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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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 …
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 …
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta, which lost the Flames to Calgary in 1980, moved closer to regaining an NHL expansion team Wednesday when a deal for a $213-million arena cleared its final governmental hurdle. Turner Broadcasting System executives were jubilant after the Fulton County Commission approved plans calling for the new arena to be built on …
Jaromir Jagr knew a good party when he saw one. Only that time, he didn’t fully understand the occasion. Jagr was a 19-year-old rookie when the Penguins won their fust Stanley Cup championship in 1991 He was adjusting to life in the United States and spoke only broken English. ‘1 didn’t even know what I …
HARTFORD, Conn (CP) — Gordie Howe, No. 9 on his sweater but No. 1 in hockey, has retired. The nonpareil right winger made the announcement at a news conference today, confirming reports that had been circulating unofficially for a couple of days. He will remain with Hartford Whalers as director of player development. His National …
By TERRY PRICE Jack Kelley is a busy man these days. How busy? ‘I met myself coming in the other day,” quipped the New England Whalers’ director of hockey operations. Just because the Whalers have played their last World Hockey Association game doesn’t mean the work is over. Far from it. Two Drafts Scheduled The …
‘Like losing member of family’Last game leaves lasting impression on many By GREG GARBER Courant Staff Writer 14 Apr 1997, Mon Hartford Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) It is the 710th National Hockey League game in the Civic Center, dating to that rousing 6-4 victory over Los Angeles on Oct. 19,1979, when Mark Howe scored the winning …
On this day in hockey history, April 11, 1980- Gordie Howe played his last game, a 4-3 overtime playoff loss to the Montreal Canadiens. It was Howe’s 32nd season of hockey- his 26th in the NHL. After the game, he dodged reporters in the Hartford Whalers dressing room who wanted to know if he would …
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Lac Beauport, Quebec — The Whalers arrived Thursday for a three-day stay at a quaint manor next to a lake and surrounded by ski resorts, 15 minutes from Quebec City. Perhaps the tranquil mountain setting—that’s what it says in the brochure. will soothe the quick tempers they so often display on the ice. Maybe not. …
