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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Doug MacLean chose a doughnut shop in Edmunston, N.B., in the middle of the night to pour over lists of players to be made available in the NHL expansion draft next week to his new Columbus, Ohio, team. “I was driving my family back to the cottage in Prince Edward Island and we’d stopped but …
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 …
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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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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CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — World Hockey Association officials Monday awarded a franchise to Cincinnati and indicated three more franchises are pending. WHA President Gary L. Davidson, who departed for the West Coast immediately after the franchise announcement, said two of the cities under consideration were Miami, Fla. and Vancouver, B.C.He said the WHA was “delighted” …
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