that went out the window. Although…
Bruins Breathe Sigh As Orr Escapes Surgery
—BOSTON, Mass. The date was August 21. For a change the weather in Boston was bright, sunny and cool. But the air conditioner in the Bruins’ office fought a losing battle against the steam from Milt Schmidt’s brow and the smoke from his pipe. Word had filtered down from Toronto that Bruins’ super freshman Bobby Orr was to undergo surgery on his right knee for damage sustained in All-Star game against the Canadian National team in Winnipeg the previous Thursday. Schmidt, in his first season as general manager of the Bruins National Hockey League entry, visualized the season ending even before training camp had opened. The news was all the more disconcerting since, during a visit to Boston in the early part of August, Orr had been advised by the Bruins brass to stop…
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