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1972–73 WHA All-Star Game
The 1973 World Hockey Association All-Star Game was held in the Le Colisée in Quebec City, Quebec home of the Quebec Nordiques, on January 6, 1973. After a plan to pit WHA players against European players fell down due to legal reasons, the league instead pitted the two divisions against each other for an All-Star Game. The East All-Stars defeated the West All-Stars 6–2. Wayne Carleton was named the game's Most Valuable Player. Team Lineups Game summary Goaltenders : * East: Smith (30 minutes, 1 goal against), Cheevers (30 minutes, 1 goal against). * West: Wakely (20 minutes, 1 goal against), Norris (20 minutes, 3 goals against), Curran (20 minutes, 2 goals against). Shots on goal : * East (47) 18 - 14 - 15 * West (33) 8 - 13 - 12 Referee : Bill Friday (ice hockey), Bill Friday Linesmen : Pierre Belanger, Ron Asselstine Source: See also *1972–73 WHA season References {{DEFAULTSORT:1972-73 WHA All-Star Game 1973 in sports in Quebec, WHA All-Star Game 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Colisée
Le Colisée is an indoor arena in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. It is primarily used for basketball games, and it is the home arena of the LNB Pro A, French Pro A League club Élan Chalon. The arena seats 5,000 people. History The hall was inaugurated on September 29, 2001 for a match between Chalon and Nancy. In its first year, the Colisée welcomed over 100,000 spectators. Élan Chalon averaged 4,000 spectators per game in Pro A, the only venue to achieve 100% occupancy from 2001 to 2007. In 2016, the 2016 FIBA Europe Cup Final Four was held at the Le Colisée, with Élan Chalon functioning as the hosts. References Indoor arenas in France Basketball venues in France Sports venues in Saône-et-Loire Sports venues completed in 2001 21st-century architecture in France {{France-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Golden Blades
The New York Raiders were a professional ice hockey team in New York City. They competed in the World Hockey Association (WHA) as a member of the Eastern Division (1972–1974). They played at Madison Square Garden in New York from 1972 to 1973 and Cherry Hill Arena in New Jersey from 1973 to 1974. The organization was established in 1971 as a charter franchise of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Intended to be the WHA's flagship franchise, the team was unable to compete with the National Hockey League's established New York Rangers, and expansion New York Islanders. During its inaugural season, the WHA had to take over ownership of the team. A third owner took over and renamed the franchise the New York Golden Blades to start the second season, but remained in financial distress and moved to the Greater Philadelphia metropolitan area township of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, on November 21, 1973, becoming the Jersey Knights, its third name and second home, under three different o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Jarrett
Gary Walter Jarrett (born September 3, 1942) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, and Oakland Seals/California Golden Seals between 1960 and 1972, and then spent four seasons in the WHA with the Cleveland Crusaders The Cleveland Crusaders were a professional ice hockey team from Cleveland. They played in the World Hockey Association from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1975–76 WHA season, 1976. Their home ice was the Cleveland Arena from 1972 to 1974, and t ... before retiring after the 1976 season. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1942 births Living people California Golden Seals players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen Canadian ice hockey forwards Cleveland Crusaders players Denver Invaders players Detroit Red Wings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Oakland Seals players Pittsburgh Hornets players Rochester Americans play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Trottier
Guy Albert Trottier (April 1, 1941 – June 19, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 115 games in the National Hockey League and 174 games in the World Hockey Association between 1969 and 1975. He played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Nationals, Toronto Toros, Michigan Stags and Baltimore Blades. Playing career Trottier played junior and senior hockey in the Hull-Ottawa area before signing with the Knoxville Knights of the Eastern Hockey League in 1963. In 1963–64, Trottier was traded twice, to the Philadelphia Ramblers of the EHL and the Port Huron Flags of the International Hockey League, totaling 33 goals and 31 assists in 69 games. During the off-season, he was traded to the IHL's Dayton Gems, with whom he played the next three years. In 201 games with Dayton, he scored 185 goals and registered 170 assists. He led the IHL in playoff goals (10), assists (9), and points (19) in the 1966 Turner Cup playoffs, and led the IHL wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McKenzie (ice Hockey)
John Albert McKenzie (December 12, 1937 – June 9, 2018) was a Canadian professional hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 12 seasons, most notably with the Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup twice. He also played several seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA). Playing career McKenzie's former teammate Gerry Melnyk dubbed the young player "Pieface" for his resemblance to a cartoon figure of the same name featured on the wrapper of a popular Canadian candy bar; this was later shortened to "Pie." He played junior hockey for three years with the St. Catharines Teepees of the OHA and led the league in goals and points in 1958. McKenzie made his NHL debut in 1958–59 with the Chicago Black Hawks. The following season he moved on to the Detroit Red Wings, where he lasted two years. He was then demoted again to the minors, where he played most of three seasons in the American Hockey League with the Hershey Bears and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norm Ferguson (ice Hockey)
Norman Gerard Ferguson (born October 16, 1945) is a Canadian former ice hockey player and coach. Ferguson was a forward who played right wing. He is the father of former NHL player Craig Ferguson (ice hockey), Craig Ferguson. In 1982, Ferguson was inducted into the Nova Scotia Sports Hall of Fame. Playing career Ferguson played junior ice hockey with the Montreal Junior Canadiens for the 1964–65 OHA season, 1964–65 and 1965–66 OHA season, 1965–66 seasons. Ferguson moved to the Montreal Canadiens farm team, the Houston Apollos in the Central Professional Hockey League for the 1966–67 season. Ferguson then played for the Cleveland Barons (1937–1973), Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League in the 1967–68 AHL season, 1967–68 season. In his rookie season in the National Hockey League with the California Golden Seals, Oakland Seals, Ferguson set the Seals single-season record for goals; he scored 34 during the 1968–69 NHL season, 1968–69 season. This was a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Blazers
