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8 unusual facts about Central Professional Hockey League


1965–66 CPHL season

The 1965-66 Central Professional Hockey League season was the third season of the Central Professional Hockey League, a North American minor pro league.

1966–67 CPHL season

The 1966-67 Central Professional Hockey League season was the fourth season of the Central Professional Hockey League, a North American minor pro league.

Bob Gassoff

Following his death, the Bob Gassoff Trophy was created to be presented annually to the most improved defenceman in the Central Hockey League (CHL).

Central Professional Hockey League

Ray Miron was hired as president in August 1976, but resigned less than three weeks later to accept the job as general manager of the Colorado Rockies.

Named the Central Hockey League for the 1968–69 season and forward, it was owned and operated by the National Hockey League and served as a successor to the Eastern Professional Hockey League, which had folded after the 1962–63 season.

Max McNab served as league president from 1974 until becoming general manager of the Washington Capitals during his second season.

The only NHL team without a CHL affiliate that year, the Toronto Maple Leafs, joined the league through its affiliation with the Tulsa Oilers in the CHL's second season.

CPHL

Central Professional Hockey League, a minor pro league that operated in the United States from 1963 through 1984


Bob Birdsell

He also played the 1970–71 season in the Central Hockey League with the Kansas City Blues and Amarillo Wranglers, and then played two seasons with the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League before retiring following the 1972–73 season.

Doug Senior

He went on to play nine seasons of professional hockey; winning the 1964 Adams Cup with the Omaha Knights in the Central Professional Hockey League's inaugural season, and playing parts of five seasons in the American Hockey League.


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