The League had Montreal, QC to host the 1974 Valor Cup tournament, but the arena that they were supposed to play in was purchased by the Montreal Pro Hockey Club and turning it into a practice facility, so with that, Toronto, ON will once again host the tournament come 1974. The Name brothers and CIHA president Joseph McGeorge had meetings with their leagues about changing to adding rules to adding more teams. The brothers and Joseph McGeorge have agreed to add six more teams, two in each league for the 1974-75 season.
So far in the WCLH, the possible candidates’ locations are Surrey B.C. Red Deer Alberta, Moose Jaw Saskatchewan, and too surprised everyone Kenora Ontario. The two cities not on the list are Regina, Saskatchewan due to it being a minor pro league team playing under the Minnesota Pro hockey club farm system, and Victoria B.C. is the Vancouver pro hockey club’s Minor pro league affiliate club.
In OMJHA, the only two cities that are on target for expansion are Barrie and Oshawa. Mississauga was initially on the list, but the city is more focused on getting a minor league team set shop with Toronto Pro Hockey club as their contract with Brampton is set to expire after the 1973-74 season. The cities that are not on the list are Brantford, Stratford, Woodstock and London because those cities are in their rival’s territory, the South West Ontario Hockey League (SWOHL.)
Over at AQHL, Granby QC, Verdun QC, Saint John NB, and New Glasgow NS are on the list to be part of the expansion. The league will cut down to two teams, one in Quebec and one in the Maritimes. In New Hampshire, Manchester is hungry for a hockey team as John Rome lost his minor pro league ownership as Boston pro hockey club took his team and sent them to Lowell, Massachusetts. Luckily for Rome is a good friend with the Portland Clippers, Ted Wilkens, who spoked highly about him and hopes to bring AQHL to Manchester, New Hampshire, down the road.
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