MONTREAL — National Hockey League Players’ Association president Alan Eagleson confirmed here Tuesday night that more under-age juniors will sign with the World Hockey Association. Eagleson now feels it’s essential his under-age clients maintain credibility in the wake of WHA Indianapolis Racers signing Soo Greyhounds sensation Wayne Gretzky, 17, to a reported seven-year, $ 1.75-million …
This Day In Hockey History-June 13, 1987-Pierre Turgeon is No. 1 in NHL draft, Shanahan 2nd, Then Defensemen Dominate
DETROIT (AP) — As expected, high-scoring centers Pierre Turgeon and Brendan Shanahan were the top two picks in Saturday’s NHL draft. The selection of Turgeon, by the Buffalo Sabres, and Shanahan, who went to the New Jersey Devils, came as no surprise. They had been rated the top two players available in the draft by …
This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 2018-Bergeron’s journey from obscurity to the Hall
There is precious little that Patrice Bergeron hasn’t won in his career, including his gold medal, and MVP award, playing with Team Canada at the World Junior Championship in 2005. The rest of Bergy’s Big Haul includes the Stanley Cup in 2011, another gold medal with. Team Canada at the World Championship (2004), two Olympic …
This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 1971-Lafleur, Dionne taken first in 1971 NHL Draft
MONTREAL (CP) — Guy Lafleur, the explosive right-winger from Quebec Rem parts of the Quebec Junior A Hockey League, today had the honor to be the first player picked in the National Hockey League’s 1971 amateur draft Lafleur, who scored 130 goals in 62 regular season games last year, was grabbed by the Stanley Cup …
This Day In Hockey History-June 10, 1965-Boston Bruins Busiest in NHL Draft
MONTREAL — For two days, they’ve had a ‘’count* down” going here at the annual NHL meetings the hockey executives who had been whispering in corners talking trades and possibilities in the draft, set the beginning of the intra-league draft as the “lift-off’ to the meetings. But they never got off the launching pad. NHL …
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This Day In Hockey History-May 15, 1973-NHL’s Question-Plagued Draft Opens with WHA in Wings
By CLEM KEALEY MONTREAL — The Nation-a 1 Hockey League began choosing amateur hockey players at 10 o’clock this morning in its most question-riddled draft in history. Right up until the wee hours of this morning no one was announcing which team was drafting whom and no team could be certain of signing any of …
This Day In Hockey History-May 13, 2011-Nugent-Hopkins looks like the real deal
There will be no Taylor Hall in this June’s National Hotkey League entry draft in St. Paul, Minn., on June 24. But Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, who played for the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League last season, may b| every bit as dynamic at centre as Tyler Seguin was last year. The only difference …
This Day In Hockey History-April 26, 1979-NHL to Plan For Juniors
TORONTO (CP) The Globe and Mail says the National Hockey League general managers will work out a plan next week to facilitate the drafting of underage junior players. In a Philadelphia dispatch, the newspaper quotes Mickey Keating, assistant general manager with New York Rangers, as saving the league fears legal reprisals if 18-year-olds are not …
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This Day In Hockey History-April 20, 2006-Penguins Get No. 2 Draft Spot
Last-place St. Louis wins NHL lottery; no clear-cut favorite for top selection By Shelly AndersonPittsburgh Post-Gazette The Penguins finished second to St. Louis in the competition for last place in the NHL, and that’s where they will be for the June 24 draft. The Blues, favored by the odds, won the weighted draft lottery yesterday …
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