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national teamw*decided todayWINDSOR, Ont. (CP) — The future of Canada’s national hockey team will probably be decided today during the annual meeting of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Aaaociation,“The original four-year pro-fiam was completed earlier this yegr and we must now decide how we are goihg to handle it in the future,” Gordon Juckes,. executive director of the association, said Tuesday*Juckes, the Winnipeg-based co-ordihator for the CAHA, did not say whether the association will continue to operate two national teams—in Winnipeg and Ottawa—“but we are fairly confident of it.»• •Juckes said the CAHA was not completely satisfied with the end results of the program that galndd Canada a bronze medal at the winter Olympics earlier this year.“The whole idea was to build a winner, but don’t forget we are also thinking about good Will and promoting Canada abroad,” he said.Juckes said that the national program was operated at a cost of approximately $250,000 annually.RECEIVES A GRANT“We would like to emphasize that this is not money taken from the CAHA. The national team is operated as a separate endeavor under a separate budget, and its cost is covered by a $100,000 annual grant from the National Fitness Council and gate receipts from international tournaments and exhibitiongames during the year.”Juckes would not comment on the CAHA’s position in regards to a suggestion offered a few months ago by Hap Emms, general manager of Niagara Falls Flyers of the Ontario Hockey Association Junior A series.Emms suggested that junior teams allow at least one player to be released to the national team each year.“Emms has been talking about it here for the last few days but so far he has not put it in the form of a resolution to be dealt with by the general meeting,” Juckes said.President Fred Page of Vancouver said the major problem confronting the national team is lack of high-calibre players.“You can’t expect a player tojoin us when he can turn professional under today’s contracts,” Page said.The annual amount paid in scholarships to the members of a national team is $94,000, according to Page,“When you consider there are 40 players it boils down to about $2,500 each.”Page said that the $2,500 is paid to the player in the form of a grant. The player must in turn pay his tuition fee out of this amount if he wishes to attend university. The balance is used for living expenses.Juckes said earlier in the day that a hassle between the CAHAand junior hockey interests over the reduction of age limits later this month had been settled in committee meetings and willprobably be dealt with in one of today’s two plenary sessions.“We explained the situation to the junior hockey people and they have decided to go along with us,” Juckes aaid.The hassle concerned the reduction in junior age limit to under 20 as of Dec. 31, from 20 as of May 31 as stipulated by an agreement last year between the CAHA and the National Hockey League.Junior hockey officials hadthreatened to fight the agree ment while the Ontario Hockey Association and the Alberta Am ateur Hockey Association had forwarded resolutions asking that the age limit be increased to under 21 as of Dec. 31.“The whole matter will proba bly be reviewed each year,” Juckes said.“As far as we are concernedthe entire matter is settled afid we don’t anticipate any further trouble during this session.1Tornados trouncedBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDallas Tronados ran afoul of the North American Soccer League’s new defensive tackling rule and were punished severely by Detroit Cougars.The Cougars broke the league record for goals on penalty shots Tuesday night in trouncing the tornados 6-0 in Detroit.Roy Cheetham, a right half-Ladies’fastballtonightTwo pre - season exhibition games in the Ladies’ Fastball League are on tap tonight in preparation for the league’s opening next week.Moose Angels and Bow Island hook up for the first encounter at Lion’s Park beginning at 7 p.m. while the Crestwood Invaders tangle with the Macs at 9 p.m. in the second encounter.back from England’s top-rated Manchester City team, scored on all three penalty kicks before 2,182 fans.In other games, Cleveland Stokers gained a share of first place in the Lakes Division by crushing Boston 4-1 and New York Generals nudged Houston 2-1 on George Kirby’s goal.The Stokers pulled even with Chicago Mustangs as Manuel Mendonza scored two last half goals before a crowd of 4.485 at Boston. His first, shortly after the half began, gave the Stokers a 2-0 lead, and after David Pugh scored for Boston at 18:30, Mendonza and Hank Loitart connected in the last four minutes.Kirby of England gave the Generals a 1-0 lead at 7:29 of the first half, but Houston’s Tiby Vigh of Hungary tied it one minute later with a header. Kirby then notched the clincher with 30:29 gone in the half atI the Astrodome.
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Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat, Alberta, CA
Wed, May 22, 1968
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