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Mutt · 06-10-2014, 01:53 AM

When the NHL had their great expansion in 1967, doubling the NHL from 6 to 12 teams, fulfilling a plan that went back to 1960 of putting hockey on the West Coast in Los Angeles and San Francisco. A rich Canadian ex-pat Jack Kent Cooke built the Fabulous Forum and was awarded an NHL franchise to put in it.

Cooke was banking on support from the huge number of Canadian transplants, living in the LA area. The Kings were not successful on the ice or at the box office prompting a famous quote from Cooke, parphrasing - "Nobody told me all these Canadians left because they hated hockey".

And here's the exact quote - ""There are 350,000 Canadians living in LA. Now I found out that they all moved here because they hate hockey"

06-10-2014, 01:53 AM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	When the NHL had their great expansion in 1967, doubling the NHL from 6 to 12 teams, fulfilling a plan that went back to 1960 of putting hockey on the West Coast in Los Angeles and San Francisco. A rich Canadian ex-pat Jack Kent Cooke built the Fabulous Forum and was awarded an NHL franchise to put in it. Cooke was banking on support from the huge number of Canadian transplants, living in the LA area. The Kings were not successful on the ice or at the box office prompting a famous quote from Cooke, parphrasing - "Nobody told me all these Canadians left because they hated hockey". And here's the exact quote - ""There are 350,000 Canadians living in LA. Now I found out that they all moved here because they hate hockey" __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!