- From The Collection Of
- Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
- Accession Number
- 975.01.472
- Discipline
- Humanities
- Classification
- Advertising Media
- Date
- 1972 (creation date)
- Description
One colour photograph of Nova Scotia Voyageurs, Calder Cup champions, 1971/1972, ten men standing in back row, nine men standing in middle row, nine men sitting in front row, Calder Cup front centre foreground, ice surface setting- Narrative
- An international sports magazine suggested that the 1971-72 Nova Scotia Voyageurs (“Vees”) were good enough to hold their own in the NHL. Nova Scotia’s legendary sports caster Pat Connolly agreed, "There were years when the Voyageurs would have beaten at least half of the teams in the NHL. Ken Dryden, Bob Gainey, Larry Robinson… we had some great players come through these parts."
The job of moulding all the talent fell to Cape Breton native Al MacNeil, who had coached the Montreal Canadiens to the Stanley Cup the previous season. With MacNeil as coach, the ’71-72 Vees won the Calder Cup.
Team members (1971-72) were: Charles Amason, Murray Anderson, Ron Busniuk, Reynald Comeau, Floyd Curry, Michel Deguise, Tony Featherstone, Germain Gagnon, Tino Geoffroy, Joe Hardy, Mike Kelly, Kerry Ketter, Yvon Lambert, Mike Laughton, Chuck Lefley, Al MacNeil (coach), Bob Murray, Dr. Ken Nickerson, Michel Plasse, Sam Pollock, Lynn Powis, Noel Price, Doug Robinson, Larry Robinson, Randy Rota, Claude Ruel, Wayne Thomas, Fred Voeltz, Murray Wilson.
- Record Rights
- Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame
Creation Place
?map