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CAHA Would Face Suit^ It seems to us that officials of the Canadian Amateur- Hockey Association should get together when making public I utterances. Just before Christmas, Gordon Juckes, the I executive director, went on record that there would be a1 World Hockey Tournament in Canada in 1970 whether* Hockey Canada withdrew the national team or not.; Now Earl Dawson, president of the Association, is on* record that if Qanada is not permitted the use of nine2 additional professionals as agreed upon at an HHF meeting -last summer, the tournament will not be held in this -country.,- ■ This is all very well, but we wonder whether the CAHA I Is In the position to face a suit for between eighty and one 'hundred thousand dollars. According to Percy Downton, Igtneral manager of the Winnipeg Arena, the Winnipeg 'Enterprises Corporation has a hard and firm contract with ' the CAHA and would be forced to go to the courts if ^ necessary, to recover out of pocket expenses and other loss 'of revenue if the tournament is not held here.- ‘‘We have made expensive improvements to the Arena”, I said Downton, on the strength of staging the tournament.I Also, we.had to refuse a number of revenue-producing events lior the period the tournament is scheduled. I might mention ^too, that the newly-opened beverage room, which cost ; *115,000, would probably not have been built at this time -had It hot been for;the fact that we were to play host to the-World Hockey”.*♦ «J % » *Deadline ExtendedWhile the Winnipeg Arena Is better than half sold out for the tournament, Downton said that all the uncertainty that haa surrounded the event in recent weeks, has affected advance ticket sales.“People don’t know whether to buy or not,” he said, “and are just wafting to see what happens’’.It is because -of this that the world Hockey committee here haa decided to extend the closing date of the J75 ticket package deal to Jan. 17, Originally, it was to have been cut off Dec. 24. Now, if the tournament is held, tickets for the games will be sold at 57.50 apiece after Jan. 17.The problems presently plaguing the event should be settled one way or the other in the next couple of days. The hockey moguls open their meeting in Switzerland today, with Gordon Juckes, Earl Dawson and Fred Page of Vancouver representing Canada and the CAHA, which is the “mouthpiece” for Hockey Canada in the HHF.Charles Hay, president of Hockey Canada, is also on the scene, but he carries no weight at the IIHF meeting having no voting power. AH he can do is comment about any decision made and presumable officially withdraw the Canadian entry if that is the intention should the IIHF reverse its decision. aHowing Canada nine professionals.
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Sat, Jan 03, 1970
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