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Merritt Centennials
The Merritt Centennials are a junior ice hockey, Junior 'A' ice hockey team based in Merritt, British Columbia. They are members of the Bill Ohlhausen Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). They play their home games at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena. The franchise was established in Kamloops in 1961 as part of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) and moved to White Rock, British Columbia, White Rock in 1973 when the Western Hockey League, WCHL's Vancouver Nats moved to Kamloops and became the Kamloops Chiefs, Chiefs. The Centennials settled in Merritt midway through the 1973–74 season. In 2024, the team announced they would be leaving the BCHL to join the KIJHL. The Centennials have once finished with the best record in the BCHL. They won the Mowat Cup and Doyle Cup, BC/Alberta Junior "A" Championship in 1978. The Cents, as the team is known, were the longest continuously run franchise in the BCHL before leaving. Eleven former Centennials ...
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Merritt, British Columbia
Merritt is a city in the Nicola Valley of the south-central British Columbia Interior, Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is northeast of Vancouver. Situated at the confluence of the Nicola River, Nicola and Coldwater River (British Columbia), Coldwater rivers, it is the first major community encountered after travelling along British Columbia Highway 5, Phase One of the Coquihalla Highway and acts as the gateway to all other major highways to the B.C. Interior. The city developed in 1893 when part of the ranches owned by William Voght, Jesus Garcia, and John Charters were surveyed for a town site. Once known as Forksdale, the community adopted its current name in 1906 in honour of mining engineer and railway promoter William Hamilton Merritt III.Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; 1001 British Columbia Place Names; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973, p. 114 The city limits consist of the community, a number of civic parks, historical sites, an aquatic centre, ...
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Fred Berry
Fred Rerun Berry (born Fred Allen Berry; March 19, 1951 – October 21, 2003) was an American actor and street dancer. He was best known for his role as Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on the 1970s television show ''What's Happening!!'' and its sequel series ''What's Happening Now!!'' Career Berry was born on March 19, 1951, in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in the inner-city projects. He had aspirations of becoming a successful dancer and actor as a child. Early in his career, Berry was a member of the Los Angeles–based dance troupe The Lockers, with whom he appeared on the third episode of ''Saturday Night Live'' in 1975. He additionally appeared on the dance music show ''Soul Train'', and was featured in the program's signature line dance segment doing the memorable early 1970s dance step "the slo-mo". Berry achieved more widespread fame playing the character Freddie "Rerun" Stubbs on the ABC sitcom ''What's Happening!!'', which aired from 1976 to 1979 as he was in his mid 20s. ...
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Richmond Sockeyes
The Richmond Sockeyes are a Junior ice hockey team based in Richmond, British Columbia. They were named the "Sockeyes" by the original owner and longtime Richmond resident and B.C. hockey volunteer and leader Bruce Allison in 1972. Allison was motivated to bring top-level junior hockey to Richmond while also encouraging local players to play closer to home and stay in school. The first captain of the team was Richmond product Doug Paterson - who is one of the team's current owners. The Sockeyes franchise has had success as a Junior B team, and for several years as a Junior A team in the PAC-A league and later the BC Junior Hockey League. The Sockeyes have won nine PJHL championships, six Cyclone Taylor Junior B BC Championship titles, two Keystone Cup National Junior B Championship titles, two Mowat Cup BC Junior A Championship titles (winners of the PAC-A Junior League versus the BCJHL winners), a Fred Page Championship as BCHL champions and a Centennial Cup as National Junior ...
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Pacific Junior A Hockey League
The Pacific Junior A Hockey League (PJHL) was a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey league operating within the Greater Vancouver metropolitan area in British Columbia from 1971 until 1979. History From 1962 to 1967, a Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League (PCJHL) had been a Junior "A" league in British Columbia. That PCJHL folded when the New Westminster Royals and the Victoria Cougars moved to the Okanagan-Mainline Junior "A" Hockey League, which immediately renamed itself the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL, shortened to BCHL in 1995). In 1971, the Pacific Coast Junior Hockey League (PCJHL) name was revived by Fred Page for a new Junior "B" league, with all six teams located within the Greater Vancouver region. Page had deep roots in managing junior hockey leagues, and today there are two championship trophies named for himthe BCHL championship Fred Page Cup, and the Eastern Canada Junior "A" championship Fred Page Cup. Page was successful in getting the PCJHL promoted ...
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Centennial Cup
The Centennial Cup is an annual ice hockey tournament organized by Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), which determines the national champion of Junior ice hockey#Junior A, junior A ice hockey. It consists of a ten-team Round-robin tournament, round robin featuring the winners of all nine CJHL member leagues as well as a pre-selected host city. The championship has also been known as the National Junior A Championship in 2019, it was formerly known as the Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank Cup from 1996 to 2018 and the Manitoba Centennial Cup from 1971 to 1995. It is currently branded as the Centennial Cup after Tim Hortons, the title sponsor of the 2022 tournament, withdrew future sponsorship in response to the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal. History The Manitoba Centennial Trophy was presented to the Hockey Canada, Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) by the Hockey Manitoba, Manitoba Amateur Hockey Association (MAHA) to commemorate their cen ...
