1973 CIHA Valor Cup

 

Standings

Sherbrooke Loups: 4 W, 0 L.

Burlington Metros: 1 W, 3 L.

Nanaimo Greyhounds: 1 W, 3 L.

Story:

The Valor Cup tournament kicked off at the Toronto Forum in Toronto. Both Metros and Greyhounds had hard times in the round-robin with both finished with 1-3 record. In comparison, the Loups played comfortably with a 4-0 record. What’s rubbed both the Greyhounds and the Metros the wrong way was at a motel next door beside them was the Sherbrooke Loups room celebrating, the Loups believes that they are going to be the first Valor Cup champions chanting “PREMIERS CHAMPIONS!” which translate first champions. Unhappy with it, both teams used it as motivation.

The semi-round between the Greyhounds and Metros was a great game as Greyhounds forward Eric Dunn scored 2 goals, 2 assists to help the Greyhounds win 4-3 after coming back from being behind 3-1 after the 2nd period. 

The Greyhounds shocked the world as they beat the Sherbrooke Loups 3-1 to become the first-ever CIHA Valor cup champions lead by the first Valor Cup MVP forward Eric Dunn who had 1 goal, 2 assists.

1972-73 AQHL Season

 

1972-73 standings

1^st: Sherbrooke Loups

2^nd: Laval Tigers

3^rd: Cape Breton Warriors

4^th: Moncton Bears

5^th: Drummondville Les Rouges

6^th: Portland Clippers

7^th: Trois-Rivieres Titans

8^th: Fredericton Vikings

Story:

Paul Name had a long road trip from Moncton to Laval during the league’s season opener. At Moncton, the Bears got the win from Trois-Rivieres 4-2, while Laval lost big time by Sherbrooke 7-2.

The Playoffs format and several games for each round are the same as the WCLH, but for seeding the 8^th place team, they must have at least more than five wins to be in the playoffs. The Fredericton Vikings were in a must-win in hopes of being in the playoffs sadly; on their last game of the season, the Vikings failed to get one more win as they lost 4-3 to the Portland Clippers. The Vikings record of 5 wins, 28 losses and 7 ties. The Loups got themselves a first-round bye.

The Sherbrooke Loups is the league’s best teams as they finished with 35 wins, followed by three losses and two ties, making a total of 72 points. The Loups went on winning the Bronz cup title by beating the Laval Tigers 3 games to 1 and advanced to the Valor Cup in Toronto, Ontario.

1973 Playoffs

1^st Round (best 2 of 3 games)

1^st Sherbrooke Loups: bye

2^nd Laval Tigers: 2 - 7^th Trois-Rivieres Titans: 0

3^rd Cape Breton Warriors: 2 - 6^th Portland Clippers: 1

5^th Drummondville Les Rouges: 2 - 4^th Moncton Bears: 1

2^nd Round (best 2 of 3 games)

1st Sherbrooke Loups: 2 - 5th Drummondville Les Rouges: 0

2nd Laval Tigers: 2 - 3rd Cape Breton Warriors: 1

Bronz Cup finals (best 3 of 5 games)

1st Sherbrooke Loups: 3 - 2nd Laval Tigers: 1