The Maine Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team that operated within the North American Hockey League from 1973 to 1977. They were based at the Central Maine Youth Center in Lewiston, Maine . The Nordiques served as a farm club for the Quebec Nordiques of the World Hockey Association .
17-494: The team played for four seasons at Central Maine Youth Center, which had a seating capacity of just 2,800 fans. The Nordiques were the Quebec Nordiques' top farm club, and were the only professional sports franchise in the state of Maine during the mid-1970s. The club's all-time leading scorer was Paul Larose , who achieved 179 goals and 248 assists for the team between 1973 and 1977. Larose and Alan Globensky were
34-2531: Is a Canadian retired ice hockey forward who played 33 games in the World Hockey Association for the Quebec Nordiques and Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades . Career statistics [ edit ] Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1969–70 Trois-Rivières Ducs QMJHL 33 31 35 66 38 — — — — — 1969–70 Quebec Remparts QMJHL 24 21 45 66 28 — — — — — 1970–71 Syracuse Blazers EHL 74 43 27 70 46 6 3 1 4 6 1971–72 Syracuse Blazers EHL 75 67 62 129 61 17 15 15 30 0 1972–73 Syracuse Blazers EHL 15 10 18 28 12 — — — — — 1972–73 Quebec Nordiques WHA 28 0 7 7 7 — — — — — 1973–74 Maine Nordiques NAHL 70 53 66 119 20 8 3 6 9 6 1974–75 Maine Nordiques NAHL 73 54 49 103 49 — — — — — 1974–75 Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades WHA 5 1 1 2 2 — — — — — 1975–76 Maine Nordiques NAHL 71 41 73 114 22 4 1 2 3 2 1976–77 Maine Nordiques NAHL 73 31 60 91 32 12 2 6 8 6 WHA totals 33 1 8 9 9 — — — — — External links [ edit ] Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com , or Hockey-Reference.com , or The Internet Hockey Database Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Larose&oldid=1206408001 " Categories : 1950 births Living people Baltimore Blades players Canadian ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Rouyn-Noranda Maine Nordiques players Michigan Stags players Quebec Nordiques (WHA) players Quebec Remparts players Syracuse Blazers players Toronto Maple Leafs draft picks Trois-Rivières Ducs players Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Short description
51-824: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a sports team in Maine is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paul Larose Canadian ice hockey player Ice hockey player Paul Larose Born ( 1950-11-01 ) November 1, 1950 (age 74) Noranda , Quebec , Canada Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) Position Forward Shot Right Played for WHA Quebec Nordiques Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades NHL draft 91st overall, 1970 Toronto Maple Leafs Playing career 1972–1975 Paul Larose (born November 1, 1950)
68-531: Is different from Wikidata 1972%E2%80%9373 WHA season The 1972–73 WHA season was the first season of the World Hockey Association (WHA). Twelve teams played 78 games each. The league was officially incorporated in June of 1971 by Gary Davidson and Dennis A. Murphy and promised to ice twelve teams in various markets around Canada and the United States . The league championship trophy,
85-731: The Avco World Trophy , was donated by AVCO Financial Services Corporation along with $ 500,000. The New England Whalers won the first Avco World Trophy. The WHA's inaugural player draft was held in Anaheim, California on February 12 and 13, 1972. All 12 WHA franchises took part in the draft. There were no drafting constraints, and the WHA teams selected players from all levels of play, including established National Hockey League players, minor leaguers, college, junior players, Europeans, and even retired players. The first player selected in
102-723: The Ottawa Nationals and the Cleveland Crusaders 2–0 over the Quebec Nordiques . The WHA was split into two divisions, the Eastern Division and the Western Division. Each division sported six teams. The New England Whalers led the Eastern Division and had the best record in the league. The other playoff qualifiers in the East were Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Ottawa. The Winnipeg Jets led
119-571: The NHL, the next two tie breakers were goal differential and goals scored, both of which favored Alberta. But because the WHA by-laws did not specify additional tiebreakers, the league Board of Governors met to decide how to break the tie. They ultimately decided on a 1-game playoff at a neutral site. The Alberta Oilers missed the playoffs, despite having a superior goal-differential to the Minnesota Fighting Saints , because they lost
