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George Pesut
George Matthew Pesut (born June 17, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in 92 NHL games for the California Golden Seals over two seasons. He also played in 17 WHA games with the Calgary Cowboys during the 1976–77 season. The rest of his career was mainly spent in the minor leagues and in Europe. Early years George Pesut was born in City Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, a product of a second marriage, both parents of Croatian descent. His birth parents met in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan after both had divorced their Croatian partners. His father, after being released after WW2 from the Esterwegen concentration camp, a brutal, Nazi-run prisoner of war facility, could not convince his wife at the time, to accompany him on moving to Canada to establish a new life. He then left her to begin anew as a Canadian, and settled in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Pesut's mother on the other hand, had originally married a man of Croatian he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California Golden Seals
The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967 to 1976. Based in Oakland, California, they played their home games at the Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 NHL expansion. Initially named the California Seals, the team was renamed the Oakland Seals during the 1967–68 season and then the Bay Area Seals in 1970 before becoming the California Golden Seals the same year. The Seals were the least successful of the teams added in the 1967 expansion, never garnering a winning record and only making the playoffs twice in nine seasons of play. Off the ice, they were plagued by low attendance. The franchise was relocated in 1976 to become the Cleveland Barons, who would cease operations two years later. They are the only franchise from the 1967 expansion never to reach the Stanley Cup Finals. History Founding In 1966, the NHL ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Canada Hockey League
The Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921, was a major professional ice hockey league originally based in the prairies of Canada. It was renamed the Western Hockey League (WHL) in 1925 and disbanded in 1926. The WCHL's Victoria Cougars were the last non-NHL team to win the Stanley Cup when they won the 1925 Stanley Cup Finals over the NHL's Montreal Canadiens. History Background The Stanley Cup was donated in 1893 to serve as a trophy to be awarded to the national champion of Canadian amateur ice hockey. The trophy eventually became open to professional teams in 1906 and a new trophy, the Allan Cup was donated to serve as the national amateur trophy. By this time, the Canadian Prairies were being rapidly settled and in 1914 a team based in Saskatchewan (the Regina Victorias) would capture the Allan Cup for the first time. By this time, competition for the Stanley Cup, had evolved into a World Series-inspired "East vs. West" affair to be contested between the win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Campbell (ice Hockey, Born 1953)
Colin John Campbell (born January 28, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman, coach and the former Senior Vice President and current Executive Vice President and Director of Hockey Operations for the National Hockey League. Campbell was replaced as Senior Vice President by Brendan Shanahan, after he stepped down on June 1, 2011. Playing career Campbell spent his junior career with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey Association (later the Ontario Hockey League). He was taken in the second round of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft, 27th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins, and also in the first round of the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft, 5th overall, by the Vancouver Blazers. After one season with the Blazers, Campbell signed on with Pittsburgh. Campbell went on to play for the Penguins, Edmonton Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, and Detroit Red Wings. A scrappy, physical defender, Campbell scored just 25 goals in 11 NHL seasons while accumulating almost 1300 penal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 NHL Amateur Draft
The 1973 NHL Amateur Draft was the 11th National Hockey League draft. It was the first to be held on a separate day from other league activities on May 15, 1973, at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, so it would not overshadow the rest of the league meetings. Previously, the league had held the amateur draft in mid-June. It also marks the second time the meeting took place at the Mount Royal Hotel rather than the Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Eligible for the draft were all amateur players born before January 1, 1954. The NHL paid a lump sum to the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association to support major junior hockey as a group. Teams could offer a player a contract at any time after the draft without risking re-entry in a future NHL draft. The last active players in the NHL from this draft class were Lanny McDonald and Bob Gainey, who both retired after the 1988–89 season. Selections by round Below are listed the selections in the 1973 NHL amateur draft. Round one # The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Williams (ice Hockey)
Frederick Richard Williams (born July 1, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He was drafted in the 1st round (4th overall) by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1976 NHL draft and 26th overall in the third round of the World Hockey Association draft, by the Hartford Whalers. Williams played in only 44 games at the NHL level. He is the older brother of former NHL player Gord Williams. Hockey career Major Junior Hockey An explosive skater with outstanding stick-handling skill, Fred Williams began his career towards the pro ranks as a 15-year-old in major junior hockey in the Western Canada Hockey League as a centre for his hometown Saskatoon Blades in the 1971–72 season. It was unusual for players of Williams' age to play in the major junior ranks in particular, because of size and experience of older players who were ultimately seeking draft positions in the NHL or at the time, the World Hockey Association. Only one other player on the club, Ralph Klassen was 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Lewis (ice Hockey)