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Blake Stephen
Blake Stephen (born November 29, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Stephen played two seasons (1978 - 1980) of major junior hockey in the Western Hockey League with the Billings Bighorns and Saskatoon Blades, registering 40 goals and 54 assists for 94 points, while earning 289 penalty minutes, in 114 games played. Stephen went on to play five seasons and 213 games in the International Hockey League (IHL). Stephen had a reputation as a tough player who could handle his own. While playing in the IHL with the Muskegon Mohawks, Toledo Goaldiggers The Toledo Goaldiggers were a minor professional ice hockey club based in Toledo, Ohio, from 1974 to 1986. They played in the International Hockey League (IHL) and held their home games at the Toledo Sports Arena on the east side of Toledo. Pr ..., and Salt Lake City Golden Eagles, he scored 62 goals and 77 assists for 139 points, while racking up 774 penalty minutes. Career statistics References Ex ...
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Ken Stroud
Kenneth Arthur Stroud (; Richmond, Surrey, 28 September 1908 – Hertfordshire township, February 3, 2000) was a mathematician and Principal Lecturer in Mathematics at Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry, England. He is most widely known as the author of several mathematics textbooks, especially the very popular ''Engineering Mathematics''. Education Stroud held a B.Sc. and a DipEd. Work Stroud was an innovator in programmed learning Programmed learning (or programmed instruction) is a research-based system which helps learners work successfully. The method is guided by research done by a variety of Applied psychology, applied psychologists and educators.Lumsdaine A.A. 1963. In ... and the identification of precise learning outcomes,Stroud, K.A., "The Development, Organisation and Administration of Programmed Learning at Undergraduate Level", The Conference on Programmed Learning and Education Technology at Glasgow University, 5–8 April 1968, Association for Programmed Learn ...
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Ed Beers
Edward Joseph "Eddy" Beers (born October 12, 1959) is a Dutch-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 250 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues between 1982 and 1986. He was nearly a point per game player in his time in the NHL, but his NHL career was cut short by injury. Playing career Born in Zwaag, Netherlands, Beers played for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues. He also played for the University of Denver in the NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ... from 1979 to 1982 and led the NCAA in scoring his senior season. In 1982, Beers became the second player born in the Netherlands to play in the NHL. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Awards and honours References Externa ...
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Darrel Zelinski
Darrel is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Darrel Akerfelds (1962–2012), American baseball pitcher and bullpen coach * Darrel Anholt (born 1962), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Darrel Aschbacher (born 1935), American football player * Darrel Aubertine (born 1953), American politician in the New York State Senate * Darrel Baldock (1938–2011), Australian rules football player and coach * Darrel Brown (born 1984), sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago * Darrel Brown (basketball) (1923–1990), American basketball player * Darrel Castillo (born 1992) Guatemalan judoka * Darrel Chaney (born 1948), American baseball player and announcer * Darrel Chapman (1937–1992), Australian rugby league player * Darrel Cunningham (born 1948), Canadian politician * Darrel R. Falk (born 1946), American biologist * Darrel Frost (born 1951), American herpetologist and systematist * Darrel Guilbeau (born 1962), American actor * Darrel Verner Heald (1919–2010), Canadian ...
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California Golden Seals
The California Golden Seals were a professional ice hockey club that competed in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1967–68 NHL season, 1967 to 1975–76 NHL season, 1976. Based in Oakland, California, they played their home games at the Oakland Arena, Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Arena. The Seals were one of six teams added to the league as part of the 1967 NHL expansion. Initially named the California Seals, the team was renamed the Oakland Seals during the 1967–68 season and then the Bay Area Seals in 1970 before becoming the California Golden Seals the same year. The Seals were the least successful of the teams added in the 1967 expansion, never earning a winning record and only making the playoffs twice in nine seasons of play. Off the ice, they were plagued by low attendance. The franchise was relocated in 1976 to become the Cleveland Barons (NHL), Cleveland Barons, who would merge with the Minnesota North Stars two years later. They were the only franchise from ...
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Nanaimo Clippers
The Nanaimo Clippers are a junior ice hockey team based in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Island Division of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). They play their home games at Frank Crane Arena. Franchise history The original owner, Cliff McNabb, drew inspiration for the name from the local teams of the Nanaimo Minor Hockey Association who prior to 1972 as well as after, were known as the Clippers. The Nanaimo Clippers won the league championship in the 1976 playoffs but lost by default for the Mowat Cup (Provincial Championship). The Clippers were once again league champions in 1978 when the Penticton Vees refused to play the balance of the series (citing rough play – the series stood at 2 games to 1). The Merritt Centennials were earlier chosen to represent the league for the 1978 CAHA Championships. The Nanaimo Clippers folded after the 1982 season, but were started up again before the 1983 season as the Esquimalt Buccaneers. The franc ...
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