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Friday, May 6, 2016

Today in Hockey History (1973)

May 6th 1973

The New England Whalers beat the Winnipeg Jets 9-6 in Hartford, Conn. to win the 1st WHA Hockey Championship Avco World Trophy.

New England won the Series 4 games to 1.

In the deciding game Larry Pleau scored a hat trick. After winning the game, the Avco World Trophy had not yet been completed. As a result of the this the Whalers skated their "victory lap" with their divisional trophy causing an embarrassment for the WHA officials.

Friday, February 19, 2016

1972 Quebec Nordiques: WHA Documentary - Just Another Job

The Quebec Nordiques (in Canadian English, meaning "Northmen" or "Northerners") were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association (1972--79) and the National Hockey League (1979--95). The franchise was relocated to Denver, Colorado, in 1995, and renamed the Colorado Avalanche.

The Nordiques hold the distinction of being the only major professional sports team to have been based in Quebec City in the modern era, and one of only two ever; the other, the Quebec Bulldogs, played one season in the NHL in 1919--20.

Friday, January 16, 2015

WE LOVE HOCKEY! - Gretzky

Wayne Gretzky signs a twenty one year contract with the Edmonton Oilers, then of the World Hockey Association, at centre ice Jan. 26 1979, before a game against Cincinnati Stingers. Helping Gretzky sign, on his eightteen birthday is Oilers general manager Larry Gordon. Standing on the left is Walter Gretzky, Wayne's father