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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MONTREAL — Seattle and Denver were awarded National Hockey League franchises yesterday, conditional on the two cities’ ability to provide money and a home for the clubs. NHL President Clarence Campbell made the announcement just minutes before he began the expansion draft to stock new teams in Kansas City and Washington, scheduled to join the …
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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Hall of Famer Gordie Howe did it all in career that spanned five decades In a country where hockey is king, Gordie Howe ruled for decades. A Canadian icon, Howe grew up in the Great Depression playing hockey on prairie ponds – on hand-me-down or jerry-rigged skates. He went on to become Mr. Hockey, a …
MONTREAL (AP) — The National Hockey League gathers here this week for its annual summer meetings with the main order of business being the stocking of the new Kansas City and Washington franchises. Both teams are scheduled to begin play this fall and each will select 22 players and two goaltenders in the NHL expansion …
Next week’s annual meeting of the National Hockey League’s board of governors could turn out to be one of the biggest and most important in the 55-year history of the league. That was the opinion expressed by league president Clarence Campbell late Friday as he prepared for the Monday-to-Thursday gathering. This year, in addition to …
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Those Oakland Seals, the unloved waifs of the National Hockey League, have suddenly been thrust into the forefront of the league’s annual meetings June 8-11. Highlight of the meetings will be the expansion draft to stock Vancouver Canucks and Buffalo Sabres. Both clubs enter the NHL next season for a $6 million entry fee each. …
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There are 30 major league hockey teams spread across the United States and Canada, and all but one received the following telegram yesterday: “As of today, Bobby Orr is a free agent. If you are interested in acquiring his services for the future, please contact me at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, Montreal, on June 7. …
HAMILTON (CP) – If Bobby Hull signs a World Hockey Association contract with Winnipeg Jets it will be much more than a straight player contract, says Doug Michel, owner of the Ottawa Nations franchise in the fledgling WHA. He told the annual convention of the Ontario Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association here Sunday the high-scoring left …
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NHL PRESIDENT CAMPBELL LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION Interrogated by Bruins GM Ross, Gallinger denies involvementPromising hockey career ends in exile from league ★ ★ ★ (link to PART 1 and PART 2) Last in a three-part series delving into the NHL gambling scandal of February 1948 that led to the lifetime suspensions of the Bruins’ Don Gallinger …
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