The National Hockey League proposed Friday a merger with the World Hockey Association with no less than six teams from the World Association forming a separate division under a National Hockey League umbrella. The proposal will be put forth to the surviving World Hockey teams and is expected to be accepted. The cities most likely …
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Gordie Howe came east from Saskatoon in 1946 with $2 in his pocket and a suit supplied by the guy who scouted him; he slept on a cot in Olympia and killed rats with his hockey stick. When his two untried teenaged sons turned up in Houston recently for the signing of their first pro …
Calgary product will hear his name called early today Oh Dany boy — the bigs, the bigs are calling. Dany Heatley, the Calgary product who turned heads during the world junior hockey championship in Sweden last December, and just completed his rookie college season at the University of Wisconsin, is poised to make local history’ …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Oh, Canada! For the first time, Americans were taken with the top two picks in the NHL Draft. First, the Chicago Blackhawks, trying to rebuild a once-proud franchise after four consecutive losing seasons, selected Buffalo, N.Y., native Patrick Kane with the No. 1 pick Friday night. Then the Philadelphia Flyers picked left …
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | The Pittsburgh Penguins can only hope they have half the success with their latest No. 1 pick as they did with their last. The Penguins so wanted goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to rebuild their franchise around that they traded up two spots Saturday in the NHL Draft to make sure that they got …
NEW YORK (AP) – The path of a National Hockey league team to Cleveland appears to have been cleared, II was burned Monday. Two independent sources said Monday night that an announcement relevant to the NHL’s operation in Cleveland would be made at some time today, It also was learned that the World Hockey Association …
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Tim Thomas was never the Golden Boy. You kidding? He didn’t start a game in the NHL until he was 28 and he didn’t become anyone’s regular goalie until he was 31. Until very recently, he would have been recognized on the street in Finland more readily than in downtown Boston. …
TORONTO (CP) – The World Hockey Association may or may not operate as an independent league next season, but if it does it will be ready to do battle with the National Hockey League for some of the best graduates of amateur ranks. The nine WHA teams still in existence after the demise of Phoenix …
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The Boston Bruins had waited 39 years for another drink from the Stanley Cup, and Tim Thomas was awfully thirsty. When the Bruins and their brilliant goalie barged into a hostile Canadian rink surrounded by another 100,000 screaming fans outside for Game 7, they emerged with the championship they wanted. Thomas …
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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 …
