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by THE CANADIAN PRESSQuebec Remparts were de-' elared Eastern Canada juniorhockey champions Thursday after St. Catharines BlackHawks forfeited their playoff series and Quebec now is like-Iv to meet Edmonton Oil Kings for the Memorial Cup.Earl Dawson, Canadian Amateur Hockev Association president, said from his home at Winnipeg Thursday night he had declared Quebec the Eastern winner after he re-► eeived official notice from St.Catharines that they would - ! not continue the series in Que-1 bee.I “I got a phone call at home.I from the St. Catharines offi-I cials and they are not goingI back.' Dawson said.I The Black Hawks announe-I, ed Wednesday night their in-I tention of not going back toI Quebec where their playersI had been attacked by angryI Quebec fans last SaturdayI during and after the fourthI game of the best-of-sevenI Eastern final.II The Hawks beat the Rem-I parts fi-3 in Toronto Wednes-I day to force the sixth gameI which had been scheduled forI Quebec tonight.I Dawson said the phone callI Thursday night would be fol-I lowed by an official telegramI from the St. Catharines clubI to confirm that the OntarioI Hockey Association cham-I pions were withdrawing fromI the series.I He said the “official storyI I get is that the St. CatharinesI players held a vote this after*I noon and the coach and fiveI players were the only onesI that signified they would re-I turn.”I The Remparts still held aI 3-2 lead in the series after II the Wednesday game in To- jI ronto and therefore wouldI have taken the Eastern cham-I pionship either with a win to-I night or by St. Catharines de-I fault.I Dawson said earlier Thurs- !I day that in that case QuebecI would play a th^ee-gameplayoff against PTimonton of the Western Canada HockevLeague for the Memorial Cup, emblematic of junior hockey supremacy in Canada. All three games would he played in Quebec City.Later, however, he said that an Edmonton-Quebec series would still have to he sanctioned by a vote of the CAHA board of directors.In St. Catharines, the Black Hawks packed up their hockey gear and started taking the ice out of their arena.Fred Muller, Hawks dent, said he and coach Frank Milne along with only five players were prepared to go hack to Quebec City. The other players and their parents refused to go back.The Hawk players were pelted with debris both on the ice and later, in the team bus following Saturday's game in Quebec City. The Hawk management said Thursday they were still willing to play a sixth game in Montreal but would not take the team toQuebec City.Muller said earlier he has received death threats and that “one detective in QuebecCitv told me that thev are* «helpless m the situation because they are dealing witha small group of radicals who carry knives, guns and grenades.”“The lives of our hockey players are in danger,” Muller said.“We ve had threatening phone calls to the parents of our players and to the executive of our club.”Paul Dumont, general director of the Remparts said the team “had trouble in Charlottetown last year,” and “we did not want to go back.”“The CAHA made us, and there was no trouble at all. 1 can't see why St. Catharines won’t play.”One St. Catharines sportswriter said Thursdav. without naming names, that the parents of eight Black Hawks, some of whom attended the Quebec game, have refused to allow their sons to play there again.The St. Catharines management was also disturbed over Remparts’ willingness to play ? series against Edmonton for the Memorial Cup. emblematicof junior hockey supremacy in Canada.Hawk vice-president Kensaid:had a firm agreement between Ontario and Quebecassociations that we would notplay the west for the Memorial Cup this year. Now 1 hearthat if thev win the series•/they're ready to start playing the west on Sunday.The Ontario Hockey Association and the Quebec Amateur Hockey Association made the stand in protest against Western clubs being allowed the concession of playing over-aged juniors.However, there are no overage juniors on the Edmonton club.The Black Hawks released an official statement Thursday summing up their position. ♦“As far as the management of the St. Catharines Hockey Club Ltd. and the coach are concerned thev would he will-i/ing to attend the scheduled game on Friday, May 14, in Quebec City.“However, the management has received requests from numerous parents of the players demanding that thesenot be taken to Que-“We feel that to do so con-to wishes of the parents: and taking into consideration that these boys are minors, would be contrary to the bestrinterests of the players.
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Brandon Sun
Brandon, Manitoba, CA
Fri, May 14, 1971
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