136-545: The Western Division and had the second best record in the league. Behind Winnipeg, the West had a thrilling race with four teams fighting for three playoff spots, trading second through fifth place all season. Houston won three of its last four games to finish second with 82 points. With two games remaining, Minnesota had 79 points, Alberta had 77, and Los Angeles had 76. Los Angeles won their last two games to finish third, while Minnesota and Alberta both lost their next to last game of
153-711: The Winnipeg Jets, 4 games to 1. The Whalers defeated the Jets 9–6 in the deciding game in Boston on May 6, 1973, with Larry Pleau scoring a hat trick. Upon their win, The Avco World Trophy had not yet been completed. As a result, the Whalers skated their victory lap with their divisional trophy. The following is a list of players of note who played their first major professional game in 1972–73 (listed with their first team, asterisk(*) marks debut in playoffs): The following
170-604: The draft, while others kept going, until attrition finally ended the process. The final two teams participating in this draft were the Dayton Aeros and the Los Angeles Sharks . In all, just under 1100 selections were made by the 12 teams, who could now focus their efforts on signing players for the first season of play. The first WHA games, on October 11, 1972, were won by the Alberta Oilers 7–4 over
187-574: The general draft was United States men's national ice hockey team member Henry Boucha , taken by the Minnesota Fighting Saints (who also selected the Governor of Minnesota , Wendell Anderson , with a late pick). After 70 rounds the Winnipeg Jets selected Soviet premier Alexei Kosygin and then stopped participating in the draft, while the other teams continued making selections. This process continued, with teams arbitrarily dropping out from
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#1732787458453204-922: The neutral-site, tie-breaking game against the Saints in Calgary by a score of 4-2. GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes Teams that qualifies for the playoffs are highlighted in bold Bolded numbers indicate season leaders GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes Bolded numbers indicate season leaders GP = Games played; Min = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties, GA = Goals against; GA = Goals against; SO = Shutouts; SV% = Save percentage ; GAA = Goals against average The WHA held its first all-star game on January 6, 1973, in Quebec City . The attendance of 5,435
221-570: The only two players to appear in all four seasons. Future National Hockey League players included goaltender Richard Brodeur and defenseman Paul Baxter . Financial backers of the team included former Lewiston Mayor Bill Rocheleau, who led a group of local businesspeople who backed the Nordiques. Rocheleau also served as league president during the NAHL's final season in the winter of 1976–1977. This American ice hockey team-related article
238-527: The season, setting up a final game showdown in Minnesota against each other with Minnesota two points ahead of Alberta. Alberta won the game 5-3, so both teams finished with identical records. The league now faced a dilemma. The first standings tiebreaker was number of wins, and the teams both had 38. The second tiebreaker was head-to-head record and the teams split their eight games with four wins apiece. The league by-laws did not specify further tiebreakers. In
255-536: The thrilling race in the West Division, the playoffs were unexciting in that the team with the better record won every series and only one series went beyond 5 games. That was the West semifinal between Houston and Los Angeles. After getting blown out in game one in Houston by a score of 7–2, Los Angeles rallied to win game two 4–2 and even the series. The Sharks then won a thrilling game three in L.A. 3–2. Game 4
272-472: Was lower than expected, perhaps because it was locally televised and Quebec City was hit by a major snow storm. The East defeated the West 6–2. Wayne Carleton of the Ottawa Nationals was named the game MVP. During the all-star break, the WHA Players' Association was officially formed, with Curt Leichner of Portland as general counsel and Bill Hicke of the Alberta Oilers as president. Compared to
289-478: Was the turning point of the series. The teams headed into overtime tied at 2; a Houston goal would even the series while a Los Angeles goal would give the Sharks a commanding 3–1 series lead. The Aeros scored in overtime to even the series, then won game 5 in Houston, 63. Game six in L.A. was another thriller, with Houston scoring in the final minutes to win the game 3–2 and win the series. New England Whalers defeated
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