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Continued from page 34 trip cost $699.00 per player and,
back then, it was very costly. We
held bingo, and dances, and sold
raffle tickets to collect funds to pay
for the trip. From the late eighties

to the nineties, the Senior Hubs
Club won 14 straight tournaments.

At the 2012 World Cup, in Sault
Ste Marie, the 40+ team beat Russia
4 - 2, and the 60+ team lost against
Michigan 2 -1. Thom’s Trivia
Then, Moe decided it was time Answers
to retire. He said: “We were terrific
because we would draft the best Questions on page 15
players from the junior leagues
once they became too old to play
1A - They sold out Maple Leaf Gardens to watch the Leafs come all the
We formed a league with some of with them. Sometimes we needed way back from 3-0 down and beat Detroit 3-1 in game 7.
my friends; it was an Intermediate players and players from Sweden,
2A - Former manager, and then current Canadian Army Major, Conn
league. Art Primeau was a coach Germany, Finland, and other Smythe.
in the junior league, he gave me countries wanted to join our team. 3A - He scored two of the three third-period goals, propelling the Leafs
a set of sweaters from the junior We had a lot of followers back then. to victory.
Colts, which we wore for the first We were a powerhouse in those
year. There was: Jim Larin, Adrien days, everybody wanted to play
Labrecque, Marcel Labrecque, Carl with us.” Looking for...
Landon, Ray Jodoin, John Wheeler,
Gary Herrington, the organizer of
and Ronald Piquette, (uncle) was the reunion said, “we were the best
the goalie. I was the manager and team around. Between 1965 and job search help?
Pete Champagne was the coach.
1976, we played exhibition games
The club kept expanding and at Lake Placid NY, Silver Springs
formed age-level categories, such
Maryland, twice, and Cornell
as 30+, 40 + and 50+ .”
University.
Throughout the years, the team
We have a committee and a
played most of their tournaments couple of guys helping me with
in Canada and the US. They this, we are just going to meet
played against teams from Finland,
and socialize and talk about the
Sweden, Russia, and England. old days and take some pictures.
In 1977, they went to Zurich,
We are trying to reach as many See what our clients are saying about us!
Switzerland where they won the people as possible and the old
World Cup. They played in St- players, their wives, and people
Petersburgh, FL, in 1979; San “Very helpful and definitely supportive.
that had connections with the club I am really happy I took the step forward to go into this Virtual
Diego, CA, in 1982; Fredericton are invited. It is going to be a lot agency for assistance!”

NB in 1986; Vancouver in 2000; “The agency’s team is very helpful. Services
of fun to get everybody together.
and Ottawa in 2004. Full of great suggestions!”
The last time we had a reunion was Available!
One of Moe’s fondest memories 12 years ago. The guys who started Connect with us today
was the 1977 Zurich tournament, in the 1960’s are now in their 80’s,
where they won the World Cup the club doesn’t exist anymore, but
in Zurich, Switzerland. “I was 37 the team members still want to get
years old then and we were all together.
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