• The 196263 Eastern Professional Hockey League season was the fourth and final season of the Eastern Professional Hockey League, a North American minor...
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  • support professional hockey, and by 1962, the league was reduced to just four teams. While the intent was for the EPHL to be the primary development league...
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    came up for a single EPHL game. In 1962-63, he turned full pro and signed directly with the EPHL Canadiens. By the end of the season he was in the NHL with...
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  • EPHL championship in 1962-63. The Frontenacs played in all four EPHL seasons, and was among the most stable of the league's franchises. When the EPHL...
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    champion — 1958 (with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens) EPHL Second All-Star Team — 1961 Calder Memorial Trophy — 1962 NHL All-Star Games — 1965, 1967, 1969 NHL Second...
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  • had folded after the 196263 season. Four of the CHL's initial franchises were, in fact, relocations of the previous year's EPHL teams, while the fifth...
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  • season, during which he also had short stints with the Bisons and the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds of the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL)...
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    Canadiens. In 196263 he made his debut in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, playing six games in the regular season and five more...
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    Chicago Black Hawks for several seasons. DeJordy began his professional career with the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds of the EPHL and the Buffalo Bisons of...
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  • League's final season of 196263. The team was moved to St. Louis mid-season, and continued in the new Central Hockey League after the EPHL ceased operations...
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    Bobby Rousseau. Harper played his first 10 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens. He joined the team in 1962. However, he didn't debut for the team until...
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    the Bruins' EPHL affiliate, starting in 1960–61. He was named a first-team all-star for the 1961–62 season and league MVP for 196263. After the league...
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    Leo Labine (category Sudbury Wolves (EPHL) players)
    native of Haileybury, Ontario, Labine played for teams in the NHL, WHL, EPHL, and the AHL. At 5'10", and 178 lbs, Labine had a long and varied career...
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    for his team for the 2023 season. EHL First All-Star Team (1960) EPHL First All-Star Team (1961) WHL Second All-Star Team (1962) 5 time Stanley Cup champion...
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    age of 63. He is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bolton, Ontario. His Atlanta Flames jersey is on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame. EPHL First All-Star...
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  • Mike McMahon Jr. (category Kitchener Beavers (EPHL) players)
    37 0 — — — — — 1961–62 Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers EPHL 5 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 196263 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 71 12 39 51 107 8 3 3 6 8 1963–64 Baltimore Clippers...
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    in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Ubriaco and his wife Nella were married in 1962. They have a daughter Francine and a son Gene and live in the Chicago area...
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  • Sandy McGregor (category Kitchener Beavers (EPHL) players)
    the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1963–64 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1959 to 1969, was spent in the...
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  • teams lasted for 4 years until the EPHL folded after the 1962-63 season. In the Montreal Canadiens system, the EPHL Canadiens were able to draw up junior...
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  • League for the Oakland Seals and Montreal Canadiens, followed by three seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the Quebec Nordiques and the...
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    Jim Neilson (category Kitchener Beavers (EPHL) players)
    played from 196263 season to 1977–78 season in the NHL. After the Seals relocated to Cleveland in 1976, Neilson played two more seasons for the struggling...
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    began play for the Canadiens in that season and stuck with the big league squad for good in the 1961–1962 season, playing for five Stanley Cup winning...
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    for the Leafs in the 1960–61 season. Picked up by the Montreal Canadiens in the inter-league draft the following season, Maniago underwent a lengthy apprenticeship...
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  • Claude Pronovost (category Montreal Royals (EPHL) players)
    was with the Montreal Canadiens as a practice goaltender in the 1955–56 season when he played his first NHL game. On January 14, 1956, the Boston Bruins...
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    perfected this "flopping" style while playing for Rochester during the 196263 season. Americans' coach Rudy Migay had Cheevers practice without his stick...
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    Jack Martin (ice hockey) (category Sudbury Wolves (EPHL) players)
    National Hockey League game for the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1960–61 season, on November 27, 1960, against the Detroit Red Wings. The rest of his career...
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  • the Minneapolis Bruins of the Central Professional Hockey League, scoring 63 points in 72 games, and was named a Second Team league All-Star with the Bruins'...
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    hockey after the 1949 season. Chamberlain was head coach of the Sudbury Wolves of the EPHL for two seasons 1960–61 and 196263. 1936–37 Allan Cup Champion...
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  • Myron Stankiewicz (category Sudbury Wolves (EPHL) players)
    League with the St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers during the 1968–69 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1955 to 1969, was spent in the...
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    Murray Hall (ice hockey) (category St. Louis Braves (EPHL) players)
    two seasons, Hall established himself as an elite minor-league scorer (playing on a line with and outscoring Phil Esposito in the EPHL in 196263), but...
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