Expansion Draft
It’s the day that many fans are excited about and the team GM’s nightmare as the rules go the Expansion teams can take two players from each current team unless they can trade them for late draft picks (round 4 to 6) to make things scarier the expansion team gets early access to tryout camps to find that right players/goalies to be part of their team.
WCLH
1. F - Jake Oak, Brandon
2. D - Ed Queen, Nanaimo
3. G - Keith Sanders, Saskatoon
4. F - Alex Grant, Abbotsford
5. F - Paul Russell, Brandon
1. F - Peter Ekman, Brandon
2. G - John Dickerson, Brandon
3. F - Don Jones, Medicine Hat
4. D – Chris Dawson, North Battleford
5. D – Kevin Holly, Lethbridge
OMJHA
1. F - Jack Farrell, Milton
2. F – Brian Bedford, Kitchener Generals
3. G – James Roy, Waterloo
4. D – Blake Hunt, Guelph
5. F – Lawson West, Kitchener Generals
1. F – Doug Lyle, Kitchener Legionnaires
2. D – Ronald Haas, Owen Sound
3. F – Dusty Armstrong, Oakville
4. G – Danny Caldwell, Burlington
5. D – Joe Wright, Oakville
AQHL
1. F - Jaune Gill, Sherbrooke
2. G - Guy Dionne, Drummondville
3. D - Jean Guevremont, Trois-Rivieres
4. D - Brian Briere, Laval
5. D - Ian Ward, Portland
1. D - Denis Parizeau, Trois-Rivieres
2. F - Alain Charbonneau, Laval
3. G - Daniel Blanchard, Sherbrooke
4. F - Marc-Jean Belanger, Moncton
5. F - Aaron Richards, Fredericton
1974 AQHL Draft
This year was a surprise for the Titans fans, where the team received the 1st pick, and former 1st picked Rey LeClair from Fredericton for a 2nd pick and goalie Max DePaul, the Titians select forward Halifax native Mark Lewis. At the same time, the Vikings take forward Phillip Neuville from Blainville QC. And Moncton picks defence Rick Wyn from Summerside PEI.
1974 OMJHA Draft
Guelph's 1st pick was Rick Donaldson, a forward from North York who made an impression on the team good enough to give the Crusaders a chance to get out of the bottom of the standings. Owen Sound picked forward Fred Norm of Guelph, hoping for some signs of a proper rebuild after losing 4 of their top players to the expansion draft. The Micmacs tried to trade their 3rd pick to the Generals for a veteran defenseman after losing Hal Russell. The Generals shot the offer down. So, the Macs gave the same offer to the Legionnaires, and they took it, which led to a pick that reignites their feud with the Generals as they pick Gerald Herbco’s son John Herbco a power forward from Thamesville, Ontario. The pick did not sit well with the higher-ups of the Generals. The Generals are hoping that they would not make any more mistakes mainly in the next two years when Gerald’s other son Patrick who’s been on top of the game and ready to hit the juniors and hopes to be part of the Generals like his father was in his junior days.
1974 WCLH Draft
The Crusaders were one of 3 teams that got lucky to not feel the expansion draft's effects as they select Red Deer Alberta’s Ron Stevens, a scoring defenseman that could give the team a big offence push. The Hawks took Raymond Taylor, a forward from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, to help the team’s captain Al Gordon after losing his brother Jim from the expansion draft. Fargo may have got themselves a star player with their pick of Tom Gregson from Winnipeg, MA. He played forward very well and got the character that owner Ed Jackson and the fans would like to see and bring the Owls to the top of the WCLH.
News
Both the CIHA President Joseph McGeorge and the Name brothers announced that beginning in the 1974-75 season, all players in their leagues must wear helmets, no ifs or buts about it. The rule is to keep the players safe from any head injuries moving forward. For the owner of the Waterloo Maroons, Guy Perry, its closure for his brother, who suffered a career-ending head injury in 1949. Since then, he’s been pushing for helmets to be mandatory “it’s what should have happened a long time ago; I believe that this is a change that needs to be done.” Guy said.
The CIHA President Joseph McGeorge named Montreal QC as the host for the 1975 Valor cup tournament. Montreal was supposed to host the 1974 tournament. But, other event schedules for that year were put to kibosh. The 1975 Valor Cup should not go through any problems this time around.
WCLH news put the fears on everyone, including the Nanaimo Greyhounds fans, as the team’s owner Greg Peterson was diagnosed with lung cancer. It is unknown if he makes it through or not for the time being. His brother Jake Peterson would take ownership of the team if Greg passed away. Jake was best known for being the team’s GM and one of the reasons why the Greyhounds won both the 1973 Jade Trophy and the Valor Cup. He wanted to own a team, but a few issues kept him from owning one.
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