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Tuesday, March 10,1900, THE MEDICINE HAT NEWS—11NHL assistance• *•double to U.S.TORONTO (CP) - A high-ranking Canadian hockey official says the National Hockey League gave the U.S. Olympic hockey team about double the financial assistance given the Canadian team.“There appears to be no question that the NHL did a hell of a lot more for the U.S. team (winners of the gold medal) than it did for the Canadians,” said Lou Lefaive, chairman of Hockey Canada, a government supervisory body.“It’s my impression that the NHL owes Canada a little more than it owes the U.S.“I’ve written to NHL President John Ziegler, asking him to state the NHL’s financial involvement. I want to know all the facts.”Ziegler said the U.S. Olympic Committee estimates that the NHL gave the U.S. team$350,000.“That total covers everything... exhibition gamerevenues, officiating costs, direct and indirect subsidies,”he said“I haven’t totalled the figures up and compared them and, sure, in certain respects, maybe in total dollars, the teams didn’t get the same. If the Canadians feel they have been treated unfairly, I hope they let it be known.”Lefaive said Canada’s amateur hockey programs supply many players to the NHL. Hemately 420 NHL players were bom in the U.S. while about 350 were bom in Canada.But Ziegler countered: “It’sownership, not the players, who have lent their support, so it’s difficult to argue on why 15 owners of teams based in the U.S. should turn their undivided attention to the Canadian Olympic team. I don’t think it’s natural to assume that their contributions should be proportionate.”said only 40 of the approxi-Roughies sign threeREGINA (CP) — Saskatchewan Roughriders announced today the signing of two Canadian Football League veterans and a rookie offensive tackle from the University of Alabama.Willey Barnes, 24, was a starter with Alabama’s junior varsity in 1975 and n»e to the state’s national championship teams in 1978 and 1979.Steve Mazurak, a tight end, at 28 is an eight-year veteran of the Saskatchewan club. He hurt his knee late last season.Roger Aldag, a 26-year-old offensive guard, is entering his fifth season with the Riders. He finished out last season with a groin injury.
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Tue, Mar 18, 1980
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