The Philadelphia Blazers were an ice hockey franchise in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the 1972–73 WHA season based in Philadelphia. The team's home ice was the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center. The franchise was originally intended to be based in Miami, Florida, and called the Screaming Eagles, but due to money problems and a lack of a suitable arena, the franchise instead moved to Philadelphia. After only one season in Philadelphia, the team relocated to Vancouver for the start of the 1973–74 WHA season and became the Vancouver Blazers. Two years later the franchise moved again, this time to Calgary where it was called the Calgary Cowboys. In 1977, the franchise folded. Composition of the roster In June 1972, businessmen Bernard Brown and James Cooper were granted the rights to the Miami Screaming Eagles, along with the players who were under contract with the team (including goaltender Bernie Parent), from businessman Herb Martin. Brown and Cooper ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Lawson
Daniel Michael Lawson (October 30, 1947 — September 15, 2008) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1968 to 1972 and the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1977. He led the WHA in goal scoring in its inaugural season. Junior career Lawson played junior for the Hamilton Red Wings of the Ontario Hockey Association, who were sponsored at the time by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Lawson was with the Hamilton team when they went to the Memorial Cup finals in 1967. Lawson's individual offensive totals gradually improved each year until in 1967-68, his last year, when he finished second in the league in goal-scoring with 52 and led his team in points. He was also named to the OHA's First All Star team. Pro career Lawson played a single game with the Detroit Red Wings in the 1967–68 season, before becoming a full-time professional the next year, shuttling between the Wings and the minor-league Fort W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Webster (ice Hockey)
Thomas or Tom Webster may refer to: *Sir Thomas Webster, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Webster, 1st Baronet (1679 – 30 May 1751), of Copped Hall, Essex, and Battle Abbey, Sussex, was a British landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1705 and 1727. Webster was the e ... (1679–1751), English MP * Thomas Webster (painter) (1800–1886), English figure painter * Thomas Webster (lawyer) (1810–1875), English lawyer *Sir Thomas Lonsdale Webster (1868–1930), British civil servant * T. B. L. Webster (Thomas Bertram Lonsdale Webster, 1905–1974), English archaeologist * Thomas Webster (sailor) (1910–1981), American Olympic sailor * Thomas Webster (geologist) (1772–1844), Scottish geologist * Tom Webster (ice hockey) (1948–2020), Canadian ice hockey player and coach * Tom Webster (cartoonist) (1886–1962), British cartoonist and caricaturist * Tom Webster (politician) (born 1950), former Labor Party member of the New South Wale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottawa Nationals
The Ottawa Nationals were a professional men's ice hockey team out of Ottawa that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) during the 1972–73 WHA season. History The WHA had originally granted a franchise to Doug Michel for "Ontario". Original plans called for the team to play at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, but Michel couldn't get a favourable lease. Afterward, it was expected that Hamilton would be the team's home, but it was eventually placed in Ottawa. Nick Trbovich became majority owner before the season began, with Michel running hockey operations. They were coached by Billy Harris and led on the ice by Wayne Carleton, who scored 42 goals and 92 points during the season. They hosted the first-ever WHA game, on October 11, 1972, losing 7–4 to the Alberta Oilers. Their home arena was the Ottawa Civic Centre, but they were a flop at the box office, averaging about 3,000 fans per game. Before the season ended, the city of Ottawa demanded a payment of $100,000 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Charlebois
Robert Richard Charlebois (born 1944) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward and academic administrator. He played 7 games in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars during the 1967–68 season. He would also play 188 games in the World Hockey Association with the New England Whalers and Ottawa Nationals between 1972 and 1976. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1964 to 1976, was spent in various minor leagues. Charlebois was a long time senior management executive at Algonquin College in Ottawa (1978-2008) and worked in the Continuing Education department of the University of Ottawa. He was named Best All-Around Junior Athlete (1963) of the City of Cornwall and is a member of the Cornwall Sports Hall of Fame (1996). Playing career – hockey Charlebois developed his hockey skills with the local Cornwall Minor Hockey Association, and quickly moved through the midget level and Junior “B” ranks. He was scouted by the Canadiens organizati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Caffery
Terrance Michael Caffery (April 1, 1949 – August 3, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New England Whalers and the Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association, as well as for the Chicago Black Hawks and the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1976. Playing career After an impressive junior career with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association, during which Caffery was drafted third overall by the Black Hawks in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft behind Barry Gibbs and Brad Park, he played a season for the Canadian National team. He made his NHL debut with the Black Hawks in 1969, but spent most of the next three seasons in the minor leagues with the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League and the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, averaging over a point a game and winning the AHL's Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as rookie of the year in 1972. The following season Caffer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
