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saskhab
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Hey Bosc, is that WHA book filled with goodies such as this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cougars
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The Cougars made the playoffs for their only time in 1974. The initial series versus New England passed without incident, but the next series would be difficult in more ways than one: the International Amphitheatre had booked a production of Peter Pan, featuring former Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby in the title role, and the Amphitheatre would not be available for the playoffs. Though the team did negotiate for use of Chicago Stadium, the home of the rival Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL, no dates were available due to the Black Hawks being involved in the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The team briefly considered playing the matches at the Cleveland Arena before deciding to go to a suburban shopping center, Randhurst, where there was a public skating rink called the Randhurst Twin Ice Arena. Though the arena could only hold 2000 spectators, the team played its three home matches of the series in Randhurst.
When the Cougars won their series versus Toronto, the Peter Pan show had moved on, and the Amphitheatre should have been available. However, for reasons still unclear, the staff had melted the ice surface. Worse, the Amphitheatre had a portable ice surface, and the copper pipes used to chill the ice were being uncovered and dismantled for the offseason. There was no choice but to return to Randhurst. The Cougars never quite recovered from the public relations disaster; one sports reporter had quipped, "The Cougars were beaten by the greatest lightweight of them all — Peter Pan." |
 And people made fun of the Whale playing in a mall.
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deutschlander
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| If you are talking about the book from the guy from tempe, az, yes. There are several funny stories in the book. Especially the stories on the New York Raiders if I recall correctly. |
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Bosc Ulrich II
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Yup, that's the kind of stuff in that book. There's plenty of great stories about the barns that the WHA used to play in. Seriously, $7 at Chapters in the bargain books. Buy it!
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Bosc Ulrich II
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| deutschlander wrote: |
| If you are talking about the book from the guy from tempe, az, yes. There are several funny stories in the book. Especially the stories on the New York Raiders if I recall correctly. |
This was the one I was talking about in the Books thread. Is this the same, Holger?
Ed Willes writes for the Vancouver Province(I think).
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deutschlander
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| Bosc Ulrich II wrote: |
| deutschlander wrote: |
| If you are talking about the book from the guy from tempe, az, yes. There are several funny stories in the book. Especially the stories on the New York Raiders if I recall correctly. |
This was the one I was talking about in the Books thread. Is this the same, Holger?
Ed Willes writes for the Vancouver Province(I think). |
No, I was talking about "Same game, different name" by Jack Lautier and Frank Polnasnek.
http://www.amazon.com/Same-Game-Different-Name-Association/dp/0965031519/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205936363&sr=8-1
The other WHA book I own is called "The complete historical und statistical Reference to the WHA" by Scott Adam Surgent. |
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