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September 1, 1967
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Leaf Vet To Play
TORONTO, Ont. Latest available information is that George Armstrong will not retire from hockey, as threatened, but will return for at least one more season as captain of Toronto Maple Leafs. He was 37 July 26. Armstrong announced his decision to quit hockey last May when he learned he had not been included on the list of players coach Punch Imlach was holding back in the National Hockey League’s expansion draft. Imlach did not permit this to go through for a very good reason: NHL rosters had been frozen as of May 15. There was no way he could comply with Armstrong’s request. At the draft meeting, none of the new teams took Armstrong and so Imlach put him back on the Toronto roster. Armstrong said this would not alter his thinking. However, Armstrong…
Phoenix Tagged ‘Road-Runners’ For Bow In WHL
—PHOENIX. Ariz. This will be the Phoenix RoadRunners’ first campaign in the Western Hockey League. And what a delightful beginning is planned for the new entry! The Road-Runners (that’s the name of the team, friends) will be in Vancouver on October 9. It will be the home opener of the Canucks. The fans will be hostile. Phoenix will move to Seattle for a clash on October 13. It will be the home opener for the Totems. The fans, to Phoenix, will be hostile. The next night, October 14, Phoenix will be in Portland. It will be the home opener for the Buckaroos. Yes, the fans will be hostile. On October 20, Phoenix will be in San Diego. You guessed it. It will be the first home game of the season for the Gulls. The Road-Runners can expect…
Clippers To Open Camp With 16-0wned Players
—BALTIMORE, Md Sixteen Baltimore owned skaters will report to General ManagerCoach Terry Reardon at Her shey, Pa. on Wednesday, September 20th when the Clippers begin pre-season training for the 1967-68 American Hockey League season. For the first time since the Clippers gained a franchise in the AHL six years ago, the training roster will be 100% locally owned. In previous campaigns, the list of candidates has Included some players whose contracts were owned by the New York Rangers with whom the Clippers are no longer working. The sixteen players owned by Baltimore include twelve returnees from last winter’s fine team and four amateurs whose pro rights are filed in Reardon’s brief case. Serving as this year’s nucleus will be centers Willie Marshall and Bob Cunningham; left wingers Jimmy Bartlett, Jean-Marie Cossette, Bob Brinkworth and…
Alf Pike Named Coach But New Phoenix Club Still Out Player Hunting
The brand-new Phoenix Road-Runners haven’t been tested yet, obviously, in the Western Hockey League. In fact, as the late August sun beat down, it still hadn’t been announced exactly what players would skate into action for the Arizona entry Yet the Road-Runners already may have taken a major step toward playoff contention. President Bob Whitlow has lured the veteran Alf Pike out of retirement and has signed him to a three-year contract as coach of the newest WHL entry. Pike last coached the Los Angeles Blades in the ’64-’65 campaign and since has been in the construction business in southern California. And if you check the record of his last club-a cellar finish with only 26 victories against 41 defeats - you might challenge Pike’s credentials. But if you also check the roster of his last…
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