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    The Avco World Trophy, also known as the Avco Cup, is the playoff championship trophy of the defunct World Hockey Association, which operated from 1972...
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  • May 20, 1979, as the Jets defeated the Oilers to win their third Avco World Trophy. As a result, the WHA ceased operations, and four teams joined the...
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  • championship trophy, the Avco World Trophy, was donated by AVCO Financial Services Corporation along with $500,000. The New England Whalers won the first Avco World...
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    Nashville, Tennessee (1959 - 1985) Avco World Trophy AVCOAT 5026-39 Crosley Broadcasting Corporation (later Avco Broadcasting Corporation) M2 (railcar)...
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  • Division in 1972–73 and third in the league in 1977–78. They won the AVCO World Trophy in 1974 over the Chicago Cougars and in 1975 over the Quebec Nordiques...
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    Gordie Howe (category Art Ross Trophy winners)
    he scored over 100 points twice in six years, won two straight Avco World Trophies (1974 and 1975), and was named most valuable player in 1974. He made...
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  • becoming the inaugural Avco World Trophy Champions to cap off the 1972–73 season. The Whalers again competed for the World Trophy in 1978, this time falling...
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    Mark Howe (category Lester Patrick Trophy recipients)
    father Gordie and brother Marty, which resulted in two consecutive Avco World Trophies. Despite the enormous shadow cast by his father and splitting time...
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  • the league. Nevertheless the Winnipeg Jets defeated Edmonton in the Avco World Trophy finals winning their third championship overall and second in a row...
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  • season was the sixth season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Eight teams played 80 games each. The Avco World Trophy winner was the Winnipeg Jets. With...
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  • WHA. In that last year, the Oilers lost to the (Jets) in the last Avco World Trophy final. In 1979, the Oilers, along with the Jets, the Hartford Whalers...
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  • Indianapolis Racers (category World Hockey Association teams)
    teams finished the season, and before the Winnipeg Jets won the 1979 Avco World Trophy, the league accepted the terms of a merger with the NHL whereby Edmonton...
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  • the third season of the World Hockey Association. Fourteen teams each played 78 games. The Houston Aeros won the Avco World Trophy for the second straight...
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  • WHA season was the second season of the World Hockey Association, and lasted from October 1973 until the Avco Cup final game on May 19, 1974, when the...
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  • team made the finals in five of the WHA's seven seasons, winning the Avco World Trophy three times, including in the league's final season against Wayne...
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  • the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Aeros qualified first in their division for the playoffs and successfully defended their Avco World Trophy WHA...
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    Wayne Gretzky (category Art Ross Trophy winners)
    the playoffs of its final season as planned. The Oilers reached the Avco World Trophy finals (the only WHA championship series appearance for the franchise)...
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  • franchises in the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Jets were the most successful team in the short-lived WHA, winning the Avco World Trophy, the league's...
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  • Tardif and an aging Tremblay, the Nordiques finally captured the Avco World Trophy in 1976–77 as they took out the New England Whalers and the Indianapolis...
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  • in the Semifinals on May 2, having to wait 18 days to play Houston in the Avco Cup Final. It did not affect them, however, as they swept Houston in four...
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    Stanley Cup (category Canadian ice hockey trophies and awards)
    hockey portal Sports portal Canada portal Avco World Trophy, awarded to the champion of the defunct World Hockey Association List of awards named after...
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    Northlands Coliseum (category World Hockey Association venues)
    sports events and concerts, and was home to the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association (WHA) and National Hockey League (NHL), and the Edmonton...
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    Jets, Edmonton Oilers and Pittsburgh Penguins. He was a three-time Avco World Trophy winner with the Jets and two-time Stanley Cup winner with the Oilers...
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    Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association played in Houston from 1972 to 1978 until the WHA dissolved. They won the Avco World Trophy as champions of the...
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    playoff record in the WHA, along with three division titles and one Avco World Trophy. In the NHL, the team had a 534–709–177 regular season record, and...
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  • returned to a two-division setup, eliminating the Canadian Division. The Avco World Trophy winners were the Quebec Nordiques, defeating the Winnipeg Jets four...
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    leagues (2x by the Patriots: 14–2 in 2010, 14–2 in 2016; one Presidents' Trophy by the Bruins: 117 PTS in 2013–14; 1x by the Red Sox: 108–54 in 2018). In...
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  • league's opening. During their seven WHA seasons, the Nordiques won the Avco World Trophy once, in 1977, and lost the finals once, in 1975. In 1979, the franchise...
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  • winner of the Avco World Trophy. 1972–73 WHA season World Hockey Association (1972). WHA 1972-73 Media Guide. World Hockey Association. World Hockey Association...
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  • tribute to the original Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association in the 1970s, who won the Avco World Trophy twice with hockey legend Gordie Howe anchoring...
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