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ONTARIO HOCKEY LEAGUE
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
Not since the Civil War has there been such an organized invasion of the Deep South of the United States. The NHL’s addition of expansion franchises in Miami and Anaheim and the relocation of the Stars from Minnesota to Dallas completes the ushering in of a new era. If the NHL’s 1967 bulge from six to 12 teams was known as the Great Expansion, the league’s current era may best be deemed the Sun Belt Expansion. Before the latest round of expansion that has witnessed four cities-San Jose. Tanina Bay, Miami and Anaheim-south of the 40th parallel get NHL teams, the league had little southern exposure. It had one team located south of Washington, D.C., and only three teams west of Chicago in the U.S. The league has been burned before by moving into warm-weather…
POOL CLUES
Forget about raking leaves the afternoon of Sunday, Oct. 3. It will be the busiest, most important day of the season for thousands of hockey fans. That is the last Sunday before the NHL’s opening night and a familiar scene will be played out that day around kitchen tables, rec rooms and bars all over North America-the hockey pool draft. The decisions you make on that day will determine whether you’re counting your money or licking your wounds at the end of the season. The key to any successful draft is preparation. Following these steps-and consulting our list of the top 250 picks-will give you a huge advantage over your fellow pool-sters: □ Pick your pool. Hockey pools come in all shapes and sizes and some are more sophisticated than others. The standard pool works…