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SJHL to compete in Memorial Cupthe CAHA annual meeting in Red Wings staited a best • of-May. Saskatchewan’s share of seven SJHL final Wednesday all playoff receipts will be heldPORT ARTHUR (CP)-An J agreement has been reached which will allow Saskatchewanto compete in the Western Canada Memorial Cup playoffs, Fred Page of Port Arthur, Ca-; nadian Amateur Hockey Association vice-president announced Wednesday.. Page instructed the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League last week it would have to declare a representative to meet British Columbia by Saturday or forfeit its right to continue in junior playoff competition.The SJHL attempted to circumvent the instructions by-agreeing to field a representative by Sunday, April 4 and offering New Westminster Royals, B.C. champions, financial compensation for delaying the western quarter-final series.Dr. Leo Margolis president of the B.C. Amateur Hockey Association, rejected the first SJHL offer of $1,000 and countered with a request for $8,000.In a telephone interview’ Wednesday, Page said both groups had accepted a recommenda tion that the matter of compensation be held in abeyance untilby the CAHA pending a decision.Page said the Saskatchewan-B.C. series now will start in New Westminster April 4. The second game will be in New Westminster Monday. April 5 followed by games in Saskatchewan April 7 and April 8Regina Pats and ft’eyburnTrack meetingnight, ISJHL Commissioner Frank Boucher said earlier the league would be unable to declare a representative by Saturday because league officials had agreed in February to play \ their scheduled playoffs andj w o r r y about Memorial Cup j competition later. ■CAHA regulations stipulate ; that a branch or team affected by failure of another branch or team to meet playoff require-1 ments is entitled to compensa-1 tion.
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Winnipeg Tribune
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Mar 25, 1965
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