David Rodney Lewis (born July 3, 1953) is a Canadian former National Hockey League (NHL) defenceman and coach. He was most recently an assistant coach of the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL. He has both Canadian and U.S. citizenship. Playing career Lewis began his playing career with the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canada Hockey League. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1973 NHL Entry Draft, third round, thirty-third overall. He played sixteen seasons with the New York Islanders, Los Angeles Kings, New Jersey Devils, and Detroit Red Wings, scoring 36 goals and 224 points in 1,008 games. Coaching career After Lewis' playing career ended with the Red Wings in the 1987–88 season, he stayed with the team as an assistant coach. He helped Detroit win three Stanley Cups in 1997, 1998, and 2002. When Scotty Bowman retired in 2002, Lewis was named head coach of the Red Wings. In two seasons, he guided the Red Wings to two 48-win campaigns, including a Presidents' Trophy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Sacharuk
Lawrence William Sacharuk (born September 16, 1952) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 151 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues from 1972 to 1977. He also played 15 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Indianapolis Racers during the 1978–79 season. Sacharuk was drafted by the New York Rangers in second round, 21st overall in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft. Junior hockey Sacharuk began his career in 1967 as a 14-year-old with his hometown team, the Saskatoon Blades of the Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL). It was rare for someone as young as Sacharuk to be playing at that level, and he was playing with older, more experienced players aged 17 to 20, many who were positioned to be drafted to the NHL. Sacharuk was already pushing 6 feet tall and 180 pounds as a defensive stalwart. At the Blades' training camp at that time, coach George "Bus" Agar noted Sacharuk's blistering slap-sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Bourne
Robert Glen Bourne (born June 21, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played for the New York Islanders and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1974 and 1988. He was inducted into the New York Islanders Hall of Fame. Baseball career Bourne was a skilled baseball player and signed with Major League Baseball's Houston Astros. He played one season for the Appalachian League Covington Astros in 1972 where he platooned at first base with future Hockey Hall of Famer Clark Gillies. Both left professional baseball after the season to focus on professional hockey. Playing career Bourne was drafted 38th overall by the Kansas City Scouts in the 1974 NHL amateur draft, though he would never play for the organization. On September 13, 1974, he was traded to the Islanders for Bart Crashley and the rights to Larry Hornung. Bourne spent the entire 1974–75 season with the Islanders, but found himself in the minor leagues the following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Abgrall
Dennis Harvey Abgrall (born April 24, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 13 games in the National Hockey League and 145 games in World Hockey Association between 1975 and 1978. Abgrall was born in Moosomin, Saskatchewan. He was previously employed as a French teacher at the Arizona School for the Arts. Playing career Dennis Abgrall was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft in the fifth round, 70th overall and by the Los Angeles Sharks of the WHA in the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft in the fifth round, 60th overall. Abgrall did not break into either league, though, until he played 13 games for the Kings in the 1975–76 season. Those 13 games would be his only in the NHL and on June 1, 1976, the Cincinnati Stingers of the WHA signed him to a contract. He would play two seasons, 1976–77 and 1977–78, for the Stingers. The Winnipeg Jets selected Abgrall from the Kings in the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft, although he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ralph Klassen
Ralph Leo Klassen (September 15, 1955 – August 3, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 497 games in the National Hockey League. In Klassen's ten-year career, he played for the California Golden Seals, Cleveland Barons, Colorado Rockies, and St. Louis Blues. Junior hockey career Klassen was born in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. He entered the major junior hockey ranks in the Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL) at the age of 15. Klassen played his entire major junior career with the Saskatoon Blades of the WCHL, where he skated for five seasons, as a center and left wing. His highest scoring production as a junior with the Blades was 77 points including 23 goals, in 1973–74. He captained the Blades in 1974–75, and played for the Team Canada team at the World Junior Hockey Championships, earning a silver medal in 1975. Klassen played 300 games for the Blades, second only to Fred Williams, who holds the distinction of playing the most games for the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saskatoon Blades
The Saskatoon Blades are a major junior ice hockey team playing in the Eastern Division of the Western Hockey League, formerly the Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL). They are based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, playing at the 15,195-seat SaskTel Centre. History The Saskatoon Blades began play in 1964. The team previously played as the junior counterpart to the Saskatoon Quakers, until team owner Jim Piggott applied to the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (1948–1966), Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) to change the team's name and colours. The team had also been known as the Saskatoon Wesleys from 1949 to 1955. A new version of the Wesleys emerged in 1966, and along with the Saskatoon Quakers as they joined the North Saskatchewan Junior B Hockey League. In 1968, the Saskatoon Olympics, a Junior A franchise, was established in Saskatoon and became the main development affiliate for the Saskatoon Blades. For the 1966–67 CMJHL season, 1966–67 season, the team transfer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flin Flon Bombers
The Flin Flon Bombers are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in Flin Flon, a city located on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan provincial border. The Bombers are members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL), which is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League, and play home games at the Whitney Forum on the Manitoba side of the city. History The Bombers date back to 1927. Their trademark colours are maroon and white, and their home rinks have been the Flin Flon Community Club Arena (1935 - 1960) and the Whitney Forum (1960 - present). 1939–1948 The Bombers played in the Senior Saskatchewan Hockey League for the 1939–40 to 1944–45 seasons. No information is available for the 1945–46 to 1947–48 seasons. Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (1948–1966) The Flin Flon Bombers were inaugural members of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (1948–1966), which was named the North Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for the 1948–49 season. ;1956-57 season and 1957 Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
