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Major Junior Leaguesiscuss Over-Age TalentMONTREAL (CP) - Representatives from Canada’s three major junior hockey leagues and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association concludeda two-day meeting here Sunday and while some decisions were reached, no one was willing to say what they were.There was a discussion on how major junior hockey should he operated and on the operation of the Memorial Cup,” said Gordon Juckes, executive director of the CAHA.Juckes said there was also a discussion of a nToosal by the Western Canada Hockey League oil the use of five 21-year-old players by teams next season. The Ontario Hockey Association Major Junior A series proposed three while the Quebec Major Junior HockeyiiLeague had expressed disinterest in over-age players in thepast.It was a good meeting and a number of decisions were reached. These have to he ratified by the various branches. I’d rather not say what they were until the members of the leagues hear from their representatives.”naOn the use of the 21-year-olds, Juckis said:Obviously if It is going back to the branches, it has somesupport.It was a good meeting. Everybody was pretty well on the same wave length.There were also discussions on preparations for the association’s next negotations with the National Hockey Leagueand the World Hockey Association.“The WHA still owes us some money,” Juckes said, adding the representatives discussed ways of getting the money owed them from last year's WHA amateur draft.Juckes and Roland Mercier of Quebec City, vice-presidentin charge of junior hockey represented the CAHA at the meetings with league president Ed Chynoweth and Del Wilson of Regina Pats here for the WCHL.League commissioner Tubby Schmalz and Punch Scherer of Kitchener Rangers were on hand for the Ontario while Quebec was represented by secretary-general John Horman and Paul Dumont of Quebec Rempaits.t
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Mon, Feb 24, 1975
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