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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Nashville, Tennessee (1959 - 1985) Avco World Trophy AVCOAT 5026-39 Crosley Broadcasting Corporation (later Avco Broadcasting Corporation) M2 (railcar)...
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1972–73 WHA season (redirect from 1972-73 World Hockey Association season)
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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20, 1979, as the Jets defeated the Oilers to win their third Avco World Trophy. The World Hockey Association was founded in 1971 by American promoters...
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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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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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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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Carolina Hurricanes (section NHL awards and trophies)
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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1977–78 WHA season (redirect from 1977-78 World Hockey Association season)
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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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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1974–75 WHA season (redirect from 1974-75 World Hockey Association season)
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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Houston Aeros (WHA) (redirect from Houston Aeros (World Hockey Association))
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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Arizona Coyotes (section NHL awards and trophies)
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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Jack Kelley (ice hockey) (category World Hockey Association coaches)
Trophy as the WHA coach of the year and also led the Whalers to the Avco World Trophy. He previously served as head coach at Boston University, leading...
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1976–77 WHA season (redirect from 1976-77 World Hockey Association season)
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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began his professional career in the World Hockey Association in the 1974-75 season with the Avco World Trophy champion Houston Aeros. He then played...
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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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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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1978–79 WHA season (redirect from 1978-79 World Hockey Association season)
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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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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1973–74 WHA season (redirect from 1973-74 World Hockey Association season)
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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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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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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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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Bill Dineen (category World Hockey Association coaches)
reached the playoffs in every season of their history and won the Avco World Trophy twice. He coached in the American Hockey League in the 1980s, where...
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Brit Selby (category Calder Trophy winners)
in 2010. Memorial Cup champion in 1964 Calder Memorial Trophy winner in 1966 Avco World Trophy champion in 1973 CityNews (February 4, 2010). "Hockey Coach...
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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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Edmonton Oilers (section NHL awards and trophies)
to win the championship, as they fell to the Winnipeg Jets in the Avco World Trophy Final. Dave Semenko of the Oilers scored the last goal in WHA history...
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Gary Smith (ice hockey) (category Vezina Trophy winners)
championship in 1966 Vezina Trophy winner in 1972 (shared with Tony Esposito). Played in 1975 NHL All-Star Game Avco World Trophy championship in 1979 Holds...
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the Philadelphia Flyers World Hockey Championship – Men's champion: Czechoslovakia defeated the Soviet Union Avco World Trophy – Winnipeg Jets win 4 games...
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